OO used to talk about Somalis having a say of the future leader. Well, thanks for giving the SOmalis a good hope, but we know better. EPRDF is a coalition for parties. TPLF, ORomo Party, Ahmara party and the Southern Nationairies of Hailemariam desalegn. THese for groups each with 45 members totalling 180 will select the next leader and prime minister.

DEG Xisbiga EPRF ee Talada Wadanka Ethiopia Haya oo Iclaamiyay Wakhtiga la Dooranayo Ninka loo Wado R/Wasaraha Ethiopia iyo Ninka ugu dhaw +Somalida oon hal Cod xataa ku lahayn Talada Dalka Posted by admin on March 8th, 2018 08:04 AM | NEWS Addis Ababa(SBN)Xisbiga haya talada dalka Itoobiya EPRDF , ayaa ugu dambeyntii taariikh u sameeyay kulankeeda guddiga fulinta kaasoo la filayo in uu soo saaro ra’iisal wasaaraha cusub. Madaxa xafiiska EPRDF, Shiferaw Shigute ayaa xaqiijiyay in guddigu uu kulmi doono axadda Maarso 11, 2018 si ay uga wada hadlaan natiijooyinka ka soo baxay qiimaynta ay sameeyeen afarta qaybood ee xubinta ka ah isbaheysiga. 180 xubnood ee xisbiga ayaa sidoo kale la rajeynayaa inay doortaan guddoomiye cusub kaas oo noqon doona Raiisul Wasaaraha cusub ee dalka. 180-ka xubnood ayaa waxay ka kooban yihiin 45 xubnood oo ka kala yimid afarta xisbi ee ku midoobay isbahaysiga EPRDF. Kulankan ayaa qiimayn doona warbixinta waxqabadka lixda bilood ee xisbigu iyo in uu ansixiyo is casilaada Ra’iisul wasaaraha Hailemariam Desalegn, kadibna uu u codeeyo badalkiisa xafiiska Wararka ayaa sheegaya inay hada ugu cadcad yihiin llabada nin ee kasoo kala Jeeda Axmaarada iyo Oramada waliba waxaa loo badinayaa Dr Abiyi Ahmed hadii kale waxaa la filayaa inuu wadanku khal khal sii galo Dhinaca kale qoomiyadaha Somalida ,Herarida iyo Canfarta ayaan iyagu hal qif xataa ku lahayn cida talada wadanku ka gi,do waxayna iyagu taagan yihiin kii Hooyaday guursadaaba waa Aabahay

America cannot co-exist with China, so a solution might be found. I do not think, the Americans will not bypass the Somali government, but they might push quick union talks that could bring the Somali union faster. I am afraid the other option is that Mr. Cumar Ghelle might face a regime change in Djibouti. The Djibouti locals I talk to say that if there is regime change , it is not coming from Ethiopia or the border in Somaliland but within the security apparatus in Djibouti. THere are three Mamaasan men who run country these days. Sakariye, the army chief, the presidential guard who even shot the president's doctor to send a message and the head of secret service. The wife is trying to bring one of her sons from previous marriage to a former Canfari prime minister, but the Ghelle cousins had put her down and are ready to fill. So, I expect Ghelle to throw the Americans as soon as the CHinese come aboard.

At least our friend Suldaanka is preparing himself with regional games. You need to seek a job at the foreign desk. You could do well. We will see how far these gulf rich boys would go. By the way, In Djibouti they signed a deal with Mr. C/raxman Boreh and Cumar Ghelle, yet they ended up been thrown outside. They will probably think twice before they throw another $400 million. Also, in Djibouti, they built the port with Mr. Boreh and made him president of Djibouti port Authority and the Free Trade Zone. In Berbera, they took over the port without building anything as of yet. THis is a very strange arrangement. Mr. Suldaanka, the military has to wait first before the ports and the roads they suppose to build. Yet, if the issue is geopolitics and gaining spot in the region , I understand. OOdweyne, why are you always unhinged. Why you always try to run to the hills and fill the pages with unnecessary drivel. Everyone can see the man has almost cried. more than three times . Didn't they teach you in English class to think critically and stay with topic.

OO, I agree. It looks like it was at the turn of the century. I know you will be eliminated quickly if you bring the CHinese to build roads, schools and ports in Somalia, but serious leaders must have a backup plan. This is not like in the seventies where either you have to join the Warsaw pact or the western capitalism. You need to swim with Sharks and fins ways. If FArmaajo can not pacify one city for the next two years , he is doomed to fail. All politics might be local in terms of Mogadishu, but Somalia have big allies today like Turkey and others, but one the leader is an American citizen, he have to listen to the stupid American war on terror and their an ending games. You need to be bold. I think Djibouti needs the Chinese to lift the poverty in Djibouti especially water and electricity. Ghelle family and the state are making hundreds of millions but the poverty in Djibouti is widespread than never before. OO, Now tell us who the American are picking for prime minister?. or that job is for the Tigray to decide?

