What is the solution for failed state in S. Sudan
By Matai M. Muon
In the international legal prism, precisely under the declaratory theory, a state is an independent, political, and socio-economic entity, with a definite boundary, a permanent population, and a government. The most striking attribute as per the international law, however, is the...
NADIFA MOHAMED: WHAT WE LOST IN THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE
By Nadifa Mohamed
It’s hard to not to imagine myself into those flats, in the days and hours before the fire. To not imagine the stacks of wedding clothes, jewelry and new-home paraphernalia at the home of Hosna Begum’s family, as she prepared to marry her fiancé...
Somaliland:What are the leadership qualities of a good President?
Now that the political campaign season is well under way, what kind of political leadership does Somaliland need?
In order to determine what kind of political leadership the nation requires, lets first establish how leadership is defined. The term ‘leadership’ was first coined in the...
Somalia Doesn’t Need Tears. Help Us Fight Terrorism
By ABDILLAHI MOHAMED SANBALOOSHEOCT. 26, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia — On Oct. 14, a truck carrying about two tons of homemade explosives blew up near Zoobe Junction, one of the busiest streets in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. The blast sent shock waves for miles. More than 400...
Women and inequality in Somaliland
For the first time In Somaliland women are half of the educated labor force and earn the majority of advanced degrees. The number of boys and girls graduated this year was equal the only difference was girls outperformed boys in every field the top...
Somaliland – A model for democracy in Africa
The first-ever Somaliland Presidential Election Debate has been held in Hargeisa last Thursday, October 19, 2017. All three presidential candidates from the three political parties, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdilllahi from Waddani, Musa Bihi Abdi from Kulmiye and Faisal Ali Warabe from Ucid participated in the...
My Parents’ Country, in the Grip of the Shabab
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...
Farmajo’s betrayal of the Somali people
By handing ONLF officer Abdikarim Sheikh Muse to Ethiopia, the Somali government has betrayed its own people.
BY:ABUKAR ARMAN
All betrayals are not made equal. In recent weeks, a political disaster of epic proportions has befallen upon Somalia. The Somali government has committed what many -...
Remembering the day the Eritrean press died
By Abraham T Zere
Eritrea's transformation into a police state started with a ban on independent media 16 years ago today.
By demolishing the independent media, ceaselessly recycling tired propaganda, and introducing pervasive censorship, Afwerki has created a grim state, writes Zere
People who haven't experienced...
UAE Strategic Power Projection in Somaliland
Partners provides a practical policy recommendations for UAE primarily to counter Iran rather than engage it ,UAE policy in east Africa, Yemen, Syria, and elsewhere is driven largely by the UAE’s strategy miscalculates to weaken Iran. But a violation of international laws and shame...