Opinion
There are ways in which Africa can defeat the murderous al Shabaab
When Internal Security minister George Saitoti visited Israel early this year, he expressed concern over increasing threat to Kenya and other African ...
Read More »Surcharge on Remittances
The newly elected president of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo, inherits a state which is unrecognized by the rest of world. In political t...
Read More »Museveni can lift Somalia from the ashes by 2013
The year is mid 2012; President Museveni is in his second term of office after becoming a victor in a hotly-contested election against a united opposi...
Read More »Somalia’s costly habit of losing momentum
Somalia’s woes are multiplying and the threat from extremists is growing and spilling over to the region and further afield. The 11 July 2010 attack...
Read More »Somaliland: A Radical Change
Although the international media has under-reported it, the world has recently witnessed a major event in the Horn of Africa - a free, fair and genera...
Read More »Puntland Should be Cautious About Its Repatriation Policy
Puntland needs to be careful about its new security measures resorting to collective deportation of internally displaced youth from the south....
Read More »Failure of UN Agencies
If United Nations failed to prevent the mass-indiscriminate bombing slaughter of 20,000 Somali civilians since the beginning of 2007, its sister agenc...
Read More »U.S. should lead the world in recognizing peaceful, democratic Somaliland
Somalia recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence, but most Somalis have nothing to celebrate. Somalia ranks as the world's most ut...
Read More »I used to think I was Ugandan, not anymore after bombings
I used to think that I was a Ugandan, but my nationality has now been questioned. I met an old friend on my recent return to the country, who asked me...
Read More »50 years of Independence: Reflections on the present state of affairs
The year 1960 was recognized as the year of African independence; 17 colonies, Somalia among them, achieved freedom from colonial rule...
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