The UAE had revived the Southern Yemen sepretists and having arming them against the Hadi government. News World Yemeni separatists backed by UAE seize area around presidential palace Saudi troops who have been guarding the palace for months stopped the separatists at the gate, preventing them from entering. A fighter from the separatist Southern Transitional Council walks with smoke billowing in the background in the government's de facto capital Aden, as they move closer to taking full control of the southern city on Tuesday. (SALEH AL-OBEIDI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES) By AHMED AL-HAJThe Associated Press Tues., Jan. 30, 2018 SANAA, YEMEN—Yemeni separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates seized the area around the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden on Tuesday after fierce battles with forces loyal to the internationally-backed government, security officials said. A Saudi-led coalition that includes the UAE has been battling rebels in northern Yemen for nearly three years on behalf of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s government. But despite having a common enemy, the UAE and Hadi have been locked in a long-running power struggle, which boiled over on Sunday as clashes erupted across the government’s seat of power. Elsewhere in Yemen, Al Qaeda militants attacked a checkpoint in the southern Shabwa province, killing at least 12 soldiers in an area where Yemeni troops had claimed victory against the extremist group. The militants claimed the attack in a statement circulated on social media, saying it was in retaliation for abuses by U.S. and UAE-backed forces. Read more: Eight killed as government forces clash with separatists in Yemen Saudi Arabia announces $1.5 billion in new aid for Yemen Canada providing another $12.1 million to help ease humanitarian crisis in Yemen The security officials said fighters loyal to the so-called Southern Transitional Council fought all way to the gates of the palace in central Aden, forcing Hadi’s troops to abandon their positions. The officials said Hadi’s prime minister and several Cabinet members would soon leave Yemen for Riyadh, where Hadi is already based, but by late Tuesday it was not yet clear if they had done so. Trending Stouffville mayor shut out of municipal offices after ethics probes Police, family appeal for witnesses to crash that killed Canadian writer Gordon Pape’s daughter Amelia Earhart’s bones may have been found on Pacific island in 1940, new forensic analysis shows Saudi troops who have been guarding the palace for months stopped the separatists at the gate, preventing them from entering. A senior government official told The Associated Press that Prime Minister Ahmed Obaid Bin Daghar and several ministers remain inside. The official declined to say whether the prime minister was to leave Aden. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity under regulations. In the northern district of Dar Saad, witnesses said coalition jets bombed a military camp of Hadi’s forces before separatists took control of it. Brig. Gen. Mahran al-Qubati told the AP that his forces respected a ceasefire announced by the coalition earlier in the day but the separatists used the truce to attack his base using Emirati armoured vehicles. Col. Turki al-Malki, the coalition spokesman, declined to comment on the bombing. “I am not able to discuss the details of an ongoing operation,” he told the AP. The fighting had subsided by midday, when checkpoints run by both sides could be seen across the city. The fighting in Aden erupted on Sunday, when a deadline issued by the separatists for the government to resign expired. Hadi, who has been in Saudi Arabia for most of the war, has described the separatists’ action as a “coup.” The violence has killed at least 36 people and wounded 185 since Sunday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. It has also exposed deep divisions within the Saudi-led alliance against the Iran-backed rebels, known as Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. The war has been locked in a bloody stalemate for the last three years, with more than 10,000 people killed and some 2 million displaced by the fighting. The UAE has viewed Hadi with suspicion because of his alliance with the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Pan-Arab political movement that the Emirates and some other Arab states view as a terrorist organization. Over the past year, the UAE has trained and armed its own forces in Yemen, including the separatists, in a direct challenge to Hadi. Saudi Arabia has thus far avoided taking sides. The U.S. State Department has expressed concern and called on all parties to “refrain from escalation and further bloodshed.” Washington backs the Saudi-led coalition. “We also call for dialogue among all parties in Aden to reach a political solution,” the statement said. “The Yemeni people are already facing a dire humanitarian crisis. Additional divisions and violence within Yemen will only increase their suffering.” In the attack in Shabwa, the militants hit a checkpoint guarded by the so-called Shabwa Elite Force, which has also been trained by the UAE, near the southern city of Ataq, the provincial capital. Tribesmen in the area say the attack started with a mortar round fired at the checkpoint, followed by heavy gunfire. Tribesman Youssef al-Khalifi, who lives nearby, said he helped carry the bodies of the wounded to a hospital but that only one survived. Al-Khalifi said the attackers had destroyed a building next to the checkpoint where some of the guards were sleeping and that he helped retrieve some of the bodies from under the rubble. The UAE-trained Shabwa force was deployed to the region last year and later declared victory over al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen, which had used Shabwa as a safe haven. Read more about: Yemen

It is all about Somalia, the false and an ending war on terror which Ethiopia makes $700 million a year and China. America keeps dropping bombs and destroying things, while China is building things. Which one you would like if you were an African leader. Only fools like Farmaajo will believe that the so called drone could defeat Al-shabaab which is fighting in Balcad as we speak which is 30 km from Mogadishu. Rather build capacity and fight, he went to Kampala and gave them billions. They got paid 200 million just for nine months salary and more will come. They demanded to stay past 2020, and he was happy. If Somalia does not get a serious leader in few years time, we might as well forget this country forever.

