Kat Yoonis read this and you might wanna reconsider your relocations. First police academy opens in the northeast © Derk Segaar/IRIN Hamdi Hershi Mohamed, a female police cadet, among the 150 recruits at the Armo policy academy, northeastern Somalia ARMO, 21 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - Hamdi Hershi Mohamed, a 17-year-old female police cadet, was among the 150 recruits marching on Tuesday around the compound of the newly opened police academy at Armo, northeastern Somalia. "I have experienced the effects of the collapse of my government. I decided to come here to defend my country, advise my people [about] peace and revive the sovereignty of my country," Mohamed said. "I have no fear, I’m ready to defend my dignity and that of the people of my country," she added. The khaki-clad recruits were encouraged by hundreds of enthusiastic people waving twigs and small posters bearing pictures of Somalia's interim leaders, including Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Gedi, who was among the guests. The Armo police academy, supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), is located some 100 km south of Bossaso. Before the official opening ceremony, crowds of Somalis - with many women ululating - had lined the road from Bossaso to Armo to give Gedi a rousing welcome. "The opening of the academy is a historic moment. It is the first such national institution that has been built in Somalia for a long time," said Maxwell Gaylard, UNDP Somalia resident representative and UN humanitarian coordinator. "It will be the first step to the re-establishment of the rule of law and security in Somalia," he added. The recruits, 130 male and 20 female, who joined the academy on 10 December were the first recruits. They were drawn from all over Somalia, Gaylard said. "There are thousands of militia throughout Somalia, so there is a long way to go before law and order will be restored," Gaylard added. "Together with Somali authorities, we identified 500 militiamen who will soon be retrained in the academy." The academy would be run and operated by Somalis themselves. "What we found, quite frankly, is that if you give these young people an opportunity apart from the gun - and if the process is managed properly - they are usually eager to grab it," he added. Gedi told the ceremony: "The young women and men who will come out of this training will form part of the new Somalia, where the rights of every Somali are protected and the rule of law will prevail. "We cannot waiver in our quest to change the way things have been for the last decade-and-a-half and more." Local leader said one of the main challenges facing the new police force was the large number of arms in the hands of civilians. According to Haji Said Hussein, one of the elders of the Armo community: "In every house, there is a gun." To contribute to the re-establishment of security in the area, his village had provided the land for the academy at no cost. The new institute also had economic value for the community itself, he said. "Carrying a gun in Somalia is a natural thing," Gaylard observed. "We are not going to change the culture of Somalis overnight." Hussein noted, however, that people were carrying guns to protect themselves. "If the rights of the people are protected, there will be no need for the guns," he said. Gani Mohamed Haji Abdi, commander of the Armo police academy, hoped that the new institute, by incorporating women and former militia members from all parts of Somalia, would become part of the country’s reconciliation process. "We want an academy that is part of the people, from the people and for the people," he said. The three-month training course would cover community policing, basic police training, nonviolent disarmament, physical fitness, self-defence, marching and theory. The new recruits would also be instructed on human rights, gender sensitivity, and child and minority protection. The ultimate aim was to establish a professional civilian police force able to effectively contribute to the restoration of peace while gaining the trust of the community. Abdellahi Salah Seruwah, who joined the Somali police force in 1974 at the age of 14 and is one of the senior teachers at the new academy, noted: "The police of Somalia was once among the best in Africa, but it disintegrated and we are reviving it right now." "After 15 years, we don’t want to fight anymore," he added. "We need to put down the gun. The new police are crucial for the internal, local peace." However, a local aid worker expressed a degree of scepticism, saying one of the main problems facing the force was non-payment of salaries to some officers. As a result, many of them had to look for other sources of income, she said, which sometimes jeopardised their credibility. "The men and women who finish this course will be proper officers. They will be paid when they leave this compound - through international assistance and Somalia’s own revenues," Gaylard said. UNDP would also assist the authorities to implement revenue-generating ideas and initiatives, he added, so that they would be able to pay their police force. [ENDS] Source: IRIN Dec.21, 2005

Allamagan Soomalidu waxay kumaahmaah daa laba qaawan ismaqaado. Dadka somaliya kunool ayaagaa dhibaataysan meelkasta oo ayjoogaan. Miskiin Waadmahsantahy walaalo ilaahay khayr hakaa siiyo. Imagine how much will most of us spend on new year night? just to go to ruwaayad somali ah. Insh'alaah waanlaxiriiri doonaa.

