Abdullahi Ibrahim

A nationalist guided by the sacrifices of our forefathers. My words are my flag, my ideas are my defense, and my vision is a recognized and respected homeland.

[Iman @imanmali]

When you live comfortably in Alberta while your father, a Bantu man, reportedly worked as a security guard for a Kacaan Party member, I’m hardly surprised by the worldview you’ve adopted.

You want to “ban clan elders” because you apparently believe Somalis should be governed by the same socialist, communist ideology imposed during the Soviet era. Under that system, mayors were appointed by the dictatorship rather than emerging from the communities they governed. That was the reality across cities under the Kacaan regime.

So let’s ask the obvious question: if you eliminate the traditional structures that historically constitute Somali society, what exactly replaces them?

Who appoints the president?

Who defines political legitimacy?

Who determines who belongs to the Somali nation?

Under the citizenship framework established around independence in 1960, Somali 🇸🇴 nationality was heavily tied to paternal lineage. And that lineage did not exist in some imaginary vacuum. It was rooted in the recognized social structures and tribes that make up Somali society.

We can absolutely debate how to build a modern, functioning state without allowing clan identity to dominate politics. That is a legitimate conversation.

But blaming every Somali failure on clans while pretending Somalia exists in some unique vacuum is intellectually lazy. Somalia shares many of the same social, tribal, familial, and communal structures found throughout Africa and the Middle East.

No one simply wakes up and becomes a Saudi citizen. The same basic reality exists in the UAE 🇦🇪 Qatar 🇶🇦 Bahrain 🇧🇭 Kuwait 🇰🇼 Iraq 🇮🇶 and numerous other countries. Every state has its own rules governing nationality, belonging, political participation, and citizenship.

Yet somehow, when Somalis discuss their own social structures, suddenly the existence of clans becomes an existential disease that must be eradicated.

And then comes the truly bizarre part: the proposed alternative is often some recycled version of centralized authoritarianism dressed up as modernization.

That model works beautifully on paper for people who believe society can be engineered from the top down by a powerful state. One central authority. One ideology. One political machine. One government deciding everything.

We have seen this movie before.

It was called the Soviet Union.

It ended with the Soviet Union collapsing.

Somalis are not colonizers. Somalis are not an imperial people. Our society developed its own institutions, traditions, alliances, and systems of governance long before anyone in USSR had an interest in Somalia.

So why import an authoritarian political philosophy that was foreign to Somali society and pretend it is the magical solution to Somalia’s problems?

Modernization does not require pretending history never happened.

Reforming clan politics does not require abolishing the social fabric of Somali society.

And building a functioning state certainly does not require resurrecting the political philosophy of a dictatorship that already demonstrated exactly where centralized authoritarianism can lead.

The irony is almost impossible to miss.

Someone whose family was reportedly displaced by the very ideology they now romanticize is advocating for a return to the same political philosophy that helped destroy the country in the first place.

That is not modernization.

That is ideological amnesia.

So by all means, keep pushing the fantasy. Keep demanding that Somalis abandon the structures that have existed for generations while replacing them with a centralized ideology imported from a failed political experiment.

Maybe one day the USSR will return too.

Perhaps all the former Soviet republics will march back into Moscow, rebuild the Union, and finally give this nostalgia project the ending it deserves.

What a delusional political fantasy.

[Iman @imanmali]

What the hell is an Ottoman 🇹🇷 “black citizen”? This is exactly what happens when you worship a foreign country and act as though you can’t survive without it.

Here’s what’s funny: over the last 30 years, the United States 🇺🇸 has provided nearly $100 billion, while over the last 15 years, Turkey has spent less than $1 billion. Yet it is the Turk who goes around calling you a “black citizen.” It is a Turk who is going around trying to colonize you, and so many uneducated Somalis 🇸🇴 are blind to it because these Turks use tactics like “brotherhood,” “Islam,” and other unnecessary propaganda tools.

Everyone knows quite well that Turkey does not give a damn about Islam. It is one of the most secular countries in the world, where some people worship a dead Turk more than God Himself.

This does not mean we must be emotional and hate Turkey. It means we need to be educated and have an educated relationship with everyone. No one is your friend, no one is your savior, and no one is your enemy. It is all about strategic interests. It is up to you to reach that stage and understand the difference.

If you prostitute yourself, then don’t be shocked when you are treated like a Turkish slave and a prostitute.

