OP.Ed / In-depth
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President Farmajo between “Qaybo” and Reform
May 24, 2017“The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” William Butler Yeats Historians talk about Marx and Marxism as if relegated to the ash heap of history and those who still hold... -
THE GUNS OF OCTOBER: How The Invasion Of Somalia Changed Kenya
May 24, 2017By Patrick Gathara When Kenyan troops crossed the proverbial Rubicon and entered Somalia nearly six years ago, it caught almost everyone by surprise. It was Kenya’s first sustained and significant foray into its troubled neighbors territory... -
Review Rejoinder: Response to Kapteijns’ Revenge on The Suicidal State in Somalia
Apr 16, 2017It is my belief that readers of Lidwien Kapteijns’ review of my book, The Suicidal State in Somalia: The Rise and Fall of the Siad Barre Regime, 1969-1991 (2016), posted on Wardheernews website, deserve some factual... -
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya)
Mar 28, 2017By Mohamed Isse Trunji With an increasing recognition of the need to administer competing resources in the ocean and seabed, and the requirement to ensure sustainable exploitation of these resources, Somalia has an ambitious program for... -
Chasing Mirages Across Somalia
Oct 4, 2016Hopelessness is a dangerous dead-end. As in people, nations need sense of hope to exist and to deal with inevitable challenges throughout their development and indeed existence. But that sense of hope must be grounded on... -
Somalia: Suggestions for Credible Electoral Process for the Upper House
Oct 4, 2016By Mohamud M Uluso Besides the worsening humanitarian situation in which about 4.7 million people including more than 300,000 malnourished children below age 5 are in urgent need of food assistance, the international community is extremely uneasy... -
Rule Of Law Out in Somalia: A Grand Finale for a Rogue Somali President assisted by Rogue Representatives of the International Community
May 23, 2016During the last 4 years, there has been steady descent on the efficacy of “Rule of Law” in Somalia despite a general commitment made by the Somali people in August 2012 under a new Provisional Constitution... -
8 Simple Steps To Bury Your Own Country
May 23, 2016Cacophony is the coming together of multiple sounds that create an awfully unpleasant, if not unbearable audio to listen. However, chronically discordant politics tend to create its own cacophony that leads to mental and intellectual dissonance... -
US policies do more harm than good in Somalia
Feb 24, 2016By Abukar Arman & Afyare Abdi Elmi Substantive change in dealing with Somalia is long overdue. To stabilise Somalia, donors and friends must calibrate their policies. Chief among them is the United States. The US is... -
Clan dominant seekers are scapegoating 4.5 for their failure
Jan 29, 2016Since the collapse of the government in Somalia in early 1991, numerous conferences were held in an attempt to restore some sort of government in Somalia. However, with the exception of the Arta, Djibouti conference of...
