Opinion
Mohamed O Mohamud: Terrorist or Victim?
November 27 major media headlines accused him, including New York Times writers Colin Miner, Liz Robbins and Erik Eckholm triple-teaming him in their ...
Read More »Abdikadir could do an Obama in Kenya
They say history is made by those who dare to dream. But, as William Shakespeare wrote in the Twelfth Night, “some are born great, some achieve grea...
Read More »Squandering the Hope of a Nation
Somalia’s bloated Parliament with over 550 members known for its inaction, fist-fights and incompetence appears to have sabotaged a genuine effort b...
Read More »Revenge and clan based anger cannot build a nation
When Kulmiye political party was in the election campaign, we have seen President Silanyo playing the tribal card a number of times by evoking the mem...
Read More »Somalia’s New Cabinet Offers Best Hope in 20 Years
Somalia has the best hope of resolving its prolonged conflict with the approval of a new Somali-American Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo an...
Read More »Secularism for Somalia Forever (SSF)….comments on the Somali Penal Code
Since the publication of my last article on secularism posted at Hiiraan.com last month, bloody and painful incidents in the name of religion had been...
Read More »CopyCat Killings in Kenya
With shock and disbelieve have I read the news about the killing of an innocent Somali shop keeper in Eastleight Nairobi, it is not the first time a m...
Read More »U.S.’s Dual-Track Policy: Does it help or hurt the efforts to End Somalia’s Crisis?
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, recently announced the long-expected Obama administration’s policy toward...
Read More »Peace and Justice
Just like the sea and its shoreline Peace and justice are love partners They always go in a union of harmony...
Read More »TFG: Undertake Confidence-Building!
Angels will not come down from the heavens to do for Somalis that which is within the power of Somalis and they must do for themselves! With their mi...
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