Opinion
A review of Somalia’s national risk assessment on money-laundering and terrorist financing
Somalia government’s recent assessment report, while well-intentioned, is seriously flawed in focus and positively damaging to Somalia’s financial...
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Somalia iyo Israel ma samaysan karaan xiriir siyaasadeed?
Doorashadiisii ka dib, Madaxwaynaha Soomaaliya, Xasan Shiikh Maxamud wuxuu safarkiisii ugu horreeyay ku aaday dalka Imaaratka Carabta, iyadoo aan wali...
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Centering Somalia’s mobile money ecosystem in global debates
The recent GSMA report puts Africa at the forefront of the mobile money revolution. In 2021, the industry processed over $1 trillion in transactions �...
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Somali Heshiis ah Dunidana la heshiis ah: Hirshabeele Heshiis kama jiro
Dawlada uu Horumuudka ka yahay Madaxweyne Xasan Sheikh iyo Raisal Wasaare Xamza Bare waa inay ka bilaabaan Waddanka dhexdiisa Somali Heshiis ah inta a...
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Open letter to the Somali Lawmakers
I am writing to draw the attention of the representatives of the people to one of the most troublesome provisions found in paragraph 5 of article 89 o...
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Clan Federalism in Somalia
In my paper on Federalism and Somalia,[2] I discussed how Somali cultural norms, the current state of different regions/member states, and clannism ex...
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Building a Luxury Home for Farmajo is The Mother of All Smoke Screens
If you have been shocked and outraged by Farmajo's fundraising campaign for a lavish home when millions of Somalis are dying of hunger and thirst and ...
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The Proposed House for Former President: Is it a Gratitude or Cover-up?
After a long-delayed election, Somalia elected has new leadership with a vision of "Soomaali heshiis ah dunidana heshiis la ah," which translates to "...
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Defying the Status Quo of Selecting the Somalia Prime Minister
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, you're now the tenth president of Somalia and the first leader elected twice as head of state in the nation's history...
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15 May 2022: A Bright Future Suddenly Plunged into Darkness for Millions of Somalis
May 15, 2022, became a day that would go down in infamy and as a supreme disgrace through our failure by electing Hassan Sheikh as Somalia’s second ...
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