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@dhoorebbc South West state feels the #Egyptian support is to support and empower USC/ICU dominated FGS system in #Mogadishu.It is all about clan wars.Ethiopians supported RRA back in the day,there is no room for Hawiye revenge now.
@AnalystSomalia South West State has genuine concerns as much as Puntland because the #Egyptian forces deployment is aimed at certain clans that dominate the current FGS system. Same as the USC and ICU,the current system in #Mogadishu does not represent #Somalia.
@UNSomalia Exclusion: #Somalia has potential people including well educated thriving diaspora community within the government. It should no longer be the norm that @UNSomalia should exclude #Somalis in decisions that affect them including fund raising.
#Somalia's love affair with the west and @UNSomalia faces hurdles as #Somalis are increasingly become wary of @UN's exclusion of #Somali nationals in decisions that affect #Somalia. A picture is worth of thousand words,below is stark example of exclusion.
#CONFIRMED
In a bombshell, Somalia asks UNSC to terminate UN Somalia Mission.
Move comes hot on heels of recent news UN Rep @CatrionaLaing1 leaving her post prematurely.
Pro-regime activists greeted news of Ms Laing's early exit with glee, heaping personal insults on her.
#Somali government requests @UNSomalia to terminate its mandate. The @UN in #Somalia does not localise its decisions, and in itself has become a de facto state of #Somalia with its agencies like @WFPSomalia do not involve its national staff in key decisions that affect #Somalia.
Surge of bombings seen in #Somalia's beleagured capital,#Mogadishu.In the latest bombing,Alshabab has claimed killing an official of the custodial corps in #Mogadishu, earlier Friday.
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This video shows Puntland militias/police attacking a Madhibaan family in the middle of the night, stepping on children's faces and threatening to burn the mother & dad.
What a disgusting behaviour
At a ceremony in #Dhusamareb today, #Galmudug's Pres. @MrQoorqoor and @UN's @KikiGbeho laid foundations for what will become the new office for the #UN in #Somalia to better serve the people of the Federal Member State in a wide range of areas.
For more: https://t.co/nvbja69SDv
In a BBC Somali interview, former Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad said Somalia is not yet "sovereign state" in the true meaning of the word.
Controversial statement but technically accurate.
A state deemed 'sovereign' when it has full control of its land, sea, air space
Abdiaziz Mohamed Abba, a 44-year-old father of 11 children and a member of the minority Banadiri group, has been missing from his family for a distressing period of 4 months and 22 days. Recent testimonies from released detainees, whom I had the opportunity to interview, indicate that he is being held at the notorious @HSNQ_NISA's Godka Jila'ow detention where he has reportedly endured severe torture.
Abdiaziz was taken from the vicinity of the Hared Mosque in the Bakara market, #Mogadishu, where he operated a printing house, by individuals believed to be associated with NISA. Interestingly, just prior to his disappearance, Abdiaziz had filed a lawsuit at the Bondhere district court, accusing well-connected individuals of which he complained that they were trying to steal a land and property his family owns, acc. to the family and documents.
Sources have revealed that Ministry of Justice officials are involved in Abdiaziz's disappearance, adding another layer of concern to this distressing situation.
A video shows when two journalists from @FiveSomalitv were detained by police in #Mogadishu earlier on Thursday morning. The journalists were conducting interviews w tuk tuk drivers who have recently been protesting due to restrictions imposed by the regional authorities in the Somali capital.
Alshabab fighters release photos of ATMIS - #Uganda contingent prisoners of war and military hardware captured in early multipronged raid on ATMIS base in #BuloMarer town in #LowerShabelle region, #Somalia.