Qat is now less widespread than it used to be. The Northern men have become more religious and as a result are now experiencing a sort of spiritual rehab.

I think I saw pictures and videos of him signing deals in the UAE not long ago but I could be mistaken. Those horrible images of Muuse Handaraab signing away Berbera were probably nightmares my Koonfurian friends and I were seeing in our dreams. We even passed a motion in parliament banning DP World but probably that was also in just another nightmare since the damn company is still in Berbera.

I must say I like brother MMA but his folks have left Somalia behind and have now joined hands with the Ethiopians to become part and parcel of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. As brother MMA himself would agree, the annexation of his region was achieved first through unopposed invasion and subsequently by the willing submission of MMA's folks to colonisation and assimilation. We in Somaliland will always remember the goodness of our erstwhile fellow Somalis and we wish them great success in their new country and identity. That said, I would like to remind our brother MMA that it is no longer his business to talk about Somali affairs. However, we are happy to discuss with him the challenges that we all face in Africa.

Addis Ababa never ceased to be a center of political pilgrimage for the Somali fiefdoms.

Maya maya anigu Soomaali Maxamad oo dhan waan u duceeyaa but the AMISOM bunker crowd and the resident warlords of Garowe ( i.e the political class) are peddlers of trouble and therefore aught to be stopped.

Did you forget that Abtigiis is an ethnic Somali from Ethiopia who has nothing to do with the Villa AMISOM crowd who pretend to have sovereignty over Somaliland? And that Somaliland is his reer abti territory? And that like every other Somali on earth (except the occupants of villa AMISOM and the warlords in Garowe who only come to Somaliland to cause trouble) he needs no permission to cross our border?

Mr Abrams himself is a Jew and would be hanged from the same tree as Ilhaan if the KKK had their way.

Apologies. You have a right to pursue your interests without anyone standing in your way. If you are really that interested in finding out Omar Jess's opinion, it would be more useful if you obtained his contact address and wrote to him or even better- talked to him.

Mr Cubano, Since the Ogaden war the Somali people have gone through much much more and have moved on, so let us conclude this obsession of yours and move on.

If digged out it will be looted by the usual thieving crowd and will not benefit most people whether they are in Somaliland, Puntland, or the South so let it remain in the ground.

Yes indeed she is incredibly brave and has the moral fibre to fight for what she believes is right but she should be careful about whom she locks horns with. The Arabs with their numerous sovereign countries, hundreds of millions of people, and vast wealth could not win against the Zionist elite of the Western world so it would be unwise if she allowed herself to be used by others to do the fighting for them. Yes she should speak out against injustices everywhere but she must be careful not to get drawn into the mess that is the middle east.

Statement "We (the people of Somaliland) don't hate and never hated the good people of Mogadishu and indeed any other group of Somalis; we just have political differences." Now that this issue is made a bit more clearer for those who are not endowed with enough faculties for reason and thought, I believe this thread need not continue any further.

Suldaanka, Qofkan aad la hadlayso waa mid kamida kuwii kasoo hadhay qowmkii mujrimiinta fulayda ahayd ee ku dhuuman jiray googaradaha dumarka markay SNM bidhaantooda arkaan. So I wouldn't entertain him with any meaningful story of our recent past.

Gooniyoow, wixii SNM iyo reer Awdal oo dad deegaan wadaaga ah ka dhex dhacay ama ha xumaadaan ama ha fiicnaadaan waa laga wada hadlay waana laysku af gartay. Laakiin kuwa aad adigu shicib iyo ganacsato aan hubaysnayn ku sheegtay waxay ahaayeen fulaydii mujrimiinta ahaa ee adeeradaa u badnaa oo mujaahidiintii SNM gacanta usoo galay iyagoo caruur iyo dumar iyo waayeel xasuuqaya. Rabbi daalimiintii adeeradaa iyo ilamaadeeradaa ahaa uma naxariisto.

