Somaliland
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June 13, 2012 · 56 Comments
A breakaway, semi-desert territory on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, Somaliland declared independence after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in 1991.
The move followed a secessionist struggle during which Siad Barre’s forces pursued rebel guerrillas in the territory. Tens of thousands of people were killed and towns were flattened.
Though not internationally recognised, Somaliland has a working political system, government institutions, a police force and its own currency. The territory has lobbied hard to win support for its claim to be a sovereign state.
The former British protectorate has also escaped much of the chaos and violence that plague Somalia, although attacks on Western aid workers in 2003 raised fears that Islamic militants in the territory were targeting foreigners.
Although there is a thriving private business sector, poverty and unemployment are widespread. The economy is highly dependent on money sent home by members of the diaspora. Duties from Berbera, a port used by landlocked Ethiopia, and livestock exports are important sources of revenue.
The latter have been hit by embargoes on exports, imposed by some Gulf countries to inhibit the spread of Rift Valley Fever.
Somaliland is in dispute with the neighbouring autonomous Somali region of Puntland over the Sanaag and Sool areas, some of whose inhabitants owe their allegiance to Puntland.
Somaliland’s leaders have distanced themselves from Somalia’s central transitional government, set up in 2004 following long-running talks in Kenya, which they see as a threat to Somaliland’s autonomy.
Somaliland was independent for a few days in 1960, between the end of British colonial rule and its union with the former Italian colony of Somalia. More than 40 years later voters in the territory overwhelmingly backed its self-declare d independence in a 2001 referendum.
BBC News
June 13, 2012
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semi-desert territory which is in dispute the two largest region (Sool and Sanag) parts of togdheer (cayn) awdal packing thier bags this daydream seems far away from the reality. besides this artical need to be up-dated back in 2001 i was in Ergabo we had no such thing as referendum matter of fact the city is run by elders.also somaliland didnt rule one single city in sool region back then . the North Somalia was peacful where we have now countless frontlines. if we had to do this referendum again I gaurantee u 80% would want united somalia
af soomali ayaan kuugu jawaabayaaye 80% gu ma buuhoodle iyo taleex ayaey daganyihiin
ali ali dhul-balaadhsi won't work people are well aware of what ur folks doing now… Jiidali (sanag) to farhareeri (nugaal) to Buuhodle, belongs non-other then one somali tribe.. u know how big that land is .. it takes days to travel…
and to answer ur question 80% percent gu waxay ku noolyihiin., sool, sanag, togdheer, Awdal, and Waqooyi-galbed.
let Those citizens live in These regions sool-sanag-ceyn have referendum in presence of IC whether be part of semi-desert s/land region or remain mainland somalia. The answer will be simple NO need to urgue 100X in This issue.
It is really evidence to that Somalilandpress hosting and giving platform to Somaliland haters and propagandists and Somalilanders cannot get their comments across and are subjected to censorship.
why isn't because you dnt lyk the truth? somalilandpress iz a freedom of expression, they let folks lyk me & & kh@@tumo citizen show their feeling.
Ps stop acting like a dictator!!!
Since the last conference in London Somalia on Feb 23/12 Somaliland has had drawn a lot of attention from the international media. So, in my views this article sheds more light on Somaliland's ambitions for international recognition, in addition, this piece of analysis by the BBC is giving emphasis to Somaliland has a huge potential to become a separate entity in the near future by looking at the contemporary geography prosperity so as the austerity measures in place if all the odds against it are taken into account..
Osman Qaal
I wouldn't waste any comment on this poor article.
Cheers.
Why the government of Somaliland did not arrest this website editor and whoever works for them. this proofs that we don't gag the freedom of press, otherwise you wouldnt have such website in our name Mr. J. Simon. Be fair guy and stop what you are trying to achievement in this silly endeavor of yours.
khatmo state n awdal state r already part of somalia noooo sland how can DIR sub clan be a nation
A true Somalilander, should avoid this website by any means. Because, lately it has become the mouth full of anti Somaliland thugs, the like of so-called Kaser and his like. In fact, according to reliable sources, Mr. Kaser is wanted in Somaliland for financing terror groups that has murdered innocent civilian and Somaliland armed force, with his mega welfare income from the Australian government. And his wanted for treason against the people and nation of Somaliland. According to this sources, his where about is well know within the Somaliland intelligence officials.
