Whether the international community heeds Abrar’s wakeup call is yet to be seen. But it is reassuring to know that Abrar’s resignation had already rattled the donors’ trust. Reuters quoted one senior European diplomat saying: “What [Abrar's resignation] has done is woken up a lot of people,” said one senior European diplomat. “The notion that there is a blank check for Somalia, that's over. There's got to be results for money.” Well said, but the Somali people need more than rhetoric and the best thing that could result from this fiasco is to deposit international aid to Somalia in an escrow account and to appoint Abrar or a person of her caliber as a financial czar to oversee the fair distribution of donor funds for the development of the Somali people. However, if the track record of the relations between donor nations and corrupt African leaders could be taken as an indication, President Mahmoud’s administration would receive no more than a friendly censure for its behavior. And this explains why the government doesn’t look shaken by what would have been a damaging incident to any decent administration. Nevertheless, Abrar should have no regrets even if donor nations decide to continue dealing with Mogadishu government. It will only show once more how much the international community works hand in glove with corrupt African leaders in entrenching “the horse- and-sparrow theory”. No wonder that it is often said poverty is big business. MISS MANDOSELA: PRESIDENT ZUMA’S NEMESIS Elsewhere, Thulisile Madonsela, a human rights lawyer, equality expert, and South Africa’s Public Protector, is facing stiff resistance from ministers close to President Jacob Zuma not to publish her findings in an investigation of renovating the president’s retirement home with $30 million. Miss Madonsela who has in her record as one of 11 technical experts who participated in drafting of the final constitution of South Africa in 1994-5, insists that she would go ahead to make the report public regardless. The multi-resident estate, known as Zumaville, which is reported to have underground rooms, medical facilities, football fields, a theatre, and a helipad, is located in an impoverished neighborhood. And President Zuma just like President Mahmoud had the audacity to speak: “passionately of his inability to sleep peacefully knowing that there are people still living in shacks in his wealthy nation.” Now, we can understand when Abrar laments what she could have done if she was allowed to capitalize on the momentum she started in gaining the trust of international financial institutions by saying: “I can only imagine what could have been achieved provided I had your support to perform my duties objectively. Your excellency, while I am disappointed by this lack of support, I am more disappointed for the Somali people who would have benefited the most from these and future contributions.” We can equally understand, if President Mahmoud curses Abrar for not allowing him to have his own Damujadidville; a clash of two irreconcilable cultures, indeed. Being the people’s mules for so long who carried loads on their back and children in their bosom and belly, while at the same time tilling the land, African women have come of age and have another burden to carry today; to cleanse the continent of its corrupt male leaders. It is reported that Dr. Kuwama Nakrumah, Ghanian Independence leader and an admired African hero, once said that the “black man is capable of managing his own affairs”? I beg to differ with him by saying: “Yes indeed, Mr Nakrumah, the blackman is capable of managing his own affairs; but his own personal affairs only in fattening himself, but it is the black woman who is capable of managing the affairs of the continent and rectifying the historical mistakes that men have committed against the poor people of Africa.” Viva Yussur, Viva Miss Madonsela, and viva all conscientious women of Africa.

