A Japanese funded programme to help resettle displaced people and refugees returning home in northern Somalia this week made major advances as the authorities agreed to set aside land for thousands of destitute people. The municipalities of Hargeisa in Somaliland, and Gorowe in Puntland, have agreed to UN-HABITAT proposals on resettlement sites. A beneficiaries committee has been established in Hargeisa to help coordinate the development of infrastructure ranging from new homes, to schools, markets and water supplies with UN-HABITAT, UNHCR, UNDP and other international agencies. In Puntland progress has also reached advanced stage. On 11 March 2005, the Government of Japan pledged US$ 1,895,200 for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and Returnees in Somalia under a UN-HABITAT programme designed to improve the living conditions, security of tenure and economic opportunities of IDPs and returnees urgently requiring assistance in both districts. A total of 680 families are the direct beneficiaries of low-cost housing units. They include an estimated 2,720 children and 680 women. These households will also benefit from awareness raising and training in hygiene, sanitation, rainwater harvesting, etc. Approximately 400 people will receive practical training in construction, quarrying and brick-making techniques, and 80 community leaders will be trained in Community Action Planning. The project also aims to help 30 municipal staff in various departments (planning, land management, finance, engineering, sanitation, water, public health) receive hands-on capacity building assistance as construction gets underway. Indirect beneficiaries include the entire IDP/Returnee community in Hargeisa and Garowe, the urban residents in the vicinity of the improved resettlement areas, local authorities, entrepreneurs in the construction sector and the wider local business community. UN-HABITAT has been actively supporting the development of urban governance, urban management and the upgrading of urban services an infrastructure, for more than a decade in Somalia. The new programme is being implemented within the framework of UN-HABITAT's Somalia Urban Development Programme co-funded by the European Union, and UNDP Somalia. After many years of civil conflict, countless thousands of people fled to the main cities and towns of Somalia, and local authorities have found themselves unable to provide suitable land, financial resources and basic services to support these vulnerable groups. This has left the IDP and returnees with no other option than to settle on public land, without access to adequate water supplies, sanitation and job opportunities. This situation is a threat to the fragile peace process and the general stability of the region. The destitution of people coming home in Somalia from as far afield as Ethiopia requires urgent attention of the international community because their numbers are growing daily. To address this, the project aims to start with a selected number of families from the most vulnerable groups and help them voluntarily relocate to more sustainable locations, and to provide them with shelter, sanitation and economic opportunities. The approach is based on self-help techniques, in which the target groups are trained in essential construction skills and production of locally available building materials. Homes will be built according to the specific needs of the target community. The idea is that the beneficiaries get improved housing, increased access to water and sanitation facilities and better job opportunities. Based on the lessons learnt in this project, strategies and methods of intervention to address the extensive IDP/Returnee problem in Somalia will be developed. The funding is part of the emergency grant assistance from the Japanese Government to contribute to the "Consolidation of Peace in Africa", which was set out as one of the three pillars of Japan's cooperation for Africa under the recommendations of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Somalia Urban Development Programme The Somalia Urban Development Programme is designed to target all major cities and towns in the various Somali regions through the implementation of tangible projects and capacity building activities in the Urban Development Sector. The implementation of the programme is planned over a period of three years, that started 1 April 2005, with a possible extension for a further three years. The European Community, represented by the Delegation of the European Commission in Kenya, and UN-HABITAT signed a Grant Agreement on 22 December 2004, for the implementation of the programme. The cost of the current first phase of the Programme is approximately 6.15 million euros. The European Union has agreed to finance 5 million euro (over 80%) of the total programme budget, with the remaining US$ 1.5 million US Dollars funded by UNDP -- UN-HABITAT's main partner in the programme. Other international partners include ILO, UNICEF, the Italian NGO Consortium UNA, and NOVIB-Oxfam. This initiative recognises the growing importance of the urban sector, both demographically and economically, in the Somali context and aims at promoting an increasingly democratic, inclusive and accountable system of governance as well as more efficient and socially effective local management practices. In a fast changing political scenario, the programme, while assisting both Central and Regional administrations in establishing the main legal and institutional instruments of governance, will target primarily building the management capacities of local authorities and communities. Governance and institutional capacity building will be demonstrated through a range of activities designed to guide settlement growth through physical planning aimed at reducing the serious deficits in serviced land, sanitation and basic infrastructure to alleviate poverty; to promote viable municipal financial and fiscal management systems; and, to promote community involvement, the role of civil society, accountability, transparency and equitable urban growth integrating returnees, internally displaced persons and other vulnerable groups. Source: United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT), May 26, 2005

