The Follies of the Somaliland Guurti should not Cloud the Search for Sustainable Peace WardherNews Editorial April 06 , 2009 By the time this editorial hit’s the print, Hargaysa and other major cities in Somaliland may have witnessed massive defiant demonstrations organized by the KULMIYE/QARAN opposition parties to protest the term extension the House of Elders, aka Guurti, just passed...
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Piracy in Somalia: An Act of Terrorism or a Territorial Defense Mechanism?
WardheerNews Editorial Lately, the western media has particularly focused on stories of the Somalia piracy, which in effect has received more coverage than the often-talked clan conflicts, or the ever-growing muscle of the Youth fundamentalist group Al-Shabab that hostage the fate of the Somali people. Armed with speed boats and sophisticated light arms, Somali pirates, overtly supported by local and...
Qaylo Dhaan: A dialogue between the Somali Flag and Dr. Abdirahman Beileh
Dr. Abdirahman Beileh Dear Folks, I would like to share with you this short note as a preamble to the song attached below called Qaylo Dhaan. Qaylo Dhaan is a culmination of a long dialogue, over a period of about 14-15 years, between the Somali flag (the Blue one with the white star in the middle) and Dr. Abdirahman Beileh...
Fallout from war on terror hits Ethiopia
By Paul Salopek; Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent JIJIGA, Ethiopia – The gray-faced young man lying in bed number 15 of the run-down local hospital wasn’t much of a talker. In truth, few people are these days in Jijiga, a desert town whose tense streets are patrolled by swarms of Ethiopian police. But Nur Omar Ali, 25, whose neck was patched...
Yussuf Garaad’s Abuse of the BBC Somali Service
By Mohamoud Hassan Much has been written over the past years about the demise of the objectivity and impartiality of the programmes of the BBC Somali Service since Yussuf Garaad was appointed its editor in the late 1990s. It was the hope of all those concerned about the decline of standards that the BBC management at Bush House would eventually...
An Interview with Amb. Abdillahi Said Osman
By WardheerNews Editor’s Note: Somalia is a nation of duality, markedly characterized with extreme highs and lows. Whereas the majority of its society is deprived of any chance for education, a handful of its urban community members have a world class education and diplomatic experiences. Ambassador Abdillahi Said Osman, often known as Ambassador Osman in the diplomatic community, is one...
Inspiring Elders and the Irrelevance of ONLF
WardheerNews Editorial April 11, 2006 Seeing the pictures and reading the headlines about the visit of the elders of the Somali National State, Ethiopia, to London, England, was all the more inspiring and uplifting. For those who did not follow the not-so short history of how the elders came to this point, the news sounded too good to be true,...
Clan Conflicts and the choir of warmongers
WardheerNews Editorial February 3, 2006 We at WardheerNews express our disappointment to the elders and leaders of the Arab and Reer Isaaq sub-clans whose mediation efforts come to a halting crash. It would have been a positive conclusion to the fueling feud if a settlement were reached at San Dhoore village in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia. For some...
Sheikh Indha Cadde :An alleged covert drug dealer
WardheerNews Editorial The establishment of a viable government that upholds the fledgling constitution of the country is a threat to the warlords who benefit from the chaos and anarchy that is raging in the country. If attained, a functioning government could indeed change the present status quo and impose law and order on the ravaged country. The strong opposition of...
Somalia’s Hope Should Not Remain Hostage to the Warlords
WardheerNews Editorial Recent developments in the Somali peace process show positive signs of hope and optimism for the future; but there are still problems and challenges that seriously need to be addressed. To demonstrate its legitimacy and effectiveness to the world the government should relocate to Somalia on schedule at the end of the month and it is of paramount...