Somalia you're wrong, war is not an answer and does not bring anything except death and destruction. The governor is over reacting and instead should think of a better strategy to alleviate the problem. First thing first, he should beef up his security apparatus. 200 men is not enough to patrol the whole city, the city needs double of that number or more. And in terms, of Galmudug it has always been clear the admin there is not strong and stable, so instead of all the time complaining about them, Puntland should work with them rather than against them and support in whatever way, even if it means having combined police force operating in the trouble areas. I believe that's achievable,if its well negotiated. I dont think they doing anything deliberately, its just they don't have the resources and so can not control different clan militias. Secondly, Galkio and surrounding has always been trouble hot spots, clan clashes, random killings, camel robbery you name it always existed and will exist until Rural mudug is brought into civilzation by force or by consent. In the meantime, elders who Pre Galmudug or even pre Puntland solved issues should be reached out to and get involved, this is very important.

Allah Yarham, Sheikh Dr Axmed Xaaji. Puntland and Somalia willl miss him. He was apeacemaker, teacher and preacher of good. Wallahi,I'm fearful of where Somalia is being headed! Ilaahay ha naga qabto shar wadayaasha, Amiin

Tarzan is doing well given the circumstances he's under. I got respect for any one who dodges daily road side bomb and death to change a situation he believes in, as Tarzan is

^ Giving you the benefit of the doubt, you are falling to a trap unknowingly. Carefully checking the link you quoted could have given you a clue of who's trying to set up the good Sheikh. Its no other than Pro-israel lobbyist, Islamaphic who see a danger in Islam spreading in Europe and Western world. As a moslem when some one badmouths another moslem we ought to stick of what we know best of that person, and ignore the rest until it becomes beyond doubt that person is guilty of the crimes alleged. Its not secret anti islam far right groups do not like Sheikh Yassin becouse of his hardwork and his persuasive nature,and will stop for nothing to taint his image. They tried many times before in the UK to a similar Sheikhs such as Sheikh Balhawi and they even went as far as making false documents that has been exposed by Channel 4 news.

Kenya is stretching its muscle to to show strength after Museveni comment that they can't resist Alshabab as they don't know how to fight. But, But why send their troops to somalia only after the Somali army plus Raskamboni defeated Alshabab. I think Kibaki want to take a credit frrm removing Alshabab from his borders where there's none due. I doubt if Kenya army (qori dheerayaal, as they were called) will face Alshabab but will just motivate the Somalis to chase them for them.

Poor seccessionists, every little incident in Puntland raises their hope of recognition, War give it up sxbayaal its not coming any time soon. Faroole must be doing something right if he's making these lot obsessed Puntland this much, a good motivation I guess to continue. Any one who knows Galkio and clan structure there know this meeting is futile and Reer Goldogob will not go any where. This meeting and others have been organised by Zakaria Haji Mohamed a rebel who opposes everything and anything and he never liked Puntland from inception and now he is trying to instigate hatred between brotherly clans, but will not succeed.

Resilince and hard work of Somali people will inshallah continue and one day will pay off. Somalis of all clans, of all regions, of all sect should stand up to these murderous,violent vampires that want to hold Somali people hostage. And God willingly we will prevail.

I hope these kids understand what opportunity is given to them and should not waste it by smuggling themsleves to Western Europe Many of them will be under pressure from their families in Europe and America to come, and if that happens Turkey will be disappointed and will give up on Somalis. In the long term Turkey should help Somalis to get a world class education in their own country.

