PHOTOS: In an open weapons market in
#Mogadishu
, arms dealers are calmly negotiating for the prices of AK47 rifles supplied by govt soldiers. Each gun costs USD 1,300 to USD 1,400. The buyers are clan militia.
This is particularly concerning as OUR CORRUPT president
This is General Abdullahi Ali Caanood, the spokesperson for the Somali Ministry of Defense declaring to mobilize insurgency groups within Somaliland, Jigjiga, and Godey.
I am not going to provide word for word translation but in a concise summary of his statement, General
Police in Hargeisa
#Somaliland
arrest a young man for wearing a tracksuit made of flag of
#Somalia
. No other crime. He's now identified as Abdirahman Aar.
Have thousands of
#Somalis
been sent to
#Eritrea
for military training? Did hundreds of them die in the
#Tigray
battlefields? The mothers of missing young men we interviewed here in
#Mogadishu
are calling for clarification - after many months of uncertainty.
This morning, Banadir Court judge, who was reading a pre-drafted letter sentenced me to 2 months in jail despite the fact I was detained 5 months ago.
To my surprise, when I was taken to
#Mogadishu
central prison, officers refused to jail me granting my immediate freedom.
Last night, about 6:29pm, after we left office, a group of armed
@HSNQ_NISA
officers (two of them masked) raided
@sjs_Somalia
office in Mogadishu. Acc. to CCTV footage, they were led by commander of Hawl-Wadag district “Shakiib” who is a former al-Shabaab defector.
Breaking: peaceful protestors take to the streets in support of army general Sheegow Ahmed currently in unlawful detention. Presidential guards fired live bullets as the protestors approached Sayidka checkpoint, Mogadishu this morning.
Sadly, the bullets used to shoot these
First independent newspaper in
#Jigjiga
. The founder of Jigjiga Newspaper Dahir Mohamed says the paper will cover news about the regional events i.e politics, social and economic. Few months ago
#Ethiopia
has been the most restrictive of press freedom in the sub-Saharan Africa.
BISMILLAAH!
Muddo ka badan 5 sano ayaan macaamiil shakhsi ah u ahaa
@premierbankSO_
Muqdisho. Maanta oo ah 23 Abriil 2024, waxaan si rasmi ah uga codsaday Premier Bank inay iga xiraan koontadayda shakhsiga ah iyo Master Card-kii aan ka heystay. Waana u caddeeyay sababaha
It’s shocking to witness how extremist ideologies soon turned to unite with unionism ideology to an extent that Somali MPs, known advisers of
@TheVillaSomalia
and their supporters are now declaring their intention to use Al-Shabaab against Ethiopia, a country whose army is still
🚨 Somalia is now weaponising terrorism
A debate on national Somalia TV featured an attendee brazenly asking about how Somalia can best direct Al Shabab terrorism and Jihad towards Ethiopia and Somaliland!
".. since we have people willing to blow themselves up"
Worthy of note
CONFIRMED: Ex-NISA commander, Fahad Yasin has changed his name as “Fahad Dahir Ahmed” just to get (s)elected for Parliamentary seat in
#Beledweyne
.
He is accused of serious human rights violations in
#Somalia
.
This video shows the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
#Somalia
in Mogadishu, located on the main Mogadishu-Afgooye road.
The ministry building has now transformed into a war zone barricade, with machine guns mounted on it. I was informed that most employees have not reported to
For a week now, hundreds of local travelers in the
#Gedo
region of Somalia have found themselves stranded in various towns due to the suspension of domestic flights. This issue has affected the entire population in Gedo, as per locals.
Since land travel is not safe, it is
According to sources, the Saturday's parliamentary vote in
#Mogadishu
to amend the Constitution can be described as the most expensive in terms of bribery payments in the history of Somali parliament after the presidential election of 2022.
We've tried to get some insights of
#REVEALED
: Recently disclosed information reveals that a week ago, two foreign diplomats, who head significant diplomatic offices in Mogadishu, engaged in a joint meeting with the president of Somalia
@HassanSMohamud
.
Just moments before the meeting commenced, the two diplomats
This is Mogadishu.
Dead bodies are stored in the living houses after they were exhumed from their resting places.
Every body costs: $100 for plastic body bag + $40 exhumation work + $10 for exhumation receipt = $150.
Then you need to purchase another graveyard. For those
Despite claims of being Somalia national TV, its X account blocks me today.
The account is managed by deputy minister Al Cadaala. So how can this be a national TV if a simple citizen is blocked?
