The election of a new national leadership in Somalia will offer an opportunity to develop a new common framework for cooperation. By Cleophas Thomas Somalia’s leaders...
By Abdullahi M Arale To all intent and purposes, 4.5 formula gives equal quota to the four “major” clans, and a half-point to a cluster...
Somalia's government continues to face significant challenges in its fight against al-Shabab, which has carried out numerous deadly attacks across the country. The conflict...
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...
Intelligence services are a brisk business in Somalia. Powerful clans, who had their hopes to use the state for the benefit of their clansmen dashed, have   created...
Mary Harper will begin her book tour in the USA on Tuesday, September 25th at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Boston, MA.  Mary will be speaking...
Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, is once again a discussion point among Somalis at home and abroad. Since it is one region (...
by Imad K. Harb The decision by the United Arab Emirates to withdraw its troops from Yemen was a tactical maneuver in a regional landscape witnessing several...
bY Harbi Farah It has been over 30 years since Somalia descended into full civil war which turned the country into a failed state. Of...