As we speak , there is another drought in the coastal region of Awdal. Usually people hear these tragedies after people start dying. While lack of rain and the geographical nature of the region is the main reason for these recurring droughts, local people, the region and the so called government in Somaliland could do much more to help these people. They could build water reservoirs , establish fishing communities, and create drought observation measures to detect before they become natural disaster. They did not even spent and distributed the money raised for the last drought. The donor nations spending millions of dollars in Somaliland to help the poor people of the region, yet all that money goes to the coffers of the elite. These donor countries are either corrupt themselves or they would have demanded the results on the ground or where the aid money were spent. If you visit the website or read the mission and the vision of the western aid agencies, their most basic criteria is improving health care, especially for women and children, education, and sustainable development like fishing communities, agriculture, and rural development. Yet a very small percentage of that money goes to the people who need these services. Now, the Somali government must intervene and scrutinize the activity of these agencies and their aid. No wells were built, no water reservoirs were built, and there were no roads or fishing communities established. All the money went to Hargeisa and ended up to the coffers of the elite. One of the major reason of the inflation is that there are looted millions of dollars in the market with few commodities like food, clothing, fuel and other which are all imported. Those from Awdal who are sitting in Mogadishu must demand their share of the federal government and transfer the money to well established local aid agencies like Amoud foundation and help alleviate the poverty. You can not leave these people at the mercy of a hungry tribe who is building tribal capacity not the people's capacity. Last year when a similar but deadly drought hit the Awdal coast, the MOgadishu elders brought a million dollar of relieve to help the Awdal people in particular. Could you imagine that only $150,000 of that money were allocated for Awdal the rest is take by the tribe. Everything that is functioning in Awdal is built by the people. The only problem we have in the Awdal a dysfunctional government both locally and in Hargeisa.The so called governor from Hargeisa is chewing his Qat us usual while people are suffering. President Farmaajo, we want a direct aid to Awdal. We no longer trust the Hargeisa click to help these people. No more foreign aid for corrupt oligarchs. If these aides does not reach the intended people, they must be stopped. Stop the aid, stop the looting. If there is any issue the Awdal diaspora could do any thing is this issue. Go to the EU countries and their embassies and demand that these money either be stopped or go to the right people.

Solers, Starting tonight, I , Galbeedi, would like to claim to be a Trump specialist. Here is why? As I watched Trump calling Haitians, Salvadorans and other African countries to " Shit hole countries", I came to realize that every time Trump, on purpose, announces astonishing remarks that dominate the news cycle, he is usually trying to divert and obscure another huge issue that will dominate the news cycle the day after. In other words, he is preempting the next breaking story. Last year when he signed the MUslim ban directive, he was trying to side track the media about the FBI bombshell about Mike Flynn. Every time he acts or says something reprehensible , he is trying to divert the attention of something big. He did the same thing when Paul Manafort was indicted or when other major issues came up. Now, the major reason Trump tried to divert is also a huge issue that was in the print media as of today. The Wall Street Journal has reported today that one month before the election of 2016, Trump paid $130,000 to former porn star called Stormy Daniels through the arrangement of his lawyer Mikael Cohen . The woman in question has denied, but the media people got facts about this case. Every time people say , " what did he said or did?" expect a bombshell next day. As I said before money , jewelry or fancy cars will not change the characters of a gangster. America got a gangster as a president. He hates former president Obama too much, he can not hide his hate. He knows that sooner or later he will be a disgraceful president who either be impeached or resign in disgrace. I haven't read the new book about Fire And Fury , but one of the biggest take away is that he never wanted to be a president. The leader of the American Republic works 12 hours a day, and it is not a place for a rich brat to entertain his friends, eat burgers and watch TV. We all know that some white deplorables probably are delighted by these comments by Trump, yet these deplorables are getting worse by the day in terms progress and employment opportunity. The work ethics of the white underclass is getting as bad as black ghetto dwellers. The southern red states are full of white welfare collector, drug addicts, family break down and chronic poverty . Alabama,and Mississippi are called shit holes by other states which is wrong, but no one says it loudly. These so called conservatives who are defending Trump are the same people who keep talking about liberal elite looking down on working class, yet we all know these conservative coward always kick those who are down. Even here in Canada, the white working class does not want to work. You see young people with no dependents, who could live a comfortable life in drawing a pay cheque from unskilled labour, yet they all want to enjoy and party without working hard. THe same thing goes even in some small towns. A white friend of mine , who has a business hauling oil from the rural countryside, said he could not find any suitable employees to drive his trucks even though he he is paying $30 per hour. He said, most of them could not pass the drug test. He said, opioid and other drugs had reached even small towns. The Conservatives do not stand for anything anymore. What is left for these conservatives is bashing Muslims, immigrants and those who are different from them. In Canada, it is Omar Kadar and the Syrian refugees. Just like what is expected of any bully, Trump is looking victims and escape goats. His trade campaign promise to target Chinese deficit and currency issues are out of the door. The Chinese got a little rocket man called Kim, and Trump is spending his days about measuring the size of his nuclear bottom. So, all his trade attacks are now directed against good old Canada. He threatens every day to cancel the North American Free Trade (NAFTA) which does not produce any deficit with Canada. If you remove the energy, Canada is in deficit ,and the cancellation of the agreement might hurt more American states than Canada. Everyone one is waiting in November 2018, for the democrats to take the house and in 2019 to start the impeachment. I guess, we should be patient for the next 10 or 12 months before this "Child" is sent to his place.

