Category: Columns

SOMALIA: Puntland – Food and Oppresion!

SOMALIA: Puntland – Food and Oppresion!

During a war by denying your enemy food was a means to weaken him. So by starving him and his family forcing him to surrender to you. In today’s world Humanitarian Aid...

SOMALIA: Puntland election – The battle lines (By: Ali Abdulle)

SOMALIA: Puntland election – The battle lines (By: Ali Abdulle)

Election fever is gripping Puntland. Contenders, pundits and spin doctors from various quarters are jockeying for position, clamouring for a spot in the lime light. The current...

Somali American Engagement supports Puntland Decision to cut relationship with Federal Government

Somali American Engagement supports Puntland Decision to cut relationship with Federal Government

Press Release: /8/6/2013/PR Center for Somali American Engagement supports press release on 8/5/2013 that Puntland Government’s Decision to cut relationship with Federal...

SOMALIA: Winds of Change in Puntland – Article

SOMALIA: Winds of Change in Puntland – Article

Puntland had a near death experience. It was a close shave. The country held its breath as administration’s folly of soldiering on, despite warnings, with a flowed election...

The General’s Pretext

The General’s Pretext

Unless it is averted by transcendental intervention or by the collective effort of those who possess the political or economic capacity to influence the Egyptian Army, the...

SOMALIA: Puntland Stealing A Country

SOMALIA: Puntland Stealing A Country

Power gives you the opportunity to change things and by abusing it, for your own benefit. By abusing this POWER it also puts you in a position to increase your personal wealth...

The Forgotten the Apartheid System Victimizes Somalis in South Africa

The Forgotten the Apartheid System Victimizes Somalis in South Africa

By: Mohamud Shalab June 18th, 2013   In a country where violence is a prominent issue, seeking refuge elsewhere is the only option for some. Somalia has been in civil...

SOMALIA: Puntland and The Election Myth

SOMALIA: Puntland and The Election Myth

Currently with the attention being focused on the government in Mogadishu the situation in Puntland has faded into the background. This has suited Mr Farole as he continues...

Sweden:Jubalaneey ha seexan ha seexan soo jeedoo si weyn u feejignoow – Daawo

Xaflad weyn oo ay isugu yimaadeen Bulshada jubaland iyo taageerayaashooda ayaa ka dhacdey dalka Sweden, daawasho waca:Horseed Media News Desk ...

Memorandum on Major Issues That Threaten Political Stability in Somalia

Memorandum on Major Issues That Threaten Political Stability in Somalia

by: Somali Elders in Canada. We, elders of Maakhir, Puntland, Khatumo and Jubaland state communities in Canada are of the view that the major contentious issues that threaten...

The Wild West in East Africa

The Wild West in East Africa

It’s not easy to be a mercenary these days. The once-booming markets in Iraq and Afghanistan have shrunk, while lingering controversy surrounding the mercenary poster-boy...

Somalia: For Young Somali Journalists, Work Often Turns Deadly

Somalia: For Young Somali Journalists, Work Often Turns Deadly

Shabelle Media is Somalia’s largest news outlet — and a very dangerous place to work. Of the 12 journalists gunned down in the country last year, four were reporting...

Annadif Mohamat Salah.Ergayga Midowga Africa u soo magacaabeen Soomaaliya

AU Special Representative welcomes the new UN SRSG for Somalia

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commision for Somalia (SRCC), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, talks at an event held at the AMISOM basecamp in Mogadishu,...

Hashi Osman Yasin

SOMALIA: Final Communiqué reloaded

Preamble The final communiqué has created opposing reactions and interpretations among the various sectors of the Somalis. This is apparent from the verbal kick- and slap...

Jubbaland, IGAD and the Way Forward

Jubbaland, IGAD and the Way Forward

The Jubbaland Government, led by president Ahmed Mohamed Madobe, must not initiate any form of dialogue with a government led by a hostile president who threatens its existence...

Somalia: Puntland Government Position on Natural Resources in Somalia

Somalia: Puntland Government Position on Natural Resources in Somalia

Many of these reports have contained misleading information about the nature of the Somali Federal Constitution and the constitutional rights of Federated States. This press release...

Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’ – OpEd

Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’ – OpEd

If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone—somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed—you are not...