Somaliland’s Minister of Interior chased from Saylac town

[Jaffar]

This race has a plateau. Imagine ministers walking around asking shopkeepers their qabil. Ya Allah.

How is asking some one qabil a bad thing la ticaarifu Allah says

 

[Riftvalley]

Not entirely true. Saylac died the day the French created the Dire Dawa - Djibouti railway.

Also in the 1920's, the British Protectorate decided to build a new town called Borama on the site west of old Amoud which would have farming as its main revenue. These two incidences were the

Haye. Haye.

 

[Aaqil]

How is he picked?

They form a committee made up of 100 elders called Gandaha and they use astrology to determine who's going to be the new Ugaas and the Ugaas must be chosen from one sub Wardiiq

 

[Araabi]

Hé is likely to declare war on Somaliland I believe and ask ciise to defend them selves from gadabuursi interesting events. We have now isaaq and gadabuursi on the same side ciise on the other the only people that can help ciise now are woqoyi bari they are the only other mamuul that exist in the north along side Somaliland. There are likely possible scenario where ciise in jabuuuti joints and sends some battalions but i don’t think they can win . Maybe ciise govt in jabuuti will start expellling maxammad case from jabuuti and confiscate their properties. This shit is going be gooodah Walahi xaaladu wa bariga dhexe

The Ciise Ugaas will speak tomorrow and make a huge announcement. We will wait and see what he announces.

 

[Araabi]

How is asking some one qabil a bad thing la ticaarifu Allah says

In normal circumstances this would not happen. The reason why 8 ministers were sent wasn't only for reconciliation, but for a fact finding mission.

 

[Aaqil]

Underestimating nomads is stupid.

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[Aaqil]

Saylac is an Ciise town. The Samarone have no claim to the coast. They are pests who’s ancestors were poor landlocked mountain farmers with terrible Stoney land

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[Aaqil]

How is he picked?

 

[TheLand]

Hé is likely to declare war on Somaliland I believe and ask ciise to defend them selves from gadabuursi interesting events. We have now isaaq and gadabuursi on the same side ciise on the other the only people that can help ciise now are woqoyi bari they are the only other mamuul that exist in the north along side Somaliland. There are likely possible scenario where ciise in jabuuuti joints and sends some battalions but i don’t think they can win . Maybe ciise govt in jabuuti will start expellling maxammad case from jabuuti and confiscate their properties. This shit is going be gooodah Walahi xaaladu wa bariga dhexe

You just love to see war and suffering everywhere

 

[Jaffar]

You just love to see war and suffering everywhere

where did i say that though i like to see a winner in the somali civil war, this sort of stalemate isnt taken us any where a winner must come out , not that i like bloodshed but we need to have a winner

 

[aarkamudug]

where did i say that though i like to see a winner in the somali civil war, this sort of stalemate isnt taken us any where a winner must come out , not that i like bloodshed but we need to have a winner

Bro you’re mareexaan, you guys almost got cleansed from cabudwaaq last year by fiqi maxamed a surre sub war isn’t in your favour

 

[Jaffar]

and what are you sacad

 

[aarkamudug]

and what are you sacad

Is that your name? Sacad?

 

[TheLand]

where did i say that though i like to see a winner in the somali civil war, this sort of stalemate isnt taken us any where a winner must come out , not that i like bloodshed but we need to have a winner

You just want to see Isaaq run from the battlefield carrying their shoes in their hands again

 

[Jaffar]

not really i have nothing against issaaaq or any other qabil and i dont believe they willlose this war because gadabuursi and isaaq on one side can defeat ciise i suppose

 

[Garaad Awal]

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So? Samarone don’t belong on the coasts. Literal scavengers

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Let me add some context as I follow SL politics more than anyone on this forum.

Just as a caveat, Saylac today isn’t a particularly significant town. Its history is remarkable, yes, but in its present state there’s very little that makes it stand out. Honestly, if it weren’t for the customs office operating there, the town might have been largely deserted by now.

About OP's tweet: it’s simply incorrect. The stone throwing incident didn’t happen in Saylac itself, it took place in a village to the south called Ceel Gaal, which is part of the Saylac district.