Yussur Abrar and Thuli Madonsela: Africa’s Female Whistleblowers Tuesday, November 26, 2013 By Bashir Goth It was always my belief that if Africa were to change its bad reputation as the citadel of corrupt politicians and a haven for mismanaged foreign aid; it would have to be the continent’s women that lead the way. And this is exactly what happened over the last month when two women of character, Yussur Abrar of Somalia and Thuli Madonsela of South Africa, have stunned the male-dominated corruption infested political systems of the two countries with their fearless actions. Yusur Adan Abrar, an international banker with three decades of experience in banking, insurance, telecommunications and finance consultancy, was appointed as Somalia’s first female governor of the Central Bank in September 2013, a time when the international community pledged $2.4 billion to fund Somali's infrastructural and fiscal reconstruction. As a professional banker, Abrar knew very well the task ahead of her. To put simply it was the establishment of a comprehensive regulatory framework for the country’s financial system and to make the Somali Central Bank accountable for every dollar that reaches its coffers. However, what she did not anticipate was that the government had appointed her as a ploy to use her stellar record to hoodwink the donor community by using her signature to legitimize shady financial dealings. Abrar’s goal of cleaning the system had become an affront to the Somali politicians’ old norm of stealing and enriching themselves on foreign aid and the country’s tax revenues. Soon after she stepped into the building of the bank she was given orders and threats to sanction dubious deals. She was not given enough time to even review the demands and explore if she could find any legal loopholes that could allow her to find a legitimate compromise. All her attempts to win the President’s support and to enlighten him about the irreparable damage that sanctioning such deals could cause to the government’s credibility fell on deaf ears. But instead of being enlightened by Abrar’s relentless efforts to highlight the need to follow sound financial regulations, the acolytes at the government’s corruption alter tried to convert her to the Somali way of doing business and to wean her from what they saw as her unflinching adherence to ‘western values’. As she bluntly put it in her letter of resignation to the President, she said: “The message that I have received from multiple parties is that I have to be flexible, that I don't understand the Somali way that I cannot go against your wishes, and that my own personal security would be at risk as a result.” According to the information I received, even President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud himself had at one point accused Abrar of acting like an American: “Ma Maraykan baad iskaga kaaya dhigaysaa.. Are you trying to act like an American to us?” As the Somali proverb says: Madax meel meel la taabto oo sarreeyaa ma jiro… There is no place higher than the head to reach…” Instead of showing leadership and supporting Abrar in her honest efforts to restore badly needed accountability to the country’s financial system and safeguarding the resources of the Somali people, the President was in a crusade to re-educate her to the African culture of corruption, the Somali way of Qaataye –Qaado ( I rob and you have your share) NGO CULTURE VS CORPORATE CULTURE Ironically, there is an element of truth in the President’s unbecoming expression. Yes, there was a clash of culture and goals between Abrar and President Mahmoud’s administration. Abrar, with her extensive experience in western corporations, her goal was to apply these standards to make the country’s banking system acceptable to donor nations and to enable the country achieve economic recovery. “When I accepted this role, I did so with the interests of the Somali people in mind. Having worked at senior levels at some of the largest financial institutions in the world, I was looking forward to the opportunity to lend my skill sets to rebuild the Central Bank and improve the lives of our people, as the Central Bank is key to the development of the economy. Undoubtedly, economic recovery is critical to this recovery from both a fiscal and security perspective,” She wrote in her letter of resignation. However, Abrar’s corporate culture, professional perspective and patriotic goals seemed so alien to President Mahmoud and his underlings who were trained in the NGOs culture of trickle-down economy, albeit in African context, to which the late eminent American economist John Kenneth Galbraith had explained as an approach that emerged during the depression and was also called “the horse- and-sparrow theory” which meant: “If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.” And this is exactly the culture and mentality of the African politicians and particularly the Somali political elite who practice the principle of “me first, crumbs for the rest.” Strangely enough, even those western educated Diaspora returnees who serve for the President as ministers and advisors fall into this category. Writing to me from New York, a friend of mine Dr. Nimo Bokore, had correctly put this in perspective: “Lately,” she said, “I began to worry about the current scramble for Somali blood money. Will the elite, the well educated Diaspora men and their counterparts going back to politics to pay off their mortgages lead us to nationhood? Or they are just engaged in their own temporary gain ‘Geel Dhac’?” It is indeed this Geel Dhac “looting camels” culture of the Somali political elite that clashed with Abrar’s financial ethics that she learned in the upper echelons of grand institutions. This was not lost on Abrar as she so clearly expressed in her carefully written letter that she was not worried about the threats she received more than she was worried and frustrated by the President’s lack of support: “I am the least concerned about the security threat, but I am truly disappointed that I have not received your support and leadership on this matter so that I could objectively perform my duties.” EXPOSING BUSINESS OF POVERTY Since Abrar’s resignation, the Somali people and indeed the international community have yet to hear a plausible explanation from President Mahmoud’s government on the damaging information that came in Abrar’s resignation letter other than pitiful denials that carry no facts to clear their position. After many missed opportunities which led Somalia to become a dangerous place for world trade and security, the international community decided to give President Mahmoud and his government a chance regardless of the corrupt and illegitimate way that he had come to power. With his baby face, ever-present smile, and soft-spoken style, President Mahmoud has won a certain degree of trust. And due to our strong longing for a functioning and recognized Somali government, we all ignored the early voices such as that of the satirical Somali poet and academician Mahmoud Togane, who warned us against the wolf hiding in Mahmoud’s sheep’s clothing in an interview he gave a short time after Mahmoud’s election. We also understandably dismissed the sharp criticisms that Professors, Samatar and Glaydh, leveled against Mahmoud, due to their known political inclinations. But thankfully it took an honest woman like Abrar with no political ambitions of her own to expose that the president’s pose was not more than a façade aimed at buying trust.

