Abdurashid Abikar

The treasurer of National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).AFP Photographer, Tell: 00252615997729 / Email:[email protected]

[Abdurashid Abikar @deylka]

The our Immigration has moved towards a professional working process.
Well done

[Mustafa Duhulow @M_Duhulow]

I signed a key cooperation agreement today with Interpol to combat organized crime, enhance travel security, improve ICA officers’ skills, boost ICA-Interpol collaboration, and aid in locating missing persons. A vital step for Somalia & beyond.

[Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹 @angeloinchina]

Good morning America.

[Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws]

This is why the U.S banned TikTok:

[M-Amiin Wacdar @wacdar]

#BREAKING: #Somalia to Enforce New Diplomatic Guidelines to Clarify Entry and Interaction Protocols

Mogadishu, 2024-09-07 – The Somali government will issue new guidelines for all diplomatic missions and international organizations, outlining proper procedures for conducting official business within the country, according to Somalia's @MinisterMOFA

“As per the VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS of 1961 and the regulations set forth by the FGS, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide guidance to all diplomatic missions and international organizations on the proper protocols for conducting official business within the country,” Ambassador Warfa (@warfak1), senior diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated.

“These guidelines will outline the procedures for entering Somalia and the protocols for interacting with both regional and federal officials.” concludes the statement.

Somali Government's new diplomatic guidelines aim to clarify entry and interaction protocols. By adhering to the Vienna Convention and local regulations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks to ensure consistency and smooth operations for all diplomatic missions and international organisations

[Mohamed Dubo @Mohamed_Dubo]

Rising Mogadishu.

[Ismail Osman ⚖️🕊️ @osmando]

#Somalia & #China have announced a major $1.2 billion investment partnership set to be implemented in 2025-26. This project focuses primarily on infrastructure & development, marking the first time in 40 years that #Somalia has signed such a significant agreement.

As a nation on the path to recovery, #Somalia is steadily rebuilding its institutions. In time, the country aims to harness its natural resources to compete on the global stage.

This project signals a new era of growth & opportunity for #Somalia, reflecting its determination to transform and thrive. #MovingForward #Somalia

[Hassan Ali Khaire @HassanAKhaire]

Dalkeennu wuxuu wajahayaa duullaan shisheeye oo ay ku soo qaadday Itoobiya, waxaana uga gudbi karnaa dhiifooni, isku-duubni, iyo midnimo, iyo in aan ka foggaanno wax waliba oo dhaawici kara wadajirka bulshadeenna.

Koonfur Galbeed iyo deegaannada kale ee Soomaaliyeed ee ay maanta joogaan ciidamada shisheeye kuma imaan jaceyl loo qabo ee waxaa keentay duruufta amni ee dalka ka jirta, Dowladda Federaalkuna waa in ay masuuliyad gaar ah iska saartaa sidii ay u dabooli lahayd baahidaas amni, xaqiiqadaas qaraarna lagu wajaho caqli saliim ah, si looga maarmo ciidan shisheeye.

Dariiqa maanta dalka looga badbaadinayo duullaanka Itoobiya nagama xigo dhanka qabyaaladda, kala-qeybinta bulshada, iyo in Dalka iyo Dowladnimada laga xigsado reer Koonfur Galbeed. Waxaan ka digayaa hadallada xanafta, dhiillada, iyo qabyaaladda xambaarsan ee warbaahinta la isu marinayo, oo abuuraya khilaaf hor leh, siina kala dhantaalaya midnima ummaddeenna.

Waxaan madaxda Dalka ugu baaqayaa in ay la yimaadaan aragti Qaran, waaqici ah, jiheyn karta bulshada, mideyn karta cududda iyo caqliga dadka Soomaaliyeed; mudnaanna siiyaan danta guud, kana fogaadaan wax walba oo kala qeybin kara midnimada dalkeenna iyo wadajirka bulshada Soomaaliyeed.

[Abdirashid Hashi @AnalystSomalia]

Dear Southwest MPs and politicians,

As outlined in the attached paper from 2018 by Ethiopia’s former foreign minister and the academics who have shaped and continue to shape their destructive policy toward Somalia, this is how they see the region and those who support them — as a buffer zone and proxy to be managed and manipulated.

The paper even details how they manipulate the security of cities like Huddur, a practice they are continuing today.

Please do not fall for it.

