Ahmed Hashi “Dhimbiil”

The World Bank and the UNDP have decided to engage Somaliland and deepen their economic and political credentials in this country after years of neglect and discord over the political status of this country. Debate has already transpired in the House as to the legal and political questions that surround the representation of this country in these so called Somali Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) talks, which is a process of developing a reconstruction budget for Somaliland & Somalia.

Ahmed Irrobeh

1. A summary of Part I and an overview of Part II

In part I, I discussed the ideals that in my view motivated many of the participants in the struggle to liberate Somaliland namely, the establishment of an open society free from tyranny and repression, a government adhering to the rule of law and abiding the rules of good governance such as freedom from corruption while doing its best to bring about rapid economic development in the country. In part I, I also discussed how Rayaale’s government (and those before it) failed to live up to the first three ideals. In second part , I shall show how this government also continuously misses the opportunity to realise the fourth ideal i.e. economic development.

By Dr. Abdi Elmi Obsiiye, Borama General Hospital

The child had stuck on the deepest part of the mud and could not move his feet. If he could move his body more, it won’t be like this ‘’ said one of those swimmers who came to rescue the child .The Governor and the mayor had requested the huge crowd who gathered there at the banks of the ‘’balley’’ to give assistance the parents who had lost their child .An hour later the mayor had brought a machine which can throw the water out from the balley but after 3 hours, the balley was still full of water. This time the governor of the region had ordered to break the balley in one side so that water may go leaking more swiftly. I think the Governor and the mayor did very well in terms of their capacity while experience like this event will make the 21 mayors better managers in the future..

By Yussuf Abdillahi Mohamed,

Anybody who was following the news in Somaliland during the last month must have noticed the dispute that was brewing between the minister of posts and telecommunications in Somaliland and the private telecommunications companies in Somaliland. The dispute related to an alleged contract that the minister gave to an American telecommunication company known as Transcom Digital Inc (TDI). As per the contract, TDI was supposed to set up a center for interconnecting the several private telecommunication companies operating in Somaliland and for providing Somaliland with a ‘country code’.

By Ahmed Hashi Dhimbill

In a recent piece published widely, Dr. Tani suggested to Somali Landers that the two chairmen of the opposition parties ought to go home and exit our political environment simply because they hold no elected positions in the country and thusly, their status is questionable and, to quote a cynical harangue from the piece, “anyone else who tries to speak from a position of authority, without having an elected mandate from the people is a spoiler, a pretender, an impostor and someone who is just a leader in his own dreams”.

By Ahmed Ali Ibrahim [Sabeyse], Scarborough Canada.

The final dismemberment of the Somali Republic was a rendezvous with fait accompli- a self-inflicted mortal blow that finally consumed the vestiges of any shared values of our society, if there was any to begin with. The paradox is that periodically, some modern day crusaders of that long lost cause, in pursuit of self-gratification or personal aggrandizement, release ill-timed comparative and often biased analysis of the qualities of the current and past leadership of the ideal Somali state.