it looks fake letter. waraa Mooge wax iskula har

Before that we will bring down Somalidiid wall in Hargaysa

Every time some one gather few couple of battle wagons in North Mudug why people say they will takeover Mudug and Galkio? I say that's easier said than done. These militias being trained are not more than clan militias with clan loyalty and will never have any proper military discipline with command structure. Case in point look what is happening in in Lower Shabelle. Soldiers trained by EU for federal government are fighting on clan lines. This is the reason why any major lift of embargo should not take place until there are proper rehabilitation and training takes place and soldiers from different regions are mixed together to form part of national army with proper chain of command.

LOL these days Siilaanyo is getting desperate. Anything to get attention.

Maxaa dhakh na baratay, bal the hell hole of Niger not Nigeria wax hakaa sheegto. maalin dhawaydna waxay ahayd habarta Malaawi oo gaajo ah baa leh Soomaali baa nafta noo keentay. Bal wax faqriqi la daqay oo Soomalida dagaaldu ku jirata ka nolol fiicantahay baa Soomali afkeeda la galaysa. Anagaa meesha is dhignay! Laakiin waa laga bixin

Oh! This is laughable. She wants the services of the embassy to be afforded to her students but she does not recognize the passport nor the same embassy she's complaining about! Is something amiss here?

Tillamook you might a have point there. But you forgetting that they the MPs will be selected by the Issims who most of them are not fan of Faroole. I also like to believe that the MPs do not entirely vote for money alone. If you look at the history of Puntland elections, the winners were always the favorites and in line with the main stream believes of who would be winning them. For example, Abdullahi Yusuf was clear favourite due to the fact that many people thought he was the strongman to clamp down on the freelance militias. Adde Muse in my opinion did not have any money to buy any votes and he was simply voted in to water down the grievances of his community and it was right after he accepted a peace treaty with A.Yusuf. So the momentum was there for him. Faroole, in my opinion was the best of the lot in terms of experience, qualification and people management. But there was a rumor that he was corrupt man who loved money. If you look at the candidates who was competing against him he was the one who had the experience so I would like to believe that the MPs gave him the benefit of the doubt. It's time for him now to go and a new blood with new thinking and new priorities to come in. Odaygaan seems to be stuck in the past and simply run out of ideas.

Congrats old boy. You always been passionate about politics. Good to see you actually walked the walk.

Hassan seems can not do anything right without controversy or scandal. He should consider resigning for the sake of Somalia.

Faroole has no chance to win this. People say it's two horse race but I believe if he comes third in the first round he would be lucky. if you look at it, you can't see where the votes will come for him. Bari the largest region has 21 MPs . This business community are fuming with anger for his mismanagement with the economy. The civil service including the army has not been paid for months while he campaigns lavishly with their hard earned cash. There are no checks and balances, no transparency, Faroole has the absolute say of how to spend the state's coffers. This community would not entertain with themselves voting in Faroole again. He can forget about the half of Nugaal's 9 votes. Here the community are divided on hardline supporters and damn right opposition. Reer Mudug have 10 votes and Faroole is not liked here nor respected. He has neglected this region for years and pay back is in order for him. Reer Sanaag have 12 votes to dispense and voting for Faroole is not on the agenda. Simply put there's nothing substantial he has done for this region and that Makhir University project was one intended to secure votes from them but I think they would not be fooled like that. Reer Sool are undecided this year and there's even doubt if they will take part. Even if they did would they vote for Faroole?

Faroole has no chance of winning this. His main strategy is for the Isims to endorse Some nabadoons from SOOL to handpick The SOOL MPs as the real Garaado have vowed not to sign off any MPs for Puntland parliament. That's why he has been harassing the Isims not to hold any meeting in Qardho but instead his Garaad and main supporter Garaase has announced a rival Isim meeting which is to be held in Garowe. The main agenda on table is to talk about the thorny issue of SOOL MPs and what should be done about them if ultimately the Garaads don't sign off their MPs. Other than that and the fact that he relies heavily on some Sanaag MPs through Ilkajiir, who his support in his region has dwindled Faroole has no real hope of coming back. Most of the regions can't wait to see the back of him. That said, it's ex[expected this time around it will not be a two sided saga rather we will see votes going to different personalities with almost similar number of votes. It might come down to a lot of haggling in the third round to give a clear winner. It will be very interesting one to watch.

