Ethiopia's Tigray conflict sparks spread of misinformation With the Ethiopian government conducting a military offensive in the northern Tigray region, some people have taken the opportunity to spread misinformation online. This includes material either not directly related to the conflict or, sometimes, altered to make it look like it is. A manipulated image of a missile defence system Some have been sharing photos they say show an S-400 Russian missile defence system, claiming it is in use in the Tigray region to ward off Ethiopian air attacks. They also claim a Russian-made flamethrower system is being used. Accompanying text reads: "This weapon you see on the picture, even Ethiopia doesn't own it as a country. "The Tigrayans have it to protect themselves from air strikes." The photos each show a soldier in what appears to be the uniform of Tigray special forces, standing nearby. But these images have been manipulated, with the soldiers added in. Their shadows are either pointing in the wrong direction when compared with those from other objects or are too dark. In one of the photos, the soldier is also out of proportion when compared with the background. An online image search revealed the photos of the weapons system are from military exercises in the Astrakhan region, in southern Russia. A Russian-language video of that exercise was posted online in September, showing the system in action. The S-400 is an advanced Russian surface-to-air missile system, which only a few foreign countries have bought. And Ethiopia is not one of them. "Ethiopia has never imported an S-300 series or S-400 series... system and neither have any neighbouring countries," says Justin Bronk, of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), in London. The downed fighter jet not from Ethiopia Hundreds of Facebook users have been sharing a picture purporting to show a downed Ethiopian military plane burning on the ground. One post says: "Tigray special forces were attacked from the air. "They have destroyed one [Ethiopian] fighter jet and killed lots of special-force military (commando). "The fight is still going on." But a reverse image search reveals this picture is not from Ethiopia. An identical image appears: in a July 2018 Iranian-run Press TV report about a Saudi warplane shot down in Yemen. in a May 2015 Twitter post about a MiG-25 plane downed near the Libyan city of Zintan The misuse of Ethiopian Airlines crash photos Some have been sharing photos from the site where a civilian Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crashed, killing more than 150 people shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa in March last year. A misleading Facebook post - now deleted - claimed they showed body bags near the Tigray region, containing the remains of soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region. There've been militia forces from Amhara fighting along with Ethiopian government forces. But other users pointed out correctly that these images were nothing to do with the current fighting in the Tigray region. An Ethiopian minister didn't urge soldiers to wear masks Screenshots of what appears to be a tweet by Ethiopian Health Minister Lia Tadesse have been circulating, mocking her for apparently posting Covid safety instructions to the military during a conflict. The translation of the supposed tweet reads: "With social distancing, sanitiser and wearing our masks properly, let all concerned bodies contribute towards the peaceful end of the war." But the screenshot is fabricated. And this tweet does not appear on her actual Twitter timeline. A look at genuine posts by the minister also shows she posts using an iPhone - and not an Android device as shown in these screenshots. Screenshots of what appears to be a tweet by Ethiopian Health Minister Lia Tadesse have been circulating, mocking her for apparently posting Covid safety instructions to the military during a conflict. The translation of the supposed tweet reads: "With social distancing, sanitiser and wearing our masks properly, let all concerned bodies contribute towards the peaceful end of the war." Beenbeensii

Cali Guudlaawe oo loo doortay madaxweynihii saddexaad ee dowlad Gobolleedka Hirshabeelle Cali Cabdullaahi Xusseen Cali Guudlaawe ayaa goor dhaw loo doortay madaxweynaha dowlad gobolleedka Hirshabeelle doorasho ka dhacday magaalada Jowhar. Cali Guudlaawe ayaa helay 86 cod halka musahrixii la tartamayay Cabdiraxmaan Jimcaale Cismaan uu helay uu helay cod 13 guud ahaan 99 xildhibaan ee codadkooda dhiibtay Madaxweynaha saddexaad ee dowlad gobolleedka Hirshabeelle Cali Guudlaawe ayaa horeyba loo sii saadaalinayay in uu ku soo bixin doono doorashadan oo ay goob joog ka ahaayeen Wasiirro iyo Xildhibaannno ka tirsan Dowladda dhexe ee federaalka. Goor dhaw ayaa lagu waddaa in loo gudbo doorashada madaxweyne ku-xigeenka oo ay ku tartami doonaan Yuusuf Axmed Hagar –Dabageed iyo Wasiir hore Maxamed Maxamuud Cabdulle [Maxamed Dheere]

