By Dayib Sh Ahmed I was truly surprised and deeply troubled. What is wrong with Somalis? It seems we have learned nothing from what we have gone through. We keep repeating the same failures we experienced before, yet we still expect success. As the famous saying goes, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and...
Baidoa (WDN)— President Hassan, who arrived today in Baidoa, the interim capital of the South West Regional Administration was reportedly targeted by mortar fire while at the city’s airport. According to independent media reports, President Hassan was swiftly evacuated from Shaati Gaduud Airport after several mortar rounds landed near the facility shortly following his arrival....
By Abdikarim H Abdi Buh For more than two years, Sudan has been trapped in a conflict of almost indescribable brutality. The United Nations estimates that over 150,000 people have been killed and 12 million displaced, making Sudan not only Africa’s largest humanitarian emergency but the world’s worst. Nearly half the country’s population now requires...
By Faysal Omer,Member of the Regional Parliament of the Somali Region, Ethiopia Introduction The Somali Regional State of Ethiopia remains one of the least developed regions within the country’s ethnic federal system, despite its resource potential, vast land and strategic location. Years of underinvestment and limited infrastructure have left the region trailing behind in key...
NEW YORK (AP) — When he announced his run for mayor back in October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. On Tuesday evening, the 33-year-old marked his stunning political ascension when he declared victory in the Democratic primary from a Queens rooftop bar after former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
By Abdullahi A. Nor “I earnestly pray that he may become Somalia’s next president, to rescue the nation from fragmentation and steer it toward peace, unity, and progress.” In an era when the world was still largely silent on the legal injustices rooted in colonial history, one Somali legal scholar laid the intellectual foundation that...
Mogadishu (WDN)- A letter from Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ali Omar Balcad, has sparked a wide controversy by declaring the Federal Government’s rejection of the international partners known as the C6+ — a coordination group comprising the United Nations, European Union, United States, United Kingdom, African Union, and IGAD. These stakeholders have...
By Abdukadir Osman Farah, PhD In a recent Aljazeera English documentary, the editors of the program sketch the history of the legendry Sayyid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan. A leader who resisted the British Empire for over two decades (the longest anti-colonial war in Africa). The program profiles him as “the father of Somali nationalism”[i]. In a...
By Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh In the often-tumultuous landscape of Ethiopia, the Somali Regional State under President Mustafe Muhumed Omer (Cagjar) stands as a rare and instructive exception. Since taking office, Mustafe Cagjar has championed a governance model that places the voices of the people at its core. Public consultation is no longer a box-ticking...
By Dahir Abshir Farah (Dahir Jeer) “The more power a man has, the more he is revealed.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1. Introduction Somalia’s unraveling in 1991, following the ousting of President Siad Barre, unleashed an intractable civil war that fractured the nation and ignited diverse political ideologies. Amid relentless reconciliation efforts across Egypt, Ethiopia,...