Che have said it all succinctly.

http://www.allpuntland.com/eng/news_item.asp?NewsID=1620#Scene_1

Qoyska Dhibanaha Xawaaladda Dahabshiil(Dhiigshiil)Ku Xidhatay Burco Oo Qoraal Soosaaray. Warkii: May 22, 2005 Burco(Radiossc.com):-Ehelada dhibane Ismaaciil Cabdi Jaamac oo muddo 14 bilood ah ku xidhnaa jeelka magaalada Burco una xidhan Xawaalada Dahabshiil ee Uu leeyahay Ninka lagu Naanayso magaca shirka oo ka soo jeeda beesha Habar jeclo ee ***** ayaa waxa ay soo saareen qoraal ay arrinkaasi kaga hadlayaan. Nin uu qafaalan Xawaalada Dahabshiil oo ka soo jeeda Gobollada Puntland Gaar ahaan SSC ayaa waxa xabsiga uu dhigay maamulka shirkada dahabshiil 12/3/04 ilaa iyo xilligan aan ku jirnan xidhan. Dhibanahan ayaa isagu wax danbi ah ka galin shirkada xawaalada ee dahabshiil, hasa yeeshee waxa lagu qafaashay ay tahay nin aad walaalo tihiin ayaa naga dhacay Hanti, mudadii uu xidhnaa ayaa waxa isku day fara badan sameeyey odayaasha iyo waxgaradka maxbuus hasa yeeshee waxa garawshiinyo ah kamay helin maamulka xawaalada Dahabshiil. Qoyska uu ka soo jeedo Maxbuusan u qafaalan Xawaalada Dhiigshiil ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in ay arrin lala yaabo tahay in xawaalada manta la odhan karo waxay ugu horaysaa xawaaladaha Soomaaliya ay u galayso dhagarta intaa le’eg , waxa kale oo ay sheegeen qoyska dhibanahu in aanu waxba ka ogayn xidhiidhkii ka dhexeeyey ninka ay danbiga u sheeganayaan iyo shirkada dhibanaha haatan xidhani. Dhibane Ismaaciil Cabdi Jaamac ayaa isagu ahaa nin reer miyi ah oo ka yimi caruur iyo xaas aad u jilicsan isla markaana waxa uu xabsiga magaalada Burco kala kulmay dhibaato aad u badan oo isir sooc ah taas oo ay kula dhaqmeen askarta xabsigu. Maxkamadaha Burco oo ninkaas dhibanaha ah todobaadkiiba mar la geeyo ayaan wax natiijo ah ka gaadhin , markastana carqaladeeya iyada oo ay had iyo jeer dhinaca Dahabshiil u xagliya oo ay laaluush ka helaan. Odayaasha dhibanaha ayaa sheegay in ay dhawr jeer isku dayeen in hab beeleed lagu xaliyo arrintan hasa yeeshee sarkaalka Dahabshiil ee magaalada Burco Maxmed Siciid Ducaale ayaa waxa uu ku jawaabaa “Tuug Lawaayey Walaalkiisaa La xidhaa†Waxa kale oo ay ehelada dhibanahan ka codsanayaan maamulka dahabshiil ee magaalada Burco Gaar ahaan Maxmed Siciid Ducaale in xoriyada Ismaaciil Ccabdi Jaamac sida ugu dhakhsaha badan loogu soo celiyo isaga oo aan wax danbiya ka galin xawaalada Dahabshiil. Waax kale oo ay xuseen qoyska dhibanuhu in ay muddo yari ka soo wareegtay markii hay’ada Xuquuqal Insaanka ee Amnesty International ay ka digtay xaalada xaquuqda dadka ee Maamulka Isaaqiya , waxaana jira waxyaalo badan oo aanay ka warhayn Hay’adu , waxaanuna ka codsanaynaa ayey yidhaahdeen qoysku in ay hay’ada Amnesty International ay xaalada dhibane Ismaaciil Cabdi Soo baadho , dhibanahan oo ay soo gaadhay dhibaato aad u badani oo ay ka mid tahay xabsi dheer oo aan wax danbiya ku galabsan, Caafi,maadkiisa oo aanu daryeel u helin , Garsoor cadaalad ah oo aanu helin. Radiossc.com

