It is far worse than suspected. According to Sacad Cali Shire of the Treasury, SL was spending up to 2 million US dollar a day in the Sool conflict. I am reminded of their braggadocio "we can fight till the end, and wait Hiil H@rti to disband, run out of steam, funds, and the will to fight". https://www.facebook.com/100063885243184/videos/331557946186580

Mate, what happened to you? You sound as bad, if not worse than the average hard-core secessionist, more like XX, if worse than Oodweyne still waving the beloved Republic's flag on Mars. Habro have come down to planet earth, and are more than willing to sit down, listen, negotiate, and compromise than ever before. So, calm heads, and patience wins the moment. Unless of course, this is a case of reer Galbeed "gadooday" once in a life time with no one able to calm them down till the house is being burnt to the ground? Or is this a case of "Xantii reer Galabeedka ee hadday ku lagdaan kaama kacaan". Surely, Habro are down in a way they have not been in 30+ years. You do not keep kicking a man, when he is down. Instead, extend an arm, left them up, be magnanimous, and take the moral high ground.

Hasan Nasrallah's speech on the genocide in Gaza.

I agree stakeholders must be consulted, included in the negotiations, and involved in the process, till the final day, and not just periodically, just as was done earlier on, with their recommendations being incorporated into the process incl: a) Constitutional Court, b) Doing away with the political party limitation, c) Extending PEC members etc. On the matter of timelines, there is plenty of time to hold the elections, and the deadline is BEFORE May 08, 2024, as outlined in the Constitution. PEC has been tasked to determine as to the whats and hows, set the timelines, as in the Feb. 25th date, and could adjust it as needed. The problem is 'cos of his mismanagement of the Federal MPs, Issims and opposition alike have no confidence in his ability to remain impartial, fair, and transparent. And rightly so. The bloody man has tyrannical tendencies, and it is as if the past 50 tumultuous years has not happened in the Somali peninsula.

You raise valid points, but are leaving out important elements at the heart of the dispute. The goal here is to move away from the legacy system of selecting MPs, and instead finalise the democratisation programme of implementing 1m1v, as has been done in District Council elections in May 2023. The process is in place, and if you glance at the timelines put out by PEC, Presidential and Parliamentary election could be held by Feb. 25th. This is within permitted timeframe, as provided by the State Constitution. I shall let Axmed Saciid Aw Nur explain it better. He is more in favour of the MPs being elected, who in turn shall select a President & VP, a compromise in other words, as was proposed by 3 political parties.

In the 1st 6 days alone, !srael dropped more than 6,000 bombs in densely populated urban neighbourhoods in Gaza, Deaths: According to the UN, over 8,300 civilians killed, 70% of which are women and children, Of which, 3,457 are children, 6 time more children killed in 3 weeks in Gaza than the number of children killed during the entire Ukraine war. According to Unicef, at this rate, more than 420 children killed in Gaza every day. Know their names: Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM A Palestinian child in Gaza is killed in an Israeli attack every 10 minutes. Know their names The thousands of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. A Palestinian child is killed every 10 minutes. 370 civilians killed every day.

Following Issims of Bari, Sanaag, Nugaal, and Mudug are not on board, and not in agreement with the recommendations put forth by other Issims lead by Boqor Burhan.

Issims have just complicated matters, overreaching their Constitutional powers, and thereby diminishing their role, but a solution could arise through the fissure. Deni has been wrong on his managing, and in decision-making in previous matters, political or otherwise, most notably incl. his slighting of Issims more than once, but this time round, he is on the right side of history. Issims have been right more than once in resolving disputes, political or otherwise in the past, but are dead wrong in this case. It appears they strengthened the hand of the opposition by seemingly aligning with one side of the dispute, thereby becoming a part of the brinkmanship. The vox populi demands 1m1v elections. reer Badhan & Qardho idle in unforeseen natural delay. reer Garowe: Missing in Action. reer Bosaso reer Galkacyo reer Burtinle An elder

This is not going to end well. If Bixi & Taani continue on the war path, they are in for a bigger surprise than the Aug. 25th one. https://fb.watch/nTYu_b6vfA/ And here is Firdhiye at the front. https://fb.watch/nTYJNvF6Sr/