I found this webside and it might answer some of your questions. http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/rd/mogimage.htm#In%20the%201950s%20and%201960s Very intertesting!

Tukaale vote for me, walaahida I'm ur qabiil Ina'abti,ina'hooyo see kuugu cadeeya? just ask? Tukaale waxbadan ayaa kajira marka lagahadlayo runta hasa yeshay glad to see brother making fun of the whole qabiil shit! Castro leave the brother alone & take it to the political section where real qabiil rubbish exists!

Idil Yoonis ma xaas kiiba 911 kuugu wacday mise child support bixibaa lagugu yidhi? I like your style man since you cant take it to the wife than why not SOL sisters right??

loooool but not cute! I'm not greedy nor hungry but love a free meal! Like you said, "thin wallet" so the only thing they good at is a free meal. By the way, most Halimos pay not only their weddings now days but also the bills around the house. In'abti, inamadeena ayagaa hurda dhinac walbaba but Halimos are working hard sxb. Baryaan Fardo lahaa waxaa kafiican hadan Dameer leeyahay

Mcpharax I didnt missed the "thin wallet" but when did paying my dinner become gold digging? :confused:

"So how does one differentiete between the innocent hard working xalimos vs the Gold diggers? To protect your thin wallet,you must be on the watch out for these carnivores." Marka hore qof waxhaystaa wax laga qaataa. The regular Farah does not have a lot of dough & having 9-5 job doesnt make a person a rich sxb. I dont see how this apply to all Halimos. Mise nasiib daradeenaad wajiga naga marmarinaysaa?

I've some respect for Iman but I don't idolize her. I dont agree with her life style nor do I like her bisextual husband. Atleast if somali girls are marrying out side of their ppl I want the ***** to look better then the regular Farahs. He is Gaal walaalo plus her wedding happened in church so it doesn't get any worst than that. I respect her simply cuz she is gabardh somaliyeed plus she never said anything bad about somalia. In fact, sometime in 90s she went back home to help & I heard they made her wore Dirac like that is a hijab. Uma sis, dont get mad just get even. Yeah iskaceli Rudy in'abti.

Wow Xamarwayne,**** i like your style but I cant give the #5 star cuz you forget the gift part sxb. lol Legend of Zu, Do I here challegenge?? Bring it sxb! I'll even be the first Halimo to show what I'm capable, in order to get brothers heart and mess with his mind. So Rowda..tell me Why should I share? giving away my secrets? Marka hore it shouldn't be a secret to share your romatic side, infact it will benefit all the SOL brothers. That is hadaad wax isku haysid, hadii kale, ina'abti naga daa dulcamirashada dee. Mida labaad this is cyber and anything you say will not use against you in the eyes of law unless you provide false statement.

Chocalate sis I cant wait! Castro, thanks bro. "The difference...? So if your date took you to Hilton Hotel and offered cash, you'd do him? A most facinating twist to the tale." Gadaal kagaar goobdumis waaye. Sxb read not only what I wrote but also the repl & then take it as you please. Mise meel xumbaan kaataabtay? Abaadir I don't understand your somali nor your attentions. Guur or Gaabsi? You really fishing to get the whole story but somethings are better left off. I share the story cuz its funny and ghetto at the same time, so fill in the blank spaces. Qosol sxb cuz that was my attetion and stop analyzing the nature of that relationship. Why are Somalis so quick to judge?? Xaaraan this xaaraan that who can tell me they are free from xaaraan? Dee waa wadaadkii yidhi, haraacina falfalxumadayda laakiin raac waxaan aniga kuu sheegayo, waayo wadaad? Dee waa xaq! lol Dear:Jomaana waan kaxumahay in aan ujeedadaadii kaa afduubnay hase yeeshee hal qur'ah oo somali brother jawaab fiican mabixin, so sister I felt the need to share the romance side of some of our brothers.