Cakuye afkeenii ma saas ayaa udanbeysey? Suldaan, awoowe waxaan islahaa, afkumaal ayaad tahay. Laakiin waxaad moodaa inaad ka haqab la'dahay miida afkeenu leeyahay. Bal u fiirsada walaalkeen kor waxa uu ku qorey?

How about you?

jamal, oh well you seem to know what I had been huh? northener, all is said in jest matey

J'maal, you should stay away from this area matey for you have nothing to conribute other than femalish squench of which Tolstoy would derive pleasure of it. Northerner; We shal await the enormous outcome-- or so hopes the Somali patriots who wants to see our Qarannimo re-instated! Nothing is more lower in this modernity age than not having an state!! then again you might argue sheepishly that you hail from another State!!! oh well at the eyes of all those who make observations we are all alike; whether from Raaskaaboobi or Raascasery. Aloo wadankii noo hagaaji

Somali premier rules out relocation without peacekeepers - Monday, May 09, 2005 at 03:55 Somali PM Ali Mohamed Gedi NAIROBI, May 7 (AFP) -- Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi on Saturday ruled out relocating his government currently exiled in Kenya to his country until regional peacekeepers are deployed in Mogadishu to help restore stability. "It will not be useful to relocate the government there (Mogadishu) unless the stabilisation force by the African Union is deployed," Gedi told reporters here on arrival from a seven-day first visit to Mogadishu since his appointment in December. An explosion rocked a Mogadishu stadium from where Gedi was addressing thousands of Somalis Tuesday about plans to bring a government to the lawless country and reconcile rivals. Diplomats said it was an attempt on his life although Gedi rejected the claims immediately after the blast that killed at least 15 people and wounded nearly 40 others. "There was no attempt on my life, this was an accident and it has nothing to do with a pre-planned attack," Gedi said on Saturday. The prime minister, who visited several parts of the bullet-charred capital, said Mogadishu residents had shown a willingness to restore stability, despite widespread violence. "The people have the will to pacify Mogadishu and it is an important and valuable asset of the peace process," he said. "We have to take this opportunity for the relocation of the Somali government." In March, the regional seven-nation east African Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said the first deployment of two battalions of IGAD soldiers from Sudan and Uganda could be on the ground by the end of April. IGAD is expected to eventually deploy as many as 10,000 troops to assist Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Gedi and other transitional institutions to relocate from exile in Kenya to Somalia. But up to now, the first batch of peacekeepers from Sudan and Uganda has not arrived, owing to logistical bottlenecks. Precise details of the mission are yet to be released amid a bitter dispute over the composition of the force within the transitional Somali government. Fierce opposition to the participation of neighboring countries Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya in the force prompted a bloody brawl in the Somali parliament, sitting in Nairobi, last month. IGAD -- which comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and nominally Somalia -- has repeatedly announced that it would not let the Somali peace process collapse. Somalia has been in chaos without any functioning central authority since the fall of strongman Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 turned the nation into a patchwork of fiefdoms ruled by warlords. Source: Sudan Tribune

The State visit had been delayed. I am told he will be arriving in London on tuesday. Tolstoy, blah blah blah

Sources very close to the office of presidency had confirmed that Mr Yusuf will be arriving in London tomorrow afternoon for an official visit. The president will be meeting two top ministers of the British cabinet, namely Mr Straw of the Foreign office and Mr Hillary Ben of Oversees Development. It would be interesting to see whether he would be meeting Somali Londoners.