Cali Guudlaawe oo ku guuleystey doorashada Madaxweynaha Hirshabeelle Doorashada Madaxweynaha dowlad goboledka Hirshabelle oo goordhow soo dhamaatay ayaa loo doortay Madaxweynaha afarta sano ee soo socota Cali Cabdulaahi Xuseen. Doorashadan ayaa waxa uu madaxweyne ku xigeenkii hore ee Hirshabelle Cali Cabdulaahi Xuseen uu helay codad gaaraya 86 cod halka musharaxii la tartamayay ee Cabdiraxmaan Jimcaale Cismaan uu helay codad gaaraya 13 cod. Musharaxii la tartamayay Cali Cabulahi Xuseen ee Cabdiraxmaan Jimcaale Cismaan ayaa u hambalyeeyay Madaxweynaha afarta sano ee soo socota ee Hirshabelle Cali Cabdulaahi Xuseen. Waxaa goordhow la galayaa doorashada madaxweyne ku xigeenka Hirshabelle iyadoo ay ku tartayamayaan Maxamed Maxamuud Cabdule iyo Yuusuf Axmed Hagar Dabageed. Xigasho

PS Macharia proposes visa on arrival for Somalis Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau has said there are great unexploited trade opportunities between Kenya and Somalia. He cited tourism, which he said remains greatly unexploited, noting that currently Kenya receives 32,268 tourists from Somalia annually. He said the number can be tripled if the visa protocols are enforced and issued on arrival. Macharia said Somalia is on the cusp of a turnaround that could position it as an important country for business, trade and cooperation and could soon be a major source of tourist and hotel revenue for Kenya. He said countries like Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Turkey have seen the potential of Somalia and have direct flights to Mogadishu, something Kenya Airways should consider. Mcahraia was in Mogadishu to visit the Kenyan Embassy and assess its situation. “I have traveled to Somalia with a small delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that included the Director of Human Resources and Management and other specialists to look at the situation of our diplomatic team in Somalia,” Kamau said in a statement on Sunday. He said about 35,000 Kenyans presently live in Somalia while some half a million Somalis also reside in the Kenyan refugee camps with about 1.5 million integrated over time. The integration ration of Somalis to indigenous Kenyans remains among the highest in Kenya, the said the PS. During his tour, Macharia looked at the living conditions in Mogadishu and discussed strategic and security matters that are of concern to Kenya’s mission on operations in Somalia. “While here I’ve also had the opportunity to discuss other important matters with the PS and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the new Minister of Commerce that have touched on trade and cooperation between our two countries,” he said. He also engaged a number of international partners including the ambassadors of the European Union, the UK and the US. The PS also held talks with the political and military leadership of African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) based in Mogadishu and explored cooperation and opportunities between Somalia and Kenya. “The promise of trade and business exchanges between the two peoples of Kenya and Somalia is phenomenal and it could be transformational for both economies and societies,” said Kamau. He said the significant political and security challenges between Kenya and Somalia in the last decade should not bar what would be the enormous benefits from cooperation and business in the two countries. The PS said so far, Kenya has offered Somalia 500 plus scholarships in various areas of study and skills development to help the Somali state build capacity and skills for development. Somalia has in turn offered many young Kenyans opportunities for work in Mogadishu and other places in the country in areas of education, the hotel industry, as well as the construction industry. Xigasho

