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How a Group of Elderly Swiss Women Charted a New Path for Climate Legislation
May 1, 2024 – Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News For Pia Hollenstein, the long-awaited ruling at the European Court of Human Rights for a case brought against the Swiss government by her group, KlimaSeniorinnen, came at an inconvenient time. At 73, the retired nurse and former Parliamentarian from St. Gallen is an avid climber, and…
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Mucaaradka oo dhaq-dhaqaaqyo ka dhan ah Xasan Sheekh ka bilaabay Nairobi – Xog
April 16, 2024 – Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Nairobi (Moment Online) – Magaalada Nairobi ee waddanka Kenya waxay marwalba ahaan jirtay halka uu ka bilowdo abaabulka ka dhanka ah nidaamka waqtigaasi jira ee Soomaaliya. Si gaar ah saddexdii doorasho ee ugu dambeysay ee 2012, 2017 iyo 2022 waxaa isbeddelka laga jiheeyay magaalada Nairobi, halkaasi oo…
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The Middle East Could Still Explode
An Israeli anti-missile system operating after Iran launched drones and missiles, seen from Ashkelon, Israel, April 2024 Iran and Israel May Not Be Finished By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | April 15, 2024 On April 13, Iran launched Operation True Promise, its response to Israel’s April 1 attack on its consulate in Syria. Over the…
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A Genuine Case of Collusion
ormer U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace campaigning for president in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1948 When an American Presidential Candidate Made a Deal With Stalin By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News March 19, 2024 It is a virtual given that Russia will try to manipulate the United States’ 2024 general election. Moscow persists in its…
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A World Divided Over Artificial Intelligence
An artificial-intelligence-powered assistant on display in Barcelona, February 2024 Geopolitics Gets in the Way of Global Regulation of a Powerful Technology By Pen DrIbrahim online News | March 11, 2024 In November 2023, a number of countries issued a joint communiqué promising strong international cooperation in reckoning with the challenges of artificial intelligence. Startlingly for states…
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Great-Power Competition Comes to Antarctica
The world’s largest iceberg, named A23a, Antarctica, January 2024 China’s Scientific Push Tests the Continent’s Stability By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | March 18, 2024 After decades of tranquility, the status quo in Antarctica is unraveling. Today, the continent is balancing on the edge of a meltdown—both literal and figurative. Not only is climate change…
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A Revolution in American Foreign Policy
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 2024 Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | March 18, 2024 A sad fact about the politics of Washington is that some of the most important issues facing the United States and the world are rarely debated in…
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How a shipping carbon tax could help Africa build climate resilient trade
Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Pricing the emissions of the international shipping industry could raise $100 billion/yr. A tax on the international shipping could help decarbonise a sector that is responsible for 3% of greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Blake Thornberry. With Africa disproportionately affected by climate change and its impacts worsening other structural deficiencies, climate-resilient development is urgent. African…
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America Can’t Isolate the Taliban
aliban members near the former U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2023 Why Regional Powers Are Reopening Ties With Afghanistan By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | March 14, 2024 At a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in late January, Chinese President Xi Jinping accepted the credentials of the Taliban’s newly…
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Forever Putinism
A woman watching a broadcast of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin, St. Petersburg, February 2024 The Russian Autocrat’s Answer to the Problem of Succession By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | March 13, 2024 In 2012, Vladimir Putin, after four years as prime minister, once again became Russia’s president. Many Russians resented his engineered…
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Playing Both Sides of the U.S.-Chinese Rivalry
A man posing in front of the U.S. and Chinese flags at a Lunar New Year parade, New York City, February 2018 Why Countries Get External Security From Washington—and Internal Security From Beijing By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | March 15, 2024 On a visit to Budapest in late February, China’s minister of public security,…
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Countdown to Excellence – Secure Your Spot in the International Business and Diplomatic Protocol LIVE Training!
