STOIC, Thanks to Al Shabab, people in the west have a very distorted view of Somalis in general. It doesn't help that some Somali kids that were born or grew up in the west are involved in terror related crimes. On top of that, there is a much higher level of gang related activities among Somali youth than Xabashi youth.

AT&T, You are wrong on your assumption. Xabashi girls date African American guys more than Somali girls do. They also marry white guys at higher proportion than Somali girls do. To be honest, except Supermodel Iman, I personally don't know Somali girls that married white guys. The reason may be white guys associate Somalia with terrorism, and so they are reluctant to get down with Somali girls. Christian Xabashi girls don't have that problem. In Addis Ababa there are plenty of really beatutful xabashi girls. Unlike Somali girls, xabashi girls come in diffirent colour and feature. In Addis, it is common to see beautiful xabashi girls with white guys. The men not only get upset, they also hurl insults at them, calling them Shermuta (whore) bla bla bla. A xabashi girl dating African American Basket ball player a xabashi girl that married a famous African American dude a xabashi woman that is married to a famous white chef, wolfgang puck

That was almost two months ago. President Abdi Mohamud Omar is still in office carrying out his duties. For Hargiesa boys, it is all about one clan. http://somalilandpress.com/ethiopiapresident-of-the-somali-regional-set-to-be-impeached-24381

Comparing your kingpin with Mandela shows how much contempt you have for Black South Africans.

Isn't it ironic that you character assassinate the kids while on the same breadth pleading not to fall for false propaganda? You had no problem heaping praises on the kids when they did the dirty work for your Kingpin. But now that they turn their back on him, you pulled your sharp knife on them. Sad.

The kids say they wanted to open a school, but A Osman wanted the money for himself. He probably wanted to give it to his new friend , Dr BirrAhun Nega. Comparing the kids with Abraham Yayeh and Gebremedhin Araya is unfair to the kids.

These kids did a lot of damage to Ethiopia's image when they fell under the spell of A Osman. They propagated his lies to western media. It took a beating by his thugs in Kenya to make them open their eyes and see what A Osman and his faction stand for. Thanks also to President Abdi Mohamud Omar, these kids were given a chance to see Region 5 with their own naked eyes, and not through ONLF filters in London or The Twin Cities. The result is a confession of guilt and a promise of redemption.

jijiga, December 14, 2011 (jijiga) - Jijiga University in Somali regional state enrolled over 2,790 new students in 2004EC, University President, Dr. Abdinasir Ahmed said. Dr. Abdinasir told ENA that the university managed to enroll the stated number of students following completion of expansion work carried out with over 200 million Birr. The President said the expansion work includes, among others, construction of classrooms, dormitories, dining hall, library and workshop. He said 20 per cent of the stated number of new students are females. Established in 1999 EC, the University has been training more than 14,940 students in its regular and continuing programs, Dr. Abdinasir said.

Naxar Nugaaleed, is this what you are looking for? http://www.diretube.com/elsabet-taimu/kenni-new-video-clip-video_762f78b0d.html

Walayta is a tribe. The Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia and perhaps the next Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, is one among them.

What a fat Habash is that their president lol Playing ignorant about the Ethiopian President from a separatist who goes from one xabashi site to another is

When the two meet they usually talk about the dinosaurs they used to chase as kids. BTW, the presidency in Ethiopia is ceremonial.

The man is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooold. I bet he was born during the The Jurassic Period.

One of my favourites from Ali Birra - Hareme Boru

Here is Kemer Yousef singing about Dire Dawa. Enjoy it.

Xabashi ma'aha ninka qaado heestaas. Waa nin Oromo ah, oo Xamar ku korayna. Magaciisa waa Qamar Yuusuf. Heesta waa tan. I hope there won't be any disagreement about this somali/amharic song by a Somali Ethiopian.

nice vid but the song is not in Somali and what is waleyta. Also been looking for the hebasha version of "keene gar daran", appreciate it if you could help I know it is not a somali song per se. It is xabashi version of it. As for Keene gardaran, it is a fine song. I too have been trying to find the xabashi version of it. This is walayta/amharic song.

