THE Herald, on September 5, 2006, ran an article on the Somalis in Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya, with the headline “A refugee camp is their only home”. A picture showed a desperate Somali woman at a food distribution centre in the camp. That picture reminded me of when I was in that refugee camp in the late 1990s, some years before I decided to “tour” across Africa. It was a long, aimless “grand” journey characterised by demands to know my identity and my terminal destination. I did not know the latter, maybe where my fare ran short! At every border post, in cities and in taxis, these questions kept coming back. Still, I could interact with many people because of my multilingual advantage – I could speak three international languages fluently besides my mother tongue. That was how I survived the pain of loneliness and discrimination. Then, I was barely into my 20s but three years later, when I read The Herald article, I realised I had already covered a good portion of Africa, but was still in transit. But the article also reminded of one important question I had never asked myself before: had my country ever enjoyed peace and democracy? I had to research the topic, because I had never studied the history of my country in the foreign school I attended. Neither was I fortunate to have narratives from my parents nor any other elders for that matter. I did not realise until I read an article dated July-September, 2008, carried in the BBC‘s Focus on Africa Magazine, by Prof Abdi Said Samatar, a Somali analyst based in the US, that 47 years ago “Somalia led the continent into democratic practice” – a fruit whose sweetness never lasted. My curiosity for self-knowledge increased. During the search for my history I realised that between 1961 and 1969 Somalia saw four democratic changes of government. In 1967, the opposition took power peacefully. In the 1960s, most independent African countries were mired by coups and Somalia jumped into the same boat in late 1969 when Siad Bare overthrew the civilian government – a move that changed the historical and political landscape of Somalia. My father was born at ******ia (a region fighting for autonomy) in Ethiopia, but fled when the Ethiopian soldiers who wanted to attain the loyalty of the Somalis of this region killed his grandfather. My mother was born in the north eastern province of Kenya – a British protectorate whose disputed possession was not solved until 1967 in a Somali-Kenya agreement in which Somalia gave up the claim. When my parents met and settled in Italian Somalia (that became the Republic of Somalia) due to displacements in their respective places of birth, I was born in a place in which they felt themselves foreigners, southern Somalia. I have relatives who live in Djibouti (what was then French Somaliland) and my brother‘s family is still in present Somaliland (a region advocating for autonomy from the rest of Somalia). And there I understood how my family was separated by five borders and the implication of the concept of borders. One family with different identity cards is an indication of a society torn to the core and a cause for conflict. What was the fundamental cause of the war that erupted in Somalia? The British and Italian colonialism undid the affinity of the closely-knit Somali society and through their divide-and-rule policy, according to Samatar, spawned tribalism, subsequently spurring the unending conflict. After nearly two decades of war, there is a far-reaching grave consequence: a lost generation, a touchy point well noted by the conclusion of The Herald‘s article, “An entire generation (that) has little knowledge of the outside world (and its history).” The author of this article, Osman Abdi, is a Somali national who has lived in Port Elizabeth since late 2004. He has been a student at NMMU since 2006

Actually you're right ,,,, it is not moving at all

The Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Enterprise said it has been undertaking expansion and maintenance project with a view to improving its services to customers in the years ahead. Enterprise General Manager, Ti’ume Teklie told ENA on Friday that a 40-km rail track weighing some 6,000 tones was imported from Italy for the same cause. The general manager said the on-going project includes, among others, replacing the 114-Km rail track, maintenance of 40 bridges, and changing nine others along the route. The project aims at improving the cargo capacity of the rail track to 17 tones, which stands at 14 tones. Upon completion, the project will boost the national trade volume significantly. He said the enterprise has collected 20 million Birr in the venue during the past Ethiopian budget year by transporting more than 105,000 passengers and over 65,000 tones of freight. Source: ENA

