New Somalia President to Be Sworn in September 22 Konchora Guracha and Gathoni Muraya Nairobi A new president for Somalia is expected to be sworn in by...
Dear Chifu, Thanks again for finding a great article. ... It never ceases to amaze me how many governments of Somalia start their operations from outside the...
I was reading an article by Ron Paul about the IMF (http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul206.html), and was reminded of some of Jim's comments. Not specifically...
Dear Nathan, I read with great interest Ron Paul's comments on the International Monetary Fund. I do agree that the IMF has done much damage and should be...
Dear Jim, ... Some might say you were a bit pessimistic, but I tend to agree with you, based on the information I've absorbed over the last year. It's a shame...
Dear Friends, Wow, this group has been around for quite a while. Six hundred and forty-two digests. Since there are no messages on some days, that represents...
Jim, ... Well, Jim, I'm not able to watch CSPAN, but that is indeed a good illustration of how "representative" democracy is. ... Yes, well I suppose I walked...
Dear Nathan, Given the way the nationalist socialists here in the USA seem to believe that they are the world's policemen, it seems like a good thing that...
Jim, ... Oh yes, of course. The thing is, I don't even watch what goes on in the House of Commons. There are probably more productive things to do, like...
Press Release SG/SM/9541 AFR/1052 Secretary-General says inauguration of transitional president of Somalia is hopeful development after country's decade of...
I couldn't read any of that text. The mail header said it was supposed to be ISO-8859-1 (standard Western European alphabet), but it clearly wasn't. However,...
Yusuf's selection as president a disaster for Somaliland Publication Date: 11/2/2004 The new President of Somalia, Mr Abdillahi Yusuf, has attacked Somaliland....
A absentia president? Yikes!!! Chifu in absentia... What will get Somalia back on its feet? Somalis are desperate for peace after 14 years of civil war A month...
"Chaos in one African country is a reflection on the entire continent" -- Hakim Abdi, Montclair, New Jersey, US What rubbish! That's like saying no country in...
Dear Steve, ... Indeed. Guilt by association is stupid and often evil. Individuals stand and fall on their own merits. To the extent that countries are...
Telecoms thriving in lawless Somalia By Joseph Winter BBC News, Mogadishu Mobile phone masts are among the few new structures in Mogadishu Rising from the...
That's an interesting article, Chifu. It's a Mogadishu-based perspective though. "A host of mobile phone masts testifies to the telecommunications revolution...
Great news about the Telecoms' success. However... ... But they have security! One security guard for an internet cafe is far cheaper and a hell of a lot more...
... wrote: Great news about the Telecoms' success. However... ... But they have security! One security guard for an internet cafe is far cheaper and a hell of...
Dear Friends, Let me preface these remarks by saying how little good I think there is to the World Bank. These are the people involved in various central bank...
Dear Pablo, Well, that's interesting. Wow. More traffic. No doubt it would be more...traffic from World Bankers? I don't have a very high opinion of the...
Members, I am taking this opportunity to thank you for being a member of this forum and want to wish you happy holidays and a prosperous new year. May 2005...
Dear Friends, The earthquake today was 8.9 on the Richter scale. It was centered deep in the ocean floor off the coast of Sumatra. A series of tidal waves up...
I've just heard that a pod of sperm whales have beached themselves in western Tasmania. A suspected cause is high seas caused by, you guessed it, the Asian...
Dear colleagues, I am here in Manhattan now. I am taking this time to wish you all happy new year. I will be over in Times Square, manhattan with millions of...
Chifu wrote: << I am here in Manhattan now. I am taking this time to wish you all happy new year. I will be over in Times Square, manhattan with millions of...