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wiifgarow @ 4/17/2016 9:04 AM EST  "Because I believe in adhering to laws and reaching an effective resolution." Which laws, exactly binds Somaliland to Somalia? The peopel of somaliland joined with Somalia solely on the basis of the creation of Greater Somalia. that project is, according to you, no longer valid or feasible. It was under the first Constitution. The people of somalialnd rejected the ratify the act of the union in 1961 after realising what a horrendous mistake they made. So what laws does the reclamation of independence break? I agree with you on reaching resolutions. Suggestions of how this could be achieved will be useful instead of empty platitudes.     FiqiJin @ 4/12/2016 5:56 PM EST  Tops, Glad we could have some agreement. Also, I have no doubt you will agree with me that what we Somalis need, more than anything, is good leaders nationally, regionally and locally, who will lead this tired and confused nation out of its misery. It would make no difference to me whether a good leader is from Hawiye, Dirr, Darood, Midgan or Tumaal! May Allah (SWT) help our people in that regard!     topclan @ 4/12/2016 2:29 PM EST  FiqiJin That I don't dispute. There is no doubt of that and  the people of Mogadishu know this more than anyone else because they have a first hand experience of it. You are right on that, but are wrong to use that as some kind of evidence to back up your clannish claim Hawiye is incapable of governing. The set of conditions were clearly different for the three clan militias. There is a big whole on your arguments because not all Hawiye live in Mogadishu and not all  Darood live in Puntland. Just because Puntland can govern itself does not translate to that it can govern the nation.  As we have seen, every Puntland leader has been an epic failure. To govern for the nation you have make compromises, not dominate. You have to look after the interest of the nation and welcome all Somalis and treat them as equals. State collapse happens before the govern collapses, not after. You are right on these two arguments: The USC is responsible for the destruction and looting of property in Mogadishu. But you are wrong on these two arguments: USC's actions proved Hawiye can't govern itself and thus the nation and USC is most responsible for the Somali state collapse. State failure is a consequence of state collapse. In fact, it's even arguable Somalia was already a failed state by the time Barre regime lost the capital. Somalia is still a failed state because the SFG still does bot have the capacity to make and enforce binding rules, monopolise the means of violence and collect taxes.     FiqiJin @ 4/11/2016 7:55 PM EST  Top Mooryaan, I am neither Darood nor supremacist of any sort. Just telling the truth about the situation. Everything I said is the truth. Was I wrong about who looted Mogadishu, or did not secure it when the old man fled? You have no idea how much I wanted for Hawiye to succeed governing Mogadishu! The colossal failure of not controlling the capital of the nation led to state failure. The idea was to get rid the old man and rule in his stead, not to dismiss the government by destroying its seat of power!     topclan @ 4/11/2016 6:40 PM EST  FiqiJin You sound like a Somali version of a white supremacist. You are a darood supremacist, aren't you? Unlike you, I judge a leader not based on his clan affiliation, but on his worth. I look for a type of leader and Farmaajo falls into that category. He is honest, competent and nationalist.   None of the current Somali leaders falls into that category. Hawiye do not live in Mogadishu only and darood do not live in Puntland alone. Hawiye live in other parts of Somalia which not only have had peace but also have had self governing for  many years. Farmaajo's sub-clan territories haven't had peace or self governing. While Hawiye have been fighting in Mogadishu, Darood sub-clans have been fighting in Jubba. Even to this day, there is fighting between Darood sub-clans in Jubba and they haven't yet settled their dispute. Securing your little town and have self governing doesn't prove you can handle national leadership. The prove is in the pudding because all Puntland leaders from Yusuf to now have been epic failures. The only thing Punland leaders know is how to govern for Puntland only. Somalia needs people like Farmaajo, honest, competent and nationalist.     rasimaal @ 4/11/2016 4:21 PM EST  Somalis problem "me my clan are good inta kale waa xoolo" Illahow caafi inta qabyaalada la xanunsan oo ay ka koow yihiin topclan iyo fiqijin,war waxaan idin weydiye qabaa'illada aad amaaneysan soo C. Yussuf iyo Ceydiid kama dhalan? war meel nagafariista .     topclan @ 4/11/2016 3:25 PM EST  Wiif: "So if Pan- Somalis does not rock your boat why are you so hellbent in keeping Qaldanland with you? especially when we made it abundantly clear we don't really want to do anything with you, thanks?" Because I believe in adhering to laws and reaching an effective resolution. The situation with the missing Somali territories is slightly different because they are not trying to break away from Somalia. The problem with Somaliland's secession is that it would create lots of problems for Somalia. Allowing Somaliland to secede could set a dangerous precedent which would be difficult for strong state let alone a country as balkanised along clan lines as Somalia. The problem is that Somaliland is a single clan would be state and there is really no reason for them to secede except that they want secede. Somaliland's best chance for recognition was when Somalia had no government in the 1990's and early noughties, but that door has been shut firmly. Since there is no compelling reason to recognise Somaliland, it is better that it seeks separation through a democratic route in Somalia.     