Intii reer Awdal dagaaladii foosha xumaa kaga dhimatay Rabbi ha u naxariisto. Reer Awdal waa dad gob ah laakiin mujrimiintii reerkiina u badnayd ee adeeradaa iyo ilmaadeeradaa ku jireen wax caffis ahi iyaga kuma haboona. Waa in lagasoo aargoosto.

Barwaaqooy abaayo, beryahan SL waan ku kacsanay. Samirkaan u hayay siyaasiyiinteeda iyo odayaasheeduba wuu dhamaaday. Qoomkaas ina bahdilayna wax loo samro maaha runtii.

Think about this example: the holy prophet goes to a Jewish man and tells the Jewish man that he should believe in him and the revelations given to him. The Jewish man tells the prophet that the Jews believe in Allah and have their own prophet (Muusa) and their own scriptures (Torah and others). So as you can see from this example which probably happened for real, the verses you quoted have a context.

Samafaloow, maxaad iigu diidantahay inaan umaddeenaa lunsan xaqqa gaadhsiiyo? Ma waxaad rabtaa in jidka baadilka la wada maro oo aan la kala hadhin?

Thanks for the dua walaalo, may Allah bless guide us to the path of salvation. I have seen this video before and I am afraid it offers nothing new. It is the same flawed arguments put forward by all the believers of hadith. Just look at the inscriptions behind Mr Nouaman and any pure monotheist wouldn't fail to see how Almighty Allah's name is reduced to an idol put beside another idol of a human being even in the mosques. This is despite Allah telling us: Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 18: وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا "And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah". Even the very first ayah mentioned in the video is taken out of context!! I normally like Nouaman's dacwah work but on this occasion I don't agree with his message. Allah best.

2 years is not a big deal mate; look at us: 28 years of "dawladbaanu nahay" mantra and in all those three decades haven't managed to govern a village properly.

Col. Caarre is enjoying his moment in the limelight, so let the brother indulge.

That is true but the reality is even worst. Somaliland in its current form is a failed state within a failed state. We don't even have the privilege of being mocked as a failed state.

I think it is better if only the two guys at the top control everything and take from the public coffer what they can take from it instead of having nearly hundred ministers and their deputies raiding those meagre resources like this frenzy feeding Google Image Result for https://media.giphy.com/media/KqDV3yuQcgGxq/giphy.gif GOO.GL

In a country like the UK or Canada you can bring corrupt politicians to account because all the different branches of the state are not only independent of each other but also oversee each other. The police force in the UK, although under the control of the Home Office act independent of the Home Secretary because they have the constitutional mandate to do so. The Courts also come under the control of some government branch yet do their business unhindered because they have the law and the public on their side. The two Houses of the Parliament are the same, the Military cannot be dictated to by any politician or even its own top generals because they know their place in society and the articles the constitution which limit their powers and define their roles. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of our homeland. We neither follow Allah's law nor can make our own. In fact, we are lawless. It is a jungle where the law of the wild applies and fittest (the most despicable and unrepentant) survive. Indeed in the wild the beasts follow the laws of nature and eat only what they need for survival, so we are worst than the animals. Just have a look at the bulging bellies of the deplorable thieves in our homeland's corridors of power. They seem to lack the feedback mechanism created in our digestive system by Almighty Allah to stop us feeding when we had enough. Therefore in an environment like our homeland where we have to deal with an immoral political class, where the known thief cannot be brought to justice because the main job of the "judge" himself is thieving, we have to welcome whatever good comes out it. So Geeloow, when we find the rare one from among those thieving hoards who admits guilt and reforms we indeed have a cause to celebrate.

Daahiroow, the Holy Quran should not be a book like any other, decorating our shelves and gathering dust. Instead it should always be in our hands, in our heads, and in our hearts guiding us to the way of salvation. That is why, Almighty Allah revealed it to mankind and that is why the holy prophet and his companions fought for it and suffered for it.