Masaakiinta uun baa ku dhex dhimanaysa ,,,,,

The US step, and the fact that Yemen — which had earlier refused recognition to Somaliland — has now itself opened a discreet diplomatic mission in Hargeisa, are signs that the Egyptian position on Somaliland is beginning to crumble. Significantly, Iranian moves, supported by Egypt, to hint that Somaliland was about to receive diplomatic recognition from Israel have, despite significant publicity, been seen to have been canards to mobilize support for Somaliland’s continued isolation. Of course ,, things are moving politically.

Waar hilib geel waan soo waayay maanta ,,, mid adhi bay sameeyeen ,,,, waan iska cunay laakiin pretending i like it ,, Nuune, dooradu miyaanay futadii ahayn?

^ ^ I second that ,,,,

I like the iron lady aka Lazie now ....... she must be bashing and kicking some behinds as soon as she comes back. I know she is a bit aggressive when it comes to the arguments but as long as she karbaashes everyone including Tuujiska ,,, then yes, she is my Hero ,, Gaal or Not .... that is not what i'm talking about of course ,,, lol

Allah ha u naxariisto inta dhamatay ,, sow muslimiin uun may ahayn ,,,

^ ^ ,,,

Waar bal ha la gaadho Election ka ka dibe sug ,,,,

hehehehehehe ,,, Don't u know i'm younger than Ngonge & Oodweyne ?? ,,,

^ ,,,,, what age now ?

waar khuraafaadka naga daa niyow ,,, Guur Gu' Uur haye haye ,,,,

Loool@Buuxo, Hilib is always good ,, don't listen the vegetarian's bullshyytt ,,,, Juxa, CK for men is really good specially this:

Somaliland’s delayed Presidential election is back on track after a period of active foreign interference to manipulate the electoral rolls, and is expected to take place before the end of 2010. The issue has assumed a significantly-increased profile within the US State Department and other foreign governments as security concerns mount in neighboring Somalia and, across the Bab el-Mandeb, in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula. The US took the unprecedented step, in March 2010, of inviting a major delegation of Cabinet members and officials from the Republic of Somaliland to Washington for a series of talks on the country’s future. The move was tantamount to de facto recognition of Somaliland’s sovereign status, something which the Egyptian Government and the Arab League, under Secretary-General (and Egyptian Presidential hopeful) Amr Moussa have ensured had not happened through the African Union (AU). The US step, and the fact that Yemen — which had earlier refused recognition to Somaliland — has now itself opened a discreet diplomatic mission in Hargeisa, are signs that the Egyptian position on Somaliland is beginning to crumble. Significantly, Iranian moves, supported by Egypt, to hint that Somaliland was about to receive diplomatic recognition from Israel have, despite significant publicity, been seen to have been canards to mobilize support for Somaliland’s continued isolation. Ironically, Egypt’s desire to see all Red Sea access cut to Ethiopian traders — a move designed to somehow weaken Ethiopia and its potential to cut off the headwaters of the Blue Nile, Egypt’s lifeline — has backfired, placing Egypt on the side of Iranian expansion down through the Arabian Peninsula and into the Horn. The situation was not helped when the Government was forced to postpone the Presidential elections, in large part due to the corruption of voter registration records by an external group, run by international financier George Soros. Getting the electoral rolls and the election process back on track, and ensuring transparency and credibility for the process, has, as a result, clearly been a priority for the Government, the opposition parties, and the international community spearheaded by the US, the UK, and some European Union (EU) countries. The election was postponed more than once as a result of lack of preparation on the part of the three national political parties — the ruling party (Unity of Democratic Alliance: UDUB) and the two opposition parties, KULMIYE and UCID — and because of an internationally-financed Voter Registration List which was found to be seriously flawed and unusable. The international community — mainly the EU, led by the UK — unwittingly initially gave credibility to the opposition because of the delays, blaming the Government, and exerting pressure on the UDUB Government. The US State Department’s Africa Bureau reversed this trend by firmly supporting a realistic locally-determined and reasonable intra-party compromise which postponed the election so that it could be held after a Voter Registration acceptable to the parties could be restored. However, EU diplomats — and particularly some UK officials, applying discreet pressure while the UK Government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown is distracted by the forthcoming Parliamentary election in the UK — have continued putting pressure on Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) to declare an election date while there has been no sign of the emergence of an agreed-on Voter Registration List. A US observer noted: “It seems that the Europeans are oblivious to the dangers which surround this whole process. It seems that the Europeans have outdone the Americans in demanding ‘democracy’ without looking at the realities of whether democracy could be achieved absent sound voter lists, and without paying any regard for the consequences for stability in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea. This is too significant an area for world trade and security to allow Somaliland to be destabilized at this point; that would be profoundly damaging to regional and global security interests.”

