Xaaji Ilaahay ayaan kugu dhaaryee Ukraine taa baas ee aad ina daba waddo inaga daa. Xitaa haddii aad rabto inaad Afro Hashimite Somalilandishka tiradiisa iyo tayadiisa badiso inagu soo biiri umadaha la kala dhaho, Ashanti, Gujarati, Tibetan, Mongolian, iyo kuwii kale ee aad ka heshidba laakiin Ukraine inaga reeb waa cunsuriyiinee.

Alpha Blondy;971818 wrote: ^ you're a foul little creature. why are you attacking my friend? :mad: i might show him these pictures, you know..... ''inaar sawiro kuu eeg ayaan internet kaa soo heley'' . this way, we'll find out the identity of Caano Geel because they're probably facebook friends, then i'll post caano's pics on-line and we'll speculate on the asymmetrics of his facial profile. Please do it;)

Carafaat;971610 wrote: Somalilands Parliament has been silenced with hard currency. Dont expect to much from them. The real opposition asking question are to be found outside Parliament. I believe our national parliament needs an urgent reform because of the way elections are scheduled in Somaliland. At the moment we have too many dead wood MPs from the dissolved UDUB party whose only agenda is to fill their pockets and a speaker who is preoccupied with his own presidential ambitions. For Somaliland to have an effective parliament, we need to conduct the local elections and the parliamentary elections immediately one after the other. In that way, the defeated parties will loose all their existing seats in the parliament and the new victorious parties would have their MPs in the parliament to form an effective and real check and balance to the executive branch of our political system. Also the speaker should be banned from running for any other political job.

Dr_Osman;971592 wrote: It's funny when you see SOL make no comments, it usually mean baqdin because they are in absolute shock that Puntland will pull it off and be the only cement plant in the nation. No discounts for you your shisheeye not a citizen Ditoore are you aware that Somaliland's business community has enough cash and the desire to construct a major cement plant in Berbera but the only thing stopping them is a long running clan dispute and rivalry? http://somalilandpress.com/we-need-an-independent-commission-for-the-sahel-cement-dispute-26919

Carafaat;971601 wrote: Mahamed Abdullahi Omer needs to clarify the issue regarding the Air Control, before jumping to other issues. Besides he aint the FM, why is he still talking? That is true. Why is he not brought before the parliament for questioning?

Haatu;971524 wrote: Where I come from the average house price is £10,000-£20,000 alhamdulilah. These prices (both Xamar and Hargaysa) are beyond ridiculous. And I used to think we had it bad. Those prices are indeed ridiculous. It is the symptoms of a false and an unsustainable economy. There is nothing around Hargaysa but sand and stones (building material) and an open space. The reason why the property prices are so high in that chaotic city is because of the following: 1. Lack of industries in the country which manufacture building materials locals. As a result of this, everything other than sand and stones is imported. 2. Taxes levies on the imported material at the Berbera port. 3. Lack of infrastructure such as roads, highways, and bridges, water reservoirs, and power plants in the country which makes it difficult for the people settle in the commuter distance villages around major cities. 4. The lack of infrastructure and the nomadic nature of our society prevents the construction of countryside properties such as farm houses hence forcing people to move to the cities for permanent settlement. 5. Lack of regulations and government policy 6. The dearth of other investment alternatives for people to save and invest their cash. 7. And many, many more reasons.

Maasha Allah, this is a good news ditoore. I like the positive competition you are having with XX. It is much better than some other tribal stuff we see in SOL.

Tillamook;971472 wrote: What a sad thing to brag about.. I always knew it would be to good to be true for you guys to do something tangible about your problem without resorting to some sort of fingerpointing. Tallaabo, qawdhanyada macquulka ah, oo cagliga u saaxiibka ah, inaad ka mid ahayd baan ku mooday laakin, it wasn't meant to be:D it baffles the mind that you'd distinguish between women in camps of the displaced, as opposed to those women roaming the streets of somaliland.So with that disgusting mentality, the rape of any woman in somaliland is fairgame as long as said women does not live in a "refugee" camp, right? Caqli saliid macsaro waaxid! Rape against anyone is deplorable and should be condemned and stopped wherever it takes place. But what I was pointing at is the fact that the rape incidents which took place in Puntland were orchestrated to victimise our destitute and vulnerable sisters from South Somalia and were not a problem for the general population. It was selective.

At least the gangs in Hargeisa don't prey upon only the vulnerable refugees from the South but attack any woman they can find.

