Opinion

U.S. Should Endorse Somaliland’s Independence

It has been nearly 13 years since the world recognized a new country as South Sudan won widespread recognition after
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Somaliland army must disarm Buur-Madow’s militias

The ongoing communal violence in Eil-Afwein is a tragedy.The communal violence in Eil-Afwein has been going on and off for the last
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Guban View: It is time to stand up and fight for Somaliland

Lewis Center, Ohio—This past week, we witnessed the worst battle loss the Somaliland army ever suffered in our history. We
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Ali Guban: How Hassan Hersi’s 'Blatant lies’ finally caught up to him.

The Wadani party leader Hersi Hassan was arrested for allegedly using a fraudulently obtained British passport to enter Britain on
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Guban view: Justice for our Fallen Somaliland Police Officers

Lewis Center, Ohio—-Last year, the Wadani party leaders including presidential nominee Cirro attended a reception that took place at a local hotel
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Opinion: Give peace a Chance in the Ethiopia's Amhara Region Conflict

In an article I wrote at the start of the Tigray War for Borkena.com on November 11/ 2020 (see https://borkena.com/2020/11/11/ethiopia-imperative-of-avoiding-civil-war/) and for
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Guban View: Presidential nominee Cirro has no path to win Somaliland presidency

Presidential nominee Abdirahman  Cirro has no path to win the presidency if JSL presidential election is held today. Most of
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Clan fighting threatens Somaliland’s independent, hard-fought security

For much of the last 20 years, the autonomous, but unrecognized, Republic of Somaliland has been a bastion of stability
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Report: US military driving and exacerbating violence in Somalia

Americans have been intervening there for decades. Isn’t it past time to ask whether we are the problem? Despite the
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Ali-Guban: Somaliland Must Restore Order in Las-Anood

Lewis Center, Ohio—Following 30 years of untenable union and a brutal civil war, Somaliland people withdrew from the union and
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Guban View: The Civil Disturbances in Las Anood, another critical battle for Somaliland freedom

For too long, Las Anood communities waited patiently for Somaliland to bring justice to the perpetrators of over 40 unresolved
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Opinion: The best little country you've never heard of

Americans like underdogs, especially when they are feisty, self-reliant, and stand up to bullies. I’ve just had the delight of
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Guban view: Stand up Somaliland and support our law enforcement

Last week, rioters descended into the streets of some Somaliland cities causing mayhem. Hargeisa, Somaliland capital suffered the worst of
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Guban view: Rioting is not the answer to Somaliland's manufactured election crisis

Somaliland law enforcement have arrested dozens of people who were allegedly plotting to assassinate demonstrators, or police officers during the
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Somaliland: Judicial corruption fuels the deadly violence of the land disputes; an attorney shot dead

This past Saturday, July 16, Jamal Jimaale, an attorney, the son of the first SNM leader, the late Ahmed Jimale,
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Why is the U.S. Continuing to Engage Somalia? | Opinion

Four years ago, we lost a man dearly important to us. Four years ago, Alex Conrad was killed in action
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Somaliland Judicial System: Shutdown the parallel,  al-I’tisam courts run by  the radical clerics

On Saturday, Sheikh Mohamed Arab led the Eid Aladha congregation prayer held at the public owned soccer stadium in southside
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Eid Mubarak from Gubanmedia

Eid Mubarak This Friday, the 9th of Dhul- hijjah the pilgrims have flocked to Mount Arafat to observe the most important
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The Times view on Boris Johnson’s position: Game Over

Boris Johnson is still clinging to office in Downing Street, despite the resignations yesterday of Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, and Sajid
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I was raped working as a scientist in the essential oil industry. Local women endure much worse.

