I miss my self ,,,,,,,,, loooooooool

looooooooooool ,,

If A/Y enjoyed it ,, then we should enjoy seeing it ,,,,,,

who said they can't win ?? ,,, they won in the 90s and that is well-known. I'm wondering who is leading them to fight against the UN coz all the big heads are comfortably sitting in Asmara ,,,,,

Ma inaga hubtaaan .....

loooooooooooooool@the topic ,,, Hilipkii qaydhinka ahaana talaw goorma ayaa la cunaya?

And i thought the Presidency, his vice and Parliament chairman is already based on reero ,,,,,, was there a change ??

That is what i expected ........ should i expect more ?? ,, Allah ha sahlo ..........

Somoking cigarettes is increasing among the males but Shisha is now increasing among the females more than the males. That is what i observed lately. It would be more interesting if the survey would be about tobacco in general where the Shisha is included instead of focusing only cigarettes.

I Never said ask me ,,,,,

You can always ask for a help

You could give a try ,, no ??

This oil thing is a monkey business ,,,, I'm just worried what is coming next.

HE MUST BE IN A DEEP SHYYYYYTTT

I don't think Afro girl is planning to commit a suicide ,,,,,,,,

Now, i'm expecting something ..... let's see bal Ilaahay ha sahlee

Abbie Wightwick meets the freedom fighter forced to leave Somalia who has made a new Welsh life for himself WHEN he touched down in Somalia for the first time in a quarter of a century Eid Ali Ahmed was moved to tears. As a refugee who fled as a wanted man from the dictatorship of General Siad Barre in 1981, he had often dreamed of this return. In dark times he feared it might never be. When that happened he comforted himself with memories of fresh camel’s milk, the solitude of the bush and the scent of summer. Finally, last year, Eid, now deputy chief executive of the Welsh Refugee Council, flew back for an emotional trip back to the land he knows as Somaliland. Reunited with family and former colleagues in the Somaliland Liberation Movement, Eid, 60, considered staying. “I was tempted and it is emotional, but my life is in Wales now. “When I arrived it was amazing to me. A country that was destroyed; Hargeisa , a city that was 90% destroyed, had everything, universities, a first class hotel and British schools. “All the institutions are there again. “The journey I went on came to make sense when I returned. “This is freedom. Opposition is worth it.” Eid, like most of the estimated 10,000 Somalis living in South Wales, is from the northern part of Somalia which was a British protectorate before being given independence and joining with the south, a former Italian colony, to form Somalia in 1960. In 1969 Barre seized power in a military coup declaring the country a socialist republic. Civil war and violence followed in the 1980s before the Somali Liberation Movement, to which Eid belonged, toppled Barre in 1991 and declared the north an independent country – Somaliland. The rest of the world does not recognise the country separate from Somalia, one of the issues Eid campaigns on. Further clan warfare followed but whilse the south descended into chaos Somaliland has been relatively stable. “The reconciliation there since the war is incredible,” Eid said. “It’s the nation’s psyche. This is the nomadic way – to stay together and give everyone a chance.” Born into a wealthy Muslim nomad family in 1948, Eid was a trainee banker in 1969 when Barre seized power. The following year he was allowed to leave for nine months only to do an accounting course in London. As the brutality worsened Eid decided not to return, making himself a wanted man back home. He spent the next nine years stateless, working and studying in Cardiff, where he had family, the USA and Saudi Arabia. This was possible with help from a former teacher at the British school in Somalia who had retired to North Wales. In 1979 Barre announced an amnesty for those who had left without permission. Eid returned to find the country in ruins and helped set up the secret opposition Hargeisa Group. When the Somalia Liberation Movement was founded in 1981, he joined, but that year the arrests began. While Eid was on business in neighbouring Djibouti friends phoned warning him not to return. His colleagues in the opposition had been sentenced to between 20 years and life in jail. Eid’s second stint on the run started. In 1987 he fled to Cardiff, applied for refugee status and was given British citizenship. Civil war broke out in Somalia and when Barre was finally toppled in 1991 violence continued. It would be another 16 years before Eid returned. “I am Welsh now. Much of my life has been spent here and my life is here,” he explained. In the intervening years he had been appointed as an adviser to the Welsh Assembly Government on refugee affairs and become development co-ordinator of Somaliland Societies in Europe as well as doing his senior job at the Welsh Refugee Council. “It was harrowing going back,” Eid said. “Some of the people from the movement had died and some had fathers in the movement who had died.” Travelling with his wife Sahra, he based himself in Hargeisa and travelled around the country searching for relatives and friends. He looked for truck drivers used by the SLM, eventually organising a reunion. The drivers had risked their lives secretly moving SLM guerrillas and weapons around the country. “You can imagine how surprised they were when I returned after so long. Some had died and some were very sick, but I found about eight of them in Hargeisa. I took them to a hotel and the whole day we were chatting and telling stories. “They told me how they captured Hargeisa. It was an extremely dangerous time for them and they risked their lives. These men are the grass roots. What happens in Africa is that the elite always claim everything. That’s where the mistake is and what paralyses it.” As a son of the elite himself, Eid is keen to help change that and to re-build the country. “Many people asked me, ‘Why don’t you stay?’ “I have responsibilities in Wales. I help people here from many different countries. But it comes to a stage where you say, ‘I have to give something back’. It’s very difficult for me to just pack up and go back but there must be a way that I can work here and there.” Eid’s niece, who joined him in Cardiff in 1995 aged eight, is one of the young diaspora he hopes will help re-build the country from her home in Wales. He said: “We have to inspire the young generation to go there and help.” web page

