Opinion
Uganda’s task in Somalia is a big sacrifice
I just finished reading Mr Bernard Tabaire’s column in the Saturday Monitor on Uganda’s role in Somalia. I agree with his premise that there needs...
Read More »Somalia is a Victim of “False Flag Operations”
In the course of history, heads of states were assassinated, elected regimes were toppled, stable societies were destabilized, sovereign nations were ...
Read More »Africa must rise against Al Shabaab terror
Somalia seems to be suffering on account of a confluence of three factors:...
Read More »The Twisted Logic: Restoration of failed state of Somalia from Hargeisa.
Ever since the news of Somaliland’s latest successful multiparty presidential election came into prominence, some have proposed a project of restori...
Read More »The politics of revenge should not be allowed to hinder political solution
President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to take on and eliminate the Al-Shabaab group after the bombings in Kampala. This new development reeks of revenge...
Read More »Silanyo’s First Day in Power: A preliminary assessment
The new president of the secessionist enclave in the North Western part of Somalia has finally taken office after waiting impatiently one month for hi...
Read More »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...
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