“Ethiopia's influence in Bay and Bakool, deep inside Somalia, followed the creation of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) in the second half of the 1990s.10 Managing the RRA was critical, as a proxy, to fend off threats posed by Eritrea-backed Ethiopian rebel groups, hosted by a group led by Hussein Aideed and by Al Shabaab, respectively, in 1998 and 2012. However, the buffer zone in Bay and Bakool remained unstable: the existing Somali government in Mogadishu worked to exert its influence in the area, and the politicians of the region regularly changed their survival strategies in relation to handouts coming from Mogadishu. Ethiopia's actions also affected the region, for example, by temporarily withdrawing its forces from Hudur in 2013 and from parts of Hiiraan in October 2016, influencing the local politics in the buffer zone.

The paper also talks about how they mess up every region.

https://t.co/ERGfiuzCIt

Excellency @M_Farmaajo please talk to your supporters. They are the wrong side of history;

[Abdirashid Hashi @AnalystSomalia]

Dear Somalis:

Our patriotic work to defend the homeland from Abiy Ahmed’s brazen and unprovoked aggression is making an impact. Our advocacy is so effective that they’ve resorted to responding with bots and messages that don’t even make sense.

Keep up the good work.

Drown them with facts.

X is the global public square, and the whole world is watching. Present our case, every minute.

They must back off and leave us alone.

Tell all the time what our problem is:

Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia is demanding our sea.

They’re landlocked, and we’re willing to do what the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) requires of coastal states for landlocked neighbors.

But that’s not enough for him — he want a sea of their own.

It seems he forgotten that God already dispensed the seas, and Somalia doesn’t have one to spare.

#Somalia

[Abdirashid Hashi @AnalystSomalia]

Why is #Ethiopia concerned about ASSUM — the new @_AfricanUnion mission in Somalia and #Egypt?

If excluded, Ethiopia stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in aid, along with military training and equipment it receives through peace missions.

For cash-strapped Abiy, these funds are crucial — remember, his government recently defaulted on a $33 million payment.

Also, his military, depleted by five years of war and the defection of experienced officers to Tigray and Amhara rebels, desperately needs the training and equipment.

Regarding Egypt: It is Ethiopia, not Egypt, that has turned Somalia into a proxy battleground since 1991 by creating client militias and arming them in violation of the UN arms embargo.

Ethiopia enjoyed 33 years of unchecked domination in Somalia, doing as it pleased. Now, it fears losing that power.

Abiy’s plan was to take control of the Somali coast, calculating that if it were only Somalia, he could pull it off.

Abiy’s Ethiopia isn’t afraid of a war with Egypt in Somalia — for Egypt and Somalia and the African Union and the United Nations are focused on helping Somalia overcome Al Shabaab extremists — Abiy fears Egypt helping Somalia rebuild its capacity to defend itself.

That is the reason for the smokescreen or #XaaladAbuur as we say in Somali.

[Abdirashid Hashi @AnalystSomalia]

#Somalia’s Actions Are Acts of Care, Not Hostility
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Secessionist social media rabble-rousers are misinterpreting Somalia’s moves to protect its sovereignty and the long-term interests of the people of #Somaliland as hostility towards northern Somalia, or Somaliland.

The reality is that Somalia, as a state, and most Somalis — including those in Somaliland — view Muse Bihi, the secessionist leader, as acting dangerously, foolishly, and against the best interests of all Somalis by attempting to cede Somalia’s coastline to #Ethiopia.

Common sense dictates that the Federal Government of Somalia, as the legal guardian of the country’s territory, including Somaliland, must resist this reckless move.

All responsible states and any responsible leader would do the same.

Muse Bihi’s agreement to give Ethiopia a port, a naval base, and a land corridor — essentially handing over Somalia’s coastline to a historic adversary — poses an existential threat to all Somalis, including future generations.

Who in their right mind would give away national territory to a historic enemy? Who would grant ports and sovereign access to a landlocked country that has long coveted your coast, knowing your entire economy depends on the revenue generated by your existing ports?

Ethiopia is an expansionist state that, with the help of colonial powers, seized Somali territory in 1952 — a territory larger than present-day Somalia.

If Muse Bihi allows Ethiopia sovereign access to the sea, it could lead to further colonization, as Ethiopia openly states its intent to take the sea by any means necessary, potentially swallowing Somaliland entirely.

The only protection Somaliland has is international law and the respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of member states — protections that Ethiopia’s actions, with Muse Bihi’s assistance, threaten to undermine.

