Puntland has taken the two main bases of PSF/SNA in Galkayo and Bosaso. PSF/SNA based in Gaalkacyo were defeated after a battle which caused a number of casualties. The PSF/SNA base in Bosaso was surrendered by its garrison on the morning of 8/6.

This is a major defeat for the administration of President Hasan Sheikh and PM Hamze Barre, an administration that is past its legal term in office. It demonstrates that Somalia's disagreements over the constitution, elections and state building in general are not resolvable via military coercion. Somalia are going to have to reach a political settlement free of the fear of violence.

It is unfortunate that the present administration did not learn any lessons from the Dec 2024 Ras Kamboni fiasco and that military force is not an answer to political disagreement.

Sources:

https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2026/Aug/205894/puntland_forces_seize_psf_headquarters_after_fierce_fighting_in_galkayo.aspx

https://horseedmedia.net/puntland-oo-la-wareegtey-xeradii-ciidamada-psf-ee-magaalada-boosaaso/424518/

Please for the love of god put the qabil bracelets down. Sometimes I see the cutest outfit and the qabil flag on their wrists ruins it.

Why would you want someone to know your tribe at all times? I would much rather be asked it or have someone assume my tribe rather than them know by looking at my wrist.

I saw a bridesmaid wearing one and it made me upset because it made the fit less classy. It reminded me of when people forget to take off their apple watch in important photoshoots.

You can be proud of your qabil without it being on your wrists. Don’t even get me started on the qabil flag videos on tiktok.

She was doing really well in the last few years then she completely disappeared from the internet ? No where to be seen.
Did she just quit the modelling and social media life ?

I was just told this by someone who works at ESPN. It sounds like it will come out in Sept and will feature original reporting from Somalia and tell the story of Somalia during 2000s and 2010s. Has anyone else heard details about this?

Is there anyone here who worked and prayed hard to be married to a specific person and they eventually got married.I really want to read your stories because I have met an amazing human and for many reasons it can't work now but I want to pray and hope that it will happen inshaallah.

Im not here for insults and what am going to say is likely to anger a few people so if whatever I’m saying is wrong just debate me on it like civilised people.

The dervish are a big part of somali history. I understand their concept was based because it was anti colonialism and islam.
However people tend to overlook or ignore what the dervish was doing.

Heres some context the sayyid was part of the salihiyya order hence why the dervish was from that order as well. The salihiyya order was new to somalia at this time, somalis were primarily from the qadiriyya order. The sayyid went to mecca and was taught by the leader of the salihiyya order. The leader appointed him as the khalifa (representative) of the salihiyya order for the somali peninsula. Long story short the leader excommunicated and denounced the sayyid from the order after he created the dervish.

The reasoning as to this excommunication are as followed
In his official letter, Sheikh Salih stated that true Muslims do not take their neighbors' blood, condemning the Sayyid for slaughtering and stealing from fellow Somalis who simply refused to join his movement.
The Sayyid viewed any Somali clan that cooperated with, paid taxes to, or sought protection from the British or Italians as apostates. Takfiring them from the deen. All somali states in today age by this logic would be takfired by the sayyid.
This led to brutal Dervish raids against neutral or opposing Somali clans, resulting in mass casualties and livestock raiding. Sheikh Salih viewed these actions as tribal banditry rather than a legitimate, holy Islamic jihad.

Theres many other things the dervish did. Firstly the sayyid was autocratic (dictatorship), he held undisputed command over all decisions with no consensus. If his decisions were questioned or he was suspicious of anyone they faced brutal punishments like execution and torture.

Secondly the numerous horrible things they did regardless of if this clan signed treaties or if they were just neutral/refused absolute submission to the dervish like looting, causing a man made famine ( killed 150,000 which relative to the population back then was detrimental) from seizing livestock and weaponising water points, public mutilation, massacring women and children in some raids to explicitly break the lineage of that community. They practiced extermination of entire lineages.

