Classic bait and switch...

^ I wish to proffer as an idea for Maaddeey&CO to make the new statue for the USC a donkey carrying a load of scrap metal. I think such a statue will depict everything the USC was and still is rather well, don't you think!

Damn Culusow and his forged constitution

Miyir, iska adkeyso...there's nothing anyone can do about this because it the same western governments that fund the government of Somalia that are pushing for this. The day an independent Somali government comes into existence will be the day we insist on our territorial waters and what's under them. In the meant time, tough luck!

Dr_Osman;969706 wrote: In uu l ayimaado cadayn dhalasho iyo sugnaan In luqada Englishka uu si fiican uga dhisanyahay Hmmm....these don't sound right!

^ The same can be said about somaliland awarding exploration rights to Puntland territory. But either way, neither Silanyo nor Faroole have the legitimacy and wherewithal to allow a foreign company to dig for oil in lands that do not belong to them. They may sign whatever they like but at the end of the day waa hal bacaad lagu lisay

AUN.

^ There's nothing wrong with exploiting resources for the benefit of both the locals and the west. A win-win business transaction is a must if we are to avoid unnecessary conflict.

Wakaalada wararka ee Reuters ayaa wax ka qortay xog ay ka heshay Qoraalka ay Guddiga Qaramada Midoobay (UN) u qaabilsan arrimaha kormeerka cunaqabateynta saaran dalalka Soomaaliya iyo Eritereya, ayaa warbixintooda ka digay dhaq dhaqaaqa ay ka wadaan gudaha Soomaaliya qaar kamid ah shirkadaha shidaalka baara. Warbixintan ayaa lagu sheegay in wadanka Norway uu hada si weyn lugaha kula jiro arrimaha Soomaaliya, isla markaana ay dagaalo ka dhalan karaan mashruuca shidaal baaristan ee maamulka Somaliland u saxiixay shirkada Batroolka baarta ee laga leeyahay dalka Norway, ee lagu magacaabo DNO. Gooaha maamulka Qandaraaska Somaliland ku siiyeya yaa waxaa kamid ah dhulka ay isku heystaan maamulada Puntland iyo Somaliland, halka Puntland ay dhankeedana qandaraas noocaas ah horey u siisay shirkada African Oil oo fadhigeedu tahay dalka Canada. Madaxa shirkada DNO oo lagu magacaabo Bjorn Dale oo arrintan ka jawaabay ayaa sheegay in shirkadaasi aysan marnaba ku kici doonin wax khal khal geliya amniga Somaliland. Warbixinta guddiga oo ay si hoose u heshay wakaalada wararka ee Reuters ayaa lagu sheegay in hada Dowlada Federaalka wado sharciga Macdanta iyo Batroolka Soomaaliya, kaasi oo isaguna keeni kara xiisad ka dhalata dalka Soomaaliya, sida qoraalkaasi lagu yiri Dowlada Federaalka ayaa aaminsan inay iyadu tahay mid bixin karta qandaraasyada Macdanta Soomaaliya iyo khayraadka kale, arrintaasi oo isku dhac ka dhex dhalin karta maamulada horey u jiray sida Somaliland iyo Puntland. Warbixintan ayaa si gaar ah loogu soo qaatay dhaq dhaqaaqa uu wado wadanka Norway oo dhawaan $30 Milyan oo dollar ugu deeqay dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya, lacagtaasi deeqda ah ayaa lagu tilmaamay mid lagu kabayo hay’adaha dowliga ee Federaalka, balse waxaa la rumeysan yahay in dhaqaalahaasi wadanka Norway ku doonayo inuu saameyn ku yeesho sharciga macdanta ee Dowlada Federaalka ay wado iyo waliba heshiis la dhex dhigo dowlada Somaliay iyo Kenya oo isku heysto qeybo kamid ah biyaha Bada Soomaaliya. Shirkada ugu weyn ee Shidaalka soo saarta ee wadankaasi Norway ee loo yaqaan Statoil ayaa sanadihii lasoo dhaafay xiiso weyn u heysay inay batrool ka baarto biyaha u dhaxeeya Soomaaliya iyo kenya arrintaasi oo xiisad siyaasadeed dhalisay. Dowlada Kenya ayaa qandaraaska ku siisay shirkada Norway ee Statoil inay baarto nawaaxiga aaga L26 oo ah (zone-ka) biyaha bada oo ay isku heystaan Somaliya iyo Kenya. Shirkada Norway ayaa joojisay baaritaankii ay halkaasi ku sameyn lahayd kadib markii ay ogaatay xiisada ka dhex taagan Soomaaliya iyo Kenya oo horey loo horgeeyey Qaramada Midooay. Mid kamid ah Saraakiisha Dowlada Kenya oo aan magaciisa la shaacin oo wareysi siiyey Guddiga Kormeerka ee Qaramada Midoobay ayaa u xaqiijiyey in Dowlada Kenya shirkada Norway u saxiixday aaga L26 oo uu sheegay inay iyagu qabaan inuu yahay dhul-badeed ka tirsan Kenya, arrintaasna la xalin doono. Wasiirka Horumarinta Caalamiga ah ee wadanka Norway Mr.Heikki Eidsvoll Holmas ayaa horey u beeniyey in dowlada Norway deeqda ay siisay dowlada Soomaaliya wax xiriir ah la leedahay arrimaha batrool baarista iyo aaga ay isku heystaan Kenya iyo Soomaaliya ee Zone L26. Guddiga Qaramada Midoobay ayaa horey ugu cambaareeyey dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya musuq maasuq baaxadleh iyadoo warbixintan qeyb kamid ah horey loo shaaciyey si weyn loogu dhaliilay maamul xumada ka jirta Bangiga dhexe ee dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya, warbixintaasi hore ayey si weyn u beeniyeen madaxda dowlada Federaalka gaar ahaan Wasiirka Maaliyada iyo Guddoomiyaha Bangiga Dhexe. Horseed Media

