As he reiterates the country’s nationhood in an international radio debate By M.A. Egge Somaliland is not a part of Somalia striving to secede but a country that has already dissolved its former union with the latter. The sentiments plainly put forth...
By Ingeborg Vardøen While Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and his men travel extensively to foreign countries, spending time and money for which they might have found better use, thousands of their fellow Somalis are forced to go on a...
‘Kenya has suspended direct flights from Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to Nairobi for security reasons but Somalia has asked for reconsideration, saying the decision was politically motivated. The BBC reported on Friday that the flights had been suspended and that planes will now...
Rota Naval Base, 29 November 2019—This morning, The King of Spain Felipe VI visited the new, multinational Operation Headquarters (OHQ) of the European Union’s (EU) counter-piracy operation, EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA. His Majesty King Felipe VI was accompanied by...
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    SONG for SHEIKH ASHIR to the memory of Sheikh Ashir Maadoow Mahad; and to Mohammed Haji Mukhtar   If I could have sat, At the feet of the sheikh of my choice – It would have been those of Sheikh Ashir. If I should ever...
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), UN agency specialized in aviation, must know that Somalia has no formal government that controls or functions across its territory in last thirty years. It is unfortunate that the regime in Mogadishu is not...
Somali women whose sons are missing after they were taken for military training, pray after a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security...
Khat has been used in Somalia for centuries, and has a long history of use in the Horn of Africa region. The ancient Egyptians viewed Khat leaves as sacred, whilst Sufi religious men chewed the drug during their meditations:...
By Mohamed Omar Hashi Electoral processes are at the core of every democratic society. These processes provide an effective mechanism for the peaceful transfer of power and the source of legitimacy for the elected representatives. Without fair and regular elections,...