Light At the End of the Tunnel: Some Reflections on the Struggle of the Somali National Movement
I. Prologue
What follows is not a narrative account of the activities of the Somali National Movement (SNM) since the start of its struggle...
The Canadian writer Margaret Laurence and her civil engineer husband Jack, lived for seven years in Africa, two of which (1950-52) they spent in Somaliland. Margaret wrote a book of travel-memoir entitled “The Prophet’s Camel Bell”,...
Two decades ago, Ethiopia was a Cold War battlefield. On the ideological map of the world, it was Soviet territory, a land of famine, dictatorship, and civil war. But, with the overthrow of Mengistu Haile Mariam’s...
HARGEISA, 29 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Of course not! Be it the Somali National Movement (SNM) which bitterly fought against the former Somali dictator Gen. Mohammed Siad Barre’s brutal regime in late 80s, SNM supporters or its proponents, chauvinistically...
Djibouti, 28 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Many Djiboutians would agree that Mr. Aden Robleh Awaleh was and still is one of the greatest warriors in Djiboutian history; in spite of what anybody would think about him. Ever since the...
In his recent article “Somaliland: America’s underestimated friend” Bashir Goth has eloquently compared Somalia with Somaliland with respect to peace building and democratic governance. Instead of critiquing the merits of Mr. Goth’s article, Mohamed Ahmed responded with an article...
HARGEISA, 25 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - The term Faqash originated from its widespread and popular use amongst Somalia's former northern regions (Now Somaliland) to describe those who were a part of/or loyal to the expansionist and oppressive regime of...
HARGEISA, 24 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - “A brain drain is said to occur when a country becomes short of skills when people of such skills emigrate”
Looking back in my student years, I remember loving memories of my teacher a...
(SomalilandPress)-Think about Somalia and all that jumps to mind is the image of a lawless country where extremist forces have turned it into killing fields, where people are butchered, maimed and their dignities and human rights are trampled on...
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) - It was with great interest that I read an article published on March 14, 2010 entitled 'Dream job turns into a nightmare' on The Star, one of Malaysia's leading English language newspapers, regarding telecommunications consultant Hor...