I think the Somaliland people are expecting too much, well if you are expecting too much to be done, I tell you we had done whatever our limited resources had allowed us to do. For one to really understand the scale of reconstruction in Hargeisa and how far the city came into what it is today, one needs to look back at its recent history. Here is one such article authored by Raqia Omaar in 1994/5 that may revive that memory... ----------------- One thorn bush at a time Rakiya Omaar reports from Somaliland on how a peace has been Nothing can prepare you for a visit to a hometown utterly destroyed by war. Especially not when 70 per cent of your hometown has been levelled to the ground by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment. I had seen pictures and videos of the wasteland Hargeisa had become after a decade of destruction and neglect. But this did not blunt the shock of my first return visit to the Somaliland capital in June 1992. I was touched by the tenderness with which people tried to help me absorb my impressions without making a drama out of their misfortune. This year I made a second trip back – and found a rather different Somaliland. In stark contrast with recent events in neighbouring Somalia, the main activity in Somaliland over the past year had been not war- but peace-making. And it had been achieved with precious little outside involvement or interest. To communicate the scale of this achievement I must fill in some of the background of Somaliland’s recent bloody history. Up to 1991 Somaliland was a north-western province of Somalia. Local people – mainly of the ***** clan – felt they were not getting an equal share of the nation’s resources in a country run from the southern capital of Mogadishu. In 1982 the northerners formed the Somali National Movement to promote a higher political profile. The response from dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was to launch a sustained campaign of terror against civilians in the region. People were tortured, livestock slaughtered, villages razed, crops destroyed and the area strewn with landmines. Summary executions were commonplace. Thousands fled to escape violent and humiliating abuse. But in 1988 the ill-equipped Somali National Movement rebels managed to take the cities of Hargeisa and Burao – much to the surprise of the Barre Government which reacted by pounding residential districts with artillery. Thousands died as their homes collapsed on them. Others were shot in their houses or as they ran for cover or tried to escape into the countryside. Soldiers patrolling the exits to the towns robbed, raped and murdered people as they fled. By mid-June almost the entire ***** population was either dead or had become refugees in Ethiopia. When in 1991 Siad Barre was toppled after 21 years of dictatorship there was a feeling of euphoria. Somaliland seceded from Somalia and declared its independence. Relieved to be home, buoyed by the security that prevailed almost everywhere, people began to rebuild their lives. The economy took off, making it possible to begin the formidable task of reconstruction. But the heady optimism ended abruptly in January 1992 when feuding between politicians and army officers erupted into open warfare, first in the town of Burao and then in Berbera, the principal port and the country’s economic nerve centre. ‘I wept when I saw what had happened to Burao and its people,’ Sultan Abdi, the Vice-Chair of the ***** Elders Council told me. When their diplom-acy failed to halt the fighting, Sultan Abdi and other elders went into the battlefield itself to stop the fighting. ‘We could not find enough white flags to wave to get the shooting to stop, so some of us took off our shirts.’ When I visited the port of Berbera in July 1992 it was a virtual ghost-town. People were too discouraged, disoriented and uncertain about the future to start rebuilding their homes. Heavily-armed young men were everywhere. Travel was dangerous. The few foreign agencies had either closed their operations or evacuated their expatriate staff. With the Government implicated in the fighting, the forces of peace had one option left. They rallied around traditional elders, the most enduring and accountable elements in Somali society. No other civic institution has the political clout or the moral authority of the elders. Resolving conflict was nothing new for the elders, who are experienced professional negotiators. Their position of elders is not hereditary – their power comes from the authority their clan has delegated them to manage the clan’s affairs. They are chosen by virtue of personal attributes such as age, a reputation for fairness, expertise in the political arts of compromise and persuasion, powers of oratory, skill as a poet, piety, religious knowledge, generosity and courage. Using traditional mechanisms of arbitration, they began a painstaking process to end the armed conflict, establish a framework for mediating future disputes and bring about a peaceful change of government. They began with a series of peace conferences at the local level to iron out differences between clans. The conflicts in Somalia and Somaliland have taken place mainly between neighbouring clans, making the violence an intimate affair that left communities deeply traumatized. It was a situation that called for patience, persistence and tact in overcoming a legacy of grief, anger, mistrust, guilt and shame. The elders were guided by the Somali proverb: ‘If you want to dismantle a hedge, remove one thorn bush at a time.’ The order in which problems were tackled was critically important. Neutral facilitators trusted by both sides provided the parties with lists of the elders planning to attend the conferences from the opposing side. Participants regarded as ‘men of war’ were weeded out, ensuring that the groups who met were confident of each other’s goodwill. Opponents were first encouraged to meet face to face to confront and overcome the bitterness and suspicions that divide them. To encourage an atmosphere of calm and to create incentives towards compromise, the opening days were devoted to social and religious events: ‘You have to lower the temperature,’ one elder explained. ‘People cannot make peace if there is fire in their eyes and hate in their hearts.’ The goal was reconciliation rather than vindication. Blaming either party as guilty in a public forum is regarded as a humiliation that allows grievances to fester and sets up barriers to concession. There were no artificial deadlines. ‘What is the hurry?’ asked another elder. ‘The killings lasted for years. We cannot bring the dead back. But we can bring peace. If we hurry and fail, it is not only a betrayal of the future. It shows disrespect to the collective suffering of the past.’ Starting the peace process at a local level and keeping it within Somaliland was of crucial importance. ‘Because everyone felt involved, everyone felt responsible,’ commented Zamzam Aden Abdi, a Somali relief worker. ‘Every elder will meet at least 20 people a day – in his home, on the road, at the mosque, at the teashop. He tells us what was said and decided; this makes its way into the grapevine. Everyone gives him his or her opinion. He takes our views back to the conference table. This could not happen if they were cooped up in some conference centre in Nairobi or Addis Ababa.’ Foreign mediation in Somalia has consistently ignored the fact that disputes over material resources lie at the heart of the conflicts in both Somalia and Somaliland. Unlike foreign mediators, the elders have a long familiarity with the history, geography and ownership of the resources in question. So local conferences concentrated on disputes about land, grazing rights, the return of houses and the exchange of stray livestock – trying to resolve such material questions at the local level before moving onto regional disputes. The entire peace process culminated in a four-month national conference in Boroma in January 1993 which adopted a countrywide security framework, laid down a national constitutional structure, and effected a peaceful change of government. The fruits of their efforts were apparent when I went back in January 1994. I was able to travel throughout the country, more afraid of landmines than gunmen. A friend who had contemplated leaving the country in 1992 was grateful he had stayed: ‘We still have a long way to go, but yesterday and today – it is like night and day.’ To describe the elders as the saviours of Somaliland is to miss the larger point of their achievement. They succeeded because ordinary people gave them the authority to make peace and promote reconciliation. In turn, they made their task a collective endeavour. Traders, poets, women’s groups, professionals, religious leaders and army officers were mobilized to finance, organize, deliberate, negotiate, implement and monitor an agenda for peace. Somali elders put into practice what thoughtful development specialists describe as the prerequisites for sustainable development: community support, participation in and ownership of the process, common goals, legitimate representation and a long-term process. The elders’ achievements are impressive. This is not to say that political tensions between different regions and clans have ended. But it does mean that there is a broadly-based political framework for resolving disputes in a peaceful manner. None of this, however, can mask the fact that Somaliland has been completely destroyed by a decade of war. Its infrastructure has collapsed; the Government has no money. It cannot pay salaries, forcing experienced doctors, teachers and managers to seek jobs with foreign agencies. The police have virtually no transport or communic-ations system. Thousands of heavily-armed young men – the greatest threat to security, peace and reconciliation – are unable to find employment. Neither the Government nor the public can comprehend the refusal of the UN and donor countries to assist Somaliland. The folly of spending millions to wage a military conflict in Mogadishu while withholding the thousands that would sustain peace in Somaliland has given their criticism a sharper edge. The Secretary-General of the UN has made it clear that recognition of Somaliland is not on the agenda. The war that engulfed Somalia, and the absence of a central government, have delayed the day of reckoning. No one knows what the future holds. What is certain is that UN efforts to enforce unity will spark a new war and a new tragedy for the people of Somalia and Somaliland. Rakiya Omaar is co-director of African Rights, a human-rights organization based in London. She was in Somaliland for six weeks in January and February this year.

