By Hassan M. Abukar Three years have gone by since the passing of Abdirizak Haji Hussein, the former prime minister of Somalia. Since then, two books have been written about him: Abdi I. Samatar’s Africa’s First Democrats: Somalia’s Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussein, and Abdirizak Haji Hussein: My Role in the Foundation of...
February 6, 2025
Category: History
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ABDIRAZAK HAJI HUSSEIN: My Role in the Foundation of the Somali Nation-State, A Political Memoir
Book: ABDIRAZAK HAJI HUSSEIN: My Role in the Foundation of the Somali Nation-State, A Political Memoir Author: Abdirazak Haji Hussein Edited by: Abdisalam Issa-Salwe Publication year: 2017 Page count: 412 Pages Publisher: The Red Sea Press Preface Writing a book in which one interweaves one’s own political history with that of the formation of the nation-state is an...
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The Somali Language
By Mohamed Abdikadir (Stanza) The official language of Somalia and Somali people is the Somali language and it belongs to the Cushitic Afro-Asiatic languages. It is written from left to right in Latin characters. It is a language that is rich in literature, as national and international linguists discovered through multiple linguistic and literary studies....
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A “domestic” history about the Danish-Somalis at a museum in Århus
By Marco Zoppi Societies ineluctably transform themselves through the natural course of time, and during this development some of their elements of heritage, whether vested in culture or articulated in other facies of human experience, are modified to meet the requirements of practice and of lived empirical contexts. And precisely there, where the most sophisticated...
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THE PITFALLS OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS IN THE CONTEXT OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
By Adan Makina Editor’s Note: Since Donald Trump assumed the Presidency of the United States on Jan 20, 2017; many believe the prestige of the office of the presidency, the position and the influence of the United States around the world has diminished. Case in point, President Trump alienated NATO member states by calling the alliance...
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Wareysi: Dr. Georgi Kapchits
Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Waxaanu akhristayaasha WardheerNews la wadaagaynaa waraysi xiise badan oo aanu la yeelanay Dr. Georgi Kapchits oo ah khabiir aad isugu taxalujiya ururinta iyo baadhista afka, dhaqanka iyo suugaanta Soomaaliyeed. Dr. Kapchits waxa uu ka waramayaa suugaanta iyo maahamaahyada Soomaalida iyo barashadiisii Afka Soomaaliga. Waraysigani waxa uu horey ugu soo baxay WardheerNews bishii Janaayo...
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Abaartii Dabadheer, 1974-1975: Xeryihii Gargaarka, Beer iyo Caynabo iyo Kaalintii Takhaatiirtii Xooggii Dalka Soomaaliyeed
W/Q Dr. Axmed Dalmar Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Guud ahaan Bariga Afrika, gaar ahaan Soomaaliya, waxaa saamaysay Abaar ba’an ( 2015) oo loogu magac daray “Siman”, taasi oo sintay xoolo iyo dad-ba. Dad lagu qiyaasay 6.2 milyan ayaa la sheegey in ay la il daran yihiin macaluul, islamarkaana qarka u saaran in ay gaajo u dhintaan. Abaartan...
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Clan Politics in Somalia: Genesis Misuse and Way forward
By Ahmed Hassen “Do not ask me about my tribe I am not only a tribe Ask me about my profession I am not only a tribe’’ Sahra Koshin Somalia is at a crossroads, and heading towards complete disintegration and the risk of being wiped out of the map of the world by two major...
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Lady Liberty shown as black woman on U.S. coin for first time
By Laila Kearney, Reuters The United States Mint has unveiled a $100 gold coin featuring an African-American woman as the face of Lady Liberty for the first time in the history of U.S. currency. The 24-karat gold coin, which marks the Mint’s 225th anniversary, was debuted on Thursday in the Department of the Treasury’s Cash...
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Sahankii Richard Burton ee Bariga Afrika: Balo waa ay dambaysay
Tarjumo & Tifaftir Boodhari Warsame Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Waa qeybtii ugu dambeysay ee tarjumaadda buugga Sahankii Richard Burton, oo ka kooban 10 cutub, oo markii ugu horeysay la daabacay 1858. Buugga waxa tarjumay Boodhari Warsame. WardheerNews waxa ay aad ugu mahadnaqeysaa Boodhari oo xil aad u weyn iska saaray sidii uu ugu soo bandhigi lahaa bulshoweynta...