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  • Beenbeene: The Model Opposition and Hopefully The Model Minister

    Beenbeene: The Model Opposition and Hopefully The Model Minister0

    Today, I am breaking a cardinal rule of mine: Never to discuss publicly, showcase or flaunt my relationships with politicians. I keep that private. Perhaps, some would show up in future formal publications. Of course, rigidity may sometimes defeat a good purpose, so one should leave room for an exception. The new Minister of Planning,

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  • Next generation of Somali women journalists

    Next generation of Somali women journalists0

    Bilan’s internship programme kicked off this week, welcoming two interns from Mogadishu University and Somalia National University. Chosen from among the best students and recent graduates at the journalism faculties of both institutions, Aamino Nor Hussein and Fatima Adam Rage, will have the chance to work part time for six months at the Bilan offices,

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  • PM Hamza visits to the troubled Hiraan area

    PM Hamza visits to the troubled Hiraan area0

    The story of the Hiraan region is one of the most unfortunate one in somalia, one may conclude that the area has been complety ignored by successive regional and federal governments. Donors also overlooked the area by sending only groups who are known to be unscrupulous and have been accused of plundering humanitarian cash; more

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  • Priorities for the New Somali Government: 10 Policy Recommendations to Improve Security

    Priorities for the New Somali Government: 10 Policy Recommendations to Improve Security0

    The somali government needs to invest in intelligence more than ever before. They need to be well-trained, well-equipped, well-funded, and removed from all political agendas. Somalia has a newly elected government after its long-delayed presidential election, ending the convoluted electoral process that heightened tensions across the fragile East African nation for the past couple of

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  • PM Hamza visits to the troubled Hiraan area

    PM Hamza visits to the troubled Hiraan area0

    The story of Hiraan region is one of the most unfortunate one in Somalia, one may conclude that the area has been completely ignored by successive regional and federal governments. Donors also overlooked the area by sending only groups who are known to be unscrupulous and have been accused of plundering humanitarian cash; more than

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  • Cabinet retreat and the monumental task before of them

    Cabinet retreat and the monumental task before of them0

    The new Council of Ministers of the Somalia Federal Government convened in Mogadishu for a meeting which was regarded as an induction session for the new cabinet. At the meeting, Hamse Abdi Barre, the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, has preside over the induction meeting which was aimed at an examination of

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