This is from BBC and is some what the fact, why are the Garadagland supporters upset? See what isolation does to people?
I have news for them, find out what GGI means: http://i46.tinypic.com/s1p7hk.jpg
Yeah I am wanted by unrecognized Council leading for not accepting his council legislation which includes hijacking the Somali people in north Somalia.
Enjoy it. I'm going to Hargeisa in November because its my city and Somalia's second city. Those who want isolation can stay in Garadag with their few horses.
Hargeisa is Garadag and Garadag and Hargeisa. You are nothing, but a turncoat, a renegade, and a mouth piece puppet serving Somaliland haters.
Wow Gobaad I'm impressed you can actually spell !!!
Talk to yourself, you misspelt your own anme!
… your own name, that is.
Talk to yourself !!!! You really are an uneducated human. Talk to yourself does not make sense.
Also I love the fact that you made a mistake and had to correct yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somalia is sovereign country, nooo country can recognize region with in Somalia territory, Somalia is one country one religion, one language, one ethnic. These people who obsessed about recognition walaaal that will not happen, international community are aware there is territory dispute so they want keep Somalia as one country. North Somalia your interest is to set down with south negotiate and form good government centralize share half and half so both side can be happy.
Viva jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya
Tell someone who cares. Obviously you still have an inferiority complex as you repeatedly come onto Somaliland websites to pitch your borken dreams of a Greater Somalia.
Our interests are best served doing what we do.
And Kayse Hargeisa is not the second, third, first or fifty first city of Somalia, it is the Capital City of the Republic of Somaliland.
You don't like it take a flight to Xamar.
Go kid Carlito,
You don't like Somaliland, and our government then go to Xamar and al-shabab.
This waste of time short piece does not even scratch the surface of Somaliland and its history. We need to give space to Somaliland haters from time to time a breathing space, after all we are human beings and we do not want the somaliland-haters to explode in despair. These are uneducated people who hate themselves after they lost the purged Siyaad Barre and all the favoritism and nepotism that went with him to hell.
First of all Iam from Ceerigabo aka Erigavo and there was a referendum. Second, your cl @ ns population is not a majority so claiming areas that you dont even comprise a majority in is not only retarded, well hell I ran out of dumb sh y te words to refer to you…aint that about a b ………!
Khatadhu so honestly have you nothing to do in khatadhu so that you have to come to Somalilandpress to talk smack? Damn what a sad existance s i @ d left yall in. Do you have nightmares about us?
ComeAgain.. hahaha wassup with personal attacks inabti u sure have an anger issues well take some asprin, cold shower and Qaxwo i heard it helps. majority huh since when did u count da resident of Erigabo no body counted since British left and back then Waroos were the majority….u have to understand Sanag is not just Garadag and Ceelafwayn villages but the largest region in Somalia..besides u wanna know who's sad, some1 who advocates division,hatred among somali people and cries over somethin happpened 25 years ago..
Waroos were the majority?? =/ No matter what you will always hate you mother's tribe.
A lot of clans live in Erigavo but it will always be is@@k majority until dooms day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQCj2v99qJc
amal loool let me make one thing clear I will never hate my reer abti if werent for them i wouldnt even here,,(thanks to my mom) and i like my reer abti more than my reer adeer … they treat me like a queen… it's call having different opinions.. so what u saying i should drop this madness union and join my Daallo gang. lool
PS. I said they were the majority in ceergabo during the British rule,, no body knows who are the majority now bacause no body counted the residents .. and this video damn i can recognise thier faces… oh and just coz people having good time with thier follow landers doesnt mean they all Issaaks and wanna seperation.. just like many somalis celebrate May 18th with thier follow landers in western countries.
Not talking about differences of opinion on separation or union. Talking about land expansion, next time you will claim burco. Sool is the only region with majority duuloz or haarti for that matter. Waroos las koray, badhan iyo far east bay ku badanyaheen not west Sanaag or erigavo, these are isaak majority as always. We all know who is majority in erigavo without a doubt. you are affected by 'ssc' tribal mission.
