Month: August 2021

HOW TO UNDERSTAND KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER’S VISIT TO MOGADISHU TODAY

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Somalia and Kenya have been experiencing lowest point in their diplomatic relations recently. That is because of two factors:

  1. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo couldn’t balance Somalia’s political and diplomatic relationships with neighbors of Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia. Eritrea had poor or no ties with all countries in the Horn of Africa neighborhood. Now that Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea had entered into secret pact, Kenya felt left out in the regional power-play.
  2. Kenya underestimated the diplomatic outreach of successive Somalia’s weak administrations in regard to its dispute on the continental shelf maritime delimitation with Somalia or to put in other words, Kenya’s controversial and aggressive claim to a portion of Somalia’s waters of the Indian Ocean. That dispute went to ICJ for arbitration. Kenya, however, has been attempting to exert maximum diplomatic pressure on Somalia to agree to an out of court settlement. It looks that Kenya has failed in its diplomatic efforts to score points in its struggle with Somalia on the maritime dispute.

In the meantime, Kenyan leaders have been engaged in political sabotage against Farmajo. Now that he is lame duck president and in a weaker political position constitutionally, Kenya is hooking up with interim prime minister, Rooble, to ease tension with Somalia, open trade routes to Miraa qat and try to continue its campaign for settlement of maritime dispute out of court, a taugh proposition no Somali leader dare to entertain now as Rooble has rushed to clarify the issue in a note released today after he met with Ms. Rachelle Omano, although they got her name wrong.

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The visit of Foreign Minister, Ms Rachelle Omano, is being facilitated by the interim prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Rooble, a move contrary to the wishes of Farmajo, who has issued earlier a memo on unconventional presidential letterhead design to all government departments against entering into any international agreement with foreign powers, presumably with Kenya. This exposes Farmajo in his attempt to keep himself in low profile on the eve of elections and as a result of number of agreements between FGS and FMS, on the top of the fact that his constitutional mandate had run out in February 8, 2021. Moreover, the political scars he had sustained in his recent fight with the opposition elements in Mogadishu have not healed up yet. Issuance of that memo, though, is an indication that he was still around.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been working hard on Mohamed H. Rooble in a number of high profile encounters in Djibouti and London, UK, to bring about Omano’s visit to Mogadishu today with a reciprocal invitation to Rooble by President Kenyatta.

Now it looks that Farmajo and Rooble are in collusion course even before holding the elections. Based on the Federal Constitution, nature of caretaker government and agreements reached between FGS and FMS, the interim prime minister in cabinet session (not in isolation) has the executive powers of the government.

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LEADERSHIP

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Leadership entails many qualities. But we aren’t here to give a lecture on leadership 101 in any field of human endeavor and capacity. We want lo look at menu of limited characteristics that are critically important to do the business of leadership in most areas of human organization.

Two items in our menu of quality leadership are management and vision. The two items are closely inter-linked. A manager without vision doesn’t know where he is going to lead his team to, clear objectives and goals to realize. Lacking management skills makes one unable to lead by example, and to persuade the team willingly to deliver quality works in the pursuit of reaching at common objective or product – in political terms, to carry out well-thought policy objectives with the use of potential talent and competence of your team members, giving credit openly where is due. That is how you prepare and groom future leaders. Don’t engage in “After me the dèluge”.

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At administrative and policy levels, leadership entails consultations at team and public levels. A leader doing it alone isn’t informed and his efforts would end up in one-man show. That isn’t leadership for he doesn’t understand the importance of shared responsibilities and delegation of power to tested, competent and trusted team members. In the absence of this principle, you can only blame yourself for imminent policy failures that will surely happen in the end. A leader should strive to build sustainable system that would outlast him. That means building institutions and infrastructure that would outlive him. You can’t build all these by acting as a lone gunman, preventing anyone else from sharing the credit with you. This one-man show approach is also egocentric and mean to your team.

An African colleague of mine in high government position told me decades ago two memorable stories about his experience in managing the presidency of a well-known African president:

  1. “My boss takes credit for all policy objectives that went well”.
  2. “My boss blames others in the team for all policy failures”.

