Opinion

Sultanism in Somalia

JUL 29, 2019

High hope sparked the world-widely reported jubilations for the electoral victory of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo on February 8, 2018....

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Somali students must THINK!

JUL 28, 2019

Somalis everywhere value education. Every parent wants a genius child who will be a triple PhD and the President of Somalia one day. This is very unli...

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Somalia's president is no ally against terrorism

JUL 27, 2019

When Somalia’s largely-appointed parliament and senate elected Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, or Farmajo as he is better known, president, there was opt...

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Guban View: How Somaliland Ministry of Interior bullies the elected district councils

JUL 26, 2019

This week, Somaliland police arrested six councilors of the Gabiley district Council. They are being held at the headquarters of the Criminal Investig...

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Hodon Naalleeye: A Light Extinguished too soon

JUL 23, 2019

When tragedy strikes people you have met and known for some time, people with the energy, the ability and the disposition to make changes in their com...

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Why defeating terrorists in Somalia is proving to be tricky and taking longer than anticipated?

JUL 23, 2019

Here we are again, mourning yet still another loss of young, vibrant and core of our society—which append to long list victims at the hands of heart...

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Journalism can get you killed in Somalia, but we are not just poster children for desperation

JUL 22, 2019

Numb. The defining emotion that comes to mind every time I hear of a bomb blast or another instance of tribal conflict the east African nation of Soma...

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Attire without ideals

JUL 19, 2019

The Prime minister of Somali Hassan Ali Kheyre went to Dhusamareeb, the city I was born in, for a work-related visit. I have a sentimental attachment ...

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These Americans Went Back and Fixed It

JUL 19, 2019

When President Donald Trump tweeted that progressive congresswomen with roots in dysfunctional countries should “go back and help fix” those place...

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Trump has become the voice of insecure white Americans

JUL 19, 2019

When the racist chant began Wednesday night — “Send her back! Send her back!” — President Trump paused to let the white-supremacist anger he h...

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