First of all, I must condemn and alienate that savage crime that occurred in mid July instant, on the road in between Gabile and Borama. That was a crying shame against Islam, humanity, nationalism, and against our co – existence as Somalilanders. It was a curse and a cultural insult to the whole nation. Secondly, I am conveying my humble but sincere condolence and respect to the families and friends of those innocent victims. Besides that, those heartless criminals must be brought to justices immediately. We are hitting the age where things are falling apart. Mother Nature will get mad at us very soon. Plus a quick fix to this long standing dilemma, is a must, and an ought duty to every one of us as Somalilanders. So that we may not bite our tongues again. But I am not sure if Mr.Riyalles cares anymore than he listens. Because he is still wandering in the wilderness. Mr.Riyalle, praise and flowery language is insincere and deceptive. The cows grazing in the field are not content. Dr.Luther King said, when disaster strikes leaders are put on test. People want to know their leader whether he is in control or at least copying. Some leaders arise to the challenge with more grace than others. The leader sets the mood. The leader sets the vision. The leader sets the moral values. We need a leader who can skate, shoot, and score. Our Castle is threatened from the interior. Mr.Riyalle, you are a forbidding enigma full of contrasts and paradoxes. A civilization threatening chameleon with many faces. Mr.Nelson Mandela said, I am prepared to die for my beliefs. A man who won’t die for a cause is not fit to live. Dr.Gabose Clinical Studies has tipped us privately that nowadays there are a lot of people mostly students, intellectuals, politicians, business men, veteran SNM fighters, dignitary nationalists, staff of media, and clerics men that are diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a disease diagnosed with people who had painful experience, or hearing about some horrible events that happens to others. It is some kind of disease described as a state of a heightened and prolonged anxiety caused by a traumatic event outside the realm of normal human experience. That happens to innocent victims in War time, plane – crash, terrorist – attack, police – torture and intimidation, rape of women, abuse of power and corruption by a nihilistic regime. It is caused by recalling back those intrusive memories of that particular event. Nowadays people believe that they are followed and stalked by Police - under - cover. Intimidated, blackmailed and deprived of their constitutional rights. There are a lot of little green men living in their teeth. And there was a hair on the fire for a period of time. Because Mr.Riyalle have a horrible tendency to get very detached and see people as Lab – Rats ready to die for science. Growing old fast, die young, and leave ugly memories behind. Dr.Gabose Medical Report surprised us to find out that the number of his clients exhibiting PTSD symptoms are a lot more than the Telephone Book Numbers of President Riyalle salesmen. This ambiguous Government’s approaches to the public are more rootless, but less painful than the old vampire, due to a more sophisticated anesthetic devices of the Mother – In – Law from hell ( tribalism ). That scenario happens when ignorant dictators and their allies dominate the political play ground of a country. The voices of freedom and democracy are muted. My country men, a man’s reputation for his future is his record of the past; and democracy is a dirty word in the Oval office of Mr.Riyalle. That is why he is standing on our neck; and walking blind folded on a mine – zone – field. Dr.Gabose ended with his medical report. A war leaves a country with three armies. An army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. Providence requires a stout heart, a strong arm, and a stiff upper lip. Art has no enemy but ignorance. Every morning is another rude awakening for all of us; and every piece of cigarette is another nail in our coffin. But if I was born to be drowned, I won’t be hanged. Yesterday was a painful memory, today is dark, and there is no a promising tomorrow. Every day Mr.Riyalle is lying to the whole World more than the Tobacco Industry. My hyper sensory faculties have sensed that Mr.Riyalle always opens his mouth on the wrong time. Announcing a hair – raising story under the guidelines of his fortune – tellers and arm – readers. Watching in relax while the society is disintegrating and falling apart. Acting like the spectator of the Merry – Go – Round; while his nation is boiling and burning. The facts on the ground indicates that there is a wide underground network of conspiracy of freedom - pirates. That would eventually take over the whole country in to a chaos; if people say otherwise. So that we would be assimilated one by one. We are deadly sure that this is the hidden agenda of Mr.Riyalle and his top – aides. The Mad Cow Cashier of our Revenue needs no saying. That is bringing tears to our eyes, and a nostalgic smile to our dusty, dry lips. Shame is a revolutionary emotion. They are holding us at a gun point; and we are stuffed in a supper sized Tool – box. If I am not wrong, very soon all political opposition parties will be outlawed as Islamic terrorist. Freedom of speech will be banned. Newspapers will be censored regardless to reason. Mosques and enshrined institutions must be put under police control. The affair is a surprise to no one. Because our castle is threatened from the interior; and we are our own worst enemy. It is too late to repair the damage. But an evil eye can see no good. Basic physics show that freedom deficit is caused by human rights violations and abuse of power. Besides error of judgment and misuse of public treasury is our concern and magnitude. This wicked regime can’t simply understand the basic rules of human nature. If you have nothing to live for, that makes some one eager to die, and that some one is eager to die, is also eager to kill. Mr.Riyalle, stop your devoid of civilization and blind insistence before the chicken finishes the vulcanization process. Die with some dignity and resign under the efforts of the Rescue Operation of Somaliland. Whatever was said under the rose or sub – rosa have to remain a secret. The top –down and bottom – up data are pretty clear. We are expecting soon your parting news conference. Mr.Riyalle, take your time without my appreciation. Our cousin in Jibouti believes that brain proteins of the Somalilanders are rich and full of nourishing materials for body building and smart thinking. That is why he eats, sleeps, and plays in our minds. This is the stuff of fire and brimstone debate. You can call it the modern version of the agony of the past and the present ecstasy. Thanks for the new shipment of three and a half million of handcuffs received recently from our cousin in Jibouti. The handcuffs were in exchange of three and a half million of heads of our live – stock. Plus the cooling – dessert of Ice Cream for his Apes in Hargeisa. Xareed Fund of 1955 will be transferred to Jibouti Bank which is installed recently in Hargeisa and operating in underground. This Bank will finance some politicians and some business men to hijack our issues on behalf of our cousin in Jibouti. All International Relief Agencies have been instructed to use that bank, instead of Dahabshill. That un - nationalistic attitude wrenched the heart from the inner psyche and assailed the very cultural soul of our existence. Who knows where this suicidal political mission might lead us to? Mr.Riyalle, thank you for being totally ugly. It came to our notice that Kulmiye Party Chairman, Mr.Ahmed Silaanyo is embracing and hugging some unwanted elements that were expelled from the UDUP Empire. Some paper tigers that represent no one except their wallet and stomach. We, the silent majority of Somaliland solemnly object and protest against that manoeuvre. Because these elements were the architect and the masterminds of this corrupted regime in the past. We have no room for their dirty looks anymore. Right now, they are blunt knives in a drawer. Personality cults is a bizarre culture in rank and file of the Kulmiye Party. We have no objection if they are coming as slaves with their head down under water; but not as masters. Mr.Silaanyo, individualism is the highest stage of dictatorship. We are no more in the idolatory age to worship idols made of pastry – cream. We have every reason to say otherwise. Yusuf Deyr, Hargeisa yusefdeyr@hotmail.co m

