# ![@RAbdiAnalyst Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::710425811925471232.png) @RAbdiAnalyst Rashid Abdi

Rashid Abdi posts on X about somalia, israel, turkey, ethiopia the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  60.13% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  6.96% [finance](/list/finance)  3.8% [currencies](/list/currencies)  2.53% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  1.9% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  0.63% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  0.63% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.63% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  0.63%

**Social topic influence**
[somalia](/topic/somalia) #39, [israel](/topic/israel) #2966, [turkey](/topic/turkey) #78, [ethiopia](/topic/ethiopia) #723, [kenya](/topic/kenya) 7.59%, [egypt](/topic/egypt) 5.06%, [nairobi](/topic/nairobi) #347, [ambassador](/topic/ambassador) 3.8%, [qatar](/topic/qatar) 3.8%, [eritrea](/topic/eritrea) 3.16%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Mogadishu's favourite talking point is that Somaliland is Isaq dominated and a single clan cannot become a nation-state. Reality is that Somaliland is a multi-clan state and has historically done more to become more inclusive than any Somali polity in the Horn. The Isaq are the dominant clan because of demography not because they 'own' the state. The Isaq were the central force that drove Somaliland's war of liberation helped reclaim its independence and contributed to its state-building. Those who demonise the Isaq conveniently forget the clan's contribution to build a democratic state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2020769926856782063)  2026-02-09T08:01Z 481.9K followers, 55.9K engagements


"#BREAKING The Puntland state of Somalia today announced further measures to strengthen its unrecognised de facto confederal system. Puntland plans to launch its own currency and stop using the Somali Shilling. President Deni of Puntland said: "Somalia has no functioning government today. Until a Somali government is established Puntland will stop using the Somali Shilling and introduce its own currency within the year 2025." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1870506085414822370 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1870506085414822370"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1870506085414822370)  2024-12-21T16:26Z 481.7K followers, 42.3K engagements


"Turkish military cargo aircraft have been busy airlifting heavy equipment to Mogadishu in recent days. The deployment of additional air assets in Somalia including [--] F-16 is a direct response by Turkey to counter Israel and Somaliland. Ted's timeline is a good source for Horn aviation OSINT. https://x.com/AfriMEOSINT/status/2016403714408694201s=20 https://x.com/AfriMEOSINT/status/2016403714408694201s=20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2016432930248102363)  2026-01-28T08:47Z 481.7K followers, 66.7K engagements


"It is not clear what Turkey's rapid deployment of lethal air assets in Somalia means. If Turkey opts to militarily challenge Israel's engagement with Somaliland that could tip scale trigger direct conflict. Turkey ought to be careful not to challenge the world's best second air force in a new air war. 😅 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016522165500191158 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016522165500191158"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2016522165500191158)  2026-01-28T14:42Z 481.7K followers, 25K engagements


"Ethiopian Airlines suspends flights to Tigray as renewed fighting reported between federal forces and Tigrayan fighters. A DW TV report says there is fear of large-scale conflict inhabitants with bank accounts withdrawing deposits from banks. https://www.facebook.com/dw.africa/videos/ethiopia-flights-to-tigray-cancelled/867859385878813/ https://www.facebook.com/dw.africa/videos/ethiopia-flights-to-tigray-cancelled/867859385878813/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2017170067763445848)  2026-01-30T09:36Z 481.7K followers, 25.5K engagements


"#BREAKING Turkey to move air assets troops to new military airfield and spaceport in Somalia's Middle Shabelle 💠Three Turkish F-16 jets other air assets to be relocated to Wargadhi airfield in the Middle Shabelle. Construction at the site began in [----]. The area is close to Warsheikh where Turkey is building a spaceport to test long-range ballistic missiles such as Tayfun. 💠Originally the Somali government plan was to use the airfield to host a small Egyptian Air Force contingent. It is not yet clear whether Egypt and Turkey will co-locate. 💠Wargadhi will serve as the air command post for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2017539004288151616)  2026-01-31T10:02Z 481.7K followers, 18.7K engagements


"HSM now calls on his close allies to turn heat on @EU_in_Somalia for a very mild rebuke. This was always foreseeable. Refreshingly good to see Amb @francescaDM_EU taking a slightly tougher approach to Mogadishu. Good on you Excellency. Great job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2018183986833441014)  2026-02-02T04:45Z 481.8K followers, 17.2K engagements


"Many Somalis comforted themselves with the illusion Hassan Sheikh would never be so reckless and extreme in his brinkmanship as to push fragile Somalia over the cliff. Now many are not so sure and concern is mounting over the future of the country. If HSM continues down the dark path of ruthless authoritarian consolidation dismantles decades of hard-won Somali political and constitutional consensus eviscerates the federal system manoeuvres to extend his term the outcome is certain to be catastrophic. I hope he comes to his senses quick before his actions tip the country into the abyss."  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2018573964910428379)  2026-02-03T06:35Z 481.7K followers, 17.8K engagements


"Former Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been in the news lately talking about how Ankara is Somalia's big brother foresworn to 'protecting' its 'unity' Here is a little gem of a commentary from a year ago by @SahanResearch that delves into the roots of Somali turkophilia and the mythologies driving today's Turkish imperial quest. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018585083427389547 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018585083427389547"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2018585083427389547)  2026-02-03T07:19Z 481.7K followers, 22.3K engagements


"#BREAKING Somaliland President Abdirahman Irro is expected to sign a major economic cooperation agreement with Israel An exclusive Reuters report says the deal will include critical minerals like lithium oil and gas and fisheries. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/somaliland-expects-israel-trade-deal-has-minerals-offer-leader-says-2026-02-03/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/somaliland-expects-israel-trade-deal-has-minerals-offer-leader-says-2026-02-03/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2018736726122864865)  2026-02-03T17:21Z 481.7K followers, 15.5K engagements


"Today Saudi Arabia and Turkey declared a new partnership to work in concert to block Somaliland's international recognition. Much of the concerted action will be directed at the Trump Admin to pre-empt any American recognition of Somaliland. The move follows a Saudi-Turkey summit in Riyadh. The Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi-Egypt-Qatar bloc is solidifying. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018772264439713802 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018772264439713802"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2018772264439713802)  2026-02-03T19:43Z 481.7K followers, 83.2K engagements


"I have been interviewing a number of regional military experts on significance of Turkey's deployment of three F-16 Vipers in Somalia and here is the gist of the broad consensus: 💠F-16s are powerful tools designed for sophisticated conventional conflict. Lethal in degrading static enemy frontlines assets defences installations. In rural and urban asymmetric warfare where there is no fixed frontline their efficacy 'highly circumscribed.' F-16s are labour intensive medium-range require more fuel special runways. One expert says drones are cheaper perhaps more effective and versatile than F-16s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2019298789446541464)  2026-02-05T06:35Z 481.7K followers, 14.9K engagements


"💠On reconnaissance the jets have superior ISR capabilities and can cover long distances quickly. Drawback is cost. Drones are getting better and can deliver better imagery at relatively lower costs. In fact on this point one said the Akinci UAV is more dependable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2019298798619500746)  2026-02-05T06:35Z 481.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The Pan African Agenda Institute will launch a new study in Nairobi Tuesday [--] February that analyses how the African Union is responding to managing increased conflicts instability and challenges associated with the broader unravelling of the global multilateral order. The report makes compelling case for why the AU must rapidly adapt or else risk irrelevance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2020016595850993742)  2026-02-07T06:07Z 481.8K followers, [----] engagements


"African states must stop exporting domestic house helps to the Gulf Middle East where anti-black racism is entrenched blacks viewed as slaves. This viral video of Turkish family assaulting Kenyan domestic worker reinforces the point why we must end this humiliation once and for all. https://x.com/NyakundiReport/status/2019135744477159839s=20 https://x.com/NyakundiReport/status/2019135744477159839s=20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2020021350862131521)  2026-02-07T06:26Z 481.8K followers, 16.2K engagements


