By Rasheed Hashi In Loyan Farah’s seminal article on how the current federal government is destroying Somalia’s national institutions, there are key areas not covered in this otherwise excellent piece in terms of exposing the rotten state of governance in … Continued
By Ismail H. Warsame In 1998 before the foundation of Puntland State of Somalia, GAROWE, the Capital City of the first Federal State of Somalia, was a squatter-like village of poor neighborhoods with no revenue or business income other than … Continued
By Ibrahim Aden Shire Every leader, every minster and every institution of modern governance has many advisors. These advisors hold different roles and responsibilities in the government ranging from bag carriers and door openers to being at the centre of … Continued
By Seid Ali There is a famous hadith narrating the story of a boy and a king recorded by Imam Ahmed. Quranic scholars link this story with the six verses of the 85th surah of Quran (Sura Al Buruuj) and … Continued
By Ali S. Yusuf The February 2017 election of Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia’s President and the subsequent appointment of Hassan Ali Khayre to the Prime Ministerial docket heralded a new era of peace and stability in the country. Prior … Continued
By Loyan Farah First, they seize Parliament, then the Courts, and now….the Central Bank . There was once a dictatorship in Somalia under the brutal rule of Mohamed Siad Barre, but someone needs to tell Hassan Ali Kheyre that those … Continued
By Mohamed Heebaan My mother and I arrived the wells of Qabri daharre around 5 PM of a sunny day. How many days we travelled from Nogob to get there, I do not remember. At nearby, a group of Somali … Continued
By Faisal Roble “People don’t even know that we have political prisoners” :Seko Oding In the Somali Regional State, also known as DDS, the past ghost of autocratic rule refuses to relent. With the Arrest of Khadar Jigre and Ahmed … Continued
By Faisal Roble Editor’s note: This study consists of two parts: part one looks at the setting of the Horn of Africa region and its implication for integrating the region at this time. Part two will evaluate the merits and … Continued
By Michael Rubin When Secretary of State John Kerry visited Mogadishu in May 2015, there was international hope for Somalia’s future. “The people here are both resilient and determined to reclaim their future from the terrorists and the militias who’ve … Continued
By Ahmed Ibrahim, PhD The collapse of the Somali National Army (SNA) in Balcad (30 kilometers) North of the capital Mogadishu and previous collapse a few days earlier in Dhanaane (15 kilometers)South of Mogadishu International Airport, is nothing short of … Continued
By Salim Said Salim Edward Said’s observations in his published prominent work Orientalism, in which he, among other things, exposed and criticized western inaccurate attitudes and portrayals of Orient cultures including Muslims were accurate, as we are witnessing intensive process … Continued
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