topclan @ 4/11/2016 3:04 PM EST  FiqiJin FiqiJin: "Look, we all know ruling isn't Hawiye cup of tea." No, it's their cup of coffee. Two power hungry leaders descended on Mogadishu with their clan militias and fought for control of the capital but neither could win. They could've reached a deal perhaps, or if only one of them had controlled the capital, there wouldn't have been a war and thus the Somali state could've reinstated. This is due to a set of critical conditions rather than clan behaviour. SNM and SSDF did faced the same conditions as USC: Mogadishu was the seat of power, most wealth of the nation was in Mogadishu and equally powerful clan militias and their power hungry leaders. How can one sub-clan rule another when they are at war? They couldn't defeat each other, so there was no one to rule. One man, Aidid, would not allow any Somali government unless he was president. Ultimately, Aidid didn't want peace because he knew and his clan(H) weren't going to lead Somalia, so he and his clan took what-ever they can. I think we've all experienced the wr-ath of Aidid. Hawiye, especially Aidid and a little bit Ali Mahdi, is responsible for the destruction and theft of property in Mogadishu. Darood, especially Barre and Yusuf, is responsible for the collapse of the Somali state.     wiifgarow @ 4/11/2016 10:22 AM EST  Tops Glad to hear you are not an irredentist or pan-Somalist. I agree NFD is better off under the Luo and Ogaden under the Tigray. These races are waay above Somalis in the evolutionary ladder. So if Pan- Somalis does not rock your boat why are you so hellbent in keeping Qaldanland with you? especially when we made it abundantly clear we don't really want to do anything with you, thanks?     FiqiJin @ 4/10/2016 10:09 PM EST  Top Mooryaan, Let me tell you something. All the explosions and daily killings in Mogadishu is done by some of your clan. How come that the Bakara market is still housing so much weapons, and that the so called fake government in Mogadishu had not raided this place? This market is still in business! For me, there is a simple test whether your clan is capable of producing a leader for all Somalis: That is if and when such leader completely controls Mogadishu--no violence of any kind! That is something your clan has yet to achieve. Comeback to me when you do that.       FiqiJin @ 4/10/2016 9:05 PM EST  Tops, Blaming everyone else for Hawiye incompetence will not change the facts about your clan. I see, as usual, you had decided to live in an alternative reality--devoid of facts in this world. Here are the "incontrovertible" facts: 1. All Hawiye descended on Mogadishu, after Siyad; and instead of securing the city, looted the city! 2. Hawiye could not even rule Hawiye; that is why Mogadishu was destroyed because of Hawiye subclan against subclan war in Mogadishu. 2. Al-Shabab terrorists: A Hawiye creation (Cayroow)( Cayr: Hawiye subclan) 3. To this day, Mogadishu is still loting and exploding: Add arson to that list, a new method which gutted Turkish rebuilt Hospitals few weeks ago! Look, we all know ruling isn't Hawiye cup of tea. You yourself was recommending Farmajo to comeback and rule just yesterday. Why? Where is the Hawiye Farmajo? Doesn't exist, sorry! If you had a one good leader in Hawiye, the Darood will follow him to the end of the world.     topclan @ 4/10/2016 8:29 PM EST  FiqiJin I didn't think it would be this easy! You regurgitate the same mind numbing nonsense which you wish was true and then add insults as if that will hide how void of any logic or meaning your arguments are. This is why you have been toothless and why you cry and go running to Ethiopia because Somalis are being mean to you. Either declaring secession or running to Ethiopia to act on your behalf are not master plans. Hawiye deals with other Somalis, and it doesn't run away from or run to Ethiopia. That is why Somalis trust it to lead the government. Take, for example, Gaas's proposal to replace 4.5 with a district based s/eclection; sure it's a stpe in the right direction, but it also unfairly favour his clan and would leave other clans, especiall the fifth clan and Digil Mirifle, with far fewer representatives in parliament. It wouldn't affect Hawiye as much because they would have as much as Darood, yet they still opposed. They recognised it was unfair and opposed it. Puntland only cared about its own interest and didn't care whether it was fair to other clans or not. Also, Mogadishu is place paying for these parasite MPs. Mogadishu is carrying the nation on its back. Childish arguments aside, that is the reality. Deal with it. FiqiJin: "Is there any doubt that if the MJs' SSDF were the ones which entered Mogadishu in 1991, that Mogadishu would have been into its 25th anniversary of progress and solid governance today." Well, there is no doubt that had only Ali Mahdi's militia controlled Mogadishu, that would  Somali government would have been reinstated. Even Aidid, who was less uncompromising would have reinstated the government if he was the only in control of Mogadishu. If only one sub-clan militia had entered Mogadishu, there would have been the possibility of reinstalling a Somali government. Would that have stopped Somaliland's secessionist bid? Or ended SSDF's opposition to Somali government? There is huge doubt either would have been stopped. Although, I do believe Somaliland's secession wouldn't have lasted long. Yusuf was bent on opposing the government unless he was president. Since he started opposing Barre government in the 70's, he had never recognised Somali government until he became president(with the help of Ethiopia, of course) in 2004. Today his clan still continues this tradition of opposing the Somali government and using this as a tactic to win concessions from the government.     FiqiJin @ 4/10/2016 7:07 PM EST  Tops, " your strategy is not working and you are still playing second fiddle to Hawiye because Somalis don't trust you." Hawiye don't even know how to play the fiddle, that is the point!!! Loool. Kkkkkk! When it comes to governing and bringing Somali enemies to its knees, Darood is a master violinists. Just take a look at how they are governing their areas, without any help!     FiqiJin @ 4/10/2016 6:44 PM EST  Topclan (aka topmoryaan), SSDF was a traitor outfit, which went to the enemy for its own clan interest to dethrone Jaalle Siyad! Your precious USC also was a traitor organization which went to the enemy. The difference is, the USC Hawiye had no clue of how to govern Mogadishu after Siyad. Is there any doubt that if the MJs' SSDF were the ones which entered Mogadishu in 1991, that Mogadishu would have been into its 25th anniversary of progress and solid governance today. So, please don't make me throw up with your fake nationalism. By your dumb actions, of not securing Mogadishu after Siyad, Somali people have became Ethiopia's bit*h. Ethiopia owns us Somalis now.       FiqiJin @ 4/10/2016 6:17 PM EST  Wiifgarow, "why always invite someone from northern Daarod to guide you?" Because they need guidance. Kkkkkkk! Hawiye is all muscles and zero brains--and that is not cheap insults but rather a simple fact. They choose looting, violence and destruction over governing with the rule of law! Hawiye is so primitive that its subclans would use artillery against each other in Mogadishu--the capital of all Somali people, turning it into a rubble!     topclan @ 4/10/2016 3:54 PM EST  Wiif I am not a hero and it's not my job to defend any clan. I am just trying to find the right path which will lead us to a united and prosperous country. Seeking their approval or throwing them a bone or two are not the same thing. I am not saying they are not smart. They are and have put them in those positions, whether by fair or foul, that others can't. I am  especially looking at you guys in Somaliland, Wiifgarow. Wiif: "You still cannot rule on your own without seeking their approval." Pray tell, how do the great minds of Isaaq deal with Majeertenia? To give up and declare yourself as separate country? You don't have a clue about how to deal with them, but Hawiye have learned to manage them at least. Wiif: "why cant rule your town by yourselves or share it say with rahnawein or reer Xamars or other wallweyns?" Sometimes you must do something you're not proud of or happy about in order to get the things you want. It's about political calculations. You can't say I will get what I want and I don't care what anyone else wants. It's about who can give others something they want, so you can get what you want. Isaaq want something, Darood want something, Hawiye want something and Digil and Mirifle want something, everyone wants something. Isaaq will not get much because they are not really in Somali politics, Digil Mirifle are not going to get it either because they are not seen as big as the other three big clans and the fifth is not going get much either. That leaves Darood and currently the most powerful sub-clan of Darood is Majeerteen. Hassan Sheikh gave the PM to Marehan twice before he gave it to Majeerteen, which shows the president can't choose who he wants. And it's not that difficult to see where most of Puntland's political power comes from: It's from the relationship they have build up with foreign entities and its obstruction of a strong Somali government. Wiif: "And of course anything that weakens your so-called expansionist, irrendentist fascist Somalia is very welcome!" How can you expand on your own territory? Somaliland is part of Somalia legally and no one can change that until there is an agreement supported by the public. Somaliland administration is currently is single clan polity, which was not the case when it joined Somalia to for the Somali Republic. I am not an irredentist at all. I am pragmatist and I believe the missing Somali territories should remain with Ethiopia and Kenya. There is no reason to believe that they would better off with Somalia at the moment. We must fight for their rights and demand that they be treated well by their governments but at the moment, Somalia is worse off than them. Irredentism means nothing if the mother country cannot even take care of itself. I would say the mother country itself is in danger of annexed, let alone trying reclaim its lost territory. Wiif: "By the way do you know who did the greatest betrayal of Pan-Somali unity in known history?" Was it Barre or was it Djibouti leaders? Or was neither? Didn't the French give him an ultimatum that the only way they were going to give Djibouti it's independence was as a separate country from Somali Republic? "Not one word in that Constitution that Ogaden and NFD are part of Greater Somalia." It's a sensible decision because it avoids an unnecessary war like in 1977. There 's a battle for Somalia's survival and it would be quite stupid to seek an unnecessary war when you are fighting for your own survival.     wiifgarow @ 4/10/2016 10:23 AM EST  Another traitor is whoever helped rewrite the supposed 'constitution' and anyone who caccepted the humiliation and historic treachery explicit in it. Not one word in that Constitution that Ogaden and NFD are part of Greater Somalia. Not one word. If this is not Epocah treachery of Somaliness itself I dont know what is. Yet you walo guys dont even seem to notice. much better to pick at qaldaans     wiifgarow @ 4/10/2016 10:20 AM EST  "I think that you warm words for Puntland is due you feeling that their betrayal of Somali unity and sovereignty?" If you think this is what they are doing why suuuck up so much to them and give them so much weight? And of course anything that weakens your so-called expansionist, irrendentist fascist Somalia is very welcome! By the way do you know who did the greatest betrayal of Pan-Somali unity in known history? Siyad Barre by allowing Djibouti to become separate country and failing so miserably in his crazy attempt at grabbing Western Somalia in 1977. ....     wiifgarow @ 4/10/2016 10:15 AM EST  Topclan You arer heroically defending your clan and doing an excellent job of it but sadly history is history. Hawiye have sop much respect for few hundred hardy souls that eke out a living between Bosaso and Galkacyo that you handed them your towm Mog in 1960(Aden Adde did that by the way). You never recovered that power. You still cannot rule on your own without seeking their approval. So yes they are top dogs the MJ's. Respect to them. They are still running rings round you. why cant rule your town by yourselves or share it say with rahnawein or reer Xamars or other wallweyns? why always invite someone from northern Daarod to guide you?     topclan @ 4/10/2016 8:39 AM EST  FiqiJin It doesn't take a genius to work out why Mogadishu faces more attacks than any other region and is has been the epicentre of fighting in Somalia. You SSDF guys amaze me. You started Somalia's downfall yet are too thick or narcistic to see it. SSDF wanted Barre replaced with one of their own while USC and SNM wanted to liberate their territory from the Darood hegemony. Do you understand? Your mission was to dethrone Barre, but USC and SNM was to dethrone Darood and they've succeeded. The situation has reversed, my friend. Your strategy is not working and you are still playing second fiddle to Hawiye because Somalis don't trust you. Stop being a petulant child and insulting everyone when you don't get what.     FiqiJin @ 4/9/2016 8:53 PM EST  Top Moryaan, And who appointed you to be the lawyer of Hawiye? How come you are always able to write pages and pages on this forum? Do yo also work for HOL? How come that Hawiye is still incapable of securing Mogadishu, with all the IC help given? Assassinations, looting and attacks continue in Mooryaanland, why?       topclan @ 4/9/2016 7:34 PM EST  "running rings round Hawiye as it has always done." What rings? where, when, how .....what??? Oh, you mean the Ethiopian thing! Oh, that! Pfft! That's what you call running rings round? Where did that get them? Actually where did it get you? You have been running rings round Somalia for 25 years, but where did it get you? We all know where it's at and it isn't  in Somaliland and Puntland. I think that you warm words for Puntland is due you feeling that their betrayal of Somali unity and sovereignty?     topclan @ 4/9/2016 7:06 PM EST  The first step for leaders to succeed is to choose capable people around them. If you can't pick the best people who are available, then you must take responsible for failure. This is what we are talking about when we question Hassan Sheikh judgement and the failure of his government. We have people who are so much capable and honest than the people we have in government. I have just one word: Farmaajo He was PM for just over six months yet the changes he made and impact he had is bigger than all the PM put together. Why didn't Hassan Sheikh pick him for PM? I mean, he chose Sharmarke who was an absolute failure. he had three chances and blew it. Perhaps he was so scared Farmaajo was going to be successful and complete government's task including one person one vote? For me, there are only two Somali leaders who have big made changes and transformed their offices: Farmaajo and Jawaari Jawaari and his team deserve big credit because they have made changes and transformed an institution that was not even function into one that semi-functional. Only Jawaari and Farmaajo have advanced Somali forward in the last 25 year. Hassan Sheikh has not advanced the role presidency at all. In fact, it's quite the opposite, he has regressed it. He meets low level diplomats and NGOs, has been humiliated by our neighbours, hasn't strengthened Somali forces and is still guarded by AMISOM forces and has absolutely no connections with public.     