Hassan Yuusuf Waal

Somalia, with its current challenges, stands to lose more than gain from joining the East African Community (EAC). The move seems driven by the elite, risking further political polarization in the nation Source: Daily Sabah By Hassan Yuusuf Waal After two previous failed attempts in 2012 and 2019, Somalia finally became a member of the East African Community (EAC) on Nov. 24, bringing the number of member states to eight. It joins Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called it a "beacon of hope" for Somalia, but it sparked fury and public debate among Somali people.   Despite all the criticism thrown at Africa’s integration efforts, the EAC is widely regarded as a successful regional bloc. EAC launched a Custom Union (A free-trade zone with common tariffs) in 2005. It also achieved the milestone of establishing a Common Market (free movement of resources) in 2010. EAC is makin

From data to experts, there are several indicators calling for Somalia to act quickly to tackle the growing drought crisis at home Source: Daily Sabah By Hassan Yuusuf Waal In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia is suffering one of the worst droughts in a generation after three successive poor rainy seasons and harvests. The food shortage has reached crisis proportions in the country and an unrelenting surge in food prices is fueling inflation. According to the U.N., “the drought could leave 4.6 million people without enough food by May 2022.”   When drought strikes Somalia, many people recall the horror of the 2011-2012 famine. The death toll was staggering. An estimated 258,000 people, half of them children, lost their lives during that period. But is nature the main culprit for Somalia’s famine?   Drought is a natural and worldwide recurring phenomenon that can have detrimental effects on communities and environments. Recurrent drought has threatened millions

  Waa markii koowaad ee xukuumada Fedaraalka Soomaaliya si rasmi ah uga falcelisay dhacdadii xanuunka badneeyd ee bishii Sebtembar sannadkii 2017 mid kamid ah geesiyaashii dagaalkii 77 loo gacan galiyay dowlada Itoobiya iyada oo aanan sharciga lagu qaadin ama xeer la’ogyahay lamarsiin. Iyo in lagu shaabadeeyo urruka gobonimo doonka ONLF in uu yahay urur argagixiso! Go’aanka shalay ka soo baxay xukuumada ayaa lagu yiri “Golaha Wasiirrada XFS oo maanta kulan yeeshay ayaa ansixiyay in laga laabto go’aan uu horay u gaaray Golaha Xukuumadda Sanadkii 2017, kaas oo ururka ONLF u aqoonsaday urur agagixiso, ka dib dhiibistii Cabdikariin Muuse Qalbi dhagax oo loo gacan geliyay Ethiopia”. Lixdii Sebteember 2017 ayay dowladu waxay ku faahfaahisay shir jaraa’iid oo ay ku qabatay magaalada Muqdisha sababta Qalbidhagax Itoobiya loogu gacan galiyay waxaa ka mid ahaa qodabadii shirkaas: 1.      * In Qalbidhagax abaabulayay falal lid ku ah amniga dalka xiriir dhowna la lahaa kooxda argagixisada Al

  JAN 07, 2022 - 12:05 AM GMT+3  Source: daily Sabah Somalia was the  first African country  to have direct universal suffrage. Multiparty elections were held in the country in 1964 and 1967. Since then, the country’s political systems and structure quickly moved toward a winner-takes-all system. From 1969 to 1976, Somalia was under the rule of a military oligarchy. From 1976 to 1991, it was a one-party system dictatorship under the guise of a socialist progressive society. Today, Somalia has a parliamentary federal system of government. The Parliament representatives and the president are elected through indirect elections –  a complex clan-based model  that privileges so-called majority clans and is susceptible to voting manipulation. In 2013, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) launched "Vision 2016," which aims for the adoption of a permanent constitution and reforming the electoral system to allow direct national elections. All efforts at achieving this vision have c