THE DOOM OUTLOOK IN THE WORLDS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS A TEMPORARY, IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS SHOULD NOT DETER POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS TO FLOW...

Engineers and visitors explore an exploratory well near Dharoor town, 350 km (217 miles) from the port of Bosasso on the Gulf of Aden in Puntland January 17, 2012. Image: REUTERS
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Jointly co-authored by Mohd Faisal Hawar and Mohamoud Faisal Hawar, both Oil and Gas Management Graduates, specialized in Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes, Oil...

Why I oppose reunion but fight for Somalia

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My name is Ibrahim Hassan Gagale hailing from Somaliland. I strongly oppose any reunion with Somalia because unity has no value in Africa for seeing the...

The ‘Ghost of Siad Bare’ has come to haunt Somalis

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Somalia is currently at a crossroads, and the likelihood of civil strife cannot be discounted. Somalia’s president, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo,” is mainly to blame.  His...

Too early to celebrate a Somalia–Kenya rapprochement

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BY MOHAMED GAAS Somalia’s volatile internal politics make reconciliation with Kenya in the immediate future unlikely. Photo: PSCU/Twitter Kenya and Somalia share cultural and economic ties and...

Somalia’s Politics: Personality Prevails over Substance

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Senator Muuse Sudi Yalahow "I do not know what I have done for you in the last fours and I do not have programme...

Somalia’s Ongoing Political Crisis Exposes Fundamental Problem for U.S. Policy

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By Michelle Gavin As the foreign policy community continues to reflect on United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and grapple with the failure of decades-long efforts...

Elections with Farmajo in the Corridors of Power will Plunge Somalia into Unmanageable Disaster

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After two decades of repressive dictatorial regime ousted with bloody popular uprising in 1991, the Somali people has been longing for a visionary and...

Somalia’s President and Intel Chief Should Face Trial for Murder- Prof M. Rubin

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The political crisis in Mogadishu sparked by the kidnapping and murder of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) cyber-expert Ikran Tahlil Farah continues. To recap the last...

Somalia’s Leaders Need to Seize Immediately the Lessons of Afghanistan

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A community teacher provides instruction to students in Somalia’s Gedo, Bay and Bakool regions (© Sebastian Rich/UNICEF) By Stephen Schwartz In January 2021, I published a paper on...

Book review of “Between the devil and the deep blue sea” by Colin Freeman

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By Liban Obsiye “Between the devil and the deep blue sea” by Colin Freeman is a book about luck, tragedy, and the enduring spirit of...