Rebuttal to Abdisaid Muse Ali’s “Somalia’s Complicity in the El Fasher Tragedy” 1. The Fallacy of Guilt by Geography WardheerNews’ article commits the oldest propaganda trick in the playbook — conflating geography with guilt.Because a plane allegedly touched Bosaso’s runway, the author stretches this into “Somalia’s complicity” in Sudan’s tragedy. That is not journalism; it […]
WDM EDITORIAL The headline is simple: Somali immigrants are not “participating” in Western politics — they’re shaping it. Minnesota is the clearest case study: a tight, disciplined, neighborhood-level machine built on mosques, tenant unions, small-business corridors, and relentless door-knocking has turned a once-invisible refugee community into a decisive bloc in primaries, city halls, and statehouses. […]
Warsame Digital Media (WDM) Editorial A Protocol Written in Bias Since 1991, Djibouti’s political theatre under successive rulers — from Hassan Gouled Abtidon to Ismail Omar Guelleh — has maintained a consistent “Djibouti Protocol” on Somali affairs. It is a doctrine not written on paper, but etched into every diplomatic gesture, every conference seating plan, […]
WARSAME DIGITAL MEDIA (WDM) CRITIQUE The latest flurry of allegations circulated by partisan outlets and amplified by Turkish internet bots reeks of desperation — not journalism. What we are witnessing is a deliberate campaign orchestrated by Villa Somalia’s propaganda machine, designed to deflect from its own humiliating political and military failures in Jubaland and the […]
WARSAME DIGITAL MEDIA (WDM) EDITORIAL So it finally happened. A convoy of Puntland’s “distinguished” elders — the self-appointed custodians of honor and protocol — travelled to Djibouti thinking they were heading for a royal reception. Instead, they were met with buffet lines and bunk beds. The mighty “delegates” of Puntland State, men accustomed to red […]
“Nin Daad Qaaday Xumbo Cuskay“ WARSAME DIGITAL MEDIA (WDM) SATIRE Once again, the old ghosts of Somali politics have found a new address — not in Mogadishu, not in Garowe, but in Arta, Djibouti — the new diplomatic rehabilitation center for washed-up politicians and political has-beens. A photo circulating from what looks like a presidential […]
WARSAME DIGITAL MEDIA (WDM) EDITORIAL The much-hyped Arta Conference 25th Anniversary was supposed to be a moment of nostalgia and national revival — a political pilgrimage to the birthplace of Somalia’s so-called “reconciliation.” Instead, it ended as an expensive, hollow pageant — a Djiboutian fireworks show with no audience, no substance, and no soul. What […]
By WARSAME DIGITAL MEDIA (WDM) A President Who Needs a Foreign MicrophoneIt is one of the strangest spectacles in modern African politics: a head of state who cannot gather his own citizens on his own soil — not in Mogadishu, not in Baidoa, not in Garowe, not even in Laascaanood — but must instead borrow […]
Overview Abdullahi A. Nor’s narrative is a sweeping historical reconstruction of Sir Richard Burton’s 1854–1855 journey through the Horn of Africa, written with literary polish and ethnographic precision. Drawing heavily from First Footsteps in East Africa, Nor revisits Burton’s odyssey not merely as an act of exploration but as a profound cultural encounter — between […]
Dear WDM Readers,Here is why the release of the latest instalment of the interview series (on Arta Conference and Mbagathi Conference) is nothing less than a breakthrough — and why it should set off alarms in every quarter that profits from confusion, distortion, and the “unitary-only” narrative of Somalia. What these interviews do 1. Restore […]
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