xiinfaniin;776891 wrote: Gabalkaan u qabay inuu diyaaradaha Kenya saaranyahay baa wax soo-saar ka hadlaya Good for them. Shows we have great land to live off Cheap jabs are inappropriate Xiin as is the idea you are somehow more caring for the well-being of the people affected by the military events than I who has family in the warzone. Libaax, Khadijo Haji isn't actually using the rivers but streams that have branched off. In any case, the resources were being unused and it is important to note the dams we are talking about are not large-scale dams with the potential for serious impact for water movement. Only the proposed Baardheere Dam has the potential to seriously disrupt the flow of the Jubba but even so flood control and proper management of water use would have more positive consequences than negative. By that I mean, building dykes such as the Buraa dykes and using managed flood waters in an organized and equitable manner would not only decrease negative consequences of floods but also result in relevant use of it in meticulous cost-effective fashion. Also, Khadijo Haji doesn't even use the Jubba River but the Dawa River which only curls around northern Gedo.

The marxuum was the Sultan of the Caabudwaaq community in Gaalkacyo. His burial is taking place in Dhabad town in southwestern Mudug. Allah hau Naxariisto. Gaalkacyo is increasingly unsafe for any traditional leader.

Something to take away from this are these important points in the UNDP article: Areas that have not been farmed for almost 20 years are now under cultivation. During the rainy season this year, 1200 hectares of land was irrigated by the flash floods. large number of pastoralists are now leading sedentary settled lives. They are slowly turning into agro-pastoralists. These points highlight the quiet social and cultural evolution at work that is turning places like Khadijo Haji into fertile oasis capable of feeding and sustaining the nation:

Khadijo Haji today growing corn, onions, wheat, etc

How Buray Flood Control Dykes have changed life at Khadijo Haji Village In the Gedo region of Somalia, water from seasonal streams runs freely in the Dawa and Jubba rivers. ...The project focused on the construction of two flood control dykes on the Buray stream near Khadijo Haji village. Khadijo Haji village lies about 3km west of the border of Kenya and Somalia and 40km south of Beled-Hawo town. The construction of the two dykes on the Buray stream has transformed Khadijo Haji village. The dykes have effectively controlled flooding and thereby contributed to increased food production for the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the hinterland of the Gedo Region. ...The dykes have caused retention richer minerals-laden soils, making the area suitable for growing a variety of crops, hence improvement in food security. Areas that have not been farmed for almost 20 years are now under cultivation. During the rainy season this year, 1200 hectares of land was irrigated by the flash floods. A majority of residents farm maize, cowpeas, simsim, watermelon and sorghum. An average farm per household is between 1.2 ha and 3.5 ha. They harvest between 7 and 35 bags of maize with cowpeas, simsim or watermelon, enough to feed the household and sell in the market. Grazing pastures that have grown in the flooded Buray area have lasted longer leading to the return of migrated livestock. Environmental degradation and insufficient water in the area has always resulted in migration of livestock by pastoralists. A large number of pastoralists are now leading sedentary settled lives. They are slowly turning into agro-pastoralists. EGER project has a positive effect on Khadijo Haji village. The community is currently creating structures for lasting peace and governance. The village is currently attracting major business enterprises such as Hormuud Telecom. Hormuud has already installed a communications tower in the village to provide phone services to the residents of Khadijo Haji. The UNDP’s Employment Generation for Early Recovery Project seeks to create income and jobs for vulnerable groups such as women, youth, and IDPs and their host communities in South Central Somalia. http://www.so.undp.org/index.php/Somalia-Stories/How-Buray-Flood-Control-Dykes-has-changed-lives-at-Khadijo-Haji-Village.html

I wish the new state peace, prosperity, development, and advancement in all areas of living. May it be one that serves its constituents well.

Abu-Salman that is a historical misunderstanding on your part. The loss of crops was surely as a result of the fighting between SNF and USCand its allies (which included RRA), but that is not why famine occured. Aydeed's use of food reserves and international aid as a political tool is what percipitated the assive famine and the mandate thar brought in peacekeerpers as protectors of food shipments.

Somalis can be so tedious sometimes with the safe-facing importance of feigned indignation. What exactly is so revealing about this video? It is situated in the heat of the civil war when the USC and its supporters ethnically cleansed a section of Somalis on the basis of tribe from the capital and we have here those tribes plotting revenge from their safe zones. This is merely guubaabo which was needed by that community in that time frame. I see nothing new or revealing but rather something that only serves as a reflection and reminder of the nature of those days in the heat of the civil war. Though many of us have moved beyond it, it is actually quite endearing to re-witness the strength of the campaign designed against the USC in that period. Nothing is more yawn-inspiring than reading the politically correct self-righteous attempts to give a verdict on that period from men carefully typing away on a computer screen 20 years later. Forgive but never forget. A video like this only inflames the indignant passions of a serial tribalist or a man with a hollow subconscious.It is part of history and so are those moments. I am just as able to understand the USC perspective as I expect them not to feign ignorance about this perspective. That is real reconciliation not lackluster self-righteous attempts at misplaced judgement..

Ciidamada Dowladda iyo kuwa Kenya oo kulaalaya Degmada Baardheere ee gobolka Gedo Baardheere(Allpuntland)Ciidamada Dowladda KMG Soomaaliya iyo ciidamada Dowladda Kenya ayaa ku sii siqaya degaano ku dhow dhow degmada Baardheere ee gobolka Gedo. Warfaa Sheekh oo ka mid ah saraakiisha Ciidamada ayaa sheegay in ciidamadooda iyo kuwa Kenya haatan ay ku dhow yihiin magaalada Baardheere isagoona tilmaamay in ay u muuqato magaalada. Ciidamada Shabaabka ee jooga Baaardheere ayaa soo dhoobtay dhanka weerarka uga soo fool leeyahay ka dib markii ay ka warheleen hugan ku soo wajahan. Dadka Baardheere ayaa walaac ka muujinaya in magaalada dagaal xoog leh uu ku dhaxmaro ciidamada Kenya iyo kuwa Dowladda oo iskaashanaya iyo kuwa Shabaab oo u muuqda kuwa dagaal u diyaar garoobay. Ka dib markii degaanada Gobolka Gedo iyo Jubooyinka ay qalaleen oo laga gudbay xili roobaadkii ayaa ciidamada Dowladda iyo kuwa Kenya waxa ay bilaabeen in ay weerar qaadaan iyadoona shalay dagaalo gobolada Gedo iyo Jubada Hoose kula galay ciidamada Shabaab ah. xafiiska Wararka Allpuntland Muqdisho. http://www.allpuntland.com/article/anmviewer.asp?a=12396&z=2

The last stronghold of Baardheere is now within viewing distance by the anti-Shabab forces in the region. To think Shabab put up the resistance we witnessed in Beled Hawo and now last town of Baardheere on the verge of leaving their control while not even being able to muster their infamous hit and run in the other 5 of the six districts in the region out of their hands is a tremendous achievement. The effects of the rainy season have subsided and the march is on. Next for the region will be a real alternative of state governance first of its kind since 1991 agreed upon in the Dollow deliberations which should strengthen the region's position in the forming Jubbaland as well as the contest of autonomous entity sure to break out in post-transition formula. The climax comes at a most opportune moment. May the Shabab resistance in Baardheere be as minimal as possible. Gedo: Al Shabaab oo dagaal looga qabsaday deegaano badan Ceel-cadde: (Sh. M. Network) Ciidamada dowladda KMG Soomaaliya oo gacan ka helaya kuwa Kenya ayaa la sheegay inay dagaal ay ku qabsadeen deegaano badan oo ay ka talin jireen Al Shabaab ee gobolka ee Koofurta Soomaaliya. Sida ay xaqiijinayaan wararka ka imaanaya deegaano iyo tuulooyin ka tirsan gobolka Gedo, waxaa maanta Ciidamada Milatariga dowladda Kenya iyo kuwa dowladda KMG Soomaaliya ay la wareegeen deegaano badan oo ka tirsan Gedo oo ay horey gacanta ugu hayeen Xarakada Al Shabaab. Ciidamada Kenya iyo kuwa dowladda KMG Soomaaliya oo isku dhaf ah ayaa lagu soo waramayaa in dagaal xoogan oo qasaaro badan dhaliyay ay ku qaadeen fariisimo badan oo ay Gedo ku laheyeen Ciidamada Al Shabaab. Saraakiil ka tirsan dowladda KMG Soomaaliya ayaa Shabelle u sheegay sheegay inay gacanta ku dhigeen deegaanada Takoora, Bay-jamaal, Dhegalaab, Jungal, Makooley, Ceel-cadde iyo Ceel-gaduud kuwaasi oo guud ahaantoodu ay gacanta ku hayeen Xarakada Al Shabaab. Dagaalka ayaa waxa uu ahaa mid aad u culus, waxaana Madaafiic ay is weedaarsaneyeen labadaasi dhinac mid ka mid ah uu ku dhacay Tuulada Dhegalaab, halkaasi oo la sheegay inay ku dhinteen qoys la sheegay in uu ku habsaday Madfac. Sidoo kale dagaal ayaa isna waxaa uu ka dhacay nawaaxiga degaanada Qooqaani iyo degmada Afmadow ee gobolka Jubbada hoose kadib markii ay iska hor yimaadeen Ciidamo ka kala tirsan Milatariga Kenya iyo kuwa Xarakada Al Shabaab. Halkaasi waxaa la tilmaamay in uu ka dhashay qasaaro, waxaana dagaaladaani la tilmamay in xoogoodii uu ka dhacay deegaanada gobolka Gedo ee Koofurta Soomaaliya, sida ay Idaacadda Shabelle u xaqiijiyeen Saraakiil ka tirsan Ciidamada dowladda KMG ah. Ugu dambeyn majiro waxa war ah oo kasoo baxay Saraakiisha Ciidamada Al Shabaab oo ku aadan deegaanada la tilmaamay in lagala wareegay, hase ahaatee xaaladda goobihii lagu dagaalamay ayaa waxaa lasoo warinayaa in wali ay tahay mid kacsan islamarkaana wali dagaalada ay ka socdaan. Aqriso oo la soco Shabelle.net Saacad Walba si aad u hesho wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee Soomaaliya. http://shabelle.net/article.php?id=14144 Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee dagaalo ka dhacay Gedo Ceel-gaduud: (Sh. M. Network) Waxaa faah faahin dheeraad ah ay kasoo baxaysaa dagaal galinkii dambe ee shalay deegaano ka mid ah gobolka Gedo uu ku dhexmaray Ciidamada dowladda KMG Soomaaliya iyo kuwa Kenya oo isku dhinac ah iyo Xarakada Al Shabaab. Dagaalka oo la tilmaamay in markiisa hore uu bilowday markii cutubyo ka mid ah Ciidamada dowladda Kenya iyo kuwa dowladda KMG ah ay weerar ku qaadeen goobo Al Shabaab ay kaga sugnaayeen gobolka Gedo ayaa waxaa ku geeriyooday ilaa 3-ruux oo ka kala tirsanaa labadii dhinac ee dagaalamay halka tiro intaasi ka badnna ay ku dhaawacmeen. Inta badan waxaa maqan isgaarsiintii deeganada Ceel-cadde iyo Ceel-gaduud oo ah deegaanada ay sida wayn ugu dagaalameen, Ciidamada Kenya oo garabsanaya kuwa dowladda iyo Xarakada Al Shabaab, inkastoo aan si rasmi ah loo xaqiijin cidda sida rasmiga ah gacanta ugu hayso deegaanadaasi. Gaashaanle dhexe Aadan Axmed Xirse Rufle afhayeenka Ciidamada dowladda ee Gedo oo la hadlay Shabelle ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in Ciidamada xoogga dalka Soomaaliya ee ku sugan gobolkaasi ay bilaabeen howlgallo ka dhan ah Xarakada Al Shabaab, isagoo tilmaamay in kaabiga ay ku hayaan degmada Baardheere ee gobolka Gedo oo ay gacanta ku hayaan Xarakada Al Shabaab. Dagaaladii shalay iyo hadalka Saraakiisha Ciidamada dowladda KMG ee gobolka Gedo ayaa imaanaya xilli dowladda KMG ah ay shaaca ka qaaday inay bilaabeen howlgal loogu magac daray soo celinta Xasiloonida dalka Soomaaliya taasi oo ay iska kaashanayaan dowladda KMG ah iyo waliba wadamada dariska la’ah Soomaaliya. Aqriso oo la soco Shabelle.net Saacad Walba si aad u hesho wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee Soomaaliya. http://shabelle.net/article.php?id=14152

