By Abdisaid M. Ali Somalia’s crisis is usually described through its sharpest manifestations, insecurity, constitutional conflict, electoral strain, and the persistent threat of Al Shabaab. These pressures are serious. Yet they arise from a deeper condition. Somalia’s central struggle concerns sovereignty in the fuller political sense, the capacity to organize government, exercise accepted authority, discipline...
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...
By Faisal A. Roble This essay is both historical, an appreciation note, and a nod to the concept of “Oodi Abka dhow” or when loosely translated, “proximity is thicker than blood.” has any relevance, this story is a good example. Context: On March 2, 2026, while the world was busy with the Israeli/US vs. Iran...
KITENGELA, Kenya (AP) — At a special school in Kenya, the classrooms look like few others. Instead of standing and lecturing at Rare Gem Talent School, teachers use hands-on lessons focused on sights, sounds, and feelings designed for a unique type of learner: students with dyslexia. Despite increasing access to public education in Kenya, students...
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 Wilo Abdulle Osman Somalia stands at a perilous crossroads where a generational humanitarian emergency and deep-seated political dysfunction have converged to threaten the very fabric of the nation’s sovereignty. As the world watches, the country teeters on the edge of irreversible fragmentation, driven by a “catastrophic convergence” of climate change, systemic corruption, and a...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal erupted in joy Sunday night after the West African country’s soccer team defeated Morocco 1-0 to win the Africa Cup of Nations. Across the capital Dakar, fireworks lit up the sky, horns blared and people of all ages chanted and danced in the streets, dressed in national colors and holding Senegalese...
By Abdisalam Ali Farah (Biligsey) Behind the polished communiqués and donor briefings emanating from Mogadishu lies an uncomfortable truth: Somalia’s education and development sectors have become battlegrounds for political control and personal enrichment. Nowhere is this abuse more visible or more damaging—than in Puntland, where children’s classrooms have been turned into leverage and education projects...
By Faysal OmerMember of Parliament, Somali Region Standfirst Recent report claims that an opposition party is independently running Ethiopia’s education system have drawn international attention. But beneath the headlines lies a constitutional reality often misunderstood outside the country: in Ethiopia, as in most democracies, national education policy is set by state institutions—not by political parties...
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...