Open Letter to the Emir of Qatar: Has the News from Jubaland Reached You?
Your Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, I write to you to deliver a message from the besieged people of Jubbaland, Somalia. Have you heard about the brutal blockade imposed on the people of Jubaland by the rogue Mogadishu-based government…
SOMALIA IS LED BY A ROGUE GOVERNMENT BANKROLLED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: Somaliland is gone, Puntland is considering confederation, and Jubbaland is weighing its options
Hassan KeynanThis video features two former presidents. Sheikh Sharif (2009-2012) was the one who appointed the current President as prime minister in 2010. Hassan Sh. Mohamud (2012-2017) was the one who handed power over to the current…
A beautiful tyranny misnamed partnership
A beautiful tyranny misnamed partnershipThe relationshipTo which we are weddedIs a beautiful tyrannyMisnamed partnership.Our partnershipIs a partnership of unequal partnersOf unequal powers and unequal opportunitiesA partnership honeycombedWith…
State of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Literacy Day (ILD) is marked each year on 8 September as a day of reflection, re-thinking and re-imagination on matters related to literacy at all levels, global, regional, national, and local. On the occasion of the 2019 ILD,…
The Case of Citizen Qalbidhagax Exposed the True Nature and Character of Farmaajo’s Council of Ministers
Hassan KeynanTwo years ago, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) kidnapped citizen Qalbidhagax from a hotel and handed him over to the TPLF thugs in an egregious extraordinary rendition that infuriated all decent and patriotic Somalis.On…
Garbaduubkii Muwaadin Qalbidhagax: Laba Sano ayaa ka soo wareegay, welina Garsoor ma helin lagamana Garaabin
Maanta, 28 Agoosto 2019, waa sanadguuradii 2aad ee Garbaduubkii Muwadin Qalbidhagax. Laakiin dhacdadaa naadirka ahayd saskii laga qaaday iyo mahadhooyinkay reebtay weli way ku taagan yihiin dadka Soomaaliyeed. Qisada Qalbidhagax waxay noqotay…
UN Track-record in Somalia: A legacy of missed opportunities and malign incompetence
Prof. Hassan KeynanPrompted into existence by the carnage of World War Two, the United Nations System has been informed by lofty ideals, beautiful mandates, and noble missions aimed at promoting international peace and security. Over the past…
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE CLAN IN THE SOMALI REGIONAL STATE (SRS)
Hassan KeynanStories of inter- and intra-clan clashes abound in the SRS. The dispute is over territory and land. And often the dispute quickly metamorphoses into a bloody conflict, resulting in deaths and serious injuries. And the SRS’s security…