(VIDEO) Meet Osman Sheikh Nur Roble, a survivor of the SYL Hotel attack. On Thursday evening 14th March, Osman and his newly wed wife were staying in the SYL Hotel when chaos erupted. First, a car bomb struck the premises, followed by armed militants from the Al-Shabaab group
Today, Somalia's president,
@HassanSMohamud
(aka Hassan munaafuq), continues his attempts to deceive the world and the
@GOVUK
.
While the commendable efforts of the
@FCDOGovUK
towards Global Food Security are acknowledged, it is imperative to shed light on
#Somalia
's dire
Illaahay ha u naxariisto walaalkay Cabduqaadir Xasan oo ka mid noqday dhalllinyaradii ciidanka ahaa ee shalay lagu 'xasuuqay' magaalada Muqdisho.
Isku meel ayaan ku soo kornay, ku wada dhiganay dugsiga Quraanka anagoo xalqada subaca meel ka wada geli jirnay. Labadeena waxaan ka
#Nairobi
: Two MPs of the Somalia Federal Parliament who were briefly detained by unidentified individuals in Nairobi this evening have now been released, according to parliamentary sources I have spoken.
MP Ahmed Abdi Kooshin (from Somaliland) and MP Hassan Abdinur (from
Mogadishu
#SYL
Hotel attack: What we know and confirmed
Death toll rises to 31 as per local hospitals, survivors and responders.
46 injured including six MPs, security people, commander of Haramcad police unit, several officials at the Banadir Regional Administration, the
Breaking: Radio Barawe, a local community radio, is under attack by Southwest state police. Two colleagues beaten and detained. It comes as president
@HassanSMohamud
is on a visit to this federal member state.
#Somalia
The family of Abdiaziz Mohamed Abba, a 44-year-old father of 11 children and a member of the minority Banadiri group, has come forward to express their distress over his disappearance since 19 Feb 2023.
Acc. to the family,
@HSNQ_NISA
agents + senior officials at
@MoCASomalia
Saraakiisha sare ee Xafiiska UNSOM ee Muqdisho ayaa si tartiib tartiib ah u bilaabay inay Nairobi u guuraan, waxaana dib loo qalabeeyay xafiisyada UNSOM ku lahayd Nairobi.
UNSOM way ka gaabsatay inay ka hadasho arrintan, balse ilo amni ayaa sheegaya in xaalad sugnaan la'aan ah
Sources confirm that
@HassanSMohamud
has recently obtained USD 5 million from the sale of two public lands: one owned by the Custodial Corps located at Ex-Control Afgoye (Mogadishu) and the other one owned by the Ministry of Defense in Dayniile, Mogadishu.
Utilizing these
(THREAD)
Yesterday at 11.28am (local time), heavily-armed uniformed police raided our hotel in
#Jowhar
town,
#Hirshabelle
#Somalia
, where we were conducting our journalists training. Manager of the hotel & I were escorted to a nearby police headquarters onboard a police pickup.
I got photos and names of 5 young men hailing from
#Somaliland
currently held in detention in
#Mogadishu
. All were employees at the Somali aviation authority detained in February.
According to MPs who visited them, the five young men were subjected to severe torture in an
(Viewer discretion: Some graphic photos)
I just got pictures of children hit by Turkey's drone strike in Badqaad village near
#Afgooye
, Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on Monday night. All are currently in
#Mogadishu
and are at risk of eviction from the hospital.
Are these
The Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) is a disgrace to all Somalis. In its statement, it was revealed that a former deputy governor took $100,000 as a farewell (sagootin), while $2,000 was spent on qaaci music. Imagine this is happening in
#Mogadishu
where majority of the people
We, alongside media fraternity, have just concluded our protest with a presser calling
#Somalia
govt to stop attacks & threats on journalists.
Earlier we, through our lawyer, submitted official protest letter to
@M_Farmaajo
@SomaliPM
&
@MOISOMALIA
. Legal redress is next.
A leaked internal document has brought to light an extensive pattern of ousting civil servants within the Immigration Department in
#Mogadishu
, based on their clan affiliations or political perspectives.
The vacant positions were subsequently filled by individuals connected to
Hay'adda Isgaarsiinta kooxda Muqdisho (
@SomaliaNCA
) oo uu madax ka yahay Mustafe Yaasiin ayaa emilkan (hoos ka muuqda) u dirtay Twitter. Waxay dacweynayaan gabar cod u ah dadka reer Laascaanood ee maamulka
#Khaatumo
-SSC oo gumaad ku socdo.
