Opinion

Democracy: Somali Style

JAN 06, 2009

As we know Democracy is a form government in which power is held by people under a free electoral system....

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Ethiopia leaves the failed warlords as they advance to the active sheikhs! Part III

JAN 05, 2009

The literature you are about to read is divided into several parts. Its contents are based on facts and fictions. The main players are Ethiopians and ...

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A Few Questions, Professors?

JAN 05, 2009

To me it is always interesting to listen, read and/or watch when Professors Ahmed I. Samater and Abdi I. Samater (related I presume as brothers) discu...

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Ethiopian Atrocities

JAN 05, 2009

I am greatly troubled by the recent media reports putting the blame of what is going on in Somalia solely on the shoulders of the resistance movement ...

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Danger on the Horizon: Preventing Lawlessness in the Advent of Ethiopian Withdrawal

JAN 02, 2009

With the abrupt departure of former President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed from the national scene, the calculated decision of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles...

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Qatar soo muuqata: Ka hortagga fawdo ka dhalata Bixitaanka Ciidanka Itoobiya

JAN 02, 2009

Iscasilaadii deg-dega ahayd ee Cabdullahi yusuf, iyo hadalkii Soomaali badani ku diirsatay ee ka soo yeeray Meles Zenawi oo ahaa inuu Ciimadiisa kala ...

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The pursuit and profile for the next Somali president

JAN 02, 2009

The resignation of the last warlord president of Somalia from office creates both an opportunity for alternative leadership and sadly a perceived powe...

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Al-Shabab: who are they and what they want?

JAN 02, 2009

Social movements and revolutions go through incubation and evolutionary periods under which progressive, reactionary, conservative, and radical elemen...

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Re: Shining Light on Al-Shabab

DEC 31, 2008

I am not in support of deviant groups that are perpetuating crimes here and there but I have some issues with Abu Abdullah Al-Haaj’s...

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Peace In Somalia: the Challenges ahead And Appropriate Approaches

DEC 31, 2008

There should be almost immediate improvement in the security environment in Somalia as a result of Ethiopian withdrawal, Abdullahi Yusuf's resignatio...

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