Dear Ibrahim,Unlock the secrets of global diplomacy and international relations this April. Dive deep into the world of cultural etiquette, negotiation techniques, and the nuanced art of diplomacy at our LIVE Training from April 24-26 in Washington, DC.Set against the backdrop of spring’s full bloom, our sessions are meticulously designed to offer you a comprehensive understanding of international…
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The Real Culture Wars
Moviegoers at a cinema in Beijing, January 2021 How Art Shapes the Contest Between Democracy and Autocracy By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | February 29, 2024 Authoritarians know that controlling their societies takes more than the heavy hand of the police or the courts; it also requires shaping how their populations think and see the…
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America Can’t Surpass China’s Power in Asia
But It Can Still Prevent Chinese Hegemony By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News January 16, 2024 By the end of U.S. President Barack Obama’s second term, the United States faced a clear choice regarding its future role in Asia. As China grew more powerful—and assertive in its territorial claims—Washington could double down on costly efforts…
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Daawo: Cali Balcad oo xog xasaasi ah ka bixiyey qorshaha ay DF ku difaaceyso badda
January 15, 2024 – Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Muqdisho (News Online) – Guddiga arrimaha dibadda golaha Aqalka Sare ee baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ayaa maanta su’aalo adag xiosadda Soomaaliya iyo Itoobiya ka weydiiyey ku simaha wasiirka, ahna wasiiru dowlaha wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda ee XFS Cali Balcad. Guddiga ayaa wasiirka weydiiyey su’aalo adag oo ku saabsan xiisadda labada…
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Why Philanthropists Should Become Heretics
Donors Must Challenge, Not Comfort, the Existing Order By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | January 15, 2024 Philanthropy and power have always been closely intertwined. Wealthy men in ancient Athens paid for public goods and services, such as naval defenses, under the so-called liturgical system, in which the richest citizens financed some functions of the state.…
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The Greater Goal in Gaza
For Lasting Peace, Israel Must End Its Occupation of Palestinian Land By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | January 15, 2024 As Israel’s war in Gaza enters its fourth month, an intensifying debate has unfolded about who should rule the territory when the fighting stops. Some have suggested an Arab force, a notion already rejected by…
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The Escalating Ethiopia-Somalia Rift: A Precarious Path to Conflict
January 11, 2024 By Dr. Ibrahim online news In contemporary times, the geopolitical milieu within the Horn of Africa has become characterized by a discernible escalation in tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia. At the crux of this escalation is Ethiopia’s unwavering insistence on an illicit Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Somaliland, specifically concerning the acquisition…
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Sacuudiga oo war culus ka soo saaray damaca Itoobiya ee badda Soomaaliya
January 11, 2024 Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Muqdisho (Pen Dr. Ibrahim online Online) –Boqortooyada Sacuudi Carabiya ayaa bayaan ka soo saartay damaca dowladda Itoobiya ay ku dooneyso badda Soomaaliya, kaas oo gilgilay Geeska Afrika. Sacuudiga ayaa si buuxda u garab istaagay Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya, waxaana bayaanka ka soo baxay Sacuudiga lagu sheegay muhiimadda ay…
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Victory Is Ukraine’s Only True Path to Peace
And EU and NATO Membership Are the Only Way to Achieve Enduring Security By Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Andriy Yermak | January 11, 2024 For Ukraine, December 14 was a tale of two cities. In Brussels, the European Union’s leaders took the historic decision to open talks with Ukraine about joining the organization. For millions of Ukrainians,…
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Don’t Bomb the Houthis
Careful Diplomacy Can Stop the Attacks in the Red Sea By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | January 11, 2024 The conflict between the United States and the Houthis in the Red Sea is steadily escalating. On December 31, Houthi small boats attempted to attack a commercial vessel; after U.S. naval helicopters responded to the attack,…
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January 11, 2024. – South Africa says Israel aims at ‘destruction of Palestinian life’
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been asked by South Africa to consider whether Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. South Africa on Thursday, January 11, accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, saying that even the October 7 Hamas attack could not justify such alleged actions. Pretoria has lodged…
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Isku day Abiy Ahmed looga xayuubinayo billada Nobel Peace Prize oo socda
January 9, 2024 Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Tan iyo markii uu soo baxay heshiiska is-afgarad ee Somaliland iyo Itobiya, ee qeybo kamid ah badda Soomaaliya loogu saxiixay Itoobiya, ayaa waxaa isa soo tarayay tallaboooyinka looga jawaabayo arrintaasi. Marka laga imaado qaraarka ay ku diiday heshiiskaasi dowladda federaalka Soomaaliya, sidoo kale waxaa bilowday isku-day ka dhanka ah…
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Qatar’s Balancing Act in Gaza
Doha Will Have to Cut Ties With Hamas—but First It Can Broker a Hostage Deal With Israel By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | January 5, 2024 Hamas’s brutal October 7 attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza have shone a spotlight on the rising role in regional and international politics of a small…
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Response options for Somali government to Ethiopia-Somaliland MOU.