Okay I take your word for it then. You have been crowned the queen of sanaag by you reer abti
SLPress is not bloody letting me comment. Never mind. okay then. But we all know who is the majority in erigavo. Sanaag is heavily populated by isakis together with waros (who are mainly only in far east sanaag)
SLPress is not bloody letting me comment. Never mind.
See, what I mean. I can't my reaction across. I think, it is we true Somalilanders leave SL/press for Kayse and for his entourage of Somaliland haters!
Run away as usual. You left from country to one state and now it looks like half a city. Pack up and go.
Gabaad why are u complaining all the time everyone's comment gets deleted once awhile u should avoid mentioning Qabils and that. also SL/press has policies just coz ur true Somali-Louder u have no right to offend other poeple.
and FYI we dont hate north somalia (somaliland) its our native region
I never respond to Gobaad the way she wants me to. She calls me all kind of hilarious names and her aim is to get me mad but she forgot I do not chew. She also thinks this website was made for her (Gobaadpress). Just because it says SPress does not mean its for Garadag supporters. Its business and all that matters for them is traffic and good stories.
She wears her qalbi on her sleeves dee, thats why I am easy on her. I wonder if she will now call me bipolar, crazy and Mr rooooooooooomantic Mr bombastic…call me fantastic!!
It only took me to dismantle them and chase all of them away.
well I shell call u Mr fantastic lool but serously Kayse u need go easy on them dee
apparently I am number1 hater and just coz of my display name am threat to Sland Existences but truth is i have contributed so much for region non of them ever did. it was only last year we raised campaign to stop burning trees and that.
more worse they making me guality as if I hate my reer abti which is competely lie.
Crazy, bipolar, and everybody knows that I do not promote qabiil and never did in life. Growing outside Somaliland, qabiil was never an issue to me, all Somalis were Somalis to me and actually I had more non-Is@@q friends than Is@@q. But researching what really happened to Somalilanders and reading day in and day out ,the hate and venomous comments leveled at Somalilanders, it is my prerogative to react and defend my own people and country.
Unlike you, Kayse, I don't preach Qabiil and turned against my own. I am not a chameleon who changes his colour according to its environment. I am true to my principles and convictions. And yeah, of course, I am a hard-core Somalilander and very proud to be a Somalilander.
To be continued ….
"It only took me to dismantle them and chase all of them away". Get more swell and over-inflated as usually because this is the last comments for me on SLpress. I am leaving because I don't really give much heed to your silly and immature behaviour against on Somaliland government, my President and the first Lady because SLpress is give you and your Anti-Somaliland Walaweyn entourage a platform to do that. I will take my fight to their competitions!
Gobaad walal ignore Kayse and the like. You've been with SLPress for a long time and always defending our country. Inshallah nothing will harm Somaliland. Just ignore them walaal. But I know what you mean walahi this site should change their name to SomaliaPress not SLPress even the bloggers here are mostly walawaynians now and haters.
It's completely taken over for sure lol
I suggest SLPress a new name: WanlawaynPress
Too little too to put the continuation because you deleted and decided to put back after two days! It seems that this website is not for Somalilanders anymore, but hosting Somalilanders haters and people like Kayse and his Walaweyn entourage who are bashing, insulting, and denying the existence of Somaliland are getting more reception and tolerance of the garbages stuff they post here. But when we react to their garbage we silenced by censoring. Do us a favour, change the name to walaweynpress. That is what it looks like now.
"I can't my reaction across" Gobaad, I think you were trying to say: "I can't get my opinions across" Don't worry buddy I've got your back, I'll proof read anything and everything you write!!!!!
YusufH, Gobaad is a girl brother, let her be dee and take it easy on her. We do not want her smooching xamuraad on her laptop mohahahaha…Gobaad kaftaan dee inaar.
War she is always on to me like bisaadi Egal Shidad but she is harmless as my camel in hawd. Somaliland is her baby camel. And for the record I am not saying gobaad is a camel, well the name could be, I'm just using it as a metaphor.
inaanta inoo dhaf and focus on your opinion.
Go to hell, bozo!
Those unionist and Kayse-Nacas hijacked SLpress.
