Opinion
UN/AU Continues Somali Slaughter
For over a year now the United Nations/African Union troops in Mogadishu, so called “peacekeepers”, have been regularly firing mortars and artille...
Read More »An al Shabaab government could bring Somalia back to fold of world nations
Somalia has, over the past two decades, deteriorated into one of the world’s worst security and humanitarian challenges. Characterised by insidious ...
Read More »Message to My Fellow Somali-Americans: Remember to Vote
It’s that time of the year again, where almost all of us go to the polls to cast our votes. This time it’s the midterm election. Many members of t...
Read More »SOMALIA:Eastablishing The Federal System and Moving the Capital City, Mogadishu
The draft constitution issued by the Independent Federal Commission on July30, 2010 is flawed but the Commission run advertisements through different ...
Read More »A Response to “The Invention of Faysal Roble” article
I read the article “The invention of Faysal Roble” by Mr. Mohamed Haji (Ingiris) posted on Hiiraan Online on October 25, 2010 with mild indignatio...
Read More »Sharif Sh. Ahmed Vs Sharif Sh. Hassan
The political stalemate and the conflict between the President and the Speaker have its root cause in the draft constitution. The speaker, former prim...
Read More »Justice for Somalia’s Oppressed Minority
In a protest outside Downing Street, a hundred Somali protesters gathered on Whitehall. When I enquired what they were doing, a girl no older than me ...
Read More »Somali unity: A tale of five countries and not two
It was early on the disreputable day of October 21st, 2010 that I tuned into the BBC at 7.00am. They have been covering a press conference held by Joh...
Read More »The Invention of Faisal Roble: The Manipulation of Mind and Media
The great French playwright, Molière, once said, “Un sot savant est sot plus qu'un sot ignorant,” which literally means, “An educated fool is m...
Read More »Somalis Must Speak More Forcefully Against the Radicals within Their Ranks
The assistant principal of a Minneapolis based Somali-populated charter school, Banadir Academy, recently condemned a group of Somali Imams who joined...
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