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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
THE DEATH OF THE LAST HOPE: How President Silanyo Failed Somaliland.
After a long fought election campaign starting in 2008, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) was finally sworn as the new president of the Somaliland Republic in July 27, 2010. The defeated president, Mr. Dahir Riyale Kahin graciously handed over the presidency to Mr. Silanyo and wished him the best of luck. Mr. Kahin also promised that […]
New Down in Africa and the Middle East
New Dawn in Africa and the Middle East They called us “the sleeping giant, but Is this the time of our awakening? Fifty plus years passed when colonial flags came down And colorful new Freedom flags were raised. How did we get so far behind? Did those who fought for Freedom, die in vain? Is […]