^^^Al Shabaab is led by two men from Hargaysa, ina Abdullahi Omaar is a Minister in Somalia andb there are 75 MP's from your clan in the TFG parliment, are you still denaying that you are from Somalia? Ask your regional health Minister for verification.

Quadron Investment Co. Ltd The company owns prime land in different parts of Khartoum and has developed one of these plots as 34 grade "A" apartments, and 18 Parking spots in the basement. The developed one is in the commercial/residential area of Emmarat, and it is near the prestigious Saudi Arabian embassy (key to be turned to the buyers in February-March 2009). Quadron is also managing an agricultural project which is a multi-purpose farm of 150 Feddans for one of its shareholders. •Distinctive location with a quality building speciations •Airconditioning System (Split & Window) •Specially designed Aluminum Kitchen Cupboard Granite Counter-Built-In Oven- cooker and Microwave •Porcelain tiles for rooms, saloon and hall •Ceramic Tiles for bathrooms, kitchen floors and walls •Stainless steel hand rail for stairs and balconies •Granite main entrance floor, staircase steps and lift walls •Aluminum windows •Natural timber solid wood doors •Fire alarm system and fire fighting system •Internet Points •Automatic Stand by generator. Set-500kva (Lighting, Elevator & Air conditioning) •Two modern elevators (8) Persons Capacity •Satellite Receivers System •24 Hours Security •CCTV System •Inter-Call System With Video and Telephone •Bathroom heating •Lightning Protection System http://quadronsd.com/alsafwa_faq.php

The rise, fall and rise of Uganda’s rich Hussein Shire He’s one of the quiet tycoons. He keeps out of sight and hates showing off his wealth. But when he walks into a room, his very presence whiffs of wealth. Shire is the owner and CEO of Gateway, one of the largest bus companies in the country - with more than 100 buses operating all over Uganda. Gateway is also the only Ugandan company that operates a service to Kenya. Born in Tororo, Shire, a Somali by origin started his career in the transport industry, ferrying passenger in a blue Peugeot 504 car along the Tororo – Malaba highway. Besides this, he also had a grocery shop in Tororo town, and would sell sodas and ice (barafu) to travellers. To date he still owns the shop. With profits from the Peugeot and the shop, Shire bought a kamunye and a trailer. Years later, he established the Gateway Bus Company, which is a runaway success. -

Aden Mohammed is a prominent Somali banker and entrepreneur. He is the Managing Director of Barclays Bank in East and West Africa. - wiki

