Mugabe's party claims Zimbabwe election win, Tsvangirai’s party cries fraud HARARE, Zimbabwe — Reuters Published Thursday, Aug. 01 2013, 2:46 AM EDT Last updated Thursday, Aug. 01 2013, 5:51 AM EDT Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide election victory on Thursday that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of state, but its main rival said the vote was invalidated by “monumental fraud”. Wednesday’s voting was peaceful across the southern African nation, but the conflicting claims heralded an acrimonious dispute over the outcome that increases the chances of a repeat of the violence that followed a contested vote in 2008. More Related to this Story Zimbabweans line up to cast votes in ‘free and fair’ election Zimbabwe voters stand in long lines as crucial election begins Fighting for a fair election in Zimbabwe Video Video: Zimbabwe votes in close-fought election Releasing unofficial results early in Zimbabwe is illegal, and police have said they will arrest anybody who makes premature claims. Election authorities are due to announce the official outcome by Aug. 5. But a senior source in 89-year-old Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, who asked not to be named, said the result was already clear. “We’ve taken this election. We’ve buried the MDC. We never had any doubt that we were going to win,” the source told Reuters by phone. Responding to the claim, a high-ranking source in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party described the election as “a monumental fraud”. “Zimbabweans have been taken for a ride by ZANU-PF and Mugabe. We do not accept it,” the source, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters. The MDC was to hold an emergency meeting later on Thursday. As riot police took up position outside the MDC headquarters in central Harare, an independent election monitor, who also could not be named for fear of arrest, said early results were looking like a “disaster” for Tsvangirai. Western observers were barred, but the head of an African Union monitoring mission said on Wednesday the polls had initially appeared “peaceful, orderly and free and fair” - an assessment at odds with the view of the MDC and independent agencies. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), the leading domestic monitoring body, said the credibility of the vote was seriously compromised by large numbers of people being turned away from polling stations in MDC strongholds. It also cast doubt on the authenticity of the voters’ roll, noting that 99.97 percent of voters in the countryside - Mugabe’s main source of support - were registered, against just 67.9 percent in the mostly pro-Tsvangirai urban areas. In all, 6.4 million people, nearly half the population, had been registered to vote. “It is not sufficient for elections to be peaceful for elections to be credible,” ZESN chairman Solomon Zwana told a news conference. “They must offer all citizens... an equal opportunity to vote.” QUESTION OVER SANCTIONS Several political sources told Reuters that top MDC members had lost their parliamentary seats, including some in the capital, Tsvangirai’s main support base since he burst onto the political scene in the former British colony 15 years ago. Party insiders spoke of their shock at the result. If confirmed, Mugabe’s victory is likely to mean five more years of troubled relations with the West, where the former liberation fighter is regarded as a ruthless despot responsible for serious human rights abuses and wrecking the economy. More than a week before the election, the United States, which has sanctions in place against Mugabe, expressed concerns about the credibility of the vote, citing persistent pro-ZANU-PF bias in the state media and partisan security forces. The view from Brussels, London and Washington is key to the future of Zimbabwe’s economy, which is still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long slump and hyperinflation that ended in 2009 when the worthless Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped. An easing of sanctions against Mugabe and his inner circle would allow Harare to normalise its relations with the IMF and World Bank and access the huge investment needed to rebuild its dilapidated economy. It would also spark a rush to exploit rich reserves of minerals such as chrome, coal, platinum and gold.

i know but its not good they cannot help it , its never good to generalize entire communities also the goverment should create the safety and restore law and order this is why they were elected not to receive aid from donor countries or to receive turkish charities. The task of the goverment should be security building security institutions and reconciling the Somali communities. They have no other task i urge the goverment to have to separate minister one local security which will cooperate with the interior minister and to change the entire national security team.

Cambuulo stop insulting reer Mogadishu

taasa la leeyahay ha is raacdo:D

Horta what happened to setting up Golaha guurtida upper parliament in Somalia i believe it was one of thing they agreed on.

