Opinion
In Memory of Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed
I caught wind of the unfortunate passing of former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed on the 9th of March 2021 due to COVID-19 complications in Nairob...
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The Somali region of Ethiopia must write their own narrative
Many years ago I conducted an interview with a leader of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). At the time, Ethiopia’s Somali regional state ...
Read More »International oil companies must withhold investment involving Somalia until new government is formed
International Oil and Gas Companies and any other investment entities need to withhold their investments in the Oil and Gas sector in Somalia, due to...
Read More »The Need for Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Edinding Election Impasse in the Future
The current election/selection impasse in Somalia between the Federal Member States and the Federal government is the symptom of a country that is dee...
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From Pariah to Kingmaker
After months of bloodshed in Tigray, a region of Ethiopia claiming the right of self-determination, the United States is ramping up pressure to end ho...
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Today in History: February 28, 1955 - The disposal of the Haud and “Reserved Area”
On this Day in 1955 Haud and “Reserved Area” were transferred by the British government to Ethiopia. Perhaps I may be permitted, before entering i...
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Is Balkanisation the Solution to Somalia’s Governance Woes?
When former prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was elected president of the Federal Government of Somalia in 2017, many lauded his victory....
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The way out of Somalia’s political impasse
Somalia is in a political crisis. For the first time in the country’s recent history, the four-year mandate of Parliament and the executive has expi...
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UN Security Council should not empower Mohamed Farmajo, former President of Somalia
Somalia's political and security situation is ominous after former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo - whose mandate ended 15 days ago - ordered a m...
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President Farmaajo: Underestimated and Misunderstood
Over thirty years, Somalia hasn’t achieved the full-fledged nationhood it has aspired to for a very long time. One of the primary impediments being,...
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