Never been a western somali saaxib, and a bullet in the head is the same, regardless of diet, p.s I record that you opted to take upload a topless picture to make your point

I am sorry I cannot empathise I weigh 98kg, I was never ever pushed around ....even as a baby in my muthaf888king trolley

****** expert Tobias Hagmann, an associate professor at Roskilde University in Denmark, told IPS that despite Kenya's desire to find a solution, the country has little leverage over Ethiopia, which could explain the recent breakdown. "It is like a little brother trying to influence the big brother," he said. I thought you would have stopped reading at that, since ugali is obviously better than jellyfying anjera e.t.c

Dayniile.com is already causing such a ruckus with this picture.........

On 19 July 2012, attackers in Mogadishu reportedly assassinated Maxamed Ali Hussein, who served as the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Finance in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Reports indicate that Mr. Hussein was gunned down as he was about to enter a house in the Suuqa Xoolaha neighborhood of the Heliwaa district, located in the north-western outskirts of the capital. The attack comes as Somalis in the capital prepare for the first evening of Ramadan. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for Mr. Hussein’s death, but the attack is the second assassination of a TFG official in Mogadishu in the last week. The Usual Suspects On 16 July 2012, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a car bomb that killed Member of Parliament (MP) Mr. Mohamud Abdi (Garweyne) and a female passenger, as well as injuring at least six others. Though al-Shabaab has withdrawn its main forces from the capital, the group has reportedly developed “hit squads” that would be responsible for the types of attacks that claimed the life of Mr. Hussein and Mr. Garweyne. Political Payback? New reports indicate that Mr. Hussein may have been interviewed by the United Nations Somalia-Eritrea Monitoring Group (UN SEMG), whose leaked report revealed widespread corruption among Somalia’a top officials. If true, this leaves the question whether Mr. Hussein’s divulsion of sensitive information to the UN SEMG on government corrutption could have created motives for other individuals or groups to organize the attack–aside from the usual suspects in al-Shabaab.

I was lucky enough to take part as an observer in the beginning of the process when the district leaders were invite to kampala oba, and they started to lay out what was needed in their respective districts, inshallah I think this will be an excellent project although delays at the port due to the fact all the construction materials needed will be imported, also their is a very real chance that in some parts of the city, much of the work will be slow due to issues of ownership rights e.t.c, but indeed a magnificent start to the somali capitals redevelopment.

Odey;888833 wrote: Yes he is involved albeit behind the scenes, so is the Prime Minister who made his statement today. Do your research on that. Bottom line is this, there is a concerted effort by the Government(which has climbed down from its previous position and now working within the constitution) and the locals(who have also climbed down from their opposite position and want to have Somali solution) to create something long lasting that has the local suport. Something is cooking as we speak, so how about you let them do their thing?. Indeed this is the best and most sensible thing to do, we should definetly not play into kenya's hands, and as for this men that have been termed leaders of the process most are either actively indebted to kenyan goverment parastatals or are being funded for their March 2013 runs for re-election, neither are they independent in name or reality, but all they are providing is a fifth column for the kenyan NSIS, when the issue of the sea demarcation starts bubbling up let us see what will be said then...

