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Somalia: Conundrum of an Activist
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 12:40 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
As issues of the day may dictate, the norm for activists is to engage on substantive issues such as calling for peace, justice, and freedom. To achieve success in advocating for these enduring values, activists must struggle to remain focused and sustain ... More >>
Somalia: The Consequence of a Cooked Constitution
Friday, 10 August 2012, 2:20 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
Indeed nations need constitutions; a social contract to establish rule of law and become the foundations for needed legislations to protect the individual rights as well as the nations from greedy and corrupt politicians that may abuse the power ... More >>
“SSC” is the Last Hope to Bridge Somalia Back Together
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 6:20 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
Like many nations in Africa, Somalia has endured the legacy of the foreign expedition of greed throughout the continent. After the Berlin Conference 1884, Western European powers sought to divide Somaliland—one of the most homogeneous regions of Africa—into ... More >>
The Somali Famine, Despair and Resilience
Friday, 16 December 2011, 12:44 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
Viewing from afar the grim images of women, children, and elderly suffering from the agony of protracted civil-war and the worst famine in Somalia through television or computer screens does not prepare the human mind for the reality that awaits on ... More >>
Militarization Specter and its Impact on Somali Women
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 11:40 am | Sadia Ali Aden
Somalia, like many other African countries, has endured sustained militarization and armed conflict. This phenomenon has become a significant obstacle to Somalia’s progress towards peace, justice, democratization, and development. More >>
The Kool-Aid Syndrome and Somalia’s Fading Hope
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 4:16 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
Approximately nine months ago the UN-sponsored peace conference in Djibouti produced the current president of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. President Ahmed’s internationally supported unity government continues ... More >>
Somalia Ought To Be Obama's Litmus Test
Friday, 5 December 2008, 2:17 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
Indeed the historic victory of President-elect Obama has created profound prospect of hope and change that swept through America. However, for millions across the world who have witnessed devastation, insecurity and chaos resulting from an imprudent ... More >>
Sadia Ali Aden: Somalia's Leadership, Rhetoric?
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 9:08 am | Sadia Ali Aden
These are serious times with serious challenges that require serious leadership capable of envisioning free and united Somalia based on peace, justice and equality. Devoid of that, the current bloodshed will only continue. More >>
The Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Africa
Friday, 21 December 2007, 1:11 pm | Sadia Ali Aden
The "war on terror" and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Africa By Sadia Ali Aden More >>