Oday dhaqmeedka xamar jooga isagi ba ciyaal xaafo ah goormu talo goyn oo gar niqi oo umad hogaamin. This is my favorite oday dhaqmeed of xamar

Guddoomiyihii guddiga doorashooyinka Puntland oo iscasilay Garowe(Puntlandi.com):- War rasmi ah oo soo gaaray warqabadka warbaahinta Puntland ee magaalada Garowe ayaa sheegaya in uu iscasilay guddoomiyihii guddiga doorashooyinka ee Puntland Maxamed Xasan Barre. Inkastoo xogtani ay tilmaamayso in todobaad ka hor uu guddoomiyuhu Madexweynaha Puntland u gudbiyay Warqadii Iscasilaadiisa, hadana waxaa loo sababaynayaa doorashooyinkii hakaday ee Puntland ka dhici lahaa iyo Nidaamkii doqmoraadiyada Puntland oo sidii la rabay aan u hirgalin. Wararku waxay sheegayaan in isla maalmihii uu Warqada Iscasilaada ah Guddoomiyuhu gudbiyay uu dalka ka dhoofay una ambabaxay Wadanka Ingiriiska halkaas oo uu degan yahay. Ma jirto cid dawlada ka tirsan oo arrintan ka hadashay iyo cid loo magacaabay midna waxayse imaanaysaa xilli horay xubno badan oo guddigan ka mid ah ay isku casileen, lana joojiyay doorashadii ugu horaysay ee ka dhici lahayd Puntland ee qaybta ka ahayd Nidaamka Dimoqraadiyada ee Puntland.

Alshabaab are Somalis extreme Somalis they are a result of the civil war similar like the warlords the courts muqawaamo and other factions , it shows that African union troops can only weaken them but the cannot totally destroy them from Somalia. Because they are Somalis and shabaab has connection with in the govt of somalia and the locals harbor them they have sleeper cells every where. it will be very difficult the best way forward is if the 2 sides reach a compromise. You said they will conquer the entire country why not let them if people cannot defeat them why not let nature be nature ,but than again they are irhaabists. the best thing they can ever do is if the 2 reach a deal and a compromise. if that doesn't happen than they will continue their guerrilla style of warfare and never stop fighting lets see what comes from that. You will get the situation like the Taliban versus NATO. The goverment is doing it all wrong they need to change their defense team national security team and the interior minister they need to create special forces that secure and chase the terrorists. If you hire terrorists it will not help your case.

