He was never biased he just wrote more about Somaliland because he spend more time in Somaliland particularly in Burco, having said that he wrote more about the history of all Somalis. He should read his book called Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-Based Society very interesting.

Al Shabab infiltration into Mogadishu worries AMISOM Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa, Commander of AMISOM Hiiraan On By Shafi’i Mohyaddin Saturday, March 15, 2014 Ads by Media ViewAd Options The commander of African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa said that many Al Shabab militants were planning to pour into Somali capital Mogadishu after they have suffered from severe defeats in all battle grounds in some south-central Somali regions. Lt. General Ntigurirwa who talked to the media at AMISOM’s main compound in Halane neighbourhood south west of Mogadishu said AMISOM was aware that Al Shabab were planning to secretly enter Mogadishu hopping to re-lunch insurgency in the capital to plunge the city back into instability and bloodshed. “We are ready to do everything in order to defeat terrorists everywhere in the country, but the assistance from Somali people is more advantageous for our efforts to defeat them” Lt. General Ntigurirwa said in his press conference at Halane compound on Saturday. He said that the allied Somali government forces and AMISOM peacekeepers have caused major losses on Al Shabab compelling them to flee from more cities and towns in the country for the past several days. “Al Shabab are trying to infiltrate into Mogadishu, we are ready to defeat them---This is my opportunity to call upon the Somali people in Mogadishu and elsewhere in the country to inform AMISOM any information about the infiltrating Al Shabab terrorists, because Somali people need peace and stability for the entire country” AMISOM commander –in-chief Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa told journalists. The commander’s speech comes less than two weeks after Somali government’s minister for interior affairs and federalism Abdullahi Godah Barre confirmed the rebirth of Al Shabab militants in the capital Mogadishu. For the past several weeks, the militants have been carrying out car bomb explosions and hit and run night time attacks in some neighbourhoods in the capital Mogadishu.

Mooge good that u agree that the name is cool Hawdian amiin to that

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Sheekh Cali Dheere Oo Beeniyay In Dowladda Kenya Ay Ku Dishay Weerar Xagga Cirka Ah 911 Sheekh Cali Dheere oo beeniyay in Dowladda Kenya ay ku dishay weerar xagga cirka ah Sheekh Cali Maxamuud Raage (Sheekh Cali Dheere), Afhayeenka Guud ee Ururka Al Shabaab, ayaa wuxuu 10 maalmood kadib uu ka hadlay wararka la xiriira in ay dishay Dowladda Kenya. Afhayeenka, ayaa si xoogan u cambaareeyay Dowladda Kenya, wararka aan laga fiirsan ee ay ku sheegtay in ay qaarajisay Afhayeenkii guud ee Ururka Al Shabaab. Sheekh Cali Maxamed Raage, ayaa sheegay in Kenya ay si weyn ugu fashilmatay dagaalada ka soconaayo Gobolada Koonfureed ee Somaliya, taasina ay keentay hadalka aan xaqiiqda lahayn, ee ka soo yeeray. Sheekh Cali Dheere, ayaa wuxuu kaloo sheegay in Ciidamada Kenya ay u babac-dhigi kari waayeen, isla-markaana ay door bidayaan in Warbaahinta ay ka sheegtaan, awood aysan lahayn. Dhanka kale Cali Dheere, ayaa eedeymo xoogan u jeediyay Warbaahinta Somalida, ee buun buunisay in uu geeriyooday Sheekh Cali Maxamuud Raage (Sheekh Cali Dheere). Cali Dheere waxa uu ku goodiyay in ay sii wadi doonaan dagaalada ay kula jiraan Ciidamada Kenya, ee qaybta ka ah hawlgalka Midowga Afrika ee Amisom.

No its not that me and my people are just not inferior to the Europeans they dont cry and wail and blame Europeans for their problems. We dont feel threatened by a European who is interested in our culture and writes books. IM lewis academic work will live on.

dhagax tuur are you forgetting the 1994 war between the Muqdishaawis was between 2 sub clans if these 2 sub clans kept their frictions in doors and didnt use bazookas'to annihilate each other the south would be peaceful. I dont believe this whole diversity crap in the south the USC fully controlled the bay and bakool regions and if they got their stuff in order the whole divisions in the far south could have been avoived in Somaliland do you think the peace and stability was given to the people of Somaliland on a silver plate are you forgetting the destructive wars in burco and hargeisa and berbera and ceerigaabo in from 1993 to 1996, the only difference between the Somalilanders and the koonfurians is that the elders got in between and stopped the blood shed conflict resolutions culture is very alive in Somaliland odayaal ba ka odeyaya khilaafka. Puntland to had its sub clan wars and Somaliland elders such as buurmadow made peace between them.

His work was very good he was the best westerner and an expert on Somalis IM lewis RIP

History of Somaliland quick summmery Macrobia Adal Empire British Somaliland 1884 The cancerous Somali union 1960 The re birth of the Somaliland republic in 1991 in 1991 we took the Somaliland name for legal reasons not because the people liked it the name Golis was considered but people considered a bit dull. i think Macrobia is perfect it will not confuse Somaliland with Somalia , the same way Djibouti is not confused with Somalia. Many countries changed their name Congo for example and many others the name was first called Zaire. we can also keep both Germany is called Germany and Deutschland.. The Netherlands is also called Holland. and many other countries in the world. Macrobians are the Somalilanders tall handsome long livety lived in southern Egypt warrior like. I am certain they are the ancestors of the People of Somaliland.

They should bury him in Germany.

