Mad_Mullah;681022 wrote: Ya Rab let there be a war between Egypt and Ethiopia! We would certainly benefit from it. Easy with the careless remarks, Mullana Saab. It's just a diplomatic war. Nile should remain Nile and give life, not take it.

I bet you will be deleted if you make one more insignificant thread. Hehehe.

Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests that over the next 20 years, water shortages could trigger unrest within national borders instead of between the nations of the Middle East. In the past, Middle East scholars have often pointed to shared river basins and disputes over underground water rights as causes for potential conflict between nations. That may not be surprising, because 10 of the 15 most water-poor countries in the world are in the region. But according to a new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, in Washington, limited supplies of underground water within national borders of the Middle East pose a more immediate challenge. Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at CSIS and author of the new study, says water is a fundamental part of the social contract in Middle Eastern countries. "Water is deeply tied in to how all these governments work," noted Alterman. "Water is a way to reward people; water is a way to build allegiances, and water is a sign that a government can actually do things. If the water goes away then suddenly the whole deal that holds the government together goes away. That is a fundamental problem for these governments and the people who live under them." Alterman argues that the water problem in the Middle East grew out of the "green revolution" that swept the region between 1980 and 1992. During that period, underground water was heavily used to sustain agriculture, feed the growing populations and to irrigate the desert as a form of national pride. He says the depletion of such groundwater resources will have lasting consequences for how Middle Eastern governments function and deal with their citizens. Alterman says another problem related to water supplies is the movement of peoples from rural areas the cities. This migration, he says, further reduces groundwater supplies and increases tensions among ethnic or national factions. "The first thing is to understand that there is a problem," added Alterman. "The principal problem, the real problem, is access to water within countries. Countries' water resources are going dry. It requires individual national governments to think not only about supply but also of ways to diminish the demand for water." To help out on the supply side of water resources, a Center for Strategic and International Studies study suggests that governments should consider using treated wastewater for irrigation. On the demand side, the study recommends that countries impose strict water pricing systems and offer incentives for conservation. It will be also crucial to educate people about appropriate use of water. If serious action is not taken, Alterman warns, for example, that Sana'a, Yemen will run out of groundwater in 2017, resulting in political and social unrest. General Anthony Zinni, former commander of the U.S. Central Command, argues global cooperation is needed to prevent instability in Middle East over water shortages. "This needs to be a global issue, not just an individual country issue," said Zinni. "I do think there have to be regional approaches and regional strategies. I know some have advocated very specific, small number of strategies, maybe one for every nation or society. I don't think that will work. These water resources span a number of societies. These are regional and maybe super-regional issues." Zinni points out, for example, that sharing water resources will be a major issue in any peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The former U.S. Middle East envoy also cites past disputes between Syria and Turkey over waters from the Euphrates River and the ongoing tensions between Egypt and some African countries over water from the Nile River basin. "I think, given other tensions, that [water shortages] could erupt and just throw another log on the fire in many cases [cause additional problems]. I think the U.S. role in trying to help develop regional strategies, bring parties together, share technology, global attention, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations that deal with water issues - somehow gaining their cooperation and involvement in this process too," added Zinni. General Zinni echoes the conclusion of the new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies: that skilled governance and diplomacy will be needed to prevent water shortages in the Middle East from triggering widespread conflict. Source

Somalina;681066 wrote: Somali Galbeed waa idinla degnaa Xataa Jigjiga my grandma ayaa joogta weli...Waa kula leeyahay kaaga, keygana anigaa leh...lol Deal with that disturbing fact aight! Well you are an Ethiopian now, another disturbing fact ... Somalina;681066 wrote: Btw, Farmaajo is my adeer, so yeah, he is family! Xamar asaga iyo aniga leh...lmao Just for the record....

December 15, 2010 -- The United States officials have met Ethiopian officials to discuss Wikileaks cables, reports Capital. The cables disclose private talks with Ethiopian government officials, including Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his security chief Getachew Assefa, who they described as ‘reclusive’. “We have discussed the WikiLeaks situation with appropriate Ethiopian Government officials,” the US embassy said in an email response to Capital. WikiLeaks says it has 1,395 cables that originated from U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia and a total of 1,623 records that mentions Ethiopia in its more than 250,000 leaked documents. So far it has leaked two cable sent from U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. According to Guardian newspaper, some of the cables refer to disagreements during Copenhagen climate talks. The US mounted a secret global diplomatic offensive to overwhelm opposition to the controversial “Copenhagen accord”. At the center of this controversy is our own Meles. On 2 February 2009, a US embassy cable reported a meeting between the US undersecretary of state Maria Otero and Meles who leads the African Union’s climate change negotiations. The confidential cable records a US threat to PM Meles; “Otero urged Meles to sign the Copenhagen accord on climate change and explained that it is a point of departure for further discussion and movement forward on the topic.” Meles responded that his government supported the accord in Copenhagen and would support it at the African Union Summit. However, he expressed his disappointment that despite President Obama’s personal assurance to him that finances committed in Copenhagen would be made available, he had received word from contacts at the UN that the U.S. was not supportive of Ethiopia’s proposal for a panel to monitor financial pledges regarding climate change. The US diplomats assured the PM that they would look into his concerns. “Our discussions with US officials are normally very candid on both sides but they are very private and, therefore, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on private discussions we have had with US officials,” Prime Minister Meles Zenawi recently said in a press conference snubbing question to this regard. Source: Capital