Q&A: Unpacking Somaliland’s business potential BY Kate Douglas | August 1, 2013 at 17:06 Len Tiahlo is a co-founder, co-director and secretary of the Somaliland Development Corporation (SDC), a UK-based organisation dedicated to facilitating international investment into Somaliland. Leoned (Len) Thialo Len Thialo Somaliland is a self-declared independent state in the Horn of Africa that is recognised internationally as an autonomous region of Somalia. Tiahlo told How we made it in Africa about the potential Somaliland holds for investment and shared his advice to foreign investors. Below are edited excerpts. What are some of the common misconceptions among investors when it comes to Somaliland? There are many perceptions that are very real, such as lack of insurance… There is also a lack of international respected banking facilities and an issue with the unenforceability of contracts within Somaliland law [which] is not internationally recognised. The misconception, however, is that there is difficulty in developing business with locals. In fact, the Somalis are excellent traders and with such a small population within Somaliland, there is great potential for business if only infrastructure and electrical availability could be raised to the standard which has been so recently been achieved in Ethiopia. What are some of the SDC’s key areas of interest in Somaliland? Some agendas are under development and must remain confidential until parties wish to share activity in the public domain. Nevertheless, a good example of the SDC’s activities to date, and which has been raised publicly, is our focus on bridging the economic interests of Ethiopia with Somaliland via trade access to the Red Sea port of Berbera (the opening up of the Berbera Corridor). The SDC is also developing interests in the eastern Somali region of Ethiopia through its administrative capital of Jigjiga, a city less than a 45 minute drive from the capital city of Somaliland, Hargeisa. Both the Somalis in Ethiopia and Somaliland share a primary economic interest in trading livestock – goats, sheep, cattle and camels – mostly shipped to the Arabian market or traded as live animals to be locally slaughtered. A by-product of the trade is the production of hides and skins. The SDC is working to build up new business in this sector, initially through the exporting of hides and skins from Somaliland to Ethiopia, with a British leather goods company being a potential buyer. Building a trading link between Somaliland and Ethiopia is potentially [the] most attractive agenda. Ethiopia has a population of about 90 million, with a GDP [growth] of 10%+. Major infrastructure developments (including the availability of hydroelectric generated power) are underpinning local economic growth that is placing the region towards the top of the economic power houses of Africa. Electrical power availability also presages major changes in consumer lifestyles. Whereas household refrigeration was rare 10 years ago, many families now are moving into the marketplace to acquire a household fridge. This means change in the way food is bought and stored, in particular meat products. Instead of slaughtering a goat, households will move towards buying, say, a leg of goat from a supermarket or butchers shop. The consumption of a protein-based diet will likely increase and therefore the demand for meat products from eastern Ethiopia and Somaliland will attract increasing local demand. This example of rapid change in the economic landscape is where the SDC is positioning itself. Describe the potential in some of these business and economic trends? Where is growth coming from? Somaliland’s economy has been based on rearing livestock. Its market has been mostly limited to export to the Arabian market with major demand fluctuations, dependent upon local customs and religious observances (Ramadan, Eid, etc). The potential to trade livestock slaughtered for chilled or frozen sale opens up major new markets in Ethiopia and beyond, to Malaysia and Asian markets. This potential is best realised initially as with the SDC approach of operating via Jigjiga, where electrical power is in cents per kWh versus Somaliland cost of power presently in the range of US$1.3 to $1.5 per kWh. Somaliland does of course have potential oil and gas resources, though these have yet to be proven. This investment sector has in the past attracted the less established oil companies and, as elsewhere, the reality of oil and gas exploration is that it is a long term highly capital intensive investment, with high risk that typically is the reserve of major corporations, which in turn have the technical capacity to do the work as well as the asset spread to diversify risk. In this regard, the SDC is on record as having the agenda to open up dialogue with the major oil companies that have held concessions in the region and to develop good relationships with the local communities where future oil and gas exploration and hopefully development activity is likely to take place. Presently economic growth is coming from local and diaspora Somali investment. The investment into the extension of the optical fibre system from Djibouti through to Somaliland is a good example. You may be surprised to know that just 10 minutes from Djibouti lie offshore islands that offer unique boutique resorts potential, so eventually there is the potential for the establishment of high end tourism. What sectors in the region have typically seen good investor returns? The informal money transfer business has been most profitable. Diaspora transfers have been a source of major earnings. Local mobile phone companies have also been seeing major returns. Drawing from your knowledge, what advice do you have for foreign investors looking at the region as an investment destination? It is important to work with local communities and ensure all business and inward investment is in the best interests of local hosts to ensure longevity of such projects.

Genel a buy ahead of production boost with drilling excepted to start in Somaliland (Medeshi) - By Garry White - Telegraph - Genel Energy reported progress on a number of fronts yesterday, with a “substantial” rise in oil output expected next year. Genel, run by former BP chief executive Tony Hayward, is the largest oil producer in the Kurdish semi-autonomous region of Iraq. It also has exploration acreage in Morocco, Malta and Somaliland, with drilling expected to start in the final quarter of this year. The interim figures were in line with City expectations. Revenues in the six months to June rose 30pc to $160.6m (£106m) and pre-tax profit soared to $109.1m from $22.3m. However, the profit figure was flattered by a $54.5m one-off accounting credit after changes in the way depreciation was measured. When this is stripped out, profits rose 148pc. The group still has a net cash position of $867m and Julian Metherell, finance director, raised the possibility of a dividend next year. The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has been in dispute with Iraq over revenue sharing on oil produced in the region. Genel has been trucking oil out to Turkey because the Iraqi central government has banned exports through a Baghdad-owned pipeline. However, a pipeline built by the KRG is now just 15km from the Turkish border. Genel is likely to be granted export capacity though the pipeline by the KRG and this will allow for the efficient export of oil. Oil production is expected to rise to between 45,000 barrels and 55,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day for the full year from 44,500 barrels in 2012. The company says this will generate revenue of between $300m and $400m. Genel has had substantial exploration success this year and has added about 500m barrels of contingent resources. There is also a potential gas deal between Turkey and the KRG which would boost Genel following significant gas discoveries in the first half. Yesterday Genel raised its estimates for its gas reserves at the 100pc-owned Miran and 44pc-owned Bina Bawi fields to between 8 trillion and 14 trillion cubic feet. Talks are in progress about an export deal that would see the KRG supplying up to 25pc of Turkey’s gas requirements. The exploration programme in Africa starts in the fourth quarter in Morocco, with drilling in Malta expected in the first quarter of 2014. Most of the world’s easy oil has been discovered and oil companies are looking to under-explored areas for new reserves. Next year, Genel will drill its first well in Somaliland, the breakaway East African territory that declared independence from Somalia more than 20 years ago after a bloody civil war. There is talk that the geology in the country is similar to that of Yemen, where oil money generates 75pc of government revenues. For obvious reasons, Somaliland is under-explored with little activity since the oil majors left in the 1980s. This means there is a good chance of finding oil. However, the fun will really start following any discovery. Somalia is likely to want a slice of the revenues so thrashing out an agreement may be challenging. Political difficulties appear to be getting resolved and a gas agreement between Turkey and the KRG will be very positive for Genel following recent gas finds. Diversification away from the KRG is welcome and the company’s balance sheet remains robust. The shares are trading on a 2013 earnings multiple of 31.5 but this falls to 15.2 in 2014 and then just 9.8. Questor keeps a buy.

