Edna Adan Ismail never suffered under Said Barre regime.

[Abdillahi]

The reason I am writing this article is the false impression the Somali people took from the actions of Ms. Edna Adan during the reconciliation conference in Djibouti last week. . While her defence of the secessionist cause might be applauded by those she represents, many Somalis feel that her over kill victim statements and description of Southern Somalia as a foreign land inhabited by murderers , could have been shaped by her past history of victimisation at the hands of the military regime.

Some even suggested that Dr. Edna could have been traumatised by the long incarceration of her former Husband and statesman " Allah ha Naxariistee" Mohamed Ibrahin Cigaal.

Yet, the truth is further from what most people believe or told.

Dr. Edna was one of the first Somali women to earn a degree in nursing and healthcare. She is a pioneer in her own right. Her maternity hospital in Hargeisa which was opened in 2002, has trained many Somaliland young women to be midwifes and nurses. The sun cannot hide her achievements in terms of healthcare and helping women. Dr, Edna was a person of privilege since she was a young woman. She was the wife of one of the most successful politicians in Somaliland and former prime minister . Unlike many who may have suffered during the war instigated by SNM in the eighties, she had a comfortable life both in Mogadishu and Hargeisa from 1969, when her husband was incarcerated by the military regime to 1991 when the Somali state collapsed. While she left Somalia in early eighties, she frequently came back, stayed and worked well with the military regime.

She never suffered one single a day after Cigaal was overthrown by Siyaad Barre . In fact, as soon as premier Cigaal was booked to jail, Ms. Edna married another man immediately. Cigaal shared visitor food and other prison needs with the help of other relatives of incarcerated leaders like general Mohamed Abshir, Berda Cad and others. During the Kacaan years , she was taken cared of as those who were the closest to Siyaad Barre. The military government built for her a huge house in Mogadishu and when she moved to Hargeisa in the late seventies , the commander of 26th division general Salxaan was instructed to build another house in Hargeisa for the former first lady.

To set the record straight she wasn't traumatized about the incarceration of then premier Cigaal.

Ye, looking her statements and over exaggerated victimization and the way she describes other Somalis as evil, the good doctor might be over compensating something we might not know. In America, it is not difficult to discover the hypocrisy of certain right-wing politicians who accuse other of infidelity while they themselves were guilty of that same crime. Newt Gingrich, Robert Livingstone and others come to mind during Clinton Impeachment.

In Somaliland, there are few actors who usually very loud on the issue of denigrating southern Somalia or showing extreme hatred toward unity or understanding. For example, Cawil Cali Ducaale, Dr, Edna Aadan and Faysal Waraabe, to some extent, fit perfectly to this category. Yet, they never suffered one single during the Kacaan years. In fact, they prospered during the military regime. Cawil was dishonourably dismissed by the civilian government of Aadan Cadde and Sharmaarke in 1962. The civilian government was elected, goal oriented and confident back in those days. Imagine, officers were arrested for a coup and after court proceedings they were found to be young, angry and overzealous. That government never even felt threatened and the court found them guilty and dismissed them dishonourably. that all. Yet, today we see people like C/maali Coldoon and others sentenced and incarcerated for years by saying the current regime of Somaliland is traveling the road of failed regimes. It is all about paranoia and being the wrong leadership.

Cawil Mucjiso flourished under Siyaad Barre as an ambassador in Africa. Faysal had worked for the state in different capacities for 20 years. Yet, this group is louder than those who have lost loved ones during the civil war or witnessed the agony of war.

They could be compensating their past actions of being close with the former regime they despise at this juncture of history. Today in Somaliland everyone has carved his/her own history and story. Politicians and pretenders go on TV and record their own narrative with no one second guessing or correcting the record. The southern Somalis, except the few educated do not even know most histories other than the collapse of the state.

One day some us might get the right resources and uncover about these false prophets.

She is one evil black heart woman who is an cadaw to Somali nation state. Isaaqs that have brought her lies need to examine their gullibility.

 

[repo]

Silaanyo, Edna, Faysal etc and their descendants are the elites in their society and they will do their best to maintain the status quo they created. The ordinary Somalilander wakes up noon, prays duhur and goes on a khat binge, as long as he can get his leaves he will not care.

 

[Adaawe]

All products of MSB via education, connections, and patronage. Then have the audacity to insult us on the daily after his fall. The cognitive dissonance is real in Waqooyi.

 

[Ismail Khan]

All products of MSB via education, connections, and patronage. Then have the audacity to insult us on the daily after his fall. The cognitive dissonance is real in Waqooyi.

No idiot she is the daughter of a doctor and wife of PM Egal. She literally was rubbing shoulders with likes of US Presidents and German chancellor before Siyaad Barre was even a thing. Think about that.