It is typical OO to mix things to confuse people. When SPLA was founded in 1983, and their soldiers and bases were in Ethiopia. At that time there were no Eritrean state. What you referring was when Eritrea had clashed with Sudan and cut diplomatic relations. Facts do not hinder you from throwing things to the wall as usual. Yet, I have to enlighten you about certain things that might help you understand the region better, as well as other people who might overlook history. In the seventies , both Somalia and Sudan left the communist bloc and allied themselves with America and their friends. At the same time , after 1974, Ethiopia became a the communist flag bearer in the region. They allied with South Yemen and Libya. Menguistu tried to use the communist card and helped ethnic Sudanese and Somali tribal movements to further his agenda. SPLA was armed, organized and guided from Addis. THey brought down the Somali state through those rebels, and they dismembered Sudan eventually. The biggest threat of Sudan since 1970-2005 was Ethiopia arming the rebels. Ethiopia is using Bashiir to help him against Sudan at the moment. Will see how it goes.

I apologize. I should not be dragging the Suldaans family here.

The Arab league has an opportunity to do something at this juncture of their history. The three largest wars of the last 40 years has taken place in their neighborhood and they done nothing to stop. Thousands died in Syria as well as YEmen. With all this blood they have nothing to show for other than misery. These Dams by Ethiopia are nothing but a cash cow and strategic ploy to keep these countries in dire need of their mercy. Arabs had never done anything for their own population, now is the time to force Ethiopia to play by the rules or face the consequences. If Egypt goes ahead and stops this dam, it will be also helping Sudan.

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This OO does not care about facts , he will throw anything on the wall and will expect something to stick. Every time Somalis are killed, the so called federal forces were there and suddenly , just before the attack, they vacate their positions. When up 65 Somalis were killed the federal forces suddenly left the perimeter. Here Garaad Wiil Waal talking about the latest killings. He said the federal forces suddenly left and the the killing started. Che, We have been killed by Oromo and TPLF. It Is a well crafted genocide of the Somali people inside EThiopia. We know that Amhara will not die for tribal or even for the power. THey are very sophisticated. Only tribal people like us and primitive peasants like Oromo will fall to the trap and create the civil war. The Somali zone is one of the largest landmass in Ethiopia, if not the largest, and Oromo being the largest ethnic group, Amhara and Tigre will be nothing, but if you create animosity and hatred between these two , then the Tigray and Amhara can breath for a while. They already lost the power to control the army. In the latest security council meeting chaired by the prime minister and the defence minister and federal police chiefs, the news is bad. According to Addis Standard, Two sources familiar with the meeting have told Addis Standard during the weekend that “concerns were raised by members of the national defense forces and the federal police regarding strong resistance from several parts of the public, particularly in Oromia and Amhara regional states". The biggest issue is Oromia and Amhara regions. Why does Oromo and the TPLF putting us in the middle of something that does not concern us. A Harreri friend of mine who has family members in Diredawa and Addis told me that the plan by the Oromo allied with the government and the Amhara and some TPLF members want to disband and weaken the Liyu police. They are proposing a plan to disband all regional police or keep very small number of lightly armed officers and transfer all security issues to federal army. At this difficult time if the Liyu police is weakened or disbanded, the Somalis in Ethiopia will be a sitting ducks who could be massacred by Oromo and others. The Liyu police is evil and ruthless, yet it is the only security force that could protect the Somali public or annex the land if things get worse. Ninyahow, our people are in great danger, and we do not have the answers.

OO, i did not say Somali in terms of the old great republic of ours. What I was referring was the Somali Zones. Somaliland Zone, Puntland Zone and Zone five which are all Ethiopia's Zone of influence at the moment. THat does not mean that these regions could became viable and ethical regions in the future. By the way, in my opinion , the troop build up in Eritrea is not directed at Sudan. Sudan is too huge to be occupied or dismembered. I think , the troop build up is that, if Egypt bombs the Dam, and Ethiopia tries to retaliate against Eritrea, then Egypt must defend that country. due to her rugged landscape and mountains, and tough nature of it's people, it could do well to defend herself. If Sisi want my advice , here is how I conduct the war. First I mobilize the Oromo cities and organize huge demos that would cripple big cities. Then As these demonstration become riots because of heavy handedness by TPLf troops would use live bullets, lightly armed Oromo rebels will start checkpoints to secure their neighborhoods. . Last two years TPLF soldiers killed close to a thousand Oromo civilians, but this time they will not be able to get away. As the problem grows, C/fataax Al -Sisi will issue an ultimatum to stop the dam project or else. If the TPLF does not resolve the issue within prescribed time table, Sisi will start bombing the dam. Then the TPLF will mobilize the army to attack Eritrea. Then, the president of Eritrea will declare a war to defend his nation and tell the Ethiopian people not to follow the TPLf. At the same time Sudan will be warned not to interfere with this issue. President Cumar Al-Bashiir should know that his country was dismembered by Ethiopian backed SPLA guerilla movement and others, and if he wants a prosperous Sudan he needs a different Ethiopia. Mr. Bashiir became close to Ethiopia to save his skin and avoid the UN criminal court. For years, he was pushed to give up South Sudan despite the early agreements to accommodate SS as autonomous region. Finally , he gave away the shop and accepted the formation of South Sudan, yet as soon as he signed the accord, the international court indicted him with war crime. He is not a bad leader, but he must know the country, Sudan is bigger than him. Bashir or Sudan has no guarantee that Ethiopia might arm another group in the future. So now is the time to get rid of the old colonial post in the horn of by just staying out of the mess. These dams are not for local development or enhancing energy capacity for the locals. It is solely used to export electricity and make money from water resources the must be shared by everyone. As Ethiopia tries to survive, we will crush her child, Al-shabaab, and her Zones of influence. If Ethiopia goes down, people in Hargeisa will rise up and overthrow Biixi. Ahmed Madoobe will make a decision to either go with Kenya or expel them from the country. Ii is just a thought. Biciidkaan dili doono.

