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Donald J. Trump has many political talents, but foresight is not one of them. In singling out Somali-Americans — a community that has clawed its way through war, exile, oceans, and the grinding machinery of American bureaucracy — he has cracked open a Pandora’s box that will not close again. And inside that box is […]
By MARK FINEMAN Jan. 18, 1993 12 AM PT TIMES STAFF WRITER MOGADISHU, Somalia — Far beneath the surface of the tragic drama of Somalia, four major U.S. oil companies are quietly sitting on a prospective fortune in exclusive concessions to explore and exploit tens of millions of acres of the Somali countryside. That land, in the opinion of […]
The dream of a stable, unified Somalia, rebuilt upon a federal framework, has long been the central pillar of the nation’s post-conflict political order. Yet, beneath the official rhetoric of shared governance and equitable power distribution, a persistent and contentious reality simmers: the profound unevenness in federal employment across the Federal Member States (FMS). While […]
A WAPMEN Editorial — Speaking Truth to Power, Without Fear or Favour There are moments when a nation’s leadership is tested not by its enemies, but by its own choices. The bloodshed in Borama is one such moment—a direct, preventable crisis born from a failure to listen. It was not an accident.It was not a […]
By WDM Staff Writer Introduction: A Voice Forged in the Crucible of State-Building In the vast and fractured landscape of Somali political literature, few voices combine historical memory, administrative experience, and moral clarity as compellingly as Ismail H. Warsame. His writings—ranging from autobiographical reflections to sharp political essays—exist at the intersection of lived governance and […]
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Donald J. Trump—patron saint of grievance politics, high priest of paranoiac nationalism—has once again found a new enemy. This time, his target is Somali-Americans. In a December 2025 cabinet meeting, the former president declared immigrants from Somalia “garbage,” said they “come from hell” and “contribute nothing,” and vowed, “we don’t want them in our country.” […]
The Horn of Africa stands as one of the world’s most strategically vital and politically volatile regions. Its stability is fractured by interconnected crises: civil war in Sudan, an unresolved insurgency in Somalia, and most centrally, the existential dispute over the Nile River. Two recent articles—one by Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and a rebuttal […]
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