<cite> @nuune said:</cite> Alpha , inaar, kula hadli maayo until you give me update on the library. it failed miserable but i haven't given up hope.

<cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> ^ I hate the bad trolls who spam the forum but Alpha is different. His trolling is done professionally and though outragious have entertainment value. cheers for the support brovs. i do try my best to be audacious.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> ^^^I have never in my life seen a worse troll than you Alpha. Get your hatred off this thread.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> Keep the Somali oil in the ground. is that because the Jihadist will get it out?

<cite> @nuune said:</cite> Don't claim the pictures I took myself, inaar! inaar, maxa cusub. it's been ages. i took these pics. my signature feature is usually the sky.

<cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> Mudane Alpha, please take photos of Hargeisa's dirty spots, streets, and the dooxa and start a new thread called "dirty Hargeisa" to shame our government. i'm pro-government these days, brovs. only a self-hating Somalilander will shame his/her country on a public forum.

<cite> @Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:</cite> He can't do that, otherwise waa laga soo musaafurinaa meesha with his 'dirty' dhaqancelis ass. baidao ass boy, i know it's hard for you to stomach balse, i'm a civilised person. i'm also well integrated and a highly respected member of this society. i've earnt my sharaf.

<cite> @Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:</cite> Xamar yaa u diiday. Sawirkaan Yuusuf Garaad boggiisa Facebook soo giliye bilooyin kahor. Waa hoteel Jasiira. He also posted this picture below taken at this same maqaayad on his Facebook back during the World Cup: guud ahaan the Xamaris have a hygiene issue. their maqaayads usually make you sick. like most things, in that desolate hell-hole, this shouldn't come as a surprise. if you're not being poisoned by their bad hygiene, you're just as likely to be blown to pieces. here in the nation's capital, they are known for destroying people's houses and leaving behind a strong oily or musty odour, when finally evicted. Xamari infestation is not the easiest of things and can turn into a huge problem, if not dealt with quickly. my family house was rented to this Xamari family and i spent huge amounts of effort in removing their residual effects. some species of the Xamari emit a particularly pungent and unpleasant smells. sida wa laga ficaanyahay, ruunti.

<cite> @ElPunto said:</cite> Not sure why this is resulting in a long rant. It is a gimmick - but one that has raised a lot of money for a good cause. Why can't that be the metric to judge things rather than try to speculate on people's motives? you ought to know these Somalis by now. haters will hate, ma maqashay?

these poorly captured pictures don't make you a photojournalist MMA. you are full of xayeysiis, ma istiir aboow? check this excellent pics, i took, baal. i couldn't care how they were used.

