rudy-Diiriye;842473 wrote: Sijwish are the most civilized somali pple u will ever find...e.g,. take a look at this form!! The most understanding ones are sijwish...just hide your wallet when u visit them. They love money!! lol I rest my case! true that. they are the best around but it will cost ya,

This thread is on Sheick Shariif why he should be relieved of his duty and what kind of a leadership Somalia needs today. Sheick Ayoub, what kind of leadership does Somalia need today?

We need a technocrat, someone who is knowledgeble on law, governance and geo-political spectrum.

Sxb, how many podiums, studios do you have in Somalia for new young talents and bands?

Galkacyo ma ciyal xafad ayaa jooga.

Which other region that is part of the TFI is he calling spoiler? Galmudug?

Saalad walba wakhtigeed ayaa la tukadaa Mister President, Sheick Shariif, On january 2009 you were elected as the President of Transitional Federal Goverment. Most parts of Somalia were in the hands of the extremist Al Shabaab, Muqdisho was divided between a TFG and an Al Shabaab part, Somalia was polarized and Somalis were divided between clan based traditionalist, political islamist and secularist who supported the TFG. As a moderate islamist who belonged to one of the major clans of Muqdisho, you were seen as the concensus driven leader who could end the futile polarization and bring Somalis together for a common goal. It has been three years and it seems you have reached that goal. Muqdisho is a united city again, no more clan or shabaab isbaaro's, no more TFG and Shabaab neighbourhouds, no more Mahamed dheere, no more Dahir Aweys. With your nuanced and concensus driven approach you have ended the extreme division between Somalis and brought them all together for a common goal. You and Shariif Hasan have learned Somalis that one can be a Islamist, work with ones traditional clan(unuka) and at the same time work together with western backed AMISOM and the international community UN, EU, US, etc. Mister President you have even done more then was asked of you. For the first time in 21 years Somalias goverment and Somalilands have started a dialogue and are taking. With your soft friendly and brotherly tone you have showed Somaliland, that there are reasonable politicians in Muqdihso and there is a goverment in Somalia willing to talk and ready to listen. You have emphasized that we are somali brothers in faith and fate. Mister President, you have passed the test. You have given in when Faroole choose to demand. You choose to remain calm when Faroole choose to confront, you remained friendly when Faroole showed hostility. You have never lost your humility and always guarded unity. You went to Garowe and Galkacyo on more then one occassion and signed Garowe I, II and Galkacyo I, all for the common good. You have ended the 'eye for an eye' mentality, that was so common among us Somalis. Mister President, when the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow. Mister President, in 2009 your leadership came at the right time and we have followed you. And the tiding and political spectrum of Somalia have changed tremendously for the good. The sense of hope has returned, the will for Unity restored and one is prebared to build again after we have destroying all last 20 years. Somalia today needs laws, regulations and institutions. The process of reconciliation has to structured, embeded and facilitated. The political ideologies and wings that have divided people along clans, political islamist and foreign backed groups have to be embeded within the system in order to prevent the wars and chaos we have experienced for the last two decades. Mister President, Somalia today needs a leader that can navigate it through the institutional and constitutional process. Thecountry needs to be demobilised, civil service has to be rebuild, the countries governance system has to be set-up. It wont be an easy talk. But to succeed, we need the right kind of leader who understands these complicated governance issues. God has created for us diffrent times, diffrent prayers and diffrent kind of leaders. Each of them has its moments. The time has changed. And with a new time comes new leadership. Therefor Mister President we are thankfull for what you have done for us, you have fulfilled your duty and ask you to go.

part 1 waan so hadlaa = going to the toilet missed callka yawaaye = who farted:D cirka u fiiriyay = ignoring someone ha igu isatagin = stop bothering me waa isku toosanahay = I am well dressed waa ka wataa = all is well with me abe = waryaa = hey you batigaan parfume ee iska badinoosa = the girl thinks she is all that shatigaan ina isku jimeeyo rabaa = i like this girl

Bluelicious, imagine you and me going back to our roots and doing the dhaanto somewhere in myi between Wardheer and Wajaale. I bet you love myi, the smell, the air, the land, the camels. I can take you there.

Dr.Osman, hand in those pirates from Hafun or face more actions from the Puntland marines.

