Salaax, you have been found to be a fake Somalilander, you cannot speak for anyone.

i agree with the Suldan on this. provocation will not be tolerated. its very clear there's a deliberate attempt to undermine the sovereignty of Somaliland.

https://www.hiiraan.com/op4/2018/jan/146124/2017_hol_person_of_the_year_abdirahman_m_abdullahi_irro.aspx 2017 HOL Person of the Year: Abdirahman M. Abdullahi IRRO 2017 is a year that Somalia and the Horn of Africa have once again dominated the headlines, from the unlikely election of a new president to a severe drought and the continued war against Al-Shabaab. In this year's major events, there is no shortage of actors – both political protagonists and antagonists, internal and external actors that deploy their influence through money, military muscle and myriad other ways that shaped Somalia and the region in 2017. However, there is one particular individual who may have possibly averted a catastrophic disaster with a courageous decision that is only expected of a statesman. On November 13th, 556,617 voters out of the Somaliland’s 4 million people participated in its third presidential election. Three presidential candidates run for office but many analysts saw it as a tight two-man race between former minister Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling KULMIYE (Peace, Unity and Development Party) and the former speaker of the House of Representatives Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro of Waddani (National Party). Incumbent Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silaanyo was not seeking a re-election. The National Electoral Commission made preparation across Somaliland to ensure the integrity of the election. For the first time in Africa, iris recognition-based biometric technology has been used for the Somaliland elections, although there were short comings in the use of the system. The voting took place in a largely peaceful environment as the external observation mission reported. However, rumors about irregularities begin to spread right after the poling ended. Waddani suspended cooperation with the Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) citing the irregularities and a formal complaint was filed with the NEC. The cheating allegation led Waddani supporters to clash with police in a violent protest. When the dust settled, five people including four civilians and a police officer were killed and Somaliland was almost granted the dubious honour of being added to the list of African democracies that experienced post-election violence. Irro, the presidential candidate, publicly accused the ruling Kulmiye party of “massive” electoral fraud and vote rigging through fake ballot papers. The NEC dismissed Irro’s claim that fake ballot papers were being tallied in Kulmiye’s favour. The row forced the NEC to suspend the vote counting. A tentative agreement, however, was reached after a two-day meeting with Irro and his party, allowing NEC to resume tallying. Just over a week after the initial poll, the NEC finalized tallying and announced the results. With 305,909 votes (55 percent), Musa Bihi Abdi was declared the winner. The NEC announced that Abdirahman Irro garnered a total of 226,092 votes (40.7 percent). Abdirahman Irro reiterated his previous claims of electoral fraud and remained adamant that the vote was flawed. Further skirmishes occurred in the stronghold of the Waddani party. Allegations that under age children voted, that people voted who were registered as deceased, that government officials supporting Kulmiye canvassed voters in polling stations, that an intimidation and arrest of Waddani party agents in polling stations in Gabiley surfaced. Tension started to build up in major cities including Hargeisa, Borame, Barbera, Burco, Erigavo, and many other areas. Supporters of the Waddani party including administrators, youth groups, and elders started meeting in various parties of the country to react to the outcome and deliberate on next steps. The information we have gathered so far indicates that the majority of the supporters of the Waddani party were of the view that they were robbed of a victory. War drums started to beat. Ideas as extreme as dividing up Somaliland emerged in some corners. Irro convened a meeting in Hargeisa for about 100 party leaders and asked for their views. The majority of the people either wanted to challenge the outcome through the supreme court or to reject it all together. After listening to the views of the party leaders and supporters, Irro thanked his party leaders and supporters and reassured them that he will value their input and would make a decision on the next move. Irro had a choice to make: to heed the voice of reason and save Somaliland and its people from another bloody civil war by conceding/going to court or to reject the outcome, which could have enticed his supporters to challenge the outcome by any means necessary including civil disobedience and violence. Irro heeded the voice of reason and chose the former thereby keeping the hard won peace in Somaliland. In his concession speech Irro said “I took the tough decision of conceding for preserving the unity and peace of Somaliland, a decision that would not be popular among many of my supporters whose votes were stolen”. These words echo the sentiment of a leader who placed the interest of his people above personal or party interests. For this, the HOL editorial board has unanimously voted Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, Irro as the Hiiraan Online’s 2017 Person of the Year. Mr Irro’s achievements and contributions are immense including being a bright student of the Sheikh school, a career civil servant, and a politician but what makes him stand out from other Somali politicians this year is that he traded his ambition for Somaliland’s top job for the peace and unity of the people, averting potential political disaster and laying the ground for yet another peaceful transfer of power in Somaliland. This is significant in Somalia’s political history which is full of episodes whereby Somali politicians who were hungry for power enticed violence and destroyed their communities and eventually their nation.

