Lacagtaan includes "assistance" and "humanitarian" aid provided to AMISOM, Blackwater mercenary people, folks in Xalane/Nayroobi and the likes, which is the bulk of these. Not a single dollar was directly given to any Soomaali dowlad in the last 27 years. Only Turkiga did directly gave financial aid to Soomaali governments and directly assisted with development. Some Khaliij Carab countries periodically handed out handheld suitcases of cash, which used to disappear before it reached to Xamar. Thanks to Turkiga, now it is changing, though. Others, including Mareykanka and Qadar, are committing hundred of millions of direct aid.

What a coincidence! My sister was talking about your uncle a few weeks ago on a family Whatsapp group. She was sharing old pictures of the family. While looking those old pictures of us, she came across in her possession this image below taken by Cali Mataan Xaashi as it says at the back of the picture. The lady pictured is named Saciido Iidle Xasan, perhaps you might know her as well. The family couldn't figure out, but the older ones thought she was probably an old friend of my other sister, who passed away. This image has been with the family probably since 1970s, I am guessing.

I remember sharing this image with my extended family's Whatsapp group, saying some of you ayaa ku jira sawirka. They believed, weyba iska raadinayeen.

Ninyaaban aan moodaaye. I was ready to ask if his new wife was not featured in his (in)famous thread about Soomaalida qurbaha lagu xiray. Ninwaalan (in the age of Dabcasar, Farxiya Iskoor, duqda Malyuun iyo Daahir Calasoow, you are in a fine company), hambalyo iyo boggaadin. Reerkii lagu nastee lagu nagaadee.

As a 16-year veteran of SOL, I completely agree with you. I joined in December, 2001. Whoa. Cunugii waagaas dhashay waaba qaangaar oo guurdoon ah. Xisaabiye, ku soo dhawoow minanka. Minanka minankaaga waaye, ha ismartiyeynin.

Kaaraan ama Yaaqshiid uu ku yaalay ma'ahoo gurigiina? Goormee la idiin soo celiye?

If you only knew that those Soomaali kawaanle put those geel bones on the street curbs of Islii. You only see them in early mornings, and somehow the bones are gone by midday - probably picked by jokore boys. Perhaps those bones are ending up...

Ereyga gar inta micno uu isku badalaayo ma u fiirsatay? Gar - chin (gar dheeridaa) Gar - beard (war garka iska xiir) Gar - judgement (noo gar qaad) Gar - reason (gar ma gasho) And then when gar is a prefix, suffix or in-between. Waxgarad Garyaqaan Garasho Garmaqaate Garanwaa Iyo wixii la mid ah. Waa sababa aan ku jeclahay afkeena hodanka ah.

It is a courtesy of Libaax, I think.

Yes, for hunting rifles and ancient pistols with permits. I don't think semi-automatic guns and the likes are allowed. I had been here since 1996, I have yet to see anyone with any kind of gun - except the police. Nor did I see any store selling it.

I hope all is safe and well for our own General Duke.

Libaax explained it well, sister. Cirka fiiri lagu yiri.

This is an image of my father's gun permit from Banaadir region in early 1960s. I really didn't even know that at one time guns were permitted legally. Unfortunately, the date and name was handwritten, thus the pen ink disappeared. However, I believe documents like this should be saved for historical purposes.

Che, I really believe Qalbidhagax inuu ahaa shirqool la soo abaabulay Farmaajo iyo his wide public support la iskaga hor keeno. God shirqool xun ayaa loo dhigay Farmaajo, wuuna ku dhacay. Xabashada kor iyo hoos wey guuleysan lahayd. Farmaajo oo la rido, dareenkii iyo damiirkii Soomaalida u han haayeen inuu dowlad wanaagsan dalka heyso waa wada burburi lahayd. Shacabkii iyo dowladii cusbeydna la iska horkeeno. Xataa sawirka maanka dilaayo laga soo qaaday Qalbidhagax markee geeyeen Godey. Kas iyo maag ayaa sawirkaas loo soo galiye, oo ahayd in Soomaalida dareenkooda lagu dilo. Qalbidhagax sanadooyin ayuu Xamar iskaga noolaa, xataa markee Xabashada Xamar soo galaayeen in 2006 wuu joogay. Marka suddenly in la soo shirqoolo, lana soo afduubo, Xabashana gacanta loo galiyo only had one purpose: Dowladaan in lagu rido, tuugadii iyo kuwii masuqmaasuqa ku noolaana soo noqdaan. It almost achieved that.

How come it is taking five long days and counting to count a mere 500,000 votes. Meesha doorashada Hindiya miyaa, with its voting people of 800,000,000. Waa loo wada jeedaa, meesha masuqmaasuq xun ayaa ka socdo.

These same xildhibaano baroorta been ah wado - sida kan Odawaa la dhaho iyo Mahad Salaad - waxee difaacaan maalin walba mooryaankii Caydiid la dhahaaye oo dilay wasiir Cabaas Siraaji, in tiirka la soo taagana diidan. They are also the same people who were very close to madaxweynihii hore Xasan Sheekh, who went with him to Jigjiga, hence legitimizing the Xabashi occupation of Soomaali Galbeed, not to mention breaking the Soomaali constitution. Such a shameful day. Qalbidhagax si xun ayaa loola dhaqmay, no doubt about it, laakiin dad siyaasadeynaayo isla Xabashada u adeego. Qalbidhagax yaa ka soo afduubay Gaalkacyo? Yaa soo shirqoolay?

You hadn't seen mine. See the above post. I am one of those nomads.

Waa runtaa, Galbeedi. Sawiradaan hoose hadda shan sano kahor soo galiye oo laga qaaday gobolladaas. Waa Diinsoor meeshaan oo laga qaaday 1987. Kuwaana waa Xuddur, circa1969. Timahaan haddaa u baahneen oo qabooga iskaga celin lahayn.

Afarjeeblayaah calooshood u shaqeystiyaal ah meel iskugu yimid ma matalaan jufo iyo qolo dhan. Dowladaan is here to stay, ha diidaan ama ha doonaan, sanka ayaa laga galinaa dowladiidka kuwa ah.

By the way, this is much, much better forum now. And so simple as well, which reminded me the nostalgic old forum from 2005-2010 of SOL's heyday.

SOL had given me this profile picture. Coincidentally, this picture was taken in mid 1960s in the vicinity of Waajid, Bakool, Soomaaliya. That deegaan is the birthplace of my mother, as though SOL knew that this geeljire could be a long lost adeer/abti. I had seen this picture years ago online, so I had to dig a little bit on google. I finally found the original image, which is: It came from this website, which has historical pictures of Soomaaliya from 1964-65.

This is actually better than ciidamada magaca Amisom Soomaaliya ku joogo, oona Qaramada Midoobe biil kaga qaato Soomaaliya ayaa nabadeyneynaa. At least ciidamadaan cusub iyagaa isbiilaayo. I think Museveni answered Farmaajo's request in last month for help for upcoming war against Barbaarta. Haddee isbiilaayaan waaba fiicantahay, better than kuwa qofkiiba kumanaan doolar magaca Soomaaliya ku qaato, waxna aanan qaban.

Shalay (2001): From bidix: C/llaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil, unknown, Caydiid, Gabyoow and Shaatigaduud Maanta (2017): From bidix: Xaaf, Gaas, Axmed Madoobe and Shariifka. The pictures even almost correspond for clanwise. Very weird.

History repeats itself, they said. It surely is. Yaa xasuusto SRRC (Soomaali Reconciliation and Restoration Council), the hastily formed group in early 2001, purely to oppose the first glimmer of hope Soomaalis then had with the nascent transitional goverment (TNG) after a decade of mayhem. Itoobiya hastily facilitated the meeting that formed this group in Ceelbarde, Bakool, in early 2001, choosing its first "chairman" as Xuseen Caydiid, with Maxamed Dheere ku xigeenkiisa. Other high-profile members of the group were Shaatigaduud and C/llaahi Yuusuf. You can read the following paragraph to know who was no doubt behind the group: The newly convened Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) will start work next week, Mogadishu faction leader Husayn Aydid told a press conference in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa , news agencies said. The SRRC was formed in March by most of the southern faction leaders opposed to Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG), following talks hosted by Ethiopia. Aydid, the current chairman of the SRRC, said on Sunday that the council would work from its headquarters in Baidoa, 250 km southwest of Mogadishu, with an operational office in Mogadishu. The SRRC had six months during which to organise a reconciliation conference inside Somalia, Aydid told journalists. Aydid also accused Egypt (today Turkiga) and Saudi Arabia (today Qadar) of funding arms purchases for the TNG. He criticised Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen for officially recognising the TNG, and appealed to the Arab League to "stay neutral" on Somalia. Xigasho, Abriil 2001 Fast forward to Kismaayo meeting in Oktoobar, 2017, with new faces but same failed foreign agents pushing their Soomaalidiid agendas through Soomaali ku sheeg aanan damiir lahayn. Xaaf is the new Caydiid Shariif Xasan is the new Shaatigaduud Gaas is the new C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed Madoowe is the new Gabyoow Caydiid, Shaatigaduud, C/llaahi Yuusuf, Gabyoow were all part of SRRC. At least then pointless and useless flags were not placed in front of them.