Maxaa Keenay Dardar Gelinta HawalahaDowladda Hoose Ee Hargeysa Iyo Dadweynaha Biyaha Helay? Waxaynu in badan ogoyn in si aad ah loo dhaliili jiray habka maamul ee ay u shaqeeyaan dowladda hoose ee Hargeysa, haddii ay tahay maamuladdii la soo magacaabi jiray iyo kuwan la soo doortayba. Haddaba, waxa lagu tilmaamaa wakhtigan shacbiga ku nool caasimadda Hargeysa in ku dhow 1,000,000 (Hal Milyan oo Qof) kuwaas oo dhamaantood u baahan hawlihii adeeg sida; Caafimaadka, Nabad-galyada, Waxbarashada, Biyaha, Nalka iyo waddooyinka. Haddaynu in yar dib ugu noqono magaalada Hargeysa waxay leedahay shan wado oo u gudban galbeed iyo bari, waqooyiga Hargeysa waxa ku yaala seddeed (8) waddo oo u gudban Koonfur iyo Waqooyi, halka ay koonfurta magaaladda ku yaalaan lix (6) waddo oo u gudban koonfur iyo waqooyi. Waddooyinkaa dhammaantood waxa la baneeyay intii ka horaysay lasoo noqoshaddii xoriyadda Somaliland, waxa kale oo ku yaalay magaaladda Hargeysa seddex xarumood oo caafimaad kuwaas oo ku kala yaalay Ex. Civil Center, Ka soo horjeedka Tiyaatarka Hargeysa, Dugsiga Biyo dhacay dabadiisa, kuwaas oo aanay ku jirin cisbitaaladu. Sidoo kale Magaaladu waxay lahayd tiro ka yar seddex saldhig boolis (police) oo uu ku jiro saldhiga dhexe iyo hal xabsi, waxay kale oo ay lahayd seddex sariibadood iyo hal bacadleh. Bal hadaba aynu eegno maxaa iska badalay guud ahaan goobihii adeega guud ee magaaladda aan soo qaadano: Nabad-galyadda: Saldhiga Koodbuur Saldhiga Axmed Dhagax (Ex. Iftin) Saldhiga Maxamuud Haybe (Ex. Guryo Samo) Saldhiga Daloodha Saldhiga New-Hargeisa Saldhiga Dhexe Saldhiga Booliska ee Dowaladda Hoose Saldhiga Airportka Laanta Booliska ee Maxamed Mooge Laanta Booliska ee Sheekh Nur Laanta Booliska Jigjiga yar. Waxa ad halkaa ka arkaysaa sida ay u korodhay magaaladu iyo sida ay ula socdaan illaalinta nabad galyadu taasoo suuro galisay in meelkasta oo ka mida magaaladu hadii shil ka dhaco si dhibyar loo helayo, waxa intaa dheer Qaybta Booliska oo ku taala Saldhiga dhexe iyaduna hawlgalisa iskuna xidha dhamaan saldhigyadan iyada oo ay waliba ka barbarshaqeeyaan laanta Nabad Galyadda Wadooyinka iyo Laanta/Qaybta Baadhista Danbiyadda (CID) bal aynu eegno waxa iska badalay caafimaadka. Caafimaadka Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Koodbuur Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Axmed Dhagax Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Maxamuud Haybe Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Xawaadle Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Sheekh Nuur Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Daami Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Dhexe Xarunta Caafimaadka New Hargeisa Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Maxamed Mooge iyo Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Gobolka oo ah halka laga maamulo hawlaha ay qabtaan, waxa intaa dheer cusbitaalka guud iyo cusbitaalada gaarka loo leeyahay, hadaba xarumaha caafimaad ee aan kor ku soo sheegnay waxa dhamaantood laga hirgaliyay mashruuc u sahlaya in hooyaddu ku umusho goobtaa iyada oo aan isku mashquulin in ay saacado badani kaga lumaan daydayga anbalaas ama tagsidii qaadi lahaaa maadaam aanay haysan dadkeenu dhaqaale sidaa u buuran, halkaana waxaa ka muuqda in horumar wayn laga sameeyay dhinaca caafimaadka oo manta meelwalba aga helayo iyada oo isla goobahaasna lagu bixiyo dhamaan talaalada kala duwan ee caruurta iyo hooyada urka leh, waxana laga helaa daawooyin tayadoodu sarayso oo qiimahoodu hooseeyo. Bal aynu eegno xaga Nalka. Nalka Markii ugu horaysay tan iyo intii lala soo noqday xornimadda waa markii igu horaysay ee ay magaalada Hargeysi yeelato laydh ay leedahay Dowladdu, waxa hore igu bixi jiray magaaladda mishiino yaryar oo ay lahaayeen qolyo ama niman dhiigmiirato ah oo ninwaliba wakhtiguu doono shido markuu doonana bakhtiiya, balse hadeer magaalada inta badan waxa ka baxa nalka dowladda oo ka tayo wanaagsan kana qiimo jaban kuwii hore, mar waan wax ka waydiiyay ganacsatada yaryar ee dowladda lagata uu bishii ku bixin jiray nalka wuxuu ii sheegay inay ahayd inka badan 120 dollar halka uu imika ka bixiyo xadi ka yar 20 dollar, waxa halkaa kaaga muuqata horumarka muuqda ee laga gaadhay xaga nalka, waxa intaa dheer waxa ka shaqo gala shaqaale aad u tiro badan oo ka igu hooseeyaa qaato todoba boqol oo kun (700,000) SL Shilling taasina waxay dabooshay baahida reero badan kadib markii ay shaqo ka heleen dhalinyara badan oo suuq jog ahayd iyada oo waliba bilahan u danbeeyay mushaharkooda ay qaataan inta aanay gaadhin 29 ka bisha. Mar aan wax ka waydiiyay dhawr qof oo ka mida shaqaalaha wakaaladda laydhka waxay ii sheegeen inti maareeyahan cusubi yimid aanay arag mushahar ka raaga halka markii hore uu is gaadhi jiray mushaharkoodu. Biyaha Waxaynu wada ognahay oo yar iyo weynba ka dharagsanahay dhibaatada dhawaanahan ka haystay magaaladda Hargeisa Biyo la’aanta taas oo gaadhay heerkii igu xumaa inta la ogsoon yahay, waxase Illaahay mahadii ah in muddooyinkan danbe aad moodo in biyuhu sidoodii ku soo noqonayaan oo aanay jirin