Unless SL agrees to the federalist model and has the approval from the federal government, this bid to explore resources in parts of Somalia borders on violation of Somalia's territorial integrity. Nor can a UK registered NGO guarantee the legality of contracts signed with "SL" by investors! Otherwise, we will be dealing with warlords inviting and signing conttracts with third parties whose only goal is to make quick buck out of new frontiers or engage in "leverage buyout" type of deals whereby small caps solicit investors and then resale their so called holdings.

Beautiful pics..

Somalia;812878 wrote: Why would I fight them? That doesn't even make sense. I stated the obvious, no one takes it seriously without Laascaanood, so if they get it, they'll get the recognition they need. That myth had been busted. SL was a protectorate after the protection treaties and it never gained independence as separate country. Remember the unionist regions can not be forced into separation, even in that unlikely scenario. We are all one ethnic society in the eyes of the international community.

Zack, The northern wars had lasted in 1992 from 1987. It was resumed after two years of respite, continued again for a year and half. Btw, Las Anod might soon be liberated.

Very nice documentary. The history of Cilmi's epic love story are immortalized by his poems and it won't be easy for any person to explain it otherwise. The primary cause of his death might not be directly linked to his unrequited love with Hodon but there's no gainsaying that he was in deep love and that local efforts to relieve him of that pain had failed. Cilmi was very unfortunate in fact but a man no doubt given to wisdom society at his time wasn't ready to welcome or accept. It was a taboo thing.

Monday, August 30, 2010 by Dr. Alexander Mezyaev Link The key legal question in the piracy cases is whether the international community is indeed encountering pirates and if it is "are they Somali pirates? The 1982 Convention states clearly that piracy is an act perpetrated in the open sea, that is, not in any country's territorial seas and adjacent zones. The 1982 Convention limited the maximal width of a territorial sea to 12 nautical miles(roughly 22 km), but Somalia had set its territorial sea width at 200 nautical miles (370 km) by its Law # 37 of 1972. The latter law establishes that only ships under the Somali flag or those with a license from the Somali government are authorized to sail or fish in the country's territorial waters. Similarly, several countries Congo, Benin, Ecuador, Salvador, Liberia, and Peru set their territorial sea widths at 12 nautical miles, meeting with no objections from others as there are no legal grounds for disputes over the matter.* Problems arise in the case of Somalia solely due to the fact that the country has no effective central government, and the demise of the Somali statehood opens vast opportunities to loot its natural resources. Somalia was under pressure especially from France, Norway, and Spain - to scrap the 1972 law during the reign of Mohamed Siad Barre whose ouster in 1991 triggered the country's collapse. Several countries hoped the waters would be opened for fishing and, moreover, oil grands were also keenly interested in the region......* by Dr. Alexander Mezyaev, Head of Chair of the International Law, Governance Academy (Kazan'), Strategic Culture Foundation expert, was published in International Affairs magazine. Another important piece of info worthy quoting... President Barre was a Somali hero..

It is a well-established principle of public international law that coastal state sovereignty extends to the territorial sea. In an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, the socalled Exclusive Economic Zone (“EEZ”), the coastal state has sovereign rights to explore and exploit, conserve and manage the natural resources. The coastal state’s management responsibilities include determining the allowable catch of living resources in its EEZ.[12] However, as the 1972 Somalian territorial sea claim contravenes public international law, and since there is no Somalian EEZ legislation in place, the Somalian government arguably lacks exclusive fishing and fishery management rights in the waters off the Somalian coast. This view is prominently expressed by the Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issues related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Jack Lang: "In the absence of delimitation in accordance with international law, Somalia is legally deprived of a territorial sea and an exclusive economic zone."[13] A consequence of this would be the unrestricted access of international fishing fleets to the natural resources in these waters. Thanks burhadeer for posting this valuable work!

Part of it is illegal but not the whole.

Che, It's clear where your loyalty lies. Which group do you give the God given right to defend one's land? The African-Somali allied forces or the global terrorist group?

A friend is now buying one tractor and other agricultural machinery and is headed to Ceerigaabo.

Inaan beer falanoo aan ku baahi baxnee. Nice pics from my region.

A leader doesn't shy away from fighting for his country not does he shy away from the truth.

We are all from the Somali Republic. Aren't we?

Guys, Read Emerging Africa by Steven Radelet. How 17 Countries are leading the way. And oil producing countries in the our big continent are excluded from the mix.

