A collection of my threads and tweets on
#Somaliland
and
#Somalia
, covering history, politics, genocide and the Somali civil war.
If you like them please share with family and friends.
(Bonus faqash exposés at the bottom😀)
Humiliation of the century.
President Sisi of Egypt breaches all diplomatic protocol and uses Somalia as an example of a failed state, right in the presence of Somalia's own president
@HassanSMohamud
.
Wow.
HUGE 🎉
Somaliland's Edna Adan wins the 2023 Templeton Prize, joining luminaries like Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa.
The Templeton Prize is one of the world's largest individual awards, valued at $1.4 million.
Edna is the 1st African woman to win the prize! 👏
BREAKING 🚨🚨
Ethiopia is officially set to become the first country to fully recognise the Republic of Somaliland as a de jure independent state.
The day we've been longing for 32 years has finally arrived.
Africa's
#55thState
is officially here.
Incredible development.
Somalian president
@HassanSMohamud
becomes the first leader in the history of Africa to call for colonial Italy's plantation owners to come back and reclaim their land.
Wow.
Breaking: Extremely important discussion with UK Minister of State for Defence happening right now in the UK Parliament (House of Lords) on:
1. The recognition of Somaliland.
2. Use of Berbera port for a potential base.
"UK should take the lead in recognising Somaliland."
President Muse Bihi elucidates on details of the historic MOU signed in Ethiopia.
What we know so far:
- Somaliland gets full recognition.
- Ethiopia gets a 20km coastal lease for the purpose of establishing a naval base.
But this is not all. President Muse Bihi highlighted
Bombshell 🚨
For the first time ever, we have accurate population data for Somali territories thanks to AI technology.
This is amazing for population mapping, particularly in the Horn of Africa.
But whats shocking is the true size of Puntland region's population.
Read on.
Disaster interview by Somalian Minister:
BBC's Nuala McGovern destroys Somalian minister
@DaudAweis
in an interview about the recently signed MOU between Somaliland and Ethiopia.
- Somalian minister confirms Somalia can only complain about the MOU to international bodies.
-
🚨 Somalia is now weaponising terrorism
A debate on national Somalia TV featured an attendee brazenly asking about how Somalia can best direct Al Shabab terrorism and Jihad towards Ethiopia and Somaliland!
".. since we have people willing to blow themselves up"
Worthy of note
#Breaking
:
UK recognition of Somaliland imminent.
Friend of Somaliland
@Alex_Stafford
asks UK Prime Minister if UK should “start the process to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign, independent country?”
UK Prime Minister
@RishiSunak
affirms his government will “continue to
A speech for the history books 👏
"Xiniiyahaan ku hadliyaa waa geesiyaashi naftooda uhuray dalkan. Waa adkeysiga shicibweynaha Somaliland ee GOBTA ah".
President Muse Bihi delivers a super nuanced, historically precise, legally sound, impassioned speech to the thousands of
#Breaking
: Somalia's Prime Minister openly states he supports Hamas.
"Hamas is a righteous liberation movement".
"Terrorists and Jews are the same".
Do you support your taxpayers money going to this lunatic?
@UKinSomalia
@US2SOMALIA
@EU_in_Somalia
27 Dec.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of the creator of the Latin Somali Alphabet, Muse Haji Ismail Galal.
A thread on his extraordinary life, from a nomad in Cayn, to visiting China in search for suitable alphabet for the Somali language.
#Somaliland
#Somalia
🚨BREAKING *SUBTITLED*:
President of failed state Somalia
@HassanSMohamud
delivered a speech tonight in which he threatened the international community he'll:
"knock on doors I dont want to knock on".
Implication here is possibly Russia and/or China.
Desperation is
#Somaliland
women faced hell during the genocide.
Safia Madar, 30 year old doctor, was detained by Barre forces. She was 9 months pregnant.
She went into labour the next day, her baby was taken, and she was sentenced to life in jail.
Her crime?
Being Isaaq in 1985.
#Somalia
Somalian extremist
@ShAbdiHersy
suggests giving away 5% of Somalia's coast (124km) to Turkey so they can "protect and defend" Somalia.
These Somalians dont care about the land, they're just against any opportunity Somaliland can get.
Other insane suggestions include:
-
FULAYNIMO.
