Wednesday 12 November 2025
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In January 1964, a manual labourer from Uganda seized power in Zanzibar. The revolution, and the violence that followed in its wake, would reshape the region forever.…
In January 1964, a manual labourer from Uganda seized power in Zanzibar. The revolution, and the violence that followed in its wake, would reshape the region forever.…
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A new memoir traces how a former Islamist idealist became one of Somalia’s most outspoken advocates for pluralism, accountability, and ideas-driven leadership.…
A new memoir traces how a former Islamist idealist became one of Somalia’s most outspoken advocates for pluralism, accountability, and ideas-driven leadership.…
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As Warsame notices the first strands of gray in his hair, he finds solace in the passage of time — and in the daily lessons of raising three daughters who show him what it means to love and to embrace the beauty of fatherhood.…
As Warsame notices the first strands of gray in his hair, he finds solace in the passage of time — and in the daily lessons of raising three daughters who show him what it means to love and to embrace the beauty of fatherhood.…
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A new wave of vigilante violence grips Hargeisa, targeting undocumented Ethiopian immigrants who’ve long lived on the margins. Their daily hustle, from shining shoes to washing cars, now unfolds under the shadow of fear and aggression. …
A new wave of vigilante violence grips Hargeisa, targeting undocumented Ethiopian immigrants who’ve long lived on the margins. Their daily hustle, from shining shoes to washing cars, now unfolds under the shadow of fear and aggression. …
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Somali clans do not have a defense ministry. Nor do they maintain a standing military force. Yet, waging war remains one of their main and most frequent roles. How do they manage such a complex and costly process? …
Somali clans do not have a defense ministry. Nor do they maintain a standing military force. Yet, waging war remains one of their main and most frequent roles. How do they manage such a complex and costly process? …
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Eguale Gebre Yohannes championed a modernity grounded in Ethiopia’s own traditions, rejecting both ignorance and imitation through his decolonizing vision of selṭané, an authentic fusion of philosophy, education, and culture. …
Eguale Gebre Yohannes championed a modernity grounded in Ethiopia’s own traditions, rejecting both ignorance and imitation through his decolonizing vision of selṭané, an authentic fusion of philosophy, education, and culture. …
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A nation bound by language and lore yet divided by history and its meanings. Kalamaan reveals how Somalis remember, together, and apart.
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A nation bound by language and lore yet divided by history and its meanings. Kalamaan reveals how Somalis remember, together, and apart.
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As Somalia's first modern president to build and sustain a mythology around himself, Barre promised to rescue the country, but his myths became the trap.…
As Somalia's first modern president to build and sustain a mythology around himself, Barre promised to rescue the country, but his myths became the trap.…
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From Kilimanjaro to Harvard, Dr Hussein Adam defied categories to become a pioneer of Somali scholarship and Pan-African thought — a tribute to a truly extraordinary intellectual life.…
From Kilimanjaro to Harvard, Dr Hussein Adam defied categories to become a pioneer of Somali scholarship and Pan-African thought — a tribute to a truly extraordinary intellectual life.…
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Rather than discard Somaliweyn we must “reclaim and reimagine” it, writes Ibrahim Hirsi, responding to an essay by Mahamed Hersi which was published by Geeska the previous month. …
Rather than discard Somaliweyn we must “reclaim and reimagine” it, writes Ibrahim Hirsi, responding to an essay by Mahamed Hersi which was published by Geeska the previous month. …