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 BY WILLIAM LLOYD-GEORGE Addis Ababa — Many were hoping that recent peace talks between the Ethiopian government and ****** rebels would signal an end to the gruelling 18-year-old conflict. The latest round of talks, however, dashed all dreams of peace between the two sides. Things have taken a turn for the worse. ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) founder and foreign secretary Abdirahman Mahdi told IPS that he currently cannot see a way for the talks to continue. ****** is a territory in the southeast of the Somali Region in Ethiopia. And ONLF intellectuals have fought for an independent state there since the 1991 fall from power of Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. However, peace talks between the ONLF and the Ethiopian government abruptly ended in a stalemate during the Oct. 15 to 17 discussions. Addis Ababa's negotiating team asked the ONLF to accept Ethiopia's constitution before the talks could continue. The ONLF refused, arguing that this was a breach of modalities agreed to in the first talks. As usual, each side blames the other. "We need to begin by creating a dialogue - it is as if they had made a premeditated decision to abort the talks," Mahdi said. "There is no use beginning by demanding we agree to the constitution; this has always been our major point of contention." While talks have been going on since March, the first official round took place from Sept. 6 to 7. It was also the first high-level negotiation involving Ethiopia's Defence Minister Siraj Fegessa and Mahdi. It was mediated by Kenyan Defence Minister Yusef Huji. After the talks optimism was seemingly high on both sides. Government spokesman Dina Mufti said: "It is a positive first step." And Mahdi said: "This could be the beginning of a useful process." But since then Mahdi has told Ethiopia's negotiating team that the constitution should be chosen by the people and should not depend on one political party. "Governments cannot just force the people to accept a constitution, they must hold a referendum," he said. It was the constitution that set off the conflict between the ONLF and the present government in 1994. While the ONLF had joined forces with many of the Ethiopian government's current leaders to defeat Mariam, things quickly turned sour. Finally seeing an opportunity for self-determination, the ONLF called for a referendum to be held for succession. The Ethiopian government refused. Once again the ONFL took up arms. The ONLF claims to fight for self-determination for the people who occupy what is now called Somali Region due to its large population of ethnic Somalis. It is one of nine ethnically-based administrative regions in the country and has long suffered from poor development and the ONLF alleges that the government has committed countless human rights abuses there. "At the moment we are being marginalised, denied our basic rights. They are insulting our people by forcing an administration on us, which we did not elect. A lot of things are happening, our people are being killed, there is no press freedom, a humanitarian embargo is in place," said Mahdi. The talks between the ONLF and the government were initiated by the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (1995-2012), who was keen to find an end to the conflict, and approached former South African President Thabo Mbeki (1999-2008) before starting the peace talks. Analysts say the main reasons for the recent breakdown of the talks include a lack of clear leadership, and divisions over what to do. According to Ethiopian political analyst Jawar Mohammed, the Ethiopian government is divided over how they wish to deal with the ONLF. One group wants to wipe them out with military force, while another group, which is more exposed to the international community, is keen to find a peaceful solution. But while analysts are pointing fingers at divisions in the ruling political coaltition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the Ethiopian government appears to be blaming the failure of the talks on divisions in the ONLF. "The peace talks failed after the ONLF group refused to accept and respect the constitution of Ethiopia and work within the constitutional framework," read a government statement. Mahdi dismissed these accusations. "This is just baseless propaganda; the main problem is they cannot come to a united decision on how to proceed with the talks," said Mahdi. Officials say the Kenyan government is frustrated with the latest developments. Holding the talks outside of Ethiopia, in Nairobi, was heralded as a big step forward. The Kenyan government has its own vested interests in the success of the talks. "Al-Shabaab (al-Qaeda's Somalia-based terrorist cell) has constantly been a concern for Kenya's security; (the Kenyan government) will be keen to sever the ONLF's links with al-Shabaab," Abel Abate, a researcher at a state-funded think-tank, the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development, told IPS. ****** expert Tobias Hagmann, an associate professor at Roskilde University in Denmark, told IPS that despite Kenya's desire to find a solution, the country has little leverage over Ethiopia, which could explain the recent breakdown. "It is like a little brother trying to influence the big brother," he said. Analysts are divided over whether the talks will resume. Abate believes that the ONLF is desperate to find a solution and will end up accepting the constitution. He argues that the group has been severely weakened militarily in recent years and has lost international support and funding. But Mahdi dismissed these claims, arguing that "the ONLF is the strongest it has ever been." Emilio Manfredi, Ethiopia analyst at the International Crisis Group, said there is little chance of the talks achieving anything. "Interests are too divided and the Ethiopian government is yet to really know who is in charge," he told IPS. "At the same time the ONLF needs to work out how close it can get to accepting the 1994 constitution without losing all legitimacy." With the talks looking to be a complete failure, many are concerned about increased fighting and human rights abuses in the region. "We may see a surge of violence as the ONLF needs to remain politically relevant in the eyes of Ethiopia and the international community. In response, the Ethiopian government is also expected to launch a major military offensive," another expert on ******, associate professor Kjetil Tronvoll at the University of Oslo, told IPS. An international humanitarian aid worker operating in the region told IPS on condition of anonymity that ultimately the losers in the failed negations would be the local people. "As usual it is the local populations who will suffer. Both armed groups are likely to increase human rights abuses, and the government will continue to prevent aid from reaching the region."

