The UK government gave its Scottish citizens the right to choose their political destiny through a free and fair referendum in front of the whole world. So you are wrong about the Brits again.

Divide and conquer? You have chosen your vocabulary mindlessly for in the Somali peninsula there is neither any unity to protect nor independence others can remove by conquest.

Waar wax kale oo aad ku hadasho ma wayday intaad boosaneero iyo waxyaabo kale oo bilaa macnaa meesha la imanaysid. Dee koley adiga hadalba kuuma furna mar haddii aad tahay nin gurigiisa Baydhabo ku yaal xabashidu suuli ka dhigatay oo sariirtaada ku talleejiyaan.

https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/Dec/161659/somalia_gave_her_birth_right_not_fishing_right_to_china.aspx Somalia Gave her Birth-Right - not Fishing-Right to China The African Exponent Wednesday December 26, 2018 Sebastiane Ebatamehi Somalia gives China license to exploit its shores and put local fishermen out of business. In what appears to be a repeat of the famous biblical story of Esau selling his birthright to his younger brother, Jacob for a bowl of porridge, Somalia has sold its birthright to China; but this time, the bargain was done for much less than the worth of a bowl of porridge to a hungry man. Within a year of taking office as the president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has given fishing license to 31 Chinese fishing companies through the Chinese Overseas Fisheries Association. Under the agreement, the foreign fishing companies will have control over the Somalia waters to exploit the large presence of tuna and tuna-like species in its coastal waters. It is disheartening that this is coming at a time when local fishermen in the country are competing with foreign vessels whose presence continues to affect the fishing stock in the region. One would have thought that the government will empower local fishermen and enact laws that will protect the interests of local fishermen and business; rather, they have further plunged the locals into crisis as they have made the exploitation official. Apart from the disadvantages this new agreement will pose to local fishermen and businesses, there is the security treat. advertisements Somalia has surrendered Africa’s largest coastline to foreigners which furthers put not just the country but the entire African continent at risk, especially security and economy wise. The heavy presence of foreign vessels along the coastline of a country which is a major entry point to a defenseless continent like Africa is indeed a thread. On its part, the government said the agreement was signed in a bid to tap into the sector, towards boosting economic growth. How it plans on boosting economic growth through an agreement with the China Overseas Fisheries Association – a group founded in 2012 to ‘promote’ East Asia’s competitive fishing edge abroad, remains a miracle waiting to happen. It is alarming how a country can sign an agreement with a group whose core value is to promote its own selfish interest while exploiting others. China will begin its operation this month on a one-year agreement with an automatic renewal for an additional year. The Somalia government in its defense claims that the foreign vessels are restricted to “operate between 24 nautical miles (44 kilometers) to the seaward side of the Somali baseline and the Somali baseline in order to protect small-scale fishing operations.” How this will be implemented and how fishing 44 kilometers to the seaward side of Somalia will not affect the stock closer to shore and thereby put local fishermen out of business remains questions without answers. Another worrying issue is the fact that Somalia has completely overlooked the activities of Chinese vessels in West Africa which has resulted to a drastic reduction in fishing stock due to the opaque and unethical measures these companies employ in their day to day fishing activities. Also, the effect on local businesses continues to raise huge concerns. Has Somalia just sold her birth right; what are your thoughts?

I feel sad about what happened to our brothers and sisters in the Ogaden region and Somaliland's contribution to their suffering is very regrettable. However, Somaliland was pushed to a corner and forced to collaborate with the Tigrey regime not only by koonfuria but also by the Ogadenis themselves. Under the given circumstances, Somaliland was just looking after its vital national interests and will continue doing so in the future. Had the Somali politicians in koonfuria and also those in Ogadenia recognised Somaliland's sovereignty and enabled it to take its rightful seat at the United Nations, the brutalised victims of the Tigrey dictatorship in Ethiopia would have had a capable ally on their side. In an internationally recognised Somaliland, no Somali man or woman from any region would have been allowed to be handed over to their enemies. But as long as Somaliland remains unrecognised, its citizens will look the other way whatsoever our government does regarding other Somalis.

