Mahad Sheikh

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

@umutcagrisariii Could you share the copy of the agreement?

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

To avoid violence and delay, @HassanSMohamud must accept the fact that he couldn’t do it alone within his four year mandate and invite all regional leaders and opposition groups and individuals to a consultation meeting to agree on a plan to elect next president.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Laftagareen killed many residents of Bay and Bakool to become so called Pres. Of South West. He cannot be a victim. But, attacking him less than two months before the end of his term,
@HassanSMohamud is showing his intent: to rob Somali people of four more years. Very dangerous.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

“You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” Canadian PM @MarkJCarney

FULL SPEECH: PM Carney’s Most Inspiring Remarks at Davos — Greenland, Tr... https://t.co/TqlJRjWZgh via @YouTube

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Are you really an American Senator? America is the only country that has military presence on all strategic military bases in Somalia from Kismayo to Balidogle to Berbera. They are everywhere and for a long time. How come you don’t know that sir?

[Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz]

Recognizing Somaliland isn’t charity — it’s strategy. It aligns with America’s security interests and the “America First” doctrine by strengthening an ally that shares our values in a region vital to global trade and counterterrorism.

@thehill

https://t.co/gfgyShpL6B

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Arguably, had it not been that intervention, Somalia wouldn’t have the warlords, the courts and Alshabaab. Therefore, more stable and peaceful. Somalia is a case study of US intervention and its repercussions.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

When the foreign forces arrived under the humanitarian pretext, Mogadishu had two groups fighting but negotiating to end the conflict. When they withdrew in 1995, the city had more than dozen warlords and more were created in the rest of the country.

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

"Black Hawk Down" is an interesting case study in US militaristic propaganda. In the film the American soldiers who went to Somalia where they harass and kill the locals are portrayed as the sympathetic victims, while the Somalis who are defending their nation are the villains.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Islamic courts formed to counter warlord brutality and when the warlords were defeated, America used Ethiopian proxy forces to invade the country and overthrow the courts. Out of the Ethiopian invasion, came Alshabaab insurgency which continues to this date.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

100%. It makes very hard for Somalis to address these geopolitical threats so long organized and united national leadership is absent.

[Markus Virgil Hoehne @HoehneVirgil]

This is an absolutely brilliant outline of the issues at stake among all Somalis in the Horn of Africa by @alihwarsame arguing that "Ethiopia’s demand for sea access, renewed foreign interest in Somali ports, and the ongoing secessionist diplomacy all hihglights a central issue: a fragmented and divided Somali political elite that lacks the capacity for sustained collective action." The author adds that "political sovereignty is not lost over night, it erodes gradually". All those involved in nepotism, corruption and clanish infighting are part of this erosion, from Deni to Hassan Sheikh to Madoobe to Irro to their supporters. And finally: "political unity is essential for defending sovereignty."
This means, those Somalis who do not want to warch their own demise need to take action now.
https://t.co/XdPKlePkyp

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

did not attack government from civilian positions as they supposed to do, casualties would have been minimum and not concentrated on Isaq clan.

It was not only SNM that made these strategic mistakes, others SSDF, USC and SPM did as well, making their respective clans target.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

The Somali National Movement #SNM made two strategic mistakes that led to mass civilian casualties in north Somalia in late eighties. First they decided to recruit solely from the Isaq clan when they declared war on the government to overthrow it.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Second, after the Mengistu and Barre agreement to stop supporting opposition armed groups against each other, SNM decided to infiltrate densely populated cities, Burco and Hargaisa, and attack the army from these positions. If SNM did not tribalize their movement and

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

I agree

[Elham Ishmael ✍︎ @EIshmael_]

The Somali oil announcement should not be made at all at this time. We genuinely do not want to hear it now it should be postponed to a later date.

What must be at the top of the agenda is the situation in the north of Somalia, where politics must change immediately. The current political approach has failed and demands a decisive shift.

Our focus should be on the north of Somalia, including the role of the national army, a realignment of command structures, and the strengthening of intelligence operations.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

There is only one China, People’s Republic of China (PRC). Your statement won’t mean anything.