Ladies and gentlemen, a clip for the ages 😂
Terror militia running AWAY from Goojacadde and back into Laascanood.
Funniest part is their technicals fleeing the battle leaving a cloud of dust like a cartoon, abandoning their militia to run away on foot 💀😂😂
Somalia has just given away 30% of its entire marine resources to Turkey. This includes fisheries, offshore-oil and gas and deep sea mining rights.
They've done this in exchange for protection from illegal fishing!
This is the robbery of the century.
Lets unpack this:
Somalilander legend
@EdnaAdan
makes SL's case:
"we in
#Somaliland
disarmed our very powerful militia with less than $100,000, paid for by the community themselves. Our neighbour
#Somalia
has had 28 nations support it, and has failed to demobilise its AlShabab and its militia."
DP World CEO
@ssulayem
tells
@CNBC
how he convinced the UK to invest in Somaliland's Berbera Port:
"Somaliland is a country that has actually developed their system, they have a parliament and are a peaceful country, this investment will bring on other investments."
👏👏👏
Stop for a moment to appreciate what Mo's mother went through:
She had just lost her husband, survived a genocide, sent her twins to Djibouti to ensure their survival.. one of them disappears.. spent years not knowing what happened to him.
Wild.
#TheRealMoFarah
#IsaaqGenocide
BREAKING:
Hadi Hallouche Head of Trafigura’s Oil Division announces $50M investment in Berbera, Somaliland:
"We believe in SL's economy and its ability to become a regional hub."
Trafigura (turnover $300 Billion) is one of the world's largest trading and logistics companies.
UK Prime Minister
@RishiSunak
cites
#Somaliland
, Rwanda, Senegal and India as positive examples of successful investments made by the UK as part of his statement announcing the mobilisation of $40 billion for infrastructure investment and economic development.
Guul Somaliland.
Bombshell🚨
"The name 'Somalia' was actually given by colonial Italy."
Italian academics and historians discuss how Somalia was purchased by Italy during the colonial era, and how the actual name "Somalia was given by Italy!
There was no "Somalia" prior to arrival of Italians
Its 21 October.
One of the darkest epochs in the history of Somali speaking people began on this day.
Lets take this opportunity to look back at the damage to the Somali way of life caused by faqash and their kacaan.
#KacaanMyth
#Somaliland
#Somalia
#Djibouti
Today's Friday Khutbah. Must Watch.
Sheikh Mohamed Haji Mohamoud Hirsi delivered an incredible Khutbah today in which he eloquently and effortlessly exposed Somalia and Somalian sheikhs' hypocrisy.
I cant recommend this enough, please watch and share with everyone you know.
A
Celebrations continue in Somaliland for the 3rd night in a raw!
Burco is buzzing right now with what feels like the entire city out and celebrating the historical MOU between Somaliland and Ethiopia.
"Ka quusta.. ka hadha"
Incredible scenes, crowds vow to continue
Amazing news!
Just heard back from the Hennepin County Sheriff Office's Internal Affairs Unit on their investigation of faqash Deputy Ahmed Ismail Awl, badge
#643
.
After a thorough investigation, he was found guilty and placed before a Discipline Advisory Panel.
Faqash
Ilhan Omar's speech only scratches the surface of what goes on in Somalian politics.
Ilhan's best friend, Somalia's current Prime Minister
@HamzaAbdiBarre
publicly calls jews "the descendants of monkeys and pigs".
Not a single outlet reported on this yet. Insane.
@nypost
If I were Somalia…
I would recognise Somaliland tomorrow.
There is still time to end this charade, restore good Somali neighbourliness, stop fighting the realities on the ground and accept that Somaliland joined a union with Somalia of its own volition, and left that union
On this Holocaust Remembrance Day let's remember survivors of one of Africa's most brutal episodes of genocide.
Nura Mohamed, 9 weeks pregnant when arrested, was put in a sack and sunk into water until death seemed certain.
Her crime?
Being Isaaq in 1988.
#Somaliland
#Somalia
SOMALILAND HAS TAKEN OVER 10 DOWNING ST
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Our very own
@cjnas_
eloquently explaining why
@UKSLAlliance
organised this peaceful rally.
Somalilanders stand resolute, united, in solidarity with their national armed forces.
