After the collapse of the Somali state in 1991, education services moved totally from state sector to private ownership and to non-profit organisations. Investments came from the diaspora, international donors, the UN agencies and from local charities. Money from Middle Eastern foundations, and philanthropic business people played a major role in building and establishing schools [...]

Mohamed Osman Omar, former Ambassador of Somalia to various countries including India, former Yugoslavia and the Sudan and as non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Singapore, was on May 28, 2010, among the speakers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, on the occasion of the launching of a new [...]

As we always tend to see things in better light than those in office, then we must have the determination to serve, even in the capacity of volunteers! The fact that we do not hold a position in the government is not a justification to escape responsibility. It is time for Somali academics to act [...]