#somlia

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Dumarow ciyaarta hanalaga daayo. . . . . . . . . . #likeforfollow #shere #comment . . . . . . . . . . #somlia #xikmado #xikmadamanta #somalixikmado (at Mogadishu Km4 Somalia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxz722J9vV/?igshid=1hrl70cotb7ik

[streetordeen1]

to All the somalis and non Somalis thanks and Allahummabarik for all the comments and inboxs against the racist statements of the person, I never took her @sam_aden86 or her friends as a representative on behalf of Somali people as I've know many others with hood manners since I've taken Shahada #somali #somlia #somalia #somalian #somalianpeople #somalimarriage #somaliwedding #somalinikkah #somaliwalima https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRZ8VAAESB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p7obnm6vytkm

[realtime-press]

Somalia  Jowhar02  (2013)

[ezibota]

Somalia: Xawaalad, remittances, or transfers from the diaspora

some of my oldest memories as a child are of sunny weekend mornings eating canjeero, staring wide eyed at my parents as they yelled into the receiver. that’s how you knew they were talking to relatives back home. the amplitudes of their voices would let us know right away they were on a long distance call. my brothers and I would always laugh at the faces they made when the connection was particularly bad. they winced and yelled and repeated the same sentences over and over and we, being nothing but the goofy children we were, found their facial expressions, their repetitions hilarious.

they would ask so-and-so if they’ve received their money, would inform their siblings or cousins how much would go to whom. some was intended for so-and-so’s schooling, this part would go to grandmother, and this fraction to another aunt or uncle. education was paid for, healthcare, rent, you name it. I still watch them go through the same routine.

I remember walking to Western Union with my father as a child; the Ghanaian clerk still works there. it is not a Western Union anymore, the banners changed more than once the past few years but if one thing stays the same, it was going to that office and getting that money transferred. the companies changed but the people stay; bills still need to get paid.

I remember being a child and telling my father he had to introduce me to the relatives I had yet to meet, by phone now and in person eventually. I remember looking up at him and saying, in that serious manner children adopt when they believe what they are saying is of utmost importance: “If you die, I will have to send them that money, but how would I know who to send it to?” (read more)

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The amazingly beautiful IMAN!

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Ya Allah </3

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Fadhi Wanaag, Stapleton rd, Brtistol, 2012

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Caqligu isaga ayaa la hadla caqliga kale . . . . . . . . #likeforfollow #shere #comment . . . . . . . . . #somlia #xikmad #xikmadamanta #xikmado #haynosh https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwrzXHpxBM/?igshid=8swzarrhyu4

[jeromestarkey]

The Times Jerome Starkey, Africa Correspondent

Kenyan claims to have captured one of Al Shabaab’s last Somalia strongholds were dismissed as “completely untrue” yesterday by residents hemmed in by sporadic fighting on the city’s outskirts.

Cyrus Oguna, the Kenyan army spokesman, said the Indian Oceam port of Kismayo had fallen “with minimum resistance” after his troops launched a pre-dawn assault from the sea.

But the African Union headquarters — which is supposed to command the Kenyan taskforce — admitted operations were still ongoing many after the initial claims of victory.

Residents said small bands of Islamist militants were still patrolling the streets long into the morning, and their radio station Al Andalus, was broadcasting regular updates on the fighting.

“Our troops, with the help of Allah and the people are defending city and will be there until Allah decides,” Abdiaziz abu Musab, an Al Shabaab commander, told the station.

Many of the residents reached by telephone asked not to be named, for fear of reprisals, should Al Shabbab maintain control.

They said the Kenyans had drooped thousands of leaflets over the city, and surveillance aircraft were seen patrolling the skies as the sound of small arms fire and the odd artillery shell rolled across the ancient trade town.

“Al-Shabab no, terrorists no. The government will bring peace and prosperity,” the leaflets stated.

Major Emmanuel Chirchir, a spokesman for Kenya’s Defence Forces, said the troops had landed near the old Kismayo airport, a few kilometres north of the city, as part of Operation Sledgehammer.

At the same time, Somali soldiers loyal to the Ras Kamboni militia launched a second offensive to the south west.

A journalist inside Kismayo said he saw four boats anchored close off shore, with what appeared to be pale-skinned European soldiers on board.

The BBC Somali service spoke to one resident who also claimed to have seen European soldiers alongside the Kenyan and Somali forces.

A man who identified himself only as Hussein told The Times that Kenyan and al-Shabaab forces were digging into defensive positions and facing off against each other near the port, at the end of a 3km peninsular.

Warplanes bombed what they said was a major al-Shabaab armoury earlier this week, as Kenyan and Somali forces tightened a noose around the city.

Kenyan troops invaded Somalia last year, but their progress to Kismayo was bogged down by heavy seasonal rains.

Hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters were seen leaving the city as the attackers closed in, and many of them took their heavy weapons with them.

The port has been a major source of income for the al-Qaeda linked militants, ever since they were forced out of Mogadishu last year. Al-Shabaab officials taxed cargo at the port, which exports much of southern Somalia’s lucrative charcoal harvest.

[realtime-press]

Somalia  Jowhar01  (2013)

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untitled by Constantine James on Flickr.

[nomadicstyles]

Nothing grinds my gears more than your own country been called THE MOST FAILED STATE.

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[makeachange-somalia-blog]

An elderly man travelling to the camps was in a poor condition when he arrived. The family had lost all of their cattle meaning they had lost their livelihood. Mohammed had been ill and weak for over a year and it was impossible to get treatment in somalia.

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#somlia ... ... .... ... ... .. #xikmadamanta ..... ..... .... ..... .... #somalixikmado ... ... .... ... ... (at Mogadishu Km4 Somalia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKvp3weJgs-/?igshid=vaf8wsm5pqpe

[thecommon0ne-blog]

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