Oh My, Nothing serious had happened so far, yet this man is so emotional. He almost cried. He just talks like those in the street. He said, " 800 oo sano waxii la dhistay ayuu Afweyne dumiyey". Is this speech is written by OOdweyne. How can a leader talk and call Farmaajo ' Adeerkaa Af Weyne". Waxaad Moodaa in uu Furin dagaal joogo. Yaa is gaadhay. If I were his adviser, I will keep this street enforcer away from the microphone.

Holac, I agree. Almost everyone I met said that Lema Magraase as radical and anti Somali. People said that he encouraged the Oromo police to target people. The problem with Jawar Mohammed is, he is deeply connected with Amhara. Personally, unless he is a Muslim, i can not accept the Ahmarized Oromo.

OOdweyne, it is nice to hear from you. I hope we shall all discuss things in reasonable manner while holding our courts. People do not come here just to hear disparaging comments, so let us be civil for sake of everyone. By the way, I still have a lot of " My sources" and I am intended to provide all that I can get. I have no reason to lie , especially now that....... Habeen Wanaagsan.

Somalia could help Djibouti. All they need to do is g to the international court and the UN. Eventually Djibouti have to make a confederacy with Somalia. Ghelle has survived from Ethiopian take over. In fact, Some Amhara politicians were always saying as early as 2005, that we need to takeover Djibouti. OO, if there is one good thing the Tigray did was keep the Ahmara hungry politicians from power because they were really gunning to occupy Djibouti.

OO, I admire your tenacity . Of course she is out now. Maakhiri, They were slowing down even the relief freight for the UNited Nations . In 2016, they have diverted hundred of containers from Europe to Dubai. Cumar Ghelle is a tough guy and he finally made the tough decision. DP can not hurt Ghelle much. Even if he loses , DP might get back few millions of their shares.

