Mohammed Siyad Barre.

The father of Somalia

Without him Somalia has no history. Politicians talk about him daily. They don’t mention other leaders before him or after him.

He literally made Somalia what it is today. Under him Somali language was written, the military reached unprecedented levels of might, he improved infrastructure , he stamped tribalism and corruption.

He was later overthrown by rudderless, murderous warlords armed and supported by Ethiopia regime.

They blundered the country. Murdered the innocent, sold the seas, divided the country into fiefdoms and destroyed the infrastructure.

The father built, the murderous destroyed.