Who the hell adviced our folks like Sucaad Carmiye and Biixi Yoonis to attend this good for nothing talk show? Somalilanders should not trust anything associated with Heritage Institute or any other Koonfurian outfit. And those useless so-called talks should be called off asap.

The Bantu bunker tells the Somali people and the world that Somaliland is a federal member state yet Somaliland has got not a single "representative" in their zoo-like parliament!!

Soo maad arag

I agree with you that Somalis are territorially tribal but can you see how you are contradicting yourself here? Somaliland's Eastern regions are occupied and governed by the clans that own it. It is also those clans who have made the political decision to be part of Somaliland. So Puntland has got no legitimate claim or any right to rule those regions. It is not your land.

That is a big question

He is neither the best dressed nor has glamorous female bodyguards around him, so he is not going to win.

Waaryaa beentu waa xaaraan ee bahasha iska daa. You know very well that it is not Puntland's fraudulent claim of our Eastern regions which is in the way of Somaliland's international recognition but rather it is the African Union's fear of seccessionist movements and its policy against the break up of its member states.

What a waste of money!!! By the time Mr Cheese is booted out of the Bantu bunker, he will have spent well over hundred million dollars and years of effort to undermine Somaliland but will have absolutely nothing to show for it. By the looks of it he hasn't moved Somaliland an inch. I guess if president Muuse Biixi retaliates with a fraction of that money, Mr Cheese will require many more battalions of Bantu mercenaries and EU funded armoured vehicles to go to his toilet

Xaajiyoow as you know very well politics is not a black and white affair, there are shades of grey in between.

Ma ina Cumar ayay adoon ku sheegeen!!! Adoonku waa ka aan xorriyadda haysan. Carabta yuhuud ayaa u talisa markaa in loo sheego weeye inay iyagu adoomada bani Israaiil yihiin.

Lol nice poem I don't understand why you waste your time replying to an individual who clearly has some challenging mental issues. Just go back to the pages of this forum few years down the line and you will not fail to find this poor man completely engrossed and obsessing about something entirely different. I think his condition has a name or some combination of letters in the medical literature.

For the nomads eating kalluun is like eating creepy crawlies. It is "beneath them". I guess farming is also anathema for the nomad given that only a fraction of the starving population volunteered to move to the south and the east coast. They probably preferred to die a nomad whilst waiting for the rain to come than become southern farmers or fishermen.

Depopulating the North was not the only answer. He could have resettled the nomads along the coast and then introduced to them a lifestyle where they fished while supplementing their income with their nomadic tradition and also a bit of farming in the mix.

Oodwaynoow, Somaliland is not without assistance or friends. It also receives many millions of dollars in aid. Also its government collections millions of dollars from the hard pressed public every single year. Indeed, every year without a fail, tax collectors(gangsters) from the Hargeisa municipality come to my mum's home and on many occasions removed the metal doors of the gate just because she either forgot or was a bit late with the payment of the annual property tax(baad). Now tell me what has the governments of Somaliland done in all those thirty years? Ceelkeebay qodeen?

Waad u dhamaysay

No one is blaming the people but the So-called leaders who today run different sections of the former Republic will be and frankly should be measured against Siyaad Barre and the other politicians of yesteryears.

Maakhiri has a point. Siyaad Barre, no matter how much he is loved or hated, was more effective than any other Somali leader before him or after him with the exception of Maxamad Ibraahim Cigaal. Cigaal built Somaliland's government institutions before he died. Other than these two men, no politician has ever left any tangible legacy in the Horn of Africa. Somaliland was rebuilt from scratch and is today more developed and prosperous than it has ever been, but this is not the result of any government intervention. Rather it is the hard work and entrepreneurial skills of the public.

Are you sure he is 93?

Maakhiri Siyaad was not a bad leader in the first half of his presidency. In fact, he was better than most of the leaders we had before him and those we have now, but unfortunately his actions in the later part of his rule cemented his legacy as a failure and the architect of a national disaster. If only he did things differently and not listened to the unashamed tribalists of his clan, we would all better off now.

The funny thing is, Morgan will probably advise the dwellers of AMISOM bunker to take on Somaliland militarily when he himself fled the front line with his dear life and in a cowardly manner.