What is a Ethiopian spy doing in Hargeisa in the first place? Xukumadda Oo Dad U Xidh-xidhay Nin Sirdoonka Itoobiya Ah Oo Hargeysa Lagu Dilay http://ramaasnews.com/index.php/News/Xukumadda-Oo-Dad-U-Xidh-xidhay-Nin-Sirdoonka-Itoobiya-Ah-Oo-Hargeysa-Lagu-Dilay.html

<cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> Burco like Galkacayo is a small dusty village which is not worth dividing into east and west. True but that is how it is in reality. While walking in the neighborhood suuq I was asked which "community" I belonged to, reer Burco are upfront.

Good memory.

<cite> @Che -Guevara said:</cite> Cadaado got them this year. http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=13037 I think Garowe is getting them now. Good on Cadaado, it is a central city that is growing fast in terms of development.

Somali town residents protest against high taxes, insecurity - See more at: http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2015/Dec/102953/somali_town_residents_protest_against_high_taxes_insecurity.aspx#sthash.2JdupDON.dpuf

<cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> After watching a few seconds of the video clip, I realised that our politicians are better at correcting each other's deceiving empty speeches instead of their endless faults. I guess you just noticed now. They are more concerned with posing for the camera and trying to increase their "rep" rather than getting real work done.

<cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> Well the people of Hargeisa and the whole of Somaliland got the leadership they deserve. Corrupt and clan minded people will get only those who reflect their values and believes which is corrupt and clan minded ministers and mayors. Saalax, the people of Hargeisa think the way you do which means they only ever vote for their fellow clan members no matter how corrupt and evil those candidates are. So my advice to you is look at yourself in the mirror before pointing fingers. Nope. I criticise when I see enough is not being done regardless of which community.A large number of the local MPs in Hargeisa belong to my community and they are as useless as the mayor and the rest of the local government. As you can see from my earlier thread about Hargeisa when I visited there this summer, I was disappointed with the entire Hargeisa regardless of which "daan"/xafaad . So no you're wrong, I am neither corrupt nor do I have their mindset.

Galkacyo which is way smaller got it in 2014. Hargeisa residents should blame Senile Siilanyo ,his corruption ridden ministers and the failed local government/clown mayor for the fact they are getting one or two street solar lights nearly in 2016, what a shame. Hargeisa now https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=144&v=9WfTJrLS0vg Galkacyo 2014 Mogadishu 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCsbeSKJ6O4

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> lol. promoting drugs and harmful substances is becoming big business in siilaanyo era. people must speak out against this niyoow. Hargeisa citizens did speak against it. They already have khat problem, the last problem they need is a cigarette problem.

Some people have no shame at all. All they think about is making money.

If the khat addicted Somalis won't or can't do the major engineering works let the Syrians do it. http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2015/Dec/102911/is_somaliland_a_new_haven_for_refugees_syrians_say_maybe.aspx

Some 300 Syrian refugees have chosen to make the self-declared Horn of Africa nation their home, hoping to avoid the seemingly difficult trek to Europe and life in a refugee camp. HARGEISA, SOMALILAND — Abdulrahman Al Khalaf and his wife are used to starting over. The couple, then unmarried, left Syria over 20 years ago for fear of political persecution under former President Hafez Al Assad. They sought refuge in Yemen and built a comfortable life for their two daughters on Mr. Al Khalaf’s $1,500 monthly salary as a restaurant manager. The pair observed from afar as protests broke out in Syria in early 2011. It soon turned bloody, and there was no going home. Then war came to Yemen in March. “We didn’t have any place else to go but here,” Al Khalaf says from his newly rented home in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa. He plans to open a bakery as a part of a burgeoning business community and put down roots in a country which a few months ago he didn't know existed. Amid a grinding civil war, Syrian refugees are facing tightening visa restrictions in neighboring Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan, as well as a political backlash against refugees in the US and Europe. The hunt for safe havens has pushed Syrians to unfamiliar corners, such as the breakaway state of Somaliland, an unexpected alternative for a small number of refugees. “There are [millions of displaced Syrians], you cannot tell me the world doesn’t know [how to help us],” says Abdulqader Dabaq Kabawat, a Aleppo-born doctor who came to Somaliland a year ago to work at a radiology clinic, seeking a life outside a refugee camp. In the late 1980s, this Horn of Africa nation was itself a source of refugees, as it fought for independence from Somalia. As a result, officials say the country has a welcoming stance on other refugee populations, including two of the most recent, Syrians and Yemenis. While Yemenis fleeing war are arriving by boat in their thousands, Syrians are arriving by air. “Somaliland knows they hosted us in Syria,” says Immigration Commissioner Maxamed Cali Yuusuf, who says there are about 300 Syrians in Somaliland. Although its incipient government offers limited services, Mr Yussuf says Syrians have found a way to make it on their own in Somaliland and remain a welcomed slice of diversity. But it remains tough to make a home here, given the limited resources and a sense of isolation amid a close-knit Somali culture. Choosing Somaliland Most Syrians that arrived before the war were men who worked as dentists and other skilled jobs, filling a gap in a country with few skilled professionals and youth unemployment of 70 percent. But as Syria’s war spread, a return home became unfeasible, so men employed here decided to bring their families to Somaliland. Others, like Yasser, an engineer from Dier ez-zor, heard from friends that there might be jobs. He had seen friends stuck in refugee camps in Lebanon, and instead took a risk on a country that most confuse with its war-torn neighbor Somalia. “I searched Wikipedia,” says Yasser who asked his last name not be used for fear of his family’s safety in Syria. “Wow, I thought, Somalia is a terrible place. I’ll be going from one war to another.” But once he realized Somaliland was safe and had its own president, passports, and currency, he took the plunge. The country was desperate for engineers for major projects like the upgrading of Hargeisa’s airport in 2012. Today, he feels differently. As the war in Syria drags on, the idea of return has faded and the daily hardships of life here grate. As a single man in his 30s, Yasser, who works as a translator for a construction company, is also lonely and finds Somaliland’s conservative culture limiting. He worries that his job might end and he could no longer send money to his parents back in Syria. He says his hometown is now controlled by the Islamic State. “Sometimes I think about my friends going to Europe,” he says. “They get refugee status. But what do I do if I go there?” Mr. Kabawat, the doctor, is experiencing a similar crisis. When work with his contractor fell through five months in, he worried that he would lose his visa, though immigration officials familiar with his case say that he doesn't risk expulsion. And he says that despite his decades of experience and a lack of doctors in Somaliland, he is at a disadvantage due to tribal patronage. But Al Khalaf, the former restaurant manager remains hopeful that Somaliland could be a new start for his twice-displaced family. Even before he opens his bakery, his wife is selling homemade Syrian sweets at a local market. “Here you have entrepreneur opportunities, the country is booming,” he says. But for Syrians everywhere, “if you don’t have money, you cannot live anywhere." Source: csmonitor.com - See more at: http://ramaasnews.com/index.php/News/Is-Somaliland-a-new-haven-for-refugees-Syrians-say-maybe.html#sthash.zxmwJmbS.dpuf