^^ The vast majority of the people of SL who voted for them its the second biggest SL party in Somaliland.

There are ways to illustrate a positive image for the international community, to show good will to show change and some kind of transparency in the financial institutes with in the government. Even if there are corrupted officials there are ways to show that one is responsible and committed to change the way of things in Somalia. While not even doing much all he needed to do is create a working mechanism in the bank authority make sure that the bank institution remains untouched and everything remains classified there are several tools they could use to make it all happen. And that every one directly reports to the president on these matters , even the former bank governor who was sacked he didnt leave a good legacy all of that could have been avoided if he had the right person in the right place.

Yes puntland supports Axmed karaash and Abdisamad was instigating this conflict Axmed karaash is Puntland Proxy he gave shelter to Abdisamad in taleex. Axmed karaash one of the 3 presidents of khatumo wants to stop the conference this is also supported by puntalnd.

Xassan sheikh made a terrible mistake when he hired yusra, this girl damaged the reputation of the somali government. Xassan should have given the bank authority to a family member he could trust or damul jadiid member Finances in a government is very important a reliable partner is essential in the current somalia government. Her cv means nothing if the president cannot trust the bank authority. I believe the international donors will give the somali government some aid they have no other choice they are obligated to support the somali government but they want something in return, some sort of financial managment check and balance and to some extend accountibility. They will remain comitted to somalia and its recovery process they already put so much in it.

War Deg-Deg Ah: Dagaal Khasaare Gaystay Oo Kasoconaya Magaalada Boocame(Dhagayso) Wararka Nagasoo gaadhaya Tuulada Buulalo Oo Magaalada Boocame Hilaadii 4km Ujirata Ayaa Waxay Sheegayaan Inuu Kadhacay Dagaal Xoogan Oo Udhaxeeya Ciidamo Kala Taabacsan 2da Madaxweyne Ee Khaatumo Axmed Cilmi Cismaan Axmed Karaash Iyo Maxamed Yuusuf Jaamac Indho sheel, Dagaalkan Ayaa Yimi Kadib Markii Madaxweyne indho Sheel Uu Habaynimadii Xalay Ka Anba,baxay Magaalada SaaxDheer Isagoo Kusii Jeeda Magaalada Taariikhiga Ah Ee Taleex Halkaasoo Uu Uga Qaybgali Lahaa Shir Dhwanaahanba Lasheegayay Inuu Ka Dhacayo Taleex Ciidamada Gaarka Ah Madaxweyne Axmed Karaash Ayaa Iyagu Ayaamahanba Gaaf Wareegayay Degmooyinka Ku DhaDhaw Taleex Halkaasoo Ay Saaka Ku Kulmeen Ciidanka Taabacsan Axmed Karaash Iyo Ciidamo Iyagu Kabaxay Magaalada Saaxdheer Oo Ah Istaafkii Madaxweyne Indhosheel, Dagaalka Maanta Kadhacay Magaalada Buulalo Ayaan Jiran Wax Dhimasho Ah Oo Kadhashay Dagaalkaasi Weriye Maxamed C/casiis Maxamed Oo Kusugan Magaalada Buuhoodle Ayaa Khadka Taleefanka Kuwarystay Kayse Cawil Ladane Oo Kusugan Goobta Dagaalku uu Kadhacay Maanta Isagoona Ka Warbixiyay Sida uu Kubilowday Dagaalku, Isagoona Sidookale Sheegay In 17kamida Ciidamdii Kabaxy Magaalada Saaxdheer Maxaabiis Loo Qabtay Kayse Ayaa Intaasi Kudaray In Lagubay 3gaadhi Oo Ay Wateen Ciidamada Saaxdheer Ee Istaafka Indho Sheel.

