Sweden–Somalia Secret Deal: When Transparency Died in Stockholm and Mogadishu
Ekot has dropped a political bombshell that neither Stockholm nor Mogadishu can sweep under the carpet. For all the talk of “transparency” and “accountability,” the Swedish government cut a 100 million kronor secret deal with the Somali Prime Minister’s Office—a deal tied directly to the forced deportation of Somali citizens, including convicted criminals, from Sweden.
“Former Minister Johan Forssell stood in December 2023 boasting about “efficiency and transparency” in aid reform. One week earlier, his government signed off on a backroom arrangement that reeks of hypocrisy. This was not aid. This was a ransom payment—a crude exchange: money for migrants.”
Somali Complicity: Leaders for Sale
Breaking news from WDM sources confirms that Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre, his Director General Jamaal Guutaale, and his close adviser Ahmed Dahir (Uleex) were central to this shady deportation scheme. Somalia’s fragile sovereignty was auctioned off for cash, while Mogadishu officials enriched themselves under the cover of “UNDP partnership.”
The Somali public was kept in the dark because exposure would have destroyed the regime’s credibility at home. Instead, Somali leaders quietly signed away dignity, turning deported Somalis into bargaining chips for political rent.
Swedish Hypocrisy: Transparency Betrayed
Swedish Foreign Ministry and Sida staff were ordered to keep the deal secret. Freedom of Information requests were blocked, documents were systematically masked, and silence was enforced. For a government that lectures the world about democracy, this is a shameful betrayal.
Sweden’s global brand as a beacon of open, principled aid is now in tatters. What credibility remains when aid is reduced to a political bribe to keep deportees out of Stockholm’s suburbs?
The Dirty Alliance
This deal illustrates the corruption of both elites:
In Mogadishu: leaders who sell sovereignty for cash.
In Stockholm: politicians who lie to their people while using aid to outsource domestic political headaches.
Both sides hoped secrecy would protect them. Ekot has proven them wrong
The Unanswered Questions
Who in Somalia personally pocketed this money?
What was UNDP’s role in sanitizing the transaction?
Why is Minister Benjamin Dousa now pretending “there was no formal agreement”?
Why are Swedish officials still unnamed and unaccountable?
Final Word
This is not migration policy. This is human trafficking in diplomatic clothing.
This is not aid. This is political bribery dressed as development cooperation.
Sweden and Somalia have both betrayed their people. One sold transparency, the other sold sovereignty. The victims are ordinary Somalis—treated as commodities in a cynical marketplace of political expediency.
WDM calls for full exposure of all officials, Somali and Swedish alike, involved in this shameful bargain.
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