Commentary and argument from Somali writers and thinkers.
The East African Community is an intergovernmental body comprised of seven East African countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, South…
It was 1991 when the Somali government collapsed, and clan-based warfare broke out throughout the country. Balanballe was the hotspot of the fight. As older adults say, there was a time when Balanballe and its…
It is fair to say that Somalis have a penchant for complaining and finding faults with almost everything. They immediately see when things are improperly handled or directed or managed in a wrong and untenable…
The assassination of Local Politician Mr. Abdifatah Abdullahi Abdi on 26th December 2022 by unknown attackers sparked instant outrage in LasAnod, Sool Region. The protests mostly led by young men and women went on…
Somalia, when it became an independent state in 1960, made the nationality law which took almost three years to complete.
Following the turmoil created by the 1991 civil war, Somalis left their country in great numbers. Most of them went to the neighbouring countries, namely Kenya and Ethiopia, while others in their thousands made their…
Djibouti was once seen as a strategic country with great potential and was referred to as the "Singapore of Africa". However, given the country's challenges with poverty, underdevelopment, and political repression,…
Dr. Abdurahman Abdullahi Baadiyo mourned for the sheikhs executed by the Siyad Barre Regime on January 23rd, 1975. In an article posted on WardheerNews, the learned professor pleaded with the Somali public to always…
The recent uprising in the Las-Anod district of the Sool Somalia region—claimed by both Puntland, a semi-autonomous part of Somalia, and Somaliland, which purports to have seceded from the rest of Somalia—has…
Over the past few weeks most of our social media feed has been the absolute carnage that was taking place in Lasanod, Sool region in Northern Somalia. The city has been plagued by severe insecurity since it was…
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is at the center of a spiraling disaster, and the country is mired in a protracted self-inflicted crisis. The army is disintegrating, the economy is in disarray, and public…
For the last 8 months the fragile nation has been plagued with problems on multiple fronts – from the deadly armed conflict with Al-Shabab to instability of most of its federal member states.
Somalis in diaspora are immersed in and drawn deeply into the politics and affairs of their home country: Somalia. Issues regarding Somalia are regularly debated and discussed on social media platforms, the main…
The president of the Republic of Djibouti, who has been in office since 1999-- effectively making him one of the longest-serving rulers in Africa.
Oil exploration in Somalia has the potential to significantly transform the country's economy and provide a source of revenue for the government. Somalia has a long history of oil and natural gas exploration, with…
One the most important things for habitats to survive is water and food, over the centuries humans have cultivated and revolutionized their food chains, rations and production styles, in what leads to globally,…
A Copycat Strategy: the Somali president is pursuing the outdated Bush Doctrine and it is badly failing him.
We have known that Somalia is a country with a huge deposit of untapped oil and gas for years. But things got a bit serious after the Federal Government created a separate Ministry dealing with Petroleum and Mineral…
Whether this leads to a resumption of active conflict, I cannot say, but rationally, logically, and contextually the trajectory of Hassan Sh Mohamud's current administration is one that is leading Somalia back to…
The power of documenting and showcasing the conflicts that have been happening in Horn Africa is captivating to me and when looking through photos I feel a sense of empathy and closure.
The names Almas Elman, Amina Mohamed Abdi, Ikran Tahilil, and Hodan Nalayeh. These were some of the many women who had dreams of a brighter and better Somalia and have dedicated their whole lives to helping make that…
The Daily Jubba's Mustafa Ashaari attended the Online Reception of the Chinese Embassy in Mogadishu on the 73rd National Day of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and wrote this report about it.
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan nicknamed the ‘’Mad Mullah’’ by colonial Britain is a very important person to fellow Somalis around the world, he was the only one who actively fought against the British, Italians, and…
Eritrea’s agricultural success challenges the narrative peddled by the West and its media.