Somalia: Puntland Maritime Police Forces Deploy in Strategic Coastal Towns 8 Jun 8, 2012 - 4:40:50 AM PRESS RELEASE| Puntland Government forces conducted a robust anti-piracy campaign between 6 May 2012 and 8 June 2012 and have achieved tangible success in anti-piracy operations along coastal towns in Bari, Karkar and Nugal regions of Puntland State of Somalia. In recent weeks, Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMFP) units have been deployed in the coastal towns of Eyl, Hafun, Bargal, and the village of Hul-Anod. PMPF forces have successfully cut off pirate supply lines to hijacked ships and two hijacked ships have left the coast of Bari region as a result. The two hijacked ships escaped towards the open Indian Ocean and the pirate leader Mr. Isse Yuluh is on board one of the hijacked ships. Mr. Yuluh and his gang of pirates are charged with kidnapping a Danish family in 2011, among other piracy crimes. Puntland Government strongly urges nonpayment of ransom money, as ransom payment fuels more piracy attacks. Hul-Anod coastal village is also the site where five members of Puntland security forces were killed in a pirate ambush, in March 2011, and the local community sees the arrival of PMPF forces as a welcome sign in the former pirate hub of Hul-Anod. Puntland Government expresses its appreciation to local communities in the coastal areas for supporting the Government’s law enforcement actions aiming to remove piracy activities from the Puntland coast. The Government’s law enforcement action targeting pirates is in accordance with numerous resolutions from the U.N. Security Council calling upon regional authorities in Somalia to build up law enforcement and security capacity in the fight against piracy. Puntland Government appeals to the international community to bring humanitarian and development assistance for communities in Puntland coastal areas affected by piracy and illegal fishing. -- Ministry of Security and DDR Puntland State of Somalia Somalia: Puntland maritime forces pursue pirates 5 Jun 5, 2012 - 9:47:41 AM BARGAL, Somalia Jun 5 2012 (Garowe Online) – Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) entered the coastal district of Bargaal after reports that Somali pirates were holding ships they captured in the district's coast, Garowe Online reports. A regiment of the PMPF arrived in the coastal district on Monday night and conducted operations to locate pirates that may have docked seized ships in the districts coast. Residents of Bargaal last week requested that the Puntland government take action about the reports of pirates entering the district. The regiment which left the district of Hafun on Monday, has been after a group of pirates that reportedly were operating in Bargaal, a district in Bari region. According to local sources in the district, unidentified helicopters have been searching the coast for the reported ships but officials say the pirates have boarded there ships and fled the coast. PMPF Commander Col. Abdirasak Diriye Farah who spoke to BBC Somali, said that the Somali pirates boarded the ships after hearing that the PMPF had entered the coastal district. The Colonel added that the pirates headed back into the Indian Ocean. Upon leaving Hafun - where a regiment of PMPF was stationed - while en-route to Bargaal the maritime forces held planning sessions in coastal communities for their continued cooperation with the maritime forces. Late last month in Hafun, PMPF successfully captured Mohamed Hassan Dhafoor, a notorious pirate who allegedly was involved in clashes with Puntland forces after they had tried to rescue a Danish family being held hostage by Dhafoor and his associates. GAROWE ONLINE

VOA Somalia Section Gives Airtime to Pro-Piracy Propaganda Puntland State of Somalia Garowe PRESS RELEASE 11 June 2012 VOA Somalia Section Gives Airtime to Pro-Piracy Propaganda On 9 June 2012, the Voice of America (VOA) Somali Section gave a five-minute interview on the air to a self-proclaimed ‘Somali community elder’ who claimed to be living in Puntland State. The interview subject, whom VOA reporter Abdullahi Nur Mohamed “Colombo” incorrectly identified as a community elder named Mr. Shire Farah Mohamud, claimed that he lives in Bali-Dhidhin village of Bari Region. Puntland Government has no information confirming the existence of a known community elder named Mr. Shire Farah Mohamud in Bari Region, and therefore the interview subject was a fraud. Mr. Shire spent the opportunity on the airtime to condemn Puntland Government’s robust anti-piracy law enforcement action in towns and coastal areas of Puntland State. Mr. Shire made baseless allegations, such as: “many houses were bombed in an airstrike”; “livestock was killed”; and “civilians in Bali-Dhidhin village were displaced, including more than 30 missing persons.” This interview with a self-proclaimed ‘Somali community elder’ is demonstrative of VOA Somali Section’s biased reporting toward developments in Puntland State. The VOA reporter’s lead-in questions portray the picture that the reporter is sympathetic to pirates and other criminal groups. The VOA Somali Section’s Editorial Board includes individuals motivated by animosities of the 1990s clan conflicts and who abuse the responsibility to provide fair and balanced reporting on developments in Somalia. The Editorial Board has a track record of biased reporting, promotion of anti-Puntland media rhetoric, habitually using interview subjects and sources of questionable background to create sensational journalism, and tilting news coverage in favor of one Somali political group or another, at the expense of neutrality. Puntland Government calls upon the U.S. State Department and the VOA Board of Governors to analyze and review the culture of biased reporting at the VOA Somali Section since 2009. Additionally, Puntland Government requests that VOA Somali Section be obligated to prepare and publish Daily Transcripts of news casts and programs in Somali and English languages, in order to better inform the U.S. Government and the taxpayers about the role of VOA Somali Section in efforts to restore peace in Somalia. READ:TRANSCRIPT VOA Somali Section News THE END