cabasho farabadan oo ka imanaysa biyo yaraanta, mar aan u kuurgalay sababta keentay biyo la’aanta inta badan ay ka cabanayeen dadweynaha Hargeysa waxaan ogaaday inay ahayd maamul xumo ka jirtay wakaaladda biyaha dhexdeeda, hadaan hoos iguyar daadegno waxay wakaaladu ka kooban tahay: Ceelasha Qabyta maamulka Qaybta shaqaalaha Qaybta hubinta biilasha Qaybta farsamadda Qaybta Iibka biyaha. Waxay leedahay wakaaladdu Hal Maareeye, Maareeye ku-xigeen, saddex Engineer, shan agaasime waaxeed iyo tiro ku dhow 400 oo shaqaale ah, waxaa inta badan dhici jirtay in shaqaalaha wakaaladu intooda badani ay lahaayeen kaalmo biyood oo ay iyagu inta badan iibin jireen, taas oo keentay in magaalada ay ka dhacdo biyo la’aan. Sidoo kale may jirin baryahan danbe cid doonta biilasha lacagaha lagu leeyahay guriyaha, meheradaha iyo dhamaan macaamiisha oo dhan taasina waxay noqotay in uu baabo’o nidaamkii maamul ee wakaaladdu, waxa daliil u ah mudada gaaban ee uu joogay maareeyaha cusubi sida ay isku badashay shaqaddii wakaaladu, waxaan ognahay in lacagta yare ee uu bixiyay Madaxweynu aanay ka badnayn mushaharkii ay lahaayeen shaqaalaha wakaaladu haddana wakhtigan waxa uu iibiyay tiro ku dhaw afar gaadhi oo mid ka mida ay ka bixisay madaxtooyadu halka inta kale uu ka iibiyay dakhliga ka soo baxay wakaaladda. Halkaa waxa kaaga iftiimaya in masuuliyadu tahay shay qaaliya qof walibana uu qaban karo wuxuu is yidhaado u qabo dalkaaga waanu ku mahadsan yahay maareeyaha cusubi waxa kaliya oo aan u soo jeedinayaa in haddii uu kordhiyay lacagtii biyaha inkastooy fiicnayd inaan la kordhin hadana haddii laga maarmi waayay loo kordhiyo shaqaalaha mushaharka laguna amro inay shaqeeyaan saacado dheeraada loona sameeyo Dirays aya kaga duwan yihiin dadka kale iyo waraaqihii aqoonsiga sidoo kalana waa in sida igu dhakhsaha badan looga dhigaa shaqaale dowladeed ee aanay noqon qaar marna maareeyuhu eryo marna qoro. Taas oo kor u qaadaysa niyada shaqaalaha. Bal aan usoo noqono xarunta dowaladda hoose ee Hargeysa, waxa hadeer ka socda dhisme dabaq ah oo aad u qurux badan kaas oo loogu talo galay xafiisyo iyo hallkii ay ku shirlahaayeen Golaha Deegaanku, waxay dhawaan ku guulaysatay Dowladda Hoose in ay rarto dadkii daganaa Beerta Xoriyadda, Buurta kala jeexan iyo Istaadiyoonka iyada oo dajisay xaafadda cusub ee Sheekh Muuse Ducaale oo ku agtaala degsiimadii hore ee Cabdi Iidaan, waxay dib-u-habayn ku samaysay sariibadii xaafadda Ibraahim Koodbuur, Xarunta weyn ee bacadlaha (Ex. Fooqii jajabka) bilowga sariibad cusub oo laga hirgalinayo xaafada Xero Awr oo wakhtigan dadka suuqaasi ay fadhiistaan meel bacadda waxay iibisay dowaladda hoose bishan gudaheeda in ku dhaw dhowr iyo toban gaadiida kuwaas oo kala ah, lix ruglay, laba kuwa daamurka sameeya, laba baabuur oo ah kuwa xashiishka, baabur xaajiyadda oo laba shidhlaya waxana laga siiyay intaas o shay sided iyo labaatan kun oo dollar (28,000 dollar) waliba sida ay ii sheegayaan ila xogogaala waxa loogu badalay dhul danguud ah halka awal hore la cuni jiray dhulka danta guud, waxyaabaa kale ee aan aadka ula yaabay een ku arkay xafiisyada degmooyinka magaalada Hargeysa waxa ka mida xafiis walba waxa yaala hal computer, hal printer oo lagu dhameeyo hawlaha adeeg oo awal hore lagu soo garaaci jiray xurunta dhexe, sidoo kale waxay leeyihiin shan gaadhi oo mid waliba ka hawlgalo degmo ka mida shanta degmo kuwaas oo iyaguna si toos ah u daboolay baahidii gadiid ee awal hore jirtay. Mar aan dhawaan booqday xafiiska xarunta dowladda hoose waxay ii sheegeen qaar ka mida saraakiisha sarsare ee dowladda hoose in qorshaha dhow igu jirto rarida dadka deggen Axmed Guray, State Houseka, iskuulka alifdoon, Jaamacada Hargeysa iyo Xarunta Agoomaha Hargeysa dadkaas oo loo qorsheeyay halkii ay degi lahaayeen. Haddaba, waxaan ka mid ahaa dadka inta badan naqdiya waxqabadka dowladda hoose ee Hargeysa waxaadse maanta moodaa in ay dhaliishii faraha badnayd isku canaanteen oo ay waxqabad muujiyeen mana haboona in masuuliyiinta marwalba ammaantooda la sheego waayo faraska waxa usha loogu dhuftaa inuu orodka ka sii badiyo waanay ku mahadsan yihiin. Igudanbayntii waxan halkan igu soo jeedinayaa talo masuuliyiinta dowladda hoose taas oo ah waxa aynu ku jirnaa xili roobaad waxa meelaha qaarkood aad arkaysaa xashiish badan oo yaala sidoo kalana waxa aad moodaa inaanay shaqayn waaxda caafimaadka ee dowladda hoose sababahan awgood, ma jirto cid eegta huteeladda hurdada, maqaaxiyaha cuntada, waxa aad arkaysaa weel wasakhaysan, jajaban oo wax lagu cabayo, waxa kale oo aad arkaysaa habeenkii gooraha danbe bulaacadaha oo lagu soo qubo wadooyinka dhexdooda, kuwaas oo sababi kara caafimaad daro, dhanka kale waxa biyaha qaarkood laga soo dhaamiyaa dooxa iyada oo bulaacadaha ugu badanina ku dhacaan isla dooxa, haddaba marka ay sidaa tahay waxa haboon in si dhakhso ah loo hawl galiyo waaxda caafimaadka loona furo tababar caafimaad xataa hadii laga bixin karayo hala siiyo tababaro dhaadheer, kuwaas oo aynu ognahay inay anfici doonaan waxna ka badali doonaan habka maanta ay u shaqayso waaxda caafimaadku.

