The article was about oil in East Africa but your obsessive tendencies made you turn the topic into one about pirate land at the first opportunity. I do not wish to partake in any part of your delusional "glory" because that would require me to associate with trolls and uninformed miscreants like yourself.

Somalia;811353 wrote: why must you share my glory I didn't realize some member of the diaspora armed with a keyboard and immature gifs was the sole owner of the oil in Puntland's borders. For someone who has nothing to do with the oil industry there, you sure do like taking the credit for it...especially when not a single drop has been pumped out yet.

The people on this forum are sensationalists at their finest. Everyone clearly knows that unity with the failed state is out of the question. The real purpose of the negotiations is for the TFG to assist Somaliland to access formal international institutions (i.e. loans and insurance) and to create a clear/open channel between the governments should any future conflicts between them arise.

^Typical Somalia making trying to make everything about his Pirate enclave. Claiming that Somaliland does not sit on oil blocks when it's already well known that Ophir energy won the rights to drill in the lucrative Berbera block and that the maps in the above article show significant blocks within Somaliland's borders, including part of the Nugal block. Give it a rest bro. Ophir Energy Block: TGS-Nopec Seismic Survey and Exploratory results:

This Tullow company has been on a roll lately. Compared to the other oil companies which are much larger, it struck oil in Ghana 5 years ago (4 billion barrels) and Uganda (2.4 billion barrels) and now this

Hmm. Didn't know the EU committed 175 million euros to Somaliland. Don't even remember that being announced.

While we're on the topic I think it's smart to separate the roles of President to a new Prime Minister role

I like how the look at the national interest angle for Turkey. Very interesting.

What hint? The conference was about fixing what's wrong with Somalia. It wasn't about Somaliland because it doesn't have extremists and foreign troops parading around the country. Besides if my memory serves me right the final statement read: The Conference recognised the need for the international community to support any dialogue that Somaliland and the TFG or its replacement may agree to establish in order to clarify their future relations.

K.O.W;806704 wrote: British gave Northern Somalia Independence, but the area was NOT a recognized "State" Do you even know what you're talking about? Or are you just purposefully spewing nonsensical statements? The state of Somaliland recieved recognition from dozens of countries including all 5 members of the UN Security Council. Get your facts straight. the former British Somaliland Protectorate gained independence on June 26, 1960, and was recognized by 35 countries before voluntarily forming a union with the former Italian Somalia five days later. Peter Schraeder wrore that Somaliland independence would not "call into question the African mantra of the 'inviolability of frontiers' inherited at independence." Instead, dissolving the union "would constitute a unique case of returning to the boundaries inherited from the colonial era." http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/10/should-the-us-help-break-up-somalia/64163/

Mario B;806525 wrote: IS "SL" still rehashing old blogs so that it can get in the news loop? I see Mario is too lazy or partisan to even bother reading the article: Anyway, there's a reason why every week Somaliland is praised by international news outlets. It makes progress and development in a region where everyone else thinks its impossible but in spite of it, it does. People in this online community make ridiculous claims like Somaliland "pays off" these outlets or the New York Times or the Economist are "propaganda outlets" but we all know the truth: success and progress never goes unnoticed .

^^^ This KOW is either a troll or or has no basic understanding of international law. If a country was sovereign and self governing entity for any amount of time and entered a voluntary union with another country then it has the right to break that union and return to its previous sovereign status. Period.

A large multilateral development actor like the ADB will only increase the already rapid development of Somaliland. Let's hope their projects benefit all the people in the nation

Great stuff. The shabab remnants must be getting nervous

Nice to see more and more members of the international community acknowledging the political realities on the ground and getting the "national geographic treatment" is one of the best signs

Somalia;804330 wrote: ]why hasn't the diaspora and government invested in the city of Erigabo for the past 20 years? Actually Ceerigaabo is one of the major target areas for new infrastructure investments by the government, and I have been deeply involved in fundraising for the new university to be opened in the city so I don't know what on earth you're talking about. My hometown will has always been a part of Somaliland and always will be. It's the will of the people.

I don't see what you're talking about. The map doesn't indicate who controls what. It just identifies the major towns and villages. You just added a bogus statistic alongside a regular map.

Replying with them same picture? and you avoided coming up with evidence proving that more heavy machinery is being used in that one location than all of Somaliland. Since you can't, let's just ease up on the rhetoric.

Carafaat;803799 wrote: Good move by Siilanyo to remove anti-Unionist members of his cabinet. Mahamed Hashi and Ismail muumin Aar were the biggest opponents of a Union. I'm pretty sure that's not the reason for the reshuffle...

"Somaliland demonstrates it is possible to build peace and stability in Somalia" if there is a "clear objective" -- in this case independence -- said Georges-Marc Andre, EU ambassador to Somalia, the largest donor here.

Mashallah. Amazing development. The fact that the company would invest this much into the country shows their confidence in the strength of the market. Inshallah similar developments like will take place in the future.

OdaySomali;803366 wrote: I look forward to the day Somalis wont think building a one storey house smaller than most residential mansions is horumar... especially knowing that the person sitting in that house will be useless. Sour grapes Oday?

The "khatumo" house of cards continues to collapse...

General Duke;803498 wrote: That single place has more equipment and high level work being done than all of he Secessionist enclave. Citation Needed. I'm not really surprised at Duke's bogus claims anymore He's so insecure about Pirateland's position relative to Somaliland that he is compelled involuntarily to tie Somaliland into every topic he posts. I don't know if it's just sad or shameful...maybe it's both. It's already well known that Somaliland is economically and politically way more developed than PL. Somaliland's budget is more than twice the size than that of the pirates, it has many more successful native corporations operating and based there, it has a more sophisticated development strategy and it's much more mature in its democratic and political development. Even the European Commission knows that Somaliland is way ahead of the pirates in development: Like many other donors, the EC has been limited in its dealings with the chronic emergency in Mogadishu, and has preferred to put money into the areas in which the separate regional administrations function. “Somaliland is about 10 years ahead of the rest of Somalia right now,” one humanitarian source insisted; “Puntland is about five.” http://www.mbali.info/doc106.htm So give it a rest Duke. Your fixation with trying to distort reality and your insecurity with Somaliland's position is becoming unhealthy.

This attempted smear campaign by Duke reeks nothing but bitterness and being petty. His pathetic attempts to search the interwebs for anything even remotely negative about Somaliland is just sad. He claims to love the people of Somaliland and wants to be reunited with them but it cannot shroud his true utter contempt for the nation and its people. Give it a rest Duke, in the end your only making yourself look bad.