Foreign troops are really the same only people blinded by clan believe Ethiopia is good Kenya is bad or Kenya is good Ethiopia is bad or Uganda is good and Burundi is bad. Non of them support Somali interests non of them will be good for Somalia. If only Somalis trusted each other instead of the foreigners they would not be in this mess

INTERVIEW-Ethiopian troops quit Somali city, but no full withdrawal planned Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom speaks during a joint news conference with Algeria's Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci in Algiers June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina Reuters.gif Tuesday, July 23, 2013 Ethiopia has begun pulling troops out of a former rebel stronghold in Somalia, but it has no plans for a complete withdrawal from the fight against al Qaeda-linked insurgents, its foreign minister said on Monday. Somalia has enjoyed relative calm after military offensives by African Union (AMISOM) peacekeepers and Ethiopian troops, who have pushed al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab from urban strongholds in central and southern Somalia. But suicide attacks have reinforced concerns the militants remain a potent force and Ethiopia's sudden withdrawal in March from Hudur - the capital of Bakool province near the Ethiopian border - enabled al Shabaab to retake the town. Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said Ethiopia had begun pulling out of Baidoa - once considered the most important rebel city after the port of Kismayu - because it was now relatively stabile and Somali forces were able to take over. "The withdrawal from Baidoa should have been done almost a year ago but AMISOM was not ready and that could not be done," he told Reuters in an interview. Ethiopia seized the city, about 250 km (150 miles) northwest of Mogadishu, last year. "I am now glad that there is a well organised and planned withdrawal and the space is already being occupied by Somali forces," Adhanom said. After a 2006-2009 stint, Ethiopia once again sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight al Shabaab, alongside African Union forces from Uganda and Burundi and Kenyan troops that later incorporated the AMISOM mission, after entering Somalia independently to pursue al Shabaab. Addis Ababa pledged at the time that its forces would stay in the war-ravaged country until Somalia's government could ratify a new constitution and its ragtag military was able to fend off the militant Islamist threat on its own. Tedros said Ethiopia's aim now was to deploy in areas where the rebels appeared to have a far stronger presence. He expressed confidence that Somali troops would be able to stand their ground in places Ethiopia left. Ethiopian troops may deploy back to areas they have left if AMISOM and Mogadishu asked for their return, he said. ON THE RUN "That is what is needed when al Shabaab is on the run - the best use of our forces instead of stationing them in just certain places," he said. "I don't think there is a need to put a deadline for complete withdrawal because they (troops) will be engaged in one end every now and then, based on the need." Diplomats say Ethiopia has a contingent of around 8,000 troops in the country. The overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 plunged Somalia into two decades of violence, first at the hands of clan warlords and then Islamist militants, while two semi-autonomous regions - Puntland and Somaliland - have emerged in northern Somalia. U.N. sanctions experts said this month that Eritrea was undermining stability by paying political agents and a warlord linked to Islamist militants to influence the Mogadishu government. Tedros accused Eritrea - long at odds with Ethiopia over an unresolved border dispute - of supporting the rebels. "We have evidence that Eritrea is continuing to support al Shabaab," he said. "I think the international community should really take this seriously and take serious action especially in terms of strengthening the sanctions that have already been imposed by the U.N." Eritrea denies playing any negative role in Somalia, saying it has no links to al Shabaab. It says U.N. sanctions imposed on it in 2009 for supporting the insurgents were based on lies and has called for the sanctions to be lifted. (Editing by George Obulutsa and Robin Pomeroy)

How did he discredit his career work there are Somalis who dont believe in the closely tied Somali people. But the Professor is not one of them . Samatar believed he said i tried to promote Somaliweyn for the last 2 decades, Laakin as he said it markanu xamar geyney walana la garan waayey. And he is right, so there is nothing that stops him to join his people. Professor samatar is an educated man who is one of the well learned professors with in the Somali society so lets give credit where its due.

Professor Axmed Samatar was forced to change the situation changed he miscalculated he not the natural flipflopper he is an academic scholar. He is still firmly believes in the Somali as one race , he just believes sharing nations between the Somalis is unreachable goal and is infeasible. He explained what caused that in several interviews he gave. I am looking forwards of his August lecture.

^^ Lol Somalia claiming Somaliland oil , why dont they try that and see what happens.

