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Opinion
Somaliland deserves support, but Israel's recognition stinks
Since 1991, Somaliland has had its own functioning government, and over three decades has been the most stable region in the recognised country (Somalia).
By Njahira Gitahi
9h ago
The surprise 2024 working agreement with the United Democratic Alliance that birthed the broad-based government took the steam out of ODM.
By Alexander Chagema
1d ago
By Mohamed A Omar
1d ago
By Patricia Kombo
1d ago
By David Ochami
1d ago
By Basil Nyama
2d ago
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland’s secession is the most consequential geopolitical development in the Horn and East African Coast since the end of colonialism.
By David Ochami
1d ago
As the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the office, her appointment has been celebrated by some and contested by others.
By Basil Nyama
2d ago
The passage of seasons invites us to reflect on the often futile passions that rule us.
By Barrack Muluka
2d ago
Is it the officials’ personal money or public funds? If it is government money, how was it budgeted, and why is it being used this way instead of through formal social welfare programmes?
By Wanja Maina
2d ago
Nations do not collapse in a single dramatic moment. They erode quietly, through indifference to suffering.
By Gitobu Imanyara
2d ago
Kenya closes the year stranded at a crossroads—hungry for change, yet hesitant to claim it. Citizens watch as windows of participation swing open.
By Edward Buri
2d ago
In William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Octavius Caesar makes an emotive proclamation on the of death by suicide of his erstwhile triumvir.
By Nzau Musau
2d ago
The 2025 Kenya has been a choir without an able conductor to generate harmony.
By Barack Muluka
2d ago
Asking that Cyrus Jirongo's burial be put off till claims that he was assassinated are conclusively resolved sounds like a lost cause now.
By Wafula Buke
2d ago
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