Archive - Socialist Somalia

Somali diplomat on his time in 1980s Turkey

Hussein Mohamed, a former Somali diplomat who served in Turkey in the mid-1980s, speaks about his time there and the ties between Mogadishu and Ankara…

Nov 25 •

September 2024

Ethiopia Worried by Coming Vote On Independence in French Colony – NYT

As Djibouti's independence loomed officials in Addis Ababa, stills struggling to stabilise their new revolutionary regime, were anxious that it would…

Sep 10 •

August 2024

Don't aid Somalia, Hussein Abdilahi Bulhan (1982)

Hussein Abdilahi Bulhan, a Somali psychologist and Fanon scholar wrote a NYT article warning the US against aiding the Barre regime.

Aug 27 •

February 2024

'The Arabs and Somalis need each other': Barre's speech as Somalia joins Arab League

Barre told an audience that Somalis and Arabs had strayed from one another during the colonial era, but adding there would be no more straying

Feb 29 •

January 2024

Mohamed Isa Trunji on Somalia's lack of a "father of the nation" and the collapse democracy in 1960

Mohamed Isa Trunji is one of Somalia’s most prominent historians. He reflects on the collapse of Somali democracy in the late 1960s, the lack of a…

Jan 28 •

'There was no choice': Siad Barre makes his first speech after the 1969 coup

Barre stressed that "no problems have arisen as a result of the revolution" in a speech three days after he ousted the government

Jan 21 •

Somalia committed to military intervention against Israel in the Six-day war

As Somalia geared up for a presidential election in 1967 war broke between a coalition of Arab states and Israel. Somalia came down on the Arab side

Jan 18 •

The role of sports in the Somali revolution

The revolutionary government identified sport as one of the key tools to bring about the "complete transformation of Somalia"

Jan 15 •

Which Way to the Sea, Please?, by Nuruddin Farah

Nuruddin Farah published his essay on Ethiopia's maritime aspirations and imperial designs for the Horn of Africa in 1978

Jan 9 •

The USSR is unlikely to back such an 'unpromising state', US briefing says of Somalia

Moscow would go onto become one of Somalia's most committed backers

Jan 7 •

Modern Somali History: A Beginners Reading List

Here are some books which I think would give a good primer for anyone interested in reading modern Somali history

Jan 4 •

December 2023

Siad Barre tells students his government "liberated religion from the devil"

He made the speech a month after 10 religious scholars were executed for opposing his changes to the country's new family law

Dec 15, 2023 •

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