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Somalia must protect democratic elections and regional stability
Somalia was scheduled to hold presidential elections on February 8th. It was the second deadline missed, after the Federal Parliament’s constitutionally mandated term ended on December 27, 2020. On February 5th, the latest round of election…
OPINION: The rumble in Mogadishu – Election Shit Show
After five meetings between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Federal Member States (FMS), and more than a dozen meetings between the head of states, Somalia’s leaders have failed to end a stalemate over the election process.…
The War for Somalia in 2020
The year 2020 started with AS on the defensive and ended with the group’s operations starting to pick up, especially in urban areas. Attacks on its main gateways into the capital disrupted its operations in Mogadishu in the first and second…
Somalia’s Electoral Crisis [A Chance for True Democracy in Somalia]
OPINION| After months of confusion, tension, and political theatre, leaders in Somalia have agreed that the country’s long-delayed presidential election will finally be held on October 10.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and the…
Somalia’s 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…
Op-ed: Death of NISA Agent [Ikran Tahlil] Exposes the cover-up of Villa Somalia
On Saturday evening, June 26, at 8:03 PM, 24-year-old Ikran Tahlil, a cybersecurity expert for Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), disappeared just outside of her home in Mogadishu (close to the agency’s…
Op-ed: EU and United States Must Decide If Farmaajo Is a Friend or a Foe
On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at an inauguration ceremony attended by over 1200 people including two presidents, a prime minister, and more than 100 diplomats, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, the ninth President of Somalia, promised to…
OP-ED: AMISOM mission in [SOMALIA] certainly expensive, but has it been successful?
According to their website, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is “…an active, regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations.”
AMISOM was created by the African Union’s…
Op-ed: Indirect elections in Somalia: Democracy in limbo
Somalia is slowly recovering from a brutal civil war and a semblance of political stability and a negotiated political arrangement have made it possible for the country to slowly emerge from the shackles and the anarchic state it was once.…
Op-ed: The Dawn of Democracy in Puntland: A Promising Start and a Hopeful Future
On Monday, Oct 25 marked a great milestone for the people of Puntland, as residents of Ufeyn, Eyl, and Qardho districts stood in long lines from dawn to dusk to cast their votes for the first time in the first popular local government…