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Red Crescent aid society and the Municipality of Istanbul (IBB) established a construction yard in the Somali to help reconstruct the city. MOGADISHU Turkish Red Crescent and the IBB will work together in the construction of roads and pavements, collection of solid waste, environmental arrangement and the erection of an industrial site. 50 construction machines and trucks from Turkey have been brought to Mogadishu to be used during construction activities. In order for the project to advance, the IBB will send a team of 100 experts to Somalia in the next few days. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), an executive with the IBB, Kamil Kolabas, said that they wanted to turn Mogadishu into a modern and contemporary capital. "The construction yard we will erect will be a site where concrete, paving stones and asphalt would be produced. The construction yard will serve Somalia for a long time. We work to see Mogadishu as one of the modern capitals of Africa," Kolabas stressed. An executive with the Turkish Red Crescent, Mumtaz Simsek, stated that the construction yard provided jobs to 250 people. Once the project has been completed, Mogadishu will become a contemporary city, Simsek also said.

Arbaco, November 14, 2012 (HOL) — Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa maanta soo booqday wafdiyo heer caalami ah oo ka socday dalalka Turkiga iyo Iiraan oo saaxiib dhow la ah Soomaaliya, waxaana wafdiyadan ay kulammo la qaateen madaxda dowladda iyo xildhibaannada baarlamaanka Soomaaliya. Wadiyadan oo ay kala hoggaaminayeen wasiirka arrimaha dibadda ee Turkiga, Axmed Da'ud Oogle iyo wasiirka arrimaha dibadda ee dalka Iiraan, Cali Akbar Saalixi ayaa waxay labaduba sheegeen inay u yimaadeen sidii ay gacan u siin lahaayeen shacabka iyo dowladda Soomaaliya. "Farxad weyn ayay ii tahay inaan kusoo laabto Soomaaliya, waxaan halkan u imid inaan garab-istaagno walaalaheenna Soomaaliyeed, waayo isbedel weyn ayaa dalka ka dhacay," ayuu yiri wasiirka arrimaha dibadda ee Turkiga oo sheegay inay sidoo kale u kuur-galayaan mashaariicda uu Turkigu ka wado Soomaaliya. "Turkigu waxay doonayaan inay baarlamaanka Soomaaliya dib u dhis ku sameeyaan, Injineerradeena ayaa soo booqday xartuntan waxayna arkeen inuusan dhismahan ahayn mid wanaagsan, sidaa daraadeed waan burburinaynaa waxaana ka dhigaynaa xarun casri ah," ayuu yiri wasiir dibadbadeedka Turkiga oo sheegay inuu dhismaha qaadanayo muddo hal sano ah. Isagoo xildhibaannada ku yiri: "Marka dambe ee aan soo noqdo waxaan doonayaa inaan halkan idin kula hadlo." Wasiirka arrimaha dibadda ee Iiraan, Cali Akbar Saalixi ayaa sheegay isaguna in socdaalka uu ku yimid Muqdisho ay qayb ka tahay sidii ay u furi lahaayeen safaaraddii Iiraan ay Soomaaliya ku lahayd, sidoo kalena ay u hirgelin lahaayeen xarun caafimaad oo ay dowladda Iiraan maal-gelinayso. "Soomaaliya waxay kasoo gudubtay caqabado badan, xilligana waxaa ka jira iftiin hormar oo wanaagsan, annaguna waxaan halkaan u nimid furista safaaradii Iiraan iyo xarun caafimaad oo ay maal-gelinayso dowladda Iiraan," ayuu yiri Saalixi. Wafdiyadan ka kala socday dalalka Iiraan iyo Turkiga ayaa waxay kulammo kala duwan la yeesheen madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, iyagoo kala hadlay isbedelka ka dhacay Soomaaliya, waxayna labadan wasiir ee wafdiyadan hoggaaminayay ay u sheegeen madaxweynaha inay sii wadi doonaan caawinta shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Ammaanka magaalada ayaa aad loo adkeeyay intii ay wafdiyadan ku sugnaayeen Muqdisho, waxaana wafdiyadan garoonka diyaaradaha Muqdisho kusoo dhaweeyay wasiirro ka tirsan xukuumadda cusube ee Soomaaliya. Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen, Hiiraan Online maxuseen@hiiraan.com Muqdisho, Soomaaliya

