I hope this post doesn't get deleted I am just curious I am not from the said clan I have looked for this information online I couldn't find an answer so i am asking here.

I’m curious about how a clan like Ogaden became so large compared to other Somali clans. Was it mainly because of the land and availability of pasture, fewer internal conflicts, or other historical factors?Were there smaller groups or clans living in the same areas tthat abandon their identity and chose to became part of Ogaden and adopted its clan identity?

Anyone with historical knowledge or sources on this?

Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf, a reform politician and the son of Muslim Sri Lankan immigrants, recently targeted Labour politician Sagal Abdiwali by explicitly highlighting and against the fact she was born in Somalia.

Sagal Abdiwali is a British Citizen who grew up in the UK and is actively engaged in public service. Yusuf’s attack is explicitly about her country of origin to delegitimise her position. Anti-Somali and anti-immigrant rhetoric is typically driven by ethnically native or people who’s family been in a country for generations, so to see someone who’s parents were in the same position as her using it as a weapon is very disturbing and shows how backwards people can be. Also using her background in this manner implies he has targeted animosity to Somali people and it shows there’s a trend where anti-Somali sentiment is increasing within western politics even by people you’d think you’d relate to more.

I also would like people to reflect on this because we’re a target, with very high intersectionality which means we don’t solely fall into one group which also means we’re rarely fully relatable to any one group of people as some people may suggest. Any group we think we have solidarity with can easily discriminate us for another part of our identity.

As-Salaamu Alaikum walaalyaal, Alhamdulillah, a brother has started the kheyr with a $25.50 donation toward Mama Sacdia’s 5-year-old son’s medical treatment.

May Allah bless him abundantly, accept his sadaqah, multiply his reward, and place barakah in his wealth. Amiin amiin.

We still need your support to help bring this child to Mogadishu for further treatment. Every contribution and share can make a difference.

I’ve seen a few comments on here saying this, and it’s always coming from someone in the diaspora.

Are you not aware of how out of touch and privileged you sound saying that the United States ending aid to Somalia was a good policy,

while you yourself are comfortably living in the United States and benefiting from the opportunities and advantages that the country provides?

Yet you believe that people in Somalia shouldn’t receive that same support? How is that not a contradiction?

And even if the U.S. withdrawing aid helped boost the Somali government economically through the oil and trade deals, what about the ordinary people and individuals who would have benefited from that aid?

You know the success of the government’s policies isn’t trickling down to the poor people, it will only be shared amongst those in power

Two Ethiopian political figures from opposite sides of their spectrum, both warning about armed opposition coalitions, and both citing us as the cautionary tale.

Efrem Madebo, a politician active since 1990 and formerly of Ginbot 7, said this: “I remember the time Somalia became a state without government. The damage that came from it, they still haven’t recovered from it to this day. Somalis are small in number, roughly the size of Addis Ababa’s population, one religion, one language. We are hundreds of different ethnic groups. If statelessness comes, our refugees will occupy everywhere. What is the plan of the TPLF, FANA, and OLA alliance if they throw Abiy out of power? Let them clarify now. Rather than them fighting afterward and the country being destroyed, Abiy staying is better.”

Jawhar Mohamed, from the other side, said: “Abiy Ahmed is a problem for Ethiopia, but how do you remove him? Someone causing damage inside a house, if that house is Ethiopia, the solution cannot be to demolish the house on top of him. You have to remove him from within. I do not believe armed groups can bring democracy through their coalition.”

Two men who agree on nothing else, landing in the same place.

And here’s what got me. What is the plan after you remove him is exactly the question nobody asked in 1990.
USC, SNM, SSDF and the rest were united by one thing, removing the regime. Ask what came next and there was no answer, or several competing ones that became thirty-five years of war. The alliance existed to break something, not build something. Once it broke, everything they’d armed themselves with turned inward.
What strikes me most is Madebo’s humility. He looks at us and sees a country far more homogeneous than his own, one language, one faith, small population, and thinks if that couldn’t hold, what chance does Ethiopia have.

And let me be clear, Ethiopia is still our adversary. That hasn’t changed. But their collapse wouldn’t help us either. A hundred and thirty million people breaking apart next door means armed groups, weapons flooding across the border, and refugee flows we simply cannot handle. We’re still rebuilding from our own collapse. We’re in no position to absorb theirs.

