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My latest for Geeska about the history and future of the banana in #Somalia, through the eras of colonialism, Barre, state collapse, jihadism and more…
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As anti-Zionist Somalilander committed to democracy, I fear Israel’s recognition of my country is making loyalty to a diplomatic partner a test of patriotism, narrowing the space for dissent in a republic founded on resistance to oppression. geeska.com/en/can-anti-zioni…
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Trump’s remarks have raised hopes in Hargeisa, but Washington may prefer a partnership that leaves Somaliland’s status unresolved. The challenge is to show what recognition would deliver that practical cooperation cannot. geeska.com/en/what-would-mak…
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“For Somaliland, the task is therefore not simply to identify the next issue capable of bringing young people into the streets. It is to strengthen the conditions under which collective action can become informed, organised and sustained: accessible political education, spaces for deliberation, legal literacy, independent documentation and mechanisms for holding powerful public and private actors accountable. The telecommunications price increase was reversed, but the structural questions it exposed remain. Whether the protests become a turning point will depend less on how quickly the next grievance produces public anger than on the capacity to organise before it arrives.” Writes Marwaad Kayse👇🏿
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Somaliland’s telecom protests and Kenya’s Gen Z mobilisation show how shared anger can unite young people. Turning that anger into sustained political action requires knowledge, organisation and spaces for collective debate. geeska.com/en/organising-nex…
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A diaspora vote won Snit Tewoldemedhin the People’s Choice Award at Miss World. But the freedom to choose is exactly what Eritreans at home don’t have. geeska.com/en/who-gets-speak…
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Al-Shabaab’s growing ties with Yemen’s Houthis could boost its capabilities while expanding Houthi influence around Bab el-Mandeb. geeska.com/en/al-shabaab-see…
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Ethiopia is at war. In truth, it has been for quite some time. But the fighting that has followed the announcement of an alliance between Ethiopia’s key rebel groups has been heavier than anything seen in the country for almost four years, since end the devastating Tigray War. More ominously, these hostilities threaten to escalate into a regional war. geeska.com/en/rebel-alliance…
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Somali artist Mustafa Saeed speaks to Geeska about how his work reclaims Somali identity, blending traditional cultural elements with global pop culture to spark a broader conversation on heritage and modernity. geeska.com/en/mustafa-saeed-…
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#Somaliland rebuilt from the ruins of war, but the recovery of its cultural memory has been slower, more fragile, and no less essential. ✍️ Hamdi Ali geeska.com/en/places-where-m…
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President Deni has accomplished what his predecessors could not by bringing Puntland’s powerful autonomous security force under his control. The triumph promises greater stability but also revives a familiar Somali fear, the return of one-man rule. geeska.com/en/state-and-stro… #puntland
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The protests of dialysis patients in Hargeisa stirred a young poet to speak, carrying forth an old Somali tradition in which verse stands as the moral conscience of society and lays bare the failings of the political class. geeska.com/en/who-speaks-sic… #somaliland
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Israel’s recognition gave Somaliland a historic diplomatic breakthrough, yet the aftermath damaged its soft power, revealing hostile geopolitical narratives and serious weaknesses in strategic communication. geeska.com/en/recognition-wh… #somaliland
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Contemporary anxieties over Somali “Arabisation” frequently reproduce colonial ideas of authenticity, misread Islamic influence as cultural displacement, and overlook the more consequential erosion of language and intergenerational memory. geeska.com/en/myth-somali-ar…
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