#Thread 1: How the Houthis Adapted to Airstrikes on Energy & Transport Infrastructure
Since the US & Israel bombed Houthi-controlled ports & airports—targeting fuel depots & runways—the Houthis rapidly adapted. They switched tactics to sustain operations without fixed infrastructure.

Here’s how 👇

🚫 No more storage inside ports.
They abandoned fixed fuel storage at Hodeidah. Now, only bulk container ships operate there to avoid airstrike risk.

🛢️ “Float Ships” & Shadow Fleet
Houthis now use “floating fuel tankers” offshore at Ras Isa. These vessels offload illegal fuel from Iran & Russia using ship-to-ship transfers—all while switching off their AIS signals.
🔄 AIS Loophole Tactics
On tracking maps, tankers move in donut loops near Ras Isa, indicating transfers in violation of sanctions.

🚢 13 tankers—85% under sanctions
These include chemical & oil tankers forming a consistent supply network that defies international oversight.

🇩🇯 Djibouti as a facilitator
All tankers stop at Djibouti first. Evidence points to Djibouti enabling the Houthis' Red Sea oil smuggling and war logistics.


#Thread 2: Example – The Sanctioned Oil Tanker ‘RIVAL’
Here’s a specific case.

⚠️ Oil tanker “RIVAL”, sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury, has been used by Houthis at Ras Isa Port. Also see OKAYA GAS Tanker.

🔄 It conducted ship-to-ship fuel transfers, offloading illegal Iranian & Russian fuel, all while bypassing maritime sanctions.

⛔️ The vessel’s activity shows how Houthis are building a shadow maritime economy, protected by weak port enforcement & illicit supply chains—fueled through Djibouti and Omani networks.

1/6 #Thread Uncovering the Djibouti Deep State's Tentacles in Somalia: Al-Shabaab, Money Laundering, Pirates, and Houthis

In a shocking revelation, the Djibouti Minister's recent comments about brokering a deal between Somalia and Ethiopia to settle their differences over the Mou Deal for Ethiopia's maritime access with Somaliland has shed light on the true intentions of Djibouti in Somalia. With the new constitution in place, Djibouti's political leverage in Somalia is on the verge of crumbling, and they will stop at nothing to maintain their grip.
2/6 Meet Zakerie Arreh, the notorious Djibouti spy who has been recruiting Somali government officials as agents to destabilize the country, all under the control of Djibouti's deep state. The extent of his involvement will leave you stunned - financing al-Shabaab and pirates in Somalia since 2004, and even serving on the Somali Parliamentary Committee for Economic Trade. Can you imagine someone like that making economic policies for Somalia while also funding terrorist groups and Houthis? It's mind-boggling

#Thread NISA Crisis Continues in Somalia...
1/6 According to sources from PM Hamza's office and Villa Somalia, it is anticipated that Ahmed Fiqi @AhmedMoFiqi will become the new NISA director. This comes after a period of deterioration under Mahad Salad's leadership, with issues ranging from hiring unqualified personnel with nepotism to demoting and firing experienced NISA agents. #NISAcrisis @HSNQ_NISA


2/6 Fiqi is being pushed by Muslim Brotherhood traders who are involved in money laundering and financing terrorism. They are interested in financing new arms sales for the government through Houthi and Iran, who need protection from the government. #CrisisContinues

#Thread: @XuseenMacallin security advisor to @HassanSMohamud , has committed diplomatic malpractice. It is After realizing AMISOM's @ATMIS_Somalia exit plan strategy is failing he sought a face-saving plan by sending a letter to @HoxhaFer @UN Security Council President,





Hussein Sheikh's actions undermined the authority of Somalia's Foreign Minister @abshirhuruse and failed to allow PM @HamzaAbdiBarre to negotiate the issue behind the scenes at #UNGA78. This is seen as an insult to the President's office. #DiplomaticMalpractice

#Thread In a shocking revelation, it has been discovered that Abdisataar, a former Dufan unit (now fugitive) worked for Al-Shabaab under the name Shakiib. In this clip, Mahad Salad knew him in 2021 exposing Shakiib's involvement in an assassination plot against political MPs. Mahad Salad also hinted at other collaborators with Shakiib in the assassination team. However, it has now been confirmed that one of them is Ibrahim Adan, who worked for NISA and later became PM Hamza's advisor, and is currently the deputy director of a new division.

