You are pinning your hopes on president from Mogadishu? Surely, you can't be that naive!

Dubai stops work on largest airport in world Work on Dubai’s Al Maktoum Airport has stopped because the economies of the Gulf states are faltering, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The airport was designed to be one of the world’s biggest, with an annual capacity of more than 250 million passengers. Bloomberg cited sources – who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the topic – saying that construction activity has been halted and finances for expansion frozen until further notice. According to Bloomberg, the completion date for the first phase of the airport – envisaged as a $36 billion super-hub allowing locally based airline Emirates to consolidate its position as the world’s number one long-haul carrier – had already been pushed back five years to 2030 in October. Dubai Airports said in a statement made to Bloomberg that it is reviewing its long-term plan and that “exact timelines and details of next steps are not as yet finalized”. The statement also reported Dubai Airports as saying that it aims to ensure development takes full advantage of emerging technologies, responds to consumer trends and preferences and optimises investment. According to Bloomberg, last year Dubai’s economy grew at the slowest rate since 2010, as the Gulf’s chief commercial centre grappled with fallout from geopolitical tensions and low oil prices. Tourism has been stagnant since 2017, while Emirates Airlines remains based at the original Dubai International hub as it mulls how best to develop its strategy. The company is finding it tougher to add profitable new routes, and is reworking its fleet plans with the cancellation of the Airbus SE A380 super-jumbo jet. The newer airport, also known as Dubai World Central, opened in 2013. Annual capacity increased five-fold to 26.5 million last year following work on the passenger terminal; however, the number of actual customers was just 900,000. Capacity was due to increase to 130 million passengers on completion of the first phase of expansion. The new design plans to handle a capacity of 260 million – more than twice the customer total at the world’s busiest airports today.

He should get his due process. I bet he never thought this day will come. On a side note, how will they blame Farmaajo for arresting his clanmate?

He's Sade? Give it a couple of days. His clan will come out and demand his release. Never understood why defend a killer. No accountability.

Caydiid and Cali Mahdi had complete control after Barre was overthrown and yet blunged Mogadishu into chaos. Abdullahi and Muse Cade in Puntland, Intra-SNM fights, the point is if you take out any clan, there's no guarantee those who are left will come up any solution. I will gladly welcome any H-leader who can bring lasting people to Xamar!

Following the arrest of the security minister of Jubaland in Somalia, Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur, also known as Abdirashid Janan, who is reasonably suspected of criminal responsibility for crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations, including obstructing humanitarian assistance, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Seif Magango said: The arrest of Abdirashid Janan is a significant step towards accountability for the serious human rights violations committed with impunity for years by powerful individuals in Somalia.

And tomorrow he will be singing something else.

Observer, It looks like a plane did actually land in Qardho. There's a debate what was onboard.

Suldaanka has been making many predictions since Farmajo came to occupy Villa Somalia. We will wait for this one not to be true as well

I could hardly blame the public.

Hence saying not confirmed.

Not confirmed yet but apparently they landed without Deni's knowledge

Observer, He made the right decision though this might open pandora's box. Regarding Somali leaders, I came to the conclusion they don't really care about their constituents. It is a hard thing to accept but that's reality. If Abtigiis cared, he would hold the Oromo leadership accountable for what they did to Somalis on the border town and inside Oromia.

