Any word on our sky divers? Mise diyaaradii baabay afduubeen?

^How was Cade incompetent and what did his cabinet do?

^So now it's a case of putting two fingers up at the Ethios? Love the irony Why does Yeey want Cade out? What will this achieve? How does it affect the peace process?

Somalia’s President Fires Prime Minister but May Not Have the Power to Do So NAIROBI, Kenya — The president of Somalia announced Sunday that he was unilaterally firing the prime minister, throwing Somalia’s beleaguered government, and the nation itself, into further disarray. President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a warlord in his 70s who has been steadily marginalized for several months because he is widely seen as an obstacle to peace, said he was dismissing Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, a former aid official, because the government had “failed to accomplish its duties.” But it is not even clear that the president has the authority to do this. According to the transitional government’s charter, only Parliament can hire or fire the prime minister. And most analysts believe Parliament — a fractious, unpredictable group that is dominated by former warlords — actually supports the prime minister, which means a high-level showdown may be coming next. Mr. Nur said he was not going anywhere. On Sunday, he insisted the president had no right to fire him and that only “Parliament has the authority to sack the government.” The two men have never really gotten along, constantly blaming each other for the ever-deepening crisis that Somalia has sunk into, from the current piracy problem to the Islamist resurgence to the looming famine that is threatening millions of lives. The latest bone of contention is a peace agreement that Mr. Nur helped broker between the government and a group of moderate Islamist opposition leaders. Mr. Yusuf rejected that agreement and called the Islamists terrorists. Many Western diplomats are supporting Mr. Nur and have indicated in recent weeks that they are fed up with Mr. Yusuf. But the bickering and posturing within the transitional government may, in the end, be purely academic. The transitional government now controls no more than a few city blocks in a country almost as big as Texas. The Ethiopian troops who have been shoring it up for the past two years have said they were about to withdraw, and a small force of African Union peacekeepers in Somalia is expected to follow. Most analysts say that as soon as the Ethiopians pull out, the Islamist insurgents who have seized control of most of the country in the past year will take over the capital, Mogadishu. The transitional government will then collapse, as did the 13 transitional governments before it, the analysts predict. The Somali Parliament is expected to meet in the coming days. On top of the president’s move to dismiss Mr. Nur, members of Parliament are also considering a measure to impeach President Yusuf. One serious risk, though, is that Mr. Yusuf still enjoys the support of his clan, one of the biggest in the country. Many analysts worry that too drastic a move against him could ignite the type of heavy clan warfare that brought down Somalia’s central government in 1991 and has kept the country mired in violent chaos ever since. Mohammed Ibrahim contributed reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/africa/15s omalia.html?ref=world

You're all forgetting Yeey needs Cade to get a vote of no confidence from the other MPs in order for him to give the sack. This hasn't been done. TIA dhe!

About time too. The Pound has been too high for too long.

LoooL A good aim but Bush shimied out of the way very well.

Waxa la yidhi a number of hijaabs were spotted drifting in the air in Calais, France. Any news on their owners?

El Classico? I gave my La Liga showing smart card away to a couple of football mad kids. Pool were poor for 20 mins and couldn't turn it around. Hull played well.

Ya Sacuudiga geeya,,,,,

^Change shall cometh! Odaygu looks good.

MADNESS!

TFG Yeey = iga raali ahoow Mudane Geele, shalayto xoogoow wadnahaa i yara kacsanaa ma dooneen inaan shirka qaso TFG Cade = markii horeba wadna meesha kuma aadan heyn PL Cade Muuse = war Nur Cade, waa ku sidee

DD, good luck on the trip. We may see you there if we go.

Originally posted by Thierry.: Mashallah enter the dawn of the Sharifies He is our own Barak Obama Young, charismatic, humble, natural born diplomat, agent of change from Qabyaalad, strong and wise The man has been playing ball and has learnt from the lesson on late 2006. Has positioned himself well but now the daunting task of calming and getting some sort of agreement between the ever more malitias starts. May he succeed IA.

LoL Saxib kumaan dhalan laakin laigama garto

^There is a rumour he was born there (thats what he told me anayway) but I have my doubts.

LooooooL Standing in the queues would be interesting though. I hope NG does a Burco version of his previous thread

JB, wixii last electionki dhacay waa la ogyahay saxib. No repeat and the result will not bother people as much.

^ a stimulous package baa la tusay JB, hadii aan uun wax la boobin I won't be Red, taruu!

Waar hoy, reer Togdheer maxaad u sheegateen maanta? I hope there is a huge turn out and the machines don't stop working for some strange reason soo maaha JB?

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE SL ma duushay? She will be gliding come mid year 2009 IA. Redka, soo diyaargarow saxib. Howshu way badantahaye.

Barry? We have Mascherano and Alonso. They just need to be more mobile and quicker at counter attacking. Torres is being missed big time.

Socdaalada Cunjuf iyo Daadeere (The Travels of Little and Large). Harry and kumar come to mind.

^They think UK is just London, spend most of their time sitting in small houses then go back and complain about it.