13 Jun 13, 2012 - 10:01:18 AM MOGADISHU, Somalia June 13 2012 (Garowe Online) – Ethiopian and government backed Ahlu Sunna forces, have abandoned another town in south central Somalia, Radio Garowe reports. The village of Wabho, approximately 40 kms south west of El Bur was vacated by Ahlu Sunnah and Ethiopian forces on Tuesday. According to residents of Wabho, after the allied forces deserted the village, Al Shabaab militants quickly seized control and have been carrying out inspections of the allied forces’ empty barracks. The allied forces in their tanks and technical vehicles headed to the district of Guri’el 120 kms west of Wabho, where they have set up camp. It is unclear why the allied forces have retreated from another town in the region. Ahlu Sunnah authorities when asked did not comment on why the forces evacuated the town. However local sources close to Ahlu Sunnah, said that the group will release statements following a meeting, which officials will discuss the recent retreats of allied forces in the Galgudud region and potential security measures. On Sunday, Ethiopian forces vacated the town of El Bur which was quickly taken over by Al Shabaab insurgents. The following day two men, who were suspected of working with the allied forces, were found beheaded in the town’s center. The brutal murder has left residents gripped with fear as Al Shabaab has assumed control. On the other hand Ethiopia stated earlier this year that their mission was to force Al Shabaab from towns occupied by them but not to safeguard cities captured by Ethiopian forces. Ethiopia has stated that they will depart from towns after handing it over to African Union forces (AMISOM) that have already deployed a small number of forces in Baidoa with more set to arrive. Analysts say that the reason for the retreats by Ethiopian forces could possibly be delays in the substitution period, in which AMISOM forces were to assume control of cities captured by Ethiopian and Somali forces, causing Ethiopian forces to vacate even before the AU forces arrive. GAROWE ONLINE

Showqi, markaa gabar xoolo ama aqoon heshay dhibteed ee leedahay. anigu marbaa isyiraahda wadankii ma u doonata mid yar oo miskiinad ah.

