Shabaab is consolidating its hold over the Mogadishu region, intensifying its presence there.

Tiro hoobiyaal ah oo goordhaw lagu garaacay qeybo ka mid ah magaalada Muqdisho Sabti, April 19, 2025 (HOL) - Warar dheeraad ah ayaa kasoo baxaya tiro hoobiyaaal ah oo goordhaw lagu garaacay qeybo ka mid ah degmooyinka magaalada Muqdisho, gaar ahaan kuwo ku dhadhaw Madaxtooyada Soomaaliya. Hoobiyaasha ayaa la sheegay iney ku dhaceen xaafado ka tirsan degmooyinka Xamarweyne, Xamar jajab iyo Shibis ee gobolka Banaadir, kuwaas oo jugtooda laga maqlay inta badan degmooyinka magaalada Muqdisho. Wararka hordhaca ah ayaa sheegaya in hoobiyaasha ay sababeen dhimasho hal ruux iyo dhaawaca sadax kale oo dhawaantood ah dad shacab ah oo hoobiyaasha ugu tageen xafaadahooda. Weerarada noocaa ah ee madaafiicda loo adeegsanaayo ayaa inta badan waxaa masuuliyadooda sheegta kooxda Al-shabaab, waxaana xusid mudan in dhawaan kooxdu sidaan oo kale hoobiyaal ugu weerartay agagaarka xarunta madaxtooyada iyo Xerada Xalane oo ku taala xeyndaabka garoonka Aadan Cadde ee magaalada Muqdisho. Ugu dambeyntii ma jirto wax war ah oo kasoo baxay dhanka laamaha amaanka dowladda fedaraalka Soomaaliya oo ku aadan hoobiyaasha saakay lagu gaaracay qeybo ka mid ah Muqdisho ee khasaaraha dhimashada iyo dhaawaca leh geystay.

This is the first time we See US officials calling for the recognition of Somaliland in decades

China’s Worldwide Expansion Plan Stops in Somaliland By: Robert C. O’Brien As America confronts an assertive China across the Indo-Pacific region, it is important to understand the centrality of Africa to this effort. Recognizing a stable and democratic Somaliland in the Horn of Africa as an independent country is a key step in stemming the Chinese Communist Party’s rising tide on the continent, which brackets the western border of the region. Almost unnoticed during the pandemic, Somaliland is resisting China’s rapid expansion in Africa through the Belt-and-Road initiative. After months of Chinese pressure, the Somaliland government cut out Beijing and invited Taiwan to open an embassy in the capital, Hargeisa. Taiwan now has a scholarship program for Somaliland students to study in Taipei and Taiwanese aid is flowing into the country to assist with energy, agriculture, and human-capital projects. It is often difficult for developing nations, including those in Africa, to resist the economic allure of Chinese loans and investment. China’s government is pouring money into Africa in a bid to secure energy and raw materials long into the future. Governments often set aside concerns over China’s predatory lending, corruption, human-rights abuses and its high-handed “wolf warrior diplomacy” to provide for their desperate populations. When a developing nation stands up to China and rejects its tainted aid, the United States should make every effort to help it succeed, particularly in strategically vital geography. Somaliland is one such country and deserves U.S. assistance. Unlike the virtually failed state of Somalia to its south, Somaliland is thriving. It has been peaceful for the thirty years since it declared independence, has a functioning democratic system, manages its own police force, and even issues its own currency and passports. An American-backed independent Somaliland would show other nations that there is an alternative to China’s Belt-and-Road initiative in East Africa. This step could be key as China has marked the area for great power competition by establishing its first overseas military base in neighboring Djibouti. Somaliland’s location, just south of Djibouti, on a major artery of maritime trade—the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait—is thus of geopolitical significance to the United States and its allies. Somaliland would also be an important partner in the fight against Islamist terrorists in the region. The legal and diplomatic grounds for recognizing Somaliland are strong. In many ways, what we today recognize as modern Somalia is an artificial construct, even by the standards of post-colonial Africa. During the late-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, Somaliland was controlled by the British, eventually becoming a formal British colony. After its independence from the UK in 1960, thirty-five nations recognized the new Republic of Somaliland. The country was one of the first fifteen nations on the continent to gain their freedom during that famous “Year of Africa.” As a matter of international law, Somaliland had been and, upon independence, was entirely separate from the Italian colony Somalia Italiana, later Somalia. The two neighboring former colonies were joined together into one nation only after both received their respective independence from different colonial powers. The election that ratified the union creating Somalia was, however, fraught with irregularities. For example, it was discovered shortly after voting that the documents each newly independent state had voted on were different, thus, making the union technically void. The government in Mogadishu attempted to remedy this problem by announcing a second referendum on an act of union. But due to significant discrimination against Somaliland, its citizens boycotted the vote. In 1961, a Somali court ruled that the legal mechanisms used to join the two nations were flawed. Over the years, the regime in Mogadishu massively abused human rights in Somaliland. Somalia’s decades of discrimination, repression, and genocide against Somaliland have been ongoing since the colony’s independence. Somaliland fought a war against Somalia for its freedom. This decades-long conflict was one of the most brutal wars in post-colonial Africa and included Mogadishu’s genocide against the north’s major clan. At the conclusion of the conflict, after securing its territory, Somaliland declared its independence anew. If the United States leads on diplomatic recognition, then other nations will certainly follow. The United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and other states already have offices in Hargeisa, though only Taiwan maintains an embassy. Even continental power South Africa has flirted with recognition. The time is now for the United States to take the first step—or more accurately, thanks to Taipei, the second step—to bring Somaliland fully into the community of nations. Robert C. O’Brien was the twenty-eighth U.S. National Security Advisor, serving from 2019-2021. He is the Chairman of the Global Taiwan Institute’s U.S.-Taiwan Task Force. Image: Reuters

