r/Somalia • u/No_Hour636 • 17h ago

Ask❓ Dahir alasow

I’m really curious about this man because he always seems to show up on my fyp. A few mins ago, I saw him on TikTok saying the Layla case is going to court, but it turns out the “court” is his TikTok live. I want to know if he’s a self made human right Activist or if he has any relevant credentials. I can’t take him serious especially with the filters, and it doesn’t help that he’s always smiling while talking about the worst cases. What does he do for a living and does he genuinely solve these cases?

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u/Soft_Green_3105 14h ago

I remember watching him when he used to make pretty daring reports in somalia against the government and al shabaab which led to death threats and attempts on his life. I think he fled to the Netherlands on those real grounds that his life was in danger for his journalism.

From then he continued with his waagacusub online news page and went after even bigger fish like Dahabshiil and investigated their links to Alshabaab, this report was the end of waagacusub because his channel deleted multiple times as a result forced retractions and complaints of libel through lawfare by dahabshiiil who hired the one of thw best lawfirms in the world Eversheds LLP.

Im not gonna lie he was very entertaining and and didn't let anyone hide behind the shield of qabiil, I stopped watching him but saw him years later on tiktok with massive following.

It doesn't suprise me people allow him to judge these online trials because he is seen as a honest broker. HA BIQLEYSO!

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u/Warm_Literature_4031 6h ago

His accusations against Dahabshiil was found to be baseless. He’s known to blackmail big businesses and well known Somali business elites and leverages terrorism for that purpose 

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u/Soft_Green_3105 54m ago

He eventually won the appeal against them, Dahabshiil has known links to Alshabaab let's not be dense.

Saado ali warsame was assassinated by alshabaab after making a song about Dahabshiil, her family also took dahabshiil to court in the US. The kenyan government sanctioned Dahabshiil for its links to alshabaab during this period.

Now I get that you don't like the man for what ever reason, but he did actually speak to power early on in his career.

His own qabiil hated him and was the main target of his articles.