Holac

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  1. I spoke with a friend of mine from Minneapolis. This area in questions is North Minneapolis where the majority are blacks. Somalis were given housing in that area in the last 10 years and African Americans were slowly moving out, but they are still the majority in the area. Somalis will be helpless in that area of Minneapolis as long as they live there because it is not their turf. It is George Floyd neighborhood. 

    Where are the stupid and useless Somali gangs that are killing each other? Of course they bully each other but can't fight back to protect their elders. 

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  2. Where are these missing soldiers? Why were they sent to fight for Eritrea? Farmaajo has truly failed the Somali people in so many ways. What a painful experience for the mothers in that video. This is unbelievable. 

     


  3. I understand most Somali nationalists want a strong central government but at the end of the day, Somalia is a very fragile country with a very clannish society. We need to slowly prosper, educate our people and raise the next generation of Somalis. We may never have a strong central government, and I am fine with it as long as each Somali clan is able to build its Tuulo and our common Somali identity is protected by all of us.  The current generation of Somalis is not ready for a strong central government.  Federalism is the most practical way forward. 

    We must be practical and support the nation in whatever way that helps its survival. Farmaajo may have had good intentions when he came to power, but I am sure history will remember him differently. Mogadishu was a booming city for many years before he came to power. Each transitional goverment before him did whatever it had to, to march the country forward. It is very appalling to even think about what is happening. It is a huge setback. 

    Great leaders have a way to recognize the moment. Farmaajo failed to recognize that his time is over. He should have resigned many weeks ago. 


  4. 6 hours ago, Che -Guevara said:

    Those historical figures have no connections to Canada.

    Doesn't have to have direct connection to the country. There are schools in the US with names like Leonardo da Vinci or Churchill or some other person unrelated directly to that community. 


  5. Strong central government with a very strong leader won't work for Somalia. We tried it and it failed miserably. It is better to preserve whatever unity we have by enoucraging a decentralized, effective and functioning system that lets each region/tribe build basic governance to serve the citizens. 

     


  6. I agree with the intent to give our community more visibility, but there are many other historic Somali figures that did so much for the nation that could have been chosen if "Somali" was what the exec board was after. 

    Ilaahay ha u naxariisto. Must be her family that lobbied for this. 


  7. People are dying in Somalia in record numbers due to COVID. The disease has not spread very rapidly. Neeftaa ku dhegtay ayaad maqli. The goverment is not reporting actual death numbers because we don't have the tools to collect that important data from all corners of the land.

    My relatives are telling us there is massive death in the country due to COVID, specially among the elderly. 

    Very sad situation.