Kiikuuyada are desperate. They are trying to bribe - an action they know a lot - dowladda dhexe now. Useless bribes. Kenya oo Soomaalida u soo jeedisay fiisaha dal ku galka Xoghayaha Joogtada Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda Kenya Amb. Macharia Kamau ayaa Soomaaliylda u soo jeediyay fiisaha dal ku galka ee lagu qaato garoomada, isagoo sheegay inay jiraan fursado ganacsi oo aan laga faa’ideysan kaasoo u dhaxeeya Kenya iyo Soomaaliya. Macharia Kamau oo maalin ka hor booqasho ku yimid Muqdisho ayaa tusaale u soo qaatay dalxiisa oo uu sheegay in aan wali si weyn looga faa’iideysan, isagoo xusay in xilligan Kenya ay Soomaaliya ka hesho 32,268 dalxiisayaal ah sanadkiiba. Waxaa uu sheegay in tirada dalxiiska la saddex jibbaari karo haddii la dhaqan geliyo hab maamuuska fiisaha dalka ku galka ah oo la soo saaro marka la yimaado garoonka. Macharia wuxuu sheegay in Soomaaliya ay qarka u saaran tahay isbedel kaas oo u aqoonsan kara dal muhiim u ah ganacsiga iyo iskaashiga dhawaana ay noqon karto isha ugu weyn ee dalxiiska iyo dakhliga hoteelada ee Kenya. Waxaa uu sheegay in dalal ay ka mid yihiin Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia iyo Turkey ay arkeen awoodda Soomaaliya isla markaana ay duulimaadyo toos ah ku tagaan magaalada Muqdisho, arintaas oo ay tahay inay tixgeliso Kenya Airways. “Balanqaadka ganacsiga iyo isdhaafsiga ganacsiga ee u dhaxeeya labada shacab ee Kenya iyo Soomaaliya waa mid cajiib ah waxayna u noqon kartaa isbadal dhaqaalaha iyo bulshada labada dal,” ayuu yiri Kamau. Sidoo kale waxaa uu sheegay in caqabadaha waa weyn ee siyaasadeed iyo amni ee u dhaxeeya Kenya iyo Soomaaliya tobankii sano ee la soo dhaafay aysan aheyn inay hor istaagaan waxa faa’iidada weyn u leh iskaashiga iyo ganacsiga labada dal. “Waxaan u safray Soomaaliya aniga iyo wafdi kooban oo ka socda wasaarada arimaha dibada oo ay ka mid yihiin agaasimaha waaxda shaqaalaha iyo maaraynta iyo khubaro kale si aan u eego xaalada kooxdeena diblomaasiyadeed ee Soomaaliya” Macharia Kamau. Waxaa uu sheegay in ilaa 35,000 oo Kenyan ah ay hada ku noolyihiin Soomaaliya halka nus malyuun Soomaali ah ay sidoo kale degan yihiin xeryaha qaxootiga ee Kenya iyadoo qiyaastii 1.5 milyan oo isku dhaf ah waqti ka dib. Xigasho

Cali Guudlaawe oo loo helay musharax la tartama Diiwaan gelinta Musharaxiinta Madaxweynaha iyo Madaxweyne ku xigeenka maamulka HirShabeelle ayaa si rasmi ah loo soo xiray shalay. Ilaa hadda laba Musharax ayaa loo diiwaan geliyay tartanka Madaxweynaha waxeyna kala yihiin Cabdiraxmaan Jimcaale iyo Cali Cabdullaahi Xuseen “Cali Guudlaawe” oo hadda ah Madaxweyne ku xigeenkii hore ee waqtiga ka dhamaaday. Aqoon dheer looma lahan Musharaxaan kale oo lagu magacaabo Cabdiraxmaan Jimcaale oo ka soo jeeda magaalada Beladweyne ee xarunta gobalka Hiiraan, waxeynu wararku sheegayaan in loo keenay in uu camiro ama tartan la ogyahay natiijadiisa la galo Cali Guudlaawe. Guudlaawe oo ay aad isugu dhow yihiin Villa Somalia ayaa la rumeysan yahay inuu yahay madaxweynaha xiga ee HirShabeelle. Tartanka Madaxweyne ku xigeenka ayaa sidoo kale loo diiwaan geliyay laba xubnood oo kala ah Maxamed Dheere oo ka tirsan Xukuumadii HirShabeelle iyo Yuusuf Axmed Hagar Daba-geed oo ah guddoomiyihii hore ee gobalka Hiiraan. Maanta ayaa la filayaa in Musharaxiinta Khudbadahooda jeediyaan iyadoo ugu dambeyna Arbacada ay dhici doonto doorashada Madaxweynaha iyo Madaxweyne ku xigeenka maamulka HirShabeele.

