Why Centralization, Term Extensions, and Constitutional Shortcuts Remain a Clear and Present Danger WAPMEN EDITORIAL Somalia’s problem is no longer confusion. It is amnesia.The country keeps relearning the same lesson—at enormous cost—while its leaders insist on repeating the same behavior under new names, new slogans, and new excuses. Administrations change, but the instinct to centralize […]
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WDM EDITORIAL Somali political stakeholders have a choice—make history cheaply today, or pay an unbearable price tomorrow. The window for a dignified, lawful, and consensual transition is closing fast. And once it shuts, no amount of posturing, ultimatums, or hastily assembled “interim authorities” will restore legitimacy to a system already wobbling on its last legs.Let […]
WAPMEN Editorial | Revisited with the Kismayo Communiqué Context Somalia is no longer merely staring at an avoidable political crisis — it has now named it, anticipated it, and formally prepared for it. What was previously dismissed as speculative alarmism has been elevated into a written contingency by the Golaha Mustaqbalka Soomaaliya, convened in Kismayo […]
Why Un-negotiated Separation and Federal Over-Reach Are Two Sides of the Same Failure When Abdirahman Faroole stood before the delegates at the Golaha Mustaqbalka Soomaaliya in Kismayo recently, he did more than recall a grievance. He punctured a national illusion. The separation between Puntland State of Somalia and SSC-Khaatumo was never negotiated, never constitutionalized, and […]
Somalia has learned, painfully, that leadership does not end with ballots, speeches, or borrowed legitimacy from foreign podiums. It ends when reality knocks. And reality, as usual, arrives late, uninvited, and unimpressed. This image—circulating quietly, almost shyly—does not scream victory. It does not promise miracles. It does not declare itself the future. That alone makes […]
Welcome to Somalia, the only country on earth where time itself has been federalized, fragmented, and thoroughly humiliated. Here, clocks are decorative items, calendars are opinion pieces, and Friday—the holiest day in Islam—has been stretched, bent, sliced, and redistributed like a contested aid package. Ask ten Somalis when Friday night begins, and you will receive […]
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