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#Kenya's President William Ruto welcomed #Somalia's outgoing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as "my brother" rather than "Mr. President" during a meeting in Narok County, a notable protocol choice that comes amid questions over Somalia's leadership mandate following the expiry of Mohamud's term in May. Analyst Rashid Abdi described the encounter as an informal meeting rather than a formal diplomatic visit, arguing it was intended to reinforce Mohamud's standing as head of state. The meeting follows Ruto's May warning that Somalia was facing a political and security crisis as presidential mandate approached expiration.
Somali Guardian13,607 views • 13 days ago
A video released during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations shows Al-Shabaab spokesman Ali Dhere sending his son to take part in an istishhadi - or suicide commando - operation carried out by the group in Mogadishu. The attack targeted Jili’ow, a key headquarters of #Somalia’s intelligence agency that also contains an underground prison in the capital. Those who monitor Al-Shabaab say this is only the second time it has surfaced publicly that a senior figure within the group has sent his own son on such a mission. The first involved Yusuf Kabatukade, the current Al-Shabaab governor of the Middle Shabelle region.
Somali Guardian65,370 views • 3 months ago
Al-Shabaab releases video showing the Ukrainian captain of a UN helicopter that made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the group in Jan. 2024. The pilot, who has been held captive along with his crew since then, appeals to Ukraine & the UN to negotiate his release.
Somali Guardian99,607 views • 6 months ago
🚨 BREAKING: "I did not extend my term by one year!" Ex-President Farmajo fires back at Hassan Sheikh, accusing HSM of falsely claiming Farmajo got a 1-year extension as a pretext to chase his own copycat term extension - warning that HSM is killing people to get it. #Somalia
Somali Guardian14,711 views • 1 month ago
A Mogadishu-based Somali professor has called for an armed movement, modeled on Afghanistan’s Taliban, to seize control of entire #Somalia by force, arguing that the current govt - formed through talks in #Djibouti and #Kenya - has failed to unify the country & should step down.
Somali Guardian65,374 views • 6 months ago
“People of #Somaliland, you have never been known to welcome the enemy of the Ummah into your lands. Today, you have the power to reject them, but if you do not act, tomorrow they may arrive and entrench themselves beyond your control,” says #Somalia's president HSM.
Somali Guardian60,478 views • 6 months ago
𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 #𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 #Somalia’s most prominent religious scholar, Sheikh Mustafe Hajji Ismail Harun, has warned that Somaliland would gain no benefit from engagement with Israel, which he described as the world’s current biggest aggressor, with consequences extending to both this life and the hereafter. Speaking in Somaliland, Sheikh Mustafe said Israel had killed and wounded 200,000 Muslims, destroyed more than a thousand mosques and starved two million people. He said it was deeply unfortunate that Somaliland sought recognition from a state he said had fresh Muslim blood on its hands. He argued that such a move would morally implicate Somaliland in the suffering of Palestinians, whom he said had been invaded, displaced from their land and subjected to ongoing occupation and daily killings. To illustrate his point, the scholar drew a parallel with Somaliland’s own recent history. He recalled the 1988 military crackdown by the Siad Barre regime, which forced residents of Hargeisa and Burao to flee to Ethiopia. He said that if others had settled those towns during the displacement and a separate entity had later recognised them, Somalilanders would view that recognition as deception and injustice. He said this, in his view, mirrored how Palestinians would perceive Somaliland’s position today. Sheikh Mustafe added that even Siad Barre, widely regarded in Somaliland as the worst aggressor and symbol of brutality, had never sided with occupation, instead aligning himself with Nelson Mandela and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
Somali Guardian20,007 views • 5 months ago
A well-known clan figure with familial ties to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who has consistently voiced support for the administration in the media, was spotted operating a police vehicle for personal use, ferrying his children in what appears to be a breach of protocol. #Somalia
Somali Guardian10,853 views • 2 months ago
BREAKING: #Somaliland President Irro dismisses #Somalia President's offer of Berbera Port to the US as 'ridiculous,' stating that HSM cannot even secure his own capital. He adds that Somaliland maintains full sovereignty over its territorial waters, airspace, and land borders.
Somali Guardian38,015 views • 1 year ago
A night of terror in Mogadishu - explosions and gunfire shatter the city’s uneasy calm as #Somalia govt forces are battling Al-Shabaab militants who stormed Jili’ow underground prison & key spy agency HQ - just a stone’s throw from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s residence.
Somali Guardian12,561 views • 9 months ago
Top Somali govt cleric says “non-Muslim enemy forces” are targeting Somali troops and destroying their military assets, in reference to #Ethiopia|n army strike on NISA HQs in Dolow last night. He claims that the federal system is being used as a weapon to dismantle #Somalia.
Somali Guardian13,868 views • 11 months ago
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