Looking up to dazzling Somali culture

While watching from afar, they donned ‘subeeciyad’, traditional attire for women. They revived rich heritage in the field of poetry, and most impressively Puntland Vice President himself draped white clothes over shoulders and around his waists.

With sun dipped into watery horizon over Garowe, I was a bit certain of my quick feel when young men and women decked out as the sons and daughters of this beautiful country. Dear Somalis, mind pause and look at how moms weaved mats, baskets, not a little a variety of traditional utensils carved out of wooden objects….needless to say this is a nostalgic exhibition for those who enjoyed the good old days of Somalia.

Federal project in Somalia blur

It’s no wonder that Somalia’s federalism project has risked exacerbating political if not armed tensions among rival factions.

The political endeavor of Somalia federalism is to reconcile unity and clannish diversity by preserving interests of all Somali clans from the tip of the horn to the fertile hinterland sharing border with neighboring Kenya, accommodating minorities, especially long-despised communities and promoting marginalized identities within a much anticipated political force in a country ravaged by a two-decade old conflict. 

Preparing for El Niño in Somalia

Somalia is more likely to experience heavy rains that could leave more than 900,000 people living on floodplains along Jubba and Shabelle rivers in central and southern Somalia ‘destitute’ according to early alert by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 

Riverine areas have all along been bruised by flash as well as pluvial floods due to new wild flood irrigation in dry seasons, deterioration of flood control structures, poor management of River basins, increased bed levels because of high sediment yields and dilapidated pre-war hydraulic structures.

Somalia’s optimistic youth-Hang in there

“True that Somalia has disenfranchised yet optimistic youth but all we want is peace and light at the end of the tunnel for our country to stand on its feet again”.

Somalia: Can Shabelle River flooding be controlled? [Analysis]

It’s a tradition for Shabelle River to overflow its banks, and sweep through riverine villages in central and Southern Somalia. Flash floods are also observed in the Major towns of Beledweyne, Jowhar and Afgoi where some are extreme downstream vicinities.

Somalia: Remembering the days at school

Authorities on the ground may be doing too little against poverty and ignorance, but being a student in Somalia is different.

Somalia’s Poor Transport Infrastructure

“Improved primary roads before immense development”

It seems, after two decades of bloody conflict the weak economy in East Africa wants to opt for durable recovery and boost the local economy which has been in shambles with booming transport infrastructure. However the steps should be called into question and to me the frequently asked question is: “How can the people with appropriate expertise in the field of technology transform dreams into possibilities? 

Peek into King Faisal International Prize

Following more rigorous process, King Faisal International Prize went to five scholars with Preacher Dr Zakir Naik at the forefront. Prize for Service to Islam went to Dr. Naik after he replaced Nigerian scholar Ahmed Abou Bakr Lemu while Prize for Islamic Studies was awarded to Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Kaki. 

Somalia: What does cabinet dissolution mean to President Hassan?

“At the moment As Somalia is again at critical juncture, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud needs to rise to more vehement responsibilities and leave polarizing agendas aside for the urgently pressing issues at hand”.