Editor’s Note: WardheerNews had a rare opportunity to interview President Hassan Sh. Mohamoud, on the occasion of completing his first year in office. Abdelkarim A. Hassan has conducted the interview for WDN. —————————- WardheerNew: Mr. President, congratulation for the first anniversary. Many people argue that your administration has unearthed the scars of the past Somali...
Waxaanu arrintan ka wareysanay aqoonyahanka Faysal Cabdi Rooble oo maanta noogu martiya Barnaamijkeena Raadraac. Haddaba Md. Faysal oo aan khadka Telefoonka kula xidhiidhay isagoo ku sugan magaalada Los Angels oo uu degganayahay, ayaa wareysigan kaga hadlayaa arrimo badan oo muhiim ah ee hoos ka dhegeyso.
Editor’s Note: WardheerNews has been afforded the rare opportunity to conduct the first interview with Professor Lidwien Kapteijns, author of the recently debuted book, Clan Cleansing in Somalia, The Ruinous Legacy of 1991 . Lidwien Kapteijns is a professor of history at Wellesley College. Dr. Kapteijns is the author of many papers, research and books. Professor...
By Faisal A. Roble Prologue Since the talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between delegates from the Federal Government of Somalia and the administration of Jubbaland concluded, both my email and my telephone message racks have been flooded with requests to give my take on the meaning of the talks and the agreement produced. On August...
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee maanta waxaan idiinku soo gudbinaynaa qaybtii 2aad ee wareysigii aan la yeelanay Xasan Maxamed Abukar, kuna saabsanaa dhaqdhaqaaqyada Islaamiga ah ee Soomaaliya. Waxaa barnaamijka idiin soo diyaariyay, soona jeedinaya Khaliil C/raxmaan
Prof Said Sh. Samatar AUGUST 4, 2013 WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY as the day when the world came to a standstill, the sun gawked from his sphere in astonishment, the moon tore into the heavens with a prodigious peal of Somali laughter, the stars gazed on earth with luminous incredulity. What drove these celestial...
By Faisal Roble Every government that came to Mogadishu since the Barre regime had claimed to be legitimate. The loudest noise and more intense claim for legitimacy had been echoed by the current government. On the contrary, the current government is less legitimate than its predecessor. Given how much it erred and abused the recently...
By Osman Hassan Dear Ahmed First Ramadaan Kariim. Secondly, I hope you will allow me to respond through this Open Letter to your recent interview with Universal TV . General Comments This was a superbly articulated interview, truly a vintage Ahmed Ismail Samatar stuff that continues to be the talking point in the social media....
By Faisal A. Roble The UN’s Monitoring report on Somalia and Eretria, (Letter dated 12 July 2013 from the chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea addressed to the president of the Security Council on behalf of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions...
Prof Said Sh. Samatar SOMALI CLANISM is a force in the land to be reckoned with. Don’t snicker! By the end of this animated screed, you will be thoroughly persuaded. Somali clanism is at once earth-shattering and globe-trotting, coming along as a happy camper wherever Somalis set foot, from Siberia to Senegal and from the...