IMPORTANT:
In 2001, Garad Jama, clan leader of Dhulbahante was named in US Executive Order 13224 as a major figure linked to terrorism in a list published by
@StateDept
.
He was named on the same list as former Al Shabab leader Hassan Dahir Aweys.
Link:
Its sad to see a Somali odey beg like that.
But who is at fault here?
For thirty-three years, Somaliland has stood at your door, pleading with you as brothers for justice and fairness. We've asked you to respect the sovereign will of our people; they voluntarily united with
Mainstream reporting on Mo Farah's incredible story is missing crucial context:
Mo Farah belongs to the Isaaq clan. His clan was targeted by the Somali state and suffered a genocide very similar to the Rwandan genocide.
Below I'll share a few threads on the Isaaq genocide 👇🏿
#Somaliland
women faced hell during the genocide.
Safia Madar, 30 year old doctor, was detained by Barre forces. She was 9 months pregnant.
She went into labour the next day, her baby was taken, and she was sentenced to life in jail.
Her crime?
Being Isaaq in 1985.
#Somalia
#BREAKING
, Genel Energy CFO completely dismisses Somalia's calaacal letter as irrelevant, not even worthy of a response.
"We saw the Somalia comment and the Somaliland response. It doesn't materially change our view...
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR PROGRAM." 🔥🔥🔥
Somalia is the most failed country on earth.
The world is starting to learn to differentiate the failed protectorate of Somalia and the Republic of Somaliland.
Dear EU,
We are sorry. We cant hear your colonialism over the collective voices of MILLIONS of Somalilanders young and old, on their feet in every city of Somaliland right now crying for a better, more equal and fair chance at life.
This moment is bigger than the EU.
This
EU stands in support of the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of
#Somalia
and stability of the Horn following the MoU between
#Ethiopia
and
#Somaliland
.
Berbera Port is ranked TOP POSITION in the latest edition of the Global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) published by
@WorldBank
&
@SPGlobal
.
Incredible news 🔥🔥🔥🔥
#Somaliland18May2023
Note: not a single faqash-owned port on the list 😁
Somalian politicians see no qualms about lying even about the most basic, well known and well documented facts.
Here we have a Somalian pundit going on Aljazeera and claiming they had no issues with the DP World deal.
They absolutely did. Its just that no one cared.
Dr. J. Peter Pham
@DrJPPham
provides excellent commentary on the historic MOU between Somaliland and Ethiopia for
@BBCNews
.
- Why the deal is a win-win
- Why it respects the reality on the ground
- And how "rump" Somalia is using it to whip up support for lack of achievement.
Dear member of Parliament.
A very important debate on the recognition of
#Somaliland
is happening tomorrow Tuesday 18th. We the UK Somaliland community urge you to attend and make interventions in support of Somaliland's recognition.
Thank you for your support.
🚨 A call to action:
Thursday should be a day where every Somalilander comes out in support of Somaliland.
If they're going to demonstrate against Somaliland on Thursday, we must come out, in force, FOR Somaliland.
Certain ignorant individuals are attempting to rewrite history on Twitter to slander the impeccable record of the SNM, the freedom movement that liberated the Republic of
#Somaliland
from the genocidal rule of Siad Barre. This thread is a response to their baseless revisionism.
Faqash are trying to cause confusion about the illustrious history of of Isaaq and their participation in the Adal wars using a poorly scribed manuscript copy of Futuh Al Habasha.
Only problem is, their manuscript actually STRENGTHENS the Isaaq case.
Read on.
🚨Breaking: UK based Genel Energy reported they've spent $4M on Somaliland civils this qtr.
Preparatory civils work is completed, on time and ahead of schedule.
"The team in SL demonstrated real skill and delivered 125,000 man-hours" -- Genel CFO
2024, the year of Somaliland.
UNPRECEDENTED
We're witnessing faqash politicians going through the grief cycle live on this app, case in point
@FarahMaalimM
:
5 December 2023: Denial
"There is no such thing as a sovereign entity called Somaliland." -
@FarahMaalimM
1 January 2024: Anger
"The only
Incredibly illuminating footage 📽️
See Laascanood in 2007 upon liberation by Somaliland's armed forces. It was a village compared to Laascanood of 2023.
Watch the population describing broad daylight ASSASSINATIONS of Dhulbahante by Puntland. These family-feuds are decades old.