I asked my colleague whether his boss listened and consulted with the people. He responded “yes, but with the wrong people. He doesn’t consult with the subject matter experts. He consults with only liked-minded persons. That is why we have policy implementation problems”.

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INTER-REGIONAL SPORTS COMPETITION IN PUNTLAND HAS ALLEVIATED YOUTH FRUSTRATION

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Before Maqrib prayers I drove along the main road in Garowe City today. On my way to the city centre, the scenes on the sidewalks of the road, after crossing the bridge, were amazing in the sense that no one has ever seen such huge flow of youth walking home out of Mire Aware Stadium, where inter-regional soccer games in Puntland are taking place. What is unique in these walking masses is that girls outnumbered young men. It defies my earlier impression that girls and women in Somalia were less interested in soccer games, not to talk about any other kind of sports. I was wrong, although I think, girls never had an opportunity to play games in Puntland, and perhaps, elsewhere in today’s Somalia for a long time, where everybody is expected to conform to Arab attires and customs, policed invisibly by peudo-religious culture scornful of any resembles of not only Western dress, but also traditional Somali clothing, native customs and history. It is a culture war being waged on the population under the pretext of religious norms for the past 4 decades. Saudi Arabia is the main source of this culture war. Al-Shabab extremists have been imposing strict dress code as the “new normal” of Arab customs even in areas they don’t fully control in Somalia because some of the other Tariqas (religious sects) are either complicit or don’t want to mess up with Al-Shabab’s code of conduct. Nowadays in the streets of Somalia you are better off, in terms of personal safety, to dress up like Pakistani or Afghani. Only men’s gown known here as “Macawis” is barely tolerable for older men. ‘Khamiis”, the long-sleeved white Arab over-dress is fast becoming the dress of fashion for the younger generations of Somalia today. No sports, no music, no folklore dances and no movie watching are permitted in the world of Al-Shabab. There is a monotonous cultural blackout in Somalia. Putting one’s shirt under trousers’ belt is considered Western or even blasphemy, a typical Boko Haram of Nigeria harsh impositions. Some, shallow in religious education, were even critical of Puntland 23rd Anniversary festivals.

But the purpose of drafting this short article is to draw the attention of Puntland authorities, businesses and parents to the plight of youth and frustrations they are suffering due to lack of infrastructure for recreational activities and social youth clubs.

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THE STORY OF “HASHII BOQOL”

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

The story goes that a Somali nomad hailing from Mudugh Region brought a camel to Galkayo market to sell. At camel market, he was offered a price of thousand Shillings. He rejected the offer, saying he wouldn’t sell his camel less than a hundred Shillings. Surprised, the buyer found out that the seller of the camel never handled money more than a hundred Shillings before.

This story resembles today’s obsession of most Somali high ranking officials with the insane pursuit of membership in Somalia’s Federal Parliament.There are ministers at all levels of government, MPs of regional states, regional governors etc, who are desperately campaigning to go to Mogadishu as members of Somalia’s Federal Parliament. Aren’t they all “HASHII BOQOL”?

Until people of Somalia get the opportunity to elect their representative governments, every unqualified Cilmi, Cawaale and Caasha would show up to be an unvetted and unaccountable member of Somalia’s ruling bodies at national and state levels.

Let us eliminate the chance of Hashii Boqol by conducting credible general elections.

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WHY PUNTLAND MUST CAMPAIGN FOR A STINT IN VILLA SOMALIA

COMPETING for Somalia’s Presidency is consistent with the founding principles of Puntland as the First Pillar of Federal Somalia. There had been some setbacks in this regard in the past few years. Renewed interest now in Puntland to reset its national policy objectives at federal level is now being symbolized by Puntland President, Said Abdullahi Deni. Slowly but surely, President Deni has understood the importance of Puntland historical role in the federation. It is a commendable political stand to ensure that anti- federalist forces led by Farmajo’s political shenanigans and betrayal of national accord enshrined in the Provisional Federal Constitution wouldn’t succeed.

