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EDITORIAL | The claims of Somali Prime Minister Hassan Khaire that elections should be held on time to avoid future security and constitutional crises are welcome. Sir. Khaire's comments after the meeting with his cabinet in Mogadishu signal that the federal government in Somalia is really focused on holding elections on time as planned. Somalia had scheduled elections for lawmakers before the end of this year to replace MPs whose term ends in late October. The country was expected to elect a federal president by…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's election program may have hit its head last week when the head of the National Independent Electoral Commission admitted it could not hold elections on time. Citing war between stakeholders, uncertainty and incomplete legal system; Ms. Halima Ismail suggested instead of having some sort of extension of the established to either a paper-based choice (before) or a biometric choice . But the concern from this concession has been the apparent change in attitude from Somalia's international…

EDITORIAL | There were positive signs this week in Somalia, so gratifyingly it showed that key political stakeholders were eager to open their dead communication channels for the benefit of the country. Then there were also bad signs bad enough to show that the old perennial problems in Somalia have not yet been tackled. When Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo almost spoke to the presidents of the federal member states for the first time in more than a year; it was good. When the meeting tentatively…

Somalia's week in politics can be very long, especially as elections approach. EDITORIAL | This week, three things happened: The federal government of Somalia participated in advisory talks with Somaliland, the first such tangible discussion in almost five years. Mogadishu also recognized, albeit as interim, the president of Jubaland Ahmed Madobe. President Mohamed Farmaajo also invited all federal Member States to dialogue on security and political issues before the election. We welcome these steps, even though…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's federal parliament reopened on Saturday amid Jews from a section of lawmakers who were angry at the way President Mohamed Farmajo controlled things. In the midst of the chaos, however, President Farmajo is to be commended for having promised that things will be "different" in the upcoming election. The leader promised that there would be elections for a one-person-vote, something that every Somali citizen under the age of 40 has never seen happen in the country. Still, the president told a…

EDITORIAL | There are certain things about Mogadishu that every Somali often agrees with. First, the city has existed for most of the last 11 centuries, has an important port city and is a major business center in the Horn of Africa. It is also the capital of Somalia. At present, however, much of the debate surrounding Mogadishu is political over how it should be run. Like many other capitals in the world, Mogadishu could be like Washington, DC; where the federal government through Congress directly influences…

Creating a Real Madrid biggest XI or a Barcelona biggest XI is impossibly tough tasks as it is.But imagine the headache when trying to put together a classic combined XI of these two Spanish giants?Well, we went. And here it is.Iker Casillas - Real Madrid | Manuel Queimadelos Alonso / Getty ImagesAll in all, Iker Casillas spent 25 years at Real Madrid and joined his hometown club just nine years old. He joined the first team as a 16-year-old, made his debut as an 18-year-old and was virtually immobile until 2012.Casillas…

Although both Barcelona and Real Madrid were not the forces they were a few years ago, El Clásico remains the highlight of Spanish football and perhaps the European game as a whole. So with that in mind, we've looked back at the very best we've seen in the last ten years. Fasten your seat belts. Jose Mourinho's spell at Real Madrid did not yield too many El Clásico victories but this is an obvious exception and it secured anything but his first and only La Liga title with the club. Sami Khedira set up Los Blancos with a…

There is no other way to say it, free kick is an art form.From a distance, to be able to manipulate the ball over, around or even under a defensive wall and still avoid a goalkeeper requires incredible skill and repetition to form a weapon on the field.Here's a look at the top 20 free kicks in Premier League history - ranked.Jamie Redknapp from Tottenham Hotspur | Craig Prentis / Getty ImagesFormer Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp is something of an overlooked free-kick champion. Although he was often…

It's inevitable that there have been some memorable matches between two rivals who're always competing for league titles of their division - particularly when these two groups are two of the largest on the earth.These two groups have produced entertaining clashes through the years, with prime quality and excessive stakes. After studying the overview for the derby (you learn the overview ... proper?) Right here is an inventory of six memorable Derby d'Italia clashes through the years.#HistoricPic June 1961; Juventus defeat…