http://www.channel4.com/news/un-probe-after-aid-stolen-from-somalia-refugees The he UN's head of aid operation has launched an inquiry after Channel 4 News revealed thousands of sacks of food were diverted from refugees and sold by Somali businessmen on the open market. An investigation by tonight's programme shows piles of maize, wheat and cooking oil - clearly marked "not for re-sale" and bearing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) logo - for sale from 10 warehouses and 15 shops in the main market of the capital, Mogadishu. Over 45,000 tons of WFP food are shipped to Somalia from Kenya every month. It was attacks on food convoys by Somali pirates which first prompted the deployment of an international naval flotilla, currently patrolling the Gulf of Aden. But although Somali pirates have caught the world's attention and imagination, Somalia itself is so dangerous that the diversion of aid convoys inland has gone almost completely hidden from the outside world. "We buy aid from WFP staff directly or from people they employ" a market trader tells Channel 4 News. "They take us to the warehouses used by the WFP and let us load our lorries. The goods are freely available and you can buy as much as you like, but we usually buy no more than 500 to 1,000 sacks at a time. Just a ton or half a ton a day can be shifted more discreetly." That food could hardly be more needed. Over a million people have been driven from their homes by fighting, including 117,000 people that have fled from Mogadishu's fighting in the last month according to the UN. One in three Somali children are classified by the UN as malnourished. UN officials claim that civil war and the worst drought in a decade have created "near-famine conditions", with Somalia ranking alongside Darfur as the worst humanitarian emergency anywhere in the world. The WFP is tasked with feeding 3.5 million Somalis - almost half the entire population - and is struggling to overcome an operational shortfall of over $84m (£51m) over the next six months. Britain gave the WFP £9m for Somalia last year through the Department for International Development (DFID) and is now weighing up whether to give more. 'Fictional refugee camp' Yet a market trader describes to Channel 4 News how he invents fictional refugee camps, which are then allocated food which he can sell. "You go to the WFP office and fill in an application form to create a camp" he says. "When we receive the food, we give out some, and then divide the rest between ourselves and the WFP guys, who negotiated the deal." We took the findings of our investigation to Mark Bowden, the former British diplomat who is now the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Somalia: "It is extremely disturbing and potentially disruptive of the aid programme" he said, urging the WFP to investigate as a "high priority". "Somalia is probably the most complex and difficult humanitarian crisis the world is facing. I think that there is transparency in the operation....but allegations of diversion are very worrying." Mr Bowden admits that "thousands" of sacks were stolen earlier this year in a "major incident of diversion", but says the transport contractor responsible was forced to reimburse the cost. In April the Somali government complained to Bowden about bags openly for sale in Mogadishu's Bakhara market. Many of the sacks for sale are marked "from the American people", with the US government's aid agency, USAID, funding food and humanitarian assistance for Somalia to the tune of $274m (£168m) last year. Peter Goossens, the WFP's Somalia Director, describes food for sale as a "minor phenomenon". "There is no big corruption going on," he claims. "Relative to the environment, we are doing a very good job. And the donors know it." The WFP accepts that so-called "gatekeepers" - often powerful Somali clans - may siphon off aid after it reaches the camps, but it rejects claims that WFP staff are party to corruption. WFP truck drivers are docked money from a Nairobi-based bank account if they fail to deliver. In relation to the claims of fictional camps the WFP responded that it had never heard of such camps and questioned whether the word of the traders could be trusted. Mr Goossens maintains that the vast majority of the food reaches those who need it. "We do post-distribution monitoring" says Mr Goossens, claiming his staff numbers have doubled in the past year and that he would know if large amounts of aid were going astray. "We have absolutely not lost control." A statement from the WFP said: "The World Food Programme takes any allegation of food diversion extremely seriously and we rigorously investigate all allegations that are drawn to our attention. WFP has been ever-present in Somalia throughout this recent turbulent period of its history. This year alone, we expect to reach more than 3.5 million people with vital food assistance. We have maintained our supply lines to the hungry overcoming obstacles ranging from pirates on the seas off the coast of Somalia, to insecurity and attacks on our staff on the ground. In the past 12 months, WFP has lost four staff members who were killed while carrying out the life-saving work of bringing food to the hungry. Despite the continuing threat of violence WFP is committed to maintaining its presence in Somalia and delivering food transparently and efficiently to those who need it most."

Anigu kuwaan somali laynka ah waa la gartay laakiin waxaan layaabay kuwaan allssc sheeganaya ee raadinaya burburka puntland! waa wax lalayaabo

Abtigiis you misunderstand Faroole. You could accuse him of anything, bad temperedness, dictatorial tendencies, nepotism but secessionism is not one of them. I don’t know how much of his public speeches you listen, but he always talks the Somalia of the old with nostalgic way, calls for unity in every opportunity, that would not come out from the mouth of a man who wanted to cut Somalia into pieces. What does he stand for? United federal Somalia, where each part takes its fair share of the wealth and have a say about its own internal policies. He is fearful that past mistakes will be repeated. He talks Somalia of the old ignoring his region and dubbing “ Gaari waa” and the “unreachable land” and accumulating all Somalia’s resources in one city i.e. Mogadishu. That to me is not bad as a negotiated settlement could be reached on how Somalia should structure itself (central or federal) and how resources should be shared.