This exclusive interview sheds light into his mysterious past. In fact, much of the wrong perception held about Yusuf by our society can be traced to the manufactured lies peddled against him by Barre's regime. He was demonized for his stance against the communist policies, the strategic miscalculation of the 1977 war even after giving advice to cut short the losses inflicted on the Somali national army because they were up against formidable allied forces. The most interesting part of the interview is upon his decision to cross over to the Kenyan border following the aborted coup. He was summoned to Mogadishu and he would've been executed had he gone there. But it's surprising the Kenyan government was apprehensive of cross border retaliation from the Somali side and had therefore denied him political asylum. Another interesting part was his effort to consolidate the position of opposition groups in the eyes of the public. If he were successful, a unified opposition group would have minimized the clan-centric tendencies and saved the nation from the bloody civil war which ensued right after the collapse of the regime.

Waxaa la isla gartey 135 xubnood oo ka imaanaya madax dhaqameedka Afar beelood oo min 30 xubnood ah iyo beesha 5aad oo 15 xubnood ah iyagoo la tashanaya beelahooda waxay soo xuli doonan xubnaha golaha ansaxinta Dastuurka iyo xubnaha Barlamanka cusub iyagoo ay gacan siinayaan guddi farsamo oo ka kooban 17 xubnood oo lix xubnood ka imaanayaan hay’adaha dowlada Federaalka Somaliyeed, 3 Xubnood Puntland, 3 Xubnood Galmudug, 3 xubnood Ahlu Sunah, 6 Xubnood oo Federaal ah iyo 2 xubnood oo ah xafiiska siyaasada qaramada midoobey ee Somalia UNPOS. Iyo 6 Xubnood oo ka socda beesha caalamka oo goobjoogayaal ah, wixii caqabad noqda waxaa loola soo noqonayaa saxiixayaasha Raodmap-ka iyo mabaa’diida Garowe1,2. Wale Somalia iyo nabad kala dheer. Aren't we still perpetuating injustice and misrepresentation?

kingofkings;810290 wrote: the current Somali politic....survive and remain relevant for as long as possible. and, how did i forget, steal, lie, cheat, and more importantly, ignore the need of the poor and the destitute to the element. if i'm missing anything, fadlan do add. Well said kingofkings

Abtigiis;810301 wrote: Nasser, person of the year does not necessarily mean best person of the year. Adolf Hitler, Osama iyo kuwo kaleba in western media Person of the year baa loo aqoonsaday. Waxay ila tahay Wardheernews waxay arintaa ula jeeday ninka ugu cadcadaa 2012. And that can be for all the wrong reasons. Abtigiis, Perhaps that's the case. But I am not sure Western media giving Person of the Year distinction to Osama. If so, which one did?

I heard there's a big preparation under way for the public announcement of the discovery of oil in Puntland.

Xaaji Xunjuf;810567 wrote: I call them the royal Goat family Lol. Xaaji umadeena maahan. Duke, I sense Somalia is coming back faster than we ever thought. President Barre died in Nigeria and never had a national burial ceremony since the country was locked in civil war. Maybe this is a sign of recovery and of lasting peace.

Maxamed Xaaji of HiiraanOnline is an excellent writer of Somali....Very well versed in academic Somali language.

Chimera;805775 wrote: Don't be silly, they were chosen for their significance to ''all Somalis'' not suffering from qabiilism and the fact that pictures of other Somali figures are majoritely copyrighted. Clan is the last thing that came to their minds when creating a collage years ago when the Somali wikipedia articles were trolled by racists and pan-Ethiopianists. I know its hard to believe but there are Somali men and women out there that managed to evolve above the clan-system, and transcend that archaic nonsense. Chimera, Good Point..

I believe the success of his political maneuverability is largely attributed to Ethiopia's overt political and military intervention because that's how supposedly a powerful regional country seizes the opportunity from a divided nation to her own interest and advantage..

kingofkings;810276 wrote: whether you love him or hate him, one thing is for sure, the man knows politics and specially the concept of Somali politics. What concept of Somali politics? This is how WardheerNews' editorial board put it, Sharif Hassan, who by Somali standards comes from a humble background with no formal education, no experience in government service and no clue of politics, miraculously is the longest serving and most powerful politician in the TFI. A poor Qat-trader in one of the market stalls in Baidhabo who has neither an influential tribe behind him nor benefiting from the muscle of an armed militia, managed to take the top office of the Transitional parliament in 2005. He has shown shrewd tactics, and amazing networking that includes supporters from the international community. Soon after he sniffs a threat in the air, he takes lethal pre -emptive attacks to secure his seat by dropping silently an apple of discord among the mixed antagonist groups with view that they carry the kill on his behalf. Yet the selected him to be their person of the year... Wale waa yaab.

^Battle-hardened Commander in Chief.