What do you guys think about Ethiopia exporting oil from the Somali region in two months?

[Idilinaa]

Read this it take you down the political development timeline:

Same article: @Mohamedamiin120 read this it will inform you about what's been happening

Peace, Politics, and Progress: The Transformation of Somali Region​

Peace, Politics, And Progress: The Transformation Of Somali Region

The Somali Region, historically plagued by decades of conflict and political marginalization, has undergone a remarkable transformation since the Ethiopian

www.thereporterethiopia.com

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

Same article: @Mohamedamiin120 read this it will inform you about what's been happening

Peace, Politics, and Progress: The Transformation of Somali Region​

Peace, Politics, And Progress: The Transformation Of Somali Region

The Somali Region, historically plagued by decades of conflict and political marginalization, has undergone a remarkable transformation since the Ethiopian

www.thereporterethiopia.com

I have not been asleep since 2018 lol, also this is abt Cagjar and in this he is never mentioned, infact the paper praises the ONLF more then anything else.

 

[Idilinaa]

1) Yes there is. In 2007 Jigjiga was 17% non Somali, there has not been data on ethnic breakdown in recent times, but it could easily be 30% right now.

JigJiga was 82.7% Somalis and the rest was other groups in 2007. It's a regional commercial city so of course it's going to have non-Somalis and foreigners come to it. But there is more Somalis migrating to the city from other places than the opposite. So the Somali population is always increasing. Rural people always migrate to cities.

2) Liyu Police does still exist wdym? They never disbanded and still exist, here is a mention in the Ethiopian paper 'Addis Standard' https://addisstandard.com/news-ethi...-shabaab-says-hundreds-killed-weapons-seized/

That article is from 2022

They disbanded it in 2023 and reformed it into a regular regional police unit than an army as part of a process to de-militarize the region

Somali state cabinet unanimously approves government’s plan to dissolve, reintegrate regional special forces​

Somali state cabinet unanimously approves government’s plan to dissolve, reintegrate regional special forces

Addis Ababa – The Cabinet of the Somali Regional state has passed a unanimous vote to implement the federal government’s plan for “the reorganization of the special forces of the region”, regional and state. Edina media reported.

hiiraan.com

3) There are killings today, infact Cagjar's men abused a Somali boy for 40 days before he died (he was 16) https://wardheernews.com/the-somali...kest-era-since-the-fall-of-the-former-regime/

This is from april this year not today. I had no idea , if that is true then thats awful. Torture is not welcome

But i don't really see news or any other such cases. Search up it's all article from 2018 recounting what happened during the TPLF admin. Which means its not common place.

Perhaps it's someone who died inadvertently under police custody rather than straight forward torture or abuse.

4) I don't doubt it being the safest region, but the others being either in civil war or being utter backwaters makes it a easy race to win.

5) I know the TPLF is not in power, I have not slept for half a decade

Somalis in the region are focused on development and integration thats what matters the most to me.

Trade and cooperation creates peace.