Leave it to Somalia’s political class to turn a traditional elders’ inauguration into a national security drill.These days, if you follow the motorcades, the chartered flights, and the sudden pilgrimage of VIPs, you’d think Galdogob has replaced Villa Somalia as the country’s real capital. Ministers, MPs, clan notables, political retirees, and freshly recycled “national figures” […]
WAPMEN EDITORIAL What on earth is happening to Somalia’s so-called Federal Parliament and Government these days?The short answer: everything that should not happen in a state pretending to be civilized.Welcome to Mohamud–Aden Madoobe Mogadishu, where governance is improvised, legality is optional, and institutions behave like temporary tents erected for a photo-op—only to collapse before the […]
WAPMEN EditorialThere are moments when truth arrives not with a bang, but with a clarification. And in Somalia’s long theatre of make-believe sovereignty, the latest clarification—delivered calmly, confidently, and without apology by Türkiye’s defence establishment—may be the most honest statement made about Somalia in years.Let us dispense with the niceties. When Türkiye publicly “clarifies” that […]
Law No. 28 of 22 December 1962Somali CitizenshipTHE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLICTaking note of the approval of the NationalAssemblyHEREBY PROMULGATESThe following law:Article 1.Acquisition of CitizenshipSomali citizenship may be acquired by operationof law or by grantArticle 2.Acquisition of Citizenship by Operation of LawAny person:a) whose father is a Somali citizen;b) who is a Somali residing in […]
WDM EDITORIAL Sunday’s farce at Aden Adde International Airport—where the Federal Government denied landing rights to delegations from Puntland and Jubaland citing a “serious threat to national security” posed by their security contingents—did not merely disrupt travel; it exposed a constitutional absurdity so stark that satire almost feels redundant. Almost. When public trust evaporates, Somalia’s […]
WAPMEN EditorialThe ban on entry of Puntland and Jubaland presidential advance security teams at Mogadishu Airport is not a “procedural hiccup.” It is a political message delivered at gunpoint. And it confirms—point by point—what WAPMEN has warned for months: by retreating into hesitation and optics, Said Abdullahi Deni handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud a golden opportunity […]
Federalism: Reality vs Rhetoric1. Source of AuthorityCanadaFederal and provincial governments derive authority directly from the ConstitutionProvinces are co-sovereign in their jurisdictionsOttawa does not grant power to provincesSomaliaFederal Member States (FMS) are treated as delegated authoritiesMogadishu behaves as the source of all legitimacyPower is politically lent, then withdrawnVerdict:Canada = constitutional federalismSomalia = administrative decentralization disguised as […]
WDM EDITORIAL | WAPMEN Federal President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has reached the end of the road—politically, morally, and constitutionally. As his term drifts into twilight, what remains is not a legacy of statesmanship but a trail of institutional vandalism, constitutional abuse, and calculated contempt for Somalia’s fragile federal order. History will not remember this period […]
By Ismail H. WarsameWDM / WAPMENSomalia’s tragedy is not a lack of opportunity. It is the repeated, willful refusal to recognize opportunity when it lies directly beneath our feet.Many years ago, I encountered a parable titled “Acres of Diamond.” Its lesson has haunted me ever since—and nowhere does it apply more brutally than to Somalia.The […]
There is a dangerous myth circulating in Puntland today: that the proliferation of militias loyal to Mogadishu inside Puntland is an external conspiracy alone. That is only half the truth. The other half—more uncomfortable, more damning—is that this infiltration has been enabled by omission, neglect, and deliberate non-action by President Said Abdullahi Deni’s administration.Mogadishu did […]
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