@Suldaanka said: ^Do you believe these are human organs in that camping cooler? This is just the age old boogeyman sensationalist stories. I remember as a child that the boogeyman, usually a Bantu from Southern Somalia or Oromo, will come and snatch you from the streets. What I see here is just a social manifestation of having too much peace and order. When people no longer fear for their own safety and their community, they tend to create the boogeymen stories just to keep the community alert and induce fear - perhaps the end gain is for social control i.e. kids to not be away from home after it gets dark. I think there's something more sinister going on. I remember watching the news a while back about a boy retelling how he managed to get away from these organ traders. He said they let him go because his liver wasn't in good shape. I don't know how reliable the report was, but everyone in the neighbourhood was visibly shaken. This was in Hargaysa. Arrin la dhayalsan karo ma aha.

Ninkii dhoof ku yimaa, geeridu dhibaysaa. I don't like Ina Iley but I support the territorial expansion. Xuduudda ha la soo xiro.

@Oodweyne said: ^^^Saaxiib, Hadey beentahay iyo haddii kaleba, niman-xiniinyo leh, ayaa go-aankaa gaadhey oo waliba u badheedhay. Doc-kayeedhna waxba laga weydiin maayo. Marka labaadna, ninka loo taliyona, ee waliba, Maakhir, kayimid, oo go-aanka Hargeisa lagu gaadho uu ku khasban yahay in sanka lagaga toli doono, hadal iyo kaftan uma furna. Sidaa-daraateed, ta kuheysata ayaa kugu filan, Saaxiib, mar haddii talo ninkale goostey oo Burco lagu alifay, Hargeisa-na fulinteeda leedahay, aad ku gowracan tahay in aad adeec u noqoto, meel aad dood raqiis ah aad kaga soo daacdo, kuuma taalo, Saaxiib. In badan baad isku daydey in aad qabyaaladda kugu qufulan qariso, haseyeeshee maantay cimaamadda kaa dhacday oo iyadoo bareer ah aad la soo shirtagtay. Habar Jeclow, Muuse wa kaa!

Reer Waqooyi waa la xumeeyay un mooyee, waa Soomaali dhalad ah.

Garissa celebrates for Farmaajo "Soomaali ha midowdo, ha xorowdo"

Congrats to Farmaajo and I wish him all the best. However, the cynic in me wonders how long till hambalyada ay isu beddesho habaar? Somalis way salfudud yihiin waana a tough crowd to please. Oodweyne, cuqdadda is still going strong I see. But let me ask you a question, do you not see the irony in complaining about MSBarre's tyranny in the north and you advocating for the same thing? Haddaad go'aysaan go'a, but don't force people. You're no better than the dictator you so hate. Shame on you. S/land is a strange place indeed. The best of Somalis I know are from there, then you have people like you.

@galbeedi said: Arrinta kale ee aad ku dartay, dhulka Waamo ee webiga iyo baddu isgalayaan ee dhobeyda ah iyo dhulka hawdka ah ee woqooyi bari sidey iskugu dhawaadeen. dadna waa beeroley, kuwana waa xoolo dhaqato. casharkaas bal adigu noo sharax saaxiib. Galbeedi, waanba iska illoobay in aan kuu jawaabo. Niyow maxaa ku daaray? Dhoobeyda maxaa ku geeyay? Geel dhoobey ku socda xaggeed ku aragtay? Haye casharka si fiican u dgagayso. Aan ka billowno dhulka daaqa wacan ee webiga jiinkiisa bari ee Dhasheeg Waamo. Bari qabo oo Joorre u mood. Lag Boqol iyo Lag Guran sii mar. Ijaara iyo Faafi haba aadin. Lag Dheera toos u raac. Banka Waasow ka dhac. Shawaayna socodka ku dhammee. Dhulkaas aan soo sheegay oo ban iyo hawdba leh, omos iyo aaranna ah, iyo dhul kaloo badan aan sheegin, waxaa la isku wada dhihi jiray Gaalka ka hor Waamo. Soomaalida ka hor Oromo baa degi jirtay.

@Maakhiri1 said: It should be tried, and Welcome it, but am bit sceptical, for one I know in SOMALIA we have way too many camels, which danger the environment. This study I reckon does not the address overpopulation and overgrazing!! Go back to the video. Overgrazing is either spatial or time dependent. The negative one is the time one (constantly grazing the same place all the time).