"RT @HornDiplomat: #Israel#Ethiopia Security Cooperation Strengthens Safety Ahead of [----] African Union Summit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021483974464516396)  2026-02-11T07:18Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @IsraelinKenya: Recently H.E. Gideon Behar Ambassador of Israel to Kenya also met with Dr. Korir Singoei Principal Secretary at the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021484252580463064)  2026-02-11T07:19Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @IsraelinKenya: Strengthening KenyaIsrael Relations H.E. Gideon Behar Ambassador of Israel to Kenya paid a courtesy call on the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021490073611665577)  2026-02-11T07:42Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @AAbdishakur: In [----] Transparency International again ranked Somalia last in corruption perceptions. This is no longer about abstract"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021492142401802651)  2026-02-11T07:50Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @SingoeiAKorir: Pleased to welcome the French delegation led by Amb. Jeremie Blin Co-Secretary General of the Africa-France Summit an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021495374582551026)  2026-02-11T08:03Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @anticorruption: 🔴 Global corruption is worsening. The Corruption Perceptions Index [----] global average is at its worst in more than a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021544053838401836)  2026-02-11T11:17Z 481.8K followers, [---] engagements


"RT @SingoeiAKorir: Grateful to Cabinet for approving ratification of the Convention establishing the International Organisation for Mediati"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021616796848001236)  2026-02-11T16:06Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @AbiyAhmedAli: Received His Highness Prince @FaisalbinFarhan Al Saud Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021619405009145921)  2026-02-11T16:16Z 481.8K followers, [---] engagements


"RT @BaidoaOnline: #UPDATE: Nearly [--] Deported Somali Nationals Arrive in Mogadishu Nearly [--] Somali nationals deported from Trkiye have a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021623706842485161)  2026-02-11T16:33Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @Gurdur: Somalilanders know how to land that irony hard indeed lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021625208004915655)  2026-02-11T16:39Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @IanECox: 🤝 Members from @USAfricaCommand joined U.S. AFRICOM senior leadership U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson commander U.S"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021626013919453481)  2026-02-11T16:42Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @anadoluajansi: Cumhurbakan Erdoan Yunanistan Babakan Kiryakos Miotakis'i kabul etti http://v.aa.com.tr/3827051 http://v.aa.com.tr/3827051"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021626593203118288)  2026-02-11T16:45Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @DalsanTv: 🚨JUST IN: Todays scheduled meeting at the Halane Complex between the somali future council and members of both Houses of Par"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021629636157776216)  2026-02-11T16:57Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @MowliidHaji: #UPDATE: Fistfights Erupt in Turkish Parliament Over Minister Appointment Fistfights broke out in #Turkeys parliament du"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021631438127608169)  2026-02-11T17:04Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @ShabelleMedia: UPDATE: Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has three months and three days lef"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021648040998924691)  2026-02-11T18:10Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @daliaziada: Tensions between Egypt and Israel are intensifying at a time when the whole region is on fire extending from Libya an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021651207740420554)  2026-02-11T18:23Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @SomaliGuardian: Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe: A Member of Parliament driving his mother to hospital was instructed to disembark her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021653680978899154)  2026-02-11T18:32Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @SomaliGuardian: Puntland President Saeed Abdullahi Deni: Leaders at Villa #Somalia believed we would not come. But we are not going an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021658488137822430)  2026-02-11T18:51Z 481.8K followers, [--] engagements


"HSM is now apparently packing the Somali parliament with non-MPs - something unprecedented and astounding and which can only speak to his desperation to cling to power. The issue has been flagged by opposition MPs multiple times but no action taken. Idd Bedel is a Jubaland politician opposed to Madobe. He was spotted in Parliament this week posing as MP. Credit @dhoorebbc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021477367055593611)  2026-02-11T06:52Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @SingoeiAKorir: Public lecture on diplomacy at the University of Nairobi alongside @CaroitEleonore #DiplomacyInActionKE @FranceinKenya"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022208332904497170)  2026-02-13T07:16Z 481.9K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @adancabdulle: These are museum pieces. Turkey seems to be clearing its junkyards to win brownie points in Somalia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022736857717707135)  2026-02-14T18:17Z 481.9K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @Rashidaxmed:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022738829908541636)  2026-02-14T18:24Z 481.9K followers, [--] engagements


"A new Red Sea axis: Israel India UAE Ethiopia converge in Somaliland https://thecradle.co/articles-id/35815 https://thecradle.co/articles-id/35815"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2020167322325938461)  2026-02-07T16:06Z 481.9K followers, 14.2K engagements


"Hassan Sheikh in an interview with Al-Jazeera vowed to go to war with Israel if the Jewish state establishes a military base in Somaliland. Admirable and gallant of him. But here is the problem:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2020742725486747856)  2026-02-09T06:13Z 481.9K followers, 25.3K engagements


"Egypt has launched a new initiative to thwart a possible UAE recognition of Somaliland. Egypt's Al-Sisi flew to the UAE to meet MbZ. The visit by Al-Sisi comes just days after the Egyptian leader hosted Somali President in Cairo and vowed to support Somalia's territorial integrity unity and soveregnty. Cairo worries about a potential Israeli military toehold in Somaliland and sees that as direct threat to its strategic interests in the Red Sea. Meanwhile tensions continue to mount between Egypt and Israel over other issues - size of Egyptian army deployments in Sinai - developments Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2020901611522965596)  2026-02-09T16:44Z 481.9K followers, 23.8K engagements


"The northeastern vote appears secure for @WilliamsRuto The electoral impact of this road will be huge. The decrepit long road to the northeast (Isiolo-Mandera) has long been a powerful metaphor of underdevelopment emblematic of the two irreconciliable Kenya's - one lush green fecund and with tarmac roads ('down Kenya'); the other a scorched barren desert land inhabited by Kenya's wretched cut off lawless infested with bandits. This project - jointly financed by the World Bank African Development Bank Arab lenders and the Government of Kenya - corrects a historical injustice a major source of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022195852484251817)  2026-02-13T06:27Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Coast Police Chief Ali Nunow is a great law enforcement officer. He strikes fear in the hearts of criminals. I wish we had more tough officers like him in every county. Ali Nuno addresses human rights activists accusing him of"shoot-to-kill" order . https://t.co/KcPWYDqvW7 Ali Nuno addresses human rights activists accusing him of"shoot-to-kill" order . https://t.co/KcPWYDqvW7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022612969797095697)  2026-02-14T10:04Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"#ALERT Somalia update: Somalia's electoral and constitutional dispute enters a dangerous phase risk of violence mounting fast. With [--] months left to a national presidential vote there still is no clarity no agreement on model of vote no consensual poll process. The risk is growing of term extension breakdown of single processes/and or parallel competing political processes certain to deepen Somali fragmentation. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022713101108330669 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022713101108330669"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022713101108330669)  2026-02-14T16:42Z 481.9K followers, 16.1K engagements


"RT @SingoeiAKorir: At the Heads of States Assembly this evening President Ruto presented three reports: [--]. On AU institutional reform wher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022739347947344066)  2026-02-14T18:26Z 481.9K followers, [--] engagements


"#ALERT I can confirm Turkey has just deployed [--] (three) F-16 fighter jets to Mogadishu. The combat jets will operate from the civilian airport of Mogadishu for the time being. No doubt this is a message to Somaliland and to Israel. If Turkey uses its air assets to enforce Somalia's claims over Somaliland air space interdict Israeli and or Emirati flights to Hargeisa this would constitute a dangerous unprecedented escalation. Archive image. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016408292461862917 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016408292461862917"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2016408292461862917)  2026-01-28T07:09Z 481.9K followers, 226.8K engagements