When an obscure and failed Neo Nazi writer like Bannon becomes America's greatest political strategist, I knew this country is in the fast lane for failure that will take years to dig out . Last friday, the American UN representative Nikki Haley called an emergency meeting of the security council to discuss the Iranian protest , and said the world to the major world powers that " the U.S is watching what you do". France's ambassador to the UN tutored Haley that how nations deal with internal disorder is not the council's concern. The Russian ambassador grilled her of the abuse of their membership and suggested that the UN should have looked how they dealt with Ferguson , Missouri riots last year. In other words, the security council told her to sit down and stop wasting their time. Yet, the neocons in the media had called her " The Iron lady" . Folks that is Trump's America.

If this is true, it shows how out of touch we all are . The latest news is that the hardline party of Ahmedinejad are trying to push out the moderates. Apparently, they got a leaked copy of the budget which calls austerity measures, and he mobilized his people. The " Man Child" in the white house is trying to help Ahmedinajad.

Farmaajo hasn't done anything to warrant this provocation. As i said before, these people will always try to take advantage of good grace. He got a lot of cards to squeeze INa Biixi , yet he won't.

Guys, I am a free man in a free country, and not worried about Wayaane or anyone else stopping my expressing my thoughts, but I worry about people back home. Certainly, sooner than later, I will go back home, and I might even send some dispatches from Mogadishu. OO, it does not really matter which nationality you are, what counts is your opinion. It is good to hear that you want us to succeed in business, politics and other endeavors. Having said that , if you spare us of the bogus history, we can live with your Wayaane agenda. OO, I haven't examined your posts carefully, but in general I have realized your overall strategy. Even in your last post while praising Somalis, you concluded that Egypt is bad because the way they treat the Palestinians, Yemen and Libya .Despite the false alliances the TPLF is trying to concote, Ethiopia could only be saved at the expense of TPLf. I am one of those people who read the Tigrai Online, the Oromo media and other irrelevant issues in Ethiopia before I go to bed at night. After careful examination, I found out that the TPLF media is sending three repetitive messages across the online community. The three are : Egypt, Oromo and somali regional governments whether that is Zone five , Somaliland or Puntland. You ask why Egypt?. Well, that is the only country that could make a serious challenge to Ethiopia at the moment. If there is a conflict in the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, 70% of the Ethiopia forces will be moved there. A military conflict, and Oromo uprising , would quickly hasten the collapse of the TPLF. Also, the only ethnic group that Egypt targets for military and political help is Oromo. The TPLf are not worried about Somalia at the moment. They are propping up Somaliland , and the Somali Republic is weak politically and militarily. Even the Somali president relies for their help. They love us . So, The only serious challenge to TPLF is Egypt and Oromo, and they want everyone to attack those two . If you visit their media , it's all about Egypt. Since when an Ethiopian cared about Palestinians or Yemenis, never. We should use others as they used us and reach our goals of removing this dinosaur from our region. In former Yugoslavia, after the split, five republics ( Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Macedonia) came out and became stable countries. Those who suffered most were the Muslims of Bosnia . We should make this coming confrontation between Egypt Vs Ethiopia to be a one between TPLF and Egypt. Guys, the moment Ethiopia goes down, or even if TPLF loses power to Oromo, there will not be any more Somaliland, or any Ethiopia centred regional government. Our guest Mr. OO says Somalis in different countries will do well without joining Somalia. That may be true for now since the republic is weak, but there is no guarantee that the new Somali states would be loyal or friendly. Look at the Gulf countries. They are the same tribe and people yet, they call themselves different names and they are hostile to one another. Just as we speak, Somaliland attacked small Puntland contingent at Tukaraq without warning and spilled Somali blood. Yet, if the Liyu police crosses to Wajaale and kidnaps in the middle of the town, they will not raise their voice let alone fight. This are not our armies, they were built to maim their brothers. One thing I agree with you is before the total collapse , we must be prepared and take advantage. So, I do not mind waiting a year and half or the summer of 2019. In the meantime, Egypt , Oromo, Somali Zone and others must pave the way. I hope Egypt to take out the Wayaane Dam and push the issue. Our rivers, Jubba and Shabbeelle are dammed by Ethiopia already, but we can't ask them to stop. Folks, it seems we might finding some common ground with dictator SISI, and I am willing to take advantage of the issue. Dr, Cumar Raabe made a political map in the year 2000 which spillited Ethiopia in to five or six nations. In that map , he carved part of northern Djibouti and added to the AFar or Danaakil state, then Oromo Somali region and half of Djibouti joining the greater Somalia. When we asked him , how about Tigray and Amhara?, he said , " let the face one another and either join or split that is their problem. Some of you might not like the breaking up of Djibouti, but if this place becomes a hub for foreign armies controlling our oceans and trades, we have to rethink about Djibouti. The best way, to close these bases is to push Cumar Gelle out and elect a new independent , and Somali centred leadership. Somali politicians do not know the difference between managing the affairs of the Mogadishu based government or looking at the horizon. Since the TPLF says that there is a clause in the Ethiopian constitution that allows secession of ethnic states, and the Oromo or one of the states could use and spare us all the mess. By the way, OO we are too intelligent to spent even one minute to read anything written by someone in Jijijga. Al-shabaab have never hurt a fly inside Ethiopia or in the border regions. Some may say that Ethiopian forces are strong, well, if someone want to die by suicide, he does not care the strength of the army. When Al-shabaab builds bomb laden trucks from Bakool and drives 4oo km to mogadishu while he could just go the next checkpoint at the border tells a lot about this movement. Somali locals had told authorities that in some bases, the Ethiopian army leaves at down and leaves plenty of weapons for the group to take. Finally, Ethiopia's problems are the status quo. Ether they have to democratize and allow free elections or total collapse. Both of this options are detrimental to the TPLf. THere is no third way. The TPLF can ride the Oromo -Somali tension as much as it likes but this conflict will not determine the future, because , no matter what what happens, A somali would not get the power. The EPRDF can hold as much emergency issue as they like to exploit these issues, but the overriding issue of change will not go away.

