Mr. Ahmed MM Siilaanyo is in London now. Why is he there? No one knows. He and his entourage (including the young energetic Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi) have failed to tell their own people why is the president is in London now.
Is he vacationing at his London home? Is he seeing his doctors? Is he seeing [...]
The opaque and peculiar interventions of the Chinese government and companies in Somali affairs have been evident cross the country and will exacerbate the precarious situation even further. Though it is hard to comprehend as an outsider what sparked such interventionist policies, certainly demand for energy, minerals and raw materials are the possible catalysts among [...]
Continue reading …Several weeks into its invasion of Somalia, Kenyan forces are preparing to attack the southern port city of Kismayo with the aim of stamping out the Somali terrorist group, al-Shabaab. If they succeed, Operation Linda Nchi will go down in history as having rid East Africa — and the world — of a dangerous menace. [...]
Continue reading …A truck bombing by the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab that killed more than 100 people in Mogadishu last month – an attack that targeted students lined up for news about scholarships to Turkey – drew condemnation from the United Nations, Western states, the Somali Transitional Federal Government and Somali civic groups. But that made no [...]
Continue reading …Ethnic stereotypes are not necessarily a bad thing — it is one thing to be stereotyped as liking the good life, dressing well, wearing the latest Armani suit and scent, driving the latest BMW, having a penchant for speaking the Queen’s English, or indulging in kuku porno.
This is the stuff of bar-room banter, oiling the [...]
Continue reading …Previously similar package had announce in 1 December 2007 a ceremony held at Mansoor Hotel, in Hargeysa, marked on Thursday, the last day of the government’s discussions with the regional heads of UN, EU and the World Bank preparations for long term Reconstruction and Development Programme earmarked for Somaliland for the next five years at [...]
Continue reading …As the nation looks forward to the upcoming elections, I write this article to remind the Parties of their responsibility to the country. Conducting a coherent election, in a transparent manner, will no doubt strengthen our case for recognition and nation building but I say “what is recognition if our institutions are not robust and [...]
Continue reading …Long before Restore Hope, the joint UN and USA humanitarian campaign in Somalia in early 1990s, a consultant to the UNO on Somalia, advised the USA administration to attempt everything else but not war with Somalis, in his opinion; war is the thing Somalis know best. The USA did not heed to that precious advice [...]
Continue reading …It has never been anybody else’s duty to look out for another’s rights if that is not what you are expressly paid for: heads of states, higher government officials, government employees, policing/security personnel, etc. etc. The usual axiom in an opportunistic world such as this of ours had always remained look out for yourself or [...]
Continue reading …The devil deed is never done from dusk to dawn and the unionist lies will die in dry for its lack of truth to take root. Lucifer the son of morning has misled many to great tragedy. The unionist perception of Wright and wrong, up and down must be the work of Lucifer himself.
The legitimacy [...]