Inaa Lilaahi Wa inaa Ileyhi Raajicuun. May allah reward your patiance and Sabar

Alaha Unaxariisto

Baashoow, Hal haruubgaal ayaan caanaha geela kawada dhameynaa.

DANTA DADWEYNAHA IYO DOONISTA DANAYSTAYAASHA(Qaran Doon iyo Qaran Diid) By.Xildhibaan Ibraahim Maxmed Deeq Warkii: Apr 27, 2005 Haddii ay Soomaalidu dhawr iyo toban sanadood colaado sokeeye, bur-bur iyo barakac aan dhib mooyee wax dheef ah lagu ogayn dhex jibaaxaysey oo halaagyada is-fashilinta iyo middi-middi ku taagga laga dhaxlo si siman loo wada dhadhamiyey. Sidoo kalana halakooyinka iyo hoogga nidaam-darrada iyo khasaaraha nabad gelyo la’aanta ay dadkeenu si la taaban karo u dareemeen oo ay magac xumada iyo nolosha liidataa noqdeen wehelka joogtada ah ee qofka Soomaaliga ah. Soow in wixii dhacay laga waantoobo oo ay ummaddu dib isugu noqoto looma baahna. Caruurihii iyo ubadkii soo korayey haddii ay dawlad la’aantu jahli, iyo wax barasho la’aan badday, oo ay da’yartii soomaliyeed maanta barashada akhlaaqiyaad aan wanaagsanayn iyo tarbiyad xumo ku bar-baarayaan. Soow in la is-daba qabto oo haadaanta lagu socdo hoos loo qooraansado ma aha. Dhibaatada inagu habsatay haddii guud ahaan iyo gaar ahaanba loo aqoonsaday inay dawlad la’aantu xudun u tahay oo dhibaatada ay dawlad la’aantu keentay la wada garwaaqsaday. Soow in ay dadweynuhu dawladda u dhalatay ku mintidaan oo ay garab galaan si ay deganaansho nololeed u gaadhaan dantoodu kuma jirto. Markii dawlad dhisan la fashiliyaba haddii la wada ogaadey inay aafo hor lihi Soomaali u bilanayso oo weliba laga wada dheregsan yahay dadka yar ee dawlad la’aanta ka faa’iidaystaa inay had iyo goor danta inta badan cagta marinayaan. Dadweynaha dantooda iyo horumarkooda la bur-burinayaa soow inay kacaan oo kuwa nabadgelyadooda iyo noloshooda hor taagan iska qabtaan xaq ku waajibey ma aha? Bulsho weynta Soomaaliyeed soow inay masiirkooda wax iska weeydiiyaan oo ay xisaabtamaan, isla markaana si qoto dheer loo fekero looma baahna. Qofka maanta dawlad dirqi lagu soo dhisay duminteeda dubaha u sita ee afkaartiisa sirgacan dadka ku hanuuninayaa in waxa ka maqan la weydiiyo oo ujeedadiisa si sax ah loo ogaadaa soow arrin meesha ku jira ma aha. Maxaa ku jaban inay dadweynuhu iska hubsadaan toobiyaha aan dantoodu ku jirin ee uu danaystuhu ku hayaaminayo. Shaqsiga Soomaaliga ah ee uu weli qab-qable maskaxdiisa wax ku shubayaa horta ma is weeydiiyey inay isku dan yihiin iyo in kale. Kuwa ilaa iyo hadda qab-qablaynta iyo murjinta danta guud hamuunta baas u qaba ee wakhtigan xaadirka ah u sii hanqal taagaya inay dawlad dhisan oo ay xubno ka yihiin baabi’iyaan soow inay dadweynuhu ugu yaraan doonistooda gurracan gartaan oo ku gacan sayraan maaha. Soow in midabada badan ee ay dagaal oogayaashu 15ka sano dadka u kala bedelanayeen, loo daliishado oo runta wejiga laga saaro danta dadku kuma jirtio. Maxaa runta loo shareerayaa miyeeysan iyagoo u falaagoobey ilaalinta danohooda gaar ahaaneed aysan adeegsanayn tabihii iyo xeeladihii belo ee ay hore ummadda ugu marin habaabin jireen. Maxaa shacbiga Soomaliyeed ka hor taagan la xisaabtanka iyo ku baraarugga kuwa beer laxawsiga aan sii ridnayn iyo is-bihin-bihinta sarbeeban ee danahooda gaar ahaaneed ku hilan ugu gacan haatinaya. Soomaaliga dhabta ah ee dhacdooyinka