How come it is taking five long days and counting to count a mere 500,000 votes. Meesha doorashada Hindiya miyaa, with its voting people of 800,000,000. Waa loo wada jeedaa, meesha masuqmaasuq xun ayaa ka socdo.

what an amazing view

If I got five cents for all the time I heard people discount or wish Somaliland ill will I'd be rich by now. It is really tragic, we wish Somalia well and they are busy trying to make our "Kaffan". I guess misery loves company. There is a reason why Allah instructs us to not be a "Xaasid". It will only delay Somalia's prosperity if they continue with their hate and evil in their hearts. Somaliland in badan bay soo kaafa kacaysay. We take 2 steps forward and one step back, one giant stride and one step back and so on. We've seesawed along the way. We've built institutions that have been proven resilient despite the complexity of the situations we've faced. We've always come out stronger, more experienced & more determined than ever to perfect our consensus building. We are after all an egalitarian society. It is something in our DNA. We sit, we deliberate, we debate and finally agree on a way forward. Unfortunately, along the way we have had loss of lives. One life is one too many. We mourn and grieve and hope to see a better tomorrow where we no longer see people die due to protests. May Allah have mercy on those who passed away a few nights ago. May their families find the strength to carry on. The eventual winner will have to deal with how to control demonstrations. We must ban the use of live ammunition. Too many times we've lost people from Lascaanood to Borama and all the other cities in between due to stray bullets after police fire into the air. I want to thank Suldaanka & Barwaaqo for their even measured tone in providing us updates. It is clear you want Somaliland to succeed while other are hoping we miss the mark. Alhamdulilah, Allah is the best of planners. We trust in Allah SWT and are confident in His grace that Somaliland will continue to progress. We await the final tally of the NEC........

Does anyone know how Qalbi Dhagax is now being treated by the Ethiopian regime? I hope they are not torturing him.

Dee waraaqihii bugta ahaa oo sanduuqii Gol Jini lagu riday ayay tiradoodu 800,000,000 ku socotaa. Markaa kuwaasaa wali latirinayaa ee bal wax yar sug.

Regrettably, I don't think the papers had corresponding voter ID numbers. We don't have such a system here in the West too, do we? But then no one grabs and runs away with a ballot box here in the civilized world.

niyoow that is a great update from one of Puntland's biggest project. there is no better way to build our country than to focus on educating the next generation. i am happy abdiweli and previous president faroole never squandered this project and safeguarded this project. guul iyo gobanimo.

beautiful land. no wonder it is called dhul udug. good to see geeljire enjoying rainy season niyoow. dhul udug went through a terrible drought.

MMA, The damage has been done either way. Farmaajo has a chance to turn this around. The October 14 attack presented an opportunity to exercise his leadership but he failed. Lack of skill and experience are failing him.

Che, I really believe Qalbidhagax inuu ahaa shirqool la soo abaabulay Farmaajo iyo his wide public support la iskaga hor keeno. God shirqool xun ayaa loo dhigay Farmaajo, wuuna ku dhacay. Xabashada kor iyo hoos wey guuleysan lahayd. Farmaajo oo la rido, dareenkii iyo damiirkii Soomaalida u han haayeen inuu dowlad wanaagsan dalka heyso waa wada burburi lahayd. Shacabkii iyo dowladii cusbeydna la iska horkeeno. Xataa sawirka maanka dilaayo laga soo qaaday Qalbidhagax markee geeyeen Godey. Kas iyo maag ayaa sawirkaas loo soo galiye, oo ahayd in Soomaalida dareenkooda lagu dilo. Qalbidhagax sanadooyin ayuu Xamar iskaga noolaa, xataa markee Xabashada Xamar soo galaayeen in 2006 wuu joogay. Marka suddenly in la soo shirqoolo, lana soo afduubo, Xabashana gacanta loo galiyo only had one purpose: Dowladaan in lagu rido, tuugadii iyo kuwii masuqmaasuqa ku noolaana soo noqdaan. It almost achieved that.

MMA, their hypocrisy is there for everybody to see but that it doesn't make what they are saying any less factual.

