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Former Soldier May Face Charges in Somali Death
A former paratrooper appeared at a hearing Tuesday, in which prosecutors argued they still have substantial evidence to maintain second-degree murder charges in the death of a Somali youth more than 10 years ago.
Far from the young soldier shown in a photograph grinning as he held up a bloodied and beaten 16-year-old Somali boy, Clayton Matchee appeared emaciated and frail.
In 1993, Matchee was one of eight Airborne soldiers charged in the torture and murder of Shidane Arone in Somalia.
Matchee tried to hang himself with his own bootlaces after he was arrested. Doctors have said he will never recover from the subsequent brain damage sustained in his attempted suicide.
A military court-martial will convene in September to decide whether the former member of the disbanded Canadian Airborne Regiment is to face charges.
Matchee was released from the military in April 1995 on medical grounds and sent to live at a psychiatric hospital in North Battleford, Sask.
The horrifying images of the beating -- taken by the offenders themselves -- caused a scandal in Canada and soiled the nation's reputation as an international peacekeeper. As a result of the incident, the Canadian Airborne Regiment was disbanded.
Prosecutors are required to submit their case every two years in case Matchee recovers. In past hearings they have used testimony from Kyle Brown, a former Airborne private also convicted of manslaughter and torture in the Somali youth's death and sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
Maj. Gord Duncan, Matchee's defence lawyer, may ask the hearing's head, Cmdr. Peter Lamonte, to stay the hearing or dismiss charges against his client.
At a 2002 hearing, Matchee's family pleaded with authorities to dismiss the charges because of his medical condition.
Posted on Wednesday 30th June at 20:20:44 'We Need Help' Say Somali Community
ELDERLY and disabled members of Greenwich's Somali community who feel they are being treated as second-class citizens are set to present a petition to the council.
At a recent meeting at the Somali Community Centre, in the Macbean Centre, Woolwich, many described their loneliness and isolation and the lack of support they feel they get from social services. Yassin Ismail, from the centre, said it was a very emotional meeting.
He said: "There was a lot of frustration as many of the most vulnerable people are not getting any services or help and the council are refusing to speak to us about our problems."
He said only a tiny few received home support services and there were woefully few day centres or community centres they could attend.
Mr Ismail, 39, pointed out the Somali community was now the second-largest group of refugees in the borough. He said many had come because of historic ties because North Somalia was a former British colony and Somali sailors began settling in the UK before the First World War.
Since the recent civil war in Somalia, asylum seekers have arrived to join their relatives, and he estimates there are now between 10,000 and 15,000 Somalis living in the borough.
But the community, almost entirely Muslim, has experienced hard times.
Mr Ismail said there was around 98 per cent unemployment among adults, although some had set up their own small businesses, such as cafes and shops. The community has also set up volunteer-run support networks including a befriending group.
Mr Ismail said: "We just want the council to come and talk to us."
A council spokesman said: "We provide services to ensure that the different cultural needs of all sections of the local community are met."
He pointed out people had to meet eligibility criteria for a service and services had to be provided within financial restraints.
He said the council supported a Somali lunch club for around 20 people two days a week at an annual cost of £8,700 and it had given a £5,000 grant for the befriending service.
By Mandy Little
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Posted on Wednesday 30th June at 20:13:29 Koreans Freed After Detention in Somalia
Three South Korean seamen have been released from a yearlong detention in Somalia and are now in Kenya, the Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry said on Wednesday.
The three South Koreans, freed from Somalia along with eight other Indonesian mariners, arrived in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, at around 7 p.m. on June 29 local time,’’ ministry spokesman Shin Bong-kil said.
He added the South Korean Embassy in Kenya was helping them arrange their return to their homeland, while the eight Indonesian people were in their own embassy there.
Their release has been made possible by the Korean Embassy’s sustained negotiations with the Somalian creditors,’’ Shin said.
The three South Koreans are Oh Bong-gi, 53, captain of a shrimp trawler, and his crewmen Han Jong-ho and Chung Sang-bae, according to the ministry.
They took shelter at a port of Somalia on July 11 last year due to bad weather conditions, when they were detained for failing to pay their company’s debts owed to Somalian agents and suppliers.
The debts owed by their company, which went bankrupt during their stay in the African nation, amounted to about $100,000 (roughly 120 million won). The three Koreans had to live within their ship for the past year, according to the ministry.
The case drew much attention from local media following the kidnapping and murder of a South Korean civilian, Kim Sun-il, in Iraq last week.
By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter
Posted on Wednesday 30th June at 20:08:27 Somali Soldiers Gunned Down by Militia
Mogadishu - Eight Somali soldiers were killed and at least 12 others wounded when armed militia opened fire on a military camp near the capital, witnesses said on Tuesday.
The witnesses said the attack occurred early on Monday when machine-gun wielding militias loyal to the Botan Isse Alin political faction stormed the Animal Market area which links Mogadishu to Somalia's central region.
Military spokesperson Colonel Abdi Guled confirmed the incident but declined to give further details.
The country collapsed into chaos after the overthrow of military ruler Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 and a three-year mandate of an Arab-backed transitional national government formed in September 2000 ended last year without restoring peace.
Warlords and traditional leaders are trying to restore a central government to the country at reconciliation talks hosted by Kenya, but the 19-month-old process has been dogged by rifts between Ethiopia and Arab states, rivals for influence in the Horn of Africa.
Somali factions at the Kenya talks have yet to agree a successor administration to the transitional government. Conflict and famine have killed hundreds of thousands of people in the country of more than seven million since then.
East Africa regional governments have warned various militiamen to end fighting in Somalia so as not to undermine the country's peace process currently on its final stages.
On Monday, at least two people, including the mayor of Somalia's northern port town of Bosaso, were gunned down, residents said. The killing could worsen the security situation in the breakaway enclave of Puntland, they added.
Posted on Wednesday 30th June at 20:07:10 Muuse Suudi oo La Filayo Inuu Dhowaan u Ambabaxo Kenya
Muuse Suudi Yalaxow ayaa sheegaya in maalmaha soo socda uu u ambabixi doono isaga iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminayo madasha shirka dib u heshiisiinta kooxaha Soomaalida uga socda dalka Kenya.
Muuse Suudi Yalaxow oo horay dhowr bilood kahor uga soo tegay shirka Kenya ayaa dhowaan sheegay inuu ku rajo weyn yahay in shirkaasi ay ka soo bixi doonto Dowlad Soomaaliyeed isaguna ay u jiraan dad wakiilo u ah, inkastoo aan la ogeyn sababta xilligan Xaajiga ku kaliftay inuu u baqoolo dalka Kenya, iyadoo joogitaankiisa dheer ee Muqdisho loo fasirtay inay la xiriirtay dagaaladii dhowaan ka dhacay degaano ka tirsan W/Muqdisho, kuwaasoo iminka qaboobay ayna u socdaan beelihii dagaalamay wadahadalo yididiilo leh.
Dhinaca kale Muuse Suudi Yalaxow ayaa intii ay dagaaladu socdeen diiday inuu ka hadlo dagaalada ka dhacaya degaanada W/Muqdisho, isagoo sheegay inuusan wax lug ah ku lahayn dagaaladan, iyadoo dhinaca kalena Muuse Suudi oo ka mid ah hoggaamiye kooxeedyada ka maqan shirka ayaa ku biriistiisa shirka wax weyn ka bedeleysa.
Posted on Wednesday 30th June at 16:21:53 Xisbiyada Kulmiye iyo UCID oo dacwad ka dhan ah xukuumadda Riyaale hor dhigay maxkamadda sare.
Labada xisbi ee mucaaradka ku ah dowlada isku magacaawday Somaliland Kulmiye iyo Ucud ayaa mar kale dacwad ka dhan ah xakuumada Daahir Riyaale hordhigay maxkamada sare ee maamulka Somaliland .
Qoraalka dacwadda ee labada xisbi oo ay wadajir u saxiixeen labada guddoomiye Axmed Maxamed Siilaanyo iyo Feysal Cali Waraabe wax ay u gudbiyeen guddoomiyaha maxkamada, waxa ayna kaga codsadeen in ay maxkamada ay joojiso ku dhaqanka xeerka xukunka deg degga ah oo ah lambar 21 soona baxay 1986-kii iyo in ay baa’ibiso jiritaanka guddiga nabadgalyada oo ay sheegeen in ay u abuuran tahay gaarista xakumada maxkamadeed oo dastuurka u baahneen.
Horaantii bishii May ayaa guddoomiyaha xisbiga Kulmiya Siilaanyo u gudbiyay maxkamada qoraal uu ku weydiistay in la tirtiro xeerka xukunka deg degga ah, hase yeeshee guddoomiyaha golaha wakiilada Axmed Maxamed Qeybe ayaa qoraal jawaab celin ah ku sheegay in go’aanka ay golaha wakiilada ku tirtireen ku dhaqanka xeerka deg degga ah in markale ay golaha wakiilada ku fuliyeen go’aan kale.
Posted on Wednesday 30th June at 16:19:09 Food Shortages Worsen As Dry Conditions Persist
NAIROBI, 28 Jun 2004 (IRIN) - Widespread and severe food shortages have continued to affect people in the northern pastoral and southern agricultural areas of Somalia as a result of prolonged drought, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Many parts of the agricultural areas of southern Somalia had reported total to near-total crop failure due to lack of adequate moisture to sustain the crops, OCHA said in its June update on the humanitarian situation in the country. The Food Security Assessment Unit (FSAU) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation had predicted a cereals shortfall of about 70,000 mt.
In the northern and central regions, meagre rainfall had led to haphazard migrations by some pastoralists, while others had either been unable to move with their animals without becoming destitute, according to the OCHA report. Field reports covering pastoral areas in the north continued to indicate a deteriorating food- and livelihood-security situation, particularly in the Hawd of Toghdeer, the Sool plateau, northern and southern Nugal, southern Bari, Mudug and Galgadud, it added.
The drought had affected about 200,000 people in the north, of whom more than 93,000 were in humanitarian crisis, following a total collapse of their livelihoods. It had been hoped that the long rains this year would provide relief to the pastoralists, who had undergone seven seasons of inadequate rainfall, but the season ended early with poor precipitation in May and June, OCHA said.
Areas that had received some rains were now under stress because of overgrazing as a result of concentration of livestock near water points. Many of the destitute were migrating into towns so that they could benefit from social networks and obligations. The OCHA report said any remaining water was likely to run out by mid-July.
An inter-agency drought-response meeting in the town of Garowe, the capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, had proposed a drought assessment while other interventions continued, according to OCHA. The FSAU would lead a nationwide assessment of all livelihoods starting on 12 July, following which a humanitarian response group would map out interventions. FSAU indicated that the assistance might be required up to December 2004.
Meanwhile, in the south, the Jareer (Bantu) population along the Juba valley were experiencing food shortages due to inadequate rainfall and vulnerability following four seasons of below post-war average. High levels of malnutrition and an increase in malnourished patients (from 38 in February to 116 in March) were reported at a Medecins Sans Frontieres therapeutic feeding centre in Marereey.
The Jareer are particularly vulnerable due to their lack of livestock assets, poor infrastructure and marketing facilities, low level of social support and remittances from outside the area, and their generally low social standing in Somali society, making them frequent victims of conflict and of dominant clans in the region. After a long dry spell, the area received heavy rainfall from 22 to 23 June, which flooded farmland.
Meanwhile, tension caused by factional fighting in the northern Gedo region last month had hampered humanitarian access to the area, with most NGOs either suspending or minimising operations in the area, OCHA said.
Fighting that pitted the combined forces of Rer Hasan/Rer Howrarsame and Faqih Ya'qub against the Rer Ahmad/Ali Dhere and part of Faqih Ya'qub over the control of Bulo Hawa town near the Kenyan border left 59 people dead and many others injured. The International Aid Community (IAC), operating in Gedo Region, is optimistic that an agreement signed between warring groups and IAC on 21 June would facilitate humanitarian access and assistance to the affected population.
