Farmaajo: We Have No One Else to Blame

I read your article on Foreign Policy with keen eyes and interest. While whining from public officials does not deserve response from any sensible citizen of the Republic of Somalia, I felt compelled to counter false narrative with more objective analysis. 

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Somali refugees in Kenya: an easy prey for the police

Somali refugees in Kenya: an easy prey for the police

By: B. B. Abdi- Nairobi (Keydmedia) - This article will shed a light how the Somali people become victims of their failed state for over two decades and how the neighboring countries, particularly Kenya took advantage of their failure.

DJIBOUTI: Hard life for Somali refugees in Ali Addeh camp

DJIBOUTI: Hard life for Somali refugees in Ali Addeh camp

Ali Addeh (Keydmedia) - Amina Ahmed Barre, a Somali refugee, sews clothes on her sewing machine out in the open, in temperatures of more than 30 degrees. There is not a tree in sight in the camp that houses more than 14,000 refugees.

Wired and Shrewd, Young Egyptians Guide Revolt

Wired and Shrewd, Young Egyptians Guide Revolt

CAIRO (Keydmedia) - They were born roughly around the time that President Hosni Mubarak first came to power, most earned degrees from their country’s top universities and all have spent their adult lives bridling at the restrictions of the Egyptian police state — some undergoing repeated arrests and torture for the cause.

Egypt and the Crisis of Arab Warming

Egypt and the Crisis of Arab Warming

Ibrahim Iman - (Keydmedia) - The Mubarak regime has been shrunk to the size of what many Tea Party Republicans in the U.S. would deem as "small government." Thanks to the youth of Egypt, who orchestrated mass protests across the country, demanding an end to the repressive reign in more than a quarter century.

Shabaab Revolt in Tunisia

Shabaab Revolt in Tunisia

Ibrahim Iman - (Keydmedia) - The Arab World is sitting on powder keg, ready to explode at anytime. With more than half of the population under 25, the unemployment stricken Shabaab (not the violent Al-shabaab in Somalia) can end the shelf life of repressive regimes across the region. Tunisia is a prime example here. The dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced out of power on January 14th after a university graduate, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself ablaze in protest against the dire economic conditions in the country.

The Politics of Dehumanizing Somalis

The Politics of Dehumanizing Somalis

Ibrahim Iman - (Keydmedia) - A country with a ten million population is considered "a failed state" Its people were dehumanized by the international press. Some are alleged as sex-traffickers (folks in Minneapolis are familiar with this), others were labeled terrorists perhaps without any justifiable evidence. National assets are under sales tags. Portions of a pristine coastline were apportioned to Kenya with the stroke of a signature from a mindless TFG official and only reason such treasonous project did not materialize was due to the relentless campaign of Somali patriots and Diaspora intellectuals.

Peace and War in Somalia

Peace and War in Somalia

By Prof. Mohamoud Iman Adan- Virginia (Keydmedia) - In Somalia, the after-effects of local wars and political controversy can be asked only to someone who had been exposed to quarter of a century of anarchy and social tragedy. Allegorically, to the local perception- peace and war are as different as Heaven and Hell, and the description is quite fitting.

Facebook: The Most Addicting Social Phenomena to have Swept This World.

Facebook: The Most Addicting Social Phenomena to have Swept This World.

Facebook is a social networking site in which people use to communicate with each other. It is a great way to stay in touch with your friends and keep up on what they are doing.

Al-Shabaab Links to al-Qaeda!

Al-Shabaab Links to al-Qaeda!

IntroductionAl-Shabaab (aka the Harakat Al-Shabaab al-Mujahidin, al-Shabab, Al-Shabaab, the Youth, Mujahidin al-Shabaab Movement, Mujahideen Youth Movement, Mujahidin Youth Movement), is an Islamic organization that controls much of southern Somalia, excluding the capital, Mogadishu. It has waged an insurgency against Somalia's transitional government and its Ethiopian supporters since 2006.

Somalia: Salim Saleh’s Saracen training militia in Somalia

Somalia: Salim Saleh’s Saracen training militia in Somalia

By Joint Report - Saracen International, a security company associated with Uganda’s Gen Caleb Akandwanaho, alias Salim Saleh, a senior advisor to President Yoweri Museveni, who is also his younger brother, has come under the international spotlight for its alleged involvement in training militia in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state.

East Africa: Soldiers of Fortune

East Africa: Soldiers of Fortune

Christine Mungai - Nairobi - Events playing out in Somalia in the past one month almost look like a sequel to Black Hawk Down, the harrowing tale of how an ill-conceived mission by an elite team of American special forces went bad.