No stability in sight for Somalia The entrance of the UNDP office where the suicide bomb attack took place - Photo: AFP Friday, June 21, 2013 The international community had hoped that Somalia would soon stabilize. But the recent attack on a UN compound shows that the security situation is still precarious and the terrorist militia al-Shabab is still active. In early May this year, the United Nations passed a resolution to support Somalia by sending in up to 200 experts to advise the government and local authorities. The aim was to stabilize the security situation in the country. At the time, security expert Ahmed Abdi Hassan, a former senior official with the national security forces, expressed the hope that "the resolution would help the Somali government to improve its security situation." But the United Nations' additional forces could not prevent Wednesday's (19.06.2013) suicide bombing at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu that killed 15 people, including four foreign nationals. South African arms manufacturer Denel confirmed that two of its employees were killed in the attack. The recent attack on a UN compound has dampened the euphoria in Somalia Via Twitter, al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. In an interview with the German Press Agency (dpa), the newly appointed UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned the attack as a "desperate attempt to derail Somalia from its course towards reconstruction and peace." Earlier, 34 people were killed on 14 April 2013, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks. The UN Special Envoy for Somalia at the time, Augustine Mahiga, warned then of further "terror attacks" by al-Shabab. The security situation was also the main topic at the Somalia conference in London in early May, a conference which was also overshadowed by an attack aimed at a high level delegation from Qatar. Spirit of optimism dampened The attacks are part of the asymmetric form of warfare, with which the Somali al-Qaeda splinter group al-Shabab (Arabic for "the boys") is trying to discredit the new government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. After his victory over transitional President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (widely regarded as corrupt) in September 2012, the new president has addressed a number of burning issues in the country. His priority list includes building institutions based on the rule of law, establishing a powerful army and police, fighting corruption and increasing public security. This has been well received by his local partners. A clear sympathy bonus for the engineer and later university dean is the fact that he has no political background, unlike the usual representatives of the Somali political class. However, as a member of the influential ****** ethnic group, he knows how clan leaders can be an indispensable instrument of power in a country dominated by ethnic loyalties. Mohamud's new prime minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid is also a close ally, which raises hope that in this new government there will be no wrangling between the president and prime minister. The new government is regarded positively by Somalis in the diaspora. Many Somalis who lived in the US, UK and neighboring Kenya are now returning home. Some have given up well-paid jobs and a secure existence in order to come back and help in the reconstruction of their home country or establish business connections. The few airlines that fly to Mogadishu are fully booked for weeks in advance. The legendary beaches of Mogadishu, once dubbed the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean" by Italians, are once again open for bathing. The shrill tones of mobile phones, strictly prohibited by al-Shabab militias, can be heard again. But attacks like the one on the UN office are dampening the euphoria in the country. Moreover, "the progress that one would wish to see, has failed to materialize," says Markus Hoehne from the Max Planck Institute in Halle. According to Hoehne, this is not surprising, especially when you look at the difficult situation that Somalia has been going through. He sees merely "baby steps towards a possible stabilization of Somalia." Annette Weber, from the Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin and a long-time observer of Somalia, agrees. "The main dilemma of the Mogadishu government is the fact that it exists only in Mogadishu and it has no influence in other areas of the country," Weber told DW. It is crucial, she says, that the central government should extend its authority, mainly to southern Kismayu, the former stronghold of al-Shabab. Source: Deutsche Welle (DW)

Technically Mogadishu is not the capital the constitution does not say that Mogadishu is the capital, so these old men can say that Mogadishu belongs to their clan until the constitutions defines the Capital city of the country.

Somalis are each other worse enemies.

^ Nothing wrong with visiting Mogadishu, not sure about migrating but people can visit Mogadishu, its a very nice city and i am planning to visit the place soon to U act if JB went to garowe ama meelo kale.

Rahima is the only honest real honest person on these boards and tells what is wrong all of them are qabiliste but they blame each other to be qabiliste lool. Noolow Rahima.

Jubbaland:D

By the way safaaradaha manay 4.5 ahayn how can HAG dominate these posts? Mise 4.5 Ma laga booday?

