Somalia wants Ugandan troops to remain Reuters – 1 hour 29 minutes ago KAMPALA/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister said on Saturday that it could be a challenge for his country if Uganda followed through on a threat to withdraw troops fighting Islamist rebels in southern Somalia. Uganda's foreign affairs ministry said earlier that it would withdraw from peace keeping initiatives in Africa unless the United Nations amended a report accusing it of supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid told Reuters in an interview that Somalia had not yet received any official communication from Uganda on the issue of withdrawing from the African Union force known as AMISOM. "We are not impressed with that message. We would like to work with AMISOM in that respect," he said. "The Ugandans have contributed significantly and a lot, and this is now a critical moment and in light of that we are of the view, if the media reports turn out to be true, it may be a challenge." Stung by accusations of support for Congo's M23 rebel group, Uganda's security minister said on Friday Kampala would tell the United Nations it was withdrawing its forces from military operations in Somalia and other regional hotspots. Uganda and its neighbor Rwanda have denied accusations contained in a leaked report by a U.N. Group of Experts that the two countries have helped the M23 rebels, whose warlord leader has been indicted by the International Criminal Court. "Uganda's withdrawal from regional peace efforts, including Somalia, CAR (Central African Republic) etc would become inevitable unless the U.N. corrects the false accusations made against Uganda, by bringing out the truth about Uganda's role in the current regional efforts," the foreign ministry said in a statement. U.N. diplomats in New York said it was unclear whether Uganda meant the threats seriously or was merely trying to pressure Security Council members from taking action on the Group of Experts' recommendations. The experts called for U.N. sanctions against individuals supporting the M23 rebels. Troops from the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) account for more than a third of the 17,600 U.N.-mandated African peacekeepers fighting Islamist al Shabaab rebels in Somalia and their withdrawal could hand an advantage to the militants, who are linked to al Qaeda. A sudden reduction in peacekeeping numbers, especially in the capital Mogadishu, would risk undoing the security gains that allowed the first presidential elections in decades to be held in the capital in September. Uganda's soldiers, backed by U.S. special forces, are also leading the hunt for fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in Central African Republic, with some stationed in South Sudan. A Nairobi-based diplomat told Reuters it was unlikely Uganda would pull back its troops. "Uganda plays a key role in AMISOM and has invested a lot. The international community has supported the UPDF and it would be difficult at this stage, at least in the short term, to take a step back," the diplomat said. (Reporting by Justin Dralaze and Elias Biryabarema in Kampala; Yara Bayoumy in Mogadishu; Writing by George Obulutsa)

Abdul there about 50.000 till 80.000 people from Somalia , and there are still other who still come and wish to settle in Somaliland.

STOIC we have people coming from Ethiopia Somalia Yemen

Madaxwayne Siilaanyo Oo Xadhiga Ka Jaray Dhimeyaal Cusub Oo Laga Hir-geliyey Laanta Socdaalka Iyo Ciidamada Birmadka Madaxwaynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo), waxaanu sheegay inuu ku faraxsan yahay.......... Daawo Sawiradda Hargeysa (GNS) – Madaxwaynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo) ayaa maanta xadhiga ka jaray Dhismayaal cusub oo loo dhisay laanta socdaalka Somaliland. Madaxwayne Axmed Siilaanyo, waxa uu ka qayb-galay Munaasibad lagu qabtay xarunta uu xadhiga ka jaray, taasi oo ay ka qayb-galeen Wasiirka Arrimaha guddaha Maxamed Nuur Caraale (Duur) , saraakiisha amaanka iyo sarkaal sare oo ka socday safaarada Japan ee dalka Kenya. Taliyaha Ciidamada Laanta socdaalka Somaliland Maxamed Yuusuf ayaa ugu horeyn halkaasi ka hadlay ayaa Madaxwaynaha faahfaahin ka siiyay hawlaha laanta socdaalka Somaliland, waxaanu sheegay in laanta socdaalku guud ahaan xuduudaha dalka ay xafiisyo ku leeyihiin “Markii xisbiga kulmiye dalka qabsaday waxyaabaha uu balan-qaaday waxa ka mid ahaa horumarinta ciidanka socdaalka Somaliland, taas oo maanta hirgashay si fiicana u wada gaadhay dhammaan xuduudaha Somaliland, iyagga oo si fiican u kantaroola waxyaabaha soo galaya dalka iyo wixii ka baxayaba, xudduuda 120-KM ee aynu la leenahay dalka Itoobiya, 860-KM oo badda ah, madaarada iyo meelaha kale ee dalka laga soo galo dhamaantood waxaanu ka hawl-galinay ciidanka laanta socdaalka”ayuu yidhi waxaanu intaa ku daray “Waxaanu qabanay tahriibayaal doonayey inay si sifo sharci daro ah dalka ku soo galaan” Xafladan oo ay ka hadleen Wasiirka Wasaaradda arimaha gudaha Maxamed Nuur Carraale (Duur) iyo Sarkaal sare oo ka socday Safaarada Japan ee dalka Kenya, ayaa waxa gabogabadii ka hadlay Madaxwaynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo), waxaanu sheegay inuu ku faraxsan yahay dhismahan dawlada Japan u hirgalisay ciidamada laanta socdaalka “Waxa farxad ii ah inaan furo dhismahan quruxba badan ee loo dhisay laanta socdaalka Somaliland, waxaanan u mahad-naqayaa dawlada Japan oo gacan ka gaysatay dhismahan cusub, taasina waxay calaamad u tahay horumar weyn oo dalka Somaliland iyo dadkiisaba u soo hoyday” Madaxwaynaha Somaliland intaasi ka dib waxa uu xadhiga dhisme cusub loo hirgalinayo Wasaaradda arimaha gudaha, taasi oo laga dhisayo xarunta badhasaabka Hargeysa. Sidoo kale, Madaxwayne Siilaanyo waxa uu xadhiga ka jaray dhisme cusub oo lagu daray xerada ciidamada birmadka, taasi oo ay maalgalisay dawlada Ingiriisku. Khalid Ibraahim Gabiley News Desk Hargeysa

