By Abdi M. Jarik Dear Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of Puntland State of Somalia, and wish you success in this enormous task. Following the arduous campaign for such an august position, in which many of us wished you to win, I believe you are well deserved...
October 24, 2026
Category: opinion
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In Somaliland Speak No Evil of the President
By Mohamed Ahmed A few days ago Universal television released a comedy sketch-characterized by irony and caustic wit- ridiculing President Silanyo of Somaliland. I watched the sketch and found it to be funny and harmless. My head spin in disbelief when Somaliland information minister Abdullahi Mohamed Ukuse interpreted the satirical sketch as a mean spirited...
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Cornering a Brave Palestinian Man of Peace
By Nicola Nasser Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stands now at a crossroads of his people’s national struggle for liberation and independence as well as of his political life career, cornered between the rock of his own rejecting constituency and the hard place of his Israeli occupying power and the US sponsors of their bilateral negotiations,...
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WHITHER GOEST THOU SOMALIA?
By Ismail Ali Ismail (Geeldoon) Introduction The French Agronomist, Professor Rene Dumont, published his famous book, L’Afrique Noire est Mal Partie, in1962 – so soon after the start of what was later termed as ‘The African Decade”. The book was translated into English under the title, “False Start in Africa” and I read its 1969...
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Eulogy “Baroordiiq” for Abdirazak H. Hussein at the Minneapolis Convention Center
By Faisal A. Roble On this day of February 1st, 2014 in this city of Minneapolis at such an unfriendly freezing day, where the temperature is a killer and indeed un-Somali (about -20 degrees), we are gathered here at this expansive convention center to mourn the passing away of AbdiRazak Haji Hussein. It is a...
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Haji Ahmed Juuni: Everyday Hero
By Safia Abdulaziz Hashi Arguably, the strongest form of support in humanity is compassion. Some say we have lost our humanity; I say we have lost our sense of kindness. We live in a time where complete disconnect is better than avid activism. We live in a time where education is taken for granted, and...
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GABAY: AARKII QARANKEENNA: GEERIDII CABDIRISAAQ X. XUSEEN
W/ Tiriyay: Maxamuud Axmed Cabdalle (Abwaan Shiine) Waa gabay aan tiriyay markii aan ka war helay geeidii naxdinta lahayd ee ku timid Alle naxariistii Jano ha ka waraabiyee marxuum Cabdirisaaq X. Xuseen. Kolka uu halyey iisho oo iilka lagu awdo Ehel iyo xigaaliyo asxaab waw ayaan mudane Ajasha iyo geerida ku timid aarkii qarankeenna Udub qaran...
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Remembering Abdirisak H. Hussein
By Omar Mohamoud Mohamed Abdirisak Haji Hussein Hassan Atosh was born in the Ethiopian-Occupied Haud area of Somalia c. 1924. He came to Mogadishu, then the capital of Fascist colony of Italian Somaliland, in 1939. He attended a night elementary school and worked for a living during the day. He joined the British army in...
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Obituary of Abdirazak Haji Hussein: The Prime Minister of Somalia (14 June 1964 – 15 July 1967)
By Abdisalam Issa-Salwe Abdirazak Haji Hussein the former prime minster of Somalia ( 1964-1967), who died on Friday, 31 January 2014, at the age of 90, was born on 24 December 1924, in Ceel Wacayseed near Garowe, the capital of the autonomous region of Puntland, Somalia. Abdirizak grew up in a nomadic environment that required...
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Puntland 5.0: A Social Norm and Continuity
by Abdul Ahmed III On January 8th 2014, those who follow events in the Horn of Africa were astonished by Puntland’s presidential election which was televised live. They had not expected the process to be peaceful, transparent, and fair. Nor did they expect the incumbent and the other candidates who lost to accept the result...