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Dialogue, Law And Elections? Somalia Replies To Its President – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared: “Our aim

25.09.2026 9

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Ismail H. Warsame

A President Without A Mandate Addresses The World – OpEd

A President Without A Mandate Addresses The World – OpEd

Key Takeaways: There is a bitter irony on display at the United Nations this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

23.09.2026 10

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From Federation To Confederation By Default: The Cost Of Mogadishu’s Unilateralism – OpEd

From Federation To Confederation By Default: The Cost Of Mogadishu’s Unilateralism – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Somalia is no longer arguing about how to hold an election. It is arguing about whether the union

22.09.2026 10

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The Geopolitical Perils And Diplomatic Realities Of Recognizing Somaliland – OpEd

The Geopolitical Perils And Diplomatic Realities Of Recognizing Somaliland – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The strongest case against recognizing Somaliland comes not from Mogadishu’s objections but from Washington’s own record in the

21.09.2026 9

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Baidoa, Sept. 18, 2006: The Day Suicide Terror Came To Somalia – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Twenty years ago today, Somalia crossed a threshold from which it has yet to fully return. On Sept.

18.09.2026 10

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Mogadishu, The Eternal Nain: A Chronicle Of A Capital That Never Learns – OpEd

Key Takeaways: There is an old Somali word for a stepmother who resents the children she did not bear: nain

16.09.2026 5

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Somalia’s Wasted Reunification Opportunities: Blame Mogadishu, Not Hargeisa – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A declassified United Nations Security Council report, dated Aug. 16, 1999, has resurfaced in recent days after social

15.09.2026 7

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Somalia’s Real Conspiracy Isn’t The One Turkey’s Bloggers Blame On Israel And The UAE – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Pro-Turkey bloggers have settled on an explanation for the rising anti-Turkish sentiment across Somalia: Somalis are not reacting

08.09.2026 9

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Somalia’s Crisis Is Systemic, Not Personal: The Case For Collective Accountability – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is not the only one at fault. Responsibility here is shared. Somalia’s problem was never

08.09.2026 10

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Puntland Is Not A Platform – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Said Abdullahi Deni did not come to Puntland’s presidency to make Puntland stronger. He came to make himself

07.09.2026 10

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Ismail H. Warsame

The Sultan’s Drones: Ankara’s Descent From Somali Patron To Villa Somalia’s Hired Gun – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Somewhere in Ankara, someone should be asking a plain question: what is Turkey trying to win in Baidoa?

04.09.2026 9

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The Haud Betrayal: A 1956 File And The Template For Ethiopian Encroachment – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Seventy years ago this year, a British colonial file recorded something Somalis have long known in their bones

02.09.2026 8

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Correcting The Record: What Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey Left Out About Mbagathi – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey has recently been recounting his years as a Kenyan diplomat and mediator at the

01.09.2026 8

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Ismail H. Warsame

Whose Piracy, Whose Sea? Puntland Cries Foul As Turkey Strikes Without Coordination – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni stood in Garacad in late August 2026 and said what Puntland officials have

31.08.2026 9

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No Due Process At Sea: Turkey’s Unilateral Strikes And The Case For A U.S.-Puntland Alternative – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Piracy is a crime, not a war, and the men who commit it are not combatants who forfeit

31.08.2026 10

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The Baidoa Trap: AUSSOM Risks Becoming Mogadishu’s Political Enforcer – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Sahan’s Somali Wire newsletter calls it a “proto-insurgency” fueled not by jihadist ideology but by political disenfranchisement and

29.08.2026 10

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Puntland’s Quiet Confederation: While Mogadishu Fights Over A Broken Constitution, Garowe Has Already Moved On – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Somalia’s political class is consumed by a fight over legitimacy: whether President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s unilateral...

28.08.2026 10

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Mogadishu’s Curse: Why Somalia Must Neutralize Its Capital Or Replace It – OpEd

Key Takeaways: This op-ed advances a conclusion that Somali political culture has so far refused to reach: Mogadishu, as currently

26.08.2026 10

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Eliminating The Strongman System: Somalia’s Unfinished Constitutional Task – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The strongman is not a Somali invention. He is a global recurrence, from Moscow to Ankara to Budapest,

21.08.2026 10

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Galkayo: When The Camera Contradicts The Speech – OpEd

Key Takeaways: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited southern, Galmudugh-administered Galkayo on Monday, Aug. 17, telling residents at Abdullahi...

19.08.2026 10

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Puntland’s Strategic Value Was Recognized By Fascist Italy In 1938, Somalia Still Hasn’t Caught Up – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A single line in a diplomat’s diary, written 88 years ago, is a useful place to start when

19.08.2026 20

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Middle East War Expands Into Horn Of Africa As Rival Powers Stake New Military Claims – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The war raging 600 miles across the Gulf of Aden did not stay there. It crossed the water.

18.08.2026 10

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Ismail H. Warsame