Matt Bryden
@Dibjir
completely demolishes Somalian pundit
@Aynte
on live television.
The Somalian rep backtracked almost immediately when asked why Somalia feigns outrage whilst still happy to have Ethiopian troops in Somalia protecting his government.
"Somalia has tools at its
Kenya's Supreme Court has just banned disgraced Somalian faqash lawyer
@ahmednasirlaw
from ever appearing before it.
2024 is turning out to be a horrible year for faqash scum.
Unemployment wacan 😁
#Somaliland
must never forget:
When the whole world stood by and watched as our "brothers" in
#Somalia
bombed SL cities to dust and carried out a state-sponsored genocide against its people, it was only
#Israel
that raised the issue of these crimes to the UN's Security Council.
Emir Muse Bin Bihi, the great grandson of Emir Ahmed Gurey surveys Lake Dendi on horseback, as he is welcomed by the great people of Ethiopia.
"This time we come in peace, and to further bolster the mutual interests of our people."
Somaliland
#hanoolaato
.
Ethiopia
#tikdem
Huge 🚨
Companies and shipping lines based in Djibouti are moving in droves to Berbera, Somaliland.
"Nobody seems to have worked it out that Djibouti [port] is failing".
"The volumes and potential work is MASSIVE".
Great news!
The UAE's Ministry of Education updated its portal and now lists Republic of
#Somaliland
and
#Djibouti
as the only countries in the Horn of Africa from which higher education accreditation is accepted.
Fantastic news for SL youth!
Link:
Destroying our cities was not enough,
#faqash
planted landmines INSIDE homes to maximise civilian casualty and kill as many Isaaq refugees returning home as possible.
Majority of landmine victims were children.
We will never forget.
#Somaliland
#Somalia
Somaliland, please join me in saying a massive thank you to
@StephenMorganMP
former Labour Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces for continuing to push for Somaliland's recognition by the UK government 👏👏👏
Please keep up the excellent work, you're doing Portsmouth proud 🔥🔥🔥
Let the record show, the only SITTING official to openly call for death squads to murder innocent Somalilander civilians in Sool was Puntland region's Speaker of Parliament.
This violent declaration was made from his Speaker seat during a regular parliamentary session!
Tomorrow is 20 Dec.
Exactly 37 years ago, on 20 Dec 1984, 43 innocent people were executed in a public square in Burco.
They were ordinary people, targeted and victimised by their very own government for belonging to the Isaaq clan in 1980s Somalia.
#Somaliland
, never forget.
CALAACAL ARCHIVE 📽️
Documentation of global faqash hysteria as the historic news of Somaliland reaching an agreement with neighbouring Ethiopia was made public on 1/1/2024.
This is a historic moment, we must preserve for future generations of Somaliland 😁
Incredible Q&A session with the inimitable Edna Adan, with some very important revelations:
- Somaliland had THE BEST COVID-19 response in the larger Middle East region 🔥🔥🔥
- One of the MEPs responsible for the text to recognise the Armenian Genocide implores Edna: "please
ANOTHER one of
@M_Farmaajo
's lies backfires.
Farmajo instructs this attention seeking individual to lie to the public and claim he was born in Hargeisa for propaganda purposes... a complete LIE.
His real place of birth: Ethiopia!!
Shameless N&N tactics.
#Somaliland
#Somalia
BREAKING:
Senior elders of the Dhulbahante clan call on their kin in Laascaanood to cease disturbances in the town, particularly by the women and children, maintain the peace, and to voice their concerns to their Somaliland government.
Great news 👏
Deputy Speaker of Kenya's Parliament
@FarahMaalimM
is caught on tape spewing antisemitic rhetoric against "evil jews" who have been "working for centuries" to 'shape and manipulate how people think'.
This was during the launch event of his new think-tank project
@AfroAsiaInst
.
BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
Puntland Member of Parliament Farah Mohamed Dalmar who willingly joined the terrorist militia in Laascanood has been captured by Somaliland's Armed Forces.
Allaa mahad leh.
Genel Energy reported they've had a great 6 month period of work. On track to deliver all civil work on time and on budget by eoy, inshallah.
Somaliland is on track to become the 1st oil producing nation in East Africa.
This is huge.
Somalia has effectively handed back control of airspace to ICAO.