Good catch But why are the police men wearing the military camouflage?

I don't know why it's big deal to mention Somaliland. For god sake the man can not be expected to remember every entity while struggling with a broken English. On other note, I watched him live giving a speech at the Wilson Centre last night and talked about his achievements including the dialogue he started with Somaliland and Jubbaland. And yes he uttered the word Jubbaland. You all can get the video.

Not necessarily skinny women but those who have large hips whether slim or fat. What about our women do they fit into this category

It's been a rough year for the Central Bank of Somalia, but now the country's first-ever female bank governor will try her hand at cleaning up the mess left by her much-maligned predecessor. Can Somalia's First Female Central Bank Governor Restore An Economy In Turmoil? Somali currency Wikipedia Recommendations Yussur Abrar has been appointed by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to take over the bank pending a formal handover of power. She has three decades of experience in banking, insurance, telecommunications and finance consultancy. The former central bank governor, Abdusalem Omer, a Somali-American with experience working for the mayoral office of Washington D.C., came under intense scrutiny this July following the publication of a report from the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, which alleged that Omer had played a major role in turning the central bank into a "slush fund" for corrupt officials in the capital city of Mogadishu. The report noted that $12 million had apparently “disappeared” into thin air during a transfer of $16.9 million to the central bank in Mogadishu. Omer denies these accusations, and the Somali government asserted his innocence on Aug. 30 based on the results of an investigation it commissioned, calling the UN allegations "factually inaccurate and inexplicably biased." But on word that the bank's leadership was about to go through a major reshuffle, Omer sent in a letter of resignation on Sept 16. When Omer first began his stewardship of the bank in January, he was starting from scratch. Somalia had only recently begun its recovery from two decades of failed statehood; the country disintegrated into a violent battleground following a coup that ousted former President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Last year, the implementation of a new constitution and central government was hailed as a milestone for the poverty-stricken country of 11 million. But establishment of a central bank was fraught by myriad problems. Comprehensive data on demographics and economics were -- and are -- largely nonexistent. Old Somali currency has been circulating in the Horn of Africa, without any official oversight, for decades. The country has no commercial banks, though wire transfer companies have sprouted up to bring back remittances from abroad worth about $1.5 billion annually. Abrar will be tasked with setting the stage for a fiscal renaissance in Somalia. She intends to implement policies to address widespread poverty and unemployment, oversee the licensing of a network of commercial banks, and encourage the establishment of a comprehensive regulatory framework. Foreign aid monies will help to fund these initiatives; this week, international donors at a conference in Brussels pledged $2.4 billion to fund Somali's infrastructural and fiscal reconstruction. The appointment is significant since Somalia has quite a ways to go in terms of women's rights. A UN development report last year ranked the country the fourth worst in the world in terms of gender equality. The challenges faced by women include genital mutilation, higher rates of unemployment, lack of property rights, and limited access to reproductive healthcare. The government is working on the establishment of quotas to ensure women's representation in the national government, and Abrar's appointment to one of the country's most influential positions is an encouraging development on that front.

Where does he says he wants Faroole back? In fact he is harsh on Faroole more than Abdiwali. And any ways Ismail is known fella and I know he basically campaigning for his cousin who will soon declare his candidacy. So his criticism of both men is dirty politics and does not hold water.

Horta why did not Somalis go for President and Vice president structure. I am sure I have seen a draft to that effect and don't know what changed. For example before the election the president would pick his VP in advance and people would vote for duos rather than one man having the monopoly on everything like what is happening now. It would make sure the politicians do not pick their cronies and lame ducks to have monopoly on power and forces president to compromise. This structure seems to be working for the countries where there are major ethnic/sectarian groups competing for power. For example, in Kenya, Kenyatta picked his arch enemy from the other side to win the election and hence compromise. Nigeria is in same situation. I think its time we look into this structure.

Tarzan goes back to his old Tarzan. I remember him shouting number on the corridors of West minister and interrupting MP Geremy Corbyn who was trying to help Somalis form a lobbyist umbrella. I didn't understand what made him upset there. The meeting was a brainstorming session to collect ideas and the Puntland's minster talked about their priorities and how that is different from the South Central where there were no any admins for over 20 years. All he could do was to wait his turn and bring forth his ideas.

