I came across these beautiful photos of Bari and thought I would share them here. Enjoy! Thanks to Biyokulule.com Laag Buurgaaban Biyo Kulule Tog Bacaad Buq bacaad Kalqalloocan(bacaad) Deketu-Raxmaan Tog Bacaad

I'm interested and look forward to it. Thanks mate.

Historic.

Ilahay ha u naxariisto.

Love live the blue revolution...

Sky, Much thanks for the link. The interview was very informative. Good luck to this new television network--hope it goes online soon.

Mas'uuliyiintii Idaacada SBC ee la xiray oo lagu siidaayey amar Madaxweyne Read Article.

Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi , left , is greeted by African Union Chairman Alpha Omar Konare at the The African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Thursday, May 12, 2005. ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi (L) arrives 12 May 2005 at the Africa Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council was set Thursday to hold a meeting to discuss the much-delayed troop deployment to Somalia to help the exiled government return to the bullet-charred capital of Mogadishu. ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf (L), Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (2nd L), Sudanese president Omar El Bashir (3rd L) and Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh attend 11 April 2005 the opening ceremony of the Regional Assembly of heads of State and government for the establishment of the Eastern Africa Stand by Brigade (EASBRIG) in Ethiopia. BRASILIA, Brazil: (L to R below) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan Mustafa Osman Ismail, President of Uruguay Tabare Vazquez, President of Paraguay Nicanor Duarte Frutos. (LtoR above) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia Abdullahi Ismail, Minister of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of Morocco Mohamed Benaissa, Foreign Minister of Kuwait Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and the Sec. Gen. of the Arab Maghreb Union, Habib Boulares pose for the family picture of the South American and Arab Countries' Summit at the Ulysses Guimaraes Convention Center in Brasilia 10 May 2005. ALGIERS, Algeria: Exiled Foreign Minister of Somalia Abdullah al-Sheikh Ismail (L) talks to the press in Algiers 20 March 2005. Arab foreign ministers enter a second and final day of talks to prepare for a summit later this week, as a Palestinian official said they had overcome differences over a new draft of a controversial Middle East peace plan. BRASILIA, Brazil: Minister of Foreign Affairs Somalia Abdullahi Ismail(L toR above), Minister of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of Morocco Mohamed Benaissa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Foreign Minister of Ecuador Antonio Parra Gil, Foreign Minister of Bolivia Ignacio Siles. President of Iraq Jalal Talabani(L to R below), President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner, and President of Peru Alejandro Toledo attend the opening session of the South American and Arab Countries' Summit at the Ulysses Guimaraes Convention Center in Brasilia 10 May 2005. BRASILIA, Brazil: Family picture at the South American and Arab Countries Summit in Brasilia, 10 May 2005. Bottom L-R: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan Mustafa Osman Ismail, President of Uruguay Tabare Vazquez, Pres. of Paraguay Nicanor Duarte Frutos, Pres. of Iraq Jalal Talabani, Pres. of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, Pres. of Argentina Nestor Kirchner, Pres. of Peru Alejandro Toledo, Pres. of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, Pres. of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, Pres. of Chile Ricardo Lagos, Pres. of Guyana Baharrat Jagdeo, Leader of the Palestine Authority Mahmoud Abbas, Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Pres. of Venezuela Hugo Chavez. Middle L-R: MofFA of Somalia Abdullahi Ismail, Min. of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of Morocco Mohamed Benaissa, MofFA of Kuwait Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, MofFA of Ecuador Antonio Parra Gil, MofFA of Bahreim Mohammed bin Moubarak Al-Khalifa, Prime Minister of Syria Mohammed Naji Al Otri, Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, PM of Mauritania Sghair Ouid Barek, Vice-President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderon, Advisor to the President of Yemen Abdulkarim Ali Al-Eryani, MofFT of Egypt Ahmed Abul Gheit, Director General of the Andean Community Hector Maldonado Lira, , MofFA of Libya Abdelrahman Mohamed Shalqam, a respresentative for Mercosur, MofFT of Saudi Arabia Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud. Top L-R: Sec. Gen. of the Arab Maghreb Union, Habib Boulares, Sec. Gen. of the Cooperation Council of the Gulf Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Vice Minister of Economy of Oman Nasser Mansoor Al-Khasibi, MofFA of the United Arab Emirates Rachid Abdulla Al-Noaimi, PM of Lebanon Nagib Mikati, MofFA of Suriname Maria Levens, MofFT of Tunisia Abdelbaki Hermassi, Pres. of Comores Mze Soule Abdou ElBack.

Rahima, Those are very beautiful and inspiring photos of our homeland. Thanks for sharing. P.S. Hope you won't mind if I save a couple of these as screensavers...

Amazing photos. Thanks Haddad.

