Opinion/Analysis

By:Fatuma Ahmed Ali A political settlement between the Federal Government of Somalia and terror group Al-Shabaab has eluded both parties for years. Now newly elected Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has indicated that he would be open to talks with the militants. But he also made...

BY: MOHAMMED DAHIR AHMED Multiparty democracy has its pros and cons in Muslim communities where radical groups aspire to thwart and hijack the democratic process to their advantage. Somaliland political parties are in dire need of financial support especially when they are in opposition which...

The right-wing AfD is to stay, and will constrain Merkel's leadership - but less so than in neighbouring EU countries. AfD co-chair Frauke Petry speaks at the closing event for the party's local elections campaign in Hanover on September 10 By:Thorsten Benner @thorstenbenner Thorsten Benner is director...

By: Mohammed Hassan Mohammed When trying to do something important there is a bad habit most people indulge without knowing it. And it’s called “Procrastination”  Today I saw this as an advantageous piece to everyone, so let me shed light on it. Procrastination refers to...

We don't have to vote for him to appreciate the realities exposed by the US' greatest reality TV star. The truth is, Trump is doing the US and the world a service by holding a giant mirror up to our collective soul, writes LeVine by Mark...

By ASAD HUSSEINOCT. 21, 2017 NAIROBI, Kenya — One evening in August, I climbed onto a dusty old truck in the Dadaab refugee camp in the eastern Kenyan desert, about 50 miles from the border with Somalia. A tarpaulin in the truck bed covered the...

By:Abukar Arman @Abukar_Arman The election of Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia's president has inspired optimism for the future of Somalia. The stage seemed set for a ceremonial rubber-stamping of the status quo. Some of the new parliamentarians, many of who came through a corrupt process supported by...

In early 2020, the world faced unprecedented oblivious public health crises that swiftly outreached across hemispheres which predominantly ravaged socio-economic aspects of mind kind. Thus, broke up and instilled mistrust in International Health cooperation from global state chambers. This exacerbated in combating jointly and...

By James Barnett In counterinsurgency, military victories tend to be easier than political ones, and Somalia seems to be a case in point these days. On the one hand, al-Shabaab has retreated from much of the country and suffered heavy losses among both its leadership...

In a region where insecurity is the biggest threat to livelihoods, state institutions, economic development, and attraction of foreign direct investment, it is a valid question one to ask himself, who is suitable to lead Somaliland which is peaceful, but locates in volatile Horn...