Dowladda Soomaaliya oo qorsheyneysa iney dalka ka ceyriso sii hayaha Wakiilka Midowga Afrika Jimco, April 18, 2025 (HOL) - Wasiirka Wasaaradda ariimaha Dibadda Xukuumadda Fedaraalka Soomaaliya Axmed Macalin Fiqi ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in go'aan adag ka qaadan doonto dowladda Soomaaliya sii joogitaanka dalka ee sii hayaha madaxa howlgalka Midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya AUSSOM, kaasoo uu ku eedeeyey inuu taageere u yahay Al-Shabaab. Wasiir Fiqi ayaa sheegay in Danjire Erido Amb Sivuyile Thandikhaya bam oo ah Diplomaasi u dhashay dalka Koonfur Afrika ahna ku xigeenka iyo ku simaha Ergeyga gaarka ah ee Midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya iyo Madaxa sii hayaha Taageeradda Howlgalka Cusub ee AUSSOM ee Soomaaliya inuu caalamka u diray warbixino muujinaya inuu taageero u yahay Al-shabaab. Wuxuu tilmaamay in Golaha Ammaanka ee Qaramada Midoobey ay ka mid tahay fagaarayaasha uu ka jeediyey ninkan warbixino uu ku sheegay in Shabaab ay dowladnimo rabaan oo ay joojiyeen dilka shacabka iyo waxyaabo badan oo dhaqanka argagixisada ah. “Ninka siihayaha howlgalka AUSSOM ah, muddo dheer ayaa si hoose loogu xaman jiray, laakiin hadda waxaa muuqata inuu is qari waayey, anaga muddo ayaan ka aamusneyn, qof taageere Al-Shabaab ah ayuu noqday, qof xaasid ku ah horumarka Soomaaliya ayuu noqday” ayuu yiri Wasiirka arrimaha Dibadda Soomaaliya Axmed Macalin Fiqi. Wasiirka arrimaha Dibadda Soomaaliya ayaa hadalkiisa raaciyay in haatan ay soo baxayaan arrimo mudo dheer lagu tuhunsana ninkaan oo ah inuusan jecleyn horumarka Soomaaliya. Ugu dambeyntii warar hoose oo laga helay ilo ku dhadhaw Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda Soomaaliya ayaa sheegaya in dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya ay qorsheyneyso iney dalka ka ceyriso Danjire Erido Amb Sivuyile Thandikhaya bam oo ah Diplomaasi u dhashay dalka Koonfur Afrika ahna ku xigeenka iyo ku simaha Ergeyga gaarka ah ee Midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya iyo Madaxa sii hayaha Taageeradda Howlgalka Cusub ee AUSSOM.