It was a barbaric criminal action and those who committed it will be brought to justice no matter what .................... and they should be executed.

don't worry xabiibi ,,,,, you will be fine very soon

That is painful eh ?? ,, don't worry ,,, you will soon visit Borama and enjoy the life there under the Somaliland flag ,,,

...... kaasi meel walba wuu sheegtaaye inaga daayoo ,, berigaan ka shakiyay may dhawayne ,, lol Niyow walee shaah baa i haya ,, madaxu siduu ii xanuunayo malayn maysid ,,,,

Ardaa’s Call For “Home”: We all Know That There is Nothing Like Home, But The “Home” They are Talking About is Different From my Home “Awdal”. Reading ARDAA website and browsing through it, I found it very interesting to see many contradictions on ADRDAA as non-profit organization based on North American Organization systems. It reflects many similarities of the organizations in which some of us work. It does not seem an agency for Adal Community. On the contrary its mission and objectives are widely seen as an international organization with wider programs to fulfill. The objectives are far from my contemplation as limited to Awdal. The writing in the website is mindboggling and far from reality on Awdal ground. The programs mentioned in the website are intended for all DEVELOPING NATIONS in the world and in Africa and in particular East Africa. There are a multitude of programs ranging as quoted from the ARDAA website: 1. Provide relief food and shelter to families in stressed regions in East Africa, and help their children to access education. 2. Promote health, engage in research on tropical diseases, and provide training to public health workers in Somaliland. 3. Build, maintain, and operate community health centres in areas of Africa affected by diseases such as Malaria and HIV/AIDS. 4. Train nurses and paramedics for emergency situations involving victims of violence, abused women and children. 5. Dig wells and establish water treatment system for rural communities in East Africa. 6. Supply water to remote and dry areas by trucking drinking water on regularly or as-needed basis. 7. Build water holding reservoirs to collect and keep rain water for drinking as well as irrigation needs of the rural communities. 8. Train members of the rural communities on water preservation, treatment and prevention and control of water-borne diseases. 9. Train farmers on the best methods to irrigate their farms to prevent cyclical draughts and famines. 10. Conduct research on best methods of farming especially in very dry situations. 11. Develop land use zoning to protect agricultural and forestry 12. Advocate for the promotion of access, equity, human rights, and good governance. 13. Promote and establish healthy public and community relations Conduct training on: A. Farming. - B. Irrigation. - C. Planting trees. - D. Best farming methods. - E. Preventing soil erosion and desertification. I know that developing countries need all those services and Somalia and Somaliland are some of them. I know for sure that in order to get funds from agencies, governments, and individuals is to show an authentic program which looks in writing to the programs they already know. However, the devil is in the details. We have been talking about Awdal and its needs and all of a sudden we are in all over the world and in every developing country. I am worried the agenda of the Awdal people is hijacked by individuals with obscure and long range agenda and not focusing the real and doable programs in Awdal. Its success or failure depends on baggages some people will bring into the meeting. It is equally surprising that the fact that ARDAA has a website, the News and Information tap is empty and even the proposed General meeting in Ottawa is not posted. I have seen a flyer in Harowo.com. The contents in this flyer are amazingly far from what I read from ARDAA website. The agenda in the flyer is vague and abstract. The flyer and the agenda of the meeting are supposed to be posted in ARDAA Website instead of asking others to post for them. I would like also to take some writing from the Flyer and post here for Awdalites to read and compare what is in the website. The theme of the convention is: You can buy a house but not a “home”. Is the home they are talking about is Awdal, Somaliland, or Somalia? Time will tell. The theme also contains: The models for historical unity and leadership. I suspect some people in ARDAA have another agenda. What those agendas are will be in the details when they speak out in the convention. The well organised items in the website are, I think, only exist in imagination and comparable to day dreaming. It is the kind of agenda only functioning governments and international agencies can implement. I thought ARDAA would take small, doable, and fundable items. The notion that we can afford or even strategize these programs is out of reach within our limits and boundaries. I am wondering also that the agenda in the flyer has been intentionally averted from the mission of ARDAA due to some obscure agenda which remains to be seen. Besides, the continuity of targeting certain families in the Awdal communities for being against ARDAA and putting the blame on these parties is not helping our unity. I thought that membership was on voluntary basis and anyone who can afford the time and the money can join it. I still believe that it is better to keep