  By Anjanette DeCarlo, PhD. Founder Save Frankincense What I had thought was serendipity turned out to be a setup.
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Guban View: The U.S. must stand up for democracy in Djibouti

Djibouti, an impoverished, Muslim country in the Horn of Africa with less than a million inhabitants, on Monday, June 27
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Guban View: U.S. presence in Somalia won’t solve its ‘corrupt’ government

President Biden campaigned on a platform to end ‘the never-ending wars’. But the New York Times is reporting that he
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Opinion: How Dahabshiil Group subvert the rule of law and governance in Somaliland

This week the CEO of Dahabshiil Group aka Dhiigshiil (“The blood Smelter”) in Somali, Abdirashid Duale, has denied that his
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Does Biden want another ‘forever war’ in Somalia?

The Biden administration appears to be leaning back into one of the “forever wars” they wanted  to avoid: in Somalia. The United
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Why Do We Celebrate 18th of May?

Every year, on May 18, Somaliland people celebrate our independence, with parades across the country and remembering heroes who paid
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Guban View: Egal was a Patriot, Statesman

I have written this note as a tribute to our late President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal. Twenty years ago, on May
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How Somaliland Fake News Media is Undermining National Security

For a free and democratic society, the people would expect the media to cover political and social events and information
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Opinion: It is time to Crackdown on Tax Evasion by Somaliland Cellular and Internet Operators

On Saturday evening, Bihi hosted a Ramadan Iftar dinner for the businesspeople and clergy to raise money for the merchants,
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Guban View: Somaliland Waaheen Market fire was caused by an epic government failure

This week, a blaze destroyed the Waaheen, the largest open market in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital. The Firefighters were having problems
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Guban View: Representative Barkhad Batuun is unfit for Somaliland Legislature

Lewis Center, Ohio–Hundreds if not thousands of newborn babies are abandoned each year in Somaliland. Many women in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s
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Steppe on Fire: Kazakhstan’s Color Revolution

So is that much fear and loathing all about gas? Not really. Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos virtually overnight, in
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Why helping a terrorist is treason

What you need to know: How can these very dangerous people “escape” from the most secure prison in the country?
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Foreign powers are intervening in Ethiopia. They may only make the conflict worse.

The civil war has become internationalized — and all the more intractable Amid the violence in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the
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Opinion: Ethiopia at risk of Balkanization

Two years after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, his country is engulfed in a
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Opinion | Ethiopia Is Plunging Into Chaos. It’s Time for a New Dayton Peace Process.

Right now, Ethiopia stands on the brink of escalating civil war and state failure. Last week, fighting intensified dramatically, with
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Covid-19: South Africa exemplary in Africa vaccine roll-out

The African Union (AU) aims to vaccinate at least 60 per cent of the continent’s 1.2 billion population by 2022.
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Support smallholder farmers to bolster food security in Africa

I have been a technocrat for most of my working life, some of which was spent leading the Rockefeller Foundation’s
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The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is chaotic, tragic, and necessary

Following the Biden administration’s drawdown of the 20-year US war in Afghanistan, American intelligence officials predicted earlier this month, the Taliban could
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It is Time for President Bihi to Rein in the Rise of the Power of 'Ictisaam" Religious Zealots in Somaliland

Defamation is a “false statement presented as a fact that causes injury or damage to the character of the person
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Ethiopia: The Spectre of War, the Agony of Peace

The contrast could not be starker. Samantha Power, the administrator of America`s aid agency, was given a red carpet reception
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Editorial: Masks and migrants aren’t the enemy. COVID-19 is

You can’t win a war when you’re fighting the wrong enemy. But that is what Gov. Greg Abbott is doing
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In Ethiopia, echoes of Yugoslavia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recently said that his country is facing an enemy “which is a cancer for Ethiopia.” He chillingly
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Somaliland Politics: The Charade of the Two-Party Monopoly System Must End Now

Lewis Center, Ohio–Last May,  Somaliland held the second legislative elections since 2005, to elect a new legislature. The results of
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Indian burial sites in Canada trigger grief here

The Minneapolis Star Tribune on the horror of Indian boarding schools felt in U.S., too: First came the discovery of
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Kenya: We’ll be planning for repeat of 2007 if we don’t fix poll system

