Somaliland should be congratulated.

Finally some investment and who is holding it back? Backward "rebels".

As if Somalis themselves are not racist against black Africans. See the treatment Somali Bantus (Jareers) get in Somalia.

What does this have to do with Somalia?

Abdul, I guess parents from Boroma is not enough Somali right?

Thakoon’s Masai Scarf for Somalia By Erin Donnelly 08/18/11 at 10:20 AM Proceeds from Thakoon’s Masai Plaid Scarf are being donated to an African relief charity Here’s some do-gooding that we just can’t keep under wraps. After turning heads with his Masai-inspired prints for Fall 2011, Thakoon Panichgul is showing more love for Africa by designing this Limited-Edition Masai Plaid Scarf. Modeled by Ruby Aldridge and featuring bold red, purple, and blue squares and fringed trim, the $250 lightweight wool scarf will see 100 percent of its proceeds donated to an international children's relief organization in the Horn of Africa, where drought and limited food supplies are causing a dire hunger crisis. “This is foremost about the children [there],” Panichgul tells Vogue.com. “They can’t fend for themselves. That’s the most immediate concern for me.” Available now, the scarf also makes a rock ’n’ roll cameo in a video starring a guitar-playing Aldridge. And here we thought giving back couldn’t be any more badass. http://fashionetc.com/news/fashion/2781-thakoon-masai-scarf-somalia#disqus_thread

Why does Somalia and all these break away regions associate with those "neighbourly" dictators? Why rely on them? They are dictatorships built on tyranny and oppression.

Why was it closed in the first place?

Positive news from Somalia for a change! Keep up the good work.

SomaliNat: I agree with you 100%!

Rafael Ramírez should be ranked as one of the most powerful men in the world. As the Venezuelan minister for energy, he is also head of the country's state oil company – and, therefore, now controls the world's biggest proven oil reserves. In a little-reported development, Opec recently certified that the South American nation was number one in national reserves, after a vast field of what was previously classified as tar was redefined as extra heavy crude. La Faja, as the heavy oil belt along the Orinoco river is referred to, contains nearly 220bn barrels. That takes Venezuela's reserves to 297bn – close to 20% of the world's oil – and leapfrogs it over Saudi Arabia on 265bn. (continued) http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/18/rafael-ramirez-venezuela-oil-minister-finds-more-reserves-for-chavez

South Sudan, newest country on the face of the Earth and already involved in a war far away from its borders. :rolleyes:

Unemployed Saeed Khaliif is being handed almost £8,000 a month to pay the rent on his house, one of the most expensive ever to be funded by housing benefit. The Somali refugee, 49, demanded to be moved to the six-bedroom property in West Hampstead, North-West London, with his wife Sayida and their children after deciding their previous accommodation was inadequate. Raj Sohal, the family’s previous landlord, said: ‘It was the first time I’d rented to an asylum seeker family. I did it because I felt sorry for them. The fact is they were on every kind of benefit available. ‘If the rent on their new property is £8,000 I’m sure they are getting a lot more.’ He told The People newspaper: ‘We found they’d gone without paying the last month’s rent. ‘And there were repairs which would have been around £600. I didn’t chase the money. If the damage had been more I would have gone after them.’ It is unclear how many children the family have – but up to eight youngsters have been seen at the property. When approached by The People, Mr Khaliif said: ‘This is my house. We’ve got every right to live here.’ Mr and Mrs Khaliif refused to speak to the Mail yesterday. A handwritten note on their front door read ‘Media do not knock. We have nothing to say.’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2025895/Housing-benefits-Somali-asylum-seeker-Saeed-Khaliifs-family-2m-house.html

If would be a different story if Africans weren't so violent and tribal.....

we feed they breed frontierdave 3 hours ago Sums up the number one problem facing Somalia today and what the general world population thinks about the famine and why they are so reluctant to aid the Somalis.

This Youtube comment below from the second video..

Sorry I meant no offence. ;)

Axmed-InaJaad;739373 wrote: its not second class, somali/muslim girls have their roles in society. leadership, work is for men. and women take care of home, children and give birth. there is nothing second class about that. That would have rang true in the 19th century but certainly not in the 21st century.

Only Somalis can make a difference to this awful situation by rejecting extremism, tribalism and piracy and embrace liberalism, secularism and of course the rule of law.

Sad that it took a decaying Ottoman Empire to build water supplies for Somalis.

Local government should let these apes clean up their own neighborhoods and see how they like it.

Oh the irony, at least in the 'wicked west' and 'gaallo countries' you have the freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and freedom of speech to post this.

Planet of the Apes: The Reunion.

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If sufficient oil and/or gas is found, whoever is in charge should (and must) invest in education and infrastructure. I hope that it doesn't follow the example of African countries such as Mozambique, Nigeria and Guinea where the ruling politicians have stolen most the revenues and gave nothing back to its citizens.