By Serena Saitto March 12, 2014 WorldRemit Ltd., an online money-transfer service that lets people send cash across the globe, raised $40 million from Accel Partners to help the company take on Western Union Co. and MoneyGram (MGI:US) International Inc. Accel is the first institutional investor in the London-based company, which previously raised $7.5 million from individuals, said Chief Executive Officer Ismail Ahmed. Harry Nelis, a partner at Accel, will join the board. WorldRemit was started in 2009 as a cheaper and faster way for migrants to send money using mobile phones, bank deposits or cash delivery. Unlike Western Union and MoneyGram, the company has no physical branches to fund and support, allowing migrants and expats from 34 countries to make payments to places without a banking infrastructure. Remittance payments globally reached $549 billion in 2013, according to the World Bank. “The majority of these payments are still conducted via a network of physical locations, resulting in an inefficient and expensive user experience,” WorldRemit said today in a statement. To grab a bigger piece of the market, WorldRemit said it plans to quadruple its staff to 200 by the end of the year. Ahmed, a native of Somalia, founded the company five years ago at London Business School. He previously worked for the Union Nations Development Program. To contact the reporter on this story: Serena Saitto in New York at ssaitto@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pui-Wing Tam at ptam13@bloomberg.net Ari Levy, Jillian Ward http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-11/worldremit-gets-40-million-from-accel-to-take-on-western-union

WARBIXIN:- Taliyaha Ciidanka Booliska Dawlada Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya oo Garoowe lugu soo dhaweeyay. 14. marts 2014 Allpuntland Waxaa Magaalada garoowe ee Caasimada dawlada Puntland lugu soo dhaweeyay Taliyaha Ciidanka Booliska dawlada Federaalaka ah ee Soomaalia Gen Cabdixakiin daahir Siciid Saacid oo kasoo degay Magaalada Gaalkacyo. Deegaanka Xaraxaar ee Gobolka Nugaal ayaa Waxaa uga horyimid Saraakiisha Ciidamada Booliska dawlada Puntland, waxaana Masuuliyiintaas Booliska kamid ahaa Madaxda Xarunta Tababarka Ciidanka Booliska ee Carmo. Taliyaha ayaa caawa ku sugan Magaalada Garoowe ee caasimada Puntland Halkaas oo uu kulamo kula leeyahay Masuuliyiinta Puntland, lamana Saadalain karo Xiliga Rasmigaa ee uu ugudbayo Xarunta Caro ee Tabobarka Booliska. Gen Saacid ayaa Socdaalkiisa Maanta Allpuntland u sheegay in uu qaadan doono 6 Maalmood, iyadoona Tayayta Ciidanka Booliska Puntland uu uyimid Puntland. La soco WararkaTaliyaha Booliska Soomaaliya & Socdaaladiisa Puntland. Xafiiska Wararka APL, Garoowe.

^^ Indeed he was he will be missed but i am glad his work will live on he wrote so many book tribute to IM lewis.

Cadale no i want a peaceful Somalia but stating the facts that neither shabaab can defeat Amisom and nor Amisom can defeat Shabaab how do u see the future? Other than a practical solution.

^^ Adeer maad cayda fara badan iska deysid..

The macrobians were an ancient group of people living in the Horn of Africa along the golf of adan and the red sea they were a nomadic community had a hierarchy of Kings and were traders and merchants

I never said Godane was not a terrorist for he terrorizes people but i was just saying shabaab cannot be defeated with African union troops and that still remains a fact.

This just shows that Shabaab is even deep in Kenya and that is true shabaab gets its logistics very well , and malistar we re not talking about arresting people. We are talking about defeating shabaab taking over cities and villages from shabaab the SNA is ineffective they are crippled and cant walk with out the African union troops this is a fact, not an opinion.

Malistar no one is wishing Shabaab managed to survive since 2009 they are in the decline but i am sure they will survive because i know one thing is that the African union troops cant defeat shabaab they can weaken them but not defeat them.

Why does he deserve to have a national burial in Somaliland he was just an ordinary singer from Somaliland. I hope the SL government doesn't make to much of it, for the past 23 years of Somaliland existence did he dedicate at least one song for SL , or compose one SL song. He should be buried as he wished near his family relatives in berbera but not a national burial thats all. Somalidu waxay tidha geeljire iyo nimaanad aqoon bay geeridu ku fiicantahay

malistar Axmed Godane will die for his cause he will not run stop spreading propaganda and after Ahmed godane there will be another one and another one , The same way when Bin laden died Alqaeda is still far from defeated they are every where in iraq and syria now. By the way Godane could not be defeated by SNA lets not kid our selves godane would eat SNA alive and spit them out if it was shabaab versus sna. Ina Godane would rule the entire south easily if there were no 30.000 African union troops. i am still amazing how Shabaab still is effective despite the enormous troops they sure have a great strategy. But i know that Godane worked with the taliban in Afghanistan he using the same methods and tactics to make sure Shabaab survives the same way the taliban survived in Afghanistan surely very weakened on all front but not defeated.

This morning he passed away a scholar and an anthropologist and expert on Somalia and Somaliland, he lived years and years in burco Somaliland, he could pass for a Somali in reality he spoke it fluently and wrote so many books on Somalis in general, My favorite book was Understand Somalia and Somaliland by professor IM lewis, u will be missed professor but your work will live on and will be read for centuries to come.

Doctor shabaab paid the salaries of their soldiers on time banned NGO workers made sure there was peace and stability in the regions they governed people can say that Amisom and SFG is waging war against shabaab and causing instability with their drone attacks two can play that game of blaming who is wrong in here. When the SFG controlled areas was full of israabos and militia men raping woman. Alshabaab never put on trial a woman who was raped how can u say shabaab had no clue how to govern, they had a better grasp on governance than the Militia in somalia. by the way lets stick to the topic its about Somalia shabaab and all of that this is not about Somaliland. If you want to talk about Somaliland i am willing to lecture you on that in another topic.

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