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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Somalia: Let’s keep the optimism on hold

Somalia: Let’s keep the optimism on hold

Foreign correspondents delight in reporting Mogadishu’s remarkable renaissance. The restaurants and cafes, the dry cleaner and the beautiful beaches all make for encouraging, optimistic vignettes of a city and a country on the road to recovery. But, SIMON ALLISON explains, Mogadishu is not Somalia, and there’s too much still to do before there are any real grounds for optimism.

Mogadishu hotel built as symbol of hope

Mogadishu hotel built as symbol of hope

Mogadishu (KON) - In the years to come, Ahmed Jama will be seen either as a visionary or a lunatic who squandered his money on a crazy dream.

The political conflict in Somalia

The political conflict in Somalia

Prof. Omar Mohamed Addou | Keydmedia.net - After a bloody civil war, foreign occupation and the continuing massacres, the Somali people, although tired and exhausted, do not abandon the hope and the ambition to strive for a better future.

History repeats itself in Somalia - From a tragedy to a bloody farce

History repeats itself in Somalia - From a tragedy to a bloody farce

Dr Roland Marchal - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Foreign Secretary William Hague are publicly optimistic that Somalia’s transition is going well. Having just returned from Mogadishu, I can say that the reality on the ground does not meet this optimism.

Holiday in Somalia turns into nightmare

Holiday in Somalia turns into nightmare

Nairobi (KON) - Sarah, of Somali descent but born in the Netherlands, was 16 when she was forced to marry her uncle in Somalia. After several attempts she managed to escape from Mogadishu last month and go back home. She now lives in hiding in a women’s shelter in the Netherlands.

UN envoy says spoilers must not disrupt Somalia’s peaceful transition to democracy

UN envoy says spoilers must not disrupt Somalia’s peaceful transition to democracy

Mogadishu (KON) - Spoilers hampering Somalia’s transition to democracy will face stringent action from the Security Council if they continue their obstruction, the United Nations top political official for Somalia declared today, while also confirming that the selection of Somalia’s new Parliament was on track and would usher in a new era of peace, stability and democracy for the East African country.

Somalia: Power is as valuable as peace

Somalia: Power is as valuable as peace

Mogadishu (KON) - AT THE start of August, a gathering of Somali leaders in Mogadishu, their country's capital, backed a new constitution, paving the way for a new government to be sworn in on the 20th.

Somalia: Hard Times For The Bad Guys ?

Somalia: Hard Times For The Bad Guys ?

Galka'yo (KON) - Somali pirates have fallen on hard times. Last month, for the first time in five years, there was an entire month with no ships taken or even attacked.

After decades of war, seed of hope arrives in Somalia

After decades of war, seed of hope arrives in Somalia

Mogadishu (KON) - In a field of dozens of candidates, President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is confident of re-election later this month.

British Somalis: nomads no more

British Somalis: nomads no more

By Nadifa Mohamed - Mo Farah's glorious gold medal symbolises the emergence of Britain's Somali community - For most of my childhood in London people were confused by me. They would look at me askance and ask, "Are you Pakistani or Jamaican?" "I'm from Somalia," I would reply irritably, receiving a blank look before the inevitable response: "Where's that, then?"