by Devapriyo Das Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Their history is knit with episodes of devastation – war and hunger. They have been accused of offering a safe haven to Al Qaeda terrorists. And recently, they have redefined the art of piracy, in which large ships have been captured and released after huge ransom payouts. Yet, despite their shattered hopes back home, the Somali community in Uganda has taken the economic landscape by storm, enjoying a commendable share of the country’s fuel industry, among other sectors. DEVAPRIYO DAS looks at this business community. GOOD SOURCING Hassan Ahmed, a Ugandan Somali, and Director of the prominent Somali-owned City Oil franchise, hints at the secret behind Somalis’ success in business. “Somalis have always had links to many areas of the world”, he says. “With that link, they are able to have very good sourcing. Every time you source well, it will result in benefitting the consumer, because you are able to bring the costs down.” That strategy bodes well with Uganda’s consumers who depend heavily on imports but whose purchasing power is low. It also explains why Somali businesses have become an accepted part of Uganda’s commercial life, covering essential services like fuel stations, foreign exchange, money transfer, and supermarkets. FUEL STATIONS Ahmed reveals that City Oil was formed in the 1980s as Mandela Auto Spares, and started by selling spare parts. The company then graduated to selling tyres, before realising it could capture a larger market by setting up fuel stations. “If you look at our stations, they are not your typical stations”, says Ahmed. “They are giving auxillary services that complement fuel.” Today, there are various Somali owned petrol station chains, including Hashi Empex, Hass Petroleum and Hared. It is a competitive market, especially as global oil prices have followed no perceivable logic in the past 18 months; which also means the auxillary services provided by chains like City Oil have not automatically led to more customers in these difficult times. “The public has been very sensitive to price,” Ahmed remarks. “We find that it’s very difficult to sell fuel if you don’t have the right price at the pump.” Following the liberalisation of the fuel market in Uganda, Somali fuel enterprises have helped make prices more competitive. “Right now the (profit) margins are at their lowest point”, Ahmed observes. He believes that even if Uganda commercially exploits and refines its crude oil reserves locally, Somali fuel stations would remain in business. “Because that fuel still needs to be pumped into vehicles”, he says. “A network needs to exist”. HISTORIC LINKS It is a network built carefully over time. The first Somalis to settle in Uganda came in colonial times, as the so-called Somali Scouts in the imperial British Army. Many stayed on and assumed Ugandan citizenship, with large numbers working in the meat industry. Thousands are believed to have left the country during Idi Amin’s rule, returning only under the NRM Government in 1986. The current conflict in Somalia has witnessed an influx of refugees into Uganda. Some have been settled in camps such as Nakivaale in Western Uganda, while others have been absorbed by relatives living in Kisenyi and surrounding areas. Many have prospered, while some, like construction queen Amina Hersi Moghe, owner of the multi-million-dollar Oasis Centre and Laburnum Courts in Kampala, have defied gender and cultural stereotypes to become spectacularly successful. In fact, Ms Hersi was named Woman Investor of the Year 2008 by the Uganda Investment Authority. GOOD RATES Being a resilient people, Somalis have prospered because they are willing to take risks and accept smaller profits. Yassin Mattan, Head of Business Affairs for the Somali Community Association in Uganda, explains that when it comes to trade, “everyone wants to be very competitive in terms of the pricing factor, so it’s the margin that people are looking for. While some people are looking for a higher margin, these guys [somalis] are looking for a lower margin. They’re looking at the turnover.” Hassan Mohammed Hersi, for example, has been Manager of Half East Forex Bureau on Kampala Road, for 11 years. “The business of exchange is all about competition and it’s very tough business,” he says. “It needs experience, needs also capital, and needs you to be a well-known person in the business for a long time.” Born and bred in Uganda, with many business contacts, Hersi felt he could profitably run a forex business. Today, most of his clients are Indian and Chinese traders involved in high-volume import-export businesses. “It’s all about your rates,” he responds, when asked how he attracts and retains his customers. “People know you through your rates, what good service you give them, how your location is, security, all that. [but] if your rate is the best, they will come and buy from you and sell to you.” BREAKING GROUND Yassin Mattan himself took a risk by engaging in commercial farming, a first for Uganda’s Somali community. “I saw it as an opportunity, this lack of commercial farmers in Uganda,” Mattan says, “and the potential was there both as a business, and at the same time, for providing food security for the country.” Today, his Kayunga-based Maple Farms employs 40 people, utilises scientific farming practices, concentrates on growing maize and basmati rice over 140 acres, and is generating roughly 50 tons of food grain per year via two annual harvests. Most of the crop is sold locally as internal demand -exacerbated by food shortages and sales of Ugandan harvests in neighbouring markets like South Sudan - has skyrocketed. Recently, the Somali community in Uganda announced it would earmark Shs1.4 billion to further expand food grain production in Kayunga. As Somalis continue to invest in Uganda’s burgeoning small and medium enterprise sector and contribute a growing share of taxes, it becomes clear: this is a community that is thriving and here to stay. devapriyo_das@yahoo.co.in devapriyo_das@yahoo.co.in This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

^^^Al Shabaab are a Somalia problem, led by Afghani & Godane two men from Hargaysa Somalia.

Amina Moghe Hersi (Somali: Aamina Mooge Xirsi, Arabic: أمينة موجي هرسي‎) (b. 1963) is an award-winning Somali entrepreneur. She has launched several multi-million dollar projects in Kampala, Uganda,[1] such as the luxury mall the Oasis Centre and the Laburnam Courts. She also runs Kingstone Enterprises Limited, one of the largest distributors of cement and other hardware materials in Kampala.[2]

^^^The qabil is an advantage and our natural ability to trade will transform the Somali brand.

^^Ibrahim Afghani and Godane are just secessionist like you with a mission to keep South Somalia as it is..

lol enjoy your reading...

General Duke;451351 wrote: The Mugger The Mugged The Magnoon Who can take the secession of NW Somalia seriously?

Still looking

^^^If it was a unique 90 years of being protected, why did you chose indepdence and Somalia? Give us a break. Also there never was anything called Somaliland. It was Hargaysa that the Republic of Somalia and the flag first became independent and the union was formed 4 days after..

Gheelle.T;719799 wrote: Date: 16–24 May 2011 Location: Geneva, Switzerland The Sixty-fourth session of the World Health Assembly will take place in Geneva during 16–24 May 2011. Among the delegates from SOMALIA are, TFG Minister of Health, Puntland's Minister of Health and Somaliland's Minister of Health. From left, PL health Minister, TFG Health Minister, far right SL Health Minister. Somalia indeed! Nah according to your Minister of Health, this is your own MP...