On the matter of Xeer Ciise, the Ciise community recently held a cultural ceremony in Ethiopia to celebrate the Xeer Ciise book, and they hoped to recreate the event in Saylac. That’s where things became sensitive. While the wider Saylac district is shared by both Ciise and Gadabursi, the town of Saylac is almost entirely Gadabursi, whereas the Ciise mainly live in villages like Ceel Gaal, Asha Addo, Jidhi, and Abdulqadir, mostly nomadic settlements along the corridor near Ethiopia’s Ayshaca district.

Because tensions started rising, Somaliland’s Interior Minister, Abdalle Mohamed Sandheere, along with eight other ministers, spent more than a week in Saylac trying to understand the situation and find a path toward reconciliation. The delegation included ministers from several clans, including the Warsangeli and the Dhulbahante. When they met with Gadabursi elders in Saylac, the elders told them to walk through the town and ask every shopkeeper and homeowner what clan they belonged to. Their point was that if the delegation found a small handful of non Gadabursi residents who pay taxes to the central government from within the town, they would apologise and fully support holding the event there. The elders were proven right and when the Interior Minister asked if there was any room for compromise, the elders said no.

So a few days ago the government ultimately decided to cancel any plans to hold the conference in Saylac. This decision has angered the Ciise, sparking some protests in Ceel Gaal, Jidhi, and Asha Addo. The Ciise Ugaas is expected to make a huge announcement tomorrow, and it’s likely to be a turning point, either easing tensions or escalling them.

The Ciise do not need to ask anyone their permission to hold a clan celebration in Saylac of all places. If Gadabursi persist in blocking the Ciise from holding a simple celebration in Saylac, a Ciise settlement without any doubt, Ciise are perfectly justified should they evict all Gadabursi from Djibouti.

I am not joking btw.

 

[Jaffar]

The Ciise do not need to ask anyone their permission to hold a clan celebration in Saylac of all places. If Gadabursi persist in blocking the Ciise from holding a simple celebration in Saylac, a Ciise settlement without any doubt, Ciise are perfectly justified should they evict all Gadabursi from Djibouti.

I am not joking btw.

The thing is ciise is a small minority today in selel gadabuursi are the vast majority I don’t even think they are 5 percent of zeila any more
I do think this will and can escalate if no cooler heads emerge ciise would love to abuse gadabuursi in jabuuti but there are still laws Jabuuti isn’t lawless

 

[Arkan]

IOG is playing with the Ciise like a fiddle leading up to the Djibouti 2026 elections.

 

[Araabi]

The Ciise do not need to ask anyone their permission to hold a clan celebration in Saylac of all places. If Gadabursi persist in blocking the Ciise from holding a simple celebration in Saylac, a Ciise settlement without any doubt, Ciise are perfectly justified should they evict all Gadabursi from Djibouti.

I am not joking btw.

Saylac, as it is today, and as of when the Djibouti-Dire Dawa corridor was built, was and is a Gadabursi town. What anyone says on Facebook or anywhere else is irrelevant. The demographics a 100 years ago is also irrelevant. If that was an issue then the Gadabursi were still inhabiting Bulhar 300+ years ago. What matters is who lives there and who owns the landmarks. The Shaykh Ibrahim Zayla'i mausoleum, the Qiblatayn Mosque, the Fisheries, the old Madrasah, the businesses are all Gadabursi owned. The surrounding villages to the south bordering Ethiopia that make up part of the district is mainly Ciise.

Also, IOG recently changed the Djiboutian constitution so that he could run another term exactly at the same time the Xeer Ciise issue began. This was to distract the discontent that already existed in Djibouti. IOG himself doesn't care about clan politics but uses it when it serves his interests. Currently, the mayor of Djibouti city is an Arab Yemeni and the deputy mayor is Gadabursi. Djiboutian politics is not Ciise centric, it is IOG centric. The Gadabursi are the oldest settled community in Djibouti and established the first house and Mosque and their numbers can rival anyone. The only time the Gadabursi were kicked out was during French colonialism in the 60's. Nobody can kick them out. Even during the height of the civil war, that didn't happen and could never happen. When the French first came to the coast it was the Gadabursi who they signed the agreements with:

But today most people would find it ludicrous for us to suggest the Gadabursi should have a huge clan party in Djibouti.