Garowe, Puntland, Somalia — Said Abdullahi Deni did not come to Puntland’s presidency to make Puntland stronger. He came to make himself bigger. For too long, that was the operating logic of his administration. Mogadishu shaped his political imagination, and Mogadishu remained the measure of his ambition. Puntland gave him the office, the security structure, the … Continue reading A WDM Editorial →
Turkey In Somalia: From Lifeline To Power Broker – OpEd https://www.eurasiareview.com/06092026-turkey-in-somalia-from-lifeline-to-power-broker-oped/
“Ismaaciil adiga mooyee, Adoogeen Haaji mooyee, Ayeydeen Dhoofa mooyee, Uduufaa meesha joogtee. “Ismaaciil ogadada, udgoonaa ogadaadu, ma sixin baa lagu agloolay.” “Ismaaciil, were it not for you, were it not for your father, Haji, were it not for your grandmother, Dhoofa — no fragrance would linger in this place. Ismaaciil, the sweetness of your scent … Continue reading The Son’s Fragrance That Remains in the Eyes of His Mother →
A WDM Editorial There is a particular kind of sleep that overtakes a region when its capital grows fat while its periphery grows quiet. Nugaal is drifting into that sleep. Someone needs to ring the alarm before whole towns become little more than names on an old administrative map.Look at the map, if anyone in … Continue reading Wake Up, Nugaal: You Are Being Reduced to a City-State, and Garowe Is Not Apologizing →
The Sultan’s Drones: Ankara’s Descent From Somali Patron To Villa Somalia’s Hired Gun – OpEd https://www.eurasiareview.com/04092026-the-sultans-drones-ankaras-descent-from-somali-patron-to-villa-somalias-hired-gun-oped/
By Ismail H. Warsame Garowe, Puntland, Somalia -Somewhere in Ankara, someone should be asking a plain question: what is Turkey trying to win in Baidoa?The reported facts are sobering without embellishment. Southwest State officials and residents around Baidoa have for months accused Turkish drones, and at times helicopters and F-16 fighter jets, of providing air … Continue reading OpEd: Ankara’s Somali Adventure — When a Friend Becomes an Air Force for Hire →
The Haud Betrayal: A 1956 File And The Template For Ethiopian Encroachment – OpEd https://www.eurasiareview.com/02092026-the-haud-betrayal-a-1956-file-and-the-template-for-ethiopian-encroachment-oped/
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia Bt Ismail H. Warsame Mohamed Affey has spent recent weeks recounting his years as a Kenyan diplomat and mediator of the Mbagathi Somali National Reconciliation Conference, 2002-2004, in a series of interviews with Juxa Video. The episodes cast Kenya as a steady, even-handed host guiding Somali actors to consensus. What Affey omits … Continue reading OpEd: Correcting the Record: What Mohamed Affey Left Out About Mbagathi →
Somalia’s federal system is being tested on five fronts at once: the reach of federal authority, the legitimacy of constitutional amendments, security relations between Mogadishu and the states, fiscal federalism, and an increasingly disputed presidential mandate. None of these is a manufactured grievance. They are, as a matter of plain constitutional analysis, genuine problems of … Continue reading Puntland’s Constitutional Crossroads: Federalism, Confederation or Separation? →
No Due Process At Sea: Turkey’s Unilateral Strikes And The Case For A U.S.-Puntland Alternative – OpEd https://www.eurasiareview.com/31082026-no-due-process-at-sea-turkeys-unilateral-strikes-and-the-case-for-a-u-s-puntland-alternative-oped/
