Opinion

Somalia: The Way Forward After August, 2011!

JAN 19, 2011

At the end of August, this year, the mandate of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is to end. Some Somalis, both inside and outside of S...

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Dear Immigrant: Be Free, Be a Taxpayer

JAN 19, 2011

I wish to share with you my personal reflections about what it means to be an immigrant taxpayer in a welfare state such as Sweden....

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Somaliland: An alleged sexual deviant gets his day in court

JAN 14, 2011

A court in Somaliland has found a German man guilty of making pornographic films of Somali women and has given him a four- year prison sentence and US...

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Will Southern Sudan rekindle Africa’s many forgotten liberation movements?

JAN 14, 2011

Will international support for Southern Sudan’s self-determination rekindle Africa’s waning, and in some cases forgotten, self-determination movem...

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Somaliland, Travelling Beyond the International Map

JAN 14, 2011

Twenty years after unilateral declaration, Somalia continues to eclipse Somaliland and globetrotters see a journey to Somaliland as a risky business...

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Siyaasadaha Qoomiyadda Digil ee ku aadan Maamul Goboleedyada Koonfurta Soomaaliya

JAN 14, 2011

Maamul gobleedyada ama dawlad goboleedyada Soomaaliya waxay ka mid yihiin barnaamijyada ugu waa-weyn dhanka nabadgeliyada iyo horumarka ummadaha ku no...

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The F Word: Choosing care for Haiti, Somalia, ourselves

JAN 12, 2011

The New York Times this weekend told the story of Dr. Hawa Abdi, a Somali physician who runs a clinic, school, and food program that supports tens of ...

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The Russians got away with murder in Puntland and got off rather lightly in Somaliland with suspended sentence.

JAN 10, 2011

In May 2010 it was reported that Russian marines freed a Russian tanker from Somali pirates in an operation hailed as commendable by Russian governmen...

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Issue on Islamic Government

JAN 10, 2011

Let me start with this article by asking which is better: a government that allows individuals unrestricted freedom to do whatever they please and en...

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DualTrack or Multi-tribal Track? America’s endless missteps in Somalia:

JAN 08, 2011

Since the ill-fated Operation Restore Hope ended in debacle in 1993, America’s involvement in Somalia entered into a deep recession from which it di...

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