About 1,000 Somali troops who have been trained by the EU military expertise’s and AU officers at the Bihanga Military camp in the Western Uganda district of Ibanda are ready to deploy to Somalia to fight against an al-Qaeda linked Somali group Al shabaab that is fighting to the transitional federal government and AU peacekeeping force in Mogadishu. Attending the ceremony were members from the EU countries and the Uganda government and including, the European Union (EU) ambassador and head of delegation to Uganda, Vincent De Visscher and Kampla-based France, Burundi, Somalia, UK, Belgium, Italy and the UPDF commander of land forces, Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala. The Somali minister of defence Abdul-Hakim Mohamed who was also present at the occasion which happened on Wednesday has appealed to international community and the regional government to move forward and increase ways to train to the Somali forces. Reports say the trainees were also given different things of skills such as, weapons, military exercises and tactics, after six months in recruiting at the Bihanga Military camp. Hundreds of thousands of Somali troops trained in particular counties like Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya have already gone back to Somalia to defeat the government from the radical Islamists, but done nothing at all and are protested for their salaries. The troops have been complaining of neglect by the government and the international community. An estimated 7,000 AU force are operating in Mogadishu to protect for Somali government, though the part of the capital the government controls is so smaller than the insurgents’ areas. Somalia which has not had strong functioning government, since instability broke out in 1991 is a country where its people are still witnessing deadly violence, piracy, poverty, corruption and other more violations against humanity. Source

