looooooooool@ibti ,, shaydaanku sow meel walba ma joogo. I really like the qaaci sessions ,, and singing with the old Qaraami songs weliba. Now it is time you go back to sleep i guess ,,, it is Sunday and you don't deserve to be up.

Hello Ibti, i didn't expect you are up this time ,,, what is going on ?? On Friday we had a Qaaci session where singers were singing with Kaban and drums ,,,,, very nice indeed. Will upload some funny clips on Youtube later IA ,,,,, white ppl dancing with Kaman (guitar) ,,, hahahaha

Colombos:-Musharaxa Brak Obama Ayaa ugu Baaqay Hillary Clinton oo ah Musharaxada Sida Weyn ula Lagdameysa Obama In ay U Noqoto Ku Xigeenkiisa Haddii uu ku guuleysto Xilka Madaxtinimada Mareykanka Oo Doorashadeeda La filayo in ay Dhacdo In Dhamaadka Sanadkan. Obama oo hadalkan siiyay Idaacada BBCda ayaa sheegay In Hillary ay Ka Go'an tahay In ay Noqoto Madaxweyne Sidoo kale Wax ay aad u jeceshahay Buu yiri in ay Noqoto Madaxweyne Ku Xigeen Sidaa Daraadeed Haddi ay Weydo Madaxweyne Waxaan ku Casumi in ay ii Noqoto Madaxweyne Ku Xigeen Ayuu u sheegay obama BBCda. Obama Oo Si weyn loo filayo in uu ku guuleysto Booska u tar tamaha Mashuraxnimada Xilka Madaxtinimada Mareykana Ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga Iyada oo Labadooda Musharax Hadba kii soo Baxaa ay tartanka Aqalka Cad ay Isku Arki Doonaan Ruug Cadaaga Xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee John Makin oo Isugu Dibada Goor Horeba Xisbigiisu ay Soo Dhigeen. Masuuliyiin u Hadlay Hillary ayaa sheegay Haweynaydan Aysan Wali Quusan Balse ay War sugayso Ilaa Iyo Bisha juun gaar ahaan Natiijooyinka Waqtigaasi Soo baxa Wixii Xiligaasi ka dameeya haddii ay Ku Guuldareysatana ay Ay Dib u eegis ku sameynayso Dhinacyo Badan oo mustaqbalkeeda La Xiriiira.

where is the link to the story ??

What da hell is going on ????