Yunis;765287 wrote: Gabbal, You’re still not able to snap out of your verbal tirades of cheap shots and personalized attacks, it’s now whether I am an authentic reer Gedo, disguised skeletons in the closet with hidden agenda or a manservant for other cyber personas. All of that for what? That, because of differences in opinion on what the ramifications of air/drone bombardment mean for the people of Gedo? Earlier on - I was fairly certain, this was a mere initiation on your part, an empty ceremonial double-barrelled cyber shotgun of sizing up someone for having an informed opinion on matters of foreign interference in Gedo, and was never about a substantive discussion. – then with yourself anointed intuition of all things Gedo authority it became clear, with your lingering insinuation of how can someone claiming to have roots from the plains of kaayaneen, raamo-raaxo or grazing pastures of diirhara have different view point, and dare to put this region and its people at a discussion disadvantage especially in front of its adversaries on these boards. No moderate amount of convincing will solidify your intolerance of different opinions and objective viewpoints with regards to Gedo, and conveying the attitude that somehow making an opposing point of view equates part of adversaries of reer Gedo, that you seem to be fixated. Ease your paranoia, reer Gedo, dwellers in Juba’s, large portion of Mudug and rightful residences in all places Somalia do not require your brazen self sanctification to define who they are and their views. That said, I will not succumb or engage myself this sort of tepid discussions with you any more - aside from energy and time wasted on these types of machismo spectacles to score points for entertainment, for the need to feed the spectator’s appetite for debate-ending fallacious attacks, whilst the folks back home grind with their chronic instability. You need not defend yourself against me awoowe; the fact you haven't responded to the substantive message I sought to drive home is enough.

Barre Hiiraale has nothing to do with the discussion but then again, him being your boogeyman, I suppose his name was meant to lodge itself in the discourse somewhere. I do hope you are done with pretenses now.

Yunis, it is quite obvious which side of the fence you are on and I suppose it would be pointless to continue this discussion further. I shall leave with you, however, that even though no reer Gedo individual wants foreign military planes bombing their land and people, the majority stock of the group do realize what facilitates such actions and have moved on in decisively opposing the entity that brought the legitimacy that allows foreign powers to use such equipment. It is what perpetuates the use of US drone attacks in Dhooblay. Tomahawk missiles in Merka and Dhuusa-mareeb, and South African supplied state of the art armored personnel carriers in KM 4 in Mogadishu. Ceel-Cadde is not unique; this is an entire southern problem greater than a single town or region. Lax walba meeshay is dhigtaa lagu qalaa. Why is Hargeisa not bomed? Why isn''t Garowe, Gaalkacyo, why isn't Caabudwaaq, Beled-Xaawo and Dollow bombed? Why is Dhusa-mareb, Merka, Ceel-Cadde, Dhooblay bombed and Xamar an experiment for South African tanks that have contract in supplying AMISOM? It is alright theoretically saying..."well, recent Somali history says this, so Shabab-support will expand now as a result of this." Nay; in fact, go talk to the people, go chance the land; the people want nothing to do with Shabab whose leadership they have experienced and despise and whose calls of nationalism now fall on deaf ears. These warplanes bring death to the ground, but the people are well aware only because of Shabab, an entity they have seen and despise, is there legitimacy to use those instruments of war against them. It is not only in Gedo but in Jubba, in Mogadishu, and Dhusa-mareb. The theoretical argument is not yielding practical developments laying the rationalization as irrelevant. Awoowe you have brought nothing more than a naive man's sentimental impracticality at best and a child's defense at worst for disavowing the realization of singular authority of blame that the Shabaab deserve and as such I ask you to recollect your senses and either wake up from your primitive sentimentality or simply come out of the closet. As for the charade inspired by our friend Xiin; the man's singular interest in southern Somalia is Kismaayo and Shabab-occupied Gedo is a positive development in his book. It is why he would be the first to defend the drone attacks against Salah Nabhan in the Benadir Coast and AMISOM's brutal urban campaign, whether internationally sanctioned or not, in Benadir but will come crawling to you in the name of Somalinimo if he hears any resistance or international movements (the same one he supports elsewhere in the nation) against Shabaab in the southern-most regions. Who knows if you are even rer Gedo, but whatever the case may be, from the overwhelming majority of this group, you will find the sentiments I have expressed resonating with the majority outside of the extreme minority who are Shabab-sympathizers. No one is happy that any power is militarily in the land or that air attacks have become a recent phenomenon, but the existence of Shabaab facilitated such legitimacy and does so throughout all the areas in Somalia where they exist. People realize this. There are both practical and theoretical evidence for this and some have been presented. Let the rainy season end; Shabaab will no longer bring warplanes to the House of Garad Matan. I assure you that much.

Yunis- Cease the baseless misinformation resulting from emotionalism. No one should ever agree with airstrikes or support their use against our people but the reality must be acknowledged. Why are there no strikes in Beled-Hawo, Dollow, Luuq, Garbaharey, etc? It is because an internationally attributed terrorist organization is not in control there. These foreigners do not care about our civilians but it would be dishonest to say they are only just now attempting drone attacks in Somalia, and in Shabab-occupied territory no less, for the sake of killing a Somali Shepard and his flock. The drones, strikes, foreign military interference, etc are all a reaction and a symptom perpetuated by the existence of an internationally attributed terrorist organization and their physical manifestation in the land. As soon as the rainy season is over towns on the banks of the jubba river will be cleansed from the Shabab. A year and a half was waited to cleanse Shabab from northern Gedo. Three months waiting out the rainy season is paltry sum to clean Shabab from southern Gedo and the Jubba Valley. Then and only then will these drone attacks and strikes be stopped from having the legitimacy of targeting our people. Xiin- You have no legitimacy in this discussion and I will not entertain your charades. There is no one amongst the Somali race who is more of an enemy of these people than the likes of you.

These drone attacks have been with Somalia the past two years. The US government has already been forced to go public. It did not start with this instance, nor even with the Kenyan incursion, nor did anyone stipulate it will bring peace to Somalia. However drone attacks, while existing in Somalia the past two years, have never targeted Puntland, nor Somaliland, nor areas outside of Shabab control.It has never targeted Caabudwaaq for instance, while Ceel-buur environs have seen an onslaught in the same region. Whether it is Ethiopia and yesterday, Kenya and now, or someone else and tomorrow it is clear Al Shabaab is not the future and there is a direct correlation between their existence and the happenings of such things as highlighted in this article. Save your disingenuous tears. If you want the same for Ceel-cadde, you would wish for it what Garowe has; peace, security, freedom from an internationally designated terrorist organization which brings it with international invasion and even drone attacks.

You are quite sad really.

As I have said, there is no such thing as Azania (this should be obvious by now) and there is a serious alternative that will be announced at the right timing which has already brought together many of the main stakeholders in a future Jubbaland. It is a serious initiative with broad support from the TFG, IGAD, and recently UNPOS. There is already participation from the O and including Ahmed Madoobe, who commands the only armed group from that group relevant in the idealized state today. The banks of the Jubba have overflowed and once the water recedes, both Baardheere and Kismaayo will be taken. Al Shabaab has been liquadated in the Gedo region and they are not able to muster even hit-and-run attacks anymore in any of the lost districts of Garbahareey, Beled-Xaawo, Luuq, Doollow, Buurdhuubo, etc Their institutions in the state have been dismantled but more than that the civilian population has completely lost all psychological support of the group and realize now perhaps the most important thing which is that they are not the future. Also, in the Lower Jubba, there has been much success against them and there are signs that the year long process in the Gedo region that has targeted psychological and emotional support of the group, not only military support, is being successfully implemented. It is prudent to assume at best they are lame-duck and at worst an already lost power given small reprieve by a heavy rainy season in a part of the world without any substantial infrastructure allowing cross movement. It seems the adage things get worse right before they improve seems to be repeating.

Many do protest a tad too much for their own liking, but you will find, my friend, beyond the cloak stands a naked whipping boy. I do not even want to persist in personalizing the issue, but generally I must say will the voices of Diinsoor, Baydhabo, and Beled-Weyne please stand up...! By now you would think one of the biggest supporters of federalism would realize the right of first person.

Oh God, can it get any more nauseating than Xiinfaniin's self-righteous blabber? Waa gartiis walle iyo bille. I just do not comprehend the individuals that continue to validate his unneeded, unaffected, and irrelevant opinions about real life local problems that do not impact him in any way apart from some veneer of Somali identity-hood that has been shown to be bankrupt for some time now. Where are the voices of Diinsoor? Where are the voices of the people who have substantive links to the places in question whether by residency, clan, or family links? Why are the voices of those with real-life materialized links and impacted by these local concerns on a personal level? Enough is enough. The man and many others have zero credibility to be relevant in the discourse as it relates to what is good or not good for local people with real life local concerns. Stop entertaining this charade.

Mintid Farayar;761669 wrote: Gabbal, thanks for sharing. Much needed positive news. Beautiful land with beautiful people. The dividends of peace... Indeed, all this is a testament to peace. We can debate theory all we like all day but the people back home are looking practical realistic solutions.

