On what subject are you advising on @CH. Am surprised; you lot remember your dreams? Mhh strange, I hardly ever. Old man- where is my eid money? Am still waiting you know.

Juxa- they have more needs and by then understand the value of fuluss. So whatever possessed you to agree to that?

lol@Ibti. That’s very detailed. Thinking of the Pakistan/Haiti floods bef falling asleep? Juxa- that sounds lovely; so what did you get the brat in question. As for the weekend; yap of horse riding tomorrow and lots of catching up for the rest of the weekend. You

Hung-bartying was xalee. Juxa- How was the party with the children? Hope you eat lots of cakes. *Dreaming of cupcake.

:rolleyes:

Because......I was bartying.

Morning people. So tired....

But that won’t happen.

:rolleyes:

Are you saying i'm he/she@Juxa ouch

Share that wisdom when you find it Cara. I’ve been struggling now for 6months to do just that. Juxa's your tolo needs a gender balance.

I'm from your tolkaga?

Somali refugees not welcome in some countries - UNHCR As the war rages in Somalia, civilians fleeing the clashes are no longer welcome in some of the countries where they seek refuge. Besides Kenya, Ethiopia is the other country in the region that is receiving huge numbers of refugees from the country in which fighting between the transitional government and the Al-Shabaab, over the past two weeks, has claimed over 200 lives, and left about 400 wounded and 23,000 displaced. “High populations of Somalis, mainly from Mogadishu are having asylum doors closed; they face discrimination,” the UN high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres told The EastAfrican on his recent visit to refugee camps in Kenya. The countries discriminating against the refugees and asylum seekers, which he declined to name, were putting obstacles in their way to safety and instead are driving them back to their country. Mr Guterres appealed to the international community to keep the asylum space open for the fleeing Somalis as they went through a difficult time and not to have them return to Southern and Central Somalia. He noted that Kenya is amongst countries that have been able to protect refugees over time without exhibiting xenophobic tendencies. The Somali refugees make up over 80 per cent of the refugee population in Kenya that stands at 411,667, according to latest figures from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). This year alone, 37,000 refugees have arrived from the country. Ethiopia, on the other hand, has received more than 20,000 individuals since the beginning of the year. These are amongst the 68,000 Somalis who have fled the country this year into its neighbours within the region, putting Somalia on the third position in the ranking of countries generating the largest number of refugees across the world behind Afghanistan and Iraq. Even within the country, up to 1.4 million Somalis have been displaced. The huge refugee population in Kenya has led to congestion in the Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps, overstretching the available facilities. Dadaab, which has three camps – Ifo, Hagdera and Daghaley- that were set up about two decades ago to accommodate 90,000 individuals, now hosts 283,268 people, most of whom are Somalis. Kakuma, on the other hand, which was meant for Sudanese refugees, is also dominated by the Somalis, who make up 41,898 out of the 74,367 individuals in the camp. Mr Francis Baya, an assistant minister for immigration and registration of persons, said that the lasting solution to the refugee problem would be ensuring that negotiations between different clans in Somalia succeed. “We would like to see a peaceful neighbor working towards development,” Mr Baya added. The decision to allow refugees to stay in Kenya, he argued, is an effort to ensure that as few people as possible are injured in Somalia. Besides passing the Refugee Act in 2006, the country has put in place a fully fledged department to handle their issues, including registration and overall coordination of activities. Mr Baya said that plans are underway to extend registration to the border points instead of the current point, several kilometers within Kenyan territory. The only challenge that the refugees destined for a safe haven in Kenya may encounter is the difficulty in fleeing Mogadishu. A statement from the UNHCR indicates that the trip out of the city has lately become dangerous and difficult. “As they leave Mogadishu, they face new risks and difficulties en route to Somalia’s Puntland in the north or Ethiopia and Kenya to the west and south,” it indicates. Besides the collapse of the state, the UN refugee agency blames violence and anarchy, coupled with poverty, for the humanitarian crisis in the country. This has compromised security in the region. However, a section of the refugee population want more than just being allowed to settle in Kenya as they await the situation to improve in their country. From work permits to lesser restrictions to movement, they insist that more needs to be done to improve their lives in their new homes. Mr Moulid Dugsuye Hirsi, one of the community leaders at Dadaab’s Ifo Camp, says that those amongst them who seek specialized treatment face challenges in leaving the camps. “Some of us have been around for close to 20 years; we should be given freedom of movement and our children given employment,” he adds. Already, Mr Baya has directed the provincial administration and the medical authorities to liaise with the office of the director of refugee affairs to shorten the bureaucratic process of medical referrals. *Kenyans cont to harass Somali refugees http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2010/09/2010915204018981836.html

Self employed is so overrated. Slaving away is the future. Juxa- what a splendid idea. Abusing those seasonal workers and capitalizing on their misfortunes is so lucrative.