Cajiib ,, aduunkani wuu waashay

hadhwanaag 2008-05-10 (Hadhwanaagnews) Saeed Meygag Samatar was endowed with multiple talents: he was a visionary, shrew entrepreneur, urban planner, thinker, activist and a man with a profound sense of history.In August 2005, shortly after the SOPRI Convention in LA, I accompanied a visiting official from Somaliland to the UCLA medical hospital where Saeed Meygag Samatar was recuperating from dehydration. In his hospital room, Saeed was lying in the bed receiving fluid through an IV. The conversation was Somaliland centered. Saeed was very engaged in the conversation. He suggested that he would like to bring all the mayors of the regional capitals to the US during the next convention. He said the way to increase the capacities of our municipalities was to increase the knowledge of its officials about the role they are supposed to play by showing them first hand how municipalities in the US provide services to its citizens. I was taken aback because we just came out of a hectic convention and the last thing in mind was about another one. When we were about to leave his room, Saeed got up from the bed and moved the IV pedestal on its reels with him and walked us to the elevators. We tried to discourage him but he insisted on walking us. As we descended to the ground and walked towards the parking lot, I could not take the extraordinary man we left behind off my mind, a man who was in fragile health but who had such strength and positive attitude. His wife, Marwo Amran Muse, said last week that it was his resilience that gave the family sustenance during this most difficult period in their lives. Saeed passed away in San Jose, California on May 7th after a long illness. Image of Somaliland Democracy created by Saeed Meygag : Saeed is left of Mr. Silanyo. Foreign Minister Edna and leaders of the two opposition parties, Silanyo and Faisal, sign the joint resolution of the 2005 Convention in Los AngelesSaeed Meygag Samatar was endowed with multiple talents: he was a visionary, shrew entrepreneur, urban planner, thinker, activist and a man with a profound sense of history. He subscribed to the proposition that the history of the past must be a guide to the future, that the mistakes of the past should not be repeated lest the horrors of the past will come back to strike again, that Somaliland had no option but to secede and reclaim its independence, that democracy is the right strategy for the country’s social and economic development, and that democracy is the country’s passport to international recognition.: hence his vigorous involvement in struggle for the liberation and in the quest for its international recognition.One day in the winter of 1982, when were living together at an apartment in Santa Monica, few miles west of the UCLA campus, Saeed asked me if I could go with him to Washington DC to participate at a demonstration being organized against General Siad Barre, who was due to pay an official to the US. Few months earlier, Siad Barre had imprisoned a group of intellectuals in Hargeisa. They did not commit any crime but, having witnessed the regime’s neglect of meeting the needs of the citizens, organized themselves to see if they could help their people. Their incarceration had galvanized the people and awakened them to the brutality of the military regime. There was always a sense of rightness and morality in all of Saeed’s ideas, then and later on, and I accepted his suggestion. So we flew to a frigid Washington DC during that winter to join others from across the country to harass the ruthless dictator.During the remaining years of the 1980s, Saeed was passionately involved in raising funds for the SNM, working with others at American universities. In the early 1990s, he founded a non profit organization to collect humanitarian supplies for people returning from refugee camps in Ethiopia to rebuild their lives back in Hargeisa and at other urban centersIt was in the late 1990s that he switched gears and founded the Somaliland Policy and Reconstruction Institute (SOPRI). He laid out an ambitious agenda for SOPRI, which was to promote international recognition for Somaliland, help build democratic institutions as well as capacity building for the public sector and to seek financial assistance for the country.In an attempt to fulfill the mission of SOPRI outlined above, Saeed held a meeting for those of us in the Greater Los Angeles area in the spring of 2004. He told us that he would like to bring the Foreign Minister and the Minister of Industry to the US and to South Korea with the twin objectives of promoting international understanding of Somaliland democracy and seeking international investment. Foreign Minister Edna & Industry Minister Mohamed Hashi with Saeed Meygag Samatar & a Korean- American business group in Los Angeles in 2004. We inquired about funding for the trip. Saeed responded that he would obtain funding from his own resources and that of his business associates.In a high profile trip, the three member delegation arrived in Los Angeles in the summer of 2004, and later on accompanied by Saeed, flew to Atlanta, Washington DC and New York city where they met with State department officials and representatives from multilateral organizations. They returned to Los Angeles and then set off to Seoul, South Korea where they were received by Korean business leaders. Saeed later related to us that the delegation had one time visa to the US and when they went to South Korea, they had to reapply for another visa at the US embassy in Seoul. Saeed said he was a bit worried that they might be sequestered at a hotel for days until the visa was issued. But he was a businessman who knew how to assess risks and get prepared. The visa was fortunately issued right away and they all came back to Los Angeles on time.Saeed Meygag was responsible in raising substantial portion of the cost of the delegation’s trip; whatever money was raised by the Somaliland communities in the US was just nominal.It is difficult to measure Saeed’s contribution in the quest for recognition, but there is no question that he helped turbo charge that effort, which was dormant at the time. The trip drove home the fact that the Diaspora communities should not leave that job solely to the government but that they should be actively involved too and, as Saeed had demonstrated, they could give back something to their country of birth.The following spring 2005, Saeed held another meeting with us. This time he had a more ambitious project. He wanted SOPRI to sponsor a convention in Los Angeles that would bring together representatives of the political parties, government, Diaspora communities , professionals, students, & women, business leaders, NGOs etc. in order to showcase Somaliland democracy, promote Somaliland in the USA for recognition, empower Diaspora communities to create businesses as well as bring professionals, business leaders, families, youth, and women to network for the common good and promote their tradition and culture.Anybody who had known Saeed would never doubt his abilities. He was a dreamer, a planner and a doer. And so we all pledged to work with him towards a successful convention. The rest of that convention is history. Suffice it to say that David Shin, former US Ambassador in Ethiopia, in his remarks to the convention, said that he was amazed that the logistics of bringing all those people from different parts of the world- Somaliland, South Africa, Middle East, Europe, Japan, Canada, different states of the US etc, - into Los Angeles during the same day was