Waxay Twitter (X) ka codsanayaan in
#LONDON
: Ka dib shir maalin gelinkeed ahaa (Isniintii), Xasan wuxuu waqti badan ku qaatay dhakhtarka London shalay oo Talaado ahayd.
Xalay, ka dib buuq ka dhashay goob loo qorsheeyauy xaflad ay markii hore qabanqaabisay safaaradda Soomaaliya ayaa la baajiyay. Waxaana xigtay in
Sidaad la socoteen maalmo ka hor Bangiga Adduunka ayaa warqad rasmi ah oo ay u direen Wasiirka Maaliyadda Biixi Iimaan Cige ku wargaliyay in haddii xisaab-celinta 2 sano lasoo dhaafay lasoo diri waayo in Bangigu hakin doono illaa 3 mashruuc oo Bangigu maalgaliyo.
Waxaa ku xigtay
The government in Mogadishu has been claiming to be officially waging war against the Al-Shabaab economically, however, both seem to be pursuing common interests, as our investigation shows.
According to our investigation with CORRECTIV, both al-Shabaab and state officials
"People of Barawe will not stop playing soccer. Our Youths reject violence and attempts to shun their hope. Football is peace." Yasin Garba, a soccer fan in
#Barawe
says following today's bomb blast at a football stadium in the centre of Barawe (Barava)
Somaliland MP Mohamed Abib cautions against the shocking
@UN
Security Council's decision on Friday to partially lift the arms embargo on Mogadishu authorities.
Expressing concerns, he warns of potential misuse, fearing rival clans might exploit the decision to acquire deadly
I arrived in
#Hamburg
city, Germany today with my friend
@ChristophPlate
ahead of our Exile Media Conference taking place this week. We’ll hold a session on
#African
journalists in Exile referencing our book’Hounded: African Journalists in Exile.
Just think about how traumatic by removing the remains of your parents who passed away years ago and you are forced to transport to a far away region because you are not even confident of re-burying in Mogadishu.
This is the Somalia of 2024!
I went straight to my office to conduct my daily routine.
I will continue to be on the forefront of defending press freedom and human rights in
#Somalia
.
I salute you all.🙏🏿
🚨 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐤𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐲𝐚, halkii hooyooyinka iyo carruurta u dhisi lahayd isbitaallo iyo xarumo caafimaad, waxaa ka socda dhac lagu hayo lacagta sadqada ee caalamku bixiyo.
Mashruuca Damal Caafimaad ayaa HAL XAFIIS ku kireystay lacag
WHERE IS THE $ 6 MILLION?
At the end of 2021, Somalia received $6,984,451 from Intesa Sanpaolo Bank. These funds were recovered through the World Bank’s Stolen Asset Recovery (STAR) Initiative and were originally owned by Somalia before the state collapse in 1991.
According to
Here at
#Bondhere
Jubba Junction, family of two civilians shot dead by police last night for breaching curfew, are carrying bodies to bury.
#Mogadishu
#Somalia
Xalay badi dadka magaalada
#Muqdisho
ma seexan ka dib weeraro lagu soo qaaday badi degmooyinka galbeed ee magaalada.
Fashilka amni darrida ka taagan Muqdisho waxay mareysaa in dadka ay guryahooda ku xeroonayaan casarkii taasoo aan weligeed ka dhicin Muqdisho.
Hadda waxaa nasoo
Walaalaha Jareer Weyne oo ila soo xariiray ayaa ii sheegay in jidadka Muqdisho ay mari la' yihiin oo la qabqabanayo, qaar iyaga ka mid ahna ay ku jiraan xabsiyo kala duwan. Waxaana lagu eedeynayaa inay ka qeybqaateen mudaaharaadkii lagu taageeray Jeneralkii la ciilay ee Sheegow
More than 7 months after I was kidnapped from
#Mogadishu
airport, I'm now able to describe about the horrors of violations I saw at first-hand incl. women detainees held in a next-door cell who whispered about the rapes they had experienced and passed me written notes with
Xildhibaan hore Axmed Aadan wuxuu ahaa nin dhallinyaro ah oo ka soo baxay Jaamacadda Madiina Al-Munawara ee dalka Sacuudiga. Wuxuu bartay Culuumta Qaanuunka iyo Shareecada Islaamka.
Wuxuu ka mid noqday Barlamaankii 9aad ee Federaalka Soomaaliya, isagoo matalaayey Somaliland.