the membership through voluntary and avoid creating misunderstanding among our dear brothers and sisters. I know that some of the people coming to the convention advocate for Somalia which has been buried with Siad Barre. So I would like to ask how our brothers who are divided on politics and on Somali issues will work together on ARDAA agenda. We have different aspirations, ambitions, and interests. Even we are divided in Somaliland politics and some of us who pretend that they are advocating for Awdal interest are seriously against Somaliland and cannot even discuss the issues facing Somaliland. Brothers and sisters, we have to discuss where we are standing on Somali politics and let us not blindfold our people and hide behind false programs and agendas by coming up with workshops, presentations, fancy websites that have no place in our society. The mindset of the people who are spearheading ARDAA is focused on far reaching interests. Whether those interests will benefit them or Awdal region can be answered in the coming convention. They have not mentioned Somaliland in anywhere in their writings. We are in confusion state of mind and cannot figure out what is in the minds of those ARDAA architects who filled pages and pages of well constructed but no-substance ideas. Soomaalido waxay ku mahmaadaa “bal an eegno uuraysataye waxay umulidoonto.” We all know that there is nothing like home. But the “home” they are talking about is different from my home. Awdal is my home and Somaliland is my home land. Nevertheless, some of us do not believe that Somaliland is their home country but preparing themselves for the day Somali people come together and join hands in determining the revival of Somalia. The double standard of some people who would like to help Awdal and at same time hate to hear Somaliland is unjustifiable. Awdal is part and parcel of Somaliland. You cannot have on both ways, period. I bet you all that Somaliland will never come back into Somali folds unless miracle happens and Somalilanders are destroyed and the remains in coffins are brought to Mogadishu. Better for those of you who are set their minds in participating in the Somali unity to think twice and join hands with your Somaliland brethren? Whatever special interest is there, there should be something common we have to share with each other and work on it. But under the present scenario, the commonality is in danger because of so many things that we have witnessed recently in Somaliland politics. Every one of you is aware of the real truth and facts about where I am heading to. I do not have to explain to you the goal of each clan of us whether in politics or in Awdal development or even in personal ambitions and interests shadowing the unity in the community. Let alone everything else but even taking part in remembering the death of our elders together has become a political issue. Recently we have lost an elder, a politician, a nationalist in Somaliland, freedom fighter, and a statesman: Hon. Abdi Hassan Boni, God Bless him. I have found that a remembrance and condolence gathering was held in Ottawa. Strangely enough the picture I saw in Saylicipress.net speaks volumes. Sure, some have organized the ceremony and reached out to particular groups from certain clans in Ottawa. I believe that we all lost our brother and some people even lost him badly. Mr. Abdi Hasan was self made like many of our people. However, there is a cause and effect in everything we do. In order Hon. Abdi Hassan to be in involved in Somali politics and to be successful was partly because of his efforts and partly because of the first parliamentary elections in Awdal (hopefully, you are aware of who gave the biggest support). Those in the picture I have referred to are all aware of the past. I won’t go into details of all facts, but I dare say that the people who arranged the gathering has vaulted and insulted our people’s tradition and we owe them an apology in the highest level. The reason I have mentioned the event is in two folds. First, it was time to reflect and pardon each other and bring the community together. Secondly, it was time to share our grievances and sorrows on the loss of our brother. In these times, healing is the utmost goal to be achieved. Some of us have intentionally done the damage and politicised the condolences. I should not say that all people in the picture slices are friends and closer to each other more than any others. In any case we should be thinking of the consequences of the gathering before taking the phone and making calls and posting the pictures on the internet. The same mistakes which were criticised in the creation of ARDAA have come to live again in the name of holding condolence ceremony. I have been arguing that the same elders in the pictures and others who were absent were brought together and discuss the ARDAA chapter in Ottawa. If we want to succeed, we have to find out the culprits who did this very unfortunate outreach and destroyed one of our common bonds in our history. The people who came together for the purpose of the condolence did not come out of the thin air but it is sure some have organized the event and have chosen the gathering not be inclusive. We will find out the culprits who did this intentionally and who destroyed our tradition on remembering our beloved people. It is smelling fish……. I love you all and God bless us all:

