Opinion

Western aid can help stabilise Africa

JUL 30, 2009

FOR more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. ...

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Puntland leaders still in secret negotiations with Oil companies

JUL 30, 2009

On 20th of July, the President of Puntland Abdirahman Farole met with executives from oil companies in Dubai, UAE....

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Why War is a fungible Commodity in Somalia?

JUL 30, 2009

It is baffling that Somali politicians have acquired a case of self-induced amnesia that constantly assigns all the social ills of Somalia on non Soma...

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Why Somalia is in need of an effective Government

JUL 28, 2009

Amid the killings and the plethora of bad news trickling out of Somalia daily, once again for the second year running, Somalia has landed on top of Tr...

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Editorial: Impose sanctions on peace spoilers in Somalia

JUL 27, 2009

THE UN Security Council earlier this month warned Eritrea it would consider action against anyone undermining peace in Somalia....

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Why failed States are so prevalent in the South?

JUL 27, 2009

This essay seeks to explain why failed states are mostly concentrated in the South. To find an adequate response to such broad and general question, t...

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When Peace Itself is Weeping!

JUL 27, 2009

Caddaaladdu waa hooyada nabadda. Mar haddii ay caddaaladu maqantahay, suuragal ma aha in nabad la helo. Haddii aan nabad la helina dawlad lama helayo,...

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Somalia: A Convenient Cash Cow for all.

JUL 26, 2009

After all, the cats are out of the basket in the open. At least, corruption in Somalia, at the expense of the humiliation, pain and death of hundreds...

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Our Castle Is Threatened From The Interior

JUL 25, 2009

First of all, I must condemn and alienate that savage crime that occurred in mid July instant, on the road in between Gabile and Borama. That was a ...

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A Somali Perspective: In Response to Ahmedou W. Abdalla

JUL 24, 2009

The Washington Post recently carried an article by UN Special Envoy, Ahmedou W. Abdalla, titled “The World’s Duty to Somalia”....

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