Mahad Sh. Ali Gelle With today being Independence Day, many will rightly celebrate the leadership, courage, and passion of the men who gave birth to this nation. Our Founding Fathers were truly great men, but it was more than just their courage and passion that made them great leaders – it was their unyielding conviction...
This is an excerpt of the book Cold War Fallout: Boundary Politics and Conflict in the Horn of Africa written by Abdisalam M. Issa-Salwe ___________________ The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 created a geopolitical situation which increased the competition among the European colonial powers for control of the coast along the Red Sea...
Said Faadi For a variety of reasons, it is an uphill task to revive the collapsed state of Somalia. Yet, the current Federal Government of Somalia (SFG) stood the best prospect for restoring the failed political institutions of Somalia. President Hassan got a golden opportunity to pull this war-torn nation out of the black hole...
W/Q C/raxmaan Faarax “Barwaaqo” Hordhac Naas dumar midkee buu Horraad iyo dambeed yahay isku mooraduugtee Bal hadduu dirkaba yahay Wixii dhacay ma dawbaa? Dabataxan, M. X. Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’ Sida laga wada dheregsanyahay, labada dhawaaq ee ‘dh’-a iyo ‘r’-a waxay ka mid yihiin laba-iyo-labaatanka shibbane ee af Soomaaliga. Haddana ereyo ay ku jiraan baa muran xoogle...
By Ahmed Hirsi Introduction In this series, the History of Jubaland and the City of Kismayu a wide range of empirical evidences derived from various databases such as National Archives in London will form a solid basis for the series. Also a comprehensive collection of historical documents; books and facts will be presented. The aim...
W.Q. Siciid Jaamac Xuseen Saxiibkay Geeddi oo taliskii kacaanka militariga ee Oktoobar 69 iyo ciddii la soo shaqaysay shaki ka galo daacadnimadooda si kasta hadday u istaaqfura-laystaan, ayaa la socday inaan kal hore maqaal Ka qoray ”8da Marso: Maalinta Haweenka Adduunka.” Si ay ku dhacdayba, markanna waxuu la kulmay anigoo ku dul fadhiya qoraalka ka...
By Abdiaziz Abdi Something very bizarre is happening in Somalia. Sentiments similar to that of 1990’s clannish-oriented antagonism, which had pitted the nation against each other in a bloody civil war, are surfacing again. The Somali Federal Government and its leader, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, appear to have been discredited by Kismayo infighting that started on...
W/q: Axmed Ibraahin Cawaale aiawaleh@gmail.com 1. Hordhac “Haddii ardayda Soomaaliyeed ee barata Sooyaalka (taariikhda), Degel-baadhista, Suugaanta, Sooyaalka Diimaha, iyo Falsafadda ay heli lahaayeen door/fakaag (fursad) ay ugu kuur galaan qoraalladii hore ee Masaarida, sida sheekadii Bad-mareenkii Qarqoomay, Sooyaalka Faraaciinta, sida ban-dhiggii wacdaraha lahaa ee socdaalkii Boqoraddii Xatshebsuut ay ku tagtay Arladii Bunt, iyo Qoraalladii dura/duraaye...
Ali H. Abdulla Axmed Guray ma uu dhiman ma goblamin darwiishkii geenyadu ma daalana maan beelin gamastii waxaan uga gol leeyahay hadii geesi ii kaco gayaankeyga waan heli Hadraawi, a Somali Poet (A song from Aqoon iyo Afgarad delivered by Shankaroon) Somalia is a country bereft of national heroes. For nearly sixty ears, it has...
Faisal A. Roble My last article posted on Wardheernews, “Somalia Sliding back to Political Conflict” May 29, 2013, which must have touched, I assume, some raw nerves, and precipitously generated quite a significant feedback. I must say that most of the letters were positive and supportive of my on-going engagement with the self-selected Dem-Al Jadid...