November 2019

AXADLETM / EDITORIAL - Italy has stepped up its efforts to send emergency aid to people affected by floods in Somalia's Hirshabelle state. The Italian government has again demonstrated solidarity with the Somali people after Ambassador Dr. Alberto Vechi provided donations consisting of medicines, blankets, detergents and other equipment such as utensils and plastic sheets. Flood victims not only cope with displacement, but they are also vulnerable to outbreaks of diseases such as malaria and dysentery. Children…

Reform of the electoral system and public companies could possibly be a key to breaking the impasse of legislative elections in Somaliland, argues Liban Ahmad_ Two years in the past, President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland gained the presidential election. A yr in the past, the chairman of Waddani, an opposition occasion, Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohammed, toured Europe to induce his supporters to marketing campaign for an electoral reform program. He known as on the Somaliland diaspora to hitch Waddani en masse as a…

AXADLETM / EDITORIAL - The Somali-based Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab may have struck hard in recent times, but it appears they are continuing to bounce back with deadly consequences. This week, a UN panel of experts on Somalia published a report warning that the group remains a potent threat to peace and security in the region despite bombings by the Somali National Army, the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) and US air drone attacks. Part of the reason, the panel claims, is that Al-Shabaab has…

AXADLETM / EDITORIAL - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo may be forced to return to the drawing board as political temperatures continue to escalate in Mogadishu ahead of the 2020/21 referendum. Already challenged by a dwindling economy, inter-clan antagonism and Al-Shabaab's threat, Mr Farmajo is persistently under pressure from the new opposition alliance. National Party Forum brings together six major parties, among them the Himilo-Qaran Party of former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and the Union for…

AXADLETM / EDITORIAL - Somalia's main opposition politicians are facing a new coalition that they claim could develop ideas to strengthen the federal system of government and extend the reach of the common man. Known as the Forum of National Parties (FNP), the coalition, now chaired by former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, brings together 6 key political parties, making it the first milestone in Somalia. Ahmed, who led Somalia between 2009 and 2012, is the leader of the Himilo-Qaran party. The coalition…