dhulkiisa ka dhacaya iyo baahida dawlad shaqaysa loo qabo garanayaa, ficilada ay calaamadaha qaran-diidnimadu ka soo ifayaan waa inuu ka gil-gishaa si uu dadkiisa iyo dalkiisaba u bad-baadiyo. Haddii aan geedka laanta ugu saraysa salka la heli waayey xididdaan u siibayaa fili maayo inay noqon karto figrad maanta Soomaalida u cuntami karta oo ay xitaa maqli karaan, maxaa yeelay waa humaag aan dani ugu jirin oo ay horey u eedeen. Ummaddani sida uu nafle oomani biyo ugu baahan yahay ayeey dawlad dhexe ugu harraaddan yihiin. Sidaa daraadeed u malayn maayo in maanta la marin habaabin karo oo figrado khaldan oo aysan dani ugu jirin laga raaridi karo. Waayo wax waliba wakhti bay leeyihiin, Illahayna Soomaliya weligeed inay dawlad la’aato uma qorin, dadkuna kuma gawracna inay qab-qable saxariiriya oo talada toosan iyo tigaadda ka hor taagan weligood ka daba jaameeyaan. Sababtoo ah haddii caqligu shaqaynayo dhibaato iyo khiyaamo intii hore shacbiga soomaaliyeed ugu filan. Siyaasadda waa lagu tartamaa, la isku weeraraa oo siyaasiinta kala aragtida ahi colna ma aha, nabadna ma aha, waxayse had iyo goor ficiladooda waafajiyaan danta dadkooda oo ah cidda in loo adeego lagu beretamayo ee sumcadda laga kasbanayo. Inta badan siyasiyiinta xagga fikirka ku kala taggani waxay mar kasta ka midaysan yihiin ilaalinta danta dadweynaha oo u baahan nabad iyo xasilooni joogtaysan. Inkastoo dhaaxa fulinta awaamiirta qarriban ee qarandiidnimada loo dhega nuglaa iminka bisaylka dadka Soomaaliyeed waa mid maalinba, maalinta ka dambaysa isa soo taraya oo horumar xawli dheeraynaya saaran ku socda. Tusaale ahaan qab-qable dhaqaale waalan fawdada geyigeena ka taagan ku haystaa haddii uu ogyahay inay dadweynuhu fikirkiisa qaloocan ku raacayaan, marnaba ma ogolaadeen inuu shir mashaakilka Soomaalida lagu furdaaminayo muddo laba sano ah ka qayb qaato. Laakiin cidda inuu joogo ku cadaadinaysey waxay ahaayeen bulshada oo ay dawlad la’aanta iyo ammaan darradu soo kareen. Damiirkii guushaas dhaliyey weli ma suulin oo dadweynaha Soomaaliyeed maanta, maalin ay dawlad uga baahi badan yihiin sooma marin, haddii ay u dhalatayna ilama aha inay cid dano dadban ilaashanaysa duminta qaranimadooda garab ku siinayaan. Waxaase loo baahan yahay inay dadkeenu dar-dar geliyaan dareenka ay dawlad danohooda guud ilaalisa ku doonayaan. Sidoo kalena ay xoojiyaan damiirkooda qaranimo-doonimada ku dhisan ilaa ay qaran-diidka ka ogolaysiinayaan ka-qayb-qaadshada dadaalka nidaam iyo kala dambayn lagu kalsoonaan karo lagu raadinayo. Taasoo ay fure u tahay inay si daacad ah ula shaqeeyaan dawladda ay xubnaha waaweyn ka yihiin ee ay sharcigeeda iyo nidaamkeeda wax ka sameeyeen, isla markaana ay tar-tankeeda madaxnimo ka soo qayb qaateen. Sida xaqiiqdu tahay dareenka leexsan ee qaran-diidnimada ku suntani kuma doodi karo in dadkiisa caddaalad xumo lagu falay uu ka gil-gilanayo oo dawladda Mbagathi ka dhalatay sida ay Soomaali oo dhani ogtahay tahay 4.5 ayaa lagu saleeyey. Shakiga uu la jibaysan yihiin kuma fasiri karaan musuqmaasuq xagga doorashada ah waayo gegi cad oo aan cidna daah ka saarayn buu barlamaanka Soomaaliyeed musharaxna ku diidey, midna ku doortay. Wixii doorashadaas ka soo hadhay ee la isu magacaabayey baa la iga qadiyey murankiisa uma cuskan