Tag Archives: Siad Barre
Mark Tran, guardian.co.uk, Somali president expected to present plans for rebuilding military, police and justice systems, as civil society calls on nascent government to empower women and provide jobs On Tuesday next week, the UK hosts yet another big conference … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, somali government, Somalia
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It’s a new day in Somalia. That’s the message I took away from a trip to the capital city of Mogadishu earlier this year. We have our best opportunity in more than two decades to help stabilize Somalia and advance … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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By: Yusuf Dirir Ali The International community recognizes the undemocratically selected Somalia government in Mogadishu without giving in-depth considerations and offering the same status to Somalia’s former equal union partner to the North – the Republic of Somaliland. Due to … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Djibouti, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali Republic, Somalia, Somaliland, United States
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“While Increasing beggars in our streets are from neighbouring countries, they should not be confused with genuine asylum seekers, refugees or in-transit migrants” Dr Hagaltosie By: Yusuf M Hasan HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – “ I am 10 years and I help … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali, Yusuf M Hasan
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Tagged British Somaliland, Ethiopia, Hargeisa, IndepthAfrica, Refugee, Siad Barre, Somali National Movement, Somalia, Somaliland
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Ever since I was born I could hear the waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons. Ever since I was born I could hear the waves of hatred and prejudice pouring upon Jews for unexplained reasons, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jews, Siad Barre, Somali, Somalia
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Qatar is a great country and the people are nice I was a high school teacher in Doha (Rayaan Alateeq) in the70s and early 80s. That was the old Qatar! The Qatari people are generally generous and reasonable, however it … read more »
By Ismail Haji Warsame When the Military Junta led by General Siyad Barre overthrew the civilian government of Somalia in October 1969, the General was so timid that he could not inform the nation of the coup d’état that had … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Chief executive officer, Chief of Staff, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Somalia, Prime minister, Puntland, Siad Barre, Somali Diaspora, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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The new Somalia president is miserably behaving like Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Saddam Hussein’s information minister. He reminds me of Mr. al-Sahaff pitifully saying: “There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!” Mr. al-Sahaff made this statement while the USA … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Baghdad, Hassan, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Saddam Hussein, Siad Barre, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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Court ruling draws condemnation from Somalia’s union of journalists. MOGADISHU — A Somali judge on Tuesday jailed a woman who said she had been raped by soldiers and a journalist who interviewed her, finding them guilty of making up the … read more »
Reuters – The Security Council should consider lifting an arms embargo on Somalia to help rebuild the country’s security forces and consolidate military gains against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon suggested in a report Friday. The council … read more »
By: Hassan M. Abukar In 1977, I saw something odd in the Hamarweyne District of Mogadishu. I saw a tall man riding a horse. For one thing, the rider was not a policeman. Then, after I looked at him closely, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Barre, Ethiopia, Henry Kissinger, IndepthAfrica, Saudi Arabia, Siad Barre, somali news, Somalia, United States
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By Ismail Ali Ismail The Visit There can be no doubt that the visit of Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, to the United States last week was very successful on many fronts: first, after so many transitional governments, the US … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Center for Strategic and International Studies, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prime minister, Siad Barre, Somali, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, United States, White House
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By: Hassan M. Abukar “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” Plato. “Power was my weakness and my temptation.” J.K Rowlings, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. *** Two incidents intrigued me about Siad Barre, the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Barre, Fiat 125, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, United States, Villa Somalia, Wadajir District
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After 20 years of sliding backwards, Somalia has taken a step in the right direction. Together with international efforts and adoption of a new federal constitution by the 825-member Assembly of Somali Elders, the country has renewed hopes for … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, somali news, somali peace, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government
