Opinion
MAAMUUSKA ABWAAN HADRAAWI: DOWRKA REER BELEDWEYNE
Eebbe u naxariistee Abwaankii weynaa, Maxamad Ibraahim Warsame (Hadraawi), xaqii baa ku yimid waxaana la geeyay gurigiisii dhabta ahaa. Xaqiiqdii waxa...
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Alarm bells as Somalia’s new president sours relationship with Ethiopia
The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and ...
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Somaliland Can Help the U.S. Win the New Cold War
China is making too many friends. Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have shown that they are willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars...
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Goodbye Genius Hadrawi: the Scholar of Philosophers, and the Philosopher of Scholars
The great Somali poet, philosopher and scholar Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadrawi) passed away on the 18th of August 2022, in Hargeisa, Somaliland. A na...
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Remembering Hadrawi: My Teacher, Mentor and Friend.
I was fortunate to have met Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadrawi) in the early years of my schooling. It was in Aden, now Yemen, which was a British colon...
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Beenbeene: The Model Opposition and Hopefully The Model Minister
Today, I am breaking a cardinal rule of mine: Never to discuss publicly, showcase or flaunt my relationships with politicians. I keep that private. Pe...
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The White House Should Invite Somalia's President
If the South China Sea is the modern Berlin Wall, then the Horn of Africa is the new 38th parallel. It would be wise for the United States to build st...
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Lessons from Irish history on the consequences of ignoring the famine in Somalia
It has been nearly 40 years since Band Aid and Live Aid, but Sir Bob Geldof is back with another wake-up call to the world....
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The fall of Gedo: 26th Anniversary of Ethiopia’s Invasion on Gedo region
On this day 26 years ago Ethiopia carried out an air and land invasion on the Gedo region, Somalia. Its air force bombarded Luq and Boholgaras indiscr...
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Realism, inclusiveness, and an audacious move- hallmarks of the new Cabinet
A Cabinet of Inclusivity has been constituted under the leadership of Prime Minister Hamza. The cabinet list comprises prominent individuals, most of ...
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