In the dictionary, an imposter is described as " a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name". Everything about this man is either a lie, half true or total opposite of what he claims. If you check the international media, the headline is ' Abiy Ahmed, the first Muslim prime minister of Ethiopia", second everyone will tell you that he is from the largest Ethiopian ethnic group of Oromo. Well every thing that these headlines proclaim are false. Here are the facts about Mr. Ahmed: 1-He is not a Muslim. Since this fellow's name is Ahmed ,which is the second name of our Prophet Muhammad SCW, everyone assumes that he must be a Muslim. His father is Muslim but was raised by his mother as protestant which has penetrated most of the western Oromia region which was mostly animist. 2- He is not even a traditional Ethiopian orthodox Christian. Pentecostal protestantism is a foreign religion in Ethiopia just as the Wahabi sect is foreign to Somalis. 3-He is not full blooded Oromo.His mother who raised him is originally an Ahmara who is raised in Gima, a city founded by the Ahmara.Some even say his mother is Tigray because he speaks Tigrai language as his mother tongue. 4- He is married to a Tigray woman which facilitated his rise in the army. His own biography is revised and changed in order to make him hero among Tigray front and the public. he is proclaimed among those who fought the Derg of Mengistu. The fact is he was 13 or 14 years old when the war against the Derg was raging in 1989/90, yet by the taking page from Somali alphabet movements where everyone claims to be a " MUjaahid" by fighting for his tribe, the Tigray are adding Mr. Ahmed among the list of their ranks . By the time he was in late twenties he was already lieutenant colonel in the Ethiopian army. No one rises that high without being the chosen son of the Tigray front. 5-He is more Tigray than the Oromo he claims. The Oromo are a mix of 40 million people from different regions of Ethiopia who do not share nothing other than Afan Oromo. Also, many regions were the Oromo speakers became majority has absorbed large minorities who hail from different ethnic groups. As stands today, everyone is claiming Oromo. Even Tigray members who live in these regions join their ranks of Oromo by infiltrating the Oromo political parties. One example is Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, the foreign minister of Ethiopia. He changed his last name in 2016, and claimed to be Oromo. Now, everyone agrees that he is a Tigray imposter claiming Oromo. So, he is not a Muslim, Orthodox Christian or even Oromo. Personally , I care less which religion the prime minister belongs. What counts is if the new man is a reformist who is his own man. In these pages some of our eloquent writers had stated this fact while debating with the Tigray troll resident who who tells the enclave dwellers that everyone from Djibouti to Hargeisa and Jijiga must love the Tigray. "The religion of Oromo PM the Tigray bring forward is a non-issue. The real issue at hand is for the Oromo to bring forth a leader of their own choosing, not the Tigray establishment. I realize-- after their multitudinous attempts to turn everyone against the Oromo community along ethnic lines have fallen short-- that they're getting desperate, but who gives a damn whether their next stooge is Pentecostal, Orthodox, Muslim or Animist?" Exactly. THis importer must call an election as soon as possible and vacate the position to someone elected by the people. Political analysts and the real opposition are interested about the who the prime minister should be , but what the next prime minister will able to do. They believe that a prime minister controlled by the Tigray front men will not be able to achieve anything. They say, "What will the next prime minister be able to do? It makes no difference if this time the prime minister is Oromo so long as Tigray Front member DebreTsion is deputy prime minister and in charge of telecom, finance/economy, security; Tigray Front member Abay Tsehaye is in charge of state affairs; Tigray Front member without portfolio Sebhat Nega is in charge of directing and chairing Tigray Front; Tigray Front Arkebe is in charge of Investments and foreign trade development; Tigray Front Bereket is in charge of banking; Tigray Front Berhane and Workneh are in charge of Foreign Affairs (the latter planted in Oromo party as Oromo having changed his legal name in 2016) and all key positions at Foreign Affairs is in the hands of Tigray Front members; Tigray Front members are in all key positions in the military and security intelligence. The question we need to be asking is, Will the next prime minister be able to form his cabinet irrespective of ethnic quotas simply on qualifications" This impostor was groomed by the Tigray front for a long time. He was in charge of Ethiopian security agency coordinating with the Americans on the collection of data and other intelligence gathering operations. This agency was established after the invasion of somalia in 2006/07. By claiming to helping America on the war on terror this agency made hundred of millions to the Ethiopian political establishment. Anyway, this Abiy Ahmed guy will fit well within the bible belt of the southern united states where the republican party has it's biggest base. Folks, for the first time , Ethiopia have jocker who could claim for whatever faith or ethnicity he wishes, yet the most important question is ;Is he a reformer or a Tigray front stooges designed to buy some time for the soon departing Woyaane. As we speak the Oromo might reject this imposter. Time will tell.

Maakhiri, Thanks Brother. I miss you guys.