#Thread Darod politicians anti-Hassan sheik campaign organized by @bulshoTrust_ in Ohio invited Abdi Weli Gaas frmr. Somalia PM and President of Puntland state- lest we forgot Abdi Weli Gaas implemented the "Catch and Release" Al-Shabab policy to destabilize Southern Somalia.





In addition, Abi Weli Gaas printed fake currency to destabilize #Hirshabelle and Somaliland's economy. And to bypassSomlaia central bank monetary policy, they pushed two laws in Somalia's constitution Article 142 and 125 that allow them to conceal their money laundering scheme.

#Thread Its time @HassanSMohamud gov to address two major issues in Somalia's traffic & airline ministry. Minister @fardowsaegal incompetence has led to 8 airline accidents in less than 1yr, and if this continues, there could be 40 accidents by 2026.
https://t.co/EnJ6vbE04Naviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblis…


Minister Fardowsa seems to lack understanding of her ministry's role and the civil aviation authority. It was embarrassing to see Parliament's aviation committee chair Abdillahi Geelqaad @AAGeelqaad having to explain it to her like she was 5 years old. fb.watch/mjHplqNhOY/

#Thread 1: Did you know that Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response @AAbdishakur, the person in charge of the drought response in Somalia, asked donors to be accountable? But is he accountable himself? Let's take a closer look. 🧐

In June, Abdishaku requested a budget of $1.825M for 9 staff members, mostly advisors. However, donors pushed back on this request, questioning its necessity and the scope of the work since his budget is managed by the president office,

#Thread Somalia Stabilization Special Envoy Waare Corruption case warrants serious attention. Here's why: @HShPrez2Ware has requested a $649K budget for his office, but donors told him that the stabilization fund is managed by UN Somalia and FGS minister of interior



Diplomat sources are expressing shock over a president's envoy's request for separate funds & the need for 6 staff. Also, questioned why the funds are being deposited in private banks instead of via the Central Bank of Somalia & the Minister of Finance for accountability.

1/5 #Thread the tripartite meeting between Italy, Somalia, and Ethiopia to agree on the followings:
1. Contain HoA migrants in Ethiopia & Somalia via Pay-As-You-Contain.
2. To share the "Mattei plan" energy vision in HOA.
3. Stabilization of Somalia project.
Let's examine each 2/5 Why Italy wants to keep migrants off its beaches;
1-Containing the migrants in their original countries with minimum economic incentives relieves them from anti-immigrant political pressure at home.
2-Shifts legal liabilities & human rights abuses risk to Ethiopia & Somalia.

#Thread Somalia Arms Embargo - in 2021 former State Defense Minister of Somalia Mohamed Ali Haga made an illegal arms purchase of $270M heading to Qooryooley; the crazy thing was Somalia's UN Mission in New York was aware of the arms shipment and failed to notify the UN- 1/5

https://twitter.com/SomaliaatUN/status/1593356901080776704

Per intel sources the shipment was acquired by Alshabab leader Diireye to aid @M_Farmaajo gov who at the time was planning a coup as their term was ending on February 8th- this plan never materialized because of the UN security arm embargo mechanism that stopped the shippment 2/5

#Thread 1/8
The Total War on Al-Shabab has many obstacles mostly stemming mainly from federal member states (FMS) and dark horses within the security sector. These obstacles need to be addressed immediately to avoid giving space to Alshahab terrorists. Let's start examining FMS #Puntland - Deni is not doing anything to stop ISIS and Alshabab illicit activities such as illegal Iran weapon smuggling, illegal Chinese fishing, & illegal gold mining export- this was documented by the US gov other orgs. Deni hasn't repealed the "Catch and Release" policy.2/8

#Thread per reliable source at FM in Somalia told me that China Amb to Somalia @FeiShengchao is the most corrupt in Somalia; he bribes media with an average of $5k per interview to amplify the "one-china policy" - he provided guidance to former Somalia FM to draft this letter.

https://twitter.com/ChineseSomalia/status/1556565220117680128

He has given $350k and $80k gift watch to former minister of information @OsmanDubbe to remodel the ministry- Dubbe was questioned at Heathrow airport to provide receipt of the gift- this ambassador earned a nickname called " MrHow Much you want"

#Thread misinformation about Ethiopia Wheat production self sufficiency. Imagine plagiarizing misinformation to seek attention. First of all last time Ethiopia came close close to meet its wheat demand was 2015 let alone export wheat & 2022 wheat production increase is only 3.26%

https://twitter.com/AbdurahmnSabrie/status/1553804635651117057

Beside #Tigray blockade & other region conflicts that has impacted Ethiopia overall agriculture productivity- Ethiopia can't escape from self suffocating #Abiyeconomics such ugh inflation, currency devaluation & foreign currency shortage reduced importation of fuel & fertilizers.