It is truly sad. Some of my relatives are still in the denial phase whilst others have moved on now championing the Somali cause, which is good, I think. Reer Hargeysa mostly seem to have gotten on with life as if nothing happened a few weeks after the shock sank in, but the worse impacted are the HJ folks, who have thrown all their eggs in the Bixi/Taani basket with no reservations. From what I hear, since the election schedule has been released, the opposition have split into 3 camps: a) More seasoned camp led by Cawad & Co., who are planning to keep the pressure on till the final hour, with their fear being come Feb. 25th, Deni will be tempted to further extend the goal post. a) The Shiddo/Faroole/Hooley camp, who are prepping for a showdown with Deni & Co. come Jan. 8th. c) The 3rd camp find themselves sandwiched in between. The balance is the direction to which Issims tilt the pendulum. Yet, the bellwether on the side of the general public is on the affirmative turn favouring elections being held smoothly. We shall just have to watch the space, and hope @maakhiri1is wrong in that Issims are not as corrupt and awful as he posits.

Good man, I know you do, but I am just flailing your soft belly, yet being aware, and truly being intimate with inner goings are two different things, are not they? I could say with confidence I know little of what goes on in the land of my forefathers, let alone that of my dear mother's, albeit I am now more connected to Somalia than ever, and perhaps a bit more than you do. Or so at least I think. By the way, what happened to our resident Landers Oodweyne, GameChanger, XX etc? They have not committed mass suicide with the doomed SL project, have they?

Would you extend that to Issims in NE regions? If no, why conclude Garaado to be more of an obstacle than progress? What progress would you say Suldaan C/Salaam, Beeldaaje C/llahi, Garaad Jamac Garaad Cali, Islam Ciise, Islam Bashir to name a few have hindered? I thought you were aware of that, and did not see the need to state the obvious. In principle, Administrations in D block regions do not claim grazing lands of neighbouring clans, and observe clan demarcations, as they exist now, and not as was once, unless of course concerned clans wish to join. Good example is halting advances at Guumays, and not going for Caynaba, albeit we all know the history of the Ceelka Caynaba; other notables are the designations of Eastern Sanaag, and Northern Mudug as part of PL. Making claims is rather reductive, breeds conflict, further alienates neighbouring clans, and most of all does not advance the intent of reconstructing the nation. The goal of the bottom-up approach, ergo federalism, is creating independent regions, which incubates harmony amongst clans, from which intra-dependencies could be constructed in order to form a harmonious union. A tall order, a lengthy process, imperfect, but desirable! Now, think about it this way: SW functioning at own pace. JL is budding. GM & HS are trying. Banadir is blossoming. Khatumo is rising. Put SL & PL to aside for now. Bring along Awdal & Hiran. And envisage in 20 years or so down the road, said State names shall have less significance, with the name Somalia taking the centre stage. Do you not see the vision? If no, think about where we were in 2000 at Arte. Surely, you could see the gradual progress.

@Miskiin-Macruuf-AqiyaarYou know as much about East and North as I do about SW. Let us compare notes after I have visited Baydhaba later in the year Insha'Allah, granted both Beledweyn and Baydhaba are stable.

O' look, shock and horror, I did not realise you knew how to spell H@rti. I am pulling your leg, mate.

I was not suggesting they ought to be involved in politics, but I have zero confidence in politicians.

It is an old map, and not 100%, but one of the closest one could find. It is the map the UN and EU use for the old country.

No, it was not intended to be a "geff", but an observation. Again, as humans, we are all imperfect, and so are Issims. But then again, Issims' role in the East and North is much different from the South, and I would not expect you to be fully briefed as to their role. After all, "dhal kacaan iyagaa iska kaa yaqaan" !

You did not know reer Mudug & reer SSC share borders, grazing land, and water wells? They do, perhaps not as extensive as reer Nugaal, but do nonetheless, for example when there is conflict in Cayn, reer Mudug are the first on site before even reer Sool. But you knew that already. Here is a decent map. Actually it does not negate federalism, if anything it promotes it, for borders are clearly defined, known, and go by grazing demarcations by communities, hence nullifies the border query, unless of course your question had an ulterior meaning, in which case, you will have to demystify it.

I always suspected @maakhiri1 was not a genuine reer Maakhir, or perhaps one of those kids birthed in kakuma & sablaale camps, or worse yet "ciyaal kacaan". At every turn, he slags off Issms, the only revered authority, or "marjac" in said regions, where when all else fails, and politicians dice and lance at the expense of State and nation, they almost always save the day, with their imperfections and all.

I must admit I am not that familiar with the Wajaale trade route, nor the Cali Xaydh / Zeylac one. Thanks for the background info. It just boggles the mind as to why they would do such an insane thing.