Articles about Horn of Africa
I. Introduction Somalia is trapped in a maliciously rancorous and senselessly violent history where all fire exit signs lead to the same cul de sac of clan-based injustice. The lack of sustained intellectual discourse on the fundamental cause of the state’s failure, on why the quadrennial electoral shenanigans produce similar incompetent and corrupt “leaders” as … Read more Somalia and the Joshua Effect
Ever since the African Union (AU) granted Israel an ‘observer status’, the organization has found itself entangled in a pitiful web of political maneuvering and controversy. Only two months earlier, this same organization has joined rest of the world in condemning Israel for violating the international law with its reckless bombardment of Gaza, targeting civilians, … Read more African Union: Between Collusion and Integrity
Abukar Arman’s interview about Somalia/Kenya Crisis.
Somalia, a country of many political fault lines that indicate looming earthquakes of great magnitude, now has a new one- the Farmajo fault. Mohmed Abdullahi Farmajo is the malignantly polarizing president of Somalia. Two of the Farmajo fault’s severe foreshocks or preliminary shakers have occurred on Thursday 18 February and Friday 19 February. In the … Read more A Fault Line Named Farmajo
If there was any undisputable lesson gained from the three miserable decades of civil war and that lesson was engraved on a stone, it would have read: Avoid the road most traveled; pave yourself a new one. But, ‘who cares’ is sadly the prevalent attitude. Currently, Somalia is at the tail end of that mindless … Read more Somalia, Is It Time To Part Ways?
Kester Kenn Klomegah* talks to a Former Somali Diplomat Abukar Arman. MOSCOW (IDN) – Though Somalia is coveted for its strategic location and huge marine resources, it remains one of the largely unstable and underdeveloped countries in Africa. With its longest coastline, bordering Ethiopia to the west, Kenya to the southwest and the Gulf of … Read more Somalia Remains the Epicenter of Global Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Competition
In recent weeks the confluence of many issues and events of different shades and dangers made Somalia’s political situation more complicated. This being the last year of the current administration, challenges of that nature are not entirely new, but the intensity and volatility of these developments are. However, this piece is not an attempt to … Read more How Somalia Was Made ‘Great Again’
