Jijiga is the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali Region! 🇪🇹🇸🇴 Sounds like a complicated story and it is… However, here in Ethiopia’s most eastern province Somalis happily live in peace within the Ethiopian landborders. While exploring the streets of Jijiga I can clearly see and feel the difference! Totally different etnicity, different religion, different culture, different values! I also see a lot of flags similar to 🇬🇶 being used. I guess it is the flag of the Somali Region in Ethiopia. 🇪🇹🤝

Denied access to the mosque in Jijiga! 🤷🏽‍♂️ That came unexpected! 😳 Some guy wanted to deny me access then some other guys came to defend me… and took me inside. In the end I was allowed access and then people came to fight next to me while I quietly sat down admiring the peaceful ans beautiful mosque… Debating if I as allowed to enter or not! 🤷🏽‍♂️ Anyway, it was a huge mosque from the inside. Not allowed to film and I of course respect the rules and kept my phone in my pocket and did not