karo oo qof kastoo Soomaali ahi waa og yahay inuu midka ugu yari hadduusan laba xil hayn uu xubin muhiima dawladda ka yahay. Sidaa daraadeed markii dhufeysyo dhawr ah oo lagu marmarsoon lahaa awdmeen ayaa duufsiga iyo dareen gelinta dadka farsamooyin kale loo maray, si dadweynaha iyo dawladda Soomaliyeed dab looga dhex shido. Caasimaddii Soomaaliya ayaa la bedelayaa iyo ciidamo shisheeye ayaa la idinku qabsanayaa ayaa dhextaal u ah waxyaabaha dadka Soomaaliyeed lagu kicinayo. Maxaa ka run ah?. Hal diidaysaa geed ay ku xoqato ma weydo. Muqdisho inay caasimadda Soomaliya tahay qof kasta oo Soomaali ahi waa ogyahay, ummadda ay magaalo madaxda u tahayna waxay ku qabaan kalsooni ah inay u qalanto inay xarunta Soomaaliya ku sii boqranaato. Dadkuna si gaar ah ayeeyba Xamar u jecel yihiin. Haddii bur-bur dhacay oo dhawr iyo toban sano la kala maqnaa, Mbagthina ay Soomaliyi nidaam ku samaysatay Muqdisho xurmadii iyo magacii ay dalka ku lahayd in laga qaado iska daaye xitaa wax dood ah lagama soo celin. Axdiga qarankana iyadoo aysan cidi su’aal ka keenin ayaa lagu duugey. Haddaba, Haddii ay jirto cid caasimadnimada Muqdisho duullaan ku ahi aan is weeydiinee, maxay uga hadli weydey markii Axdiga qaranka la dejinayey. Kuwa dareenka dadweynaha ee nabadda iyo dawladnimada u ooman tashuushka ku furayaa ma waxay diiddan yihiin in barnaamij tifaftiran oo dawladeed ammaanka caasimadda wax lagaga qabto. Iyaguse nabadgelyada caasimadda wax la taaban karo ma ka qaban karaan? Waa su’aal rahman. Dhanka kale haddii ay dawlad ina qabsanaysaa jirto, 15 sano dawlad dhexe oo dalka ilaalisaa aanay jirin, ma dagaal ooge inay dawladi inoo dhisanto hor taaganaa ayaa inaan Soomaaliya la qabsan dhufeys ugu jirey. U malayn maayo inay dadka qaarkii ka waaban lahaayeen ogolaanshaha qabsashada dalka haddii danohooda gaar ahaaneed wuxuun looga fuliyo. Sababtoo ah qof inay Soomaaliya dawlad noqoto diiddani, in la qabsadana dan kama laha. “Ninkii hooyadii ka guurey, aayadii uma negaadoâ€. Waxna ma qaban karo oo waa la I yaqaan, talada waxtarka lehana ganafkaan ku dhufanayaa, waa amuuro aan is geyin oo hagar-daamo qaran xambaarsan. Si kastaba Qaran-doon iyo Qaran-diid ha u doodeene, kooxaha dawlad la’aanta iyo fawdada danaha shaqsiyadeed ku haysta iyo danta iyo nolosha dadweynaha oo dawladnimo hir gasha ku xidhan ayaad mooddaa in la isu marayo oo si aan macquul ahayn la isugu xoqayo. Ciddii hanaanka siyaasadda dawladda ee u guurista dalka gudihiisa ka biya diiddani haddii ay hayaan aragti ay ummaddu ku qanaci karto ha u sheegeen. Haddii kale, ha la ogaado in marka lagu xisaabtamo sida ay dhibaatada dawlad la’aantu dadka soomaliyeed u soo kartay, iyo waayo aragnimada iyo aqoonta ay bulshadani xeeladaha maldahan ee qaran-duminta looga goleeyahay u yaqaaniin, waxaa iska cad inaysan afkaarta qaran dumisku fursado dambe Soomaalida ka heli doonin. Dad weynaha Soomaaliyeed ayeeyna u taallaa inay danohooda caamka ah u hoojiyaan danta danaystayaasha bur-burka iyo dawlad la’aanta ku mamay iyo inay dan Soomaaliyeed oo loo wada dhan yahay daafacaan si ay nabad gelyo waarta oo dalkooda ku baahda u xaqiijiyaan. __ __ __ La soco maqaalka xiga ee MAXAY QABATA DAWLADDU? W.Q. Ibrahim Mohamed Deeq MP Gobollada SSC imdeeq@hotmail.com Nairobi, Kenya