War deg deg ah maleeshiyaadkii Faroole ee PIS ta oo cagta la mariyey & Wufuudii Khaatumo gaadhay Taleex. Kadib dagaalkii cuslaa ee maanta ka dhacay inta u dhaxaysa God-qaboobe iyo Taleex, ee maleeshiyaadka beesha garowe oo kaashanaya horgalo ay la galeen ciidamada Khaatumo ayaa warrarku sheegayaan in laga xarago qaatay, war hada toos uga soo gadhay mas’uuliyiinta Khaatumo ee Taleex ku sugan ayaa xaqiijinaya in waftigii madaxda Khaatumo ee hogaaminayey Madaxweyne Maxamed Yuusuf Jamac Indhasheel ay gadheen Taleex. Waxaana wararku intaas ku darayaan in ciidamada Khaatumo ay ku sugan yihiin wadada Laamiga ayagoo iska haya ila jidka ka dega, waxayna ka guulaysteen maleeshiyaadkii gurmadka ahaa ee PIS ta kuwaasoo u badan raaska ciise maxamuud oo ka soo gurmaday saakadii hore Garoowe. Taariikhda ayaa qoraysa maanta in markii ugu horaysay dad mar loo igmaday mas’uuliyada guud ee shacabka SSC ay ka barbar dagaalamaan cadowga shacabka reer sool tan oo noqotay qawaacibadda cusub ee ku qormay taariikhda furayd 9 sano ee deegaanada Khaatumo State. Warar dheeraad ah goor dhaw.

Deg Deg Dhagayso:Sarkaal Katirsan Maamulka Khaatumo oo Sheegay inay Gaadiid Dagaal ay Kagubeen Maleeshiyaadka Puntland ee Cararay Mahdi Cabdiraxmaan Ahmed Oo ka Mida Wax garadka Degmada Godaalo ayaa Waraysi Siyey Warbaahinta waxa Uu sheegay In gaadhi laga Gubey Maamulka Puntland Isagoona Inta Ku daray inay gacanta Ku hayaan goobta Lagu dagaalamay Ciidamada Khaatumo. Mahdi ayaa Sheegay Inay ciidamada Puntland goobta Looga Awood Roonaday baaburna Laga Gubey Isagoona Sheegay Inay hada Xalada Degan tahay In kasta Ciidamada Kala Gadhayaan Goobta Dagaalka Uu ka Dhacay. HALKAN KA DHAGEYSO WAREYSI Wararka Kala Duwan ee Anu Ka Helayno Magaalada Taleex waxay Sheegayaan Inay Wafdi baladhan Khataumo uuna Hogaminayo madaxweynaha Khaatumo Ku wajahan yahin Magaalada taleex iyadoona Dhanka Kale laamiga Iyo Duleedka Tukaraq Ciidamada Ugu badna Soo Dhoobay faroole. Wafdigani khaatumo Ee talex Ku wajahan aya aLaga Yaba Inay Tagan Goobihii Jiida Iyo goobta Dagalka U ka Dhacay Iyadoona Ilaa Hada Ciidamo badani ku qulqulayaan Goobta Uu saka Jidgooyada U galeen Ciidamada faroole Kuwa Khaatumo.

