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Somalia’s Perpetual Crisis: How Exclusion and Short-Term Power Doomed the StateSomalia’s tragedy is not merely one of co...
01/06/2026

Somalia’s Perpetual Crisis: How Exclusion and Short-Term Power Doomed the State

Somalia’s tragedy is not merely one of collapse, but of an unending cycle of failed rebirths. The state did not fail solely because it lacked governments or resources. It has consistently failed to rebuild because its would-be architects—across the political spectrum and the clan map—have repeatedly chosen factional control over inclusive nation-building. The conduct of Mogadishu-centered elites since the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is a stark chapter in this longer story, but it is a symptom of a deeper, systemic disease....

Somalia’s tragedy is not merely one of collapse, but of an unending cycle of failed rebirths. The state did not fail solely because it lacked governments or resources. It has consistently failed to…

13 Years of WDM (now WAPMEN) — Fearless, Independent, UncompromisingThirteen years ago, Warsame Digital Media (WDM) was ...
01/06/2026

13 Years of WDM (now WAPMEN) — Fearless, Independent, Uncompromising

Thirteen years ago, Warsame Digital Media (WDM) was born out of a simple but dangerous idea: tell the truth, even when power is uncomfortable with it.What began as a modest digital platform has grown into a trusted voice for independent Somali journalism, policy analysis, and unapologetic commentary—often standing alone when silence was safer, and conformity more rewarding.For 13 years, WDM has:...

Thirteen years ago, Warsame Digital Media (WDM) was born out of a simple but dangerous idea: tell the truth, even when power is uncomfortable with it.What began as a modest digital platform has gro…

White Paper: Colonial Treaties, Clan Territories, and the Limits of Unilateral Sovereignty Claims in Northern SomaliaBri...
01/04/2026

White Paper: Colonial Treaties, Clan Territories, and the Limits of Unilateral Sovereignty Claims in Northern Somalia

British northern clan treaties (Null & Void after 1960 Union). Executive SummaryThis policy paper examines the legal status of colonial-era treaties between the British administration and northern Somali clans and assesses their relevance to post-1991 sovereignty claims. It argues that these treaties collectively established the British Somaliland Protectorate as a colonial administrative unit, not clan-owned sovereign entities. All such treaties were extinguished by the 1960 Union of British and Italian Somaliland, transferring sovereignty to a unified Somali Republic....

British northern clan treaties (Null & Void after 1960 Union). Executive SummaryThis policy paper examines the legal status of colonial-era treaties between the British administration and north…

The Rule of the Jungle Returns: When Power Replaces LawWAPMEN EDITORIAL The mask has slipped. The pretense of a civilize...
01/03/2026

The Rule of the Jungle Returns: When Power Replaces Law

WAPMEN EDITORIAL The mask has slipped. The pretense of a civilized international order has evaporated, revealing a hollow stage. When Israel razed Gaza, killing civilians en masse while the world watched—paralyzed, mute, complicit—we learned a brutal lesson: there is no referee left on the field. That moment was not an aberration. It was a signal flare. What followed was predictable. If impunity is rewarded, it becomes doctrine....

WAPMEN EDITORIAL The mask has slipped. The pretense of a civilized international order has evaporated, revealing a hollow stage. When Israel razed Gaza, killing civilians en masse while the world w…

Strategic Silence Is Not Neutrality — It Is a ChoiceWAPMEN Editorial When a sovereign state is openly violated, silence ...
01/01/2026

Strategic Silence Is Not Neutrality — It Is a Choice

WAPMEN Editorial When a sovereign state is openly violated, silence is never innocent. It is calculative.In the wake of Israeli aggression—recognizing a region of Somalia as an independent state in brazen violation of international law—the world did not speak with one voice. Many did the right thing. Regional blocs, international organizations, and responsible states rose to defend Somalia’s territorial integrity, the sanctity of borders, and the fragile legal order that still pretends to govern international relations....

WAPMEN Editorial When a sovereign state is openly violated, silence is never innocent. It is calculative.In the wake of Israeli aggression—recognizing a region of Somalia as an independent state in…

Who Is Watching the Fire While the House Burns? Inflation, Dollarization, and the Crisis of Priority in SomaliaThere is ...
01/01/2026

Who Is Watching the Fire While the House Burns? Inflation, Dollarization, and the Crisis of Priority in Somalia

There is a silent emergency stalking Somalia—not always announced by sirens, rarely the central debate in parliament, and too often a footnote in presidential speeches. It is the slow, grinding violence of an economic system that imports its prices and exports its sovereignty. The most damning question is not whether anyone is watching, but whether the watching is matched by action that reaches the poor....

