What we see already is that South Sudan plays major role in the region -South sudan went to war with Sudan in 2012 a Military victory and political victory -The agreements allows for the return of 350,000 barrels of South Sudanese oil to the world markets -South sudan than joined the Nile basin initiative and has one clear policy and that is to share the Nile waters. -South sudan along with Kenya and Ethiopia invested in the Lamu project possibly Oil exports will go through Kenya in the future. -And now they are mediating between two rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea

South Sudan plans mediation between Ethiopia and Eritrea (Reuters) - Newly independent South Sudan plans to help resolve the long-running border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a senior official said on Wednesday. South Sudan's minister for cabinet affairs, Deng Alor, said Addis Ababa and Asmara had given the green light for mediation talks on the border, which could start as early as November. "We have close ties with both countries so we are planning to mediate and solve the problems that they have between them," Deng Alor, South Sudan's minister for cabinet affairs, told Reuters. Ethiopian and Eritrean officials were not available to comment. Ethiopia has said its conflict with Asmara over the demarcation of their shared border following a 1998-2000 war would be solved only through a negotiated settlement. South Sudan is still embroiled in its own frontier argument with its northern neighbour, Sudan. The two countries broke apart last year under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war. Alor said South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and other senior officials were set to name a delegation "very soon" that would travel to both capitals. "We will embark on rounds of shuttle diplomacy between the two countries. We are hoping to start in November," Alor said. A Hague-based boundary commission awarded the flashpoint frontier village of Badme to Eritrea in 2002. But Ethiopia has yet to conform with the ruling, insisting on further negotiations on its implementation. Asmara wants Ethiopia to pull its troops out before normalising relations. The two countries nearly returned to war in March when Addis Ababa launched cross-border attacks in Eritrea on what it said were rebel targets. Both countries routinely accuse each other of backing dissidents to destabilise and topple the other's government. Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi died in August.

