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
By Liban Ahmad I have read Liban Farah’s, essay on the new President of the Somali region in Ethiopia with interest. Somali region is the deprived Killil. Unlike Oromo and Amhara regions, the Somali Killil remains peaceful and loyal to the EPRDF, but Somalis have not reaped benefits … Continued
By Ahmed Gaandaa If you knock a door of a house in which two kids are quarreling, you will find them together opening it silently. The detainment of Abdi Mohamud Omar has triggered widespread demonstrations in Somali State, could turn him … Continued
By Hassan M. Abukar They came in droves: youth, writers, poets, educators, and government officials. All were jubilant, excited, and eager to hear, learn, or share. This was the scene at the Mogadishu Book Fair (MBF), held in the capital … Continued
By Liban Farah Let me be blunt about this first: The new regional president, Mustafe M Omar, was appointed in not too dissimilar fashion to his predecessors and only time will tell whether his tenure will also be accentuated by … Continued
By Faisal Roble Meeting face-to-face with the Devil What has transpired in the Somali Regional State (DDS) between July 14 and August 4, 2018, will heavily weigh on the history of this region and its people. Within a short period … Continued
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