Galbeedi, that is probably the next great leap for Somaliland. The process of broadcasting results live on TV and letting Somali TV pundits pour over the results district by district is something I am waiting to see in my lifetime. Can you imagine hearing these words on live TV (in Somali of course) "We are now seeing a shift in the voting habits of the Oodweyne camel belt" or "Berbera has decided this election, my friends. The coast region has completely abandoned Kulmiye"

What an opportunity lost. As Sheekh Adan siiro said they could have done live television. By by midnight or 11pm all results could been broadcasted from the national television every polling station could have sent their results to the commission headquarters

A little bit of a drama. Hey, you have to have one in these kind of contests. What you just witnessed is that people will not accept cheating, I mean a little bit of cheating here and there is admissible, hey, who says that it doesn't happen in the 1st world either? Ah! Anyway, these few hiccups are part of the learning curve, and definitely what went wrong will be analysed and studied. Hopefully we will learn from it and come next elections, have another wonderful elections. Anyway, things are back on track. Counting in Hargeisa is being done. Stay tuned. Btw, glad to see a lot of good old people smell blood and come from far afield for for a feast. Sorry, Reer Somaliland have a lot of different levels of institutions that they fall back to in times of crisis. And most importantly, even when cheated, they don't employ "Cadaow Ku Cunay ama Ku ciideeyay". Instead, there is always tomorrow.

Blue, Sorry to unswer late, these days we have been consumed by politics. He is not rich at all. He did through a church, and he has been sponsoring family members since early nineties. The Church and the local organization are guarantors, but they do not house them or feed them. Those who arrived earlier also sponsored their extended family mostly from Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan and Ethiopia. I thing those people have been designated by the United Nations as refugee waiting for resettlement. Anoo Kale, Actually they are not allowed to access the public welfare or government help. The sponsors are responsible. Actually, I myself had contributed for a young family seeking small apartment after they had arrived. I don't know if you were aware, but even in early nineties those of us who migrated from Europe were sponsored by family and friends, but the guarantor was a Muslim charity in Ontario. That was how it was done. Mr. Askar might have brought 150, but some of them were brought by those he sponsored. Some friend told me about these routes some ten years ago, but I have been one of those who never sponsored one single person. I did not have time for the hustle of going back and forth to the immigration offices and their stupid lineups.

This election is turning into a joke. Given the very low moral standards of Somali politicians and the real risk of a post-election unrest, the ballot papers should not have been made secret instead each voter should have registered their ID number on their ballot paper. This way, ghost voters and those who are underage could be verified and removed easily even after the vote is cast.

This scenario could repeat in Hargeisa. Folks , this is bigger than we ever imagined. This crooks must not be allowed to steal. How can a recount reverse 30,000 votes in favor to 1650?

This was supposed to be the most sophisticated and fraud-proof election in East Africa and by the looks of it, not much has changed from the old cheating days. Unacceptable.

Holac Arinta riyaale waa mowduuc kale. Mar walba waxaa is indho diida ilma adeerada waana dhaqan soomaalidu ka siman tahay Snm waxay go'aan ku gaareen inay riyaale dhex-dhexaad ka dhigtaan si aysan isigu dhicin dhexdooda. Waa caqli fiican runtiina daawo u noqday waxayna la mid ahayd sida hadda hargaysa ka muuqata oo kale Ama si kale haddaan kuugu fududeeyo waxay ula jeedeen ushaada ninkaad ka qaadan karto yaa loo dhiibtaa,walow uu nin adag ku noday oo si dhib badan ay isaga furfureen. Suldaan Aduunkoo dhan waa ogyahay somaali ceebteedu waa qabiilaysi wayna ku qaran iyo qawmiyad beeleen. Baarlabaanka ingiriisku waa ogyahay in sadexda musharax beel kaliya kasoo jeedaan lamana inkiri karo xusbiyadanu waa magac u yaal la iib gaynayo Waxaa haboonayd inta aqoonsiga raadintiisa lagu gudo jiro, inay beelaha kalena xisbiyo samaystaan,ayagoo waliba og in laga guulaysanayo mar hadaysan mujaahidiin lahayn ama soo yeelan. Aragtidayda way ka macno fiicanaan lahayd in sanduuq reer dhigtay ay kala doortaan iyo inay karaamo wax ku doortaan.

Loved her speech. Boss lady!

Are we gonna pretend like we not baffled at how he managed to sponsor 150 members Galbeedi is he a millionaire?

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