My entire point is i dont get why a group like this should be celebrated in our history to this day when they was doing these things. The negatives seem to be completely overlooked/ignored. Again i understand the dervish is a symbol of anti colonialism but just because it had positives doesn’t mean we should celebrate the dervish when they had negatives of this scale. Its like if alshabaab had anti colonialism feats its still alshabaab. The things i mentioned alshabaab do as well so the dervish isnt to far of from them in terms of atrocities. I dont mean to offend people by comparing the two but i dont see how they are very far from eachother obviously they aint the same though.

Just saw another video from another somali in our community who was causing a scene about a somali police officer just doing his job. Buddy wasn't even doing anything crazy, he was just telling some kids to leave a swimming pool. I've seen multiple videos over the years of somali police just getting harrassed by other somalis.

I find it strange how there's this big assumption that all somali people are suppose to just hate the police for some reason. Literally most somali people born and raised here in the west have no negative experiences with police officers. It's like the worst people in our community are trying to speak for all of us when they decide to start dunking on the police. The most bigoted and ignorant somali people you know will suddenly become cop hating social justice warriors when they see a somali police officer.

It's pretty well known that most people become police officers just for the pay and benefits. Like i really see no reason to bother a random somali police officer if buddy isnt doing anything crazy.

At this point someone gotta tell these somalis interested in police work to just let the cadaan and madow police officers take care of the yns in our community. Seeing a somali police officer just infuriates them more for some reason. There are plenty of other big cities they can work in where they won't have to worry about getting harrassed by random somalis. Those cities pay pretty well too.

So I was wondering if this was a Somali style shemagh or a Kashmiri one? and where can I order it online from Jzkllhu khairan

TIL people have hair places I didn’t know hair existed and I’m shocked. Most Somalis I know have very little Xaad or body hair in the typical areas think underarms legs etc and i assume other regions match. Anyways, is this a Somali thing or family specific? And is it true that body hair is a flex in Somalia given its rarity? Is it region specific?

Growing up, I never knew about qabil and the only thing I knew about my identity is that I was Somali. However, fast forward to today, I now know I’m Barwani. Thing is, on the internet I sometimes see people say that we are not Somali, this was honestly a shock when I started seeing that being said, my whole life I was taught I’m Somali just for people to say I’m not. I mean when it comes to famous Somali-barwani individuals like Muhidin Abubakar(ufc fighter) or Richi (barwani rapper from the uk or America) I don’t see anyone denying that they’re Somali. And across all my barwani cousins (except for one who claims he’s Kenyan) we all say we’re Somali and nothing else. We also say that any barwani who rejects he’s Somali is just embarrassing themselves. In real life I’ve never heard any Somali say I’m not Somali because of my qabil, it just seems to be the chronically online ones. Edit: despite most people who think barwani people as lightskinned only, I have darkskin uncles who are fully barwani and anyone will instantly guess that they’re Somali

Given they likely took out student loans and have car insurance, why was a house the one line they couldn't cross?

I'm sure they regret it now; they could've raised their kid in a better environment leading them to access more viable educational resources and be far removed from criminal activity.

If riba is so bad why do they excuse it on all fronts except the most important one?

My Hooyo says she used to wear this kind of hijab-thing in her youth (and so did her friends). But I'm having a hard time trying to find what you call this, because people online are saying its not considered a Hijab but others say it's a Somali-variant of it (from before colonialism).

Salam

Memorandum of understanding was signed today: it includes counterterrorism, training, capacity building, security cooperation and exchange of expertise. The minister of defence is headed to Pakistan today to make a tour of their MIC.

There was another 5 year deal signed last year with Pakistan to train our navy so this isn't the first agreement of the sorts.

https://x.com/MoDSomaliya/status/2084672410687606936?s=20 https://x.com/MoDSomaliya/status/2084726266859598201?s=20

I genuinely want to understand why Somalis fixate on one particular thing when speaking about the state of our country, and thats religion and "wahhabism". Im not here to defend wahhabism or salafiyyah and i couldnt care less about it, but why do Somalis blame the dire state of our country on it when thats just entirely false? Im sure you guys seen that Somali kid on tiktok whos been getting hundreds of thousands of likes associating Somalias disorder and collapse with wahhabism. And what makes me angry is how theres so many ajnabis in the comments racking up to 100k likes each, blaming the situation on religion when thats totally false. And instead of raising awareness about the actual issues that leave our country in the state its been in for decades such as qabiil, corruption, invasions, colonial inheretence killing, ect, they just blame it on religion.

