By Yousef Timacade. April 07, 2023
In the often turbulent Horn of Africa, Somaliland has established a reputation as an island of peace, democracy, and stability. Recent conflict in Las’Anod, the capital of the Sool region, between the Somaliland National Army and militias...
Introduction to Somaliland's diplomatic efforts
Somaliland, a self-declared independent state in the Horn of Africa, has been actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to rebuild and establish itself on the global stage in the aftermath of a devastating Genocide. The war,...
Unlike the President and the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament who are mute or ambiguous about the expected elections, I welcome the Prime Minister’s position on the elections that are scheduled to take place at the end of...
The situation of the mentally ill in all Somali spoken territories is very alarming. The same is in the Somali communities in Diaspora.We hear from European countries, USA and Canada that the jails and the psychiatric wards are full...
On Sept. 9, Somalia’s government announced that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed who is better known as “Farmajo,” would make his first visit to the United States as president, first visiting the United Nations General Assembly before traveling to Washington, D.C. This...
Fahad Yasin who served in the Qatari intelligence prior to his strategic placement in Somalia’s Presidency and later as head of its intelligence agency is the de facto president of Somalia, according to Somalia’s political class discourse.
Sources point out...
Somali National Army - GETTY IMAGES
Somalia is often considered a quintessential example of a failed state that suffers from devastating humanitarian crises and the lowest levels of development in the world. The country has for decades now been engulfed...
By Ahmed Shiiraar and Ahmed Mohamed
Introduction
Somalis are known as an oral society as many western linguists, anthropologists, and cultural historians had observed for years—as narrative making, poetry has been the most important tool used as a medium for storytelling...
President of Somalia Mohamed Siyad Barre acknowledged that civilians were killed here during protests last July but denied that the Gezira massacre took place. Several months ago, he insisted, he ordered a parliamentary investigation of the incidents. However, the...
Developing countries have one large need limiting their ability to progress and advance – access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy. After all, companies and societies cannot thrive sustainably without access to reasonable electricity and petroleum products. While this...