Somali-American Does Internship in Mogadishu

Saida Hassan is a graduate student at the University of Minnesota Education Department.  A Somali by birth, she grew up in Minneapolis.  In August 2014, she wrote about her internship this summer with The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies in Mogadishu.  Read the brief account of her experience in Mogadishu for a more positive view of developments in Somalia than one normally sees in the press coverage.  

New Somali Think Tank

Somalia has launched its first think tank, the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS), in Mogadishu.  In January, it also launched the Forum for Ideas and its first topic for discussion was the U.S. recognition of Somalia.  Click here for a press release on this event in English and Somali.

I offer my congratulations to the organizers of HIPS and wish them every success.