Good thing!

lol@ethnic Somalilanders, Xaaji I thought this silly thing.

lool@spiritual, you are funny.

Mintid Farayar;928732 wrote: Hence why the UK and US put a quick stop to it. The UAE funding hand was quickly slapped down Must we point everything out...... Which means the world is AWARE and surely every Somali is-again Mintid, wrong issue to pick a fight with Xiin.

Gheelle.T I think Faroole is genius, getting money to setup security force in order to fight a crime you yourself have been accused of.

Mintid....You chose the wrong issue to pick a fight with Xiin. Being from Somalia, I don't think anyone is worried about image problem or world even cares! I

Meeshaan filin naloo jilooyaa.

Xaaji....You are missing the point. The thing is we have secessionists glorifying the success of Somaliland (which is good thing if it's done in earnest) but then turn around and air incessantly all that's wrong with Somalia (which the world knows) or regions within Somalia, sadly little to show for their actions. Mintid....You are again not presenting anything new.

Xiin...The problem with the secessionists is that they can't decide if they are their own country or simply another tribal state within Somalia. Mintid...Everybody knows including people you want to give some reality check. Even Faroole made an appeal to the world in order to fight piracy.

Carafaat;928667 wrote: Despite Puntlands efforts to potray itself as another 'Somaliland', international media seem to be more and more aware of the regions anarchism (piracy, smuggling, terrorism). Of course this something we Somalis knew all along. You made an assertion here. Defend it or be on your way.

^Dear boy, countries send their navies to fight piracy off coast of Puntland and shipping companies pay higher insurance premiums because of piracy emanating from Puntland. Again, tell us something world doesn't know!

^The world has always been aware, it's you who thinks they are not. How does all this matter anyway?

Mintid Farayar;928652 wrote: Pretty well, considering the obstacles. Somalis from the diaspora are primarily investing in 2 areas: Somaliland and Mogadishu(the city). The only difference is you won't get blown up in Hargeisa while sipping a cappucino. You are measuring yourself against a war-torn city which might soon left you in the dust should peace takes hold and money keeps pouring not in the international recognition and diaspora. Hargeysa has been peaceful for 20 yrs, surely it should be light years ahead of Mogadishu?

How's being positive working out for Somaliland?

^Is it me or the pictures seem to be from the same location just different angles.

Give it few weeks, the more things change in Somalia, the more it stays the same. The only thing they will get Ethios packing is serious unrest in their country.

Alps? Seriously?

Much ado about nothing.

When I got on the train, my sup texted me saying two hour delay in opening the office. I am begining to hate this snowy weather.

^You are welcomed Policy Briefing in Somali

Ethiopia will stay intact for foreseeable future. There's simply no organized opposition that poses any real threat. The only threat that poses challenge is the mass displacement of hundreds of thousands of poor farms that they have no where to go. Regional rebel groups like OLF and ONLF have some capacity to challenge the status quo but they are too inept and they lack real leadership.

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Are you culpable if you choose to do nothing while somebody lies in front of you dying and you could have helped them?

Maddeey. You are blaming her?

^Igaaryaho joogso Roslindale? not too many of us there. You were barely in Boston itself. I think I can actually count how many times I have been to Rosindale over yrs lol. Well, Safferz will show you around when you come for school. You could thank SOL lool