Thursday January 4, 2024By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Somalis march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal at Yarisow stadium in Mogadishu on January 3, 2024 [Feisal Omar/Reuters]On January 1, 2024, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, and Somaliland’s President, Muse Bihi, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) granting Ethiopia naval and commercial access to coastal areas…
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Arab League backs Somalia in rejecting Ethiopia-Somaliland deal
Friday January 5, 2024 CAIRO: The League of Arab States and the Arab Parliament have voiced support for the Somali government in condemning a controversial deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland. Ethiopia this week signed an agreement granting it naval and commercial access to ports along Somaliland’s coast in exchange for recognition of the breakaway region’s…
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January 3, 2024 – Türkiye concerned about deal between Ethiopia, Somaliland
by Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News The Foreign Ministry expressed concern about a recent agreement signed by Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. ”We note with concern the Memorandum of Understanding for Partnership and Cooperation, which was signed between Ethiopia and Somaliland in Addis Ababa on January 1, 2024, without the knowledge and consent…
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Tensions rise in Horn of Africa as Ethiopia-Somaliland deal sparks protests in Mogadishu
Thursday January 4, 2024 – Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Protestors gather on a city street in Mogadishu on January 3, 2024, voicing their opposition to the recent maritime agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland. The demonstration reflects the growing unrest and concern over the impact of the agreement on Somalia’s sovereignty. (Photo credit: SONNA) Mogadishu…
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hursday 28 Dec 2023 – UN calls for ‘genuine’ transitional justice in Ethiopia
The head of the UN’s human rights body Thursday called for “genuine” transitional justice in Ethiopia, saying victims of abuses in conflict had to be put at the heart of the process. The UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission issued a joint report calling on Addis Ababa to address the country’s…
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African Union appeals for calm in Ethiopia-Somalia row
By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News – Thursday 4 Jan 2024 The African Union on Thursday joined the United States in appealing for calm in the Horn of Africa after regional tensions soared following a contested deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland. Dubai Dunes in one Minute Somalia has vowed to defend…
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Egypt will not tolerate Ethiopian dominance of Nile through GERD: Irrigation minister
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewilam said Saturday that Addis Ababa is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to exhert political dominance over the Nile River, in addition to the declared purpose of generating electricity. The irrigation minister pointed to the dam’s excessively large reservoir, which exceeds what is required to…
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Tuesday 2 Jan 2024 – Somalia to hold emergency meeting on Somaliland-Ethiopia Red Sea access deal
Somalia will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday, state media said, after the breakaway region of Somaliland struck a controversial deal with Ethiopia giving Addis Ababa access to the Red Sea. Monday’s surprise pact has triggered fury in Mogadishu, which considers it a violation of its sovereignty. It was announced only days after Somalia’s…
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From Yom Kippur to the Abraham Accords: How Israel procured Africa’s good graces
By: Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News After decades in diplomatic deep-freeze, how did Israel become one of Africa’s best friends? Africa’s polyvalent response to the latest flare-up of the Israel-Palestine conflict has provoked conversations about the changing character of the continent’s foreign policy objectives. For decades, post-independent African states stood rock solid behind the Palestinian cause. In…
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Tuesday 2 Jan 2024 – Somalia recalls envoy to Ethiopia after Somaliland deal
Somalia said Tuesday it was recalling its ambassador to Ethiopia, declaring that a controversial port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland was a violation of its sovereignty. Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre also vowed that Somalia would defend its territory by “all legal means possible” following Monday’s agreement that gives landlocked…
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Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Democracy
How to Safeguard U.S. Elections From AI-Powered Misinformation and Cyberattacks By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | January 3, 2024 Generative artificial intelligence—AI that can create new text, images, and other media out of existing data—is one of the most disruptive technologies in centuries. With this technology now more available and powerful than ever, its malicious use…
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Armenia Under the Gun
Azerbaijan’s Territorial Ambitions Extend Beyond Nagorno-Karabakh By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | December 8, 2023 In late September, one of the most shocking human upheavals since the century began took place in the former Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a small, hilly patch of territory nestled within Azerbaijan. After three decades of tensions and conflict, it…
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Kissinger’s Contradictions
How Strategic Insight and Moral Myopia Shaped America’s Greatest Statesman By Pen Dr. Ibrahim Online News | December 1, 2023 After more than six decades on the world’s stage, during which he both brilliantly persuaded and deftly deceived the powerful and created state-to-state relationships that survive him, Henry Kissinger now belongs to the history he helped…
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Judging Henry Kissinger
Did the Ends Justify the Means? By Pen Dr. Ibrahim Online News | November 30, 2023 How should one apply morality to Henry Kissinger’s statesmanship? How does one balance his accomplishments against his misdeeds? I have wrestled with those questions since Kissinger was my professor, and later colleague, at Harvard University. In April 2012, I helped…
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The state of fiscal decentralization to local governments in Somalia
Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Somali Public Agenda November 15, 2023 Governance Briefs Decentralization has been emerging as a policy issue in Somalia since 2012. However, it has not been a dominant concern, in comparison to other problems that have overwhelmed policy forums of the executive and legislative branches in both the Federal Government of…
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Somalia
By Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News | Sannadku waa 2074 47 sano ka hor qaxooti Afrikan ah ayay Soomaaliya Aqbali jirtay maantase Soomaali ayaa Soomaali kale gudaheeda Isku tarxiileyso oo qaxootinimo gudaheena Isku tilmaamney. Sanadku waa 1974 waxaa Hoteel Taleex ee magaalada Muqdisho gaaray casar dhicii Taliyihii hogaanka socdaalka Soomaaliya AUN Cabdullahi Cabdi Camalow oo waxaa uu kula…
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24 novembre 2023Gaza, il ruolo dell’Italia
L’accordo di tregua raggiunto tre giorni fa dai vertici di Israele e quelli di Hamas prevede, salvo ulteriori sorprese e salvo ulteriori ritardi, la creazione di un passaggio sicuro per gli aiuti umanitari e per i rifornimenti di cibo, di acqua, di medicinali e di benzina verso Gaza. Israele si è impegnato, oltre che a…
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26 novembre 2023 – Ucraina: 640 giorni di aggressione
Milano. “Alcuni muoiono, altri continuano ad avanzare. E’ come un film di zombi”, ha detto alla France Press un soldato ucraino sul fronte di Avdiivka, la cittadina nel Donbas dove è iniziata “la terza ondata” di soldati russi contro la linea di difesa ucraina. Il campo è pieno di cadaveri, i russi scavano dei tunnel…
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5 novembre 2023 – 4000 accademici italiani boicottano Israele. Blocchiamoli firmando la petizione!