Puntland is facing challenges no doubt, but crisis that is bit of exageration. Puntland is under attack from Alshabab wether you believe or not. They have been killing people in the last three years in Galkio, Bosaso and other main cities in Puntland. In particular Galkio they are hiding behind clans so as to find protection from these clans while continuing with their assasinations and bombings. Especially they target those clans that have a traditional grievance from the state and other clans. This is history repeating itself. Remember, in Mogadishu they were protected by Indhocade and Sh Xassan Dahir's sub clan and we know what happened and the rest is history. Puntland can not affrod to let extremism and violent few to disrupt its peace and security and needed to take action. But Faroole's answer lack strategy, vision and proper leadership.What happened in Garsor is point proof. He needn't to attack instead should have used other strategy, for example, addressing some of the grievances by bringing the elders of the said clan on board, fighting these criminals with same token of tactics that they're use ie using their clans to apprehend suspects and giving assurances that there will be fair justice for any one improsoned. And that's why the blame of what happened in Garsoor solely lies with him and he should change tactics becouse its not working but hurting.

Thank you Erdogan, Thank you Turkey Somalia and Somali people are grateful for your kindness! Somalia Inshallah will pay you back in kind

Malawi windmill boy with big fans William Kamkwamba up one of his windmills William Kamkwamba educated himself in his local library By Jude Sheerin BBC News The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Self-taught William Kamkwamba has been feted by climate change campaigners like Al Gore and business leaders the world over. His against-all-odds achievements are all the more remarkable considering he was forced to quit school aged 14 because his family could no longer afford the $80-a-year (£50) fees. When he returned to his parents' small plot of farmland in the central Malawian village of Masitala, his future seemed limited. But this was not another tale of African potential thwarted by poverty. Defence against hunger The teenager had a dream of bringing electricity and running water to his village. William Kamkwamba and one of his windmills Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy - people thought I was smoking marijuana William Kamkwamba And he was not prepared to wait for politicians or aid groups to do it for him. The need for action was even greater in 2002 following one of Malawi's worst droughts, which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation. Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library. Fascinated by science, his life changed one day when he picked up a tattered textbook and saw a picture of a windmill. Mr Kamkwamba told the BBC News website: "I was very interested when I saw the windmill could make electricity and pump water. "I thought: 'That could be a defence against hunger. Maybe I should build one for myself'." When not helping his family farm maize, he plugged away at his prototype, working by the light of a paraffin lamp in the evenings. But his ingenious project met blank looks in his community of about 200 people. "Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy," he recalls. "They had never seen a windmill before." Shocks Neighbours were further perplexed at the youngster spending so much time scouring rubbish tips. Al Gore William Kamkwamba's achievements with wind energy show what one person, with an inspired idea, can do to tackle the crisis we face Al Gore "People thought I was smoking marijuana," he said. "So I told them I was only making something for juju [magic].' Then they said: 'Ah, I see.'" Mr Kamkwamba, who is now 22 years old, knocked together a turbine from spare bicycle parts, a tractor fan blade and an old shock absorber, and fashioned blades from plastic pipes, flattened by being held over a fire. "I got a few electric shocks climbing that [windmill]," says Mr Kamkwamba, ruefully recalling his months of painstaking work. The finished product - a 5-m (16-ft) tall blue-gum-tree wood tower, swaying in the breeze over Masitala - seemed little more than a quixotic tinkerer's folly. But his neighbours' mirth turned to amazement when Mr Kamkwamba scrambled up the windmill and hooked a car light bulb to the turbine. As the blades began to spin in the breeze, the bulb flickered to life and a crowd of astonished onlookers went wild. Soon the whiz kid's 12-watt wonder was pumping power into his family's mud brick compound. 