excellent read. thanks. Chinese FDI in africa is positive when considered against the neo-imperalist NGOs/IGOs presence here and across the continent. chinese FDI should be closely scrutinised laakin for its overall benefit. africa is now in a position to determine the merits of FDI and should seek to be a partner.

arafat, inaadeero, fantastic thread marka hore. secondly, with the collapse of the proxy al-shaabab, perhaps its time to let the locals of the jubbo regions get on with the stabilising and for us to stop the meddling in their affairs. there is no benefit worthy of mention by your attempts to divide and rule.

adams, please read the download and stop using one size fits all policy. cheers, Al.

Chimera;879092 wrote: Brother, are you looking at the same image? The most important ingredients to creating a vibrant and flourishing private-sector are 'ease of doing business'', ''getting credit'' and the ''protection of investment''. In all three cases it puts Hargeisa at the bottom, and I'm pretty sure this is the same for every other city in the peninsula. I'll bet there are thousands of young men and women with business ideas in Hargeisa but whose plans will never surface to light because there is nowhere they could get the necessary 'capital' to start their own business, and international investor would want their investment 'secured'. This should be a 'top priority' for the politicians in Hargeisa, because the blooming of new small to medium businesses would increase their own wages and budgets in the long run, which means better roads, better electrification rate, stronger banks and more new businesses. adams, the graph above is for 'formal' sectors of the economy. registering businesses formally through the ministry of commerce should be the priority rather than the one year licenses issued from Hargeisa Municipality.

N.O.R.F;879069 wrote: What would using lifts be like back home? lol@NORF, you're a funny guy ma istiir NORFoow! you know very well there are no lifts here. but the closest thing to lifts is probably public buses. i know you're not a bus guy anywhere and even more so during your recent visits to Somaliland. I'm a bus guy by my very nature, ruunti. i use to take the bus all the time during my first 6 months here and walahi i've never seen anything like it. its busy, its congested, its uncomfortable and so many different things. its a social space but with different dynamics to lifts, i suppose. people interact more and the public conversations can range from personal issues to matters of national importance. its a space with a social hierarchy and all the front seats are usually occupied and reserved for the elderly. its touchy-touchy and there are lots of bodily movements and connections that would make any lift journey seem 'spacial' lol.

Apophis;879077 wrote: I spent four semesters learning French and I still had to Google "jeudi soir", such a fail lol@Apo, mate the last time i learnt french was in year 8 and i haven't bothered since then. french is so overated ma iistiir? its all gibberish to me to be honest and i'd much prefer to learn Albanian dee! Apophis;879077 wrote: I'm in between gods right now, it's hard to choose, they all promise so much. i hope you find a path that leads you to be content and happy. islam is for me what the richard dawkins of this world are to you dee LOL. you have to read this book called life of pie. its about a indian guy who is multireligious he defines himself as muslim, christian and a hindu too lol. i also believe that conduct is very important and a key to any ascribed faith. i hope you're happy in whatever you decide sxb. Apophis;879077 wrote: In London the weekends are a blur; you just wake up Monday morning with a lighter wallet and a headache. Who the hell knows. How about you? man, london was amazing, ruunti. if only the UK was like the london i knew and dedicated much of my life to. the city was mine and i was hers, indeed. i traveled to its very depth and saw its good and bad before it spat me out. i remember Friday night out with friends and all the good times i use to have in those day before my complete rejection of the WEST. are you really a Londoner mate? lol.

waar its jeudi soir here sxb! do you really expect me to spend my valuable time on SOL and blog pure and unadulterated cantarbaqash LOL. how are things with you? are you still godless and unrepentant? how do you spend your weekends mate?

^ naga daa dee sxb, you're either in the motherland or at home with your mum in the uk? which is it? LOL

check this vid out. everything wrong about lifts. ]

lol@Apo, god forbid ever getting stuck in a lift with you. i've taken my fair share of lifts but i can't stand the suffocating smell in a full lift.