^^^Why the need to become independent if it was not a colony of the British? Come of it lad.

Gheelle.T;719799 wrote: Date: 16–24 May 2011 Location: Geneva, Switzerland The Sixty-fourth session of the World Health Assembly will take place in Geneva during 16–24 May 2011. The Health Assembly will discuss a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board as well as the programme budget, administration and management matters of WHO... Among the delegates from SOMALIA are, TFG Minister of Health, Puntland's Minister of Health and Somaliland's Minister of Health. From left, PL health Minister, TFG Health Minister, far right SL Health Minister. Somalia indeed! NGOONGE, its a Somalia progress lad.

Somalia says NOO to secessionist NW..

^^^Nah sis, we are all staying and watching as our secessionist kinfolk get over the hangover from the false 18th of May celebration.

The problem for the secessionist is, its this weak country thats preventing them from ever getting their clan region becoming an independent State.

Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We do not recognise Somaliland as an independent state; neither does the rest of the international community.” THE UK Government was yesterday urged to recognise Somaliland, as Welsh campaigners descended on Westminster to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its separation from Somalia. Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams MP said: “Somalis have long been part of the fabric of Welsh society, and, of course, Cardiff is particularly famous for its Somali community. “It is always good when smaller countries come into being through the democratic choice of their peoples and Somaliland should now be fully recognised internationally and play its role in the wider world.” Labour Cardiff South & Penarth MP tabled an early day motion which described the former British protectorate as a “beacon of peace and stability within one of the world’s more turbulent regional environments”. However, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We do not recognise Somaliland as an independent state; neither does the rest of the international community.” But Eid Ali Ahmed, one of about 10,000 Somalis living in South Wales, said: “Now is the time for the UK to lead the world.” Source: Wales Online

Wonderful stuff, but no to secession and thats important as well.

Xaaji Xunjuf;721659 wrote: Duke i do not consider Somalia my country nor do i consider Mogadisho my capital so this does not apply to me i was just posting some of the Accomplishments of Somalia as a whole . I am a Somali, from Somalia my capital is Mogadishu, my flag is the beloved blue and white.You are a self hating Somali who spends his time on Somalia-Online and yet does not understand what Somalia is? Indeed Puntland is part of Somalia, and as a Somali I can want to move the capital anywhere I want. However you dont want a Somalia, a capital or anything else. Since that will end your secessionist delusions.

Shirkadihii shahaado sharafta iyo biladaha la siiyey ayaa waxaa kamid ahaa: Shirkadda Golis Shirkadda Towfiiq Shirkadda Alfadli Xawaaladda Iftin Express Salaama Puntland Bank Shirkadda Ilo Taango. Jaamacadda Bariga afrika Jaamacadda Muqdisho iyo qaar kale. Si kastaba ha ahaatee Carwada Caalamiga ah ee Puntland ayaa lagu soo waramayaa in ay ka dhacdey kala iibsi aad u faro badan, taas oo dhaqaale cusub ku soo kordhisey deegaanada Puntland, waxaana jira dad badan oo uga yimid gobolada dalka. Bandhigaan ganacsi ee caalamiga ah ayaa la furay 15.5.2011,waxaana lasoo gababeeyey maanta oo ay taariikhu tahay 20.05.2011, Ganacsatada ayaa isku raacey in sanadkasta hal mar la qabto inkasta oo aan weli la cayimin maalinta rasmiga ah ee Carwada Puntland loo qoondeeyey in la furo. Cismaan Axmed Ciise &

After 20 years of civil war, the Somali Flag still flies high in Puntland Somalia..

Bandhiga Carwada Caalamiga ah ee Puntland oo lasoo gabagabeeyey[sawiro] 4 hours ago | 1 comment Waxaa maanta[Jimce] si rasmi ah loogu soo gabagabeeyey magaalada Bosaso ee xarunta ganacsiga Puntland Bandhiga Carwada Caalamiga ah ee Puntland, kaasi oo ay ka qaybqaadanayeen shirkaddaha ganacsi iyo goobaha waxbarasho waxayna soconeysey muddo shan cisho ah. Xarunta Jaamacadda Bariga afrika oo ahayd goobta ay ka furneyd Carwada Caalamiga ah ee Puntland ayaa waxaa kasoo qaybgalay mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan Dawladda Puntland,ganacsato,Isimo iyo dadweyneynihii ka faa’ideystay qiime dhimista adeegyada ganacsi ay u sameeyeen shirkadihii ganacsi ee ka qaybqaadanayey bandhiga