Dagaal u dhaxeeya dhinacyo ka Wadda Tirsan Maamulka Khaatumo Maanta ka dhacay Deegaan ka tirsan Gobolka Sool Arbaco, November 27, 2013 (HOL) — Wararka naga soo gaaraya deegaanka God-qaboobe ee gobolka Sool ayaa sheegaya in halkaa maanta uu dagaal muddo qaatay ku dhexmaray dhinacyo kawada tirsan maamulka Khaatumo. Warku wuxu inta ku darayaa in dagaalkan uu ka dambeeyey kaddib markii ciidamom ka yimid Buuhoodle oo ku socday degmada Taleex iyo ciidammo jooga duleedka God-qaboobe ay isku dhaceen. Xilligan waxaa la sheegaya in xaaladda deegaanka uu dagaalku ka dhacay ay deggen tahay, waxaana wararka aan helayno ay sheegayaan in ciidamadii ka yimi degmada Buuhoodle ay haatan u ruqaansadeen dhanka degmada Taleex, halkaasoo lugu waddo inuu ka qabsoomi shir u furmato Khaatumo. Ma jiraan wali faah-faahin kasoo baxaysa khasaaraha dagaalka ka dhashay, balse Caaqil Cabdisalaan Muuse Deri oo ka mid ah waxgaradka deegaanka oo warbaahainta gudaha la hadlay ayaa sheegay inaysan wali jirin wax khasaaro ah oo soo gaaray, balse ay ka warhayaan in xilligan dagaallku uu qaboobay. “Dagaallku xilligan wuu jogsaday, balse ma jirto cid noo sheegtay khasaaro dagaallka ka dhashay, ma fileyno khasaaro la'aan, wayao dagaallku muddo saacado ah ayuu socday ciidamaduna waxay isku adagsadeen hubka kala duwan, waxaa jirta garabyadii dagaallamay in midkood uu u soo dhaqaaqay dhinaca Taleex halkaasna wali war nagama soo garain,” ayuu yiri Caaqilka oo ka mid ah waxgaradka deegaanka uu dagaalku ka dhacay. Dagaallkan ayaa imaanaya xilli dhawaanahanba laga sharqaminayay xiisad dagaal oo u dhaxeysa beelaha wadda dega deegaanno ka tirsan gobolka Sool oo uu qaybo ka mid ah ka taliyo maamulka Khaatumo.

Maleeshiyada Faroole Oo Weerartay wafdigii Khaatumo State Ee Kusii Jeeday Taleex. Maleeshiyada Faroole Oo Weerartay wafdigii Khaatumo State Ee Kusii Jeeday Taleex. Taleex(Allssc): Ciidamada Maamulka Puntland ssdf Ayaa Saaka Duulaan Kusoo Qaaday Deegaano Isku Xidha Magaalaada Boocame Iyo Taleex ee Gobolka Sool, Halkaasi oo Mariyeen Wufuud kasocda Maamulka Khaatumo Kuna SiiJeeday Magaalada Taleex. Ciidamada Maamulka Garoowe Ayaa Xabad & Rasaasl Kala Duwan Ku Riday Wufuuda Maamulka Khaatumo, Waxaana Jawaab Adag Oo laga Bixiyey Looga Saaray Deegaanka God qaboobe ee Gobolka Sool. Intaaasi Kadib Ayaa Ciidamada Maamulka Puntland Waxaa Ay Bilaabeen Gurmado Kala Duwan ee Uga Imaanaya Magaalada Garoowe, Si Ay Halkaasi Ugu Huriyaan Dagaalo Sokeeye. Goob Jooge Kusugan Deegaanka Buuro Wadal oo Goordhowayd Lahadlay Warbaahinta Ayaa Xaqiijiyey In Ciidamo Kala Duwan ee Kasoo baxay Garoowe Ay Halkaasi Soo Dhaafeen. Goor Dhow Naga Filo Faah Faahin Dheeriya iyo Waraysi La Xiidha Xaaladaasi Iyo Waliba Wararka Ugu Danbeeyay ee Kasoo Kordha.

Source the Parliament speaker received a warm welcome in Hargeisa, where do you get this from and by the way even if he was arrested what makes you think the result will be turmoil. Mala Kalmada Turmoil baad aad uga maqashay meelahaad ka timid.

I believe the scots nationalistic party views things onse sidely and only short term gains and not the long term gains there are many problems the scots will face if independence is achieved. Scots have actually more privelages witin the kingdom than england.

Nayaaa dont you have brothers uncles whats with all the cay edeb yeelo oo cago maydho, Somali men iyo cali lahayn eh.

Nothing contradicting Somalilanders have been together for centuries way before General siad bare was born before Somaliland united with Somalia Before the Brits Before the Turks. Somaliland belongs to all of the people of Somaliland whether they worked for the Kacaan or fidel castro there is no law that restricts them the Land belongs to them and only to them. The only people of Somaliland descent who were stripped from their Somaliland citizenship are those who are currently in collaboration with the Koonfurians. But they can still make tauba and denounce Koonfurianism and head home and ask for forgiveness.

Its not a secret that Former Kacaan officials have helped shaped Somaliland political destiny is there something else you want to share with us? Siad bare is dead so is the kacaan and Somaliland Broke away from Somalia. And the people of Somaliland descent have learned to unite their strength even those who worked with the late Kacaan regime such as rayaale Egal Qeybe Cumar Carte. And those who were against the Kacaan regime have put their differences aside for the betterment of Somaliland and its People.

