Opinion
Battle Of The Ports: Emirates sea power spreads from Persian Gulf to Africa
The past few weeks have been particularly rich in new developments for the UAE’s foreign policy. In Yemen, the UAE is at the forefront of the curren...
Read More »Hisbia Dighil Mirifle (HDM), the genesis of a Party, its rise and fall
In an earlier article posted on the Hiiraan Online Website in May, 2018, I referred to how, in the wake of the Second World War, the British favoure...
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From Ali Mazrui to Abiy Ahmed: A Pan-Africanist Vision for a New Ethiopia
The late Ali Mazrui speaks in this article to major political issues relevant to Ethiopia today, as the country undergoes a peaceful revolution. In hi...
Read More »PM Abiy Must Address the Culture of Impunity and the Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is slowly moving in the right direction after the reformist PM Abiy Ahmed took power over 100 days ago. But unless PM Abiy tackles justice, t...
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China is laying the groundwork for a post-American world order
As the United States abandons the postwar multilateral system it once led, China is stepping into the breach, laying the groundwork for a post-America...
Read More »A stunning visit of Farmajo to Eritrea!
Today his Excellence Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the Somalia president is going to Eritrea for three day official visit as declared Eritrea ministry of...
Read More »The Importance of Public Spaces in Mogadishu
Public spaces have played a key role in urban development over the centuries and have always represented the essence of every city. The ancient Romans...
Read More »Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels: Business as Usual
With the endless political crisis and the scathing resolution by the EU Parliament that portrayed Somali leadership as autocratic, one would think the...
Read More »Reimagining SAI Reform in Somalia
Just a few weeks ago, David Goldsworthy, the principal consultant at Development Action and a fellow speaker at IFAC and PAFA’s Fragile States Confe...
Read More »Somalia on the right Direction: The Story so Far
Looking back at the election of H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on February 2017 you could sense an air of freshness, an aura of new beginning for Somal...
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