By Faisal A Roble Dear Honorable Mustafa, Please allow me to indulge you in this unsolicited input in your decision-making regarding the establishment of a unifying local administration for the City of Jigjiga, Somali Regional State. I am prompted to … Continued
By Mohamed Abdiqafar H. Hussein Somali regional leaders held a meeting in Kismayo, the interim capital city of Jubaland state on September 4-8, 2018, where they issued a statement to suspend all ties with the federal government of Somalia. The … Continued
By Abdi Mohamud (Awabdi) WardheerNews has recently published a piece by one Guled Haji Hersi. Mr. Hersi attempted to share in his piece the bad news that the Federal Government in Somalia was in eminent danger of disintegration. To highlight … Continued
By Mohamed Abdi Ever since Somali region was annexed by Ethiopia, the region has neither known justice, nor collective fruitful struggle, and the crux of the problem lies in Ethiopia’s perception and attitude towards the region and its people; but … Continued
By Abdisamad Nur Bidaar We were elated that my cousin Ambassador Fatima Isak Bihi visited us this past month. We had a great time, and the kids and I learned a great deal from her. It is not often anyone … Continued
By Hassan M. Abukar In mid-August this year, I spent a week in Mogadishu attending the annual book fair there. The general manager of my hotel was a Kenyan, and an Egyptian chef also worked there. I chatted with them … Continued
By Ahmed Khalif Qeerroo is Alshabaab, and Alshabaab is Qeerroo.They are one and the same – “dameer iyo labadiisa daan,” says a Somali proverb. Alshabaab and Qeerroo have much resemblances; both are terrorist organizations who tasked themselves with terrorizing the Somalis; … Continued
By Guled Hagi Hersi When presidents of Somalia’s five federal member states have last week declared their intention to sever ties with the Federal Government in Mogadishu, they put the last nail in the coffin of President Mohamed Farmaajo’s Administration. Not … Continued
By Faisal Roble The Pains of losing National Heritage The destruction of Mogadishu is a quaint, if not a whimsical, narrative of the demise of thousands of architecturally significant resources, some dating back to the founding era of the City … Continued
Editor’s Note: Hassan Abdullahi Duale “Hassan Jabhad” is a Somali community activist, intellectual, and a former freedom fighter in the national liberation movement in Western Somalia, now the Somali State of Ethiopia. A graduate of Gahayr University and an economist … Continued
By Abdullahi Ali, Yusuf Yusuf, and Mohamed Awil Abdi Iftin, a Somali refugee who grew up in war-torn Mogadishu, recently wrote a memoir describing his experiences in Somalia and his journey to the United States. This book could have been … Continued
By Muse Ismail “Warfa” The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), never left the baby cot since it was born close to a decade ago. Growth-stunted, it’s been afflicted by plethora of infectious diseases and has been on its death bed … Continued
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