Empowering our Community
WHEN HE FIRST started to believe Shabaab was corrupting the cause that brought him to Somalia, Ibrahim says, “at that time I felt like in my heart I could just sense that something was wrong, but I wasn’t open about it. I didn’t want to talk about it. I was tr... More »
Iyadoo dhowaan Xukuumadda Soomaaliya walaac xoogan ka muujisay darbiga ay Kenya ka dhiseyso Xuduuda ay Soomaaliya la wadaago ayaa markii u horeysay Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka waxay ka keeneen mooshin ka dhan ah darbigaas, kaasoo lagu wado in looga doodo kulank... More »
Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha iyo Federaalka Xukuumadda Somalia, C/raxmaan Maxamed Xuseen (Odowaa) oo ka hadlay Qabsashadii Ahlusunna ay Maanta Qabsatay Magaalada Dhuuso-mareeb ee Gobolka Galguduud ayaa ku Tilmaamay mid lagu Hagar-daameynayo Dhismaha Maamulka Gobol... More »
Sharia Law under the UIC Hardline elements of the UIC have made major impingements on civil liberties, public expression and entertainment already, although we must be careful – the UIC’s federalist-clan structure makes it hard to draw conclusions from example... More »
Golaha Wasiirrada Xukuumadda Somalia ayaa maanta kulan ay ku yeesheen Muqdisho ku Ansixiyay Xubin ka mid noqonaya Guddiga Madaxa-bannaan ee dib u eegista dastuurka dalka, iyadoo kulanka looga hadlay arrimaha Amniga iyo dhibaatooyin ka jira dhul-xeebaadka Muqdi... More »
AS THE SOMALI LEADERS of al Shabaab have moved to reassert their authority, al Qaeda, along with the foreign fighters, has found itself marginalized. Osama bin Laden had always wanted to establish a foothold in Somalia for al Qaeda. But the country’s clan-base... More »
Sahra Mohamed Ali Samantar, the Minister of Women & Human Rights Development of Somalia warns the depressing situation of the refugees fleeing from Yemen. Minister Samantar said “The Federal Government of Somalia is doing all it can to help those refugees comi... More »
Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya ayaa maanta lagu wadaa inay cod u qaadaan mooshinkii ka dhanka ahaa dhismaha Baarlamaanka Jubba oo muddo labo todobaad ka badan doodiisa ay taagneyd. Baarlamaanka ayaa kulmaya todobaad kadib markii uu dib ... More »
Raymond Marchand, President of Conoco Somalia 1. “Views of an Old Africa Hand.” Cable from US Embassy in Mogadishu to State Department Headquarters. 30 September 1990. Cable Number: Mogadishu 08487. Source: Freedom of Information Act release (2006-01-288) to K... More »
SOON AFTER JOINING al Shabaab, Ibrahim met the most famous American fighter in Somali history — a young U.S. citizen from Alabama, Omar Hammami, known in Somalia as Abu Mansour al Amriki. “He was a happy, young guy — typical Western,” Ibrahim recalls. Ibrahim ... More »
Post intervention civil war, pre UIC (1995-2005) Since then, the civil war has continued unabated. The smaller northern populations in Somaliland and Puntland have enjoyed relative stability, while elsewhere factions, militias and warlords have struggled to co... More »
eing desirous to make known to our friends the Powers (Sovereigns) of Europe the boundaries of Ethiopia, we have addressed also to you (your Majesty) the present letter. 10th April, 1891 These are the boundaries of Ethiopia:- Starting from the Italian boundary... More »