Without Puntland principled show of democratic forces and leadership, the modest gains of Puntland historical struggle since the First Opposition Force, The SSDF, to Central Tyranny in Mogadishu, are in jeopardy. It is in the vital interests of Puntland and Somalia that the State keeps engaged in Federal affairs and its leaders play in the forefront of Somalia’s governance. Puntland needs leaders with national vision and have political ambitions to ensure that Somalia wouldn’t fail again.

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Tunisia is on the Brink of a Civil War that Could Be Disastrous for Europe

DAILY BEAST

Carlos Gil

ROME—A few months after the Arab Spring kicked off in a market square in Tunisia in late 2010, the blue wooden boats started dotting the horizon of the Mediterranean Sea. They were headed for the island of Lampedusa, a tourist enclave that has since become synonymous with Europe‘s disastrous approach to migration. More than 20,000 refugees crossed the sea in just two months, and then things got worse. As the Arab Spring burned its way across North Africa, the boats started coming from different directions: Libya, Egypt, and then Syria. By the end of 2011, nearly 130,000 people had made it to Italy. The years that followed saw an uptick in irregular migration and the death of more than 10,000 people desperately trying to cross the sea. The carcasses of dozens of boats, many still strewn with clothing and water bottles with Arabic writing, dotted the island’s coastline as Italy begged Europe for help and Europe largely ignored not only Italy but the crisis at large.

The boats are back again. And Europe is once again seemingly oblivious to what else is on the horizon. On July 25, amid rising numbers of COVID cases and anger on the streets, Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked his government and seized executive control of the country, prompting U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to urge him to find a “democratic path” to normalcy and to “rapidly form a new government, led by a capable prime minister to stabilize Tunisia’s economy and confront the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as ensuring the timely return of the elected parliament,” according to a statement from the White House National Security Council.

A week later, Said has only tightened the screws, and more boats filled with people desperate to escape both the pandemic and whatever comes next set sail for Italy.

Italian political scientist Angelo Panebianco wrote a scathing editorial in Corriere Della Sera this week reminding Italians that they had been through this before. “The Tunisian crisis should force us to open our eyes,” he said. “Europe has a serious security problem but does not seem to realize it. Professionals who in European countries, in various capacities, deal with it know this, but public opinions have not yet understood it.”

The “security problem” Panebianco is referring to is exacerbated this time by a change in the United States that has left the situation to other powerhouses like Russia, which has been bolstering its presence in the Mediterranean through alliances with Turkey where it is a major gas supplier. The increased presence, which has caused reverberations within NATO, was especially active during the Trump years when the U.S.’ relationship with NATO was also strained. Now that Joe Biden is in power, hopes that the U.S. would suddenly refocus attention on the region have not come through—at least not yet.

“Mother America seems willing to abandon the puppies to their fate, she no longer seems willing to protect them from looming threats,” Panebianco says. “America has changed and the threats have changed.”

Richard Sokolsky, a fellow and expert on Russia with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, warned in May that Russia’s return to the Mediterranean continues a long legacy of involvement there, “driven by ambitions, interests, and threat perceptions that have endured for centuries.”

“There is no reason to expect this posture to change in the near or distant future,” he says. “Russia is in the Mediterranean to stay, and its determination to expand its naval, air, and land presence there will continue.”

Italy, perhaps, is the country in Europe that best understands the threats of a destabilized North Africa. Since Mario Draghi took the helm of the government this spring, he and his foreign minister have made trips to Libya, despite its unsteady government. At the height of the Arab Spring, Silvio Berlusconi did the same, buddying up to then-leader Muammar Ghadaffi, a despot no one but the French would take seriously. But he did it to stem the wave of migration caused by unrest. That Italy’s leaders are pandering to a Libyan government not recognized by much of the Middle East underscores the urgency on Europe’s most porous border country.

Whether the U.S. would renew its interests in the region should things spiral out of control again is not certain. “The harsh polemics of Trump against Europe have been replaced by the smiles, the handshakes, and the slaps on the back of Biden,” Panebianco says. “At the moment there is no signal that suggests—except for a possible resumption of U.S. / Iran nuclear negotiations—a change in policy with respect to the times of the Trump administration regarding the Middle and Near East.”

