If the migrants are not harming no one and they are addding to Somaliland, then i say let them be!

Welcome back to UK Mr. President.

^^^ Everybody knows you guys are one in the same. I never understood why certain people make double names and agrue and start fights for the sake of it. Is your life that boring?

This KOW cant wait until the get rid of him lol

Nope feel he is wasting his talent on the TFG which is corrupt, weak and does nothing for the people.

^^ Whats that say about you Abdul lol. My point people that run around with guns are nothing but thugs but i guess for you its normal right lol. And when i say white people i mean the fact that they see somalis as savages and you lots prove them right when you agree with thugs to be allowed to enter a city to hurt people. Cheers

Listen when you have crazy nuts with guns running in the city you need law and order.

I just feel very sorry for this guy

^^^ What you talking about! Gang thugs come in shooting and asking questions latter and your issue is Hargesia saying chillout, and i wonder why white people wonder about somalis.

^^^ you clowns relex and let me straight this out from a person who supports Somaliland. First ethnically people from somaliland is no different ethnically then people in Somalia, Puntland, Djoubti or NF Kenya or Ogadein in ethiopia just like people in Egypt are ethinically are not different from Libya or UAE. But what makes Somalialnders different is our national identity forms who we are just like people from America and Canada maybe in some aspect ethinically and culturally the same but view themselves natinonally different. Somaliland has established a strong national identity which define who we see ourselves. You lots see on another through clan and talk clan this and clan that, which funny wise is the reason somalia as nation state is dead. So lets say politically, and nationally speaking people from Somaliland are different from you guys in that respect. Cheers

Hand them over if they are killing innocent people they must go.

^^ Are you crazy lol you just proved my point. Somaliland is saying we are a nation, you lots are screaming they are not and you going now where, so please tell me you is the angery one lol. I have never seen people of Somaliland yelling Somalia, burn what you see is Somaliland citizens focous on developing their nation. So please focous on helping Somalia and live my nation alone.

Somaliland government needs to improve on its standing more in Sanaag.

By Sophie Quinton Updated: September 15, 2011 | 3:15 p.m. September 15, 2011 | 2:09 p.m. The West has proven a valuable source of democracy-building and development aid for Somaliland, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it republic in northern Africa. But it is China that has been willing to gamble big on the economic-development projects it needs most. “When you talk about infrastructure development, China is one of the leading countries in the world,” said Somaliland Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Omar, who is in Washington this week. “You cannot get roads built and bridges done, and ports done and airports, with humanitarian and development assistance.” “Contemporary development assistance focuses on what I would call ‘soft sector’,” Omar said: things like institutional development, education, health, capacity building. “Aid is not aimed to build roads—and for the economic development you would need to develop that infrastructure,” Omar said. “The Chinese are very good at that.” Chinese oil company PetroTrans plans to turn Berbera port into a modern facility, in a deal with the Somaliland government that will help PetroTrans export the natural gas it extracts from Ethiopia. Modern roads connecting Somaliland and Ethiopia will be part of the deal, which has yet to be finalized, Omar said. Somaliland’s democracy is still far from perfect, 20 years in transition from dictatorship, said Ibrahim Hashi Jama, a Somalilander and a lawyer now living in Britain. It also took a long time to build: Clan meetings on the constitution began in 1991, but the document was not finalized until 2001. Building up the judicial system to check government power and make sure that elections happen on time remain major challenges. The government is “an eclectic mix of our own,” Jama said in an e-mail: a U.S.-style president and separation of powers, but a parliament that includes a "House of Elders," a body similar to the U.K.'s House of Lords that has a special focus on traditional issues. Somaliland is an Islamic state, and sharia is the basis of its constitution and legal system. Somalilanders themselves were “the ones who decided they were going to have a stable Somaliland,” said Paul Fagan, Africa director for the International Republican Institute. “They came together across clan lines, set aside their differences, and did it with no international intervention whatsoever.” The Somaliland system balances Islamic law, tribal tradition, and republican governance with respect for human rights and a commitment to fighting terrorism. “There aren’t many places like this in the world,” Fagan said. He called Somaliland an “easy place” to work because the government wants to improve its democracy and eagerly cooperates with capacity-building efforts. The institute is helping Somaliland’s legislative branch develop, a project financed by USAID. USAID and Britain’s Department for International Development both set aside unique aid budgets for Somaliland. Somaliland’s government believes it can set an example for Arab nations beginning to wrestle with regime change—and it may have something to teach the Western aid world as well. “We offer a lesson” for other countries going through a democratic transition, Omar said. “Somaliland did it. Why can’t you do it? And with limited resources and limited possibility and support, we have done it, and we are still working on it.” Omar traveled to Washington this week to raise his country’s profile and ask for humanitarian and development assistance. Lack of political recognition has hampered his country’s ability to attract humanitarian and development aid—not to mention foreign direct investment. But Omar, Jama, and Fagan all agreed that Somaliland is ready to move to a new phase and that economic investment is going to be vital, if the impoverished, arid country is ever going to develop. Until Somaliland is officially recognized as an independent nation—and not part of Somalia—it will be extremely difficult for foreign businesses to take on the risk of investing there. China has increasingly taken a more active role in Africa. As state-owned companies move in to extract African resources, Chinese investment in the continent has skyrocketed. Chinese involvement in Africa has worried some Western observers, but Omar argued that partnerships with China and the West were both vital and would complement each other. “The Chinese seem to be taking a bit more risk than any other country,” he said. “And where else would you go in this climate of economic difficulty? China has got the most cash and investment." Want to stay ahead of the curve? Sign up for National Journal's AM & PM Must Reads. News and analysis to ensure you don't miss a thing.

