The entry of South Sudan into the East African Community (EAC) is almost certain, the secretary general, Mr Juma Mwapachu, has said. Mr Mwapachu disclosed that the process to have Africa's soon-to-be youngest state as the sixth partner member of the EAC would not be delayed as the region had increasingly tilted towards East Africa. "It is not possible to delay the entry of South Sudan into the EAC," he said Wednesday when he received credentials from the Namibian High Commissioner to Tanzania, Mr Japhet Isaack, who will also be accredited to the EAC. Mr Mwapachu said South Sudan, which will officially secede from Khartoum come July, was already one of the leading trading partners with the regional bloc. Uganda has taken over Kenya as the leading trading partner with the former Khartoum region. Last year's exports from the two EAC member countries to South Sudan were worth $187m and $184m respectively. Kenya is also the leading investor in Juba, whose authorities have increasingly turned to sub-Saharan Africa, especially East Africa, for economic, cultural and political ties. Recent referendum "There is no question on whether South Sudan will become an EAC member state. The only issue is when it will assume its full membership of the regional bloc," he pointed out. South Sudan will become a sovereign state on July 9 following a recent referendum in which 98 per cent of its people voted for independence from Khartoum. Source: Africa Review

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Abstract: Somaliland is an autonomous region in northwestern Somalia that is a self-declared sovereign state, but has not been recognized internationally. This lack of recognition has harmed Somaliland’s currency and trade prospects, but the economy remains surprisingly efficient despite these setbacks. Summary: Somaliland declared itself sovereign and split from Somalia in 1991, and despite a lack of international recognition, it has done remarkably well since then. Successful elections were held in 2005, and the state has mostly avoided the clan tensions and violence that have plagued southern Somalia. Lacking international recognition, Somaliland’s hard currency, the Somaliland shilling, has no exchange rates and cannot be traded on international markets. Hyperinflation has deemed the shilling basically worthless and US dollars are far more common in the country. With a relatively poor population and an enormous diaspora community in Europe, the US, and Canada, Somaliland (like the rest of Somalia) has thrived from remittances through money transfers from companies like Dahabshiil. Some accounts have estimated that remittances account for 80% of the economy. Somaliland remains a poor country whose economy is heavily dependent on agriculture exports. A livestock export ban to Saudi Arabia was recently lifted, providing a large increase in market potential for Somalilanders. Oil and natural gas reserves have been discovered on and offshore as well. Analysis: Since I am moving to Somaliland in August, I am very interested in learning more about the state’s currency and economy. I’ll be living in a place with no banks; where I get paid in cash (US dollars) and cannot deposit that cash anywhere except for my room. I’ll be interested to see once I’m there the breakdown between Somalilanders who use S-land shillings versus US dollars, as well as how exactly Dahabshiil works. My dad and I plan to figure out how to use the service so that he can transfer me money in an emergency. But overall, as a region that prides itself on being self-sufficient and as efficient as possible, I find it impressive that Somaliland has experienced as much success as it has. The spirit of enterprise seems abundant – Somaliland also boasts some of the lowest mobile phone rates in all of Africa. John Enos Africa and Diplomacy

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وأن على الملك عبدالله أل سعود أن يتنازل له عن لقب خادم الحرمين الشريفين خاصة وأنه يفهم في الدين

ومنحه لقب أو منصب عميد القادة العرب وملك ملوك افريقيا وتعميده من قبل الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة بعد الموافقة عليه من قبل القادة والزعماء العرب والأفارقة.

