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Op-Ed · Opinion

The Dilemma of the New Somali Interviewers

Reporter Said Yusuf asking a question at a Mogadishu press conference in November 2016 — Archive photograph: Said Yusuf, a Star Radio journalist, asks a question at a Mogadishu electoral press conference, November 28, 2016. Photo: Omar Abdisalan / AMISOM Public Information, CC0. Photo source · Reuse terms

Four interviews expose weaknesses in questioning and verification that matter across Somali radio, podcasts, television and online media.

By PUNT NEWS Analysts

PN-OPD-OPN-20261101-001 · 1 NOV

Women at Somalia’s First National Women’s Conference in the 1970s

Opinion

Reassessing the Somali Revolution: Historical Proportionality, Selective Accountability and the Politics of Insurgency

Dr. Abdi Garad reviews PUNT NEWS’s account of the revolution and argues for consistent scrutiny of the government, its armed opponents and their enduring political legacies.

By Abdi Garad, PhD

Women at a national conference in Somalia, 1970s

Opinion

The Case for the Somali Revolution of 21 October, and the Civil War That Undid Its Promise

The 1969 republic, the revolution’s social reforms, and the armed movements that followed.

By PUNT NEWS Analysts and Editorial Advisor Egal Y Farah

Opinion

The Problem of Somaliland’s Legitimacy

A distinction between electoral, territorial and sociological legitimacy.

By Elmi Yasin

Puntland forces in the Almiskaad mountains

Opinion

The Supremacy of Puntland Forces in Mountain Warfare

An argument about accumulated mountain-warfare experience, local knowledge and state capacity.

By Cawil M Warfaa

Opinion · Sept. 18

A Peaceful and Prosperous Gedo Can Help Build a More Prosperous Horn of Africa

Gedo’s borderland geography can become a platform for trade, infrastructure, agriculture and shared prosperity linking Jubaland with Somali communities in Ethiopia and Kenya.

By Garaad Ali Hersi

Op-Ed · Political Allegory

How to Divorce a Prostitute

Somalia flag on the left and Puntland flag on the right, flying alongside each other against a blue sky. — Somalia and Puntland flags flying alongside each other. AI-assisted editorial illustration supplied for this Op-Ed.

Punt’s misplaced trust ends in a complete and final divorce, with separate authority, settled obligations, and no return to the marriage.

By PUNT NEWS Analysts · PN-OPD-OPN-20261025-001 · Updated Monday, October 26, 2026