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The behaviour of President Hassan Sh. Mohamud following his election on May of 2022 has raised concerns and questions about his motives and his rationale as he turned the country into a family affair and a one man show.
I joined and was present from the inception of Somalia's Petroleum Process 2005 on a high level position, when the petroleum process began in 2007, we agreed that, in order to avoid corruption, blocks would be…
Let’s try to synthesize this into a few sentences to understand web 3.0, the decentralized internet. Though it’s easy to ignore web 3.0 discourse, the underlying technology will only continue to grow in its…
In one Thursday afternoon inside the hallways of the building where the Somali Cabinet convenes its meetings, there was this elderly man with whom I had a chat, he said to me: “The 1991 collapse of the Somali State…
Foreign aggression, Truths and Lessons for the Somali Nation & its Leadership.
As reported by the AFP last week, the TPLF pushed propaganda tapping into the historical past of Islam in the Tigray region. In their reporting- about the TPLF’s outreach pitch to Muslims (who they deem to support…
For most Somalis, one country, Britain, has set herself apart from the rest of the West for its historical and continuing policies which they consider as inimical to their nation. Somalia’s neighbours, Ethiopia and…
“Research” and “Consultancy” and “Analyst” are some of the most abused trades in the Horn of Africa. Armed with some “English” and diverted donor funds, mercenaries such as Matthew Bryden pitch tent in the Horn of…
Kenya’s insatiable greed for Somalia’s waters begun following when Woodside petroleum company ended its offshore oil and gas explorations in western coast of Kenya in 2007, citing it was unable to find hydrocarbons…
Kenya’s foreign ministry announced on Friday through its official Twitter account its position on the looming ICJ verdict on the Indian Ocean maritime delimitation between Somalia and Kenya, which is set to be…
The resurgence of Ahlu Sunna Wal Jameeca (ASWJ) that threw Galmudug (GM) State of Somalia into uncharted territory was not randomly isolated incident. It was a well thought out plot hatched in Nairobi by Prime…
How the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will arrive its judgement on Somalia v Kenya maritime boundary delimitations?
LAPSSET refers Lamu Port and the New Transport and Development Corridor which leads to South Sudan and Ethiopia. It is one of Kenya’s Vision 2030 flagship projects. This project aims to connect the two landlocked…
The launch of a national payments system has allowed Somalia to centralise its digital payments. The country is on the cusp of a digital revolution, with opportunity ripe for the picking.
The regime in the small country stands accused of using the sport to curry favour with its young population instead of investing meaningfully in uplifting the nation
They say the cat has nine lives, considering its feat to often survive the dangers it encounters in its daily struggle. Somalia shares that reputation. How often it falls, falters but always rebounds and back on its…
Majority of Somalis have long been misinformed about the political situation in Northern Somalia. However, that dynamic is shifting rapidly thanks to the resurgence of unionism that's been felt in majority of the…
Contrary to popular belief, the relations between modern day republics of Turkey and Somalia date back to the middle ages, just like today Somalia has a multidimensional relation with Turkey, it can be argued that in…
While both Somalia and Afghanistan may have had troubles in the recent past, equating what happens in one country to the other is sheer ignorance if not utter laziness. In the past weeks the events unfolding in…
Pristine white sand beaches. Families ride small pleasure boats on the turquoise Indian Ocean whisked along by a tropical breeze. Entrepreneurs sell fruit juices, home baked snacks and rent out life jackets to those…
Since yesterday the 12th August was the International Youth Day 2021, We have decided as The Daily Jubba team to reran an article we published back in April this year. We feel the story of the Somali youth is as…
Somalia’s current electioneering process has turned into a regional and international geopolitical competition. The prize being control of the country’s vast natural resources. In 2020/21, Somalia was posed to hold…
As we know, Kenyan foreign affair minister Ambassador Raychelle Omamo has on Sunday arrived in Mogadishu to have bilateral talks with Somali officials. The Kenyan delegation was welcomed by Abdirazak Mohamed,…
More than 61 years after Somalia’s Independence partly from the chief international colonizer Britain and well into the Lord’s year of 2021, it seems like the United Kingdom still thinks Somalia is one of its prized…