Opinion
The Sharif I have seen
When, in 2006, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed came to power as one of the leaders of the Union Islamic Courts (UIC), he was part of a group that controlled most ...
Read More »Where have all the good men gone? The coming of age of the ‘lost generation’.
A few days ago as I sat nonchalant reading an article for a class at one of the many cafes that litter the university campus I attend, I happened to o...
Read More »Where are the Beef and the Peace; Mr. Sheriff?
For the Somali citizen, in addition to a life of violence and deprivation, now the prospect of statelessness is more real and terrifyingly nearer more...
Read More »Somaliland is rescued by foreign friends and a watchfull media
With its latest decision to extend or should I say reject the extension, depending on where one stands on Somaliland’s slippery political landscape,...
Read More »The failure of the international community and the resilience of a people
Somalia is officially classified as a failed state where warlords, Islamic extremists, suicide bombings, piracy, secessionists, poverty and anarchy pr...
Read More »Somalia Since "Black Hawk Down"
Whatever agenda the US and UN had about sending 28 000 blue helmet soldiers to Somalia as part of a broad UN Operation in 1992, many Somalis including...
Read More »Wareerka iyo Muranka ka jira Islaamka Siyaasadeysan!
Dooda laxidhiidha Islaamka siyaasadeysani waa mid muran badani ka taagan yahay oo aan si waafi ah u cadeyn sababo badan owgood. Tan uga horeysaayi waa...
Read More »An Eye on Somaliland Political Standoff
The political standoff in the unrecognized de-facto republic of Somaliland, is a critical development that is worth an international close watch....
Read More »How the American Muslim celebrate the Eid Fitra
Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha are the two major yearly holidays of Islam. Eid-ul-Fitr follows the month of fasting, Ramadan. Eid-ul-Adha falls on the 10...
Read More »Editorial: AU troops sitting ducks in Somalia
The killing of two dozen African Union peacekeepers, including the deputy force commander Maj-Gen Juvenile Niyoyunguriza from Burundi by Islamist insu...
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