Qof calooshiisa dhargan ayaa tahay. Dad ayaa qoraxda ku dishay xirooyinkaas aan kuu sheegay tan iyo sagaashameyadii. Reerahooda soo biilan lahaa hadduu qof u baxo. Haye, adiga goormaa noqoneysaa oo Khaliijka aad cabitaanka macaan ku cabeysid oo aad joogtid aan u maleeyo ka tagi doontaa?

Another huge, huge victory for Mudane Rajab Dayib Erdogan. La'iintiisa waxba ma socoteen.

Masaakiinta Dhadhaab iyo Kaakuuma qoraxda ku dileyso oo dhoof Mareykan sugaaye haddaa ka mid ahaan lahayd saan uma hadli lahayn, Gooni. Masaakiin badan ayaa sanadooyin laga baajiyey reerahooda la midoobaan, kuwa kalena dhoofkooda laga joojiyey ilaa hadda sugaayo. Boqolaal kun qaxooti sanadkii Mareykanka imaan jiray. Ninkaana wuxuu ka dhigay toban kun meelahaas oo wada badan dad aanan heysan diinta Islaamka. Heerka sare ee naceybka uu Muslimiinta guud ahaan iyo Soomaalida gaar ahaan u qabo ninkaas waalan haddaa ogtahay saan uma hadli lahayn.

Madaxda caalamka qaarkood ilaa hadda u hambalyeynin madaxweynaha cusub ee Mareykanka cabsi ee ka qabaan ninkii waalnaa. Not Farmaajo oo saacado yar ka dib markii lagu dhawaaqay u hambalyeeyey

Xaalka ma sahlano. Hala jabiyo Tigreyga.

The usual Soomaaliya-hating jaajuus posts his usual crap again on Twitter:

Wiilkiisa, the cocaine addict ama gabadhiisa perhaps. But the cult will not follow them blindly as the same way they were to their crazy shactiroole wannabe father.

Waxba yaala calaacalin. Reer Koonfur Galbeed iyo reerkaan Nayroobi ku shiray have both equal xildhibaanno in baarlamaanka. Wey isbaheysan karaan intee isku imaadaan, along with beesha shanaad and get madaxweynaha iyo ra'iisul wasaaraha haddee rabaan saas. Shariif Xasan wanted to do this in 2017, I remember him meeting with Reer Waqooyi xildhibaanno. But Shariifka was too corrupt qof isku haleynaayo ma lahayn. Madaxweynaha Farmaajo now is trying to pull a new political manoeuvre by funding the selection of Guudlaawe in Hirshabeelle. In turn he wants to fund Reer Hiiraan as a guddomiyaha baarlamaan dhexe, so in order to sideline Shariif Sh. Axmed, Xasan Sheekh iyo Xasan Cali Kheyre because of 4.5 rule. Then make the prime minister a Reer Koonfur Galbeed. But what he does not know is that how tricky xildhibaanno are and will not select him at all; instead a neutral Reer Koonfur Galbeed might get madaxweynaha itself.

Kan Maareeye lagu badalay, Dubbe, asagana bariga Burco ka soo jeedaa miyaa? Who ka soo jeedo galbeedka iyo waqooyiga Burco? Mahdi Guuleed? I see burco waa sida Gaalkacyo camal that is why you are differentiating aagageeda.

