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Please don't get me wrong but the media, in general, should report both the good and bad news. The BBC Somali service reporter in Hargeisa does not apply that theory. In Somaliland, like any other part of the world, there are positive as well as negative events that take place. However, the BBC reporter in Hargeisa reports more the negative than the positive. May be it is a decision by his superiors back in London who release only the news they think compatible with their agenda which downgrades and ignores anything good about Somaliland. But since he does not complain, he is accountable for this unfair reporting.
Progress and development are steadily taking place in every field in Somaliland, and a growing segment of the international community are beginning to notice. Mr. Ahmed, let me remind you, there are plenty of good things to report. For instance, progress has been achieved in democratization, education, reconstruction and farming. There is a flourishing free market economy and a general security that most experts have acknowledged, praised, and rated as on of the best in Africa, if not in the world. It is the people of Somaliland who made those achievements and much more against formidable odds.
Mr. Ahmed, my advice is: report fairly, and neither exaggerate the negative nor the positive, as done by your fellow reporter in Mogadishu (Hassan Barrisle). Actually, Mr. Barrisle’s style of reporting is opposite to yours. And, by the way, Mr. Ahmed, do not forget Somaliland has other cities in addition to the capital Hargeisa.
Please pass the following Somali proverb to your BBC Somali service: " XASHEYE NIN LIBINTA KAA XISTIYEY XUMIHII WAA YAABE "
Ali H.Omer
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