"Just in case you missed it: Somalia ranked world's most corrupt country by Transparency International - again. Followed by South Sudan. Denmark ranked least corrupt state in the world. Overall corruption resurgent in many countries around the world study finds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021471118977389002)  2026-02-11T06:27Z 481.9K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Somalia and Turkey deepening strategic learning ties. Turkey Somalia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2021623303014879491)  2026-02-11T16:32Z 481.9K followers, 30.7K engagements


"Somalia has renewed overflight/airspace transit permission licence for Israel's Arkia airline. A report by the Israeli aviation and travel news portal confirms the permission had been renewed after intense diplomacy between Somali and Israeli authorities. This ends weeks of uncertainty mixed messages from Mogadishu plus media reports Arkia's permission (which lapsed end of January) might have been revoked in retaliation for Israel's recognition of Somaliland. Arkia flights to and from parts of Africa the Indian Ocean islands Thailand transit through the Somaliland/Somalia air corridor."  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022180273631236573)  2026-02-13T05:25Z 481.9K followers, 10.7K engagements


"I plan to consult ancient Greece and Socrates in particular to decode the full meaning of this delightfully subversive and subtle diplomacy. 😅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022186982420754664)  2026-02-13T05:52Z 481.9K followers, 11.8K engagements


"Sudanese army conducting covert training for Somali militia loyal to intelligence chief Mahad Salad - reports French specialist newsletter Africa Intelligence. Training team leads retired Sudanese army officers: Brigadier General Omar Al-Siddiq Ibrahim Mohamed Colonels Magdi Ibrahim Mohamed Madawi Musab Suleiman Abdullah Suleiman Lieutenant-Colonels Al-Khatim Abdullah Mohamed Ali Mahmoud and Rabie Al-Zein Ali Al-Amin. Report puts the figure of the force at 1000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022206010958520676)  2026-02-13T07:07Z 481.9K followers, 19K engagements


"Why the US and Its Allies Should Follow Israels Lead and Recognize Somaliland New op-ed by @HudsonInstitute https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/why-us-its-allies-should-follow-israels-lead-recognize-somaliland-tsiporah-fried https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/why-us-its-allies-should-follow-israels-lead-recognize-somaliland-tsiporah-fried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022562152876216803)  2026-02-14T06:42Z 481.9K followers, 20.1K engagements


"If HSM continues to refuse to meet opponents and agree a national settlement it almost inevitable the opposition will declare their own parallel poll process mobilise the so-called "Free MPs" proceed to conduct a national poll and establish a rival government. In such a scenario legitimacy and credibility would hardly matter. It will be raw power that will determine which side prevails"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022713104912568821)  2026-02-14T16:42Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Violence is never far away in this climate of fragmentation. Tension is building up as HSM rejects calls for meeting deploys underhand tactics and uses politicised state security forces to intimidate opponents. Meanwhile armed factions and clan militia allied with the opposition signal readiness to resist any attempt by HSM to extend his rule beyond May 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022713107718553606)  2026-02-14T16:42Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Turkey has sent a number of M48 and M60 battle tanks to Somalia. The tanks were offloaded a Turkish navy ship at the Port of Mogadishu this week. And here is the interesting bit: The tanks were originally modified and upgraded for the Turkish army by Israel's defence industry. 😅 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022736148284559486 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022736148284559486"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022736148284559486)  2026-02-14T18:14Z 481.9K followers, 29.8K engagements


"You are full of shite Abdirizaq. You probably have done more damage to your country than any zionist. You sold Somalia's oil and gas resources to Turkey in a dubious deal and with zero transparency. And worse HSM threw you under the bus afterwards. Am sure you also took a lot of bakshiish. Posting an article promoting division ofby French Jew & published on Institute founded in [----] by American Jew makes you Zionist sycophant of all time. Somalis have for centuries dealt with outside adversaries & that history has been the glue that keptas indivisible nation. Posting an article promoting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2022872537449779332)  2026-02-15T03:16Z 481.9K followers, 31.8K engagements


"Delighted to share a panel with preeminent thinker on Sudan Magdi el-Gizouli and Majak D'Agoot to reflect on state formation in Africa militias power and the crisis of sovereignty. Congratulations to Atar Network for organising an arts exhibition and evening of reflection on big themes in Africa and Sudan in Nairobi. Agha Khan University Nairobi [--] Feb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2023037008902320490)  2026-02-15T14:09Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Saaxib waad igu wareertey oo waali baadi u dhowdahay eh bal is deji Bil soon baa so dhow eh Illahey xagiis u jeeso oo warbixinadeyda ha isku lurin. Wabillah tawfiq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2023068899047039239)  2026-02-15T16:16Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"#ALERT WAR IMMINENT BETWEEN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA. INTERNATIONAL ACTORS WITH LEVERAGE - THE US UAE EU AND CHINA - MUST STEP IN NOW TO AVERT A CATASTROPHE. (IMPECCABLE SOURCE)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/2023086982423855340)  2026-02-15T17:28Z 481.9K followers, [----] engagements


"#BREAKING Finally Somalia's PM Hamza Barre comes clean on federalism. He says the intent of Villa Somalia is to dismantle it because it is imposed. An astounding confession that ought to lead to a fundamental review of international engagement with the Somali state. via @@SomaliGuardian https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/pm-barre-federal-system-imposed-on-somalia-needs-restructuring-to-align-with-national-context/ https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/pm-barre-federal-system-imposed-on-somalia-needs-restructuring-to-align-with-national-context/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1934909589192900979)  2025-06-17T09:42Z 474.3K followers, 17.2K engagements


"A major study by MIT on use of ChatGPT to write long-form complex text confirms what many have always suspected: it diminishes our critical thinking capabilities. The full report here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1935565380119924945)  2025-06-19T05:08Z 474.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Somaliland and the US this week signaled intent to deepen cooperation. A joint Pentagon and State Department delegation led by Ambassador Riley and AFRICOM Commander Gen Langley visited Hargeisa and toured the port of Berbera. The renewed attempt to improve US-Somaliland relations is being watched closely and could prove consequential. It comes against the backdrop of a volatile and complex geopolitical dynamics in the Horn Middle East/Red Sea arena; a growing momentum within the Trump administration to project strategic influence & force in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to counter China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1935950761004872057)  2025-06-20T06:40Z 474.4K followers, 12.4K engagements


"#BREAKING Kenya objects to Western diplomatic missions' statement appealing for peaceful non-violent protest on [--] June. Kenyan MFA cautions against "expressions that are overly prescriptive and insensitive." Full statement here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1937593286962639278)  2025-06-24T19:26Z 474.4K followers, [----] engagements


"#BREAKING Somaliland President Abdirahman Irro to visit Qatar for talks with senior government officials. Irro is said to have received an official invitation from the State of Qatar. (Source: Somaliland National TV)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1938869186446664159)  2025-06-28T07:56Z 474.6K followers, 20.8K engagements


"A good op-ed by @SomalilandChro1 looking at why Qatar invited President Irro of Somaliland and the changing geopolitical trends & dynamics in the Red Sea arena driving Doha's shift. https://somalilandchronicle.com/2025/06/28/qatars-somaliland-gambit-strategic-masterstroke-or-trojan-horse/ https://somalilandchronicle.com/2025/06/28/qatars-somaliland-gambit-strategic-masterstroke-or-trojan-horse/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1939223340473872507)  2025-06-29T07:24Z 474.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Turkey unveils a new infrastructure project initiative in Africa targeting coastal states dubbed "Seamless connectivity limitless possibilities." The plan mimics China's 'Road and Belt Initiative' and aims at positioning Turkey as partner in big infrastructure development. Ankara is hoping it can leverage its experience in big infrastructure management and construction in Africa to compete favourably with UAE and China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1939339512330555760)  2025-06-29T15:05Z 474.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Qatar and UAE launch another 'fence-mending'. MbZ was in Doha this week for talks with Qatar Emir. https://www.mohamedbinzayed.ae/en/latest-news-listing/2025/06/UAE-President-Emir-of-Qatar-meet-in-Doha-to-discuss-close-bilateral-ties-regional-developments https://www.mohamedbinzayed.ae/en/latest-news-listing/2025/06/UAE-President-Emir-of-Qatar-meet-in-Doha-to-discuss-close-bilateral-ties-regional-developments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1939348078151999796)  2025-06-29T15:39Z 474.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia to build a new international airport north of Mogadishu in Haaway Warsheikh district. The spot is speculated to be where Turkey intends to establish a spaceport to launch rockets into space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1939356505561821232)  2025-06-29T16:13Z 474.6K followers, [----] engagements


