Opinion
On the slippery trail of military deals
The paper trail left by Saracen’s military contract in Puntland is as replete with clues as to what is really going on as it is with dead ends appar...
Read More »End of the road for general Samater
For most Somalis general Samatar’s case brings raw emotions to the surface that go to the root cause of why the Somali state came apart....
Read More »Citizens of Bay must determine their own stipulations
With the recent opportunity created by the withdrawal of Alshabaab, citizens of Southwestern region must not only formulate their own security prerequ...
Read More »London Conference stripped Somalia of its indivisibility, sovereignty and polity
The communiqué of February 23 Conference on Somalia, dominated by the International Contact Group (ICG) and the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast...
Read More »Gobannimo: Charting a new path toward conflict transformation in Somalia post London Conference
Statebuilding in Somalia has consistently been pursued via power-sharing arrangements without serious attempts at reconciliation of clans. But these e...
Read More »Somalia And The London Conference: The Wrong Route To Peace
At first I withheld judgment on the British government’s decision to hold a major international conference on Somalia. It was so good to hear the go...
Read More »David Cameron’s Welcome Colonial Arrogance
It was arrogance, sheer arrogance of colonial times; another British PM in the 21st century dictating his terms to a beleaguered African nation....
Read More »Somalia is a failed state but teaches African countries useful lessons
At long last, there is something on the horizon to assure us that the decades-long Somali crisis will be tackled to restore sanity to the Horn of Afri...
Read More »Getting Somalia back on its feet.
Yesterday Britain hosted a major international conference on Somalia, attended by headsof government and senior representatives from more than 50 coun...
Read More »Abdulkadir Utah: Remembering a true community leader
I write this obituary for a good friend, a fellow citizen and a colleague, who have done more for others and sacrificed his health for a cause worth d...
Read More »