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On Love and Hate for 160 characters Is the growing skepticism on SMS warranted? One of the most rewarding aspects of running this company has been our International Fellows Program which invites developers from all over the world to Uganda to work alongside our staff as peers. The following post was written by one of our recent Fellows, Oliver Christopher Kaigwa Haas (we called him Ollie) who now works at Frog Design. 1.png “SMS till you drop!” A phrase that reflects well, the growing popularity of the 160-character text message in Africa. As is often the case with the implementation of simple technologies in low-resource settings, the creativity that has stemmed out of the use of SMS on this continent is truly amazing. As mobile phones become increasingly ubiquitous across Africa, SMS technology is being used to provide a host of innovative services in the health, financial and education sectors. While I am very excited about these developments, I have recently become increasingly sceptical about the potential for SMS to bring about a true revolution in end-user mobile technologies and applications in Africa. Initially, I was incredibly excited about the opportunities presented by the SMS platform, as they related to economic development and empowerment, access to information and improved health systems in low-resource settings. I started to become involved in a number of SMS-based initiatives, including the FrontlineSMS:Credit organization, which “aims to make every formal financial service available to the entrepreneurial poor in 160 characters or less.” FrontlineSMS:Credit is an extension of the increasingly popular FrontlineSMS tool, which allows for mass-management of incoming and outgoing SMS messages through a simple computer-based interface and a single phone tethered to a laptop. The Credit initiative marries this technology with mobile money systems, which allow for the transmission of money by SMS and are being offered by an increasing number of mobile network operators in Africa. The excitement for working on SMS-based projects in developing countries was also one of the main driving forces behind my decision to apply for the Appfrica Fellows program (see previous blog post). Here, I worked on the initial development of an SMS-based system for delivering medical test results in low-resource settings called ResultsSMS. Through my research in developing this system, along with direct exposure to a number of SMS services in Uganda and discussions with developers, entrepreneurs and students in the country, I started to wonder about the true power of SMS in revolutionizing end-user mobile technologies in the region. I fear that focusing so much effort on development for the SMS platform by all stakeholders ranging from mobile phone manufacturers, network operators, NGOs and local entrepreneurs may stagnate the market at an “inefficient equilibrium”. Such equilibriums are common in technological markets, where VHS tapes and the QWERTY keyboard, for example, managed to achieve widespread market adoption despite the existence of superior alternatives at the times of their release. This equilibrium may act as a barrier to potentially revolutionary developments in end-user mobile technologies in developing countries. Yes, we are currently presented with new SMS-based services on an almost daily basis, however, these are all restricted to interacting with 160 characters and require paying for information on a per-transaction basis (i.e. per SMS). These two main limitations also act as barriers to the widespread adoption of existing SMS-based services. Take Google SMS, for example. As the name suggests, this service extends the reach of Google’s search functionality to SMS-only phones, “so anyone with a single bar of coverage and a phone has access to a lot of knowledge in their hands.” (White African) The initiative, which was developed in cooperation with the Grameen Foundation, is the result of extensive user studies in the region and provides customers on the MTN network with the following services: * Google SMS Tips (Provides relevant and actionable information on sexual & reproductive health, clinic locations, as well as agriculture pests and diseases.) * Google SMS Search (Gives users access to local and international news, sports scores and word definitions.) * Google Trader (A marketplace application that allows you to buy and sell goods and services on your phone using SMS.) Now, I am not criticising Google SMS per se, as it provides information that might be difficult or impossible to obtain elsewhere in rural areas in developing countries. It’s potential for receiving true widespread adoption is limited, however, by the fact that each SMS query sent to the service costs between 110 and 220 Ugandan Shillings (UGX). Google is already subsidizing Google SMS Tips, which is targeted primarily at low-income rural users, to reach the 110 UGX price point. To truly understand this limitation, just think about how you or I perform a basic Google search. Very rarely do we find what we are looking for on the first try and, instead, it might take three or four queries to get to the right information. Assuming similar search behaviours in the Ugandan market, this would result in a cost somewhere closer to 400-800 UGX. Putting this in perspective, a basic local dish in Uganda may cost around 1000 UGX, which suggests that a simple Google search might cost around a half of what a low-income family pays for dinner. Spinning this another way, my Appfrica colleagues and I estimated the average price of mobile data (GPRS) on Uganda’s mobile networks to be somewhere around 2 UGX/KB. This means you could send the equivalent of a small image or around 100,000 characters in plain text format; that’s more than 600X increase in the amount of textual information for the same price of a single Google SMS query. I may sound naïve by suggesting that existing SMS-based services in developing countries should instead be provided through mobile data networks. The market penetration of data enabled handsets is simply too low and they are definitely not currently accessible to those living at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). I do believe, however, that the true revolution in end-user mobile applications for low-resource settings will come about when these handsets become more accessible to a larger proportion of the population. Some of the puzzle pieces are already in place, as GPRS/EDGE networks do exist across most of Uganda’s mobile coverage area. In addition, Java™ and data enabled phones are already becoming a common sight in larger cities within the country. Current mobile applications and servicesl, however, do not take full advantage of these platforms. The mobile phone market in Africa definitely still needs time to mature and smart phones that are priced at an appropriate level to target the majority population in this region are still far off. Let’s hope, however, that the current focus on SMS development does not create a negative feedback cycle in which mobile developers and operators stay locked to this limited platform. Such “stagnated development” is already somewhat apparent in the market for low-price handsets, as described by Ken Banks in his post on Kiwanja.net: “In February 2010 Vodafone announced ‘the world’s cheapest phone’. At $15 it certainly scores low on the price tag – which is good – but it also scores low on functionality – not so good. Not only is this a problem for any end user who might need (or want) to use it for things beyond voice calling and SMS, but it’s also perpetuating a long-standing problem in the social mobile world dating back over five years.” (Kiwanja.net) The article goes on to profile three popular “emerging-market” handsets, which show a clear drop in price between 2005 and 2010 (see image). The functionality of these handsets has largely stagnated over these five years, however, with none of the phones providing basic data functionality or java-enabled downloadable applications. It would be interesting to see some development focused on keeping a $25 price tag, for instance, and maximising functionality at this price level. Such a phone would still be inaccessible to a large percentage of the population in emerging markets, however, I believe this could start pushing the market in the right direction. Data and Java™ enabled phones will allow for the development of richer and more usable applications that will provide almost limitless potential beyond 160 characters of text.