Imagine how the peaceful community of
#Barawe
is being terrorized & displaced by the merciless and unscrupulous armed militia (so-called state security forces).
Clashes have been ongoing since yesterday afternoon between two rival groups (Darwish force and the military) divided
It’s shocking to witness how extremist ideologies soon turned to unite with unionism ideology to an extent that Somali MPs, known advisers of
@TheVillaSomalia
and their supporters are now declaring their intention to use Al-Shabaab against Ethiopia, a country whose army is still
#Somalia
:
👉🏿 One is a murderer who unlawfully occupies a house not belonging to him, where after killing the owner and burying the body in the basement, he resided and raised his children over three decades. He vehemently opposes being held accountable and refuses to
More than 72,000 women and children in
#Mogadishu
are at risk of losing vital health care services, including antenatal care and treatment for malnourished children, as greedy politicians and businessmen illegally bought the Mother and Child Health (MCH) building.
This public
I got a new document of a young Somali citizen fired and his salary suspended just for expressing critical views on social media.
The citizen affected is called Abdifatah Omar Isse, an employee at the Ministry of Petroleum of Somalia Federal Government.
Imagine who's the
#JABUUTI
: Muuse Biixi ayaa hadda dalbaday in kooxda XASAN ee Muqdisho soo qasbaan dadweynaha iyo maamulka SSC. Waa shuruudda koowaad ee Muuse miiska soo saartay.
Doorashada
#Puntland
oo kooxda Xasan wadne qabad ku ah, Geelle iyo Muuse-na welwel badan ku heysa ayaa sidoo kale
#CoSP9
: An enabling environment for civil society and journalists is essential for the prevention of corruption. In too many countries, we continue to see attacks against civil society representatives, journalists and whistleblowers.
#SharmElSheikh
Waa 60-jir yaraan ugu biiray maleeshiyadii USC ee Muqdisho orodka ku soo galay. Maalinkaas USC Xamar timid, aniga waxaan ka mid ahaa carruur rajo ka qabtay in iskuul iyo dugsi la geeyo si waxbarasho u billaabaan, mase dhicin oo waxaan aniga iyo dhammaan qoyskeenna galnay xero
Welcome to
@TheVillaSomalia
, the only place where killers can hide in, eat and sleep at the expense of
#Mogadishu
taxpayers and donations received from hardworking citizens in the western countries.
Why not send the perpetrator to legal consequences in
#Turkey
? Unfortunately,
Members of Somali Bantu in New York stage an important protest to raise their voices against the ongoing injustices, violence and targeted attacks against their members in Somalia.
Their voice is loud and clear. They should be listened to.
@HassanSMohamud
regime should know
Jeneraalkii la ciilay ee Sheegow Axmed waxaa loo wareejiyay Xabsiga Dhexe ee
#Muqdisho
xukun la'aan iyo maxkamad la'aan. Waxaa laga wareejiyay xarunta
#CID
ee Sheelare.
Xabsiga Dhexe ayay ahayd inuu iska diido in loo keeno qof aan xukuneyn. Laakiin tan ayaa hadda ka dhigeysa
This morning, NISA gents stopped a scheduled press conference by the families of victims of Baqdaad village drone strike. The drone strike was conducted by Turkey on March 18.
They were planning to brief the media in
#Mogadishu
, however the event was suspended after the family
The International Committee of the Red Cross
@ICRC_Africa
has confirmed it has facilitated the release of two detainees from
#Laascaanood
to Hargeisa in an operation carried out on humanitarian grounds.
According to Samer Jarjouhi, who oversees
@ICRC_Africa
programs in
I've been monitoring a public rally that took place yesterday (March 25) in
#Mogadishu
's Daljirka area organized by Mogadishu Mayor to back the constitutional change. After thorough investigation and speaking with various sources, including some attendees, it's evident that:
The
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: This is
#Jowhar
, approximately 90 kilometers from
#Somalia
capital. Vulnerable communities in this area find themselves contending with a trifecta of crises: lingering hunger from the drought, unrelenting conflict, and the current deluge-induced flooding.
#Mogadishu
witnessed overnight attack by Al-Shabaab on Tuesday night. Residents in Kaxda, Yaaqshiid, Dayniile, and Hodan have also reported mortar shelling in their neighborhoods overnight.
Two local journalists who went to report the aftermath of these attacks were detained on
Today, on April 23, 2024, I have taken the decisive decision of officially submitting my application to cancel all services with
@premierbankSO
, including my personal account and MasterCard services.