Prior to the agreement brokered by the IAC, only the Gedo Health Consortium (GHC) had limited access to Bulo Hawa town. The area has exceptionally high malnutrition rates. An assessment by GHC staff recorded an average 34 percent malnutrition rate among those displaced by the conflict.
GHC has so far given nutrition support to 250 children in Beled Amin and areas around Bulo Hawa. The area's livelihood is agro-pastoralism and was affected by inadequate rainfall as well as an influx of pastoralists from Ethiopia, increasing competition for available resources.
In another development, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria had granted Somalia nearly US $8.9 million towards preventing and controlling malaria, one of the main killers of children in the country, the Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SACB) said on Monday.
Andrea Berloffa, the chairwoman of the SACB's health sector committee, said the funds were crucial in Somalia’s fight against malaria, and would be utilised over a two-year period. Approximately 4.6 million people, including 966,000 children under the age of five and 230,000 pregnant women, would benefit.
"This grant will help reduce death and illness of children and women in the country. For a country that has been devastated by conflict, flood and drought, and with very little internal infrastructure, this kind of support will significantly accelerate prevention and control efforts," Berloffa was quoted in a SACB statement as saying.
The grant follows a successful application to the Global Fund by SACB, which comprises donor governments, UN agencies, NGOs and intergovernmental organisations working inside Somalia.
The UN Children's Fund representative in Somalia, Jesper Morch, said the grant would be used to strengthen malaria control programmes, help reduce the burden of disease and contribute towards poverty reduction. "The net effect is that we will also have assisted to build and support health systems in the country," he said.
The funds would cover the procurement and distribution of subsidised insecticide-treated bed nets, the development of relevant policies and guidelines for health workers, and the strengthening of diagnostic laboratory systems. The grant would also be used to improve access to preventive treatment at antenatal clinics and ensure availability of anti-malarial drugs in 520 public health facilities by 2005-2006.
Posted on Tuesday 29th June at 19:38:02 Duqii magaalda boosaaso oo la toogtay
Duqii magaalada boosaaso ayaa maanta kooxo hubaysan oo wajigu u qarsoon yahay waxay ku toogteen magaalada boosaaso isag iyo labo sarkaal kale oo maamulka puntland u qaabilsan dhinaca canshuuraha.
Dilkaan ayaa waxaa uu dhacay xili gudoomiyaha lagu soo celiyay jagadan iyadoo dhawaan laga qaaday markii kalsoonidii lagala laabtay wasiirada puntland ma aha markii ugu horeysay oo mas’uul maamulka puntland ka tirsan la dilo.
Sidoo kale maamulka puntland uu biilaabay baaritaan uu ku samaynayo kuwii ka danbeeyay dilka mas’uulkaan iyo raga kale.
Dhinac kale Col:C/laahi yuusuf madaxweynaha maamul goboleedka puntland ayaa waxaa uu la kulmay mas’uuliyiinta kala duwan ee maamulkiisa ka tirsan sida ninka ku xigeenkiisa maxamed cabdi xashi iyo kuw kale wuxuuna doonayaa inuu wax ka qabto dhamaynta xiisada muran ee ka dhex alolsan maamulka Puntland waxaana la filayaa in dhawaan la soo afjaro khilaafka keenay in kalsooonida lagala laabto wasiirada
Posted on Tuesday 29th June at 10:35:06 Warlords Told Off
A presidential candidate in the forthcoming Somali elections has dismissed the role war lords are arrogating themselves in the electoral process.
Mr Farah Wehliye Addo said only the people of Somalia, and particularly clan elders, will decide who to elect to parliament.
"We must not be conditioned by war lords with vested interests but we must work closely with clan elders who are working very hard to bringing Somalia back to sanity," Addo, an internationally-acclaimed personality, said yesterday.
He claimed that war lords want to select Mps to parliament in a well-choreographed rigging plan "so that whoever they select will vote for them for the presidency."
"But I can't fathom Somalia being ruled by a war lord," Mr Addo, who is considered among the favourites, said.
He said by allowing war lords take control of the electoral process will run contrary to Article 30 of the Charter which says politicians and elders are the ones to select MPs. Politicians include those who participated in the Reconciliation Conference in Mbagathi as delegates or invited persons including Transitional National Government and clan elders.
Mr Addo was recently involved in reconciliation effort of two sub-clans of Mudulot following skirmishes that took place.
"I talked to them and their elders and the skirmishes stopped. I hope they maintain the peace," he said.
Copyright © 2004 The East African Standard.
Posted on Monday 28th June at 19:42:02 Major Boost for Malaria Programmes in Somalia
Nairobi - A fund set up to combat three of the world's most devastating diseases has given aid agencies working in Somalia $8,9-million (almost R60-million) to combat malaria over the next two years.
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria granted the money to the United Nations children's agency and eight other aid agencies to distribute insecticide-treated nets and improve preventive treatment in the country's prenatal clinics, said Andrea Berloffa of the Somalia Aid Co-ordination Body.
The grant will also help provide anti-malarial drugs to 520 public health facilities, Berloffa said in a statement.
Malaria kills more than a million people a year, with 90 percent of these deaths occurring in Africa, mostly children under the age of five, acording to the UN.
"This grant will help reduce death and illness of children and women in the country," Berloffa said. "For a country that has been devastated by conflict, floods and drought, and with very little internal infrastructure, this kind of support will significantly accelerate prevention and control efforts."
More than four million Somalis will benefit from the grant, Berloffa added.
The malaria parasite is transmitted by female mosquitoes.
The UN says malaria is a major health concern in Somalia, accounting for about 12 percent of all illnesses among children under five years of age in central and southern parts of the Horn of Africa nation.
Somalia, which has a population of about 7 million, has not had an effective central government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
The Global Fund is becoming the largest financier of insecticide-treated bed nets in the world. - Sapa-AP
Posted on Monday 28th June at 21:04:52 Immigration Delays Dog Somali Refugees
Ahmed Fahmi came to Canada from Somalia six years ago. He and his wife work and live in London. Their five children attend school here. But despite the appearance of stability, Fahmi and his family are still refugees in the eyes of the government.
If the state of their immigration papers is any indication, the Fahmis fear they could remain refugees for a long time to come.
Being a refugee means Fahmi is not eligible to buy a house; his daughter who's now in Grade 10 won't be able to attend university or college; his wife can't return to Somalia to see her dying mother one last time.
The problem, said Tsering Nanglu, an Immigration Canada spokesperson, could be that Fahmi's medical and security checks have expired.
Before he can become a permanent resident in Canada, he'll have to get a passing grade on new medical and security tests.
The process sounds simple, but Fahmi said he's frustrated because since he first applied to be a permanent resident in 2001, he passed the necessary tests twice.
"(The immigration officer in London) said now, my fingerprints, all that stuff, expired in April. April 2004. And they received my file in October 2003. That means that I have to do all that stuff again."
Fahmi said he doesn't know why his permanent resident status is on hold, since he's provided materials like birth certificates and fingerprints.
After he gave immigration officials birth certificates for each of his family members, Fahmi said the officer then asked for DNA testing to prove he's the biological father to his children.
Fahmi came to Canada in 1998 as a convention refugee because of Somalia's civil war.
He applied for permanent resident status for himself and his family in September 2001.
Last October, Fahmi received a letter stating his application had passed through the first stage.
Before he could get permanent resident status, however, Fahmi had to meet with an immigration officer in London and provide any necessary documents, such as proof of identity.
Fahmi passed security and medical checks and managed to get his family's birth certificates from Somalia.
What Fahmi said he doesn't understand is why, after submitting the necessary documents, he's still waiting nearly three years later for Immigration Canada to grant his family status as permanent residents.
The red tape involved with immigration claims may seem excessive, Nanglu said, but Immigration Canada can't take any chances.
"We have to know who it is that we're landing. We don't want to land people who are not entitled to be permanent residents."
Fahmi voiced his concerns to MP Sue Barnes (L --London West), who frequently takes on cases of those who want help with their immigration claims.
Margaret Stewart, assistant to Barnes, said she's not authorized to discuss Fahmi's case.
But Stewart said it's not uncommon for individuals to seek help because they're frustrated with the lengthy waiting times. They usually want the MP's office to expedite their cases with Immigration Canada, but that is usually impossible, she said.
"They get impatient and I empathize with that," she said. "But immigration is a slow process. That's the reality."
Copyright © The London Free Press 2001,2002,2003
Posted on Monday 28th June at 21:01:21 Gunmen kill two people in Somalia port town
MOGADISHU, June 28 (Reuters) - At least two people, including the mayor of the northern Somali port town of Bosaso, were shot dead by gunmen on Monday, residents said, further destabilising security in the breakaway enclave of Puntland.
The masked gunmen also shot and injured three other people believed to be aides of Bosaso Mayor Mohamed Said Sayruq, hospital officials said.
"There is tension in the town. We are fearing retaliatory attacks any time now," said one resident who witnessed the shootings outside the town's crowded market.
He and other residents of Bosaso attributed the killings to increasing political rivalries among various militias in Puntland, triggered by a decision of the enclave's parliament to dissolve its cabinet. Some ministers opposed the decision last week.
Somalia collapsed into chaos in 1991 after the ouster of military ruler Mohamed Siad Barre.
Leaders of Puntland and rival groups have been holding stop-start peace talks in neighbouring Kenya in a bid to end more than a decade of anarchy in the country.
Puntland lies in the north of the war-torn Horn of Africa country. Officials said Puntland's leader, Abdullahi Yusuf, had returned to Somalia from the Kenyan peace talks to try and solve the political crisis.
East African regional governments have warned militiamen to end their fighting in Somalia to avoid undermining the final stages of the country's peace process.
Posted on Monday 28th June at 20:57:36 IGAD Became Forgetful Like The Somalis
IGAD's foreign ministers recently issued a warning to what it called the 'spoilers' of the moribund Somali peace conference going in Nairobi. It happened that similar warnings had been meted out many times by no one but IGAD itself, and all ended up in hot air.
The Somalis have finally concluded that IGAD's warning are incredible as the Somalis themselves are. All the Somalis claim that a brutal dictator destroyed their country and most of the Somalis support a disgusting dictator, much worse than Siyad Barre by all standards, hence IGAD has become as forgetful as we Somalis have become.
To be specific, right after this talks started in Nairobi, a well-publicized agreement was signed by all the Somali warlords. It was named 'the cessation of hostilities agreement'. In no time, major conflicts, in which hundreds of people lost their lives, erupted. IGAD failed to point a finger at the war mongers then, so how can we believe them now.
Somalia is failed nation, and there is no question about it. We believe that it is about time to admit that IGAD is a failed institution. If not, it has to come up with the credibility needed by the vast majority of the Somalis.
Recent contradicting statements are not helping IGAD's tarnished record. It stated about a month ago that the Somalis will sort out their problems on tribal basis only. Now it has forgotten and said, "the parliamentarians will be selected by the elders and IGAD recognized politicians". We read that IGAD has accepted the position of those who let down Somalia to its current position criminal warlords. The international community should not agree with IGAD's attitude of cutting the corners. If the current conferences failed, it has failed like the previous 14 others or so. No more no less.
Last but not least, Somalia's problems are political. The results of a military intervention without political solution are very predictable. Remember the arguments of 1993-94, when the US cut and run. SPR warns against warlords-driven agenda that puts Somalia in another 15 years of mayhem.
Copyright © 2004 Somali Peace Rally. All rights
Posted on Monday 28th June at 20:57:04 COL. C/LLAAHI YUUSUF IYO WAFDI UU HOGGAAMINAYO OO MAANTA GAARAY MAGAALADA GAROWE
Madaxweynaha Maamul goboleedka Puntland Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed iyo wafdigii uu hoggaaminayay ee ka yimid magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya oo shalay ka soo degay magaalada Gaalkacyo ayaa maanta kulan ballaaran kula yeeshay xarunta Madaxtooyada ee magaalada Garowe qaar ka tirsan mas’uuliyiinta maamulkaas iyo qeybaha bulshada oo si weyn u soo dhoweeyay wafdigaasi.