undertaken by private individuals. The fact was that the vast amount of the work for that convention was done by Saeed Meygag Samatar. He conceived, choreographed, produced and directed every aspect of that convention; the rest of us played only minor supporting roles. The level of his involvement was evident by the amount of time he spent in the preparatory work. During the run-up to the convention, those of us in the Los Angeles area remained in regular contact. We noticed that Saeed was so busy on the convention work during the last month or so that he hardly went to his regular work. When we urged him to go to work and make some money for the family, he replied he was fine.The following summer 2006, Saeed was involved, along with others at the DC Metropolitan Area, in holding another successful convention, equally attended by large number of people, at the nation’s capital.In 2007 Saeed started circulating draft byelaws of SOPRI. He envisioned an organization with offices in capitals of major countries in the US, Europe and Africa, seeking international recognition and investment opportunities for Somaliland. The project was interrupted by his health condition.Saeed’s commitment and love for his country of birth was recognized by the President of Somaliland, Mr. Dahir Rayale Kahin, who last October 2007 awarded him a certificate of appreciation, a rare gift to someone in the Diaspora. The President bestowed the honor to Saeed:“In recognition of the extraordinary commitment you have demonstrated, as the founder and President of the Somaliland Policy and Reconstruction Institute (SOPRI) in raising international awareness about Somaliland’s emerging democracy …and in advocating and promoting the aspiration of the people of Somaliland to gain independent statehood and recognition by the international community as a sovereign and independent state.”Saeed felt that his dream of a recognized and democratic Somaliland was inching forward. Even though he was not feeling good, he still made the three hour drive from his home in Raleigh, North Carolina to Washington DC to meet the high level delegation led by President Rayale. He said it was an historic visit and he had to go meet them. Similarly, when the assistant secretary of State for African Affairs visited Hargeisa, he was elated.A compassionate EntrepreneurThroughout his long quarter of century stay at the Los Angeles basin, Saeed Meygag Samatar refused to work for any body but himself, except for a two year stint as a planning aide- Saeed held a masters degree in urban planning from UCLA- to councilman Robert Farrell (Los Angeles is represented by 15 councilpersons who act as the legislative body of the city government). While some of us opted for the security of guaranteed wages from government agencies, he was determined right from the beginning to establish his own company. Saaed tried different business ventures but finally found his niche with Sustainable Housing Corporation, a company dedicated towards the construction of low income housing.Saeed built five apartment buildings throughout Los Angeles. He invited us to the ribbon cutting ceremony at the one he built in 1997 on 29 street and Hoover, few blocks from the University of Southern California (USC). The 20 unit two-story building has modern amenities, underground parking for tenants, and a computer room. USC students still go to the building once a week to train tenants on computers.During the opening ceremony, a large group of people were in attendance- company executives, representatives of the Council District, building contractors, community members. Only Saeed Meygag could have assembled such group. With flags of different colors fluttering behind him and in front of the apartment building complex, Saeed thanked everybody for the role they had played in the construction of the building. He emphasized how the building will provide comfortable living to people with limited income, those who could not afford the skyrocketing rent in Los Angeles. Watching and listening him talk that day gave me a flash back to our days in Lafole College of education where Saeed was president of the student body in the early 1970s, an image of him addressing the students in the campus or briefing visitors about the student’s activities at the Refugee camp at Kurtunwarey, where we were assigned during the resettlement of refugees. He was an accomplished public speaker.One writer described great men as those who, for better or worse, make difference in the lives of people. Saeed was made of the same material as those who make a difference in people for the better. In his professional life, he was dedicated to helping those with small income obtain decent, humane condition for their children. Tenants of those apartments owe to him for their decent living condition. He was also dedicated to improve the lives of the citizens of Somaliland. He was worried about his people even when he was in poor health.Saeed envisioned introducing the kind of gated communities that are part of the suburban landscape in the US and Latin America into the African continent. He travelled to South Africa, Uganda and Nigeria to study the feasibility of the project. The idea that he wanted to translate into reality was to build affordable houses -not the prohibitively expensive behemoths we see in Hargeisa- in a gated communities with paved streets, grocery stories, recreational areas and schools. His objective was to create excellent, safe living conditions for families at very affordable, yes affordable, prices. He achieved this goal in Los Angeles. He could have revolutionized housing construction in Hargeisa and elsewhere in Africa if he did not die so young.Saeed’s insistence to become an entrepreneur paid off. Just by looking at his life style it was obvious that he had achieved the American dream. His office was at a high rise building on Wilshire Blvd in downtown Los Angeles. His huge house, before he moved to North Carolina in early 2006, was located at an upper middle class bedroom community in suburban Rancho Cucamonga , about 40 miles east of Los Angeles. The house was located at a cul-de-sac nestled at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. The sub division where they had lived was the ideal community to raise a family: safe, quite and leisurely. It had the qualities of both a town and countryside and seemed to be in union with nature.Their house was the venue we gathered during Idd occasions and when we were working on projects. Saeed & Amran and their children were always generous to invite members of the Somaliland communities in Los Angeles & San Diego to their home. We, both children and adults, looked forwarded to those occasions because we all enjoyed being with them so much.But these were the happy days.Saeed is survived by his wife, Marwo Amran Muse and three boys, Kenadid 19, Yusuf 17 and Warsame 14. During Saeed’s long illness, Amran and the boys conducted themselves with utmost dignity. Saeed bestowed to his family values of love, hard work patriotism, and respect to others. The young boys will hopefully and surely grow up- and we all wish them well- to be like their dad, successful, patriotic and useful members of their people and country. To conclude with a short poem dedicated to Saeed Meygag Samatar: He was the angel of inspiration He was the glue holding us together He the was the band binding us to the rest of the Diaspora He was the long bridge to the motherland He was to us the world He was Saeed Meygag Samatar. With love and sympathy: Aden H. Iman, Los Angels Hassnur2@aol.com

