^^ are you mixing up the journalists error and the actual comments and policy position of the State Department? Again read the post, listen and watch the link of Mr Carson and the talk.

It's clear the US are thinking about the coming transition it's important to them that there is an allternative to the 2KM square Sharif Ahmed admin.

^^^ Not sure if you understand the term secessionist, that's what the Mugged ones are. They want to break away from Somalia. Puntland is a State in Somalia. Thus again come with better arguments my lad. I am happy Somaliland regional State in NW Somalia will get developmental & security assitance like Puntland. I am also glad that the State department of US has made it clear that there is a single Somali policy. It warms the heart that.

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Excellent news and good job Telecom Indeed, peace is a most valuable and precious of human conditions... May it expand and grow insha Allah...

The potential for Marine resource based industry is immense, a whole cape..

The potential for Marine resource based industry is immense, a whole cape..

The institutions in Puntland should be united under one banner, a single University with different autonomous campuses. Also technical colleges and an institution of fisheries & marine sources should be built with its main HQ in Caluula and Cape Guardafui or Ras Asir. Cape Guardafui (Gees Gwardafuy, Ras Asir), in Somalia, is the headland that forms the geographical apex of what is commonly known as the Horn of Africa. It is located at 11°49′N 51°15′E11.817°N 51.25°E, near the Gulf of Aden. The island of Socotra, owned by Yemen, lies off of this cape in the Indian Ocean.

The institutions in Puntland should be united under one banner, a single University with different autonomous campuses. Also technical colleges and an institution of fisheries & marine sources should be built with its main HQ in Caluula and Cape Guardafui or Ras Asir. Cape Guardafui (Gees Gwardafuy, Ras Asir), in Somalia, is the headland that forms the geographical apex of what is commonly known as the Horn of Africa. It is located at 11°49′N 51°15′E11.817°N 51.25°E, near the Gulf of Aden. The island of Socotra, owned by Yemen, lies off of this cape in the Indian Ocean.

Puntland already has good ties with the US, through the support it gives to our security forces and this will continue and grow no doubt..

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US Boosts Ties with Breakaway Somali Regions Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 8:35 pmPosted 25 minutes ago The United States says it plans to strengthen ties with two breakaway regions in Somalia to try to undercut a growing threat from Islamist extremists. The top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Johnnie Carson, said Friday the United States will begin what he called an aggressive engagement with the semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and Somaliland. Carson said the United States does not plan to recognize either government as an independent state, but would help them with agriculture, water, health and education projects. He said the increased cooperation could prevent the spread of extremism and radicalism espoused by the al-Qaida linked al-Shabab militia. Carson said the United States would also reach out to groups in south-central Somalia that are opposed to al-Shabab but are also not aligned with the transitional government in Mogadishu. Somalia has not had a stable central government since 1991. Somalia’s transitional government only controls small sections of Mogadishu, with the help of AU peacekeepers. Islamist militants control most of the capital and large parts of southern and central Somalia. They have been trying to topple the government to set up a strict Islamic state. Some information in this story was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

One of the heads of the firm

Only a stable state could an event like this take place. Peaceful Puntland will prevail because it makes sense to its people..

The lady won big

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^^^Indeed great news, we have always faced many obsticles to get projects under way because the US does not allow its field officers to go directly to Somalia. Also the emphasis on education, and most importantly water projects is new and great.. Its good news, and Puntland's political strategy is paying dividend.

