Opinion
There is no Circular Logic in Honesty
I am a member of the Diaspora that zealously supports the TFG whose Prime Minister you are. I support it not because it is doing a fantastic job, but ...
Read More »Saving Somalia: Theseus Paradox
Trapped in unlikely fantasy of a political settlement and/or unified statehood, many Somali affairs scholars, policy makers, journalist and politician...
Read More »Police use of the iron fist was not very prudent
I HAD A RINGSIDE SEAT AS violent drama unfolded on the streets and alleys around Jamia Mosque last Friday. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at ...
Read More »Make Somalia a Priority
Last month, a Somali man who had lived in Denmark dressed himself in women’s clothes, positioned himself at a graduation ceremony in Mogadishu and t...
Read More »Somalia's instability is not Ethiopia's fault
Your article "Violence, fear and confusion: Welcome to the Horn of Africa" (World News) implied Somalia was at peace before Ethiopia's intervention in...
Read More »Kudos to Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamah (ASWJ)!
In any chaotic situation, where the rules of order and decency rendered null and void and man becomes vicious, always look for the defenders of the tr...
Read More »SOMALIA: Spinning Wheels (Part One)
On December 5, 2009 Omar Sharmarke the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia wrote an editorial piece at The Times of Londo...
Read More »Editorial: Why no 'Viva Somalia?'
What could be worse than being forgotten in the rubble of war? As The New York Times reported this week, Gazans feel forsaken. The constant flow of hu...
Read More »Why you should read a passport's fine print
It is difficult to understand why Canadians are not more vividly aware of the ominous warning that appears on the last page of every Canadian passport...
Read More »'Time for a new Somalia policy'
In his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 21, 2009, Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, set...
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