Originally posted by Ibtisam: JB: What if the man was cheating and she shot him dozen times. What would you have said??? He deserve it ................

Arooryo Baxsan, maalin boqran Maxaa la sheegay lazy azzzzzezzzzz ,,,,,,,,,, warka i siiya bal mise waa lazy Sunday ??

A drunk gets on to a bus and pointing to the middle of the bus, starts yelling, "From here to the right everybody is an *sshole! From here to the left, everybody is a son of a b*tch!" One angry passenger stands and replies "Wait a minute! I am not an *sshole!" The drunk shouts back, "So move to the other side then!"

the lady whom her parents made me pay 100 she-camels Faan weynaa ,,,,,,,

Somaliland is an African country that is located in the Horn of Africa. The country considers itself to be the successor state of the former British Somaliland protectorate. The total area of Somaliland is about 68,040 square miles. This country shares its border with Ethiopia to the south and west, Djibouti to the north west and the Gulf of Aden to the south east. This country has some out-standing tourist locations and grand places to visit. Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland. This is the safest and most famous tourist destination in the whole country. It has several museums that show the rich culture of the country. Tourists also like to visit its famous zoo logical garden that has various species of animals and birds. To provide some visual delights to the visitors, Somaliland also has various bustling bazaars that allow you to get familiar with all the traditions of the country. From here, you can do shopping for your friends and families. You can find these types of markets in some other cities like Berbera. This city is also a famous tourist destination of Somaliland. You can find various lofty cliffs along with the coast that is truly a breath taking experience. For all those people who want to add a natural touch in to their vacations, they can go to the Puntland. It is situated in the southern part of Somaliland. This place has rich natural resources like green valleys, mountain ranges and many more. Apart from this if you want to know more about the history of Somaliland, there are several other cities that you can include in your vacation. There are prehistoric caves present that help you gather knowledge about the history of the county. These caves have several paintings that reflect the culture of Somaliland. There are several more places in Somaliland that you can explore and make your holiday more memorable. These places are Las Geel- it is famous for its legendary cave paintings from the Neolithic age. You can have a life time experience after visiting this place as it reflects the rich culture, history and present conditions of Somaliland. There is an international airport in Hargeisa having flights form Addis, Ababa, Dubai and Djibouti City. After reaching Hargeisa you can hire a personal cab to roam around or you can also take advantage of its bus service. Somaliland is trying to position itself as an emerging holiday destination. While not regarded as a main stream holiday destination, it is making massive inroads to attract more tourists. ____________________________________________ Author Resource:- Andrew Gibson is MD of Direct Holiday Bookings. It is one of the fastest growing on line holiday home rental websites.To see an example of why Direct Holiday Bookings is growing so rapidly have a look at Property for holidays in Somaliland web page

