Opinion
Somalia’s New Cabinet Offers Best Hope in 20 Years
Somalia has the best hope of resolving its prolonged conflict with the approval of a new Somali-American Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo an...
Read More »Secularism for Somalia Forever (SSF)….comments on the Somali Penal Code
Since the publication of my last article on secularism posted at Hiiraan.com last month, bloody and painful incidents in the name of religion had been...
Read More »CopyCat Killings in Kenya
With shock and disbelieve have I read the news about the killing of an innocent Somali shop keeper in Eastleight Nairobi, it is not the first time a m...
Read More »U.S.’s Dual-Track Policy: Does it help or hurt the efforts to End Somalia’s Crisis?
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, recently announced the long-expected Obama administration’s policy toward...
Read More »Peace and Justice
Just like the sea and its shoreline Peace and justice are love partners They always go in a union of harmony...
Read More »TFG: Undertake Confidence-Building!
Angels will not come down from the heavens to do for Somalis that which is within the power of Somalis and they must do for themselves! With their mi...
Read More »Advice to pirates
In 1671 when Henry Morgan's buccaneer army streamed out of the jungle to attack the Spanish treasure city of Panama, some of his men wore the ragged r...
Read More »Why UPDF should hand power to Somalia’s pirates and crooks
I am in Bujumbura attending a conference on, of all places, Somalia. On reflection, however, that should not be a surprise seeing that Burundi and Uga...
Read More »Rays of Hope
EID Mubarak! As we celebrate, let us reflect on the developments in our homeland and be guided by the true meaning and significance of EID....
Read More »Hope and urgency in Somalia
In a bold move that reveals his strong political will and willingness to affect change, the new Somali prime minister has appointed 18 ministers to hi...
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