Opinion
The 'deadly dilemma' in the Horn of Africa
At the very heart of Somalia's ongoing crisis of famine and anarchy lies what I've come to think of as the Deadly Dilemma, which few aid workers or di...
Read More »Shacabka reer Hiiraan waa in ay ka tashtaan ayahooda
Halganka bulsha kasta wuxuu maraa marxalado kala duwan oo mararka qaarkood xambaarsan isku –dhac, farafoonta iyo dagaalba; kuwaasoo ugu dambeynta b...
Read More »People of Hiiraan must decide their own future
Peace can only be understood as a phase in a conflict cycle and as a long-term process with a set of challenges. It is in this context that we urge th...
Read More »BOOKS OF THE TIMES: Warriors on 2 Sides of Militant Islam
If you were the Franklin Mint and wanted to issue a set of four collectible dinner plates devoted to “The Women of the War on Terror,” whose faces...
Read More »Somali Nationalism: Not Dead, Just Different
I write with reference to Peter Lockwood’s piece entitled “Somali Nationalism: A Dead Concept?” published on 9th January....
Read More »Venal TFIs leaders shouldn’t be allowed to privatize Somalia’s sovereignty
After seven years, the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) that formed the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) have irreversibly mor...
Read More »SOMALI DIASPORA: A familiar situation for many Minnesotans
One hundred years ago, my grandfathers walked across Europe to various ports, leaving our families in czarist Russia, with its terrible persecution of...
Read More »Somalia’s Dire Lessons for Afghanistan
Anyone interested in seeing the future of Afghanistan need only take a short plane trip from Italy across Libya and Sudan to what is the most dysfunct...
Read More »Somalia: the permanent battlefield
On Friday Kenyan jets inflicted what its military spokesman confidently described as one of the biggest losses to al-Shabaab, a Salafi jihadi group wh...
Read More »MAXAMUUD AXMED NUUR: Shaqsiga Sanadka ee Hiiraan Online 2011
Soomaaliya, gaar ahaan gobolka Banaadir waxaa soo maray Guddoomiyayaal gobol oo aan la mid ahayn Maxamuud Axmed Nuur oo loo yaqaan Tarzan, kaasi oo ha...
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