In response to Ethiopia’s aggressive moves, the Federal Government of Somalia has rightfully used every legal and diplomatic tool at its disposal to assert that it is the only government recognized to represent Somalia. The international community has complied with Somalia’s sovereignty-related demands, much to the dismay of secessionist leaders and their acolytes, who are left in shock as the world upholds Somalia’s rightful claims.

The reality is, the Federal Government of Somalia and the Somali people have always sought to accommodate Somaliland and the secessionist camp. Over the years, four Somali presidents have extended numerous concessions to Somaliland, including the possibility of a Somaliland politician holding the presidency, making Hargeisa the capital, and implementing a decentralized governance model to prevent dictatorship. In every instance, Somaliland’s leaders have rebuffed these offers.

As a result of Mr. Bihi’s poor political decisions in the past five years, Somaliland is now weaker and less popular among Somalis — not out of malice, but as a direct consequence of his actions.

Mr. Bihi’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in 2023 in cities like Hargeisa, the military assault and subsequent defeat in Las Anod in 2022/2023, and his reckless move to cede Somali territory to Ethiopia in January 2024 have all contributed to, nay, resulted in, where Somaliland is today.

In reaction to his policies, SSC #Khatumo in the east has severed ties with Somaliland altogether, while the western region of #Awdal and the northern region of #Sanaag have openly declared their desire not to be part of Somaliland. The Federal Government of Somalia, alarmed by the MoU he signed with Ethiopia, has now classified secessionism as a national security threat.

Yes, your sensibilities and ego may be bruised when the Somali state encloses its protective arms around you, O brethren in Hargeisa, but believe me, it’s far better to put up with this brotherly embrace than to mistake Abiy Ahmed’s calculated grin for a smile before he attempts to swallow you whole.

[Abdurashid Abikar @deylka]

@isaias_afwerki Abiy Ahmed is a leader who was brought up to destroy Ethiopia, and now he is in charge of Adis, whose security is not guaranteed.

[Abdurashid Abikar @deylka]

@HonBeenebeene Well done our Minister Beenebeene

[Abdurashid Abikar @deylka]

@KhadijaMakhzumi Well done our Minister khadija

[Abdirashid Hashi @AnalystSomalia]

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The Cost of Hubris:
#Ethiopia’s Missteps and #Somalia’s Resolve.

The chances of Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia invading Somalia — or convincing himself that Muse Bihi, the leader of Somalia’s secessionist region of Somaliland, invited him — so that Abiy can realize his fantasy of a beachfront villa on the Gulf of Aden (which he mistakenly calls the Red Sea) are moderate, say about 25%. This is because Abiy is unhinged, and unhinged leaders do the unthinkable.

For example, few years ago, the Ethiopian Premier attacked his own Tigray province in the north over a disputed election, resulting in a devastating war that led to the deaths of a million of his own people — mostly women, children, and the elderly who died from starvation and famine between 2020 and 2022.

Abiy is also engaged, as you read this, in fratricidal fighting with his Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups. In the Ethiopian capital no one can take a car to go to another Ethiopian city; one has to fly;

As a former lieutenant colonel and spy, PM Abiy is well-versed in war and deception (he’s feeding the leaders of Somalialnd heavy doses of lies, but that’s a discussion for another time). And Because of this, the chance of Abiy attacking Somalia is real.

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[Abdurashid Abikar @deylka]

@Karanle Masha Allah

[Geenyada Madow @GeenyadaM]

Black Muslim Girl in Kabul: exploring Life Under Taliban Control 🇦🇫

#afghanistan #afghani #kabul #taliban #talibanforces #travel #travelblogger #black #blackgirl #African #geenyada #gewnyadamadow

[James Hall @hallaboutafrica]

If a landlocked country's got a seaport, is it still landlocked? What good neighbours do: Mozambique is giving part of its Port of Nacala to inland Malawi to develop, use for its imports and exports. Both countries also partnering in electricity project, direct air service.🇲🇿🚢🇲🇼

[Abdurashid Abikar @deylka]

@TolkaSom Xoriyadonkii Ayuu Faransis Sharud uga Dhigay "HADI XORIYAD LA IDIN SINAYO WA INAD DAL GOONI AH NOQOTAN, AMA DOWLAD HOOSAD PARIS HOOS TAGA QAATA" waxay talo ugu tageen Dowladi Somaliyed, oo soo jedisay inay Dowladnimo buuxda Qaatan, taa ayaa keentay in Jabuuti gooni isu taagto