Abtigiis;963171 wrote: very bad move! appointing your own clansmen to key diplomatic posts suggests you do not trust others. While Ahmed will not change Ethiopian position on Somalia, this appointment will damage Hassan Sheikh. I don't know who is advising the President. Ambassadors in Kenya, Ethiopia and London, all from the President's clan makes one wonder why the President can't find men and women who can be trusted from other clans. Similar what General Afweyne used to do Tolku ha qadeyo eeh daa Abtigiis be honest with your self the govt is fighting Jubbaland autonomous states who might get support from Ethiopia and Kenya. He needs to have a trusted diplomats in the neighboring countries. By the way they were appointed by the Prime Minister

The capital city belongs to a clan , Xamar unukka leh:D But i dont really blame them Detoore Osman believes Bosaaso belongs to the Kings lol

War is ilaali safiir iyo calilahayne eh.

brainblaster456;963103 wrote: Hargeisa would be less of a shanty looking, well Infrastructure and organised if the city was controlled by National government. i Hope for you u are talking about Somaliland national government. Somalia's governments only destroyed Hargeisa

Long live H town Allahu Akbar The founders of the Old Herer can smile in their grave their descendants completely transformed Hargeisa We have still some work to do when it comes to city planning but the city is expanding and expanding and keep on building We shall succeed God willing

Well he constructed more schools hospitals roads than the government so he can be considered a leader of Somalia.

The question is will Ethiopia listen to Ahmed diiriye or will they support Jubbaland and jeopardize their relations with Mogadishu i think the Ethiopians will make some promises to Ahmed madoobe but will not make it official. As for Nuune in Somalia there is no dominating factor no one won the civil war other African countries some one wins the civil war and becomes the new elites. This didn't happen in Somalia the opposite actually happened in Somalia. Somalia remains a society broken by zerosum tribal politics Militant Islamism and poverty.

Nabadoon Axmed Diiriye oo ka digay in Dowladda Itoobiya ay taageerto Sheekh Axmed Madoobe Nabadoon Axmed Diiriye Cali ayaa wuxuu ka hadlay xiisada murugsan ee ka taagan Magaalada Kismaayo ee Xarunta Gobolka Jubbada Hoose, iyadoo taasina uu ku macneeyay in la diiday, in loo hogaansamo awaamiirtii Dowladda Federalka. Nabadoon Axmed Diiriye ayaa wuxuu Dowladda Itoobiya uu uga digay inay taageerto Maamulka uu hogaamiyo Sheekh Axmed Maxamed Islaam, xilli uu ku sugan yahay Magaalada Addis Ababa. Nabadoon Diiriye ayaa wuxuu tibaaxay in Dowladda Soomaaliya ay mowqif cad ka qaadatay arrimaha Gobolada Jubbooyinka, sidaasi daraadeedna ay Dowladdu qabaneyso sida uu sheegay shir looga hadlaayo arrimaha Jubbooyinka, loona baahan yahay inaysan ku lug yeelan buu yiri gacmo shisheeye. Sidoo kale Nabadoonka ayaa wuxuu sheegay in Dowladda Itoobiya, ay xilligaan saaxiibo soke yihiin sida uu yiri Dowladda Soomaaliya, isla-markaana waxaan ka dhooreynaa buu yiri inay tix geliso mowqifka Dowladda, ay ka qaadatay Maamlka Axmed Madoobe. Axmed Diiriye Cali ayaa wuxuu muujiyay inay ka xun yihiin xiisada cakiran ee ka taagan Magaalada Kismaayo, wuxuuna ku baaqay in la taageero mowqifka Dowladda, si Dowladda ay u yeelato hogaaminta doorka siyaasadeed ee Jubbooyinka. http://universalsomalitv.com/node/4114

Sorry i was not talking to you, by the way dont you have other things to worry about like securing your country from Alshabaab attacks? Let us worry about President siilaanyo and his Ghanian friends

Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Kenya Burundi and now South Sudan to sign the Nile sharing agreement. Even sudan supports the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam but it wants an agreement it wants to create a win win situation. It seems its getting more difficult for Egypt to find allies in the region.

