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In the first week of the New Year, Somalia was one of the few countries that dominated the headlines. Not…
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo is slowly behaving like a dictator, and is getting carried away by power. Well, he…
Whether it is Washington, Manila or Mogadishu; the number of authoritarian regimes is on the rise. Although Somalia in some…
Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen was on Wednesday elected President of South West State in an arranged sham election that was…
The recent amnesty has seen leaders of many terrorist groups defect to the government and help in nation building.
Ethiopia’s deep and enduring authoritarian political culture dates back to premodern times when the country’s area was limited to a…
Having returned from Hargeisa three months ago I found resilient, tolerant and striving society with a common courtesy and humour…
By Dr. Abdurahman Baadiyow After the collapse of the state in 1991, Somalia entered a new era in its long history.…
When Yesterday Resembles Today
by Abukar Arman Abukar Arman is a Somali political analyst, writer and former diplomat The stage seemed set for a ceremonial…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — When the first explosion rang out, the men on the hotel patio looked up for a moment,…
Halima Aden first came to the United States when she was 7, after her family left the refugee camp in Kenya…
Hopelessness is a dangerous dead-end. As in people, nations need sense of hope to exist and to deal with inevitable…
MUMBAI: In a major turn of events, the 119 Somali pirates nabbed in four operations by the Coast Guard and…
Kenya shouldn’t dare imagine that because of its support to Somalia, that it can reward itself with Somalia’s maritime space.
The precarious security and political situation in Somalia is rapidly degenerating due to the vacuum created by the ending of…
In 2014 the UK banned khat, the stimulant stems and leaves of the tree Catha edulis. In Kenya it is more…
President Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday flew into the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to attend a special IGAD Summit.
More than two-and-a-half decades of bloody conflict, the displacement of millions of nationals, the deaths of tens of thousands, spiraling…
Mohamed Amin Ahmed manages a gas station in Minneapolis. He is a father to four children, all under the age…
