Opinion
Somalia: The Way Forward After August, 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...
Read More »Dear Immigrant: Be Free, Be a Taxpayer
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....
Read More »Somaliland: An alleged sexual deviant gets his day in court
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...
Read More »Will Southern Sudan rekindle Africa’s many forgotten liberation movements?
Will international support for Southern Sudan’s self-determination rekindle Africa’s waning, and in some cases forgotten, self-determination movem...
Read More »Somaliland, Travelling Beyond the International Map
Twenty years after unilateral declaration, Somalia continues to eclipse Somaliland and globetrotters see a journey to Somaliland as a risky business...
Read More »Siyaasadaha Qoomiyadda Digil ee ku aadan Maamul Goboleedyada Koonfurta Soomaaliya
Maamul gobleedyada ama dawlad goboleedyada Soomaaliya waxay ka mid yihiin barnaamijyada ugu waa-weyn dhanka nabadgeliyada iyo horumarka ummadaha ku no...
Read More »The F Word: Choosing care for Haiti, Somalia, ourselves
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 ...
Read More »The Russians got away with murder in Puntland and got off rather lightly in Somaliland with suspended sentence.
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...
Read More »Issue on Islamic Government
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...
Read More »DualTrack or Multi-tribal Track? America’s endless missteps in Somalia:
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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