expect a collapse within a year. The Wayaane are attacking everyone to distract people from the real issues. About a week or so ago, someone sent me an anonymous E-mail from somewhere and asked me to stop the anti-Ethiopian threads or else.. He was probably someone who was a member of SOL , or familiar with this forum. I ignored , just like any hateful Email you receive from trolls. Then the next day, a contributor to an Awdal website inside Borama wrote a news article claiming that a group of Oromo fighters are being trained in "Waraqa Dhigta Iyo Cunqabad", two locations in the border region across Borama. It was a false story, and no one knows whether it was planted by outside sources or if the boys were paid by a TPLF operative in Borama Those two journalists were arrested and today they were convicted of writing false information that was detrimental to the security of the region. Also, some elders went to Cabdi Illey and reassured him about the safety of the border. In their defence, The journalists say that they have no idea how this news was written in their website and insisted that it was planted by hackers . I might be wrong, but this could Wayaane attacking us indirectly to silence us. In 1984, a group of WSLF fighters attacked the Djibouti-Addis train and took away with some goods, The SNM who were based inside told the Mengistu government that those who attacked the train were Somali soldiers based in Borama. Few days latter, Ethiopian fighter jets came to Borama and bombed an elementary school children between six and 13 years old and their teachers. It was a huge tragedy. So , instead of being an armchair warrior , who might cause big problems and unintended consequences to his community, I Galbeedi should take part on the efforts of bringing back the country and leave the keyboard.

Holac, Holac, All is fine. You are respectable guy and I appreciate your presence. Waxa i Dhibaysa ninka waranku intuu igu dhiftay hadana igu kor heesaye , islamarkaana diyaarinays in mar kale la i gawraco. Actually I am not a fan of SISI. He is a butcher who killed 5000 people in one single day, and I am 100% pro Turkish who are helping us build Somalia again. Yet I see these crazy stories by OO which seems like written by robots, planting incoherent stories about Egypt -Ethiopia war of last century or Persians in Iraq and so many strange things. I do believe just like the Yemenis becoming refugees, the gulf countries could become the next refugees of the region if they do not change. I talk to people back home and they all indicate the imminent collapse of Ethiopia and they think the key is stable and functioning Sonalia.