Carafaat;971455 wrote: Iminka waxa leedahay Somaliland wexe eheed dhul banaan ah. Oo wax nidaam ah kamee jirin, maamul, tacliin, ciidan, cafimaad, barlaman, etc haba yaratee mee leheen. Heshiiska la galeen Britishkuna been ayee eheed oo 80 sano wexe ku joogeen bug ayee eheed? His logic;)

Wiil Cusub;971463 wrote: do you belief this http://somalilandproperties.com/?cat=9 Why are they all $600? Something is not right:confused:

Tillamook;971460 wrote: What you wrote is a whole load of rubbish...even though I will cut you some slack and give you credit for finally acknowledging that pedophilia is indeed a pervasive problem in your neck of the woods, but unfortunately you still want to sugarcoat the problem by making cheap statements like "the problem is being documented and being dealt with by the so-called progressive and sophisticated society", yet we don't see anyone in somaliland that has been brought before a court of law and where such crimes have been punished. In fact, the opposite is taking place, where the government is doing its very best to pretend that this is a non-issue. There's a saying that goes some where along the lines of, "put up or shut up!". Marka, the government of somaliland should show us that they indeed take this problem seriously by simply prosecuting the men who commit these hedeous crimes, instead of relying on the so-called "sophistication" of your society! NAIROBI, 16 December 2009 (IRIN) - The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Bosasso, in Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, is increasing and rape has become "a major problem", says a civil society source. "We are seeing more and more women who have been raped in the displaced camps," said Hawa Ali Jama, of We Are Women Activists (WAWA), an NGO. "We have recorded 30 women raped in October 2009 and 45 in November,” she said. These numbers did not reflect the actual number of raped women, because many did not report it, she said, for two reasons. First, the family may not want the case to be reported "because they are afraid that it will reflect badly on them". Second, the woman may be afraid the perpetrator may come back and harm her or her family. Jama said there were at least 24 IDP camps in Bosasso and rape cases had been reported in most. She said rapes were committed either by men from the host community or other IDPs. Among the IDPs there were men who took a fancy to a girl and wanted to marry her but if they were rejected, “he may return at night to rape her; he will then be forced to marry her, according to tradition. That was his aim all along." Unsafe haven Many of the displaced fled violence in the south, particularly the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Ambro (not her real name) came to Bosasso, the commercial capital of Puntland, in 2005, seeking a safe haven for her family. A month ago her teenage daughter was attacked near the IDP camp that is their new home in Bosasso while Ambro was out finding work in the town. "It was around 11:30am when a young man raped my girl," the 35-year-old mother of five said. "He tied her up and then raped her." By the time the mother returned she found her daughter bleeding. Photo: Wikimedia Commons WAWA staff took her to the doctor. "She is recovering now but it is hard for a young girl to recover from something like this," said Ambro. “I never thought it would happen here. It was for fear of something like this happening that I fled Mogadishu," she explained. "It seems no place is safe for us.” Breaking the silence In the same month and in the same IDP camp two men raped a young girl. "These people survive on very little and they supplement it with work they find in the town. Now they are afraid that when they go to find work they may get raped," Jama said, adding that it was becoming one of the biggest security concerns for the women. Jama said her group and others working with the displaced had started a campaign to encourage women to report cases of rape. "We have volunteers in the camps who interact with the women and encourage them to come forward." Her group was providing counselling and medical help. The authorities are also taking the matter more seriously. "We have a very good relationship with the local authorities and once we identify the culprit they are arrested and taken to court." The volunteers and staff stay with the survivors throughout the process. "We are there with them until the rapist is brought to court and convicted. This has encouraged more women to come forward," she said. A campaign of awareness to encourage families to abandon the tradition of hiding rape cases has helped to "break the silence”, she said. "We will keep fighting until we put a stop to these violations," said Jama. Ambro said she did not know what she would do now. "I cannot take my children back to Mogadishu, because it is not safe but I don’t feel safe here either. At least here I have the support of the people like WAWA." ah/mw http://www.irinnews.org/report/87453/somalia-rape-a-major-problem-for-bosasso-idps