The lesson isn’t that regimes should never be removed. It’s that removing is the easy part, and if you can’t answer what replaces it before you start, you’re
not planning a transition, you’re planning a collapse.

Thirty-five years later we’re still living in the answer we never had.

I like to bring up topics people tiptoe around so let's discuss this like adults.

Practices like live-in maids are creeping into our communities.imported from places like the Middle East and South Asia where exploiting poor women and girls is backed by caste systems and institutionalized inequality by race and gender. And now it's creeping into our diaspora communities especially those who live in Africa.

I saw a real estate ad recently Somali owned luxury apartments clearly aimed at Somali people advertising built in maid's quarters. Like, we know you want your slave maid close by so we built this closet for her to hide in when you don't need her.

Young girls from impoverished families end up in these homes. More often than not they're overworked severely underpaid and stripped of dignity.

People mistreating these young girls, dump their own responsibilities onto them. And sometimes, if they don't work like mules it can turn fatal. Like that 13 year old girl who was tortured and killed by the woman she worked for in Galkacyo thank God she was swiftly found guilty and executed.

If you can't raise your own children it’s simple don't have them. If you're sick or disabled, short term help someone who goes home at night is understandable. But keeping a live-in maid to flaunt wealth and impress shallow friends! That's moral decay. And I didn’t even mention all the poisonings and food tampering.

What are you teaching your kids? I would never allow an innocent girl to be exploited under my roof. Period.

So i came to Norway as child and was here for a long time. In Norway there are a big Arab and Somali dispora and usually they hang around each other a lot. Most somali i know have arab friends and most arabs have somali friends here..

Tbh the best muslims i met in my life were somali.. The best people too. I was fascinated by how good they are as humans.. Their heart is very special and kind..

There is no exception that all somali i knew were people who stood for me in hard times. Gave me money when i needed etc..

I aslo truly and surely believe that best muslims nowadays are somali. If you go to any Masjid in Oslo it is like 50% somali and others are all other nations... You guys really value Deen and Islam over Dunya which is me as religious Syrian cant see in other muslim nations..

Few days ago i called my Somali friend Anas and said "Yo im in a bad situation i need some help" he started insisting that he will give me money and without it giving it back. He said this is a gift from me to you. But i refused for sure after he insisted for a long time he sent money but i will soon give it back as i see it debt. but those situations i never get from other people. Only Somali have this kind of heart guys. Some arabs i know are but really there is something sepcial about this nation.

I really have faith in you folks. Like i really mean it. Tbh many occasions of my life i thought about relocating to somalia and i still do.. I have money alhamdulliah. I have Norwegian passport and at this point of time i have many options.. Still i see somalia in my top few countries i want to move to..

The Aura i see somali old people have.. The 99% of your woman having Hijab, the kindness and humble attitude that i dont see in other muslims unfortunately. That you guys fill mosques on friday and Eid and that every Eid 80% of food comes from Somali folks...

Wallahi every time i see somali person i feel honored that me and him on the same side. The side of Iman and side of Allah and we are both belong to Allah... "in allah wa inna ilayhi raji'un"

Thank you and i really love you all.

Jazakum Allahu khaira Aljazaa .. ❤️

Hey are there any other Somalis who are learning other languages? I’m currently learning two but would like to add one more. Can anyone give me tips on how they’re learning it??

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Reer badiyos need to stop with bs subxanallah.

We have indian level pr internationally nowadays because if them.

A lot of us today owe an apology to the people who warned that Somali leadership couldn’t handle responsibility bigger than an AK-47, and that the arms embargo shouldn’t be lifted.

I’ll be honest, I was one of the people who supported lifting it. I thought it would help us fight Al-Shabaab, and I saw it as part of restoring our sovereignty, a normal country should be able to arm itself. We used to see the people warning against it as standing in the way of the country’s progress. It’s now clear they simply had more experience than us.

Look at what just happened. On the night of September 3rd into the 4th, a drone struck a residential compound in Doolow, a town that had been free from insecurity for decades. The target was General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, known as Shub, a former Correctional Service commander. He survived with minor injuries. Four civilians were hurt, including his wife. Jubaland says Turkish drones carried out the strike and that Shub was targeted purely over political differences with Villa Somalia. They’re calling it a war crime. The federal government denies involvement. Neither Mogadishu nor Ankara has said who ordered it or who carried it out.