Many Somalilanders including this writer often criticise, mock and sometimes denounce President Riyale for all kinds of real or perceived shortcomings and weaknesses. We snigger at his supposed lack of gravitas and many amongst the chattering khat-room intellectuals cringe at his naivety on international affairs and his innocence of the cloak-and-dagger moves of international diplomacy. “how on earth could he openly invite a foreign power to build a military base in his country” asked one Khat-room Kissinger. “And why would America want a base in Berbera when it already has a perfectly good one just down the road in Djibouti”? sneer his friend both shaking their heads in agreement at their superior grasp of world politics. But I reminded them of the famous Somali proverb “Winning a wrestling match appears much too easy for a seated old lady”. After all the Khat Intellectuals do not run an impoverished nation of 3.5 million souls traumatised by 20 years of civil war; plighted by endless droughts and pestilence and denied any chance of development by an institutionally racist world which refuses to acknowledge its very existence let alone its human right to self-determination. And this nation also happens to be one of the worst in the world for rumour-mongering; conspiracy theories; cynicism and unparalleled believe in the virtues of hollow, pointless talk. This is a nation of supreme Egalitarianists who believe authority is there to be treated with utter contempt. Neither is Riyale helped by his own background. He was a member of the hated NSS under the last regime although to his credit not a shred of evidence was ever found of any personal wrongdoing on his part. That in itself is quite remarkable given that the way to progress within that organisation was to mistreat people. It would’ve been easy for him to find `opponents of the State’ to rough up given he was a local man who knew the nooks and the crannies of his community better than most of his colleagues who travelled from far-off Mogadishu and beyond. Yet despite all these seemingly insurmountable obstacles he manages to run a functioning semi-state with surprisingly stable democratic institutions. He pays his soldiers, police and his ill-trained civil servants on time, an unusual occurrence in Africa. He stuck to the letter of the Constitution at every turn frustrating the impatient opposition who sometimes appear to want mini meltdown of the political system so they could take advantage and blame it all on him. But this canny man was not going to give them the pleasure. He may not be a mastermind in foreign affairs but when it comes to local clan politics he demonstrated a sublime grasp; flashes of genius even. The patient calmness with which he handled the Sool issue is a testament to his vision and decisiveness when decisiveness was called for. He not only outmanouvered his regional opponents like Puntland and Somalia he bamboozled his local rival Silanyo who considered himself the only man with the ability to convince wary Soolians of re-engaging with Somaliland given his blood and cultural ties with Sool. Riyale achieved the Sool victory with minimum bloodshed and cemented it with the deftest of political touches. When Sool elders asked him to release 70 odd Sool fighters captured in an earlier skirmish he not only obliged he held a luncheon in their honour, addressed them as `fellow countrymen’ and offered them the choice of either staying in Hargeisa as free men or free transport to their home villages. There is no better way of winning hearts and minds than showing magnanimity in victory. No one is suggesting President Kahin Riyale is the perfect Politician. Far from it. He created a bloated bureaucracy stuffed full with incompetent and often venal Ministers. He has rather incomprehensibly stained his democratic credentials by curtailing free speech and creating state owned newspapers and radio stations reminiscent of 70s African dictatorships. His economic policies lack direction. He has no comprehensive strategy for gaining recognition or living without it in the long-term. But these are the shortcoming of an imperfect leadership in a normal State. When Khat-room intellectual chide him for shortcomings they are comparing to him an imperfect leader in a normal state. That is a testament to the achievements of this often underestimated man. History will remember him as one of Somaliland’s founding fathers and the man who kept his nation together and steered through it through one of it’s most dangerous periods of existence. He doesn’t think so himself. When asked by a journalist whether he thought his job was difficult he responded “No. My predecessor’s was far more difficult. I inherited a functioning system”. A glimpse of strength only seen amongst the greatest of leaders. Guled Ismail calidheere@aol.co.uk

