Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to referee at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States.
He received a diplomatic passport from the Somali embassy but was turned away upon his arrival.
Omar Artan was elected Best African Referee in 2025.
🚨 BREAKING: PAKISTAN & SOMALIA SEAL HISTORIC $900M JET DEAL 🚨
Somalia has finalized a massive $900 million agreement with Pakistan to acquire 24 JF-17 Thunder Block III fighter jets.
The deal includes Pakistan’s most advanced AESA radar-equipped jets, full weapons integration, and elite pilot training.
Reportedly backed by Turkey and Saudi Arabia, this deal cements Pakistan as the leading defense partner for emerging markets.
Listen to me, my fellow Somalis, Sudanese, Eritrean and Egyptian brothers and sisters. 🇸🇴🇪🇷🇪🇬🇸🇩
We must unite, just like the Scandinavian 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇩🇰countries, and combine our strength. We should start by cooperating in key areas: media, intelligence, defense, currency, airlines, investment, and foreign policy.
Ethiopia remains the main source of instability in our region, and we must finally recognize this and take action. This anti-African country has long enjoyed support from foreign powers, which it uses to betray and undermine its neighbors.
In Sudan, it collaborates with the Emirates to contribute to the suffering and genocide of the Sudanese people.
In the Somali Republic, it supports Oromo led ISIS and Al Shabab that terrorize Somalis while hiding under Atmis and Islam.
In Eritrea, it is preparing potential attacks to gain access to the sea. In Egypt they started weaponizing the Nile river just to starve millions of Egyptians.
I personally hold no hatred toward the Ethiopian people. I have always spoken out about the severe violence and suffering inflicted on the Amhara and Tigray communities in northern Ethiopia.
However, I have come to realize that Ethiopia is the core problem in our region — no matter who holds power. This failing state is exploited by Asian, European, and American interests, often influenced by a Zionist-led hateful policies, to weaken and destroy neighboring countries.
We must bravely expose the truth, speak out, and stand together against tyranny, moral decay, and foreign-controlled puppets like Abiy Ahmed, who has been responsible for immense suffering and hundreds of thousands of deaths in northern Ethiopia during recent conflicts.
None of us benefits positively from Ethiopia’s current role in the region. Therefore, we should demand the relocation of the African Union headquarters. Africa must choose its own leaders and capital city — and only a country that truly respects international law, human rights, and democracy deserves to host or lead the continent.
Ethiopia, which bears responsibility for the severe starvation affecting many Amhara and Tigrayan Christians, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of its own citizens during recent conflicts, and its involvement in regional instability—including in Sudan and the Somali Republic—must finally face reality.
We have every right to take action to stop this country from continuing to kill and terrorize our nations. Ethiopia must never be allowed sea access, nor should it continue hosting the African Union headquarters or pursuing its interests in ways that undermine regional peace.
i dream of a Somalia where the services sector dominate our economy.
We must be known as a regional logistical hub.
Ports, airports, roads.
Heck i need NN govt to develop a Somali merchant fleet to service the whole of East Africa.
Today is a historic day, marked by the completion of Somalia’s National Constitution & the formal conclusion of the long-standing Provisional Constitution. It’s a day that will be remembered for achieving a national milestone that has long been awaited. This a promise made & kept
A suicide drone struck the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.
Feeling a bit down about that luxury icon taking a hit? Cool, let me jog your memory on what the UAE helped unleash in Sudan:
▪️14 million displaced,
▪️at least 150,000 dead,
▪️and 25 million facing the threat of famine.
And that’s not even counting what they’ve done in Somalia, Yemen, Libya, and other countries across the region.
No landmark or luxury hotel is worth more than human lives.
The war mongering pedophiles that brought you genocide in Gaza and the most scandalous files of abuse in history are now embroiling the world in a war to distract you in the name of “preserving freedom.”
Bombing a girls elementary school and killing over 30 young children is scratching the surface for these monsters. Truly sickening.