Let me be clear about where I stand on the man himself. I was against his involvement in what happened around the South West election, where he tried to ambush the government. I don’t defend that. But political disagreement has channels. There are courts, there is parliament, there is negotiation, there are elders. You don’t settle it with a drone strike on a house where a man’s wife is sleeping.

And here’s what worries me most about where this goes. Once drones become the tool for settling political scores, every clan will want their own. Iranian drones are cheap and available, anyone with money can buy them. We’re not far from a situation where regional administrations, businessmen, and militias all have air capability, and every dispute that used to be settled with technicals gets settled from the sky instead.

Think about the man who bombs a compound where civilians live over a political disagreement. What would he do if he owned that fleet himself, with weapons designed to wipe out whole areas?

Here’s the simple math. The AK-47 has been working in Somalia since 1991. It brought no peace, not in thirty-five years. Now the AK-47 has been promoted to drones, and I don’t believe that will bring peace either. So what’s next, F-16s?

Anyone paying attention should already know the answer. We keep upgrading the hardware and expecting a different result.

Countries that rely on foreign goods can become vulnerable to economic pressures, sanctions, political blackmail..et ,Food is particularly important because it's basic necessity.

Investing in our domestic agriculture, water efficient farming, food storage, local food processing industries..et can reduce our vulnerability to external pressures. I pray to see us breaking free from those who want to shackle us to just consuming/relying on aid and expensive imports. We deserve better.

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Assalaamu alaykum walaalyaal! Mama Sacdia Axmed is a Somali mother raising two orphaned children. She has been through an incredibly difficult year.

Her home and the small shop she relied on to provide food for her children were destroyed by the government earlierthis year. After selling what remained of the house and the goods from her shop, she used the little money she had to move to Jowhar and try to rebuild her life.

Now, her youngest son, just 5 years old, has been seriously ill for the past month. She is struggling to afford the treatment he needs and is pleading for financial help to bring him to Mogadishu for further medical care.

If you are able to help, even a small contribution could make a real difference to this child and his mother.

I will share her phone number in the comments for anyone who would like to verify the situation or support her directly.

Please consider helping this family for the sake of Allah. May Allah ease their hardship and grant her son a complete recovery. 🤲

I basically got evicted from my old apartment but if I pay the balance I can move back into it. But theres another apartment I applied to but I have to wait 5 more months. I'm conflicted between moving back to my old apartment and waiting for the new apartment.

They can’t go to our country and be racist to us and all for clicks. how annoying

how common is it for men/boys to bleach their skin in somalia ? i only know about dayax dalnuurshe. really sad anyway ):

The RSF is currently committing crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region

Full report: A/HRC/62/CRP.4

I saw a post earlier that said we are being hated by everyone because it's Allah's divine punishment and here's my take on that.

It's no secret that as Somali people we consistently find ourselves entangled in political controversies, conflicts, and causes that have little to do with Somali interests. Whether it's Middle Eastern rivalries, global ideological battles, pan Africanism vs pro colonial politics or distant civil wars, we show up emotionally, rhetorically, sometimes even physically in ways that rarely benefit us. Feels like we're literally hypnotized sometimes.

Then the chickens come home to roost. And instead of looking in the mirror we simply say uhh It's because we're Muslim or Maybe Allah is punishing us.
With respect thats kinda laughable excuse for your poorly understood political realities.

Self criticism is necessary here. But there's a world of difference between honest spiritual introspection and using "divine punishment" as a catch all for every political failure and social media war of words.

The real culprits are far more earthly than you think. Poor political judgment, Strategic naivety, manipulation by foreign interests, Willingness to be used as pawns in others games, Inability to separate sympathy from solidarity

Your solidarity can be exploited whether by the very people you constantly clash with online, or by bad actors who know exactly which buttons to push. Like when that secessionist guy brought the Somali flag to the George Floyd riots literally like who does that?

So if you see every conflict through a purely religious lens, you’re no different from a Zionist Nigerian evangelical. Different faith same tribalism. Different God, same rhetoric. You become mirrors of each other convinced of your own righteousness incapable of seeing the political chessboard for what it is.

We need to retire a these illusions. There is nothing called the "Muslim world" or Pan Africanism that puts your interests first. What exists are national interests. Everyone looks out for themselves. The sooner we understand that the sooner we stop being the ones left at the bottom of every barrel.