And so to Somaliland. This is a northern part of Somalia, and its attempt to achieve statehood is an example of see-you-around-suckers secession. As you know, the Somali state largely collapsed during the 1990s, with country's territory being taken over by feuding warlords and suchlike. The northern part of the country, however, managed to escape the general chaos that swept the rest of the country. The locals there managed to setup a separate administration and state-like apparatus, albeit one facing a lot of challenges. The leaders of this northern region then proposed to escape permanently from the rest of Somalia's ongoing nightmare by declaring their area independent, and naming it Somaliland. Thus far no one has granted Somaliland formal recognition. This is not particularly surprising. The international community abhors secession. In Africa, in particular, there is a far that should any borders start to be re-drawn then the whole continent could slip into the abyss as ambitious leaders try to carve out little empires for themselves. But Somaliland has one ace up its sleeve that means it continuously hovers on the brink of formal acceptance in the family of nations. Its borders are the same as those of the pre-independence colony of British Somaliand. This was merged into Italian Somaliland to create the state we know and love as Somalia, but the Somaliland leaders can say that they are merely reversing this artificial union and bringing a previously existing entity back into being as an independent state. The Somalilanders are invoking the principle of uti possidetis, that post-colonial borders should by default follow pre-independence boundaries. This is good (for them), as it allows the prospect of their independence being recognised without setting a precedent that could lead to the disintegration of other countries. That's about it for Somaliland. Various reports and stuff have recommended that it be allowed to join the family of nations, but for the moment the country remains unrecognised. If the rest of Somalia were to start showing signs of stabilisation then I imagine that the Somalilanders would be pressured to re-integrate with their former compatriots. But there is no prospect of that happening any time soon. The expectation has to be that Somaliland will sooner or later gain external recognition. In the meantime, this phantom country chugs along. Apparently it is quite nice to visit; its unrecognised status does not prevent a trickle of tourists visiting from Djibouti and Ethiopia to sample the hospitality of this strangely peaceful land. Would you like to know more? Oh look, the International Crisis Group has a two year old report on Somaliland: Somaliland: Time for African Union Leadership web page

