Spotlight
Farhan Qarole: The Tragic Loss of a Hero
The Somali nation is reeling as General Farhan Mohamud Aden, popularly called Farhan “Qaroole”, was laid to rest in a Mogadishu cemetery yesterday. The emotion was very high as mourners recount his young age, his untainted professional records, and his gentle personality. General Farhan had been Banadir’s police chief since replacing his disgraced cousin and […]
Somali Nation Mourns Hadraawi Passing
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame “Hadraawi”, Somalia’s most revered poet and intellectual, passed away today in Hargeisa. He succumbed at the age of 79 to a long illness that had eaten away at him for some years. Born in Burco in 1943, Mohamed Ibrahim “Hadraawi” moved to Yemen at the age of 10. He studied and spent […]
Abdi-Aziz Laftagareen: Loyalty, Integrity And Patriotism
Kormeeraha Team has picked Abdi-Aziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, Somalia’s Southwest State president, as the most outstanding Somali leader for the month of March. Last month, President Laftagareen was the first president of a regional state to finish Somalia’s elections on time. He did it without requesting special accommodation or delays. Southwest’s members of parliament election […]
Abdisaid Muse Ali: Month of February Personality
Kormeeraha Team has designated Abdisaid Muse Ali, Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, as the the month of February personality for his outstanding work. Cleaning up a disastrous diplomacy Since he took office after Mohamed Abdirizak dismissal, he has constantly set the bar a little higher every day, at a level unequaled in […]
Mohamed Abib: A Voice For The Voiceless
The Kormeeraha team chose to shine the spotlight on Mr. Mohamed Abib for our January Personality for his imprint on Somaliland politics representing the voiceless. Mohamed Abib is an outspoken politician who now sits in the lower house of the self-declared Somaliland entity in northern Somalia. He was elected last year to the Somaliland parliament […]
Abukar Osman Baale: Outstanding Personality of December
Kormeeraha team settled on Abukar Dahir Osman “Baale”, Somalia’s Ambassador at the United Nations, as our personality of the month of December for his outstanding work. Mr. Baale is at the forefront of fighting for Somalia’s sovereignty at a time when the country is bound by numerous UN resolutions passed under the infamous Chapter 7 […]
Mohamed Abdirizak: Somali Personality Of The Month Of November
Kormeeraha team has picked Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud as the outstanding Somali personality of the month of November for his exceptional work as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Minister Mohamud was celebrating his first anniversary as Foreign Minister when the Prime Minister Mohamed Roble abruptly removed him from office on November 20. Nobody knows exactly what events […]
QoorQoor: Month Of October Personality
This month, the Kormeeraha Magazine chose Ahmed Karie Qoorqoor, the president of Galmudug, as the personality that marked the month of October. Coming from a region that has produced the best and worst politicians in Somali history, he has distinguished himself from his very corrupt and aimless peers. His detractors have criticized him for having […]
Fahad Yasin Dahir: September Somali Personality
Kormeeraha Magazine team picked Fahad Yasin Dahir, the ex-NISA director and current security advisor for the president as the personality of the month of September. Fahad Yasin is the man who reformed the National Security and Intelligence Agency (NISA). He made NISA a centerpiece of Somalia’s internal security, independent of politicians and free from foreign […]
Odowa Yusuf Rageh: Somalia’s Audacity Of Hope
Kormeeraha Magazine Team picked General Odowa Yusuf Rageh as the Somali Personality of the month of August. That month has a particular significance for the young general since he was promoted Chief of Staff of the Somalia National Army on August 2019 at the age of 32. The past few months, General Rageh was on […]