W.Q. Bashiir Yuusuf – Hadaan waayey Calan la ii nashiro tan iyo Nairobi, – Miyaan waayey Nuurkii Alliyo Nabigga Jaahiisa: Sayid Maxamed Hammiga Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan habeena kuma soo aroorin, in goob ka mid ah dhulkii uu ku taami jiray sidii uu calan guudka ugu saari lahaa kula masoobi doono Menelik II-Sahle Maryam- Boqorkii...
October 24, 2026
Category: opinion
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Somali MPs: Please vote for principles and do not sell your voices
By Abdulkadir A. Hussein The time has come to decide on a very decisive point of our history. Supporting the no confidence motion against the cabinet and the PM is supporting dishonesty, a rogue cartel (Damul Jadid) operating outside the laws of the country and its Provisional Constitution, and committing a crime of bribery by...
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Crisis in Somalia: High Noon in Mogadishu
By Ali Abdulle The confrontation at the top of the Somali government is moving into its third week with no sign of a resolution. The president is still waging a no holds barred assault to do a hatchet job on the political career of his one-time buddy, the prime minister. The falling out of the...
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2014 Puntland elections: Farole Must Go Come Hell or High Water
By Ahmed Y Ahmed Under President Farole’s administration, the Puntland security, economy, and territorial integrity have all suffered. President Farole’s autocratic rule and abuse of power in public resources has hindered progress and prosperity of the people of Puntland, and the time has come for him to be replaced. Economically, President Farole’s government lack of...
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Captain Philips: A sad ending for young Somali Pirates exploited by hidden forces
By Ali H Abdulla “History is written by the victors” Winston Churchill. I watched Captain Philips recently and I walked away from the movie with a sense of betrayal. Like Black Hawk down, it was Hollywood style propaganda for the mighty of the United Sates. It is disheartening to watch helplessly how Somalia has become...
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FEDERALISM: A VALID INSTRUMENT FOR RECONCILIATION IN SOMALIA?
By Marco Zoppi The constitution approved in 2012 represents an opportunity for Somalia to re-establish a central government which has been absent for the last two decades, and reach a stability that its society lacks since the pre-colonial era. The constitution envisages the implementation of a federalist structure for the new Somali state, a solution...
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Crossing Swords: Siad Barre and Professor Said S. Samatar
By Hassan M. Abukar “You have to know the past to understand the present.” Carl Sagan. It was either in 1984 or 1985 that Siad Barre’s regime was weakening. It was a period not far removed from Somalia’s war with Ethiopia in 1977/1978, a tragic miscalculation by President Barre. Perhaps the aftermath of that costly...
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Syria, Egypt Reveal Erdogan’s ‘Hidden Agenda’
By Nicola Nasser The eruption of the Syrian conflict early in 2011 heralded the demise of Turkey’s officially pronounced strategy of “Zero Problems with Neighbors,” but more importantly, it revealed a “hidden agenda” in Turkish foreign policy under the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. What Sreeram Chaulia, the Dean of the Jindal...
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Religion, prestige and windows of opportunity? Qatari peace making and foreign policy engagement
By Stig Jarle Hansen, with contributions from Mohamed H. Gaas, Stig J. Hansen and Halvard Leira Editor’s Note: In recent times, the tiny nation of Qatar in the Middle East has been taking great strides in the expansion of its peace making efforts and foreign policy engagements. Prominent Norwegian researcher Stig Jarle Hansen and his...
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GABAY-HAYIR: A SOMALI MOCK HEROIC SONG
By Prof. Said S. Samatar Introduction This piece appeared in Research in African Literatures exactly three decades ago. Since then mighty changes have occurred in Somalia in particular, and in the world at large generally. Alas, Abdisalaam Haaji Aadan, the witty burlesquer in the piece, is dead, so is the Somali state, so is the Soviet Union;...