Berberea(Qarannews)- Ciidanka Booliska ee Gobalka Saaxil, oo ay is kaashanayeen ciidnaka, sirdoonka iyo CID- ayaa xalay hawlgal ay ka fuliyeen magaalada Berbera gacanta ku soo dhigay koox dablay ah oo ka kooban shan nin kuwaas oo damacsanaa in ay ka fuliyaan xeebaha Somaliland hawlgal budhcad badeednimo ah. Maayarka magaalada Berbera Cabdalle Maxamed Carab oo arinta ka hadlay ayaa sheegay in kooxdan laga soo qabtay guri ku yaala magaalada Berbera oo ay ku haysteen hub sharci daro ah oo ka kooban baasuukayaal iyo qoryaha boobayaasha ah sida oo kale waxa ciidanka amaanku gacanta ku dhigeen oo kale laba laash oo ay kooxdani u diyaarsadeen in ay ku fuliyaan af-duub ay u gaysan lahaayeen maraakiibta maraysa biyaha Somaliland waxa uu maayirka magaalada Berberi ugu baaqay dhamaan shacabka reer Somaliland inay feejignaan muujiyaan islamarkaana gacan ku siiyaan ciidanka amaanka ee ku hawlan sidii ay hawshan waxa uga qaban lahayeen islamarkaana waxa uu intaas ku daray in dadkeenu aanu waxan oo kale dhaqan u lahayn. Sida oo kale sarkaal u hadlay ciidanka amaanka ee gobalka saaxil ayaa sheegay in kooxdan ay la socdeen dhaqdhaqaaqooda ciidanka baadhista dambiyada CID, waxa sarkaalkani intaas ku daray in ciidanka ay baadhis xoog leh ku hayaan arintan ay ku hayaa, isla markaasna ay hayaan ragaasi iyo qalabkoodiiba iyo hubkii ay siteenba. Kooxdan ayaa noqonaysa kooxdii ugu horeysay ee u soo bambaxda inay ka fuliyaan biyaha Somaliland dhibaatada af-duubka maraakiibta oo hada ka fayow. Intii ay ku soo bateen xeebaha ku aadan dalka dariska aynu nahay ee Somaliya ayaa heegan sare la galiyey ciidanka ilaalada xeebaha Somaliland iyaga oo todobaadkii la soo dhaafayna dhoolatus milateri ku sameeyey doonyo cusub oo loo keenay iyo hubka daran dooriga u dhaca oo ay ka ridayeen xeebaha ku aadan Berbera Sideedaba ciidanka sirdoonkai iyo danbi baadhista iyo kuwa ka hortaga danbiyada ayaaaad iyo aad uga hawl gala dalka gudihiisa iyo dibadiisaba iyaga oo aad u qalabaysan islka markaasna ah kuwo aad u foojigan oo la socda dhaq dhaqaaqa cid kasta oo isku dayda in ay carqalaladayso amniga Somaliland, ciidamda sirdoonka ee Somaliland ayaa dhawaan wadamo ka mid ah wadamada caalmu ay u aqoonsadeen in ay yihiin kuwo aad u habaysan isla markaasna ka mid ah sirdoonada ugu horeeya kuwa geeska Afrika, iyaga oo taba baro caalmiyana ka hela wadamo waaweyn oo caalmka ka mid ah. Dhanka kalena maraakiibta caalmala ee mara biyaha Somaliland ayaa baryahii danbe aad u soo badanaayay iyaga oo door bida amniga iyo daganaashaha biyaha Somaliland, taasi oo ay badaha dalka Somaliya ee aynu jaarka nahay ay waaleen budhacdeedyo si arxanimo ah uga qafaasha xeebahooda maraakiibta badweynta ku dhow dhow maraysa, taasi oo aan sinaba uga suurto gali karin in laga fuliyo badaha Somaliland oo isku daygoodii ugu horeeyayba hada la fashiliyay.

looooooooooool ,,, it is moving here. You need to get busy then it will move fast.

loooooool ,,, who was he fighting against markii hore. Meesha dagaal baa ka dhacay ilaa 200 oo qof ku dhinteen ,, ma jin buu la dagaalamayay markaa ?? ,,, and then you saw you saying fuel and stuff baa la xidhay and Kismayo will be the last aan qabsano and those lines. Now the latest news is saying duqu maleeshiyo ayuu urursanayaa somewhere in Gedo ,,,,,,,, Then it is you saying dagaal ma jiro and he will concile with the Wadaado ,,,,,,, if it is that easy to reconcile maxaa boqolaalka qof loo laynayay markii hore ?? ... or because they are both against the tfg they want inay gacanta is qabsadaan ???