Somalia's panicked complaint letter touches on a massive red line in international air navigation:
Safety and security.
Let me explain:
Epitome of cowardice.
Markus Hoehne
@HoehneVirgil
preemptively blocked me just before he published another baseless propaganda thread attacking Somaliland.
I was seeing his tweets just two days ago, and we've had no interactions recently. So the only reason he blocked me was
🚨 Anyone following Horn of Africa politics must watch this video.
Somalians are going completely rogue following the Somaliland-Ethiopia MoU.
Here are some of the 'solutions' unironically pushed by Somalian intellectuals:
1. Form an alliance with terrorist Al Shabab (!!!)
An aspect of the Somaliland - Ethiopia deal that our lawmakers must carefully look into is the 20km length of the coastal strip leased to Ethiopia.
Its probably a lot larger than Ethiopia needs.
As an example, here is the US Naval Central Command in Bahrain, its footprint on
Somalian president begging colonial plantation owners to come back is one of the most humiliating statements ever made by an African leader.
This is what cotton plantations in Somalia looked like.
Somalian women were forced to work under strict supervision by Italian owners.
Somalian president
@HassanSMohamud
becomes the first leader in the history of Africa to call for colonial Italy's plantation owners to come back and reclaim their land.
Wow.
GLOVES ARE OFF 🚨
Great clip showing sheer cowardice of the terrorists as they're seen chased by Somaliland's armed forces and desperately running back to seek safety inside Laascanood, knowing the SL forces will show restraint.
SL mechanised units seen in action 🔥🔥🔥
"Putting 'Somalia' back together has not worked!"
"Its time UK's 'One Somalia' policy changes."
Incredible speech by Lord Stuart Polak of the UK's House of Lords, highlighting the urgency and timeliness of the UK's recognition of Somaliland.
#55thState
Today, Lord Stuart Polak CBE's message to Foreign Minister Lord
@David_Cameron
emphasised the urgency and opportunity for the UK to take the lead in recognising Somaliland. He did an excellent job highlighting the UK’s historical failure in grouping Somalia and Somaliland. He
Somaliland, lets give a massive THANK YOU to the incredible team at
@UKSLAlliance
and all the volunteers for taking time out of their busy days to put together such a heartfelt celebration of Somaliland today.
Absolute legends, please take a bow 👏👏👏
#Somalia
's Pres. Farmajo
@M_Farmaajo
is "abusing the office of president to empower his clan [Marehan]; what he really wants is for his clan to dominate
#Jubaland
and Kismayo... Farmajo has the interests of Marehan at heart, not the interest of the Somali nation".
There is a lot of chatter about the bogus label of "SSC".
Sool and Sanaag are self-explanatory, but what is Cayn?
If you've ever wondered what Cayn actually is, continue reading, this will be the most comprehensive thread you will read on the history of the Ayn Valley.
#SSCMYTH
The Imam ul Actham of Somaliland, Faysal Cali Waraabe, one of the most patriotic sons on this nation and leader of the UCID party gives a historic speech befitting the occasion 👏
Guuleyso Faysalow.
#55thState
Somalia has gone completely rogue.
In a recent interview Somalian aviation minister confirms that Somalians have made a request to restrict all communications with pilots to CPDLC (datalink) to block Somaliland ATC from conducting its lawful operations over its jurisdiction.
🚨🚨 WHERE IS THE SOMALILAND GOVERNMENT?!
@MMSomalitv
is bringing faqash mouthpiece Yuusuf Garaad to push more Somalian propaganda on Somaliland's population.
This is straight up treason.
Naga qabta nijaastan.
UK MP
@timloughton
continues to press the UK to hold talks with the Rep. of Somaliland on (a) regional security and (b) UK use of the port of Berbera.
@AndrewmitchMP
, the UK FCDO Minister responds by calling for dialogue on the MoU, and highlighting UK investment in Berbera.
Part II 🚨
New highly accurate AI technology is going to flip the demographic picture in the Horn of Africa upside down.
One of the biggest revelations is the true size of the Darod clan and its various sub-clans.
1st fact:
Puntland region = Togdheer region in population.
Bombshell 🚨
For the first time ever, we have accurate population data for Somali territories thanks to AI technology.
This is amazing for population mapping, particularly in the Horn of Africa.
But whats shocking is the true size of Puntland region's population.
Read on.