somalis can build like ants in such short time.Mogadishu is already undergoing tremendous change,don't you read papers! look at otha regions peaceful for a while,unbelievably transformed into metropolitan cities.Let people enjoy.

average I seen last time been there was 8-10.Some have 15+ and can imagine the quality of life they live in with no regular jobs sort to speak of.Lucky ones live on remittances.Waa reer hebel yaanu inaga badan.

^^^^ and probably the engineers.

Xaaji Xunjuf;839650 wrote: Dr Osman this is not kismayo its a section of Hargeysa :Dhahaa can tell easily hargeisa with dumbluq higher elevation. are otha pictures genuine

COUNTRY COMPARISON :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years. RANK COUNTRY (CHILDREN BORN/WOMAN) DATE OF INFORMATION 1 Niger 7.52 2012 est. 2 Uganda 6.65 2012 est. 3 Mali 6.35 2012 est. 4 Somalia 6.26 2012 est. 5 Burundi 6.08 2012 est. 6 Burkina Faso 6.07 2012 est. 7 Ethiopia

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=highest%20birth%20rates%20in%20the%20world&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CHkQFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Frankorder%2F2127rank.html&ei=XVHRT_KBGtPH6AGIvMm9Aw&usg=AFQjCNGpl5gTKbJHTowSFPKZNQgj73_sZg Isn't this madness?

cutee, she is fun mac mac.

we r no mutts my friend,ofc we had our share of mix like any otha people.Fact is less than 15% of our dna is foreign.Both paternal line & maternal one mentioned above...read more.

Xaaji Xunjuf;839634 wrote: Burahadeer they don't want to use that name because the region was never part of the former Somali republic and When they gain their independence i don't think they will join with Somalia fighting for independence more than 128 years and than settle with being ruled from Mogadishu.There is a whole new identity in the making the youth from those regions call themselves O'gadenis now and days. The ONLF is also very vague about the future of the region they come with stuff like we will let the people decide. and Kismayo will be their capital:D

ToasterThief;839594 wrote: Wow, Somalia, Mooge, rudy-Diiriye and others are soo negative, which makes me wonder how Puntland and the South would fare in a similar survey. I sometimes wonder about something, and I hope somebody can help me answer it: Why do some people utterly despise Somalilanders and yet desparately want to remain in a union with them. It makes no sense. ma yaabtay...

ONLF=O liberation front , NOT somaligalbeed liberation front:D Somaliweyn has become the catch word for whoeva is deceptive at the moment.

somalid race is those carrying your genes from way back 1000s yrs ago.....across oceans,not necessarily look alike,speak same language or religion.

they put somali cats among us too:D http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=somalid+race&source=web&cd=50&ved=0CGoQFjAJOCg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pic2fly.com%2FSomalid%2BRace.html&ei=0i7QT4-YIeeC0QGSrbTmDQ&usg=AFQjCNFrA8l3tKjmQooKvEO6ikYh6rOlPg

they have too much freedom,peace & less stress that comes with smaller population.

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don't ruin the thread.....Start separate thread if you wana talk about arabic names.

I just don't understand why those defending Islam always resort to insults...Please don't ruin the thread,if you wana keep your arabic names,FINE. And somalis existed way before Islam,christianity etc...

Gal=yes small ditch that holds water Maag=settlement usually surounded by fence like ood.That's where magaalo(town)came from.Maag+gaalo(town+infidels)as first europeans erect towns. Burco=taag,elevated piece of land(usually no trees) surounded by bush.

gal(2 meaning) maag burco

@XX.........haven't read much of these asiatic groups but as stated below M1 from mother side came from India.But still back migration to africa as they first left east africa. mtDNA According to mtDNA studies by Holden (2005) and Richards et al. (2006), a significant proportion of the maternal lineages of Somalis consists of the M1 haplogroup,[75][76] which is common among Ethiopians and North Africans, particularly Egyptians and Algerians.[77][78] M1 is believed to have originated in Asia,[79] where its parent M clade represents the majority of mtDNA lineages[80] (particularly in India).[81] This haplogroup is also thought to possibly correlate with the Afro-Asiatic language family:[76] "We analysed mtDNA variation in ~250 persons from Libya, Somalia, and Congo/Zambia, as representatives of the three regions of interest. Our initial results indicate a sharp cline in M1 frequencies that generally does not extend into sub-Saharan Africa. While our North and especially East African samples contained frequencies of M1 over 20%, our sub-Saharan samples consisted almost entirely of the L1 or L2 haplogroups only. In addition, there existed a significant amount of homogeneity within the M1 haplogroup. This sharp cline indicates a history of little admixture between these regions. This could imply a more recent ancestry for M1 in Africa, as older lineages are more diverse and widespread by nature, and may be an indication of a back-migration into Africa from the Middle East."[76] A Somali schoolgirl. Another mtDNA study indicates that: "Somali, as a representative East African population, seem to have experienced a detectable amount of Caucasoid maternal influence... the proportion m of Caucasoid lineages in the Somali is m = 0.46 [46%]... Our results agree with the hypothesis of a maternal influence of Caucasoid lineages in East Africa, although its contribution seems to be higher than previously reported in mtDNA studies."[82] Overall, these genetic studies conclude that Somalis and their fellow Ethiopian and Eritrean Northeast African populations represent a unique and distinct biological group on the continen [[[the proportion m of Caucasoid lineages in the Somali is m = 0.46 [46%]... Our results agree with the hypothesis of a maternal influence of Caucasoid lineages in East Africa, although its contribution seems to be higher than previously reported in mtDNA studies]]] was always wondering why sisters r lighter than their brothers in many cases:confused:

waar XX people r people

I like arabs too...

Che -Guevara;838988 wrote: lool@fircoon Burahadeer..outside influence is unavoidable no matter how hard you resist. That said, Somalia and Somalis should be studied but not out of fear of losing our culture. but what about regaining our names like coofle ..........

^^ I would not be surprised if Pharoah was a Somali wuxu aha inkaar qabe much like the current warlords only with dhar dahab ah Nimrod was also cushitic..no wonder hahaaa:D Nimrod is, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush and great-grandson of Noah and the king of Shinar. He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power in the earth, and a mighty hunter. Wikipedia Parents: Cush