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HISTORY OF MODERN SOMALIA SET STRAIGHT

HISTORY OF MODERN SOMALIA SET STRAIGHT

The resistance against Italian colonial conquest of Southern Somalia started with the Kingdom of Boqor Osman in Bargaal and Sultanate of Kee

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Pip: WAPMEN covers the kind of stories where ...

Pip: WAPMEN covers the kind of stories where the phrase "unprecedented in modern history" appears and you realize, reading on, that they actually mean it.Mara: This episode moves between two theaters of crisis — Somalia's collapsing constitutional order at every level of government, and the strategic fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran reshaping the Middle East. Let's start with what's…

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Somalia’s Politics of the Absurd: A Nation Trapped in Constitution al Anarchy

By Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD Candidate Warsame Policy & Media Network (WAPMEN) Critical analysis, news and commentaries June 15, 2026, Somalia is making history—but not the kind of history that nations celebrate. It is making history in dishonour, constitutional recklessness, and political absurdity. Across the Somali territories, leaders who were entrusted with public office have…

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Somalia’s Politics of the Absurd: A Nation Trapped in Constitutional Anarchy

By Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD Candidate Somalia is making history—but not the kind of history that nations celebrate. It is making history in dishonour, constitutional recklessness, and political absurdity. Across the Somali territories, leaders who were entrusted with public office have transformed democratic mandates into personal entitlements, constitutional terms into indefinite privileges,…

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Why Any U.S.–Iran Deal May Only Postpone the Inevitable

By Ismail H. Warsame For nearly half a century, the confrontation between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran has defined the geopolitical architecture of the Middle East. Administrations have changed in Washington. Leaders have come and gone in Tehran. Wars have erupted, regimes have collapsed, and alliances have shifted. Yet one reality has remained constant: neither side has…

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Somalia: The Fall of a Society

By Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD Candidate Somalia today stands as a painful monument to collective failure. No one is better. No one is innocent. No one can honestly point a finger at another while keeping their own hands clean. From Villa Somalia to the federal member states, from political elites to self-proclaimed opposition figures, from clan elders to business interests, the nation has been…

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The Defining Strategic Consequences of the US–Israeli War on Iran

By Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD Candidate The US–Israeli war on Iran has now moved beyond the battlefield. Regardless of how many missiles are intercepted, military facilities destroyed, or political statements issued, the conflict has already entered a phase where its strategic consequences are becoming increasingly clear. Wars are not ultimately judged by tactical victories but by their…

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SOMALIA'S THIRD POLITICAL RECKONING-A Nation Once Again at the Edge of the Abyss

By Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD Candidate Somalia is once again approaching a dangerous political crossroads. The country appears trapped in a recurring cycle where leaders mistake temporary control of state power for permanent political legitimacy. Every generation seems destined to confront a new political reckoning born from the failures of those entrusted with safeguarding the nation.The…

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NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OR STATE CAPTURE?

Somalia’s Crisis of Governance, Moral Authority, and the Cyclical Structural TrapBy Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD CandidateWhy do people follow a leader?The question is as old as politics itself. People do not ordinarily follow leaders merely because they possess office, wealth, or coercive authority. They follow leaders because such individuals embody a cause larger than themselves, articulate a…

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THE CYCLICAL STRUCTURAL TRAP: WHY SOMALIA REMAINS UNGOVERNABLE

By Ismail H. Warsame, MSc, PhD Candidate WARSAME POLICY & MEDIA NETWORK (WAPMEN) Somalia’s tragedy is not merely a story of bad leadership, corruption, or failed elections. It is deeper than personalities and political cycles. Somalia suffers from a historical and socioeconomic structural trap that has repeatedly reproduced fragmentation, weak institutions, authoritarian tendencies, and state…

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WHY SICK PUNTLANDERS SEEK CARE IN HARGEISA AND MOGADISHU

File photo Puntlanders routinely travel outside their own State—to Mogadishu and Hargeisa—for medical treatment. Why?The answer is uncomfortable but cannot be ignored: a deep crisis of trust in the…

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THE WAR FOR HEGEMONY: AMERICA’S LAST STAND IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Strip away the propaganda, the talking points, the carefully staged press briefings, and one brutal truth emerges: this war is not about uranium enrichment, oil security, or the policing of the Strait of Hormuz. Those are the headlines for public consumption. The real story—the one whispered in strategy rooms and buried beneath layers of diplomatic language—is far more consequential.This is a war…

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WHY SICK PUNTLANDERS SEEK CARE IN HARGEISA AND MOGADISHU

File photo Puntlanders routinely travel outside their own State—to Mogadishu and Hargeisa—for medical treatment. Why?The answer is uncomfortable but cannot be ignored: a deep crisis of trust in the public health system.At the heart of this crisis are persistent allegations of corruption, weak oversight, and systemic mismanagement within the health sector. Reports—circulating for years among…

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FINAL NOTICE

Dear WAPMEN readers, This is to inform you that we will be closing our 2026 subscription records within the week. If you wish to continue receiving our publications and analysis, please take a moment now to send your annual subscription fee of $37 only. Please note that our work will no longer be available through media sources, including social media platforms. Access will only be available…

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War Without Courage: When Technology Makes Destruction Too Easy

In ancient times, war demanded courage. Men stood face to face with their enemies, swords drawn, spears raised, and daggers ready. War was brutal, but it had limits. A warrior could see the whites of his enemy’s eyes. Bloodshed was real, immediate, and personal. A man who went to war understood the risks—his life against another’s.Today, war has become something else entirely.The unfolding…

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The Epstein Shadow Over the Oval Office: When Moral Authority Collapses

History is rarely kind to empires that lose their moral compass. Power alone cannot sustain legitimacy. Wealth cannot disguise rot forever. And propaganda cannot permanently bury scandal. When the ruling elite becomes morally bankrupt, the decay eventually spills into public view.The latest revelations surrounding the Epstein Files have done precisely that. What was once whispered in corridors of…

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