What deal? There is no deal here. It is just a cheap attempt by Villa AMISom to persuade the Saudis to deal with them regarding certification of animal's health. This neither has any tangible benefit on the health of the animals since no official from Mogadishu is able to verify anything on the ground. Nor does it prove to Saudis that the certification from Mogadishu will guarantee anything that a Somaliland certificate couldn't. Just a simple logical analysis will null and void the whole thing. And the Saudi Authorities have realised this error in their judgement. Nothing has changed as far as the ban on Somali livestock is concerned outside the peak Hajj season.

Waliba cirka ayuu sii eegaya, waa halkii Cigaal Shidaad "ilaahaw riyo nooga dhig, ilaahaw riyo nooga dhig..."

Cool, calm and collected.

The Berbera blackhead sheep is actually originally found in only the Somali inhabited regions. Even Ethiopia's Oromo or Afars do not raise this sheep. They have an all brown/red-ish coloured sheep with longer tail. The Somali sheep have a more round fatter behind (Badhi) with short tail.

Chairman of Somaliland Chamber of Commerce.

The actual people in the trade voice their views. They say that, in the first place it was just 20 or 30 days per year during the Hajj season that they had access to the Saudi Market. And now, due to the recurrent droughts, they say these new excuses to also stop livestock during Hajj seasons from Saudis maybe a blessing in disguise. It may allow the livestock to regenerate itself in the next 12 to 24 months to makeup for the sheep population that was lost during the droughts.

Good to see another Somalilander making it to the top.

Abdi Sharif signs first professional contract with Liverpool FC - Liverpool FC WWW.LIVERPOOLFC.COM Abdi Sharif has signed his first professional contract with Liverpool Football Club.

Aduunka dhan ayaa og inu doqon waliba fulay ah yahay. For goodness sake, it is just fireworks.

Serbian Foreign Minister recalls his meeting with Cheeseman... Dacic's plane breaks down - after avoiding terrorist attack WWW.B92.NET

No wonder Cheeseman travels so much. He rather be anywhere but inside bunker called Villa Amisom.

One thing is for certain, Abiye Ahmed is just a seat warmer for the two biggest warring groups namely Tigrai and Amhara. The Tigrai are in a better position to assume leadership come 2020. But the Amhara will pose a real threat to the stability of Ehtiopia. For Oromos and Somalis, when it comes to between Amhara and Tigray, the Tigray at least offers self-rule whereas the Amhara will abolish completely the Federal structures and return to the centralist dictatorship.

Cheeseman spent months on the cheap hack. And it took Somaliland less than 48 hours to dismantle it all.

I am from a school of thought that is very strict on plagiarism. You have to give credit to whom that you are paraphrasing or directly quoting their work.

These fools can't make up their mind.

This is from Tigrai Online Source: Tigrai Online: Who released the Monster?

This is his funeral... doesn't look a man with fringe politics.

It wouldn't be as bad if he only acknowledged the people he is plagiarised their speeches.

The year should read '1996 - til present' in the last flag which is current flag.

A rare video from Beertii Xoriyadda 26 June 1960.

Awoowe, any sensible and thinking people would change a flag after it has been tainted with the blood of its citizens. I can count the number of countries that have changed the flag from those close to home to those far afield. Even Somaliland had to change its flag which was a White with Green Spot (picture Japan's with green spot rather than the red spot and shahada surrounding the green spot), after the civilwar in 1992-1994. The idea is close a chapter and move on to a new page. Reer Wanlawayn are mentally not capable of processing what this actually means and why it is important. Which partly answers what @galbeediwas eluding to in his post above. There has to be a clear cut with the bad past and this includes changing the flag and all symbols including songs etc. Laakin, xaydha jecli, beerka jecli. 30 years and they are no where near close to a solution.

Dhaayaha Aragtida Fayoobi, Sama kama Dhoohanee Qaranka Dhismayeey arkaan!! La Dhagax dhigayo ayay, arkaan! Dhamays tirmayeey, arkaan! Wanaaga dhashay, arkaan! Nimco iyo Dherag ayay, arkaan!