I remember Ilhan and Joe Neguse going to Eritrea, good diaspora doing well.

I guess we can all dream. Let me know me when you came from this fantasy dream.

LOL you are a sadi creature,

Don't confuse oligarchs with the people.

This would have funny if your enclave wasn't dependent on foreign aid. People in glass houses...

Unfortunately, these movements are political in nature. The goal is Bu'aale which is the regional capital for Jubaland. It is most likely a parallel administration will be set up with the blessing with the Yanks. The young men and women are however proper soldiers. They might just end being political pawns. We will find out soon.

These sort of things should be aired and dealt with decisively. Moronic old men should have no role in this.

These are Turkish and US trained troops. Some people already tried the clan angle calling these troops Rweyne, Abg@@l and reer Diini invading Gedo in order to discredit these troops but it is not gaining traction. They are properly trained and disciplined force.

It's worth noting Janan arrived in Beled Xaawo yesterday but he left for Mandera as SNA moved in.

They took Doolow and Beled Xaawo. They are moving to Bu'aale.

It's not clear what's going on.

It seems IGAD issue two statements, the initial one asks parties to reconcile and the second one congratulates Qoorqqor. It looks like they might have been nudged to issue the second one.

There's one thing one learns quickly living when you live in the US, everything is driven by self-interest. I am under no illusion as to why they are in Somalia. It was usually the case that they do their business behind closed doors but considering we are in the Trump era, I should have foreseen one, more powerful nations are being shaken down out in the open.

They are not even pretending to be impartial. It is interesting they preempted statements by UNSOM and Europeans and doing away well-practiced collective statement.

Wow!

Bekele Gerba is Oromo opposition leader.