By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS | Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:19am EDT (Reuters) - Western commercial oil exploration in disputed areas of Somalia and discrepancies over which authorities can issue licenses to companies could spark further conflict in the African nation, U.N. monitors warned in a confidential report. In the U.N. Monitoring Group's latest annual report to the Security Council's sanctions committee on Somalia and Eritrea, the experts said the Somali constitution gives considerable autonomy to regional governments to enter commercial oil deals. But a petroleum law that has not yet been adopted by the country's parliament but is being invoked by federal officials in the capital Mogadishu says that the central government can distribute natural resources. "These inconsistencies, unless resolved, may lead to increased political conflict between federal and regional governments that risk exacerbating clan divisions and therefore threaten peace and security," the experts group said in an annex to its annual report, which was seen by Reuters. The overthrow of a dictator in 1991 plunged Somalia into two decades of violent turmoil, first at the hands of clan warlords and then Islamist militants, while two semi-autonomous regions - Puntland and Somaliland - have cropped up in northern Somalia. Around a dozen companies, including many multinational oil and gas majors, had licenses to explore Somalia before 1991, but since then Somaliland and Puntland and other regional authorities have granted their own licenses for the same blocks. In some cases Somaliland and Puntland have awarded licenses for blocks that overlap. The experts said one such case involves Norwegian oil firm DNO and Canadian-listed Africa Oil Corp. "Potentially, it means that exploration operations in these blocks, conducted by both DNO and Africa Oil under the protection of regional security forces, its allied militia or private forces, could generate new conflict between Somaliland and Puntland," the report said. "It is alarming that regional security forces and armed groups may clash to protect and further Western-based oil companies interests," it said. "In this case, the involvement of a Norwegian company on one side and of a Swedish-owned/Canada-based company on the other, is even more disturbing, considering the long-standing implication of Norway and Sweden in promoting peace and dialogue in Somalia," the experts said. Bjorn Dale, DNO's acting president/managing director and general counsel, said he was not familiar with the U.N. experts' recent report but said that the company would never engage in activities that threatened peace in Somaliland. Africa Oil was not immediately available for comment. CONFLICT OF INTEREST? Somalia is struggling to rebuild after decades of conflict and a U.N.-backed African Union peacekeeping force is trying to drive out al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebel group al Shabaab. Piracy off the Somali coast is also a problem. The U.N. experts also expressed concern about a clash between a longstanding bid by Norway to urge Somalia to implement an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off its coast with commercial interests by a Norwegian oil company. Under the U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea, an EEZ would allow Somalia 12 nautical miles of territorial control with claim to sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve and manage natural resources that exist within 200 nautical miles. The U.N. convention then requires Somalia to negotiate a maritime boundary with Kenya, which the U.N. experts said could lead to several disputed oil exploration blocks being deemed to be in Kenyan waters. The U.N. report said late last year that Kenya had suspended Statoil's license for block L26 because the Norwegian company did not want to spend money on exploration while there was the legal uncertainty over the maritime border with Somalia. A Kenyan government official told the U.N. experts that Statoil had expressed an interest to develop the area should a boundary be agreed with Somalia and the L26 block was deemed to be in Kenyan waters. "Efforts by Norway to lobby Somali officials to adopt the EEZ now coincide with current Norwegian interest in the fate of L26 as well as with Norwegian involvement in the application of a Special Financing Facility donor fund of $30 million which has been allocated under the management of (Somali government) officials with a track record of corruption," the report said. The experts suggested that Norway's development assistance to Somalia could be used "as a cover for its commercial interests there," a claim it said Norwegian International Development Minister Heikki Eidsvoll Holmas has denied. Norway's U.N. mission did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Paul Simao)

^ Xaaji, the hallucination is on full throttle, poor man..tsk tsk tsk

Xaaji Xunjuf;968577 wrote: Only in your dreams they are not against a Clan to be honest with you they are sick and tired of the SSDF pirate clan, the same is happening in other parts of the garowe clan enclave. These are the facts on the ground, the scam elections along with the garowe clan enclave has been rejected. Oh, so now you're their spokesman, are you? Xaaji, your lies are similar to the contents spewing off a heavily used vomit bag with a hole in it. Please save yourself the embarrassment old man.

