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When Somaliland and Somali joined, there were no archival data about Somali population. Consequently, this forced Somali people to measure the population of Somali clans on the bases of land they reside. This wrong population measurement completely ignores the power of population density. Indicative example is territorial and population comparison of Canada and Japan. Canada; the second largest country of the world has 9,093,507km2 with population of 37,164,201. This makes its population density 4.1 per km2. While Japan with 377,835km2 has a population 127,736,835km2 which makes its population density 338 per km2. Acting on this point the Somali political champion began 1960. It began as intra-Somali political rivalries. Intra-Somali political activities began as Somali clans’ strife for power and public assets. The southern Somali clans led by Darod and Hawiye tried to dominate northern Somali clans led by Dir particularly Issak. All of sudden, most privileged seats including t

Mohamed Ali Arkow Thursday, July 14, 2016 In my attempt to shed light on the untenable situation of the Somali intellectual, I’m not going to delve into a discussion about the meaning of the word Intellectual. Philosopher Jean Amery tried to define it before he took his life, and Dr. Primo Levi tried to add something to Jean Amery’s definition. Levi himself committed suicide years later. They were both haunted by demons that followed them from concentration camps in Poland. An intellectual is not necessarily a university graduate. The founders of the Somali Youth League (SYL) were intellectuals. They definitely fit Goran Hyden’s definition as they were men “—with defined system of values and the capacity to command influence of the general trends in society by mastering oral or written means of persuasion”. However, my discussion is focused on the Somali men and women who have earned a university degree and their role in the NATION BUILDING PROJECT. Very few of this educated

by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo Thursday, June 23, 2016 President Silanyo of Somaliland meeting former UK Foreign Office minister Henry Bellingham in 2011. Credit: FCO.

Professor Samater, I beg your pardon for the liberty I am taking by approaching you in submitting these few lines for your kind consideration. Sir, honest to God I am one of those Somalilanders who highly appreciate your arrival back at home to participate in the renaissance and rebuilding that shattered beloved homeland. And I believe much that you are a valuable asset to Somaliland, locally and internationally that will enhance and intensify the motion power of the wheel and wagon of reconciliation, peace, progress, development and democratization of our young State that is encountered with many obstacles and hindrance. But frankly speaking, lately I am not impressed by the first shot you strike towards the goal. Instead of narrowing the gap of difference and being the magnetic field to attract the expelling poles and regarded as a good – omen on the table of negotiation, you became a part of the dividing factors. My dear Professor Mr. Samater, the presidency post, the prim