Holac, It looks like you transforming SOL to be the mouthpiece of Ethiopian propaganda. Egypt this Egypt that, and dictator SISi. IF there is an evil dictatorship that maimed our country and have killed Somalis from Gedo all the way to Zaylac is the Tigray dictatorship of Meles and his Wayaane controlled puppet Hailemarium. Please do not fall in the Wayaane cry that every protest in Ethiopia is the work of Egypt. Aslo, those of us who flow or analyze international intelligence and the art of manipulation are well aware of planting stories in papers for nefarious reasons. This New York times article is one of those stories that is exploiting the Arab masses for political reasons. It was Egypt who sponsored the UN resolution that was trying to condemn Israeli settlement, but Trump asked them to postpone. When Egypt tried to counter Obama policy and approached the Russians for arms their airplanes started falling from the skies. In fact the latest resolution to deny the Trump Jerusalem announcement was sponsored by Egypt and Yemen. OO is delusional guy . He talks about fantom stories or legends by the Ethiopians, and Egyptians wars. He keep saying Ethiopia is our neighbor and is there to stay. We are saying Ethiopia should not stay in this neighborhood unless it changes fundamentally. Every where nations are transformed including CHina, but the WAyaane backed system can not continue this way or it will collapse. We Somalis believe that the presence of this country in this region has arrested the development of whole region. We believe this old empire should be abolished. THey are anti trade and free entrepreneurship. the 20 millions of Somalis and Oromos in Western regions bordering Somalia are poor and underdeveloped due to trade restrictions and oppressions. Open trade between Somalis and those communities would have helped everyone. Millions of Oromos are leaving their region because of high unemployment and oppression. If Ethiopia goes down this huge potential of the region will transform the whole region. Somali ports will be busy serving the Oromo and others. This nation is backward and static nation ruled evil people. Nothing changes, Imagine from 1930-2012, which is 82 years, that had only three leaders: Haile Salase, Mengistu and Meles. There is no other place in the 20th century where only three men ruled close to a century. We Somali nomads do not worry about Egypt or their beef with Wayaane led Ethiopia. Somalis, are becoming really fragmented in So many ways. One group is separatist who want to dismember the country without realizing the weakness of this argument, while others in KIsmaayo and Jijiga are serving foreign occupiers and helping our enemies to oppress our people, at the same time a third group is solely concentrated to making money (Beeso) and keeping the anarchy. Yet, there are proud Somalis who will not rest until real change comes, and that change will not be in Egypt but overthrow of WAyaane led Ethiopia. It is unfortunate the biggest worries of SOLers is Egypt now, instead of the WAyaane enemy. This Wayaane fool is even calling the October war a defeat. On one side he is presenting himself like someone who is opposed to the Israeli policy in the region, yet , he is writing here like another Israeli propagandist talking about Egypt losing the war. The Egyptian army crossed the Sinai and overrun the Israeli army quickly. As they approached the border of Israel , the Nixon administration did a massive air lift to turn the war in favor of Israel. In fact they had almost clear victory without the American intervention. After that American action, the Arabs initiated the oil embargo of America and others in 1973, which tripled oil prices. He haven't even seen the popular movies made on that issue. You probably going through some pogus place and copying and pasting and throw horse shit here, expecting that these Somalis might fell in your trap. OO, if you want to bash Egypt or attack them go by all means, but stop your Egypt bashing here. WE are not interested. I really see you as a paid troll to keep spreading false and half truths, and that is what paid trolls do. They keep immersing themselves.

Lately there were a lot of geopolitical issues taking shape in the region and the middle east, yet we Somalis were looking everything uniformly without judging every case with its merits. We do not like what Mohammed Bin Salmaan is doing, yet we do not want the collapse the SAudi Arabia or the " Fitna" to reach Makah and Medinah. Also, we must differentiate the people and the government. The same case must be applied with Egypt too. The Tigrat regime is trying to ride the Turkish to it's advantage and use against Egypt and others. The Turks know that they saved Somalia from the mayhem caused by the Ethiopian policy of fragmentation. Finally, If Farmaajo ever flies to Addis and begs for security help, we will do whatever it takes and will make sure he leaves office before his term. Waa digniin .

Mooge, Yes, he is all over the place, but the man is really tough. This man shows confidence and capability. Ninkan Khayre Sidii uu Kacaanku ahaa todobaatanadii ayuu u hadlayaa. Waa nin kalsooni badani ka muuqato If he stays with message and avoids bad moves that creates confrontation, Prime minister Khayre will finish his term. As I said many months ago, by far he is much stronger than all the prime ministers we have seen for the last 40 years. Also, everyone including the " Unaka" led by Cali Geedi, the MOgadishu governor and H/G, want his job. Neither of these guys are better than Khatre. If he keeps the EThiopian troops out of the country, avoids the "Qalbi Dhagax" type issues, and stays with message , we will support Mr. Khayre.

My biggest take on the budget is Somalia is headed to the road of responsible and accountable government. Government budget has been debated within every level of government including the parliament. Parliament committees were present during the deliberation of the budget. Transparency and open budget is what responsible and accountable governments do. The only thing I want to see the budget allocations which also show the government priority. When I compare this to the almost 30 years old government of Somaliland, It really shows the difference between a tribal enclave and accountable government. For seven years, there were not one single deliberation or debate inside the parliament in Somaliland regarding any budget. For seven years, not one single item of the budget was reversed or changed. Usually the Hargeisa west faction of the " Jeegaan" allocates the budget as they wish. Sometimes, the the Siilaanyo palace used to get almost 10% of the budget. The palace has more money than water ministry, transport or the nearest six ministeries. It is the theft of public money through the finance minister. I hope the Jeegaan tribe in Hargeisa would learn something from the Somali government budget .

