Homogeneity cannot salvage and bind a helpless society together when tribalism, lack of nationalism and dictatorship attitudes undermine every effort aimed at reviving a society whose map is seemingly disappearing from the globe. Somalis are said to be a homogenous nation, yet their homogeneity has not helped them overcome their prolonged woe. A society is considered …
East African immigrant communities living in Calgary are faced with social and economic hardships and are unable to easily adapt to the lifestyle of their chosen country. The social and economic challenges faced by the East African immigrant communities include everything from underemployment to racial barriers to a lack of proper education for their children …
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The Somali region of Ethiopia has been affected by both external and internal injustices and is faced with dismal situations, some of which have been created by its own people. On one level, Ethiopia’s successive regimes have traditionally marginalized the Somali region of Ethiopia and made the region’s population peripheral to other Ethiopians; as a result, the region has remained …
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The Somali region in Ethiopia is one of nine autonomous regions that make up Ethiopia and one of the least developed, insecure and unbalanced regions of the whole country. After one century of gloom and total segregation, the region became autonomous in early 1990’s. Ever since, the region has had its ups and downs. If …
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In search of an identity and harmony, the Somali people in Ethiopia should consider their collective identity, existence and unity. The Somali Regional State has endured numerous problems and suffered from political mayhems and disapproving divisions. At one time, the region’s inhabitants identified themselves with different names on the basis of the territories under which …
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