Editorial

EDITORIAL | Somalia's outgoing federal government officials must satisfactorily clarify the security incident in which a convoy of former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was shot in Mogadishu. On Wednesday afternoon, the Custodial Corps, Somalia's prison guards, saw shooting at Mrs Mohamud's entourage. His allies have claimed it was an assassination attempt. But whether we agree with that etiquette or not, it is something that the federal government should investigate and provide adequate information not only to Mr…

Egypt gathers allies to control Ethiopia's stance on the Nile EDITORIAL | When Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sissi toured Djibouti last week on Thursday, it made history. During Djibouti's 43 years of independence, no Egyptian president had visited. Still, al-Sissi did not come for tourism or to relax on the beaches of the small Horn country of Africa. A broadcast released after a meeting…

EDITORIAL | It is not every day that Somalis have emerged from smiles. That is why the whole country is celebrating the success of Prime Minister Hussein Roble's marathon talks with federal presidents, which led to an agreement on Thursday. Somalis have been so tired of the constant wrestling that a political agreement announced on Thursday looked like a monkey pulling our backs. It has taken more than eight months to try and fail. At one point, the stakeholders dug into each other's heels and accused each other of having…

EDITORIAL: Somalia has one final probability to appropriate its destiny EDITORIAL | Somalia's Prime Minister Hussein Roble has most likely imagined going by way of the nation's election cycle shortly. He most likely didn't know that grandstanding would draw his power thus far. Or he didn't anticipate it in any respect. On Thursday, Roble, an skilled technocrat, will meet the nation's…

EDITORIAL: Somalia has one final probability to right its destiny EDITORIAL | Somalia's Prime Minister Hussein Roble has most likely imagined going by way of the nation's election cycle rapidly. He most likely didn't know that grandstanding would draw his power to date. Or he didn't anticipate it in any respect. On Thursday, Roble, an skilled technocrat, will meet the nation's politicians once…

EDITORIAL: Farmajo's rejection of AU mediation in Somalia is conceited EDITORIAL | Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has said that the brand new Particular Envoy for Somalia, Ghana's former President John Mahama, is not going to be put in because the Excessive Consultant of the African Union for Somalia. And the federal authorities claims that his announcement…

Somalia should personal its settlement regardless of Qatar's breakthrough EDITORIAL | Qatar could have stolen the highlight this week after it helped maneuver key conciliation actions inside and outdoors Somalia. However the steps solely final so long as any Somali feels that no nation has been imposed. Initially, Qatar emerged because the unlikely mediator after Dr. Mutlaq bin…

EDITORIAL: Why Qatar's timing for mediation in Somalia is suspicious EDITORIAL: The Qatari authorities has despatched considered one of its well-known sons to assist Somalis agree on a political resolution. It seems good from the beginning, however the timing raises questions. Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed al-Qahtani, a particular envoy for Qatar's overseas minister, is a veterans diplomat.…

EDITORIAL | Outgoing President Mohamed Farmaajo was preventing for his face this week when one thing else affecting Somalis occurred: neighboring Kenya threatened to shut the Dadaab refugee camp. House to greater than 174,000 Somalis, this momentary shelter has been in existence for 30 years. And it has grow to be a scapegoat for Kenya's safety issues, particularly within the struggle towards al-Shabaab. After intense negotiations with the UN refugee company, Kenya agreed to postpone the closure till subsequent 12…

EDITORIAL | President Mohamed Farmaajo has lastly withdrawn from his controversial two-year extension. Nonetheless you could not have a very good time however. He instructed the viewers in a late-night speech that he returned to the desk to barter an settlement on indirect elections, which he erroneously argued he in any respect occasions wished. Then he talked about that there should be no preconditions for the talks. Farmaajo, whose time interval expired on February 8, is conscious of that one amongst the conditions…