Dowladda Turkiga Oo Dib U Dhis Ku Sameyneysa Xarunta Golaha Shacabka Ee Magaalada Muqdisho Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda dalka aynu walaalaha nahay ee Turkiga oo maanta khudbad ka hor jeediyey xarunta golaha Shacabka ee magaalada Muqdisho xili ay ku kulansanaayeen Mudanayaasha Baarlamaanka ayaa sheegay in Dolwadda Turkigu ay dib u dhis xoogan ku sameyneyso dhismaha golaha Shacabka. Ahmet Davutoglu Wasiirka Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee dalka aynu walaalaha nahay ee Turkiga oo maanta booqasho ku yimid magaalada Muqdisho ayaa khudbadda uu ka jeediyey xarunta golaha shacabka wuxuu uga hadlay doorka dib u dhiska dalkeenna ay walaalaha Turkigu ku leeyihiin waxaana uu u tilmaamay in mashaariicda dib u dhis ee ay Walaalaha Turkigu ka sameynayaan Muqdisho ay ugu horeyso xarunta golaha shacabka. “waxaan Muqdisho usoo dirnay Injineeradeenna si ay usoo qiimeeyaan waxa aynu ka qaban karno xarunta golaha shacabka inagoo ka jawaabeynay codsiga gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka waxeyna noo sheegeen in xaruntan aysan ku filneyn dayactir oo ay dhulka dhigayaan kadibna ay ka hirgelinayaan dhisme casri ah,waxaanna rajeynaynaa inaan ku guuleysano”ayuu ku yiri Ahmet Davutoglu Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Turkiga khudbaddii uu ka hor jeediyey Xildhibaannada Baarlamaanka. Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Turkiga Ahmet Davutoglu ayaa dhanka kale tilmaamay in Dowladda Turkigu aysan ka daaleyn taageerada shacabka iyo Dowladda walaalahooda ah ee Soomaaliya ilaa inta ay Dowladda Soomaaliyeed cagaheeda isugu taageyso waxaana uu u soo gudbiyey xildhibaannada Baarlamaanka,madaxda sare ee dalka iyo shacbiga Soomaaliyeed salaan uu ka siday madaxda sare ee dalka Turkiga sida Madaxweyne Cabdala Guul iyo Ra’isulwasaare Recep Tayib Erdogan. Dalka Turkiga ayaa kaalinta hore uga jira dowladaha Caalamka ee taageerrada ballaaran siiya Dowladda iyo Dadka Soomaaliyeed ayadoo walaalaha Turkigana lagu xasuusto gudmadkii ay Soomaaliya u sameeyeen xiligii Abaaraha,deeqaha waxbarasho ee ay siiyeen Ubadkeenna, marti gelinta shirar aayaha Soomaaliya quseeyey iyo dad badan ay Argigixisadu si xun ugu dhaawaceen gudaha dalka oo dalkooda ay deeq caafimaad u geeyeen.

hahaha ruwaayada ha socoto...

waax isla haad saxiib....