Tillamook;971373 wrote: ^ Oh, Xaaji, why do you sound so bitter? Is it the blunt straightforwardness of my rebuttal that has humiliated you? I don't know why my mentioning the unfortunate epidemic taking place on Hargaysa streets would upset you so, Xaaji-- After all, it is indeed a serious problem which requires immediate attention from the Silanyo administration. Or could it be something else that pains you so? Like the visible successes of the Puntland Marine forces against the piracy problem, which of late, has become almost negligible for fewer incidences of piracy are being reported off the Puntland coastline each year thanks to the robust efforts of Mudane Faroole's administration. I only wish the same could be said of Silanyo regarding the shameful predicament you face in your neck of the woods. Saaxiib the problems of gangs and rape in Somaliland is out in the open and is being documented, analysed, and dealt with thanks to our increasingly progressive and sophisticated civil society and government institutions. No one in his or her right mind would say similar things do not take place in Puntland and elsewhere in the world, but that is where the similarities between Puntland and Somaliland end. In Somaliland we talk about our problems openly and loudly and as a result usually find effective solutions to address them but you guys have a primitive culture of sweeping them under the carpet hoping it goes away or stays there.

Safferz;971239 wrote: :mad: I have been waiting outside of your house and knocking on your gate for HOURS, I called you 113 times today but you won't answer my calls anymore, and your doorman threatened to call the police on me, calling me a "stalker." Waa ku sidee :mad::mad: This is unacceptable, waa in ninka guriga lagu dumiyo isagoo ku dhex jira:eek:

Gar_maqaate;971209 wrote: The Somali "Federal Government" does not care much for the unity of the Somali Republic. That is because their is neither a unity nor a Somali Republic. Both are in the trash heap of political history ready to be taken for recycling to safe the Somali social environment.

Gar_maqaate;971254 wrote: Above is another commonly held myth that is consider as a historical fact by Somalilanders. Myth?? Ok then your rants must the irrefutable facts.

The Zack;971058 wrote: ^ it doesn't count marka looga dhinto .. Iney helaan madaxweynimo iska dhaaf e, they aren't even allowed to run for it, just look at the heads of the only three parties in Somaliland. LOOoOL@faleenbada ku socota Samatar :D Have you ever voted in a fair and transparent general election? If you had, then you would certainly know the difference between inheriting a political office and being voted into a political office.

Gar_maqaate;971039 wrote: The British did not regard the treaties signed with some of the tribes of Somaliland in 1884/6 as an agreement with a sovereign or part-sovereign entity, which could be recognised in international law, rather it considered them nothing more then a mere subjects of the Crown.This is why they arbitrarily seceded 25,0000 miles of "British Somali territory" to Ethiopia. If somaliland was a legally entity, with a defined and recognised borders then the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement of 1887 would have been null and void. The claim the somalland was a legally entity with defined borders, as claimed by the secessionists is just ahistorical and a fallacy based on wishful thinking. That is a ridiculous suggestion. If Somaliland was not a legal entity the British Empire would not have signed a treaty with Addis Ababa which clarifies the boundaries between the Ethiopian territory and that of the British Somaliland.

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;971127 wrote: Sawiro wacan, laakiin magacyada gobolka aan iska saxno horta. It is sad to see Soomaalida falling for Xabashi propaganda. Gobolka magaciisa waa Soomaali Galbeed. Magaalooyinka waa Dhagaxbuur, Godey, Jigjiga, Diradhabe... Eniwey, I have yet to catch a glimpse of meesha uu awoowgey ku dhashay, Qabridahare. Meeshaas jabhadda ayaa awoodda ku leh, I guess. I agree 100%. This is what I said in this forum few times that we should not Oromise our Somali names such as Diradhabe and Jinacsani. Shame on you Nuune for falling into the Ethiopian trap:eek:

The Ethiopians were certainly very clever when they exploited the loophole in the agreements between the Somali tribes and the British Empire regarding the territorial limits of the clans. It shows the Ethiopians were always well ahead of us.

Apophis;970896 wrote: I was actually talking about you peppering your recent posts with the local words of the places you have visited. And it's “aa hey" not “haa hey" It is haahey;)

Safferz;970876 wrote: :D But seriously though, the Shabelle rolls into the Jubba river big time, there's no argument about that dee. or the Jubba tributary rolls into the Shabelle river:o

MoonLight1;970864 wrote: loooooooooool. Cambuulo sxb did you hear this Qowdhan who came to Holland to claim asylum and he lied to the immigration authorities that he was from xamar, the immigration officer interviewed him and asked him where does the river cut through Xamar, he replied (without hesitation) "in the middle of the city" and added, "and I come from the west bank".

This is one small step for a businessman and one giant leap for Puntland ditoore;) But honestly I am worried about the number of poor women who would lose their livelihood because of this facility.

I love the pictures of the camels and the countryside. Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos with us Saffy. Apophis has legitimate concerns about the region but unfortunately there is nothing Safferz or any of us in SOL can do to change the situation.