W.T. Faarax Cali Gammuute Arar Wax la yidhi, rag lays ku tiriyo ayay ka sebaanba ahaayeen. Wayse ahaan jirtaye, midkood baa loo gawaamay.’Lagu ma dhaamee, dhaqaaq’ baa lagu yidhi. Cagtaa laga gujiyay. Damac baa hor booday. Gacantuu u haadiyay.Isna yidhi bal soo haabo. Raggay isku lugta ahaayeen ayuu u ged baxay. Guuxiisii ayuu u sheegtay....
Ismail Haji Warsame Puntland State of Somalia is to hold its most crucial Presidential Election towards the end of this year. This election will act as a litmus test for the political maturity of the people of Puntland, its peace and stability after nearly two decades of self-government. Once again, Puntland State is at cross-roads...
W/Q: Idiris M. Cali Hadda ka hor waxaan ku digay, “Mar na ba is ma siin kartid aragti…uu qof kale ku saxiixanyahay”[1]; waxa aanan u digay qofka isagu, xaqsiin la’aan, qoraal amma hadaal[2]uu leeyahay ku googgoosta xogo uusan isku habaysan, amma uusan curinnin, balse uu soo irgistay. Kala shareerista aragtiyaha iyo curiyahooda, oo kama’ loo...
Editor’s Note: WardheerNews had a rare opportunity to interview President Hassan Sh. Mohamoud, on the occasion of completing his first year in office. Abdelkarim A. Hassan has conducted the interview for WDN. —————————- WardheerNew: Mr. President, congratulation for the first anniversary. Many people argue that your administration has unearthed the scars of the past Somali...
By Hassan M. Abukar “History has proven that the Somalis generally do not want any influence from Al-Qaeda or foreigners in their internal affairs.”—Omar Hammami. Omar Hammami, the American jihadist with Al-Shabab, Somalia’s Al-Qaeda affiliate, was killed on Thursday by Al-Shabab fighters according to a report by AP. He was 29 years old. He had...
W.Q. Siciid Jaamac Xuseen Herr ‘K’.. mudane ‘K’ waa nin Jarman ah oo magaciisa xarafkii ugu horreeyay laga soo qaaday, innaguna sidaas ayaynu ugu yeeri doonnaa. ‘K’ waa afartan jir dherer iyo lafba u dhammaystiran. Shan iyo labaatan sannadood, ayaa ugu dambaysay maalintii uu jaamacadda Dresden ka baxay, isagoo cilmiga falsafadda shahaadad sare ku qaatay....
Ismail Ali Ismail (Geeldoon) Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud was elected a year ago as the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia upon the lapse of a long ‘Transitional Period’. He defeated the incumbent Sheikh Sharief Sheikh Ahmed fairly and squarely in a transparent electoral process. Although the independence, sovereignty, political unity and territorial integrity...
By: Kiflu Hussain “Today is my birthday, said Abera to his girlfriend, Lulit.And she said, ‘Oh! Darling, why didn’t you let me know beforehand? To which he ruefully responded; ‘I also remembered it when I was cursing the day I was born.” Paraphrased and roughly translated from the late Baalu Girma’s novel “Beyond the Horizon.”...
Editor’s Note: WardheerNews has been afforded the rare opportunity to conduct the first interview with Professor Lidwien Kapteijns, author of the recently debuted book, Clan Cleansing in Somalia, The Ruinous Legacy of 1991 . Lidwien Kapteijns is a professor of history at Wellesley College. Dr. Kapteijns is the author of many papers, research and books. Professor...
By Faisal A. Roble If the epic poems of Guba, “instigator” in Somali, documented the internecine small scale clan wars in the Hawd and Reserved Area in the 1890s-1920s, Clan Cleansing in Somalia undoubtedly serves as a repository for the historical origins and the memory reconstruction of mass violence in post-colonial Somalia. This time (1978...