How irrationally idiotic some seem to be; there is a lesson to be learned from this story. One should not be hanged about the paraphernelia but indeed should be affected by the substance of the story. Forget about the wadaad, you should be concerned about what he was horrified about. Anyhow laddies and gents, beware of what is out there.

Oh ladies; you are shooting the wrong wall! or rather paint brushing the wrong canvass!

Viky how so old boy?

As I was sitting up right, listening to the mullah speaking about piety in respect to lowering oneself and seeing oneself equal to others; for a second I thought he was talking to me directly; aghast I was and suddenly the talk came to its conclusion. The sheik started praying for Allah to shelter us from all evils. I was quite overcome by emotions, gathering clouds of guilt were shadowing me; and unexpectedly; a man who was sporting a long beard and awfully short Khamis tapped me on my back; his smile showing the glistening teeth which I am sure had been subjected to Rumey (Caddey) several times a day; he said Salaamu alaikum; my response was delayed perhaps seconds for I quickly tried to figure out what this chap wanted from I. Wa alaikum salaam dropped from my lips. He politely (but somehow I felt he was being haughty; you know that self-righteousness the run of the mill wadaado sport; that I sensed from him) asked me to come with him for he had the need to speak to me. I stood up and followed him to Masjid’s office. He sat me down and asked if I was in hurry; no I am not I replied still curious why this chap had asked me to come with him. It won’t take long he murmured; take all the time you need I murmured back. After perhaps five long seconds (he seemed as though he was a defence lawyer gearing up for his last summary); he uttered my name and said, I have been seeing you in this area for a while. I know nothing much about you, but you seem to be someone who is lost to this world. Understandably I was astonished for such sweeping remark; this man is on to something I thought. After long muhaadara as to how we will all leave this world and being visitors and our permanent residence being in Akhira, my senses urged me to respond to this wadaad with kind words. I politely said to him, Jazakalahiu Kheyral Jazaa and affirmed the things he spoke to me about and decided to make my way out. As I was about to leave the room, he said; you know you have moral obligation to speak against the stench and filth that permeates SOMALIA ONLINE. I thought I was hearing things, and continued to walk; but he was being adamant; he went on; you know you 'younger' generation had become accustomed to filth and that it does not reek anymore to you; you must have lost your sense of smell he asked!. At this moment, he caught my attention, I glanced back and asked Sheekhanaa what foul odour do you speak about? He said, you know things that Allah had made haram is becoming normal in the eyes of youth. I am sure you know SOL? I said, yes but… and before I could complete my sentence; like a somali gent, he went on to say; dating, clubbing and all the mothers of evil are spoken about on these “youth†sites. I sat with him, and listened to him about how our religious duties are becoming passé and how prohibited actions are becoming the thing of the day. I sat there listened to; reciting example after example; all I must say we quite real but it might have been exagerated a tad bit. He pulled out SOL general sections; showed me comple titles and then moved on to his private msg; what I saw there was extremely nesuating to say the least. He sensed my outrage; appalling I said, his retort was uh wait when you see the grorry details; which of course I declined kindly. Apparently, this wadaad had undertaken some research and the findings had not been sweet—ladies sending pictures; revealing ones I must add; the chat room he said is where all these shenanigans take place; or at least that is where the active engagement of free will excercise takes place; this man was femiliar with msn; quite surprising considering his persona. Walaahi, I was flabbergasted but at the same time moved by the sincerity and sentimental brotherhood this wadaad had showed me. He was a man who had been pained as to what he had seen in SOL and other various websites. I am sure, a lot of you would make comments in defence of our great website-- or god forbid would go after him lebbeling pervert amongst other things. But trust thee, what this man speaks about is the reality of our peers. It is ‘normal’ to commit sin, but for us to see it otherwise and march happily to our dis-islamisation of our being is something that is frightening to say the least. These countless threads of !I have dated farax and this is my experience! and I dated xaliimo and she was horrid had to stop otherwise this emotional prostitution which number of us see as an exercise of freedom and finding oneself would only lead us to loosing our faith.