It was provocative and childish from Culusoow side to insist that Farole sits behind the president given the fact that Puntland does not consider itself under the direct control of the SFG. The constitution says that Puntland will be independent and will administer its affairs until such time that the rest of the federated states are formed and permanent federal constitution is agreed upon. I think the SFG president should suck his top advisers and aides. They are unprofessional, divisive and tribalists to the core. He should get himself advisers that consist from all the regions and tribes instead of narrowing himself on small close knit group from his clan and cronies.

Is it me or is Galayr making a serious accusation where he says that the president has reportedly confided with a foreign country that " a certain clan in Somalia is the cancer of Somalia and need to be dealt with?". If this is true then may Allah help Somalia with a leader like him.

^LOOL you fuming with hatred. Hatred won't give you recognition. Marka for the sake of your health seek help , you r really suffering.

With some pictures: http://www.biyokulule.com/view_content.php?articleid=6181

Towards the south-west of Jubaland exists a plateau of slight elevation. From this in the rainy season a considerable amount of water flows into a series of swamps, drained by two creeks entering the sea by a common mouth at Port Durnford. These swamps are called by the general name of Wama Eidu. The climate in general is healthy even for Europeans, for although the heat is often intense,1`it is a dry heat very different to that of places to the south. The average coastal temperature is 80?, but inland it is greater. The seasons are as follows : Gu, The heavy rains (March to July). Haga`, Dry season (July to August). Dair, Lesser rains (September to November). Dira`, Dry season (December to February). The two dry seasons are sometimes also called Jilaal, and the two rainy seasons Barwaaqo. The rains fall inland first, and are often accompanied by severe thunderstorms. On the coast the rainfall is less than in the interior. The two monsoons are equally divided into periods of six months each; the south-west, blowing from April to August; and the north-east from September to March. Between the two monsoons comes a calm, when the heat is excessive. The country may be roughly divided into the following districts : Rama-adi, Bajun, Kismayu, Juba river, Afmadu, Serenleh, Eil Wak, Wajheir, Lorian. The district of Rama-adi, including the sub-district of Joreh, contains a group of flat-topped low hills on which a fairly plentiful quantity of rain usually falls during the year. This water, draining into the swamps mentioned above, causes the country to possess valuable feeding-grounds for cattle. Port Durnford is the natural harbour for this district, but at present the trade is undeveloped. Much valuable wild-vine rubber could be obtained from this neighbourhood, but the trade is hindered because the Somali, who dominate the country, are too supine to gather the rubber, and will not suffer the coast tribes, who are not Somali, to collect it. Three sub-tribes of the ****** Somali dominate the Rama-adi district, namely, the Abd Wak, the Maghaabul, and the Abdullah. They possess large herds of cattle, but they do not breed camels. The Bajun district consists of Port Durnford, the sub-district of Arnoleh [Anooleh], and a series of small islands adjacent to the coast. The natives include the Bajun, the Boni, and the Gala tribes. The Bajun are a race quite distinct from the Somali, and they have their own language and customs. Their local name is Wa-Tikuu. They obtain a living by fishing and marine trading. They claim to be descended from Persian settlers; this is corroborated by the existence in their district of ruined stone houses of distinctly Persian architecture, and also by their light complexion and regular features. The Boni tribe formerly lived in the Gurreh [Garre] country on the borders of Abyssinia, where their sole occupation was that of hunting. Gradually they spread southward until they reached that part of Jubaland then inhabited by the Gala, who are locally termed the Wurday. With this tribe they made an agreement that they should be allowed to live and hunt in the districts of Afmadu and Deshek Wama, under condition that one tusk of every elephant killed should be handed to the Gala. Jubaland Wa-gosha village When the Somali and the Gala began fighting the Boni were neutral, but when the former proved victorious the Boni retired into the thick bush, where for two years they lived on game. Subsequently they made with the ****** Somali a similar arrangement to that which they had formerly made with the Gala, and this arrangement is still carried out. They now have settlements in Arnoleh [Anooleh] and the hinterland of Port Durnford. In physique they are in no respect like negroes. Oppressed and persecuted by the young Somali, they have become extremely timid and shy of strangers. If a traveller approaches one of their villages, the whole population takes refuge in the thorn bush, where it is quite impossible to track them. Their weapons are bows with poisoned arrows. This poison they obtain from a scarce tree called Wabaiyu, which is a species of Euphorbia. Of late years this tribe has begun to collect