Well, well. Here we have the Tigre stooge trying to manage the affairs of the Somali enclaves. He even want to bring a firm to serve every thing Ethiopia. Oo, let me tell you something, the Somali ports do not revolve around Ethiopia. Somali main ports of Mogadishu, Kismayo and Berbera were busy in the eighties shipping millions of livestock, banana and fruits around the globe without Ethiopia. Somalia could easily export 10 million head of live cattle, sheep and camel, and it could process meat and export to China and middle east. In KIsmaayo, Somalia could easily ship fruits like banana, Mango and even grains, while Berbera and Boosaaso could ship millions of live livestock. Furthermore, these ports including Boosaaso could be developed by Somali businessmen who have the money to invest. All they need is a government and public that understands and supports these investments. Heck, even Dahabshill , who is worth $700 million dollars can develop Berbera if the local tribes agree his investment instead of DP world. Ethiopia is not Tigray, Amhara or Addis region only. Millions people in the Oromo zone and the Somali Kilil do not have access for significant trade. 5 million Somalis in zone are occupied and denied movements to grow and do business with the neighboring Somalis including Somaliland. Somaliland does not need to pay any body for market access. What we are talking is a Tigre monopoly of business and trade in Ethiopia. No one can set up shipping lines or basic trade routes without them. It is not the government which does the trading and the business transactions, it is the people freely choosing which ever port that is closer or best managed. If freedom comes to Ethiopia, millions will come to Berbera for trade and shipping companies. In 2011, when I went to Djibouti , my guide who was a high government official who took me to Dooraale Oil terminal and the container port which was built as a state of art . After, we went to the outside of the city , and I saw hundreds of transit tracks from Ethiopia waiting 10 km from the port to load. People told me that these shipping companies and 90% of the transiting trucks belonged to the wife of Meles Zenawi and high officials from the Djibouti government. THis is not just Ethiopian goods transiting through Djibouti , but Wayaane business and shipping monopoly that is enriching themselves only. It is Wayaane shipping monopoly that is starving everyone else. If they catch one single bag of goods that enters Ethiopia, they literally burn at that stop since it was imported by other than the WAyaane and their allies. Berbera is the closest port to the millions of Somalis in the zone and the Oromo regions adjacent to the Somali kilil. Djibouti is scared of competition for their business and trade with Ethiopia. Somaliland have to increase its trade with Ethiopia as much as possible. Why would someone in Jijiga, Awbare, Godey or Dambal has to go to 1000km to Djibouti while they could get a third of that distance from Berbera. The problem is, in Somaliland, we have a ruling tribe that does not understand the value to increasing the capacity of trade and ports. Berbera could be a huge container port in the region, and you can develop Lughaya, Zaylac, Maydh and others to target Ethiopia and the regions bordering for small trade " Bagaash" trades. Sooner or later ports will compete and people will choose the shortest route and the best service. The problem is tribes do not see beyond their own tribal interest. Both Djibouti and the Jeegaan are even afraid of developing Zaylac. Go figure. As Oodweyne said few weeks ago , the move from Djibouti is just business, yet the Jeegaan have to tell everyone that all is well , despite the move by Gheelle.. The Jeegaan in laws of Djibouti have to make a tough decision. They are either have to serve the interest of their people or keep their personal and business interest with the ruling family. Geelle himself did not hide his business plans. Last year , he said in an interview that " the distance between Berbera and Wajaale is 280 km,and it takes $1.2 million to build in 1 km , no one have $400 million" . He said 'Way riyoonayaan". It is true that the corrupt Jeegaan can not build anything let alone 280 km, but credible institutions and the private sector can easily built that road and more. Around the world people develop ports within 100 km of one another to increase trade and movements of goods for imports and exports, only Somali tribes do feel the threat of development from others. Having said that , DP world is not interested about building ports or developing businesses in Berbera at this stage. This intervention by UAE is just a political intervention and controlling the trade and business routes of the gulf and the red sea. It is also a kick to Farmaajo and Khayre who are scared to death of the gulf boys. Khayre knows that through Damujadiid and and others , UAE can throw him out office in the next session of the parliament. DP World are probably a front company for the CIA or the American government to obstruct the One Belt One Road project by China. THe Chinese are investing $ 1 Trillion for these projects. In East Africa, their entrance points could be Mombasa, Berbera, and Mogadishu. Imagine Pakistan alone is getting $50 billion on ports , roads and trains. The Nominal Chinese GDP has been growing for the last decade (all in USD): 2010: US: $14.96 trillion; China: $5.93 trillion 2015: US: $18.24 trillion; China: $11.12 trillion 2020: US: $23.10 trillion; China: $19.24 trillion 2025: US: $28.57 trillion; China: $30.70 trillion 2030: US: $35.10 trillion; China: $44.23 trillion The US economy will not even reach $30 Trillion in 2025. So, in order to slow down the high speed Chinese train, these American front company called DP world is throwing crumbs to the hungry nomads. Do you thing these rich gulf boys need to scrap few millions from Berbera or Boosaaso?, i do not think so. Personally, I know where my plan is. I know who is cheating me and the somalis. When they ask the fat dictator how could he reconcile the Chinese who had opened their first ever base in Djibouti and the Americans?, he says, ' countries have interests and it is not about us, but the constant growing of the threat Somali pirates pose the world trade, that is what brings everyone here". as you can see, Gheelle is making half billion dollars on the Somali " Budhcad Badeed" saga. During my last travel a friend who traveled with me had met an old friend of ours from the nineties in Canada. He became an agent for Al-Barakaat Company in the late the nineties.in the middle east. He was based in Dubai and used to manage hundreds of millions of dollars. Eventually he became big and e established his own company. He told my friend that most of his transactions were at the height of the pirate bonanza between 1998-2012. He said, you can not believe who involved these highjacking of the ships. He said young Somalis with small and non seaworthy boats were dropped in the middle of the sea by both foreign and Somali business people. He said people from Dubia, New York and United Nations were involved and everyone took his cut. Most of that money was washed in Dubai and Nairobi. He asked him about the Somali politicians and their role on these issues, and he said, " those politicians are small potatoes, they were no bodies", he continued, " you throw them few dollars and they just disappeared, but the big money is made by lawyers, UN officials and Somali businessmen". He said you can not imagine who and who that was involved in the pirate trade. Folks, I have a lot of info about these new Somali banks (Salaama, Dahabshill and others) who had built huge business and political capital that connects both Gheelle, Dubai, Qatar, Mogadishu and Hargeisa. THese are were the money from the gulf is washed. Finally, what is cooking both in Djibouti, MOgadishu, and Hargeisa is nothing but business transaction. Both Farmaajo , Ghelle and everyone else is involved. I told you long ago that, the southern man is all about ' Beeso" Ilaahay waxa uu ku ibtileeyey lacag in uu wax walba ku qiimeeyo. Now, these southern politicians have found their match. Another group who are deeply involved in business and money had taken the helm of Somaliland. The Problem is Biixi is in big trouble and in hard place. Laba daran mid dooro. He is really scared to death. Do not listen the Habro kids who are praising Ghelle for the fear of being overthrown or challenged both financially and politically. On one hand, everyone knows Djibouti has declared war on DP , Borreh and their business plans in Berbera. Cumar Ghelle spent $90 million in lawyer's fees in London and Dubai to extradite and get back the hundred of millions C/raxman Boreh took from Djibouti. He lost the case last year. Now Borreh is coordinating with Dubai and Ghelle will fight back hard.If things got ugly, Ghelle has a lot of tools to depose the Jeegaan both financially and politically. By the way C/raxman Borreh is the only person who is Somali orgin that his name was found in Panama papers. He has French passport with name of Charles Borreh. If Biixi rejects the DP deal , he will face total isolation and sanctions from gulf who have spent millions in Somaliland. Without Dubai, they will not leave Hargeisa. Folks, there is even war and competition among the Jeegaan itself. Sacad Cali Shire, the soft speaking foreign minister, is allied with the Siilaanyo family and would like the conclusion of this deal. On the other hand , the man who financed the campaign of Muuse Biixi , and Djiboutian business and oligarch Mr. Mohamed Aw Said , want to scrap the deal for his friend, in law and business partner Cumar Gheelle. I will leave it there for now. Give me few more days and will come back to the SOL. I was in a hotel in Jeddah few days ago reading about the usual obfuscating OO holding the court while the enclave dwellers cheering.I wanted to reach him and punch him in the face. Just Kidding. Thanks to Tilamook for holding the court and refuting the "bs" from OO while I was away. Anyway, see in few days after the jet lag.