In the last two days, NGO rescue ships have plucked more than 400 people out of the sea between the North African coast and Lampedusa. On Saturday alone, 600 people made it all the way to Lampedusa’s rocky shores from Tunisia in 15 boats traveling together. UNHCR says that in the last month, and especially as things heat up in Tunisia, boat departures from both Tunisia and Libya have seen a marked increase. “Whenever there is instability, departures from Tunisia increase,” said Flavio Di Giacomo, spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration. “It’s too early to say what will happen next.”

But it is not too early to prepare

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GAROWE, THE OHIO OF SOMALIA

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion

These days Garowe City of Puntland State resembles USA Ohio City in election primaries. On the eve of Somali elections, Garowe draws in huge visitors, not only from other urban cities of Puntland, but also a considerable number of public office seekers around the world among the diaspora of Puntland origin. Playing well by producing qualified and able politicians as members of parliament, the State of Puntland could have swaying influence in Somalia’s future governance. The State, however, shouldn’t leave its Federal MPs and senators to their own devices, but support and guide them along its political and legislative objectives.

Influence-peddlers, political pundits and election compaigners for Federal Presidential candidates are also visible in public places here. This is the time Puntland clan elders turn again overnight into shakers and movers of Puntland candidates for Upper and Lower Houses of Somalia’s Federal Parliament. Elders are taking advantage of their unique and privileged positions of selecting sub-clan delegates, who would choose members of parliament from among the clan-sponsored representatives, under the existing Somalia’s controversial 4.5 Clan Power-sharing Formula.

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The difference between Garowe and Ohio, in terms of election campaigning, is that here in Garowe everybody, who happens to play a role in Somalia’s future destiny is almost ignorant, hungry, if not destitute. Unfortunately, campaign funds go to private pockets to alleviate the pain of poverty among electors. Think of electors, who cannot support their livelihoods while staying at locations of election polling stations. Imagine the financial burden and stress they cause to public office seekers. Think of low qualities of candidates, who finally emerge successfully by outbidding other political rivalries or opponents. This is the tragedy of Somali politics.

Unless the democratic principle of One-person-One-vote (1p1v) gets real track in Somali political debate and implemented, drop your hope for successful Somalia, not to mention about the bitter struggle required for attaining good governance.

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BREAKING NEWS: 23RD ANNIVERSARY OF PUNTLAND STATE UNDERWAY

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Preparations for 23rd Anniversary of State’s foundation are underway at State Presidency this evening. It has just started with thorough security screening of invitees and attending public in checkpoints far off the perimeters of the Presidency. There are multiple layers of security checks, taking zero chance for mistakes and security accidents. Security personnel here are polite and professional.

Puntland songs and creative folklore music and dances are running on the screens and in full display. Attending public is trickling down into the Garowe center of attention tonight, the Presidency.

Happy Puntland Day! August 1st!

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HISTORY: 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF PUNTLAND FOUNDATION WAS ABORTED

By Ismail Warsame
Opinion Columnist

Puntland opposition elements and most titled elders couldn’t differentiate between the dislike they have for the State President of the day and significance of Puntland 3rd ANNIVERSARY. A group of traditional elders led by the Late Islaan Mohamed Islaan Muse opposing State President, Abdullahi Yusuf, had rebelled against holding the 3rd Anniversary of Puntland establishment as the first pillar of Federal Somalia. Their issue wasn’t against the State per se, but they had resisted holding the ceremony due to their opposition to the President at the time in the backdrop of a constitutional crisis. The incident alarmed people of Puntland that the modest achievements by then the new regional state were down the drain. This incident was also one of ugliest and toughest times in Puntland short history of statehood.

The Late Islaan Mohamed summoned the so-called “Kabo-Silik” (Boot-wired men), armed countryside youth, to Garowe City and ordered them to dismantle ceremonial decorations and facilities in Garowe Central Square unofficially known “Ciise Ku Caroh” (Issa’s Anger Square.) To avoid unnecessary loss of lives and to descalate the tension in town, Puntland Government abandoned the idea of marking the Day.

