Opinion
What next for Somaliland?
Somalilanders abroad feel cheated by the international community. By successfully attending the London conference on Somalia many of them thought...
Read More »SECURITY IN SOMALIA: CAN IT BE ACHIEVED?
Filled with euphoria, Somalia is emerging from over twenty years of state collapse and some even say that Somalis are determined to rebuild the countr...
Read More »Somalia: Implementation of the “New Deal” scuttled
Somalia adopted a UN drafted Provisional Constitution, formed new national parliament representing the entire population of the country and elected a ...
Read More »The Road Ahead: First things First
As the process for ending Somalia's twenty-two years of political instability is relatively close to an end, it is a good time to highlight what the n...
Read More »The failed-state conundrum
"What happened in Kampala is just the beginning!" So warned Abu Zubeyr, the leader of al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the bombings in the ...
Read More »Somalia’s new chance at a peaceful future
Walking through Mogadishu recently, I couldn’t help but marvel. The streets teemed with people going about their daily lives. Construction boomed on...
Read More »The Counterintuitive Jihad
Gone are the days when avoidance of religious and political discussions was essential to retaining friendships. Today, discussing these two topics in ...
Read More »Somalia’s vicious cycle of aid without development
The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president of the first post-transitional government in Somalia has raised the hopes of the Somali people, who...
Read More »Why Hasty News is killing Somali Journalists?
The profession of Journalism is based on principles and values that have long been the supporting pillar of informing the public on what they need to ...
Read More »Somalia’s Energy Future: Getting It Right...The First Time
After more than two decades, not only has Somalia begun the long hard road to recovery, Somalis have even begun to talk about energy resource developm...
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