I see a double standard in the position taken by the Tfg's defense minister. The state of Khaatumo fulfills the constitutional definition of which area or regions can become a full state. Galmudug is much smaller than Khaatumo in terms of geographic size and population. I think the federal constitution must be drafted on the basis of the 18 official regions of Somalia and any clan whose territorial rights span over two regions should be allowed to form their own regional and local governments. To put into legality some specifications that favors one group over another perpetuates the Somali conflict and it's not in the interest of international peace and stability. Allowing a clan to dominate another clan is the root cause of the Somali civil war. Don't let it happen in the north.

STOIC;800196 wrote: My Somali reading comprehension is limited, is the author complaining about the Kamba people? Is he calling the Somalis from Garissa lazy and unskilled in home building? There is no reason to be whiny-pants.The Kamba will never take over Garissa from the local Somalis.Back in the days as i remember the non-Somalis were soldiers and teachers while Somalis were business people that owned properties.... Why not self-study and learn your mother tongue? Bar ama Baro afka hooyo.

Raamsade, Foreign intervention is always bad. Somalis have suffered their share of foreign interventions and proxy wars for the last 20 years and whenever Somalis rather bring creative solutions to their societal issues, outside forces never miss out the chance to kill those in the bud. I even believe the Somali famine is the cumulative outcome of proxy wars and policies of economic sanctions imposed on southern regions. Only by collectively overcoming the obstacles and the root historic injustices that perpetuate the Somali conflict, can there be a lasting solution to our own problems

Raamsade;800215 wrote: I think you're being unfair to Somalis. Yes, they the Libyans are savages just like us who kill, maim, rape and mistreat minorities with glee. But we're slight better as we're noble savages. I was thinking the same way. What a terrible title..

"Amir, the fearless and hugely popular cartoonist is the toast of millions of Somalis, who feel his brush paints their pain and predicament with striking candor. Yet, Amir would not put candor over consanguinity."

sida fanaaniinta oo kale ayey u dhaqmaan. They'll dance and shake for whoever pays them.

nuune;799993 wrote: They did, but in different areas, some places don't even need exploration as in the case I mentioned, just waiting to be refined lee. As recent as last year, they were talking about dhuun dheer oo tuubo intey isticmaalaan and transport this oil to a region next to Somaligalbeed(anywhere safe), but they have failed, and then they talked about buying 250 tanker trucks that will ship the crude oil from that place to a refinery in Addis Ababa, that too failed, waxaa la yiri xoolo aadan laheyn hadaad u tashato adna waa laguu tashan, so while the Tigrey is talking about stealing our resources, then there is another unseen force that makes their whole planning go astray. Nuune, What you say of the forced assimilation policies of that brutal regime? It seems it has been working on winning the hearts of some local groups through , perhaps, threats, intimidation , incentives and outright eradication of lives and properties.

'Liibaan';800205 wrote: Great news Masha Allah, A bottom up approach to development by local people and local government themselves Well said.

It's better if they start drilling on Maroodi-1 near Galgala and Nogal block near Garowe. I believe the work would've been much easier, but that requires an environmental and resource allocation policy. as no oil or gas shows were encountered above this depth.

Delighted at how things are heading this year! When we take control of our public affairs through planning and programs of predictive value, uncertainties of Somalia's future get alleviated.

That's the way to go indeed - local governments functioning in every city and district in Sanaag region of Somalia.

Source: Galgala News Agency

6th March 2012 · 0 Comments Badhan:- Duqa Magaalada Badhan oo ah Duqii ugu wax qabadka badnaa Tan iyo Intii la Xasuusto ee Badhani Gole deegaan Yeelato ayaa la Kulmay Gudiyada Xaafadaha Magaalada Badhan, Shirkaasi Maamulka degmada iyo Xaafadu Yeesheen ayaa ahaa mid diirada lagu Saarayay sidii Bilicda Magaalada Badhan loo Wanaajin lahaa, sidoo kale Qodobka Amaanka ayaa laysla soo qaaday oo ahaa in Xaafad kastaaba ay xoojiso Amaanka deegaankeeda. Xubno ka Tirsan Dowlada Hoose ee degmada Badhan ayaa Weheliyay Duqa Badhan MD C/saaq Axmed Ciise. Duqa ayaa Shanta Xaafadood ee degmada Badhan Gacnata u Galiyay Form-kii Diiwaan Galinta Xaafadaha isla markaana ka Codsaday inay soo dhamaystiraan Tira koobka Guud ee Xaafadaha Degmada. Xubnihii Xaafadaha Magaalada Badhan ee la Kulmay Duqa ayaa soo dhaweeyay dadaalka duqa iyo Horusocodka Dowlada Hoose ee

Waxaa magaalada Badhan ee xarunta 2aad ee Gobolka Sanaag lagu qabtey xaflad balaaran oo ay kasoo qeyb galeen dhamaan laamaha kala duwan ee Dowlada iyo ururada wadaniga ee ka dhisan isla magaalada ayaa lagu wareejinayay qeybta cusub ee caruurta oo ay dhiseen ururka Sahal Community Organisation oo ka dhisan dalka Boqortooyada Ingiriiska.