What you need to know: Lessons from the disputed 2007, 2013 and 2017 have informed a series of legal and
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Jacob Zuma has kept the South African judiciary on its toes

Will he go to jail or not? This is the question that preoccupies most South Africans as the Constitutional Court
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Election integrity: Why Somaliland legislative electoral system needs a reform

Lewis Center, Ohio—-On May 31, 2021, Somaliland will hold the second legislative elections since 2005, to elect new MP’s. However,
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Somaliland: One of the Colonial Creation Countries in Africa

Jacksonville, Florida—Before the Europeans set foot in the Horn of Africa, there was no Somali state whatsoever in the region,
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Will the Democrats Win in Georgia?

The growth of the Atlanta area and the efforts to protect African-Americans’ voting rights have transformed the state’s political landscape.
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The Washington Post on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

President Trump’s refusal to accept his election defeat and his relentless incitement of his supporters led Wednesday to the unthinkable:
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Aniis Essa: Somaliland Deserves Diplomatic Recognition as a Sovereign State

Abu-Dhabi—After a bloody civil war in January 1991 Siad Barre’s 21-year regime was overthrown in Somalia. The northern half the
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Guban View: We Must Stop Guelleh’s Somaliland Encroachment

President Muse Bihi and his sycophant ministers seem to think that Djibouti dictator, Omar Guelleh, is our friend. But many
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The US Bears Some Responsibility for Ethiopia Tragedy

Ethiopia is Sliding into a man-made Disaster. The tension between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a group that misruled
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Somaliland Sovereignty: President Bihi Must put a Stop to the UN’s  blatant Meddling NOW

This week, the Somaliland government suspended all UN operations in the country until further notice, according to a press release
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War Between Egypt and Ethiopia – Thanks to Donald Trump

Ethiopia and Egypt may go to war thanks to Donald Trump. On Friday, October 23, 2020 at news conference, he encouraged
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Guban View: President Bihi Must Choose Between Former Silanyo Administration Ministers or the Rule of Law

Lewis Center, Ohio—This week, it was disgusting, appalling and ironic to watch Hersi Hassan, former Silanyo Chief Cabinet, talking about
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Kenya: Give all citizens a say in changes to Constitution

The dominant debate at yesterday’s Mashujaa Day celebrations was constitutional reforms. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Leader Raila Odinga made
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The Chinese Stranglehold on Ethio-Telecom

I am a telecom professional with more than 40 years of experience in the industry. I have helped transform telecom
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Opinion: Uhuru-Raila campaign for Kenya’s unity must include other leaders

As President Uhuru Kenyatta declared that his peace deal with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga would be his legacy –
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Mr. Mohamud Hashi: The money-grubbing moron who fleeced Somaliland Civil Aviation Department

Mr. Mohamud Hashi is a moron and hypocrite, who became rich by fleecing the Somaliland Civil Aviation Department. He was
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Op-ed: The coronavirus pandemic underscores the need to bring drug manufacturing back to U.S.

Action to onshore America’s critical medical supply chain and modernize infrastructure for life sciences manufacturing is long overdue. Even prior
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President Trump is benefiting from single-payer, single-provider health care. We all should

Unlike the vast majority of Americans who get sick, President Trump is reaping the benefits of single-payer, single-provider health care.
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Lessons not Learned from History: The Silence of the International Community and Ethiopia

In 1984, in one of the most publicized and politically charged humanitarian crises since the Second World War, I happened
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In Somaliland, Blood Money is Denying Crime victims Justice, Due Process

Last week, a gruesome attack took place at a tire shop in south Hargeisa. The incident involved a member of
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Surviving COVID-19 doesn’t necessarily mean recovering. It’s another reason why we all need health insurance

Editorial: A pandemic. Natural disasters. Huge job losses. If there was ever a time to vote for political candidates who
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Opnion: A dismal debate, shattered by an off-the-rails American president