Certainly a gaal would utter such rubish

Ametshst, Trust thee I am no defender of this man; I just thought as a lady (assuming that you are one) you should not clean his linen in public

To be facinated one has to have an open eye; perhaps my dear such is not your giff.

amyst! that was below the belt.

Che, cheers mate, i shall take that offer up with you. Perhaps not kuluc-- it sounds awfully round!!

AU appeals for international support on Somalia troop deployment - Monday, March 14, 2005 at 14:17 ENTEBBE, Uganda, March 12 (AFP) - The African Union Saturday appealed for international support for the planned deployment of regional peacekeepers to help the new Somalia administration relocate from exile in Kenya. The appeal was made by an AU official during a meeting of senior east African defense officials here planning the controversial deployment, which is estimated to cost about 500 million dollars (371 million euros). "I wish to appeal strongly to the international community to come forward in supporting and assisting the deployment of the IGAD peace support mission in Somalia," said Jaotody Jean de Matha, an AU representative. "We cannot afford to waste any more time as the relocation of the transitional federal government to Somalia is long overdue. "We need to respond to the call of the Somali people that the government must come home without any further delay," de Matha explained. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, his premier Mohammed Ali Gedi and the whole parliament have unable to return home since their appointment last October owing to insecurity in the bullet-scarred Somali capital, Mogadishu. AU last month authorised the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to deploy a peace mission to help Yusuf make good his commitment to return to Somalia, but the proposal has met fierce opposition from some Islamic clerics there and a number of warlords. IGAD, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and nominally Somalia, plans to deploy about 10,000 peacekeepers, who will remain in Somalia for eight months before handing over to a proper AU force. "The mission is estimated to cost about five hundred million dollars and will take eight months before we hand over to the African Union," an official attending the meeting told AFP. Ugandan Regional Cooperation Minister Nsimye Sebuturo said the defence officials will debate a document detailing the deployment of troops, the areas they will cover, their mandate, size and funding and other logistics ahead of an IGAD foreign ministers' conference on Monday. Somalia has been in chaos and without a functional government since 1991, when strongman Mohammed Siad Barre's ouster slid the nation of 10 million people into an ungovernable patchwork of fiefdoms. A previous attempt to pacify Somalia between 1993 and 1995 failed ignominously with the death of 140 UN peacekeepers, 18 US special forces troops and thousands of Somalis. Source: Relief Web