Oromo larpers

Many of them learn Somali and create an alter Somali ego for nefarious reasons. Very concerning behavior from such a large ethnic group.
all an Oromo or pretty much any Ethiopian has to do is know just a little Somali and everyone will assume they’re Somali. Sad.

But at least this proves that At Somali has some influence if Oromos are going out of their way to learn it. Rarely see Somalis doing the same lol.
 
It would be best to call the Ethiopian government a city state.

Extremely poorly managed city at that. The government fails to provide 24/7 services like water or even electricity

The Daily Struggles of Power Outages, Water Shortages​

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They must ration their water even. Yet you have people like @Ximan iyo Xadeed glazing Ethopia so he can stick it to Somalia.

I on the other hand hope Ethiopian people have the courage to be honest and to confront these realities head on in more open. Not be concerned with saving face and reputation manage. Only when issues are exposed can people address them.

Only when Ethiopians lose the mindset of behaving like feudal peasants will things start to improve, for the greater Horn of Africa as well.

The story is entirely different for Ogaden because it has 24/7 electricity many places now

They have also completed many water projects across the Somali region.
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Extremely poorly managed city at that. The government fails to provide 24/7 services like water or even electricity

The Daily Struggles of Power Outages, Water Shortages​

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They must ration their water even. Yet you have people like @Ximan iyo Xadeed glazing Ethopia so he can stick it to Somalia.

I on the other hand hope Ethiopian people have the courage to be honest and to confront these realities head on in more open. Not be concerned with saving face and reputation manage. Only when issues are exposed can people address them.

Only when Ethiopians lose the mindset of behaving like feudal peasants will things start to improve, for the greater Horn of Africa as well.

The story is entirely different for Ogaden because it has 24/7 electricity many places now

They have also completed many water projects across the Somali region.
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That's interesting, so the SR region estimating 25m Somalis live in the SR?
 
That's interesting, so the SR region estimating 25m Somalis live in the SR?
There's no way it's 25 million. But it could definitely be 15 million. That alone to me is convincing enough that we need to take back the SR region. The potenial we could have if both regions were combined is off the charts. We're looking at a combined somalia with a pouplation of 35 million right now. This could easily double by 2050 to 60 -70 million. If we played our cards right we could be a major power by 2050-2060.

A somalia with a 60/70 million people with a 4-6k gdp per capita would be massive.
 
Extremely poorly managed city at that. The government fails to provide 24/7 services like water or even electricity

The Daily Struggles of Power Outages, Water Shortages​

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They must ration their water even. Yet you have people like @Ximan iyo Xadeed glazing Ethopia so he can stick it to Somalia.

I on the other hand hope Ethiopian people have the courage to be honest and to confront these realities head on in more open. Not be concerned with saving face and reputation manage. Only when issues are exposed can people address them.

Only when Ethiopians lose the mindset of behaving like feudal peasants will things start to improve, for the greater Horn of Africa as well.

The story is entirely different for Ogaden because it has 24/7 electricity many places now

They have also completed many water projects across the Somali region.
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I’m glad you brought this up. I lived in Addis Ababa from 2008-2016 and power outages and a lack of water were common. We would constantly fill our bathtub, sinks and a large water tank because we never knew when the water and electricity would be turned off. Sometimes it would be turned back on in hours, other times it would take days. The longest was for over two weeks iirc 💀

When I stayed in Jigjiga for over a month, the power never went out even once. Even a city like Laascaanood which is obviously not as wealthy as Addis Ababa did not experience power outages. I was there for over eight months and I don’t even recall the lights turning off once, but in AA outages were almost weekly.
 
I’m glad you brought this up. I lived in Addis Ababa from 2008-2016 and power outages and a lack of water were common. We would constantly fill our bathtub, sinks and a large water tank because we never knew when the water and electricity would be turned off. Sometimes it would be turned back on in hours, other times it would take days. The longest was for over two weeks iirc 💀

When I stayed in Jigjiga for over a month, the power never went out even once. Even a city like Laascaanood which is obviously not as wealthy as Addis Ababa did not experience power outages. I was there for over eight months and I don’t even recall the lights turning off once, but in AA outages were almost weekly.
Alot of other major african cities have similar issues.. honestly this goes to show how impressive the private sector is in Somalia. Even in smaller towns, power outages seem to be very, very rare.
 
Alot of other major african cities have similar issues.. honestly this goes to show how impressive the private sector is in Somalia. Even in smaller towns, power outages seem to be very, very rare.
Our private sector is great, but our public sector is severely lacking. Our useless government is holding us back 💔
 
I’m glad you brought this up. I lived in Addis Ababa from 2008-2016 and power outages and a lack of water were common. We would constantly fill our bathtub, sinks and a large water tank because we never knew when the water and electricity would be turned off. Sometimes it would be turned back on in hours, other times it would take days. The longest was for over two weeks iirc 💀

When I stayed in Jigjiga for over a month, the power never went out even once. Even a city like Laascaanood which is obviously not as wealthy as Addis Ababa did not experience power outages. I was there for over eight months and I don’t even recall the lights turning off once, but in AA outages were almost weekly.