By all means corroborate at will

Safiirka dowlada Itoobiya u gadhiya magaalada Muqdisho ee dalka Somalia danjire C/casiis Axmed Aadan ayaa soo dhoweeyey talaabadii uu Baarlamanka Somalia maalintii shalay ku ansixiyey xukuumada 10-ka wasiir ka kooban ee raisul wasaare Saacid uu soo dhisay. Waxaa uu intaa ku daray safiirku in xubaha golaha cusub ee wasiirada laga filayo iney sii dar dar geliyaan howlihii ay dalka ka waday dowladii KMG aheyd ee ay xilka kala wareegtay, waxqabad muuqdana la timaado Dhinaca kale, safiirka Itoobiya ayaa sheegay in maamulka u sameynta gobolada Jubooyinka ay xaq u leedahay oo kaliya dowlada Somalia, maadaama dalka ay iyadu masuul ka tahay aqoonsi buuxa oo caalami ahna heysato. “Itoobiya waa ka tirsan tahay IGAD laakiin dowlada Somalia ayaa awood buuxda u leh iney maamul u sameyso gobolada Jubooyinka, IGAD xaq uma laha iney maamulo u sameyso gobolo ku yaala dal madax banaan oo leh dowlad aqoonsi buuxa heysata” ayuu intaa ku daray Danjire C/casiis. Hadalka danjiraha Itoobiya ayaa ku soo aadaya xili jahwareer iyo muran uu ka taagan yahay maamul loo sameeyo gobolada Jubooyinka kaasoo u dhexeeya dowlada Somalia, Jabhada Raaskambooni dowlada Kenya iyo urur goboleedka IGAD, kuwaasoo aragtiyo kala duwan ka qaba. Xafiiska Warqabadka Dayniile.com Webmaster@dayniile.com Tafatiraha Wabka Dayniile.com Deyniilecom@hotmail.com Webmaster@dayniile.com

HAG is everywhere even xaaji xunjuf is HAG;)

So 225 mps were kidnapped? And only Xoosh is correct?

