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By Halima Mo’alim Adan The path of westernization The first westernization attempt dates back to the Ottoman era when modern-day Turkey was the base and the heart of the Ottoman…

By T. Roble When Villa Somalia scored its first major victory in Baidoa last December after deploying its economic and security might to dethrone political maverick Sharif Hassan Adan and…

By Mohamed Abdirahman The news to close Dadaab camps does not surprise refugees anymore. It has been there over years; year in, year out. It is no longer sad news…

By Abdullahi Hassan and Ella Knight The USA doesn’t like to admit it’s at war in Somalia. “I wouldn’t characterize that we’re at war,” General Thomas David Waldhauser, the commander…

By Ian Lewis The launch of a Somalian offshore licensing round at a London roadshow in February did much to showcase both the geological potential of the acreage on offer…

By Yusuf Sheikh Omar, SOAS, University of London The recent spate of knife crime in British cities has brought many young Somalis into the criminal justice system and claimed several lives.…

Senate first deputy speaker Senator Abshir Mohamed Ahmed has called for a political dialogue between the federal government and federal member states noting the frosty relations between the two levels…

Christopher R. Rossi, University of Iowa The borderlines separating Kenya and Somalia were first drawn in the late 19th century. Like everywhere else on the continent, this was the work…

CAIRO, EGYPT: Somalis are facing increasing mistreatment, torture and robbery from Egyptian police in the capital Cairo with no hopes for recourse as some are now forced to leave the…