'Electric wind' Out went the paraffin lanterns and in came light bulbs and a circuit breaker, made from nails and magnets off an old stereo speaker, and a light switch cobbled together from bicycle spokes and flip-flop rubber. Before long, locals were queuing up to charge their mobile phones. WINDS OF CHANGE 2002: Drought strikes; he leaves school; builds 5m windmill 2006: Daily Times writes article on him; he builds a 12m windmill 2007: Brings solar power to his village and installs solar pump Mid-2008: Builds Green Machine windmill, pumping well water Sep 2008: Attends inaugural African Leadership Academy class Mid-2009: Builds replica of original 5m windmill Mr Kamkwamba's story was sent hurtling through the blogosphere when a reporter from the Daily Times newspaper in Blantyre wrote an article about him in November 2006. Meanwhile, he installed a solar-powered mechanical pump, donated by well-wishers, above a borehole, adding water storage tanks and bringing the first potable water source to the entire region around his village. He upgraded his original windmill to 48-volts and anchored it in concrete after its wooden base was chewed away by termites. Then he built a new windmill, dubbed the Green Machine, which turned a water pump to irrigate his family's field. Before long, visitors were traipsing from miles around to gawp at the boy prodigy's magetsi a mphepo - "electric wind". As the fame of his renewable energy projects grew, he was invited in mid-2007 to the prestigious Technology Entertainment Design conference in Arusha, Tanzania. Cheetah generation He recalls his excitement using a computer for the first time at the event. "I had never seen the internet, it was amazing," he says. "I Googled about windmills and found so much information." Onstage, the native Chichewa speaker recounted his story in halting English, moving hard-bitten venture capitalists and receiving a standing ovation. Bryan Mealer (left) with William Kamkwamba William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (left) spent a year writing the book A glowing front-page portrait of him followed in the Wall Street Journal. He is now on a scholarship at the elite African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr Kamkwamba - who has been flown to conferences around the globe to recount his life-story - has the world at his feet, but is determined to return home after his studies. The home-grown hero aims to finish bringing power, not just to the rest of his village, but to all Malawians, only 2% of whom have electricity. "I want to help my country and apply the knowledge I've learned," he says. "I feel there's lots of work to be done." Former Associated Press news agency reporter Bryan Mealer had been reporting on conflict across Africa for five years when he heard Mr Kamkwamba's story. The incredible tale was the kind of positive story Mealer, from New York, had long hoped to cover. The author spent a year with Mr Kamkwamba writing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, which has just been published in the US. Mealer says Mr Kamkwamba represents Africa's new "cheetah generation", young people, energetic and technology-hungry, who are taking control of their own destiny. "Spending a year with William writing this book reminded me why I fell in love with Africa in the first place," says Mr Mealer, 34. "It's the kind of tale that resonates with every human being and reminds us of our own potential." Can it be long before the film rights to the triumph-over-adversity story are snapped up, and William Kamkwamba, the boy who dared to dream, finds himself on the big screen? We asked for your reaction to this story. Please find a selection of your comments below. Kudos to this lad for his perseverance. The answers to Africa's problems lie within - not from w

