Somali soldier helps an elderly man cross a busy road in Mogadishu

Another "hay'ad" project to get payments from the IC.

Jawar is pushing for another genocide against Somalis with these baseless rumors.

MMA, you insulted Saalax's hometown. Most agree the town is not governed by Hargeisa authorities. It is semi-independent. By the way, business disputes are common everywhere in Somalia. Each clan wants to protect its base.

It is never a good news when the President of Somaliland is accused of bililiqo.

I heard Cadde Muuse stayed at Bohol for years and he eventually became President of Puntland. Mr. Martin may be playing the same game. We are living in interesting times indeed.

Closely following this as if it is my family member who is running. It is an important election. This is a big event for me. I can't describe how important this election is for the Muslim world and for Somalia. Erdogan is pushing ahead with economic reforms and he is slowly changing Turkey's status in the world.

I agree with Maakhiri and Dahareto that President Farmajo needs to focus on more important matters. We have too many problems at home to be tackling. It is not worth to go on pilgrimage to Ethiopia every six months.

I never looked at it that way, but you are right. It is an underhanded dig at Mr. Bihi. Mr. Martin is playing high games here. Good for him to have finally meet with Gaas. The legitimization of Mr. Martin has begun, it seems.

OO, what are your thoughts? Who do you think is behind it? Eritrea?

The destabilization of Ethiopia has just started with that bomb. I think it is a first, if I am not mistaken. This could be the equivalent of the suicide bombing against Abdulahi Yusuf in Baidoa which triggered the eventually downfall of Aweys and his Islamic courts. A long struggle is about to come. Who will be standing in the end?

This is amazing. Somaliland's secession drive is being put on the ropes. Once again, unionist Galbeedi's warnings about Biixi, Somaliland, and its future, are exactly how he predicted. We should give Galbeedi "billad sharaf" because @Oodweynedismissed Galbeedi's analysis as nonsense and a "personal wish". It turns out that Galbeedi's facts on the ground (again dismissed by secessionists as waxalayidhi) and insight into what Somaliland can or can't accomplish as an entity, was spot on. Mr. Bihi is now begging the UN to stop Puntland advances. Mr. Keating is telling the world that Somaliland is a territory part of Somalia. This must be the worst period for Somaliland in recent years.

That is disturbing. Why is that?

Is that in Garowe?

CR7

Somalia should ask Turkey to build a modern flight control center.

What did @Old_Observer say about this latest development?

Galbeedi was right. Biixi is a disaster for Somaliland.

Martin finally did it. All he had to do was visit the homeland, brief the elders, assess the situation and act like a real president. It is remarkable to see him transform his image and take action. I never thought the guy would ever set foot in Somalia. I thought he was going to cabaad on facebook, while relaxing in California. I am impressed.

A massacre by Siyad regime.

Like OO said, the peace plan was hatched by the UAE to start another port project in Eritrea and make Djibouti lose importance.