It is customary now for President Obama to host annual Iftar party for Muslim community in the White House. This year’s choice of President Obama for guests to represent Somali-American community in this important gathering was interesting and very...
The Deteriorating nature of the relationship between the ineffective Somalia Federal Government and its states such as Jubaland and Puntland and the creation of new controversial Cadaado administration seem to complicate whatever little efforts currently present to stabilize that...
By Barkhad Kaariye,
Years and years ago, on a beautiful night as the sun sets down, I was sleeping on my mother's lap and have enjoyed her voice as she was reciting a 'Buraanbur– a poetry usually composed by Somali...
By Muhumed Mohamed Muhumed (Khadar)
Africans have been migrating to Europe for decades. However the number skyrocketed in the last few years. In 2015 the number of immigrants reaching Europe by boat more than doubled compared to 2014. Between January...
By Anne Chambers
A new report by the World Bank has indicated that more men in war-torn Somalia are turning to drugs and suffering mental illness, in addition to experiencing higher divorce rates. More individuals are requested to donate funds to...
Turkish President Erdogan’s May 2013 plan to raze Gezi Park in Central Istanbul and replace it with a replica 19th century Ottoman barrack prompted anti-government protests in Istanbul and other cities across Turkey, which led to violent confrontations where...
By Liban Ahmad
The seventeenth episode of the Fagaaraha (forum) debate brought together in Minnesota four distinguished discussants. It was the first debate the forum has organised for ” unionists and separatists”.
The case for union was made by Professor Hussein...
The political history of the Somali living territories showed discrepancies in the olden times of its colony. The Horn of Africa has been a home for the Somali speaking society, and the Somali ethnic group themselves express their narrative...
The political map of Africa that shows its independent countries had not been made by African nations, by the United Nations, or by the African Union. It is the result of the European Colonial Occupation that invaded African Continent...
Today is Africa Day and also the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity, the forerunner of the African Union. SAEED FURAA, a Somali businessman who has lived in South Africa for 18 years uses...