Xoogagga Al-shabaab oo xalay Weeraray saldhig ay Ciidamadu leeyihiin iyo Garoonka Diyaaradaha Magaalada Kismaayo Isniin, November 12, 2012 (HOL) —Dagaalyahanno katirsan xoogagga Al-shabaab ayaa xalay weerar madaafiic ah ku qaadeen garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Kismaayo halkaasoo ay saldhig ku leeyihiin ciidamada Kenya eek u sugan magaalada Kismaayo. Weerarradani oo ahaa kuwo qorsheysan ayaa mar qura lagu qaaday saldhigga dhexe ee magaalada Kismaayo iyo garoonka diyaaradaha. Goobjooge ku sugan magaalada Kismaayo ayaa oo ka gaabsaday in magaciisa la xigto ayaa HOL u sheegay in ciidamo katirsan Al-shabaab ay weerar ku qaadeen saldhigga dhexe ee magaalada Kismaayo, halkaasoo ay israsaaseyn xooggan ku dhexmartay ciidamada ilaalada saldhigga iyo kooxihii weerarka soo qaaday. “Markii hore xabadda waxay ka dhaceysay dhinaca Isteeshinka, laakiin xoogaa kadib xabad ayaa is qabsatay magaalada oo dhan,” ayuu goobjoogahani hadalkiisa raaciyay. Ilaa imika ma cadda khasaaraha ka dhashay weerarradaasi, mana jiraan masuuliyiin katirsan dhinacyadii uu dagaalka u dhexeeyay oo faahfaahin ka bixiyay. Xoogagga Al-shabaab oo iyagu ku sugan deegaanada ku xeeran magaalada Kismaayo ayaa wacad ku maray in aysan joojin doodin weerarrada ka dhanka ah ciidamada huwanta ah ee ku sugan Kismaayo. Ilaa imika ma jiraan masuuliyiin katirsan Al-shabaab oo faahfaahin ka bixiyay weerarradii ay xalay ka fuliyeen gudaha magaaalada Kismaayo. Weerarka ay Al-shabaab xalay ka fuliyeen Kismaayo ayaa kusoo beegmaya xilli gudaha magaalada Kismaayo ay ku suganyihiin guddi farsamo oo ka socdo shirka maamul u sameynta Jubooyinka, kaasoo la filayo in dhawaan loo soo wareejiyo magaalada Kismaayo. Xasan Nuur, Hiiraan Online hnur@hiiraan.com Kismaayo, Soomaaliya Maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab oo Xalay Weeraray Garoonka Diyaaradaha Kismaayo Wararka ka imaanaya Magaalada Kismaayo waxay sheegayaan in xalay weerar madaafiic ah ay ku qaadeen Maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Kismaayo halkaasoo ay saldhig ku leeyihiin ciidamada Kenya ee magaalada Kismaayo ku sugan. Dagaalkii xalay ayay Maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab ku qaadeen saldhigga dhexe ee magaalada Kismaayo iyo garoonka diyaaradaha magaaladaasi, iyadoo hal mar laga wada maqlay Magaalada Kismaayo daryanka Madaafiicda Culus iyo dhawaqa rasaasta ka dhacda boobayaasha culus.. Rasaastii xalay labada dhinac isweydaaranaayeen ayaa ahayd mid argagax ku riday dadka ku dhaqan Magaalada Kismaayo, waxayna Maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab weerarkooda xoogga ku saareen Garoonka Diyaaradaha Kismaayo, waxaya ku rideen tiro madaafiicda garbaha laga rido. Lama oga ilaa iyo hada khasaaraha ka dhashay dagaalkii xalay ka dhacay Magaalada Kismaayo, waxayna Al-Shabaabka ku sugan yihiin deegaanada ku xeeran magaalada Kismaayo, waxayna ku dhaateen inaysan joojin doonin weerarada ay ku hayaan Ciidamada Kenya ee ku sugan Kismaayo. Dhinaca kale weerarkii xalay ayaa ku soo aadaya xilli ay magaaladaasi ku sugan yihiin Guddi farsamo oo ka socdo shirka maamul u sameynta Jubooyinka, waxayna dadka magaaldaasi degan ka cabsi qabaan in weerardu sii balaartaan. Web Updating, Somaliweyn Website contact@somaliweyn.com www.somaliweyn.com