Haku walaato secessionist:D

A. Choosing A Puppet Prime Minister Selecting a puppet Prime Minister (PM), as has transpired, was the first priority and centre piece of the president’s strategy to establish a one-man government. As reliable sources have intimated, Mr Abdi Farah Shirdoon, a colleague of the president and fellow NGO advocate, was earmarked for the post from the outset the moment the president was elected – if not before then. Why then the month-long period in which the president was ostensibly engaged in time-consuming consultations, interviewing some highly capable candidates for the post only to reject them one by one in favour of an inexperienced novice? If that was his intention all along -and that is what it is – what was the point of wasting all this time when urgent government business crying for action was put on the back burner? One can only conclude that the president expected these cynical side-shows, giving the appearance of a president leaving no stone unturned to find the right person for the prime ministerial post, would go down well with the public and ultimately accept his choice. He certainly had much goodwill to start with, but in the end the public’s patience run out with his dilly-dallying and musical chairs. It is easy for a leader to lose credibility and the trust of the people, the mainstay of his authority, but to regain them might be elusive and arduous. B. Cabinet appointments and chosen clans The selection of the cabinet was supposed to be PM’s first major task but that was not to be. Just as he has selected the PM, it was the president again who handpicked the cabinet one by one and made the announcement to the nation as if the country had no PM. These actions are not unconnected but are part of the president’s relentless jockeying for power pulling all the strings with the PM nothing more than a puppet. What is mind-boggling is that the Prime Minister seems to have submitted to his demise with no obvious resistance. As Ismaaciil Xasan asked in a brilliant article in Wardheernews recently (Mee ra’iisal wasaarihii Soomaaliya?), the nation is wondering what has become of its PM? This state of affairs, which is to the benefit of the president and not the nation, should not be allowed to continue. If the PM is unable for one reason or another to effectively perform his constitutional responsibilities to the nation, he should be replaced. That is the job of parliament but whether they will act is questionable. C. Size of the government The most controversial move the president has embarked on is his formation of a 10 member cabinet government. Efficiency grounds and cost considerations have been given as their justifications. It is true that a small-sized government has much to recommend itself for a bankrupt government almost entirely dependent on international handouts for its survival. But the other side of the coin is equally important if not more so, and that is retaining the support of the clans who favour a bigger government. For a country that is basically a motley of clans not yet a nation, which has barely recovered from over 22 years of clan strife and civil disorder, a bigger government, in which clans are equitably represented to the extent possible, provides reassurance to each one that it will not lose out, or others in the government will not ride roughshod over its interests. This fosters stability which is our most important need for sometime more than cost-saving lean government. Vote of confidence garnered from Parliamentarians, who elected the president in the first place through selling their votes, and who most probably did the same thing this time in endorsing the government, does not reflect wider public support for the government, its PM and least of all its president. As with the former TFG institutions, there is a disconnect between what goes on in parliament and the concerns of the public. And it is their satisfaction and support that is indispensable for sustaining the government in the longer term and not vote peddling parliamentarians lining their pockets. As it is, this president has already alienated most of the people and sooner rather than later the chicken will come home to roost. D. Pandering to the secessionists From the perspective of northern unionists, the most egregious action of the president is his rewarding the secessionists while dumping the unionists, a treacherous act that will enter the annals of Somalia’s history. Needless to say, the secessionists never had it so good as they have under this president who gave them on a plate what they had failed to garner from the international community for the last 22 years. This achievement came about after Somaliland made fundamental change in its quest for recognition. Having realised that no recognition was forthcoming from the international community unless they had first settled the matter with their Somali government, Somaliland had little option but to heed that advice and change tack. That is what they did. Tribalism is Somalia’s Achilles’ heel and it is through that route Somaliland sought its aims. As they often intimate, support for the union at the best of times is lukewarm in the south, and least cherished among the H block clan. For this reason, and in order to tap this groundswell of potential support, the mythical Irririsim bond was revived in which reciprocity of support for each other’s interests would be the order of the day. The call for the enclave’s recognition by the former TFG minister of the interior, Mr. Abdisamad Maalin Mohamoud, often cited as representative of the Hblock political class, was the first dividend of this policy. In pandering to the irrirsim card, the prematurely much-vaunted president has gone beyond the pale more than the unscrupulous Sheikh Shariif would have dared. In return for their votes, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has rewarded Somaliland by giving the most coveted and sensitive post, combining the foreign ministry and first deputy PM, to Ms Fowsia Yusuf Haji Aden, an inexperienced secessionist who refused to even renounce the secession after her appointment with the president, (and now parliament), turning a blind eye. Interviewed by both VOA and the BBC Somali Services on her stance on the secession and union issues, her response , disingenuously, is that Somaliland is her country (not her region) and Somalia too is her country. In other words, these are two separate countries and she belongs to each of them as other Somalis in Parliament and government also belong to both Somalia and other foreign countries ( USA, UK,Candada, etc). In other words, Somaliland is separate from Somalia as the UK is. This is the logic that the president, PM and Parliament have all sanctioned. What makes Ms Fowsia’s appointment all the more unforgivable is that the president preferred her to a number of experienced unionist veterans, some from her own clan, people like professor Ismail Mohamud Hurre “Buubaa” who is not allowed to enter his region, Somaliland, to the present day as punishment for his unwavering support for Somalia’s unity. E. Marginalisation of the north and demise of unionists Northern unionists had high hopes that this new president will usher a new era where power will be shared more equitably between south and north, and the unity of the two parts safeguarded by ending the secession or at least liberate those unionist regions in the north under secessionist occupation. Much to their shock, this president has instead delivered two simultaneous devastating blows to their face. The first is the iniquitous sharing of power where all the three top government posts were selfishly pocketed by southerners as if the north did not exist. And the second, and far worse from their perspective, is his betrayal of the unionists by cosying up to the separatists for his own cynical political ends by giving them the key post that has, for better or worse, direct critical bearing on the unity of the country- a treacherous act that was since independence a red line not even crossed by the warlords. Both these acts, and the southern-dominated Parliament’s endorsement of this pro-Somaliland government, play into the secessionists’ hands, for the thrust of their case to wean northerners off the union was precisely that the southerners do not care an iota about the union and therefore are in no mood to share power. Capitalising on president Hassan Mohamoud’d favours, Somaliland would now work on its recognition on two fronts: on the one hand persuade and/or pressure the unionists in the north, in the Khatumo, Awdal and Makhir States, to come to terms with the secession in the face of these realities, hoping many disillusioned by President Hassan Mohamod’s actions will now resign themselves to the secession. On the other hand, they can now more convincingly persuade the international community that Somalia is not averse to their separation. That message will be given immense boost by Ms. Fowsia Yusuf Haji Aden, acting both as Somalia’s foreign minister and at the same time Somaliland’s advocate. Betrayed by its president, Prime Minister and Parliament, what next for Somalia? Osman Hassan

