By Abdiaziz Hassan Giyaajo Amalo
The phrase"one man, one vote" traces its roots to 1961 in Somalia . It is a powerful concept.
For Somalia, such an election would have been the first universal suffrage polls in half a century. Somalia's...
The subject of reconciliation between Somalia and Somaliland is complex in nature with long-standing historical deep-seated issues affecting politics and trust between both parties. These prevailing conditions cannot be solved by a stroke of a well-intended apology from the...
Dr. Mohamud M Uluso
The Federal government of Somalia shows no interest in holding a timely, credible federal election in 2020. It hijacked the elections in federal member states marred by bloodshed, threats, harassment of the opposition, and vote-buying for...
This blog was written following a meeting of researchers and practitioners working on Somalia, on 1 April, hosted by the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) and facilitated by the Centre for Humanitarian Change (CHC). Thanks to Daniel Maxwell, Hannah Stogdon,...
U.S. Africa Command, known as AFRICOM, has been conducting air and ground operations, mainly targeting the al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab, in Somalia since 2007. In those 13 years it has admitted to four civilian deaths.
The difference between the...
Everything You Have Told Me Is True by Mary Harper
Mary Harper, the veteran BBC reporter on Africa and now its section editor, has written a truly timely book which cuts through the political posturing, diplomatic niceties and, often, stereotypically...
The death of George Floyd during a botched arrest propelled Minneapolis into the headlines as the city became the centerpiece in a debate about persistent, if not systematic, racism in the United States as well as the nature of...
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 24 July 2020—The African Development Bank today approved grants worth $25.1 million to Somalia to bolster the national budget for government efforts to mitigate national and regional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funding, comprised a $10.04...
Reuters/ Feisal Omar
Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia's capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry of information said.
Attackers from the al Shabaab group charged into the block that houses...
Somaliland government has strongly accentuated that there is no way its populace can be party of Somalia’s 2021 election.
This follows the recently wrapped up talks between the Federal Govt of Somalia and its member states in Mogadishu which clearly...