A dialogue with a cat Kulmiye’s Rule; an assessment
By Dr. Omar Ibrahim Hussein I had a good conversation with a cat before the national elections. It was an exciting period where the fever of change was sweeping Hargeisa. A period of euphoria with high expectations, “Even if you rape me; I am Kulmiye” was the buzz word then. The deserving Mujahid at […]
Dialogue between Silanyo and Rayale:
By Omar Ibrahim Hussein President Silanyo; the current President and Ex-president Mr. Rayale were avid political enemies but some sort of rapprochement between them has taken place. When Mr. Silanyo was an opposition leader he opposed the government chapter and verse. Now that the shoe is in the other foot, Silanyo sees opposition to his […]
Hitting fire with a stone.
“Dab iyo Dhagax Lays-kuma dhuftee Kala dhowraay: Kala dheer Labaduye Kala dhowraay.” Education and Politics: A classmate of mine asked me a difficult question in my intermediate school. “Am I not the best in our class? The most intelligent (farid in Somali) and if anybody is asked who is the best in our class, […]
FGM a killer Ritual:
By Omar Ibrahim Hussein (PhD) Congratulations to Puntland government and its people who have taken the courageous decision to ban the cruel ritual popularly known as “Female Genital Mutilation” from its territory. The same goes to the provisional constitution which bans and states, “Circumcision of girls is a cruel and degrading customary practice, and is […]
Mo Farah wins Olympic 10,000m gold for Great Britain
By Tom FordyceChief sports writer at the Olympic Park Mo Farah stormed to Olympic 10,000m gold to seal an extraordinary night for British athletics in the Olympic stadium. In the same hour that Jessica Ennis won heptathlon gold and Greg Rutherford snatched long jump victory, Farah buried his illustrious rivals with a blistering final lap. […]
There shall be a Road where there is no road.
By Dr Omar Ibrahim Hussein My name is Boramaa and I am a city in the middle of nowhere; I’m lost between many mountains that surround me; No road goes out and no road comes in; That keeps me in isolation from the rest of my country; In the good old days as I […]
Witness to Crime, The History of Somali Cultural Violence
Somali cultural violence came to world attention in the early 1990s when General Mohamed Siyad Barre’s regime was overthrown and Somalis started slaughtering each other. As I was in the United States while Somalis were doing this butchering, I remember some of my colleagues and co-workers asking me, “Why are you guys killing each other? […]
Judge assails prosecutors in Somali pirate case
WASHINGTON — The federal judge overseeing the case of a Somali man accused of negotiating a ransom payment during a 2008 pirate takeover of a Danish merchant ship told prosecutors they had engaged in “inexcusable behavior,” and suggested they will have a hard time winning a conviction.U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle was furious when prosecutors […]
A dialogue with a cat Kulmiye’s Rule; an assessment
By Dr. Omar Ibrahim Hussein I had a good conversation with a cat before the national elections. It was an exciting period where the fever of change was sweeping Hargeisa. A period of euphoria with high expectations, “Even if you rape me; I am Kulmiye” was the buzz word then. The deserving Mujahid at […]
Somaliland: Release prisoner of conscience, Amnesty International Public Statement
12 July 2012 AI Index: AFR 52/007/2012 Amnesty International is calling on the Somaliland authorities to immediately and unconditionally release elder Boqor Osman Mohamoud Buurmadow, a prisoner of conscience. Amnesty International is also urging the Somaliland authorities to quash the conviction against him, after he was sentenced on 8 July to one year’s imprisonment after conviction for “insulting […]
Is it a real option?
By Dr. Omar Ibrahim Hussein The two Presidents continue their dialogue in Dubai after the successful mediation by the UAE and we continue to dig their minds to see what might be in there. Sharif: We agreed to continue the dialogue, but remember, I am the big Sheikh and any agreement between me and […]
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly The Somalia-Somaliland Talks & the British Co-Opted Roadmap
By Ahmed Mohamed Egal When I was a teenager I saw a movie with the above title with which I fell in love. I later learned that it was from a genre that was disparagingly termed “Spaghetti Western” in Hollywood since they were made in Italy. In fact, it was one of a trilogy made […]
International Contact Group on Somalia
Final Communiqué The 22nd meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia was held from 2-3 July 2012 in Rome under the chairmanship of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine Mahiga, together with the ICG Co-chairs (Norway and the USA). The Italian Foreign Minister, Giulio Terzi, Speaker Sharif […]
The Miracle Journey: Mohamed Maktal travelled through eighteen countries with his Somaliland flag draped Mazda and Now in North America
By Suleiman Egeh: Freelance writer and senior science instructor My First Interview with Mohamad Musa Yususf also known as Mohamed “Ictiraf” word Recognition: Mr. Recognition’s First and Second Phase Recognition Quest Took Him through Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. I got the opportunity to meet Mohamed Musa Yusuf Maktal called Mohamed “Ictiraaff.” Or ‘recognition […]