Somali lander killed on Somali Land. Lets wait too see if this is true.

Ayoub I think you have far more pressing matters to attend to! Like figuring out how to get that ex-regime leader of yours to hold elections! You went from holding enclave wide elections to having no elections all because of him! Our leaders on the other hand come and go!

Peace now, The nazi's had the same logic that you just referred to. Banning Jewish people from working and forcing them to wear markings on their clothing that told everyone who they were. No one turned Europe into anything, because it was Europe that came to Africa first (and practically everywhere else). Trying to force a certain way of life on people and pitting one group against another, while exploiting Africa's resources in order to sustain your Industrial revolution! Many of Africa's problems is connected to European slavery and colonialism! So if you want to address any problems, lets get to the root of them. A women who chooses to cover her hair in public is no threat; so these discriminatory laws must end.

Peacenow, Should nuns who cover their hair in England be kicked out to?

Misfortune?? I would take what we have any day over your leader. A former regime employee who refuses to hold elections after he himself was elected. Whenever elections loom, he has his people rally on the street with the blue flag as a warning!

I never forget about SL, everywhere in East Africa which we are the majority is SL in my eye's.

Xaji Xunjuf, Must you use every oppurtunity to mention NW Somalia?

After one and a half months the four imprisoned Sri Lankans, Captain included, were released by the Somaliland `kangaroo courts`. I call them kangaroo courts because they found no evidence of foul play to arrest this crew and put them behind bars. They were innocent.” Well they can finish complex pirate trials in 1 week and sentence people to 15 years, so what he is saying makes sense, they must be kangaroo courts! I guess NW Somalia won't be spreading false news that Sri Lanka is about to recognize them.

Yes they were touring, something all leaders do! They are also from different area's in Somalia! Not just made up of one dominant family like the other tribal enclaves!

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: quote:Originally posted by The Zack: ^Somaliweyn is not a dream, folks. It is a reality, it is something that already exist the present day. and u think Villa Somalia surrounded by AMISOM is "Somaliweyn" ??? I'm sure Djibouti does not agree with you here ,,,, nor NFD ,,,, According the the entire world it is! No other enclaves are recognized by a single country in the world. Only the leader in Villa Somalia and his ministers meet with world leaders. Year after year, only the government in Mogadishu is recognized by the world, so yes that is Somaliweyn

xiinfaniin, the man is a criminal, it doesnt matter if he committed the crimes 50 years ago. He should be arrested. He has admitted to taking dozens of ships! Don't you find it weird that the Faroole's son's website Garoweonline was able to conduct an interview with him in Eyl back in December 2008 in which Boyah insisted on covering his face. Yet after the elections in which Faroole is named president, his son is able to arrange a personal interview with Boyah and a foreign reporter but this time inside Garowe where Boyah doesnt feel the need to cover his face anymore? In a few months he went from being too scared to show his face and after the elections he completely changed and hand no problem with foreign reporters photographing and recording him on video!

I am responding with my own personal opinion on why Faroole hasn't received any international aid, which he seems to not understand according to the reuters report released today! My reasoning is that the biggest pirate leader was scared to show his face before Faroole came to power, and now he is not, as he conducts interviews freely! Just like the Security Council report said....he should arrest Boyah!

Before Faroole's admin came to power, according to this CNN (which was written a month before the elections) the biggest pirate leader "Boyah" was too scared to conduct interviews without concealing his identity; Except with Garoweonline run by the presidents son! However since Faroole came to power Boyah has done many interviews and walks around freely. If Faroole wants international assistance, he needs to start arresting these kinds men and severe their close relationship with one another. Until he is arrested, he will not be taken serious.

CNN NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Somalis are so desperate to survive that attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean will not stop, a pirate leader promises. A French warship keeps guard over commerical vessels in the Gulf of Aden last week. "The pirates are living between life and death," said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah. "Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything." The interview with the pirate was conducted in late August by journalists employed by the Somali news organization Garowe Online. The complete interview was provided to CNN last week and provides a glimpse of why piracy has been so hard to control in the region. Recorded on grainy video, the interview took place in the Somali port city of Eyl, now a center of pirate operations. Eyl is on the east coast of Somalia in the autonomous territory of Puntland. It is a largely lawless zone, considered extremely dangerous for Westerners to enter. The Puntland government said two unidentified Western journalists were taken hostage Wednesday as they attempted to report on pirate activity. Boyah said that the piracy began because traditional coastal fishing became difficult after foreign fishing trawlers depleted local fish stocks. Traditional fishermen started attacking the trawlers until the trawler crews fought back with heavy weapons. The fishermen then turned to softer targets. Watch why fishermen turned to piracy » "We went into the deep ocean and hijacked the unarmed cargo ships," Boyah said. "For the past three years, we have not operated near the Somali coast. We have operated at least 80 miles [out], in international waters." Over the past year, the number of pirate attacks has increased dramatically. The International Maritime Bureau cites more than 90 pirate attacks off East Africa so far in 2008. When attacks are successful, the hijacked ships are taken to Somali waters, where the ships and crew are held until a ransom is paid. See how pirate attacks have increased » Ships recently captured include a massive Saudi supertanker laden with crude oil valued at more than $100 million and a freighter carrying Russian-built tanks. The hijackings have been profitable. Kenya's foreign minister, Moses Wetangula, estimates the pirates have been paid more than $150 million during the past year. One pirate gang wants $2 million dollars to release a Yemeni freighter and crew seized last week. Facing increasing disruptions through one of the busiest sea lanes in the world, several countries have sent warships to patrol the area. There have been reports of skirmishes between pirates and naval forces, but the military presence does not concern pirate leader Boyah. He boasts the pirates literally sail in a vast ocean beneath the radar of the warships. Watch how piracy thrives off Somalia » "No ship has the capability to see everything," he said. "A ship can see 80 miles or so [on radar]. It cannot see us at all. No one can do anything about it." Boyah said it is unlikely the Puntland regional government would ever crack down on piracy because government officials are involved in financing the piracy and collect a cut of the ransoms. "They motivate us. It's their money and their weapons," Boyah said. "Thirty percent belongs to them." The Puntland foreign minister, Ali Abdi Aware, denied government involvement with the pirates, including taking bribes. The minister cited the arrest of six pirates earlier this year as evidence it is acting to stop piracy. Pirate Boyah said he is unimpressed with the arrests by Puntland authorities. "The pirates are at sea and Puntland does not approach them. The pirates are on land and Puntland does not approach them," Boyah said. "They arrest some small people and tell the world that they captured pirates, but they are liars." While Boyah may have been outspoken about the government's ineffectiveness, he did not allow interviewers to show his face, an indication that even in this lawless country, pirates still have some fear.

