Mohamud Ahmed articles

Mohamud Ahmed is an author and marine specialist working on his M.Phil. advanced postgraduate research degree in telecommunication engineering. With a personal interest in Somalia, the Kenyan coast and the Red Sea he writes for Democracy Chronicles from his home in Somalia.

Somalia Wants Peace and Not Terrorism

By Mohamud Ahmed - June 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Somali people want peace. Somalia wants peace. I want peace. That is where the international community and the federal Government of Somalia can work together.

Somaliland: The South Sudan Scenario

By Mohamud Ahmed - January 19, 2016 3 Comments

To avoid the South Sudan scenario, a reliable working government in Mogadishu would likely evaporate the one clan dream in Somaliland and ensure the territorial integrity of Somalia.

Illegal Fishing in Somali Waters Needs International Solution

By Mohamud Ahmed - December 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

Somalia is rich in marine life fisheries that have attracted many illegal fishing operations. This increasingly widespread practice has the disastrous effect of depleting the poor nation’s food supply.

Somali Government Official Says Christmas is Not Banned

By Mohamud Ahmed - December 27, 2015 Leave a Comment

The head of Somalia’s Banadir Regional Administration of the capital Mogadishu, said that he was not informed about the ban on Christmas celebrations issued by the national religious affairs ministry.

Democratize Diplomacy!

By Paul Lachelier

For all its impact the world can seem distant from our daily issues, a paradox of irrelevance and mounting relevance that calls for democratizing diplomacy.

Social action is the best approach to a stormy 2020, here’s how to be effective

By Julio César Guerrero

The social climate barometer points to a stormy 2020 that can only be confronted through social action, but there are protocols to follow to be effective.

Carlos Ghosn’s Wild Japanese Disappearing Act

By David Anderson, J.D.

His claim is that he’s not fleeing justice as a fugitive but rather escaping a racist and rigged system. It’s hard to know which of those narratives is true. James Bond (or James Bond villain?)

Unlikely odds for radically different leadership and change in Cameroon post-Biya

There is a conflation of honeymoon and change in post-Biya predictions. The caste State also says why ceteris paribus such change is unlikely in Cameroon.

The World that cried wolf! Ignoring and sanitizing American foreign policy in Bolivia

When our country overthrow’s the government of another country, we just ignore it and our press sanitizes the putsch. It’s time to engage and cry wolf!

The Highest Form of Communism is Transcendental Communism

By Roger Copple

Let us encourage neighbors to create their own social vision and worldview, thinking globally and acting locally. Let each elementary, middle, and high school district create its own educational philosophy.

Circa $2.56 million for drinks in State end of year festivities spending in Cameroon is irresponsible government

For a poor and conflict-ridden State, $2.56million for end of year State parties in Cameroon is a show of irresponsibility and lack of accountability.

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