Hii ndio Mogadishu -Somalia

Hii sio Mogadishu ya sasa hivi mkuu...Kwasasa ni mji ambao uko very devastated !! Mungu alinijaalia kuitembelea miaka mitatu (3) iliyopita and it was a very shocking experience. Ilikuwa ni kama mtu una-watch movie in a big screen. Usiombe nchi ikumbwe na vita...matokeo yanatisha sana !! God forbid !!
 
Published on 9 Feb 2016
Mogadishu is the Capital city Of Somalia and second biggest city in Eats Africa
Somalia Mogadishu 2016 part 1


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10 Things You Didn't Know About Somali Pirates
By David Axe

Updated April 27, 2009 9:50 a.m. ET
(The following is reprinted with permission from www.mentalfloss.com).

In the 15 years since armed Somali fishermen began forcing their way onto commercial ships, pirates have turned East Africa's seas into the world's most dangerous waters. In 2008 alone, Somalia's lawless seamen captured more than 40 large vessels in the Gulf of Aden, a shortcut between Asia and Europe that's vital to the global economy. Wiping out today's pirates won't be easy; they're smarter, better organized, and, frankly, better loved abroad than the swashbucklers of yesteryear. In a special dispatch from Mombasa, Kenya, Mental Floss correspondent David Axe explains.

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FBI agents escort the Somali pirate that U.S. officials identify as Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse into FBI headquarters in New York, on April 20, 2009. Muse is the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of commercial ship captain Richard Phillips. ASSOCIATED PRESS
1. They Have a Robin Hood Complex
Many Somali pirates see themselves as good guys. And at one point, they were. After the government in Mogadishu collapsed in 1991, neighboring countries began illegally fishing in Somali waters. The first pirates were simply angry fishermen who boarded these foreign vessels and demanded a "fee." But as the illegal fishing persisted, some early pirates banded together and called themselves "coast guards." They claimed to be looking after Somalia's territorial integrity until the government could pull itself back together.

These weren't the only vigilantes on the scene, however. Other pirates made their debut robbing U.N. ships that were carrying food to refugee camps in Somalia. These bandits argued that if they hadn't taken the food, warlords would have seized it on land. And they had a good point. Warlords gobbled down at lot of Somalia's relief food during the 1990s.

But from these perhaps defensible beginnings, piracy spread farther from Somalia's shores and evolved into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. Today, pirates are blunt about their motives. In late 2008, after a band of pirates seized a Ukrainian freighter full of weapons and demanded $25 million for its release, Sugule Ali, a member of the pirate crew, told a reporter, "We only want the money."

2. Nobody Brings Home the Bacon Like a Pirate
According to some estimates, pirates in 2008 pulled in as much as $150 million, indicating that piracy is now Somalia's biggest industry. In fact, successful pirates are the country's most eligible bachelors. While small-time swashbucklers earn in the low five figures, bosses can pull in $2 million a year—this, in a country where you can buy dinner for less than $1. But as their wallets fatten, many pirates are heading for greener pastures, and the real money is flowing out of the country with them. Many are buying properties on the seashore of Mombasa, Kenya, where new condos are being built every day. If a condo is selling for a few million dollars, there's a good chance the bosses will throw in an extra half-million, just to make sure the Kenyans don't ask too many questions.

3. Being a Pirate Is Easy!
Piracy is so simple that anyone can do it. All you need is a gun, an aluminum ladder (for scaling other ships), and a motorboat. Then you just have to wait for commercial ships to pass by. Best of all, you don't have to worry about your targets shooting back. By international agreement, civilian vessels aren't allowed to carry guns because governments don't want armed ships moving from port to port. "Once pirates are on board, they've got the upper hand," says Martin Murphy, a piracy expert with the Corbett Center for Maritime Policy Studies. The best defense against piracy is speed, but because most commercial ships aren't designed to go fast, pirates don't have any trouble chasing them down. The most sophisticated marauders use machine guns and GPS systems, but many pirates are still low-tech fisherman. After they board a ship, all they have to do is steal or ransom the goods and prisoners. The cargo of a typical commercial ship ransoms for about $1 million.

4. The Law Can't Touch Them
Everybody knows piracy is wrong, but is it illegal? The truth is that the places where pirates operate are actually lawless. In Somali territory, there's no functional government to make or enforce regulations. And because nations don't control much of the ocean, there are no laws on the high seas, either. Throughout history, governments have patched together legal frameworks to bring pirates to justice, but it's never fast or easy. Pirates—even those caught in the act by one navy or another—are often simply released on the nearest Somali beach, without so much as a slap on the wrist.

With Somali piracy on the rise, the world is playing legal catch-up. In November 2008, the United Kingdom signed an agreement to try pirates captured by the Royal Navy in Kenya. And other countries are following Britain's lead, with nations including the United States, Singapore, and Turkey signing similar agreements. But Kenya, despite having the most powerful democracy in East Africa, doesn't appear to have an effective court system. When Britain's first batch of eight captured pirates went on trial in Mombasa in December, the defense argued that Kenya shouldn't have jurisdiction and succeeded in persuading the judge to defer the trial. The long-term solution to piracy is a stable Somali government with a functional judiciary, but that requires peace between the country's warring clans. Somalia's new president, elected in February 2009, is just starting to get groups to talk.