i never spread their propaganda i just post the news u can comment on it but be a bit less emotional next time i dont support shabaab guys. Homunculus they already bombed hargeisa in 2008 remember. But still alshabaab cannot be defeated by Foreign forces it shows. It needs another solution.

Thats a good point he should've compramised with the government that was the best way forward. But he is to proud, and does not want to give in.

He is talking because he signed the deal in ankara and instanbul but from now on the new FM will take over

Carafaat godane dawladaha shisheeye eeh gacanta walaqaya bu ka so horjeeda..

Foreigners destabilising us, claims Al-Shabaab leader Africa Review Wednesday, July 31, 2013 The supreme leader of the Somalia's Al-Shabaab has accused foreign countries of destabilising the terror group as he sought to rally its leaders and fighters following reports of internal rifts. Through a voice message on Tuesday, Ahmed Abdi Godane, who is better known as Sheikh Mukhtar Abdurahman Abu Zubayr accused countries like Qatar and Turkey of using divisive tactics to scatter the radical Islamist group. "There are forces trying to divide the movement’s leadership and its fighters," said Godane. "Our enemy is employing negotiations and promises of positions (in the Somali government)," he said, adding that this included luring Al-Shabaab members through promises of pardons and the removal from terrorist lists. "Countries like Qatar and Turkey as well former members of the defunct Union of the Islamic Courts (a movement that ruled most of Somalia’s southern and central regions in 2006) are key players in these divisive deeds." He warned the group's leaders and fighters against giving the movement’s secrets away. In June, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, one of the group's top hardliners, defected from Al-Shabaab and remains in the custody of Somali government forces. Infighting within Al-Shabaab, which is on the backfoot following a series of gains by AU and Somali troops, has led to the killing of top group officials. Elsewhere the Somali government has signed a deal with a Dutch group to set up an effective Coast Guard. The country has struggled to patrol its long shoreline and the Atlantic Marine and Offshore Group will help establish a unit capable of establishing the rule of law within Somali waters and its Exclusive Economic Zone. The deal with Atlantic was signed Tuesday in Mogadishu by the country's Defence Minister, according to a statement the Somali presidency.

Somaliland honers always the agreement no dishonesty the countries will share intel in the fight against terrorism and cooperate on security matters.

Somaliland oo Shaacisay in markii ugu Horreysay ay Dowladda Somalia kala shaqeyn doonto Sugidda Ammaanka guud Khamiis, August 01, 2013 (HOL) — Maamulka Somaliland ayaa sheegay inay markii ugu horeysay ay kawada shaqeynayaan dowladda Soomaaliya sugida amniga labada dhinac iyo is-dhaafsiga xogaha sirta ah. Wasiirka ganacsiga iyo maalgashiga Somaliland, Maxamed C/llaahi Cumar oo ahaa mas’uulkii hoggaaminayay wafdiyadii Somaliland ee wadahadallada la galay dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa hadalkan ku sheegay wareysi uu siiyay qaar ka mid ah warbaahinta Muqdisho. Cumar ayaa sheegay in qorshahan uu yahay mid ay labada ammaankooda ku xoojinayaan ayna kula dagaalamayaan kooxaha argagaxisada ah iyo cid walba oo doonaysa inay carqalad geliso ammaanka Somaliland iyo Somalia. “Dowladda Somalia iyo Somaliland waxay markii ugu horreysay oo kawada shaqeynayaan sugidda amniga labada dhinac iyo isdhaafsiga xogaha sirta ah, si looga hortago weerarro ay argagaxisadu geysato,” ayuu yiri Cumar oo intaas ku daray in maamulka uu ka tirsan yahay uu diyaar u yahay inuu si hufan ula shaqeeyo dowladda Soomaaliya. Sidoo kale, wasiirku wuxuu sheegay in qodobkan uu ka mid ahaa qodobbo lagu gaaray heshiiskii ugu horreeyay ee Soomaaliya iyo Somaliland ay ku heesyeen dalka Turkiga, kaasoo ay isku arkeen labada madaxweyne ee Somalia iyo Somaliland. “Mandiqadda Bariga Afrika waxaa ka jira dhibaatooyin fara badan oo amniga la xiriira, intooda badanna waxay saameynta ugu xooggan ku yeelanayaan Soomaaliya, taas ayaana keentay in labada dhinac ay kawada shaqeeyaan sidii ammaanka loo adkeyn lahaa,” ayuu wasiirku hadalkiisa ku daray. Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaan weli ka hadlin qorshahan cusub ee ay amniga uga wada shaqeynayaan iyaga iyo maamulka Somaliland, waxaana tani ay kusoo beegmaysaa xilli ammaanka Muqdisho uu kasii darayo.

