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03/08/2021

Created in 1991 as a result of Somalia’s civil war, the Dadaab refugee camp situated in the eastern part of Kenya, close to the Somali border, is home to more than 218,000 Somali refugees. Whereas, the Kakuma camp which was established in 1992 and is located in the north-western part hosts approximately 200,000 people majority hailing from South Sudan. The camp also accommodates refugees from Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Uganda. While Kakuma and Dadaab remain the oldest yet functional refugee camps in Africa, Kenya without doubt has demonstrated the nation’s spirit of humanity by its accommodation of refugees on its soil for decades

2 Aug 2021 canopusinstituteCommentaries By: Marion Esmeralda Created in 1991 as a result of Somalia’s civil war, the Dadaab refugee camp situated in the eastern part of Kenya, close to the Somali border, is home to more than 218,000 Somali refugees. Whereas, the Kakuma camp which was established i...

13/06/2021

The COVID-19 Pandemic has instilled a sense of unity among many historically rival nations around the globe. We have seen India sending COVID-19 medics to Pakistan; Golf countries easing the blockade on Qatar; Chinese and Russian medical aid to Italy. While this sense of humanity ignited among the world nations, the Horn-of-African Nations chose to severe the diplomatic ties.

Kenya and Somalia became the epicenter of the diplomatic meltdown in the region, while the rest of the nations were slowly dragged into it. For many, it is unclear where the current diplomatic spat has originated. Many Somalis live with the illusion that the diplomatic spat and the maritime dispute are intertwined. However, an analysis made by our researcher Marion Emerald puts it in a broader context in this article.

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05/05/2021

5 May 2021 canopusinstituteCommentaries By: Marion Esm’eralda Somalia’s predicament is hinged upon its failure to conduct parliamentary and presidential elections. As a blame game continues to mount between the federal and regional governments, a deadlock clouds election with uncertainty. The po...

02/03/2021

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Hosted by Canopus Institute, the lecture will focus on key aspects of our country’s natural resources including their socioeconomic significance, their contribution to our political crisis, and the prerequisites for full and meaningful use of our natural resources.

Somalia, though reckoned to be one of the most resourceful nations in the African continent, has not used its resources to a degree of commercial significance. However, attempts are currently ongoing to explore and extract oil and gas from the country's Indian Ocean. Many people ask if the timing is right and wonder how Somalis will agree on peaceful sharing of the extracted resources. Will the extraction of oil and gas lead us to complete mayhem or take us out of the current one?

These mysterious and deep questions will be addressed in this lecture. All you need is to participate.

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06/08/2020

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

This quote is the basis of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'Social Contract Theory' which argued that socialization and human development have brought some advantages, but their advantages are outweighed by the inequality and injustice that they have produced in human societies. Rousseau prefers the stone age, when no human being controlled the other and everybody was free to hunt whatever he wanted and in wherever he wanted, to the age when kings and dictators prosper themselves and anyone they want and deprive the rest. His proposed solution to the limitations of human freedom and inequality was to make the 'state' a separate entity that implements the rule and laws desired and chosen by the people. The entity itself and its organs must be chosen by the people.

This theory is actually aged and may not sound novel today to some fully democratic societies. However, isn't it relevant in Africa and in Somalia in particular? Have we (the Somali people) ever voted for a single law that governs us? How many of us actually know the criterion based on which our elders elect our representative MPs? Well, we know it is money, but is it the right criterion? Why is is the so-called 4.5 power-sharing principle widely accepted? Isn't it shameful enough that a theory that resulted from intellectual revolution caused by the French enlightenment is applicable to us 300+ years later?

The truth is we can't achieve equality and justice until we change the status quo and try to fix the basis of our system. We must choose and judged our leadership by how much they adhere to the laws and rules that we (the society) inclusively vote for. The tribalism and the domination of minorities have only given our politicians the chance to get away with corruption and war crimes but never have brought any advantage whatsoever to the individual members of the Somali society.

How can we do it? How can we make sure that the laws that govern us and leadership of politico-economic systems are of our own choosing? We will cover this topic in our upcoming debate in program. So, like our page and subscribe to our You Tube Channel to get instant notification of useful posts!

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03/08/2020

Democracy has been Africa's dream since most of its nations gained independence. However, the continent is still dubbed the least-democratic region on the face of the planet. Why democracy is not flourishing in Africa? Here is a discussion between and ’eralda.

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This is short discussion between Adam Roble and Marion Sme'ralda on the democracy in Africa. It sheds the light on some reasons why true democracy is never a...