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By Liban A. Ahmad There is a risk that the Somali federal system could be transformed into a springboard for prebendal politics in Somalia. The deadlock over the Somali electoral model is a facet of deep ideological contest between two groups  in the mainstream Somali politics. John Levi Martin, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, defines ideology as how political actors view “their own position, the nature of their opponents and available strategies, in a political fiel...

Reflection on state of emergencies “It cannot be that an instrument of law which has its validity from Article 150 can itself negate the very body which provided for its promulgation.” 02 Mar 2021 / 11:43 H. Pix for illustration purposes. MODERN democratic constitutions provide for a declaration of state of emergency to meet the exigencies of a grave threat to a nation. Such provisions are provided for the government to respond effectively when the security, economic life and public or...

Advertisement Our dear revered leaders, A request to rename government secondary school Ogbia town in honour of Engr Chief Iwolisi Daniel Rex Ogbuku for his sacrifices and contributions to the development of Ogbia kingdom. Objective This letter is to call on the leadership of the Ogbia BrotherhoodWorldwide and the Office of the Obanobhan III of the Ogbia Kingdom to consider renaming the Government Secondary School Ogbia Town in honour of Engr. Chief IwolisiDaniel Rex Ogbuku,for his numerous an...

By Dahir A. Issa Opinion In 2016, when Puntland agreed to the electoral model after initially rejecting it on grounds that one person, one vote elections outlined at the end of the transition agreement had been jettisoned, Michael Keating, the former UN Representative in Somalia, urged political leaders to start preparations for one, person elections “now”. In 2017 the former Speaker of the Somali Parliament Mohamed Jawari held a meeting with a committee tasked with preparing Somalia for 20...

Republic Day 2021 | Some interesting facts about Indias handwritten original Constitution and the man who wrote it Political pundits count the 22 parts, 395 articles and 8 schedules of the original Constitution. But what catches the eye is its aesthetics. Beautiful borders on each parchment paper and words slanting artistically. Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena), the man who hand wrote the original Constitution of India. Within a vault-like room in the Library of the Parliament of India in Ne...

“The group of ’49 Wise Men’ brought together in 1978 by General [Olusegun] Obasanjo to write a new constitution under the chairmanship of Justice Udo Udoma did not have military personnel as members or any input by the military. “The Draft Constitution which they produced was debated by an elected constituent assembly under the chairmanship of Chief Rotimi Williams. “Again there were no military members who participated in the deliberations of the elected constituent assembly”, He s...

Ethiopia: The Dichotomy between Religion and the State? Have the Juba and Addis Ababa Agreements Untangled the Dichotomy between Religion and the State? December 16, 2020 The debate around religion and the State in Sudan and how to define the role of Islamic law in the legal realm – and in public life in particular – is a riddle that has since independence haunted politicians and the Sudanese elite alike. Prior to separation, delineating this controversial relationship in Sudan’s differen...

The debate around religion and the State in Sudan and how to define the role of Islamic law in the legal realm – and in public life in particular – is a riddle that has since independence haunted politicians and the Sudanese elite alike. Prior to separation, delineating this controversial relationship in Sudan’s different constitutions had been one of the most contentious issues between the North and South Sudan. Post-separation, it was indisputably the key point of disagreement ...

Freedom Newspaper Re: of Darboe’s Distasteful Personal Politics: Yaya Dampha (Sweden) needs to Educate Himself December 13, 2020 Re: of Darboe’s Distasteful Personal Politics: Yaya Dampha (Sweden) needs to Educate Himself I am not a UDP supporter neither a sympathizer but a concern citizen who hates to see liars especially those good at massaging the truth. Its duty bound to respond to Yaya Dampha on what he considered as unpleasant and ungentlemanly remarks by Gambia�...

ANY ATTEMPT TO POLITICALLY ‘DOCTOR’ THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN THE NAME... ANY ATTEMPT TO POLITICALLY ‘DOCTOR’ THE [2020] DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED ‘CONSENSUS BUILDING’ SHOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED December 13, 2020 ANY ATTEMPT TO POLITICALLY ‘DOCTOR’ THE [2020] DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED ‘CONSENSUS BUILDING’ SHOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED Sorrow continues to shake my heart and certainly the hearts of many Gambians wh...