If Egypt is targeting Sudan it has a long border between them, and it does not need Eritrean border. I think Egypt is planning to target the Wayaane Dam. Couple of F-16 from eritrean base will do the jbb and Ethiopia can not retaliate against Egypt. Egyptian air force is one of the best in Africa and middle east. The Nile is the life of the Egyptian people and these huge dams in Ethiopia will eventually affect the lives of millions of people. If C/Fataax Al-Sisi want to help his country , now is the time to destroy that dam. What could Ethiopia do?. Poor Eritrea is not the manipulated and fragmented Somalis. In 1998-2000, a hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian forces tried to invade and finish off Eritrea, but were defeated. That battle was fought like the trenches of the first world war. Ethiopia lost more than 80,000 soldiers, and at the end they occupied only few districts. Thousands of Oromo and others surrendered. Since that tough lesson Ethiopia never tried to invade Eritrea. Imagine a poor country of four million, yet determined to stand tough. Even the Ethiopian media accuses every little political issue to the " Jabha Sha'biya" of Eritrea. Egypt will be backed by the USA, and Saudi Arabia. Yemenis, Djiboutian and others will watch as the war unfolds. Sudan or TUrkey will not interfere a war between Ethiopia and Egypt. Somali government will only call for peace and dialogue, but we the Somali people , will stand with Egyptian people and their efforts to keep the Nile following. WE hate Sisi but we care a lot about the people of " Masar Umu Dunya". They were on our side during tough times, especially during the Somali independence, and their educational outreach through the Somali territory. Who knows , if SISI is smart, he might hasten the collapse of the Tigray regime. If war breaks, No Oromo, AFar, Somali or others would be willing to die a war to save the Wayane regime and it's Dam. Guys, we do not like the UAE, yet with Egypt, if they bomb the Wayaane regime, I will take the Egyptian side. inkastoon sabool ahayHadana waan sariigtaasacabada ma hoorsadoSaaxiib nimaan nahayCadaygeyga lama simoSOOMAALI BAAN AHAY Gardarada ma Saacido Ni Xaqlana cidi lama simo Nabaddaan u sahanshaaColaaddan ka selelaaSooma jeesto goobahaNinka nabarka soo sidoGacantiisa kama sugoSOOMAALI BAAN AHAY WAxay u eegtahay in masiibadii iyo dhibkii uu inaga wareegayo. Qaar baa odhan doona Ethiopia haday dunto masiiba dhici doontaa.

The shuffle is necessitated by the Mogadishu issues. Farmaajo needs someone from the H/G community to help him quell the grievances created by the raid of Cabdi Qaybdiid. Despite his connection , Yusuf Garaad is busy with the international issues. I heard the new interior minister to be a local and connected businessman who might concentrate his efforts both in Mogadishu and central regions. I think Yusuf Garaad has a done a lot in short eight months. Among his biggest achievements are : The release of hundred of Somalis from Jails in Ethiopia, India and seychelles; He enmanced the Turkey alliance with the president and treaded carefully on the issues of the gulf , Ethiopia, and Kenya. If Yusuf Garaad , who spend decades in the international media, foreign capitals and the region is not qualified to be a diplomat , I don't know who else could fill that job. Besides, the old diplomatic service of Somalia are old and retired . WE need the young generation to take the center stage. In all ,This move by Khayre is welcome.The upside in this shuffle are two. First, the men who held some of the most important portafolio in the country, namely the interior ministry responsible for internal order, and the chief foreign diplomat should have been allowed to exit gracefully , and at least 48 hours of notice should have been given before they were replaced. Prime minister Khayre must remember that these are not his office employees. Second, I have noticed an ugly replacement of the same tribe to the one fired. Many of us became familiar in Somaliland where cousins rotate or replace after one if fired. Interior minister Cabdi F. Juxa is from Puntland, and especially from Garoowe. He is replaced by another guy from Garoowe which means that ministry is belonged by Faroole clan. He has the choice of selecting anyone from Puntland , yet that is how it is played. Finally, Both Garaad and Juxa had written a very respectful statement and wished everyone a good luck

Iran needs to do some reforms at the end, yet their political system is more open than Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the gulf. Oh my, if this is the best Trump and company could hope in Iran, they already lost the game. Of course there are economic issues, but these kind of protests would not shake Iran. Thousands of Iranian expatriates are probably dispatched from California to stir the pot and agitate. America has empowered Iran the day they invaded Iraq,. Everything else is the saber rattling of confused policy.When the foreign policy of the great USA is led by neocons and narcist leaders like Trump , expect disaster. The middle east does not need another war, and Iran will weather this storm.