"#ALERT The Somali government is losing towns and villages to Al-Shabaab at frenetic speed. In Hiiraan Lower and Middle Shabelle the SNA is on retreat facing losses and demoralised. Yet Villa Somalia choses to deploy troops and airlift weapons to Sanaag ostensibly to back SSC-Khatumo (an administration yet to gain wider acceptance in the North). A conflict is now brewing in Ceelbuh between Villa Somalia backed proxies and Puntland forces. We all assume fighting AS is priority No [--] for Villa Somalia. Sadly it isn't. Has never been. Priority No [--] always is regime maintenance regime extension and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1942480227952685418)  2025-07-08T07:05Z 474.8K followers, 19.4K engagements


"#BREAKING Sanaag update: Attempts by Villa Somalia to organise the Warsangeli clan chiefs to formally declare support for the Firdhiye-led SSC-Khatumo administration has today been shot down by senior Warsangeli clan chiefs led by Suldan Said Suldan Abdisalan Garad Mohamoud Ali Shire. Mogadishu originally planned to declare SSC-Khatumo a full federal state on [--] July but after obtaining some signal of support from Warsangeli clan chiefs. That now seems untenable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1942598113031557612)  2025-07-08T14:54Z 474.7K followers, 21.8K engagements


"Somalia/Israel To stop Israel from deepening ties with Somaliland and possibly establishing a military outpost the government in Mogadishu contracted a consulting firm in Washington DC to lobby Trump Admin. The firm (name withheld) was paid 50K USD for many months. In total close to 600K USD was spent by HSM government. Mogadishu offered to join the Abrahams Accord to block a possible Israel-Somaliland deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1944633200971571406)  2025-07-14T05:40Z 474.8K followers, 21.9K engagements


"@ElPelavacasx Yes. Tel Aviv has long been interested in establishing closer ties with Somaliland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1944635786587988124)  2025-07-14T05:51Z 474.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Congratulations to Abdi Aynte for launching a new political party in Somalia called 'Xisbiga Xaqsoor' (Hisbiga Haqsoor) and for being elected the new party chairman. Aynte and the new party bring youth and dynamism and promise a shift towards reform-minded and progressive politics. Best wishes to @Aynte and @XisbigaXaqsoor Hambalyo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1945368813744070868)  2025-07-16T06:24Z 475K followers, [----] engagements


"Veteran Horn peace activist conflict mediator and public intellectual Abdul Mohammed welcomes launch of new political party in Somalia led by Abdi @Aynte. Abdul says Somalia needs "principled people-centered and future-oriented leadership." His text message posted below:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1945378621008306473)  2025-07-16T07:03Z 474.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The Somali Wire this week looks at the fall of Moqokori to Al-Shabaab and its wider implications for the counterinsurgency campaign in central Somalia. To read subscribe to @SahanResearch publications: https://sahan.global/issues/sw-issue-833 https://sahan.global/issues/sw-issue-833"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1945562038291361881)  2025-07-16T19:11Z 474.8K followers, [----] engagements


"HTS and Jolani were embraced as 'reformed' Islamists and accorded respectability and legitimacy by neighbours and swept to victory in Damascus. The ex-Hizb forces now 'government forces' using state power to go after minorities. Their hit list includes the Shi'a Druze minority regarded as 'heretics.' Close to [---] Druze Shi'a killed in Sweida mostly civilians killed by Syrian forces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1946122080304451806)  2025-07-18T08:17Z 474.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Ethiopia to formally commission Africa's biggest hydroelectric dam project - the Grand Renaissance Dam - in September. Ethiopia has extended a formal invitation to Egypt to attend the ceremony. 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1946127222256939403)  2025-07-18T08:37Z 475.1K followers, 17.2K engagements


"Sudan: Gum Arabic and War Arabic pdf: https://atarnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A9-2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%91%D9%85%D8%BA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1947162222620225591)  2025-07-21T05:10Z 475K followers, [----] engagements


"A war is looming in the Horn once again - between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The timing is anybody's guess. But the buildup to a new border war is unmistakable. My sense is that Ethiopia would prefer to gets it's GERD commissioning event in September finished before or ahead of any armed conflict. Meanwhile Eritrea would prefer to foil the GERD event and so will need to act ahead of September. Highly plausible a war may break out in August"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1947568355474297063)  2025-07-22T08:04Z 476.1K followers, 54K engagements


"Excellent report on the chronology and countdown to a new armed conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Worth a read. https://www.theafricareport.com/388438/summer-of-escalation-are-ethiopia-tigray-and-eritrea-preparing-for-war/utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Twitter&utm_medium=Social%20media#= https://www.theafricareport.com/388438/summer-of-escalation-are-ethiopia-tigray-and-eritrea-preparing-for-war/utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Twitter&utm_medium=Social%20media#="  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1947918607704375774)  2025-07-23T07:16Z 475K followers, [----] engagements


"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio @SecRubio calls Ethiopian PM @AbiyAhmedAli to try to calm growing Horn tensions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1947926258781745349)  2025-07-23T07:46Z 475.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia/Gedo crisis update: Jubaland forces clashed yesterday in Beled Hawo with federal Somali troops led by Abdirashid Janan (a native of Gedo controversial politician currently aligned with Villa Somalia). Multiple fatalities reported. Janan and his forces have been pushed out of the town. They are now stationed at a camp called "Xero UK" ("UK Base"). Multiple sources in Gedo say prospects of more violence high. Seems Villa Somalia has not learnt any lessons from its disastrous Ras Kamboni misadventure in 2024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1947931942416011280)  2025-07-23T08:09Z 475.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia's National Security Adviser Hussein Sheikh Ali leaves post as security crisis across the country worsens. Hussein has remained silent on why he left his post"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1949510357669519555)  2025-07-27T16:41Z 475.3K followers, [----] engagements


"The Hassan Sheikh government says it wants to buy two A320 jets to revive the defunct national carrier Somali Airlines. Cost of one A320 is $120m USD. Two will cost $240m USD. This must be a cruel prank. Somalia is a state already in dire humanitarian situation with [---] million facing acute food insecurity hunger malnutrition according to aid agencies. A state whose annual budget stood at 1.3bn USD in [----] - 67% of it funded by external donors - one of the highest level of dependency in any sub-Saharan state. A state whose army is crumbling unable to defend itself asking the world to call a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1950106030551023970)  2025-07-29T08:08Z 475.4K followers, 31.8K engagements


"A deal that stinks to the high heavens. Somalia claims to have bought two Airbus A320 jets to relaunch the defunct Somalia Airlines. Aviation Minister says contract already signed with Lema Air Group. Bought or leased Unclear. Profile of Lema Air Group - unknown. How much money involved - unknown Was infrastructure for relaunch prepared Training staffing - Nope Zero transparency zero accountability. With [--] months to elections this smells like a getaway heist. https://x.com/sntvnews1/status/1949853245691630034 https://x.com/sntvnews1/status/1949853245691630034"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1950117286318067735)  2025-07-29T08:52Z 475.4K followers, 10.7K engagements


