By WardheerNews editorial Thirty Years ago, on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the founding of the Somali Youth League (SYL), a group of eminent leaders among them Somalia’s legendary democratic former president and one of its founding fathers, the late Aden Abdulle Osman, petitioned the late dictator, Mohamed Siyad Barre, to vacate the...
By WardheerNews WardheerNews named President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as its person of the year for 2019 by reminding Somalis and friends of Somalia his dismal presidency and the setback he caused to the recovery of this fledgling federal entity. The choice is a deliberate means to increase the awareness of the Somalis and donor’s scrutiny...
By WardheerNews Editorial “In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah,- those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of His creatures” Surat Imran. Performing the Hajj, is...
WardheerNews Editorial In the aftermath of Somalia’s civil war, the center, and all its institutional powers bulked and were thrown into the dustbin. It was then that a bottom-up approach to reconstitute Somalia using the application of federalism was conceived. Thus, the advocacy of sharing powers between member states and institutions was born out of...
WardheerNews Editorial Ilhan Omar, Somalia’s trailblazer and an abled young woman, is poised to be the first Somali -American woman or man and possibly the second Muslim ever to be elected to the United States Congress. Ilhan Omar, one of about million Somalis who fled civil war in Somalia, passed her formative years in a refugee...
WardheerNews series- What’s in a Picture The Somali Partnership Forum, held in Brussels, Belgium, on July 16 and 17, 2018, was attended by representatives of fifty-eight countries and 6 international organizations to discuss humanitarian issues, economic recovery, and review the progress that has been reported since the 2017 London Conference on Somalia. The Communique that was...
WardheerNews series- What’s in a Picture On June 16, 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to Somalia and was warmly received by Somali President Mohamed Farmajo, at the steps of the plane carrying the PM. Six days later, Farmajo arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and was received at the airport by Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister. Who...
WardheerNews series- What’s in a Picture On February 8, 2017, Somalia’s Federal Parliament elected Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as the new president to lead Somalia out of chronic widespread corruption and endless political gridlock. On February 23, President Farmajo lost no time in nominating Hassan Ali Kheyre to be his Prime Minister. It was indeed a shock and awe moment: Somalia, which...
Wardheernews series- What’s in a Picture Former Mogadishu Mayor, Thabit Abdi, was in Bujumbura, Burundi, last week to encourage Somalia’s under 17 national football team at the East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) championship game. He took the players to a restaurant for lunch. Thabit’s picture at Bujumbura International Airport is revealing. He is wearing...
WardheerNews Editorial The sweltering March heat of Mogadishu, Somalia’s torn city, is often unbearable to the average citizen. Even so, one cannot notice the virtually stagnated and politically destabilized fragile state, and nothing short of helter-skelter characterizes this city of over 2 million residents. In the north, the war between Somaliland and Puntland is imminent; to...