Opinion

“Man should be either crushed or caressed”

MAY 12, 2009

In this short piece, I will try to decipher and comment on the biggest blockades in the ever shifting sand of Somali zigzag politics, and suggest some...

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Somaliland Mediation requires a common will for peace and reconciliation

MAY 07, 2009

The recent Mediation Meeting At Presidential Somaliland Palace in Hargeisa, the political leaders(Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud-Siilaanyo, Faisal Ali Warabe)...

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Cold War Origins of the Somalia Crisis

MAY 06, 2009

For the past seven months world news outlets have provided daily coverage on what has been described as escalating piracy off the coast of Somalia in ...

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U.S. Needs to Know Somalia Requires a Bottom up Approach

MAY 03, 2009

Many political observers in Somalia think that US Representative for African Affairs, Phillip Carter, is making a big mistake in thinking that helping...

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An open question to Somalis: What happened to your heroes?

MAY 02, 2009

For lack of a common African language, and in humility for using alien language as English is to us Africans, I will try to ask my Somali brothers an...

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Desperate situations call for desperate measures

MAY 01, 2009

The pirate story on the coast of Somalia is as intriguing as any fiction that has the power to capture the imagination of mankind. It gets interesting...

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Al-Shabab: This Emerging Terror Group is Impediment to Peace and Stability

APR 29, 2009

In his latest appearance, Aways accused the Somali government as traitors of Ethiopian and U.S. government. In a public speech, he said that the Somal...

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Somalia: Victim of Islamophobia and Feckless Interventions

APR 29, 2009

In the past 18 years, the international community has been generous with interventions to salvage Somalia. Unfortunately,...

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Collateral Damage!!

APR 28, 2009

I believe Allah Subhanahu Wa Tala is the creator of everything including the free will given to human beings. He is the giver and taker of lives....

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Piracy, Geopolitics, and Private Security Security

APR 27, 2009

Make no mistake: the proliferation of piracy in the Somali coast is a serious problem -- not only for the international community but for Somalia in g...

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