Antismoking messages and current cigarette smoking status in Somaliland: results from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2004 Tobacco is a leading cause of death globally. There are limited reports on current cigarette smoking prevalence and its associated-antismoking messages among adolescents in conflict zones of the world. We, therefore, conducted secondary analysis of data to estimate the prevalence of current cigarette smoking, and to determine associations of antismoking messages with smoking status. Methods: We used data from the Somaliland Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) of 2004 to estimate the prevalence of smoking. We also assessed whether being exposed to anti-smoking media, education and having discussed with family members on the harmful effects of smoking were associated with smoking. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess these associations. Current smoking was defined as having reported smoking cigarettes, even a single puff, in the last 30 days preceding the survey (main outcome). Results: Altogether 1563 adolescents participated in the survey. However, 1122 had data on the main outcome. Altogether, 15.8% of the respondents reported having smoked cigarettes (10.3% among males, and 11.1% among females). Factors that were associated with reported non-smoking were: discussing harmful effects of smoking cigarettes with their family members (OR=0.61, 95% CI 0.52, 0.71); being taught that smoking makes teeth yellow, causes wrinkles and smokers smell badly (OR=0.62, 95% CI 0.52, 0.74); being taught that people of the respondent's age do not smoke (OR=0.81, 95% CI 0.69, 0.95); and having reported that religious organizations discouraged young people smoking (OR=0.70, 95% CI 0.60, 0.82). However, exposure to a lot many antismoking messages at social gatherings was associated with smoking. Exposure to antismoking print media was not associated with smoking status. Conclusion: A combination of school and home based antismoking interventions may be effective in controlling adolescent smoking in Somaliland. Author: Seter Siziya, Emmanuel Rudatsikira and Adamson S Muula Credits/Source: Conflict and Health 2008, 2:6 Published on: 2008-05-23 web page

In order to adorn the twilight of his presidency with a success story in his self-proclaimed ‘War on Terror’, President Bush should implement a high-intensity, Fast Track policy for Somalia and Somaliland that pushes the former towards stability and rewards the latter for its significant achievements over the past decade. Fast tracking Somaliland recognition will send a shock wave to Somalia, and send a clear message that peace and prosperity can be rewarded without the need to use overpowering military force. To date, efforts to resolve the crisis that has blighted Somalia have been half hearted and misconceived. Meanwhile, the Horn of Africa’s beacon of stability – Somaliland – continues to toil in relative anonymity, receiving little recognition for its remarkable progress towards creating a viable, stand-alone state. Somaliland has succeeded where the TFG has failed because it possesses precisely those attributes that Somalia lacks: democratically elected institutions with domestic legitimacy, institutions that serve as a repository of nationalism and sovereignty etc. Fighting terrorism is therefore a domestic priority (it was enshrined in the constitution long before 9/11) since extremist violence threatens the institutions of statehood and the common aspiration to international recognition. Source: http://www.senliscouncil.net/modules/publications/chronic_failures_war_terror Click here to download the full report (3.7 MB, PDF): http://www.senliscouncil.net/documen...res_war_terror

Morning Malika ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hello Cadaan,,, so what is your observation ??

and my point is ,, the administration and situation on the ground lead them and they lobby and fund accordingly. The late President Egal was concentrating on the ground and he turned a blind eyes to the outside world. This resulted a complete change of the diaspora's role from fueling the problems to contributing to the development. When a comminity from certain village/province meet, identify a need for a project then call their diaspora people to fund it or contribute then they will. If that community say they are at war with another clan/tribe and ask for money, they have no choice but they will send them money. There is no way the diaspora tell a certain community to start war with this amount of money while they are in peace and planning to make some development projects. That is my point ,,, it is always the field that leads the diaspora.

and what exactly happened during the UNISOM time if that is the case ???

Walaal i'm not denying the role of the diaspora in any activities in the country if war or peace/development. I'm just talking about who has the lead and who follows who ,,,, The dispora usually go along with what is going on the country and their support, advocacy and actions are based on the facts on the ground. If any of these so-called conferences worked out and the place turned to be peaceful and stable then i'm sure the funding from diaspora would take another direction.