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OdaySomali;803980 wrote: That is an ayat in the quran if I remember correctly. Where they slept for an unknown period of time in a cave. Subhan'Allah! May Allah forgive my ignorance. i didn't know. i remember all these stories walahi til today but if only those abusive guys didnt beat me everyday and my strict religious mum wasn't too islamo-facist around the house, maybe i would've given it my full attention.... it so sad that til now i cant read arabic and that i used the cassette player then wrote it all in latin script to perform to the teacher without any reference to the quran... i reached 13 juz using this system of memory before music and the arts ruined me! but i couldnt read a randomly picked line in the smaller surahs now. one day i want to learn the quran and to understand it....inshallah

lol@blessed....was it true he groped some of the sisters.... no it was that rat-looking little ******* farax from denmark....he once threatened to elbow me ( waan ku jiqilane).... i laughed at him...thinking has this guy lost his mind....he then proceeded to literally use his skinny elbows on me....WTF.

this story reminds me off a little arabic folktale, an abusive xamari quranic teacher told me when i was like 6 years old at al hijra mosque in north london, before the area was relatively clean of the parasites. it goes like this, not sure if i'm telling it correctly; a few sheep-herding brothers go into a cave then sleep.... only to wake up like 300 years later loooooooooooool.

is that an illegitimate child you're giving up for adoption...adam?

dead, presumably!

Ugandan rebel who led the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a militia that terrorized northern Uganda in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Kony was reared in the village of Odek in northern Uganda. An ethnic Acholi, he served as an altar boy during his youth and was fond of dancing. He left school to become a traditional healer. When Yoweri Museveni seized power in Uganda in 1986 and became president, some Acholis revolted. A relative of Kony's, spirit medium Alice Lakwena, led a rebel group called the Holy Spirit Movement, which was quashed by government troops as it advanced on Kampala, the capital. Kony joined another faction and in 1987 proclaimed himself a prophet for the Acholi people and took charge of the Holy Spirit Movement, which would eventually become the LRA. In its early years the LRA enjoyed support in northern Uganda, but as its resources diminished, the militia began to plunder the local population. The movement gained considerable strength in 1994 when it received the backing of the government of The Sudan, which sought to retaliate against Kampala for its support of Sudanese rebels. Kony, armed with prophecies that he said he received from spirits who came to him in dreams, ordered the LRA to attack villages, murdering, raping, and mutilating in a campaign of intimidation that displaced some two million people. Children were abducted and brainwashed into becoming soldiers and slaves. Kony convinced them that holy water made them bulletproof. Children who resisted or tried to escape were beaten to death by their peers. Kony was reported to have taken as many as 50 of his female captives as “wives.” By 1996 the government began setting up secure camps. Children living in villages in northern Uganda became known as “night commuters,” walking miles every evening to the relative safety of the camps or towns in hopes of avoiding abduction. Kony's aim for the LRA was never particularly specific beyond the ouster of Museveni and the establishment of a new government based on the Ten Commandments. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for Kony's arrest, made public in October 2005, which accused him of human rights violations that included some 10,000 murders and the abduction and enslavement of more than 24,000 children. The action brought Kony and the LRA under international scrutiny, and Sudanese support for the rebels was soon withdrawn. This led Kony to make his first peace offering in May 2006 (his first public appearance in 12 years), but negotiations dragged. Ironically, the ICC warrant proved to complicate the situation, because the prospect of arrest made Kony less likely to come out of hiding. The Ugandan government sought to have the warrant suspended, but such a move was seen as potentially damaging to the integrity of the nascent court. Two years of verbal wrangling led to a peace agreement that was finalized in April 2008, but Kony refused to appear at a series of scheduled meetings to sign the document. In November 2008, Uganda's neighbours, increasingly the targets of LRA violence, warned Kony that failure to sign the document would result in a joint military offensive against the LRA.

kony eh... he's a bad man isn't he!

Good stuff indeed! Thanks Duke!

^ this guy is useless. my only short encounter with him was not presidential at all. why? because it takes a president to recognise another president!

we are very proud of our boys. these are most lethal, most dangerous, and vicious guys in somaliland.

sayid somali - the somali version of andy townsend. this is not possible.

yes very well thanks femz! i hope you're well too.

will be in london for two weeks in case any London based SOLers' are interesting in meeting me as I delivery a lecture on my short(getting longer lol) but rich experiences in Somaliland. i'm also working to organising seminars for those interesting in living and working here in Somaliland. please contact me on alpha.blondy@alphaherbal.co.uk look forward to seeing you all. thanks, al.