Piracy hits Puntland economy, brings vices-leader 9 Apr 9, 2010 - 11:29:50 AM NAIROBI (Reuters) - Piracy off the coast of Somalia has damaged livestock exports and the fishing industry in semi-autonomous Puntland, bringing vices like alcohol and prostitution, the region's president said. A cash bonanza from millions of dollars in ransoms has filled pirate coffers and led to an influx of gleaming cars, new villas and luxury goods into Puntland, which declared itself independent in the early 1990s when the Horn of Africa nation was plunged into anarchy and civil war. Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole told Reuters that piracy had emerged as an industry for a wide range of people, including brokers and facilitators, disrupting the region's traditional economy. "They have disrupted our economy, which traditionally is based on livestock export and fisheries. No one is fishing on the waters now," he said in the interview conducted late on Thursday. "They have spoiled the cultural and religious values, and introduced drugs, alcohol and prostitution." Somalia's economy is based almost entirely on remittances, livestock exports to Gulf Arab countries and donor inflows. But the threat of hijackings in the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Aden has deterred livestock traders from crossing the waterway, hitting trade volumes. Farole rejected accusations by the United Nations that pirates may be collaborating with officials in Puntland and criticised the lack of aid from foreign powers to help the region fight piracy. He said said his government's $20 million plan to train a 600-strong anti-piracy force and put dozens of speedboats on 80 coastguard stations had failed to attract donor attention. "We brought this plan to many organisations including governments and the (United Nations). Everybody appreciated it but up to now we have not got any assistance," Farole said. The northern region has been relatively peaceful compared with southern Somalia. But Farole, who was in Kenya to meet with donors, said prisons were stretched to their limits with 264 arrested pirates and Puntland needed assistance to increase its jail capacity. Australia's Range Resources and partner Africa Oil Corp are exploring for crude oil in Puntland and Farole said there was a "good prospect" that their efforts would yield results. Somalia has no proven oil reserves but a joint World Bank/U.N. survey of northeast Africa 16 years ago ranked it second only to Sudan as the top prospective producer. Geologically-similar formations in Yemen, across the Gulf of Aden, hold nearly 4 billion barrels. Reuters

Come on Africanown, it is ironic that all these protestors and other smn people went through all that trouble and now someone that was part of the old regime is their leader! Only in Somalia.

Originally posted by Cowke: Ducaysane yeah he travells alot more then is needed!!! He should be focusing on more important issues facing puntland!!!! I think he is waiting towards when his term is coming to an end and he will start to roll out huge development projects so he can get re-elected again because people will be like "wow" till then i expect he will just take it easy!!! That exactly what am thinking to. He will start signing development projects with foreign companies and try and build things the last year and a half of his term. He doesn't want to start doing things too early in case mood changes before the next elections!

Xaji, his term of office has long been over! He took your democracy put it in the garbage!! You can call Puntland's President a pirate and insult President Sharif, but Riyaale is worse because the other governments leave after their term expires and he does not.

Originally posted by Xaji_Xunjuf: my country is intact my institutions are working my president is not A pirate. How are you institutions working? The leader of you enclave was elected into power by the people and now refuses to step down. Your president is worse than a pirate he worked for an agency that committed warcrimes against the same people he now leads, he has blood on his hands.

The children are used in different ways ... and are exploited for child labour in Somaliland," Lul Hassan Matan, the director of child protection in Somaliland's National Human Rights Commission, told IRIN. So sad, expoiting children is worse than piracy! Riyaale the president of NW Somalia is a man that has a bloody past, so this isn't much of a surprise.

Riyaale hasn't even gone there once, dont think he's done any mugging!

whenever JB hides the source, it's because it is a NW Somali site!

I want to see a picture of this over 3 million dollar castle!

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

The Government of Puntland has not received a copy of this U.N. report yet , but the Government’s position on piracy has remained consistently clear since the election of the current government. We finally request that the President of the Security Council, in the event that the accusations contained in the leaked report is authentic First, This was put on Garoweonline and not the offical Puntland government website! Second, this was a response that was issued before the full report was released, and why after it has been released is the Government remained silent? Is the evidence too strong?? Everyone else that was accused came out with immediate responses after it the official response!!! The Federal (who professionally didn't make this into a clan thing)....WFP, Eriteria!! Seems the admin knows that they are the ones that reported that Ilka-Jiir requested pirates to be released, and the Presidents son is able to contact the biggest known pirate!