I still vividly remember seeing the front page of the British tabloid Daily Mirror in 2004 asking Americans who re-elected Bush Jr: "How can 59 million people be so dumb?" Those were the numbers that re-elected Bush Yariisoow then. Now it seems they even got bigger and dumber and they are around 10 more million of them. I googled the original front page now and here it is:

Our sister Ilhaan won big last night. And Joe is the more feasible candidate to win now. Dotard walwal baas ayaa haayo. Che, guryo Soomaali xabbado lagu furay after Biden was called for Minnesota ee maqashay?

Hala garaaco Tigreyga, the bigger devil of the two.

I support this.

Diyaarad uu la socday Qoor Qoor oo weerar lagu qaaday iyo wararkii ugu dambeeyey Maleeshiyada kooxda Al-Shabaab ayaa galabta weeraray diyaarad uu galabta Madaxweynaha Galmudug Axmed Cabdi Kaariye Qoor Qoor ka soo raacay magaalada Dhuusamareeb. Xubno la socday wafdiga madaxweynaha ayaa Caasimada Online u sheegay in ilaa sideed xabadood oo laga riday qoriga loo yaqaano Suuga ay Al-Shabaab ku rideen diyaaradda, daqiiqado yar kadib markii ay hawada gashay. Xubnaha aan soo xiganeyno oo naga dalbaday inaanaa adeegsan magacyadooda ayaa noo sheegay in shaqaalada hey’adda duulista rayidka qeybtooda ka howlgasha Dhuusamareeb ay duuliyaha ku war-geliyeen inay rasaas ku socoto, isla markaana uu jiha kale u weeciyo diyaaradda. “Hubkii lagu soo riday diyaaradda oo naguula sheegay sideed xabadood waa lala waayey Alle ayaa mahadleh, duuliyaha waxaa lagu wargeliyey inuu jiha kale u weecdo, khal-khal badan ayaan dareenay, balse hada waxaan si nabad ah ku imaanay Muqdisho,” ayuu yiri mid ka mid ah xubnihii madaxweyne Qoor Qoor Dhuusamareeb ka soo raacay oo Caasimada Online u waramay. Wararku waxay intaas ku darayaan in diyaaradda oo u socotay Muqdisho ay gashay wareeg dheer, isla markaana ay dulmartay degmada Gurceel oo 60 KM koonfur galbeed uga beegan Dhuusamareeb. Xilliga diyaaradda la weeraray waa 5:30am oo galabnimo, waxuuna Madaxweyne Qoor Qoor caawa ku suganyahay magaalada Muqdisho oo safarkiisu uu ku wajahnaa. Wixii ka dambeeyey markii Ahlu-Sunna looga taag roonaaday Galmudug, waxaa caasimadda maamulkaas ee Dhuusamareeb ku soo dhawaaday Al-Shabaab, waxayna xilliyada habeenkii ah duqeeyaan garoonka diyaaradaha. Sidoo kale waxaa si cabsi ah lagu maraa wadada u dhaxeysa Dhuusamareeb iyo Gurceel oo dhowr habeen lagu arkay dagaalamayaal ka tirsan Al-Shabaab oo gaadiidka boonadooda canshuurta u jaraya. Seddax maalin ka hor inta u dhaxeysa deegaanka Ceeldheere iyo Dhuusamareeb waxaa lagu qarxiyey gaari weyn oo kuwa ciidanka ah oo ay wateen ciidamo ka tirsan qeybta 21-aad ee milateriga Soomaaliya. Illaa hadda ma jiro masuul ka tirsan Galmudug oo ka hadlay amni darada ka soo cusboonaatay deegaanada ku xeeran magaalada Dhuusamareeb oo Al-Shabaab badan ay gudaha u soo galeen, mana jirto wax dhaq-dhaqaaq ciidan ah oo hadda socda. Xigasho

I didn't know we had a MAGA red hats on here SOL. Whoa!

Exhibit A of the fall of U.S. empire: