^Xiinfaniin it's great, that we might be possibly now count on the support of the British government in regards to this issue.

And then concludes with: The surest way of moving forward is to empower the Puntland administration to deal with the situation itself. If properly resourced, it is home-grown efforts that offer the best hope of dealing with the piracy problem in the long term, not only by way of increased security and other powers of deterrence, but by dealing with the myriad social and economic failures that have given rise to the problem.

He further on says: It is seldom reported that in spite of the suicide bombings, mortar attacks and running gun battles that characterise so much of life in and around Mogadishu in the south, to the north two administrations, Puntland and Somaliland, operate – on land at least – in an environment of remarkable peace and stability. What is all the more remarkable is that they have achieved this with virtual no international assistance whatsoever.

He further goes on to say this: This will require a shift away from the current strategy of pouring all our time and resources into sustaining the ailing central government in Mogadishu, towards a focus on building up regional administrations, such as Puntland's, that enjoy meaningful popular legitimacy.

The daunting task of eliminating Somalia's piracy problem lies with Abdirahman Farole, president of Somalia's quasi-autonomous north-eastern province of Puntland...Unfortunately, however, President Farole is currently in no position to deal with the problem either. He is fighting an industry that brought in some $30m of ransom payments in 2008, with a total government budget of just $17.6m.

Somali pirates can't be beaten at sea. The latest ransom payment shows warship patrols don't always work. Financial aid to quasi-autonomous Puntland is the answer. George Grant guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 November 2009 18.20 GMT The release by Somali pirates of a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew has thrust the issue of Somali piracy back into the spotlight. The vessel was released after a ransom payment exceeding $3m was agreed. Not bad in a country where per capita GDP is barely $2 a day. Some 200 hostages are still being held by Somali pirates following a spate of hijackings that included the recent capture of a British couple, the Chandlers. Their capture coincided with a visit to the UK by Somalia's prime minister, Omar Sharmarke, who duly met with the couple's relatives to assure them his administration would "not rest until we see the freedom of this couple". At a meeting earlier that day he went further still, pledging to eradicate Somali piracy completely by 2011. The unfortunate truth, however, is that Sharmarke is in no position to be making such bold and unrealistic promises. His foundering regime controls little more than a few streets in and around the capital Mogadishu, more than 600 miles to the south of the region in which the piracy problem persists, and that only thanks to the help of 5,300 African Union peacekeepers. No tangible progress has been made on the piracy front since the current government came to power in January of this year. Attacks off the Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden totalled 141 in the first nine months of this year, up 70% on the same period in 2008. In fact, going on past experience, the current Somali government will not even exist in 2011, let alone have eradicated piracy. This is the 15th administration to "govern" Somalia since the collapse of the last functioning regime, led by the socialist autocrat Siad Barre, in 1991. The daunting task of eliminating Somalia's piracy problem lies with Abdirahman Farole, president of Somalia's quasi-autonomous north-eastern province of Puntland, from which the vast majority of pirates operate. Unfortunately, however, President Farole is currently in no position to deal with the problem either. He is fighting an industry that brought in some $30m of ransom payments in 2008, with a total government budget of just $17.6m. The immediate responsibility of dealing with Somalia's pirates has thus been left in the well-armed hands of the international community, which has risen to the challenge with not inconsiderable enthusiasm. Some two dozen warships from as many different nations currently patrol the million square kilometres of water in and around the Somali coast, escorting vessels up and down the Gulf of Aden, and daily responding to distress signals sent by ships under attack. Unfortunately, the evidence is that this effort is having only a limited impact. Though coalition warships have been responsible for staving off a number of attacks, too often the ships are in the wrong place at the wrong time: in such a vast expanse of water, it could hardly be otherwise. Indeed, data from the International Maritime Bureau suggests many pirates are simply circumnavigating the warships and conducting their operations further out in the Indian Ocean. The piracy problem will never be resolved at sea. The only hope of restoring order on Somalia's waters is to restore order in Somalia itself. This will require a shift away from the current strategy of pouring all our time and resources into sustaining the ailing central government in Mogadishu, towards a focus on building up regional administrations, such as Puntland's, that enjoy meaningful popular legitimacy. It is seldom reported that in spite of the suicide bombings, mortar attacks and running gun battles that characterise so much of life in and around Mogadishu in the south, to the north two administrations, Puntland and Somaliland, operate – on land at least – in an environment of remarkable peace and stability. What is all the more remarkable is that they have achieved this with virtual no international assistance whatsoever. With an annual budget roughly amounting to what Victoria Beckham was paid for her last Giorgio Armani modelling campaign, Puntland's President Farole is severely handicapped by the lack of resources at his disposal. Yet what he enjoys, that the central government crucially lacks, is a democratic mandate and thus popular legitimacy. Sharmarke's assurances that his government will do all it can to combat piracy and rescue those taken hostage will doubtless be a comfort to the relatives, but in reality, the government in Mogadishu can offer nothing more than words. Though theoretically mandated to pursue the pirates on land, by way of UN security council resolution 1851, the international community currently has no stomach for another intervention in Somalia. Given the failures of past interventions, and the deeply embedded suspicion of many Somalis toward any kind of perceived foreign interference in their affairs, there is no guarantee such an incursion would work even if the will and resources could be found. The surest way of moving forward is to empower the Puntland administration to deal with the situation itself. If properly resourced, it is home-grown efforts that offer the best hope of dealing with the piracy problem in the long term, not only by way of increased security and other powers of deterrence, but by dealing with the myriad social and economic failures that have given rise to the problem. copyright the guardian newspaper ltd.

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What is more funnier is this news. Odayaasha Beelaha H oo Madaxda Dowalda KMG ugu baaqay Iscasilaad. War asaxaafadeed maanta ka soo baxay xafiiska Odayaasha Dhaqanka Beelaha H ee Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa looga Hadlay xaaladaha Dalka uu iminka ku sugan yahay iyo siyaasadaha Isdiidan ee dalka ka jirta . Waxaana ay ku xuseen War saxaafadeedkooda jiritaanka Dowlada Iminka ka talisa dalkan iyo magaca dowlad nimo ee ay ku shaqeyso ay umada soomaaliyeed ka dhaxleen dhimaatooyinka Hubka noocyadooda kala duduwan ee ay ku tijaahiyeen sida ay hadalka u dhigeene ciidamada Nabad ilaalinta ee ay dalka Keentay Dowlado, waa Amisom. Waxaa sidoo kale ku qornaa Warsaxaafadeedka ay soo saareen Odayaasha dhaqanka beelaha H in joogitaanka Masuuliyiinta ugu sareysa Dowlada magaalada Muqdisho iyo marka ay ka dhoofayaan Airport-ka Muqdisho ay Shacabka isla Muqdisho ka dhaxleen dhimasho iyo dhibaatooyin halka ay wax u tari lahaayeen, taas oo ay ku macneeyeen in iliyada ay baxayaan masuuliyiintaasi in shacabka loo qeybiyo madaafiic waaweyn oo iyaga lagu difaacayo. Waxaana ay sheegeen in arimahaasi hadii ay yihiin Odayaasha Dhaqanka iyo Midnimada beelaha ****** aanay u dilqaadan doonin islamarkaana ay ka dalbayaan amdaxda Sar sare ee Dowlada in gebi ahaanba ay iskaga degaan Xilka ay hayaan . Waxay noqoneysaa dalabka iscasilaada Masuuliyiinta DKMG ee ka soo baxay Odayaasha Beelaha H Markii ugu horeysay oo ay ugu baaqaan Madaxweyne Shariif iyo Raiisul wasaarihiisa tan iyo intii ay xilka Qabteen. Ugu dambeyntii lama oga waxa ay kaga jawaabi doonaan Madaxda Sar sare ee Dowlada hadalkan ka soo yeeray Odayaasha Beelaha H iyo in ay isaga aamusi doonaan. Max’ed Xaaji Xasan Abuukar SBC International Muqdisho.

You can read more on the matter here garooweonline

Anyhow here are the documents signed by the Ambassador to Kenya instructed by Nur Adde former PM and current Ambassador for the EU and Italy.

The Somali Ambassador to Kenya Mohamed Ali Nur Ameriko signs a disgraceful deal with the EU on the 31 December 2008 a day after Abdullahi Yusuf's resignation in absence of a new elected interim President, a Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers. It is fascinating who gave this man a mere ambassador such powers to sign such a momentous deal with the EU. It is said that Nur Adde's knowledge of Abdullahi Yusuf's departure date carefully instructed the ambassador on the appriopriate signing date of the document with the EU and hence has been rewarded with the role of the Ambassador of Somalia to the EU and Italy as a double portofolio. So the question is what will the parliament do, more so what will Sharif Ahmed do? In whose term the disgraceful MOA was signed with Kenya with the careful coordination and assistence of the government of Norway to give the outershelf of the ocean the Continental Shelf to Kenya, which was originaly Somalias to take but in the memo signed Somalia will not claim for the outer Continental Shelf and thus will not dispute if the arbitary rewards it to Kenya who instead of Somalia claimed it as part of its Outer Continental Shelf instead and thus have full right to award norwegian oil companies into searching and drilling oil of the non-contested and non-claimed outer Continental Shelf of Somalias waters. Very disgraceful indeed.

Garooowe:- Garaad C/laahi Cali Ciid oo Afka ku weeraray Cid Kasta oo Hanaanka Horumarineed ee Puntland diidan. Garaad C/laahi Cali Ciid oo ka mid ah Isimada ugu muga iyo miisaanka weyn Puntland ayaa Kulan wareed ku qabtay Qasriga uu ka degan yahay Garoowe, Garaadka ayaa warbaahinta u sheegay in Ujeedka uu shirkan u qabtay ay tahay inuu Ka Isim ahaan Fekerkooda ka dhiibtaan Khilaafka u dhexeeya Dawlada Puntland iyo Masuuliyiinta Xukuumada Federaalka Somaliya. Garaadka ayaa Tibaaxay inay Puntland Heegan ugu jirto sidii ay xal ugu heli lahayd dhabada Loo raacayo helitaanka Dawlada Dhexe oo ay Somaliya yeelato, isla markaana waxa uu meesha ka saaray inaanay Pl marnaba afkeeda ka soo yeedhin Gooni isu taag. Garaad C/laahi Cali Ciid ayaa waxa laga Xumaadu ku tilmaamay hadalkii ay warbaahinta ka sheegeen qaar ka mid ah Masuuliyiinta Dawlada Somaliya kuwaasi oo uu sheegay inay afka ku weerareen Maamulka Puntland. C/laahi Cali Ciid ayaa Yiri"Waxaan Taageersanahay Go"aanka Madaxwaynaha Puntland waxaan diyaar u nahay inaan helo ama raadin sidii Puntland loo Horumarin lahaa maha in qof Masuul sheeganayaa inuu Xaqiro dalka intiisa kele Maamulka Puntland hada waa 11- Jirsaday intaasina waxa uu ahaa mid Nabada iyo Degenaansho laga helo isaga oo ay ku sii Hirtaan Boqolaal Qaxooti ah oo Somaliyeed"Ayuu Yiri Garaadka oo Garoowe Shir ku qabtay. Garaad Cali Ciid ayaa Si ba"an u weeraray Cid kasta oo doonaysa in Puntland Saamigeeda Hoos loo dhigo,waxana uu Cara baabay in Ka Isima ahaan iyo dhamaan Shacabka Pl aanay Raali ka ahayn wixii iyaga wax Yeelaynaya. Hadalka Garaadka ayaa ku Soo aadaya iyada oo ay dhawaan SHir ku Kala Buudeen Madaxwayne Faroole iyo Sheekh Shariif kuwaasi oo isku Mari waayay Qodobadii Shirkii Gaalkacayo. Garaadka ayaa sidoo kale amaanay wasiirka arimaha gudaha, General C/aahi Axmed Jaamac ilka jiir, kuna tilmaamay shaqsi hawlkar ah oo Puntland guula farabadan usoo hooyay. Wasiirka ayaa dhawaanahaan ku sugnaa magaalada Nairobi halkaasi u kulama badan la yeeshay shaqsiyaadka maamula hay'adaha deeqbixiyaasha. Wasiirka ayaa ah shaqsiga loo xilsaaray arimaha xiriirka labada dowladood ee federaalka iyo Puntland. Jamac Feyte Dhahar Radio

Wasiiru dawladaha Maamul wanaaga Puntland Maxamed Faarax Ciise Gaashaan, Wasiiru dawladaha Maamul wanaaga Puntland