Amiin the former General secretary of Berbera during the Protectorate days a former ambassador to the soviet union during the days of the former Somali republic for a brief time the Foreign Minister of the Somali democratic republic of the Late General Siad bare. And also the Speaker of the Parliament in Somaliland played a significant role in passing the Somaliland constitution worked on that masterpiece with the late Egal. He was also part of the Delegation that went to Ethiopia to negotiate for the the independence of the Hawd and reserve area and the O'gaden region, He wrote a very interesting article on his experience on that particular historic event. He also served as General secretary for the Somali Parliament in the early 60s, He also was the the Ambassador to the UK and to the United nations. He wrote also a biography, In his last years he was a Somaliland house of elders member. On Wednesday he will get a state burial in Hargeisa Allah ha u naxariisto Axmed Maxammad adan Qeybe.

A very talented young Somaliland girl

Haatu;987717 wrote: That's nonsense sxb. The bantu expansion never reached the Somali territories. The link posted by Saalax has some inaccuracies. They posted Sh Shariif as a bantu for goodness sake! If truth be told, Somalis don't actually look that different from each other minus small differences in skin tone. I have white friends that tell me we all look the same As long as they speak Somali are Muslim and live in Somali they are Somali Much of the South was Gosha land the Somali bantus are indigenous ofcourse there were other bantus imported Sheikh Sharif could have had a Bantu grandmother some where down the line.

Ukraine struggling between west and east once again and the government after protests backed down from a deal to be signed with the European union the orange revolution during the Viktor Yushchenko reign had not brought what the Europeans wanted and he could not deliver for the EU. Lets see how this story unfolds and lets hope the best for the Ukrainian people, for they have suffered to much being squeezed by 2 regional powers Russia and the Europeans, both wanting to have leverage on Ukraine and gain from Ukraine resources, as it is also located in a very strategic area.

Ukraine's choice: East vs West As thousands rally in Kiev over a suspended EU deal, can Moscow maintain its influence over the former Soviet republics? Inside Story Last updated: 26 Nov 2013 11:24 Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker Email Article Print Article Share article Send Feedback Around 50,000 demonstrators have rallied in the centre of Kiev to demand that Ukraine's government reverse course and sign a landmark trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union. This process was started not by political parties but by the civil society and NGOs, and after political parties joined this process. But we have to understand that signing this agreement is a political choice ... is a choice between future and past ... and we understand that signing these documents with the European Union will start a great reform in Ukraine. Ostap Semerak, an adviser to the opposition Batkivshchyna group The Ukraine backed out of a deal, which was due to be signed with the EU on Friday, after several secret meetings with Russia. Moscow has reportedly threatened unspecified economic measures if Ukraine signs the EU deal. The public show of force was the largest since the Orange Revolution in 2004 - during which peaceful protests brought a Western-leaning government to power. One of the key demands of protesters and the EU is the release of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko who has become a symbol of Ukraine's troubled democracy. Tymoshenko's daughter Eugenia was one of those attending Sunday's protest march, saying: "All I can say is that the Ukrainian people, as well as the opposition should fight and stand for our national interests, for the fulfillment of conditions by the president and to sign the agreement. The chance still exists. We hope that it will be, and that it becomes a reality." But this time, the number of protesters has not been sustained, and the government is showing no signs of backing down. Russia and Ukraine share much of their history, but since the fall of the Soviet Union, relations have been tense. The 1990s were marred by territorial disputes, but they signed a friendship treaty in 1997, which brought a period of improved relations. The Orange Revolution in 2004 again raised problems. And in 2009, Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in a dispute over prices, causing mid-winter fuel shortages across Europe. Moscow also opposed Kiev's desire to become a member of NATO; the Kremlin ramped up the pressure and in October, Ukraine gave up its bid. So how strong is the anger in Ukraine over the EU deal? What is behind the recent protests? Why has Ukraine turned back to the old Soviet fold? Will the government sign a deal with Russia? Or will people's anger force Ukraine's government into yet another reversal? Inside Story, with presenter Laura Kyle, is joined by guests: Ostap Semerak, an adviser to the opposition Batkivshchyna group; Pavel Felgenhauer, a defence analyst and columnist for Russia's online news website, Novaya Gazeta; and Lilit Gevorgyan, a specialist on Russia and the former Soviet states for IHS Global Insight. "I think there were a number of factors that came into play during the negotiations. First of all because both the EU and Russia have been struggling and fighting over Ukraine .... It has put Kiev in some sort of a peculiar position where it could pick and choose which policies ... would have benefited the country the most. The issue is that economically speaking Ukraine is in a dire state and it has immediate financial assistance need .... The EU has effectively said to Ukraine that they have to go through some painful macro-economic decisions to unlock this financial assistance .... In terms of the immediate gains it appears that the Russian offer was much more appealing." Lilit Gevorgyan, a specialist on Russia and the former Soviet states for IHS Global Insight

