not the only one,you could be watched taking shower.There is this thing that go thru walls & records every move you make inside your house,voice & video.. scary world; back to jungle.

There was Hargeisa club and still open.

Somalia;835432 wrote: This nigga Faroole, making it hard for me to defend him.

gov't shouldn't be worried about tax right now ,they have to give these people a break so they can produce more.Gov't have enough foreign aid for couple yrs if only stop being corrupt.Give the people some incentive with seeds & free equipment & no tax for atleast 5yrs.

these r robots..doesn't look real.

Mario B;835779 wrote: I want federalism based on the 18 regions of Somalia. Run by elected Governors, with the power to raise tax [20% going to the federal treasury] and power to run judicial, police and incaceration, health, education and regional development. With an elected regional assembly guiding them. The Federal Government will run the national army, international afffairs and relations, cordinate natural resources in conjuction with regional government for the benefit of all Somalis, immigration, federal parliament, supreme court, currency and central bank. even if somaliland come back you think 2 regions againest 16 done politically by unpopular regime or 33 out of 123 in parliament is fair or acceptable to thm.Having my cake & eat it too!! and if the federal gov't has all these powers , don't you think it can strangle any region to its knees and could as well be dictatorial.

and the Afgoi carnival is back(istun).

^^ warya it's democracy unless you wana me have my booze enclave with johny walker flag.

good,ethiopia brother nation...

' Female police officers in caps and tight blouses pose in another shot from the 1980s'' and people make us believe it was neva so.Great days come back inshalah....

^ that's secular,don't worry we getting there. Inshalah

warya add that women can go their head uncovered if they wish so. Mini skirts if they wish so. Bars and clubs for the hungry diaspora.. what a new dawn:D

Somali philosopher;835750 wrote: Somalis follow order only when they are afraid. in the west they follow the rules because there are consequences for otherwise. in somalia they don't because they have a safety net which we all know. not true,how long were SL,PL peaceful and had their own gov'ts.The problem is down south first with warlords , then shabab and in that environment nothing could be accomplished ova there.Besides somalis as a by product of nomadism has always been free even during colonial times,fact is the most wretched & humiliating period in their history was the 21 yrs under Barre.They refuse anything like that to come back and that's why you seeing all these regional stuff.Rather be free than subjugated under somalinimo is their motto. Ask your self what a poor centralized corrupt african gov't has accomplished since 1960...yes Mogadishu was transformed but none of the regions has anything to show for.Somaliland and puntland have done impressive strides be it universities,well equipped hospitals,24hr electricity and water,freedom of press and movement,availability of anything as long you can afford etc that a unified somali gov't neva achieved in 40yrs. there's arabic proverb that says," a soldier fights with his belly" if hungry he can't fight.No one wants to go back to uncertainty and unified gov't that regions can out provide! Somalis have seen it all and slogans don't work well with thm No matter how nationalistic some tend to project.

May 28 2012 Kenya: Explosion rips through a building full of small shops, injures scores Witness » ‘Arabic-looking’ man may have left a suspicious bag behind before the blast. By TOM ODULA And JASON STRAZIUSO | The Associated Press First Published 7 hours ago • Updated 7 hours ago Nairobi, Kenya • An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 33 people, including a woman who blamed the blast on a "bearded man" who left behind a bag shortly before the detonation. Police officials first indicated the explosion could have been caused by some sort of electrical malfunction but the prime minister said it was deliberate. Al-Shabab — an Islamist militant group from Somalia — has threatened to carry out such an attack. Photos "This is a heinous act," Prime Minister Raila Odinga said while visiting the scene of the blast. "They want to scare us. But we will not be scared." The explosion sent dark smoke billowing out of a one-story building on Moi Avenue, named after Kenya’s second president. The blast peeled back the front corner of the building’s aluminum roof, shattered windows in the building and scattered shoes, clothes and other wares on the ground. A high-rise building with a glass exterior next door was largely untouched. Speaking to The Associated Press from a Nairobi hospital bed, Irene Wachira said a bearded man came to a nearby stall three times and acted as if he were interested in buying something. Wachira said the third time he came with a bag that he left behind. The blast occurred shortly afterward, she said. Wachira, a vendor in the building, described the man as "Arabic-looking" because of his relatively light skin. A doctor told AP that another person wounded in the blast said a Somali-looking man left behind the bag. The doctor said he could not be quoted by name. Police officials who first responded hesitated to blame terrorism, given the lack of shrapnel. Kenya Power ruled out an electrical fault as the cause. The national electricity agency said the building had no ground-mounted transformer that would explode and determined that all electrical connections to the building that would blow in a short circuit remained intact. The police later released a statement saying that the cause of the explosion had not yet been established. Police are investigating the possibility that an improvised explosive device caused the blast, though the police said it was unlikely a conventional bomb had been used. After the explosion, bloodied people received medical care on the street as authorities tried to usher hundreds of people away. The scene was played out just a few blocks from where the U.S. Embassy had been destroyed by a truck bomb in 1998. Al-Qaida’s near-simultaneous attacks on the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killed 224 people. Odinga said security would be improved downtown and that the Somali militants, who are linked to al-Qaida, "want to scare investors. They want to scare tourists." story continues belowstory continues below "We condemn the terrorists and tell them their days are numbered," said Odinga, who is expected to run for president in next year’s election. Al-Shabab threaten to carry out large-scale attacks here followed Kenya’s decision last October to send troops into Somalia to pursue the Islamist militants. Kenya said back then that it was sending in the troops as a response to kidnappings on Kenyan soil last year blamed on al-Shabab. The kidnappings caused tourism in Kenya to plummet, especially around the coastal resort of Lamu. Since October, a series of grenade attacks has rocked Kenya. The latest happened Saturday night in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp near the Somali border. Six people were injured in two simultaneous grenades blasts, officials said. The police said at least 33 people were wounded in Monday’s explosion, including five with serious injuries such as burns, fractures and deep lacerations. None of the victims suffered shrapnel wounds, said Thomas Mutie, the acting chief executive at Kenyatta National Hospital. Copyright 2012 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/sltrib/pages/slidegallery.csp?cid=54196676&pid=3619056 http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/sltrib/pages/slidegallery.csp?cid=54196676&pid=3619050

