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Abdi Ismail Samatar

@profabdisamatar

Professor of Geography & Society @ UMN | Prof @ Univ. of Pretoria | Senator, Somali Parliament | Member of Pan African Parliament | Author/Editor: 5 Books 📚

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🇹🇷Parliament has endorsed the Somali hydrocarbon law after months of study, knowing the Somali people have yet to see and study this agreement.🇹🇷 is acting like a neo-colonial master bent on looting Somali resource in cahoots with HSM.🇸🇴will not forget Turkiye's neocolonial acts.

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Somalia is the victim of a deranged political class. This cohort suffers from four incurable maladies: self-hate, insatiable greed, inferiority complex, and mistrust. These ailments have deprived them of any empathy for our people's suffering. Liberation cannot come soon enough.

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An act of shame and betrayal What transpired yesterday in the Somali Parliament demonstrates the total decay of our institutions and leaders. The speaker's core value is the corruption of everything that is sacred: faith in Islam, common cause, empathy of less fortunate, and fear

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Why African dictators and democrats failed where Asian dictators and democrats succeeded. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

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Hassan Sh's Electoral Illusion Bereft of Trust and Faith, Hassan's last political gasp is to try to create a farcical version of George Orwell's Animal Farm. His illusion is to become the judge and jury by appointing the election commission, manage the election and be the

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Clarion call for faithful Somalis. National betrayal has taken multiple forms. Among these are: 1. the destruction of our deep and common identity. This is what the 4.5 tribal political formula has done to the essence of being a Somali: petty fragmenation and utter mistrust.

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The Challenge to the Somali Political Opposition The overwhelming majority of Somalis are convinced that Hassan Sh. has taken the nation to the edge of existential cliff. The debate on him is settled: he is irredeemable. Now, Somalis are deeply worried about the fragmented

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A National Call to the political Opposition Hassan Sh’s demonic project is doomed. The challenge to the opposition, given the dire conditions in the country, is whether they can see beyond the race for the presidency! Can the opposition formally agree to a political, economic,

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Posted below is the link to my latest essay on Somalia's enduring nightmare. The essay explicitly provides a diagnosis of our disaster and a clear way out of it. This article underscores the role the AU and the International Community plays perpetuating the catastrophe and how

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Somalia has become Türkiye’s Neo-colonial client May the creator bless you all, Aamiin. Somalis and their genuine well-wishers are deeply concerned about Turkey’s evolving role in the country. Over four years ago, I wrote an essay warning about the looming trouble. It’s clear

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Türkiye’s Partisan Involvement in Somali Affairs is Courting Disaster Türkiye original humanitarian support in Somalia has morphed to a partisan agenda. The government of Türkiye is either incapable of understanding the toxic and sectarian political culture of the Somali elite

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Pure Evil & Soomalinimo Poor Somalis have been the ultimate victims of warlords, political thugs, and mindless terrorists. However, the current regime in Mogadishu and much of the political class in the country are desecrating the last remnants of the soul of Somalinimo. The

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Deceit is the Hallmark of the Somali political elite Dishonesty, deceit, corruption, tribalism, and lying has been the core characteristics of Somali politics for a long time. The political elite has come to live in this dystopia while the disorganized and deeply traumatized

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The Elite’s Politics of the Belly The Somali political class and most particularly the regimes in Mogadishu have been the source of all of our political ills. Ordinary Somalis, even in Mogadishu have paid incalculable price for the misdeeds of this class for the last fifty-five

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The Somali Flag:  A Jewel of Somali Unity I recently learned about an opportunistic effort to soil the most precious symbol of all Somalis and not only those in the old republic. I think Somalis deserve to honor those who valiantly fought for our liberation and unity. May Allah

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Somalia’s animal farm was on display today First, we want to pray for those injured or killed by Hassan Sh’s thugs in Mogadishu today. May Allah rest their soul in peace and in Heaven. Aamiin. Second, today, Hassan Sh. and his regime have lost whatever shared of legitimacy they

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Advancing African countries are guided by coherent and sustained policies. Unlike other African states, Hassan Sh's regime is guided by illusion. Such an illusion recently prompted him to declare that kswahili will be taught in our schools. He does not even know that most of