Hadal uu halkaasi ka jeediyay Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf ayuu ku sheegay in rajo fiican uu ka leeyahay shirka dib u heshiisiinta Soomaalida uga socda dalka Kenya, isagoo xusay inuu wax ka qaban doono is faham la’aan uu sheegay inay ka jirto maamul goboleedka Puntland.
Soo laabashada Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf ayaa ku soo beegantay xilli ay kalsoonidii kala laabteen Golaha Wakiilada Puntland xukuumada C/llaahi Yuusuf, kuwaas oo magacaabay xubno ay ugu yeereen Golaha Sare ee Garsoorka, dhinaca kalena hoos u dhac dhaqaale iyo is qabqabsi u dhaxeeya ilaha waxsoosaarka ee maamul goboleedkaas ayaa hareeyay siyaasadda Puntland, taasoo keentay in is eedeyn iyo is daba marin ay ka dhacaan goobaha dhaqaaluhu ka soo galo dowlad goboleedka Puntland sida Dekedda iyo howlaha canshuuraha.
Posted on Monday 28th June at 12:42:37 Somaliland sidii loga xusay munaasibada 26 ka juun
Boqolaal qof ayaa saaka ka qayb galay munaasabada lagu xusaayay sanadguuradii 44aad ee ka soo wareegtay markii ay Somaliland ka qaadatay xoriyada Ingiriiska taasi oo saaka lagu qabtay fagaaraha Khayriyada ee magaalada Hargeysa waxana munaasibadaasi oo aad u balaadhnayd ka soo qayb galay
M/weyne xigeenka Somaliland Mr Axmed Yuusuf Yaasiin iyo xubno ka socday golayaasha qaranka iyo dadweyne aad u tiro badnaa, hadal uu halkaasi ka jeediyay M/xigeenku waxa uu kaga hadlay arimo dhowra ah.
Mar uu ka hadlay dhinaca taariikhda iyo muhiimada ay leedahay maalintani waxa uu sheegay in ay tahay maalin qiimo ugu fadhida dadka reer Somaliland iyo waliba somali oo dhan
Waxa kale oo uu ka hadlay dhinaca ganacsiga isaga oo sheegay in ay tahay wax lala yaabo in qaar ka mida ganacsatada somaliland ay ka weecdaan dekedaha somaliland iyaga oo nagala baxsanaya cashuurta ay siinayaan dadkooda iyo dawladooda, waxana mar uu ka hadlay dhinaca qurba jooga somaliland waxa uu yidhi waxa laydinka fadhiyaa qurba joogow in aydun ka qayb qaadataan horumarinta dalkiina laydinkama fadhiyo in aad isugu jawaabtaan Internetka.
waxa kale oo uu M/xigeenku ka hadlay dhinaca koonfurta Somaliya isaga oo yidhi walaalahayo anagu wax xumaana uma hayno laakiin ninkii ka xumaada horumarkayaga iyo dawladnimadayada arxan u galimayno waxa kale oo isaguna halkaasi ka hadlay wasiirka arimaha gudaha oo kula dardaarmay dadka in ay ilaaliyaan nabadgalyada iyo xasiloonida somaliland
Waxa kale oo maanta ay xaflado ka dhaceen meelo kale oo ka mida Somaliland waxana ay dhamaan xafladahaasi ku dhamaadeen si nabadgalyo ah.
Posted on Sunday 27th June at 12:44:01 Culumaa’udiinka Dhuusa Mareeb oo wada sameynta maxkamad Islaami ah.
Culumaa’udiinka Degmada Dhuusa Mareeb ayaa wada dadaal ay ku doonayaan iney ku sameeyaan maxkamad Islaami ah oo deegaan kaasi ka hir gasha.
Dadaalkan oo ay wadaan culumaa’udiinka iyo wax garadka deegaankaasi ayaa waxa uu ka danbeeyey ka dib markii mudooyinkan danbe ay halkaasi ku soo bateen maleeshiyooyinka gaadiidka wadada u gala, kuwaasoo dhibaato u geysta gaadiidka iyo rakaabka saaranba.
Waxaa dhacday todobaad yadii aan soo dhaafnay dhowr fal oo dil iyo dhaawacba loogu geystay dadka rakaab ahi ay halkaasi ka dhaceen.
Maleeshiyooyinkan hubeysan ayaa dhac u geysta gaadiidka gaar ahaan xiliyada habeen kiiya, iyadoo wadada soo gala isla markaana ku soo baxa kolka ay arkaan iftiinka baabuurka, taasoo noqotey mid xaalad amaan daro ku abuurta wadada dheer ee isku xirta Magaalooyinka Gaalkacyo iyo Balad Weyne, isla markaana ah mid khal khal leh oo aaney dadku mari Karin xiliyada habeenkii ah.
Waxaa imink xabsiga Dhuusa Mareeb ku jira sida ay qaar ka mid ah culumaa’udiinka ay noo xaqiijiyeen, ilaa iyo toddobo maleeshiyo ah oo lagu eedey nayo iney ka danbeeyey falal dhac ah oo ka dhacay deegaan kaasi.
Tan iyo wixii ka danbeeyey markii degmada Matabaan loo dhisay maxkamad Islaami ah ayaa waxaa soo baxay maleeshiyo hubeysan oo dhac u geysata gaadiidka inta u dhaxeysa deegaanada Dhuusa Mareeb iyo Guriceel, halkaasoo ay maleeshiyooyinka ay arkeen inaan waxba laga qabaneyn isla markaana aysan ka dhisneyn maxkamad la mid ah mida deegaanka Matabaan ka dhisan, iyadoo ay Matabaana aheyd goobaha uggu badan ee Gobolada Dhexe halkaasoo maleeshiyooyinka dhibaatada dadka uggu geysan jireen.
Labadii bilood ee uggu danbeysay ayaa ilaa iyo 14 qof siyaabo kala duwan loogu diley wadadaasi, saddex ka mid ahna waxa ay ahaayeen haween rakaab ah oo u socday dhanka Magaalada Gaalkacyo
Posted on Saturday 26th June at 12:45:01 Relief Agency Leader Accused In Immigration Case
A judge yesterday declined to strike references to terrorism from the indictment of a Somalian community leader who is accused of lying about taking money from a group linked to terrorists.
Omar Abdi Mohamed, president of the Western Somali Relief Agency, is charged with immigration crimes, not terrorism.
Mohamed is accused of collecting more than $351,000 from the Global Relief Foundation, a U.S.-based charity suspected of providing financial assistance to terrorists, and then lying about it during a May 2002 citizenship interview.
A federal grand jury added charges in March that accused him of taking $5,000 from the Al-Haramain Foundation, another organization the U.S. government has linked to terrorists.
Mohamed's attorney, Mahir Sherif, objected to the indictment's references to the charities, saying the type of charity is irrelevant and the mention of terrorism would unfairly prejudice a jury.
"The impression that's going to be left is . . . he is associated with people who funded terrorism, therefore he's a terrorist," Sherif told the judge. "The government has not charged him with terrorism, but Agent (Steven) Schultz has stated, 'I believe you are related to terrorist activity.' The government is thinking along those lines."
Outside court, Sherif has said he analyzed the timing of the donations given to his client's San Diego nonprofit groups and found that all of the money came in before the Treasury Department linked the two groups to terrorist fund raising.
Authorities have countered that at the time of his naturalization interviews, Mohamed was aware of the Treasury Department's designations and failed to disclose his association with the groups.
During yesterday's hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parmley denied the government is trying to characterize Mohamed as a terrorist. "I've stuck to what is charged in this case . . . The central issue is whether the defendant lied."
Parmley told the court that to win a conviction, he must demonstrate to a jury that Mohamed knowingly and intentionally lied. The type of charity is germaine because it could demonstrate Mohamed tried to conceal his association with terror-linked groups to obtain his citizenship.
U.S. District Judge John Houston agreed, saying the type of charity is relevant to the accusations against Mohamed. The lawyers would have an opportunity to question jurors and weed out any they consider to be biased, the judge said.
The judge is considering a request in which the defendant claims he was not properly advised of his constitutional right to have an attorney present during questioning. Houston said he will rule on that matter at a hearing scheduled for July 8, after he has reviewed a videotape of the interview.
According to the indictment, Mohamed also received $1,700 a month from the Saudi Arabian government, totaling $100,000 over several years.
During his naturalization interview in May 2002, he was required to mention all of his employers and funding sources, but he failed to mention his monthly income from Saudi Arabia, the indictment states.
According to the indictment, Mohamed claimed his agency was "an entity in name only, that it never received funds and that the entity had insufficient funds to send two boxes of blankets to Somalia."
Mohamed was not asked specifically about the two foundations.
Sherif said the money that was received from the two foundations wasn't used for anything illegal but went to orphanages and refugees, to buy food sent to Ethiopia and to obtain goats slaughtered during religious ceremonies.
San Diego's Somalian community is following the case closely, and some leaders have said the government is unfairly targeting Mohamed, a former teacher's assistant at a San Diego elementary school.
At every hearing, dozens of people have shown up to support him. Yesterday, Mohamed's wife, son and about 30 friends crowded the courtroom.
Mohamed remains in federal custody.
By Kelly Thornton
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Posted on Friday 25th June at 20:16:28 Central Bank Registers All Somali Remittance Agents
DUBAI - The UAE Central Bank has completed the formal registration of all Somali remittance and clearing houses operating in the UAE to regulate money transactions and remittances flowing to Somalia from here, according to a senior UNDP official.
The UAE Central Bank has been cooperative and supportive to the United Nation Development Programme initiative to ensure that the flow of money to Somalia remains open.
In an exclusive interview with Khaleej Times, Abdulsalam Omer, Programme Manager for Governance and Financial Services of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), said: "According to our assessment, the UAE Central Bank has been the world's best financial regulator that treated Somali remittances in a prudent manner that allows fund transfers but through formal channels. Somali financial remittance houses are now operating in accordance with the host country's regulations following the registration processes. The amount remitted via UAE is estimated between 50-70 million yearly."
Asked about the purpose of the UNDP representatives to the UAE, Omer said: "In fact we are here to closely work with the Somali financial houses and the UAE monetary authorities to ensure that these operators and money changers are complying with anti-money laundering laws at global and host country levels."
"Somali financial houses operating in the UAE have given full cooperation to the UAE Central Bank by adopting the new laws on hawala, and also showed interest in UNDP training courses organised to raise awareness and educate the attendees about the documentation they need to do to practice their trade," he said.
"UNDP officials have found that the UAE financial authorities. particularly the Central Bank, and Somali clearing houses are working together to curb money laundering. This has encouraged us to take the initiative to train the staff to comply with the latest regulations," said Omer.
He said:" Remittances are critical in meeting the immense humanitarian needs of the Somali people, therefore it is crucial to urgently resolve the matter to avert a catastrophe. It has been found by the UNDP that more than two million Somalis directly benefit from the remittance services to meet their daily needs which make up about 22.5 per cent of the total income of the Somali people."
The UAE's monetary authorities have been taking a series of strong measures to counter dirty money and they have successfully managed to do so, confirmed Omer. The total amount of remittances from overseas Somalis is between $800 million to $1 billion worldwide out of which around 50-70 million is remitted from UAE.
"The collapse of the central government in Somalia in 1991 has resulted in a lot of chaos in the financial systems of that country. There are no formal regulated financial channels that Somalis overseas can use to remit money to their families," added Omer. "The main objective and the role of the UNDP is to identify the problem and then start addressing them in the right way. I guess we have done a relatively good job, yet there is a long way to go," explained Omer.
The UNDP has recently launched its remittance initiative with the publication of 'A report on Supporting Systems and Procedures for Effective Regulation and Monitoring of Somali Remittance Companies-Hawala.'
Dubai-based Mohammed Djirdeh Houssein, CEO and partner of Sahan Commercial Broker LLC, said: "Our business is now doing better than in the past, thanks to the UAE Central Bank which has shown great understanding of the needs of the people in Somalia. Dubai is a major trade partner of Somalia and that most of the consumer products move from here to Somalia, hence the remittances from overseas help in financing trade."