 

[Lander]

What a big lie @Abdillahi. You Soft Southies are full of lies. Edna Adan was born into a wealthy and well educated family. She was the daughter of a prominent Somali medical doctor. she trained as a nurse and midwife in the United Kingdom at the Borough Polytechnic, now London South Bank University this was before Somaliland gained independence. She is said to be "the first Somali girl" to study in Britain. Somaliland's first qualified nurse-midwife and the first Somali woman to drive. For you to say she was the product of Siad Barre is Ludicrous. After Egal was jailed by Afweeyne, she was forced to marry a boon to elevate his clan's status in society. Afweeyne was so desperate to big up his small "boon" clan that all the orphans in Muqdisho were told that they were Boon.s . After all this failed and he saw the 1975 census he wanted to bring Ogaadens into Somalia.

 

[Adaawe]

No idiot she is the daughter of a doctor and wife of PM Egal. She literally was rubbing shoulders with likes of US Presidents and German chancellor before Siyaad Barre was even a thing. Think about that.

She taken care by the govt she insults daily.

 

[Ismail Khan]

She taken care by the govt she insults daily.

She was already set by the time Siyaad Barre came. The folks from Gedo were the ones taken care of

 

[Adaawe]

She was already set by the time Siyaad Barre came. The folks from Gedo were the ones taken care of

MSB built all lands of his clan's enemies and his clan's lands. So that point is moot. You think Berbera was built by y'all?

 

[Ismail Khan]

MSB built all lands of his clan's enemies and his clan's lands. So that point is moot. You think Berbera was built by y'all?

Berbera was a strategic port and all the animals from Somali Galbeed and Waqooyi were shipped from there. The revenue the Siyaad Barre govt generated from the port didn’t go back to Waqooyi. It was used to finance his army which was used to suppress rer Waqooyi.

 

[Adaawe]

Berbera was a strategic port and all the animals from Somali Galbeed and Waqooyi were shipped from there. The revenue the Siyaad Barre govt generated from the port didn’t go back to Waqooyi. It was used to finance his army which was used to suppress rer Waqooyi.

Well Reer Waqooyi rebelled and got armed by Menguistu. What you expect milk and cookies?

 

[Ismail Khan]

Well Reer Waqooyi rebelled and got armed by Menguistu. What you expect milk and cookies?

And they won, so. I don’t see anyone crying but you.

 

[Adaawe]

And they won, so. I don’t see anyone crying but you.

Whose crying? You are the one who started this by quoting me.

 

[Jiron]

Edna Adan has done so much for the needy and help deliver so many babies, we have to put politics aside and admire her for her accomplishments

 

[Abdillahi]

What a big lie @Abdillahi. You Soft Southies are full of lies. Edna Adan was born into a wealthy and well educated family. She was the daughter of a prominent Somali medical doctor. she trained as a nurse and midwife in the United Kingdom at the Borough Polytechnic, now London South Bank University this was before Somaliland gained independence. She is said to be "the first Somali girl" to study in Britain. Somaliland's first qualified nurse-midwife and the first Somali woman to drive. For you to say she was the product of Siad Barre is Ludicrous. After Egal was jailed by Afweeyne, she was forced to marry a **** to elevate his clan's status in society. Afweeyne was so desperate to big up his small "****" clan that all the orphans in Muqdisho were told that they were ****.s . After all this failed and he saw the 1975 census he wanted to bring Ogaadens into Somalia.

It was not posted by me. There is a guy on Somaliaonline forum who posted it. He is from Awdal State in Somalia. He was born in the town of Borama.

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

Edna Adan has done so much for the needy and help deliver so many babies, we have to put politics aside and admire her for her accomplishments

She turned away a southern Somali girl who was in labor, the girl could have died until a kind hearted nurse helped her. Edna is evil and dajjal awaits evil people. There's darkness surrounding her aura when I see her. She's an evil woman.

 

[reer]

She turned away a southern Somali girl who was in labor, the girl could have died until a kind hearted nurse helped her. Edna is evil and dajjal awaits evil people. There's darkness surrounding her aura when I see her. She's an evil woman.

what is that true what happened?

 

[Abdillahi]

She turned away a southern Somali girl who was in labor, the girl could have died until a kind hearted nurse helped her. Edna is evil and dajjal awaits evil people. There's darkness surrounding her aura when I see her. She's an evil woman.

 

[Baboon]

She turned away a southern Somali girl who was in labor, the girl could have died until a kind hearted nurse helped her. Edna is evil and dajjal awaits evil people. There's darkness surrounding her aura when I see her. She's an evil woman.

Don’t you lot get tired of lying all the time.

 

[Ismail Khan]

Whose crying? You are the one who started this by quoting me.

you said Edna Adan education was paid for by the Kacaan. And I called you out onyour lies . Because Edna Adan was already wife of PM in the 60s way before Siyaad barre came to power.

 

[Adaawe]

you said Edna Adan education was paid for by the Kacaan. And I called you out onyour lies . Because Edna Adan was already wife of PM in the 60s way before Siyaad barre came to power.

Never claimed that. I claimed that we took care of her during the Kacaan. A mansion was built for her in Hargeisa.