Somaliland cancells all talks with Somalia now i dont know what to expect wadani camp had talks with somalia in its agenda but now they have cancelled it all

That could also be a plausible scenario. How ever whether it’s is due incompetence of culusow and his team it has had affect on the resurrection of alshabaab. Two years ago this was unthinkable. Even Ugandan military outlets feel ashamed on the defeat of Somalia troops at the hand of alshabaab .

Runta fiican alshabaab way so xoogasatey xita afka madaxweynaha dowlada taagta daran ba sheegey he said mar mar anaga guulaysanayana marna walanaga guulaysanaya , it doesn’t look to good

Remove 50 percent of amisom forces and all of Somalia will be under alshabaab with in let’s say 72 hours

Remove 50 percent of amisom forces and all of Somalia will be under alshabaab with in let’s say 72 hours

What a load of absolute nonsense. The two districts of Sool taleex and laascanood represent but a small minority; the overwhelming majority of the people of Somaliland stand resolutely in favour of what is best for their own well being and unreservedly support their right to statehood. Whether it takes thirty years, sixty years, or six hundred years, we shall never, under any circumstance, be subjugated by foreign rule. Once you comprehend this fundamental truth, your own nation will be far better for it. Somaliland is gone, irrevocably so. There is no conceivable incentive, nor any viable means, that could ever reunite it with the most failed state in the world the bunker What we choose to do with our land is solely for us to decide it is not for you to dictate. You are free to govern your own territory as you see wish Have you ever heard me say that you are not to allow groups like AlShabaab, pirates, or AMISOM into your land? Michael Mariano was a patriot of Somaliland, and Ina Cigaal woulddo everything so that Somaliland flourishes as a prosperous, independent nation. His entire legacy is Somaliland created the army the flag the parliament institutions , dalkagaaga u tasho saaxib iyo dadkaagaa ga

Somaliland Foreign Minister who is in the US met today with Chris Smith a US congresmen

Somaliland President Abdurrahman Ciiro to Visit United States Amid Growing Strategic Ties Hargeisa, April 2025 — Somaliland President Abdurrahman Mohamed Abdullahi "Ciiro" is expected to make an official visit to the United States in May 2025, marking a potential turning point ,in Somaliland republic’s international relations. The visit, seen as a historic diplomatic milestone, comes as Washington increasingly views the Horn of Africa as a key strategic front in countering Chinese influence in the region. President Ciiro, who was elected in late 2024, will reportedly meet with senior U.S. officials, policymakers, and think tanks to discuss a range of issues including security cooperation, trade, and diplomatic recognition. The visit signals warming ties between Somaliland and the United States, which has so far refrained from formally recognizing Somaliland's independence from Somalia, declared in 1991. A major focus of the talks is expected to be the port city of Berbera, where the United States has shown interest in establishing a military base. Located along the strategic Gulf of Aden, Berbera offers a vital foothold near the Bab el Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s busiest maritime chokepoints. A potential U.S. base there would enhance America’s ability to project power in the Red Sea and East Africa, while serving as a counterbalance to growing Chinese military and commercial influence in Djibouti and the wider region. Analysts suggest the Ciiro administration is eager to leverage Somaliland’s geostrategic value to forge new international partnerships, especially with Western powers. For the United States, the visit presents an opportunity to deepen engagement with a stable and democratic partner in an otherwise volatile region. While formal recognition of Somaliland by the U.S. remains uncertain, President Ciiro’s visit may pave the way for a closer working relationship one built on mutual interests in regional security, trade, and democratic governance.

So called jamaahirta are broke and have no penny left. They tried to fight in ceerigaabo and failed now the assinations have come back in laaacanood besides aren’t you hypocritical. You are calling laascanood a Somali city but what is garowe . Didnt your bantu look a like president ban the so called Somali government setting foot in their clan enclave . Laascanood buhoodle and laasqoray are all part and parcel of Somaliland the same way your garowe is part of Mogadishu Eventhough you hate this fact so what is with the double munafaqnimo. Xassan sheikh cant come to garowe . But Hamse can come to laascanood . You support Hamse visit to laascanood but won’t support Hamse visit to garowe crazy well at least ur president doesn’t .