This decision comes in the wake of a deeply concerning breach of privacy, in
BREAKING: Top Somali Gov't officials convene in an urgent meeting in Villa Somalia, Mogadishu to discuss Kenya's decision to expel Somalia envoy. Amb. Tarzan who just landed is briefing president Farmajo. Source say tit-for-tat reaction is highly likely.
“The level of corruption in the country has become rampant,” says opposition leader
@AAbdishakur
He speaks very serious other issues including incompetence, failure of system and risk of complete collapse due to widening fragmentation and insecurity with terror groups
On 6 July 2023, at least 2 civilians were killed and 12 others injured including elderly individuals, children, and women in El-Adde town in
#Gedo
region by an airstrike carried by the Kenyan army, as described by the affected families.
Yet , over a month has passed without
The video features the Somali defense minister alongside a Turkish woman, likely the spouse of the late Turkish citizen Yunus Emre Gocer, recently killed by the son of Somali President
@HassanSMohamud
, who is currently evading capture.
During the conversation, Hassan Sheikh
BREAKING: A suicide car bomb targets the entrance of
#Somali
Air Force Camp in
#Mogadishu
, acc. to witnesses. The area is close to Mogadishu International Airport.
Gunshots heard after the deafening car bomb.
#Somalia
We are at the Banadir Regional Court with journalist
#Gurbiye
. Our lawyers have clearly opposed the criminalisation of journalism. The lawyer also opposed jurisdiction of the court.
We once again call for
@TheVillaSomalia
to stop using AG to silence journalists.
Update:
#Mogadishu
Airport officials say local and international flights have been canceled following the attack inside the airport facility on Wednesday.
Police has yet to comment on the attack as gunfire is heard from multiple directions in the facility.
A Mogadishu-funded trolling campaign against
#Somaliland
following the MOU with Ethiopia appears to have either concluded or diminished after several months of extensive warrior-ism.
The troll war seems now to have shifted to a new frontier: Puntland following its decision
She was dragged from her detention cell repeatedly throughout the night by security personnel, stripped naked, humiliated, beaten, and ultimately waterboarded in order to extract a false confession. She tells all of these in her own words! Her crime: she rented a room in her
#Somalia
: The
#Turkish
drone strikes hit the Jaffey farm, about three kilometres west of Bagdad village in the Lower Shabelle region, between 8pm and 8.30pm -
According to an eyewitness interviewed by Amnesty International, Al-Shabaab fighters were present in Bagdad during
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: moments when two truck bombs went off outside the Baledogle (Balidogle) camp in Lower Shabelle
#Somalia
today.
Fierce gunbattle has ended with the Somali and U.S forces repulse the al-Shabaab attackers.
This is Somalia's President
@HassanSMohamud
(also known as Hassan munaafuq). Pay close attention to his response when questioned about the assault on
@sjs_Somalia
and myself orchestrated by his operatives in Mogadishu.
How long will this moron persist in deceiving the people of
#DUBAI
: Ganacsatada reer Puntland iyo kuwa Kismaayo ee maraakiibta keensada ayaa billaabay inay u wareegaan dekedda Port Salalah ee dalka Cuman ka dib markii kooxda XASAN oo kaashanaya Imaaraadka Carabta ay lacago dheeraad ah ku soo rogeen maraakiibta shixnadaha u soo wada
On 28 December 2022, a senior official at Central Bank of
#Somalia
(CBS) authorized the purchase of an AK-47 from a supplier at the Mogadishu black market named ADEN XASAN CABDI. Mr. Aden invoiced USD 1,700 for an AK-47, which he supplied to Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, the Bank's
Agonised by the disappearance of their sons, these mothers say they were harassed by the security forces after they took to the streets to protest in
#Mogadishu
last week.
#Somalia
My colleagues and I returned back to
#Mogadishu
this afternoon where we held a joint presser alongside our partners from
@SomaliMedia13
to condemn the raid on our hotel and subsequent arrest of me on Thursday in
#Jowhar
,
#Hirshabelle
State.
Somalia's Fisheries & Marine Resources Min. Abdullahi Bidhan confirms that 31 Chinese companies granted Tuna fishing license, denies it included 'dangerous trawlers' following public anger over the licensing. Somali Parliament passed a law banning illegal and unregulated fishing
#Turkish
Istanbul General Prosecutor has confirmed that Mohamed Hassan, the son of Somali President
@HassanSMohamud
has fled Turkey after painfully crushing and killing a young Turkish citizen in Istanbul on 30 Nov 2023.
The perpetrator, who was likely drunk, recklessly