There also needs to be an urgent solution to the huge problem we have regarding fruit and vegetable production. Every year our farmers produce a lot of fresh organic fruits and vegetables in some of the seasons and the the markets get flooded with cheap produce in those seasons only therefore not making enough profits for the hardworking farmers. The government should implement a similar scheme for fruit and vegetable farmers whereby the government buys the excess produce and converts it into long shelf life foods. These processed foods can then be sold back in the markets recovering the initial cost of production and at the same time keeping our shops well stocked with cheap quality food. This is also the best way we can stop the sub-standard often expired food our traders import from the UAE, China, and other places.

The fact that fruits and vegetables have short shelve life is the reason our farmers should be helped by the government- buying their excess produce to turn them into processed foods for use throughout the year.

I understand where you are coming from. But Since fresh produce is a perishable product there is little incentive for the gov't to purchase it. I think what the gov't can do and it is just started doing is to help farmers on availability of their produce, teach land management techniques and coordinate regions to schedule on different times of the calendar so they do not all harvest the same product. Availability is a huge problem which is why the gov't won't stop imported goods.

Actually it is not a lack of facilities which our youth is complaining about but the lack of the competitive games they were used to having annually. The government should resume the annual inter-state games which were stopped due to out of control rivalry between certain segments of the country.

I like what the minister said in this broadcast. This is the first time I heard our government talk about the mess that is entangled wires over every street in Somaliland. Basically still today every provider of electricity in the country also sets up their own separate wire connections to customers homes contributing to the problem. I think now is the time to tackle this issue and start setting up the foundations of a modern national electricity grid where energy providers worry about only energy production aspects of their business and leave the distribution side of the operation to an independent publicly owned National Grid Company.

This is excellent Turkish court decision to correct the illegal conversion by Mustafa Kamal of Hagie Sophia into a museum. It will still be open to turism but now Muslims can pray in it as they have for more than 500 years. As usual Recep Tayib Erdogan shows leadership where it matters. Those who are complaining, let them while millions of Muslims have a change to pray at this magnificant mosque there by honoring Sultan Mehmet II (Mohamed Al-Fatih.)

This must be the worst decision president Erdogan made so far. Istanbul is not without enough mosques for Muslims to use and converting the Orthodox Christianity's most important cathedral into a mosque was and is still probably more offensive to Almighty Allah than not building a mosque. It is not allowed in Islam and is against the spirit of dacwa to mistreat other religious groups because of what they believe. Hagia Sophia belongs to the Greek Orthodox Christians and should be given back to them.

Wareygsiga oo dhameystiran aqriso. Wax badan ayaa ka ogaaneysaa taariikhda Soomaaliya sanadihii kontomeyadii iyo lixdameyadii.

The UAE has the backing of the South Yemen Government. These islands where and still are part of South Yemen terriroty. So it just beats logic that they want Somalia to claim these too. Besides, Somalia itself is at the receiving end of neighbouring countries claiming its territory and it can't even defend itself. The whole article reads like a joke and someone's fantasy dreams.

Minister Seed, one of the most hard working ministers in Pres. MBC's cabinet. For the first time, Somaliland Gov't has purchased back the surplus wheat and Sorghum produced by Somaliland's farmers. The surplus food will be stored by the gov't for use in the years ahead when the need arises.