MMA, Saaxiib that is the most important point we were missing in this debate all along. We Somalis at the moment are not ready to take advantage, so I hope this " Xadhig Jiid" between the Ethiopian factions to continue another two years or so abot 2020, when we have built our army and the nation is more cohesive politically and economically. If there was Somali state in 1991, we would have annexed Somali Galbeed easily. Ninyahow, I decided not to engage any more with these Jeegaan kids, and their old sidekick Oodweyne. Every where , they are insulting people. This Oodweyne guy lost me when he start insulting Somali women saying, " Mid Badhi weyn oo guriga iiga shaqeysa oo Waajid ka timid" Waxa la yidhi " Fariid waxanu yeeleyn , Muxuu nacas ku Faanaa", Shame on you. I thought you were some kind of influence when you made that statement. MMA has the right to express his opinion , so rather become a deranged lunatic, deal with it and give your opinion of the topic at hand. People express their opinion on the issues. This is good old Canada where we are free to express our opinion, You forget that we do not live under the despot Biixi who like to muzzle people. Everywhere in the internet or youtube, these Jeegaan kids and their older guards, whether they are fifty years old or fifteen years old, are insulting people left and right. Who raised these people. It is probably the same crowd that is arresting people for expressing any goodwill toward Somalis. Today, the Somali government released Some young Somalis enslaved in Libya, and most of them hail from the north. Almost everyone of them showed gratitude and love for their country, and the fear is that the Biixi people might check the video clips and arrest those who said " Somalia waa mid Qudha'" after they go to their families in Hargeisa. Ninyahow , I am done talking to these deranged people. It is beneath my dignity to discuss with them anything. By the way this is my last thread for a while. Will be on vocation for few weeks. I am going to miss SOL. Ciao. Arrivederci Amici carri.

Saalax, eventually the federal project will reach every region, but Awdal will not be under three or four governments. The so called two or more is the temporary constitution. Everyone knows that we in Awdal will none region under the federal government. We have different history and culture than our neighbors, and that is the main reason we should be our own region. They are our Somali brothers but we have different aspirations.

This industry of importing used clothes, kills local production of textile in these countries. America is becoming greedy and bully. They are behaving like the old colonials by forcing developing nations to accept used clothes. They should challenge China and others before stepping poor Africans which is now the whole mark of the Trump administration. You call them poor and dirty, yet you force them to accept old clothes as a good trade. Folks, this is the color of the American superpower.