Dugsiga Sare Ee Sh. Bashiir, Burco Oo Dib U Bilaabay Burco, Somaliland (Togdheer Online) – Maamulaha Dugsiga Sare ee Sheekh Bashiir Maxamed Jaamac Muuse ayaa daboolka ka qaaday in Dugsigu uu dib u bilaabay waxbarashadiisa, ka dib markii uu muddo sanada dugsigani u naafoobay shaqaaqo gubis ku habsatay sannadkii 2003, sidaana waxa uu maamuluhu ku sheegay wareysi khaasa oo uu Xarunta Dugsigaas kula yeeshay Weriyaha Togdheer Online ee Burco Yusuf Ilka-case. Wareysigan oo uu maamuluhu kaga hadlaayey qodobo badan oo la xidhiidha dhinacyada Iskuulka waxa uu sheegay inuu Dugsigu ka soo kabtay masiibadii ku habsatay ee gubista, isla markaana 80% la dayactiray qaybaha Dugsigaasi, iyada oo sannad dugsiyeedkan ay soo galeen arday gaadhaysa 450 arday oo ka soo gudbay dugsiyada kala duwan ee gobolka. Maamuluhu isaga oo ka jawaabaya su’aal la xidhiidha sida uu uga soo kabtay iyo waxyaabaha u kordhay, waxa uu sheegay in dugsiga ay u kordheen waxyaabo badan oo ay ka mid yihiin, dayactir, xaddaynta dhulkiisa iyo gidaar wareega oo lagu soo xidhay dhismaha dugsiga, in kasta oo aanay ka faro xalan Hay’adihii dhisaayey, waxa meesha ka maqan ayuu yidhi “qalabkii Laabka ee la bililiqaystay oo ahayd alaab muhiima oo aan si dhib yar looga soo kaban karin, balse ballan qaad ay ka sameysay Hay’adda DRC. Mar uu ka jawaabyey su’aal kale oo la xidhiidhay mudadaas sannadka ah siday ahayd waxbarashadii ardayda dugsiga laga gubay, waxa uu sheegay in sadex (3) maalmood oo kaliya ay ardaydu ka maqnayd waxbarashada, taasi oo ay waxbarashadooda ku sii wateen dugsiga dhaqaalaha Haweenka Burco oo taageero wanaagsan siiyey ardayda. Sidoo kale mar uu ka jawaabyey su’aal ku saabsan mashkilada dhulka ee wali ku gadaaman dugsiga, gaar ahaana xabaale lagu dhex aasay dugsiga oo muran ka taagan yahay saaritaankooda, waxa uu xusay inay jirto mashkalidani, laakiin waxa hadda gacanta ku haya Maamulka Gobolka Iyo Wasaaradda Waxbarasahada “kama baqo qabno mashkilad dhul oo danbe†ayuu yidhi. Maamuluhu mar uu ka jawaabayey su’aal ku saabsan dhibaatooyinka hadda hortaagan dugsiga, waxa uu sheegay inay ugu muhiimsan tahay duruufaha qalabka farsamada, kuwa macalimiinta iyo waliba sidii dugsiga loogu habayn lahaa maqaam waxbarasho oo Dugsiga Sare, loona dhamaystiri lahaa, in kasta oo uu sheegay inay taageero ka haleen Wasaaradooda iyo Hay’addo samafal. Isaga oo ka jawaabaya su’aal kale oo ku saabsan xidhiidhka ka dhexeeya maamulka dugsiga iyo dadweynaha Burco, waxa uu sheegay inay talaabo kasta oo dugsiga ahi ay wali qabyo tahay, balse ay abuurayaan guddi dadweyne oo la shaqaysa maamulka iyo waliba siday u abaari lahaayeen xidhiidh ay la yeeshaan ardaydii ka aflaxday dugsigan oo ku kala filiqsan daafaha dunida. Dhinaca kalena Dugsiga Sare ee Sheekh Bashiir waxa gubay Sept 01, 2003 dadweyne gadoodsan oo deganaa dhulka dugsiga, waqtigaasi oo ay Maamulka Gobolku isku dayeen inay ka raraan dadka agagaarka dugsigan, balse waxa ka hadhay masiibo culus oo soo gaadhay dugsigayga oo ay shufbeeliyeen dhamaan dhismaha dugsigaas iyo agabkiisiiba, balse Maamulka Gobolka Togdheer ayaa si weyn uga hawlgalay siddii dib loogu dhisi lahaa dugsigan, iyada oo ay dayactirka iyo qalabayntan cusub ay iska kaashadeen, hay’addaha Dannish-ka iyo DRC iyo qaadhaan laga ururiyey dadweynaha Burco, ganacsatada iyo Xukuumada S/Land. Yuusuf Ilkacase Weriyaha Togdheer Online Burco, Somaliland