There is a silent emergency stalking Somalia—not always announced by sirens, rarely the central debate in parliament, and too often a footnote in presidential speeches. It is the slow, grinding vio…

WAPMEN EDITORIAL | Declassified Fiction: When CIA Paperwork Rewrites Somali HistoryA newly circulated declassified CIA d...
12/31/2025

WAPMEN EDITORIAL | Declassified Fiction: When CIA Paperwork Rewrites Somali History

A newly circulated declassified CIA document is being waved around as if it were a final arbiter of Somali history. It is not. On the critical question of the Somali resistance movements of the 1980s—and specifically the arrest of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed—the document is factually wrong, historically careless, and politically misleading.Let us be precise and put the record straight....

A newly circulated declassified CIA document is being waved around as if it were a final arbiter of Somali history. It is not. On the critical question of the Somali resistance movements of the 198…

Villa Somalia’s Crisis of Authority: How Federal Failure Invites National DisintegrationThe Israeli government's recogni...
12/30/2025

Villa Somalia’s Crisis of Authority: How Federal Failure Invites National Disintegration

The Israeli government's recognition of Somaliland is not merely a diplomatic shock; it is a glaring symptom of chronic dysfunction at the heart of Somalia's federal government in Villa Somalia. States do not fragment solely because of external conspiracies. They disintegrate when the governing center loses its legitimacy, competence, and authority, yet continues to issue commands as if its power were unchallenged....

The Israeli government’s recognition of Somaliland is not merely a diplomatic shock; it is a glaring symptom of chronic dysfunction at the heart of Somalia’s federal government in Villa…

Somaliland’s Gamble: A Dangerous Bargain with a Pariah StateHargeisa The recognition of Somaliland by Israel is not a di...
12/29/2025

Somaliland’s Gamble: A Dangerous Bargain with a Pariah State

Hargeisa The recognition of Somaliland by Israel is not a diplomatic breakthrough; it is a perilous trap. In a desperate bid to end three decades of international isolation, the leadership in Hargeisa has shaken hands with a partner that is itself increasingly isolated, morally compromised, and engaged in multiple regional wars. Far from unlocking a path to global acceptance, this move has triggered a unified wall of international condemnation, entangled Somaliland in the geopolitics of the Middle East, and exposed it to severe and unforeseen security and political risks....

Hargeisa The recognition of Somaliland by Israel is not a diplomatic breakthrough; it is a perilous trap. In a desperate bid to end three decades of international isolation, the leadership in Harge…

WAPMEN EDITORIAL | Urban Mobility or Urban Mayhem?Beware the Deluge of “Modern” City Transport — The Fekon & Bajaj Time ...
12/28/2025

WAPMEN EDITORIAL | Urban Mobility or Urban Mayhem?

Beware the Deluge of “Modern” City Transport — The Fekon & Bajaj Time Bomb (and the Case for an Import Ban)They sold it to us as modernization. What we got instead is urban mayhem—and nowhere is the danger clearer than in Garowe.Garowe is being quietly overrun by two machines that thrive in regulatory darkness: Fekon (two-wheeler motorcycles) and Bajaj (motorized rickshaws)....

Beware the Deluge of “Modern” City Transport — The Fekon & Bajaj Time Bomb (and the Case for an Import Ban)They sold it to us as modernization. What we got instead is urban mayhem—and nowhere i…

Editorial: Somalia Turned into a Proxy Playground: The Price of Fragmented SovereigntyThere is a fundamental rule of sta...
12/28/2025

Editorial: Somalia Turned into a Proxy Playground: The Price of Fragmented Sovereignty

There is a fundamental rule of statecraft: a nation that does not control its territory cannot control its destiny. For years, Somalia's profound security challenges and fragmented governance have made its sovereignty negotiable in the eyes of rival foreign powers. Today, the most severe bill for this vulnerability has arrived. Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state is not merely a provocative diplomatic act....

There is a fundamental rule of statecraft: a nation that does not control its territory cannot control its destiny. For years, Somalia’s profound security challenges and fragmented governance…

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