BY ROBERT WIREN Versailles, France, April 8th 2008 - Somaliland is asking for international recognition since 1991 when it restored its independence. Some countries have granted a de facto recognition to Somaliland, for instance Ethiopia which hosts a representative based in Addis Ababa. Delegates have also been sent to the United Kingdom, once the colonial power controlling the protectorate of Somaliland, and to the USA and Italy. Recently France has sent twice diplomats from its embassy in Djibouti to Hargeisa to create cultural links with Somaliland. The latest move materializing a de facto recognition by France has been to authorize the opening of a representative liaison office in the French capital. Les nouvelles d’Addis has met the newly appointed Somaliland representative, Mr Mahamud Salah Nur. Les nouvelles d'Addis. – You arrived recently as a representative of your country in France. What have been your previous official assignments ? Mahamud Salah Nur. – I had various positions since Somaliland was created again. A national charter was adopted in 1993 in Borama and government structures came into existence. I became then a member of parliament representing my Sanaag region up to 1997 when late president Egal was elected. Then I joined the government as minister of Foreign Affairs until 2001. When the political parties were created I became one of the founders of Kulmiye party which is the biggest opposition party. Lately I was chosen by president Riyale, taken into consideration my background, even though I belong to an opposition party and I did not leave my party. I was appointed as a representative in France. And the Somaliland government has decided to open an office taken into consideration the position of France as one of the great powers. It is a force to reckon with in Europe and we have decided to introduce the French language into the educational system. Now French is beeing taught in the universities of Somaliland, both in Borama and Hargeisa. I just have arrived to open this office. LNA. – It cannot be an official diplomatic representation because there is no recognition yet. What can be your status ? MSN. – Recognition has got two aspects. You have de facto recognition and de jure recognition. What we have now is de facto recognition. France takes into consideration the fact that Somaliland has existed for 17 years and single-handedly was able to survive, has shown unbelievable resilience to survive on its own. To day without boast Somaliland is a force to reckon with in the region. It has got the most democratic institutions, it has got the freest press, it has got a real functioning parliament and lot of things are controlled by the opposition. As you know we have separation of powers. The legislative, the judiciary and the executive. The parliament is controlled by the opposition which has got the majority. So it is something like cohabitation in a strange way on that part of the continent. LNA. – You mentionned recognition de facto. Are you referring to the visits of French diplomats to Hargeisa last October and more recently ? Do you think this is a first step toward full recognition ? MSN. – We think that there is a growing awareness worldwide that it is high time, it is overdue that the world has finally to grant Somaliland a legal, diplomatic recognition because the international community has realized that we have met all the conditions for a fully-fledged state, all the requirements as stipulated in the Montevideo Convention on recognition of states in the sense that we have fixed boundaries, permanent population with all the functional institutions of a state and we have legitimacy because we had several elections. We had presidential elections, we had parliamentary elections. By the way we are unique in East Africa in the sense that we have a president who is there by the virtue of the fact that we had national elections with a thin majority of 80 votes. That has happened nowhere in the world. And above all we are an oasis of peace and stability in the region. Thus number of people say this merits the respect of the international community. LNA. – One strange thing is that while European countries like France and Great Britain have started to have relations, even if they are unofficial, inside the African Union they are waiting to do something. In your opinion will the African Union continue to wait and take no decision ? MSN. – It is a very interesting question. In fact having officially made an application for membership in the African Union, a high level delegation was sent to Somaliland and finally a draft report was written, a very positive report about the situation which prevails in Somaliland. It strongly recommends that Somaliland should be recognized and admitted into the African Union, that our country cannot be equated to Biafra or to any split state but that Somaliland is unique in the sense that it meets all the conditions for a fully-fledged state. What Somaliland has done is fully in harmony with the charter of the African Union. This is now seriously debated by African countries and we think soon, inch’Allah, they will reach a positive decision. LNA. – Beeing now in France do you plan to meet some personalities to inform them, in the ministry of Foreign Affairs for instance ? MSN. – The Foreign Ministry has already agreed in February that Somaliland should be given the right to open an office to represent our country. Not fully diplomatic but a sort of ex officio. LNA. – Like the Palestinian representation ? MSN. – Something along that line. You call it officieux. The decision of recognition will be taken by France and by the European countries. France cannot take this decision alone but it will have to consult other European governments. France will be chairman of the European Union by the first of July.We think by then the Europeans will seriously debate the issue of the recognition of Somaliland and that depends on how much efforts we put in to convince and sell our gopel to Europeans. LNA. – You have a lot of work ahead. Welcome to this country. We shall certainly meet again. MSN. – Thank you. Source: LES NOUVELLES D'ADDIS

He is his brother ,,,,,,,,,,

إذا انت لم تعشق ولم تدر ما الهوى فأنت وعير في الفلاة سواء

Insha Allah ,,,,,,,,, How is the preparation ?/ , how many days to go ??

It would be the time if it stops there ,,, but it won't

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A British company developing a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements and shoes has raised 10 million pounds ($20 million) to help bring its product to market. The new financing comes from institutional and private investors, with IP Group -- an early backer -- chipping in an additional 800,000 pounds, the firm said on Wednesday. Revolymer's new Clean Gum is the result of polymer research at the University of Bristol, where the company was created as a research spin-out in 2005. Today's chewing gums are made from synthetic latex, which is resistant to the weather and is strongly adhesive. Clean Gum adds a special polymer to modify its properties, making it far less sticky. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Quentin Bryar)

I'm glad the week is over .......... Next week IA will be a really long week.

