The grand designs of the major political and military actors lack an important ingredient: the views and the hopes of ordinary Somalis. Getty Images By Abdi Ismail Samatar By the mid-1990s, it was clear to the world that Somalia had become Africa’s...
Photographer: Riccardo Savi/Getty Images By Farah Bashir The current Somali government, whose mandate ended, came to power with the expectations of massive reforms in institutional and development settings. President Farmajo completed his term in office without paving the way for consensus-based...
The much-delayed national election is in the corner. In this short article, we look back closely at Mr. Farmaajo’s reign and how he fooled the nation with his theatrics by beating the drum for nationalism. On the dawn of February...
After two decades of repressive dictatorial regime ousted with bloody popular uprising in 1991, the Somali people has been longing for a visionary and competent leader – a “founding father”- passionately committed to establish a democratic state governed by...
Fighting erupted in Bosaso Tuesday morning following a clash between forces allied to President Abdullahi Deni and a section of the Puntland Security Forces. Sources in the coastal city said the forces allied to Deni fired at positions held by...
By Mohamed Doli Somalia’s nation-state, collapsed and disintegrated in 1991, following an armed political violence between opposition groups and the then military dictator, Bare’s regime, which in turn degenerated, into inter-clan political violence, that is largely responsible for the Balkanization...
Tuesday June 7, 2022 This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Rania Dagash – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais...
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...
Tributes have been pouring in for one of Somalia's musical greats, Ahmed Naji Sa'ad, who died in London this week. The celebrated singer, musician, poet, and composer had a career spanning almost seven decades, renowned in the Somali community worldwide...
A grocer counts her money at her stall at the El-Jale camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Beletweyne, Somalia. Photograph: Alamy As Somalia secures $4.5bn of debt relief from the IMF and the World Bank, the country’s president outlines the...