topclan @ 4/9/2016 6:49 PM EST  "The people of Somalia should now ask themselves why the country is unable to achieve democratic elections of one person one vote in all these years. The fundamental question is whether Somalia needs change or continuity?" What?! Try this, why is the Somalia unable to have a functioning government? Why is Somalia unable to have security forces that secure the country and bring law and order? Why has Somalia failed to unify country? Why has Somalia not settled on system of government which unifies the great rather than divide it further? These are some of the questions you must answer before you move on to why Somalia is unable to hold one person one vote. You talk about our leaders must have some kind but none of them have any institutional memory and the kind of people they choose illustrates how incompetent and corrupt most of them are. There are some key questions about how MPs select the president and how in turn he selects PM and he selects his cabinet. What do you think the answer is? It's a system of corruption and it isn't going to change any time soon. I mean, it's not surprising that corrupt MPs will choose a corrupt and incompetent president and he will choose a similar PM and who will select an incompetent and corrupt cabinet. How did we get corrupt MPs? they were selected clan elders. That is the root of the problem. Clan elders should not be trusted with selecting qualified and honest MPs because they have made terrible choices every time. Why doesn't each clan select highly educated and trusted committee to choose their representatives? Each clan could set down its own rules which will hold their representatives responsible if they break them.     wiifgarow @ 4/9/2016 9:29 AM EST  Puntland Mission and other Puntlanders Pls notice that Nargasho is not a Somalilander. His hostility to the subclan of Mijertein is so petty it is personal. why he uses the somaliland flag(and that light blue rag) at the same time is unknown. Well done to Puntland for punching well over its weight and running rings round Hawiye as it has always done. But I think gas should've stayed the course on 4.5. He was right on principle and on the dignity of the Somali as a race. It is promeval, insulting and wholly unjust system if you can cal it that.         Somalipeople1 @ 4/9/2016 9:19 AM EST  Its a good article and i do agree that we need a president who has experience in governance, political systems, business, economics, negotiating and has to be truely nationalistic. The biggest problem of our leaders is tribalism favoring their own clan for goverment offices and contracts. And selfenrichment for theirselves and family. A true leader is not seduced by money nor power but gives his life for the nation. Experience is very important but dong forget that somalia has a lot of great minds and capabel people. Also the diaspora can be helpfull because they have already experience in democratiic systems and environments and the rule of law. The most biggest reason why the previous and current goverment have failed is lack of resources and neihbouring and some other countries who have a different interest in somalia. The western and westernbacked countries want to put a worldwide terrorism show with somalia and Some other countries in the world like syria afganistan irak nigeria pakistan yemen in the center of this script. The reason why somalia was chosen is because they are one islamic wich fits in the  script two very weak and fragile at the moment and three somalia is situated in the Horn of Africa and the Indian ocean wich is one of the worlds biggest shipping and trade routes. Thats why suddenly the fake orchestraded pirates came wich gave our country and people a bad name because we are and have been for centuries respected and succesffull traders. This gave the west the rightto intervene the seas of somalia. The au was also sent purely to occupy somalia so they can fulllfill their script by force and with a certain security for their interests because a nationalistic somali army is a threat. If we want to save our country we have to become a strong and united nation . The only way we can achieve that is eliminating the qabiil and federalism. Collecting as many resources throug taxation for all somalis inside and outside the country. We have to reach a national budget of 1 billion a year within for years. We need someone who brings people together and starts negotiating and telling the truth about the lack of resources of somalia and start not collecting but demanding the somali people to fulfill their obligation. Someone who merges major companies like daallo and jubba to somali airlines to encourage nationalism, someone who also merges major gas and energy companies to major state companies like China and other developing nations who took it to their own hands and created a major economy. We have tot have at least 200 major state companies in all fields. Someone who protects our lands and sea and air. Someone who defends our rivers wich is our lifeline and breadbasket as national interest against nations who are overusing our common rivers wich is crutial to our existentince. Someone who can make sure that the fair proces of oil drilling in our rightfull and xalaal sea starts within 5 years and prepares mogadishu seaport for it and