Only in Somaliland can this first happen !! LoL Testament to an ongoing process of increasing gender equality, Khadra X. Ismail Yonis has been elected Somaliland’s first female mayor. Below is an article by Ali Ahmed: When in 1887 Susanna Madora better known as "Dora" was elected as the new mayor of Argonia, Kansas in United States, Somaliland was in the hands of its colonial master -Britain- which at the time was ruling most parts of the world. Dora was a politician and activist and became the first woman elected as mayor and the first woman elected to any political office in the United States (United Nations 1960). Khadra X. Ismail Yonis, widely known as Khadra X. Gaydh, has just become Somaliland’s first female mayor but already she seems relaxed in her pioneering role as she strolls around her community clad in traditional beautiful Somali dirac (a flowing lightweight dress) and a purple shalmad. She will be a good leader, just like her father who was a successful businessman," says Hussein Warsame, an elderly man wearing the traditional white galabiyah robe, who made a point of climbing off his donkey to greet the new mayor. "And besides, a woman is in power in Germany," he adds with a smile. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson graduated in 1865 as Britain’s first women doctor. Anderson had later gone to become the first female mayor in England. Somaliland was in colonial coma in this dark era and was not known to the world beyond the Arab Peninsula. Khadra, a 46 year-old political activist and councillor, voted against the former mayor to become a mayor of the predominantly male society in the town of Gabiley in western Somaliland. The former mayor was accused of engaging in corrupt practices and local embezzlement. The Somaliland’s National Audit Office requested the Gabiley Local Council to strip the mayor’s title and honour so as to put him on trail in a court of law. Khadra joined the ruling Kulmiye Party of President Ahmed Silanyo in 2002 during the local governmental elections. Khadra admits that things are moving slowly for women in the male-dominated society. "I am the first woman mayor, but believe me there will be others," she said, pointing to a group of young girls around her. The appointment of a woman to the top civic role in the community of livestock breeders, defying the trend in the increasingly conservative Muslim nation, was confirmed by the interior ministry in May 2011. "I don't believe it. I am the first woman mayor of Somaliland," she says as a band of children swarm around her, smiling in admiration. "My father stood for the parliamentary seat in this district in 1969; I was born in this region. I was not parachuted out of nowhere," said Khadra. She admits, however, that the younger generation supported her more than the old of the town of 30,000 people. Her appointment has certainly shaken the norms in Somaliland, where women lag far behind men in politics. Although Somaliland was the first conservative Muslim country to hold free, transparent and fair elections in the last 2 decades, women’s progress in the public sphere has been slow over the decades amid both increasing conservatism and a moderate Islamic revival. Despite the remarkable progress of women in many professions in Somaliland, politics is not one of them. Indeed, in Somaliland, women have been conspicuous by their absence in decision and policy making in government. When the United Nations First World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City in 1975, the international community was reminded that discrimination against women remained a persistent problem in many countries; and even though governments were called upon to develop strategies to promote the equal participation of women, political participation was not yet identified as a priority. The concept of democracy in Somaliland will only achieve true and dynamic significance when political policies and national legislation are decided jointly by men and women with equitable regard for the interests and aptitudes of both halves of the population. Today there are only3 female MPs in Somaliland's 155-seat parliament (both upper and lower house). Only one was elected while the other 2 were appointed under presidential decree. Khadra’s nomination as mayor echoes a long tradition in rural Somaliland that administrative positions are handed down from father to son. "My mother was unhappy when I was born because she had wanted a boy," the new mayor recalled. As a woman, and a Muslim, Khadra knew she would have to face up to huge challenges as she battled her way into the male-oriented politics of Somaliland, a Sunni Muslim dominated country. Poor infrastructure impedes access to resources and markets in Somaliland. Khadra has already taken some drastic actions, she put new surface on damaged paved roads in the town. She built new offices for the council which previously had only one office and one meeting room. “I believe that Gabiley collects enough revenues, if not surplus, therefore I have to think about our hospitals, schools, roads, the environment and waste management”, she said. Khadra’s role and new post have been hailed as a success by substantial local political commentators and her rating is now standing at a staggering 72%. “The vast majority of women from all walks of life opt for wearing scarves to cover their heads in keeping with a strict religious dress code”; said Khadra, who insists that citizenship should prevail over tribal and clan differences. "We must, first and foremost, proclaim ourselves as Muslim and Somaliland." She said. Somaliland’s women community is said to account for an estimated 40 to 55 percent of the country's 3.5 million inhabitants.

^^ And you reminded me of that angery dude that always hates for no reason lol Say what you want of Somaliland or its people but the fact you cant deny is its There. Governments send delegetes, you lots are screaming that somaliland wont go know were lol, and people like me are their developing and securing a bright future for its people

^^ Carafaat dont waste your engery debating this clowns, i figured out debating them is like debating a wall.

This prime minister is good guy but weak with the two Sherifs in his way.

Even in Al-Shabab tribal issues come up lol

^^ Stop talking to these savages, there concept of reality is messed up lol.

^^ What ever lol

Indeed.

^^^ Haters will always say stuff, The President was in Adwal reping Somaliland to the fullest.

Somaliland leading the way in East Africa

Sad but true.