By Yasmeen Maxamuud Women in Somalia have had enough. A young 12 year old girl has been raped, killed and placed her mutilated, desecrated body in front of her family’s door this week. The tragedy of Caa’isha Ilyas is not … Continued
By Rasheed Hashi Over the last few weeks, many Somalis have pondered and posed an important question: after nearly 60 years of independence, why do we need a white man – a muzungu or saan-cadde as we say – to … Continued
By Yasmeen Maxamuud Politics is a very hard rock to crack around the globe, its full of slander, innuendo, and the process may leave one regretful she has entered the fray to begin with. For women in Somalia the stakes … Continued
By Osman Hassan The Somali region under Ethiopia rule, better known internationally as the Ogaden[1], has recently been in the throes of turmoil not of its own making. What we have witnessed there is the direct takeover of the area … Continued
By Abdi Dagal Faahiye This article is part one of a series on corruption and misappropriation of public funds within the Ministry of Finance, Federal Government of Somalia. In Somali politics, corruption is the name of the game. To understand this, … Continued
By Liban Farah Let me be blunt about this first: The new regional president, Mustafe M Omar, was appointed in not too dissimilar fashion to his predecessors and only time will tell whether his tenure will also be accentuated by … Continued
Residents of Eastleigh, a Nairobi neighborhood known for its densely Somali population, on Jan. 18, 2010. (Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images) By Kim Yi Dionne Pirates. Terrorists. Refugees. There is a long history of negative portrayals of Somalis around the … 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 Guled Hagi Hersi No one expected that President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” would fall from grace this soon. Not even his ardent supporters. After all, he was the leader we—a desperate nation perpetually yearning for someone to love rather than … Continued
Editor’s Note: Abdi Farah Saeed “Juxa” is a veteran Somali journalist, writer, poet, statesman, and public figure who has held both senior-level state and federal positions. He was the Education Minister in Puntland from 2009 to 2014. Until January 2018, … Continued
By Hamza Mohamed It’s late on Wednesday afternoon, and the Shiirkole football pitch in the Somali capital should be teeming with life. Usually, there are uniformed players and crowds wearing colourful jerseys supporting their favourite teams. That’s how it’s been … Continued
By Hassan M. Abukar It was the phone call of a lifetime—one that would take me back to the land of my birth with a job offer that would catapult me into a rarefied position of serving the country’s top … Continued
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