Ghana's talented but ignored inventors A father and his pilot son in a country with no history of manufacturing are making products that will stun the world. Accra, Ghana - Imagine having a television set that comes on after an effortless clap or by blowing air; picture yourself in a car that is engineless and starts with a simple push of a button tucked to your dress; or a change-over-machine that speaks and tells you where exactly a fire or electrical fault is in your home. This is not fiction. It is not magic. It is not happening in Europe or Asia and not even in the United States. These products are being manufactured in the West African nation of Ghana. The brains behind this is Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo, owner of the Kantanka Group of Companies. He is naturally gifted. A genius. An inventor and a philanthropist. He has no formal or sophisticated technical background. He imagines, dreams and creates at will. He lives in his own world. It takes about 45 minutes from Accra, the capital, to reach his "city" at Gomoa Mpota in the central region of Ghana. It is set apart from the hustle and bustle of cosmopolitan Accra. His flag - blue, red, yellow and white stars embossed on the blue hue - constantly flies at a junction on the highway you reach after going past beautiful green landscapes that lead to his location. It is a large tract of land. The buildings are huge. The ambiance is engaging. It has a natural touch and feel, complete with tortoises - the oldest is 40 years - and a porcupine, evidence of Safo's love for nature. Engineless car A large African map showing a picture of Apostle Safo spinning a ball imprinted with pictures, a huge star beneath it and a miniature aircraft welcome visitors. It takes close to two-and-a-half hours to tour his complex in a car. His son, Kwadwo Safo Jnr, a commercial pilot who acquired his licence at age 19, welcomed Al Jazeera. He is the group's chief operations officer. After driving past the tortoises, the first point of call was a workshop where a chopper was being manufactured alongside a hand-made engineless five-seater vehicle. The whites believed in themselves and got to where they are now. They are no different from us. We all stayed in our mothers' womb for nine months - Safo Jnr, Chief Operations Officer of the Kantanka Group of Companies Safo Jnr said they will ensure there is no risk in test-flying the chopper and explained how the engineless car will work. "The non-engine vehicle does not rely on a combustion engine to move, but an electric motor powered by rechargeable batteries," Safo Jnr told Al Jazeera. "The batteries can be recharged with solar energy or electricity. As you drive the car on the road, it converts the energy from the sun into mechanical energy which powers the car. "We do everything here. For the engineless car it is only the lights and the tyres that were bought. Everything else from moulding [parts], among others, was done by our local people." A peacock bade us goodbye from that section, then three zebras smiled at us as we drove on an untarred road towards the colossal buildings on the outskirts. They are four in all, neatly painted and look abandoned when viewed from a distance. The structures serve as the assembling plants for the yet-to-be unveiled Kantanka range of commercial vehicles - sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickup trucks. Although some car parts are imported, assembling the more than 1,500 pieces for a car and spraying are done by about 20 young men between the ages of 16-25 years. Amazingly, they have no formal training in building a car. "Most of them are junior and senior high school leavers. The people who are actually racking their brains here to make things work have never been to school before," Safo Jnr said. Six to 10 cars can be assembled and be ready for the road in a day. Four had been completed and tested by the time Al Jazeera visited. It is hard to tell they were actually assembled in Ghana, save for the Kantanka crown and inscription at the back. Market plans "We are hoping to increase the number to 12 or 15 daily when we go commercial soon," Safo Jnr said. "We have delayed ... going commercial because Africans and Ghanaians in general have the perception that once it is from Ghana, it is not good - durability is not assured, safety is not guaranteed. So we have decided to use the products ourselves and make sure they are good to go and standardised before we hit the market. "I was in Brazil about six months ago and I was in tears. The whole of Rio de Janeiro was packed with Marcopolo buses ... and these are buses that were assembled and made in Brazil. "They patronise it. In India they encourage made-in-India vehicles - like Mahindra - and that's my dream to one day see Kantanka cars on the streets of Accra, Kumasi and all over. I will be fulfilled," a visibly euphoric Safo Jnr pointed out in his office fitted with a locally made air-conditioner that is switched on and off by slotting in a card. The card in the air-conditioner, explained Safo Jnr, works like one used for an ATM. It is programmed to start the air-conditioner, regulate the temperature and can tell the time when the unit should be turned off. It is multi-functional, he said. Difficult questions While hugely ambitious and a potential source of pride for a country that is only known for its gold, cocoa and lately oil, the Kantanka project still raises major questions. Who, for example, will buy SUVs in a country where the average income is $1,400 and where just about everyone drives a used car? Do the carmakers perform crash tests, and will they meet the high standards of cars made in Europe and Asia? "We will be doing that in the course of our manufacturing process," said Safo Jnr, referring to crash tests. The cars will be "affordable" and middle-income earners will be able to buy them. "We know the market and we can assure you that Africans will be able to buy our cars," he said. In some countries projects such as this attract financial assistance from the government. But Ghanaian governments upon governments seem to have ignored the "Star of Africa", as Apostle Dr Safo is called by the people of Ghana. Not even his self-made Limousine dubbed "Obrempong", the speaking change-over-machine, or a range of flat-screen television sets made with wood covers that respond to a simple clap to come alive, increase or reduce volumes have fascinated the government enough to support one of their own. Determined to succeed The Safo family is undaunted though. "Most of the promises they have made, they say they are in the pipelines. I'm sure African pipelines are very choked so the water is not flowing. Not even the corporate world has shown concern … We are still hoping," said Safo. "We have had several offers from Asia and Europe, but we turn them down because we just want to stay in Africa and make sure that whatever we are doing here we'll be able to achieve our dreams. "People tell us that we are wasting our time because we won't get anywhere. But we pay no attention to them, rather we make sure that we prove them wrong by meeting targets that we set for ourselves." The US-trained young pilot is optimistic about the future. For him, it is a matter of trust and belief in the African. "The whites believed in themselves and got to where they are now. They are no different from us. We all stayed in our mothers' womb for nine months ... If you cut a white and a black man you get blood. The only differences are our names and colours," he said. "So we should believe in ourselves. We must reduce the talking and put in work." ---- Source: Al Jazeera - http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/08/ghana-talented-but-ignored-inventors-2014823191921173432.html --- interesting developments from Ghana.