In the next two decades, Somalis will have overtaken the top three largest communities in Kenya to be the most populous group if the current population trends remain. The latest Household Survey shows that Somalis' families are at least one and a half times bigger than the average household in Kenya, and twice as much as the families in Nyeri, Nairobi, Mombasa and Kiambu counties.Wajir, Mandera and Garissa counties, which are home to most Kenyan Somalis, have between six and seven children on average, according to the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS), 2015/16.Wajir has the biggest families at 6.6 children per household, followed by Mandera 6.4 and Garissa 5.5 members per household. Other counties with bigger households are Tana River and West Pokot which have 5.4 people, on average, in every household. The survey was released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). “Relatively high average household sizes were recorded in arid and semi-arid counties (ASAL) of Wajir, Garissa and Mandera,” Mr Zachary Mwangi, the KNBS Director General said.Whereas some households in North Eastern have about seven members on average, households in Kiambu, Nairobi, Nyeri and Murang’a appear to be shrinking in sizes, helped by increased use of contraceptives, having more educated populations and the impact of urbanisation.“Those numbers are very factual and represent what is actually happening on the ground,” Aden Duale, leader of majority in National Assembly and the region’s top ranking Government official, told the Saturday Standard yesterday. Duale said that the North Eastern is largely dominated by Muslims and both their religion and culture prohibit family planning. “In 2009, people thought the numbers given were not genuine and even went to court. But this new report being released a year before the next census confirms that the numbers were correct,” Duale said.The survey ranks Nyeri County as having the smallest sizes of households in the country at 2.9 people on average per home. Nairobi and Mombasa counties have an average of three people each per home - that is a father, mother and one child, or one parent and two children.Largest communityKiambu, Kirinyaga and Murang’a counties, where most of Kenya’s largest community, the Kikuyu, come from, are also ranked among the six counties with the smallest households.“The average household size in rural areas was higher, at 4.5 members compared to 3.3 members in urban areas. Wajir, Mandera and Garissa counties recorded high average household sizes of 6.6, 6.4 and 5.5 members, respectively,” the report notes.All these are below the national average of 4 people per household. The KIHBS survey defines a household size as the number of persons living together in a household.“Nationally, the average household size was estimated at 4 members in 2015/16 KIHBS, which was a decline from 5.1 members reported in 2005/06 KIHBS,” the report notes in part. “Households with 1 to 2 members accounted for 31.6 per cent of all households,” the report adds.The findings support a previous report that ranked Central Kenya as the top county in usage of family planning, while the north Eastern region was hardly using any contraceptives. According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2014, the penetration of contraceptives in Central Kenya, which is home to Kiambu, Nyeri and Kirinyaga counties was at 73 per cent. This means that 7 in every 10 women in Central were using some form of family planning. On the contrary, in North Eastern region, only 3 per cent of their population, or 3 in every 100 people were using contraceptives. In the last census, population growth in North Eastern Kenya rose almost three-fold, from 962,143 in 1999 to 2.3 million in 2009. In Mandera, where the population boom was most pronounced, the numbers had quadrupled in a decade. Current projections show that Kenya has about 50 million people within its borders. The explosion of the Somali population caused tension in the 2009 census.Some of the results of the census especially that covered North Eastern region were partially cancelled by the then Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya, who is the current governor of Kakamega County. But the matter landed in court and was reversed. “The numbers from North Eastern region did not fit the normal population trends and that is why I rejected them,” Oparanya said.This is after it emerged that the population growth rates in the region deviated significantly from patterns noted in the rest of the country and in the respective neighbouring districts. The population in the north seemed to be growing fastest compared with other regions despite the fact that the area had fewer women.“My understanding at the time was that the region inflated their numbers to benefit from increased allocation of resources after devolution. Areas with bigger populations were to benefit from increased allocation,” Oparanya said.Since independence, Kenya’s biggest community has been the Kikuyu, which is now 17 per cent of the population or 6.8 million people as per the 2009 census. According to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), the second biggest group is the Luhya, which stands at 14 per cent of the population, at about 5.4 million people.The Kalenjin come third, making up 11 per cent of the population. Given that voters cast their ballots along these ethnic blocs, the larger communities have always had an advantage over the smaller ones whenever there is competition for power.“There are more than 42 ethnic communities in Kenya. Language and cultural background are the main criteria for ethnic identification in Kenya,” NCIC says in its report. The other big ethnic groups by size are Luo at 10.8 per cent and Kamba at 10 per cent. The Kenyan Somalis are now at position six and if they grow at the same pace as they have done in the last two decades, they will be in the top four.In the last census, population growth in North Eastern Kenya rose almost three-fold, from 962,143 in 1999 to 2.3 million in 2009. The Somali population explosion : The Standard WWW.STANDARDMEDIA.CO.KE Somali’s families are one and a half times bigger than the average household in Kenya.

Gakbeedi, All kudos of the some of the hard-working Somalis in America, humanitarian organizations (one time I really welcome their support) and many US current and former officials. Observer, I just spread the word. It's disheartening to see Somalis not understanding the length Kenya will go to punish Somalia and Somalis. We are pleased with many !diots.

Kenya's proposal was rejected by USA, Kuwait, Germany, Poland, Belgium and France.

Good news sxb, the Kenyans failed! Kodus to every Somali who worked hard to stop this.

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