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 […]
The revival of African love:
How a few African students are restoring the continent’s tarnished image. On April 18, 2014 I attended an event organized by the Organization of African Students (OAS)at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville. My niece’s daughter was part of a student dance group performing at the event. I went with […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]