By Hassan M. Abukar While the Somali Federal Government and the nation eagerly await the final proceedings of the international maritime case between Kenya and Somalia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, Netherlands, another legal case … Continued
By Mohamed Fatah The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) got off to a promising start with the election of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on February 8, 2017, sounding the right messages in addressing corruption and promising to reform political, security … Continued
By Osman Hassan The people of Maakhir (Warsangeli) and those of Darwiishland (Dhulbahante), both hailing from Somalia’s Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) regions, were co-founders of Puntland in 1998 together with their sister clans to the east, with Garowe chosen … Continued
By Abdihafid Mahamud Jama As many of you have noticed floods and outbreak of emergencies have engulfed in the Somali regional state of Hirshabele, particularly Baladweyn causing untold damages and countless loss of lives. This is an on-going disaster that … Continued
By Liban Ahmad During the last week of July 2019 the City of Aden lost one of her unsung heroes: Hamed Jama Hussein, known to many Somalis as Xaamud Jaamac Xuseen. Judging by the tributes paid by such influential people as the … Continued
By Ilyas M Hussein Somalia had no strong functioning government for the last 30 years since the collapse of the central government lead by Siad Barre who ruled the country with an iron fist for 21 years. Barre came to … Continued
By Ali Haji Warsame Shortly after Somalia’s Auditor General published the annual government audit and compliance report (Annual Performance Report 2018) followed by an interview with the Minister of Finance in response to the report, the Somali public started to … Continued
By Ahmed Fiqi I have been closely following up the recent political stalemate between the federal government and Jubaland state that has led the reelection of Mr. Ahmed for a third term while another two presidents have also claimed to … Continued
Editor’s note: The former Prime Minister of Somalia’s Transitional Government and President of Puntland State of Somalia Mr. Abdiwali M. Ali, has written the book: A Challenging Transition in Somalia, published on 2017. Mr. Abdiwali is currently making a book … Continued
By Mohamed Abdi Somalia’s federalism is ambiguous and unbinding, but the Somali people ought to stomach it as they have opted for it. The federal system adopted by the country to bind its people and bring about a socially cohesive … Continued
By Michael Rubin Somaliland is an unlikely success. Somali dictator Siad Barre’s genocidal wrath destroyed more than 80 percent of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital city, and leveled other towns. And yet, despite a lack of formal international recognition or external assistance, … Continued
By Khadar Sheik Yusuf We live in a strange world where one is going miles to digest food while another is walking miles to get food! From something to nothing, from somewhere to nowhere, from their homes to homeless and … Continued
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