Galbeedi, I never thought Old_Observer was Somali. He could also be Somali with strong ties to TPLF (remember Illey was crying helpless when Meles died). Does it matter though? He is informative and plays by the rules. Isn't it our job to counter views we don't agree with? OO, I didn't know Ethiopia was instrumental in getting ICC off Al-Bashir's back. Al-Sisi is a merciless dictator who is murdering his own people. I have not come across any Somali who likes that man. Don't be surprised if you hear Egypt and Saudi Arabia are planning to counter Erdogan's move on Sudan.

I once met a brother called Abdi-Abdi. He said that his grandmother gave him the name. Now that takes the crown. Here is another interesting fact. Some Somali parents also name their daughters Abdo or Cabdo/Cabda.

lol@ Zombie. Kenya wants to build a buffer zone at the expense of Somali land.

Bad boys.

Uplifting message from Farmaajo. Villa Somalia's media office is finally focusing on the things that make this government look good. Nobody should be telling us who to welcome, who to be friends with and who to listen to. The Arabs had 30 years to help the suffering Somalis. Instead, the wealthy fat sheikhs chose to "fulfil their jihad obligations" by secretly funding terrorist Al-shabab. The game is over.

Thank you sister Seeker.

I have never looked into this, but how does African border demarcation work? Are there exact GPS coordinates that clearly indicate where the line should occur?

There is no interest for Somaliland to support a terrorist organization like Feto. The school can be run by the Turkish government. The support that People of Somaliland have for Turkey and Erdogan was never in question. I hope Turkey can give strong support to Somaliland and rebuild its education system.

The Turks are very interested in Yemen because of historic ties. Many Yemenis trace their roots to Turkey including Tawakal Karman, the Yemeni Nobel laureate whose family comes from the Karaman Province of Turkey. But Turkey doesn't want to see the Shiite domination of the region and for that, the Houthis are not their choice to lead Yemen. Complicating the Yemen situation, however, is Turkey's deteriorating relations with the Gulf countries after Qatar was isolated. Publicly, Turkey supports the Saudi-led coalition to oust the Houthis.

Abdi is everywhere. Sadly, it is not a name you want to carry crossing international borders. The chances of you having the same name as a filthy ISIS fanboy is very high. I know few dudes who always get pulled into the darkroom for further questioning when travelling.

AMAs are supposed to be honest.

How old are you?

What topics do you prefer to comment? ie politics, etc

Welcome A.M. Where in the UK?

By all means, post any interesting Somali related images you find out there. Don't forget to give us the what/where/who details, if possible. Aloog Power Station in Borama.

OO, the numbers I posted are 2017 obligations, not historic disbursements. Donald Trump is running the US and we shouldn't be basing aid numbers on historical averages. If you want to find the amount US gives to countries including categories (education, agriculture, security, etc), the USAID website has very comprehensive data. https://explorer.usaid.gov/cd/SOM?fiscal_year=2017&measure=Obligations

MBS has Jared on his payroll. No accountability.

Spot on cadnaan1 The fact the Houthis are going out of their way to display the Somaliland flag in the video makes your theory the most plausible here. They could have sent a warning to soomaal people and recorded the video without any flag advertisement. The only beneficiary of such video is Somaliland. As Barwaaqo said, there are no other videos linked officially to the account and it can't be found anywhere else. Let us just say it was cleverly manufactured in Hargeisa.

Who is Debretsion Gebremichael, the new boss of the TPLF? Is he a guy who can save Ethiopia from collapse?

He reached Dubai.

Pay sadaqah Mr. Abdisalan.

UAE military may bring missile batteries to Berbera or Hargeisa and operate them, but I don't believe the American-made anti-missile defence system will be trusted in the hands of maryooleey .

Mr. Bihi already placed the proverbial roadblock on Galaydh's mission to rewrite Somaliland constitution. Mr. Galaydh won't be able to bring all the Garaads of SSC to Hargeisa for a grand conference, something Mr. Bihi is fairly demanding.