^LoL Arsenal is not the middle east saxib.

Geel jire Imagine trying to deal with all the claims and contractual issues that come along with project suspensions! Madax xanuun with endless meetings and people chasing what they are owed. Are you involved at contractual/commercial level?

Congrats Sayid (first one?) Warya Ngonge, ka yar kubada ma bartay wali?

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Originally posted by NGONGE: By the way, did I tell you I've grown my hair? I did. Now I keep catching myself playing with it and twirling my fingers around it like a happy eighty year old woman who just caught her husband absentmindedly staring at her. That stuff has finally worked miya?

^Runtaa. Laakin kuwa ay dacaayadu danqiso in ay wax dacayadeeyaan maaxa.

Somaliland: A Communiqué From the Kulmiye Party Dr. Mohamed A. Omar In the run up to the upcoming presidential election, Kulmiye party supporters in the Diaspora and members of the party leadership have held a conference in London on 24 January 09 to discuss some of the political, economic and social issues in Somaliland today. This was part of Kulmiye´s consultation process with respect to these national challenges. Here is a communiqué from the conference. The conference calls on all the political parties in Somaliland, the Parliament, the National Election Commission (NEC) and the International stakeholders to stick to the election time table scheduled on 29 March 2009, and to avoid any delay. We urge the Somaliland government to stop undermining the work of the NEC members and allow them to undertake their duties independently. The NEC will however benefit from the support of independent and international partners in fulfilling their responsibilities effectively. We call on the President of Somaliland, Mr. Dahir Rayaale, to stop interfering in the affairs of the Upper House (The Guurti) and his unlawful attempts to influence the internal processes of the work of the House. The conference welcomes Kulmiye´s significant contribution to strengthening Somaliland´s international relations. The party leader´s recent trip to Kenya has particularly lifted Somaliland´s position in the region. The conference calls on the African states and the other international communities to recognize Somaliland. We believe that Somaliland can, then, play a major role in resolving some of the prolonged political instabilities in the region. Kulmiye will develop and improve Somaliland´s political, economic and security relations with the neighboring countries including Ethiopia and Djibouti. We condemn the government´s unlawful arrest of KULMIYE politicians. The latest victims of Rayaale´s unconstitutional security laws are Abdirashid Duale Qambi and Ahmed Abdi Gadhle who had been held in prison without charges. On the economic and social challenges, Kulmiye will promote market principles, open trade and investment, and effectively regulate financial markets, innovation and entrepreneurship that are essential for economic growth, employment, and poverty reduction. We believe that a broader policy response is needed, based on closer macroeconomic cooperation, to encourage growth, avoid negative spillovers and support small companies. We will strengthen financial transparency, including introducing required disclosure on complex financial products and ensuring complete and accurate disclosure by firms and the government of their books. The government´s existing trade contracts with foreign and national firms will be subject to scrutiny to make sure that the contracts are handelled in accordance with the law. We pledge to strengthen our regulatory regimes, prudential oversight, and ensure that all financial markets are regulated or subject to oversight, as appropriate to their circumstances. We are committed to addressing other critical challenges such as food security, basic health, education, the rule of law, and the fight against poverty and terrorism Dr. Mohamed A Omar Kulmiye Foreign Affairs Secretary

Ah! SOL's problem kids are at it again

May as well get them in now. 'Somalia is chaos' will soon be scratched off the list

If Zola leaves West Ham I will be surprised. Too early for him to take on top table and CL football. Pay Wenger whatever he wants!

The project I'm working on is now on hold. With so many contractors and consultants, so many people have lost their jobs as there aren't many other projects for them to go to. Our team of 12 is 14 is now 4! CV updated and will take whatever is thrown at me (prefer to be put on another job though).

Watching Chelsea these days has been almost surreal. No belief whatsoever! Who do you think should get the job? I can't think of any top managers. Mancini (over-rated)? Gerrard Houllier? LoL

This place is not the same without an NBA thread with Playmaker and Lazie getting all worked up about the 2nd best sport in the world Lakers are beating all the top teams and looking good.

Scolari just got sacked!

