looks like its not just a rumour but a real policy that Sool, Sanaag and Cya will be formed into a new federal state of Somalia in the near future. Here is xenophobic Faisal Ali Warabe talking about it.

Amigos thanks for the answer. I was getting the impression that Sool and Sanaag were majority Darood.

Fish is good for IQ development, but with a 68 iq, they can't see the coast is full of free fish.

What if the Harti decide to join Somalia? Would they be told to leave the land and enter Puntland or allowed to form their own state. Serious question.

Gooni, the proof is in the pudding. Barre relied on AID income from western countries. There was no real economy. Barre destroyed private enterprise with his socialism madness. Barre was not about sharing but enriching himself and his inner circle. The economic record of socialist Somalia is plain for all to see. If Barre had access to Billions of $$ of oil money, only Allah know what he would have done to the minority clans.

The point is the Somali Republic was suppose to be a merit base society that would allowed people from all walks of life to rise and fulfill their potential. The darood decided to turn it into a patronage and then open warfare against the nonconformist.

A lawless country.

We voiced our opinions about her, which does not mean we have nefarious intent when doing so. Somalis have to learn to distinguish between opinion and fact.

Somalis are a selfish lot.

I think with the tension between Somaliland and Puntland a Northeast state may give the people caught in the middle of this struggle a break. The Harti live in this region and do not trust Somaliland or Puntland.

Does anyone know if this is simply rumour or is it legit?

Articule from the African inteligence website. The Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo is doing everything it takes to hold on to power. On 10 December, he invited his most loyal MPs to the Villa Somalia to elaborate with them a parliamentary delaying strategy to block the holding of a general election in 2020. As James Swan, the UN representative in Somalia, pointed out on 21 November during a briefing to the Security Council, parliament needs to pass the electoral code and adopt amendments to the political parties' law before the end of this year. ‘Any delay in this timeline puts the 2020 electoral calendar at risk', he stated. Farmajo is also trying to further undermine the federal states, with which Mogadishu has a fraught relationship. To this end, he asked Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia Adihakim Abdullahi Amey who is from the Sool region and previously served as vice president of Puntland, to meet Turkey's special envoy responsible for mediation between Somalia and Somaliland, Olgar Bekar, on 6 December in Addis Ababa. Under discussion is the creation of a new federal state called Northeast (to the west of Puntland), which would encroach upon Somaliland soil according to a map which the Indian Ocean Newsletter has procured

Fascinating discussion .

...they have their own books, i have seen it with my own eyes. Somaliland schooling is one of the bright spot of Somaliland. With further investment the university level can be world class.

This never ending violence is embarrassing. So much time wasted in 30 years.

I like to keep my faith private and not force my view on others.

Galbeedi, I am not gaal so keep your deluded rants to yourself.

Moot point..he is a criminal.

The verbal gymnastics by Suldaanka to try an explain away the blatant corruption in the Somaliland election system is disapointing. It is clear that clan loyalty is too deep to change Somali society.

Good.

This will likely anger the isaaqs living in northern sector.

Didn't muse Bixi abandon the DP world port deal earlier this year?

The most influential figure was the philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, who argued in The Incoherence of the Philosophers against the very idea of laws of nature, on the ground that any such laws would put God’s hands in chains. According to al-Ghazali, a piece of cotton placed in a flame does not darken and smoulder because of the heat, but because God wants it to darken and smoulder. After al-Ghazali, there was no more science worth mentioning in Islamic countries.

Joint statement on delays to Somaliland parliamentary and local council elections - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK International partners signed a joint statement on delays to parliamentary and local council elections in Somaliland.

The light blue flag of Somalia is tainted and its name ruined. I don't blame the Somalilanders for reacting the way they did, they lost a lot of innocent people.