The consultation summit which took place in Djibouti and attended by the leaders of Somaliland, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Somalia, as well as, representatives from the African Union, the United States of America, the European Union, the United Nations and...
Introduction
An inclusive democracy means that all citizens should feel represented and be heard. However, many political systems sometimes exclude women and minority from the decision-making platforms, while other countries elect women to be their head of states or head...
By Guled Ahmed
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has long held influence in Africa. Throughout the 1960s, the PRC supported anti-colonial movements then swiftly established diplomatic relations with newly independent African nations. These relations were predicated on a South-to-South...
By Abdirizak M. Diis
The current election/selection impasse in Somalia between the Federal Member States and the Federal government is the symptom of a country that is deeply polarised with divergent clan interests, political ideologies, foreign interests, and pseudo-nationalistic slogans....
Now that the parliamentary and municipal elections are behind us, and in light of the poor results scored by Kulmiye Party, it is time that the genuine supporters of the party should air their voices with the main of...
By Michelle Gavin
As the foreign policy community continues to reflect on United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and grapple with the failure of decades-long efforts to support political stability in the country, broad areas of consensus have emerged from the...
I grew up with five-pointed white star of the sky-blue Somali flag, and at the time, me and all Somalis, were indoctrinated to believe that each of the five corners of the star stood for and represented one of...
As we all know the Republic of Somaliland is unrecognised and there have been only a handful of investors other than the Diaspora. Majority of the big companies in Somaliland such as Telesom & Sompower are made up of...
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Said, known as Hadraawi, in 2013. Screengrab/YouTube
By Mohamed Haji Ingiriis
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Said, widely known by his childhood nickname Hadraawi, was one of the greatest Somali poets of all time. He was certainly the most famed...
US ties with an Online Troll and a pseudo-Charitable Organization
In February, June, and August 2022, Mr. Okeke-Von Batten filed Lobby Disclosure Act and Foreign Agent Registration Act forms to lobby on behalf of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Somali Embassy in...