Somaliland police receive 20 emergency police vehicles HARGEISA-Somaliland’s Police Commissioner Abdilahi Fadal Iiman has received 20 emergency lightning police cars from the new minister of interior Ali Mohamed Warancade on Tuesday. The New Interior Minister has been in charge of the ministry for short period and according to reports that he managed to help the police to get enough cars to do their national duty. Once the Interior minister was about to take office, he pledged to rebuild the police in the country. Ceremony where the keys were given to the police Commissioner, Somaliland’s Minister of Interior said that the purpose is to give the police the capability to respond to situations where they are needed to respond very swiftly. The Interior Minister told police will use emergency lightning cars to conduct their daily day tasks. He added that 10 other emergency lightning cars will be brought to the country and will be distributed to other regions of the country. Somaliland’s police Commissioner accepted the donation from the minister of interior and extended thanks to him. He admitted that police were desperately in need of emergency lightning police vehicles in a bid to discharge their duty. He called upon the community to work with the police and to report immediately if they smell a rat. He made clear that police are ready to respond to every call from the community with immediacy and asked them to call 999 for

metta;970215 wrote: HAG is the most powerful entity in Somalia today. That can't be denied. This is why everyone is crying about HAG. If HAG was weak, there would be absolutely no need for anyone to criticize it. This is why SAHAL media is making articles about HAG everyday whereas HAG media don't even acknowledge the existence of others. HAG is a serious threat. It will only get stronger each month when the military gets larger. Don't dismiss HAG for a weak entity. HAG is friendly but HAG is not weak. HAG can be a teddy bear and a grizzly bear at the same time. Listen, recognition is not in the interest of Hassan Sheikh or his people. Recognition is not even in the interests of Somaliland. The world is yet to see a pro-Somaliland administration. All the administrations Somaliland has ever had were very sympathetic to a re-union. Listen, if Somaliland is governed by politicians from the previous regime like Silanyo, Riyale and Egal for the next 5-10, then Somaliland will return to the union. My dream is for Warabe to be President. Warabe is personal friends with HAG. He meets with HAG politicians around the world in non-official governmental meetings and has dinner with them in fancy Dubai restaurants. Warabe is also from south Hargeisa, the most humble Somalilanders. Very easy to speak with and friends to be with. Warabe can be a real friend for HAG. You need HAG. Don't underestimate the power of HAG or you will be sorry. Dude easy with the empty bravado HAG is guarded by African union troops they have no control over Somalia the Sahal crew are just making noise not because you are a threat to them but because they want to undermine culusow because he acts as if he wants to be a threat to their objective Jubbaland and clan federalism. HAG is opposed to clan federalism because they cant organize them selves as a clan every HAG is based in Mogadishu now the middle regions have no federal state. And HAG is united today to stop sahal creating a majority state in Kismayo. HAG politics is very simple but HAG has no power no executive control over the land of Somalia. IGAD has more say in Somalia than HAG. HAG was powerful in the early 90s right now they have nothing to show for , they wasted their resources in silly clan infighting As for Somaliland they are talking to Somalia not because they like you but the IC called for the talks. But the talks are not heading any where we know HAG has not the power to give into the demands of Somaliland. Because that would be the end of the SFG. both Puntland and Jubbaland will cut of ties or even break away we know this HAG is terrified because of that , so they want to cooperate with Somaliland on some issues. Somaliland knows this they went along with it with the talks but they know HAG has no power had HAG been in powerf from raaskambooni to raascaseer. Somaliland would've taken HAG serious. Metta Sultan faisal does not like you what is HAG and their love for Sultan Faisal. Faisal thinks HAG is the lesser evil compared to Sahal. But he does not like u he meets with you because he wants to create relationship with you. remember he is the same man who said ethiopians are closer to me than reer mogadishu. Lol Rayaale being against Somaliland independence president Rayaale told senior US officals we would go to war if needed to protect our statehood. Egal was busy making peace between reer Somaliland building institutions in his last yearS he searched for recogntion he wanted to remodel Somalia but Geele of Djibouti took the project , Cigaal was a very smart man. Silaanyo is the longest serving SNM Chairman the man has done allot for Somaliland he radically changed Somaliland foreign policy for the good creating investments starting oil projects Found a way to get investment and doing trade with other countries using the SDC. Opened up talk with Somalia, silaanyo is a very smart man. HAG is not needed, HAG just need to be HAG if they can do that everything will be good:D

Maxa ka galay lacagtayada cidanu siino ma lacagtayada baad na la leedahay bal faduusha inta leeg eega. Goormey nooqtay ceeb ama sharaf daro hadii gaal lala heshiiyo, sawdinka gaalada kuwa ugu liita ugu faqarka badan aad la shaahaysan sharafi may dhimato markaas:D atleast Reer Somaliland gaalo naf leh oo awood leh bay la saaxiban oo la sheekeystan. Idinku ku madow o isba tisi la il daran baad naf ka daydan.

What does this have to do with Somaliland ma wiilki boqorada kate dhashay baad sheegeysin waxasi wa iska caadi mabruuk banu leenahay but i dont get why this is important and deserves a thread. Since when do Somalis care about new born European royals.

