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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Somaliland justice falters on the case of Boqor Osman Buurmadow
By Bashir Goth Boqor Osman Aw Mahmoud, Buurmadow, is languishing in jail for the fourth month in a case that exposed the faltering and inept system of Somaliland justice. In four months, the government prosecutor could not build a plausible case against Boqor Osman and couldn’t bring credible people other than government officials […]