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How will regional administration’s decision shape the upcoming Somali’s election?
At the beginning of the transitional federal government in mid of 2004, the process of the Somali constitutional wasn’t yet completed, and the power of the federal institutions still in mess that cause a long dispute between federal…
Somalia’s forthcoming election free, fair, fraud or fragmentation
Before we talk about the Somalia’s electoral impasses we ought to turn back the electoral scenario of the region particularly the intergovernmental authority on development (IGAD). The IGAD region had bad blood and dull moment relations…
Somalia’s sham election may trigger post-election violence
The intermittent and amorphous election in Somalia dumfounds everyone, at least the public, the rank-and-file politicians and the international community as well.
SOMALIA: A DUAL THREAT OF DROUGHT AND CONFLICT
Nov. 18 (Jowhar.com)-It is an abhorrent reality that food insecurity remains an ever-present risk to Somalis and a crippling consequence of the country’s ongoing conflict and severe drought. More than two and a half million people remain in…
The Ballot or the Bullet: The Case of the Somali region
Ethiopia is notorious with authoritarian rulers who isomorphically mimic their predecessors with iron fist rule. Ethiopia as a hegemonic state in the region has never been experienced a peaceful transfer of power until April 2018 where the…
The murder trial of ‘African Che Guevera’ Thomas Sankara finally begins
The murder trial of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso's iconic "father of the revolution," will open on Monday, 34 years after his murder. Fourteen people, including the country's former president, Blaise Compaoré, will stand trial.…
AUKUS: USA-UK-AUSTRALIA PARTNERSHIP
The new AUKUS Partnership, the new geopolitical alliance of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, to enhance security in the Indian and Pacific Oceans zone envisages the provision of the necessary technology by the United…
Somalia is between Farmajo’s Way or the Highway
The constitutional mandate of the incumbent president has expired in February this year while the parliamentary and presidential elections were contentious. The embattled president and the federal member states several times had meetings on…
Elections with Farmajo in the Corridors of Power will Plunge Somalia into Unmanageable Disaster
After two decades of repressive dictatorial regime ousted with bloody popular uprising in 1991, the Somali people has been longing for a visionary and competent leader – a “founding father”- passionately committed to establish a democratic…
Somalia: Another Afghanistan is imminent.
The two countries share gigantic issues. Both are Muslim nations with Sunni sect. As “Angus Hamilton” who was a British war correspondent who had visited in early 20th century both countries, had written two memoirs.
POLITICAL THUGGERY: A Disastrous Phenomenon in the Somali Electoral Process
In order for there to be a meaningful political development and a relative economic growth, it is a logical approach to ensure a somehow relative peace and stability throughout Somalia. In other words, the development agenda or the plan in…
ONLF and Ethiopia: A tug-of-war
Somali region, is the second largest in terms of land, and third most populous in Ethiopia. Throughout the history, the region and its inhabitants are the most downtrodden across the country, and Ethiopia treats the region in a subterranean…
Lessons to Learn from Farmaajo’s Presidency
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was the most promising president elect in the nation’s recent history when he won the presidency of Somalia in February 2017.
Minorities in Somalia Need More Voices in Local Governments and Governance Structures
In Somalia, the clan system has always been a major factor in the running of the social and political affairs, and ever since the power-sharing system based on the 4.5 method was introduced in 2000 during the peace and reconciliation…
Ethiopia’s Conflicts: Ethnocentrism Vs Cultural Relativism
During the second scramble for Africa in 1885-1914, the three European powers Britain, France and Italy were competing in Africa, and the Horn of Africa was the epicenter.
Who is Somali´s next President?
John Maxwell was right: "Everything rises and falls on leadership." And at the peak of Somalia's colossal predicaments, it is a numbing example of an appalling failure of leadership.