Opinion
Mass vaccinations in Somalia should be steered by success of polio eradication campaign
A shortage of Covid-19 vaccines and vaccine resistance is threatening to collapse Somalia’s fragile healthcare system. Less than 1% of Somalians hav...
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It is Time for President Bihi to Rein in the Rise of the Power of Religious Zealots in Somaliland
Defamation is a “false statement presented as a fact that causes injury or damage to the character of the person it is about.’ “Lately, the so-c...
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Somalia is walking in Afghanistan’s footsteps
In his 2010 memoir Decision Points, former United States President George W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in the...
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To understand China’s plans for Afghanistan, take a look at Somalia
The term “The Great Game” was coined to describe the great power competition between tsarist Russia and the British Empire in Afghanistan during t...
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Why Somalia’s grand strategies aren’t working
Afghanistan shows that billions of dollars and years of international support aren’t enough. Somalia’s insecurity problem needs a Somali solution....
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Ten Years On: Turkey’s growing smart power in Somalia
Turkey’s growing smart power approach in Somalia significant for both sides...
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Breaking the chains: understanding Somali mental health barriers and health inequalities.
Somalis globally suffer from mental health problems at a higher rate - 1 in 3 - compared to the general population. According to the United Nations Re...
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Imagining Al-Shabaab’s way to Villa Somalia in the Lenses of Taliban Conquests of Presidential Palace in Kabul: Is it Possible?
This short piece attempts to shed lights on the similarities and differences between the two groups: Taliban (TB) and A-Shabaab (AS) in the lenses of ...
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U.S. is bombing Somalia repeatedly with zero accountability
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography," as a popular saying goes. Perhaps nowhere does this apply more than Somalia....
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PM Roble is Making the Same Mistakes as His Predecessor “Kheyre”
Mr. Mohamed Hussein Roble was largely an unknown individual before his appointment as Prime Minister; with no experience in public office, he neverthe...
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