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Op-Ed: Kenya should nationalize all Somalis in the country as a strategic national interest

Remittances from the diaspora have also added to the fast-paced tempo of Somali businesses in Eastleigh. These money transfers are facilitated by a unique system known as Hawala. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
By: JAMAL ABDIKADIR Kenya must use the Somalis within its borders to achieve strategic influence on the Horn. Immigration can affect both host and home-country in several ways, and its effects can be positive or negative depending on the characteristics of the immigrants, the destination country,...

Op-Ed: If The Somali Region Wants To Become A Respected Partner In Any Future Coalition Government In Addis Ababa, It Must Learn From The Lessons Learned

Written by: Awale Shirwa twitter: @Awale11 The aim of this short article is to highlight challenges and opportunities facing the Somali Region (DDS) in this critical juncture. It also tries to support the argument which claims the Somali Region was allocated fraction of the investments...

The Rebirth Of Somaliland (11): Scorched Earth Policy In The North And The Letter Of Death

Dr. Hussein Mohamed Nur Throughout the 1980s a scorched earth policy was effectively in place in the whole of the Northern regions (Somaliland). One of the decisive factors that increased the tension and dissidence in the North and which accelerated the formation of an all-war open...

Be Well Be You: Women Empowering Women in Somaliland

Silhaam’s first group of trainees. She is standing fourth from the right. Director of the Cultural Centre, Dr. Jama Muse Jama, centre.
By Tirsit Yetbarek A Thursday early in March 2020: Sihaam Mumin is at the Hargeysa Cultural Centre for what promises to be an exciting and meaningful day, for her and a certain group of her peers. For this day the Centre is the venue for...

When Dealing with Somalia’s Security, Don’t Miss the Elephant in the Room

When Dealing with Somalia’s Security, Don’t Miss the Elephant in the Room
When explaining the terrorism and security calamities in Somalia, the usual suspects are a readymade group, hiding somewhere in the horizon, with the nametag of al-Shabaab. But this doesn't yield a takeaway solution to the very problem of terrorism and religious radicalism which are...

Somaliland Delegates Attend the 5th Annual International Youth Diplomacy Conference in Accra, Ghana

Somaliland Delegates Attend the 5th Annual International Youth Diplomacy Conference in Accra, Ghana
Between the 16th and 20th of July, a delegation of diplomatic officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) of Somaliland attended the annual International Youth Diplomacy Conference held in Accra, Ghana.  This Conference is the flagship event of the educational...

Djibouti in the Eye of A New Storm

By Dr Moshe Terdiman   On August 2, 2018, a London Court of International Arbitration ruled against the Government of Djibouti in its dispute with the DP World Company, based in Dubai. This ruling ended a long dispute between both sides starting in February 2018, when...

What Happened to the Urban Somali Woman: the Most Educated, Yet the Most unemployed?

What Happened to the Urban Somali Woman: the Most Educated, Yet the Most unemployed?
By Deqa Aden In theory, urban women should have access to better services and more employment opportunities than women in rural areas and refugee camps. With less societal restrictions and higher literacy rate, urban women generally exercise more privileges in the labour force as opposed...

Somaliland: Pearl of Stability And Development

Somaliland Map
By: Muse Abdi On 18 May in every year Somaliland which is self-proclaimed and unrecognized state of Somaliland celebrates its independence from the Somali Republic, which emerges from repel called Somali National Movement (SNM). After the collapsed Siad Barre regime in 1991, Somaliland has developed into...

The Rebirth Of Somaliland (10): The Gezira Beach Atrocity (The Massacre Of The Northern Youth)

In the late 1980s, people of Somaliland origin living in the south (Somalia) especially in Mogadishu were mostly civil servants, businessmen, traders, students etc. They were often subjected to subjugation, discrimination and harassment as they were alleged to belong to the SNM or have...