builds an oilrefinery. Someone who makes sure that mogadishu is connected with the big railway project in kenya ethiopia. Someone who brings our beloved brothers of Somaliland to the table with their fare share and president or prime minister. Someone who makes sure that all somali air and seaports are in the government hands especially berbera bosaso kismayo. Berbera is now a very crucial because ethiopia wants to use it as a port and somalia and the somali people have to have film ownership of this. Ethiopia has to uses somalis to ship or recieve shipping we have to use this leverage and power. All this can only be achieved with money somalia needs at least 2 billion a year. But to be realistic of we can find a leader who can increase the budget to 1 billion in 4 years by creating partly state and businessowned companies wich are listed in the somali stock exchange and are fair and transparant and profitable it can create jobs skills and be investable and contribute to the state budget and become a model of taxation of companies and employees . With the money an truely nationalistic army can be build wich can secure our interests and ports and cities. A government cant call itself a government of it cant control its air and seaports and major cities. So this army has to be spread throughout somalia and control and secure all these ports and cities like berbera kismayo bosaso and cities like hargeisa garowe dhuusamareeb and all the fractions within somalia who have separate militiias and armies. This army can be created by bringing the different militias together and build major barracks and training centers throughout the country. The army must consistent of different clans in one regiment. Also the government must work on lifting the arms emargo ban so we can buy weapons fighterjets and helicopters and build our own drones in somalia so we can protect our sea land and air and rivers. We can achieve a military and policebudget of 400 million in 4 year. The federal government has a budget of 220 million wich was later brought back down. Somaliland has also the same. Puntland has a budget of 60 million. Jubba galmudug and southwest are all below 15 million. If the diaspora also countributes and we start major plans we can achieve our goals and budgets. We just need great leaders and people to stand up and do it. Wallahi no one will do it for us. I     topclan @ 4/8/2016 8:18 PM EST  "I strongly believe that we, the people of Somalia have failed to understand the enormous challenges that our successive governments faced and we are yet to grasp the gravity of the problems facing the country." Talk about condescending. John F.Kennedy: "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." That's how real leaders think. We are not asking you to go to the moon. We are simply asking for a competent Somali government. We understand very well the task faced by Somali leaders, but do Somali leaders understand the difficulty Somali people face inside and outside Somalia? Do not blame the public because Somali leaders have shrunk from their responsibilities. Do not put up your hand, then complain the task is too enormous. You know what they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Many of the problems you point out are decades old, but are Somali leaders even interested in correcting them? Take, for example, the recent agreement between SFG and Puntland State; If the SFG doesn't fulfil the agreement like previous agreements, how will having Ethiopia as guarantor help? Ethiopia or the IC cannot force SFG to fulfil this agreement, so what was the point in having the foreign minister of Ethiopia as a guarantor? It just a show but it doesn't mean anything. Ethiopia is trying to show the world it is a peacemaker in Somalia and that Somalis need it to be involved in their internal affairs, while Puntland is trying to show the IC the power it has in Somalia by trying to look equal to the SFG. This Ethiopian-Puntland pact (You might prefer to call it the "Yusuf pact" after the original collaborator with Ethiopia) serves them both and undermines the unity and sovereignty of Somalia. There is a difference between an agreement which benefits all sides, including all Somali and list of demands which benefits one side.     Zami @ 4/6/2016 4:59 PM EST  Where to start? "The fundamental question is whether Somalia needs change or continuity?" It needs change, Hassan Sheikh has failed. Would you like it to continue because you receive benefits in the form of jet-setting? "The first permanent government of Somalia was established in 2012 and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected as the President of the Federal Government of Somalia on 10th of September 2012." Wrong, Hassan Sheikh was SELECTED through a fraudulent process which involved epic bribery through vote buying. He was an illegitimate president from day one who truly did not earn or deserve it. "I strongly believe that we, the people of Somalia have failed" The people of Somalia are doing well despite immense challenges & are progressing. The businesses are hiring people, the private sector of Somalia is doing okay & getting better. Yet the Executive office is constantly engaged in corruption which is documented. It is the author of this article which has failed Somalia... Along with Hassan Sheikh.

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