That is why they call him BUSHarraf

Cabdiqasim is playing his cards close to his chest, one more alley won. ---------------- Heshiis dhexmaray Cabdiqaasim iyo Maxamed Dheere Burtinle-Online Jimce, October 01 2004 Shir jaraa'id oo ay galabnimadii Khamiista qabteen Dr.Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xassan iyo Madamed Cumar Xabeeb (Maxamed Dheere) ayey ku sheegeen in ay gaareen heshiis ka kooban dhowr qodob. Labada hogaamiye ayaa saxaafada u sheegay in ay ku heshiiyeen qodobo dhowr ah oo ay kamid yihiin: 1- In ay is cafiyaan, iskana iloobaan khilaafkii hore ee dhexdooda ka jiray 2- In ay si wada jir ah ugu hambalyeeyaan Hogaanka Baarlamaanka ee dhowaan la doortay 3- In ay si wada jir ah u taageeraan shirka dib u heshiisiinta iyo dadaalka lagu doonayo in nabad loogu dabaalo dalka Soomaaliya 4- In guud ahaan ummada Soomaaliyeed loogu baaqo is cafis iyo dib u heshiisiin 5- In ay shacabka reer Muqdisho ugu baaqaan in ay gacmo furan kusoo dhoweeyaan dowlada la filayo in ay kasoo baxdo shirka Mbagathi 6- In ay aragti mideysan ka yeeshaan shirka dib u heshiisiinta Dr.Cabdiqaasim iyo Maxamed Dheere ayaa ahaa laba hogaamiye oo aad u kala fog, iyadoo Maxamed Dheere xubin firfircoon ka yahay Isbaheysiga taageerada ka hela Itoobiya ee SRRC, halka Dr.Cabdiqaasim dowlada Itoobiya ku eedeeyo in ay majo xaabisay dowladiisii lagu soo dhisay magaalada Carta ee dalka Jabuuti. Xiriirkan cusub ee dhex maray Dr.Cabdiqaasim iyo Maxamed Dheere ayaan la saadaalin karin waxa uu ka bedeli doono ololaha doorashada Madaxweynaha ee ka socota magaalada Nairobi.

RIYADH, 27 September 2004 — The successful conclusion of the world’s largest Islamic financing transaction was announced here yesterday by senior officials of Ettihad Etisalat and commercial banks of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. read more

1989 : Became Member of Central Committee (C.C.) of SNM Somali National Movement, A man who jumped boats, just to avoid sinking with the Siyad Barreh ship. A smart man!

We call them that any goats from Somalia we call them Barbaranian Perhaps you haven't heard the Bosasoian, Eelmacanian and the new Djiboutian. Where do you reside sis? In Europe, Asia, North America, Australia or the Middle East?

[believe it or not, this is real, Goats in Hargeisa can claim up on top of the trees]

There is a peculiar photo that hangs on one of the walls in an office in Hargeisa. At first glance, it appears like a couple of vultures at a fancy costume party. Then, you get curious as to why all of them would want to wear a similar outfit. When you look closer, you realize that they are not vultures at all. It is a herd of goats perched on top of a tree, browsing. It feels like I’m wasting the word ‘browse’, to describe the act of an animal searching for leaves to feed on! Later, I came across a goat wearing a piece of cloth. This extraordinary piece of cloth is tailored into a pouch with strings extending from it. These strings are then used to secure the pouch in place. The goat’s tits are dipped into the pouch. At the risk of sounding vulgar, I will ask you to picture a goat wearing a bra. Can you guess what the goat bra is used for? Goat milk is a precious commodity here in Somaliland. The bra ensures equal distribution of milk between the humans and the goat’s young. Only goats that have recently given birth wear the bra. You can easily tell if a goat has a kid or not. If it does not, it will walk around the streets topless. Bottomless? For your information, goats have been known to regularly pull incredible stunts. I remember one goat that prophesied that there would be a catastrophe of great proportions in my village. To prevent the village from being wiped out, everyone was to vote for a particular fellow in the impending local elections. It ‘talked’ only once - to a group of influential friends of the guy. Many people were suspicious at first. It soon ended after they saw our village and it’s hero goat on the provincial newspaper called ‘Kisomo’. The goat’s prophecy was fulfilled since our village is still intact. And yes, the politician made it into parliament. My advice? Don’t let anyone cow you with any cock and bull goat stories!

Originally posted by NGONGE: quote:While I welcome this new development of lifting the Ban, I have reservations about its sincerity You make it sound as if it’s some kind of favour, saaxib. Well, they call the shots sxb. But there will come a time when the tables will turn and it will be us, who will call the shots.

There was nothing wrong with our livestock in the first place. It was all a political stunt manufactured in the lead up to the now defunct Artha conference with views in harming the economies of particularly Somaliland and to some extent Puntland, who at that time both opposed the conference. While I welcome this new development of lifting the Ban, I have reservations about its sincerity. President Geeleh of Djibouti had struct a secret deal with the Saudis. In the deal, Djibouti port will become the only outlet that will export livestock from East Africa. This is clearly a sinister motive, but lets first have the BAN lifted then we will make our disappointments heard.

