Opinion

2018 HOL Person of the Year: Mustafe Muhumed Omer (Cagjar)

JAN 06, 2019

Arguably, the single most important test for the Somali intellectual of our times is unveiling the truth in today’s noisy and perplexing Somali worl...

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Shaqsiga Sannadka 2018 ee HOL: Mustafe Muxumed Cumar (Cagjar)

JAN 06, 2019

Si loo qiimeeyo shaqsiyadda sanadka, waa inaan fahamno xaaldda dhaqan ama fikradeed oo ka jira dunida manta. Dunida waxaa saameyn ku yeeshey horumarka...

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The Dangers of Misplaced Allegiance.

JAN 04, 2019

The Somali Federal Government’s statement dated January 1, 2019, designating the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the Unit...

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2019 will be the worst year of Donald Trump’s life

2019 will be the worst year of Donald Trump’s life

JAN 04, 2019

Some presidents have really bad years....

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A giant step forward for Muslim women is finally here

JAN 02, 2019

As a Muslim-American woman living in what feels like, based on growing hate crimes and bigoted political rhetoric, an increasingly Islamophobic Americ...

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Legalizing Stolen Fish

DEC 28, 2018

In 2009 Time magazine article highlighted “According to another U.N. report, an estimated $300 million worth of seafood is stolen from the country's...

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Farmaajo scorecard: Impressive progress and shocking blunders

DEC 28, 2018

Somalia has made important milestones in rebuilding its economy and normalising relations with the rest of the world and, more importantly, with inter...

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Somali Officials Misrepresent IMF Statements and Reports

DEC 28, 2018

Somalia suffers from the disgraceful culture of leaders and politicians invoking deceptively legitimate documents like the Provisional Constitution fo...

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Letter to the Somali President: Looming Political Conflict in Jubbaland

DEC 26, 2018

As an FYI, over five years ago I shared with UNSOM a document titled Jubbaland Stand-off Resolution which provided the bases of the political conflict...

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