Opinion
Islamic Militancy in the History of Somalia
Militancy simply means having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause. Adding Islamic adjective signifies that certain...
Read More »Light Skin vs. Dark Skin
What’s your definition of beautiful? Is it associated with skin tone? Is “light” skin the “right” skin? These are just a few of the question...
Read More »EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Everyone of us has bad times as well as good that record in his diary or kept in his memories. I as a person from Mogadishu, grown up and studied in i...
Read More »Somalia: Why Troops Must Be Deployed Now
The entire event was aimed to explore mechanisms of influencing public opinion and support for African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) in Somalia, ...
Read More »A New Paradigm for Engaging Somalia
The stakes are much higher than ever before. And, despite the negative reports that dominate the news and thus perpetuate the sense of hopelessness, v...
Read More »The Path Not Taken: Copenhagen Fiasco
THE COPENHAGEN climate conference that ended on the 18th of December 2009 witnessed intense diplomatic and sometimes not so diplomatic activities that...
Read More »Do We Have a Somali Civil Society?
I sometimes wonder if we have a civil society in Somalia-- a society which is civic by nature and has a deep patriotic feeling for the motherland. In...
Read More »Are Somalis Nationalists?
It struck me hard and, thus, motivated me to write this article when I recollected Jason Mac Lure’s interview with Meles Zenawi (Newsweek, April 21,...
Read More »The greatest impediment to Puntland’s progress
Ever since former U.S. President Bush declared war on terror, a new political trend has taken a shape in the Horn of Africa. Political foes started to...
Read More »POEM: AFRICAN GRIEF
Oh Mama Africa, why do you forsake me? Years ago I escaped from the wrath of war, Not blaming you, but still under your eyeful watch....
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