Al-Shabaab and Somalia unite against Ethiopia and Somaliland

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Al-Shabaab and Somalia unite against Ethiopia and Somaliland

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) – In the wake of the Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Monday Jan., 1, the Al-Shabaab terrorist group has issued a statement, threatening both Ethiopia and Somaliland.

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Participants at a protest in Mogadishu on Wednesday threaten with death against Ethiopia and Somaliland.

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) – In the wake of the Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Monday Jan., 1, the Al-Shabaab terrorist group has issued a statement, threatening both Ethiopia and Somaliland.

Ali Mohamud Rage (aka Ali Dheere), the group’s spokesman from the Hawiye clan, called for jihad attacks on Ethiopia and the Muse Bihi administration in Somaliland, a peaceful region in the north of the country that declared its independence in 1991.

"I call the brothers in East Africa, and particularly in the Islamic nation of Somalia to take up arms and fight,” declared Ali Dheere.

On Tuesday, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, referenced the Al-Shabaab statement during his address to a Joint session of the Somali federal parliament in Mogadishu.

He erroneously linked former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s intervention in Somalia in 2016 to the rise of Al-Shabaab.

"Abiy Ahmed Ali’s move is creating another opportunity for Al-Shabaab to recruit,” warned Hassan Sheikh, expressing concern about potential armed resistance.

The events unfolded further on Wednesday as Mogadishu Mayor Yusuf Jimale Madale, a known member of the Muslim Brotherhood group, organized a protest in the capital.

Local residents, including government supporters, participated in the protest, which featured speeches condemning and threatening Ethiopia.

Participants openly vowed to attack Ethiopian and Somaliland officials, labeling Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi as "a traitor” for signing the agreement with the Ethiopian prime minister.

The protest included extremist groups expressing jihadi sentiments, reciting Quranic verses, and declaring "death and destruction.”

"There is no life in here. We will wage jihad war on Ethiopia. They are our number one enemy,” declared a participant holding an AK-47 rifle and wearing a head turban.

Notably, the anti-Ethiopian sentiment is not the only commonality between Hassan Sheikh’s administration and Al-Shabaab.

They have recently united in their condemnation and threats against Israel and the Jewish people.

Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, a Yemeni-educated Muslim Brotherhood scholar, referred to Israel and the Jewish people as "children of pigs and monkeys” following the Gaza conflict.

He declared support for Hamas, describing it as "a liberation movement,” an official position of his government.

Al-Shabaab echoed similar sentiments in its statement, vowing to march into Tel Aviv and expressing solidarity with Hamas, characterizing it as a liberation front.