Former Somaliland Representative to Kenya and the UAE.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Joined May 2021
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As the outgoing Somaliland Ambassador to Kenya, am pleased to have received last week confirmation from the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the opening of the new Kenya office in Hargeisa. Im pleased that I have seen this to fruition @basheomar @ @somalilandmfa
Oman is back in Mogadishu after 36 years. Somalia is renewing ties with Iran, and Oman has always been on good terms with Tehran.
Looks like Mogadishu is making new friends. Interesting choice.
#Somalia #Oman #Iran #HornOfAfrica
Losing a few allies in Congress doesn’t mean Somaliland’s recognition prospects are over.
Dr. Abdillahi seems to have forgotten one thing. @realDonaldTrump is still in the White House, and he doesn’t need Congress’s approval to recognise Somaliland.
The wild card is still in Trump’s hands.
#Somaliland #USForeignPolicy
HARGEISA’S RECOGNITION LOBBY SUFFERS A MAJOR BLOW - ITS SECESSION BILLS BELONG IN THE POLITICAL TRASH CAN
November 3, 2026, delivered a major political setback to One Tribe Secessionist Regime in Hargeisa’s campaign for American recognition. Together with earlier primary defeats, this election cycle has removed several prominent advocates from the next Congress.
Scott Gordon Perry - Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District: lost his House reelection bid.
William Andrew Ogles IV - Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District: lost his Republican primary.
Thomas Patrick Tiffany - Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District: did not seek House reelection and lost his campaign for governor.
John Williams Rose - Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District: did not seek House reelection and lost the Republican primary for governor.
The legislative campaign must also face scrutiny. Its principal House proposals during the past six years have included:
• H.R. 7170 (2022): Republic of Somaliland Independence Act - introduced by Scott Perry, seeking recognition of Somaliland as an independent country.
• H.R. 10402 (2024): Republic of Somaliland Independence Act - introduced by Scott Perry, with Andy Ogles, as an original cosponsor.
• H.R. 3992 (2025): Republic of Somaliland Independence Act - introduced by Scott Perry, with original cosponsors Tom Tiffany; Andy Ogles; and Pat Harrigan, North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District. John Rose, Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, and Tim Burchett, Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District, subsequently joined.
• H.R. 5300 (2025): Department of State Policy Provisions Act - introduced by Brian Mast, Florida’s 21st Congressional District, including Section 305 concerning travel and investment in Somaliland.
• H.R. 7993 (2026): Somaliland Economic Access and Opportunity Act - introduced by John Rose,, with Andy Ogles, and Pat Harrigan, North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District, as original cosponsors.
• H.R. 10461 (2026): Somaliland Travel and Investment Act - introduced by Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District, to facilitate American travel and investment in Somaliland.
These proposals serve different purposes, and their sponsors have different electoral outcomes. My opposition is clear: recognition, financial access and diplomatic initiatives must never become instruments for bypassing Somalia’s sovereignty or the freely expressed consent of affected communities.
H.R. 7170 and H.R. 10402 already expired with their respective Congresses. My demand is that the remaining proposals undermining our sovereignty and community rights be rejected and thrown into the political trash can. Any pending bill that remains unenacted when this Congress ends will expire.
Senator Ted Cruz - Texas, currently chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, must also confront the coming change in Senate leadership. With Democrats winning Senate control, he is expected to lose that chairmanship when the new Congress organizes in January 2027.
I reject his use of the Chinese Communist Party threat narrative to promote recognition. Competition with Beijing and support for Taiwan cannot substitute for addressing sovereignty, accountability and consent.
To Bashir Omar Good One Tribe Secessionist Regime In Hargeisa’s representative in Washington: congressional dinners, lobbying receptions and appearances at AIPAC gatherings do not confer sovereignty. Neither AIPAC nor Taiwan’s diplomatic interests should determine the future of Awdal and Gebileh.
Hargeisa cannot lobby away our rights. Awdal and Gebileh are not bargaining chips. Our future is not for sale.
#Somalia #Awdal #Gebileh #Sovereignty #Accountability #USForeignPolicy
The midterms may have changed Congress, but they haven’t changed who sits in the White House.
Rubio’s message is a reminder that Trump still has two years to shape US foreign policy.
For Somaliland, the question remains whether Washington sees recognition as serving American strategic interests.
#Somaliland #USForeignPolicy
According to RT, Putin was due to hold bilateral talks with Somalia on Friday, 30 October. HSM cancelled his Moscow trip, while Defence Minister Fiqi attended the summit.
HSM is playing chess on too many boards. Did he realise Washington was watching?
#Somalia #RussiaAfricaSummit #USRussia #Geopolitics
Trump describes Somaliland as a different country. Days later, China and Djibouti oppose our recognition and our relations with Taiwan.
Beijing’s position is familiar. But Djibouti, why is Somaliland’s choice of partners your concern?
You host competing world powers to serve your interests. We choose our partners to serve ours.
Somaliland’s future is for Somalilanders to decide.
#Somaliland #Djibouti #China #Taiwan
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Saudi Arabia’s Dilemma
Saudi Arabia wants a united Yemen. The STC wants an independent south. But the Houthi threat gives them a reason to work together.