The worst nightmare of Somalis is when they hear elections will be on time, not surprised. First toothless Senile Siilanyo and now Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. No agreement on elections, so mandate to be extended Rather than falling into anarchy, it's better to keep the same institutions and the same management team. http://www.africaintelligence.com/ION/politics-power/2015/12/04/no-agreement-on-elections-so-mandate-to-be-extended,108115630-ART

<cite> @ElPunto said:</cite> ^This is what happens when you make a 'deal' with mooryaan. And to think this all started with paving a road - to which the mooryaan response was shelling civilian nieghbourhoods. Go figure. It was planned months ago. It is a plan to bring AMISOM to Galkacyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VZzukH6p1UM

Hiiraan Online Wednesday, December 2, 2015 http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2015/Dec/102846/two_warring_somali_regions_sign_peace_accord_after_fighting.aspx

The silent drought in Awdal. Somaliland's harshest drought is decimating the herder way of life and displacing thousands. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/11/somaliland-parched-earth-151130112224968.html

<cite> @Dr_Osman said:</cite> Salax, what I am suprised about hargeisa and mogadishu is why dont they build more because they dont really need to invest anything into their port, airports because it was already built and completed by siyad barre. Puntland however is focussing on building it's infrastructure because this region was known as gaari-wa an isolated region that's why we need to focus on infrastructure like roads, airports,ports if that wasn't holding us back, I think we would've been booming alot more then we are now. Many roads in Mogadishu are paved now, despite corruption Mogadishu infrastructure is improving fast. However I agree about Hargeisa, corruption is so rife from the government to the local city government all those collected "taxes" ,aid etc apparently can't be used to fix the destroyed roads in Hargeisa. The money is all dandy and safe in foreign Swiss banks.

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> rabbit boy did well there niyoow. send message to senile siilanyo and relatives CidanSuldan to say F you. good job journalist. visit everywhere and do what you have to do. this is not a north korea. somali clans don't take that north korea mindset. we are free people niyoow and do whatever we want. visit, report, tell the truth and live life. It is a way of showing Somalilanders backhome that they are being left behind. While Mogadishu develops, in Somaliland politicians are stealing the merger resources... meant for infrastructure. This will raise the alarm.

Apparently this has angered a lot of people mainly Siilanyo relatives. If Senile Siilanyo didn't steal aid money destined for Hargeisa and the coffers maybe it would have looked like this and the roads would have been fixed longtime ago, that would have attracted investment. Safari apartments, Mogadishu Beerta nabada

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> lol. he is good, but niyoow Germany is only looking for lighter skin refugees that is why they accepted 2 million Turks in the 60s and 70s. Can you imaging them accepting 2 million Nigerians. lol Good point

Unlike the failed parties of Kulmiye and UCID, in WADANI candidates are allowed to run even against the party founder in the democratic selections. PROF. CABSISALAAN YAASIIN OO SHAACIYEY INUU U TARTAMAYO JAGADA MADAXWEYNENIMO EE XISBIGA WADDANI DHEXDIISA Hargeysa:(Hubaal)-Prof. Cabdisalaan Yaasiin Maxamed oo kamid ahaa Saraakiishii ugu magaca dheeraa Soona Aasaasay Ururkii SNM, isla-markaana aqoonyahan iyo Bare Jaamacadeed ah, ayaa shaaca ka qaaday Inuu u taagan yahay Jagada Madaxweynenimo ee Xisbiga Waddani oo dhawaan tartan loo geli doono. http://www.hubaalmedia.net/prof-cabsisalaan-yaasiin-oo-shaaciyey-inuu-u-tartamayo-jagada-madaxweynenimo-ee-xisbiga-waddani-dhexdiisa/

malistar Let's be honest those weapons are more likely to be used against Somali commercial planes rather than Ethiopians/Kenyans. It is naive to think such weapons should be trusted with undisciplined forces.

<cite> @Che -Guevara said:</cite> Why do the Somali Army need air to service missiles? Good question. It is not like Al shabab has air force anyway.