Britain cannot overule the African union it can do that but it wont since it was a colonial power. But what Britian can do is pressure other African states to give recognition to Somaliland.Thats what western powers do, HAG is irrelavant they are powerless, they cannot give into the demands of the Somalilanders, or else they will lose all credibility Faroole might declare independence Jubbaland might declare independence if HAG supports SL and that would be the end of Somalia as a nation state. If HAG was actually in power from raskambooni to raas caseer, that would've been something , but HAG is confined in his own small territory. What Somalilanders are after is not HAG support this is not the early 90s when HAG had power. What Somalilanders want is an offical exit way out with in the talks of Somaliland which can result to the diplomatic recogntion of Somaliland. They want to create more allies in western countries in Africa. There is no more waiting in October there are renewed talks, they might fail big chance of failure, which will be good for both Somalia and Somaliland. So that we can organize new talks more serious talks with international mediation. And than we will get what we want HAG is not needed they just wil come to the negotiation table.

What do you mean by gods? By the way samatar has changed allot in 2004 i attended a lecture of his this man did not even like to utter the word Somalland, He always said gobolada woqoyiga somaliyeed. When he was referring to Somalilanders he said dadka reer woqyiga. And look at him now what a change and now he is telling Somalilanders u were right all along , and u won the debate and that Somalilanders should no longer wait for left overs. And that the unity of Somaliland should be protected.

Tallaabo the other block is caynabo its very safe since when was caynabo not safe? They are not drilling in Buhoodle or eastern sool, mala geogriphiga kugu yara adag.

Yaa is aroosay ?

MP godfrey Bloom a true friend of the people of Somaliland MPS of the EU like Godfrey and other MPS are well appreciated.

These are the wells being drilled oodweyne block and Caynabo block next Year 2014

^^ Yeah but Somalia's blocks were being drilled by range resources not genel, the 2 have nothing to do with each other.

No Genel is only in Somaliland, not in Somalia

Here is another one prof samatar saying Somalilanders those who advocated for independence were right after all the past 20 years and we must follow that

Genel decides risk is worth it searching for oil in Somaliland Tony Hayward, chief executive of Genel Energy, is sanguine about the risk Finding oil could be the least of Genel Energy's problems Next year Genel will drill its first wells in Somaliland, the breakaway East African territory that declared independencefrom Somalia more than 20 years ago after a bloody civil war The prize could be huge If the explorer fronted by Tony Hayward finds as much of the black stuff as it expects to, it may find itself in the middle of several territorial disputes in one of the world's most volatile regions Finding oil could be the least of Genel Energy’s problems. If the explorer fronted by Tony Hayward finds as much of the black stuff as it expects to, it may find itself in the middle of several territorial disputes in one of the world’s most volatile regions. Next year Genel will drill its first wells in Somaliland, the breakaway East African territory that declaredindependence from Somalia more than 20 years ago after a bloody civil war. The prize could be huge. At 40,000 sq km, its acreage in the nation is bigger than the whole of the Kurdishregion. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article3821949.ece

Says the man his own defense minister is in Ethiopia as we speak asking the Ethiopians to remain in Somalia bal waaalida inta leeeg eega.Where are the Xabashis as we speak bay bakool hiiraan lol. The Xabashis protect you Malistar from Amiir Godane or else he would've run over your little project long time ago. Baby sit us , you cant even protect your UN compound or your judiciary institutions . Khatumo is no threat when was the last time they carried out an attack can you remember that Malistar? Khatumo has never been a threat to SL , they actually operate as a buffer entity in a few villages in eastern sool between Somaliland and the garowe clan enclave. They form absolutely no threat 2 days ago 600 of them defected to SL government.

^^ Waryaa no need to threaten a man under African union protection

Than u have to stick with the SFG and the African union troops but dont expect anything to change any time soon, down there. Because we have seen the first year of the SFG , political disputes with the Jubbaland, the President acting as the minister of health the prime minister the minister of education. All what was achieved was done by reer Mogadishu because of their investment in the city. But the goverment hasn't done much really, in terms of security in terms of creating institutions in terms of building trust between Somalis. And you my friend have to deal with that because that is what it means to be part of Somalia. The country is already split well the former republic its just not official it is balkanized on all fronts. We shall see what next year brings.

Homunculus;970061 wrote: But... but... Kismayo is the biggest problem this government must solve. You finally took your blinders off and realized that the officials in this government are all about lining up their pockets. I wanted this president to succeed so bad that now I'm reconsidering my stance on everything. The Somali experiment might be a failure. You can always join Somaliland

Its not a disaster u over exaggerate mooge the problem is people were expecting to much , people thought a strong team could've been build the Prime Minister seems to be operating as the deputy Mayor of Mogadishu he is not taking office. Also another problem is on the sector we were expecting improvements such as security thats where the government remained the same. Lets see what the next year brings.