HARGEISA (Somaliland.Org) Supporters and members of the public gathered at the headquarters of KULMIYE party today, see pictures, following yesterday’s announcement by the party inviting the public to come and listen the party’s views on current political crisis in Somaliland. The people who gathered, including supporters and independents, expressed their opposition to the disputed extension of Riyale’s term in office by the Guurti. The crowd also chanted words in support of the position of the two opposition parties on the extension. The leaders of both political parties UCID and KULMIYE, came out strongly opposing the extension as illegal and unconstitutional. Addressing the gathering, Ahmed Silanyo, the chairman of KULMIYE party, said Riyale administration has in recent times increased the harassment of his party members, which includes political arrests. Silanyo was referring to the recent spate of arrests of both party members and civilians. Mr. Abshir Hassan Hashi who was arrested on Tuesday May 1, is a member of the party. Abshir was once employed as the personal chauffeur of the first lady, the wive of Riyale. The commander of the police force Mohamed Saqadhi Dubbad, speaking to the government controlled Radio Hargeisa, vehemently denied Hashi’s arrest had anything to do with politics but did not give a reason for his arrest. Almost in every politically motivated arrest, the victim is not given a reason and police officers executing the arrest, lack arrest warrants, often citing that they are simply obeying orders from higher up. The commander’s statement contradicted another one which he made a day earlier to a BBC Somali language reporter. In that interview the commander said Hashi was arrested “because he defamed the president’s name by making false statements about him and the police were after him for a long time”. On April 12, the police also arrested Mr. Ahmed Omar Abdillahi (Xamarji). Reliable reports also said they were looking for Mohamed Kahin. Both Abdillahi and Kahin are top KULMIYE party officials. The reason for the arrest was said later to be related to few “controlled” bomb explosions that were set off in various locations in Hargeisa. Our sources say it is a generally held view that explosions were carefully orchestrated by Riyale’s administration to create a state of fear among the public and justify the Guurti’s extension of his term on the grounds of insecurity. Within days two elders who publicly expressed their opposition to the Guurti’s extension were also arrested in Hargeisa. Mr. Xamarji and the elders were released four days later, although they were not told why they were imprisoned. The Interior Minister Mr. Cirro told the BBC Somali reporter “we did not have any evidence in the first place. If we a had any evidence we would not have let them go”. Although these arrests are against the law in Somaliland, they have nevertheless become a common practice under Riyale’s administration as evidenced by this statement which the minister made to the BBC Somali implying that extrajudicial arrests, and the long detentions of civilians who are accused of unsubstantiated crimes against the state or the president, are the norm rather than the exception.

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Waxaa si xawli ah uga yaacaya magaalooyinka uu ka taliyo maamulka Puntland dadka Soomaaliyeed ee ka soo jeeda dhulka ********iya,kuwaas oo isugu jirey macalimiin quraan,ganacsato,qaxooti ka soo qaxay wakhti hore dagaalada ka socda Itoobiya iyo weliba kuwo noloshoodaba ku qaatay gobolada Bari,Nugaal,iyo,Mudug. Waxaa soo gaadhay magaalada Laascaanood rag badan oo ka yimid degmada Gaalkacyo,iyo Garoowe,iyaga oo sida ay noo sheegeen naftooda ula cararaya meel ay ku badbaadaan,waxaana dadkaas oo safar ah aan la garan karin meel ay ku hakan doonaan. Qaar ak mid ah ragaas ayaa waxay ka yimaadeen reero iyo caruur,iyagoo aan uga soo tegin cid daryeesha reerahaas. Dhanka kale waxaa rag kaloo badani u baxeen dhinaca koonfurta Soomaaliya,oo ay aaminsan yihiin inay u dhaanto maamulka Puntland,oo ay filayaan inaan loo gacan gelin doonin cadowga Itoobiyaanka,sidii ka dhacday maamulka Puntland oo rag kor u dhaafaya 7 nin loo gacan geliyey ciidamada Itoobiya,ragaas oo aan la garan karin inay nool yihiin iyo in la laayey. Dadka reer Gaalkacyo oo ay ugu horeeyaan culimada iyo odayaasha deegaankaas ayaa si fiican u soo ambabixiyey ragaas,iyadoo loo ururiyey lacago ay safarkooda ku tagaan dhul nabdoon.Dhanka koonfureed ee magaalada gaalkacyo ee xaafada Baraxley ayaa waxa isku urursaday dhamaan dadkii ka soo jeeday deegaamada Ogaadinya,iyagoo u arka inay u dhaanto dhanka waqooyi oo uu ka taliyo maamulka Puntland. Afnugaal News Desk.

Faysal is the man ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,