Communication expert, aspiring Peace and Security Specialist, working on Somali Language and Culture. Love Basketball, Traveling and Movies
Addis Ababa
Joined November 2011
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This is the second issue of the Red Sea Maritime Security & Development Journal where issues of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden are being discussed and analyzed through academic work ... academia.edu/179332377/Red_S… #Somaliland #RedSea #Maritime #Maritimesecurity
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🚨 BREAKING | DAWA ZONE, ETHIOPIA
Heavy fighting is reported in Hudhat and Moyale, including an attack on Malka Guba village.
Oromia forces must stop attacks on civilians! Stop the killing and protect innocent lives. @shimalisAbdisa @OromiaBureau @ShimelisAbdisa
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Oromia Special Forces attacked several towns in the Somali Region’s border district of #Moyale this morning, including Chamuq, Malab, Arbor, Goro Weyne, and Goro Yar.
According to local accounts, Oromia Special Forces set Chamuq on fire and looted civilian properties, while threatening similar attacks on nearby settlements.
Civilian casualties have also been reported. The Ethiopian Federal Forces are said to have withdrawn without intervening as local Somalis in Moyale continue to defend their towns against the attackers.
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🇾🇪🇸🇦 Yemen's Saudi-backed government declares tribal gatherings in Houthi territory "legitimate military targets" and tells civilians to stay home
The Defence Ministry's case is that the Houthis use tribal rallies and cultural events to recruit children and young men for the front, so the rallies themselves are now on the strike list.
The warning comes with Saudi jets already hitting Saada's phone network and Ras Isa's fuel line.
A tribal gathering in northern Yemen is a few hundred people, their elders and their kids.
Targeting them is how a counterinsurgency ends up bombing the people it needs to win over, and the Houthis have run on exactly that grievance for twenty years.
Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Daniel
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Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree says the group targeted the Saudi-led coalition’s “military operation room at the Badr Camp in Aden with a ballistic missile.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/k2ywiz
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My latest opinion analysis, published in Geeska - چيسكا, explores what it would take for Washington to recognise Somaliland. Read the full article: geeska.com/en/what-would-mak…
@Geeskaplatform
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We hosted a roundtable on #Tigray war + regional escalation, esp. between Ethiopia 🇪🇹 & Eritrea 🇪🇷. A crucial time to analyse & consider deescalation options.
Thanks🙏🏼 Dr Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, @_PoliticsAddict & @Abele_a
An @AfricaProg Africa Aware podcast coming soon!🎧
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News: #Ghana set to overtake #Ethiopia as Africa’s eighth-largest economy after #Kenya takes East Africa lead
Addis Abeba — Ghana is projected to overtake Ethiopia as Africa’s eighth-largest economy in 2026, with its gross domestic product (#GDP) forecast to reach US$128.64 billion, exceeding Ethiopia’s projected US$127.15 billion by US$1.49 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (#IMF) October 2026 World Economic Outlook (#WEO), as reported by African Business Insider on 17 October.
The projected shift comes after Kenya overtook Ethiopia as East Africa’s largest economy in nominal US dollar terms, marking another change in the continent’s economic rankings driven partly by exchange-rate movements rather than differences in real economic growth.
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American Paul Morino speaks fluent Somali than I can. Impressive.
‘wax aanan oran, waan iri oranmaayo.
waxaan iri ma oran oranmaayo.
iigu yeera ninkii yiri, waxaa tiri wax aanan oran aan iri uuyiri hayiraahdo’
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Here is my interview with @AMAGuudcadde discussing the paper I co-authored with @marieke_hopman, “When the Children’s Rights Normative Culture (CRNC) is Full of Holes: The Child’s Right to Mental Health in Post-Conflict Sool and Sanaag.” youtu.be/48lUSae4pKw?si=MZQr…
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Somalia U-17 goalkeeper Khalid Mohamed Nur saved three penalties against Rwanda to send his team into the CECAFA U-17 final and secure qualification for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. The 15-year-old was born in Nairobi and raised in Mombasa, Kenya.
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BREAKING: #Somalia’s Senate has approved a bill establishing a national meteorological agency, following a second reading and debate on the legislation on October 14, 2026. The House of the People approved the law in January, and the proposed agency is intended to strengthen weather forecasting, climate monitoring and early warnings for droughts and floods, although implementation details remain key to delivering those services nationwide.
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Informal cross-border trade is bottom-up integration. Policy must protect vulnerable livelihoods while disrupting the illicit smuggling networks funding today's armed groups.
#TanaForum2026
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Falling Nile water levels are making irrigation harder for Sudanese farmers, as rising costs, climate pressures and ongoing war worsen food insecurity.
Al Jazeera's Hiba Morgan reports from Khartoum.
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If you want to understand the Sudanese conflict beyond the headlines, listen to this clip featuring prof Mohammed Hassan, former Ethiopian diplomat and regional affairs expert.
His insights offer important context on the conflict and the wider dynamics shaping Sudan
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#BIEAaEvents
💡 How are pastoralists adapting their livelihoods, negotiating new forms of governance, and redefining the multiple uses of their land?
🔔 Free & Open biea.ac.uk/events/biea-resea…
#Events #GeothermalDevelopment #PastoralLivelihoods #RangelandGovernance #FutureRuralAfrica
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Beautiful!! Congrat to Haile - endurance in all aspects..
Proud to share that our Founder & CEO, Major Athlete Haile Gebrselassie, has been named to the @forbesafrica 15th Anniversary Icons List!
Celebrating 15 visionaries making a lasting impact across Africa. A true generational legend, on and off the track.
forbesafrica.com/icons/2026/…