Miyaad carootay mise anaamoday? Castro I was attacking Abaadir not you. Second, I actually find nice your kind words but you did said, it would of been bit romatic if he was Mahram date, sxb pls motel 6? :confused: :confused: :confused: Aniga? xanaaq? never, sharing is good for your heart and mind.

Girls thnx for all your reps, looking back, the story is funny now than that dreadful night walaahi, my face turned blue and I couldn't believe he had the audacity to do what he did. I guess some dreams never come true! Uma, I wish there was a prerequisite romance class only for somalis before entering any kind of higher education. Layziegirl sis, I told him to take my *** home and to never dail my # again, there is somethings that is unforgivable (xataa haduu noqdo nabi soodaahiray). You are right, this guy been here long enough to know the diff b/w motel 6 and 5 start hotel yet failed, all I can say is cheap cheap cheap f'cker! Chocolate/honey you have to share the story girl. you made my day. lol Abaadi for your info, he didn't picked me up off the street, so get your mind out of the gutter sxb. Naagwaba meeshay is dhegtaa lagu qalaa plus I would rather give to a white dude than to a somali guy anyday. The only thing they good at is talk behind you like he wasn't the a sharmut. By the way, some of the wadaado ar worst than Faraah cabsan. Castro, Zu, & Rudy you just prove my point, water & oil dont mix. so thnx. Anyone whose taking finals this week or next week wish you the best of luck.

Rudy walaalo afkaaga caana laguqabay, waadna maraqsan tahay. Most of the facial creams have a limited time you could use and when one exceeds that limit than they're risking their health. Your face is your passport, the things you use when you're youth could hunt you down when you get older where you cells are less tolerent. I'll check next time that I'm in the pharmacy but this is the only one that my roomate uses it. "Skin Success" it just lights the darker spots on your face and makes more smoother look but it really doesn't beach the skin. I'm sure there other creams that could have better results. Rayaana sis, everything we use in this world have side effect and you right Diana is less harm compare to the real bleaching creams that somalis use such as "Dermovate" but the way I look at is, if you're under 3oyrs there is no reason for someone to use anykind of cream unless the doctor prescribed. Bella, look the fingers of their hands or foot & you diffenatly have a reason not to use it. :eek:

looooooooool, girls girls you always suprise me. Romance? somali men? does water & oil mix? To find the answer to your question look your parents? child you can't have your cake and eat it. Sis there is only two choices; somali men or romance else where. Katrina dear I'll go second. Title:# Five I was dating with this Somali brother for 2months. We went out on my B-day, the girl in me was expecting fun romantic night right? He picked me up from work & after I sat down to the passenger side there was a letter sitting on the dash-board which had my name. I picked up the letter and opened it with a lot of excitement on my face, it said Happy B-day plah plah plah. We went to dinner and he insisted on going to the movies although I was not in the mood. Finaly the pathatic movei ended & he said, I have suprise for you but I won't tell you until we get there. I was excited to see the sweat gift that he had planed for me. To make long stoy short who knew the gift was motel 6 nothing else. How is that for a romantic night with a brother? Cakta ibixibaa igaraacday, for get the gift I just wanna be home safe. :confused: :confused: :confused:

Walaalo its worst thing that someone could do to their face. This is what I know so far, it kills the skin layers of your face, as human we have seven layers and this creams kills each layer until you have nothing left. How do I know this? By somali professional sister, who not only lecture us about how harmful this creams could be but she compare 5 girls faces whom 2 of them were regular users, by some machine that checks inside layer of your skin. The result, the 2 girls who were users had skin that look like a papper that has many holes, walaali am not lying, while the others had intact skin. As somali girls we have beautiful skin and there is no need to change that & seriously do you see Farah doing the same thing? since most of the girls are doing because of Farah suuqa fadhiya. Tell your friend that if she does this, the sun will be her biggest enemy and anything that has to do with cooking. If she is going do this regarless, than tell her to use the ones at the pharmacy at least it has being a proved. The rest of you girls sun cream such as sp15, 30,etc is very good for your face.

Wow, is this a somali brother? can I have your # pls. this is as deep as it could get walaahida. I wish more men could take their own responsibility and stop harrasing us about what we wear. What I wear is non of any mens business & my Dambi is between me and God. Umaxaadaray qof aan dambigiisa kawarqabin dee.