All the clearing houses in UAE have according to the new rules appointed compliance officers to coordinate with the central bank and also organise internal training. Hassan Moalim Omar, chairman of the Somali Financial Services Association, said: "The UAE authorities have over the past two years initiated appropriate measures against money laundering. This has increased international confidence in the UAE's business environment, added Moalim. On the other side, the measures put in place have also helped us to operate in a secure environment without any worries and have also helped us to build confidence and linkages with the international financial institutions worldwide. We shall be very close to the UAE's monetary authorities and shall abide by all their rules and regulations."
Posted on Friday 25th June at 20:11:51 Failing Somalia At Our Peril
BRUSSELS, Belgium It is a failed state in which the United States knows al-Qaida and its allies have operated, where endemic lawlessness provides a haven for terrorists. Yet Washington isn't investing in talks aimed at addressing the failure of the state.
The failed state is Somalia, possibly the only country in the world without a government, and a perfect example of the humanitarian, economic and political consequences of state collapse. Most important from the U.S. perspective, Somalia's governance vacuum makes the Horn of Africa country a comfortable home for terrorist groups looking for refuge or a logistical staging area.
Given the stakes involved, one might expect the Bush administration to be extremely interested in the Somali peace process sponsored by the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), led in this instance by Kenya and begun in October 2002. If fractured Somalia can be put back together under some kind of stable government, that would be one less place for al-Qaida and like-minded terrorist groups to hide.
But Washington seems thoroughly uninterested in the peace process, which Kenya is trying to push into its third and final phase. Occasional, vaguely supportive statements from the State Department have done little to conceal a reluctance to re-engage in Somalia since the humiliating 1993 Black Hawk Down military debacle, when 18 U.S. troops were killed and their bodies dragged through the streets of the capital, Mogadishu.
Washington's current reluctance is misplaced, however. The Somali peace process doesn't need U.S. military boots on the ground; it needs American support in other ways, including considering peace and stability in Somalia to be a counterterrorism issue. Above all, the United States must bring more substantial representation to the IGAD talks on Somalia.
At the moment, the United States has only a "Somali watcher" former Ambassador John Yates, who works out of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya rather than a full-fledged, permanent, actively participating envoy as it has at other peace talks, including the IGAD negotiations over Sudan. Greater interest from others, notably the European Union, is also needed.
Together, the Americans and Europeans should dispatch envoys to shuttle jointly throughout the region with the aim of resolving the regional differences that have troubled the IGAD talks and thus give fresh impetus to all sides to take negotiations seriously.
Cynics might reply that Somalia's collapse cannot be repaired, that the accursed country's tortuous political and military dynamics have blocked international mediation efforts for over a decade, so it is not worth getting too excited about the latest talks. Indeed, since 1991, 13 major international peace initiatives have failed to tame Somalia. While the current attempt is the longest-running, it has little clear success to distinguish itself from previous efforts.
Sadly, however, this sort of thinking becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: The lack of U.S. interest and of international interest generally is a key reason the IGAD talks are foundering. If Washington gave the peace process more attention, it is likely the participants would as well.
The time to demonstrate that increased interest is now. Effectively stalemated since January, the talks in Kenya have reached a critical stage. Unless the IGAD ministers and their passive Western partners act collectively, the process will die, causing already increasing tensions in fractured Somalia to intensify and any semblance of a functioning government to be put off indefinitely. The country is run by warlords, and the only real law is violence.
America's diplomatic disengagement from the Somali peace process is hurting the U.S. war on terrorism. Continuation of a failed state in Somalia ensures that U.S. interests and allies in the region remain dangerously vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Radical Islamist agendas will only be fed by the continuing instability, impunity and lack of government in Somalia. Supporting peace and stability in Somalia today will help to create one less haven for terrorists in the future.
John Prendergast is special adviser to the president of the International Crisis Group and Andrew Stroehlein is its media director.
By John Prendergast and Andrew Stroehlein
Copyright © 2004,
Posted on Friday 25th June at 20:10:31 WAFDIGII BEESHA DHULBAHANTE OO KAWARAMAY MAANTA IMAATINKOODA MAGAALADA HARGEYSA.
Wefdi ka soo kicitimay Degmada Taleex iyo Magaalada Laascanood ee Gobolka Sool,kana koobnaa labaatan xubnood oo mudo laba todobaad ahba ku sugnaa Magaalada Hargeysa ayaa markii u horaysay shaaca ka qaaday ujeedada socdaalkooda iyo waxyaaba ay filayaan inay ka soo bixi doonaan,isla markaana sheegay mawqifkooda ku waajahan xuduuda Somaliland ay la wadaagto Soomaaliya,Xubnaha wefdigan oo ka kooban Todobo Caaqil,Aqoonyhanao iyo Duqay kale waxaa ugu horaynaa shir jaraa,id oo ay qabteen ka hadlay Inj.C/Qaadir Cabdi Warsame oo afhayeen u ah Wefdigan waxaanu sheegay in wefdigan oo ka koobnaa labaatanka xubnood ay caasimada ku yimaadeen ka dib marii ay marti qaad rasmi ah ka heleen Madaxweynaha Somaliland Mudane Daahir Rayaale
Kaahin,waxaanu Inj.C/Qaadir intaa ku daray in socdaalak wefdigani ahayn wax lal! a yaabo, waxaanu yidhi Waxaanu ka nimid Degmada Taleex ee bariga fog ee dalka Somaliland Juqraafi ahaan waad ogtihiin Taleex waa Somaliland, markii uu Ingirisku ina siiyay madax banaaninada 1960kii Taleex waxay
ka mid ahayd Somalilander
Inj.C/Qaadir oo iftiiminaya Taleex iyo waxay tahay waxaa uu yidhi "Taleex waxay leedahay Xuduudo waaqici ah oo aanay cidina dafiri Karin,Taleexna Somaliland ayay ka mid tahay".
Inj.C/Qaadir Cabdi Warsame waxaa uu sheegay in baahiyaha aasaasiga ah ee ay u baahan tahay degmada Taleex inay kala hadleen Madaxda Xukuumada Somaliland,waxaanu yidhi “sidaad la
socotaan adeegyada aasaasiga ah sida Waxbarshada,Caafimaadka biyaha iwm waxaad moodaa inay Degmada Taleex iyo gudu ahaan gobolka Soolba ay ka hooseeyeen Gobolada kale taasina waxay
ku timid is faham la,aan 13 sanaood jiray oo u dhaxeeyay shacbiga Deegaanka iyo Xukuumada Somaliland,taasna waxaanu kala hadalnay Xukuumada.
Afhayeenka Wefdiga Degmada Taleex Inj.C/Qaadir waxaa uu tilmaamay inay diyaar u yihiin sidii ay ula shaqayn lahaayeen Xukuumadooda isla markaan ay Dawlada uga fadhiyaan inay deegaanka Taleex gaadhsiiyaan adeegii bulshadu u baahnayd.
Cheif Caaqil Aadan Koore ayaa isgauna halka hadalo ka soo jeediyay waxaanu sheegay inay Xukuumada Somaliland si diiran oo walaanimo ah u soo dhawaysay isla markaan ay la kulmeen Masuulyiin Sare oo ka tirsan Xukuumada kuwaas oo ay kala hadleen xaalada nololeed iyo siyaasadeed ee deeganada ay ka
yimaadeen,waxaana hadalkiisa ka mid ahaa “ anagu Somaliland baanu nahay dhinacayagana diyaar baanu u nahay sidii aanu Xukuumada ula shaqayn lahayn ee Xukuumaduna ha ku dhaqaaqdo sidii ay noogu fududuayn lahayd wixii aanu xaq u leenahay adeega bulshada anaguna aanu waajibkayaga uga soo bixi lahayn.
Chief Caaqil Aadan Koore waxaa uu sheegay in xadka Somaliland uu yahay lama taabtaan waxaanu yidhi “Xuduuda Somaliland ay la leedahay Soomaaliya waa lama taabtaan waana mid caalamku wada aqoosna yahay,Caaqilku waxaa uu intaas raaciyay in ay rajaynayaan in natiijo wax ku ool ahi ay ka soo baxdo socdaalkodanwaxaanu yidhi “Waxaanu malamahan soo socda la kulmaynaaa Madaxwyanaha Jamhuuriyada Somaliland Mudane Daahir Rayaale Kaahin waxaanan kala hadlaynaa sidii dadka la isugu
soo dhawayn lahaa balse ma jecli inaan ka hordhaco.
C/Laahi Garaad Saleebaan iyo Ibraahin Diiriye Af-Xakame ayaa iyagana halkaa ka hadalay waxaana sheegeen hadalo la mid ah kuwa Caaqilka.
Posted on Friday 25th June at 11:05:38 COL. C/LLAAHI YUUSUF OO LA FILAYO INUU SOCDAAL DEGDEG AH KU YIMAADO GOBOLKA W/BARI
Madaxweynaha Dowlad goboleedka Puntland Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed ayaa xaaladda siyaasadeed ee faraha ka sii baxeysa awgeed la filayaa inuu socdaal degdeg ah ku yimaado gobolada W/Bari oo ay ka taliso xukuumadiisa Puntland, iyadoo maanta sida ay Somaliweyn u sheegeen qaar ka mid ah xubnaha Dowladiisa loogu jiray qabanqaabo lagu soo dhoweynayo imaanshaha Madaxweynahooda.
Safarka degdegta ah ee Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf oo la sheegay inuu aad u gaaban yahay xilligiisa ayaa intii uu joogo gobolada W/Barina uu kulamo xasaasi ah la yeelan doono Golayaasha xukuumadiisa oo iyagu had iyo jeer marka uu dalka dibadiisa safaro ku tago iska hor yimaada, iyadoo ay u sii dheer tahay Korneylka inuu qaboojiyo xiisad isaga si gaar ah uga soo food saartay Golaha Wakiilada Puntland oo gebi ahaanba kalsoonidoodii kala noqday Xukuumadiisa, arrintaasoo ugu weyn imaanshaha C/llaahi Yuusuf ee aan horay loo shaacin.
Waxaa kale oo ka mid arrimaha hor yaala inuu wax ka qabto Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf iyadana xubnaha Golaha Wasiirada xukuumadiisa oo ka tallaabsaday amar uu ka soo saaray oo ku saabsanaa dhinaca ammaankooda oo uu ku amray xubin kasta oo ka mid ah Wasiiradiisa inay qoran karto oo kaliya laba ilaalo ah, hase yeeshee ku dhaqaaqay markii uu Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf foolkiisa u jeediyay madasha shirka dib u heshiisiinta Soomaalida ee ka socda dalka Kenya in mid kasta uu ay ilaalo ka noqdaan maleeshiyooyin fara badan iyo min hal gaari oo nooca tiknikada ah.
Tallaabadan ay ku dhaqaaqeen Wasiirada Dowlad goboleedka Puntland ayaa soo baxday kaddib markii Golaha wakiilada uu shaaciyay inuu kalsoonidii kala noqday xukuumada C/llaahi Yuusuf, taasina ay sababtay in Wasiiradu iska dhega tiraan go’aanka Golaha Wakiilada Puntland oo leh go’aanka ugu dambeeya ee xukuumada Puntland oo uu hoggaamiyo C/llaahi Yuusuf, inkastoo ku soo laabashadiisa xukuumada Puntland ay muran ku jirtay kaddib markii uu ka awood roonaaday xukuumadii sida Dastuuriga ah lagu soo doortay ee Jaamac Cali Jaamac, ayay hadana arrintani C/llaahi Yuusuf ku noqoneysaa oodin siyaasadeed oo ka xanuun badan waagii oo Qoriga caaradiisa kula wareegay xukuumadii la soo doortay.
Posted on Friday 25th June at 10:55:49 Cabdiqaasim iyo Kooxda Al-carta ee uu hogaaminaayo oo la sheegay in ay gacan-saar toos ah la leeyihiin Argagixisada Caalamka.