New ports and free zones chairman sees outlay of 1.54 billion dollars in five major projects Aboubaker Omar Hadi, chairman of the Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority. The administration of Ismael Omar Guelleh in Djibouti has plans to build what will be the largest ship maintenance yard for East Africa and on the Red Sea corridor at a projected cost of 400 million dollars. Yet, experts in charge of developing the project have to choose the site for the project between the north coast of Djibouti (around Tajourah) and the country’s south coast, around Damerjog. Water depth, wind level and geographical protection are factors in determining where the shipyard will be erected, according to Aboubaker Omar Hadi, chairman of the Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority. “Otherwise, you will have to build a very expensive facility for a water break,” he told Fortune. With the desire to incorporate dry dock and lift system models, the ship maintenance yard will be the ninth on the continent and the second on the East African coast, next to the 70-year old African Marine & General Engineering Co Ltd of Kenya. However, Djibouti’s shipyard will have the capacity to repair ships with 50,000dwt (dead weight), while its contender in Mombassa handles only up to 12,000dwt. “We have wanted to build this yard for the past five years,” Aboubaker told Fortune. Djibouti is at the heart of the Europe-Far East sea route, the second of the three largest routes in the world, apart from the Pacific and North Atlantic routes. An average of 90 large and medium size vessels, operated by liners such as Maersk and MSE, sail on this route, carrying around six million units of containers a year. This is projected to grow by an annual rate of 10pc. The country wants to claim 50pc of this annual traffic in transhipment container logistics, thus committing, in the next three years, a 1.54 billion-dollar investment in expanding its existing port facilities and building new ones, according to Aboubaker, who was here in Addis Abeba for two days late last week. He came here to promote these projects, including the creation of a new free zone, Jaban-us Free Zone, on a 57ht plot, 12km west of Djibouti Town. It will cost an estimated 30 million dollars, Aboubaker disclosed. The government of Djibouti has plans to launch the second phase of the Doraleh Port development at a cost of 330 million dollars and convert the old Djibouti Port to a general cargo facility, at a projected cost of 88.5 million dollars, while expanding the newly built oil terminal at the Port of Doraleh at a cost of 150 million dollars, upgrading the facility’s storage capacity by 30pc. There are also three plans on the drawing board to build brand new ports, including a livestock port, handing two million head, annually, in the south of Djibouti at a projected cost of 50 million dollars; in Goubet (the central part of Djibouti) to support a 4.5 million-tonne salt export, which could cost 55 million dollars; and the Port of Tajourah, one of the closest sea gates to landlocked Ethiopia, to be built at a projected cost of 85 million dollars. The Port of Tajourah is designed to facilitate a prospective annual export of 4.5 million tonnes of potash from Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government has granted a concession over a 481sqkm area in the Danakil Depression, Afar Regional State, to the Ethiopian Potash Corp, a Canadian firm based in Toronto, which began drilling in May 2011. This extreme north-eastern part of the country contains a reserve of 128 million tonnes of the resource at 21pc potash component, geologists believe. Both governments have contracted out road building projects from the quarry to the port. The Ethiopian part is constructed by the Defence Construction Enterprise. “We have mobilised close to 60pc of the financing to pay for all these projects,” Aboubaker told Fortune. The financing to pay for the construction of the shipyard, which is still under development, comes partly from the Djiboutian government and half from private investors in Europe and India. Their identities, however, remain confidential, and Aboubaker declined to disclose them. However, the final deal is due by February 2012, and the launching of construction after three months, according to Aboubaker. The design and feasibility studies to justify the project are developed by one of the partners, which is a European company.

A few years ago, it was Welayta songs. Once the novelty wore off welayta songs, the next was inevitably Somali. It is an indication of the level of acceptance of Somali language and music as part of the diverse culture in the country. Times have clearly changed because growing up under derg, Somali people were considered enemies with alien and inferior culture. Today it is a different story. This is something AT&T and Zack fail to acknowledge. It is also the reason A Osman is have difficulties making head ways in Region 5. THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN.

A boy takes care of a herd of cattle near Degahabur in Somali region of Ethiopia (AFP, Aaron Maasho)

How times have changed. http://www.ethiotube.net/video/16814/New-Hot-Song-Tirhas-Tareke-feat-Asne-Abate--Angell

The message to the separatists is: EVERY THING IS DIVISIBLE. When you want your separation from Somalia, expect others to want to separate from you. It is happening in Eritrea as well with the Afars. There is no homogenous society anywhere. You have to learn to live with your differences in the old Somalia.

Now the family of the deceased want the xabashi man that killed their son to let his sister marry one of their surviving sons. How did they know he has a beautiful sister? http://www.diretube.com/police-report/teddy-afro-rescue-the-life-of-an-ethiopian-man-in-somalia-video_bb967fc8c.html

xiinfaniin PasserBy, Alshabaab is thousand times better than Ethiopian invasion into Somalia. You can make that kind of asinine statement from the comfort of your home in America, but the vast majority of Somalis who are at the receiving end of Al Shabab's brute punishments don't share your empty pride. They want Al Shabab gone regardless of who does the banishing. If xabashis come and do it for them, they will be happy as can be. They had enough of the savages in their midst.

xiinfaniin Kenyans AND Ethiopians are worse Have you lost your friggin mind? Al Shabab makes the Taliban look moderate. You can question the wisdom of Kenyan or Ethiopian invasion, but nobody compares in sadism to Al Shabab. That evil gang is in a league of its own.