Opinion
My way or the highway: Villa Somalia's zero-sum politics is getting out of hand
In the first three years of his rule, President Farmaajo has gone from "The Savior of Somalia" to a ruthless tyrant with no regard for the separation ...
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U.S. and EU Diplomats Support President Farmajo to Tear Somalia Apart
After 30 years of dictatorship and civil war, the Somali people pulled off a qualified consensus on forming a new state that is different from the obl...
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Democratic reform must mean fair deal for long-suffering Somalis
In late December, the Somali regional government asked the House of Federation to revise the region’s representation in the federal parliament....
Read More »BELEDWEYNE: Saameeynta fatahaadda dhanka dhaqaalaha
Waxaa maalmahaan aad loo hadal yahaa xal-u-helidda fatahaadda magaalada Beledweyne. Runtii, fatahaaddu ma aha arrin ugub ah oo waxaa dhacdooyinka taar...
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London, Knife Crime Murders, No End in Sight, Why?
According to the Greater London Authority (the London Mayor’s Office) knife crime has been defined as an “offence of homicide, attempted murder, a...
Read More »IGAD: Reflections on a decade-long journey with Ethiopia
IGAD has transformed from an organization that merely focused on drought and disaster as it used to be during its inception in 1986 to that of dealing...
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Shaqsiga Sannadka HOL ee 2019: Qoyska Elman
Dad aad u yar ayaa u hura naftooda ama ku bixiya qiimaha ugu sarreeya danta-guud ee qaranka ayada oo waliba lagu jiro xaalado aad u murugsan, marka ku...
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2019 HOL Person of the Year: The Elman Family
Many individual Somali nationalists have contributed to the wellbeing of Somalis and Somali nation over the last few decades. Few families, however, h...
Read More »Somalia is Still in Search of a Unique Governance Model
To paraphrase the aptly titled book “Somalia: Nation in Search of a State” by David D. Laitin, Professor of Political Science at Stanford Univers...
Read More »Ten points for the FGS to ponder and consider in 2020
1. 2019 was a year of unnecessary political conflict; reconcile your differences with opposition groups and Federal Member States before others force ...
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