The Dawa River, sometimes considered Somalia's third largest river. enters Somalia through Dollow, travels throughout northern Gedo and especially in Beled-Hawo district where it forms the source of many streams and tributaries down to Humbaale streams in Garbahareey district. It is effect is so felt that Gedo region is divided into two geographical designations; Dawa and Diir-Haro. Beled-Hawo, Luq, and Dollow are part of Dawa while Bardhere, Burdubo, El Wak, and El-Adde are part of Diir-Haro with Garbaharey district between them. Somali farmland offers hope amidst conflict, famine DOLLOW, Somalia — Farmers pull up onions from the soft earth on the green banks of a river, while water gurgles down irrigation channels: an ordinary rural scene, if it were not taking place in Somalia. A harsh drought swept the Horn of Africa this year, turning several southern Somali regions into famine zones where thousands are reported to have died, but the small farming region separated from Ethiopia by the river Dawa was spared. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) started a project last year to clear nine hectares of land -- extremely fertile, but abandoned to the wild since 1964, when Somalia and Ethiopia fought over their common border. Now a pump gushes out water from the river, irrigating tomato plants, beans, watermelons and onions -- just a few miles from a camp for displaced people, forced to flee from the country's famine-struck regions. "We could have died if the aid had not been given," said Hassan Arab Barre, the village chief, adding that while before the project "life was not good," he can now sell surplus crops in the local market. "We have harvested for the past two seasons because we had a water pump but before we were not able to do so," Barre added. "The whole area was a forest but we have been digging, and now it is a farm with a good harvest." Nor is this the only programme here: 244 similar farming projects in the southern Gedo region have been launched, benefiting 4,400 families. It's a small pocket of relative calm from the bloody conflict elsewhere in southern Somalia, with Ethiopian forces and allied militia having driven Islamist Shebab insurgents some 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the east. Over $800 million has been donated to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, triggered by two dry seasons and worsened by the two decades of bloody civil war. The United Nations last week halved the number of famine zones, but warned thousands still face death in the world's worst crisis with nearly 250,000 people face imminent starvation. But if the necessary investments had been made earlier and on a regular basis, far less money would have been needed to prevent such a disaster, following the example of Dollow, said Luca Alinovi, FOA head for Somalia. "A dollar spent in prevention avoids six dollars spent in the response to a humanitarian crisis," said Alinovi. Installing a water pump, for example, can be done at relatively little cost for dramatic impact, but "the dominant fact of the last 21 years in Somalia was the lack of continued investment," he says. Images of Somalia as an arid wasteland populated by dazed refugees from hunger are by no means inevitable, according to FAO specialists. Despite the war, Somalia this year will export 4.3 million head of livestock to Gulf states. Before the war, Somalia was a prolific exporter of bananas, has two of the largest rivers in East Africa, the Juba and Shabelle, and the Italian colonisers left an irrigation system that could be rehabilitated. But the ongoing war is obviously a major challenge. Al-Qaeda linked Shebab rebels are battling Kenyan forces in the south, Ugandan and Burundian African Union forces in Mogadishu, and face Ethiopian troops which reports say have crossed in from the southwest over the weekend. "The Somali farmers will suffer because they will not be able to access their land to harvest," Alinovi said, even though current heavy rains would have otherwise helped their crops. Dollow region, a dusty scrubland in July, is now dotted with green bushes and fresh growth, helping fatten up camels recently brought back by their owners, who left in search of grazing lands for their herds. "So many animals died during the drought," said Ahmed Warsame, from the Association of Veterinarians in southern Somalia. "The situation is improving day by day, but there are people who have lost all their livestock. They now need humanitarian aid to resume their business." http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5geV31FWTot7GOaWRUhvQG2w7GdNg?docId=CNG.c7c8ac23502f44f04296138f342a7426.3c1

The language is Swahili and Beled-Xaawo being a trading town between Kenya and Somalia it is not uncommon to hear Swahili.

Abtigiis;759569 wrote: I ask to be forgiven if I make a factual mistake, but from the information I have on the Jubbas, no clan can claim singular ownership of the region. So, I believe Gabbal is right. It is a place where many diverse clans live and some who claim it today haven't been there some decades ago, while others who claim it have arrived a decade or so before. The solution is to have an administration that goes beyond this clan identity and brings all togather. Azania is not that state, admitedly. But if Gandi reaches out to others in the region and demonstrates with action that this isn't a one-clan project, it can be used as a framwork to build on. I don't think this will happen, judging by the attitude of Gandhi. That said, today is about Alshabab and I am fully behind the efforts to dismantle this horror group. In the process earning the usual condemnations and accussations of putting clan interest before the national one. I see the bigger picture, the liberty for the people who can't speak, smoke or dress the way they want. That is more important than the condemnations of someone sipping tea in the US, free from all this oppression. Indeed, I concur. In any case, let the rainy season subside. Events will unfold themselves.