By Sheikh Abdunasir Jamac Warsame, PhD Concept of Revenge Revenge is an unjustified killing and counter-killing.What constitutes revenge? It refers to the act of inflicting harm or pain on another individual without engaging in any criminal activity. It is impossible to locate a society devoid of all types of crime or an ideal society that...
By Dr. Sheikh Abdunasir Jama Warsame Introduction Zakat, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is a fundamental act of Islam that embodies both spiritual devotion and social responsibility. It is obligatory upon all eligible Muslims who possess the minimum required wealth (nisab) to give a prescribed portion of their assets annually to those in...
Dr Zakariya Weyrax For many years, I have returned to the same question, unable to leave it alone: why has Somalia’s collapse endured so long? Why has a people once so cohesive, so linguistically unified, so morally literate, remained suspended in fracture for more than three decades—long after other nations ravaged by civil war, genocide,...
By Isha Qarsoon [1] The execution of Hodan Mohamud Diiriye in Galkayo following the killing of a young domestic worker exposed more than a tragedy. It revealed a structural crossroads for Somalia’s legal evolution. What makes this moment especially consequential is that Somalia is advancing toward codifying elements of that same retaliation-based logic within its...
By Osman Ali Hassan The Epstein file, stretching from the shadows of the 1990s into the unsettled terrain of 2026, has become more than a criminal record of a disgraced financier; it has evolved into a chronic case study of American governance under strain. Over three decades, what began as rumors surrounding an eccentric and...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. The audience cheered as the man was pinned down and...
(ERGO) – Women relying on selling camel milk to support their families in Hargeisa are facing growing hardship, as the prolonged drought has forced pastoralists to move their herds far from the city. For more than a decade, camel milk sales provided a modest but steady livelihood for dozens of low-income women. Milk brought from nearby...
Mogadishu– The Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) raises alarm over the rapidly worsening drought conditions, warning of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe as a sharp decline in international funding coincides with escalating humanitarian needs. According to Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC), the drought is driving 3.4 million people into high levels of acute food insecurity across Somalia. In...
Dr. Abukar Y. Warsame The documentary “The Somali Nomad Code” produced by Weird Earth has captured wide attention for its rich portrayal of nomadic heritage and the cultural tensions Somali migrants face in the Western world. It is beautifully produced, emotionally powerful, and rooted in an undeniable truth: Somali pastoral values do shape the diaspora...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman remembers when she first moved to the neighborhood more than 20 years ago, and the streets were full of empty storefronts and seemingly relentless poverty. Today, Minneapolis’ Lake Street corridor is jammed with businesses, many owned by Somali refugees. “Look at what we did around here,” said Nasra Hassan, a...