^They are of 2 different sub clans actually of various subclans, for example the buhoodle subclan also lives in the sool region. But they are from a different sub region of Somaliland., you wouldn't understand since you are not a Somalilander. I will give you another example in ceerigaabo there is one sub sub clan but this sub sub clan lives also in hargeisa. They are of different sub regions of Somaliland but of the same sub clan.

^^ Yes there is a difference between reer buhoodle and reer lasascanood they are called reer hawd and reer Nugaleed, Reer Nugaleed tend to have cooler heads and more open minded , reer Hawd are fierce and stubborn , reer hawd are more traditional. But they are of the same ancestry and share a common origin and heritage and culture and nationality with the rest of their people in Somaliland.

Because its written in English

Alpha Blondy;971366 wrote: XX, abti, we've given them the flag and they've ruined it. we've given them literature and music, and they still do the niiko. there's a moral corruption of sorts about koonfurians. let them have the 'somali' identity as well. its ruined thanks to them. waar daadkan waa dameeroow ee naga daa, abti. They can have the flag the capital from raskambooni to raa caseer they can even have the national anthem Somalilanders composed for them. But will not give them the Somali identity because it doesn't exclusively belong to them. Somaliland gave them all the rest but we keep the Somali plus the land.

No not all Somalis share common ancestry, nor do they share common history Somalis in Somali galbeed , dont have a common history or ancestry with the Somalis Mogadishu nor do they have the same traditions or cultural connection. The average Xamaraawi doesn't know the history of the Somalis in Galbeed and their plight and their nomadic warfare and their habits. They do not share the same ethnic traditions history and certainly they dont have the same destiny. The average Somali from Kenya's north eastern province has nothing with Djibouti other than sharing the Somali language not the same history culture accent no intermarriage nothing zero. Somali speaking people in the horn of Africa have the same religion and some cultural values, but thats where it really ends. If you dont believe just look at the Somali peninsula from Gaarisa to jigjiga from jigjiga to laas qoray from laasqoray to Djibouti.

Another fabrication and distortion of facts the french called their colony La Côte française des Somalis and later they called it Territoire français des Afars et des Issas. The Italians on the other hand called their trusteeship amministrazione fiduciaria italiana della Somalia. Non of them called their colonies Somaliland. Garmaqaate your argument holds no water. You have to try harder. Soon you will tell us the italians conquered Somaliland in the second world war thus Koonfurians and their italian allies have every right to claim Somalilland:D

The fact is what tide the 2 together was the union of 1960 and there was no union between the 2 countries not before colonialists came the reason why the union failed real bad was the so called Somalinimo was an emotional one.You should ask your self why the union only lasted for 30 years only 3 decades and 2 decades of the union was under a dictatorship, who kept the union together by force. Classified you are from Somalia you dont know anything about Somaliland or its people.. Wuxu maqlay uun reer Somaliland af Somali bu ku hadlaan markaas Somaliyey wax isku yihin bal waalida inta leeg eega. Yes the Garaad clan has nothing to do with the garowe clan , they dont even look a like, unless you believe in clan confederations created 4 centuries ago. There is a difference between clan confederation and actual ancestry.