Category: Opinion
Somalia: The citizens of Baydhabo have a right to Self-expression
Specific ways in which Somalis can fix itself; It’s the Somali lawmakers’ duty to put Somalia back in to working, secure, and law and order, and they have the power to do it, writes Editorial Note of Geeska Afriak Online. By Sheiknor A Qassim; My condolences to the victims of Baidoa: Latest Opinion. What happened…
Somalia and Foreign Aid
London (HAN), March 23, 2014 – Foreign aid is one of the most popular ways the western world recommends as a way of combating poverty in Africa. The fundamental assumptions that aid money is effective in contributing to economic growth development is somehow flawed. Most of the literature on foreign aid is saying that International…
Somalia: The Verdict of New Draft Media Law
London (HAN), March 23, 2014 – It is not everyday that UK Somali journalists meet in London to discuss a law in Somalia – a country known for its lawlessness and for being the epitome of a failed state. But this is not any law, but a law which could potentially be a pillar for…
Somalia: The absence of Somaliland secession: Istanbul II communique
Hargeisa (HAN) March, 24 2014 – Somaliland: – Beyond the pictorially staged and carefully choreographed settings, If you closely looked at the nine precision points agreed upon there was no new game changing development that has really been introduced. Except the acknowledgement of the atrocities committed by the late regime of Siyad Barre, nothing new…
Somalia: Somalia’s Parallel Armies
Mogadishu, 24 March 2014 – By: Liban Ahmad – We have read recently that Somalia has a National Army, but is that really the case? Upon closer scrutiny one realises that Somalia has parallel armies – 3 of them – which exist independent of each other in different parts of this increasingly splintered. These are…
Ethiopia: Late Prime Minister zenawi, to Egypt “the choice is either to swim or sink together”
Addis Ababa (HAN) March 21, 2014 – It is proofed scrutiny that the economic integration among African nations is extremely poor as a result Africans have been experiencing acute poverty. Though complex in nature, Africa’s quagmires are partially as result of the poor investment and trade connections among themselves. There is no significant trade and…
Eritrea: Global Ties and Diplomacy
Asmara (HAN) March 20th 2014 -Fikrejesus Amahazion- In recent years, a number of commentators have regularly referred to Eritrea, a young, developing country located in the volatile Horn of Africa, as isolationist, the “North Korea” of Africa, or the “hermit kingdom.” While such statements suggest Eritrea remains detached from the global community, closer analysis reveals…
Somali Canadian Fighting Al Shabaab as a woman in Somalia's national Army
Ottawa (HAN) March 19, 2014 – Iman Elman has already contributed a lot to the Somali people, with Elman peace centre founded by her mother inspired by her father , lead hundreds of women out of a vicious cycle and into a virtuous one. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, Now she has join…
Somalia: A new offensive, But The real fight is behind closed doors
NAIROBI,By D. H. (David Herbert) – NARRATIVES about countries, especially under-reported ones, can be hard to shift. For the last two years Somalia’s narrative has been one of fragile progress. The international community rallied around Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia’s president, selected in murky circumstances in 2012. The main threat to the new man was said…
The Somali politics With Professor Ahmad Ismail Samatar
Djibouti (HAN) March 15, 2014: Opinion analysis:We explain the signs in detail for those who reflect. The politics of Somalia have gone through various periods of change. Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the Siad Barre regime. The politics of Somalia are defined by the state of civil war…