Half of UK's young black males are unemployed Unemployment rate for black 16 to 24-year-olds available for work now double that for white counterparts, ONS data shows Read the full data here Share 497 reddit this Comments (812) James Ball, Dan Milmo and Ben Ferguson guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 March 2012 18.05 GMT Article history The Office for National Statistics says unemployment for young black male jobseekers has risen from 28.8% in 2008 to 55.9% in the last three months of 2011, twice the rate for young white people. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images More than half of young black men available for work in Britain are now unemployed, according to unpublished government statistics obtained by the Guardian which show the recession is hitting young black people disproportionately hard. The new figures, which do not include students, also reveal that the youth unemployment rate for black people has increased at almost twice the rate for white 16- to 24-year-olds since the start of the recession in 2008. Young black men are the worst affected of all, according to a gender breakdown contained within the data supplied by the Office for National Statistics. Unemployment among young black men has doubled in three years, rising from 28.8% in 2008 to 55.9% in the last three months of 2011. Although the ONS said the gender breakdown should be treated with caution due to a relatively small sample size, the figures brought calls for further government action from business and community figures in the UK. Iqbal Wahhab, owner of the Roast restaurant in London and chair of the ethnic minority advisory group at the Department for Work and Pensions, said the figures had exposed an issue that has been "like the elephant in the room". Wahhab, who runs his own mentoring scheme for young black youths, urged the government to join businesses in tackling the problem. "Now that the figures are out in the public domain, what are we going to do about it?" He added: "I would love to see ministers doing more. If it is businesses doing it, that's great, because we are more in tune with how to make programmes run efficiently, but we need to see how the government is going to reverse that tide." Black unemployment rate According to the ONS, in the last three months of 2008 the unemployment rate for black people aged 16 to 24 was 28.8%. In the most recent quarter in 2011, this had risen to 47.4% – an increase of 70% in three years. This is more than double the unemployment rate for young white people, which increased from 15% in 2008 to 20.8% in 2011. Unemployment among young black women, while still higher than any other ethnic group, is lower than the black male percentage, at 39.1%. Data breaking down unemployment by ethnicity used to be routinely published alongside official unemployment figures, but has not been released since February 2011, apparently due to changes in how different ethnic groups are coded by official statisticians. However, the data is still collected as part of the official labour market survey, which is used to generate official unemployment figures, allowing this breakdown to be obtained. On Monday Labour MP Diane Abbott highlighted some of these hidden statistics in a Guardian comment article revealing that the overall unemployment rate for black people had risen to 44%. This was criticised by Channel 4's factcheck blog which questioned the origin of the data and stressed that the rate did not include students. However, the Guardian has persuaded the ONS to release a detailed breakdown of the figures and found the rate for young black men is even higher than the overall figure used by Abbott. Asked to respond, the Department for Work and Pensions stressed the overall proportion of young black people who are unemployed was only 22%. This differs because it includes students and others not available for work, whereas the ONS calculates the official unemployment rate as a percentage of the economically active population. "We have introduced a number of measures designed to give all young people the right skills and experience to match them to vacancies," said a DWP spokesperson. "This includes the Work Programme, which assesses people as individuals to discover what barriers are preventing them from getting a job and will then work with them overcome these problems. We are also spending £1bn over the next three years to help young jobseekers by creating around half a million opportunities through work experience and apprenticeships." Youth unemployment figures are always considerably higher than the general population. This is partly due to the difficulty of tracking students through this data. Most students are excluded from official figures, as they are classed as "economically inactive" – people who are not currently in work, or looking for work – though any student actively looking for full-time or part-time work but unable to find it would be classed as unemployed. It should be noted, however, that black people are less likely to enter higher education than most other ethnic groups. The reaction among black youths on the streets of Toxteth, the Liverpool district that saw some of the worst inner-city riots of the Thatcher era, was one of frustration. "I've handed out over 50 CVs since January," said Joel O'Loughlan, 18. "Each day I go to the job centre and look online as well. I've had a two interviews but I didn't get either job. You don't even get a call back most of the time. It makes you feel … I don't know, like what's the point?" He added: "Being black definitely makes it harder. Sometimes if you're going to a job [the employers] look at you like you're not going to work here, they think you're not the right kind of person. That's across the board. I've been handing CVs out to coffee shops, shops, you name it. I need the money and will go to uni to do what I really want next year but right now it feels like more than bad luck." Nathan Atiko, 24, said: "Sometimes I have in the back of my mind that employers see my surname, see it's African and write my CV off straight away. I think about changing it because I wonder if they immediately think I might be trouble or I might be lying." He added: "I can count on one hand the amount of interviews I've had. I've been to university, I know how to write a CV, do application forms, but my [white] friends from university are getting jobs and I'm not. I've looked at their CVs and it's exactly the same as mine yet they're getting the job." Google's UK operation is among the companies that have taken a more pragmatic approach to the ethnic employment issue. It makes strong business sense for Google to run a mentoring scheme for black youths, according to the company's head of search advertising in northern and central Europe, Adrian Joseph. "We believe it makes good business sense. Our ambition is to make information universally accessible to all our users. If we don't reflect all of our users in the composition of our workforce, it will be much harder to achieve that," said Joseph. Google's mentoring programme is now in its second year and focuses on undergraduates and postgraduates with an interest in software engineering. According to an organisation that advises the public and private sector on employing ethnic minorities, a mass of factors from inner-city schools to unwitting bias against graduates are behind the discrepancies in employment figures, with the confusion exacerbated by a lack of consensus and research on the underlying causes. Race For Opportunity, the diversity arm of the Business in the Community organisation, says the government and businesses should "get their heads together" to tackle the problem, while greater use of mentor figures from families and businesses could make a difference. Sandra Kerr, Race for Opportunity's national director, said: "Why can't everybody have a mentor? There is a whole social mobility dimension that affects you whatever your ethnicity. There are work places that have skilled people who can help with monitoring, reading, being role models. Employers are looking for people who are ready for work and social mobility determines factors such as what school you go to, whether you will get the educational attainment to go to university." Kerr added that some employers, including the Home Office and consultancy group Ernst & Young, are attempting to eliminate racial bias in graduate recruitment. "If you leave university and you are 'Bame' [black, asian and minority ethnic group], you are still more likely to be unemployed one year on," said Kerr, ascribing the problem to "that subtext of what you don't know". She added: "I think it's unconscious bias. Some employers are being really truthful about it already." source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/09/half-uk-young-black-men-unemployed -------------------------------------------------------------------- the ever fading facade of the UK reaches its full view. see this and weep!