This history of Puntland State is closely linked to the conspiracies against Puntland by President Ismail Omar Ghueleh of Djibouti, Issayes Afewark of Eritrea and Abdulqasim Salad Hassan (Ina Salad Boy)/Ali Khalif Galaydh of Djibouti- sponsored Transitional National Government of Somalia (TNG.)

Those political developments eventually led to the brief collapse of Puntland Government. It was towards the end of year 2002 that Puntland Government was able to reinstate itself in an operation called “Restore Puntland Stability”.

Here is the record of what was happening then:

  • On BBC Focus On Africa with Robin White
  • Reposted in:
  • 19 May 2007 04:15
    BBC WORLD SERVICE AT 1706 GMT. THIS IS RACHAEL AKIDI WITH FOCUS ON AFRICA 
    The port town of Bosaso in the Somali region of Puntland has today fallen to forces loyal to Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed. The fall of this economically important town follows two days of fierce fighting between colonel Abdullahi and forces loyal to Jama Ali Jama, his rival for leadership of Puntland. From Mogadishu, our Correspondent, Hassan Barisse, emailed this report:
     Hassan Barisse: The forces of Colonel Yussuf captured Bosaso without any resistance at about 8 AM local time. The whereabouts of Jama Ali Jama is not known. But sources close to his aides say he left Bosaso to Qardho town yesterday afternoon by road to Iskushuban District about 160 km east to Bosaso from where he is reported to have taken a plane to an undisclosed destination. Some of Jama’s supporters insist that he is still in Qardho town, but that sounds unlikely. Colonel Yussuf himself reached Bosaso town at about 11.30 AM local time and immediately went to the Presidential building in the town were he started receiving elders, religious scholars and women’s groups, all of whom congratulated him on his victory. Ugas Hassan, one of the main traditional leaders of Puntland told me today in a telephone interview from Bosaso that the arrival of Colonel Yussuf followed a meeting between elders, Muslim scholars and politicians from Bosaso with Colonel Yussuf himself in Kalabayr District, some 60 km south of the town. According to Ugas Hassan, the elders and politicians asked Colonel Yussuf to respect the peace and that if he wants to come to Bosaso town, he could do so without fighting. All day yesterday and last night, the local FM radio in the town has been broadcasting messages from the Commander of the Police Forces in Bosaso, Colonel Jaatta (as heard) telling the people they should remain calm. Many people understood from that message the whole thing was a set-up between the elders, the Police and Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf. Supporters of Jama Ali Jama had characterized the capture of Bosaso as a Coup d’ Grace and a plot masterminded by Ethiopia.
    RACHAEL AKIDI: That emailed report from our Correspondent, Hassan Barrise in Mogadishu. Well, Ismail Warsame is a spokesman for Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed. Robin White asked him what the situation was. Ismail Haji Warsame: Well, the city welcomed Abdullahi Yussuf. There was not a single bullet fired today. Traditional elders, intellectuals, women’s group and the rest of the residents of Bosaso have met Abdullahi Yussuf at the gate of Bosaso to welcome and escort to the Presidential palace today.
     Robin White: eeeee, will he stay there?
    IHW: Yes, he will be there for quite a while as far as I know.
    Robin White: Did the Ethiopian troops help him in the capture of Bosaso?
    IHW: Absolutely nonsense.
    Robin White: There is no single Ethiopian soldier in Puntland proper.
    Robin White: Did the Ethiopians encourage you to take Bosaso?
    IHW: Not at all. Not at all. In fact the Ethiopian State were trying to mediate between Abdullahi Yussuf and his rival. Unfortunately, Jama Ali Jama refused to even sit with Abdullahi Yussuf in Addis Ababa recently.
    Robin White: So, what happens here? Is there any chance of reconciliation?
    IHW: With whom to reconcile? President Abdullahi Yussuf is trying to restore Law&Order. There is no fighting in Bosaso. There is no armed opposition against him. There was little resistance on the part of Jama Ali Jama. He has no grass roots support. That is why Abdullahi Yussuf is in Bosaso without even a fight.
    Robin White: Now, what is gona happen to your relations with the GOVERNMENT in Mogadishu? Clearly, they supported Jama Ali Jama and not you. So are relations going to   be really extremely bad between you and the Mogadishu GOVERNMENT?
    IHW: There is no Government in Mog that we recognize. We know there is ARTA Faction which controls less than 2 streets in Mog, enforced by Djibouti. So, what Government are you talking about? 
    Robin White: So, are you now working for the overthrow of the Mogadishu GOVERNMENT?
    IHW: We are working towards national reconciliation.
    Robin White: Does that mean trying to overthrow the GOVERNMENT in Mogadishu or the INTERIM GOVERNMENT?
    IHW: There is no government to overthrow. There is a faction.
    Robin White: So, will you try to drive out this, eee FACTION, as you call it!
    Robin White: It is not our obligation to overthrow a faction in Somalia. We will welcome that faction to talk to us.
    RACHAEL AKIDI: Ismail Warsame, spoksperson for Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf   

