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Somalia’s contemporary history is clouded with cycles of political violence, and economic deterioration coupled with periods of political and economic upheaval, foreign occupation, dictatorship and continued environmental decay. The depiction of Somalis as victims only perpetuates the status quo. These challenges could be reversed with the right leadership who can engage with Somalis in a new [...]

While the current Somali transitional government is by no means perfect, there are at least a couple of things it has been doing right- putting in place various apparatuses to pave the way for good governance, and laying the foundation to reestablish law and order. Granted, these two developments are only moving at a snail’s-pace. Furthermore, [...]

Having been raised as a “good boy” and changing over to become a sluggish copy boy in a newspaper office and later climbing up the ladder to become an editor and then editor-in-chief. But as I got older, I thought I liked to think that I have a strong sense of right and wrong. I joined [...]

A little over a year ago, I was elected president of a country that many consider the most dangerous in the world. Over the last 20 years, Somalia has been synonymous with war and displacement. Now terrorism and piracy have been added to this list – and they threaten death and destruction far beyond our borders. [...]

An influential Muslim scholar has issued a global ruling against terrorism and suicide bombing. Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, from Pakistan, says his 600-page judgement, known as a fatwa, completely dismantles al-Qaeda’s violent ideology. The scholar describes al-Qaeda as an “old evil with a new name” that has not been sufficiently challenged. The scholar’s movement is growing in [...]

Nairobi, Feb 23 – The unceasing violence in Somalia and the relatively new culture of suicide bombings by extremist elements have forced a rare psychological war-of-words against them via music and poetry targeting the same youths they seek to recruit. The renowned youthful Wayaaha cusub musical band

Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, and many others adorned the walls of their family estate. The widowed elderly man [...]

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares, Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we [...]

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. “What food might this contain?” The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed this warning, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap [...]

Chelsea moved four clear points ahead of standings with a 1-0 victory over a resilient Bolton on Tuesday. It took Nicolas Anelka’s 43rd-minute header against his former club to clinch a fourth straight league win for Chelsea. Chelsea can’t afford to lose one of its four remaining matches, which include hosting Tottenham on Saturday and a [...]

The Somali national Under-17 football squad has thrashed its Kenyan counterpart by 3-1 in the first leg of the CAF Under-17 qualifying match played at the Guled Stadium in Djibouti. In the 16th minute of the hotly-contested game, Somali striker Jibril Hassan Mohamed scored the first goal. The first half of the game ended with Somalia [...]

David Beckham’s dream of being the first England player to appear in four World Cups was wrecked after he suffered a ruptured achilles tendon in the game against Chievo . The former England captain limped to the touchline during AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo and he was reported to have said ‘It’s broken, it’s broken’ [...]

The younger brother of Manchester City midfielder Abdisalam Abdulkhadir Ibrahim has joined the after signing a one year contract. He would be joining Manchester City Academy where he will be trained for one year before the trainers assess his skills to allow him proceed to the levels. 14 year old Abdikarim Abdulkhadir Ibrahim impressed the club’s [...]

Yahoo! Sports writer Charles Robinson pours a bit of his own heart into telling the story of Samia Yusuf Omar, the only Somali lady sprinter, who participated in 2008 Beijing Olympics. Introducing the piece as the Olympic story we never heard, he writes: This is the Olympic story we never heard. It’s about a girl whose [...]

In Somalia, commonly called a war-torn country located in the heart of Horn of African region, soccer is the only mania that unites all the factions. It’s a story about how to survive to perfect the art of soccer in midst of chaos and anarchy. 18 year old Hassan Abshir Abdi wakes up everyday to the [...]

Millions of women around the world are feted on International Women’s Day but for Waris Dirie, the Somali nomad turned supermodel, the idea is absurd. “Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women’s day,” Dirie told Reuters news agency before the premiere of a film based on her life story, [...]

In our series of poems recited or written by famous Somali poets, we start with Dheelmato, a beautiful piece of art that is written and recited by Abdirashid Omar aka Ina Cowsgurow. This is the English version of the poem. love is misery and malaise, an antique of age and time Like embers of coal, that [...]

Iman is a gorgeous woman. So it’s ironic that in her home country of Somalia, her name is usually given to guys. In a culture in which boys are favored over girls, it’s as if her name alone set her up to be a force for change. Spotted near her Kenya university by a photographer when [...]