@Ehelsan_Saleban@FIFAWorldCup@FIFAcom Mrs Saleban I follow you on X and like most of your ideology but Please correct this hero’s name the correct name is Omar Artan.
MOGADISHU MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SHOULD NOT BE TIED TO THE FGS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
It’s important that the 3.5 million+ residents of Mog exercise their RIGHT to choose who leads/manages their municipal affairs and tax $.
The current political STALEMATE should NOT be used to derail MOGADISHU’S aspirations.
What is needed is for ALL parties interested in contesting for MAYOR & City council create a platform EXCLUSIVE for this purpose.
This platform should serve to engage FGS Electoral Commission; pressures the commission to create a conducive environment for elections; ensure that the commission delivers an impartial process that is transparent and credible.
The people of Mogadishu deserve SOLUTIONS not OBSTRUCTION.
#MogadishuElections #1P1V
Make it make sense…
“Unwavering commitment to deepening bilateral ties with Ethiopia”
“The FGS strongly condemns the egregious act of aggression committed today by Ethiopian forces”
Released within hours of each other.
ALERT🚨: I’m on my United flight going from AZ back home to NJ — and I’m sitting next to a young migrant child traveling solo.
Her backpack is tagged with a DOJ Security tag from U.S. Customs & Border Patrol.
She’s wearing all new clothes and shoes and does not speak English.
@FrontlinesTPUSA@TPUSA
I congratulate you President-elect of the United States of America H.E @realDonaldTrump on your historic election victory.
I look forward to continuing our two nations’ strong collaboration and partnership to advance peace, security, and common prosperity for our two nations.
The United States and Somalia have been working together to build peace and stability in the Horn of Africa. We also have the shared goal of fighting terrorism in the region. Actions that undermine Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity put this progress at great risk.
It’s time for International Community to review the management of lifting of the arms embargo for Somalia after Cowsweyne disaster &now Raskamboni national humiliation. The sole responsibility for the latter lies with FGS.
Clearly, FGS doesn’t know its priority which’s worrying.
A note to #Somalis who yearn for a better #Somalia.
I understand and empathize with citizens' frustration over the slowness, stagnation, and occasional regression in aspects of #Somalia's state and institution-building journey.
I also appreciate citizens' outrage and their shock at malfeasance by those in power yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Maladministration, corruption, nepotism, incompetence, abuse of power, and perpetual dysfunctional governance are unacceptable, and the Somali people deserve better. Fighting all these issues is noble and must continue.
Having said that, as someone who worked in the government 14 years ago and who would not want to work for the government again—because it is a difficult place to work—I would say most of the people who work for governments, especially the Federal Government, are individuals like you and me.
They work day in and day out in inhospitable environments with little or no tools and resources to do their job. Many government workers are also desperate citizens trying to earn a living so they and their loved ones can survive. Many, particularly those in the security services, are unsung heroes who work and risk their lives every day to protect us.
Moreover, most government workers, including ministers and MPs, lack—and have lacked—the basic resources to do their job. I remember a foreign minister who told me his wife paid for his tickets while he was on official duty because government resources were not available, were delayed, or the allotted budget had dried up.
The point is: while as citizens we have every right to hold those in power accountable and we have every right to be cynical about politicians who have not delivered for the Somali people, we also need to be mature enough to know that we need government and what we have is rudimentary, under-resourced, and far from the ideal we all yearn for.
But yearning for something won’t make it a reality. What we want we must produce, create, and establish.
As we destroyed the first few governments we had with coups, clannism, and civil war, the one we are trying to create will take a long and winding journey with a lot of mess-ups.
In addition to the unsung heroes who put their lives on the line (over ten thousand soldiers probably died in the past two decades helping the Somali government take root, and many more were maimed), a number of bad apples will also get in and wreak havoc with corruption and the like. When that happens, we need to fight with one hand and plan for a better tomorrow with the other hand without destroying the structures and skeleton we have tethered together for the past twenty years.
Rome was not built in a day.
If we want something better than what we have now, there will be an election coming up in 2026—a mere two years away—and anyone with a better vision for Somalia now is to plan and strategize. Hopefully, citizens—even if only one million people—will vote for the next MPs and presidents at all levels of government.
And even if one person one vote does not materialize in 2026, why not strive to make it a reality in 2032?
State building, institution building, and statecraft require walking the walk and having grit.
As the author of this great book explains, passion or drive and tenacity (resilience) are the key and core ingredients of success.
It is up to us to create the Somalia we want.
We should ask you because you support it and you need to explain why? Somalis disagree on political issues but are one on their land, there are no two Somalia only one 🇸🇴