WardheerNews Editorial Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, a man known to Somalis by his moniker CCC ( Cumar Cabdirashid Cali), is currently on an uneventful visit to the Beltway. With almost an empty calendar, he briefly scored a non-consequential visit that involved a brief photo session with a number of Minnesotan lawmakers who are too...
February 5, 2025
Category: Editorials
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Journalism in Somalia: Choosing Between Two Evils
By WardheerNews May 3rd is the World Press Freedom Day as designated by the United Nations. It is a day in which both governments and their nationals are reminded of the inalienable right of the freedom of press and freedom of expression which are enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human...
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GARISSA UNIVERSITY MASSACRE: WHAT WENT WRONG?
By WardheerNews On Thursday, April 2nd, 2015, a cowardly and deliberately instigated incident that shocked the world happened in Garissa town, in northern Kenya. Located in a semi-arid desert, Garissa is the headquarter of Garissa County. At about 5:00 AM, at the campus of Garissa University, a branch of Moi University in Eldoret in western...
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#CADAANSTUDIES
By WardheerNews The Hashtag #CadaanStudies has created a flurry of criticism, intrigue, chasm and everything in between, since its debut last week. It came about when a young Somali Harvard Ph.D. history Student, Safia Aidid, created awareness about a new journal called Somaliland Journal of African Studies. The dilemma faced by the young future historian...
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Condolences on the passing of Prof Said Sh. Samatar
By WardheerNews “Inaa Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi raji’un – Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return” On this day of February 24, the year of 2015, Prof Said Sheikh Samatar Qali, one of the greatest scholars the Somali speaking people have produced, has passed away. The sudden death of our great...
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Will There Be Elections in 2016?
By WardheerNews The mandate set forth by the Somali Federal Government as stipulated by the 2016 vision, to transition into democracy by the end of its term of office, is a distant, if not a phantom, goal. However, President Hassan Sh. Mohamoud has been adamant, about the elections taking place as scheduled. “There shall be...
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A Cabinet Made in Hell
By WardheerNews Somalis both in the country and abroad kept longing for the appointment of the new cabinet. Rumors swirled around in Mogadishu about a deadlock between the president and the prime minister about the formation of the cabinet. Then last night, PM Sharmarke dropped a bombshell. “I am bringing back the old cabinet,” declared...
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WDN PERSON OF THE YEAR 2014 : Somali Week Festival (SWF) and Hargeisa International Book Fair (HIBF)
By WardheerNews The grim and sad situation in the dysfunctional state of Somalia, whether the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, or the South with its tiring political quackmire, Al-Shabab and famine ridden stories, constitute the background for all the political and cultural activities by Somalis taking place anywhere in the world today. In that context, the most...
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President Hassan Sh. Mohamoud: Beckoning Back Partition
By WardheerNews It was about two years ago when WardheerNews editorialized the selection of the then new president of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud and the great hope that dawned on the Somali people across the globe. We had great hope that President Hassan would help resuscitate Somalia, deal with its status as a country...
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How did we get here
By WardheerNews On the 23th of November, 2014, WardheerNews celebrated the 10th anniversary of its official founding which corresponds to the 23th of November, 2004. WardheerNews, the most scholarly and journalistic online magazine in the Horn of Africa, wishes to thank the many contributors including essayists, researchers, academics, poets, poetasters, poetitos, and poetaccios, regular visitors...