Opinion
Does the end of the transition in Somalia mean keeping the status quo?
The renewal of interest by the international community since 2011 to endSomalia’s twenty year civil war and institutional decay has been welcomed in...
Read More »Somalia's 20-Year Experiment in Hybrid Governance
Later this month, Somalia’s eight-year political transition is scheduled to end with the declaration of a “post-transition” government. Casual o...
Read More »A Constitution of Ambiguity and Deferment
If constitutions are supposed to make boundaries of the government’s legitimate authority over its citizens and state or regional administrations cl...
Read More »Dowladda xalaal ah ma dhalan doontaa August 20keeda
Soomaaliya xanuun badan baa haya wayna foolanaysaa . Waxaana la filayaa inay dhali doonto August 20, 2012 sida ay dhaqaatiirta qaar ka mid ah ay shee...
Read More »Immortalizing Somali Cultural Icons
Mourning and eulogizing has become part of our daily life these days. Everyday we hear the killing and shooting of someone so dear to us by ruthless m...
Read More »So now, what is next for Somalia?
First of August, 2012, was a historical day for Somalis-at least for the concerned group particularly the International Community (IC). A Draft Provis...
Read More »It’s time to elect non-Daarood and non-Hawiye leaders in the interest of peace and unity in Somalia
We argue in this paper that the enduring conflict in Somalia has become so entrenched and zero-sum in nature that it is beyond outsider – or inside ...
Read More »It is Time for Visionary Young Leaders in Somalia
As the term of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government comes to an end this August 2012, there is hope that the new political dispensation will br...
Read More »Effect of Draft Constitution: End of Somalia, Not End of Transition
The International Community (IC) has delivered a pre-approved mandatory “Draft Provisional Constitution (DPC)” to 135 “Traditional Leaders (TLs)...
Read More »UN corrupts Somali political transition
For over the two decades, sectarian Somali leaders and their international patrons dominated political transitions in the country. The end results of ...
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