"Our African culture of extended family has social benefits but in a materialistic age it has become extremely parasitic expensive and toxic. You spend a lifetime feeding armies of relatives as 'obligation' and the day you are not able to you are shunned and cursed. I tell my children always: It's a tough world learn to depend on no-one be self-reliant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1951202619432558731)  2025-08-01T08:45Z 475.4K followers, 13.8K engagements


"The Hassan Sheikh government's forcible land expropriation in Mogadishu is now extending to land with historical and civilisational significance. For over a year under a directive from Villa Somalia all public land in Mogadishu was being confiscated and then sold off to private developers. Now land of cultural national interest historical sites architectural masterpieces like The Lighthouse Hotel Uruba are all being earmarked for demolition then carted off to the wealthy to build apartments and hotels. This is a new low. An affront on Somali civilisation. The world must speak out against this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1951976957962235981)  2025-08-03T12:02Z 475.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Alex De Waal and Mulugheta Gebrehiwot warn of imminent and catastrophic new war between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the Port of Assab. Pair call on the US to intervene to pre-empt a return to all-out war certain to engulf war-shattered Tigray. Free to read courtesy of @ForeignAffairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ethiopia/ethiopias-tigray-temptation https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ethiopia/ethiopias-tigray-temptation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1952642304306556947)  2025-08-05T08:06Z 475.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia has sent a delegate to a UN meeting on 'landlocked states' in Turkmenistan. I suppose to try to figure out Ethiopia. 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1952656898848637221)  2025-08-05T09:04Z 475.5K followers, 40.5K engagements


"Tusbah is handcrafted and from wood. Plastic tusbah is terrible. Digital tusbah is abomination. Lets respect culture of tasbih-making"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1954626856583327791)  2025-08-10T19:32Z 475.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Museveni and Al-Sisi conclude "productive dialogue" in Cairo on Nile waters. https://ugdiplomat.com/museveni-sisi-pledge-deeper-uganda-egypt-ties-call-for-fair-approach-to-river-nile-management/ https://ugdiplomat.com/museveni-sisi-pledge-deeper-uganda-egypt-ties-call-for-fair-approach-to-river-nile-management/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1955362327257395335)  2025-08-12T20:14Z 475.6K followers, [----] engagements


"His Majesty King Charles's Ambassador to Somalia is also called Charles. His surname is King. In other words HM King Charles sent Amb Charles King to Somalia. 😀 @CharlesKingFCDO @UKinSomalia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1955888174376353964)  2025-08-14T07:04Z 475.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia's opposition alliance explains why talks with HSM collapsed this week demands: [--]. Return to [----] Provisional Constitution. [--]. Consensus agreement on electoral model within [--] months. [--]. Stop to all efforts by FGS to stoke conflict in Gedo. [--]. HSM should stop land appropriation/evictions in Mogadishu which are causing instability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956250702180651175)  2025-08-15T07:04Z 475.7K followers, [----] engagements


"U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Urges Trump to Formally Recognize Somaliland as Independent State via @Horndiplomat https://www.horndiplomat.com/2025/08/u-s-senator-ted-cruz-urges-trump-to-formally-recognize-somaliland-as-independent-state/ https://www.horndiplomat.com/2025/08/u-s-senator-ted-cruz-urges-trump-to-formally-recognize-somaliland-as-independent-state/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956251030234026453)  2025-08-15T07:06Z 475.8K followers, 10K engagements


"Uganda is willing to consider resettling Gaza refugees says Gen Muhoozi @mkainerugaba See tweet:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956257204723482697)  2025-08-15T07:30Z 475.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia: EU Asylum Agency reports show rising insecurity and political fragmentation in the country Full report here: https://euaa.europa.eu/news-events/somalia-euaa-reports-show-rising-insecurity-and-political-fragmentation-country https://euaa.europa.eu/news-events/somalia-euaa-reports-show-rising-insecurity-and-political-fragmentation-country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956266862456545741)  2025-08-15T08:09Z 475.7K followers, [----] engagements


"He has lost the war. He has lost the respect and credibility of his people and the world. He has no chance of ever becoming a leader again. A retirement in Turkey most certainly; a rocking chair and sunset over the Bosphorus if lucky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956287205829230811)  2025-08-15T09:29Z 475.9K followers, 37.3K engagements


"#BREAKING China responds to US Senator Ted Cruz's letter on Somaliland recognition and makes clear its opposition to Somaliland recognition just as it opposes Taiwan's independence. Statement from Chinese Embassy in Mogadishu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956600028442575228)  2025-08-16T06:12Z 476.1K followers, 345.3K engagements


"Prominent business tycoon fintech entrepreneur British Somalilander and founder of WorldRemit (a global money transfer business) Ismail Ahmed writes to Trump to appeal for Somaliland recognition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1956612124374941948)  2025-08-16T07:00Z 475.9K followers, 26.5K engagements


"Somalia issues measured response to U.S. senators call for Somaliland recognition via @@SomaliGuardian https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-issues-measured-response-to-u-s-senators-call-for-somaliland-recognition/ https://somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-issues-measured-response-to-u-s-senators-call-for-somaliland-recognition/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1957327463190503511)  2025-08-18T06:23Z 475.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Another influential American public figure joins calls for US to recognise Somaliland. Herman J. Cohen @CohenOnAfrica is an American diplomat who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from [----] to 1993"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1957671153436119338)  2025-08-19T05:09Z 475.9K followers, 18.8K engagements


"#BREAKING A fresh row has erupted between Somaliland and Turkey. Turkey is openly cultivating ties with malcontents in Awdal to destabilise Somaliland and complicate its bid for international recognition. Turkish Ambassador to Somalia received a clan elder from Awdal blamed for stoking unrest in western Somaliland. Mogadishu is threatening to break up Somaliland by creating a statelet in Awdal ostensibly to protect Gadabursi clan interest. Somaliland summoned Turkish Consul General in Hargeisa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1957687136485790017)  2025-08-19T06:12Z 475.9K followers, 22K engagements


"A remarkable speech from HE @HassanAKhaire unflinching and honest assessment of Somalia's current predicament. Have a listen. Waa na damqinaysaa lamana aqbali karo in Soomaaliya ay maanta ku jirto firaaq dastuuri ah https://t.co/t82wfeC1Z5 Waa na damqinaysaa lamana aqbali karo in Soomaaliya ay maanta ku jirto firaaq dastuuri ah https://t.co/t82wfeC1Z5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1958029160200220833)  2025-08-20T04:51Z 475.8K followers, [----] engagements


"UNPRECEDENTED: Three former presidents of Somalia issue a joint statement condemning the increasingly violent public land confiscation and evictions in Mogadishu that have displaced thousands of poor families. The trio called for immediate stop to the campaign which they argue is illegal unconstitutional and inhumane. Full statement attached:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1958031943955574886)  2025-08-20T05:02Z 475.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Former US Ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre writes an op-ed on why he is opposed to Somaliland being recognised by the US. Make of it what you will but good to see Amb Andre give his opinion with such lucidity civility and sense of decorum while respectful of Somaliland's extraordinary achievements. Full commentary: https://larryandre61.substack.com/p/somaliland-status-policy-reviewr=50o0km&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true https://larryandre61.substack.com/p/somaliland-status-policy-reviewr=50o0km&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1958035322089926697)  2025-08-20T05:16Z 475.9K followers, 18K engagements


