Lovely place and the people in the old photo look beautiful in those dresses.

"Shacabka Soomasliyeed" are also those who decided to take Somaliland back from Mogadishu, elect their leaders, and sign business deals with international companies and sovereign states. So one should ask the residents of Villa AMISOM which "shacab Soomaaliyeed" are they referring to in their boring press conferences and TV interviews?

Does this mean that president MBC is calling off the so-called talks with Villa AMISOM?

But what you are forgetting is that the UAE signed an agreement with the "Somalis it needs"

Well in simple words Cabdi Raxmaan Tuur was like a mother who while suffering from postnatal depression wanted to strangle her infant daughter and Haaji Maxamad Ibraahim Cigaal was like a good aunt who came to the rescue of the baby, adopted her and brought her up. Both are loved and respected.

Oo is not Tigrey but one of our cagdheer boys from kililka. He was probably educated in Addis Ababa and therefore gained a lot of knowledge about the other ethnic groups in Ethiopia.

This is what the media should call the Mogadishu administration

If the leaders of Somaliland copied the systems of accountability, transparency, and good governance from the first world countries of the west and Asia, today Somaliland would be very different. But Suldaanoow the problem is we not only incapable of finding our own solutions to our problems but we cannot even copy the existing solutions which have worked very well for other countries.

The result of this democratisation of Puntland's politics will predictably produce their own version of jeegaan Somalis will never be pure democrats and dissociate clan politics from proper politics.

Oh I forgot to mention that the word "Somalilander" also describes anyone who hails from Somaliland whether he/she is a unionist like Maakhiri or a secessionist like Barwaaqo. Or whether they like it or not

You know nothing about court proceedings. If DP World decides to pursue the case against Djibouti in the International arbitration courts, Djibouti will not talk about DP World's other businesses especially if those businesses are not connected to the case before the court. There is no room for politics in a court of law.

Maakhiri if you apply for an ID card in Somaliland you will be ask to bring your sulltan with you to prove that you are Somalilander by clan. The sultan will tell the government that you are the son of so and so, that you are from this sub-sub clan, and that you are a Somalilander by blood. A sheegato like Saalax will not be able to get the ID card because there will be no sultan to prove his xalaalness and right to citizenship. So the word "Somalilander" is also used to describe any member of the clans which make up Somaliland even if such a person is a citizen of another country.

And did this sizable battalion witness a day's fight or were they carrying out their duties in Mogadishu's fortified hotels?

Acuudu billah dadkii way bahaloobeen

The first guy in the video implied that the accused is in prison because of "colaad loo qabo dhulka uu ka soo jeedo". The accused man's relatives will say anything to get out of trouble but they also have a case against the so-called police chief. The police chiefs have a nasty habit of talking about cases not yet resolved by the courts. They should be instructed to stop commenting on active cases not resolved by the courts and any who does so should be disciplined.

Your ex marrying from your own clan makes no difference if the man she is married to is a sick rapist. Evil knows no clan.

It looks like Mr Holac is flexing his literary muscles and compiling his own sugaan iyo maahmaaho

As a result of the genocide of the beesha dhexe by Siyaad's army, the suffering civilians were very confused and bitter but I believe that the SNM's intention was never about secession of Somaliland. Instead they wanted to replace Siyaad Barre's dictatorship with another SNM-Caydiid tyranny. However a political wizard called Cali Mahdi (God bless him) pulled the rug under their feet but also inadvertently paved the way for the break up of the uneasy union. I believe if a government of national unity which represented every clan immediately replaced Siyaad Barre's administration and relentlessly pursued all the war criminals to face justice, neither the secession of Somaliland nor the chaos in the south would have taken place and today the Somali society would very different.

If by saying Abdi Ilay you mean the administration he represents, then by virtue of its proximity to Jigjiga, the port of Berbera would be most beneficial to the Somali kilil. Already a large number of "long foot" entrepreneurs from Jigjiga and elsewhere do significant business in Somaliland. An expanded port in Berbera with an associated free trade zone will only increase their businesses and prosperity.

^ Oh did I forget that there are no proper hospitals and schools either!! And no quality control which resulted in the sale of expired food and drugs. No wonder why the mortality rate in Hargeisa is so high including among those who are thieving the public purse.

Indeed they (the corrupt scumbags) are so shameless and arrogant they don't bother to hide their loot from the public. Shalay kii caato darteed dabayshu qaadaysay ayaa maanta calool wayni darteen fadhiga inuu ka kaco ku adagtay. They are also so ignorant to understand that it is themselves, their children, and grandchildren who would have benefited from those investments. What is the point of building an expensive villa in a city with no building plans, no paved streets, no pedestrian pavements, no bridges, no traffic rules, no running water, no sewage and drainage system, no rubbish collection, no playgrounds for kids, no libraries, and no trees for shade from the scorching sun?

These key questions should be asked: 1. Where is the money? 2. What is their plan B? 3. Why did they not conduct proper survey and research before the project started years ago? 4. What were they doing all these years? 5. Who will take responsibility for the failure and face the consequences? 6. What lessons will be learned from this fiasco? 7. Why did they tell so much lies to the people about this project?

The issue between Djibouti and DP World is purely commercial in nature and has nothing to do with the GERD or Egypt. Moreover, Ethiopia itself is the one most interested in developing the port of Berbera for its own fast expanding trade, so any pickering between Somaliland and Djibouti (although there is none) has no consequence for Ethiopian interests. Ethiopia can afford to be a spectator here. Therefore, the scenario you described where Somaliland, Eritrea, UAE, and Egypt are conspiring against Ethiopia is nothing more than your imaginations running out of control.

Why dot SO (.So) when dot jeeg (.Jeeg) was available?

He is from Gaalkacayo