Americans should be saddened, if not angered, by the distressingly unhinged debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe
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Guban View: Agriculture Minister, Ahmed Muumin Seed, Must Go

The time has come for Ahmed Muumin Seed, Agriculture Minister to go. The damage he has done to Somaliland Agriculture
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Guban View: Communist China’s Castor beans Farming in Wajaale Plains is Dead Wrong  

This week, the Bihi administration has given permission for a Communist Chinese company known  as  Africa  Agricultural  Development to grow
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Guban View: Kudos to President Bihi  for Bringing Big Commodity Trader Trafigura  to Berbera Oil Terminal

The  Bihi administration got it right for bringing  to Somaliland, Trafigura Group Pte,  the world’s second-biggest independent oil and industrial metals trader.
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Somaliland’s 2021 Legislative Elections: The Dangers of Pandering to Clan Identity Politics

Lewis Center, Ohio—The last time Somaliland held legislative elections was in September 2005 since then two consecutive presidential elections took
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Racial justice in Georgia requires more than a conviction in Ahmaud Arbery's death

The murder of Ahmaud Arbery by armed vigilantes is a call to action for black political leadership in Georgia and across the
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Guban View: President Bihi got it right for terminating the 30-year lease of Hargeisa Club Hotel

This week, the Bihi administration cancelled the 30- year lease of Mr. Said Yusuf Duale, a sub- clan leader, and
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Guban View: Burco General Hospital mishandling of dead body is unacceptable 

During the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, the family and relatives of Mukhtar M. Ceelaabe from Gabiley
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World Health Organization puts politics above coronavirus fight in Somaliland

The communist Chinese government concealed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak; they were slow to share with the rest of
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Trump’s demagoguery has no place in America

I wrote this piece on August 17, 2016. Trump  does not believe in the integrity of our electoral process by
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Opinion: By claiming Democrats support terrorism, Republicans hit a new low

If truth is the first casualty of war, dissent is the second. The United States has a long, ignominious history of
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Guban View: Wadani should ‘stop whining’ and focus on winning the 2021 Somaliland legislative elections

The Wadani party is using a dispute over a member of the electoral commission as an excuse to not contest
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Opinion:The dishonest Horncable TV, ‘fake news’, and aviation security in Somaliland

Lewis Center, Ohio—The Horncable TV (HCTV), an independent TV station, is waging a smear campaign against the safety of  the
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Elite ANC politics has failed. South Africa needs a 'politics of people'

After a quarter century under the rule of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa is far from fulfilling it promise. Corruption
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James Coomey : Why our oldest law could drive impeachment

Members of Congress will soon have to reconcile President Trump’s behavior with their oaths of office. Creating the oath was the
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Guban View: Dr Gaboose is a hypocrite and an apologist for Somalia

This week, after a long absence from the political scene, Dr Gaboose, a physician turned politician, held a press conference
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Guban View: US losing influence to China in key Africa port

Lewis Center, Ohio—Since taking office, President Trump has taken tough actions on China’s trade abuses, but has kept blind eye
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Michael Rubin: Somaliland can't wait recognition to address monopolies

Somaliland is an unlikely success. Somali dictator Siad Barre’s genocidal wrath destroyed more than 80 percent of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital
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Ali Abokar: The three fake Hadhwanaagnews 'reporters' run back to their paymasters in Mogadishu

 According to a certain website claiming to be a Somaliland “website”, which in reality is, allegedly, paid for and supported
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Elijah Cummings: the 'Greatest of us all'

“I have only just a minute. Only 60 seconds in it. Forced upon me, can’t refuse it. Didn’t seek it,
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China is getting exactly what it wants from LeBron James and the NBA: Capitulation

LeBron James and the rest of the NBA need to decide which audience they value more, the Chinese one, or
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China is waging war with U.S. businesses. And it’s winning.