(couldn't respond at all)
Okay l know you don't hate your reer abti didn't mean to make you feel guilty, i feel guilty myself making you feel guilty but you have probably attended too many tribal s s c parties and fed with too many lies and propaganda that everywhere belongs to h arti next time you will claim burco. We all know who is majority in erigavo/sanaag without a doubt talking about dhul baladhis. But personally I see that the land and people are mixed and needs to co-exists peacefully.
those s s c folks always seem to amaze me what they write in their websites while they say they are mixed (but i guess that's just 'the clan next door' issue)
p.s I don't think anyone here sees you as number1 hater that place is reserved for Pirategeezer
amal inabti i have never attended any somali part expect weddings of course hooyo won't allow me (nayaa yaad is moday gaw) lool jokes, but i dont see the point thoe we samalis are all divided, . and to be honest i always promoted quality, justice and fairness among all somali people whather they should be devided or stay united.. until lately when i saw how u folks think u cant advocate division and unity at same time we all know 99% of waroos and dhuloz want with somalia whatever the reason whather is Qabilism or patriotism..
and whatever websides u have been visiting lately just know is managed by one individual therefore cant speak for all us..
Khtumo citizen,
lol never been to 18 May celebration myself (only see it on you-tube and pictures)
True, individuals can't represent and speak for all and we should not generalize. Even in here some somaliland folks write crazy stuff sometimes wallah. I guess all Somalis are divided and on eachother's throats sadly. I believe Somaliland but equal and united one. United Somalia that is fair, democratic and productive would have been very nice but the north and south lost the trust completely. Even awdalites don't want or trust the south but they want people of sool to stay with them for more balance if you know what I mean. Anyways we have been fighting for too long, I hope khair and understanding for all is all I can say.
i know thats why Riyaale captured lasanood but he did in diplomatic way a huge portion of dhuloz joined somaliland that time. but the way sii'lanyo trying to deal with people in buuhoodle will only divide people further apart….. we all know no one wins when it comes to gunfire only human lives will be lost. we should take example from the South..
I agree with you walalo, guns don't solve anything but makes one more rebellious and mistrusting. Somaliland should stretch a hand of peace, not an empty one but a one that involves people of sool taking big part in running the county (into inclusive government)
We northerners are well known for respecting and listening to our elders so we should sit under a tree as usual with salli and cumamad and solve our differences peacefully.
people! somaliland is respected countery by the world. don't look far somaliland soviernity is respected , all somaliland's borders has bein respected . look at somalia is an open season. from the infemous american invation to this day. somaliland' borders are free of foreing envation
We heard it before but NO ONE is gonna divide the republic of somalia. you may recall what hillary clinton said? she said that somalia sovereignty & territorial integrity must be respected.
somaliland is a clan base lyk puntland, somaliland is one the thousands tribal states that emerged from somalia.
Hmm I always thought PuntLand was a sub-sub clan state. thousands tribal states only exit on the internet and foreign dance halls.
Hillary Clinton can say what she like at the end of the day.
The only thing that matters is what the people living in Somaliland say.
The world is paying attention to Somaliland more than ever for the fist time with much acknowledgment of Somaliland's peace, stability and self-governance achievements. Somaliland has emerged with the help of Allah and will succeed greatly inshaAllah.
Thank you Allah for delivering us from the suffering of genocide,war and hearing our cry and compensating us with the long peace we have enjoyed and are continuously enjoying :)
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We have peace, but what next??? For 21 years the world has ignored us, and we are like a fake US Dollar note that is being refused by every shop. Meanwhile Puntland has oil, and Mogdishu has peace and a new government post August to look forward to, While Mr Silanyo and Minister Xersi are taking us back. What is the point of Somaliland??
Alaaah! shaadhadh badanna Faqa666shtu. You can paint your ugly faces, change your strips or even disguise your ugly souls, still Faqa666sh is Faqa666sh. ALL of you sons of Afwane the evil man we are onto your nasty game. Waxaa u daran nacas aan aqoon u lahayn dhaqan ks reer woqooyiga oo gabdha la tirsanaaaya. waxaa u daran dad beentooday badan aakhirka rumaysta.
hahahhahah wallee kan Faqash buu ku washay..
u r all somali who have no since of respect to a nation .somalia /somali land are to countries having different boundary and body will consult u to be one or to be two . /////?????? go back to your History then raise u r opinion.
sorry for ur un civilized comments.
Abyan