*Ibtisam;878723 wrote: Howdy people and salam. I'm going Burao tomorrow inshalla LOL@IBZ

i took xabaad biririxle and i'm fine now. thanks for asking!

NG, i hope you don't mind me asking you but with your ample experiences of being a father. who is more difficult to raise boys or girls. and do you have a favourite of all your children? and has the notion of fatherhood change for you since the first time as new father compared to now?

whatever! anyways whats up with your colleague? she's not friendly is she?

NGONGE;878721 wrote: Thanks all. It seems that my getaway to Peru is going to be postponed for another twenty years (unless I kick him out at sixteen). congrats again NG. what do you think your new boy will grow up to be? and have you given him a name yet?

how dare you IBZ!!!! it never cease to amaze me that you've yet to change your obsessive nature of observing subjects in a sordid and sensational way despite the length of time you've been here. i've told you many times, stop the categorisations and what-have-yous. learn to deal with this alleged 'harsh environment' please. i can help, if required. yes, of course, to you and your like, there will always be just 'limited options' laakin, i'm the one getting up 5am to source the freshest produce from jama gunti market and then making it with my bare hands. i'll tell you what, now that i'm doing evening classes at UoH in nutrition, i can help you with maintaining a balanced diet ya?

obama is a magical negro. he's role in this narrative is over.

i've never done a status update before.

man, i have the worst headache ever. i hardly get headaches due to my healthy lifestyle but this is bad. winter is fast approaching here and there are signs to suggest this maybe a cold winter. my nose is blocked and its bloody sunny outside....not to mention the amount of work i have to do before 4pm thursday.

Apophis;878569 wrote: ^^ The "solar panel" look is very popular these days. I salute your brave style Mr Blondy! : lol@Apo, you got me there! alright i can allow it this time!

*Ibtisam;878563 wrote: Alpha, then get a blog- you can write whatever you want and delete comments you dont like. As for Kamil- is that your pet name for him? surely you dont have an Indian taxi driver. In any case- you just mad, someone you thought was nothing is better than you and your shiny suits Apophis: My charity only extends to people with real problems, LOL@IBZ, when i recently asked if you were bulimic - i was rather worried that maybe you weren't getting a balance diet LOL so feel free to take a strike against me, laakin just this time? i can assure you that Kamil is real name and i can pass his number on you if wish. he's very punctual. as for the shiny suit, i guess you're the expert on all fashion matters and your opinions on these matters must be true.

Apophis;878529 wrote: [/size] Hate to break it to you bro but your dusty dacaas also identifies you as a commoner lol please do not take my words out of their original context and misconstrue them to make me sound elitist. this was not my intention. in any given situation, there's bound to be a dichotomy of sorts, in other words social dynamics. certainty, i'm the outsider here, at least that's how i'm viewed and the use of the term 'commoner' is actually recognition of Kamil's status and clear sense of place.

Apo, you little div, you're Somalia's script and its now become quiet clear. *Ibtisam;878545 wrote: Why is this not in the cantrabaqash corner. You made it, yet still post new threads. NAga da dee. P.s. Everyone is a commoner- most of the taxi drivers were Diaspora when you were a shoe-less reer miyi. They were in Yemen and on the high seas. IBZ 2 things: 1. there are no laws barring one from posting contrabaqash. becos this is not the same as trolling as its pure and unadulterated entry blogs about my journey to hell and the strange and indeed amusing things i have seen ee naga da dee LOL. 2. you do not know Kamil and quite frankly its rather ignorant of you to subsume this gentle of a man into your pigeon-holing and the categories you've device for the purposes of trying to be non-nonchalant and dissing-care (idoesnt care in english).

Oz;878526 wrote: Mabruuk mabruuk NG , well done to you and your partner. Surely if its a boy send my tufaxateyn via dhl.. oz, lol. what is this i hear about the tradition of ***** collecting money after the birth of a new child?