Qareen Maraykana ah oo ka hadlay arinta lagu haysto Nuuradin Ahmed oo ah 32 jir Soomaliya oo ay ciidamada sirdoonka Maraykanku (FBI) ku soo oogeen danbi ah in uu ka fulinaayey falal argagixiso ah dalka Marakanka gudihiisa, ayaa faahfaahin ka bixiya danbiga loo haysto ninikaa iyo cidii oo xidhiidhka la lahaa.
Qareenkan Maraykanka ah oo Nuuradin difaacaya ayaa ku wargaliyey Ehliyadii uu Nuuradin ka dhashay in seddex arimood loo haysto oo kale ah in uu ka fuliya Falal argagixiso ah dalka Maraykanka iyo in uu xidhiidh la leeyahay xubno ka mid ah Argagixisad Caalamka......Alqaacida iyo ka been abuurasho
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Sida FBI-du sheegtay waxaay Nuuradiin wadashaqayn lahaayeen Iyman Faris. Ninkaas oo Bishii Oktoobar 2003 dii lagu xukumay 20 sano oo xadhig ah markii lagu soo eedeeyey in uu xubin ka yahay Ururka Alqaacida .
Waxaa Xeer-ilaaliyuhu soo jeediyey in Nuruddiin lagu xukumo 80 sano oo xadhig ah ,lana ganaaxo hal million oo dollar-ka Mareeykanka ah.
Waxa kale oo uu sheegay Qareenku in uu Nuuradin qirtay in uu xidhiidh la lahaa ninka sida ba'an FBI-du u raadinayso ee layidhaahdo Fazul Abdulaahi Mohamed ninkaas oo Sirdoonka Marayakanku yidhaahdeen waxa uu ku dhuumanayaa Mogdishu (Somalia). Mar FBI-du wax ka weydiisay Nuuradin, wakhtigii ugu danbeeye ee uu la kulmay ninkaa iyo halkii uu kala kulmay ayaa ku jawaabay...hal sano iyo badh ka hor ayey ahayd waxaanan ku la kulmay oo lagu ilaalin jiray guri Mogdishu ku yaala oo uu leeyahay Cabdi Qaybdiid oo ah Taliyaha Ciidanka Police-ka ee Carta ee uu hagaaminaayo Abdi qaasim Salaad.
Fazul Abdulaahi Maxamed waa kuma?
Waa ninka mareykanku ku eedeynayaan inuu ka denbeeyey bamamkii lagu qarxiyey safaaradaha Mareykanka ee Africa-da bari, waxaanu macalin ku yahay habka dhuumashada ama Isqarinta.
Fazul Abdulaahi ayaa liiska dadka argagaxisada ugu waayeyn ee FBI du raadinayso ku jira. Iyadoo Dawlada Mareykanka balanqaadey ninkii warkiisa keena in la siin doono lacag dhan 25 million oo dollar. Fazul waxa uu u dhashay jasiiradaha kamooro da diisana wax lagu qiyaasay in uu yahay 30 jir, Wararkii ugu danbeeya ayaa sheegaaya inuu hada joogo oo ku nool yahay koonfurta dalka Somalia. Fazul ayaa ah nin aad u yaqaana cilmiga kombuyuutarada iyo luqadaha, ninkaasi waxa uu leeyahay in ka badan 18 Naanaysood oo uu isticmaalo.
Bishii march sanadkii 2003 ayaa waxaa mareykanka oo uu caawinaayey Qabqablaha layidhaahdo Maxamed dheere ee reer Jowhar uu gacanta ku dhigeen nin yemani ah oo la yidhaahdo Saleebaan Cabdala Saalim oo isagu ahaa dadka aadka ugu dhowdhow Mr Fazul taasina waxey kuu cadeyneysaa in uu Fazul ku dhuumanaayo Somalia. Fazul ayaa waxaa la sheegayey in uu ku jiray ! dhamaadkii sanadkii 2003 magaalada Muqdisho iyadoo ay ilaalinayaan ama waardiyeynayaan dabley aad hubaysan oo ka amar qaadanaysay.... Abdiqaasim Salaad, Laakiin sanadkan 2004 ayaa waxaa la sheegayaa in Fazul uu u gudbay dhinaca marka ilaa iyo kismaayo iyo xuduuda kenya. Taasina waxaa uu Fazul damacsan yahay inuu ku dhaxdhuunto dadkaan Banaadiriga ah ama Baajuunta oo uu u ekaankaro iyadoo la sheegayo in Mr Fazul uu aad ugu fiican yahay luqada Sawaxiliga ah ee ay dadka Baajuunta ku hadlaan.
Mr Fazul ayaa waxaa la sheegayey inuu joogay tuulada Gendershe iyadoo dadka oo dhan ay ogyihiin in la raadinayo laakiin aanay jirinn cid wax u geeysatay. Dadka magaalada deggen waxey sheegeen in uu maalinwelbeba uu ku tababaran jiray xeebta laakiin mar dagaal tuuladaa ka dhacay ayaa waxaa la sheegeyey in qabtay ama aaday dhinaca Muqdisho khaasatan xaafada Xamarjajab. bilihii febuary ilaa iyo april ayaa Fazul waxaa uu socdaalo kala duwan ku tagay ma! gaalooyinka ay ka midka yihiin Kismaayo,Kudha,Madhomo,Dar! usalam i yo Diinsoor halkaas uu ka gatey dhagaxaan aad u qaali ah.
Gen. Mastin Robeson oo ah ninka ka taliya ciidamada Mareykanka u fadhiya wadanka Jabuuti ayaa sheegay in Soomaliya ay tahay meel aad u adag oo ay adag tahay in ciidamo Mareykan ah ay soo qabtaan Fazul oo Soomaaliya ku jira. Sida kaliya ee loo soo qaban karo ninkaas ayaa ah in ciidamo Soomaliya la isticmaalo ama taageero laga helo....ayuu yidhi Gen. Mastin.
Waxa ku soo qoray: Osman Abdillahi Sool...(Fuaa'd Gaagaale). Freelance Journalist. Copenhagen.
Posted on Thursday 24th June at 16:10:22 Journalists Condemn Abuses Against Their Colleagues
Statement from the Somali Journalists Network (SOJON)
North Mogadishu based Faction leader Muse Sudi Yalaxow and his militias abused radio journalists on the 15th of June 2004 in Yalaxow's Headquarters in Mogadishu, after his militia tortured journalist Abdirahman Ali Subiye, while Muse himself destroyed journalist's digital camera and denied their freedom to collect information.
This maltreatment occurred when a mediation committee from Abgal Elders and religious people nominated to solve the one month fighting between two militias loyal to Muse Sudi Yalahow and businessman, Bashir Ragge Shirar, returned with the Muse Sudi militias to their headquarters in north Mogadishu.
Journalist Abdirahman Ali Subiye from Idaacadda Qur'aanka Kariimka (Holly Quran Radio) was detained by Yalaxow's militia in their centre of operations. Mr. Subiye was beaten with the back side of hand guns carried by the special security guarding Muse Sudi. Some of the militia were boxing and slapping him. 'I was brought to Muse Sudi, and he told me to give him the Camera, and he put my Camera under a battle vehicle, which destroyed the Digital Camera' Subiye said.
During this, members of the mediation committee stopped the abuses by ordering the militias to release Mr Subiye and other two journalists, Hassan Xaji Hanafi and Fardowso Mohammed Abdulle, who were also harassed and denied their right to collect information.
Somali Journalists Network condemned this atrocious act, which is offensive cruelty on freedom of press and the freedom of information.
Posted on Thursday 24th June at 15:13:04 Tall Order to Keep Up With This Giant Guy
People will see a visitor they can really look up to today when the man claiming to be the tallest person in the world drops by.
Hussain Bisad stands a staggering 7ft 9in tall, weighs 33 stone and wears size 22 shoes.
He is already recognised in the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest man in the UK.
He also officially possesses the biggest hands in the world.
Hussain now believes he has passed the current title holder, Tunisia's 7ft 8.9 inch tall Radhouane Charbib, and should be crowned the tallest man in the world.
Hussain has been invited to the city by the Somali Voice newspaper to promote the city's Somali community.
Editor Kayse Maxamed said: "This is very good for the community. We are very proud of him."
Hussain said he was delighted to be in Leicester.
He said: "I'll definitely be cheering on England in Euro 2004 against Portugal tonight."
His host, Hashim Duale, said: "He does a lot of fund-raising for hospitals in Somalia and visits schools here in the UK to encourage children to get a good education."
Hussain was born near Mogadishu, in Somalia, and his remarkable development started at the age of seven.
He grew so much during one school summer holiday that the teachers no longer recognised him when he returned.
They demanded his father vouch for his identity before he was allowed back.
Hussain came to Britain as an asylum seeker after robbers shot him in the knee in Somalia. However. his height means he cannot use public transport and sleeps in a nine-foot bed.
Hussain is spending today touring schools, before heading back to London to watch the England game.
The Guinness Book of Records is currently investigating Hussain's claim to be the tallest in the world.
On a previous occasion, he was measured by officials to be 7 ft 6.5 inches tall.
A spokesman for Guinness World Records said: "While he was with us, he was doing a lot of media work and it is thought that is why he lost so much height. Because they are so tall, people such as Hussain become tired very easily, and find it difficult to move around."
Guinness officials are also looking into the possibility that the difference in height between Hussain, and his twin sister, Khardra, who is 5ft 5ins, is a world record.
The world's tallest-ever man was American Robert Wadlow, who died in 1940, at 8ft 11ins.
BY BEN FARMER
Posted on Thursday 24th June at 15:11:07 Arbitration Committee for Proposed Parliament Formed
Twelve members of the Arbitration Committee that will resolve any disputes that might arise during the nomination of the 275 members of Somalia's proposed Transitional Federal Parliament were on Tuesday sworn into office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
The committee members who were named at the end of a meeting of IGAD (the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development) regional foreign ministers, were nominated by delegates to the ongoing Somali National Reconciliation Conference (SNRC).
Five clans each nominated three members to the committee, but one clan, the Dir, failed to present its nominees to the IGAD ministerial team because of a dispute over who was to represent the clan.
The ministers, who are mediating the talks under the auspices of IGAD, warned that faction leaders who had boycotted the Nairobi peace process risked being subjected to international sanctions.
In a joint communique issued by the IGAD Ministerial Facilitation Committee, the ministers said they were concerned about "the unacceptable absence of certain Somali leaders from the Third and Final Phase of the conference" and urged those leaders to return to "the conference without further delay."
"No Somali leaders should impose any conditionalities on the SNRC," they warned. "Spoilers and those who obstruct the process from within and outside the SNRC will be named publicly and subjected to targeted international sanctions," the ministerial communique read by Mohamed Ali Foum, the African Union (AU) Special Envoy for Somalia, said.
Notable among the absentees were Abdulkassim Salat Hassan, the president of the Transitional National Government and Musa Sudi Yalahow, the head of the Somali National Salvation Council.
Each of Somalia's four major clans has been allocated 61 seats in the proposed parliament, while a fifth clan (an alliance of minority clans) would have 31 MPs. A Speaker and two deputy Speakers would be elected from among the MPs, and they in turn would preside over the election of the president.
The ministers urged delegates to honour the 31 July, 2004 deadline, set by IGAD, as the end of Phase III of the peace talks.
Somalia has been without a functioning government since the toppling in 1991 of the regime of Muhammad Siyad Barre. The IGAD-sponsored talks began in October 2002 in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret, but were moved to Nairobi in February 2003.
The IGAD facilitation committee said that the AU would soon dispatch a reconnaissance mission to Somalia to prepare the ground for the deployment of military monitors. It urged Somali leaders to cooperate with the initiative.
It also said the IGAD committee would soon visit the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and the UN Security Council in New York, to brief the two institutions on progress in the peace process. The committee appealed to IGAD partners and the international community to continue funding the talks.
