Hassan Yuusuf Waal

Isku-daygii dhawaan Madaxweyne Maxamed C/laahi isugu soo dhaweenayay dawladaha Eriteriya iyo Jabuuti oo khilaaf xaga soohdinta ah u dhaxeeyay mudo haatan 10 sano ah ayaa noqday mid miro dhal ah. Arinkaani wuxuu naxasuusiyay kaalintii libaax ee Soomaaliya ka qaadan jirtay xalinta mushkiladaha qaarada Afrika. Isku dayo badan ka dib khilaafkaan oo loo caalwaayay ayaa ku soo beegmay xili isbedalo lama filaanu ay kadhaceen  gobolka. Xukuumad cusub oo Itoobiya ka dhalatay, heshiiska Itoobiya iyo Eriteria iyo soo celinta cilaaqaadka u dhaxayeeyay Soomaaliya iyo Eriteriya kaa soo xargo-furtay ka dib markii Soomaaliya ku eedeeysay Eriterya in ay taageerto kooxda nabad-diidka  ee Alshabaab. Waxaa isweydiin mudan iyada oo  ay dawlado ka saameeyn iyo mugweyn Soomaaliya ka samreen xalinta khilaafka Eriteriya iyo Jabuuti; codsigii Soomaaliya ee ahaa in laga qaado  Eriteriya cuno-qabateenka hubka  uu ka careesiiyay Jabuuti    siddee Soomaaliya ugu gu...

Following on a piece published Yesterday on the most popular newspaper in Kenya- The Daily Nation titled “It’s time Kenya and Somalia became one unit” by KARANJA KABAGE; Is the article just a wishful thinking of a blogger or an exercise of shaping the political discourse- the trademark of Blair’s spin doc Alastair Campbell. I would say the latter. Hence this article critically analyses the bias and the underlying motivation of the story.   Let me set the record straight on two points in the article straightaway. First point, Mr Kabage legitimises the 2011 invasion of Kenya into Somalia as an act of self-defence and an attempt to stabilise the country. Kenya defied UN Security Council Resolution 1725 of 2006 that endorses the specification in the IGAD Deployment Plan that those States that border Somalia would not deploy troops to Somalia. Moreover the then president of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Ahmed described the invasion as illegal. We understand that Kenya was not invited i...