Hargaysa: Agaasimihii Horn Afrik oo xiran 24 Sep 24, 2010 - 2:03:56 PM Waxa maalintii labaad ku xiran magaalada Hargeysa agaasimihii idaacada Horn Afrik ee magaalada Muqdisho Cabdiqaadir Sheegow Sharmaarke ka dib markii uu magaalada Hargeysa ku yimi siminaar ay soo qaban qaabisay Hay'ada la yidhaahdo EDC, taasi oo ay ugu qabatay dhamaan suxufiyiinta Somaliyeed aqoon korodhsi la xiriirta shaqadooda. Agaasime Cabdiqaadir waxa laga soo xiray habeen hore Hotelka uu ka deganaa magaalada Hargeysa oo ah Hotel Star, waxana lagu xidhay xarunta dambi baarista ee CID-da halkaasi oo su'aalo lagu weydiinaayo, waxana la sheegay sababta loo xiray in ay tahay markii ay kiis ku soo oogeen qaar ka mid ah saamileyda idaacada Horn Afrik, kuwaasi oo haatan ku sugan Magaalada Hargeysa. Taliyaha ciidanka Police-ka Somaliland Col. Cilmi Rooble Furre ayaa Radio Garowe u sheegay in kiiska loo haysto Agaasimaha Idaacada Horn Afrik aanay iyagu wax shaqo ah ku lahayn ee ay kiis ku soo oogeen qaar ka mid saamilayda idaacada oo haatan ku sugan Magaalada Hargeysa, sidaasi daraadeed waxa aanu kiiskiisa isku dhaafin doonaa ayuu yidhi maxkamadaha si looga garnago arrinkooda. Mar aan weydiiyay waxa ay u xirayaan maadama kiiskiisu yahay mid caadiya, isla markaana aanu jirin dambi uu galay waxa uu sheegay in ay ka baqdeen in uu ka baxsado waxa loo haystaana ay tahay ayuu yiri hanti ka dhaxaysa. Sidoo kale waxa haatan dedaal ku jira mas'uuliyiinta hay'adii keentay siminaarka oo ah EDC taasi oo rabta in damaanad lagu sii daayo arrinkana lagu dhameeyo meesha ay ku taalo idaacadu. Ilaa hada ma jiraan ururo saxaafadeed oo si toos ah u cambaareeyay xariga agaasimaha Idaacada Horn Afrika Mr Cabdi qaadir sheego Sharmaarke. GAROWE ONLINE

^^^Are you talking to yourself again lad. Read the news items again and think for a minute...

President wants associate as PM, but competition persists 24 Sep 24, 2010 - 3:45:39 PM Somalia's interim President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed wants to appoint a close associate as the Horn of Africa country’s interim Prime Minister, but there is much competition, Radio Garowe reports. Mr. Abdikarim Jama, a resident of Virginia who has been the President's chief of staff since early 2009, is a front-runner for the position of Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and has the full support of President Sharif, sources say. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, President of TFG of Somalia Sources close to the TFG President tell Garowe Online that Mr. Jama is President Sharif's favored candidate for the PM position. The two men grew up together in Jowhar, Middle Shabelle region, 90km north of Mogadishu. In 2006, when the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) seized Mogadishu with Sharif as the faction's leader, Mr. Jama was an active ICU member and a close ally of Sharif. Mr. Jama's clan homeland is in Puntland region, where former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake also hailed from. President Sharif has appointed Mr. Abdiwahid Elmi Goonjeh as the caretaker Prime Minister a day after Sharmake's resignation. The TFG is built on the 4.5 formula, which shares power among the Somali clan-families. As such, the Prime Minister is has been independent of the President's inner political circle since the TFG was created in 2004. Meanwhile, there are several other candidates for the Prime Minister's position. Sources say countries interested in Somali affairs, including Western powers, Ethiopia, Uganda, and even the U.N., have all advanced their own recommendations to President Sharif and some countries are presenting their own PM candidates, according to diplomatic sources. President Sharif's interim government, whose mandates expire in August 2011, faces tremendous challenges of security, governance, development and an upcoming election to advance the TFG into the third stage. But the TFG under Sharif's leadership has been plagued by corruption, infighting, and the strength of a growing insurgency under Al Shabaab, which has worsened humanitarian conditions especially in southern Somalia. Somalia's last central government collapsed in 1991 and the country entered a period of lawlessness and war. In 2004, the TFG was created to establish a new future for Somalia under a federal system, supported by powerful states like Puntland. GAROWE ONLINE

Originally posted by AfricaOwn: [A reminder: Read through the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia. You're not working hard enough dukey. Are you comparing a UN report to the comments of the rep of the worlds only super power? I think you need to undertsand whats going on and the gravity of these comments. this is a shift, a small one but never the less a positive one and expected after the failure of Sharif Ahmed.

QUESTION: So what does the greater engagement – ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON: The greater engagement can be defined as meeting on a periodic basis with government officials from these two political entities, talking to them about development issues, including a range of health, education, agriculture, water projects that they might want to develop, looking for ways to strengthen their capacity both to govern and to deliver services to their people. In the past, we have not engaged these areas and political entities aggressively. We will now start to do so. Now the shift to the North has started and the peace we crave for is closer than ever... :confused: