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Challenges galore as new UN envoy arrives in Somalia

Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame | June 26, 2019 Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr James Swan, is this week expected to... More

US, EU, and UN Abandoned Joint Support to Democratic Governance in...

Mohamud M Uluso | June 11, 2019 The US led International Community (IC) played an influential role for the adoption of 2012 democratic Provisional... More

Morality and Public Office in Somalia

Ahmed Roble | June 5, 2019 An exceptional personal moral standard is to be a prerequisite for holding high public office, particularly in... More

Kenyan troops must leave Somalia

Ahmednor Ugas | May 23, 2019 KDF troops get ready to board a plane as their rotation in Kismayo, Somalia. The troops have... More

U.S. Missteps in Somalia Benefit Our Enemies

Michael Rubin | March 26, 2019 The State Department’s inaction is enabling terrorist groups to expand there, a threat also to the remaining... More

To Protect Africa’s Oceans, Stand Up to China

Yasin Hagi Mohamoud | March 23, 2019 China is certainly not the only country with predatory fishing fleets, but its boats are the ones... More

Turkey’s Reliable Diplomacy in the Somalia-Somaliland Talks

Abdirashid Diriye Kalmoy | March 21, 2019 Turkey plays a significant and important role in Africa, now it can bring Somalia and the Somaliland... More

Is Kenya inadvertently aiding Al-Shabaab?

Abukar Awale | March 8, 2019 Both being situated in the strategically advantageous location of the Horn of Africa, it goes without saying... More

Will President Farmajo Be Able to Realize that Somalia Is Worse-Off...

Mohamud M Uluso | March 7, 2019 Former Presidents of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (right) stand side by side... More

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Challenges galore as new UN envoy arrives in Somalia

Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame

Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr James Swan, is this week expected More

US, EU, and UN Abandoned Joint Support to Democratic Governance in...

Mohamud M Uluso

The US led International Community (IC) played an influential role for the adoption of 2012 democratic Provisional More

Morality and Public Office in Somalia

Ahmed Roble

An exceptional personal moral standard is to be a prerequisite for holding high public office, particularly in More

Kenyan troops must leave Somalia

Ahmednor Ugas

It is time for the Somali government to ask the African Union (AU) that Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) are no longer More

U.S. Missteps in Somalia Benefit Our Enemies

Michael Rubin

The State Department’s inaction is enabling terrorist groups to expand there, a threat also to the remaining oases of security in... More