Opinion

The AMISOM mission in [SOMALIA] certainly expensive, but has it been successful?

The AMISOM mission in [SOMALIA] certainly expensive, but has it been successful?

SEP 15, 2021

According to their website, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is “an active, regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union...

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Elections with Farmajo in the Corridors of Power will Plunge Somalia into Unmanageable Disaster

Elections with Farmajo in the Corridors of Power will Plunge Somalia into Unmanageable Disaster

SEP 14, 2021

After two decades of repressive dictatorial regime ousted with bloody popular uprising in 1991, the Somali people has been longing for a visionary and...

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Disinformation in Somalia’s Mediascape

Disinformation in Somalia’s Mediascape

SEP 14, 2021

We’ve all heard the quote that is often attributed to Mark Twain “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoe...

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Somalia’s President and Intel Chief Should Face Trial for Murder

Somalia’s President and Intel Chief Should Face Trial for Murder

SEP 13, 2021

The political crisis in Mogadishu sparked by the kidnapping and murder of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) cyber-expert Ikran Tahlil F...

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Somalia’s Leaders Need to Seize Immediately the Lessons of Afghanistan

Somalia’s Leaders Need to Seize Immediately the Lessons of Afghanistan

SEP 12, 2021

In January 2021, I published a paper on U.S. policy towards Somalia in which I expressed concern that the rapid withdrawal of U.S. military forces fro...

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What Somalia Can Learn from Afghanistan Fast Moved Crisi

What Somalia Can Learn from Afghanistan Fast Moved Crisi

SEP 11, 2021

This piece of writing is trying to script some of analysis is what is happening in Afghanistan and what can be learned from the onset. Situation is ti...

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Book review of “Between the devil and the deep blue sea” by Colin Freeman

Book review of “Between the devil and the deep blue sea” by Colin Freeman

SEP 09, 2021

“Between the devil and the deep blue sea” by Colin Freeman is a book about luck, tragedy, and the enduring spirit of mankind to dig deep into thei...

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Fahad & Farmaajo's Role in the Tigray Crisis [WAR] Demands Accountability

Fahad & Farmaajo's Role in the Tigray Crisis [WAR] Demands Accountability

AUG 31, 2021

As both federal and resistance forces continue to escalate a brutal and devastating civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, this week the United Stat...

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Somalia’s “Afghan” moment

Somalia’s “Afghan” moment

AUG 29, 2021

The events in Afghanistan show that no one can defy gravity, demonstrating that lofty ideals and sophisticated military intervention, however well-int...

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The 1958 Municipal Elections marked the start of a pattern of electoral malpractices culminating in the 1969 disastrous general elections

The 1958 Municipal Elections marked the start of a pattern of electoral malpractices culminating in the 1969 disastrous general elections

AUG 27, 2021

By 1957, the responsibilities of the domestic affairs of the Trust Territory, had been transferred to the Somali government, established in 1956 (Law ...

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