Opinion
Al-Qaeda has achieved superiority of strategic orientation
After occupation of Afghanistan by US led coalition forces in November 2001, some of the members of Al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan, Iran and Middle Eastern...
Read More »The Last Hope for Somalia
There are certain things that we, Somalis, take for granted. I’m not speaking of food, shelter or the basic clothes that cover our otherwise bare sk...
Read More »The untold story about pirates and trawlers
Whereas Somalis of good intention appreciate the concern and role played by international peace brokers in the horn of Africa and its environs, lit...
Read More »Invisible Walls and their adverse effects on the Somali People
A few months ago, the world commemorated of the final fall of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany. The wall took a few decades to come ...
Read More »What is going Puntland
The present situation in Puntland worries many Somalis as well as international community, the area has recently witnessed increase number of planned ...
Read More »Kenya should thank God for its Somali ‘troubles’
Somalia and Somalis are all over the news and FM radio call-ins in Kenya. There is near-hysteria that Somalis — both Kenyan and non-Kenyan — are a...
Read More »Racism still prevalent in St. Cloud
A packet of hateful and derogatory depictions of the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality was stapled to the telephone pole outside Deko Farah's St....
Read More »Fractionalized, Armed and Lethal: Why Somalia Matters
February 03, 2010 — For the last few years, Somalia has held strong onto the top spot in both the Index of Failed States and the Fragile States Inde...
Read More »Rayale’s Final Days in Power and his desperate attempts to hold on
African dictators use various tactics to consolidate their power. They use fear, bribes, arm-twisting, divide-and rule and a litany of other tools to ...
Read More »The Jihadist Next Door
ON A WARM, cloudy day in the fall of 1999, the town of Daphne, Ala., stirred to life. The high-school band came pounding down Main Street, past the po...
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