Somalia Remains the Epicenter of Global Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Competition

Abukar Arman

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

How Somalia Was Made ‘Great Again’

Somalia President

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’

KILLER IRONY

Pumping gas into my car, a convertible beauty slowly passed, Pulling to the pump next to mine. Behind the wheel, a professional black man.Riding with him,a professional white man-a manikin holding a side-way sign: I…am…his…friend! @BerniceKing @shaunking

A Shock Therapy for Somalia

Djibouti Summit

It has been 60 years since the Italian Somaliland and the British Somaliland became independent from their respective colonial powers to form a union that miserably failed 30 years later. After a long ever-morphing saga of blood, destruction, and loss of identity Soomaalinimo (Somaliness), these two political entities, legally known as Somalia, have just concluded … Read more A Shock Therapy for Somalia