Ismail Haji Warsame Puntland State of Somalia suspends its planned and ill-prepared multi-party elections, following local political violence where scores of people lost their lives and many others were hurt. The ruling political elite, who initially half-heartedly embraced the idea of pluralism on “My way or the highway” approach by using the instruments of political coercion,...
Abdulkadir Abiikar Hussein There are few positive activities that the current Somali government carried out, and most of these are related to the international community wanting to bring back Somalia to a normal condition and helping it to move away from the failed-state status. Turkey, EU, USA and the African Union worked very hard to...
By Nicola Nasser Gaza will remain a matter of national security for Egypt. And regardless of who is in charge in Gaza, Egypt will also remain a strategic asset for Gaza, a lifeline for its people, and a mainstay of its peace and stability. These are the irreversible facts of the ties between Egypt and...
W.Q.Cabdilaahi Cawad Cige Waddani tol leh: Siddeed saacadood oo aannu hawada ku soo jirnay ka dib, ayuu duuliyihii dayuurad nooceedu yahay 787 Dreamliner oo sharikadda Dayuuradaha Itoobiya leedahay nagu soo dejiyay garoonka Bole, ee magaalada Addis Ababa. Bahashu xajmi weynaa, qaad badanaa, qurux iyo farshaxan badanaa, duuliyuhu muxuu shaqadiisa ka jibbo keenay. Sidii awr hayin...
Dr. Abdusalam Omer Governor of the Central Bank Forward What follows is the Central Bank of Somalia’s preliminary response to the allegations of corruption appearing in the Annual Report on Somalia issued by the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea on 12 July 2013 (the “Report). The Central Bank rejects these allegations in...
By Faisal A. Roble The UN’s Monitoring report on Somalia and Eretria, (Letter dated 12 July 2013 from the chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea addressed to the president of the Security Council on behalf of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions...
By Kiflu Hussain I just read a very thoughtful article titled “Are you Oromo First or Ethiopian First?”Authored by Awol Allo and published by The web of Legal Theory Group of Glasgow University. The piece enabled me to distance myself from the cantankerous exchanges as seen on social media between those of us who are...
Dr. Mohamed Abbas This is part two of my response to Mr. Mohamud M. Uluso’s article posted on Hiiraan Online with the title:“Somalia: Raskamboni Militia Challenges US, UN, Credibility” When I read Mr. Uluso’s recent articles on Jubbaland in an objective manner, I found it hard to get a meaningful message out of it. He...
Summary More broadly in Somalia, several spoiler networks have emerged. In northern Somalia, with the general decline of pirate activity a network of individuals, including known pirate leaders, is engaged in providing private security forunlicensed fishing vessels in Somali waters and is connected to weapons smuggling and Al-Shabaab networks in north-eastern Somalia. In the east-central...
Prof Said Sh. Samatar SOMALI CLANISM is a force in the land to be reckoned with. Don’t snicker! By the end of this animated screed, you will be thoroughly persuaded. Somali clanism is at once earth-shattering and globe-trotting, coming along as a happy camper wherever Somalis set foot, from Siberia to Senegal and from the...