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How mobile money helped Somalia rebuild everyday financial trust, access, and resilience In 1991, Somalia’s central government collapsed. Public institutions weakened, national infrastructure was severely damaged, the formal banking system struggled, and confidence in national…
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Somalia has endured its share of challenges and yet the story of our country today is one of resilience innovation and opportunity. As we gather across the globe particularly at forums like the Somali Diaspora…
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Somalia’s latest political confrontation is not merely another dispute over timelines, term limits, or electoral modalities. It is a stress test of the country’s post-debt-relief political contract—and, by extension, of the international state-building model that…
MM Editor
United States President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about Somalia — delivered in language that many observers have described as “dismissive and demeaning” — have reignited debate about global perceptions of the Horn of Africa nation.…
MM Editor
When our engineers first tried solar power on a few of our towers, the goal was to find a way to keep people connected when fuel was short and costs were high. The first night…
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Why challenges are fueled by imported systems, while solutions still come from cultural leaders. For more than six decades, Somalia has been trapped between two conflicting political systems: the western-style state structure introduced during colonial…
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When I received the invitation from Ambassador Ilyas Ali Hassan, Somalia’s top diplomat to Tanzania and East Africa, to attend the official reopening of our Embassy in Dar es Salaam and join in commemorating the…
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On June 10, 2025, Somalia’s Federal Government did something that stunned diplomats, shocked civil society, and rattled the political establishment: it formally demanded the dismantling of the C6+—an international coordination group composed of key Western…
MM Staff
Mogadishu – In a nation scarred by decades of civil war, stained by endemic corruption, and haunted by generational injustice, the long-awaited establishment of Somalia’s Independent Human Rights Commission arrives as a moment of historic…
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I have survived six assassination attempts by the terrorist group Al-Shabaab since my tenure as President of Somalia began in 2012. The most recent attempt on my life came on March 18, 2025. I was…
