After four years of ups and downs, the country is faced with election fever. Politicians are in a state of rush for financial support. Some of them are already knocking the doors of foreign countries for financial help. The...
PRESS RELEASE
Mogadishu – April 14th, 2015; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia Ambassador Maman Sidikou has condemned an attack on the Ministry of Education by Al Shabaab militants today.
He said, "I...
There is a saying “We have met the enemy and He is us” and the same applies to Somalis as we are our own worst enemy. We acknowledge the need for unity and solidarity, but our actions and behaviors...
Introduction
Save the Children (SC) is the world's leading independent organization for children. As part of the organisation’s contribution towards ensuring every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation, Save the Children has been working with armed...
The universities of Amoud, Hargeisa and Burao are affairs of Somaliland and not Somalia, says Prof. Suleiman Dirir
By M.A. Egge
The National Commission for Higher Education has declared that there is nothing in the news that the Universities of the...
Mogadishu – Somalia’s youth need to be change-makers and actively take part in politics, reconciliation, peace-building, elections and ongoing efforts to help develop their country – this was the main message stemming from a recent panel discussion which brought together...
James Swan, UN Special Representative for Somalia and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), said it is imperative that the summit yield an implementable agreement to hold elections in the shortest time possible.
“Without such an...
Have you been somewhere in Somalia in the night of February 8th, 2017?! Certainly if you were, you must have had engaged in one of those street celebrations with those jubilant young, old, men, women and kids who came...
Readers may question how come debt relief which is beneficial for Somalia fueled intense corruption, political conflicts, and Insecurity? The answer is focus on debt relief has provided the leaders of the federal government of Somalia (FGS) the opportunity...
In clear terms, the Somali people expect with no excuse or delay-free and fair election in 2020/2021. But, because of the federal government’s abject failure and disinterest to organize and hold free and fair elections as scheduled by the...