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abdalla11 wrote:Faysal Cali admitting that Puntland has surpassed Somaliland

FBISOMALIA wrote:Why PL seeing siiland as their equal when small xafaad south galgacio will seat next to them

Somali pirates kidnap Puntland minister

Somali pirates kidnap a minister from Somalia's northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland following a gunfight with security guards near the town of Garaad.

Heavily armed pirates ambushed the convoy of Puntland's Fisheries and Seaports Minister Said Mohamed Rage on his way to Garaad, a well-known pirate stronghold in central Somalia, a Press TV correspondent reports.

"We got the information that heavily armed pirates ambushed the minister's convoy while travelling in between Garacad and Jiriban. One of his guards and a local elder were killed while the minister was taken hostage," said Ali Yusuf Ali, Puntland's deputy interior minister.

The minister was on a sensitizing mission to the pirate's stronghold where he was to meet with local elders and elites, according to Ali.

Puntland has been transformed into a notorious base used by local pirates to launch attacks on merchant vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.

Somalia, located in the strategic Horn of Africa, does not have a functional government and the Transitional Federal Government does not have much control beyond the capital city of Mogadishu.

Puntland, The failed copy of Somaliland

mudanenomad wrote:

FBISOMALIA wrote:Why PL seeing siiland as their equal when small xafaad south galgacio will seat next to them

Its time for me to karbaash Puntland, the failed copy of Somaliland

+ Somaliland = Peaceful democratic, developing, stable and secure, no pirates at all, running seminars for Galmudug, Ximan iyo Xabeeb, Inspiration for Puntland.

- Puntland = failed copy of Somaliland. Pirates, endless and daily/weekly assasinations, Clan clashes and wars everywhere (bari galgala and siwaqroon, Mudug garsoor leelkase, HG etc), kidnappings etc.

+ Somaliland = democratically elected government, peacefully handed over power from last president.

- Puntland = Pseudo warlord dictatorship, power transfer = Cadde and Faroole faighting with their militias over Garowe like f-king animals; 'government' struggling to control even the cities like Boosaaso and Galkacyo, let alone anywhere else.

+ Somaliland = Hargeisa (largest Somali city after Mogadishu, 1.3m population, 7/8x the size of Boosaaso the largest Puntland city), Boorama, Gabiley, Berbera (major very large port, deep water port, natural shelter and harbour, airport has longest runway in AFRICA), Oodweyne (very large city major agricultural and trading city), Burco (major city second capital of Somaliland largest livestock market in the HOA and the same size as Boosaaso the largest Puntland city), Erigavo (capital city of Sanaag region), Caynaba major and stratetic city in eastern Somaliland, Las Anod capital city of Sool and large startetically important city, countless towns and villages.

- Puntland = Desert towns of Boosaaso majority Warsangeli and Southern refugees, garowe village and Nort-west parts of Galkacyo city of Galmudug.

+ Somaliland, free primary and secondary education, 4 major universities. I could Go on.

Puntland, the failed copy of Somaliland

grandpakhalif wrote:ceeb land and hutu are the same so british said sit beside them ur fellow irir

Militia attack on Puntland's MPs

At least three people have died after an exchange of gunfire near the parliament of Somalia's autonomous province of Puntland.
Gunmen loyal to Planning Minister Abdurrahman Farole entered the building on Sunday, before being forced out by security forces on Monday.

The overnight siege and the clashes may be linked to Monday's deadline for MPs to approve or reject a new cabinet.

Mr Farole has since been sacked by Puntland President Mohamud Muse Hersi.

Puntland declared itself an autonomous region within Somalia in 1998, but - unlike neighbouring Somaliland - does not want full independence.

Journalist Jamal Abdi told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the security forces moved in just before the MPs were due to convene and so they were not present during the exchange of gunfire.

Two militiamen and a civilian were killed.

mudanenomad wrote:FBISomali we all know how Faroole has plotted with many dirty acts to take power in Puntland - and now he is ruining it

Militia attack on Puntland's MPs

At least three people have died after an exchange of gunfire near the parliament of Somalia's autonomous province of Puntland.
Gunmen loyal to Planning Minister Abdurrahman Farole entered the building on Sunday, before being forced out by security forces on Monday.

The overnight siege and the clashes may be linked to Monday's deadline for MPs to approve or reject a new cabinet.

Mr Farole has since been sacked by Puntland President Mohamud Muse Hersi.

Puntland declared itself an autonomous region within Somalia in 1998, but - unlike neighbouring Somaliland - does not want full independence.

Journalist Jamal Abdi told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the security forces moved in just before the MPs were due to convene and so they were not present during the exchange of gunfire.

Two militiamen and a civilian were killed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4755920.stm

SOMALIA: Jamal Abdi: "There’s real panic and confusion in town"


Jamal Abdi was injured in the suicide attacks in Hargeisa

HARGEISA, 30 October 2008 (IRIN) - As security forces investigate the three suicide car-bombs that went off on 29 October targeting a UN compound, the presidential residence and Ethiopian embassy in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Jamal Abdi, 22, a local journalist, spoke to IRIN from hospital about the experience:

“Along with other journalists, I had just left the headquarters of UDUB [the Somaliland ruling party], when the first explosion hit the UN compound. As we tried to find out what was happening, a car being driven at very high speed forced its way into the Ethiopian embassy compound and exploded.

“All of a sudden, I was on the ground and everything became dark. I was hit by flying debris and the first thing I remember is my right leg bleeding. But before I could even get up, the third explosion went off in the presidential compound, 20m away.

“By then, I could hardly hear anything, I was in a daze. One of my colleagues was badly hurt, so we were all taken to the hospital.

"Yesterday [29 October] was a dark day for Hargeisa. This is something we have never seen. We hear it on the news but you never expect it to happen to you.

“There’s real panic and confusion in town. Everyone is talking about it and wondering what next.

“I am one of the lucky ones. I am still in one piece and my family knows where I am. There are people still buried under the debris and many more with horrific injuries in hospital.

“At the hospital where I am, hundreds of people are looking for relatives they cannot trace. Some find their relatives and you hear the cries of joy but many others go home not knowing what happened to their loved ones.

“The population is really scared and is looking for people to blame. I am afraid they may target the southerners who have sought refuge in Somaliland. That would be tragic."