^^^ not true,the somali army destroyed the north and they were in turn destroyed by the SNM. There were some defections from siyad's army who refuse to kill otha somalis but were indeed & very truthfully few..could be counted( not even a 100).

same story inside country, stay tuned.

ABOUT Somalia Doesn’t Have To Fight To Conquer: Somalis Are Already Africa’s Small Kings And Queens We are told that the 20-year madness and bloodletting in Somalia has been fuelled by clan turf wars, criminality, Islamic Jihad, piracy, and even national resistance against foreign powers (the USA, Ethiopia, African Union Peace Mission, and lately Kenya). A less talked-about driver for the conflict, is the desire to create a Greater Somalia; the rebirth of pre-colonial Somalia that includes the ****** region of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northeastern Kenya. The five-pointed “star of unity” in the Somalia flag represents this idea – the Somali ethnic groups in Djibouti, ******, Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and Somalia itself. For this reason, like the Jewish nation that is bigger than the Israeli state, the Somali nation too is much bigger than the Somali state (Somalia). That is why, for Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya, the rise of a Greater Somalia is an existential threat. The irony about this is that Somalis are already one of Africa’s most successful people. They certainly are its most enterprising. Even before the flare up of xenophobic attacks against other Africans in South Africa in 2009, locals who were angry that they had “taken away” their businesses had been robbing and killing Somali shopkeepers. While other African immigrants have largely been spared since then, the attacks on Somali business people have continued. The common thing about immigrants everywhere in the world is that they tend to work harder than the “natives”. They also often succeed spectacularly, which brings on deadly jealousies. From Germany where Jews were slaughtered in their millions, to Kenya where the prosperous “immigrant” Kikuyu populations in the Rift Valley were killed and chased off their lands in the 2008 post-leection violence, to the Bunyoro region of Uganda where the workaholic Bakiga were even banned from standing for local office, the story is the same. The thing about the Somali is that they tend to confine themselves to business. In Kenya today, the Somali have taken over the real estate market. They are also snapping up restaurants. In Uganda, they are doing the same. They also own some of the best malls. The evening or “parallel degree” programmes have become the new rage with African universities. To see just how Somalis are remaking several East African societies, one needs to go to the University of Nairobi. Of every 10 students in the evening degree programme, it is estimated that four are Kenyan Somalis. That is 40 percent. There are so many Somalis in the evening programme, that during Ramadhan when they have to pray in the evenings, classes are delayed! That is mind-boggling, considering that Somalis are, actually, still marginalised, the wealth of its business elite notwithstanding. According to the 2009 Kenya Population Census, the country had a population of 38,610,097. The Somali have shot to the 6th largest national group, from close to bottom of the pile at the last census. The census found that the largest 13 ethnic communities by numbers are Kikuyu at 6.62 million, Luhya 5.33 million, Kalenjin at 4.96 million, Luo 4.04 million, Kamba (3.89 million), Kenyan Somali (2.38 million), Kisii (2.21 million), Mijikenda (1.96 million), Meru (1.65 million), Turkana (0.99 million), Maasai (0.84 million), Teso (0.33 million) and Embu (0.32 million) . The population of Somalis was so controversial, a recount – that has not yet been done – was ordered in the northeast. So while Kenyan Somali account for 6 percent of the population, they are 40 percent of the evening degree programme at Kenya’s leading programme. This means that in the next generation, Kenyan Somali will be by far the single modest educated group in Kenya. Why have Somalis been so successful in Eastern and South Africa (not to mention in the USA and Europe)? First, unlike the other African Muslims in East, Central, West, and Southern Africa, they are extremely frugal. I have a Somali friend, who is one of the richest people in Uganda, but he drives a ramshackle car whose door often flies off when he hits a pothole. Secondly, while East and West African Muslims are notoriously polygamous, Somalis