تجاهل اجتماع مؤتمر لندن الذي عقد أمس بحضور ممثلين للإتحاد الأوروبي وامريكا وقطر من العرب والقيادة المشتركة للعمليات (الناتو) حول الوضع في ليبيا والعمليات العسكرية التي يقوم بها الحلف لضرب وتدمير قوات... كتائب العقيد القذافي دعماً للثوار الليبيين -تجاهل طلباً تقدم به العقيد القذافي لأمريكا وأوروبا والعرب وأفريقيا وألمحت إليه من بعيد وز...يرة الخارجية الامريكية هيلاري كلينتون في مؤتمرها الصحفي الذي عقدته مساء أمس في ختام أعمال مؤتمر لندن والمتضمن فهمهم لمطالبه أولاً مقابل استعداده لوقف العمليات القتالية التي تقوم بها قواته وكتائبه ضد الثوار والتفاوض حول تسليم السلطة لحكومة وفاق ووحدة وطنية ليبية على أن يضمن له الأوروبيون والأمريكيون والأفارقة والإخوة القطريون تحقيق عدد من مطالبه وأبرزها بقاءه وأسرته ومقربيه في ليبيا ومنحه لقب أو منصب عميد القادة العرب وملك ملوك افريقيا وتعميده من قبل الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة بعد الموافقة عليه من قبل القادة والزعماء العرب والأفارقة. وجدد العقيد القذافي في إتصال أجرته فضائية الجماهيرية الليبية مساء أمس جدد دعوته للأوربيون والأمريكيون إلى القبول بمطالبه كشرط رئيسي لوقف عملياته العسكرية وحقناً لدماء الشعب الليبي إذا كانوا حريصين على الشعب الليبي حسب قوله. وأضاف أن الغرب والأمم المتحدة بما فيهم العرب والمسلمين أيضاً مخيرون بين منحه تلكك الألقاب أو لقب خادم الحرمين الشريفين وأمير المؤمنين وأنه ليس أقل من أي ملك أو زعيم عربي آخر وأن على الملك عبدالله أل سعود أن يتنازل له عن لقب خادم الحرمين الشريفين خاصة وأنه يفهم في الدين

Isagaa isu cammiray dee

Somaliland, a de facto independent country located within what is internationally recognized as Somalia, is the subject of much Finnish influence. Many returnees from Finland have risen to prominent positions in Somaliland society. Finland already had a good reputation in the country before refugees ended up in northern Europe. Journalist Wali Hashi found surprising evidence of Finnish influence while travelling in the country recently. Hashi, a Somali-born Finn, drove to a coastal town a couple of hundred kilometres from the capital, Hargeisa. On his trip, he found a sign warning against travelling at sea because of pirates that was in three languages: Somali, English and Finnish. A bigger surprise was in store on his return journey. ”We came to a small village, and believe it or not the name of the place was ’Suomen kylä’ (Finnish village),” says Hashi. “The whole village’s name was Finland!” The villagers had given their village the name ’Finland’, because the village’s water supply infrastructure had been built by Finns in the 1980s. ”When I interviewed the villagers, they said that they loved Finland,” adds Hashi. Democracy Learnt From Finland Somaliland’s Finland-positive attitude took Hashi by surprise, although he already knew that Finnish Somalis were in prominent positions in Somaliland society. The parliament’s spokesman and the rector of Hargeisa University are both Finnish citizens, for example, and one of Somaliland’s biggest political parties – Faisal Ali Warabe’s Justice and Welfare party – was born in Helsinki. Hashi believes that the Finnish experience helped Somaliland avoid a bitter civil war similar to that engulfing the Ivory Coast following last summer’s presidential election. Warabe, who lives in Espoo to the west of Helsinki, accepted his defeat when he came second in the vote. ”One interesting thing Warabe said was that he did not want war or conflict,” says Hashi. “He just wants democracy, which he learnt in Finland.” Returnees Proud of Their Finnishness Many of the returnees want to preserve their Finnish culture, he says. “I’ve spoken to children with their mothers and fathers, and they’ve told me that they are really proud of their identity,” says Hashi. Hashi, recently named the 2011 'New Citizen of Turku', moved to Finland when he was 17 years old, and is one of the few Finnish Somalis to find work in the Finnish media. He has previously produced stories on pirates in Somalia for YLE, among other topics. YLE

Duushay duushay ,,,,,,,,,

Maya Hornafrique yara sug ilaa August ,,,,,,,

The World Bank estimates that around $1.6 billion is remitted to Somalia each year by the country's global Diaspora. Dahabshiil handles around two thirds of this capital flow, making it the largest money transfer operator in Africa. Wow ...

Indeed ..............

Waa inaad A&T isku qolo tihiin dee ,,,,,,,,,,

Ohhh maybe ...........

Let's not over-romanticize sustinence-level living

Higher Education .........

My daughter is asking me to buy her a Skinny Jeans ................... now i'm worried

Xaajiga was on his way to the Politics ,,, simply coz he had Shrimps for Dinner he mistakenly hit the "Women" Section .................

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