IGAD groups Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. Somalia is also a member but is currently not fully represented in the organisation because it lacks a functioning government.
Copyright © 2004 UN Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Posted on Wednesday 23rd June at 19:05:23 LIBAAX SAAKA AROORTII DAD KU DILAY DEGMADA XAMAR WEYNE
Libaax aan weli rabaayad noqon oo ku xareysnaa meel shabaq ah ayaa saakay aroornimadii hore ka fakaday shabaqii uu ku jiray, iyadoo isla markii uu fakadayna hal canug oo yar kana mid ahaa ciyaalka ka qaraabta suuqa Xamar Weyne ku dilay meel aan sidaa uga fogeyn halkii uu ka soo baxsaday, isagoo dhaawacay canug kale oo aan qaangaar ahayn.
Libaaxan ayay haatan baadi goobayaan Booliska iyo ciidamada Maxkamadda Islaamiga ah ee Xamar Weyne ayaa dhinaca kalena waxaa fakashadiisan cabsi weyn ka abuurtay Degmada xamar weyne iyadoo saakay ay xiran yihiin gebi ahaanba goobihii wax laga iibsanayay, iyadoo isu socodka dadka iyo gaadiidkuna aad u yar yahay, taasoo ay sheegeen dadka degaankooda qaarkood inaanu weli Libaaxu aanu ka dheereyn halkii uu ka fakaday oo laga cabsi qabo inuu mar kale dib u soo kaco oo uu ku laayo dadka iyo duunyada ku dhaqan Degmada Xamar Weyne.
Posted on Wednesday 23rd June at 17:31:46 SHIRKII WASIIRADA ARIMAHA DIBADA WADAMADA IGAD AYAA GALABTA LA SOO GABAGABEEYAY...
SHIRKII WASIIRADA ARIMAHA DIBADA WADAMADA IGAD AYAA GALABTA LA SOO GABAGABEEYAY WAXAANA ISLA GALABTA HORTOODA LAGU DHAARIYAY XUBNIHII GUDIGA KHILAAFAADKA BEELAHA DAAROOD HAWIYE DIGIL&MIRIFLE IYO BEESHA SHANAAD
Waxaa galabta galinkii danbe lagu gebageboobey Xarunta Mbagathi kulankii 7aad ee Wasiirada Arrimaha Dibedda ee dalalka ku bahoobey urur goboleedka IGAD.
Kulankaas oo furmay 21-22 juun socdeyna muddo laba maalmood ah ayaa waxa ay wasiiradu aad uga hadleen qaabki shirka nabada ee soomaaliya
War murtiyeed ay maanta magaalada Nairobi ka soo saareen wasiirada arrimaha dibadda ee urur gobaleedka IGAD oo dhawaan shirkooda ku soo gabagaboobay halkaasi ayaa uga digay hogaamiyayaasha shirka ka maqan iyo kuwa ka lug jiidaya inay tallaabooyin adag ka qaadan doonaan.
Shirkan oo ay ka soo qeybgaleen wasiirada arrimaha dibadda ee Kenya, Djibouti, Itoobiya, Uganda iyo wakiilo ka socday Erataria iyo Sudan iyo dalalka deeqaha bixiya ayaa looga hadlay sidii shirka Soomaalida ay wax uga soo bixi lahaayeen.
Sidoo kale waxaa shirka ka soo qeebgalay wadamada Kanada Masar Filan Faransa Itali Jaban Jarmani Danmark Nadarlan Noorweey Iswiidhan Iswisarlan Uk Ameerika UN Midoowga yurub Jaamacada Carabta Worl Bank
Shirkan ayaa looga baaqay hogaamiyayaasha siyaasadda ee ka maqan shirka in ay si dhaqso ah ku yimaadaan shirka iyadoo loogu baaqay in aan loo dulqaadan doonin hogaamiyayaasha shirka lug jiidaya oo la saari doono cuma qabateen doono
Dalalka IGAD ayaa isku raacay inay deeq deg deg ah ay la soo gaaraan madasha shirka si loogu hormariyo wafuduuda ku sugan shirka.
Wasiirada ayaa sheegay in 15 july ay dib isugu soo noqon doonaan magaalada Nairobi iyagoo xusay in 31 julay shirka la soo gabagabeyn doono.
Wasiirada ayaa maanta la kulmay dhammaan guddiyada khilaafaadka ee beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle, Hawiye, Daaraad iyo beesha shanaad iyadoo lagu dhaariyay dhammaan guddiyadaasi.
Laakiin waxaan iyadu imaan Gudigii Qilaafaadka Beesha Direed iyadoo la sheegayo in uu Khilaaf aad u badani u dhaxeeyo Beelaha Direed
Maxamed Cabdi Afeey Ayaa ii xaqiijiyay in rajada shirku aad u fiicantahay uuna rajeeynayo in uu ilaa 10 bariyoo soo socota ay soomaalidu soo xulan doonaan xubnaha Baarlamaanka
Xubnihii galabta lagu hordhaariyay wasiirada IGAD hortooda waxaa ka mid ahaa Magacyadan
DIGIL&MIRIF
Gudiga khilaafaadka
1- Xuseen Cusmaan Xasan
2 -Nuur Adan Nuur
3 -Axmed Cabdikariin Xuseen
DAAROOD
1- Maxamed Saleebaan Bootaan (Daarood/Harti)
2- Shiikh Khaliif Guure (Daarood/Absame)
3- Suldaan Axmed Muuse Amen (Daarood/Mareexaan)
HAWIYE
1 Maxamed Siyaad Naaleeye
2 Shaafi Maxamed Cali
3 Colaad Guure Xaayoow
Beesha Shanaad
1 Maxamed Taareey
2 Suldaan Maxamed oo ah Suldaanka beesha Dulmanayaasha
Waxaa lagu dhaariyay wasiirada Hortooda laakin beesha Direed iyada waxaa laga filayaa in ay maalmaha soo socda ay soo dhameeyaan khilaafkooda
Dhinaca Kale beesha Direed ayaa aad u muujisay in ay doowlada jabuuti ay tahay doowlad faraha kula jirta arimaha beesha Direed waxa ayna ugu baaqeen in Jabuuti faraha kala baxdo arimaha beesha
Posted on Wednesday 23rd June at 15:43:06 Somalis Turn Professional
Internationals Abdulkadir Sheikh Othman and Issa Aden have become the first Somalis to play professional football outside their war-torn country.
The 19-year old goalkeeper Othman and 18-year-old striker Aden from the Elmani club in Mogadishu have signed two-year deals to play for Tanzanian champions Simba.
Simba's acting secretary general Hassan Othman told BBC Sport that the pair have been offered a signing on fee of US $4,000 each and will be paid monthly salaries of US $150 each.
Currently the clubs Somalia's eight-team top division are unable to pay their players mainly due to the civil strife that has beset the country for more than a decade.
The players are naturally elated with their achievements and they believe being at Simba will be springboard for the future.
"I'm feeling really good, it's the first time Somalia have had professionals, it's a big achievement in my life," a very happy Aden told BBC Sport.
"I need to achieve more things and that is now possible because Simba is a big team, I would like to continue with my career and go forward to Europe," he added.
The players were spotted at East Africa's regional Cecafa club championship in Rwanda last month, where they helped prevent Elmani from conceding too many goals.
The Somali side also came up with something of a shock when they held Ugandan giants Express FC to a 1-1 draw.
"They played a high level of football in Kigali, their efforts alone saved Elmani from losing to every team by big margins, they are young and talented," said the former Simba secretary general Kassim Dewji, who brought the pair.
By Emmanuel Muga
BBC Sport, Dar es Salaam
Posted on Tuesday 22nd June at 20:32:41 IGAD Threatens to Impose Sanctions
NAIROBI, June 22 (Xinhuanet) Members of east Africa's Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) appealed to Somali leaders Tuesday not to frustrate the final phase of the country's peace talks and threatened to subject the "spoilers" to international sanctions.
According to a communique issued at the end of a two-day IGAD ministerial facilitation committee on the Somali peace process in Kenyan capital Nairobi, the foreign ministers from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and the Sudan, the bloc of countries that act as Somali and Sudan war mediators, warned that punitive measures would be imposed on those who were found obstructing and frustrating the remaining part of the peace process.
The talks, sponsored by IGAD, began in October 2002 in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret, and moved to Nairobi to enter its third and final phase since February 2003, but some key Somali leaders have not attended the meeting.
The IGAD ministers called upon the delegates to speed up the Somalia peace talks to meet the July 31 deadline and reaffirmed their decision to visit the African Union and the United Nations Security Council to brief them on the peace process.
Appealing to partners and the international community to continue funding the process, particularly addressing debt settlement, the IGAD meeting called for transparency in the selection process of members of parliament of clan-based formula for reconciliation and formation of the proposed transitional national government.
The talks have been dogged by wrangles over issues such as an interim charter, the number of participants and the selection of future parliamentarians. Enditem
Posted on Tuesday 22nd June at 20:30:53 Kooxdii fulisay dilkii wadada u dhaxaysa Hargeysa iyo Berbera oo saxaafada la tusay
Xukumada soomaliland ayaa markii ugu horaysay tusay saxaafada kooxdii fulisay dilkii ka dhacay wadada u dhaxaysa Hargeysa iyo Berbera oo lagu dilay haweenay u dhalatay kiiniya laguna dhaawacay ninkii haystay hay ada jarmalka ah ee GTZ xubnaha falkan fuliyay oo ka koobnaa shan nin waxa lagu
soo qabtay tulada la yidhaahdo DHOQOSHAY oo burco wax yar u jirta waxana ay magacyadoodu kala yihiin.
1.Farxaan Cabdule Maxamed oo ay da'diisu tahay 21 jir waxa uu ku dhashay magaalada Muqdisho waxana uu dagan yahay isla magaalada Muqdisho/towfiiq waxana uu qabiil ahaan ka soo jeedaa beesha HAWIYE Murursade Farxaan ayaa sheegay in uu wax ku baran jiray madarasada la yidhaahdo
DAARUL-CULUUM oo ku taala magaalada Muqdisho
2.Cali Maxamed Cawaale 24 jir waxa uu ku dhashay tuulada GELINSOOR waxa uu haatan degen yahay magaalada Muqdisho qabiilkiisa waxa uu ku sheegay HAWIYE/HABAR GIDIR/SALEEBAAN, Cali waxa uu sheegay in uu Hargeysa yimid mudo ka hor intii aanu weerarka qaadin taasi oo gadhaysay ilaa 10 cisho ka hor.
Weerarkii ay qaden mar wax laga waydiiyay cida ku dhiiri galisay waxa uu sheegay in uu ku dhiiri
galiyay ninkii kooxdaasi waday oo uu ku sheegay JAAMAC KUUTIYE oo isna haatan xidhan.
3 Cali Muuse Maxamed 30 jir ku dhashay magaalada Muqdisho magaca hooyadii waxa uu ku sheegay
Dhubade Shire waxana ay dagan yihiin magaalada Muqdisho/hodan waxana uu qabiilkiisa ku sheegay in uu yahay DUDUBE waana nin fool la' waxana uu sheegay in uu ride ka ahaan jiray gaadhi tikniko ah waxana uu qirtay marka laga yimaado falka haatan lagu sooo qabtay laga yimaado in uu galay oo uu
ka qayb qaatay gaadhi isna lagu dhacay sanadkii 2002 magaalada hargeysa oo ay lahayd hay'ada WFB kaasi oo mid lagu dhaawacay
4 Daa'uud Saalax Iidle 25 jir waxa uu ku dhashay tuulada KUNTI WARAY waxana uu dagan yahay magaalada Burco haybtiisa (QABIILKIISA) ISAAQ/HABARYOONIS/SACAD YOONIS, Daa'uud waxa uu ka mid ahaa shaqaalihii hay'adii ALXARAMAYN oo dalka laga mamnuucay sanadkii 2003 markii uu soo baxay tuhun ah in ay xidhiidh la leedahay urur argagixiso ah.