Ben Sasse, a Republican, represents Nebraska in the U.S. Senate. If you want to understand what’s happening in the National
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Opinion: Critics Aghast As Trump Keeps Word About No More Wars

Donald Trump came into office promising to not start any new wars and to get us out of the old
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The world must support Turkey’s plan for northeastern Syria

Ankara, Turkey—During a phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, President Trump agreed to transfer the leadership of the
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Guban View: Ismail Omar Guellleh, the Djibouti dictator, is not Somaliland’s friend

Lewis Center, Ohio—-The little dictator of the tiny African state Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh also known as IOG, is seeking
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Support for Trump impeachment surges 9 points in new poll

Support for impeaching President Trump and removing him from office has surged by 9 points in the latest Monmouth University national poll,
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Impeachment Is an Act of Desperation

Impeachment proceedings will very likely be so good for President Trump and so bad for Democrats that they might have
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Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr?

By now you have probably read the opening of the whistle-blower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community
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Opinion: Beware railway; in 1987, Kenya and Uganda fought war over it

On Monday in the coastal city of Mombasa, traders demonstrated against the Nairobi government’s decision to transport all containers from
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President Trump impeachment inquiry crucial

Every member of Congress takes an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” which has been
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Missing billions, losing patience: Liberia probe targets former officials

On 26 August, five former central bank officials pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering and economic sabotage in a scandal
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From sledgehammer to scalpel: How foreign powers can support Sudan

The remarkable recent events in Sudan culminating in the formation of a civilian government earlier this month provides real hope for the country’s future.
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Guban View: Greedy private school owners are destroying Somaliland’s education system

Lewis Center, Ohio—Somaliland education system has come from a long way since the civil war in 1980’s when all learning
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The court can't fix asylum laws, only Congress can

We understand why immigration leads to a raucous and, too often, heated public policy debate. But what we fear is
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Aniis Essa:The historical background of Somaliland

  Somaliland is not an entity which was born after the disintegration of the Siad Barre dictatorship.  In pre-historic times
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EDITORIAL: Let's solve the student debt problem

Today’s Perspective feature, in The Gazette’s recently expanded Sunday editorial section, grapples with the nationwide dilemma of student loan debt
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OPINION | Xenophobia: Time for cool heads to prevail in Nigeria and South Africa

Xenophobia is a distraction from the leadership role that Nigeria and South Africa should play on the continent on fundamental
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Somaliland Security: How a brazen radical 'Ictisaam" clerics took over the Burao city government

Lewis Center, Ohio—It’s a very rare in a male dominated and poverty stricken Somaliland for women to move head and
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OPINION: Violence against African women must stop now

Africa must end violence toward women now. It can only do this through systemic change that lifts women up and
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OPINION: Mugabe was no revolutionary. He was obsessed with power and control

Robert Mugabe will not be remembered as the freedom fighter who helped liberate Zimbabwe, but as a man who whose
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Ali Abokar: Somaliland military is above the clan identity politics

The people of Somaliland support their Defence Forces and it’s members. Let no one be in any doubt about that.
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Guban View: Gen.Taani stands for Somaliland

Lewsi Center, Ohio—The time has come to stand up for Somaliland. President Bihi should not cave in the demands of
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OPINION: Repression and dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren't working

Emmerson Mnangagwa’s strategy of coercion and dialogue has hit a series of hurdles. These include the continued opposition by the
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US was built by poor immigrants rising

OTHER VIEWPOINTS No government in the world has America’s proud history of having openly welcomed the poor and downtrodden to
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The Post's view:Right-wing extremists are a global problem. They need a global response.