South Sudan backs Ethiopia’s Nile dam June 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Governments of South Sudan has voiced support to a Ethiopia’s controversial Nile Dam project which the country is building along the Nile river, while Addis Ababa minimised Egyptian statements about war against Ethiopia. South Sudanese chief negotiator expressed Thursday his country’s position on the construction of the Giant power plant being built some 30-40 Kilometers from Sudan border. Speaking to Reporters in Addis Ababa, Pagan Amum, said Ethiopia dam project will benefit not only to Ethiopia but also to the current and future generations of Sudan and Egypt. Ethiopia is currently exporting hydropower processes cheap Electricity to Djibouti and Sudan. "Ethiopia has the right to use the Nile water in terms of generation of electricity, in terms of irrigation, and the way we see this development is that it is not affecting the interest of Sudan or Egypt", Amum said. Newly independent South Sudan which recently became a new member to Nile basin countries has called on Egypt and Ethiopia to cooperate and engage in a dialogue to resolve Nile water Dispute. After Ethiopia recently diverted the course of the Nile River, Egyptian politicians are suggesting sabotage including military action and supporting local rebels to destroy the Dam project. Ethiopia’s communication Minister, Bereket Simon, said Friday that the threats from Egypt are only psychological feud that aimed to divert the Egyptians away from their internal political instability. Simon Down played a potential of war with Egypt over Nile. “Egypt doesn’t have firm and justified reason to go to war with Ethiopia” he said adding “even if they have the willing the question is do they have the capacity?’’ Bereket further stressed that military action will never solve disputes over Nile. Last Wednesday Ugandan President Museveni in a national address at the parliament backed the construction of the Dam saying that African nations need such a hydro power plant to spur their economies and to generate clean energy as well as to curb deforestation practices aimed for fuel. Museveni further warned Egypt to restrain from what he said was “the chauvinistic statements” coming out of Cairo in connection with Ethiopia’s $ 4.8 billion mega hydropower project which the north African nation fears could diminish its annual water share from Nile River. "I have seen statements in the media coming out of the government of Egypt about the commendable work of Ethiopia. What Ethiopia is doing is what governments in Africa should do," he said. Khartoum dissociated itself from Egypt and supported the Dam construction saying the three countries should work together to resolve minors problems mentioned in a report prepared by international experts including Egypt and Sudan. ETHIOPIA RATIFIES NILE PACT Ethiopia’s 547-member parliament on Thursday unanimously endorsed the new Nile River Cooperative Framework Agreement, making the horn of Africa’s nation the first country to ratify the agreement reached in Uganda in 2010. The move comes after days of fierce verbal exchanges between Cairo and Addis Ababa that escalated tensions rising fears to a possible military confrontation. The Entebbe agreement which was signed by four Nile basins aims to reverse a colonial-era agreement that has granted Sudan and Egypt lions share to the Rivers water resources of which over 85 % of it originate in Ethiopia. Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Burundi are also signatories to the Framework Agreement legislatures of the countries are similarly expected to endorse the cooperative agreement. At least six riparian countries have to ratify the agreement to overthrow the colonial era treaty Ethiopia-led other riparian countries argue that it has abandoned their right to equitable utilization of the water resources. South Sudan has in the past announced plans to sign the cooperative framework agreement.

South Sudan will sign Nile sharing agreement South Sudan will be the seventh country to sign the agreement on sharing the Nile waters, which Egypt opposes Ahram Online and MENA, Tuesday 18 Jun 2013 Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to start negotiations on Nile water dispute Egypt, Ethiopia FM presser not cancelled, talks were positive: Spokesman Egypt FM in Ethiopia to discuss disputed dam Egypt accuses Ethiopia of withholding information on dam project South Sudan plans to sign an agreement that aims to replace colonial-era deals that awarded the lion's share of the Nile waters to Egypt and Sudan. South Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Paul Mayom Akec described the signing of the Cooperative Framework Agreement of the Nile Basin countries, sometimes known as the Entebbe agreement, as "inevitable." "The process of joining the agreement has started at all levels of the state apparatus in South Sudan," Akec stated in a press conference. Akec confirmed that South Sudan will start implementing the agreement as soon as parliament ratifies it. The state of South Sudan will benefit from the agreement by using the Nile River water to construct projects that will bring "prosperity and welfare to its citizens," according to Akec. Akec's statement comes following a statement by Mohamed Bahaa Al-Din, the Egyptian Minister of Water and Irrigation, on the agreement. Al-Din stated last Sunday that the agreement is not binding on Egypt, as Egypt did not sign it. The only way Egypt will sign the agreement, according to Al-Din, is if a few points of contention are agreed upon. One of points, for Egypt, is that Egypt be given a decision-making position in the proposed Nile River Basin Commission. Meanwhile, the Egyptian foreign minister met with his Ethiopian counterpart to discuss their recent row on a hydroelectric dam being constructed by Ethiopia. The dam will be the largest in the continent. The Ethiopian parliament ratified the Cooperative Framework Agreement last week. Ethiopia will be able, according to the agreement, to build developmental projects along the Nile without prior consent from Egypt. In a joined statement, the Ethiopian and Egyptian foreign ministers decided on another round of talks between ministers and experts in a few weeks to further discuss the dam's effect, if any, on Egypt's Nile water share. Six riparian countries have already signed the agreement: Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Burundi.