This is a sad development, specially at a time when the world is celiberating the international peace day. Here is a Somaliland view of how it happened. ------------------- ******TEENIYA OO KU JABTAY WEERAR AY KU SOO QAADEEN C.QARANKA SOMALILAND. Hargeysa(HAR)-Ciidamo Maleeshiyo ah oo ka tirsan Maamul goboleedka ******teeniya, ayaa ku jabay dagaal gaadmo ah oo ay saaka Waaberigii ku soo qaadeen Ciidamada Qaranka Somaliland ee fadhigoodu yahay jiidda hore ee gobolka Sool. Weerarkaa ee ay soo qaadeen Ciidamada Maleeshiyada ah ee ******teeniya, ayaa waxa ka soo gaadhay khasaare. Sida uu sheegay War ka soo baxay Wasaaradda Gaashaandhigga Somaliland, waxa ciidamada Somaliland ay ka gubeen Ciidamada ******teeniya Laba Gaadhi oo kala ah B10 iyo Suug, waxaana ay gacanta ku dhigeen Saddex Nin oo ka tirsanaa Maleeshiyadaas ******teeniya. Sida uu sheegay warka Wasaaradda Gaashaandhigga Somaliland, Ciidamada Qaranku markii ay jebiyeen ciidamadaas ******teeniya, waxa ay ku ruqaansadeen dhinaca Magaalada Laascaanood oo ay hadda Kaabiga u fadhiyaan. Warku waxa uu sheegay in Ciidamada Qaranka Somaliland 10km u jiraan Magaalada Laascaanood. Weerarkan ay soo qaadeen Ciidamada ******teeniya oo ahaa mid gaadmo ah, lama garanayo sababta ay u soo qaadeen, haseyeeshee, waxa uu ahaa Duullaan Gardaro ah oo ay ku soo qaadeen Ciidamada Qaranka Somaliland ee fadhigoodu yahay jiidda hore ee Gobolka Sool. Wixii warara ee ka soo kordha wararkaas kala socda Hargeysa News. Author: HARGEYSA NEWS (9/22/2004) http://www.hargeysanews.com/newsview.asp?id=160

Yeah Sanaag deserves it really. They wanted to level it with Togdheer whom beat them in last year's finals.

Which of the two sounds familiar: 1. "Wasaaradda Kaluumaysiga iyo Khayraadka Badda" 2. "Wasaaradda Malaaysiga iyo Qayraadka Badda"

Results in other sports: -- results for 100 m -- 1. Ayaanle Muuse Liibaan (00:13:05) Hargeisa 2. Mahamuud Ali Mohamuud (00:13:08) Togdheer 3 Jaamac Ali xaashi (00:13:44) Sool [Togdheer runner] -- results for 400m -- 1. C/xakiin Mohamed Hussein (1:05:20) Saaxil 2. Axmed Abdi Mohamed (1:05:20) Sanaag 3. Mohamed Abdi Hoori (1:06:24) Saaxil -- results for 800 m -- 1. Mohamed Sh. Ibarahin 2:10:15 Hargeisa 2. Ali Mohamed Ali 2:22:26 Hargeisa 3. C/laahi Ibraahin X. Hussein 2:24:55 Sool [A runner from Hargeisa] -- results for 1500 m -- 1. Ayaanle Muuse Libaan (0:48:76) Hargeisa 2. Cali Mohamed Ali (4:55:29) Hargeisa 3. Khaalid Cali Nuur (4:57:40) Saaxil -- results for Longjump -- 1. C/xakiin Mohamed Hussein 5.07 Saaxil 2. Maxamed Abdi Mohamed 4.97 Togdheer 3. Mohamed Abdi Hoori 4.80 Sanaag

Congratulations to the Sanaag team, the 2004 champions of Somaliland regional soccer competition. ------------- WAR DEG DEG AH OO NA SOO GAADHAY: SANAAG OO HANATAY KOOBKII KUBADA CAGTA SANDKA EE SOMALILAND Sawirakani waa xulka Sanaag ee ku guulaystay Koobka oo hada Hargaysa ku sugan Ceerigaabo oo looga dabaal degey koobka ay ku guleeysteen. Ciyaartan oo bilabmatey 4:00pm ayaa waxaa aad logala socdey magalada Ceerigabo iyodoo lagu xoonsana meelaha telefoonada laga dirsado . Ciyaartan oo ahayd mid aad iyo aad looga dareemay Ceerigaabo hore u maayarka magala madaxda Ceerigabo Ismaaciil Xaaji Nuur usheegey in uu udiyariyey casuumad heersare ah slamarkana loo dalxiisgeyn doono buurta daalo ee caanka ku ah dalxiiska. Ka dib markii ciyaarta lasoo sheegey natiijadeedi ayaa waxaa magalada iskugu soo baxay kumaan kun oo qof oo baabuur watay oo u dabal degaya guusha ay xulka Sanaag ku hanteen koobka kubada cagta ee ka socdey caasimada Hargeysa JSL. Maayarka magalo madaxda Ceerigabo ayaa u direy lacag baqshiish ah oo lagu qiyaasay ilaa (10,000.0000 SL. Shilin oo u dhiganta Shan Boqol oo Doolar ah Maayarka magalo madaxda Ceerigabo Ismaaciiil Xaaji Nuur ayaa Hanbalyo udiraya xulka gobolka Sanaag isagoo sheegey in uu aad iyo aad ugu faraxsanyahay guusha ay u soo hooyeen gobolksa Sanaag. ciyaartoodasi, kadib markii uu maqlay in kooxdii gobolkiisa ka socotay ay Koobka qaadeen oo ay ciyaarta badiyeen. Mar nuuradiin maxamed diireye oo ka mid ah dadka ka faloda ciyaaraha kana tirsanaa xulka gobolka sanaag oo uqadan jirey nambarka 11 ayaa sheegey in uu hore usadaliyey in xulka gobolka sanaag usoo hanan doono koobka kubada cagta ee dalka JSL. Mr C/risaaq C/laahi Shire ayaa isna sheegey in uu hanbalyo udirayo ina rajeynay sandaha danbena in ay koobka soo hanan doonan.

sxb, waa iska sheeko. These people are as broke as the cockroaches that are living large on my old pizza under my bed I am not sure about that, but I tell ya technicals that were captured from Morgan are worth money in Mogadishu's Cirtoogte markets.