OTHER VIEWPOINTS SWEDEN IS everything white nationalists despise: a wealthy, liberal democracy that welcomed waves of immigrants and integrated them
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Sadly, here I am writing Kabendera’s ‘obit’ and hoping he will write mine

Being considerably older than Erick Kabendera, I secretly always hoped that he would one day write my obituary, both as
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Kashmir's agony fuelled by Modi's right-wing regime echoes across the world

Overnight, the Valley has been plunged in doom and gloom. Tens of thousands of Indian troops have been mobilised to
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Aniis Essa: 'Peace and milk' for Eil-Afwein community

Washington, DC—Ahmed Muxumed Good, Shimbir ayaa laga hayaa hawraartan….”Ayaan Daranaa Dhulkaygu,  Abaal Daranaa Dadkiisu, Ilaahay Markuu Wax Siiyay, Ilowsha Dhowaa
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Tanzania can market its maize flour in our shops

The Other View Points: • Kenyan millers will not want to distribute maize flour already processed. • East Africa is
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Uplifting up the poor, creating jobs for the youth should be the priority for any investment in Somaliland

Our Investment and Fiscal policies are misguided; the Poor are getting Poorer and the Rich Richer, writes Hassan Yusuf. Somaliland
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Mutua: Enough is enough! Let us now guillotine the corrupt among us

Thomas Sankara, the Burkinabe revolutionary cut down in his prime, renamed Upper Volta Burkina Faso, the Land of Upright Men.
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Better to have a few rats than to be one

In case anyone missed it, the president of the United States had some choice words to describe Maryland’s 7th congressional district on Saturday morning.
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Guban View: How Somaliland Ministry of Interior bullies the elected district councils

This week, Somaliland police arrested six councilors of the Gabiley district Council. They are being held at the headquarters of
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The status quo won’t hold long in South Sudan

On July 9, South Sudan quietly slipped through the eighth anniversary of its Independence from Khartoum, in what could easily
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Guban View: Pandering to clan identity undermines democracy

Lewis Center, Ohio–Somaliland has a serious clan identity crisis.It was revealed during the 2017 presidential election result; some of the 
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Of officials, by officials, for officials: Must we pay millions to rich men like Moi, Kibaki?

OTHER VIEW POINTS In his legendary Gettysburg address, US president Abraham Lincoln referred to the American government as being “of
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Fighting Ebola requires collective efforts

OTHER VIEW POINTS After almost two years, during which it has made intermittent headlines, the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic
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Bihi's achilles' heel: The military land grab in Tog-Wajaale Plains

  OTHER VIEW POINTS To: The President of the Republic of Somaliland Mr. Ahmed M.  Silanyo This article was first published
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Time’s up for military junta in Khartoum

OTHER VIEW POINTS For one fleeting moment after former Sudanese strongman Hassan Omar al-Bashir was removed from power in April,
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Guban View: Do not let Wadani party hold Somaliland elections hostage with frivolous demands

After a long absence from the political scene, the Madasha group held a press briefing under a shaded tree somewhere
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Let's remember those who are facing adversity during the Eid-al-Fitra celebration

June 4, 2019 ️Eid Mubarak☪️Shawal 1,1440 It’s that time of the year when we celebrate  Eid-al-fitr after the end of Ramadan—-a
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Ahmed Kheyre: The new UN envoy for Somalia, Amb. James Swan's approach to the region

On Thursday, May 30th, 2019, the United Nations Secretary General appointed Ambassador James Swan of the United States of America,
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Mr. Ramaah  must be brought to justice for inciting violence 

Lewis Center, Ohio—This week, in a poorly shot video,  Mr. Suleiman Ali  aka Ramaah, the former Sahel region governor during
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China’s Orwellian War on Religion

“Concentration camps,” electronic surveillance and persecution are used to repress millions of people of faith. Let’s be blunt: China is
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Kenya must stop playing second fiddle to Somalia in border row

On April 7, 2009, Kenya and Somalia signed an MoU granting each other a “No-Objection” in respect of submissions on
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Theresa May resigns as British prime minister – here's where it all went wrong

Europe has claimed the career of yet another Conservative prime minister. After less than three years in office, Theresa May
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Eritrea: Independence day reflections