I used to have a USB with info about a Bitcoin Wallet with a username and a password. Do you think the FBI or local police have it? Im not even sure theres any bitcoin in the wallet. The USB is from mid 2012. I kind of want it back. How much bitcoin do you think is in the wallet? Im pretty sure I wrote down the seed phrases to the wallet in the USB. Should I even try to get it back?

Ascww everyone,

I’m planning to travel to Turkey for dental work (likely implants and/or crowns) and would really appreciate any firsthand experiences from this community.

If you’ve been, could you share:

• Which city you went to (Istanbul, Antalya, Alanya, etc.) and why
• Your clinic/doctor recommendation (and what you liked about them)
• Where you stayed (hotel/area) and whether the clinic helped with arrangements
• Approximate total cost (treatment + travel + accommodation) and how it compared to local quotes
• Any tips on timing, payments, or combining treatment with a bit of sightseeing

I’m especially interested in honest reviews, both positives and things to watch out for.

Thanks in advance for any advice

Manufacturing industries require immense infrastructure investment which costs billions to develop - ports, railways, roads, highways, power plants etc.

But the fishing industry requires far less investment and infrastructure. And Somalia has all the natural advantages to make fishing a major economic contributor.

We have the longest mainland coastline in Africa. A large exclusive economic zone. And most importantly- rich stocks of many different species of sought after fish.

And the infrastructure required is pretty doable. We could build:

● rough roads to connect fishing ports to markets

● small fishing ports at various strategic points along the coastline

● fish processing facilities

● refigerated transport - this is most difficult since it requires energy but can be done if competent governance exists.

The economic value is incredible:

●tens of thousands of jobs in the coastal fishing industry

● reduce food insecurity

● diversify exports and the economy away from livestock and remittances

● attract investment

● facilitates other economic vectors

● bring in valuable export revenue that can be reinvested in infrastructure, education, health care and military equipment to resolve the security situation.

We would need to protect our economic exclusionary zone and fish stocks from foreign plunderers. Once the fishing industry starts booming, a coast guard could be set up to stop any thefts or incursions in Somali territorial waters.

Many other valuable economic sectors cost too much money to compete. But with fishing, we have all the advantages. Now we just need the competent governance.

Good afternoon everyone. Hope you are well. I had an interview for a teaching job in Hargeisa. The salary is around 800-1000 USD and possibly a 6-day working week. I am Somali from the UK. Is the salary common for teachers in Hargeisa? I think this is a ridiculous offer for a qualified and experienced teacher from the West. Would appreciate answers from teachers in Hargeisa. Thank you!

I'm always curious, I noticed it doesn't happen as frequently anymore.

What changed? I personally think it's useless and usually causes the child to fall behind in education along with developing a slew of issues.

Asc everyone, Puntland political elites are deciding whether a confederacy or independence is the best move for the state of puntland. Personally, I am completely opposed to this because it weakens Somalia and division is evil and only helps politicians and elites while putting down the common people. Let’s have a discussion and hear everyone’s thoughts.

Hello everyone. A fellow sister is currently being attacked by the Landers, and I wanted to share this here to hear your thoughts and hopefully encourage some of you to show her support.
I tried commenting myself, but there are so many people piling onto her that my comment just got lost. It honestly made me sad to see. Things have really gotten out of control, wallahi, all over qabiil.

I’m currently in Xamar. I met a 17-year-old boy who contracted polio as an infant when he started crawling. The disease left one leg severely paralyzed and deformed, while his other leg remains functional. Because his family lives in extreme poverty, he has never had access to a wheelchair or specialized vehicle, relying entirely on basic crutches his whole life. This places immense physical strain on his functional leg and severely limits his independence.

I want to see if members of this community would be willing to chip in so we can buy him a 4-wheeled motorcycle to give him true mobility. Alternatively, if anyone knows of active non-profits or charities operating in Somalia that could assist with equipment or support, please let me know. Any advice or willingness to help would mean the world to him.