CNN) -- William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him. His native Malawi had gone through one of its worst droughts seven years ago, killing thousands. His family and others were surviving on one meal a day. The red soil in his Masitala hometown was parched, leaving his father, a farmer, without any income. But amid all the shortages, one thing was still abundant. Wind. "I wanted to do something to help and change things," he said. "Then I said to myself, 'If they can make electricity out of wind, I can try, too.'" Kamkwamba was kicked out of school when he couldn't pay $80 in school fees, and he spent his days at the library, where a book with photographs of windmills caught his eye. "I thought, this thing exists in this book, it means someone else managed to build this machine," he said. Armed with the book, the then-14-year-old taught himself to build windmills. He scoured through junkyards for items, including bicycle parts, plastic pipes, tractor fans and car batteries. For the tower, he collected wood from blue-gum trees. "Everyone laughed at me when I told them I was building a windmill. They thought I was crazy," he said. "Then I started telling them I was just playing with the parts. That sounded more normal." Don't Miss Malawi halts nursing brain drain Malawi's Mutharika wins second term That was 2002. Now, he has five windmills, the tallest at 37 feet. He built one at an area school that he used to teach classes on windmill-building. The windmills generate electricity and pump water in his hometown, north of the capital, Lilongwe. Neighbors regularly trek across the dusty footpaths to his house to charge their cellphones. Others stop by to listen to Malawian reggae music blaring from a radio. When he started building the first windmill in 2002, word that he was "crazy" spread all over his village. Some people said he was bewitched -- a common description for people with perplexing behavior in some African cultures. "All of us, even my mother, thought that he had gone mad," said his sister Doris Kamkwamba. Villagers would surround him to snicker and point, Kamkwamba said. Ignoring them, he would quietly bolt pieces using a screwdriver made of a heated nail attached to a corncob. The heat -- from both the crowd and the melted, flattened pipes he used as blades -- did not deter him. Three months later, his first windmill churned to life as relief swept over him. As the blades whirled, a bulb attached to the windmill flickered on. "I wanted to finish it just to prove them wrong," he said. "I knew people would then stop thinking I was crazy." Kamkwamba, now 22, is a student at the African Leadership Academy, an elite South African school for young leaders. Donors pay for his education. His story has turned him into a globetrotter. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, an avid advocate of green living, has applauded his work. Kamkwamba is invited to events worldwide to share his experience with entrepreneurs. During a recent trip to Palm Springs, California, he saw a real windmill for the first time -- lofty and majestic -- a far cry from the wobbly, wooden structures that spin in his backyard. Former Associated Press correspondent Bryan Mealer, who covered Africa, wrote a book, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," after hearing Kamkwamba's story. The book was released in the United States last week. Mealer, a native of San Antonio, Texas, said he lived with Kamkwamba in his village for months to write the book. The story was a refreshing change after years of covering bloody conflicts in the region, Mealer said. Kamkwamba is part of a generation of Africans who are not waiting for their governments or aid groups to come to their rescue, according to the author. "They are seizing opportunities and technology, and finding solutions to their own problems," Mealer said. "One of the keys of his success is ... he's never wanted to rest on his laurels."

Well said Khadar and yes Indhabuur is good candidate for president and has my vote. The guy has balls to ask questions many Puntlanders wanted answers for. Faroole has become a liabilty and sooner he goes the better. But for now for the sake of stabilty he should be allowed to see through his term smoothly.

^You don't get it. Waxaan umalaynayaa waagaad yarayd Dambarka caanaha waa lagaa dhawray:) . Marka halkaa kasii wad

You talking about the selection process, but parliment as a whole and individually represent every one in the state and they speak about and for any issues that are of interest to all the people in the country.

^Anigu ilaahay ima dabo dhigin in aan geeljire is laayay aan warkooda doon doono, aqoonsina igama galin. Laakiin waxaan jeclaan lahaa inaan energigayga galiyo sidii aan joojin lahayn dhiiga qabaailada is laaya soomaliya oo dhan, waana arin ubaahan istraatigiyad fog oo ku dhisan in dadka la wacyi galiyo waxna la baro loona sameeyo tashiilaad kaa fiya waxa ay isku dilayaan oo ah "Scarce resources"

The MP touched issues that concern people from across the state, from Sanaag to Mudug and when he speaks in the partliment he represents all the people in Puntland and speaks on their behalf not a clan. But thanks for reminding us how things work in Hargeisa. Caqligaaga hadaan raacno, shalay markii Cali Waraabe Airporka laga cayriyay ma reerkiisa la xushmo dareeye?

Topicu waxa weeeye sida geeljiraha isdila aqoonsi looga raadiyo, miyuuna saa aheen?:rolleyes: Mar hadii aad qirtay inay qabaailku meel walba ay joogaan is laayo, maxaad kuligood marwlba noogu soo gudbin waydaa?

lol. OR may be in accordance with Reer Faisal Waraabe Law. That's laymen's urgumet, come up with something better!

Loool. Sxb Somaliland qabiiladoodu waa Somali, maalin walba bay is laayaan, laakiin qof daneeya majirto oo thread ya ufura! Aniga Waqooyi galbeed qaraabo ayaan ku leeyahay waana la socda waxa ka dhaca marka yeeynaan been isku sheegin! any way yaan kaaqasin halkaa kasii wad.

^ No I'm not saying that. But why twist as if this was extended to SSC clan? (read the title)