Opinions

Who's Afraid of General Gabre?

I am an avid fan of Qeylo-dhaan, the Somali patriotic music band who as of late became to represent the true conscience of most Somalis who are deeply aching to find solutions for their country's never-ending mayhem.

2016: The End of Somalia as We Know It

It's miserable to see that one's country is headed to the final stages of its demise and its inhabitants to an obscure existence. It's a vision that awakens me from my sleep and made even more terrifying by the acute reality that we are doing absolutely nothing to halt this and instead passively…

Milicsiga Buugga Farsamada Dagaalka (The Art of War)

Buugga Farsamada Dagaalka (The Art of war) waa buugga ugu qadiimsan uguna caansan buugagta laga qorey arrimaha dagaalka. Sun Tzu oo ahaa taliye ciidan ee dalka Shiinaha wuxuu qorey Farsamada Dagaalka muddo laga joogo 2500 oo sano.

Clan-based Selection, the only Practical Option in 2016

The constitutional term for the current Somali president and parliament is coming to end in the fall of 2016. This government was given clear mandates, and topmost among them was to usher in free and fair one man, one vote elections.

16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence: Supporting Somalia to Empower Women

The 25th of November was the International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women and the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. I took this opportunity to meet leading women from the British Somali Diaspora, to reinforce the UK's commitment to women's empowerment…

Our political mistakes lead a domino effect.

Many political and social commentators and other scholarly writers pointed out that Somalia is a failed state. Somalia as a fail state is not something that I wish to discuss repeatedly because the evidence to support it has been crystal clear for so long; Somalia existed as a territory not as a functioning…

Somalia: Political Tug of War and Legitimacy of the Executive Office.

n August 12, 2015 members of the Somali Federal Parliament tabled an Impeachment Motion against the President of the Somali Federal Republic, H. E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. They issued a press release claiming that the decision to take this action was made, "after extensive consultation with members…

Somaliland: No Reason for Speaker to Relinquish Position

President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Silanyo) issued a statement on September 10, 2015 in which he declared that elections for president and members of lower parliament will be held on March 28, 2017.