U.S. flies two warplanes over East China Sea, ignoring new Chinese air defense zone By Craig Whitlock, Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 8:55 PM E-mail the writer The U.S. military has flown two warplanes over the East China Sea on a training exercise, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, blatantly ignoring a recent edict from China that it must be informed in advance of any such flights over the region. The two unarmed aircraft flew Monday evening, Eastern time, over a small island chain that China and Japan both claim as their territory, said Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman. He said the U.S. military did not provide any notice to Beijing and described the mission as “uneventful,” saying that there was “no contact, no reaction from China.” Full coverage of the revelations and debate surrounding National Security Agency surveillance programs. Click here to subscribe. On Saturday, China issued an edict imposing an “air defense identification zone” over part of the East China Sea and the uninhabited islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyo in China. The Chinese Defense Ministry warned that any noncommercial aircraft entering the zone would need to submit flight plans in advance or else face the possibility of “defensive emergency measures.” Japan and the United States immediately protested the move. The Pentagon, which frequently conducts naval and air exercises in the East China Sea, said it had no intention of bowing to China’s demands, calling them “a destabilizing attempt to alter the status quo in the region.” On Tuesday, the White House blasted China’s imposition of the air defense identification zone, but urged Beijing to address territorial conflicts diplomatically instead of militarily. “We believe that inflammatory rhetoric and inflammatory policy pronouncements like those made by the Chinese over the weekend are counterproductive, and we believe that those differences of opinion can and should be resolved diplomatically,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. “It’s in the interest of all of the parties in the region to do that.” Crosson declined to identify what kind of U.S. military aircraft carried out the mission on Monday but said the planes came from a base on Guam, the U.S. territory in the Pacific. Another U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the operation, said the aircraft were both long-range B-52 bombers. Numerous countries, including the United States and Japan, have air defense identification zones of their own. The zones are established to help countries track or monitor aircraft nearing their territories, but in this case, the zones of Japan and China overlap. Security experts worry that China’s new zone could increase the likelihood of a mishap that sparks a wider armed conflict, drawing in the United States, which is treaty-bound to protect Japan. The tension with China threatens to cloud a planned trip by Vice President Biden to Beijing next week. Biden is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in between visits to Japan and South Korea. Analysts said it was unlikely that either Beijing or Washington would want to cancel Biden’s visit. “There’s now too much wrapped up in the U.S.-Chinese relationship,” said Patrick Cronin, an analyst at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank that works closely with the Obama administration. “Neither side wants to take a high risk.” Chico Harlan in Seoul contributed to this report.

Uma diidani i just believe theyre better off within the kingdom any way they will vote next year i still believe the vast majority of the scots will favor union over independence.