the wild rubber around Arnoleh [Anooleh] and to barter it with the Bajun in exchange for cloth. In hunting they have remarkable skill, and their knowledge of the bush is wonderful. When water fails them in the bush they watch the birds, and when they see the birds sitting on yak trees in any numbers, their experience tells them that water will probably be found in the hollows of some of the trees. These yak trees have thick stunted trunks in which large cavities are often to be found. The branches of the trees spring from the circle of living wood round the cavities. The marriage customs of the Boni are very simple. When a young man wants a wife he goes hunting until he kills an elephant, of which the one tusk is for his Somali superior and the other he exchanges for cloth. The cloth is given to the girl`s father, and if it is sufficient in quantity she becomes his wife. In intelligence the Boni are superior to the Bajun, but not equal to the Gala or the Somali. Their language, which is at present unwritten, somewhat resembles that of the Somali, yet the difference is too great for mutual understanding. It is noteworthy that a small settlement of Boni, living on the banks of the Juba, have begun to cultivate maize. It is difficult to estimate the number of Boni now living in Jubaland, but probably they do not exceed a thousand. This interesting tribe, who may possibly be the aborigines of the country, are rapidly decreasing in numbers, and in a few years will probably be extinct or merged among the Somali, whose missionaries are busily employed in converting them from Paganism to Mohammedanism. At Arnoleh [Anooleh] is the only settlement of the Gala tribe in Jubaland, though they are to be found scattered among the Somali throughout the whole country. Monseigneur Taruin Cahaigne, of Harrur in Abyssinia, has suggested, according to Colonel Swayne, that this tribe had their original local habitation in Tanaland. It would appear more probable, from inquiries made from the Gala themselves, that their tribe came from the north of Italian Somaliland, whence they were driven by the more powerful Somali; and that they first took refuge in Jubaland and afterwards in Tanaland, where a large settlement of them still exists. Northern Somaliland can show many cairns of Gala origin, but in Jubaland I have found not one. It appears that, after being driven across the Juba by the Somali, the Gala took possession of the country to the west of that river. About 1842 the Somali crossed the Juba, attacked the Gala, and were defeated with great loss. These attacks were continued until 1845, when tbe Somali offered peace on condition that they should be allowed to inhabit Jubaland side by side with the Gala. The Gala foolishly consented to this. In 1848 the Somali treacherously broke the agreement, and drove the Gala south ward and westward. Many of them were starved into servitude under the Somali, and are now employed in considerable numbers as herdsmen in the ****** country. The Gala are mostly Pagans, but lately a considerable number of them have become converts to Mohammedanism. Their marriage customs do not include the giving of a dowry, and their conjugal morality is very lax. In intelligence they compare unfavourably with the Somali; nevertheless they are a courageous and usually self-restraining race, yet subject to violent fits of excitement when sufficiently provoked. As traders and hunters they are more skilful than a Somali, but not equal to the Boni. Kismayu, showing sandhills, in around 1913 The Kismayu district may be said to extend from the coast northward to the Deshek Wama lake, and on the east it is bounded by the Juba river. Kismayu, which may be considered as the capital of Jubaland, possesses a well-protected roadstead. It contains about 4000 inhabitants – consisting of Somali, a few Indian traders, and Bajun. It exports hides, maize, and cotton; it imports manufactured articles, especially cotton cloth of all descriptions. The trade at present is mostly in the hands of Khojas from Bombay. The goods are principally made in Hindustan or America. Very few British-made articles reach the country. As the seat of the Government, it is the residence of a few English officials. Gobwein (“large plain“), 2 miles from the Juba mouth, is a village of about 2000 inhabitants. Yonti, 12 miles from Gobwein, is also situated on the Juba river. It is a military cantonment. Near this village an English company has commenced the cultivation of cotton. Jubaland village, 1913 The Juba river district reaches from the junction of the Juba and the Daua rivers to Yonti. The right bank is under British rule; the left is in Italian territory. From the village of Dolo, where the Daua and Juba unite, as far down the river as Serenleh (a British military post), the district is wild and uncultivated. From Serenleh to Mfudu the bank immediate to the river is covered by a dense forest. The timber, however, is not of a valuable kind, though here and there rubber-vine may be found. From Mfudu to Yonti the bank is under cultivation by the Wa-Gosha tribes. The productions are maize and simsim. In this neighbourhood the Government have established an experimental farm. The Juba river district, with its richly fertile soil, should have a great future as a cotton-growing country. byssinian frontier.

