Opinion
The Role of Islam in the 1960 Somali Constitution Comparison with the current Provisional Constitution 2012
In the last three years of the Trusteeship period, much time was devoted to the preparation of a constitution for the future Somali independent State....
Read More »Kenyan troops must leave Somalia
It is time for the Somali government to ask the African Union (AU) that Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) are no longer needed to be part of the African Uni...
Read More »UNSC Needs to Re-examine its Engagement with so called PoE
On November 14 2018 the United Nations Security Council passed a unanimous resolution 2444 (2018) under Chapter VII of the UN Charter in which it lift...
Read More »Will 2020 Be a Turning Point for Women and Girls in Somalia?
Somalia is at a crossroads in the promotion and protection of women’s rights. The Provisional Constitution, agreed upon in 2012, is currently being ...
Read More »Kenya’s arrogance on Somalia must be confronted
Kenya recently accused Somalia of deliberately misleading the world as it alleged Somalia to have auctioned oil and gas blocks in Kenya’s maritime t...
Read More »What went wrong with the Somali National Army?
For over a decade, a dozen states and multilateral organizations have invested considerable time, effort, equipment, and hundreds of millions of dolla...
Read More »Why we celebrate May 18
On a bright sunny Saturday on May 18, Somaliland people celebrated the 28th anniversary of our independence, with parades across the country and salut...
Read More »Somali President Farmajo Has No Legal Base to Force Galmudug Presidential Election in 2019
As a caveat, I would like to state here that my argument against the involvement of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of the Federal Republic of Som...
Read More »‘Good’ times for terror groups like Shabaab and Boko Haram
Secondary school students have been demonstrating in Mogadishu this week after Somalia’s education minister postponed national examinations, saying ...
Read More »How to end the civil war in Somalia: negotiate with al-Shabaab
When I worked in Somalia from 2016 to 2018 supporting provision of military assistance to forces combating al-Shabaab, most discussions with internati...
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