On the political side, I know many people may accuse Fawzia of being a Machiavellian and question her political honesty and credibility given to her recent political ambitions in Somaliland. But on the contrary, I believe that Fawzia is the best person that can take us to a new direction due to her well deserved name in Somaliland and the huge personal sacrifices she made to fashion a better future for the youth of Somaliland through education. There is no better investment to raise people’s awareness and enlighten them about their life conditions other than education. Today, as thousands of graduates from Hargeisa University are loitering in the dusty streets of Hargeisa without any jobs and without any hope for the future and while many of them take the risk of crossing or dying in the high seas to escape from the hopeless situation at home, it was time for a visionary person like Fawzia to give them another alternative. She did not give them education to see them all die on the high seas. One can argue that the few months that Fawzia campaigned for her NDB party in Somaliland have given her a great insight into the real conditions of the people. She found out that Somaliland was committing suicide if it continued in its current course. In fact, not only Fawzia but we must all have learned a lesson or two over the last twenty years that no part of the country could survive alone without giving allegiance and becoming under the suzerainty of a neighbouring power. Neither Somaliland nor Puntland or any other of the mushrooming foreign created tribal enclaves will be able to stand independently alone without bending their destiny to the wishes and dictates of foreign countries whose desire is to kill the old dream of greater Somalia by carving Somalia itself into insignificant and feuding mini-states. It is with this conviction and geopolitical realization as well as the abhorring and debilitated state of Somaliland’s economic and social underdevelopment, lack of institutional systems, political bankruptcy, and growing dependency on nepotism, tribalism and corruption due to diminishing resources and visible absence of vision and creative leadership that prompted Fawzia to change course. It is only wise leaders who can take their people to a different direction when they see the road leading to a dead end. Fawzia is definitely not the first nor she would be the last Somaliland politician to go to Mogadishu, in fact one may argue with a degree of certainty that there is not a single Somaliland politician who is not willing to go to Mogadishu if and when the right opportunity arises. So why is the Hargeisa government making such a hypocritical uproar about Fawzia’s appointment? The truth is Silanyo government doesn’t object a Somalilander to have a leading position in the Mogadishu government, but what they do not want is to see a person with independent thinking and a vision like Fawzia to be their counterpart in Mogadishu. Fawzia has proven to be a wise Somaliland politician who wants to save her beloved Somaliland from its current political Guantanamo status and the Somaliland government has to welcome her and embrace her as their woman in Mogadishu who can superbly steer the Somalia-Somaliland dialogue with a politician’s shrewdness, the passion of a mother and a care of a daughter. The new government of Mogadishu should also be reminded that they should not try to use Fawzia as window dressing and should give her full authority to be the country’s foreign policy steward. Any tampering with her authority will only backfire on them and erase the best action that they have done so far besides forming a lean cabinet, another praiseworthy first step. Bashir Goth bsogoth@yahoo.com