4000 accademici italiani boicottano Israele. Blocchiamoli firmando la petizione! Diario di Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News L’ignoranza, ma proprio l’ignoranza crassa, quella peggiore, quella che puzza di odio antisemita, ha guidato la mano dei 4000 accademici italiani che hanno firmato l’appello per boicottare le università israeliane. Uno dei firmatari è quel Vittorio Agnoletto, nostra vecchia…
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16 novembre 2023 – Ripensare il Giorno della Memoria
La ripresa dell’antisemitismo deve porci, tra le tante, una domanda. Quella che suscitano le parole di Liliana Segre, che – entrando all’iniziativa della Comunità ebraica di Milano per la liberazione degli ostaggi nelle mani di Hamas – ha detto: “Non voglio parlare, perché altrimenti mi sembrerebbe di aver vissuto invano”. La Segre a mio avviso…
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16 novembre 2023 – Sono sceso nei tunnel di Hamas
Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Quando il comandante dell’Unità 401 e il commando del Battaglione Givati, pesantemente armati sono riusciti a entrare nel bunker di Hamas nelle viscere di Gaza City a trenta metri di profondità, non credevano ai propri occhi: il bunker, sotto l’ospedale Al Shifa è uno dei luoghi più importanti finora scoperti…
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16 novembre 2023 – Israele rispetta il diritto internazionale
Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News Roma. Il 26 dicembre 1994, l’esercito israeliano distribuì il suo primo “codice etico” a tutte le unità. L’idea di dare a Israele un codice militare etico era venuta al generale Ilan Biran ed era stata poi adottata dall’allora capo di stato maggiore, Ehud Barak. A redarre il testo Asa Kasher,…
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16 novembre 2023 – Conte vuole disarmare gli israeliani
Giuseppe Conte Giuseppe ConteCurioso, questo vezzo del pacifismo a gettone abbinato al tuonar delle armi di Giuseppe Conte. Affascinante, quel suo essere prima un Churchill ai tempi del bombardamento di Dresda e poi un Gandhi foggiano non-violento fino alla pochette. Mirabile, la sua granitica volontà di disarmare gli israeliani a mani nude. Accade, infatti, che…
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16 novembre 2023 – L’Unione Europea si risveglia finalmente? Non proprio
(traduzione di Yehudit Weisz) Josep Borrell L’Unione Europea “condanna l’uso da parte di Hamas degli ospedali e dei civili come scudi umani “, ha affermato in una nota Josep Borrell, capo della diplomazia dell’UE. Dobbiamo leggere e rileggere questa condanna, sorseggiarla. Sono anni che Israele ha cercato invano di mostrare al mondo la realtà della gabbia di…
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I falsi amici di Israele
Analisi di Pen Dr. Ibrahim online News 6 novembre 2023 – Ora che le operazioni militari di Israele si sono spostate sempre più all’interno delle aree urbane di Gaza, sono iniziati gli immancabili quanto prevedibili “richiami”, da parte degli “amici” e/o “alleati” di Israele, a distinguere gli obiettivi militari da quelli civili per non causare…
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The state of fiscal decentralization to local governments in Somalia
Decentralization has been emerging as a policy issue in Somalia since 2012. However, it has not been a dominant concern, in comparison to other problems that have overwhelmed policy forums of the executive and legislative branches in both the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Federal Member States (FMS). One expectation from the federal…