"Israel in talks to send displaced Gazans to South Sudan other countries https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj00511zkoxgutm_source=ynetnews.com&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=Twitterutm_term=hj00511zkoxg&utm_content=Article%20Top https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj00511zkoxgutm_source=ynetnews.com&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=Twitterutm_term=hj00511zkoxg&utm_content=Article%20Top"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1958205704747311575)  2025-08-20T16:33Z 475.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Ethiopians are commemorating death of Meles Zenawi [--] years ago and his huge influence on the country and the wider Horn of Africa. I wrote this analysis for the BBC [--] years ago. It aged well. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19341954 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19341954"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1958211494253858878)  2025-08-20T16:56Z 475.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Israel periodically conducts naval exercises in the Red Sea with other partner states or sometimes alone. The latest exercises around the coast of Eilat is routine but upsetting Cairo. Why Egypt as usual is upset because it's biggest problem is the entrenched belief it 'owns' the Red Sea and no power should flex its naval muscle in the waterway without its tacit approval"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1958394113193062602)  2025-08-21T05:01Z 475.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Wang Yu met PM Hamza on Saturday. State media reports that the PM thanked China for "its continued support to Somalia in various areas particularly in politics security economic development and humanitarian assistance." Ambassador Wang Yu noted that Somalia and China shared a long-standing partnership and reaffirmed his countrys commitment to continue supporting the Somali people and nation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1959240554715238695)  2025-08-23T13:05Z 475.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Somaliland capital Hargeisa just unveiled its swankiest new five-star hotel (Serene Sarovar Premiere) in anticipation of a surge in international visitors and tourists in the coming years. The hotel was inaugurated by President Irro and comes against backdrop of rising domestic expectation the country could be offered formal recognition by the US. Stunning architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1960253599600042013)  2025-08-26T08:10Z 475.9K followers, 20.9K engagements


"The young dynamic Mayor of Hargeisa Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge is the type of leader who inspires and motivates by example. He doesn't just sit in the office enjoying trappings of power and high office. He routinely joins city cleanup crews plants trees promotes civic activism on the environment and hygiene. Hargeisa is now becoming cleaner more greener. He tops my list of Most Inspiring African Leader 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1960587209418936445)  2025-08-27T06:16Z 475.9K followers, 15.8K engagements


"My thoughts on Jubaland: Jubaland is of vital national security interest to both Ethiopia and Kenya. Kenya and Ethiopia keep troops in Jubaland to contain Al-Shabaab and help local Somali and regional authorities function. If these African troops were suddenly withdrawn Kismayo would fall and so will Gedo region"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1961700873056182365)  2025-08-30T08:01Z 476K followers, 25.8K engagements


"There is a large Ethiopian population living in Somaliland doing legitimate work in the informal sector earning respectable income for their families. Most of the migrants are Oromos and they blend well with their Somali cushitic cousins. The new anti-Oromo sentiments and xenophobia is uncharacteristic of Somaliland and harms the reputation of Somalilanders - one of the most decent hospitable and nicest people in the Horn. Leaders and government must put a stop to this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1961719421254148215)  2025-08-30T09:15Z 475.9K followers, 31.2K engagements


"#BREAKING Seated at a grassy knoll with a sweeping and picturesque view of the GERD Ethiopian PM lauded the completion of the mega dam as culmination of a 'centennial struggle.' Abiy invoked Ethiopia's 'Two Waters Grand Strategy' when he linked GERD's strategic success to the as yet unfulfilled quest to reclaim sovereign access to the Red Sea. There was no mistaking the ref to Eritrea and Assab in the speech when Abiy said Ethiopia had lost Red Sea access [--] years - in his view a monumental strategic mistake - which he added would be "corrected tomorrow." This is the most explicit comment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1962920425890947351)  2025-09-02T16:47Z 476.1K followers, 15.1K engagements


"Conversation with Nuruddin Farah: Literature and Legacy: Date and time: Friday September [--] 6:30 - 8pm GMT+1 Location: Derbyshire Street London E2 6HG United Kingdom Oxford House in Bethnal Green"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1963118120865849547)  2025-09-03T05:53Z 475.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Recognition of new states is always a political choice not a juridical choice. In March [----] Kenya officially recognised Kosovo as an independent state (like many states in the world). Somalia meanwhile is pivoting to and deepening ties with Serbia. Somali PM Hamza was in Belgrade this week. Just one more concrete example of how East African Community's foreign policy is diverse with each nation allowed to pursue its national interest as it deems fit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1963125080633802761)  2025-09-03T06:21Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Excellency Mr David Maraga I welcome your interest in foreign policy but good to comment on issue of Jubaland from a position of knowledge about the complex and fluid dynamics in the region. Kenya has troops in Jubaland and is a key counterterrorism partner for Somalia's Jubaland federal state and the national government. Forces from Jubaland are routinely trained on Kenyan soil. This has been the case for decades. Nothing new. The calls for Kenya to stop support for Jubaland stop training forces engaged in combating Al-Shabaab in Jubaland is counterproductive. Kenya should and ought to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1963127515293073500)  2025-09-03T06:30Z 475.9K followers, [----] engagements


"A leading Somali cleric affiliated with the influential Salafist organisation Al-I'ttisam Sheikh Bashir Ahmed condemns Muslims marking Mawlid (Prophet Muhammad's birthday). He claimed custom of marking birthdays is 'un-Islamic' a foreign cultural import a form of mimicry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964066204982579412)  2025-09-05T20:40Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Kenyan National Charged with International Money Laundering in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/kenyan-national-charged-international-money-laundering-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/kenyan-national-charged-international-money-laundering-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964437193713410560)  2025-09-06T21:14Z 476.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A prominent member of the Nairobi Jamia Mosque executive committee Bilow Kerrow has called on Muslims to march in the city on [--] Sep in solidarity with Gaza and Palestinians. Ordinarily this ought to be OK. Problem however is that Bilow Kerrow is an anti-semite who at the start of the Gaza war started publishing a series of commentaries in the Mosque's weekly newsletter The Friday Bulletin referencing the well-known anti-semitic text - The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Kerrow used a text dismissed by all serious academics as inauthentic to structure his hate-filled narrative against Jews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964598188599378324)  2025-09-07T07:54Z 476.1K followers, 15.1K engagements


"👇 Over the past week PP cadres in Oromia and the Somali Region have been holding meetings at different administrative levels saying they are preparing for the upcoming war for Assab Port. Civil servants are being told the war will start right after the Dam inauguration. Are Over the past week PP cadres in Oromia and the Somali Region have been holding meetings at different administrative levels saying they are preparing for the upcoming war for Assab Port. Civil servants are being told the war will start right after the Dam inauguration. Are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964603972616138892)  2025-09-07T08:17Z 476K followers, [----] engagements


"How Ethiopia outfoxed Egypt over Nile waters with its mighty dam With my comments. https://bbc.com/news/articles/cz71zndj001o https://bbc.com/news/articles/cz71zndj001o"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964615164256473254)  2025-09-07T09:02Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Can you spot the real PM 😂 @HassanKeynan2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964706666143957265)  2025-09-07T15:05Z 476.1K followers, 12.9K engagements


"Blood moon over Nairobi Pic credit @Moha001_Onyango"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1964751681922748455)  2025-09-07T18:04Z 476.1K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Kenyan President @WilliamsRuto is among African presidents attending the commissioning of Ethiopia's mega dam the GERD today. Kenya and Ethiopia have built an exemplary and stable strategic alliance that has endured for over [--] years. Kenyan telecom giant Safaricom operates in Ethiopia. Kenyan banks soon to enter Ethiopian market. Two states are Horn's largest economies and the benefits of cheaper clean energy via the GERD if fully harnessed is certain to spur economic growth generate employment in the Horn. https://x.com/WilliamsRuto/status/1965311249308418389"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1965315109414175210)  2025-09-09T07:23Z 476.2K followers, 17.5K engagements


"A sight Egypt will not be amused by. 😂 Abiy throws his hands over Somali President HSM's shoulders at the GERD inauguration now underway. Abiy seems to be telling Mia Mottley of Barbados: "This man here Mia is my real bro I tell you. I knew he would come " 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1965318914747072915)  2025-09-09T07:38Z 476.3K followers, 45K engagements