You probably didn't even have internet connection like @NidarNidar said during his stay at at a 5 star hotel in Addis:mjkkk:

I think this is what will separate us from Ethiopia, we love capitalism, freedom of the markets etc... I had a better internet connection in Borama than in a 5-star hotel in Addis, we have been blessed sharing the same language and religion, I genuinely believe if we can set our differences aside we will raise from the ashes.
 
Alot of other major african cities have similar issues.. honestly this goes to show how impressive the private sector is in Somalia. Even in smaller towns, power outages seem to be very, very rare.

I saw a video a day or two ago where a Somali PM in Kenya arguing with another kenyan mp in the parliament saying that the people in Mandera had to go to a neighboring country (Somalia) to get water and to get their phones and stuff charged.

Basically people in Mandera a while back had to cross the border into a small town in Somalia to get their electricity and to get clean water because the government in Kenya refused to provide it, despite people paying taxes.

It actually shows you how self reliant Somalis are they actually don't wait for government handouts, they get up and create their own wealth , start providing services to each other.

Yet they try to insult Somalia by calling it a failed state while they come from countries where the government fails to provide most basic services.

 
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You probably didn't even have internet connection like @NidarNidar said during his stay at at a 5 star hotel in Addis:mjkkk:
When I was in Addis I thought they didn’t have any internet because we couldn’t access anything. Nothing worked. I had to use my imagination to curb my boredom. Also it would get dark so fast and the whole place was shrouded in darkness. Then I went to the Somali Region and we had wifi/computers. I would regularly go to a computer cafe to play Roblox and watch Naruto. Then I learned we could just hook up games at our house and we would all play.
 
Btw if anyone is curious about electricity in Somalia i made few posts about it. They have modernized the grid system, made it more efficient and cheaper, transitioning into green and expanded the coverage.
Just click the image attachment links to see it, i can't be bothered with linking/pasting it again.
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Beco for example which is an energy company owned by the conglomerate Hormuud is actually rolling out green renewable energy projects in Somalia. Aimed at supplying 75% of Somalia with electricity by the end of 2025.
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The have already completed like 2/3rd of it
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The 50MW bio-gas plant shows a push for sustainable energy using local resources instead of imported fuel. Basically they are taking advantage of how Somalia has large amounts of organic waste (livestock manure, crop residues, urban waste) that can be converted into biogas. It's very cheap and sustainable in the long run.

They already do use renewable energy in Mogadishu. BECO is the largest energy provider in Southern Central Somalia, there is no way around it, they started with providing diesel generated energy but has been moving toward affordable green energy.
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But yeah and they started this green energy initiative back in 2016 , so the the projection of 2025 comes from that.

BECO’s role in transforming Somalia’s energy landscape​


It has already reduced prices significantly and made things affordable. Lifted financial burden in many.
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By 2025-2027 they are going to reduce the price even more, so it's going be extremely cheap and accessible.
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I’m glad you brought this up. I lived in Addis Ababa from 2008-2016 and power outages and a lack of water were common. We would constantly fill our bathtub, sinks and a large water tank because we never knew when the water and electricity would be turned off. Sometimes it would be turned back on in hours, other times it would take days. The longest was for over two weeks iirc 💀

When I stayed in Jigjiga for over a month, the power never went out even once. Even a city like Laascaanood which is obviously not as wealthy as Addis Ababa did not experience power outages. I was there for over eight months and I don’t even recall the lights turning off once, but in AA outages were almost weekly.
It’s the same thing in nairobi, the internet & electricity was amazing, except it would literally go off almost every two days, i’m not even exaggerating, I remember one time it went off 3 times in one day, it was off for a whole week one time, it’s hilarious because when I was in garowe the electricity never went out ( although the internet was shit & slow)
 
It’s the same thing in nairobi, the internet & electricity was amazing, except it would literally go off almost every two days, i’m not even exaggerating, I remember one time it went off 3 times in one day, it was off for a whole week one time, it’s hilarious because when I was in garowe the electricity never went out ( although the internet was shit & slow)
@Idilinaa What’s funny?
 
Btw if anyone is curious about electricity in Somalia i made few posts about it. They have modernized the grid system, made it more efficient and cheaper, transitioning into green and expanded the coverage.
Just click the image attachment links to see it, i can't be bothered with linking/pasting it again.
I'm so confused on hos somalia doesn’t suffer from power outages to the same extent even though our electricity is more expensive and we don't have an electric grid either.
 
It’s the same thing in nairobi, the internet & electricity was amazing, except it would literally go off almost every two days, i’m not even exaggerating, I remember one time it went off 3 times in one day, it was off for a whole week one time, it’s hilarious because when I was in garowe the electricity never went out ( although the internet was shit & slow)

Somalia has 5G internet connectivity now, so it's even faster than before when it used 4G


SomTel is one of the providers in Garowe i believe.
 
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