Waar niyow shaah wanaagsan baan weli la'ahay ,,, sida kele waa dhagdhag ,,,

Now i need help ,,,,, Come on ,, i'm not asking for a goat, not a woman to marry and not a parcel full of gold ,,, can any of you tell me where da hell i can get a decent and good cuppa tea in the town ??? ,,,, The tea that makes you fly, the one we call it dhako-jebiye, barraad or kii wiilasha lagu dhali jiray ,,, I've been looking koob shaah ah oo i qanciya since i arrived and i still can't find one ,,,,,,

Waar bal adigu shariifkii ka waran niyow ?

HERE

When I first visited the Victoria Mxenge co-operative in Cape Town in 1997, I met homeless women working to transform an empty patch of land into a new community. They pooled their savings and microloans, bought shovels, poured concrete and built new homes for themselves and their children. In 1997 there were just 18 homes. I returned a year later and saw 104. Yesterday I found a village of thousands of homes where once there had been only dust and despair. The determination and entrepreneurial spirit of the women of Victoria Mxenge underscore a basic truth: empowering women is key to global progress and prosperity. This is not just a moral imperative – it is an economic one as well. When women are accorded their rights and afforded equal opportunities in education, health care and gainful employment, they drive social and economic progress. When they are marginalised and mistreated, as is the case in too many places in Africa today, prosperity is impossible. This week I am travelling across Africa to highlight the continent’s promise and possibility. Empowering women is a crucial step towards seizing the economic opportunities of this new century. No nation can succeed in spreading prosperity or increasing security if it leaves out or leaves behind more than half of the population. Our broader agenda for progress and economic growth also includes increasing trade, implementing development strategies that build capacity and opportunity, and advancing responsible governance that rejects corruption, enforces the rule of law and delivers results for people. South Africa’s leadership is essential in advancing this agenda across Africa. South Africans have many reasons to be proud on this National Women’s Day. President Jacob Zuma recently appointed Gill Marcus as governor of the South African Reserve Bank. Across the country, women are leading small and medium-sized businesses that are the foundation of economic progress. And South Africa is home to dynamic entrepreneurs such as Sally Marengo, who started the KPL Aluminium and Zinc Die-Casting factory which now manufactures car parts in Bedfordview, and Lillian Masebenza, who created the Mhani Gingi Social Entrepreneurial Networks to turn traditional stokvels into collectives that help disadvantaged women generate income and start new businesses. The women of South Africa have helped to make the country an economic anchor for the continent. They are an example of what can be accomplished through civic responsibility, commitment to the rule of law and a diversified and inclusive economy. Across Africa, women are driving positive change. Kenya’s Wangari Maathai has launched an international movement on behalf of environmental stewardship. Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has taken the reins of a nation once gripped by civil war and proven that women can lead at the highest levels. But in many parts of Africa, and indeed around the world, the picture is not so encouraging. Laws deny women the right to own property, access credit or make their own choices within their marriage. Women comprise the majority of the world’s poor, unfed and unschooled. They are subjected to rape as a tactic of war, so-called “honour” killings, maiming, trafficking, child marriages, genital mutilation and other violent, degrading practices. This week I will visit survivors of sexual and gender-based violence used as a tool of conflict in eastern Congo, where women have been victimised on an unimaginable scale. Some 1100 rapes are reported each month, with an average of 36 women and girls raped every day. In the face of such depravity the world must speak with one clear voice: this violence must end. The United States is working to develop partnerships across Africa to ensure that the rights of women are protected and respected, and that they have the opportunity to pursue an education, find a good job, live in safety and fulfil their own potential. President Barack Obama and I believe in Africa’s promise. Too often, the world views Africa only through the lens of poverty, disease and conflict. But we see a continent of opportunity, home to 800 million people – more than half of them women – ready to build, create and thrive. National Women’s Day commemorates the 20 000 South African women who marched for justice on August 9 1956. Fearless, they sang an anthem that has become a rallying cry: “Wathint’a bafazi, Wathint’ imbokodo” (You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock). Women can be the rock on which a freer, safer and more prosperous Africa is built. They just need the opportunity. Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Op-Ed City Press, South Africa August 9, 2009

