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Articles by Abdifatah Hersi
Opinion - The Price of a Throne: Can Somalia Afford President Hassan Sheikh’s Strongman Gamble?
“Somalia has never survived on one man; it has survived on agreement among many, and that remains its greatest strength.” Abdifatah Ahmed Hersi Somalia faces political fractures on several fronts, reviving fears of the divisions that have haunted the country since the 1990s. In South West State, fighting that followed the entry of federal troops into Baidoa in March 2026 still flares. Hirshabelle is growing tense, and many fear it will be the next front.
Hydroclimatic variability and threshold responses of cereal production to drought in Somalia, 2001–2025
?Mathematical formulae have been encoded as MathML and are displayed in this HTML version using MathJax in order to improve their display. Uncheck the box to turn MathJax off. This feature requires Javascript. Click on a formula to zoom. Abstract Somalia’s drought is conventionally read as a drying and warming trend that erodes food production. This study asks whether the decisive change lies in the variance rather than the mean, and how cereal production responds.
Opinion: Political Deadlock Has a Price Tag: How Uncertainty Is Undermining Somalia’s Economic Future
By Abdifatah Ahmed Hersi - Economist “The cost of this deadlock is neither abstract nor theoretical. It is measurable, cumulative, and already being borne by citizens who had no role in creating the crisis. Resolve it—not only because economics demands it, although it does, but because the people of Somalia have already paid more than enough.”- Abdifatah Ahmed Hersi On 13 May 2026, the World Bank released its latest economic update on Somalia.
Prescription drug misuse and risk factors among Somali adolescents: a qualitative study exploring peer influence, stress, and academic pressure - BMC Psychiatry
Prescription drug misuse is defined as the use of prescription medication in a manner other than prescribed, including using it without a prescription, in higher doses, for longer durations, or for non-medical purposes such as to experience euphoria [12]. The study was conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, between January and April 2024. Mogadishu was selected as the primary study site due to its high prevalence of adolescent prescription drug misuse, as reported by municipal health authorities.
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