Opinion

Somaliland: Blaming and Debasing Southerners is unfair game

JUN 25, 2012

At the outset, I would like to make clear that my purpose here is not to argue against the right of the people of Somaliland (Northern Somalia) to wit...

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A generation of Spoilers

JUN 25, 2012

The Somali culture has always being a lesson passed from generations to generations, instilling the sense of Somali identity. It is a culture that was...

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North–South union as a framework for a logical federalism inSomalia

JUN 22, 2012

There is a push to adopt a provisional federal constitution in Somalia when other important issues such as reconciliation, reconstruction and security...

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Transforming our politics in the interest of peace in Somalia, Part 1

JUN 22, 2012

This is the first of a three-part series in furtherance of the gobannimo alternatives I published in February this year. My object here is to find way...

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In Search of Identity

JUN 18, 2012

Through out my lifetime, I was continuously asked where I am originally from. This question possesses a unique answer from me. This question is asked ...

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ROAD MAP IMPLEMENTATION: urgent corrections required

JUN 18, 2012

Somalia is finally heading to the right direction with the wind of peace beginning to blow in Mogadishu (the city that has suffered most), thanks to o...

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It's Lonely Being No. 1

JUN 18, 2012

States are at once form and substance, theater and function. Their most fundamental function is power: territorial control through a monopoly on organ...

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From King’s Cross to Mogadishu: how one man is leading the changing face of our beloved capital city

JUN 17, 2012

I know the cynic and the sceptic will accuse me of having some genealogical or other interest links with the man I am going to write about, a man that...

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The Role of Djibouti to foster Security in the Horn of Africa

JUN 14, 2012

Regional Dilemma: The region under discussion is the Northeastern part of Africa. It composes in a narrow sense the countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethi...

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Sustainable Peace: Why Somaliland Matters

JUN 14, 2012

Like in wars between states and other organized groups, civil wars and other protracted domestic conflicts are seldom caused by a single factor....

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