Friday, May 24, marked the 28th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence from Ethiopia -Eritrea’s proudest and happiest moment when it finally
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How Museveni is profiting from the presidency

Last week, it was reported that equipment at former Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe’s dairy farm was being auctioned to offset
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Guban View: Why we celebrate May 18

On a sunny Saturday on May 18, Somaliland people celebrated the 28th anniversary of our independence, with parades across the
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The U.S. should not be a safe haven for accused war criminals like Somalia’s Col. Tukeh

Lewis Center, Ohio– Mr. Farhan Warfaa was a 17 year farmer when he was abducted. In December 1987, he and
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China had good reasons to deny Kenya loan for SGR extension

New York—The government has denied having — unsuccessfully yet again — sought Chinese funds to extend the standard gauge railway
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Haji AbdiKarim Hussein Yusuf: The great peacemaker and uniter

Hargiesa, Somaliland—Haji Abdulkarim Husen Yusuf (better known as Haji Abdi Warabe) – may Allah bless his soul- passed away on
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Guban view: Professor Ahmed I. Samatar’s last gasp

Last week, a panel discussion was held in Hargeisa on whether to resume talks between Somaliland and Somalia. Inspire youth
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U.S. Missteps in Somalia Benefit Our Enemies

The State Department’s inaction is enabling terrorist groups to expand there, a threat also to the remaining oases of security
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Massacre grew from rise of white supremacy

This past Friday, a 28 years old Australian-born white supremacist mowed down 50 Muslim worshippers, including women and children at
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Will Somaliland to be governed by the rule of law or by mob rule?

This week, in a video shot  in a low dim light room, a group of Arab sub-clan elders were advocating
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America's legacy as a nation of immigrants is under siege

On a rainy Wednesday in February, I was lucky enough to witness the naturalization ceremony for the newly minted American
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Bring US troops from Somalia quagmire now

President Donald Trump has declared his intent to withdraw US troops from Syria. He should also bring our troops out
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The spectre haunting Ethiopia: Unbridled torture, impunity in Somali region

Last weekend, Ethiopian defense forces clashed with the notorious para-military Liyu police in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The fighting
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Blatant Somalia apologist, Bashir Goth, wrong choice for Somaliland's representative in Washington DC

This week, President Bihi has  issued a directive appointing a Blatant Somalia apologist, a denier  of the war crimes that
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Somali Region of Ethiopia: PM Abiy Must Address the Culture of Impunity

Ethiopia is slowly moving in the right direction after the reformist PM Abiy Ahmed took power over 100 days ago.
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I'm travelling home to Zimbabwe to vote even though it may be a farce

I am a 42-year-old Zimbabwean citizen resident in South Africa. Today, I will be travelling to Harare largely to cast
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Corruption, the law and Nigeria’s leaders

One of the unfortunate impressions, even attributes, of the Nigerian justice system has been an appearance of lack of capacity
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Opinion: A Decision That Will Live in Infamy

It will take generations for the Supreme Court to live down its approval of Trump’s travel ban. By Noah Feldman
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Some of the pictures of border kids that haunt me most are from 2014. Here's why | Will Bunch

Opinion— Will Bunch The other day, a veteran immigration lawyer named R. Andrew Free shared an anecdote that sheds some really critical light
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Opinion: We should be careful to celebrate SA's election to UN Security Council

The relationship between Africa and the United Nations (UN) has always been one that is laden with complexities. Africa, throughout
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Opinion: Too much, too soon — Ethiopia's reformer has to slow down

Just a few days ago, people polled at the spot of Saturday morning’s attack warned that Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, could
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Zuma deserves humiliation

In his first major interview as leader of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa was at pains to emphasise that President Jacob
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On 21 November, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe resigned as president under intense pressure from the military, his own party, and
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Saudi Arabia Comes for Hezbollah

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US military expansion in Africa

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The visa card ban that US ambassador Robert Godec is waving in the face of Kenyan politicians, who advocate violence
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