Just have a look. These are a few of the many Turkish accounts that refer to Somalis as their “black little monkeys,” calling people names as though they control failed Somalia. This is exactly what I mean when I say Turkish occupation or Turkish colonization.

[Iman @imanmali]

Turkish 🇹🇷 enslavement of South Central Somalia: exhibit 45

[Iman @imanmali]

With so many Turkish citizens attacking their “black citizens,” this black citizen goes out to post about his masters at the biggest Turkish embassy in Mogadishu. This is the reason why #Turkey 🇹🇷 believes that they own these slaves. Just look at the enslaved mindset and the “house Negro” behavior he exports.

Turkish politicians and leaders are extremely upset with these people. Thousands of hardliners are upset with the Turkish government that their Turkish colony would dare question the issue of #Cyprus 🇨🇾 . More to come.

[🇮🇱 Naomi Litvin ✡️ נעמי @NaomiLitvin]

Faqash detector

[GuledWiliq @GuledWiliq]

Irro had had enough of Ismael Gueleh 🤣

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

Mr. Prime Minister, criticism of Israeli policy is legitimate, but so is acknowledging Israel’s security dilemma and the historical Jewish connection to the land. Peace cannot be built by reducing the conflict to a simple narrative of Israeli aggression and Palestinian victimhood. Israel has legitimate security concerns, Palestinians have legitimate national aspirations, and neither can be erased.

If Malaysia genuinely wants a viable two-state solution, the principle should be consistent: condemn actions that undermine peace, regardless of who commits them, while recognizing that Israel’s security, sovereignty and right to exist are not negotiable either. Diplomacy requires balance not selective outrage.

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

I'd like to clarify The people of Djibouti are our brothers, bound to Somaliland by geography, history, culture and shared Somali heritage. Our concern is not with Djibouti or its people, but with the strategic policies of Ismail Omar Guelleh’s regime. When those policies increasingly align with efforts that challenge Somaliland’s sovereignty and political autonomy, they inevitably become a matter of national security. Brotherhood should never require one brother to compromise the sovereignty of another. Somaliland seeks peaceful relations with Djibouti but peace must rest on mutual respect, non-interference and recognition of our right to determine our own future.

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

@AnalystSomalia @ifa_ethiopia @HassanSMohamud @AliOmarMP

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

Interesting!!.

[Institute of Foreign Affairs - IFA @ifa_ethiopia]

Power in the Horn is shifting beyond formal borders. The real contest is increasingly over who governs, taxes and commands authority.

Read more: https://t.co/8GLe5yrW61

[Sylvana 🇮🇱✡️🇬🇷🇨🇦🇺🇸 @syl_sylv7966337]

Sultan Erdogan talks too much.
Now he has his Islamic NATO and he has to show results.
Buckle up...

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

Turkey’s activities in Somalia may not legally determine Somaliland’s sovereignty but geopolitics is not conducted in a vacuum. If Ankara wants lasting influence across the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa, it cannot simply ignore Somaliland’s strategic geography, coastline and political reality. You can deny a factor diplomatically, you cannot make it disappear strategically.

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

Strategic Reality

Turkey’s expanding strategic partnership with Somalia from defence and energy to maritime interests cannot be separated from Somaliland’s geography.
Ankara has mediated Somalia–Somaliland talks since 2013. If Turkey seeks greater Red Sea influence, Somaliland is not a footnote; it is a strategic factor.

[Kassy Akiva @KassyAkiva]

How Turkey Is Making A Bid To Bring Back A Modern Ottoman Empire

https://t.co/CDZ3r7PuU9

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

@netanyahu DON'T LET THEM WIN!!

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

@syl_sylv7966337 Absolutely. Bring back the Treaty of Sèvres and make it permanent.

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

Only if "changing borders" means giving half of it back to Greece and Armenia. The Rest we will figure out.

The map makers are going to be busy.

[Sylvana 🇮🇱✡️🇬🇷🇨🇦🇺🇸 @syl_sylv7966337]

Turkey's borders need to change.

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

Shabbat Shalom.......

[daniel hanuka📟 🇮🇱 @LionsOfZion_ORG]

Erdogan is threatening us. So scary.

[Abdullahi Ibrahim @aimslander]

@MikeGarde3 @IsraelMFA Death may come first, but Ankara’s geopolitical balancing act might collapse before then. Turkey keeps trying to play NATO, Russia, Islamist networks and regional powers against each other while pretending it can control the game. Empires have fallen for less arrogance.