[Taiwan In Somaliland 🇹🇼 @Taiwan_SLD]

Taiwan welcomes Israel's decision to formally recognize Somaliland

On 9th July 2020, Trump Administration’s US National Security Council lauds Taiwan’s engagement in East Africa through Somaliland to anchor Taiwan-Somaliland new born relations and USA’s strategic interests.
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[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

So your logic is Israel to recognize a territory within a sovereign state as a country and make them join so called Abraham Accord, a scheme to undermine Palestinian struggle against Zionism! You guys are unhinged.

[Adi @Adi13]

Very disappointed with the UAE.

Earlier today, in their statement at the EMERGENCY MEETING of the ARAB LEAGUE, the UAE REJECTED Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and expressed support for Somalia.

WHY IS THIS BIG? This is an Abraham Accords Member joining this growing list of countries CONDEMNING THIS.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Secessionists, as reckless as they have been through out their existence, they chew more than they can swallow this time. Muse Bihi’s MOU created North East. Ciro’s Zionist miscalculation will create Awdal, and isolate North West and Togdheer.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

You have been an opportunist and now a traitor. Worst, you use tribe to justify your treasonous act as, the worst of our people, clan parliamentarians, secessionists, federalists and regionalists always do. Somalia will win.

[Osman Dubbe @OsmanDubbe]

Today, I resigned from my position as a Senator of the Somali Parliament for the sake of my people. I cannot remain part of a system that oppresses the people of Somaliland. My loyalty is to justice, dignity, and the will of my people.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Unity and the territorial integrity of Somali Republic is sacred. The Israeli PM’s announcement to recognize Somali territory as sovereign is attack on Somalia.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

This brother voted for Trump in 2024 knowing that he banned Muslims in his first term and seems surprised that he called his Somali community garbage? I bet he will vote Republican again! This people don’t learn.

Somali Trump voter https://t.co/qabeQBOo4j via @YouTube

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

It’s the message our civil war is conveying to us.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

Also Markus, you know that Somalia was divided into five by colonizers and probably erased from the map had it not been the Indian Ocean. Why? Because of our clan system. Because it lacks common leadership and association. No common defence,

[Markus Virgil Hoehne @HoehneVirgil]

This is a well-argued critical analysis by @Ahmed_Nabaddoon . He stresses that "Somali political culture remain driven by personalities rather than anchored on predictable institutions." I wonder what happened to the stateless Somali culture that existed for so long.
For centuries Somalis existed without centralized rule. Only with the advent of colonial powers, centralized rule was established and it took decades until it overcame local resistance and was effective. Between maybe 1930 and 1960 colonial governments ruled. Between 1960 and 1991 Somalia had postcolonial governments. Since then politics have been localized and regionalized.
The latter pol. order has been in many regards more effective than centralized rule. More schools, universities, hospitals, ports, businesses exist across Somalia today than ever before, not despite but because state failure.
The state as powerful actor actually creates an imbalance in Somali society which is traditionally constituted by dynamic and flexible smaller entities. In these entities kinship (which is much more than "tol"), friendship, common religious orientation, contracts and local cooperation structure everyday life. People do neither need police nor military nor ministers and bureaucrats or state courts to manage their affairs.
The state institutions actually constitute a nuisance since they are often corrupt and elites use them to monopolize ressources. In this context, clans are manipulated to fight over state power. But the latter actually only benefits a few elites, not the ordinary people on the ground.
In sum, the state is a disturbance to Somali life that for, except some 60 years between ca. 1930 and 1991, was happening without state. Thus, my conclusion would be: establish a minimal state that only represents Somalis toward the outside and is capable of defending the country. Otherwise keep things local and regional. The state could be like a council in which all Somalis have their representative (who can rotate within families) but it shall not be where much money goes. It should not be the locus of power, at least in internal affairs.

[Mahad Sheikh @MahadYSh]

and services like schools and hospitals and infrastructure, etc. Your Germany evolved from Barbarian clans to modern day Germany where you have state and its citizens. We are not different, we have to evolve from clan society to a one with common leadership.