Augustine Mahiga: There are four categories of spoilers in Somalia [iNTERVIEW] UN Special Representative for Somalia Augustine P. Mahiga gives interview to RBC Radio in Mogadishu, 13 June 2012/ photo credit by Raxanreeb Mogadishu (RBC) The United Nations Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga has declared that there are four inter-related groups of the spoilers in Somalia who are willing to undermine the process of the roadmap before the end of the transition period in August. In a special interview on Wednesday in Mogadishu, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga reiterated that the international community is watching carefully on the movements of the spoilers and will be ready to react any kind bad influence by the spoilers. Here is the full transcript of Ambassador Augustine Mahiga’s interview. RBC Radio: Mr. Ambassador what could you tell us of the achievements done yet on the implementing of the roadmap which was signed in September last year? Mahiga: The roadmap has had three stages; the first stage was to define the tasks at the same time to make the process as inclusive as possible. It begun in September last tear when we signed the roadmap to end the transition by bringing all the major stake holders as signatories, we also engaged the civil society in a meeting the following month that endorsed the roadmap- that is stage number one; Then we have stage number two which was to revise and prioritize the objectives and targets of the roadmap, this was done in the meetings in ‘Garowe 1′ and ‘Garowe 2′- not only to prioritize but also to define the institutions which were needed in order to end the transition [period]. The Garowe principles were consultative outcome among the signatories and with the main stakeholders and constituencies of Somali people and That was the beginning of understanding the new institutions that we will need to end the transition. We are now in the third stage of the roadmap, we have less than 65 days to end the transition and in this last stage, there are important tasks [that need] to be performed. To bring the traditional elders to Mogadishu and they will be engaged in the selection process of the members of the constituency assembly. The constituency assembly will be the body that will approve the professional constitution that has been going through a drafting period for the past seven years and now it is being finalized as interim draft document which will be presented to the constituency assembly at the beginning of next month. RBC Radio: Mr ambassador, on the matter of the meeting of the traditional elders we have been knowing great disputes between the elders as some say that a notorious traditional elders were ignored and some new ones were fabricated, so could not we sat this is another obstacle to the implementing of the roadmap? Mahiga: The elders who are here are already in Mogadishu, representing a cross-section of the clans, sub-clans and sub-sub clans, they are the source of legitimacy and in the absence if direct elections they are the most representatives of the Somali people. They will give us a constituency assembly .. also they will give us a new parliament [then] the new parliament will give a [new] president who will give us a new government. There is some difficulties in who is who as a traditional elder. We have established an arbitration committee to establish these are authentic elders because some elders have been manufactured by some politicians or some elders have dispute on who is authentic representative.., it can be really just a clan or family dispute and they need to resolve it and some elders were not able to come because of they afraid of Al-Shabaab. RBC Radio: Some people say that there is clear influence to the elders by local politicians including the warlords who are willing to be included into the next parliament, do you see it a risk? Mahiga: I see this as a GREAT risk and this needs to be addressed very quickly. We must move very quickly to be with the elders almost everyday to make them busy and that is why we are moving very quickly to establish the technical selection committee that will be working with the traditional elders. We also have to give a secretariat that will be upon running very soon in coming days to help them prepare the selection process. The technical committee is very important because it will be monitoring the criteria we have established in Garowe of all these members- whether it is the constituency assembly or the parliamentarians. And we are watching very carefully that these people are not unduly influence. Any kind of unduly influence or attempt… to undermine the process or try to influence badl y the elders will be seriously dealt with.. and it will act of spoilers. RBC Radio: OK, the question is now, some people still confuse who are spoilers, who are who? Are they the members of previous parliament who are still willing to be back to the next parliament or they are the warlords? Mahiga: I agree with you. There are four categories of spoilers; Category number one are “Institutional spoilers” who are embedded in the institutions of the TFIs [Transitional Federal Institutions] or even the region and trying to undermine the process in order to maintain the status quo by extending it or even just by obstructing. Secondly, there are “opportunistic spoilers” who are not in the institutions but are out and looking for the best advantage of a chaotic situation in a weak government so that they can continue to maintain the benefits which derive from this situation- it can be a taxi-breaks, it can be some favours or it can be some influences. The third group are “strategic spoilers”; by strategic spoilers I meanly the former ‘warlords’ who are even ready to use violence and to use arms in order to go back- not only the status quo but to the previous influences and they are ready, they may want to reactivate their militias, they may want to use their influences to try to gain or control and maintain. They are definitely against the new criteria of leadership we have established. Then there is the fourth category of spoilers who are not in Somalia; They are in the “diaspora”. These are more sinister and sometimes even more dangerous because they are spoiling and poisoning the minds of the Somali people either through websites or through writings or any kind of…. sophisticated ways of tilting , misguiding, misinforming, caricaturing, masquerading as freedom of expression sometimes but actually they are in disguise, trying to spoil the peace process. These are four categories,they are no watertight, some of them can be found across the categories….. RBC Radio: So as international community what is your reaction to them [spoilers]? Mahiga: We have sent a warning, we know who they are but they have to be investigated. The Somalia/Eritrean United Nations Sanctions Monitoring Group [sEMG] has been tasked with this.. of looking and investigating and very soon if this continues we shall not only give a general warning but we shall inform them that we know what they are doing,.. but fortunately after the general warning there has been considerable subsiding of those kinds of activities. *Interviewed by Abdalle Ahmed in Mogadishu.

What do you bring to the table? what ideas do you have inadeero? 'daanteyda ayaa dhisiyaa' wont qualify you to lead the Somali people.

Abu-Salman;842106 wrote: To Ngonge and his tol: do you know a certain Ali Yare who is Habar J. (Ab. Omar sub-clan), who used to sell khat in London in the 90s.? He's needed to locate the children of another HJ/AO called Darwish, a seaman who died in a North England town but left metis children. The children: Michael, asha etc are from an English mother. Thanks again if you can find him or find an HJ/AO that could help. Something tells me Ngonge isnt the right man to do the 'baafin' of tolka.

lasagna?

I was one of those people who wrote to the Mo Ibrahim prize. Riyaale set an example and he should have been awarded for it, but history for sure will. what is your obsession with 'big African leaders', inadeero?

Somali form of Tribalism is the worst, it knows no end and contitues drilling drown till two brothers is 'qabyaldeyaan'.

Sheick Shariif will leave the dignifief way. Otherwise Mahiga and Amisom will make sure he does. It suprises me you havent included Riyaale leaving the democratic way, the ballot box.

How is it possible? Khatumo took Tukaraq from Puntland?

dp

One of the most gracious and compassionate act I have latelty seen from a Somali politician. This is how politics should be, touching harts and minds. It shows the suffering of our people touches him and he truly cares, we have hardly seen that from Somali politicians. maanta walee waan qiiroday.