by Bashir Goth Friday, November 09, 2012 No matter what one thinks, or in what color one tries to see the appointment of Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam as the first woman Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Somalia and indeed in the Horn of Africa and the Arab World, it is the historical significance of a woman reaching this far in tribal-based Muslim society, where women are seen only as an appendage if not indeed a property to their menfolk, that should not escape any conscientious person’s attention. Given to the plight, suffering and humiliation that Somali women went through over the last 20 years despite being the pillars that sustain the existence of the Somali people both inside the country and the Diaspora, what better image is there to see than an educated and refined woman being the face of Somalia to the outside world, what a better answer to Al- Shabab who couldn’t see women anything more than a bra and an obscene body to be shrouded and hidden away in dark houses. What better answer to the Arab world where women despite spearheading the Arab Spring are being pushed to live in the 7th century by religious fanatic who themselves aren’t shy to indulge in the 21st century luxuries including smart phones and who spread their reactionary ideologies through modern social media. What better PR to the Islah-led government of President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud; what a better bridge to use to bring Somaliland to the fold than a woman who does not only hail from Somaliland but also contributed more than anyone else to making a better future for the youth there and whose own children hail from Mogadishu, a symbol of unity through her own life like numerous other Somali women. I congratulate Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam for winning such a historic achievement for Somali women. I say winning, because Fawzia has indeed waged a long and persistent struggle to prove that Somali women can take a leadership position by their own merit and not through charity quotas. I don’t know Fawzia, never met her and never even spoken to hear, but I was following her mammoth efforts and initiatives for community development and her political ambition over a number of years. Fawzia first attracted my attention when she initiated the founding of the University of Hargeisa in the late 1990s. I remember how she strove relentlessly to make the university a reality which she did. She again came to my radar in 2008 with the launching of RAADTV, another great project through which she tried to give a different perspective to the Somali issue other than the hackneyed failed state, war-ridden, bowl-holding, refugee camp squatters stereotype image pushed by the international media. In her vigorous and persistent endeavor not to leave only men to the leadership landscape, Fawzia again made a comeback in late 2011 when she created the Nabad, Dimoqraadiyad iyo Barwaaqo (NDB) (Peace, Democracy and Prosperity Party) in Somaliland with the long term objective of competing for Somaliland’s presidency. It was the first time in the history of the Somali people that a woman had shown the audacity to create and lead a political party in a society that frowns on women in terms of leadership. Although Fawzia’s NDB party did well in the primaries and the communities had come out in full support to the rallies she held in the various regions of the country and she fulfilled all the required conditions, the Silanyo government of Somaliland has declared Fawzia’s party unqualified to be registered as an official party. Knowing that she was targeted for being a woman, Fawzia refused to go down without a fight. She organized a peaceful protest in Hargeisa where hundreds of people came out to back her cause. However, the Silanyo government did not hesitate to arrest her and keep her in detention until her supporters were disbanded. Earlier, the government also aborted Fawzia’s attempt to become the chairperson of the Board of Hargeisa University, an institution that she was instrumental in establishing it. It is against this taboo breaking tradition that Fawzia again surprised the Somali people when she was recently appointed as Somalia’s first woman foreign minister. Here I recall Neil Armstrong's words when he first set foot on the moon, in 1969, and he said: “That is a small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind.” And the appointment of Fawzia as Somalia’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister is indeed a small step for Fawzia, a giant leap for Somali women, Horn of African and Arab women. It was in the middle of the 1980s when the eminent Kenyan-American scholar Dr. Ali Mazrui predicted on a BBC documentary on Africa that if ever a woman becomes a president in an African country it would be in Somalia. Mazrui made that statement in reflection of his visit to Somalia in the early eighties and how he saw Somali women actively contributing to the country’s development in all sectors. The Somali women have missed that opportunity due to the disasters caused by their menfolk but they played a crucial role in holding the Somali community together and keeping their children’s dream alive for a better tomorrow. No matter how much I try I cannot emphasize enough the historical importance of this achievement for Somali women. But at the same time, I have no illusions about the enormity of suffering that Somali women endure and I am fully aware that getting a leadership position will not be a magic bullet to wipe out all their hardships. Today and for many years to come, I know Somali women will still be victims to the cruel practise of Female Genital Mutilation, that millions of Somali mothers will still be sacrificing their careers and their lives to raise kids and to put food on the table while their men are beholden to their narcotic addition of Kat, that many mothers will die while giving birth due to the lack of medical facilities, that the majority of Somali women will be struggling against odds to give warmth and shelter to their kids let alone education due to a grinding poverty, that millions of them will be mending and repairing the ruptures caused in their homes and their neighbourhoods by men fighting on hollowed pride and primitive tribal egos, that Somali women in the countryside will still be cultivating the land, looking after livestock in harsh terrain and moving children and family belongings like a mule on their backs while their men are enjoying their shameless AWOL, that millions of them who are in refugee camps or in internally displaced camps are preoccupied in eking out a living and do not care if a woman leads the country or not. All that is true and Fawia’s achievement will have no immediate impact on them, but I also know that like all human beings Somali mothers want to see their daughters have a dream. And at the top of this is a dream for freedom. Somali girls want to be free to have a choice in life and purse their dreams; they want to be educated to improve their living standards, they want be part of the country’s decision making, they want to have their voice heard, to take their destiny in their hands and to have the right to lead and be followed if they so wish. And Fawzia’s appointment just gives them that dream. Today, girls from the squalid Dhadhaab Refugee Camp can look up to Fawzia and dream of a better future for themselves as well.

I am not attacking you, I have merely asked you to clearly state what the "classified information" you have is, that would make a level headed contributor such as yourself call for the impeachment of the president or a return to the early 90's. Until you clarify in a verifiable manner how are we to take you more seriously than all the other trolls who claim insider knowledge when ever they wish to make a BOOM! statement seem valid.

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Have you been to Mogadishu carafaat? How is the banadiir council divided, and how would you improve this division of seats as well as the current small employee base? How is the airport and port managed by whom and in which fashion from the head to again the small employee contingent? What is the clear correlation of the creation of juba land state provided for by the different Kenyan led initiatives and the mamuul of mogadishu? In the event that people from other parts of somalia should be appointed in the banadiir administration wouild that according to your mind mean the goverment can do the same in kismayu?