There are not even five thousand families in the whole of Badhan.This is clearly a case where the minister responsible for the distribution of this much needed aid has decided to give his entire clan a bonus!! Badhan is neither a war zone like many places in the South nor suffered any natural disaster like the flooding in Beledwayn and the locust infestation in the southern farm lands.

No no!! can you hear me oday? Villa AMISOM is NOT and CANNOT give away ANYTHING. Zero. I thank the UN and the international community for helping our poor people.

Waaryaa MMA, Why don't you tell us what your folks in Bay and Bakool doing to prepare for the pandemic or has Abiy Ahmed and his army generals already taken care of that? I guess I should be asking the relevant government department in Addis Ababa anything to do with your region, is that right?

Abtigiis is being unfairly judged and should be given the time he needs to carry out the changes he believes are necessary. I think we Somalis have a terrible habit of forming opinions about our leaders without first giving them the opportunity to prove themselves.

Indeed Iran has done very well. They put the Americans to shame.

If as you say a large part of the population is infected and as we know the death rate in Mogadishu is very low, then that means by the grace of Allah we will not suffer as much as the west.

I don't see the logic of banning jaad on the grounds of stopping the spread of the virus. If Somali authorities are banning it for economic and social reasons, I am all for it. But to justify the ban on the spread of the coronavirus is ludicrous. Jaad is neither the only import coming to our shores nor the only surface area the virus can stick on. We get most of our food and consumer goods Ethiopia and from other parts of the world where the pandemic is in full swing. So if the jaad import is a public health risk, what about the other food items such as tomatoes, avocados, etc which also come from Ethiopia? What about the watermelons grown in Somalia but contaminated with the virus by the Somali seller? The logical thing to do is not to ban this obviously in demand recreational drug but to educate its consumers to wash it thoroughly before eating it.

Did I say anything remotely untrue? Yes the so called suldaan or any other koofiyad bacle who tries to subvert Somaliland's democratic institutions or established systems will find himself dinning with our convinced highway robbers and those who were booked in for sexual deviance in the famous Mandheera prison. This has always been the case and will not change now.

If this is not a big enough scandal which should justify the chasing away of villa AMISOM's Cigaal Shiddad back to coronavirus stricken New York state, I don't know what else will justify his removal.

The so called suldaan is more likely to lose his freedom along with his ceremonial cumaamad then president Muuse entertaining his nonsense. I think the political mercenaries in Xamar are putting pressure on this so called suldaan who should be solving the inter-clan problems in Somaliland instead of pretending to know anything about international politics.

Don't worry about Galbeedi and Oodweyne, they will be around. They have basically barricaded themselves in their bedrooms and forbade their wives and children from invading their sanctuary. Odayaashaa wax ka naf jecel

Are you saying if this plague spreads in our homeland (Allah forbid) the Somali peninsula will become a land without parents and grandparents, basically a nation of children, run by children, and for children?

Typical Somalis. The money was raised for a specific reason and that is to cover the funeral costs of the deceased boy. It was not donated to help a family build for themselves a nice holiday home. The extra money raised should be used to help with the costs of the many funerals of poor Muslims taking place across the country.

I was hoping Mr Muuse and Co would at least quarantine travellers in a dignified and professional way but apparently I was wrong. Now this airport should be shut down immediately. It is jeopardising our public health. No more useless politics around it.

They are in the grip of shaydaanka of course.

Mudane Oodweyne, is it really necessary to be vulgar in your language? I think you are taking these fadhi ku dirir threads very seriously which is a terrible thing to do. Ninyoow dhiiga ha isku kicin ee is yar deji.

The mag is exclusively for the koofiyad baclayaal, I'm afraid there will be nothing for the poor girl.

Eight of those giant cranes can easily strip bare a loaded container ship in hours.

I don't think this has anything to do with China but has everything to do with a nation's capacity to control its airspace. If for instance Somaliland had an air force with the capability to intercept any aircraft, it could effectively close its airspace to international airlines and force ICAO to recognise it as a separate entity. If a capable air force cannot be found then at least Somaliland should develop the technical capability to jam all communications and GPS signals used by the airliners to turn its airspace into a black hole. This tactic can also force all airlines to take a long detour around Somaliland and thus have the same effect with ICAO. So until Somaliland gets such capabilities which I doubt it will ever have, Mr Muuse and Co should explore other options.

I think it is really important to close all the mosques to all the congregational prayers including the Friday prayer. The Friday prayer can be conducted outdoors whilst putting significant distance between individual worshippers and thoroughly managing crowd movements. Somalis should use their brains for once and be creative to deal with this serious challenge.

The predicted time for China to overtake the US is much shorter now thanks to the orange man.

Mudane Oodweyne, I agree the president has started doing something but it he has just woken up to the scale of danger facing our people. He probably got a serious warning and instructions from the WHO. Anyway, a competent leader would have sorted our most of the problems Somaliland faces today in dealing with Covid-19 such as crowded markets and basic hygiene. The people are as poor as the way he described precisely because he has no plans or the knowledge to develop our country's economy. And as you know, the economy will not develop without first developing the basic structures of the society starting with the rule of law and good governance. Anyway, now it is too late for these fancy ideals like the "rule of law" so let us hope that an effective and cheap to produce vaccine will be found before Covid-19 reaches our poor communities.

I haven't got the slightest faith in any Somali leader of any region to do what is important for the people, so it is up to us to spread the message to people back home about the basics of this virus. Those of you who have access to the Somali media outlets, especially TV & radio stations should do their best to get the message across using those platforms. Also those of you who have large number of Somali followers or "friends" on the social media networks should do the same. Use the Somali language and terminology as much as possible. And of equally important is the use of visual art to illustrate the important points in the message. May Almighty Allah help us.

Somalia records first case of COVID-19 WWW.HIIRAAN.COM MOGADISHU (HOL) - Somalia has confirmed the first case of the novel corona virus making it the fourth...