Brother-in-law: Yes. That's a good topic. People like to read about football. Call the book 4-4-2! Brother: Err, that's the name of a football magazine. Brother-in-law: He can call it 4-5-1 then. I will peddle some of your short stories to the local papers as a weekly ramblings column and take the credit for it. Xawaaladaan kuu soo dhigi your share

Isbadal will happen!

SOL's problem children?

^You mean NGONGE???? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Is this the same 1977 Qadaafi?

LoL@n better one running this. Mise waa diiday?

Riyaale re-elected to be UDUB leader dee.

^Did the outcome disappoint you?

Ngonge waited until Friday to stay at home so as to get a long weekend. Very clever Watching Sky News and it looks terrible on the roads.

There is a split within UDUB at a crucial time.

Somali president urges 'dialogue' Somalia's new president has vowed to hold talks with the al-Shabab movement, one of several armed opposition groups fighting for control of the country. "I believe the best way to approach them is dialogue and trying to convince each other," Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told Al Jazeera. Ahmed, who led the Islamic Courts' Union when it controlled much of south and central Somalia in 2006 before being forced out by Ethiopian forces, was sworn in as president on February 1. He has vowed to form a broad-based government and invite all armed groups in the Horn of Africa nation to join a UN-sponsored reconciliation effort. "You know in Somalia today everyone thinks he or she is right and doesn't want to dialogue. We must abandon this culture. We must sit together, talk and come up with solutions to our problems," Ahmed said. "That is the best way forward. We must stay away from anything that will bring further conflict." Armed opposition Ahmed's Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) joined the transitional government as part of a peace deal signed in 2008. But the administration has little real power, with armed opposition groups, including al-Shabab, controlling many towns and large areas of the capital Mogadishu. In depth Timeline of Somalia Restoring Somalia A long road to stability Profile: Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed As the parliament met in neighbouring Djibouti to elect Ahmed, al-Shabab, which split from the Islamic Courts' Union over the peace process and disapproves of Ahmed, moved into the of Baidoa were the government normally meets. "It is true that al-Shabab and the radical elements believe that Sheikh Sharif is a traitor, he is engaged with the arch-enemy of Somalia, Ethiopia, and the West," Rashid Abdi of the International Crisis Group think-tank told Al Jazeera. "They paint him as a man who has, basically, sold out. "It will be very, very difficult for Sheikh Sharif to engage in dialogue with the radical Islamist groups in southern Somalia, but essentially these are his former comrades in arms, so we should not stop him from making that attempt," he said from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Ahmed 'adamant' Ahmed insisted that his experience as leader of the Islamic Courts' Union during their brief period of power had prepared him for the task of stabilising the country, which has been without an effective central government since 1991. "When I begun that task many used to tell me that I would fail and that I should abandon my lofty ideas for peace. These calls came to me from friends, relatives and all those who knew me," he said. "But I was adamant that I could not just sit and watch as Somalia's situation continued to worsen. Thanks God I managed to convince many to accept peace and we realised stability for sometime under the Islamic Courts' Union. "I believe there is even a bigger opportunity for peace today." There have been more than a dozen previous peace efforts since Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991 and three previous governments have been formed, but they never managed to take effective control of the country. African peacekeepers The African Union (AU) has sent peacekeepers to Somalia in an attempt to halt the violence, which has kiled at least 16,000 people in the last two years and caused more than one million to flee their homes. But the forces, sent by Uganda and Burundi, have been unable to bring the situation under control and have instead become targets of some of the near-daily attacks. Al-Shabab fighters control many towns and large parts of the capital Mogadishu [AFP] Ahmed told Al Jazeera that during a recent AU summit, he had asked the body to review how the mission in Somalia operates after reports that civilians had been killed in the crossfire between the two sides. "We met the African Union Commission and discussed the problems the AU forces in Somalia pose to civilians when they come under attack. We said we are not happy with how they react with force," Ahmed said. "Somalia is passing through bad times and our intention is to give the role of peace building to the people and the government to take the leadership and facilitation of these efforts. "We want to secure the country in a very short time. This will enable the peacekeepers to return home." Source: Al Jazeera and agencies