By: Ahmed A. Hirsi Email: Ahmed.hirsi@yahoo.com Introduction The political impasse in Kismayo between the Somali Government and the so called Juballand State is getting more complicated by the day for the Somali government. Rhetorical change is unfolding too with each hour that passes. Each camp is claiming to be on the right path while condemning...
By Mohamed A. Hussein Following the Somali Government’s rejection of the results of the political process in which the people of Jubaland established a regional administration on May 15, 2013, Somalis who wish to see the return of peace and harmony in their country were eagerly waiting for the recommendation of the IGAD Technical Committee,...
Muktar M. Omer Email: muktaromer@ymail.com Only Boethius – that Roman philosopher of fickle fate and the vicissitudes of fortune – could have consoled a puny man in Ethiopia, who woke up to the malignancy of fate on the first week of May 2013. Boethius sat at the pinnacles of power in Rome before treachery brought him...
. Preamble Following the decision by the 21st Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of IGAD as per paragraph 10 of the communiqué released on the 3rd May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Executive Secretary, Amb. Eng Mahboub Maalim led a delegation composed of Ambassadors of member...
By: Hassan M. Abukar “What I have done in the past is history, what I am going to do in the future is a mystery.”− Mike Tyson. The great Somali poet Abdullahi Suldan Timacadde said, “Clannism provides no shelter; it only causes destruction.” That is only partially true. What is left unsaid is that members...
By Abdighani Hirad Summary Jubaland State of Somalia came to being on May 15, 2013 after it elected President Ahmed Mahammed Islam (Ahmed Madobe). This bottom up approach, where clans, who have endlessly and senselessly feuded since the fall of late Siyad Barre, coalesced and came together, is a welcome sign to all Somalis and...
By Peter Kagwanja Three years after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in 1991, Robert D. Kaplan published his highly influential essay in the Atlantic Monthly(February 1994), warning of “The Coming Anarchy” and relating a sad tale of how scarcity, crime, tribalism, disease and overpopulation were rapidly destroying the social fabric of the planet. Africa...
By: Kiflu Hussain I might never have known about the existence of African Media Initiative (AMI), had I not received an invitation from this organization that sounds well intentioned. In 2011, I was pleasantly surprised by an email from AMI that invited me to attend the fourth African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) in Tunis. It...
Mr. Ahmed M. Silanyo, president of the breakaway regions of Somaliland, has recently visited Washington in an effort of seeking aid and recognition. President Silanyo’s visit was fuelled by the momentum his administration achieved from the mediation between his administration and the new government of Somalia hosted by the Turkish government in in Ankara, Turkey. Acknowledging...
By: Boodhari Warsame If only I could remeber exactly which year or month was it, but it was indisputably an infamous day in my childhood. On that day, I , as usual, came back from Dugsi for one of those highly coveted daily quraac breaks, extremely hungry and angry at everybody, including the merciless macallin...