are not. A serious Sheikh in Nigeria, Uganda, or Kenya, will have six wives. Most Somalis are largely monogamous – or will allow themselves two wives. That way, they don’t squander their wealth splitting it among many households and bribing quarrelsome wives. Also, the Somalis are the African group who seem to have learnt the most from the first East Asians who came to Africa at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th centurires. The East African Asians managed their costs through the large family living under the same roof, even when children got married, thus reducing their rent, electricity, and other costs. The Somalis also remain quite close knit as families, and support each other. That support system thrives because, unlike other African communities, it has a ruthless enforcement mechanism. A Somali clansman will lend another money to start a business or give him credit, and if he doesn’t pay back, some musclemen will visit him and either break his legs, or chop off his head. You don’t find many broken-hearted Somalis who have been cheated out of their wealth by relatives the way you would a Muganda, Kikuyu, Hausa, or Luo. Business risk among the Somali is thus fairly low. The Somali in the Diaspora, those back in Africa, and the rich and poor ones keep a level of contact alien to most other Africans. This enables knowledge sharing, and a global exchange of business ideas and opportunities. A Somali friend was transferred to work for the UN in Nairobi two years ago. When I had dinner with him, he told me was going to shop for a TV and other electronics the next day. I asked if he was going to the Duty Free Shop. He looked at me, a little puzzled, then said; “No, I am going to shop in Eastleigh”. Eastleigh ,a bustling business district in Nairobi, is the heartland of Somali business in East Africa, and is reputed to be the unofficial central bank of Somalia. Prices there are incredible. Kenyans are probably the only Africans who, when they visit their relatives in Europe and North America, often carry western made products like sneakers as presents. That is because, a genuine Air Jordan sneaker from Eastleigh, will be far cheaper than at the cheapest store in London or New York. Even the accomplished Somali smuggling network, is not enough for explain that difference in price. If power and wealth are some of the factors driving the long-conflict in Somalia, then it is no longer productive. Somalis have already won Eastern Africa. © Charles Onyango-Obbo / twitter@cobbo3 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=rich%20diaspora%20somalis&source=web&cd=137&ved=0CFoQFjAGOIIB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnakedchiefs.com%2F2012%2F01%2F06%2Fsomalia-doesnt-have-to-fight-to-conquer-somalis-are-already-africas-small-kings-and-queens%2F&ei=d9bBT5frJIj56QHF28nIAw&usg=AFQjCNEOJdGKlQRi3Fdc6fS_JYdAr5P7QA

*Blessed;832149 wrote: Dubai is tax free -- not ridiculous fee free. This article is so tacky and why does the writer seem so surprised that there is a Somali millionaire? cos writer is western who cover everything in 24hr.Maybe this first she seen & thought big story....well might sell to western audience who see refuge camps & war. or might be good story with the Bentley.

@moonlight........ye you beat the hell out of everybody out there even went to sea.Just relax in that wheelchair with your popcorn and watch dow jones of oil stocks. banki moon be really happy.

:D maybe it's meant you not make more trouble.

we had ours you need the revolution in somalia. haha turning every thread into somaliland.oooooooooooh waar ma socon kartan mayaa la'aantayo:rolleyes:

one amhara guy.How you feel when shoe in otha foot! laga barayba laga badi.....

Palace of Illusions and Fortress of Freedom When the mud walls of African dictatorships come tumbling down, the palaces of illusion behind those walls will vanish without a trace. If Africans are to have hope of a better future and fulfill their destiny to become one with all free peoples in the world, they will need to build a fortress of freedom impregnable to the slings and arrows of civilians dictators and the savage musketry of military juntas. African dictators should heed these words: “Those who make peaceful change impossible, make a violent revolution inevitable.” By A.G.Mariam.

XX one came back claimed the throne but in the end tortured & mutilated in his basement.Siyad Barre's last 2 pants were stolen by some nigerians & died naked, they met the same fate.

2 ignorant dummies.Both left terrible legacy behind.Historic thou