Opinion
Oil Wars: The Next Great Driver of Somali Conflict?
Twenty-eight years after Somalia’s brawling civil war, the question now is: in which direction is the country heading? The dangers of this are now b...
Read More »The Economic Contribution of ICT and its Regulation to Somalia's National Economic Development
The impact of ICT on national economy is well researched area and there is a general consensus that the ICT sector has a huge positive economic and so...
Read More »Somaliland: A colorblind nation and the new regional Kaleidoscope of politics
Since the collapse of the Somali central government for nearly three decades ago, the aftermath history would simply hopscotch us through a gloomy era...
Read More »Tribute to Hon. Sheikh Ali Giumale on the 38th anniversary of his passing
Sheikh Ali Giumale, the only child of Giumale Barale and Ghedia Roble was born in 1905 in the village of Omaad, near Belet Uen. The son of a village h...
Read More »Israel and Somaliland – long-lost brothers?
Israel faces many adversaries that don’t recognize it or its right to self-determination; Somaliland is also unrecognized as a state by most countri...
Read More »Djibouti’s Mysterious Absence from Horn of Africa Reintegration: Who is to blame?
The positive political changes in Ethiopia and Eritrea and the dynamism in the Somali leadership had rekindled hope that the countries in the Horn of ...
Read More »Siyaad Barre was a Nationalist, regardless of his shortcomings
Nearly 50 years ago, October 21st was a day that will remain in our Somali psyche and will be remembered as the birth-day of the revolution; hundreds ...
Read More »Leadership Crisis Caused Freeze of Statebuilding Efforts in Somalia
Somalia is mired in out of control political and security situation created by broken electoral promises, egregious abuses, and foreign policy blunder...
Read More »It must be love………?
I could not believe my eyes when I watched leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia enjoying a meeting in what seemed a love affair in the northern Et...
Read More »The Special Position of Somalia’s Remittance Industry
The non-bank financial entities in Somalia have played a critical role in an economy where the state has been absent or weak. The thriving mini-indust...
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