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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Nairobi shopping mall attack: ‘all we could hear was screaming and shooting’

Nairobi shopping mall attack: ‘all we could hear was screaming and shooting’

Nairobi (KON) - Midway through the morning, a detachment of Kenyan special forces troops sprinted up the dozen shallow steps to the front of Nairobi’s upmarket Westgate shopping mall, by then firmly under the control of a gang of Islamist gunmen.

Gunmen Kill Dozens In Nairobi Mall Attack

Gunmen Kill Dozens In Nairobi Mall Attack

Nairobi (KON) - Masked gunmen stormed into a fancy, crowded mall in Nairobi on Saturday and shot dead at least 39 people and wounded more than 150 in one of the most chilling terrorist attacks in East Africa since Al Qaeda blew up two American embassies in 1998.

Why Barclays wants to cut Somalia’s ‘money transfer’ lifeline

Why Barclays wants to cut Somalia’s ‘money transfer’ lifeline

Peter Popham - Shamis Abokor was once Somalia’s hottest pop singer, belting out love songs in front of thousands of adoring fans.

Reflections on Jubba Agreement of Somalia

Reflections on Jubba Agreement of Somalia

Samatalis Haille - Federal Government of Somalia, FGS, and Jubba delegation (formerly known as ‘Jubbaland’) met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 20th to 27th of August, 2013, under the auspices of IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) Chair of the Council of Foreign Ministers, to discuss number of issues related to administration, management of public installations, such as sea and air ports, security reform and reconciliation.

Somalia: Understanding the Jubba Agreement

Somalia: Understanding the Jubba Agreement

Mohamud M Uluso - Anyone who follows the plight of Somalia should be elated by the news of Somali groups reaching an agreement on their differences.

Allegations made in a Reuters article against the Central Bank of Somalia as being a ‘’slush fun

Allegations made in a Reuters article against the Central Bank of Somalia as being a ‘’slush fun

Allegations made in a Reuters article dated 02/07/2013 against the Central Bank of Somalia as being a ‘’slush fund’’ for private payments, citing a leaked UN Monitoring Group report.

Somalia: Peace distant and famine compounded

Somalia: Peace distant and famine compounded

Alkhaleej - The United Nations has spent on peacekeeping forces in Somalia, in a period of famine between 2010 and 2012, more than one billion dollars, while the specialty of the Somali refugees daily amount of food aid, 10 cents per day, because of the \"budget deficit.\"

Re: Robbery victims assisted by thieves

Re: Robbery victims assisted by thieves

Abdulkadir Osman “Aroma” - In the aftermath of Second World War, in a meeting held on 24th October 1945 in San Francisco, the Charter of United Nations Organization was finalized and countries liberated from the AXIS Forces were named “Occupied Enemy Territories” and they were recognized as existing countries.

Ex Canadian student may have been involved in Somalia attack

Ex Canadian student may have been involved in Somalia attack

Nairobi (KON) - Somali and Canadian security forces are probing whether a former York University student was part of a team of suicide bombers who attacked Mogadishu on Sunday, shattering the capital’s calm and killing and injuring dozens.

Somalia, Side-effect of an Overpriced ‘Panacea’

Somalia, Side-effect of an Overpriced ‘Panacea’

By Abukar Arman - With its meager financial and human resources, the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) has been doing better than a satisfactory job. However, in recent months, it has been profoundly frustrated by various challenges. Chief among them is what I would refer to as the first side-effect of a $60 million “panacea” known as the provisional constitution — the “Jubbaland” controversy.

Cycles of endless clan revenge to push Somalia into a deep grave

Cycles of endless clan revenge to push Somalia into a deep grave

Drs Fatuma Lamungu Nur | All events that are remembered and preserved in some authentic form constitute historical records. In our country, Somalia, people tend to ignore the importance of history.