Opinion
Somaliland public showed good sense and fidelity to principle
The public of Somaliland has barred their elected political leaders from engaging in opportunistic politics designed to take advantage of the bias Eth...
Read More »A Sinking Nation
There are floods, there are wars In blood Somalia is swimming In poverty Somalia is drowning And in water Somalia is sinking...
Read More »The Somali Political Cliffhanger
As the third round of the Khartoum peace talks ended in disappointment, the question on the minds of many stakeholders is "How would the Somali politi...
Read More »The Islamic Courts: A critical and closer look
Most Somalis, including myself, welcomed the recent climb of the Islamic Courts to power at the expense of the abhorrent Warlords who held many parts ...
Read More »An Urgent Call To All Somalilanders
I have a very important question for all Somalilanders: Are we still free and independent state? We have survived corruption, genocide, and humiliatio...
Read More »Dialogue holds the key to lasting Somali peace
A last-ditch effort last week to salvage talks between the Somali government and Islamic Courts delegations in Sudan seemed doomed after the two sides...
Read More »Speakerless, Supportsless and Shelterless TFG: What’s Next?
Barely two years into existence, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), has hit another potentially lethal snag today with the speaker of the parl...
Read More »Canada Can and Must Intervene In Somalia
I appreciate your efforts to bring Somalia's story to your readers (Re: "Somalia Could Turn into Proxy War," Oct. 25). Yes, Canada should get involved...
Read More »Somalia: Power, Legitimacy and Ideology
The Seventeenth century English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes argued that in the absence of an entity that establishes law and order, life would be “na...
Read More »THE BAIDO MYSTERIES
On Friday, 28 July 2006, member of parliament (MP) and former speaker of the Somali parliament, Abdalla Deero Isaaq, was murdered just as he had stepp...
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