Opinion

Why the results of Somali elections are crucial for the region

Why the results of Somali elections are crucial for the region

FEB 24, 2021

Somalia’s most recent political impasse, and the way it eventually resolves, will have significant consequences not only for the country but also it...

Read More »
Farmaajo’s mask slips

Farmaajo’s mask slips

FEB 24, 2021

The last time Somali government soldiers fired on peaceful Mogadishu demonstrators was on Friday, the 14th of July 1989, setting off a civil war. On a...

Read More »
Somalia: A Fault Line Named Farmajo

Somalia: A Fault Line Named Farmajo

FEB 24, 2021

Somalia, a country of many political fault lines that indicate looming earthquakes of great magnitude, now has a new one — the Farmajo fault. Mohmed...

Read More »
Impending Disastrous Dictatorship in Somalia Under Watch of International

Impending Disastrous Dictatorship in Somalia Under Watch of International

FEB 22, 2021

The international community guards and finances the government of Somalia on regular basis. It spends billions of dollars on Somalia with the purpose ...

Read More »
Somalia Becomes Prisoner of the Past

Somalia Becomes Prisoner of the Past

FEB 21, 2021

This article will focus on a brief of history of the nation, which has suffered from poor economic performance, negative economic growth, govern...

Read More »
Elusive Patriotism and National Pride

Elusive Patriotism and National Pride

FEB 18, 2021

It is so funny when academics confuse fantasy with reality. It seems the writer of the article: ‘Citizens’ lack of feeling for national pride is ...

Read More »
Somalia in Post-Farmajo Turbulent Presidency

Somalia in Post-Farmajo Turbulent Presidency

FEB 15, 2021

On February 8, 2021, the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) descended into leadership crisis after the members of the federal parliament and president ...

Read More »
Citizens’ lack of feeling for national pride is Somalia’s root problem

Citizens’ lack of feeling for national pride is Somalia’s root problem

FEB 08, 2021

According to the dictionary definition, patriotism or national pride refers to the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to a homeland an...

Read More »
A POEM FOUR YEARS AGO

A POEM FOUR YEARS AGO

FEB 07, 2021

This Poem was published on Hiiraan Online in January 2017 (a month before President Famaajo was elected). We are publishing it again at the end of Pre...

Read More »
A Second Diplomatic Setback to Farmaajo’s Administration

A Second Diplomatic Setback to Farmaajo’s Administration

JAN 30, 2021

It was not long ago when I discussed the failure of the Federal Government of Somalia in foreign relations at the 38th extraordinary summit of Igad h....

Read More »