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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…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Elusive Patriotism and National Pride
It is so funny when academics confuse fantasy with reality. It seems the writer of the article: ‘Citizens’ lack of feeling for national…
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Impending Disastrous Dictatorship in Somalia Under Watch of International
The international community guards and finances the government of Somalia on regular basis. It spends billions of dollars on Somalia with the…
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Farmaajo’s mask slips
The flames of anarchy and civil war are easily lit, and we have not yet fully extinguished the last one after thirty…
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Painful but healthy: There is a need for a narrative change
by Abdul Fatah M. H. Nero Monday, March 29, 2021
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Barkhad Batuun: A Man on A Mission!
Immense socio-economic and political challenges anywhere produce, more often than not, a new wave of political thoughts and the people to turn…
