By Dr. Mohamud M. Uluso
Finally, on April 14, 2022, the Somali people and the international partners of Somalia breathed a sigh of relief on witnessing the swearing in of the selected/elected members of the 11th Federal Parliament (FP) after one...
By Ahmed M. Roble
Somalia’s Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) announced that 294+ members of the parliament are certified MPs from both lower and upper houses. On 14th April a swearing ceremony was done for these parliamentarians in the presence of Prime Minister...
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 collaborate and find an arbitrary party to condemn for their problems. In a reminiscent situation,...
Somalia's political history has been tumultuous. It has been engulfed in electoral disputes and conflict between the incumbent and prominent opposition members for the past two years, threatening the country's stability as a result of a term extension and...
As instability and famine continue to threaten the war-torn Horn of Africa country, Somalia's newly elected parliament met on Saturday for the first time, taking the country a step closer to the appointment of a new president.
Elections in Somalia...
Nasrin Mohamed Ahmed interviewing for Bilan. ‘Men think you should come in, read the news and go home,’ she says of attitudes from male colleagues in the media. Photograph: Bilan
By Isabel Choat
The pioneering Bilan project, funded by UN, will...
The electoral process in Somalia has been dragging on since the last year, due to multiple delays caused by stand-offs between politicians and technical teams. This drama seems endless as deadlock continues to disrupt the process in every stage....
Droughts and flooding are increasingly commonplace in the Horn of Africa — which is experiencing the worst drought in 40 years.
In response, the aid sector has scaled up emergency cash transfers in recent years — but this is a short-term solution....
Today the Ministry of Finance of Somalia approved the transfer of a payment of $11.7 million to Somaliland after the Somali Prime Minister ordered the release of the funds to Somaliland following the disastrous Hargeisa market Fire last week. The budget...
The carnage in Beledweyne is a shocking reminder of how the lines between the “government” and terrorists are now blurred.
Our prayers are with the families of those who were brutally murdered in the horrific Beledweyne terrorist carnage. It is...