Opinion
Intervening in Protracted Conflicts: A Case study on Somalia
In the wake of recent developments in Somalia, the need for military intervention to solve security is voiced again.Whatever your position may be, it ...
Read More »Xisaab qoran : Gabay Baroordiiq Iyo Xisaabtan ah
Nin Soomaaliyeed oo yaabban ayaa laga hayaa “Warkii hore war soo dhaafyoo waayeel qolof lahaa yimideey !!” Wallee maanta warkii hore war soo dhaaf...
Read More »How has the world reacted to the US strike?
Last Monday night, the US Air Force launched an air strike against Islamist fighters in southern Somalia. An AC-130 was used to eliminate the three su...
Read More »Why I am Appalled
A month or so ago, a group of Somali Members of Parliament held a press conference in Mogadishu and produced a map they claimed was a leak from Prime ...
Read More »Will the U.S. Win in Somalia?
LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, the situation in Somalia seemed dire. The Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a radical group that is affiliated with al Qaeda, was on ...
Read More »Ethiopians are our natural neighbour but not our natural enemy.
Soon after the collapse of the Dictatorial Military regime in Somalia, Somali people went through a historical anarchic and painful agony which was le...
Read More »Somalia's occupation
There are pictures we have not seen. There are dead bodies we will never watch on our TVs or read about. There are cries of the poor, the sick and the...
Read More »The Islamists were the one hope for Somalia
My colleague Rosemary Righter wrote last week that the defeat of Somalia’s Islamic courts by Ethiopian forces was the “first piece of potentially ...
Read More »Destabilising the Horn
The best antidote to terrorism in Somalia is stability. Instead of engaging with the Islamists to secure peace, the United States has plunged a poor c...
Read More »Blundering Into Somalia Yet Again
Ethiopia’s war against Somalia presents a more dangerous regional threat than an Islamic-run Somalia. The Bush/Cheney Administration is again showin...
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