The Ghanians have always been very friendly towards the Somaliland case MPs from Ghana visited Somaliland few years ago. President siilaanyo should consider a trip to accra. Even when the Ghanians were hosting the African union summit they raised the Somaliland case and Somaliland flag was flying next to ecowas and African union flag. They are indeed Somaliland closest allies and brothers in west Africa.

Madaxweynaha dalka Ghana oo Marti qaad uu Fidiyey Mudane Hussein AL-ishaqi oo qaabilsan qaybta horumarinta Africa iyo Madaxwaynaha Ghana oo Balan qaday In u Madaxwaynaha Somaliland Boqasho ku Yimado Ghana (Hadhwanaagnews) Wednesday, June 19, 2013 London - (HWN) Shirkadaha horumarinta ee DVK ee u madaxa ka yahay Mudane Deepak oo u wehelinayo Madaxa horumarinta qaybta Mashaariicda Afrika (African Development fund) London - (HWN) Shirkadaha horumarinta ee DVK ee u madaxa ka yahay Mudane Deepak oo u wehelinayo Madaxa horumarinta qaybta Mashaariicda Afrika (African Development fund) ee Hussein AL ishaqi ayaa dhawaan ku tagay socdaal shaqo dalka Ghana sidii looga wada hadli lahaa mashaariic horumarineed oo laga hirgalinayo dalka Ghana. Mudane Hussein AL-ishaqi oo qaabilsan qaybta horumarinta Africa ayaa kulmo kala duwan la yeeshay Madaxda iyo Masuuliyiinta dalka Ghana oo ugu horeeyo Madaxwaynuhu John Dramani, halkaas oo u ka codsaday in uu martiqaad rasmi ah u fidiyo madaxwaynaha dalka Somaliland ee Mr Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo.Isaga oo Madaxwayne John Dramani ka aqbalay Casuumadaas oo dhaawan la filayo in la gaarsiyo madaxwaynaha Somaliland Mudane Axmed Maxmuud Silaanyo oo noqonaysa Fursad iyo guul u soo hoyatay Dublamasidyiada Somaliland. Sidoo kale waxa kulamo kala duwan la yeeshay Mr alishaqi oo muwadin Reer Jabuti oo dhalasho ahaan ka soo jeeda Somaliland waxa kale oo u kulamo la yeeshay , Afhayeenka Madaxwaynaha Joe Ghartey Iyo Xoghayaha gaarka ee madaxwaynaha Razak Awudulai, iyo sidoo kale maareeyaha guriga ganacsiga ee Ghana Adjei Baah. Waxa xusid mudan in uugu danbayntii lagu sagootiyay Mudane Hussein Alishaqi casho sharafeed u martigalay Afhayeenka Madaxwaynaha Joe Ghartey oo ay ka soo qayb galeen xildhibaanada Barlamanka Ghana iyo wasiiro ka tarsan Xukumada Ghana, halkaas oo laysku waydaarsaday sidii loo xoojin lahaa wada shaqaynta doorka shirkada DVK ka qaadan doonto horumarinta dalkaa iyo dhanka kale doorka siyaasadeed ay ka ciyaari karto Ghana aqoonsiga Somaliland.

Is if Hassan sheikh Maxamuud replaces Prime Minister saacid ,apparently the gedo camp has some members on madoobe side. I believe the President should replace saacid with Col Barre hiiraale. The Man is an expert on Kismayo affairs and has ruled the region for quiet some time. Saacid basically has no effect on the crowd politically and it seems he cannot reach out to those in Kismayo the way the goverment wanted. It can continue diplomacy and fight it off in neighboring countries. But aslong as the Sahal community and their leaders travel from addis ababa and Nairobi , and try to win support in a diplomatic sense from Ethiopia and Kenya to support the new state. And hassan can than let the Kismayo jubbaland affairs to Prime Minister Hiiraale and let him take the lead To bring them to the fold and fight the Kenyan interference. Barre hiiraale can come with new idea's and strategies and he can perform them in his best ability if he is the Prime Minister.Furthermore if the Mogadishu conference fails the goverment needs to come with new idea's to counter attack the Kenyan Jubbaland alliance.Also President of Somalia should stop visiting Kenya , the Kenyans are disrespecting him no need to visit Nairobi.

You are right Xiinfaniin the interior Minister defense Minister needs to be sacked , the government really looks terrible as it currently operates there is no strategy to stop the attacks. The top intelligence officer his entire office need to be under supervision how do you know he is not an inside man Amisom needs to run the intelligence with Somalis working and taking orders. But i doubt the president will sack the interior Minister since he is a key member of the Damuljadiid group maybe he will sack fiqi.