Southern forces matter to Riyadh’s efforts to push back the Houthis. Many of those fighters also want a separate political future.
They may agree on who they are fighting. That does not mean they agree on what comes next.
Riyadh does not have to accept southern independence to work with them. But the more it relies on them, the harder it becomes to leave their political aspirations unanswered.
How far is Saudi Arabia prepared to move on Yemen’s unity to protect its own security?
#SaudiArabia #Yemen #SouthernYemen #RedSeaSecurity #BabElMandeb
How far is Saudi Arabia prepared to move on Yemen’s unity to protect its own security?
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Mogadishu got the words it wanted from the OIC. Still no answer to the words it didn’t want from Trump.
“Totally different country” is a difficult line to bury under another communiqué.
#Somaliland
Secretary-General Meets Somali Foreign Minister
Baghdad, October 17, 2026
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, discussed a range of issues of common interest during a meeting held today, Saturday, October 17, 2026, on the sidelines of the 52nd Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, being held in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, under the theme "Dialogue and Solidarity: Two Fundamental Pillars for Promoting Peace and Sustainable Development."
The two sides also discussed bilateral relations between the OIC and the Federal Republic of Somalia.
The Secretary-General reaffirmed the OIC's steadfast support for the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
For his part, Mr. Abdisalam Abdi Ali commended the OIC, stressing its significant role in strengthening Islamic solidarity.
#OICCFMBaghdad
#OICCFM52
#OICCFM
#OIC
#Baghdad
Fiqi, your government is accused of using Turkish airpower against opponents in Baidoa and Jubaland. But the UAE is the “disruptive power”?
Apparently, even your political failures are imported from Abu Dhabi.
#Somalia #UAE
BREAKING: The Federal Government of Somalia has accused the United Arab Emirates of acting as a "disruptive power" that has fueled chaos and instability across Islamic nations.
Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi alleged that the UAE is funding and arming opposition groups to undermine and fight against the administration of Outgoing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The minister further accused opposition factions of mobilizing armed militias and stockpiling weapons, warning that the Somali government will take firm action to prevent any threat to national security.
Trump knows the difference. Somaliland is a different country.
Now Washington needs to make it official.
#Somaliland
Trump Calls Somaliland a ‘Totally Different Country’
horndiplomat.com/trump-calls… @realDonaldTrump #Somaliland Via @HornDiplomat
HSM credits UAE support for Somalia, then blames it for not delivering reunification.
Somaliland restored its independence in 1991. Major UAE investment came 25 years later.
Why is Abu Dhabi responsible for reversing that decision?
Our decision. Not theirs.
Our partnership with the UAE rests on mutual respect and shared interests.
#Somaliland #UAE
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:
The UAE could not support the Somali state in becoming united again and moving forward as a united Somalia.
They sided not with the federal government, but particularly with Somaliland.
They are the main actor encouraging Somaliland to separate from Somalia, and I do not know why.
Addis keeps waiting. Mogadishu keeps choosing sides.
“Wait and see” carries risks too.
Time for Addis to bite the bullet and recognise Somaliland in its own national interest.
@AbiyAhmedAli #Somaliland #Ethiopia
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Hassan Sheikh says Somalia is moving forward. Meanwhile, Hawadle elders reportedly reached a deal with Al-Shabaab in Maxaas.
If some who fought Al-Shabaab are now negotiating with it, you have more than an image problem.
Protect communities in Somalia. Somaliland is a separate country.
#Somalia #Somaliland
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:
For more than 30 years, Somalia’s image was civil war, famine, terrorists, extremists and international interventions.
Today, none of that exists in the same way. Somalia is moving forward now. Reshaping the image of this new Somalia is what my government is working on.
Two weeks ago, Eritrea’s FM accused the UAE of “port imperialism”, questioned Israel’s interest in Somaliland and took aim at Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions.
Days later, he was in Washington talking Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Then came the El Alamein statement.
Assab has the geography.
But with Eritrea and Ethiopia at loggerheads, Berbera has something Assab currently doesn’t:
A corridor to Addis.
#RedSea #Somaliland #Ethiopia #Eritrea #Berbera #Assab
Maybe being the nice guy in a troubled neighbourhood should finally count for something.
We’ve been here all along.
#RedSea #Somaliland
Bashe Omar retweeted
🟩✴️🟥 My United Nations article about Somaliland got some "push back" from some 🇸🇴Republic of Somalia citizens. That's fine, that's what "X" is for.
Just to set the record straight...
I also wrote this about Somaliland lately in my column.
(I tweeted this a month or so ago but I repeat here)
Mahadsanid friends,
D.
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“When things are going wrong, you need them.”
A year ago, Captain Smit Machchhar said this about cabin crew.
A year later, those words carry a different weight.
Grateful the passengers and crew are safe. The courage, calm and humanity shown in those extraordinary moments say it all.
Wishing Captain Smit a full and speedy recovery. 🙏🏽
#flydubai
Great evening in East London with Sir Mo Farah and the URUN community, celebrating URUN’s 1st anniversary. Sport, friendship and good company.
#URUN #SirMoFarah #EastLondon #Community