Maya maya ,, anigu kama weysaystee ,,,

If you can't beat them, join them miyaa xaajadu ,,,

I had Sambusa of course ,,,,,,,,,,,

Subax wanaagsan ,,,,,,,,,, Is it true the trollers are out for Cibaadah or they're just busy with other stuff ???

Walee adigaa geed ugu xidhan oo ka daba qaylinaya meel kasta oo uu istaago .....

......... What i like about this clip is if he would be a Somali then wax buu jejebin lahaa ama wax buu dili lahaa ,,,, now look at the mad man busy with himself to do the olympics ,,,

loooooooool ,,

STUFF AND NON-SENSE ........... The Ethiopian hosts are now accusing someone they host ethiopians ,,,,,,,,,, Pathetic ,,,,

How do you know he is educated ?? ... using the keyboard doesn't mean someone is educted dee.

Horta ninka waalan iyo ninka la sheekaysta kee baa waalan ??? waxyaalo aan la iskuba daalin baa jira ,,,

malaa jihaad baad ku jirtaaba ,,,

Ramadan Karim .......

...... waar markaan doono afar xabbo oo islaan sawaaxili ahi i bartay waan la soo baxaaye ,,, waxayse iigu darnayd markaan tuurto ee inta la i moodo inaan iyagii ahay dabada la ii qabto wax aanan weligay maqal ,,, looooooool

habari ya kazi ndugu ?

^ ^ which language is that ???

We're talking about Ramadan sxb ........ Ramadan and the environment of fasting in the land of Somalis.

looooooooooooool@baasta fadariiji ,,,, Bal A&T baynu sugaynaa inuu ka sheekeeyo kuwaas ,,, probably markuu afuro

looooool ,,, you must be so strong marka ,, Here you can't even find what to eat if you are not fasting ,,,,, dadka xanuunsada dhib baa qabsata markaas.

Waxaa ka socda degaano ka tirsan gobolka Gedo abaabul ciidamo beleedyo uu ku urusanayo Col.Barre Hiraale halkaasoo asal ahaan uu ka soo jeedo. Maamulada iyo odaayaal dhaqameedyada gobolkaas ayaa bilaabey in ay ugu deeqaan maleeshiyo beeldyo Col.Hiraale oo dhowaan laga fara-marojiyey gobolka Jubada Hoose gaar ahaan magaalada Kismayo. Barre Hirale oo ka tirsnaa dagaal ogoyaasha Somalida kuwaasoo intooda badan u xuubsiibteen Xildhibaano ayaa dagaanka Bardheere soo gaarey kadib markii dagaalo uu sheegey in ay kaga dhinteen 18 qof ku qabsadeen degaano ka tirsan gobolada Jubbada Hoose iyo Jubbada Dhexe. Wararka soo gaaraya warsidaha Garowe Online ayaa sheegaya in uu Barre Hiraale degaanka Doolow uu kula kulmey saraakiil ka tirsan ciidamada Ethiopia iyada oo xoggo la rumeysan karo tibaaxayaan inuu u gudbiyey codsi ku aadan qaabkii looga tageeri lahaa sidii uu dib ugu noqon lahaa Kismayo. Cabdirashid Xasan Nuur oo ah madaxa Dolow ayaa saxaafada u sheegey in ay ka tageerayaan Barre Hiraale sidii uu dib ugu noqon lahaa magaalada Kismayo halkasoo sheegey in garadaro looga soo saarey.