This is from a study on HPG in the arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya. The results are very promising indeed: There was increase plant cover more than 25% from May to November rainy season in all sites... Livestock body condition generally remained the same even during the drought as compared to the previous years when many animals died due to lack of pasture and water... This study was conducted in the Booran lands. Their land is just as dry as ours and if they were able to see a result in just 2 years, imagine what can be done on a larger scale? There are beautiful pics from the area towards the end: http://www.mktplace.org/site/images/documents/final-project-reports/ID%20167%20-%20Final%20Project%20Report%20PDF.pdf

@galbeedi said: I do not know any thing about Somali grazing laws in the eighties , but there were some area controlled by the agency of " forestry and grazing". In this semi arid land of the Somalis, all you need is to eliminate open range grazing. Certain open grazing area must be identified and allowed in winter times when the resources are scarce. The problem is we do not even have laws to regulate and manage city life let alone rural area's. Government means registry and regulation and collectively we refused to enforce the laws in order to survive and prosper. Galbeedi, because this method is so complex, it makes it very difficult to run on a national level, but much more manageable on a local level say on a village basis; which is much more compatible with our temperament and dislike of authority. After the grace of Allah, I fully believe if this method is properly applied everywhere in the country, we will not only stop desertification but reverse it. The cultural and economic benefits that entails are also immeasurable. This might just be what saves us all. But it requires local leadership which means educated folks like us have to take the initiative to learn and take the knowledge back. I for one plan to take it to my village. There is still hope for our countryside.

@Tallaabo said: Thanks for sharing this wonderful video with us Haatu. I am not certain about it but I heard that in the 1970s the Somali Republic under president Siyaad Barre has such a programme where grazing lands were managed by dividing them into segments where the nomads had access to each segment at a particular period of the year. Really? I had no idea about that. I knew about seerayaasha (national parks) but not this. This technique is more than just putting a bit of land aside in case of drought.

@Maakhiri1 said: I remember of Cabdalla Mansuur's theory, it is a good theory, but believe more work is needed. How about if the migration is reversed, the Somali paintings show 8,000 years old civilisation! That might be true but the presence of the paintings only add strength to Cabdalla's theory. In the book he references research done by non-Somali academics which show that the origin of the cattle (cows i.e. the ones in the paintings, sheep and goats - camels came much later) used by the Somalis originate from Mesopotamia. So if you add the linguistic evidence, the genetic evidence, and the aforementioned point, you have a compelling case on your hands. If you haven't done so already, I would strongly advise you to read the book.

@Dhagax-Tuur said: That theory, A. Mansuur's, is very strong. I say that because sometime I was watching a program of a dude traveling through the area South of Egypt and North of Sudan, and I was amazed how these people structurally resemble Somalis,and not only that, but almost every other part of their culture is similar to our own. Heck, they even cook 'canjeero' exactly as we do, not the Ethiopian type. So, that theory rhythms with me. I came across a brother from Algeria (a lot of them are basically Arabized Berbers) and I was very surprised when I saw him cook canjeero, exactly the same way we make it. I asked about it and apparently they eat it in their country as a traditional dish. There is definitely something to this theory. @Bluelicious said: Thanks for the video and links. Yes only if you chose the option ancestry + health. For Europe the only option is ancestry + health. For the US you can choose either ancestry alone or ancestry + health. According to the website you can view over 100 health conditions and traits. They are broken down in 4 categories: inherited conditions, drug response, genetic risk factors and traits. Check it out: https://www.23andme.com/en-eu/health/ Guys, where can I get Cabdallah Mansuur's book on Somali history? Is it in English or Somali? I would not advise anyone to check for any genetic diseases they might have using these tests (unless they are advised by a health professional to do so as that's different). Some diseases have what is known as variable penetrance, which means even though you might have the genetic defect, you might not necessarily get the disease. Others (such as Huntington's disease), only manifest themselves in later life. So if you do carry such a genetic defect, do you want to waste the healthy remaining years of your life worrying about what the future holds? It's just not worth it as there's nothing that can be done anyway if it's found out you have a genetic mutation. It's best to not know, keep living your normal life and leave the future with Allah. Blue, the book is in Af Soomaali and can be purchased here: http://www.loohpress.com/product_info.php/cPath/49_129_147/products_id/1907 And if they do not ship to outside of the UK, you can try Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taariikhda-Afka-iyo-Bulshada-Soomaaliyeed/dp/0993431321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478390468&sr=8-1&keywords=cabdalla+cumar+mansuur

