By Faisal Roble On July 30, 2018, Ethiopia’s populist Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, was welcomed to the city of Minneapolis with a highly publicized and well-orchestrated three-city visit that included Los Angles and Washington DC. The crowd at the Target … Continued
Guled Hagi Hersi Barely 18 rocky months into his four-year term, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo’s presidency is all but doomed. And it is largely due to a self-inflicted damage emanating from his catastrophic performance in virtually all facets of governance, … Continued
By Liban Ahmad Wardheernews interview with Ali Haji Warsame, former Puntland Presidential Candidate and former Minister of Education, was interesting. However, I will limit my discussion of the interview to Warsame’s views on the territorial dispute between Somaliland and Puntland. … Continued
By Faisal Roble To: HE Abdi Mohamed Omar (President of the Somali Regional State) HE Mohamed Rashiid Isaaq, Speaker of the Parliament, Somali Regional State HE Abdirahman Maadey, Secretary-General, ONLF … Continued
By Osman Hassan Colonel Muse Bihi, the leader of the one-clan secessionist enclave calling itself “Somaliland” (otherwise the northwest region of Somalia), is on the warpath, this time not against his old nemesis- Somalia. After all the crisis he created … Continued
By Hassan M. Abukar Ibrahim M. Hussein—better known as “Ibrahim Dheere,” the Chairman of the United Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF) in the Somali region of Ethiopia—is now in the news, after many years of silence. Sporting a well-trimmed beard, … Continued
By Faisal Roble The alarming rate of massacre carried out by marauding Oromos, consisting of paramilitary troops, vigilante gangs glorified by Oromo politicians as nationalist forces, and peasants armed with machetes, who viciously attack Somalis villages, offers a tell-tale of … Continued
WardheerNews series- What’s in a Picture The Somali Partnership Forum, held in Brussels, Belgium, on July 16 and 17, 2018, was attended by representatives of fifty-eight countries and 6 international organizations to discuss humanitarian issues, economic recovery, and review the progress … Continued
Editor’s Note: Ali Haji Warsame is a veteran Somali public figure who was the Education Minister of Puntland between 2014 and 2015, a presidential candidate in the federal elections of 2016, a former Puntland presidential candidate in 2014, and a … Continued
By Mohamed Abdullahi The recent International Crisis Group (ICG) briefing No 141 “Averting War in Northern Somalia” is a welcome addition to the continuing efforts of the international community to stop the war in Sool region between Somaliland and Puntland. … Continued
By Hassan M. Abukar Today’s Somali youth—and the generation that came of age after the 1991 civil war—are helping Mogadishu’s progress through hard work and building a network of social relationships that transcend parochial tribal affiliations. A United Nations consultant … Continued
Editor’s Note: The following is an interview in which Kenya’s eminent writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, recommends a list of 7 novels from Africa that one must read. The list is not exhaustive and there is a disclaimer that reads that … Continued
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