Dr. Abdurahman Abdullahi Baadiyow Somali people gathered in the town of Arta in Djibouti in 2000 to reconstitute the collapsed Somali state in 1991. This Peace and Reconciliation Conference (PRC) was sponsored by the President of Djibouti, Ismael Omar Guelleh, after … Continued
By Abdulkadir Hussein Although the banks in the country are limited to serving domestic banking, in the last decade, local banks were continuing to burgeon operationally. A handful of Somali-owned commercial banks prevail in the country today, which all of … Continued
By Adan Makina , WardheerNews Going by the expanding nature of global economics and varying national economies, today’s leaders should be compelled to understand that the best, much-applauded, and unanimously accepted form of fundamental economics is the capitalist market economy … Continued
By Roble Dahir Somalia is a country that is recovering from protracted civil war, bad governance and political conflicts. These issues have made it a hven for armed militias, terrorists and unscrupulous businessmen who have taken advantage of the circumstances … Continued
By Alex de Waal, The baffler NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD has a purer autocracy than Eritrea. The state of Eritrea is one man, Isaias Afewerki, who for twenty years was the leader a formidable insurgent army that won a war … Continued
By Dr. Mohamed Husein Gaas, Raad Peace Research Institute (RAPRI), MogadishuProf. Stig Jarle Hansen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Summery The election of a new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in Somalia, coupled with a recent statement from one of … Continued
Reviewed by : Abdirahman A. Issa Book: SafiirkaAuthor: Peter BridgesPublisher: Kent State University PressPages: 266 Language: EnglishPublication date: 2000 Peter Bridges is an American career diplomat who has served in American foreign service for three decades. He was posted in … Continued
By Faisal A. Roble On August 18, 2022, death finally came to the man Somalis have known by his seven-letter nickname, Hadrawi. Death comes for some early; for others it arrives late in life. Nonetheless, there is no perfect time. … Continued
By Mohammed Sheikomer The heavily armed security forces of Afar region of Ethiopia and associated other armed groups allegedly executed an estimated 319 civilian men, women and children in the village of Garboise of the western Siti zone of the … Continued
By Ahmed Abdullahi Isse When Somalias’s civil war broke out in 1991, the counrty plunged into anarchy and political unrest. After eight years of what Puntlanders referred to as the “waiting years of Somalia state”, a regional consultation conference was … Continued
By Ahmed Nadhir Omar The expansive Northern Kenya region (previously known as NFD), which accounts for 20% of Kenya’s size, has been grappling with a myriad of problems and lagging behind the rest of the country. These challenges are exacerbated … Continued
By Abdisalam Ali Farah (Biligsey) A Somali Dictum says: “Rag caddaalad waayaa Sidii Cawsha kala Yaac” (Roughly meaning: Like a bunch of frightened gazelles people living in unjust society are torn asunder) We often talk about the collapse of the … Continued
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