"Ethiopia launches Africas largest hydropower dam straining ties with Egypt via @FRANCE24 https://f24.my/BQ2g.X https://f24.my/BQ2g.X"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1965762996262912409)  2025-09-10T13:03Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"#BREAKING More bad news for beleaguered Somali government. Early this morning Al-Shabaab seized control of Ceel Dheer (El Dheer) a town in Galmudug. This an an important resupply corridor and axis whose control is crucial for protagonists in decades of armed conflict. If AS consolidates its hold it could threaten Harardheere and gain access to the sea. AS could also move further down to Adan Yabal and possibly Jowhar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1966392595069735245)  2025-09-12T06:45Z 476.2K followers, 27.1K engagements


"Africa becomes Chinas fastest-growing trade frontier amid U.S. tariffs https://northafricapost.com/90060-africa-becomes-chinas-fastest-growing-trade-frontier-amid-u-s-tariffs.html https://northafricapost.com/90060-africa-becomes-chinas-fastest-growing-trade-frontier-amid-u-s-tariffs.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1966400348605612305)  2025-09-12T07:15Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Let's be honest: There is so much noise only because Qatar is a fabulously wealthy state a major gas supplier and source of FDI/ bailout for many cash-strapped states in the world including in the West. In the Horn of Africa Qatar buys political elites and directly influences politics through an entrenched patronage system. If Israel did what it did in a poor Arab state - say Mauritania for example - few would even notice. The protests will cool off. Israel has conveyed its point in a powerful way. Qataris hopefully now get the message they cannot cuddle a murderous outfit using humans as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1966480452266385574)  2025-09-12T12:34Z 476.1K followers, 21K engagements


"Somaliland should be wary of Qatar. Qatar's outreach to Somaliland is primarily motivated by a desire to thwart any prospect of US developing a military footprint in Berbera. The Berbera Airfield is Africa's longest situated in an ideal geostrategic spot. Somaliland is a natural US ally a democracy. Building Berbera into a major US Navy/Airforce hub diminishes strategic value of Al-Odeid Airbase - America's largest base in the Middle East. It is this anxiety about the long-term geostrategic significance of a Somaliland recognition and US strategic pivot to Somaliland that worries the rulers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1966500233522671780)  2025-09-12T13:52Z 476.2K followers, 38.1K engagements


"I hear a lot of noise about how "Arabs and Muslims must stand up to Israel." The loudest belligerent noises are coming from Egypt Turkey and Pakistan. Mobilising a new Muslim military alliance against Israel with possible nuclear Pakistan involved repeats history's mistakes could lead to an armageddon. Israel's strategic dominance over its neighbourhood is now securer than ever. It can afford to ignore these noises for now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1967275095111397873)  2025-09-14T17:11Z 476.3K followers, 26.6K engagements


"#BREAKING The President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (HSM) has apparently annulled the laws of citizenship and nationality. "If you are holding a foreign passport you are not a Somali" HSM declared at a public function. He has now directed that all Somali citizens with foreign passports to be treated as 'foreigners' who must apply for visa through a new controversial e-visa system to visit their homeland. Over 2m Somali diaspora holding foreign passports (such as British American Italian Canadian passports) affected. Condemnations of the president's radical pronouncement mounting. Experts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1968552643296391671)  2025-09-18T05:48Z 476.3K followers, 33.2K engagements


"HSM's controversial comments on e-visa system and Somalis with dual nationality is astounding. Here is why: [--]. The declaration effectively strips over [--] million Somalis in the diasporaholding passports from countries like the UK US Canada and Italyof their Somali nationality. This contradicts the [----] Provisional Constitution which permits dual nationality and a [----] draft amendment to the Somali Citizenship Law that sought to formalize this right. As a result these individuals could lose their inherent right to Somali citizenship a fundamental right protected under Article [--] of the 1948"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1968562744925278529)  2025-09-18T06:28Z 476.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have just signed a mutual defence pact no doubt designed to send a message to Israel. The growing clamour for a new Arab-Muslim military and security alliance to counter Israel is largely symbolic at this stage but almost certain to elevate tensions in the Middle East if it becomes concrete and a new anti-Israel military bloc emerges. Pakistan threw its support behind Arab states in past Arab-Israeli conflicts. It is now a nuclear power. It's entry into the fray raises the stakes not least because of potential danger of nuclear proliferation. The Saudis have long"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1968573194069229920)  2025-09-18T07:09Z 476.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Insightful tweet from an expert assessing HSM's executive fiat on nationality citizenship. Citizenship Constitutional Rights and Presidential Authority in Somalia Date:Wednesday [--] September [----] City:Mogadishu Somalia Location:National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Time: 1:57 Introduction In this review I assess the recent statement by https://t.co/lstjLl9dt7 Citizenship Constitutional Rights and Presidential Authority in Somalia Date:Wednesday [--] September [----] City:Mogadishu Somalia Location:National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Time: 1:57"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1968934905187868968)  2025-09-19T07:07Z 476.2K followers, [----] engagements


"#ALERT It is now confirmed the company contracted to manage Somalia's contentious e-visa system is owned by Somalia's First Family. HSM benefits financially from the new e-visa scheme. The company is called Empire and is registered to one of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's wives. *Visa charged amount per application is [--] USD. *4 US dollars is claimed as 'commission' by Premier Bank (HSM is a shareholder in the bank) which oversees electronic cash transactions. *Empire gets [--] USD as 'service charge'. *46 USD remitted to Somali Central Bank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1969450301963850103)  2025-09-20T17:15Z 476.3K followers, 37K engagements


"#BREAKING The political temperature in Djibouti is rising fast as speculations mount IOG may afterall contest the [----] polls. A long-simmering rift within the Djibouti ruling political elite over the [----] polls has now erupted into the open after a prominent aide to President Guelleh @AlexisMGueldon resigned. For years IOG not in the best health appeared to be grooming his step son Naguib Kamil to succeed him. Naguib who is Afar was not the choice of the powerful Issa/Mamasan clan to which IOG belongs. His candidacy was largely being pushed and popularised by his influential mother. The clan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1970373516303163842)  2025-09-23T06:23Z 476K followers, 30.7K engagements


"Kenya has just banned The Muslim Brotherhood an extremist political movement that now runs Somalia exerts extraordinary influence in Northeastern Kenya the Ogaden Region of Ethiopia and controls the levers of the economy in much of East Africa. I commend the ban and hope other East African Community member states will follow suit. Criminalising the antisemitic hate speech now in vogue among supporters believers and fellow travellers of the Muslim Brotherhood is in my view a good start. "Lets march in millions. and kill the bastards (Jews)" - a prominent Kenyan brotherhood Farah Maalim cried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1970428819891757545)  2025-09-23T10:03Z 476K followers, 43.2K engagements


"A friend just asked: "Kenya has banned The Muslim Brotherhood. So will Kenya arrest Hassan Sheikh when he arrives in Nairobi next." 😂😂😂 (Worth noting HSM and Farah Abdulqadir chief ideologue of Dam al-Jadid are all Islamist politicians with strong ideological links to the Ikhwan.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1970487286220386708)  2025-09-23T13:55Z 476.3K followers, 15.4K engagements


"Djibouti: Guelleh's aide resigns as [----] polls gather momentum https://www.garoweonline.com/en/world/africa/djibouti-guelleh-s-aide-resigns-as-2026-polls-gather-momentum https://www.garoweonline.com/en/world/africa/djibouti-guelleh-s-aide-resigns-as-2026-polls-gather-momentum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1970734230079516949)  2025-09-24T06:17Z 476.3K followers, [----] engagements


"#BREAKING Mogadishu on edge after deadly armed clash: A bodyguard of the Somali opposition leader and ex-PM Hassan Ali Khaire was killed late afternoon today in Mogadishu after Somali government forces reportedly opened fire on a team of opposition leaders and their security detail outside a police station in the city. Khaire charged that he was the target of an assassination attempt by government soldiers. In a statement the government accused the opposition leaders of an attempt to seize a police station in Warta Nabadda and "undermine security." The video clip below shows the moment when"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1970928099761008953)  2025-09-24T19:07Z 476.3K followers, 41.5K engagements


