The Somali Peninsula

Citizen Abdikarim Sheikh Muse #Qalbidhagax has arguably been the undisputed 2018 Somali Person of the Year. 2007-2017 the TPLF were after him for a decade but could not get their bloodstained hands on him. He was a commander of the ONLF who the TPLF feared most. 28 August 2017 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. 6 September 2017 the Council of Minister we herded into an urgent meeting by the Prime Minister and in a matter of hours charged citizen Qalbidhagax with fabricated crimes, stripped him of his nationality, robbed him of his dignity and humanity, and violated his God-given inalienable rights and freedoms. The tragic spectacle of the then Minister of Information reading out, loudly and awkwardly, the murderous lies and slander authored by the shameful Ministers has become...

By Prof. Hassan Keynan Eight months ago Mogadishu was in the throes of a protracted and nasty political squabble engineered by Villa Somalia in cahoots with all kinds of political opportunists and predatory conmen in Mogadishu. The principal objective of Villa Somalia’s mission was to remove the then speaker of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament. Speaker Jawari was a lawyer and a veteran and skillful political operator. Most people saw the motion against Speaker Jawari as a routine, non-consequential matter. Many were busy to gain from it. Many realized what was going on but nonetheless decided to play mum. Many more were completely oblivious to the crisis unfolding before their eyes. And some did not care at all. During the bloody month of April, I expressed my feelings and opinion in two sentences: “ Do not postpone a trouble brewing today to a peaceful Saturday. If you were oblivious to the consequential events that unfolded on 24 April, forget what ...