Innaa Lillaahi Wa Innaa illayhii Raajicuun. Allaha U naxariisto. My personal condolences to you and your family in this difficult time. Samir iyo Iman walaal.

LST, Thanks for sharing that photo, it is stunning in both it's beauty and simplicity. Please post any others you may have.

Sky, Nice photos. Thanks for posting them. And good move changing the title...you were asking for trouble with that tuulo business.

What percentage of Hiraan does this 'Midland' state cover? And a map might also be of help...

Let's hope this pledge becomes reality and is a first step in government reinvestment in the education of Somali children and youth. UNICEF lauds Somali leader’s pledge to pay primary school teachers BOSSASO, Northeas Somalia, 6 April 2005 - UNICEF has praised a pledge by the President of Puntland (Northeast Somalia) Mohamud Muse Hirsi “Adde†to inaugurate salary payments for primary school teachers. Some 200 teachers stand to benefit from the move which will mark a major break from the norm in Somalia where, traditionally parents have had to bear full responsibility for the payment of teachers. Puntland is a semi-autonomous state within Somalia. It has its own president, but unlike Northwest Somalia (‘Somaliland’) which has declared sovereignty, Puntland has always vowed to remain an integral part of Somalia. The announcement came on Tuesday, 5 April 2005 at a ceremony in Bossaso (a port-town on the Gulf of Aden coastline) to mark the formal launch of the UNICEF-supported Integrated Primary Education Programme. The programme aims to strengthen basic education in Somalia with special emphasis on fulfilling the education rights of girls and other vulnerable children. The programme is a collaboration between UNICEF, the European Commission, the Puntland administration and local communities. Similar programmes will be implemented in Somaliland and in Central and Southern Somalia. The President of Puntland also announced a massive drive to build more schools in Northeast Somalia. This was the first time since the conclusion of Somalia’s peace talks in 2004, that the Puntland leader has openly committed the administration to the goals of ‘education for all’ and to gender parity in access, retention and completion in basic education. The move follows consistent advocacy with the Puntland authorities to increase budgetary allocations to education and other social sectors as a means of encouraging sustainable development. Said UNICEF Senior Programme Officer, Siddharth Chatterjee, ‘’The President’s announcement marks a milestone in Somalia’s education history and demonstrates a very real commitment by the administration to realize the Millennium Development Goals. The payment of teachers’ salaries will free parents of a major financial burden and will remove a significant obstacle in getting all children, and especially girls, to access and complete their primary education.’’ Witnessing the launch of the Integrated Primary Education Programme were Puntland Minister of Education, Ahmed Said Aw-Nour , members of the Puntland cabinet, local leaders, representatives of the private sector, development partners and school children.

Very good news. Maybe Cadde wasn't such a bad choice after all...

Viva Garoowe!

The war started in 1978 in Waqooyi Bari.

Originally posted by Rahima: Under the assumption that this man is involved (which i have no clue about), i am completely sure that he is not the forerunner (considering that he has no real power base in Baidoa). If you have no knowledge of this individuals involvement, how can you be so certain whether he the 'forerunner' or not? And in the mid 1990's was it not Aidiid Sr. who, with no real 'powerbase in Baidoa', was able to attack and occupy the entire region? There was a balance of power in Baidoa between the different factions of the RRA and clearly something changed that balance in favour of Xaabsade.

^^^It already is...

Arab states pledge 26 million dollars aid to Somalia Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Arab countries pledged urgent aid of 26 million dollars to Somalia at this week's summit in Algiers, Somali Foreign Minister Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail said. The aid "will provide a platform for the reconstruction of Somalia and material support for its constitutional bodies," he told a press conference a day after the summit closed. Ismail said Somalia had also obtained support from the 21 other members of the Arab League for an Arab conference to draw up a plan to rebuild the lawless Horn of Africa nation. They will help the Somali government, currently based in neighbouring Kenya Kenya because of insecurity at home, to disarm the dozens of militias in the country and join a planned multinational peacekeeping force, he said. Ismail insisted that the government would be returning to Somalia to perform its duties "because the anarchy that reigns there now and the constitutional void benefit no one." Somalia has been in chaos without any functioning central authority since the ouster of strongman Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 turned the nation into a patchwork of fiefdoms ruled by feuding warlords. Up to half a million people are estimated to have been killed as a result of mass murder in Somalia's civil and clan wars, compounded by man-made famine and diseases such as cholera and malaria.

Amazing find. Thank you Caamir.

Originally posted by wind.talker: Somali Intellectuals Without Borders..

Originally posted by MsWord: I see landcruisers are back with vengeance..... Noticed that too did you...seems the Somali infatuation with this vehicle is ageless. I personally would not be seen in anything else while in Somalia....

Originally posted by nuune: lool cusmaan caato, no wonder they say he is series die-hard bizzzzniss-man Just what I was thinking. You must admire the man's work ethic however....