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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Turks provide aid in Mogadishu, Somalia, where others fear to tread

Turks provide aid in Mogadishu, Somalia, where others fear to tread

MOGADISHU, Somalia — On the edge of Somalia’s battered capital of Mogadishu, on a hilltop overlooking the Indian Ocean, there’s an unlikely oasis of white tents laid out in perfect rows, where foreigners mingle with locals, a bakery provides free fresh bread daily and even the sandy floors are swept.

Journalist who fled Somalia hasn’t given up hope for country

Journalist who fled Somalia hasn’t given up hope for country

Journal Sentinel Online - A boyhood friend-turned-militia fighter told him to leave the country or face death.

The Somalia Model - Israel’s Plan for Syria

The Somalia Model - Israel’s Plan for Syria

By ISRAEL SHAMIR - Israel retains its ability to control the Syrian ‘Islamist’ rebels. Netanyahu is not worried about Syria’s possible disintegration.

Leaked Monitoring group’s report sheds light on widespread corruptionon by senior TFG officials

Leaked Monitoring group’s report sheds light on widespread corruptionon by senior TFG officials

A summary report by Hiiraan Online - The monitoring group's report outlines how TFG misappropriated funds and the general mismanagement of passport production and key revenue generating authorities includingMogadishu Portand Airport Authority and funds received from leading financial companies and telecom operators.

Leaked Documents Corruption within the TFG

Leaked Documents Corruption within the TFG

I am sure that many of you know that the monitoring group report on Somalia is leaked and I was able to get hold of the 400 page report. The level of corruption within the TFG leadership is unimaginable (mismanagement of funds, passport revenue, printing money) at the detriment of poor Somalis.

Better die defending your rights than accepting slavery in your own land

Better die defending your rights than accepting slavery in your own land

Nairobi (Keydmedia) - The recent Nairobi conference by Kenya, IGAD, AU and UN is another misfortune that will remain in the hearts of many Somalis, and it’s again showing how the international community is using a negative approach to resolve the crisis in Jubbaland regions.

Somalia: Presidential Elections - Six Ways to Win Power

Somalia: Presidential Elections - Six Ways to Win Power

ANALYSIS by Abdi Aynte - After 12 years of feeble transitional governments, Somalia is slated to have a permanent administration that theoretically will be able to borrow money from the World Bank, sign binding bilateral treaties and buy weapons from the world markets - some of the many things transitional governments were unable to do.

Big money in little Mogadishu

Big money in little Mogadishu

Nairobi (Keydmedia) - On a visit to a bank in Eastleigh, a Nairobi neighbourhood, Richard Etemesi was taken aback by the appearance of a customer. “He had dollars all over his body – in his socks, his belt; he was just piling out cash, half undressed in the branch manager’s office,” says the chief executive of Kenya’s Standard Chartered bank.

History of Cannibalism

History of Cannibalism

London (Keydmedia) - According to anthropologists, there are various forms of cannibalism. These include survival cannibalism, ritual cannibalism, the eating of one's own dead identified as endocannibalism and excannibalism, the eating of outsiders.

Message from Istanbul II Conference to the Citizens of Somalia

Message from Istanbul II Conference to the Citizens of Somalia

Mr. Mohamud M Uluso - The Conference on Somalia which ended in Istanbul, Turkey on June 1st, 2012 has clearly demarcated the pathway to Somalia’s rebirth on the assumption that the Citizens of Somalia are willing and determined to unite and fulfill the first precondition of a comprehensive five (5) points plan for rebuilding the failed state of Somalia.

Will Istanbul Conference engender a common vision for Somalia?

Will Istanbul Conference engender a common vision for Somalia?

Mr. Mohamud M. Uluso - The succor of Turkish government to the people of Somalia has caused different reactions. First, it has uplifted the hope and spirit of the Somali people afflicted by the combination of civil war, famine, brutal rule of Al-Shabab, the abuses of corrupted Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the dividing and disempowering policies of the international community.