Waxa Tiriyay: Faarax Cali “Gammuute” E-Mail: farahgamute@gmail.com Wax la yidhi, labay ka murugtay. Jiq bay isku noqdeen. Geedkay ka fursan weyday. Waayeel kala gaadhaa loo guray. Waa loo muddeeyay. Ammin dheer baa golihii lagu kulmay. Gar laysu hankaabsay. Mudduci tiisa marsanaya iyo madaacale deedafeynaya ayay ku soo gudhay. Odayaashii dhexda ahaana, “Ilaahow gar eexo ha nagaga...
Abdul Ghelleh I attended the Jubaland State of Somalia conference in Nairobi on Sunday afternoon June 09, where the newly elected president, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, and his senior colleagues were the guest of honour. The aura in the conference hall was presidential, complete with competent personnel who were all carrying both the Somali and the Jubaland...
Mohamed F Yabarag With the arrival of yet another contingent of African peace-keeping forces in southern Somalia, this time from Sierra Leone, the country is increasingly becoming a dumping ground for African mercenaries whilst the government in Mogadishu seems to be careless or knows little about the ramifications such a force will have on Somalia...
By Gregory R. Copley Egypt’s Morsi Government has initiated a return to covert war against Ethiopia, which controls the source of the Blue Nile, Egypt’s and Sudan’s principal source of water. The result will almost certainly lead to an increased level of insecurity in the strategic Red Sea/Suez sea lane and in the upper Nile riparian...
By Ali H Abdulla Calankan qaayaha lahoow qudheyda badhkeediyoow intaan kuu qabo jacayl qiyaas kuma koobi karo hadday caanuhu qubtaan illayn dabadood la qabay waxaan diray qaylo dhaan Saadaal wacan baan qabaa sidaa ku-calool qabow ……. Dr. Abdirahman Bayle Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to...
The growing crisis in Kismaayo has the potential to undermine the Somali Federal Government (SFG). It also threatens to bring the fragile and recovering nation back to the brink of civil war. The crisis risks destabilizing the Horn of Africa region, balkanizing southern Somalia, and creating an opening for al-Shabaab to reassert control in recently...
By Abdul Ghelleh I arrived in London on a drab rainy Friday afternoon in the spring of 1985. Margaret Thatcher was in her second term as prime minister and Samantha Fox was Britain’s favorite page three girl for The Sun. Michael Jackson had won seven Grammy awards the previous year including one for Thriller which...
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By Sirad Shirdon A few months ago, I met with a vibrant Somali mother who runs a community organization which serves newly arrived refugees. She expressed concerns regarding the lack of understanding newcomers had regarding their children’s medical conditions. One of her greatest challenges in serving refugees was in improving health literacy. She mentioned that...
By Muktar M Omer WardheerNews Contributor Email: muktaromer@ymail.com The cause and effect debate As the dispute between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the self-declared Jubaland Regional State (JRS) intensified, the national debate reverberated with matching intensity. Pro-Jubaland politicians and media traced the source of the impasse to the ambitions of an overbearing central...
By Faisal Roble Email faisalroble19@gmail.com Conflict by Design Somalia is a country of cultural unanimity with political disunity. While the former attribute is an organic phenomenon, the latter is often the product of faulty leadership. A report at a Joint meeting of the Royal African Society on May 1, 1958 asses the Somalis this way:...