Jubaland and Its Inhabitant By F. ELLIOTT, A.S.P. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 41, No. 6 pp. 554-561 June 1913 The north-western boundary of Jubaland is a line drawn from the Lorian swamp, passing through the districts of Wajheir and Eil Wak, and terminating at Dolo, on the river Juba. Its south-eastern boundary is the Indian ocean. Its eastern boundary is the river Juba, whose eastern bank is within the Italian sphere of influence. The western boundary is an imaginary line from the Lorian swamp to the Bajun settlement of Kiunga on the coast. Off the coast is a series of coral reefs and small islands, partly inhabited, which makes the approach by vessels somewhat difficult. The available harbours are two in number, Kismayu and Port Durnford; the latter can only be entered by vessels of light draught. The mouth of the river Juba is blocked by a sand-bar, which can be crossed by vessels not requiring more than 6 feet of water. There is, in addition, the large creek of Arnoleh [Anooleh] (place of milk), which is navigable by dhows, and extends some 20 miles inland. Along the shore there is a line of sandhills stretching inland for about a mile. Their heights average not more than 200 feet, and they are clothed with bush and mimosa thorn. Immediately behind the sandhills lies a flat country, thick with thorn and other bushes, but which possesses here and there open or park-like plains whereon cattle, camels and goats are pastured. As we proceed north-westward the belts of bush become denser and more difficult to penetrate, while in the more southern districts the open plains are larger and more numerous. The general view of the country is uninteresting from lack of hills, and depressing from want of variety; yet it possesses great possibilities as a grazing country. Along the whole of the western bank of the river Juba lies a belt of what is called " black-cotton " soil, the fertility of which, under irrigation, may be compared to that of the Nile valley. It is already producing crops of cotton equal to the best Egyptian, and in the future might become a district of considerable commercial importance. The Juba, locally called the Webbe Ganana, rises in the mountains of southern Abyssinia. Its course is southward, but it winds in many directions. Its only tributary in Jubaland is the Daua. The local drainage is very small, and there are numerous swamps on either bank. The river is lowest from December to March, it then rises slowly until May. After this month the river again falls, and this fall is followed by its greatest rise, which occurs between August and November. The banks are well defined and clothed with vegetation and bush. The swamps lie beyond these banks. The river is navigable all the year round to Yonti. During the floods steamers can even reach Serenleh. The tsetse fly haunts the banks and swamps. The Lorian swamp in the north-west corner of the country is in the rainy season for the most part a morass with a circumference of about 60 to 70 miles, but having moderately deep pools of water surrounded by reeds. In the dry season it is a mud flat with a permanent supply of water in its midst. This swamp is supplied from the slopes of the Aberdare mountains and Mount Kenya with water which enters it by the E. Uaso Nyiro river. There is a clearly defined river-bed, called the Lak Dera, connecting the Lorian swamp with the Wama lake. This river-bed is now dry, but the natives report that water has been known to flow down it as far as Afmadu (black mouth), which is a district about 30 miles from the river Juba. The general direction of the above-mentioned Lak Dera (long stream) is east until it reaches the Afmadu district, where it is joined by the Lak Jera river-bed, and this has a stream of water during the season of heavy rains. After passing Afmadu the united river-bed turns almost due south until it reaches the Deshek Wama (Wama lake), a lake which formerly had permanent water extending 16 miles in length by about 2 miles in breadth. This lake was formerly fed by a stream proceeding from the river Juba at a point about 50 miles from its mouth, and it was drained by another stream entering the Juba 20 miles from its mouth, near the town of Yonti (noisy place). The feeding stream has been lately blocked by an artificial bank, and the lake is now dry except in the rainy season.

MMA are you comparing a country ravaged by war for 23 years with a country which had always had strong government? You have same mentality as Hassan Sheikh and that's why he doesn't get it. Somalia will get there some time in the future, but for now there are a lot of entities shoveling for concessions and any leader has to be realistic and understand the state Somalia is in.