SUNDAY EDITORIAL | The international community’s efforts to stabilize Somalia will not succeed as long as the world fails to take into account regional political and security dimensions. Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea have long been accused of influencing the politics in war-time Somalia since the eruption of an enduring civil war in [...]
Voiceless Hostages from birth: Evidence of Somali Teenagers and Abdiwali Musa’s story The issue of Piracy in the Somali coast have been discussed countless of times in the National and International Media, where the most recent incident which has attracted the international media around the world is the case of Mr Musa who is the [...]
by Zakaria Farah Tuesday, May 19, 2009 This week marked the eighteenth anniversary since “Somaliland” unilaterally declared its independence from the rest of Somalia. The name “Somaliland” itself connotes colonial mentality. I will come back to the name issue later, but in the rest of the article I will consider Somaliland as a separate entity [...]
Allison Kilkenny radio host, writer, allisonkilkenny.com Sunday, May 17, 2009 Most Americans only hear about Somalia if the country’s name precedes “is a failed state,” or “is a hotbed of pirate activity.” But what many Americans don’t know is that the US worked to undermine a Somalian charity that stepped in to provide aid to [...]
Curiye: Ibrahim Hassan Gagale Friday, May 15, 2009 Gabayga soo socda waxaa lagu maqagcaabaa Garbo-Badan, waxaa uu ka kooban yahay 60 beyd oo min afarey ah, waxaana sannadka 2009 curiyey Ibrahim Hassan Gagale (Reer Somaliland). Gabaygu waa dhaliil ku socota Beesha Hawiyaha kuna saabsan talo-seegga ku dhacay Beeshaas ka dib burburkii Taliskii Siyaad Barre ee [...]
by Rashid Yahya Thursday, May 14, 2009 Prologue: The horrors of another unnecessary war are once again visited upon the people of Somalia as Al-Shabab militias unleash deadly fire power in heavily populated areas, ferociously assaulting the capital city, Mogadishu to unseat the feeble Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The bodies of innocent civilians and fighters [...]
Hardline opposition leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys accused the U.N. special envoy to Somalia on Thursday of “destroying” the Horn of Africa nation, and dismissed talks with the interim government. Aweys is seen as an influential figure among insurgents in Somalia where he has headed numerous Islamist groups since the 1990s. Here are key facts [...]
Mohamed Hussein Sunday, 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 Somalia’s fragile government would solve security and piracy issues. These observers noted that Somalia’s government is not elected by the Somali people; it was rather formed [...]