Somalia is enticing foreign investors to help solve its energy crisis

Somalia is on the move. It is pushing for foreign investment, and large infrastructure projects are changing the face of its scarred capital city, Mogadishu. These developments could promise better fortunes for Somalis as the country emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic

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Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue

Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue

Mohamud M Uluso - There is Somali adage that says, “Old man knows what causes his death.” When President Hassan Sh. Mohamud of Somalia started his speech at the second London Conference on Somalia (LCS II) on Maya 7, 2013, with the metaphor of young sapling, which needs a strong stake, water, feed, and protection from animals that try to eat its soft bark and kill it, he should have in mind what causes the death of Somalia- the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)’s captivity or strangulation.

Somalia: Commentary on IHS Jane’s spin on Jubbaland trap

Somalia: Commentary on IHS Jane’s spin on Jubbaland trap

By Mr. Mohamud M Uluso - Few days ago, IHS Jane, a well-established company for global security analysis, released an analysis under the title Somalia's Jubbaland Conundrum. The following key points are presented at the beginning of the analysis for quick and effective impact.

Somalia’s priority: national integration for economic recovery

Somalia’s priority: national integration for economic recovery

By Mr. Mohamud M Uluso (KON) - After years of overlooking the real needs of the Somali people, it is significant change longed-for that Somalia’s statebuiling featured in the strategic agenda of the key actors of the International Community (IC), namely the G8 powers1 in their ministerial meeting held in London on April 11, 2013, under the UK Chairmanship.

An open letter to Professor Kapteijns: A rejoinder

An open letter to Professor Kapteijns: A rejoinder

Abdulkadir Osman “Aroma” - Recently I have read and gave cursory look at your book entitled “Clan cleansing in Somalia”, published 2013. As you said you had travelled and visited places like: Addis Ababa, Jigjig, Djibouti, Yemen, Nairobi, Netherlands as well as Rome & London, but never travelled to Somalia.

Jubbaland politics taking new shape under UNPOS initiatives

Jubbaland politics taking new shape under UNPOS initiatives

By Drs Fatuma Lamungu Nur - Since the independence of Somalia in 1960, Jubbaland regions became the target of all Somali invaders from other regions, and the neighbouring countries, creating chaos and one of the most complex crises in Somalia.

UN Resolution 2093 endorses Statebuilding Mission for Somalia

UN Resolution 2093 endorses Statebuilding Mission for Somalia

By Dr. Mohamud M Uluso - The Resolution 2093 adopted by the UN Security Council on March 6, 2013 endorses the long overdue partnership mission between the Federal Government of Somalia and the International Community for the peacebuilding and statebuilding of Somalia. The mission is ambitious, complex and treacherous but the right one.

Illicit gun trade barrels ahead in Mogadishu

Illicit gun trade barrels ahead in Mogadishu

Nairobi (KON) - Weapons still being bought and sold illegally in the Somali capital, despite government efforts to close down the trade.

Clan federalism tears Somalia apart

Clan federalism tears Somalia apart

By Mohamud M Uluso - Clan politics, rivalry and hatred have ruined the social bond, moral principles and trust among Somalis who share common language, culture, territory, history, and religion. Now, three political manifestations -secession, clan based federalism, and unitary decentralized political system- divide them and are obstacle to the recovery of the lost nation of Somalia.

Somalia gravediggers grieve improved security

Somalia gravediggers grieve improved security

Mogadishu, Somalia - Ali Hassan spends his day sitting in a former mosque, now a ramshackle shelter for drug users, idly staring at his cell phone as he waits for it to ring.

Death sentence and detentions raise profile of rape in Somalia

Death sentence and detentions raise profile of rape in Somalia

Nairobi (KON) - The recent execution in Somalia of a soldier convicted of rape and the detention of a journalist investigating sexual assault have given the traditionally taboo issue of gender-based violence an usual degree of prominence.

Somalia: “A failed state” is back from the dead

Somalia: “A failed state” is back from the dead

Less than two years ago, its capital was a war zone. No longer - Eighteen months ago, central Mogadishu was like an African Stalingrad. The heat may have been equatorial but everything else seemed strangely familiar: a dirty cat-and-mouse war, often fought hand to hand among the spectacularly bombed-out ruins of a once-thriving city centre.