    Garowe, May 08,2002 To:  United Nations Organization, Nairobi, Kenya, European Commission, Nairobi, Kenya International Non-Governmental organizations, Pl, Kenya   Cc: All Government departments of Puntland State of Somalia, From: Hassan Ahmed Jama, Director-General, Ministry for International Cooperation & Planning  Garowe, Pl.
  • Subject: OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION This is to advise the staff of UN, EC and INGOs accredited in Puntland State of Somalia, who had been evacuated from Bosaso yesterday, to stay away from Puntland State of Somalia until further notice. This decision has been reached on the basis of the Operation Puntland Stability First and the fact that the decision to evacuate the staff of the above-named organizations from Bosaso had neither been coordinated with nor communicated to the legitimate authorities of the State.  In addition, some of these organizations have been engaged in activities incompatible with their stated mission objectives. Finally, this office advises the Heads of these organizations, who traditionally operate from Nairobi, Kenya, to reconsider or reschedule any planned mission to Puntland State until further notification by this Office to the contrary.
    GALKAYO, MAY 07,2002 BREAKING NEWS: PEACEFUL RETURN OF ABDULLAHI YUSUF TO THE PORT CITY OF BOSASO.Elders, prominent personalities, intellectuals, women groups and regional authorities of bosaso came out this afternoon to greet Abdullahi Yusuf at gate of the city. Bosaso therefore sees the peaceful return of country’s legitimate President. Residents of Bosaso are now lining along the streets of the city to welcome this peaceful return of the President and to witness such an important event. Governor of the Bosaso City declares the end of the coup attempt by Al Itihad and that the destabilising elements of the city had fled away before the arrival of the President in Bosaso this afternoon. Ismail H. Warsame, Chief of CabinetGalkayo, May 7,2002 BREAKING NEWS ON PUNTLAND STABILITY FIRST This is to inform the news media that forces of Puntland State had brief but intensive battle with forces of Al Itihad inside the City of Qardho this morning. This fighting follows the refusal of the members of Al Itihad armed groups to accept the advice of Qardho elders to lay down their arms and let H.E. Abdullahi Yusuf pass through peacefully in his determined bid to restore Law & order in the country. Subsequently, combat groups of Al Itihad have been crushed in Qardho and the forces of President Abdullahi Yusuf passed through the city on their way to bosaso. In another development, Jama Ali Jama, accompanied by a few of his personal body-guards, had fled eastward to his hometown of Bayla, where he is expected to be airlifted by either Arta Faction or Djibouti.  Moreover, political supporters of Jama A. Jama were reported to be fleeing Bosaso in all directions and overseas.Please stay tuned for further development of invents. Ismail H. WarsameChief of Cabinet——————-Published by SomaliawatchPosted 26th December 2012 by Ismail Warsame Blog

HAPPY PUNTLAND DAY! AUGUST 1ST.

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