N.O.R.F;801719 wrote: ^Its really quite simple. 1. Dahabshiil sees the opportunity to build a new cement factory. 2. It applies for a government license. 3. The government gives them that license. Anyone can do it but, obviously, Dahabshiil are probably the only company that has the finances to actually build and run it. The government isn't going to refuse investment in the country and employment for its citizens etc. It will allow others to do the same. dahabshill is only a front mate! they will offer the contract to a turkish company once its obtained the contract. this company will take all the profits then dahabshiill will take its cut too. what profits will the locals gain from such foggy joint-ventures like these. there must be multiplier effects and development of local economy. we need ethical investment procedures in place before embarking on major projects like these. there are pre-requites required and unfortunately the government and dahabshiill have both fallen short of that standard. the government should aim to maintain a 24% golden share which is common practice around the world for any state backed ventures. unfortunately, this government is heavily burdened to dahabshiill and must give kickbacks to dahabshiill. its a pity really.

The Hermet;801765 wrote: say the pirates who print fake money to steal from other somali's....this made me laugh walahi...it shows how sad times are for them...pirates dreams falling apart, the oil has been proven to be nothing, their clan plans are falling apart, Southern somalia cant stand them and we all know it....sad times...even the title gave it away...hahaha... :cool: hems, these actions must be condemned. this is not a point scoring contests! if puntland have their own issues, that is for them to deal with but we must concentrate our energies on self-improvement and progress!

General Duke;801753 wrote: The Corrupt Diaspora led by the long time London resident Siilanyu need to stop taking advantage of the poor folk. indeed duke! this diaspora regime (kleptocracy) with their online fancy degrees and lack of experiences are destroying the country from within. movements of the so called ''benevolent diaspora'' should be strictly controlled and should cease ASAP. they're utterly useless. this is a strange land where a bus conductor and others in menial occupations can become ministers overnight and pillage the country of its resources, albeit from food aid, NGO economy etc! today signals the end of the diaspora! and a great loss of confidence in these people. they are no longer wanted here!

2 of the guys were diaspora. one worked as an advisor to the vice-president (UK) and the other is the director general of the ministry of resettlement, rehabilitation and reintegration (denmark). with allegations against foregin minister Mohamed Abdulahi Omar for misappropriating funds last month, the diaspora are bringing their corrupt values to somaliland. we say no to the so called diaspora.

lol.... u don't imagine the somalia president having a wife, kids and a normal life... this is so interesting. i wonder if like the film 'Raise the Red Lantern' if sheikh sharif has to signal 'a blue light' lol .

ok.... i'll conceded. xamar is raising from the ashes like a phoniex and i'm hopeful it will be restored to its former glories very soon inshallah.

^ adam, does your maternal uncle have MPB? that's one way to know! I suspect however you've probably got a perm after putting so many chemicals in your hair lol.

i agree in principle. there is elitism developing here and i worry that 10 yrs from there will be tiny elite not only controlling the factors of production but also the politics of development too. having said that, a society has to organised and there must be hierarchies! these hierarchies are based on interests and tribe no longer determines the power dynamics. this i believe is to be welcomed. would be interesting to see how this occurs.

lol@post! his charisma is awesome though!

^ 6,840 views arafat! highly appreciated and highly viewed too. not to mention its 5 star rating lol.