Xaajiyoow what is stopping these clans from collaborating to be more effective and powerful instead of being taken for granted by whoever is in power?

Waaryaa firstly stop throwing around the baseless accusations of qabyaalad and jaad in the hope of them sticking to me. Those accusations won't stick to me as there is probably more evidence here of you being more guilty of those "crimes" than I am. Secondly, I haven't said anything about individual achievements or the lack of them of anyone be it you or your clansmen. We are not talking about persons here but rather entire communities. When it comes to individuals I am sure the men and women of Southwest including your great father are just as capable as everyone else. However, what is still a mystery to me is the collective political achievement of your fellow clansmen. Given the sheer number of MPs from Southwest, today Mogadishu should already be speaking (politically) what Oodweyne and Tillamook mischievously call Gudhuu. But unfortunately both you and I know that is not the case. So that was my question if you care to answer it.

It is one of the things I cannot still understand. The Southwest guys have by far the largest number of seats in parliament which they can use to build or destroy regimes yet they seem to be for sale like a cheap merchandise just like the political caanalay from my region!! The financial ambitions of the northerners is understandable as Somaliland's constitution forced their hand, but what on earth is behind the powerlessness of MMA's folks? Couldn't they buy few landers and other business minded merchants to dethrone the duopoly?

Waaryaa the only geeri iyo tacsida meesha taalaa waa ta Somalia's now deceased self-respect.

The Farmaajo devotees want to see the creation of a slave army which can be ordered to do the bidding of the failed dictator in Villa Somalia. They would love to see soldiers who when ordered to kill and maim their own people wouldn't think twice about doing so. In simple words, they want the recreation of a f@q@sh army. Thank God, not all the young Somali men in uniform are as gullible today as they were in our dark days of total tyranny.

Thanks, I couldn't have said it better.

These ignorant soldiers are being used as propaganda tools by Farmaajo. Why would any decent man serve the personal interests of a politician? It is one thing to defend a country against an external enemy but there is no honour in being a slave to a corrupt power hungry regime. I have more respect to those soldiers who left their ranks and joined the opposition.

I don't think it is unreasonable for a government to remove foreign trouble makers from its jurisdiction to preserve its internal peace and security.

The Hargaysa bridge you see in the first video is at least 4 storey high.

Absolutely, the sheer volume of the water in these seasonal rivers can fill giant lakes in a matter of hours.

True it wasn't long ago when we heard of biyo la'aan ba'an from Gedo to kililka to Sanaag.

Well Puntland has the right to control its borders and deport any alien they deem to be a threat to their national security although I believe Coldoon poses no danger.

With the large number of Somali elders dying these days it is becoming an urgent need to preserve our language, history, and oral culture in a digital form.

In Africa dictators have realised they need each other to survive.

Only a week ago, the Nigerians who can not secure even their school children from kidnapping came to Mogadishu to milk the AMISOM cash cow. So Xaaji you are right, the African mercenaries are going no where.

The AU and IGAD rubber-stamped the Djibouti dictator's one man "election", so Farmaajo is betting on them doing the same for him.

Good riddance!!! I hope the new president does her very best to educate the Tanzanian people of the dangers of this virus and implement the necessary measures to stop its spread. What goes round comes round ayaan maqlijiray.

Its good we have got some vaccines now but my serious concern is that due to negligence and lack of knowledge on our part, the vaccines might become spoiled and dangerous. We need to monitor the storage temperature and quality of the doses we get.

Actually Taiwan is developing two of its own vaccines which are currently in phase 2 clinical trials. They are also building manufacturing facilities and aim to produce 20 million doses a month. The Taiwanese are highly driven by a desire to be independent from Beijing so should not be taken as a joke. Interestingly Cuba is also producing their own Covid-19 vaccines as they have a thriving biotech industry. They got to this point because of US sanctions and now export medicines to many countries around the world. Che I think we should develop a good relationship with Cuba and invite them to invest in our health care infrastructure. We badly need any assistance when it comes Healthcare.

Waaryaa Che, this guy is more likely going to be pardoned by His excellency president Muuse Biixi to return to Somaliland.

Agree 100%