Xaaji Xunjuf;968568 wrote: They are against the Garowe scam elections and they are against garowe clan enclave altogether , remember the garowe clan enclave is selling its elections in those regions it got rejected i pity you , and you are angry. Fashil.com Rubbish. Nobody is against any clan here, so make sure you take your hallucination medication as soon as you break your fast today!--clearly the month of Ramadan and your inability to take your medicine is causing this nonsense you're publishing.

^^ Inconsequential claptrap. Are you honestly saying this protest is about being against a clan, or is this video against the upcoming elections being organized by Farole's administration in Puntland? You are full of it-- so get a life!

Typical of Xaaji Habaar to resort to misleading titles... This video has nothing to do with being "anti-Garowe anything" as regurgitated by cuqdadlowgaan. These people are protesting against Faroole's democratization process like some folks in Galkacyo, Qardho, Garowe, Bosaaso, Badhan, Las Qorey e.t.c. have done in the past and is nothing new nor unique to them only. As usual Xaaji Habaar, is looking for division and hatred where there is none. What a loser!

Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor Rising up, back on the street Did my time, took my chances Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet Just a man and his will to survive So many times it happens too fast You change your passion for glory Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive It's the eye of the tiger It's the thrill of the fight Rising up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor Stalks his prey in the night And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger Face to face, out in the heat Hanging tough, staying hungry They stack the odds 'til we take to the street For the kill with the skill to survive It's the eye of the tiger It's the thrill of the fight Rising up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor Stalks his prey in the night And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger Rising up, straight to the top Had the guts, got the glory Went the distance, now I'm not going to stop Just a man and his will to survive It's the eye of the tiger It's the thrill of the fight Rising up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor Stalks his prey in the night And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger The eye of the tiger The eye of the tiger The eye of the tiger The eye of the tiger

^ I know you didn't, am just pulling your leg.. By the by, the simpleton is merely trying to compartmentalize you for future reference. But since you're no pirate, he will just ignore you...lol

^ War waxaas waxba kama jiraan. All the issues you've listed have their root cause in the colonial era. Our clan system existed way before the colonialists came to our lands, and back then the sort of calamities you've listed never used to happen. Have you ever asked yourself why? When the colonialists came to our country, they found a nation of nomad tribes living peacefully among one another and who had developed a system of governance that worked for them. So to get a foothold into our country, they adopted the divide and conquer rule, by dividing us through preferential treatment of certain tribes to sow discord amongst us. And after we supposedly "gained independence", they did not allow us to revert back to our old ways of living. They created a government modeled in their image, which they gave tremendous power to rule, and of course to further sow mistrust they did not ensure equality in it, knowing full well that we would fight over it, each tribe wanting to gain control of that power for fear that the others might do so before they did. It's been downhill ever since with the poverty and lack of education exacerbating things... Marka saaxiib, the problem was started by the colonialists and continues to persist thanks to the same "former " colonialists who still meddle in our affairs. But I don't blame them, because a man has a right to look out for his self-interest, and in this particular case, they deem it in their interest to always have power and control over us. Heck, if I was in their shoes I'd do the same...

^ Why do you say that like as if there's something wrong with being Bantu?

^ You haven't got a shred of evidence to back up such broad and meaningless generalizations. So go back to the drawing board and come up with something more substantive!

My local news channel got pranked silly by a summer intern at the NTSB....lol:D:D:D ******************************************************************************************** KTVU Channel 2, a Fox affiliate in the San Francisco Bay Area, has issued an apology on Friday after an on-air blunder by an anchorwoman that involved fake names of Asiana flight 214 pilots. "KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board" the flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, co-anchor Tori Campbell told viewers during the noon newscast Friday. She proceeded to read the names that may have originated as a racially insensitive joke online — "Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow"— while a TV graphic displayed the names next to a photo of the charred cabin. "We made several mistakes when we received this information," KTVU's apology on its website read. "KTVU accepts full responsibility for this mistake." In seeking to verify the names with the National Transportation Safety Board, an unidentified KTVU reporter who made the call to the government agency's public affairs office didn't read the names out loud. KTVU didn't clarify how the names were conveyed to the NTSB representative, who turned out to be a summer intern. The KTVU reporter also failed to ask for the identify of the NTSB intern who confirmed the spellings of the names. "We heard this person verify the information without questioning who they were and then rushed the names on our noon newscast," KTVU's note read. The NTSB also issued its apology late Friday afternoon for "inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots." "A summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft," its statement said. "The NTSB does not release or confirm the names of crewmembers or people involved in transportation accidents to the media. We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today's incident. Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated."

^ Which is precisely why it's not our clan system.

Nonsense. Our clan system is blameless in our misfortunes. The real problems are lack of education and poverty. Our clans are our culture and the collective essence of Somalis. We've had clans since the dawn of time and it gave us a way to know each other and live with one another.

Arrrgh! Pirates have rights to criticize other pirates just like everybody else... But on a serious note, we welcome the real president of Somalia, Mudane Nicholas Kay to Garowe.

^ Lessons or not, they are too daft to take heed from their last thrashing.