By Hussein Adan Igeh (Deyr),
Somalia, (often taken as the prime example of a failed state) has for more than three decades embodied as the deficiencies of statelessness. The successive presidents of Somalia had time and again failed to create...
By Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service News
The Somali people are known as "a nation of poets" and there is no greater poet of modern times than Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, who has died in Hargeisa, the capital of the...
By Tibor Nagy
Americans like underdogs, especially when they are feisty, self-reliant, and stand up to bullies. I’ve just had the delight of visiting such a place: the self-declared, independent Republic of Somaliland – situated on one of the most...
Reviewed by: Mousse Abdi
This article was written by Mohamoud Ahmed Ali's friend Mr. Tyree, the director of the Institute of Education at New York University. Mr. Tyree collaborated with Mohamoud Ahmed Ali on a number of educational projects in...
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Said, known as Hadraawi, in 2013. Screengrab/YouTube
By Mohamed Haji Ingiriis
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Said, widely known by his childhood nickname Hadraawi, was one of the greatest Somali poets of all time. He was certainly the most famed...
Somalis and foreign partners hailed the peaceful transfer of power between the elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on May 23, 2022 following the conclusion of the most corrupt drawn-out parliamentary election which...
By recognizing Somaliland, America can reduce its reliance on Djibouti and strengthen its position in the critical East Africa region.
by Alexander Jelloian
China is making too many friends. Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have shown that they are...
The great Somali poet, philosopher and scholar Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadrawi) passed away on the 18th of August 2022, in Hargeisa, Somaliland. A national funeral was held in Hargeisa, and many Somalis from all parts of Somalia attended to pay...
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame ‘HADRAAWI’, one of the most popular Somali contemporary poets passed away Thursday 18th of August 2022 in Hargeysa, Somaliland. Recognized for his unmatched role both within his native people and internationally and awarded by renowned cultural...
“Call him a thinker, a philosopher, an intellectual, a revolutionary, a critic, a teacher, at every turn in the checkered history of his homeland, Hadrawi has delighted his people with his striking poetry, and his clarity of vision, speaking...