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OP-ED: The Importance of Clear Constitutional Guidelines, for a Bright Future in Somalia
OP-ED: The Importance of Clear Constitutional Guidelines, for a Bright Future in Somalia
The progress of a rustic shouldn't be solely depending on the targets set by its leaders or the desires of its…
Somalia is getting ready for its historic
OPINION- On November 18th, the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics joined the continent in celebrating African Statistics Day. National Statistics is a vital component for sound policymaking, providing evidence on improving the lives of citizens, monitoring results, and reporting on development results. Without better and more accessible data, policymakers will find it challenging to address significant economic development problems at both the local and international levels.
Consequently, the demand to produce…
Op-Ed: Somalia Untapped Resources [Geopolitical Paradigm Shift & Proxy Wars]
The Horn of Africa is a region in Eastern Africa home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia. It is also a region that is positioned in such a geographically strategic location, per its proximity to the Middle East oil fields and the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea trade routes. Historically, these routes attracted the attention of the world powers, including the United States.
Because of its strategic location—just south of the Red Sea—foreign powers in the West, the Middle East, and the Far East have…
Op-Ed: Ethiopia’s seismic war will destabilize the
Op-Ed: Ethiopia’s seismic war will destabilize the region
FILE: President Isaias Afwerki with Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed celebrating Ge'ez New Year at the Bure Front along the Eritrean-Ethiopian border - 9-11-2018…
Former ‘failed State’ Somalia on fragile path to progress – UN official
Somalia has been riven by a few years of battle and extreme local weather events nonetheless, says Adam Abdelmoula, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator throughout the nation, there are indicators of progress amidst a bunch of ongoing challenges.
“I arrived in Somalia in September 2019, twenty years after having labored right here beforehand. I knew that I used to be taking on a difficult project, however I used to be additionally wanting ahead to seeing Somalia’s progress
Afflicted by a long time of battle,…
The Battle for Somalia in 2020
2020 started with AS's defensive and ended with the recovery of the Group's activities, especially in urban areas; Attacks on its main gates to the capital halted its operations in Mogadishu in the first and second quarters and saw a marked decline.
in the capital until the third quarter, in the last quarter of the year, after adapting to the situation, it intensified its attacks and positioned itself better at the end of the year. The most active anti-AS force while AMISOM was the least active attacker despite being…
“Ragguu Axmed Madoobe doortay buu baarlamaanka doortay”
Jubbaland, ayaa noqotay dowlad goboleedkii ugu horeeyay ee bilowda qabashada doorashooyinka xubnaha aqalka sare dowlada federaalka ee dowlad goboleedyada ka imanayo, hayeeshe waxaa la yaab ah in doorashada oo ay codeenayeen Baarlamaanka Jubbaland ee Kismaayo fadhiyo ay doorteen Ragg doornaa oo madaxtooyada Axmed Madoobe laga soo amray doorashadooda.
Guddiga doorashada heer dowlad gobboleed ee Jubbaland ee kol hore Axmed Madoobe uu magacaabay ayaa horey u soo kala reebay liiska tirada aqalka sare ee Jubbaland ay leedahay,…
Soomaaliya dab ayey mar kale ku ciyaareysaa (Iskala mid ahaanshaha 1977 iyo 2021) –
Inta Aan ka Hadal Soomaaliya ka hor, waxaaynu dulmareynaa dhacdooyinka dalalka gobalka; Bal u fiirso xaalada Yemen oo ay ku dagaalamayaan quwado shisheeye, oo ay horboodayaan muwaadiniin Yemeniyiin ah, sabab kasta ha noqotee.
Sacuudi Carabiya iyo Isutagga Imaaraatka Carabta ayaa iska kaashanaya la dagaalanka Iiraan ee Yemen. In la burburiyo dal aan kooda ahayn, ubadkoodana aan wax loo dhimayn.
Fiiri waxa ka socda Liibiya, maadaama aan wadaagno qaarad isla markaana xiriir la soo yeelanay Soomaalida horay. Ma tirin…
A Fault Line Named Farmajo
Two of the Farmajo fault’s severe foreshocks or preliminary shakers have occurred on Thursday, February 18 and Friday, February 19. In the first one, government troops have attacked two former presidents and current candidates at a hotel where they were organizing to lead a peaceful march against Farmajo’s illegally delayed election the next day.
The second one occurred on Friday when the government fired indiscriminately at a peacefully marching citizens led by Farmajo’s former prime minister, former ministers and a few…
The world has a vested interest in Somalia. Will it act to stop its collapse?
by Vava TampaThursday, March 25, 2021
Somalia is positioned on one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty
Frantz Fanon once quipped: “Africa is shaped like a revolver, and Congo is the trigger.”
More than 60 years later, I think the French philosopher’s assessment is only half true. It leaves out Somalia – which once held the crown as the “Switzerland of Africa”, but is now again on the verge of political disintegration.
To use a trigger, one must first ready the gun. Perhaps that was…