If that’s what you think what we’re the previous war all about And we’re there khatumo militia fighting ghosts . your clan arrogance will be your downfall Idamka alleh

A declaration of war indeed

Maraykanka oo sheegay inuu ka fikirayo sidii uu xidhiidh ula yeelan lahaa Somaliland Axad, April 6, 2025 (HOL) - Dowladda Maraykanka ayaa sheegtay inay ku hawlan tahay qorshe ay xidhiidh kula yeelanayso Somaliland, xilli Maraykanka ay ka socdaan dadaallo lagu doonayo in lagu aqoonsado Somaliland. Ku-xigeenka Xoghayaha Arrimaha Dibadda ee Maraykanka, Christopher Landau, ayaa sheegay inuu baryahanba si qoto dheer u dersayay sidii Washington xidhiidh ula yeelan lahayd Somaliland. Wuxuu hadalkaasi kaga jawaabay faallo uu qof reer Somaliland ah ku qoray bartiisa X (Twitter). Faallada uu Landau ka jawaabay, oo uu qoray qof magaca Burco Kid, kusoo gala barta X, ayaa u dhignayd sidan: "Shaqo wanaagsan Xoghaye ku-xigeen, fadlan dhaqaalaha oo dhan ka jar Soomaaliyada guuldarraysatay ee xerada u ah argagixisada. Somaliland waxay diyaar u tahay inay Berbera ku martigeliso xulafadeeda Maraykanka si looga hortago saamaynta Shiinaha." Landau oo si toos ah uga jawaabay soo jeedinta Burco Kid ayaa yidhi: "Arrintan si dhow ayaan u eegayay baryahanba," taasoo muujinaysa in Dowladda Maraykanku ay ka fikirayso inay si toos ah xidhiidh ula yeelato Somaliland. Dhawaan, warbaahinta Maraykanka ayaa sheegtay in wadahadallo hordhac ah oo ku saabsan aqoonsiga Somaliland ay bilaabeen Somaliland iyo Maraykanka. Siyaasiyiinta Maraykanka ee u ololeeya aqoonsiga Somaliland ayaa ku doodaya in Somaliland tahay dimuqraadiyadda kaliya ee Geeska Afrika ka jirta, isla markaana ay tahay goob istaraatiji ah oo nabdoon, taasoo diidday inay xidhiidh la yeelato Shiinaha. Sidaas darteedna, ay noqon karto furaha hawlaha ilaalinta Gacanka Cadmeed, Badda Cas, iyo ka hortagga saamaynta Shiinaha iyo Iiraan ee gobolka. Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa dhankeeda wada dadaallo ay kaga hortagayso in xidhiidh toos ah dhex maro Washington iyo Hargeysa. Sida la wariyay, waxay waraaqo u dirtay Madaxweyne Trump iyo dadka saameynta ku leh siyaasadda Mareykanka sida Elon Musk, si ay ugu qanciso maamulka Trump inuu ka baaqsado xidhiidhka Somaliland. Hadda waxaa dalka Maraykanka ku sugan Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Somaliland, Cabdiraxmaan Aadan Bakaal, oo sheegay in la joogo waqtigii la aqoonsan lahaa Somaliland, isla markaana loo baahan yahay in bulshadu si mideysan uga qaybqaadato xaqiijinta himiladaasi.

So puntland officially start not claiming eastern sool as part of puntland and want. It to be a separate entity does deni agree with this . So why is there a vp form the Garaad clan in garowe . This is what I think puntland is playing both games. They claim sool and have a vp from laascanood . And at the same time claim they support the statehood of khatumo . When in reality they don’t really. Yeah sure a visit of hamza in laascanood would be seen as an agression from the bunker towards Somaliland . But don’t downplay it either remember puntland cut ties with Mogadishu don’t they consider what’s happening in sool their sea so you are willing to allow hamza to visit laascanood just because you want to stick to to Somaliland . Well then ur foe culusow some how wins he beat two birds with one stone US khatumo as leverage against both Somaliland and Puntland

So what is the purpose of the visit and how significant will it be for the. Khatumo folks and is he going through with it and what is culusows opinion.