#Thread Update on Jawiil community hospital- finally I connected with Dr Ibrahim who manages the hospital, he told me that;
1- the hospital has no running water
2- and due to high fuel cost the entire town utility reduced electricity services from 10hrs to 3hr per day

https://twitter.com/GuledWiliq/status/1540716352956010497

3- forcing the hospital only operate during day with minimum services sending back majority of patients.
4- Dr Ibrahim some nights use torch for emergency cars at night since their is no light.

Based on our assessment we agreed to provide him a deisel generator to continue..

@AlMonitor latest piece discusses Egypt's relationship with Somalia "Madbouly invited Mohamud to visit Egypt. He indicated that Sisi had issued directives to provide all possible support and assistance to Somalia" writes @MohamedSaiedF
al-monitor.com/originals/2022… Though El-Sisi is promising to assist Somalia in security and development sectors which are much needed, but Egypt's cautionary approach to Somalia's newly elected gov who has yet to congratulate @HassanSMohamud in comparison to when @M_Farmaajo was elected in 2017 seems bizarre.

#Thread Exposing @M_Farmaajo final coup attempt
According to senior sources inside Somalia's national Forces and military intelegegnce, Farmaajo is plotting his final and 3rd coup attempt is to derail the (s)election process into 2 phases before April 14th. Phase-1 is to plot a Godfather-like elimination on April 12, 2022. The plan is to use Gen Bihi (Marehan) of SNA, & the special militia (made up of 3k Marehan, Dhulbahnate,& Warsangeli) to use the Somali National Army Day of 12 April as a cover to carry out a coup & assassinations

#Thread my take on China quoted in @YahooFinance "China's geoeconomic interests in the country are mainly in extractive industries such as mining, oil, and fishing, with the latter subject to claims - denied by its embassy in Somalia" 🙄@ChineseSomalia
finance.yahoo.com/news/china-uni… I will pretend to be shocked now reading the Chinese embassy in Somalia and Amb @FeiShengchao responding to my quote in this article, despite mounting evidence documented in details by @PuntlandPirates

GREAT News: @icao who met today with Somalia aviation minister @duranfarah and his director @Amoallinh who almost auction Somalia airspace was given 3rd chance to meet airspace safety requirements and implementation of transition plan until late April of 2022.

https://twitter.com/GuledWiliq/status/1477916641312718849

The Minster and the director failed to install the $40M equipment provided by @IATA to implement safety requirements for G Class; In 2020 @IATA published a report showing the number and type of accidents in Somalia airports. Know that @Amoallinh is STRAIGHT-OUTTA-BELEDWAYNE

#Thread Somalia Airspace is about to be auctioned by the current minister of transportation & civil aviation, director of aviation, and two of his deputies. There is an upcoming 2nd audit meeting with @icao on January 6th that warrants action by the current gov before the meeting What's the consequence? if @MohamedHRoble admin fail replace these individuals; Somalia gov may lose $26M/yr revenue that started2019 and its airspace control will be under Civil Aviation Caretaker Authority (CACAS) managed by @icao @IATA who managed Somalia airspace since 1988

In my latest study, I have examined Turkish private Co. 10yr concessions in Somalia, and uncovered the following:
1- Favori LLC increased its rev. share from 55% to 96%.
2-While Albayrak has increased its rev. share from 45% to 84%.
Let me explain how it happened #Thread #TABEF in 2014 Auditor-General Nur Fahar wanted to audit Favori LLC and Albayrak concessions but was blocked by both companies. In 2015 @SahraCabdi with @voasomali interviewed him; where he raised his concerns and lack of corporation from Favori LLC & Albayrak.
voasomali.com/a/3123023.html