Somalia is the most corrupt in the world, Denmark the least, while America's falling score is a 'red flag', according to a global corruption watchdog. Transparency International highlighted Hungary and the United States in their Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018,...
By BBC More by this Author Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called Somalia a country with no state and which lacks “organised authority” in a televised speech in the capital, Kampala. He said Somalia was one example but stopped at naming other...
“Men may promise more in a day than they will fulfil in a year”. In the previous talks many pledges (secondary ones though) were taken but with discontented outcomes. Rumours about the resumption of Somalia - Somaliland talks, stalled since...
With police reports that the guns used by terrorists in Nairobi’s DusitD2 hotel complex attack belonged to Somalia government, Somaliland now wants any sale, or donation of military equipment to Mogadishu subjected to serious scrutiny. In a letter to the...
New To The Parish: Nasir Yasin arrived from Somalia in 2005 Nasir Yasin spent seven years living in direct provision before he was granted permission to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds. He arrived in the country alone, aged 18...
Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Nairobi in which scores of people were killed and injured. The question the terror attack raises is why the group continues to target Kenya. The Conversation Africa’s Moina Spooner and Julius Maina spoke to...
This paper aims to start a discussion on future relationship that Somaliland and Somalia could possibly have. The paper intends to start a dialogue for reaching a final settlement on the two contentious principles: self-determination and unity held by the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The United Nations Security Council on Saturday, January 5, expressed regret after Somalia expelled a UN envoy, but added that it expected "full cooperation" between Somalia and the UN. The council released the unanimous statement...
 United Nations envoy who was recently ordered to leave Somalia warned Thursday about its "political turbulence," while its U.N. ambassador admonished the world body to stay out of his country's internal affairs. Both addressed the Security Council at a regularly...
By Abdi Dagal Faahiye Whether it is Washington, Manila or Mogadishu; the number of authoritarian regimes is on the rise. Although Somalia in some respect cannot be compared to other countries and is considered a fragile country that is recovering...