Hopefully, Udub(the ruling party), with its interwoven membership of diversified origin: qualitatively, and quantitatively motivated for the common cause, will win the day and will vindicate the legacy of the founding father. United we stand. Divided we fall

Egal-Riyaalle ticket depicted the SNL-USP coalition which led the Somaliland independence and the eventual union with Somalia, thus forming the Somali Republic. The tribal balance embodied in this combination, glued Somaliland together even after the state failure. The limitation of the practicing political parties to three, by the non-inclusive emergency constitution, was based on the traditional entities SNL, USP and the NUF. Udub( central pillar party) represents the Somali national league(SNL), Kulmiye is a literal translation of National United Front(NUF) and is a continuation of that entity in its political orientation and die hard tribal following. “Ucid”, means supportive relative and/or a cushion to fall back on. Functionally the party fits that role of auxiliary pressure group. The missing link in the political party spectrum is the United Somali Party (USP), representing the south eastern and western flanks of Somaliland. The endeavors of the tribal based political affiliations bent on paralyzing the flanks must be confronted with the revitalization of that party as an instrument of stabilization, perhaps, under the Somali denomination (Daljir). In its absence, there will be no fair play in the political arena of Somaliland. The unholy alliance between the spoiler opposition and foreign intrigue, for that matter, is not only scary but a destructive scheme purporting to undo our national fabric of traditional connectivity and a conduct of syndicated tribes collectivity. Under no circumstance, can stipulations in the non- inclusive constitution, create legal loopholes leading to demographic dictatorship and ethnic exclusivity as upheld by the spoiler opposition. The traditional tribal equality and inter-tribal customary protocol (Xeer) had consolidated the parameters of the Somali society and its unwavering pastoral democracy. By choosing Riyaalle as his de jure and de facto successor, the founding father President Mohamed I. Egal (Allah bless his soul) had manifested a tenuous spirit of fair play in power sharing and tribal equilibrium. His wise vision has proven to be a success story of healing and housekeeping mutuality. The hue and cry of abrasive absurdity vis-a-vis Egal-Riyaalle-fatigu e, fomented by the spoiler opposition, with all its content of aggressive belligerence and naked phobia would lead not to a healthy conduit of Somaliland statehood. On the contrary, it will disturb the qualitative culture of egalitarian nature unique to the Huwan family. And would negatively impact on the tempo of Somaliland still going strong. Additionally, if the spiteful “Tola-Ayey” gets its way, that would mean cleansing non-clan presence in the power house of Somaliland. At this juncture, Riyaalle would go hibernating together with the pool of other high caliber roosters waiting in the wings, like Xaabsade Qaybe iyo qaar kaloo badan(and many others). These hard-beaten veterans know-not the foolhardy of failure, nor the futility of lamentation. They are forward looking visionary leaders , who unflinchingly face fate and fear no consequences. In a phlegmatic mood, they keep smiling and bid their time. In the process however, the Presidency, Guurti and House speakers and all political parties would be exclusive institutions. Not to mention, the clan predominance across the national board. It’s this lopsided structural equation that the founding father was sensitively alert. The blatant designation of non-clans as ****** and Hangash by some hierarchical leadership, is very troubling. It is not only political arrogance, metaphorically, but it’s a pointed signal of discriminatory phobia. The trend of the upcoming elections is conducted in a purge-like pattern by the chauvinistic spoiler opposition. The alleged fatigue syndrome of Egal- Riyaalle era, drummed up by the opposition, is a tactical approach to an embryonic coup tentatively in the press. Here goes again, the divisive agenda which the timely intervention of the founding father backed by the wisdom of the Huwan tribes had foiled. The ideals of the spoiler opposition were misleading from the start and, never represented inclusiveness of the totality of Somaliland. It was always elusively one-sided and assertively power maniac. Hopefully, Udub(the ruling party), with its interwoven membership of diversified origin: qualitatively, and quantitatively motivated for the common cause, will win the day and will vindicate the legacy of the founding father. United we stand. Divided we fall Mohamed M. Khawi