Puntland Non-State Actors Association (PUNSAA) Press Release in support of President Faroole regarding his stance on the Galkayo Accord: Dalada PUNSAA oo warsaxaafadeed ay ku taageerayaan Madaxwaynaha Dawlada Puntland kasoo saarey Magalada Garoowe. Abdulkadir Warsame RBC Radio,Garoowe Warsame@raxanreeb.com Garoowe (RBC):- Magaalada Garoowe ee caasimada Puntland, ayaa maantay waxaa shir ugu soo gabogaboobey Dalada ay PUNSAA ee ay ku midaysan yihiin ururada aan dawliga ahayn ee Puntland. Dalada ayaa ku shirayay labo maalmood hoolka shirarka ee Jaamacada PSU, waxayna xubha daladani ay ka kala yimaadeen gobalada Puntland. Kulankan ayayna daladu waxay kasoo saareen, warsaxaafadeed ay ku taageerayeen go’aankii madaxwaynaha Puntland uu ka qaatey wadahadaladii dhexmaray Madaxwaynaha iyo Madaxwaynaha dawlada KMG ah ee Soomaaliya Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed, waxayna daladu sheegtay in ay ku raacsan yihiin dawlada Puntland go’aanka ay qaadatay, waxayna sidoo kale dawlada Puntland ugu baaqeen inay xaq dhawrto dadka kasoo barakacay koonfurta wadanka Soomaaliya, iyadoo dadka barakacayaasha ahna ay ugu baaqeen inay tixgaliyaan nabada iyo degenaanshaha ay Puntland ku haystaan ayna la shaqeeyaan laamaha amaanka si amaanku u noqdo mid hagaagsan. Wasiiru dawladaha Maamul wanaaga Puntland Maxamed Faarax Ciise Gaashaan, oo shirkaasi gabogabeeyay, ayaa isna sheegay in uu ugu faraxsan yahay shirka daladu yeelatay inuu kasoo qaybgalo, wuxuuna sheegay in Puntand iyo shacbigeeduba ay si wada jir ah isugu raacsan yihiin in nabada iyo hormarka Puntland in laga shaqeeyo, wuxuuna wasiirku taageeray warsaxaafadeedka kasoo baxay shirka daladu yeelatay. Dalada PUNSAA, waxaa ku midaysan ururada aan dawliga ahayn ee Puntland ka jira, waxayna xunaheedu gaarayaan 51 xubnood oo gobalada oo dhan ah, waxaana dalada la yagleelay bishii may ee sanadkii hore ee 2008.

GAROOWE:- MUDAHARAAD AYAA GAROOWE KA DHACAY MAANTA. Wararka aanu ka helayno Magaalada Garoowe ee Caasimada Maamulka Somaliyeed ee Puntland ayaa sheegaya in Mudaharaad Nabadoon ka dhacay Magaalada, boqolala Ruux oo Lulalaya Calanka Puntland, iyo waliba Sawirka Dr-Faroole ayaa isugu soo baxay wadooyinka Magaalada ee Garoowe. Dadkaasi ayaa Socod ku Maray Gudaha Garoowe kuwaasi oo ay Barbar Socdeen Kooxaha Kala duwan oo ka tirsan Ciidamada Amaanka Sugayay, Khudbado badan ayaa laga soo Jeediyay Fagaaraha Magaalada, waxana la sheegay inuu Banaanbaxaasi yahay mid lagu Taageerayo Go”:aankii Hogaamiyaha Puntland ee ku aadanaa Shirkii ay yeesheen isaga iyo Sheekh Shariif. Masuuliyiinta Gobolka Nugaal ayaa Halkaasi hadalo ka soo jeediyay waxana ay sheegeen inay Taageersan yihiin Go”aanka Madaxwane Faroole, Duqa Degmada Garoowe, iyo Saraakiiisha Ciidamada ayaa Halkaasi dadka kula hadlay. Shalay bay ahayd markii Garaadka Guud Beelaha Sanaag Garaad C/laahi Cali Ciid uu Taageeray Mawqifka Guud ee Madaxwayne Faroole, Garaadka oo ku hadlayay Magaca Isimada Puntland ayaa si Ba”an u weeraray Ruux kasta oo doonaya inuu Puntland Is hortaago.