Sxb, Puntland is wasting their time and effort on this issue. It is a done deal. And if Puntland doesn't vocate Somaliland soil peacefully, then they will be evicted by force ala Tukaraq style.

^LOL If common sense doesn't work, then the bullets will do the job. Certainly, Somaliland's resolve is very clear. Lets see if Puntland can back their rhetoric with action on the ground.

I like Ciro.

The Airspace issue is hot topic b/c it would mark the first time Mogadishu has direct control of something that affects Hargeisa's sovereignty. As of today, there is absolutely nothing that Mogadishu has leverage over Hargeisa that will affect the day to day lives of Somalilanders. If this takes place, it would force chaos over the Somali Airspace as Hargeisa will take charge of its rightful control over her own air. In turn, this will confuse the Airmen and may hasten the complete shutdown of the Somali Airspace by International Airlines. As SRSG Keating rightful mentioned, the Airspace needs both Mogadishu and Hargeisa to reach a decision. The previous Administration in Villa Somalia signed an accord with previous Somaliland administration of Siilaanyo which would allow the shared Air space to be controlled from Hargeisa until a final binding decision is reached over the overarching political issue between the two sides.

This must be the number 1 criterion to place a Somali politician as good or bad. Nothing can be done without physical peace. There should not be threat to life on everything. Every Somali can only achieve what he/she wants when physically alive. HOL also deserves congraulation for using best criterion.

Yes, we should acknowledge and respect all legally recognized borders Hence we should give the old man a map of Somalia Now, those who want to redraw these borders are the ones wanting to start a conflict

Galbeedi, you are going the path of Saalax. No longer making any sense.

Sxbyaal address the message, not the messenger. Someone was mentioning about starting conflict in those areas. Well, Suldaanku wuxu sheegay cida root cause conflict ka ah, waa dadka damacsan in xuduud qabali ah maanta oo qarnigii 21 lagu jiro ku riyoonaya.

This OO does not care about facts , he will throw anything on the wall and will expect something to stick. Every time Somalis are killed, the so called federal forces were there and suddenly , just before the attack, they vacate their positions. When up 65 Somalis were killed the federal forces suddenly left the perimeter. Here Garaad Wiil Waal talking about the latest killings. He said the federal forces suddenly left and the the killing started. Che, We have been killed by Oromo and TPLF. It Is a well crafted genocide of the Somali people inside EThiopia. We know that Amhara will not die for tribal or even for the power. THey are very sophisticated. Only tribal people like us and primitive peasants like Oromo will fall to the trap and create the civil war. The Somali zone is one of the largest landmass in Ethiopia, if not the largest, and Oromo being the largest ethnic group, Amhara and Tigre will be nothing, but if you create animosity and hatred between these two , then the Tigray and Amhara can breath for a while. They already lost the power to control the army. In the latest security council meeting chaired by the prime minister and the defence minister and federal police chiefs, the news is bad. According to Addis Standard, Two sources familiar with the meeting have told Addis Standard during the weekend that “concerns were raised by members of the national defense forces and the federal police regarding strong resistance from several parts of the public, particularly in Oromia and Amhara regional states". The biggest issue is Oromia and Amhara regions. Why does Oromo and the TPLF putting us in the middle of something that does not concern us. A Harreri friend of mine who has family members in Diredawa and Addis told me that the plan by the Oromo allied with the government and the Amhara and some TPLF members want to disband and weaken the Liyu police. They are proposing a plan to disband all regional police or keep very small number of lightly armed officers and transfer all security issues to federal army. At this difficult time if the Liyu police is weakened or disbanded, the Somalis in Ethiopia will be a sitting ducks who could be massacred by Oromo and others. The Liyu police is evil and ruthless, yet it is the only security force that could protect the Somali public or annex the land if things get worse. Ninyahow, our people are in great danger, and we do not have the answers.

Egyptians stabbed the Syrians in the back as well, when Sadat and Mubarek became obedient to Israel for 2 billion dollars a year from America. That was the ultimate betrayal and after that Arab league became useless.

Egyptians stabbed the Palestinians in the back, time for them to get screwed as well.