A Divisive Authoritarian President, A Puppet PM, What Next for Somalia? As desperate and downtrodden people, blighted by decades of deprivation under a failed State, we the Somalis are understandably prone to instant euphoria and escapism the moment we sense relief from our predicament is over the horizon. Such was the occasion when a young, beguiling, little-known NGO activist, Mr Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, was unexpectedly elected president of Somalia out of the blue. This was not so much because of any outstanding qualities about him but because of his apparently untarnished image, (and to some extent vote buying) which earned him the protest vote against the return of the much detested former president, Sheikh Sheriif . Having succeeded to have their candidate elected, the president’s faceless clan-based cabal immediately sat down to burnish his image and extol what they claimed are his clean record and his dedication to serve Somalia unlike his unsavoury predecessors. Catapulted onto Somalia’s political centre stage, the president was immediately lionised and the whole nation went collectively wild with excitement adulating what they saw as their upcoming saviour. Human nature being what it is, it looks as though all this has gone straight into his head. Only few in the nation had dared to raise their voices and called for realism and sanity. Mr Muktar Omer, a distinguished regular contributor to Wardheernews is foremost amongst them. In a sobering article he posted in this website on September 25th, titled “President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud :not yet a hero!”, Muktar, somewhat taken aback by these unseemly adulations of the president reminiscent of the days of Siyad Barre, reminded his readers that presidents earn their praise on the basis of their achievements but not in advance lest we rue our haste if expectations are not met. Indeed, that is what is already happening as the initial spectacular giddy rise of his stocks among the people is now receding fast like a mirage in the desert. African leaders cherish to metamorphose into demi-gods once they taste power. Whether our novice president wants to became an all conquering towering leader, a la Siyad Barre, is a moot point. What is clear however is that he has set his sights high, looking perhaps towards other big African leaders in the region, Museveni et al, as his role model. Already, his first months in office are proving problematic as an unmistakeable self-righteous streak takes hold, revealing the early hallmarks of a budding authoritarian. Clearly, a number of the president’s self-seeking actions are all causes for concern: the lack of transparency of his actions; his reliance on unelected clannish cabal who hold sway over him; his creeping disregard for his constitutional limitations and acting as a one-man government; his reckless alienation of most of the clans in the land. But above all, it is his pampering the secessionists at the cost of the unity of the country that is the greatest concern to northern unionists. These are some of the issues I shall address in the following sections.

^^ Hadaan waxba la kala xigin Somaliland lama kala xigo Somaliana lama kala xigo:D

Thats dhuusamareeb

Mr Tiicay did a fantastic job and ofcourse the people of cadaado.

Madaxweynaha hada hala tageero kama so horjeedo mamuul goboleed kismayo lo dhiso mamuulka kismayo laga dhiso na wa mamuul hoos tegeyaa hassan sheikh maxamuud dawladisa.

lol@Roman Emperor

Islamist Mursi recalls Egypt’s ambassador to Israel over Gaza Wednesday, 14 November 2012 President Mohammed Mursi ordered Egypt’s ambassador to Israel to return home after the latest Israeli strike that killed a Hamas figure in Gaza. (AP) inShare 4 By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi decided on Wednesday to recall the ambassador to Israel after a series of air strikes in Gaza killed a top Hamas militant and six other people, his spokesman said. Mursi decided to “recall Egypt’s ambassador to Israel,” spokesman Yassir Ali said in a statement broadcast on state television. He also ordered the foreign ministry to summon Israel’s ambassador in Cairo. Meanwhile, an airport source said on Wednesday that Israel’s ambassador left Egypt after Mursi announced he was summoning him to discuss the Israeli attacks in Gaza. “The Israeli ambassador to Egypt left suddenly along with his embassy staff... after Egypt summoned its ambassador in Tel Aviv following the Israeli assault on Gaza enclave,” the source said. But an Israeli diplomat said Israel’s ambassador to Egypt has not been recalled. Ambassador Yaakov Amitai had come to Israel before the Jewish state launched an assault on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the diplomat told Reuters, adding that the embassy in Cairo was functioning as normal. Egypt’s foreign ministry condemned the attack and called for an immediate halt to the attacks. The attacks came despite signs that Egypt had managed to broker a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants after a five-day surge in violence which saw more than 100 missiles fired out of Gaza and repeated Israeli strikes on the enclave. “Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr condemned the series of air strikes that Israel is currently conducting against Gaza Strip and which led to the killing of Ahmed Al-Jaabari,” AFP reported the statement released by Egypt’s foreign ministry. “He called on Israel to stop its strikes on Gaza Strip immediately,” the statement said adding that any further escalation from Israel “could have negative repercussions on the security and stabiltiy of the region.” The statement said the Egyptian minister considered the “Israeli escalation to be very dangerous.” Meanwhile, Egypt’s Islamist Freedom and Justice Party, formerly headed by Mursi, said on Wednesday Egypt would no longer stand by as Israel attacked Palestinians after air strikes killed a Hamas leader. The FJP, the political arm of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood movement, said Israeli air strikes that killed top militant Ahmed al-Jaabari in Gaza earlier on Wednesday required “swift Arab and international action to stop the massacres.” The party, which fielded Mursi in a June election to replace toppled president Hosni Mubarak, said Israel “must take into account the changes in the Arab region and especially Egypt.” Egypt “will not allow the Palestinians to be subjected to Israeli aggression, as in the past,” the party statement said. Mubarak, overthrown in early 2011, was criticized by his opponents for his response to an Israeli invasion of Gaza in 2008-2009 following rocket fire by Palestinian militants. Mursi, a vociferous supporter of the Palestinians before his election, had been expected to open up to the blockaded Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, but his government has backed off from his pledges. The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip called on Arab states, especially Egypt, to halt Israel’s assault on the Palestinian enclave, which was launched earlier on Wednesday. “We call on our Arab brothers, and especially Egypt ... and the new Egyptian presidency, to suppress this barbaric campaign in defense of Gaza and its people,” Reuters reported Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas’s Gaza government, saying in a statement. “I call for an urgent Arab summit to confront the brutal aggression,” he added. The Arab League said that it will hold an urgent meeting Saturday to discuss the Israeli strike on Gaza.