Somali leverage could start if Illey empowers the Somali assembly in Jijiga to make demands and conditions. In Amhara and Oromo Kilil the local residents do not fear anymore of their local leaders. Illey needs to allow Somalis to debate and agree on contingency plan to deal with the next outcome. As things stand at the moment, who ever comes to power will keep Illey or will appoint another enforcer to implement their agenda. It is definitely predictable. My fear is half or a third of the Oromo have Amhara blood or thinking and might just follow the same strategy of the Ahmara. The battle will be among the Oromo . Some who speak the language are not even Oromo. One thing we all agree is that the TPLF is the most disciplined organization in the history of Ethiopia. If we do not prepare , nothing will change. Someone told me twenty or more years ago that when the TPLF reached the Somali area in 1991, they did not enter Jijiga and surrounding area for the fear of Somali independent movements. They just sat there for a while, because they knew the Somalis were the first group , beside Eritrea who wanted independence both from the Derg and king Haile Selassie. They were feared about the Somalis who went to war with the Derg. Slowly but surely they talked to the Somalis showing them their better side and asking them to convene a new conference in Dire Dawa. At the same time they were organizing other conferences for the warring factions of the Somali Republic that collapsed. It was in Dire Dawa that Oday Mohamed Makhtal who was the oldest founder of the Somali Galbeed independent movement in late fifties told Meles, " Adeer adiga oo aan dhalan ayan halgankan bilownay, waa u so dagaalnay, idinkana waanu idin caawinay, adeer ha isku deyn in aad shirar noo qabatee dhulkayga iska bax cidankaagana la baxa oo deris wanaag ha inaga dhexeeyo". Since Meles had an agenda, he continued the conference and fragmented the Somalis on tribal lines as usual and made a deal to a man by the name of Cabdul Majiid and others. At the end , Meles knew that since the larger Republic of Somalia is in it's knees, these poor Somali Galbeed could not wage any big war.In fact those negotiations dragged for two years, and by then the TPLF consolidated power throughout the country. No wonder when the grandson of Oday Makhtal-- who was a Canadian citizen and became a traded between Dubai and MOgadishu-- evacuated from Mogadishu in 2006, after the invasion of Ethiopia in Mogadishu, the Kenyans detained him and was transferred to Ethiopia. Since Meles knows the history of Reer Makhtal, he put him in deep prison where he rots for 12 years. Every effort was made by his family in Canada, and even the former Foreign minister of Canada John Baird went to Ethiopia to release him. Meles refused and the new puppet Daselyn also refused An innocent man was kept in jail because his last name is Makhtal. Is Illy asking his release? No. No one is. The ONLF must demand the release of prisoners before any negotiations including Qalbi Dhagx. The only plan in Jijiga is how to save Illey . If the Tigray want to work with us then we must be given options just like they have planned their options. If Oromo led Ethiopia becomes danger to Somalis or others as some have predicted, then the Somalis must be given the option to opt out.

Isn't the majority Amhara in Addis. Who owns most of businesses?

Of course the Oromo also served King Haile Salasie. Ok, tell about these Agnew people. Among the 18 million Amhra how many are Agnew?

maakhiri, Get off from your high horse. Aren't we Somalis breed the same away. Six or seven kids an average. We should look ourselves in the mirror.We might live in the west but that is Africa. It was just yesterday that Menelik and highlanders landed our land. Things could be ugly but that is how things change for the natives. THe colonials are out and the native Oromo is in. It will take time for them to learn the ropes. Have we gain anything for the last 27 years of Wayaane rule or we lost everything although we cannot blame everything to others. Folks, we need this shake up. We welcome Mr. Lemma Magrasa, he could not be worse than Meles. .