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Decades have gone by and Somali’s have seen many presidents promise to restore the countries pride and beauty it once had, they have come and gone: no change has been made. The only hopeful’s we see is Somaliland but again, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Djibouti, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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By Mohamed F. Yabarag Following the much-disputed November municipality elections that took place in the central and western parts of “Somaliland” enclave (voting did not take place in Buhodle and other areas of Khaatumo state of Somalia), the self-declared entity … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Ahmed Silanyo, Hargeisa, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, Somaliland, Western Europe, Zeila
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If separatists holding hostage to parts of North Somalia needed a credible election to help justify that their hell-bent agenda of dividing Somalia was a good idea, they sure didn’t get it. In the wake of the recent seriously flawed, … read more »
Posted in Abdisamad Mooge, Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged British Somaliland, IndepthAfrica, Isaaq, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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By: Abdihakim Ahmed Ali DAR E SALAM – It is a common belief that history repeats itself with regular intervals of 30 odd years. But in Somaliland it seems this historical series repeats itself within three to five years, especially … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Aristotle, Democracy, IndepthAfrica, International community, Politics, Siad Barre, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland, somaliland news
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By Zainab Guleed Twenty years ago, on December 5th, 1992, the United Nations launched a major peace-enforcement mission into Somalia, approving the deployment of nearly 30,000 troops. The U.S.-led Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was mandated to protect and deliver humanitarian … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali Civil War, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, somalis news, Unified Task Force
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By Rohini Bhaskar Maryam, a doctor in charge of an SOS clinic in Badbado. Photo courtesy of Jens Honore. Once upon a time, Somalia was one of Africa’s most prosperous and thriving commercial centers. However, because of an ineffective … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Ali, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Nursing School, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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Clashes on 1 December in Somalia’s central region of Galgaduud have cost the lives of 26 people. Two rival clans, disputing over the distribution of land and water, are responsible for the casualties. The clan system is Somalia’s form of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Failed state, Hawiye, Hiraab, IndepthAfrica, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Sunni Islam
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By: Allin Nuh HARGEISA – Looking back at Somalia in the 1960′s tribes was influential but no way near as influential as it is today. The big tribes, Hawiye and Darod, were always going for Presidency in Somalia simply because … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Darod, Hawiye, IndepthAfrica, Puntland, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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Somaliland has demonstrated the durability of its democratic institutions, with few, if any, appropriate role-models amongst neighboring states. Again the Republic of Somaliland and its people have shown a hypocritical, a world short in ethics and what right another lesson … read more »
By Hassan E. Ali In less than three months after the presidential election in Somalia, the hope for a peaceful, and a better Somalia seem to be dissipating. While it is still too early to judge, yet the direction the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Institutions
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By Mohamed A. Dubet The Somali government’s recent delegation led by former Jubba Valley Alliance Leader, Goobaale,a seasoned warlord who headed the now defunct Jubba Valley militia, which had caused immense suffering and bloodshed in Jubbaland not so long ago … read more »
When people think of Somalia, they think of Mark Bowden’s Black Hawk Down. They think of South Park’s “Somalian Pirates We” episode. They even think of (sigh) Pirates of the Caribbean. What they don’t usually know is that Somalia has three extremely different … read more »
November 25, 2012 by benim
At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in double bomb attacks, which rocked port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. The first bomb went off on Sunday morning near an administrative building where at least 15 … read more »
By Osman Hassan As desperate and downtrodden people, blighted by decades of deprivation under a failed State, we the Somalis are understandably prone to instant euphoria and escapism the moment we sense relief from our predicament is over the horizon. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, List of Presidents of Somalia, sheikh, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland, Transitional Federal Government
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From as far back as the 1960’s, the people of Northern Somalia (Somaliland) have always felt marginalised by the rest of Somalia, preferably South-Central Somalia. Some would say it’s because South-Central Somalia had the more dominant tribe of Somalia, Hawiye … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged Hargeisa, Hawiye, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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Overpowering Gratitude Vs Vexing Misgivings By Ahmed I. Hassan Author’s Note: This is the chapter on Somaliland-Ethiopia Relationship in a book titled “Somaliland: The Legacies of Non-Recognition” which is still in the works. I thought a preview of this chapter … read more »
Posted in Ahmed I. Hassan, Analysis, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland, Somalilander
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