Mogadishu 24, August.07 ( Sh.M.Network)- This week has been a week of hope for the African Union mission in Somalia. The UN Security Council has asked the Secretary General to develop, within thirty days, a contingency plan for a possible UN deployment in the Horn of Africa nation. Voice of America also announced this week that the UN has decided to scale down the number of troops involved in the Liberia mission, easing the pressure on the countries that had forces there. Capt. Ankunda is the AU Spokesman in Somalia A delegation from Burundi will also be in Somalia, mid this week to assess for themselves where their forces will possibly deploy. This indeed is good news for the Somali people. Somalia has already distinguished herself as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe, with about two million people in displacement. It is the most striking example of Africa’s failed states, having stayed without a central government for close to two decades. MSF president, Christophe Fournier has described the humanitarian situation as "shocking and absolutely unacceptable." This surely calls for a UN intervention. In Somalia, just like in most African conflicts, there is no peace to keep. Unfortunately, the world body has been stuck to its traditional approach of peacekeeping. This, in my opinion, has been outlived by the nature of the conflicts that have to be dealt with. For the UN to say that they only deploy where there is peace is to forget that the AU deployment in Somalia was actually sanctioned by them, and there is no peace to talk of in Somalia. Moreover, the Ugandan troops there are definitely part of the wider UN family given that Uganda is a member of the United Nations. AU is just an implementing agency for the world body's desire to restore peace in Somalia. In fact, if the Ugandan soldiers changed and adorned UN's blue berets, they could easily pass for UN peacekeepers. So what is the problem? The UN's requirement that a country at conflict has to have 'peace to keep' for them to deploy is really mind-boggling. In the first place, the reason why a country's government allows foreign troops to enter their territory to 'keep peace' is because their security forces have failed to keep the peace or have even destroyed it. In the period preceding the escalation of violence, the UN is supposed to foster preventive diplomacy. In most conflicts seen on the globe today, the UN has failed to shuttle this diplomacy, to prevent the escalation of conflicts into violence. This is why the UN should adjust to the more contemporary reality of peace making. The grandiose argument that there has to be political agreements between the warring factions is equally misplaced. This is because prior to the deployment of a neutral party, there is always mistrust between the warring parties and hence no mediator to guide the parties to agreement. What should be understood however is that western powers always have their national interests at the back of their mind before deploying their soldiers. Remember, they are the bakers and servers of the big cake. There is no reason whatsoever why European or American taxpayers should risk their money and troops if there is no guarantee that their sons and daughters will come back home safely or even enable their countries to achieve the national interest. This is why African leaders must take the tall order and provide African solutions to African problems. Relying on unpredictable western allies may never help the beleaguered continent to rid itself of the chronic conflicts. Therefore, the relatively rich nations of Africa; South Africa, Nigeria, Libya, Egypt etcetera should deploy in Somalia, for the good of our mother continent. Capt. Ankunda is the AU Spokesman in Somalia

what's a born again Somali horta?

LoooooooooooL....It can get very annoying if the same mantric questions are thrown your way. One way of getting out is to say what everybody knows, but never wanna admit. Promise to shut my mouth for time being though

Originally posted by chubacka: NEVA ask the advice of ANY man about ANYTING. We can give good advice, but just not the once you already know. Reassuring women about insecurities is never man's best trait. This woman already knew she got little ones, da husband agreed but kept his mouth shut anyway. Now what's point of asking him something he couldn't do anything about.

A wiseman he is.

Originally posted by Khalaf: I dont know what majaajilo means. Or wasting space, but these types of arguments personalizing topics, back and forth nac nac and ignorning the message is childish and danbii, I dislike to engage in it and try to avoid it,but its certainly not coming from my end but my senior Farah the troller, who wants to ruin the topic with his childishness. I know it is never my fault either. It is others who always rant about nothing while being in my face That aside Mr Khalaf, I don't understand what's your issue with name adopted by the resistance. If other Somalis truely wanted to be free and liberate their lands. They would joined their brethen in the fight against the Xabashi. I don't see how you could blame other tribes's complete indiffirence or lack of interest on ONLF. These other Somalis would have joinned the struggle if they truely care Somaligalbeed. I guess they don't care enough. If they did, they would have actually sat down with ONLF and form a new movement ( who knows maybe with diffirent name too). The fact remains other Somalis never took the initiative to engage ONLF.

LoooooooooL@adiga iyo Duke goormaad isku asxaab noqoteen.

Soomaalida majaajilo kale waaye. Talking wasting space!

^^And I thought you were a Somaliland nationalists.

It is unfortunate for there was always seems to be a disconnect between the Somali masses and their self-appointed leaders. The boys in Asmara seem to be following the all too familiar track of imposing their unsolicited will on already beaten nation still in the midst of fratricidal orgy. And their call to abandon everything gaal though done with the noblest of sintention is rather of note considering they are making such call under the guise of Orthodox Christian.

Cunugaan maxuu galab saday ragga isku hirdinaya Somalia?. I hope Somalis come to their senses for the sake of their children.

^^War hadhee iyagaa ban ka baqay inay suuxaan. Qoyr dheer iyo laba lagood baan jeeday.

Originally posted by Kashafa: Somalinimo does exist and indeed is the way forward. That's departure from your usual views on nationalism. You are being pragmatic which is good. Hopefully more people will give up a little bit of their clanist, nationalist, and Islamists views by moving to the middle, and finding common cause which is to rid ourselves habashis as well as lackeys.

there is no chance of Ethiopian army patrolling berbera How much you wanna bet on that?

Red...Do you wanna pat on the shoulder or perhaps all Somalis should applaud your outstanding and dedication to our people. Get real Saaxib. Spare us the self glorifing mantric diatribe! If you were actually doing for Somalis, you wouldn't have the need to splash your divinely attributes and acclaimed Somalinimo on these pages.

And on diffirent note, America's next top model is casting in the beantown like right near my work, waxa qalanjo luga dheer banaaka socda.

^^^And I thought you were in love with their virtue police, my bad. hopefully you mean chastising you No.

^^^You are usually the first to react to obscene language which kinda explains your obsession with the Kingdom of Saud.

^^^For some odd reason, I knew she was gonna be da first to respond that.

^^^I don't know what you are talking about.

LoooooooooL@swallowing testicles, maybe that's he got for insisting her to swallow it. She figure go for da nuts, so she doesn't have to hear that again.

I don't know about a master plan, but Ethiopia's intent to destablise Somalia by supporting warlords, and balkanizing our nation is very clear. It won't be crazy thing to say today that Ethiopia would actually wanna annex the Somali lands into Ethiopia there by giving access to the Indian ocean and redsea, and obviously removing threat that has haunted the Habashis for centuries.

Oh dat one I thought it was replaced by this one

What Somali Flag?

Most annoying people would be senior citizens.They should build camps for these people.