I agree with that. after the war of 1977, Mengistu mobilize people to save Ethiopia. It wa during the war the he consolidated his dictatorship. What became strange was both countries were in the communist camp. Unlike you guys , I do not see Oromo shedding a lot blood this time around. They are achieving their goals through peaceful protest and striking in major cities which crippled the country. This OO guy is always keep talking about insignificant things that has no bearing to the reality, This issue will not be decided by Agnew or any non significant people. Does anyone one of you Somalis ever met someone called Agnew?, I never. This issue is about Oromo rejecting Tigray power in Ethiopia. It is illegal power gained by the barrel of the gun and nothing else. How can people who are 5% of the population could dominate the rest of 95% percent. No emergency powers will stop the revolution. He has been in these pages for months yet, he never told us one single information about the events that are taking place. He never told us about the extraordinary meeting of the EPRDF which was debating for weeks about finding a leader that could save Ethiopia. Some said let us get rid of HMD now, while others said let us prepare for next election. He Keep repeating about Siyum doing that or how oromo will lose if it does not behave. The threat card TPLF has is to disband Ethiopia , and personally I like that idea. The Oromo is achieving it's goals without huge blood or violence with guns. The most prominent intellectual magazine in America , The Atlantic, said there about the Oromo revolution: "Ethiopia's Oromo population is celebrating a victory today that is probably unprecedented in African history. Without extensive violence or bloodshed, and while almost all of its leading voices languished in jail, a grassroots protest movement has managed to force one of the most powerful regimes in Africa to surrender to its demands" "As an organized strike involving tens of thousands of Oromo youths drew closer to the capital city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopian authorities agreed to release a host of important political prisoners, including Bekele Gerba, a compelling activist whose release from prison the government has fiercely resisted. (Just the week before, Bekele had been sentenced to an additional half-year behind bars, for the crime of singing a protest song in front a judge.) The main issue is how to overcome differences of opinion between the so-called "moderate" and "hardliner" factions with the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which is the most powerful faction with the ruling party. "The TPLF alarm is s alarm is well-founded; the only question is whether its belated concessions to the protests, after years of growing unrest, may be too little, too late. Anger at the perceived economic and political dominance of the small Tigrean ethnic faction is a moving force behind the protests, and the threat of a genocide or other targeted ethnic violence against Tigrean individuals appears to be escalating. Fearful Tigrean citizens have reportedly relocated in large numbers from the Amhara and Oromo regions of the country". The issue is simply between the power holders (TPLF) who must give up and the Oromo who must be accomodated. The only truth you told all these months is that the Amhara were trying to use the Oromo to get the power, while the Oromo is well aware f that and want everything for themselves. Tilamook and others told you that devolution of power and genuine power sharing with other federal satea will only work for Ethiopia. You are trying to give a boost to the hired mercenary Illey by making him a legitimate voice of Somais like Lemma Magrasa who is representing the interest of his people. That is false. The Somalis who were arrested illegally are languishing in Ethiopian jails. The most prominent Somali prisoner is Bashie A. Makhtal who was kidnapped from Kenya. Canadian government had tried every available chanel to release him. His grandfather was the founder of Somali independent movement in Ethiopia. In 1991, he told Meles that his movement is older than his so called TPLF by three decades and does not want to be apart of Ethiopia. The Wayaane does not respond to peaceful negotiations or these Somalis could have been freed long time ago. We need to rise up in Jijiga, Jinacsani, Awbare and Dire Dawa to force the TPLF to release Somalis rotting in jail. You introduced to us like someone who is pointing to us who our enemies are. Your whole campaign was Oromo is eating your children. The whole TPLF project was sustained by the so called war on terror. In 2005, Meles was in the ropes after he was challenged by opposition with huge protests. After the invasion of Somalia in 2006, Meles got hundred of millions from America which allowed to crush his opponents.The Islamic Courts of Somalia saved Meles. The TPLf is making billions on the war against Al-shabaab. According to the Atlantic, "Ethiopia has also proved very willing to retaliate against diplomatic pressure by holding American security interests hostage: in September 2017, for example, when the House Subcommittee on African Affairs attempted to pass a resolution drawing attention to Ethiopia's human rights abuses, Ethiopia's then-ambassador to the United States, Girma Birru, visited the Subcommittee members and threatened to withhold counterterror cooperation in Somalia. Faced with this threat, the Subcommittee immediately abandoned the resolution. (The Subcommittee threatened yesterday to bring the resolution to the floor for a vote on February 28, unless the Ethiopian government gives UN investigatory teams access to the country" As you can see, Ethiopia is making billions of dollars from the Pentagon since to 2006. Average yearly aid, mainly on intelligence, weapons and eavesdropping stations are $700 million a year. Sometimes it even reaches a billion dollar. Most of these money goes to the ruling party and their intelligence and economic interest. Al-shabaab is the best cash cow for the TPLF and Ethiopia. The end of Al-shabaab means the Pentagon security aid would dry quickly. Within Somalia, especially in Hiiraan, Bay and Bakool, and Jubba, the Ethiopian forces usually make un announces deployments and unexpectedly abandoning positions and bases without the knowledge of the Somali government. Usually they abandon their position at down and as soon as they leave Al-shabaab fighters who have direct contact come in and take the weapons left behind for them by the Ethiopian army intelligence.That is why the Somali government is planning the removal these Amisom troops. The status quo is unacceptable. I hope the next prime minister to be Oromo and from the Muslim community, because most of those seeking change are from the eastern region north of Dire dawa, Adama and southern Addis. The Oromo in the east like Jima, Walega or in the Sudan border are not that active.

Because of the Oromo strike there were no Qat for few days. Some African business reporters say it costs Somaliland 560 million a year. Imagine 200,000-300,000 dollars of hard currency leaving your community every day for drugs and doing nothing. The Hapless Jeegaan is trying to squeeze only the poor by forcing them to use the worthless dollar. Millions are leaving through Xawaala and other meaning. Rather than control the currency flight by the rich, they target only the poor. They can not stop the Qat because Mama Ethiopia will be angry.

Because of the Oromo strike there were no Qat for few days. Some African business reporters say it costs Somaliland 560 million a year. Imagine 200,000-300,000 dollars of hard currency leaving your community every day for drugs and doing nothing. The Hapless Jeegaan is trying to squeeze only the poor by forcing them to use the worthless dollar. Millions are leaving through Xawaala and other meaning. Rather than control the currency flight by the rich, they target only the poor. They can not stop the Qat because Mama Ethiopia will be angry.