<cite> @Dhagax-Tuur said:</cite> ^You could be right to doubt it, it could be Nairobi, or Sh Bush maqaaxi. I hate dayuusbaro and their over exaggerated sense of importantance when they are in Somalia. One should mold and melt into the public. These sorts of people are the very reason why we have loads of young men and women risk their lives to come to the West, no matter what. That was my rant for the day. it may well be Xamar, you know but, because of my anti-Xamari and reer Somalia stance, i'm personally reluctant to accord these people any form of progress, or at least, what can be deemed as secular modernity. please don't misconstrue this for envy or jealous, because it's not.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> It sounds like your public-relations undergrad didn't benefit you at all, if you're not even aware of what "Name-Recognition" is. Were you even paying attention in class? Miskeen. predictable Dr.Kenny, always quick with the personal insults.

this picture needs to be verified. i highly doubt it's Xamar.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> It's not for the purposes of "appeasing" them. They changed their name so that no one associates their Company with the infamous terrorist group in the Middle East. It's for name-recognition, and when a Company wants to market itself, "name-recognition" is extremely important. That's why the Nike brand and the Coca-Cola brand costs billions of dollars. JUST the brand is that valuable, not even the company itself. They did this for business reasons the above comment is very arrogant. how dare you explain 'name-recognition to a public relations undergrad. you shouldn't talk down to people. not surprised because this is what little jihadis do best.

i have to admit the work ethics of Puntlander is impressive. i once met the Director General of the Health Ministry. he was a brilliant guy but he's almost an exception. it's too hot to work in those semi-arid barren wastelands. i hope the Puntland ministries invest in air-conditioning equipment for the staff.

is this an attempt to solicit a controversial jihadi inspired tirade from Al?

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> He should be hanged. that's your answer to everything somaha? are you 'Jailer John', the guy who executed that American Journalist?

i've been warning against Turkey's expansionist foreign policy since 2009. this fervent neo-ottomanism agenda is somewhat worrying. we've yet to see it reach it's potential. turkish language classes are $15 per hour here in the nation's capital.

Isis was also the Egyptian goddess of fertility and motherhood. should we also change the names of ancient deities for the purposes of appeasing these vile jihadis.

this is a group of extremist sickos. most Israelis are peace-loving folks.

this self-aggrandising islaan is too old for photoshoots. she ought to have more self-respect instead of mimicking the young.

<cite> @Coofle said:</cite> Mudane Alpha...does that book happen to be 'The Yi.b.ir of Las burgabo'. the book was a good read, short story yet it covers many aspects of haybsooc. I recommend it. a review i read before purchasing the book described it as uncle toms cabin of somalis. When I finished reading the book , I sent the author an email, I told him his book was written in the wrong language and directed at the wrong crowd!!! can you post the email you sent to the author. it would be interesting to read it. as for the language it was written in and the crowd it was targeted at. i agree. it ought to have been written in af-yib!rian and directed at ajis.

<cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> The dayuusbaro clan is no longer considered a minority in Somaliland. i meant ethnically.

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> niyoow that ethiopian chick is still hot everytime i look at her video. niyooow, it's been almost a year and half since it was posted...how many times have you viewed this vid in that time?