Opinions

Three Years On: Plotters of Somali Woman Politician Amino Mohamed Abdi's Assassination Remain Uninvestigated

0 Visits: 1546 | 24 March 2025 14:10
Her phone rang. MP Amino Mohamed Abdi sat on the sofa in front of me. Though I sensed the weight of the news she had just received, her expression remained unchanged.

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One Person, One Vote in Somalia: A Sound Principle, Flawed Execution

0 Visits: 4878 | 27 February 2025 20:18
MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) - Somalia's push for a "one person, one vote" (1P1V) electoral system is an ambitious step toward realizing a more inclusive and democratic future.

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Saudi Arabia Expands Energy Ties with Africa: A Look at Key Investments, Partnerships

0 Visits: 5882 | 21 February 2025 19:49
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Kaab TV) – Earlier this week, Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi and Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud signed an agreement to develop an executive plan for energy efficiency cooperation, strengthening bilateral…

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The Peril of Unchecked Public Land Auctions and the Rise of Oligarchs in Somalia

0 Visits: 5469 | 15 February 2025 22:50
MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) – Somalia, still reeling from decades of civil war and political instability, is now facing a new deeply troubling crisis: the systemic auctioning of its public lands.

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Scientists of the Global South, Unite!

0 Visits: 3734 | 02 February 2025 18:24
By Louis Gouend

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Finland: Does Minister Meri Rantanen, a Finnish far-right party member start county and municipal elections campaign from Somalia? Delving deeper into this issue

0 Visits: 4067 | 26 January 2025 19:18
Finland's minister of interior affairs and far-right party member Meri Rantanen visited Somalia to find a way to deport Somali asylum seekers from Finland, according to a statement published on the Finnish Interior Ministry's home page, in what many see a move to target the ethnic paperless…

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Oped - Somalia leaps towards digital transformation and drives country-wide financial inclusion through QR-based payments brought by BPC.

0 Visits: 4423 | 23 January 2025 00:27
Somalia, historically characterised by a predominantly cash-based economy, has recently made significant developments toward digital financial inclusion. The country's financial landscape has long been shaped by limited access to formal banking services, with only about 15% of the population banked.…

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Mogadishu's Complicity: Hassan Sheikh Schemes to Undermine Puntland's Counter-Terrorism Progress

0 Visits: 3131 | 17 January 2025 01:38
LONDON, United Kingdom – The Somali Federal Government, having failed in its war against Al-Shabaab, has become envious of the robust operations being conducted by Puntland's security forces against the Islamic State (ISIS) launched in December.

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Op-ED: Somali Government Must Commit to Fighting Corruption and Prudently Managing Natural Resources as it Signs Oil Contracts

0 Visits: 3387 | 05 January 2025 08:13
On March 7, 2024, the Somali government signed a cooperation agreement with Türkiye to explore and develop offshore oil and natural gas resources. The agreement extends to transportation, distribution, refining, sales, and service operations of oil and related products derived from land and sea projects.

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Ambassador El-Amine Souef: AUSSOM Has Finally Become Operational

0 Visits: 3474 | 01 January 2025 19:36
MOGADISHU – On behalf of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), I wish to extend warm New Year wishes for 2025 to the Federal Government of Somalia and its people.

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