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A French Commando escorts one of 11 suspected pirates from the French naval frigate the Nivose on April 22, 2009. France has traditionally been aggressive in fighting piracy - this was its ninth military operation against pirates. ASSOCIATED PRESS
5. Pirates Rarely Kill People (Which is Why They're So Dangerous)
It's difficult to tell pirates from fishermen, until they climb aboard another ship and pull out their AK-47s. So, there's not much the U.S. Navy and other military forces can do as a deterrent except sail around and look menacing. After pirates have seized a ship, navies rarely attempt to retake it, because hostages could be hurt in the process. In the absence of an effective defense, there were more than 100 documented pirate attacks in 2008 that resulted in more than 40 ships being hijacked. But for all their aggression, the body count is low. One ship's captain died of natural causes while being held hostage, and a few militia men have died in shoot-outs as they tried to rescue prisoners, but in general, little blood has been spilled.

Pirates also prefer to keep their prisoners in good health. Not only are civilians worth hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece in ransom, but the pirates' reputation for not harming their hostages has made governments reluctant to strike back on behalf of shipping companies. While the pirates' hands remain mostly blood-free, the navies patrolling East African waters have taken lives. The Indian navy, for example, destroyed one pirate boat only to discover that the pirates had Thai hostages on board. At least a dozen innocent victims died.

6. Pirates Have Friends in High Places
Pirates prowl about 2 million square miles of the ocean. That's a lot of water, and even with thousands of ships on the high seas, it's possible to sail for days without seeing another vessel. So how do pirates know where to look and which ships to attack? Spies. The biggest gangs have informants in Mombasa, the major port in the region, where ships have to file paperwork stating what they're carrying and where they're going. According to one Mombasa business leader, spies inside the Kenyan maritime agencies pass along this information to pirate bosses—for a price. Pirates are also in cahoots with local big-wigs in northern Somalia. In exchange for a cut of pirates' hauls, officials in the Puntland region of Somalia turn a blind eye to the international crime flourishing under their noses.

7. Sailors Are Fighting Back (And It's Working)
Sailors know what they're getting into when they steer toward East African waters. And because their crews can't carry guns, they've found other ways to fight off pirates. Last year, one Chinese ship used tactics borrowed straight from a medieval castle siege.

When pirates clambered up the side of the Zhenhua 4, the crew climbed onto a higher deck and pulled up the ladder. Then they turned on high-pressure fire hoses and knocked the pirates off their feet. But the crew didn't stop there. Once in better position, the Chinese sailors started hurling down Molotov cocktails, made from beer bottles filled with gasoline.

Four hundred cocktails later, the pirates retreated. One pirate, who wasn't wearing any shoes, saw he was about to walk across a deck paved with shattered glass to get back to his ship. He called up to the ship's stalwart defenders and begged for something to cover his feet.

8. Bigger Ships Mean Bigger Paychecks
Somali pirates are getting bolder. For years, they've chased small fry, such as Kenyan fishermen, small coastal freighters, and U.N. food ships. Today, with faster boats, better weapons, and more accurate information from their spies, they're going after massive cargo ships, super-tankers, and even passenger liners. Nobody's safe. In September, pirates grabbed a Ukrainian ship called the Faina, which was carrying armored vehicles, rockets, and other weapons. They followed up that dramatic heist by overtaking the Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star, which had crude oil aboard valued at $100 million. (Both ships were released earlier this year after ransoms were paid.) Recent attacks on cruise-liners have been unsuccessful, but maritime officials are increasingly worried. Pirates usually attack in groups of about 10 and capture ships with 20 or so passengers. That ratio of captors to captives lets the pirates stay in control. But with cruise ships carrying as many as 2,000 people, there's no way pirates would be able to conduct an orderly capture. Things might get out of hand; and that, officials say, is when people get hurt.

9. Pirates Hurt Somalia the Most
The biggest victims of Somali piracy are the Somalis themselves. Nearly 4 million people there (half the population) depend on food donations to survive. But pirate attacks on food ships have made it difficult for the United Nations to keep sending provisions. In a desperate bid to keep the supplies flowing, the U.N. issued a plea to the world's navies in 2007. As of March 2009, no food ship sets sail from Mombasa without a Dutch, Canadian, French, German, Italian, or Greek warship riding shotgun. "If you don't have an escort, you cannot move food there," says U.N. official Lemma Jembere. But naval deployments are expensive, and warships might not be available forever. This could mean death by starvation for millions, all due to a few thousand opportunistic pirates.

10. It May Be Time for Desperate Measures
Even with the world's navies rushing to protect East African shipping, the sheer size of the ocean and the huge numbers of ships involved mean warships are rarely in the right place at the right time. The mood in Mombasa, where so many ship owners and seafarers are based, is bleak. Karim Kudrati, a shipping director whose four ships have all been hijacked at least once, says it's time for the world to mobilize an army and invade Somalia. "Everybody knows where captured vessels are being taken, and on that aspect of things, nothing is being done."

