By Simon Allison Somaliland, the self-declared republic, is desperate for someone to find vast mineral reserves under its soil. But without international recognition – and the probability of legal battles in the future – it’s a big risk for any company to take. Somaliland too should be careful. Having dodged the aid curse, will it...
November 14, 2026
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Somalia president fights back on ‘weak leadership’ claim from US
By Katrina Manson Addis Ababa When former academic Hassan Sheikh Mohamud became president of Somalia in late 2012, his election was hailed as a sign of progress in a country destroyed by years of war and terrorism. The administration of the one-time university dean was the first in Somalia to be recognised internationally for more...
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Ethiopian Airlines interested in 10 Boeing 777X: CEO
(Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines is in preliminary talks with Boeing (BA.N) that could lead to an order for 10 of the U.S. planemaker’s latest model, the 777X, the airline’s chief executive said. “When the 777X comes, as soon as we can get the (production) slots we will be there,” Tewolde Gebremariam told Reuters in a...
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Waran-Cadde’s Wallaweyn Problem
Hassan M. Abukar I have a confession to make: I am a southerner and a card-carrying “Wallaweyn” man. Incidentally, Wallaweyn is a small town in southern Somalia. I was born in Afgooye (not far from Wallaweyn) and, since immediately after my birth and until age 18, I grew up in Mogadishu. Despite my strong credentials...
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As Hodges appoints Somali liaison, Latina council member laments “missed opportunity”
By: Maya Rao StarTribune Mayor Betsy Hodges recently announced the hiring of a liaison to the Somali community in a nod to the group’s growing importance in the city: the number of citizens born in East Africa has jumped 53 percent to 14,497 in the last decade. Yet she said nothing about Latinos, whose population...
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Somali-Americans reflect on caucus chaos
By ERIC ROPER , StarTribune Tuesday night’s altercation ended a Minneapolis caucus early and raised questions for Somali-Americans A day after political tensions in Minneapolis’ Somali community erupted into caucus-night chaos, leaders grappled with how to repair their image and simultaneously channel its massive political ambitions in a more peaceful manner. The Cedar-Riverside precinct hadn’t even...
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Cornering a Brave Palestinian Man of Peace
By Nicola Nasser Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stands now at a crossroads of his people’s national struggle for liberation and independence as well as of his political life career, cornered between the rock of his own rejecting constituency and the hard place of his Israeli occupying power and the US sponsors of their bilateral negotiations,...
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Somalis balk at plans for Ethiopian troops
Nairobi, Kenya – Many Somalis are alarmed at a recent decision to include Ethiopian troops in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a peacekeeping force in the war-ravaged country. Somali analysts opposing the decision have called it “a mistake”, a “political and military miscalculation” that has the potential to “change the body politic of Somalia”. After...
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Haji Ahmed Juuni: Everyday Hero
By Safia Abdulaziz Hashi Arguably, the strongest form of support in humanity is compassion. Some say we have lost our humanity; I say we have lost our sense of kindness. We live in a time where complete disconnect is better than avid activism. We live in a time where education is taken for granted, and...
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World trade’s dirty secret: abandoned ships
More sailors have been abandoned by their employers than taken hostage by Somali pirates, a controversial practice to avoid big expenses. KOSTAS TSIRONIS / BLOOMBERG NEWS Ramez Haddad, the captain of the stranded Moldova-registered cargo vessel JSM, right, stands on the quayside with Majdi Ali, a crew member, in Kiato, Greece in October. More mariners...