4 essays
Every few years the same package comes back. The real failure sits before all of that: people start selling solutions before anyone has said, plainly, what the problem is.
September 12, 2026 · 5 min read · Abdirahman Samawade
A message to Northern Cyprus, a hurried walk-back, and the price of Turkish protection.
August 23, 2026 · 3 min read · Abdirahman Samawade
Mogadishu has asked Washington to designate Somalia as an AGOA beneficiary — duty-free access, and a test of whether the country’s export machine can be built.
March 29, 2023 · 1 min read · Abdirahman Samawade
A career diplomat from Ottawa, Peshawar, Kabul and Sana’a is nominated to succeed Larry André in Mogadishu.
March 29, 2023 · 1 min read · Abdirahman Samawade