@Che -Guevara said: Blue, I used ancestry.com. I know few other Somalis that did the test. The breakdown in terms of ethnic percentage was more or less similar. It is small sample, but I am beginning to believe are simple a mix of Bantu, North African and Middle Eastern. Cabdalla Mansuur claimed just this in his book on Somali history. He is a believer of the Hamitic migration theory which states the hamitic peoples (cushtics, ancient egyptians, berbers) all initially migrated from Mesopatamia. At Egypt they divereged, a group settled (faraaciinta), a group went west (Berbers) and a group went further south and mixed with the local bantu population (Cushtics, ie. us). A few members of this site rejected that theory but every time I come across Somalis that have genetic testing I become more and more convinced of Cabdalla's viewpoint.

@galbeedi said: Haatu, Saar is probably those with white clothing. The last one with Haga Haga is not Dhaanto or Saar. their Somali accent seem to be Waamo or Jubba. I do not think the Sujju speak that way. Niyow dhallaan hooyadii dhalmada baray ayaad tahay. Ma anaa maanta saar iyo dhaanto ii kala sheegi :D I didn't watch all of the dances. I only went by what the guy who was introducing them was saying. But I do know the first one is definitely Saar as I watched it. Ina adeer, Ilaahay baan kugu dhaarshay ee weligaa qof gobolladaa ka yimi oo hadlaaya ma aragtay? Wallee annagaa ciil u dhimannay hadduu nin reer Awdal ah maanta na daraawaayo (BTW, NE Kenya + Jubbas = Waamo, most people don't know this or are confused by xadka uu gumaysiga dhigtay. Waamo itself is sub-divided into mini regions Joorre, Waasow, Shawaay, Ijaara etc.).

Two groups from Kenya are performing, a Somali one and another one. They interchange so flick through. The Somali group dance the saar, diisow, and other dances from Waamo (except dhaanto).

@Asad Ahmed said: burco,hargeysa,berbera is where all the terrrists,isis members,foreign fighters,alshabab,alqaeda and all cursed jihadists originate from.burco is cursed city laden with terror groups who organize them and fund them to suicide attacks in the south.somaliland entity funds terrorists in the region. Niyow calm down. The city you're cursing dad walaalahaa ah oon waxba galabsan ayaa degan. Burco Alla ha i noo daayo.

Xujaa la arkee ma xaawaleydaa Guntiga xiran oo xarbiga geli? Wallee waa yaab Dumarka in ay xaqooda waydiistaan waa gartooda, hayeeshee in wax aan inoo cuntamin, diinteena iyo dhaqankeenana ka soo horjeedo nalagu muquuniyo ma soconayso. Dadkan dibadaha ka tagay oo sheeganaya in ay shacabka metalayaan, miyay ka warhayaan rabitaanka shacabkaas?

@Tallaabo said: You are so naive Mr Saalax. The important issue here is not the station coming online again but the kidnap and detention of a Somaliland citizen by the Ethiopian forces inside Somaliland. The Siilaanyo administration has many questions to answer. Soomaali waxay tiri, qodax nin walba waxay ugu tagtaa inta taagtiisa ah. Hadduu culus yahay, cagtiisa way ku tiimban, hadduu caata yahayna way un yara mudi. Marka, in xukuumadda Siilaanyo ay tillaaba ka qaadi waaysay xadgudubkan layaab ma leh, lagumana eedaayo, ee tabari baa sidaas ka noqotay.

@Suldaanka said: No wonder they are referred as 'fools' in the Somali poetry. Adi iyo guntan waxba isma dhaantaan. Isku cudur baa idin hayaa.

@galbeedi said: Things will not be the same in the future, so let everyone record these atrocities. Collect the names of the victims , the time of death and all the circumstances that followed. record them from Galmudug, Hiiraan, Gaashaamo and very other place. Do we only have to publicize the crimes committed by the wrong tribe?., this is a war crime taking place in these regions. We hope someone would take this challenge and bring the killers to justice. Magac la qora wax ma tarayee, qori caaradii un baa lagu kala bixi karaa. We need another Axmed Gurey.

@Xaaji Xunjuf said: as for the topic ethiopia is a collective danger to all somalis but due to our internal strife and our unwillingess to create a common ground ethiopia will remain the regional powerhouse in the region unfortunately. Maanta un baad xaaji tahay. Saas ku wad.

History repeats itself. Have we forgotten about Al Andalus and what befell it? Or the Mongol invasions for that matter? Divide and conquer.