Ibti- JB to hook you up? Don’t frit when he offers you a brothel managerial post .

Can someone translate that please.

Morning people. Juxa- i noticed. Invited to a eid/fundraising event and now am suppose to pay £300 for a ticket. Out of their minds they’re

by Alixandra Fazzina Over the past 10 years, British photojournalist, Alixandra Fazzina has roamed Africa and the Middle East, chronicling the plight of the displaced. In July this year, the UN's High Commission for Refugees gave her the prestigious Nansen Refugee award for her extraordinary images of human suffering and resilience in Kosovo, Angola, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and beyond. (The prize of $100,000 is donated to a cause of the winner's choice.) In 2006, Fazzina started photographing refugees and migrants from civil war-torn Somalia, the uprooted people who risk all to cross the Gulf of Aden in search of a better life. The two-year project has now been turned into an epic, often sadly beautiful book, A Million Shillings: Escape From Somalia. Fazzina's original idea was to follow a single group of refugees from Somalia to Yemen, but that became untenable when she realised few people reach the other side. As it was, she faced extraordinary risks and came upon dreadful suffering, at one point leaving her camera on a beach to help drag survivors from a boat overloaded with dead bodies. In his introduction, António Guterres, the UN high commissioner for refugees, describes the "conspicuous and gratuitous brutality towards the migrants and refugees making the trip". Torture is common and death – by burning, drowning or shooting – a regular occurrence. "A million shillings is not enough to buy decent treatment for the voyagers," he writes, "but it is enough to sustain impunity for the perpetrators of wholly unnecessary brutality." A Million Shillings, though, is a book that does not abide by the normal rules of reportage. Its narrative unfolds in an almost novelistic way, as Fazzina's camera tracks a journey that, for the few who survive, often ends in a kind of dismal limbo of uncertainty in a refugee camp in Yemen. Many of Fazzina's images of the everyday life there have an intimate and painterly quality: the muted blues and greens of the clothes, the stoicism of the faces, the abiding sense of futility that attends this kind of survival. Here, the photographs serve the story and you may find yourself lingering, as I did, over her almost holy portraits of the displaced. Salima (pictured) was 19 when Fazzina met her in Yemen. She had lost her husband and baby son in the war in Mogadishu and was living in a so-called safe house, trying to raise $25 through begging to pay the traffickers who will drive her across the desert to more uncertainty. At night, she passes out on a bare floor and dreams of home. This is a powerful and moving book that will make you think twice about the meaning of overused, meaningless terms like "refugee" and "asylum seeker". Gallery: A Million Shillings: Escape From Somalia Alixandra Fazzina's photographs of refugees and migrants from war-torn Somalia http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/sep/12/a-million-shillings-book-review

Nuune- Jimicsi is not a solu to everything. Ibti- lol most of somali songs are dirty...

My dear wcs; and I like how you equate marriage with erratic behavior. But thank god no; people are giving me madaax xanuun. And like I said to you before permanent status of happiness is unattainable. I need a punch bag.

I feel like pulling my hear and running around in circles screaming nothing in particular. Just scream my lungs out. Hello people. Malika mac mack kor iyo sideways. Norf- opening a marfish rehab center.

Since you don’t read back pages; I can safely assure you my dear that I, ohh yes yours truly did mount a robust defense that will make you proud and to repeat what I said would only dilute it. So be content with the thought willyah. Juxa; soo did, they were talking in Somali, so am sure it was all bad. As for your present; don’t you know yet? She already gave them to the Somali bus drivers as part of her eid charity. So you and the old man pray in the same mosque? Ohh this place is soo incestuous. As for my happiness. I just aim. I guess I caught the happy bug.

Tsk tsk tsk hiding behind a skirt are we old man. And you’re so nasty for thinking what I think you will be thinking when you read that comment. Tsk

Ibti- Wcs Juxa and the old man have been yabbing about you from 488-the current. I think you need to fight back. Its a wonderful world...lalalala

Drinking a cup of coffee….aaah life is good. Morning people.