Egypt's Brotherhood slams Israel over Gaza strikes By AYA BATRAWY | Associated Press – Tue, Nov 13, 2012 Associated Press/Hatem Moussa - Palestinian women react during the funeral of Hamas militant Mohammed Al Qanoah in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. A Palestinian health official said Al Qanoah has died of …more RELATED CONTENT Enlarge Photo Palestinian mourners carry the … CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized Israeli leaders on Tuesday over airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, accusing them of heating up the conflict to score political points ahead of elections. The latest round of violence began Saturday, with rocket attacks from Gaza militants and Israeli airstrikes that killed seven Palestinians. More than 100 rockets have exploded in Israel since the weekend. The exchanges appeared to die down on Tuesday. Also, Israeli tanks struck a Syrian artillery launcher Monday after a mortar shell flew into Israel-held territory, fueling concerns that Israel could be dragged into the Syrian civil war. In its statement, the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party referred to Israel as a "Zionist occupier" and a "racist state," placing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on the "fringes" of the "far right." "In the framework of elections that Israel is witnessing is a recent military escalation against occupied Gaza and the occupied Golan Heights," the statement said. Israel has set parliamentary elections for Jan. 22. The Brotherhood's party called on Arab and Muslim governments "to stop the Zionist war that is operating under electoral calculations for personal gain far from humanitarian calculations for peace, security and stability." The Muslim Brotherhood itself released a separate statement shortly after its party's, sharpening the criticism and accusing Israel of following a policy that tries to appear opposite itself "and God knows they are liars." "The killing of tens of our innocent Palestinian brothers is part of a link in a chain of oppression and Judaization that seeks to impose itself on the ground, and that will never materialize with God's will," it said. The harsh pronouncements followed a small demonstration in Cairo Monday and open letter signed by several liberal parties and revolutionary groups denouncing the Israeli strikes on Gaza. The statements by both the Brotherhood and its political party highlight decades of tensions between neighbors Israel and Egypt, despite a 1979 peace treaty. The Islamists, repressed in Egypt under the regime that was ousted last year, have emerged as the most powerful group since last year's popular uprising. They won parliamentary elections and the presidency. Last month, the group's supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, released a fiery tirade against Jews, accusing them of spreading corruption, slaughtering Muslims and desecrating holy sites. The comments were denounced by Israeli officials and a leading anti-Semitic watchdog group. Unlike his predecessor, the ousted Hosni Mubarak, President Mohammed Morsi has not met Israeli officials since his election in June. He has also not mentioned Israel by name in official statements, in line with longstanding Brotherhood policy. But to secure investments and bolster the economy, Morsi recently met with U.S. business executives from top American companies and vowed to respect his country's peace accord with Israel. Since his election, Israel and Egypt have quietly cooperated over a military buildup in the Sinai Peninsula, where Islamist militants have been attacking Egyptian forces and launching attacks into Israel. The security coordination signals there is no significant shift in Cairo's policies toward Israel, despite the heated Brotherhood rhetoric. Morsi has also indicated there will not be radical changes in policy anytime soon, even with Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, which rules the Gaza Strip,. Morsi's government still tightly controls Palestinian movement through the Rafah border crossing with Gaza. Egypt's role in a blockade of Gaza, imposed by Israel after Hamas won elections and later overran the territory in 2007, is highly unpopular. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 but controls its airspace, seacoast and most land crossings. In a meeting in Cairo Tuesday with Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Morsi expressed his "full support" for Palestinian plans to seek nonmember state status at the United Nations. Israel and the U.S. oppose the move.