5 Jaamac C/laahi KUUTIYE 45jir waxa uu ku dhashay deegaanka Buuhoodle qabiilkiisa ayaa ah DAAROOD/DHULBAHANTE/CIGAAL/NAALEEYE/ waxana weeye ninkii ka madaxda ahaa kooxdan gaysatay falka budhcadnimada ah ee laga naxo.
Inkasta oo ay dhamaantood si fiican uga jawaabeen su'aalihii ay waydiiyeen wariyayaashu hadana ninkii kooxdani madaxda ka ahaa ayaa isagu diiday in la waydiiyo wax su'aala ah xataa waxa uu diiday in uu sheego magaciisa waxana isaga oo kor u qayliinaya uu yidhi "xaqlayguma laha in lay waydiiyo su'aalo"
aan ahayn kuwa dawlada waxana uu ahaa muuqalka maxaabiistaasi mid aad u fiican iyaga oo ay
dhamaantooda xidhnaayen macawiso iyo garamaan ishoodu ama muuqaalkooduna aad buu u fiicnaa
waxana laga yaaba in maalmaha inagu soo dhaw la geeyo maxkamad si dambiga ay galeen logu qaado.
Posted on Tuesday 22nd June at 16:50:46 TAAKULEYNTA AGOONTII AY HEYSAY HAY’ADDII AL-XARAMEYN OO CAQABAD KA HOR TIMID
Shir saaka dhex maray Guddiga taakuleynta Agoontii Hay’adda al-Xarameyn ay gacanta ku heysay iyo Hooyooyinka agoon gaareysa 360-ruux ayaa ku dhammaaday natiijo la’aan kaddib markii labada dhinac ay isku khilaafeen amaba isku afgaran waayeen qaabka ugu haboon ee dib loogu soo celin karo xeryihii ay horay uga tageen.
Guddoomiye ku xigeenka Guddiga taakuleynta agoontaasi C/kariin Maxamed Cali oo kahadlayay waxyaabaha la isku diidan yahay ayaa sheegay inay dhinacooda waalidiinta ku xireen inay dib u soo celiyaan sariirihii ay ku jiifan jireen, isagoo sheegay in dhaqaale yari jirta awgeed aanay saamaxeyn inay agoontu helaan wixii ay ka heli jireen Hay’addii Al-Xarameyn, isagoo sheegay in caruurtaasi ay bishii qaadanayaan min 20-Dollar, iyo raashin fudud.
Dhinaca kale mid ka mid hooyooyinka caruurtaasi agoonta ah ayaa Somaliweyn u sheegtay inay iyaguna Guddiga u soo jeediyeen ilmahooda inay ku heystaan guryahooda isla markaana haddiiba ay taakuleyn bixinayaan ay guryahooda ku siiyaan, taasoo ay sabab uga dhigeen in caruurtooda ay markeedii horeba aad u liidatay waxbarashada diinta Islaamka, hadana ay u sii dheer tahay daryeelka iyo xannaanada oo aad u liita oo aanay ku aamini karin xeradii ay ku jireen markoodii hore.
Md. C/kariin Maxamed Guddoomiye ku xigeenka Guddiga taakuleynta Agoonta waxaa kale oo uu sheegay in liiska caruurta agoonta ah ay hayaan shaqaalihii hore ee Hay’adda Al-Xarameyn, sidaas daraadeedna loo gudbiyay Hay’ad kale oo aanu magaceeda carabaabin oo iyadu ballanqaaday in muddo shan bilood ah ay agoonta ugu deeqday inay taakuleyso, iyadoo caruurtaasi liiskooda la hayana ay Hay’addu u qoondeysay min 30-Dollar bishiiba, hase yeeshee warkan oo ka yimid dhinaca Guddiga ayaan la ogeyn waxa ka jira, maadaama ay guddigu haatan gacanta ku hayaan qeyb ka mid ah kharash ay bixiyeen Hay’ado samafal iyo shaqsiyaad Soomaali ah.
Mid ka mid ah waalidiinta Agoonta ayaa weriye ka tirsan Somaliweyn u sheegay inuu ka cabsi qabo qaabka ay wax u maamulayaan Guddiga taakuleynta oo uu sheegay in kharashka ay iminka gacanta ku hayaan dabooli karo waxyaabaha ay u baahan yihiin agoonta ayna ka mid yihiin sariiraha iyo raashinkii ay cuni lahaayeen muddo sanad iyo bar ah, waxa uuna ka digay in magaca caruurta agoonta Soomaaliyeed ah lagu qaraabto, taasoo aan adduun iyo aakhiraba faa’iido u lahayn.
Posted on Tuesday 22nd June at 14:01:03 Somaliland oo sheegtay in ay fashilisay weeraro lala maaganaa oo argagixiso
Wasiirka arimaha gudaha somaliland Mr Ismaaciil Aadan Cusmaan ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in xukumada somaliland ay fashilisay howl galo weeraro argagixiso oo lala maaganaa in lagu fuliyo somaliland gudaheeda waa sida uu hadalka u dhigaye.
Waxa kale oo uu sheegay in ay ciidanka amaanku ay gacanta ku dhigeen dadkii doonayey in ay howlahaasi ay fuliyaan taasi oo ilaa hada loo qabtay dad gaadhaya ilaa 6qof, waxaana uu sheegay in howlaha ay doonayeen in ay fuliyaan ay ka mid ahaayeen dilal, qarxin goobo muhiima, iyo kharbudaad ah dhinaca amaanka.
Waxa uu sheegay wasiirka arimaha gudaha somaliland in falkaasi mid ka mida lagu qabtay jimcihii ay bishu ahayd 19bisha nin xambaarsanaa 21xabo oo ah miinooyinka qarxa ee meesha fog laga daaro iyo raadiye(rakaal) si toosa ugu xidhan satalaytka iyo waliba jiheeye sheegaya meel walba waxa yaala
Wasiirka arimaha gudaha waxa kale oo uu sheegay in ninkaasi oo lagu qabtay magaalada Burco uu sheegay in ay arintiisa ku weheliyaan laba nin oo kale oo Hargeysa uga sii horeeyay taasina ay sababtay in howlgal deg deg ah laga fuliyo hargeysa si loo baadho dhamaan hudheelada la seexdo si gacanta logu
dhigo balse markii dambe la ogaaday in nimankaasi ay baxsadeen isla markaana ay ka gudbeen
dhinaca xuduuda ee togwajaale markaasiina ay sheegteen in ay ganacsi u socdaan.
Wasiirka oo amuurtaasi shalay ka cadeeya shir jaraa id waxa uu sheegay in iyana lagu qabtay dhacdo kale shan nin oo labana dhinac uwada socdaan sadexna dhinac tuulada la yidhaahdo BEER oo wax yar u jirta magaalada Burco ee ninka hore lagu qabtay sidaasina uu kuu wargaliyay darawalkii soo qaaday
oo markii dambe soo sheegay waxaana uu sheegay wasiirka arimaha guduhu in arintaasi haatan la baadhayo waxa kale oo wasiirka arimaha guduhu ka hadlay in bishii hore iyana gacanta lagu dhigay dhowr nin oo doonayay in ay qarxiyaan dekeda Berbera oo sitay qalabkii lagu quusi jiray waxana ay doonayeen ayuu yidhi wasiirku in ay waxyeeleeyaan dekeda taasina waa laga hortagay
Waxana uu wasiirku dhamaan dadkani ku sheegay in ay u dhasheen kooonfurta Soomaaliya iyo qaybta ismaamulka ee itoobiya balse dhamaantood ka yimi magaalada Muqdisho
waxaana uu dadka u so jeediyay in ay ka digtoonaadaan arimaha dhacaya haatan
Posted on Tuesday 22nd June at 13:56:36 Hard Line On Somali Asylum Pleas To Go On
The Home Office has said it will continue to send failed asylum seekers back to Mogadishu against advice from the Somali government and the United Nations.
Several European countries, including Britain, have been trying to send back rejected Somali asylum seekers but some reports have claimed they are failing to make it beyond a transit flight to Dubai because they are being abandoned by their escorts.
The European court of human rights (ECHR) recently issued an injunction against the Dutch government's attempts to forcibly send Somalis home to Mogadishu and southern Somalia, widely regarded as a warzone. A full ECHR hearing has yet to be held.
Somalia is now the source of the largest number of asylum applications to Britain from any country with 1,000 applicants coming between January and March this year.
The "transitional national government" (TNG) in Somalia has written to the British refugee welfare charity Asylum Aid saying it does not advise forced returns for the "forseeable future" because of the "existing insecurity of affairs in the country". The government's minister for refugees and diaspora said there has been no agreement or "exchange of ideas" between Britain and the TNG over the return of failed asylum seekers.
A Home Office spokeswoman said the government did not recognise the TNG and returns would continue in cases where there was no risk of persecution or a need for humanitarian protection.
While returns to Somaliland in the northern part of the country are widely accepted by the international community, there has been widespread unease at Britain's quiet change of policy in sending people back to the volatile capital of Mogadishu. More than 100 civilians were killed in the last month and much of the city is controlled by warring militias.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees restated its opposition to the forced returns to southern Somalia, including the capital, after the Guardian highlighted the change of policy last week.
"Few agencies have a permanent international presence in southern Somalia and all UN flights were recently suspended because of the security risks," said a UNHCR spokeswoman. "There have been reports of a sharp deterioration in the general security situation in Mogadishu over the past few months, marked by heavy fighting and serious human rights violations."
The UN agency said it was unable to monitor such returns properly which meant that people were being sent back into something of a black hole. The government's policy of sending rejected asylum seekers back to Congo from Britain has also come under strong criticism. The Bishop of Winchester has written to the home secretary, David Blunkett, saying he was very concerned to learn from Congolese asylum seekers in Southampton that the immigration appeals tribunal has ruled that it is safe to forcibly return them home.
The bishop said that he feared Britain's attitude towards expelling failed Congolese asylum seekers had strengthened since President Kabila visited the UK this year.
The president reported that there was a failed coup in the Congo this month. More than 230,000 people have been displaced from their homes as a result of an armed conflict that started at the beginning of last year. Last week a further 22,000 fled to Burundi to escape fighting in eastern Congo.
A Home Office spokeswoman said they were in discussions with Congo about speeding up the documentation necessary to process the removal of failed asylum seekers and were working towards an agreement over returns.
The only country to which Britain refuses forcibly to return asylum seekers to is Zimbabwe.
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
The Guardian
Posted on Monday 21st June at 19:41:24 Hogaamiyayaasha kooxaha & xubnaha TNG-da ee ka soo wada jeeda beesha Hawiye oo isku mari la’ cidda soo xuleysa xubnaha baarlamaanka
Hogaamiyayaasha garabyada siyaasada beelaha Hawiye ee ku sugan magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya & xubnaha TNG-da kaga jira beelaha Hawiye ayaa isku mari la’ cidda soo xuleysa xubnaha beelaha Hawiye uga mid noqonaya baarlamaanka.
Hogaamiye kooxeedyada Xuseen Ceydiid, Max’ed Qanyare, Cusmaan Caato, Max’ed dheere, Cumar Filish, Hilowle Iimaam, Xasan Qalaad & Eng. Caddow oo wakiil u ah Muuse Suudi ayaa ku doodaya in ay iyagu xaq u leeyihiin soo xulida xubnaha baarlamaanka ka mid noqonaya, halka siyaasiyiinta TNG-da ee beeshaasi oo guddi 19 xubnood ah dhistay ay sheegeen in aysan macquul aheyn in hogaamiye kooxeed uu soo xulo baarlamaan.
Maanta ayey aheyd maalintii ugu dambeysay ee loo qabtay in lagu soo gudbiyo liisaska guddiyada xalinta khilaafaadka, shir guddoonka shirka & xogheynta shirka.
Khilaafka u dhexeeya beesha Hawiye ayaa la filayaa in lagu xaliyo in la raaco inta badan, lagana saxiixo qeybaha is haya oo dhan, kadibna cod loo qaado, lana qaato talada inta badan.