Waar Tigreegan aad nagu soo dayseen propagabdhadiisa maxaan ka yeelaa. For the last time stop your Tigray propaganda in this Somali forum. Siyaad Barre and Mengistu never met after the war, and WSLF was not disbanded because of Tigray or any thing you guys have done. WSLF was ordered to halt it's attacks because Siyaad Barre wanted to cripple the support Mengistu gave to Somali tribal groups, especially SNM and SSDF. The agreement did happen in Djibouti after Siyaad Barre joined other IGAD members. The main issue was to stop the rebels from launching their attacks from Ethiopia. As soon as that happen, in May 1988, SNM left Ethiopia and started it's war inside SOmalia. The so called TPLF was nothing in the eighties. THe biggest and toughest army was the EPLF of Eritrea. There were never any agreement between ONLF and Meles. He played games in the early years while he was consolidating power, and as soon as he was in full control he crashed ONLF and others. THe TPLF has murdered not only ONLF members but killed their families , burned their towns and annihilated them systematically. Just like Natenyahu delivering his love to the Iraninans, the Wayaane are sending flowers to their victims. Give me a break. The Somalis were waging war in EThiopia before any of you guys took the gun. The Oromo National Liberation and ONLF could not do much because there were no bases to launch the war. If like minded Somalis come to power in Somalia, liberation movements could be launched in minutes , and just like Ethiopia took the war inside Somalia, we would take the war in side that huge land and the Wayaane and company could be defeated easily. Ethiopia was formed by the barrel of the gun and independent movements of Oromo and Somalis need a gun to get back their freedom, if Wayaane refuses to give power back to the people. 27 years of oppression is enough. The Somali region was under emergency rule since 1991. No trade between Somalis are allowed. You could not even bring an extra shirt in your bag without been taken away. It is a war zone as we speak. The Somali region were never allowed to have paramilitary or police. This strategy of arming Somalis were implemented in 2009, to contract out the killing and the oppression, but also to use the Liyu police to raid Somali proper and the puppet regional governments they themselves created. We have seen leaders from Hargeisa, Garoowe and Gakmudug go to Jijiga to resolve border issues. Illey became the de facto leader. You are correct on the idea of the Wayaane eventually separating from Ethiopia, because , in plural Ethiopia, led by Ahmara or Oromo ,were the size of population will translate power , the Tigray would be better of joining their cousins in Eritrea. Even the more sinister issue is that the Wayaane want to destroy the Liyu police and the Somali paramilitary before the total collapse of Ethiopia, or the separation of the ethnic nations. One way to destroy the Somali paramilitary force will be to pit them Against the Oromo. I hope Illey and others would understand. The Somali region is much bigger and more important than the landlocked Tigray province. We Somalis should play bigger role and sit down with other players like Oromo and Amhara. That can happen if we get a good leader like Lemma Magrasa of the Oromia who is fighting for his people. The Wayaane -Somali alliance is a false and opportunistic ploy to use and crash the Oromo with the Liyu police and in return create a murder mayhem that we haven't seen for decades. The Wayaane are not pushing Amhara to stop the Oromo, yet heir all efforts are targeted to use the Somalis. Somalis, like any other ethnic group should mind their own business and should not agitate whether Oromo or Amhara takes power. THeir primary concern should be to be able to protect their land and people , and should not target politically to hinder the aspirations of others whether they are Oromo, Amhara or Afar. The change of government and the huge demonstrations are taking place in Oromia, Amhara and Addis. Somehow the Wayaane want to dispatch that issue in our region. By the way the J.W community are some of the finest Somalis both in Jijiga area and JUbb land countryside. THey are not among those who openly say , " Haddanu reer hebel nahay' laakiin inkaar qabahan Illey ayaa dadkii wada kiciyey. Jubbada , Af madow ka billow illaa iyo Bu'ale ayey degaan. Wax badan ka ma yara Ahmed Madoobe iyo reerkiisa. Hase Ahaatee halka uu shan wasiir iyo shan ku xigeen ka qaatay, hal buu u tuuray. Maamulada Soomaalidu waxay noqdeen meelo Soomaalida wanaagsan lagu dulmo. In th end we Somalis must stop the bloodshed among the brothers.