Again APL reports on the meeting of the traditional elders first and then the Puntland State President meeting afterwards with the elders and traditional chieftains of the Somali Region 5

Puntland State traditional elders and chieftains meeting with the chieftains and traditional elders of the Somali Region 5

DOWLAD ASHARIIF OO KU SOCOTA WADADIID AY KU BUR BURTAY DOWLADII CABDULAHII YUSUUF. 15. November 2009 Ra’iisal Wasaaraha DFKMG ee Somaliya Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Ayaa habeenimadii xalay ku booqday Hotelkiisa Madaxweynaha DPL Cabdiraxmaan Sheekh Maxamed Sheekh Maxamud. Madaxweynaha Iyo Ra’iisal Wasaaraha ayaa ka wada hadlay Khilaaf dhowaan soo kala dhexgalay Shariif Sheekh Axmed Iyo Dr Cabdiraxmaan Sheekh Maxamed. Madaxweyne Cabdiraxmaan Faroole ayaa u sheegay Ra’iisal Wasaare Cumar Cabdirashiid in Heshiiska ay diidanayeen Xubno ka tirsan Golahiisa Wasiirada, Waxana u ka dalbay inu raggaasi wax ka qabto, maadama ay hortaagan yihiin Heshiiskii u saxiixay qudhiisa, ayana wax u dhimayaan awooda sharciyeed ee Ra'isulwasaaraha. Ra’iisal Wasaaraha ayaa la sheegay inu Aqbalay Arrinkaasi, balan qaadayan inuu sida ugu dhakhsaha badan wax ka qabanyo, xubnahaan cabashadooda ay soo noq noqatay. Lama Oga Aqbalada Ra’iisal Wasaaraha ee Fikiradahii Faroole waxa aay ka bedeli doonto Xaalada Cakiran iyo weliba Sidaa arrinkaasi Sameyn ugu yeelan doonto Xiriirka Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Iyo Madaxweyne Shariif, waxaase ukurgalashu ay tilaameen in arinku u egyahay tii kol hore dhex martay Madaxweynihii hore Cabdulahi Yusuuf iyo Ra'isul wasaarihiisi Nuur Cadde.

Allidamaale reports the Sharif led government TFG episode II (forget the PM) is heading the way of its predecessor namely the TFG episode I on the way of collapse. DOWLAD ASHARIIF OO KU SOCOTA WADADIID AY KU BUR BURTAY DOWLADII CABDULAHII YUSUUF. Allidamaale 15. November 2009 Ra’iisal Wasaaraha DFKMG ee Somaliya Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Ayaa habeenimadii xalay ku booqday Hotelkiisa Madaxweynaha DPL Cabdiraxmaan Sheekh Maxamed Sheekh Maxamud. Madaxweynaha Iyo Ra’iisal Wasaaraha ayaa ka wada hadlay Khilaaf dhowaan soo kala dhexgalay Shariif Sheekh Axmed Iyo Dr Cabdiraxmaan Sheekh Maxamed. Madaxweyne Cabdiraxmaan Faroole ayaa u sheegay Ra’iisal Wasaare Cumar Cabdirashiid in Heshiiska ay diidanayeen Xubno ka tirsan Golahiisa Wasiirada, Waxana u ka dalbay inu raggaasi wax ka qabto, maadama ay hortaagan yihiin Heshiiskii u saxiixay qudhiisa, ayana wax u dhimayaan awooda sharciyeed ee Ra'isulwasaaraha. Ra’iisal Wasaaraha ayaa la sheegay inu Aqbalay Arrinkaasi, balan qaadayan inuu sida ugu dhakhsaha badan wax ka qabanyo, xubnahaan cabashadooda ay soo noq noqatay. Lama Oga Aqbalada Ra’iisal Wasaaraha ee Fikiradahii Faroole waxa aay ka bedeli doonto Xaalada Cakiran iyo weliba Sidaa arrinkaasi Sameyn ugu yeelan doonto Xiriirka Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Iyo Madaxweyne Shariif, waxaase ukurgalashu ay tilaameen in arinku u egyahay tii kol hore dhex martay Madaxweynihii hore Cabdulahi Yusuuf iyo Ra'isul wasaarihiisi Nuur Cadde.