Waar niyow maxaad noo soo xasuusinaysaan the golden days os SOL ,,,,,, the Bro family and all the stuff ,,, naga daaya hee ,,, Jacayl Baro - all you know waa 'kuma' aa? Of course ,,,,,,,, Kuma & Mboro, the first to things you start to learn from each language. I can say them in Swahili, Amharic, French and Indonesian. More to come weliba ,,

lool ,,, No i'm not smelling subag coz i had shower after that using Zest ,,, and of course a perfume (CK) ,, Ohh yeah ,, i'm looking forward to hilib geel after i finish work in one and half hours time ,,, lol

Waxaas ma fahmayaan dee ,,

No, maadey of course ,,

Originally posted by deleted: lol JB, I bet lix isdulsaaran baad ka saartay. Lool ,,, minus one ,,,, Shan uun baan cunay. Wax ka badan waa lagu daalayaa ,,

^ ^ .... what should i say now .... twins ??

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shalay markii uu ka soo degay madaxwayne faroole boosaaso iyada oo halkaas ay ku soo dhoweeyeen tiro dad yar iyo hogaanka gobolka bari iyo kan degmada boosaaso madaxwaynaha ayaa loo galbiyey xarunta madaxtooyada magaalada boosaaso madaxwaynahaya ayaa shir jaraa,id ku qabtay xarunta madaxtooyada isaga oo sheegay in maamulkiisu ay odayaal u direen degaanka garacad si ay wada hadal ula galaan burcada badeeda. hadaba hadalkaas ayaa amakaag u noqday dadka ku dhaqan deegaanada puntland sababta keentay in deegaano qaarkood la weeraro deegaanana odayaal loo diro si heshiis loola galo burcad badeeda hadaba warar ku dhow dhow madaxwaynaha ayaa sheegayaa in maamulka puntlnd uusan deegaanada uu weeraray uusan u weerarin arimo burcad badeed balse uu maamulku kaga shakiyey inay deeganadaas ay doonayaan inay maamul ka madax banaan puntland ku dhawaaqaan arintaas oo welwel ku abuurtay madaxwayne faroole ayna arintaas ku qasabtay in uu faroole ciidamo u diro degmada baargaal iyo degmada laasqoray deeganadaas oo ah kuwa uu maamulku puntland u arko deegaano aan ka tirsaneen puntland iyaga oo horay ugu dhawaaqay maamulo goboleedyo ka madax banaan puntland casayrland state of somalia iyo makhir coast state. hadaba ciidanka uu madaxwayne faroole u diray deegaanadaas ayaanan ahayn kuwa raadinaya burcad badeed iyada oo lawada ogsoonyahay xarumaha burcad badeeda ay ka hawlgalaan maraakiibta ay ku xirtaan balse ay u socdeen ama u tageen deegaanadaas inay soo fiiriyaan xaqiiqka dhabta ah iyo wax ay damacsanyihiin dadka ku dhaqan deegaanadaas iyada oo maamulka puntland shaki wayn kaga jiro beelaha deegaanka casayrland madaxwayne faroole ayaa doonayo isbuucaan inuu ciidamo u diro deegaankaas si ay u garaan caasimada gobolkaas ee caluula tan ayaa ku soo beegmaysa dhowaan markii deegaanka caluula uu taliyaha ciidamada deegaankaas uu xariga ka jaray dhowr saldhig ciidan oo tababar looga furay ciidamo badan taas oo shaki wayn ku abuurtay madaxwaye faroole. dirista uu maamulka puntland qorshaynayo inuu ciidamada mar labaad ugu diro deegaanka casayr ayaa noqonaysa mid abuuri karta xaalad dagaal oo dhex mara dadka deegaankaas iyo ciidmada maamulka puntland