What you need is strategic restraint.
You can sympathize with suffering people without adopting their conflict as your own. You can condemn injustice without stepping into the line of fire. You can hold strong principles without taking sides in every battle on Earth.

The ones that makes fun of their features such as their foreheads and face shape. As if we don’t got the most beautiful men and women ever. As a Somali girl, I’m telling you guys never make fun of your features in front of your non Somali friends or other Somalis because it’s a low self esteem behavior and embarrassing.

Imagine being attacked from the moment you announce your intention to run for MP. Right wing media outlets have tried to reduce this sister to nothing more than “a refugee,” seemingly to turn the public against her. Now Garowe Online is acting as their mouthpiece.

I have read several of Garowe Online’s articles, and I have never considered it a serious or reliable publication. It appears more interested in chasing clicks than reporting the truth. As a Somali publication, it should either report responsibly or stay out of the matter. The last time I checked, the UK was not in Garowe. So why would they do this?

Salaam everyone! 👋

I’m doing some quick research on how people back home handle online payments for international websites, apps, and gaming.

Since local mobile money doesn't directly connect to foreign sites and card access is limited/sometimes denied online, I’d love to know how you guys get around this:

1. What is your workaround? Are you using virtual cards from local banks, or asking diaspora family to buy things for you? If you use an online service, let me know which one.
2. Which mobile money service/SIM do you rely on the most for this? (Sahal, EVC Plus, eDahab, Zaad etc.)
3. What is the biggest headache? High minimum fees, declined cards, or lack of options and services for small purchases ($5–$20)?

Drop your experiences or workarounds below, would love to hear how you handle it!

Salam

So there's a very popular book called "Why Nations Fail" that I want to share with Somalis here. Now I really dislike the title but the teachings in the book are really relevant here.

There are two main sorts of governance: inclusive and exclusive governance. The inclusive one relies on the consent of the governed and their active input in the policies set forward by the government as well as solid rights to protect their livelihood. Exclusive governance depends on force to push the governed into order and excludes them from policy making while stripping them of their rights.

Exclusive systems of governance are always less efficient because the governed does not have a stake in it and they're also always more expensive to maintain as they depend on violence and coercion to stay intact.

A good example is to compare Turkey with Assad's Syria. The former is one of the wealthiest countries in the Ummah while the latter was a failed state that crumbled in a couple weeks. The main reason behind this difference is that Turkey is a democratic state with strong laws to protect citizens while Assad's Syria offered no rights to Syrians and actively oppressed large sections of the population. Assad's Syria had to actively fight its own people and the ones that remained were completely unwilling to contribute, the only ones who really bought into the government were those who were amongst his confidents and his officer class.

Another example is the Iran War. From a purely objective point of view, America's army is way stronger than Iran or the IRGC could ever be, they also have the expeditionary capacity to actually impose themselves on that country. Yet ever since the first days of the campaign, Trump has been on panic mode because nothing has gone his way and Iran seems to be winning. The reason why this is happening is because the decision to go to war was not made in an inclusive manner and therefore the capabilities of the American army has been limited to air and sea operations while ground troops are actually needed here to defeat them, America's allies were also not included even though they are direly needed now.

The general idea here is that the reason why states fail is that their system of governance is not inclusive enough while they do not possess the coercive capabilities needed to impose an exclusive system. That's exactly what kept Somalia back, the clan led political system confined political rule to a few thousand people while the arms embargo stripped the state of any coercive capabilities.

It's why I'm so supportive of the current militarization and democratization process. If implemented correctly, the electorate is going to expand from about 40k people (0.2% of the pop) to about 2M (10% of the pop). Meanwhile the militarization process is going at such a high gear that the FGS should quickly be able to impose its will throughout the whole country.

A lot of Somalis here constantly focus on qualitative attributes Somalis may possess like our culture or our attitude but the only thing that matters for us here is our ability to implement inclusive electoral and judicial reforms while expanding the coercive capabilities of the state. People are important but systems matter more, focus on that.

Recently mostly FBA’s and other groups on twitter have been trying to claim this dude who pretended to be an NFL player to commit fraud is Somali. It’s so funny seeing FBAs on X call someone Somali because they don’t want to be connected to that said person. It was first Diddy and now this guy.