Opinion

Left Behind: Deeply Broken Somalia

Left Behind: Deeply Broken Somalia

AUG 27, 2022

Somalis and foreign partners hailed the peaceful transfer of power between the elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the outgoing President Moha...

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The Noble Biological Role of Women in Society

The Noble Biological Role of Women in Society

AUG 25, 2022

Rights to education and employment are not just women’s rights but they are also noble human rights issues because when women do well the whole soci...

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Leveraging the FinTech industry as an emerging economic opportunity for Somalia

Leveraging the FinTech industry as an emerging economic opportunity for Somalia

AUG 25, 2022

Many African countries have been positioning their economies as major fintech hubs in a way that sets them apart from their respective countries....

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MAAMUUSKA ABWAAN HADRAAWI: DOWRKA REER BELEDWEYNE

MAAMUUSKA ABWAAN HADRAAWI: DOWRKA REER BELEDWEYNE

AUG 25, 2022

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

Alarm bells as Somalia’s new president sours relationship with Ethiopia

AUG 24, 2022

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

Somaliland Can Help the U.S. Win the New Cold War

AUG 23, 2022

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

Goodbye Genius Hadrawi: the Scholar of Philosophers, and the Philosopher of Scholars

AUG 20, 2022

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.

Remembering Hadrawi: My Teacher, Mentor and Friend.

AUG 18, 2022

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

Beenbeene: The Model Opposition and Hopefully The Model Minister

AUG 14, 2022

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

The White House Should Invite Somalia's President

AUG 11, 2022

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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