Yeah i like this guy one of the coolest somali polIticians

Blackflash;885367 wrote: You're forgetting about a large portion of the country which isn't Somali:D Have u ever been to Djibouti the Afars are just like the Somalis they speak Somali there is huge intermarriage between them and the Somali Djiboutians. Any way the Somalis are the absolute majority of Djibouti undisputed elites thus its a Somali country apophis is right.

Long live Djibouti

Xiinfaniin Saado cali never made songs for Khaatumo actually she never supported khaatumo she supported SSC.

http://horufadhi.com/2012/11/02/safiirkii-soomaaliya-u-fadhiyey-kigal-oo-sheegay-inuu-wakiil-u-yahay-waxa-uu-ugu-yeedhay-beesha-***-kursigii-qarankana-ku-fadhiisiyey-somalidiid/

Time will tell wa baritoole ninki nool.

Apophis;885299 wrote: He would have been under the old constitution though; the treacherous new one has left many people like Dr Kenney outside. The former constitution didn't recognize the Italian Abyssinian border nor did it recognize the Anglo Italian border( Kenya Somali border)

You are not a Somali national but you belong to the peoples of the Somali

DoctorKenney;885288 wrote: What about me Xaaji? I am a Somali living in the United States with a US Citizenship.....Do I count as a Somali National or .....? Well it depends are you're parents from Somalia?

Can i be the referee or do you guys want to do a free fight

Somaliland’s ‘door is open for investors’ Somaliland’s Minister of Mining, Energy & Water Resources Hussein Abdi Dualeh has announced an “open door policy” for upstream investors in the Horn of Africa’s breakaway republic. In offering vacant offshore and onshore acreage to suitors, Dualeh proclaims “exciting times ahead for Somaliland, with the government sending a clear message that we are open for business.” Dualeh declared the new policy just weeks after elections in the rest of Somalia ushered in a new presidency, with former officials insisting that all contracts signed with Somaliland and the semi-autonomous region of Puntland may not be honoured. Undeterred, Dualeh further specified that “international exploration and production companies will take their activities in Somaliland to a decisive next stage, operating on a scale not seen since the country regained its independence 21 years ago.” Acquisition of high-resolution airborne gravity and magnetic surveys and 2D seismic sweeps will soon be carried out on existing concessions held by Australian company Jacka Resources, veteran Africa-focused explorer Ophir Energy and Genel Energy, run by former BP chief executive Tony Hayward. Genel will shoot a 10-week aeromagnetic survey within Togdheer region in December, and follow up with a 3000 kilometre, 2D seismic sweep. Genel this month farmed in to 75% of onshore blocks SL-10E and SL-13, originally allocated to Asante Oil, and will spend $38 million on the work commitment, according to Dualeh. Ophir enjoys 75% operatorship of onshore blocks 9 and 35 and *offshore blocks M-10A, while Emirates-based explorer RakGas operates Block 12. Jacka Resources controls the Odewayne licence comprising onshore part-blocks 6, 7 and 10 “Somaliland presents an unusual opportunity to discover proven exploration concepts, where key elements for generation and entrapment of hydrocarbon are present in a variety of geological settings,” Dualeh said. “A working petroleum system is now known to be present within the Mesozoic to Tertiary sedimentary section,” he added. Significant progress has been made in deterring maritime *piracy rooted in Somaliland, but the Hargeisa-based government’s lack of international recognition continues to hamper efforts to kick-start upstream exploration. Observers suggested it is likely that Somaliland’s re-assertion of its right to an independent oil policy is associated with widespread disappointment at the lack of progress in achieving international recognition as an independent republic. The government had agreed to attend a London conference on *Somalia early this year, which *local politicians had hoped would pave the way for a diplomatic breakthrough. However, attention has instead been diverted to efforts by African Union troops to liberate southern Somalia from Al-Shabaab militants. Somaliland, which claims sovereign boundaries exactly matching those of the former British Protectorate of Somaliland, will hold elections on 28 *November. By Barry Morgan Source:Upstream

Abwaan baba ugu daran UN troops kulaha sawdigi dhulka ku jiiday UN troops blue helmetski na sawdigi canjeero ku dul dubtay markasu leeyahay UN hala ii keeno war UN iyo cali lahayn eeh gaale madowdi ba lugu so wada.

If they go they will just be replaced by other Africans.

Abwaan i am against lafo la so saaro i have said it before many times just read it here in this topic http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/67758-EPAF-exhumations-begin-in-Somaliland

Not just them the Beledweyne clan to

Looks like general cade muse and Iley are good friends.