By Abdelkarim Hassan (WDN)- The capture of Sh. Hassan Aweys, the ailing senior leader of Al Shabab, poses a genuine test to President Hassan Sh. Mohamuod’s administration that enjoyed an international support since its inception. Aweys, a former Somali army cornel, top leader of the defunct Mogadishu Union Court and founder of Hisbul Islam who...
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...
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:...
Introduction Following his extensive expedition into the hinterlands of the Somali ecology, Sir Richard Burton, the 19th century acentric British explorer, in his eventual meetings with several Somalis chiefs, in particular Garad Adan Garad Koshin ( Geri) and Sultan Sharmarke ( Issak), gained an intrinsic understanding of Somali kinship, culture, religion, and their system of governance. ...
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Recently, two separate letters written in Arabic by Al Qaeda leaders in Mali and Somalia have surfaced. The writings paint a grim picture of the jihadist experience in both countries. The first was found in Mali, and the second is an open letter from a Somali jihadist leader to Al Qaeda supreme leader, Dr. Ayman...
Editor’s Note: Dr. Abdurahman M. “Baadiyow” is a well-known Somali activist, educator, politician, and one of the senior leaders of Al Islah Islamic organization. Dr. Baadiyow was one of the top candidates of the 2012 Somali presidential election. WDN had an insightful and multi-faced interview with Dr. Baadiyow on the current situation in Somalia, both the challenges...
Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl was the most improbable writer before he authored “Aqoondarro waa u nacab jacayl” and, subsequently, two other books. He was a technical man, having been educated at what used to be the Trade School in Hargeisa, and later at the Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering in London from 1959 to...