Isseh, stop pulling Khalaf's leg One should hope and do his best to try and dignify his (and anyone else's) last days with a buriel within the time before losing his 'soul' (it is said it's 48 hours after you go).

Interesting ya Thierry. I'll be back with my laba diinaar when time permits IA (have to get my economist hat on).

^^Hello. Hope all is well and you have got all those assignments in. Here are more pics. Salahudiin Museum (closed on Eid day) Hosting site is down

Aha, the usual suspects with the usual arguments. The only time SL people may have considered a re-unification was when the ICU was in power. Today, with a warlord for president and Ethio tanks roaming the capital, I dont think one has a case to stand on so to speak. As I said when first joining this forum (a long time ago now), Somalis needs to sort itself out prior to talking about Somaliland. That process has taken two steps back. In the mean time I'll seek my own pastures.

I know somone who competed in the last Olympics in Athens and no it was'nt the woman who got disqualified

The same goes for the rest of the non-euro people surely ie a minority are morally bankrupt and are a danger to others. Mise they smell of roses?

^^Welcome back.

^^I think they have a registering process now. My story about Ethios pulling out of Somalia was not given the 'war dhegdheg ah' treatment. Instead I got a burning SL flag and 'hebel iyo hebel ayaa iska leh webkan'

Wouldnt call them hired but called for a photo op. They have a long way to go before competing with N Korea.

LoooooL, are you serious??? Now that is being caught red-handed LoooL It took only few minutes before it was on the main page with a title of WAR DEGDEG AH Let me see what I can muster up in the same JB, dhib badanidaa ninyow

Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ Do they do this everytime he leaves the country, saaxib? Dee odayga wa in lasii macasalaamayo. JB rose early to wave his good byes and 'adigoo nabadqaba soo noqo'

LoooL I'll stay schtum

^^If you're trying to impress the Duke who may just recommend you for that post in Peru, I doubt you will be packing your bags for South America anytime soon saxib ps I also doubt that you got up on your roof

Migrants target booming Algeria By Rachid Sekkai BBC Focus on Africa magazine While many young Algerians are risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean on fishing boats to find opportunities abroad, Africans from south of the Sahara are risking their lives through dry and hot deserts to live and work in Algeria. Marcel, 31, is one of the lucky African migrants to have made it into the country - more than 30,000 try each year. The Ivorian says he entered Algeria legally through the borders with Mali and Niger, after obtaining a three-month visa on arrival. But six months on he is still here - he wanted to carry on his education but dropped out at secondary level to support his family. He pays around $2 a night to sleep with seven other immigrants in a single room in a dilapidated building, which he describes as an "African ghetto." Lost in the desert Clandestine immigrants in Algeria constitute 50 African nationalities, with Mali, Niger and the Gambia topping the list. Sudanese and Libyan immigrants also find their way to the country. It is easy to see why. Algeria is booming economically. The country's foreign debt has fallen from $28 billion in 1999 to only $5 billion today, thanks largely to high oil prices and the government's tight fiscal policies. But these young men risk the ire of the Algerian border police, not only to take advantage of this booming economy, but also with the hope of entering Europe over the Mediterranean. Marcel himself spent the equivalent of $200 on his journey from Ivory Cost. The truck that carried him and 44 others from the city of Kidal in Mali to their destination in Algeria became lost in the desert. "I spent four days with little drink before the driver could find his way again," he recalled. He says that he saw fellow passengers die in front of him on the journey. "These immigrants prefer to risk their lives to come to Algeria rather than go to other neighbouring countries because - job opportunities aside - they know that if they perish on Algerian soil the authorities will work to identify their origins and send them back to their countries," says Sami Riyad, a journalist with the main Algerian independent El-Khabar daily. "If unsuccessful, they will be buried properly here." In comparison to its North African neighbours Morocco, Tunisia and Libya, Algeria is bearing the brunt of an immigration influx. In response, the border authorities have set up a detention centre near the city of Maghnia where hundreds of illegal immigrants are being held awaiting deportation. "It costs the Algerian government about $200 per person to deport them," Mr Riyad says. Unsympathetic But this does not necessarily mean Algerians welcome the immigrants. "We feel a bit of racism here," says Marcel. "Kids throw stones at us. We can't make friends with Algerians." Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that, despite an oil-and-gas-rich economy that is rapidly heating up, there are not enough jobs for Algerians themselves. The country currently has an official unemployment rate of 15%, although it is believed by some analysts to be double that. The Algerian press is equally unsympathetic. Much ink has been spent in deploring the state of illegal Africans on the streets of the country's cities, but even more has been devoted to stories alleging that they are the cause of the increase in illegal activities such as trading in counterfeit currencies, goods and passports as well as the smuggling of drugs. However, despite the challenges some Algerians feel black Africans pose to authorities in the country, the foreigners that many young Algerians are eyeing with caution are the Chinese migrants. "The Africans don't pose a threat to us," says Mourad, a 30-year old medical consultant who lives in the middle-class area of Al-Biar, south of Algiers. "They are just passing by. However, the Chinese workers seem to come here to stay. They have set up businesses and shops, and even started marrying Algerians." And the fact that the Chinese are seen as muscling in on an already crowded job market has resulted in many young professionals looking to leave Algeria. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7125746.stm

Lets qualify the words 'in public' horta. You can wear a Macawiis in public in East Africa. You can carry a bloody AK47 in some places so who cares about a simple thing like eating with your hands at Hassan Ismail's Maqaxi?

Originally posted by marcassmith: somali euro-trash people are the biggest danger to the somali community. They are not willing to integrate and embrace our values. This is a very serious problem and one that needs to be dealt with. Additionally its estimated that since 2000, there has been an influx of somali refugees in the UK. most of whom are somali secondary migrant refugees. They have borought with them social ills. My suggest is that they go back to Euro-land and continue to live their liberal way of live. I for one will not tolarate this type of behaviour. MARC Define 'our values'. Are those who arrived straight from Somalia/Arabia back in 1992 integrated? Do they follow these values? You call for unity, working together, lobbying and what not then make such a video/comments. You see where you're going wrong?

Originally posted by NGONGE: quote: Interim President of Somalia Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed says Somaliland troops must leave the Somali territories they have captured. Recognition at last. Does that mean the flag has been raised and hung up on your living room wall? Opportunist fooqal opportunist

I think you all need to have a sit down. Location - London.

^^Are you prepared to retract that earlier statement of yours?

^^When you play one striker against WIGAN of all teams then you deserve not to win. Rafa is too cautious and that doesnt win you Prem titles. Maybe in Italy but not in England. The quicker he own up to his mistakes the better. Our old keeper denied us a couple of goal I hear.

Thanks Rahima. Only goes to reinforce Islam's helping hand during hard times.

Spoke to some friends who are safe. Hope all is well with our fellow Somalis there. QL, check in mate.

^^Thanks but I can see any of the pics Ngonge, I didnt see anyone carry their stones for prayer so I think i was in our part of the mosque

^^What benefit will banning Khat bring to the UK govnt? HM's Customs & Excise will lose out on millions of import taxes. Until it is proven/shown to them that the benefits outweigh the tax money things will remain the same. Now, how do you think that can be done?

^^Yes I did. Pics to come as soon as I can upload them. Hama aswell and Palmyra. Never got on a safriis (they didnt look too inviting).