Who could be the lucky man to collect this huge richies Jeneraal Morgan oo soo qabashadiisa Lacag la dul dhigay Isbahaysiga dooxada Jubba ayaa maanta sheegay in ay abaal marib lacageed siin doonaan qof alaale qofkii soo qabta Jeneraal Maxamed Siciid Xirsi (Morgan) oo dagaalo ay ku dhex mareen meelo ka tirsan gobolada Jubbooyinka Maleeshiyooyin isaga taageera iyo kuwa isbahaysiga dooxada Jubba. Afhayeen u hadley isbahaysiga dooxada Jubba oo la yiraahdo Bile dheere oo shir jaraa'id maanta ku qabtay magaalada Kismaayo oo ah xarunta gobolka Jubbada hoose ayaa sheegay in jeneral Morgan ay u aqoonsan yihiin in uu yahay dembiile dagaal, wuxuuna afhayeenka sheegay in lacag gaareysa ilaa iyo toban kun oo dolar ay siin doonaan qofkii soo qabta Jeneraal MOrgan ama soo sheega meel alla meesha uu ku sugan yahay Jeneraalka. Afhayeenka ayaa sheegay in ay la socdaan dhaq-dhaqaaqyada jeneraalka, wuxuuse ka gaabsadey halka uu jooga, wuxuuna sheegay Afhayeenkan in ay doonayaan in ay u gudbiyaan jeneraalka maxkamad ku qaada dembiyadii dagaal ee uu dalka ka galay, waa sida uu hadalka u dhigaye. Ma jiro wax war ah oo ka soo baxay dhinaca jeneraal MOrgan, waxaana warkan uu soo baxay kadib markii dagaalo xoogan ay dhex mareen maleeshiyooyin taageera Jeneraal MOrgab oo dhowaan gaaray gobolada Jubbooyinka iyo kuwa isbahaysiga dooxada Jubba.

Bob Geldof visits Somaliland Mogadishu, Somalia, 09/20 - Sir Bob Geldof, the internationally acclaimed rock star cum philanthropist, accompanied by a film crew, Saturday jetted into Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, at the start of a five-day visit. The visit is part of an African tour that would take him to Ghana, Benin, Mali, DR Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia. While in Africa, he will film a serial documentary called "Geldof in Africa". Presidential spokesman Adan Idriss Dualle told PANA Sir Geldof was received on arrival by Somaliland foreign minister Edna Adan Ismail and taken to the presidential compound to meet President Dahir Rayalle Kahin. Kahin reportedly bestowed state honours on the visiting Geldof, acknowledging his continued efforts to help the people of Somaliland and Africa. The brains behind the famous "Live Aid" concerts, Geldof is expected to launch a landmark documentary series to be filmed in the seven African countries he is expected to visit for screening on BBC TV. Addressing journalists immediately after meeting with the Somaliland president, Geldof said he was expecting to once again place the African continent high on the public podium and install it firmly into the political minds. He explained that the documentary would be released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of "Live Aid", and at a time when Britain chairs the G8 summit, holds the EU presidency and Prime Minister Tony Blair publishes "US and Them", a report about the future of Africa. Musician Geldof led a global humanitarian campaign to help feed hundreds of thousands of starving Ethiopians during the worst famine in that country in 1985. He organised two concerts, one in London`s Wembley Stadium and the other in Philadelphia`s JFK stadium, raising US$73 million all of which went to the starving Ethiopians.

Suldaanka, just tell the Somalilanders, we Puntlanders got money. But we don't like beggers Sxb, Somalilanders do have money too, but these are not Somalilanders, they are opportunists. They represent no one, everybody knows that. If they can make richiest, well business comes in all shapes and forms.

as long as Buubaa convinces as many of his tribe to vote for Cabdulahi Yusuf, nothing is for free sxb... I heard the bidding started from $1000 and now it is somewhere in between $15000-$20,000 grand. Buubaa and his junta are there for good deals. Money Talks, as they say, in many ways- may I add.

Awdal and Sanaag (Sanaag won on penalties) Togdheer and Hargeisa (Togdheer won on penalties) Very tough matches, it could go either way... Indeed, Sanaag team has proven last year's was not a fluke. They are a force to be reckoned with. :cool: Congratulations to the finalist two Sanaag and Togdheer. May the better team win the competition.

Awdal and Sanaag (Sanaag won on penalties) Togdheer and Hargeisa (Togdheer won on penalties) Very tough matches, it could go either way... Indeed, Sanaag team has proven last year's was not a fluke. They are a force to be reckoned with. :cool: Congratulations to the finalist two Sanaag and Togdheer. May the better team win the competition.

Can't two Somali brothers agree on how idiotic Somaliland is? Is it the people who had build a nation out of ashes without a penny from international community, or is it warlords who after 14 years and billions of dollars from the international community, still fighting over for what little is left of the destroyed? I think the outside world can attest to who is the idiotic.