Opinion
What is the Somali Nationhood Agenda?
As a non-politically motivated outsider, I would characterize Somali politics as incoherently tribal andshort-sighted. Tribalism as a tool for oppress...
Read More »Victims of sexual violence against women in Somalia deserve justice
Last October, a member of the Puntland security forces shot Faiza Mohamed Abdi,16, in the “pelvic area” after she refused his sexual advances in t...
Read More »Christians don't have a Christmas monopoly on Jesus. Muslims honor him too.
In his first and only official visit to an American mosque, seven years into his presidency, former President Barack Obama articulated something Ameri...
Read More »Peace memorial garden for the victims of the terror attack at the Zope street junction
There are occasions when words cannot express emotional feelings. The car bomb attack at the Zope street junction in Mogadishu on 14 October 2017, wh...
Read More »Can President Farmajo Avert The Crisis?
Through a tumultuous first ten months as president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is facing an ominous rumble of discontent driven by a mixture...
Read More »Somalis Need to Have a Candid Conversation About Mogadishu
There is an emerging consensus among Somalis that there cannot be political equality in Mogadishu as long as a group of elders and politicians claim t...
Read More »Rewinding the Clock—A Return to Somalia As We Know It!
In 1991, Somalis experienced the collapse of the last effective government and the end of the dictatorship. But this also instigated the outbreak of ...
Read More »How to Implement Khatumo-Somaliland Agreement
The newly elected Somalialand President, Muuse Bihi Abdi, has many issues in his in-tray. The implementation of Khatumo-Somaliland agreement signed in...
Read More »IFIYE Announcement: Story Competition (Tartan Sheeko)
IFIYE Center is pleased to announce a story writing competition, which will run from 15th - 30th of December....
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