The United Nations recently passed a resolution allowing an invasion, but the United States military has put the brakes on participating in any operation. Perhaps they're hesitant because of their last experience sending troops to Somalia. In 1993, 18 Americans were killed during a commando raid to capture a few, low-ranking warlords. And yet, it's becoming more and more clear that without major, international intervention, piracy will continue to grow. With the benefits far outweighing the risks, pirates have no incentive to stop pillaging.
In arguement 4, he said that it was a lawless territory; thus it is not illegal. Critical thinking can be used when reading this!

In arguement 6 his wording may have been a little misinterpretted, but he is saying they turn a blind eye to the pirates and the problem/issues they cause or interfer in. They dont do anything about it because that would imply spending money to fix the problem. They dont have money so therefore turn a blind eye to it so they dont have to do anything.

Please think before you write!
 
Kama jamaa wangekuwa hawana vita hii miaka 26 nakuhakikishia wangeongoza kwa east afrika kwa maendeleo kwa sasa, maana wao kwa umoja utawapenda
Hakuna umoja Somalia acha kuongopea umma. Kama wangekuwa na umoja wasingekuwa na vita vya wao kwa wao ilhali wana dini moja na kuongea lugha moja.

Mipango na reality ni vitu viwili tofauti hapa ndiyo huwa nauona unafiki wa watanzania, huwa mnasifia kila kitu cha nje ila vya ndani huwa mnamponda kila kitu. Mipango ya projects kubwa hata Tanzania tunayo kama reli, flyovers na Bandari ya bagamoyo ila hali halisi kila mtu anaijua. Hapa unakuja kusifia mipango tu ya Somalia huku wananchi wake wanaongoza kwa kupewa refugee status nchi za Ulaya.
 
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Hiyo ni baadhi ya miradi mikubwa inayoendelea Somalia kwa ufadhili wa serikali ya Uturuki, pamoja na vita yao kwa zaidi ya miaka 25 huwezi kuamini Shilingi yao ina nguvu kuzidi yetu wazee wa amani
Hujui nini unaongelea. Kuwa na pesa yenye nguvu doesn't necessarily mean umeendelea. Kuna nchi zina pesa zenye thamani zaidi ya dollar ila wapo nyuma sana kwa maendeleo kulinganisha na US, meanwhile China na South Korea zinashusha thamani ya pesa zao makusudi ili waweze Kuexport bidhaa zaidi
 
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Hiyo ni baadhi ya miradi mikubwa inayoendelea Somalia kwa ufadhili wa serikali ya Uturuki, pamoja na vita yao kwa zaidi ya miaka 25 huwezi kuamini Shilingi yao ina nguvu kuzidi yetu wazee wa amani

Mkuu hiyo siyo sahihi. Miradi mingi ni hewa na Pesa ya Somalia ilishuka zaidi ya milioni 3 somali shs kwa dollar moja. Wameibadilisha kuunda new currency, Rejea few years ago 2009 link below.
 
Hawa jamaa wana mipango ambayo ni massive developments ya nchi yao. From Ashes to new facelift. Hawa wana pigakazi tu na wanajaribu kusahau yalopita , vizuri mafisadi sio sana wanajenga nchi yao kwa uzalendo wa kuipenda nchi yao..
And they are very happy ..


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Na vijana wana enjoy life zao


Tena hawa jamaa wa vision na nia ya kuitoa Somalia ..wanatumia kuitangaza kweli kweli...safari za nje kwao za maana
Jee sisi tuna safirisha ndizi tani ngapi ? Machungwa ?

Na wana himizana katika kampeni kurudi nyumbani kujenga nchi...kwao sio tatizo diaspora kuwa na pasport 2 so long umezaliwa somali au una damu ya somali......
 
Vita sio jambo jema, nashangaa sana wanao penda nchi imwage damu
Watu wanaopenda vita hawaijui vita! Wamezowea kuiona vita kwenye tv tu au kuisoma kwenye Magazeti na Vitabu,Amani ikipotea sio rahisi kuirejesha tena,na vita huathiri kila mtu,thamani ya amani utaijua zaidi pale utakapo ipoteza tu.
 
Juu ya yote sikanyagi hiyo nchi. Nitakuwa mtu Wa wasiwasi. Wasomali Wa ulaya wavivu wavivu. Wanawake wanazaa non stop, wenye watoto wachache basi 6
 
Ikiwa ni kwa mpango wa MUNGU nitaenda Somalia. Ila kama ni mipango ya pesa ntazunguka zunguka humu humu kwetu, hata ijengwe pepo Mogadishu.
 
Kuna wakati huwa nawaza hivi: Watanzania ni wapuuzi na wavivu(baadhi) kwa sababu ya kuzaliwa nakukulia kwenye amani. Tungechapana (kumwaga damu) huu ujinga wa mtu kujenga gereji jirani kabisa na hospitali au mtu kujisaidia kwenye mfuko na kurusha barabarani usingekuwepo.
Angalia nidhamu waliyonayo mataifa ambayo yamechapana kidogo. Watu hawaibi kama yule jamaa anayejiita sijui nyoka wa makengeza!
 
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