Walaalo Daanyeer, this is very seriouse issue and I thank you for bring it up. I wish ppl could think qabiil as in a seriouse disease like HIV that destroy not only our country but killed many somali brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers,kids,granfathers, & granmothers for no reason what so ever. Ala yaa'arxamukalaah Maxuu qabiil kuusamay yey? and pls dont include markay ayaga kuubahan yihiin. Alhamdulilaah, I completed an intense 12 step program to red me of qabilism. I enjoy the company of all kind of Somalis regardless of their qabiil. It will be sad if our legacy as somalis be qabiil instead of good muslims.

It hurts doesn't it? keep up the naac naac!

Born-Friday, thnx walaalo I used to read a lot of somali articles that friend of mind used to send me from Aus. Mida kale waad mahadsantay sida aad topica usoo cilisay. "Where did you get that?!!! Having a heart broken is a major blow to any ego, be it a female or male. Having invested emotions and time into some one and to find out they will never be returned has gotta hurt! Heart ache has no preference between male and females." Walaalo, what I meant was women after break up analyze things like, is he with another women, am I too fat,etc more than men. but you right break-up is break up regardless of the gender. bye

Dear: the Sujuwi lowyer & the indha'adeeg dude "defining..re-defining the Word 'Sijui'so that our 'other' Somalis whom we share SOL together have atleast the correct picture of who we are." who asked you? how much are getting paid? don't forget this webside, it said SOMALIS ONLINE and if you are not one of them than I suggested you go to the sujuwi educated webside! big as african accent doen't mean educated, it only means waalagu gumaystay while I was free on land called somalia. Respect? Do mean they're scare? 4.ROMANTIC/BEAUTIFUL: "You will find most of them 'Handsome and Romantic. I don't need to describe the Sijui Sisters..Sijui ladies are TOP of Their class.. ..Find out why?" Walaahida, all pure somalis are beautiful regardless of where they from and maybe you need to were classes next time you run into somali brother or sister. 5.NATIONALISM: "Sijui people are more nationalists than their 'peers' from Somalia.A sijui will debate a lot to make sure u understand he is not from Somalia..But that is a fact." I live in the USA and I can promise you no child of mind will ever tell you he/she is from here, even if they were born here and that is what I called nationalist. are u forgeting that Kenyan sujuwis have or had not too long ago an ID card that makes them different than the rest of kenyan ppl. Its just to show them that they are not from kenya. sxb that is what I called idenity crises. Sxb the little reermagaalnimo aad qabtaan is from us since the civil war of somalia. can you read somali??? yeah that is what I thought. By the way, I do have sujuwi friend whom I love dearly who would never consider themself kenyan. ppl who born outside somali are not called sujuwis only those who were born Kenya.

Foxy ina'abti waad iga xishoodsiisay nooh :rolleyes: I think of myself Car yaa naagtaa arag oo yaabin, lol

CHE Sorry , I found out after I posted but it was still funny messing with our belove it brothers. good luck with the finals.

Foxy walaalo thnx, I guess we have something in common anigana I like ur style nooh. walaahida Xaaji sxb I know xamaraawi language is sexy laakiine adiga waad kudhacday nooh. hadii aan fahmiwaayo meel aad usocodid ama kasocodid than your xamaraawi is worst than mind. "afmuslim ama afgaalo midba aan kuugu imaado markuu waagu baryo" Sayidka ilaahay ha'unaxariistee. Katrin why didn't I transilate like that, duh i guess my ESL is still progressing. lol

"P.P.S. Rowda, balaayo ma jidho, haday jidhana ma buurna." Castro is this ur way of waving the white flag? Muraad sxb I understand the fact that somalis have different dialec xamari,waqooyi,reerbari,afmaymay,reer mudug,etc. lakiin marka uu hadalka qoran yahay it shouldnt be that hard to understand. my young brother left somalia when he was 4yrs old that doesn't mean he doesn't no how to read or wright somali, I notice it become more fashionable a person to say,I dont no somali and all I could say is why not?? no excuses pls start reading somali cuz that is how I learned too