"Ex-President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is Somalia's most revered national figure. A man widely-respected for his consensus politics pragmatism and resistance to authoritarianism. Yesterday he led a peaceful march to protest (a constitutionally permissible act) HSM's relentless campaign of land evictions in Mogadishu that has displaced thousands of families mostly the poorest elderly. A government soldier roughed up the former president up at the chaotic scene. Others opened fire on the opposition protesters. This is how low Somalia has sunk under HSM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1971091821573935528)  2025-09-25T05:58Z 476.1K followers, 10.2K engagements


"President of Somalia - one of the poorest countries in the world - travelled to the US using a private Gulfstream G700 Executive Jet operated by Qatar Airways. A long-range business jet of this specification typically costs anywhere between [----] to [-----] per hour. A week's trip to New York via the Caribbean could cost around 1m US dollars. This excludes other operating costs borne by parties leasing aircraft - overflight fees airport charges/fees hotel accommodation for crew etc. It is plausible the jet was leased for HSM by Qatar a close ally of the ruling Dam ul Jadid Islamist faction. It"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1973010117093117968)  2025-09-30T13:00Z 476K followers, [----] engagements


"#BREAKING Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe has made it clear to international mediators attempting to engineer talks between him and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (HSM) that he would not engage HSM on any matter that is separate from the national agenda advanced by the Somali Salvation Forum. Madoobe told mediators he is ready for a Somalia-wide national agreement on [----] elections willing to rejoin the federation but that he would not "cut a separate deal with HSM." HSM's strategy is to divide and conquer and cut small separate deals with opponents instead of committing to/engaging"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1973390255144210883)  2025-10-01T14:11Z 476.1K followers, 29.5K engagements


"Sweden prioritised involuntary reverse migration in Somalia pumped close to 10m US dollars into Somali PM Hamza Barre's office for 'capacity building' projects which mostly meant hefty salaries for advisers. Hamza stalled demanded more. A good senior Swedish diplomat who from the start had protested against the policy was recalled back after Somali PM declared her PNG. There is a significant backlash against Somalis in Swedish cities such as Malmo with claims they resist integration and fuel crime. Far right parties have gained in strength and are demanding forced reverse migration -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1973397334110212551)  2025-10-01T14:39Z 476K followers, [----] engagements


"#BREAKING A day after inept Somali government decided to reopen all roads previously closed for security reasons and remove all road barriers and proclaim 'Mogadishu is safe' Al-Shabaab has struck. A major attack on the HQ of the Somali Intelligence NISA now under way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1974517939790651676)  2025-10-04T16:52Z 476.1K followers, 15.6K engagements


"The compound contains a a prison facility where high value Al-Shabaab suspects are kept"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1974519010273501356)  2025-10-04T16:56Z 476K followers, [----] engagements


"👇 #Somalia's Education Minister @faaraxsheekh announced that the #TURKSOM military academy in Mogadishu is officially recognized as a higher education institution and its awards are equivalent to university qualifications. https://t.co/wILf1KZmki #Somalia's Education Minister @faaraxsheekh announced that the #TURKSOM military academy in Mogadishu is officially recognized as a higher education institution and its awards are equivalent to university qualifications. https://t.co/wILf1KZmki"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1974533332139724979)  2025-10-04T17:53Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"HSM government is good at putting on alternative reality shows. The so-called SomaliaU.S. Presidential Trade Summit held in Mogadishu is essentially a media spectacle organised by Ali Balcad and Somalia Ambassador to US. Invitees are obscure personalities with no clout on US policy. A cynical marketing show that is futile and must have costed the state extraordinary sums"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1974547187821338782)  2025-10-04T18:48Z 476.2K followers, 26K engagements


"A small unrecognised African state -Somaliland - this week won a prestigious international award for electoral integrity professionalism and excellence. The award in Gaborone puts Somaliland on the same league as Botswana a strong top-tier African liberal democracy cements its status as 'shining beacon of democracy' in the Horn. A proud moment for Somaliland no doubt but also a poignant moment. Poignant because it seems no extraordinary feat and achievement by Somaliland is enough to galvanise international attention and generate sufficient international interest to address its case for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1975072335007735809)  2025-10-06T05:35Z 476.2K followers, 15.2K engagements


"https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2025/10/somaliland-electoral-commission-wins-global-award-for-transparent-elections-in-botswana/ https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2025/10/somaliland-electoral-commission-wins-global-award-for-transparent-elections-in-botswana/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1975072338015408204)  2025-10-06T05:35Z 476.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Mogadishu created a new state called Northeastern Region of Somalia in the contested Sool and Sanaag regions in a bid to undermine both Somaliland and Puntland. This week Puntland and Somaliland met in Nairobi Kenya and signed a landmark accord that sets the stage for closer cooperation. Puntland's President earlier this year said he would support the wish of Somaliland and it's quest for self-determination. HSM fancies himself a strategist but in the case of Sool and Sanaag Puntland and Somaliland he seems to have sawed off the shaky branch on which Mogadishu sits. Somaliland is gone."  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1975107733981413449)  2025-10-06T07:55Z 476.3K followers, 23.8K engagements


"I bumped into a former government minister recently. After hello and niceties I inquired: "What are you doing these days" His reply caught me by complete surprise. "We are just surviving brother. Just surviving" he said with a deep sigh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1975951819512897938)  2025-10-08T15:49Z 476.1K followers, 10.2K engagements


"#BREAKING Jubaland Cabinet accuses Federal Government of Somalia of "illegal meddling" in the affairs of Gedo and warns of renewed costly armed conflict. Warning comes barely days after collapse of reconciliation talks between President Madobe and President Hassan Sheikh in Kismayo. https://x.com/JSStatehouse/status/1976555412200546793 https://x.com/JSStatehouse/status/1976555412200546793"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1976557872101089586)  2025-10-10T07:58Z 476.1K followers, 223.5K engagements


"A similar assessment from the Somali Guardian worth reading: https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/ethiopia-opposes-somali-government-plans-for-parallel-jubaland-administration-in-gedo/ https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/ethiopia-opposes-somali-government-plans-for-parallel-jubaland-administration-in-gedo/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1977264658336956680)  2025-10-12T06:46Z 476.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Somalia celebrated what it called restoration of sovereignty over human rights policy and oversight this week. Same week Somalia also created a national human rights body with fanfare. Same week Somalia ratified the African Childrens Rights Charter which among other things prohibits marriage under the age of [--]. A related bill to entrench the ACRC in the Somali legal system was passed and then scrapped in less than [--] hours following backlash from fundamentalists who argue age of majority as per Sharia is [--] (This is derived from a hadith - not universally accepted - which states Prophet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1977424085916492275)  2025-10-12T17:20Z 476.2K followers, 124.4K engagements


"A powerful tribute to Rt Hon Raila Odinga from my friend Abdul Mohammed via text message. Abdul is Ethiopian one of Africa's leading experts on conflict resolution mediation mitigation and advises the AU High-Level Panel. "A Patriot for Kenya and Africa. Africa has lost one of its most iconic political figures. Railas patriotism moral courage and steadfast belief in the power of the ballot will remain an enduring example. His democratic credentials are not measured only in victories but in his willingness to engage contest and accept outcomes even in disappointment. His PanAfrican vision his"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RAbdiAnalyst/status/1978367861136437704)  2025-10-15T07:50Z 476.3K followers, 25.8K engagements


""Somalia has become a chessboard in the Gulf power game" my comments to @mary_harper - How the crisis in the Gulf could spread to East Africa http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43585814 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43585814"  
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