Opinion

Istanbul II: A Blueprint for Somali National Consensus

JUL 03, 2012

Turkey has just hosted an international conference on Somalia, bringing hundreds of Somalis representing the civil society groups from Somalia, includ...

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What Kind of Leadership Do We Need Now?

JUL 03, 2012

The question we really need to answer is this: What kind of leadership do we need now? Do we want a leader that can “solve” our problems? Someone ...

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Tribalism equals to Terrorism

JUL 03, 2012

For more than two decades, Somalia was in a state of anarchy, lawlessness, terrorism, and a situation where the strongest survived at the expense of t...

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The cake first, then the slices

JUL 02, 2012

It was a day like any other. A hot and bright summer day in the Washington D.C metropolitan area as we sat, a group of middle aged Somali men, in a go...

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DOOD QARAN

JUL 01, 2012

Akhriste qaab qoraalkaan waxuu u sameysanyahay sidii riwaayad haseyeeshee wuxu ku saleysanyahay dood qaran oo muujineysa xaaladdaa Soomaaliya, wuxuuna...

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Phony Constitution crafted through UN rigged process

JUL 01, 2012

On June 22, 2012theSomali Roadmap(the process for ending the Transition) Signatories (SRS)-(the gang of six)[1]signed documents prepared by the Office...

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Who Am I? My Qualifications for the Presidential Race for Somalia 2012?

JUN 28, 2012

Served in the Somali National Army (1971-1986), trained in the former Soviet Union and the USA reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel....

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An Open letter to Dr Augustine P. Mahiga

JUN 26, 2012

I would like to put to your attention to a proposal initially recommend by Dr Hassan Ali Mireh during the early stages of Somali reconciliation of 199...

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Understanding Stakeholder Groups, Facing Realities and Still Retaining Faith

JUN 26, 2012

In these tumultuous times, all societies face “sticky” public policy issues that are as complex as the time we live in. Like many others, Somalia ...

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Somaliland justice falters on the case of Boqor Osman Buurmadow

JUN 25, 2012

Boqor Osman Aw Mahmoud, Buurmadow, is languishing in jail for the fourth month in a case that exposed the faltering and inept system of Somaliland jus...

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