Madaxweyne Siilaanyo oo ka Tacsiyadeeyay Geerida Guddoomiyihii hore ee Baarlamaanka Somaliland oo Geeriyooday Talaado, November 26, 2013 (HOL) — Madaxweynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilanayo, ayaa tacsi u diray alla ha u naxariistee Gudoomiyihii hore ee Baarlamaanka Somaliland Marxuum Axmed Maxamed Aadan (Qaybo) oo ka mid ahaa ruug cadaayadda siyaasadda Soomaalidda. Madaxweynuhu waxa uu tacsi u diray ehelka iyo qaraabadda iyo guud ahaan shacabka Somaliland ee uu ka baxay marxuum Qaybo. Madaxweynuhu waxa uu marxuumka ku sifeeyey oday qaran oo shacabka ka baxay magac iyo taariikhna ku dhex leh bulshada Somaliland iyo qarankaba, laguna xasuusan doono doorkii uu ka soo qaatay dib u dhiska dalka, isaga oo marxuumku xilkii ugu danbeeyey ee uu qaranka ka soo qabtayna uu ahaa Gudoomiyaha Golaha wakiilada Somaliland wakhti dheerna ka mid ahaa tiirarka qarankani ku daydo ee halbawlaha u ah ayaa lagu yidhi war-saxaafadeed ka soo baxay xafiiska madaxweynaha. Madaxwaynuhu waxa uu ILLAAHAY uga baryayaa Marxuumka inuu naxariistii Janno ka waraabiyo, Golayaasha qaranka Qoyskii, Eheladii, Qaraabadii, Asxaabtii iyo guud ahaan shacbiga Somaliland ee uu ka baxayna Samir iyo Imaan ka siiyo. Allaha u naxariistee gudoomiyihii hore ee Baarlamaanka Somaliland Marxuum Axmed Maxamed Aadan (Qaybe), ayaa kontankii sanno ee u dambeeyey saaxadda siyaasadda ku jiray, xilal badana ka soo qabtay Soomaaliya lixdankii ka hor iyo ka damba. Marxuum Qaybe ayaa 1930-kii ku dhashay magaaladda Cadan ee dalka Yaman, waxaanu Somaliland yimid 1954, 1956 waxa loo magacaabay xogyahay fulinta ee dawladda hoose ee Berbera, ka dibna waxbarasho dibeed buu ugu baxay Ingiriiska, lixdankii waxa uu noqday xoghayihii golaha Baarlamaanka, ka dibna waxa loo magacaabay safiirka Mosko ee Ruushka, ka dibna dalal badan oo Yurub ah ayuu ka noqday danjiraha Soomaaliya u jooga dalalkaasi, ka dibna muddo lix bilood ah waxa uu ahaa wasiirka Arrimaha dibadda ee Soomaliya ee ugu dambeeyey ka hor inta aanay burburin. Burburkii Soomaaliya Ka dibna 1995 kii ayuu Somaliland ku soo noqday, waxaanu 1997 kii loo doortay gudoomiyaha golaha Wakiilada Somaliland, waxaanu xilkaasi wareejiyey 2005. Marxuum Qaybo ayaa ka mid haa siyaasiyiinta soomaalidda ugu ruug cadaadsanaa, waxa uu ka mid ahaa saddexda qof ee ku saxeexan dastuurka Somaliland, isla markaan waxa uu ka mid ahaa ragii sameeyey dastuurka. Allaha u naxariistee waxa uu hadda xubin ka aha golaha Guurtida, iyo la taliyaha madaxweynaha ee arimaha dibadda, waxaanu dhowaan sameeyey Buug ka hadlaysa noloshiisa iyo taariikhda Soomaalida illaa lixdankii ilaa imika , inkastoo aanu wali suuqa soo galin, balse eheladda marxuumka ayaa ii sheegay inuu buugaasi dhamaystiran yahay oo la doonayey in dhowaan lagu soo bandhigo magaaladda Hargeysa. Madaxweyne Siilaanyo ayaa Tacsida ka dib waxa uu magacaabay gudi heer qaran ah oo marxuumka u samaysay Aas qaran, waxaana ka mid guddidaasi. 1. Wasiirka Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibedda (Guddoomiye) 2. Wasiirka Wasaaradda Caafimaadka 3. Wasiirka wasaaradda Diinta iyo Aw Qaafta. 4. Wasiirka wasaaradda Xanaanadda xoolaha. 5. Wasiirka Wasaaradda Beeraha. 6. Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Maroodi-jeex. 7. La-Taliyaha Madaxweynaha ee Arrimaha Dawladaha Hoose Sidoo Bahdda Hiiraan Online waxay tacsi u dirayaan ehelkii iyo qaraabadi uu ka baxay Alla ha u naraxiisto Marxuum Axmed Maxamed Aadan Qaybo oo taariikh dheer ku ah ummadda Soomaaliyeed, isla markana ka mid aha raga faro ku tiriska ah ee taariikhda ku leh siyaasadda.