By Kiflu Hussain Now that we ceased to give recognition To ICC that only targets “our statesmen” Why shan’t we also do away? With our own kangaroo courts Notorious for their selective justice By only targeting small time crooks While turning a blind eye To big time corrupts In addition to being instruments Of witch-hunting...
Faisal A. Roble A friend of mine sent me a reflective letter (When Silence Is Telling October 9, 2013) in which Mr. Mahmoud Gaildon briefly sketched his fears about where Somalia lies and its sealed fate as a nation of a lesser sovereignty. I read it with interest, and the letter in essence invokes a larger...
W.Q. Cabdullaahi Janno Odaygii inta haahaabtay kafantiisa, ayuu dhankii xaaskiisa u soo tukubay. Waa indhoole. “Us adi catarkii ma i siisidoo?” ayuu yiri Odaygii. “Anoon carfeynin inaan dhinto ma jecli.” “Xaaji Muuddeey dhimasho maxaa ugu rooree?” ayay tiri ay Batuulo, “dhimasho iyadaaba ku ceyrsaheesee.” “Us ani dhimasho ma ku rooraayi,” ayuu yiri Xaaji Muuddeey, “ee...
BY Said Jama Hussein The Hargeisa International Book Fair (HIBF) takes place almost regularly during the month of July, deliberately to coincide with the school vacation when the high school and university students are on leave. The weather at this time of the year in Hargeisa is also the mildest and most pleasurable. As has...
By Adan Makina To break the barrier to the racist sentiments, male chauvinism, misguided political phantasms, and macho that have been dragging on since 1776 when America declared independence from England, it is best we carryout a research into the world’s past and present historical perspectives to unravel the gigantic roles women painstakingly played to...
CUTUBKA 4aad Dhallinyaranimadii iyo Caraabiya (1914 – 1918) Markii aan Mukalla imid, ayaan neefkaygii ku iibiyay laba qarshi. Rubiyad waxaan isaga baxshay nooligii, midna waxaan ku biirshay qaaraan la isaga ururinayay neef intii la soo socday doonta ku bakhtiyay. Rubiyad kale waxaan kala baxay maro xardhan, laba yaardi ah oo aan hooyaday u sii dhiibay....
By Fayera Nagara, Washington, DC, USA All peoples of the world see the United States as a champion of human rights and a beacon of democracy. It is only in the United States where a son of an African immigrant runs for and wins the most revered office in the world – the White House....
Turjumiddi/Tifatirkii: Boodhari Warsame Cutubka 3aad Guryonoqosho I Laas Qoray markii aan gaaray, ayaan go’aansaday in aan xeebta ku lugeeyo oo Cadcaddo iyo xigtadaydii deggananyd aado. Maalin gelinkeed markii aan sii socday, ayaan helay nin aan isku cid ahayn. Xoogaa timir ah ayuu i siiyay oo ii tilmaamay halkii aan reerkayagii ugu hagaagi lahaa. Duhurkii ayaan...
By Ali H Abdulla First, I would like to convey my condolence to the families of the scores of innocent people killed in the senseless and brutal attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The perpetrators of these heinous crimes have no place in a civilized society. They belong to a different era that is...
By Ahmed Hirsi Introduction My abhorrence towards war of words between two Somali brothers is beyond description, nevertheless, I could not help commenting on Mr. Sharmarke’s well-crafted PR and propaganda laced piece that carried immeasurable clannish undertone. Undoubtedly we Somalis live in a world in which clanocracy pervades almost every layer of our society, so...