What next for Somalia, asks Gheng Enock in Eldoret, Kenya.

The UIC is gone, the Ethiopians have done it. But what's the future for the Somalis? How long is this victory going to last?

My great worry is over the government itself and the Mogadishu residents. The government is composed of warlords whose interests seem only to be personal gain. On the other hand, some clans in Mogadishu think that they're not represented in the government, or view the government as an Ethiopian project.

Gheng thinks he has the solution.

They must make reconciliation the first priority. The government has to consider the neglected communities, provide security, tame the warlords, convince and prove to its people that they're not working for their own interests but for the common Somalis. This way, the government can win the confidence and trust of the people.

Thursday 4th January

Dak Marial Buot in Nairobi is concerned about his government's attitude towards people fleeing from Somalia.

What the government of Kenya has done to the refugees who are coming into this country for safety reasons is extremely disgusting and disappointing to me.

Those people are just citizens of Somalia who are fleeing for their lives. How can they be denied the right to run for their lives to a neighbouring country?

The Kenyan government should address the problems of these refugees by hosting them until the crisis in their country is settled.

Remember the saying, ''We can live without friends but not without our neighbours''?

Wednesday 3rd January

Manyang Mayar from Sudan is concerned about the plight of Somalian refugees.

The decision made by Kenyan authorities to deport Somalian refugees is unwise and inhumane.

Poor helpless women and children are leaving Somalia, not because they love Kenya, but because of the war.

Tuesday 2nd January

Sam Adu Ofori from Ghana thinks the major issue for Africa for the year 2007 is leadership.

Africa is in the midst of a leadership crisis

The bad nature of our political leadership is an open secret. The domineering and abrasive men who are CEOs of agencies , departments and corporations have big egos and are preventing the 20% untapped talent and energetic people from rising to the top.

I think to a considerable extent they are to blame for the brain drain and our inability to reverse it into a brain gain.

Monday 1st January

Stephen Bendah a Liberian was disappointed with BBC website coverage of the New Year's celebration.

I am so disappointed with the way in which the west is so biased against Africa?

Viewing the BBC web site this morning, l saw pictures of other western countries where the New Year was marked with huge colourful celebrations but there was no single African city mentioned.

Is the BBC telling me that only people in Europe are capable of staging such New Year events?