Colaadda Ceel-Afweyn Maxaa u Sabab ah?
Colaadda Ceel-Afweyn Maxaa u Sabab ah? Intii muddo ahba magaalada Ceel-Afweyn waxa ay ku soo caan baxday, dagaalka dad iyo duunyoba aafeeyey ee mudada afarta sanadood ah deegaankaas ka socday. Inkasta oo magaalada Ceel-Afweyn magaca colaaddu ku dhacay, dilka iyo dhibaatooyinku inta badan waa deegaano ka baxsan, sida Dogoble iyo Dararweyne […]
FAYSAL IYO HARGEYSA
FAYSAL IYO HARGEYSA Juulaay 2004 “Adeer gaadhiga ma kuu masaxaa” cod yar xaggayga dambe ka yidhi. Dib ayaan jalleecay, mise waa inan yar oo 12 ilaa 13 aan da’diisa ku qiyaasay. Gaadhigii aan watey ayaan mar kale eegay masse wax laga nadiifiyaa kuma yaalliin, hase ahaatee waan ka xishooday in aan inanka yar shaqo la’aan […]
SOMALILAND: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
SOMALILAND: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittees on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International relations And International Terrorism and Nonproliferation June 29, 2006 By Dr. Saad Noor, Somaliland’s Representative to the USA Mr. Chairman and Honorable Members of the House esteemed subcommittees: I am very pleased, […]
Samatar’s Hero’s Welcome in Somaliland Has Him Walking a Tightrope
Bashir Goth Professor Ahmed Samatar represents different things to different people, but one thing that undeniably dominates his character is that he is an eminent scholar seeking to revive common decency and good values in the Somali people. However, the rapturous welcome and adulation that he received during his much awaited homecoming to Somaliland may […]
ARAB OBSESSION WITH SOMALI CHARCOAL: How Gulf States Destroyed Somalia’s Environment.
By Farah M. Mohamed While the world has been debating whether or not the Somali arms embargo should be lifted, Somalia has been facing a little known, but hugely challenging, environmental disaster. Since the collapse of the central government in 1991, Somalia has been a haven for many environmentally destructive illegal activities such as […]
Somalia: Time to catch up with the rest of Africa
By Bashir Goth In its issue, 2nd -8th March 2013, The Economist magazine drew a rosy picture of Africa in a 14-page special report of what it described as “the world’s fastest growing continent,” with a cover page title “Aspiring Africa”, featuring the picture of a giraffe with an exaggeratedly long neck scanning the far horizon. […]
President Silanyo meets with President Hassan.
By Omar Ibrahim Hussein (PhD). As agreed the two Presidents will hopefully be engaged in the talks that have started at the beginning of this year. The question is will the nomination of Fozia Haji Yusuf help or hurt the forth coming talks between Somalia and Somaliland The two leaders should sit face to face […]
The Somali President Has Spoken, Can Anyone Hear His Agony
Bashir Goth In a speech that I consider to be one of the most powerful and most compassionate speeches that any Somali leader has delivered for a long time, Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud has spoken candidly and explicitly about some of the most serious challenges that his government faces and called for the […]
MATATU EXPLOSION IN NAIROBI’S EASTLEIGH
Reporting by Hassan Malik Mohamed Garissa, Kenya The normal peace and buzzing of activities at Nairobi’s Eastleigh, a predominantly Somali residential and a giant commercial hub, was suddenly, yesterday punctuated after a passenger minibus which ply the eastleign route ripped of; as a result of a grenade detonation. Immediately after the incident, the kenya security […]
WHY SOMALIS HATE THEMSELVES: Somali’s Obsession with Garlanding and Indian Sari
According to the Wikipedia definition, ‘garland’ is a decorative wreath or cord, used at festive occasions, which can be hung round a person’s neck, or on inanimate objects like Christmas trees. There is no place in the world, other than Indian Subcontinent with practiced garland traditions. If you have been to an Indian […]
Somalia’s Taboo Breaker First Woman Foreign Minister
By Bashir Goth No matter what one thinks, or in what color one tries to see the appointment of Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam as the first woman Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Somalia and indeed in the Horn of Africa and the Arab World, it is the historical significance of a woman […]
The first female Deputy Prime Minister is a step in the right direction.
By Omar Ibrahim Hussein (PhD) A new Federal government was formed which included the first female Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. This move angered some and pleased others. But the day rightly belonged to those who supported Fozia’s nomination and rightly there was a lot of jubilation on that momentous day. A mother […]
GAARRIYE HADDUU TEGAY, MA GOBLAMAY AFKEENII
With the death of Mohammed Hashi Damac (Gaarriye), the Somali people have lost a great poet and a literary custodian. Apart from the many masterpieces and deeply intellectual poetry that he left behind, Gaarriye will be remembered in particular by his monumental efforts in founding and teaching the metrical structure of Somali poetry. He is […]
This President will succeed as the number say it so:
By Omar Ibrahim Hussein (PhD). I personally don’t know the newly elected President of Somalia other than what I read in the media. But the reports of the people who know him better give an encouraging picture about him. We were all worried about votes being bought and sold in Mogadishu to an alarming rate. […]