Maamul u sameynta gobollada Jubbooyinka dowladda ayaa mas'uul ka ah sida ay mas'uulka uga tahay maamul u sameynta gobollada dalka oo dhan. Markaan leeyahay maamul u sameynta Jubbooyinka dowladda ayaa mas'uul ka ah ma ahan macnaheedu Xamar intaan fariisto ayaan dad u magacaabayaa, laakiinse dowladdu waxay mas'uul ka tahay fududeynta habka iyo nidaamka ay dadka deegaannadaas deggen ku sameysanayaan maamullada. Waxayna taageeri doonnaa maamullada ka dhalan doona deegaannadaas inta ay isaga fillaanayaan," ayuu yiri Xasan Sheekh. Madaxweynuhu wuxuu ku sifeeyay shacabka gobollada Jubbooyinka ku nool kuwo nabadeed, isagoo xusay in colaadaha 20-kii sano ee lasoo dhaafayay ka dhacayay ay ahaayeen kuwo meelo kale laga soo abaabulay, isagoo sheegay in dowladdu ay ka hortagayso in colaadihii horay u soo maray dib loogu celiyo gobolladaas.

imisaan kan laha naf ma leh reerku wa ku khasaaray kan.

What ethnIc somalilanders you mean amiir godane and seylici Duke ileey is not involved in kismayo no need to add his name if you need him go to jigjiga Mostly kenyan politicians are involved in state building in kismayo.

Nin yaabaan wuxu raba in kumbaya la qaado iyado gacmaha la is haysto ala war laa aa.

Dr Osman can you tell us more about the nationalistic Puntland first party?

Now thats very good news Liibaax thanks for sharing

Not really arguing on his side when people have different thoughts u have to make some kind of compromise Jacper ofcourse it matters whathe says but what he said was allowing the people of those regions to come together and a built a state. He was only worried about the Kenyan interference and that's his good right since he is the one who is responsible for Somalia. For Kenya it matters that it becomes an autonomous state linked to Nairobi more than its linked to Mogadisho. For the people of Kismayo they just want their local affairs in their hands nothing wrong with that either. Oday Somalia is not a normal country and it doesn't function as a normal country there are lots of complicity the constitution is a nice piece of paper but to put into practice is a whole different story. The federal government has limited control over the country it needs to be strengthened so that it can enforce its rule of law on their territorial sovereignty, and so that it can protect its sovereignty from external factors in this case Kenya and Ethiopia. The federal states will come under the jurisdiction of the federal government and the federal states will have their own strong police forces and institutions that's how federalism really works. The conflict in Somalia rises when ever a region tries to be more autonomous and showing its back to the federal government something the federal government doesn't want to see in Kismayo that's all.

Hee ma isagu qoslayo garowe ka tagay baad u malaysa:D

Peace is always the way forward i always support that.

Abwaan cabdi cawar was deported from Puntland

An administration he appointed or an administration that is allied to his government and his security forces control is the same oday politics is all about the end goal people just take different routes. And for ur information the security forces of Somalia will all be in charge of the security of the country as the constitutions says. The federal states will just have more to say in their local affairs. But there wont any be semi autonomous states like you see them in Puntland and Galmudug.

It will take lots of fundings and training to reconstitute the Somali army the countries you mentioned can only help with training as Turkey helps set up police cadets. But the real work needs to be done by the people of Somalia and the government of Somalia to recruit new army personal and take care of them and pay their salaries on time and give them the training they need. Only Somali security forces can fill the vacuum there is so little the Amisom forces can do they also need a time table when leaving the country.All in all Somalia is not there yet the united states and western countries clearly say one thing and mean the other. To meet the level of requirements to achieve the variety of structure the army needs to function as a proper institution for the Somali people.It needs to start with a strong foundation supported not only by the government but also the civil society across Somalia so that the army transformation model will be as effective to secure the entire country.