At first I thought. This recognition talk from the USA was just some talking points in some think tank back yard in dc. How ever now I see the walanweyns huffing and puffing . I think there might be some truth to it that senior congressmembers and senators wanting to change the old policy towards the horn and the the former Somali republic . And supporting the hard the earned quest for statehood of Somaliland . Military base for the USA . Culusow said he wants to give these ports to the USA .! I mean. He played all his cards at once . Does he really think the USA doesn’t know his entire so called sfg entity was created by the USA . With out the legitimacy the USA gave back in 2012 . It has no leg to stand on . It’s as worthless as the hirshabele administration. With Somaliland they can have a real ally the USA a long term ally. Somaliland has no ties with the Russians and the Chinese . And the somaliland government isn’t even going to ask for money for the so called military base. Recognition and assuring the Somaliland defense forces get the proper training is much more valuable . Let’s see how it goes .

Dowladda Soomaaliya oo la xidhiidhay Elon Musk si ay u joojiso aqoonsiga Somaliland - The Africa Report Khamiis, April 3, 2025 (HOL) - Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa maalqabeen Elon Musk iyo wadaadada diinta Masiixiga ee Maraykanka ka codsatay in ay Donald Trump ku qanciyaan in aanu aqoonsan Somaliland. Warbixin ay baahisay jariidada The Africa Report ayaa lagu yidhi, "Muqdisho waxa ay la xidhiidhaysaa Elon Musk iyo ururrada diinta ee midigta, xilli uu Donald Trump ku foogan yahay dib u eegista siyaasadda Maraykanka ee Geeska Afrika." Warbixintu waxay sheegtay in dowladda Soomaaliya ay isku dubaridday olole ay kaga hortagayso dhaqdhaqaaqa aqoonsi raadinta Somaliland ee ka socda Maraykanka, iyada oo kiraysatay kooxo ka caawinaya dadaallada ay ugu jirto in aan Somaliland la aqoonsan. "Waxay isku dayaysaa in ay la xidhiidho Trump, kaasi oo aanu xidhiidh fiicani kala dhaxayn, iyada oo kiraysatay kooxo ka caawinaya arrintan, isla markaana la tashanaysa shakhsiyaad ku dhow 'Mashruuca Ka Dhigista Maraykanka Mid Xooggan Markale’ (MAGA)," ayaa lagu yidhi warbixinta. Sida ay dhawaan baahiyeen jariidadaha Semafor iyo Reuters, Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa waraaq uu u diray Donald Trump ugu soo bandhigay in uu la wareego maamulka dekedaha iyo madaarrada Berbera iyo Boosaaso, si uu uga hortago in Washington ay Somaliland aqoonsato. Danjiraha Soomaaliya u fadhiya Maraykanka, Dahir Hassan Abdi, ayaa dhaqdhaqaaqa aqoonsi raadinta ee Maraykanka ka socda ku tilmaamay mid, haddii uu dhab noqdo, xumayn kara xidhiidhka Washington iyo Muqdisho. Dadaallada aqoonsi raadinta Somaliland waxaa wada siyaasiyiin iyo xildhibaano ka tirsan xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee uu Trump hoggaamiyo, kuwaasi oo sheegay in Somaliland ay tahay dimuqraadiyadda keliya ee ka jirta gobolka, isla markaana ay tahay cidda keliya ee hirgalin karta danaha Washington ee gobolka, maadaama ay nabad tahay, goobta ay ku taallaana ay muhiimtahay. Xukuumadda Somaliland ayaa sheegtay in ay ka rajo qabto in Washington ay u aqoonsato dal madaxbannaan, iyada oo Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda, Cabdiraxmaan Daahir Aadan, uu shalay Maraykanka u tagay si uu u dardar-geliyo hawlaha aqoonsi raadinta.

I doubt he will go and buhoodle will be the hardest to access unless he takes a direct flight to their airstrip thars a possibility and visiting laascanood would most likely trigger a war I think his western allies diplomats will refrain him from Such a visit . The biggest problem in all of this is puntland. Puntland has cut ties with Mogadishu and any interference what that they consider their backyard will be seen as an infringement. This is an issue for deni remember culusow said he wanted to have peace with the region deni say does this mean his peace

wixi ba wa wadda iibiyey culusow