First, the The Economist falsely claimed that Kenya, under the leadership of President Ruto, was on the verge of collapse. Another hyperbole that AlShabab is knocking on the doors of Mogadishu in the Economist's new instalment that Africa is a dead continent. Good people, what

Despite reluctance and negative replies to my earlier advise towards Puntland, it is a welcome news that its authority released the MV Sea World Vessel today

1/5 Today, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud received the credentials of Ethiopia’s new Ambassador to Somalia, Suleiman Dedefo , a man who has openly questioned Somalia’s territorial integrity and called for Somaliland’s recognition as an independent state. 👇

I and my family are sad to be leaving Kenya. I have had a wonderful time, from the King’s State Visit to meeting women entrepreneurs in Wajir. I visited 28 of 47 Counties. We leave with happy memories. Thank you UK in Kenya 🇬🇧🇰🇪 Kwaheri na asanteni. 🇬🇧 🇰🇪

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Britain’s Minister for Homelessness resigns after evicting tenants. That’s like the Health Minister selling cigarettes in hospitals. Peak irony. Rushanara Ali MP 💙

It is NOT TRUE that if we had TRUE FAITH, we would NOT BE SAD. Even PROPHETS & RIGHTEOUS felt deep SADNESS. SADNESS is real, it’s one of life’s many TESTS. Every success is a mix of your effort & Allah’s help. Sometimes you try hard & don’t see results that too is His barakah.

- Hanif Abdurraqib, In Defense of Despair

As Somalia’s territorial integrity faces new threats, it is vital to recall the past crimes of Europeans, above all Britain, who first betrayed Somalis. Louis FitzGibbon’s The Betrayal of the Somalis connects the treaties of the 1880s to the Ogaden War of 1977–78. 1/9 👇🏾

We have reached a devastating low point in our nation’s governance. From the highest offices to the lowest ranks, the FGS is consumed by a singular shameless obsession: LAND. Identifying it. Seizing it. Killing over it. Displacing people. They’re nothing but vultures & parasites.

Mogadishu Port has a new captain at the helm. Congrats Amb Amb Mohamed Ali Nur (Americo)! HSM has made many appointments but this is one he truly got right. Allaha ku fududeeyo Amb.

This is a timely and important intervention.

With the fall of the Siad Barre regime, officials trained in Russia, Italy, East Germany, Iraq, Egypt, Hungary, Romania, & Yugoslavia are being replaced by "self-promoters" who have been the targets of official blackmail by the Anglo-Americans. I pray for Somaliland! Senator Ted Cruz

Great to reconnect with Simon Hagemann of GermanyinSomalia 2 discuss shared hum & dev priorities through SomaliNGOConsortium & its members Grateful 4 their continued support in serving vulnerable communities & in safeguarding hard-won dev. gains 4 a more resilient, sustainable future.