A WikiLeaks document has revealed that Egypt has fears about the possible impact that Southern Sudan's secession may have on its Nile water quota, and that it therefore sought to convince Washington to postpone the scheduled referendum in the South. However one does not need to read this document in order to know that the Nile water issue is open to a number of complications, and that in the near future this is something that may come to overshadow all other regional issues. Anybody listening to the statements, observing the frantic manoeuvres, or watching the growing tension, might already feel that the Nile Water War has begun in earnest. Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi is leading his country’s organized campaign which is demanding a redistribution of Nile water resources and the amendment of old agreements. In a recent statement, he appeared to fire a provocative ‘bullet’ in Cairo's direction when he claimed that Egypt could not win a war against Ethiopia over the distribution of Nile resources. Zenawi revealed the true proportions of this underlying crisis when he accused Egypt of supporting rebel groups [in Ethiopia] as part of an attempt to destabilize the country, due to Egypt's dispute over the distribution of the Nile waters. In an interview he conducted with Reuters toward the end of last month, Zenawi said: "I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia. Nobody who has tried that has lived to tell the story. I don't think the Egyptians will be any different and I think they know that." This statement, which was devoid of the usual diplomatic rhetoric, indicates that there is a mounting crisis [over the issue of the distribution of Nile resources] between the two most important players in this region, which has now entered a new phase with the use of the war-like language. On one hand, the largest Nile tributary runs through Ethiopia, as the country lies at the source of the Blue Nile which supplies the River Nile with more than two-thirds of its running water and fertile soil. Moreover, Ethiopia has one of the highest birth-rates in the world, and by 2025 its population will have reached 113, over-taking Egypt to become the second most populous country in Africa, after Nigeria. Over the past 30 years, Ethiopia has been stricken by terrible famine and drought which prompted the government to erect five giant dams over the past ten years. This has reignited the old dispute over Nile water, and the question of how to reconcile the increasing needs of the Nile Basin countries, and the limited water resources offered by the Nile. Egypt, on the other hand, is the primary consumer of Nile water, and the Nile is considered the country’s chief lifeline. That is why this issue is being discussed as if it were a matter of life or death. Egypt believes that Ethiopia is the driving force behind demands to revoke the old agreements that govern the distribution of Nile water and calls for new agreements to be made which would see upstream Nile countries granted a large share of the Nile's resources, inevitably resulting in a decrease of Egypt's share. Nevertheless, Egypt responded in a diplomatic manner to Zenawi's statement, preferring not to further escalate the issue. Cairo expressed surprise at the Ethiopian warning and maintained that Egyp it was not considering war as an option to resolve the Nile water issue, stating that it is committed to a strategy of dialogue and negotiations to resolve this problem. However Cairo also stressed that in the event of a solution not being reached, Egypt would exercise its right to resort to international law to protect what it deems to be its historical rights, as defined by international agreements. After dismissing Zenawi's accusation that Egypt was supporting rebel groups with the aim of destabilizing Ethiopia, Cairo accused Zenawi of being behind the Cooperative Framework Agreement signed by five Nile upstream states, namely Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. The agreement is also supported by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi; however both countries have expressed reservations about signing this as they are wary of escalating tensions with the Nile downstream countries, particularly Egypt and Sudan. Cairo has launched intense diplomatic efforts towards the signatories of the Cooperative Framework Agreement, in an attempt to prevent what it regards as an Ethiopian move to isolate Egypt, and force Cairo to renegotiate the distribution of the water resources of the longest river in the world. The Egyptian diplomatic efforts towards the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi were successful, yet they failed to stop the other five countries from signing the agreement. If the provisions of this agreement are implemented, this would inevitably lead to a major confrontation between the Nile countries on the grounds that this would undermine the former agreement and allow each country to act of its own volition [with regards to the Nile water resources] or result in the formation of two competing blocs, which is something that could result in war. Meanwhile, Egypt is intently observing the recent developments in Sudan, and fears that following next year's self-determiantion referendum, any newly formed southern state might side with the Cooperative Framework Agreement states, especially as there are strong ties between the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Sudan and Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. All three countries supported the armed struggle and diplomatic efforts of the SPLM for long years, both prior to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and afterwards. Even if a newly formed state of Southern Sudan did not adopt a confrontational stance similar to that of the Cooperative Framework Agreement states; its mere establishment would open the door to re-negotiations over how the Nile water resources are divided. Some people have suggested that the water quota for an independent southern state of Sudan should be taken from the share granted to Egypt and Sudan or from Sudan's share alone. These complexities are further compounded when we take into account the warnings of environmentalists, who indicate that the coming decades will see a marked rise in temperature rates and a gradual decrease in rainfall in many countries around the world, including some Nile states. Perhaps the worst case scenario would be the continued escalation of tensions amongst the Nile states, at a time where fierce international competition is taking place over natural resources in Africa. Needless to say, there are external parties monitoring the situation, waiting for the slightest opportunity to incite conflicts and wars. Source

Curious, if Sherif would open an Air Force Hospital?

Mar hadaan magacygii, midigtayda ku hayoo Marwadii aan doonabaa, waa in PM ku tuuraa :D :D

I've tried and they worked. Hehehe

Garowegirl, this was time not to miss home. You would have enjoyed the historic sport event in your city.

Somalina;680878 wrote: Isbitaalka Madaxweynaha uu maanta xariga ka jaray ayaa waxaa uu ka koobanyahay dhowr qoybood oo isugu jira Gargaarka deg deg ah,Shaybaarka, Farmashiye iyo qeybka bukaanka la jiifoyo. In addition to that, it should have burn unit, psychiatric ward, and common support units like pathology, and radiology, and on the non-medical side, medical records departments and release of information department. A well maintained ambulance service, is also a mandatory! Instead of Medical Health Center, it should have been named as Sheikh Sharif Military Hospital.

I aint got pics now...

The 15 points are up to the point. lol

RedSea;344289 wrote: lol the polling must have been done by blind people. Looool.

troll..test...

Qimalam Agame , nothing would save you now... :D :D

Duke when was last time you played footy game?

Biyo iskaga deji, qoolo. Lol

Garoowe, way duushay....

Nairobi — The International Criminal Court indicts people on account of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes pursuant to the Rome Statute. One stands indicted when a Pre-Trial chamber issues either an arrest warrant or summons after the special court establishes that "there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court". Summons are issued if the chamber is satisfied that a suspect will appear voluntarily while an arrest warrant is issued where it appears necessary "to ensure the person's appearance for trial". The ICC has so far indicted 17 Africans on crimes committed in Uganda (5), Darfur (6), DR Congo (5) and one from the Central Africa Republic. The following are some of the most famous people so far indicted. Read more

But the Noble Struggle and the Decolonization continuous in a higher acceleration than the Qimalam Agame can coup up......... Let article 39 be written in a who'aha qimalam ***...

Great, isn't it......

Aaliyyah;680507 wrote: loool Thanks walaal ...wheres my manners!!!... Anytime, walashis. Salaams