Opinion
London Conference on Somalia: A Rebranding of the War on Terror or a New Course?
Of the numerous international conferences organized to deal with Somalia’s seemingly endless conflict, London conference has attracted by far the hi...
Read More »The Repulsive Ethiopian Help!
The Ethiopians recaptured Baidoa -- the bastion of Al-Shabaab -- but the liberated population didn’t cheer at all for their neighborly help – and ...
Read More »Abdullahi Y. Ahmed: The Worrior Statesman
It is not easy to write about one of the principal political actors of the last 30 years of Somalia’s difficult recent past history but I shall att...
Read More »Somalia needs a new leader with vision
One of the reasons why Somalia is a failed state is lack of leadership....
Read More »Somalia will become land of opportunity
Asked by journalists when he visited Washington, D.C. in 1958 why he was so persistent on the establishment of a continental government with a militar...
Read More »Rethinking Kenya’s military invasion of south Somalia
The Kenya military invasion in Somalia “Operation Linda-Nchi,” tremendously devastated the lives of many famine stricken civilians in the southern...
Read More »Istanbul Conference: A Workable Solution
The London Conference was an attempt to extend a helping hand to Somalia. The coming-up Istanbul Conference is hailed as the conclusion of the grand p...
Read More »It is Crucial to “De-Nairobify” Somali Affairs
For a number of years, Nairobi (Kenya) has been the de facto capital of Somalia after the State has disintegrated into anarchy. It has been where Soma...
Read More »The Fear in Their Eyes!
The latest surfaced video on the internet by Abu Mansur Al-Amriki in which he claims that he is in great danger because his life is “threatened by t...
Read More »London conference on Somalia: Another Missed Opportunity?
In his book, Somalia: the Missed Opportunities, the former UN Secretary General’s Representative for Somalia, Mohamed Sahnoun, fittingly catalogues ...
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