Listen Wayaane Boy, How dare you tell us what is good for us. You and your WAyaane buddies have murdered our people in Mogadishu, Gedo, Bay, Hiiraan and between. After Somalis finally woke up to your plots, you switched planns by using Cabdi Illey to murder us in Gaashaamo, Mudug, Gedo and Harowo. Just as the Wayaane planned , they isolated the Somali region with oppression and tyranny which the world have even seen. In 2017, no place in this earth was worse than Somali Zone. If a nursing mother brings a small can of powder milk and travels with a bus, the evil Wayaane controlled LIyu police will open and put their hands in the powder and the innocent mother will just throw away. This men might have been picked from the street , and probably never raised by mothers when you see how they treat Somali mothers. In every region of EThiopia , their leaders represent the well being of the people except the Tigray lab dog Illey. In order for the WAyaane to survive few more months, they created a civil war among brothers. Illey will tell you that his friends are Tigray, but we Somalis know who our enemies are. We have no business of cozying up backward and ruthless Tigray highlanders who have no business in Oromo or Somali countryside. We are with the Oromo people and their aspiration. While the Somali man was destroyed through tyranny and tribal loyalty, the ORomo are nationalist and their aspirations are higher than Somalis today. THey are what we were in 1960, The Oromo are our brothers and they have always been our neighbors regardless of what problem we might have. They are Ali, omar, and Yusuf , and we should never fight them. We Somalis in the diaspora must organize and meet our Oromo brothers whether they are in MInnesota, LOndon, Washington, Toronto or Alberta. WE must unite for the enemies of our people the Wayaane led EThiopian system. THis Tigray highlanders are just four million people or less than 5% of the Ethiopian population. THey do not have the population strength, the education or bureaucratic knowledge to run Ethiopia other than the gun. Their time is over soon, and we should not be the victims of their evil plans. Mr. Wayaane, if you think these Somalis in this forum will buy your half truths and Wayaane propaganda, you are mistaken. THey might have tribal sympathy to their regions or towns, but deep down they care about their country and well being than you might think. ESpecially those in diaspora. In one of my threads you posted total lies and misinformation by equating Eritrea with Somaliland. The Wayaane and the Amhara were the ones who served the European colonies in the nineteenth and twentieth century. in 1950, the United Nation, had made Eritrea to be under the trusteeship of emperor Haile Selassie who was a colonial lab dog, and they have been fighting since for fifty years. Southern Somalia were given for the Italiaans to administer the land until independence in 1960. the Italians were only able to subdue and control Southern regions as late as 1926, and by 1941, they were defeated by the British. After 1941, all the Somali speaking regions from Wajeer to Jijiga were controlled by the British.Until the UN transfer Somalis mingled from South to NOrth and the land between, Even the SYL was in JIjiga and Diredawa. When the British left HArgeisa, the flag that was raised was the blue flag with the white star, not a flag of another country. The union of the regions who were not physically separated, was not in June 1960, but in April 30, 1960. ONly those with sinister agenda will speak of different Somalia. There was none. The people in GAroowe, Boosaaso or even Gaashaamo never crossed a border when they traveled to TAleex or Ceergaabo. Our camels and livestock has grassed without borders. In fact the colonials were just administrating few towns, while the somali countryside was one. You have the nerve to push the disintegration of Somalia after what have you done in our republic. Only fools like you would think that the forged history of Wikipedia is the truth. Eritrea might have something in common with Tigray, but they have nothing to do with the Oromo or Somalis. We do not give a damn if Eritrea joins or stays independent. I am not even preoccupied by Somaliland who will join the republic as soon as things were sorted out in MOgadishu. WE can not let go our " Somali Galbeed" who you referred as Zone five and Cabdi Illey and company called Ogadenia. It has been given to the king without our permission, and our property must be either with us or depart legally. We want our land back and will not rest until we gain. Neither CAli Geedi nor Muuse Biixi will help you to disintegrate Somalia. Of course C/laahi Yusuf was pinned down in MOgadishu , but that does not mean he will let the land go the land. THis Wayaane run entity of Ethiopia is doomed. It must either become a plural democracy of multi ethnic and religion society based on rule of law and majority rule or must disintegrate like former Yugoslavia. The third option of keeping the status quo and pitting people against one another is over. The Wayaane game of pitting Oromo and Somali brothers is over. Soon we will depose your lap dog Illey, and the next leader must work hard to rebuild the harmony again. The new map of Ethiopia will be different soon, The Somalis will join the republic, the Oromo will have their country, so does the Afar, Mashenguli and others. I do not care if the Amhara joins the Tigray or the Tigray joins Eritrea. These people must be expelled from Jijiga, Dirdawa, Hawaas, and Oromo country side. Here in September 2016, Illey attacks Oromo and Amhara who were demonstrating against the Wayaane. He said these gathering are illegal. No other regional leader came out Then , at the same month he send millions to Tigray capital. Somali State civil cociety delegation arrived in Mekelle the capital city of Tigrai State to show their support and extend a helping hand to the Tigraian civilians deported from some Amhara region towns and cities. The delegation from Somali State presented the Tigrai emergency coordinating committee 10 million Birr to help the recently uprooted innocent Tigraians from Amhara region. The Somali State delegation traveled all the way to the city of Mekelle to show their solidarity with the people of Tigrai and to express their profound support to the displaced women, children, farmers, brassiness people, government workers, civil servants, professors, and other professionals. These people were forced to leave their houses and entire livelihood in their own country just because they were Tigraians. We are grateful to the Somali State people and government for their generosity and brave stand at this critical point of our people. The Somali delegation didn’t come to just deliver the financial support, that could have been done in much easier and faster ways. There is much crucial message to the people of Tigrai, to the perpetrators of the ethnic cleansing, and the rest of Ethiopia they wanted to send and it is very clear to all of us. Thank you! Somalis were starving, yet Cabdi Illey sent 10 million Bir to Wayaane people who left Amhara area. No wonder , we became the target. With friends like the Wayaane , you will get more enemies than you think.

Rather than curb Qat and other drugs, Hargeisa has started a campaign for hair cut. Before they take police actions against the citizens, they should legislate in the parliament or enact specific by law regarding what kind of hair the Somaliland youth should have. THey should put huge billboards in the middle of the city showing the new Hargeisa hair cut. This people want to oppress the youth . They afraid that these youth might demand jobs, and they know that they could not offer anything. Waxa la damacsan yahay in la cabudhiyo oo la cadaadiyo si aanay uga mudaharaadin shaqa la'aanta. Is this place becoming the land of Taliban and backward society. THese people are getting crazy by the hour.