So you think we are backwards coz we did not take the western philosophy ,, eh ??? ,,, Cajiib

Why would i need to get a western philosophy ? ,,,, My favorate philosopher is Me ........

Waar inantaasi xagay iga dhaaftay ,, aheeeey ahhh ,, waa inaan casumaa oo aan casho u sameeyaa walee iyo bilee ...

From militia disarmament, through reconciliations, building a national army, government institutions, to holding free and fair election for presidency, parliamentarian and local councils, Somaliland did all these in the absence of external donors. One thing that is attributable to this success was, unlike many African countries, the protection of its traditional democratic values and process from the domination of western liberal democracy. During the colonial period, Britain wasn’t only refused to rule directly but British children were not allowed to be born in Somaliland as well. The principles of democracy and democratic values are neither novel nor alien but rather Indigenous to the African nations in general and Somaliland in particular. Indeed, the desire for representation, inclusion, and participation in public affairs—essential elements of democracy—are universal to all humans; the difference rests in the methods of attaining these goals. To what extent a society “democratizes” is incontestably dependent on its sociocultural milieu, whether it is African, European, American, Asian, or even Islamic societies. In Somaliland’s history, no election was more problematic than the upcoming presidential election which, after many delays, is to be held on September this year. This is due to the degree of donor involvement and their mindset. As a precondition for funding, donors demanded certain requirement to be fulfilled. These requirements are based on their definition of democracy and completely ignored the type of democracy already in place. Intentionally or unintentionally, it seems that Western democracy benchmarks are being used to evaluate ours. It is quite auspicious to ask: what do the Donors desire for Somaliland? Democracy! What type of democracy and for whose benefit? To some extend, Somaliland’s failure for international recognition was a bless in disguise. In its two decades of existence, unknown to the outside world, it prospered economically, politically and socially. I feel that there is a strong link between the involvement of donors in our internal affairs and the wind of political uncertainty blowing. Much of Somalia’s trouble, for instance, is external rather than internal. Should anyone asked me the after-before-donor Somaliland, I’d surely choose before-donor Somaliland where life was easy and simple. Ugbaad Hargeisa, Somaliland

And how many warlords shook that hand or a similar one ?? ,,,, shaking hand is not a accomplishment sxb.

Originally posted by ThankfulSP: Is Somalia dead? I think this answers the question. Sharif in 6 months has done more internationally then the NW Somali admin has in 18 years! Shaking hand with a lady is not an achievement sxb ...........

I already have lots of pictures ..... Including the "international airport" ,, Nice hotel by day way ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I was looking for the word "bed" to find an old thread i posted .......... and this is what i got in return ,,, Neat stuff though ,,,,,,,,,

YES ...............

,,,, You forgot one Ngonge: Sheekh Qaylo weyne aka Mr. indho-leeb Sayidka Masjid, Muqdisho: "You're talking about a simple handshake, damn i would french-kiss the little bi*atch if i get the chance" ,,

waaryaa,, don't talk about my mission ,,,

Winnie, I don't understand your question ,,,, can u rephrase it ??