As the Horn of Africa nation struggles to reach a consensus on this year's general election, the country's controversial clan-based indirect voting system is...
Somali businesses have played and continue to play a major role in the country’s recovery. The Somali private sector is one of the few...
The UN Security Council members on Tuesday rejected President Farmaajo’s extension of term, but endorsed efforts of the African Union to help parties resolve...
A Somalia National Army parade in 2012. Credit: AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
On 25 April, the Somali National Army (SNA) shocked observers both...
By Abdi Ali
The events in Afghanistan show that no one can defy gravity, demonstrating that lofty ideals and sophisticated military intervention, however well-intentioned, cannot...
President Musa Bihi Abdi of the Republic of Somaliland sharply lashed out, Sunday, at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
Once more the region is haunted by the conjectures of famine. The absence of rainfall, severe climate changes, conflicts and out-of-touch political leadership are...
By Ahmed Garane
The real victim
In his scapegoat mechanism theory, French historian and philosopher Rene Girard asserts that in conflict resolution tools, the contending groups...
By Abdullahi Ali Hassan
The newly elected president of the Somali Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the 22nd East African Community (EAC) summit held,...
By Michael Rubin
Militants and terrorists continue to pour into Las Anod, almost two months after fighting erupted in the normally quiet district capital in Somaliland’s Sool district....