AU forces AMISOM and the Somali National Army on a joint operation again al-Shabaab. Credit: AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
LIBAN OBSIYE & LIBAN A. HUSSEIN
Afghanistan shows that billions of dollars and years of international support aren’t enough. Somalia’s...
By Abdiqani Salaf kaptanka.
Trees are cut regularly for various reasons and are eradicated. In addition, the reason why the Bedouins burn the big trees only to take advantage of them is to make coal to sell it in our...
Turkey’s growing smart power approach in Somalia is significant for both sid
By Ibrahim Mukhtarecade
A decade ago, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister, set foot in Mogadishu, the most high-profile visit by a non-African leader to Somalia...
By Dr Yusuf Sheikh Omar
This short piece attempts to shed light on the similarities and differences between the two groups: Taliban (TB) and A-Shabaab (AS) in the lenses of TB’s current military gains in Afghanistan. We'll examine AS’s future...
Somalia’s First Lady Saynab Abdi Moallim lauded the Qatari support for the Somali people, which are extended to implement developmental projects and alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable in times of adversities.
This came in a speech Moallim delivered during...
By Abdi Ali
The hope of many Somalis was that the recurring discord and mayhem, that crippled the nation for decades, would pass one day. However, over the past four and half years, we had come to experience something new...
Former Korean ambassador to Somalia Kang Shin-sung recalls vividly the day when he waved the Korean flag with all his might in front of the Italian Embassy in Somali capital Mogadishu in 1991, with a group of North Korean...
Ali Abdiwahab Adan
Character, faith, and humanity are different qualities and are often rare to co-exist in one individual. Your faith cannot determine your humanity so if you have them both, thank your Lord.
Being a disabled person it is normal...
Claims of favoritism have marred Somalia’s senate elections after outspoken opposition politicians were elbowed out of nomination lists in Jubbaland and southwest states.
Jubbaland voted last Thursday, electing four of eight senators in a vote that saw two prominent candidates...
A suspected looter pulls a few items along the ground outside a vandalised mall in Vosloorus. MARCO LONGARI / AFP
By Abdi Ismail Samatar
Abdi Ismail Samatar reflects in the recent unrest in South Africa and compares it to Somalia, writing...