Abdi Warsame, a visionary leader breaks the glass-ceiling barrier and eclipses his incumbent Lillegren in Ward 6. I have lived in Minneapolis since I was 7 years old, and for the first time in my life I have never felt more at home despite owning a housing property and the fact that my kids were...
A centre of trade, commerce, agricultureand rich in marine resources,Kismayo and the surrounding Jubbaland area is of great economic importance to Somalia. The region also has the potential to hold the balance of power in the country, meaning all important actors – indigenous or foreign – want to control it. Strategically located at the southern...
Without going into the details of Somalia’s political discourse, primarily ethnic Somalis reside in the horn of Africa. And in the late 19th century, they were divided into five parts as a result of the Berlin Conference where European powers began the Scramble for Africa. Two of those divisions, Somaliland (northern part) colonized by British...
Sheeko murtiyeed Soomaaliyeed: Gar Gar Diidday “ Maalin ayaa nin geel la jooga hal baadi ahi soo raacday. Ninkii ayaa geelii soo hoyiyay.Markaas ayaa habeenkii geelii libaax u soo dhacay oo hashii dilay. Hashii ayaa bakhtiday.Kolkaa ayaa aroortii ninkii hasha lahaa u yimid oo yiri, “hal baadi ah ma aragtay?” Kii kale ayaa yiri, “haa,...
W.Q. Axmed Ismaaciil Maxamuud (Axmed Deeq) Abuur ahaan aadanuhu sida uu baahi ugu qabo inuu helo cabid, cunto iyo caafimaad ayuu ugu qabaa inuu helo ixtiraam, qaddarin, magac iyo waynayn. Sidaa darteed qofku marka uu dhasho illaa inta uu dhimanayo wuxuu dareemaa dhinnaansho gudeed, heerarba ha kala lahaatee. Dhinnaanshahaasi wuxuu abuuraa kalsooni darro nafsadeed, oo...
The question in the minds of many Somalis today is: has Turkey’s Somalia policy—which is on steroids— veered into a troubling new, uncharted territory? Consider the subversive “Somali Mediation” meeting that was concluded in Ankara on April 13, 2013 under the auspices of the Turkish State. It was attended by the heads of two unrepresentative...
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time Abraham Lincoln Ronald Reagan was a great communicator and I would like to borrow his famous words in a debate with Jimmy Carter ““There you go again”. ...
I just came across the speech of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, dated April 21, 2013, which he delivered at the second TANA HIGH LEVEL FORUM BOARD. Despite that the press release could have used some competent editing (Like catching the President’s name in lower case) the message conveyed is crystal clear. To those unsuspecting presidential...
Inkastoo aanan aheyn aftahan, heli og odhaahaha, ama abwaan koofyadda udhiganaya inuu ereybixin kula baratamo qoraayada ku caanka ah iney ku tiiqtiiqsadaan dhambaallo tayo leh, hadana farbaa ii taagan oo tibix Ibraahim tuhatuheeyey baa tuhun iga galisay yoolka uu la tiigasanayo qoraakiisii uu dhawaan ku soo tuuray dagalka WardheerNews. Qoraagu wuxuu labo-laboodin iyo shaki galiyey...
Like everybody else writing an article about Somali affairs, let me start by saying that Somalia has been a failed state for over twenty years. Whether we like it or not, that’s how it will always be remembered. It’s really shameful. Ladies and gentlemen, our failure is wide obvious for the whole world to see....