...."speaks for power and for the rich, and against the powerless and the penniless. It speaks for oppressors and against the oppressed. The pursuit of freedom and justice must be the prime inspiration for a moral media society. But it is profit motive and alignment with rulers that guides Universal TV. You watch Universal TV and you realize we live in times far more depraved than Germany under the Nazis. UNIVERSAL TV: A PAY-PHONE By Mahado Sh. Dahir March 07, 2012 The One Cartoon Amin Amir Cannot Draw It is confirmed. Kinship matters, even to the genius. And the one thing Amin Amir, for all his objectivity and patriotism, would not do is draw a cartoon depicting Universal TV as a pay-phone. This, against the tragic reality that this TV, owned by Engineer Ahmed Abubaker, has lastly morphed into a dreadful pay-as-you-speak pulpit, after tentative equivocations at its infancy. Amir, the fearless and hugely popular cartoonist is the toast of millions of Somalis, who feel his brush paints their pain and predicament with striking candor. Yet, Amir would not put candor over consanguinity. He would not defile the canonic convention that you do not speak against one of your own. We, Somali’s, - even the few geniuses in our midst - cannot simply transcend this sickening belief system. It is a national entrapment, one which ensures we stay at the lowest stairs of the humanity ladder for a longtime to come. This is to be Somali, among other stupefying oddities. Read it more

Thank you Turkey.

Qandalawi;799166 wrote: the discovery of oil should help and improve the lives of the poor people in the regions, Puntland and throughout Somalia. Personally, I have a good life, a good job, a nice car and health scheme/insurance that cover me and my family, basically I have everything that the rich Gulf Arabs have so is not about us, the oil should change the lives of the average and the poor man in Somalia. Our role, if any, should be to help facilitate that and put the oil money into good use. Good point Qandalaawi.

Great News... Maroodi-1 should be the next. This block is said to have a robust prospect of oil discovery and it's a huge reserve that can produce over 400 thousands barrels of the black gold a day.

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. The human tragedy in the ****** started after European leaders agreed to partition the African continent into neatly bordered spheres of influence, which became a temptation to Abyssinians to think of colonizing the ******. In April 10th 1891, Ethiopia’s Emperor Menelik II said in his circular letter addressed to Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia: “If Powers at a distance come forward to partition Africa between them, I do not intend to be an indifferent spectator.” During the Second World War, after the expulsion of the Italians from the Horn of Africa, in 1941, the ****** came under British rule, and it remained subject to British military administration until 1948. In 1946, the British foreign secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin proposed the Somali nation including the ****** as a trust territory. The Bevin Plan met with unanimous opposition from the other Powers. The petitions of ******i elders to the conference also became dead letter. On September 23rd 1948, the British government decided to cede a great part of the ****** to Ethiopia without the knowledge and consent of the ****** people. Peaceful demonstrations against this act were brutally suppressed and scores of people were killed, in Jigjiga and elsewhere in the ******. Haud and Reserved areas were the last part of the ******, which were handed over to Ethiopia by the British Authorities, on February 28th 1955. During Haile Selassie’s rule, the Ethiopian Imperial Army committed unspeakable crimes against the defenceless civilians in the ******. In 1961, the towns of Dhagaxbuur, Qalaafo and Ayshaca, were razed to the ground by the Ethiopian occupation forces. In 1974, when the military overthrew emperor Haile Selassie’s theocratic rule, they put in place a communist military dictatorship led by the Red Negus colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Dergue military junta, in Addis Ababa, enforced more oppressive policies in the ******. Summary executions, arbitrary detentions without charges or trial, dispossessing the people of their properties, emergency laws and dusk to dawn curfew were commonplace. In its Amharisation policy, the communist regime of Mengistu has transferred thousands of Ethiopian settlers into the ****** in an Attempt to change the demographic nature of the region, eliminate the ******i-Somali national identity and to transform the ****** into a region of Ethiopia, in which indigenous ******is will be an insignificant minority. In 1991, after Mengitu’s downfall, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) formed a new party called Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), composed of TPLF and converted prisoners of war from Oromo and Amhara nationalities in order to cover the Tigre domination in the new party. After the installation

Farmaajo is a smart politician. Good luck.

Che, I realized that. Somalina, My house is your house. And it's definitely clean.