Posted on Monday 21st June at 15:19:31 Wasiirada arrimaha dibadda dalalka IGAD oo lagu wado in ay maanta ka shiraan cakirnaanta shirka
Wasiirada arrimaha dibadda dalalka IGAD ayaa lagu wadaa maanta in uu ugu furmo Nairobi shir ay uga wadahadlayaan horay u socod la’aanta shirka dhinacyada Soomaalida uga soconaya dalka Kenya.
Wasiirada oo kulanka ay maanta ku balansan yihiin kii ka horeeyey yeeshay 23-kii bishii hore ayaa si weyn diirada u saaraya in horay loo wado shirka, lagana gudbo is qabqabsiga u dhexeeya kooxaha Soomaalida, iyadoo kulanka maanta la filayo in uu warbixin ka siiyo wasiirada IGAD wasiirka arrimaha dibadda Kenya Stephen Kolonza Musyoka horumarkii uu gaaray & caqabadihii soo wajahay wixii ka dambeeyey shirkoodii 23-kii bishii hore ay yeesheen, waxaana lagu wadaa in wasiiradu kala shiraan beelaha Soomaaliyeed waxyaabaha ku horgudban soo xulitaanka xubnaha beelaha uga mid noqonaya guddiyada xalinta khilaafaadka, shir guddoonka & xogheynta shirka.
Kulanka maanta ayaa la sugayaa waxa ay ka soo saaraan wasiirada IGAD.
Posted on Monday 21st June at 15:18:55 Nin Hubaysan oo lagu qabtay Magaalada Burco oo la keenay Hargeysa.
Nin Hubaysan oo magaciisa ku sheegay in la yidhaa Khaalid C/Laahi sheegtayna inuu ka tirsan yahay Jabhada Argagixisada aha ONLF ayaa lagu qabtay Magaalada Burco,ninkan oo laga warhelay intii aanu soo gaadhin magaalada Burco waxaa uu la socday gaadhi ka yimid magaalada Gaalkacayo laakiin sida la sheegay waxaa uu kolba bedelyay gaadhiga uu saaran yahay ugu dambayntiina waxaa la isku dayay in lagu qabto Degmada Caynaba laakiin may suura galin ee waxaa uu soo galay magaalada Burco,halkaa oo ay markii dambe gaadhi uu saarnaa ay Ciidanka Boolisku gacanta ku dhigeen,Ninkan ayaa ku hubaysnaa Miinooyinka xadhkaha lagu xidho oo badan,xabad Waynasada aragtida soo dhawaysa ah iyo Jiho Tilmaame.
Khaalid C/Laahi oo ahaa ninka hubaysan oo la waydiiyay meesha uu ka yimid ayaa la sheegay inuu tilmaamay in socodkiisan uu kaga yimid magaalada Muqdisho laakiin uu markii hore ka tagay Deegaanka Kililka Shanaad waxaanu Ninkan sheegay inuu tababar laba bilood ah ku soo dhamaystay magaalada Muqdisho halkaas oo uu ka soo baxay isla markii uu dhamaystay tababarkaas.
Ninkan hubaysan ayaa la tuhunsan yahay inuu ku jiray hawlo aan la cadayn oo dhan ka ah Somaliland,waxaana haatan loo soo gudbiyay Taliska Ciidanka Booliska Somaliland,Taliyaha Ciidanka Booliska Somaliland Janaral Maxamed Cige Cumar oo aanu arintaas wax ka waaydiinayna waa uu ka gaabsaday.
Xukuumada Somaliland ayaa ku tilmaamta hawlgalada lagu fuliyay dadkii ajanibaga ahaa ee ku noolaa Somaliland inay wada fuliyeen dad lagu soo tababaray Magaalada Muqdisho waxaanay tani muujinaysaa inay wali jiraan hawl galo laga soo horjeedo nabada Somaliland oo laga soo abaabulayo Magaalada Muqdisho.
Posted on Sunday 20th June at 15:21:43 Kofi Annan wuxuu ugu baaqay hoggaamiyayaasha
Xoghayaahguud ee Jamciyadda Qaruumaha ka dhexaysa Kofi Annan wuxuu ugu baaqay hoggaamiyayaasha Soomaaliya in aay la yimaadaan niyadsami siyaasadeed oo keeni karta dibuheshiin iyo dhismo dawlad Kumeelgaar ah oo feedaraali ah dhammaadka bisha July oo ah kama dambaysta Ururka IGAD u qabtay dibuheshiisiinta Soomaaliyeed.
Koofi Annan warbixintiisii ku saabsanayd Geeska Africa wuxuu ku sheegay in iskutaxalujinta guddiga Aminiga ee arrimaha Soomaaliya iyo shaqada aay waddo kooxda ilaalisa in lagu xadgudbay xayiraadda hubka ee lagu soo rogay Soomaaliya in aay keeni karto taageerada uu u baahan yahay shirka dibuheshiisiinta Soomaaliyeed .
Mr.Annan oo xaaladda Soomaaliya sii ambaqaadaya wuxuu yiri:”Mudada labada bilood ah oo Wasiirada IGAD u qabteen soo afjaridda shirka Dibuheshiisiinta Soomaalida waxaay cadaadiis xoog leh saaraysaa dhinacyada Soomaalida iyo Gobolkaba .Hoggaamiyayasha Soomaaliyeed waxaay haystaan ilaa dhamaadka July si aay u gaaraan heshiis una dhisaan dawlad kumeelgaar ah oo Feederaali ah.Mr. Koofi Annan wuxuu isaga oo hadalkiisii sii wata uu yiri:”Siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed ,Ganacsatada iyo Hoggaamiyaasha kooxaha oo samaystay Awood iyo aagag aay ka taliyaan waxaa wali ka maqan aragti siyaasadeed iyo niyadsami aay ugu nuglaadaan waanwaanta nabadda ,arintaas oo ah mid jillaafo ku ah waanwaanta loogu jiro sidii loo hirgalin lahaa heshiisyada la gaaro .
Mr. Annan mar uu ka hadlayey dhibaatada Soomaalida haysata wuxuu sheegay Buuntland oo qur ah aay kusugan yihiin 70.000 oo qof oo ka soo barakacay dalka Soomaaliya gudihiisa ,iyada oo Boosaaso oo qur ah aay ku sugan yihiin 25.000 oo kamid ah ,iyadoo awooda quudinta dadkaasi aay tahay mid xaddidan .
Mr. Annan mar uu ka hadlayey dhibaatada loo gaysto dadka gurmadka u yimid Soomaaliya wuxuu yiri:
”Waxaa walwal wayn ku haya beesha caalamka cabsigalinta iyo hujuumka isa sootaraya oo lagu hayo shaqaalaha gargaarka” Xoghayaha Guud ee Jamciyadda Quruumaha ka dhexaysa Koofi Annan wuxuu sheegay in inkasta oo hanaankii dawladnimo uu ka maqan yahay ,dhibaatooyin badanna aay jiraan misna in Soomaalidu aay awood u yeesheen in aay abuuraan hanaan bankiyo ,Jaamacado,Waxbarasho kala gaddisan iyo hannaan isgaarsiineed oo casri ah .
Iyadoo laga duulayo horukacaas dhinacyadaas laga gaaray wuxuu Kofi Annan ku booriyey beesha caalamka in aay dedejiyaan kaalmada Soomaaliya loo fidinayo si loo hirgaliyo mashaariicda Soomaaliya laga samaynayo la iskuna dheelitiro kaalmada bini adamnimo iyo mashaariicda dhismaha nabadda .
Posted on Sunday 20th June at 15:17:02 Friends, Family Say Friendship Doesn't Amount To Plot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Two easygoing, joke-loving, good-looking men knew each other through one of the city's few mosques. Friends and family say the connection stopped at prayer, but the U.S. government says the two were united in terrorism.
Nuradin Abdi, a Somali refugee, is accused of plotting with admitted al-Qaida member Iyman Faris to blow up an unspecified shopping mall.
The FBI and federal prosecutors decline to discuss the evidence supporting their allegation that Faris picked up Abdi at the Columbus airport in March 2000 when Abdi returned from military-style training in Ethiopia, and that another man showed Abdi how to make bombs.
Authorities said the charges arose through surveillance, but those who know both men insist a friendship doesn't amount to a plot.
"I've shaken hands with Iyman Faris. Does that make me guilty?" asked Jad Humeidan, executive director of the Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Detroit-based U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had been investigating Abdi for months prior to his Nov. 28 arrest on accusations of misrepresenting himself and misusing government documents.
Agents from the Detroit office, which is responsible for Michigan and Ohio, worked with field agents in Cincinnati on Abdi's case.
Most Muslims who have lived more than a few years in Columbus know each other because until recently there were only two mosques, Humeidan said.
Abdi's brother Mohamed AbdiKarani, 17, said he didn't know of Abdi spending much time with Faris. "Outside the mosque, he didn't know him," he said.
Mouhamed Nabih Tarazi, the imam who performed Faris' marriage, said Abdi was more active in the community and that he doesn't understand how the government connected the two.
"I never saw them together," he said.
Both men are described as quick to laugh and laid-back. While devout in their prayers, they didn't strictly adhere to Islam.
Faris' ex-wife, Geneva Bowling, said last year that he listened to tapes of the Quran at home but was "always a pick-and-choose Muslim. He did what he liked and didn't do what he didn't like."
Abdi's sister Nimo Mohammed Abdi Karani, 36, stayed with her brother in Columbus for a few years before moving to Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
"He wasn't very religious, like the guy who would tell you, you have to do this or do that," she said. "He never even told me to cover my hair."
Similarities between Abdi and Faris seem to end there.
Bowling has described Faris as lazy and motivated by money, refusing to cook, clean or help her pay bills. Married for five years, they had no children. While members of the mosque and his cricket team say he was outgoing, next-door neighbors said he wasn't friendly.
"Not too many people knew Iyman Faris just because of the nature of his job, because he was a truck driver, so he was out of town a lot," Humeidan said.
But in Columbus' rapidly growing Somali community, Abdi, 32, seemed to be everywhere.
Abdi Hared, 19, just finished his first year at Ohio State University. He said he wouldn't be there without Abdi's help.
"He used to tell kids to stay in school," he said. "That's why I graduated."
Hared said Abdi organized pickup basketball games and other activities.
"It's like the community's shut down," he said Wednesday at a rally in support of Abdi.
The Somali community in Columbus has grown from a handful of families 10 years ago to more than 30,000 people, second-largest in the United States after Minneapolis. Humeidan said Abdi, who lived in the United States most of the last nine years, always came forward when there was a notice seeking volunteers, teaching Sunday school and helping newcomers.
Ahmad Guled, 35, said he was one of those new immigrants, adding Abdi helped him get a job as a forklift driver.
"We don't speak the language, we don't have cars," he said. "He explained to me how to fill out my name, my address, Social Security number."
Abdi, co-owner of a cell phone store, married a fellow Somali immigrant. They have two children, and their third is due at the end of June. His family said his life revolved around work, faith and family.
He was arrested at his apartment on immigration charges. He was charged this month with conspiring to aid terrorists and lying to gain political asylum in the United States as a refugee.
Faris, 35, was sentenced last October to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to aiding terrorists by providing them with cell phones and sleeping bags and scouting potential targets, including the Brooklyn Bridge. Those plans were never carried out.
Abdi's family has seen him little since his arrest and says he appears mentally ill. A federal magistrate last week ordered a psychological evaluation to determine if he's able to stand trial.
Both men were from largely Muslim regions with parallel histories. Colonial powers drew the boundaries of present-day Pakistan and Somalia, dividing ethnic groups and setting up ongoing border conflicts with more religiously diverse nations. Faris was born in Indian-controlled Kashmir, where insurgent groups are fighting for independence or merger with Pakistan.
Abdi grew up in the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, according to his mother and immigration records. He came to the United States in 1995, a year after Faris, and remained since then except for a brief stay in Canada.
Somalia has battled Ethiopia over the Ogaden region, home to many ethnic Somalis and where the government says Abdi was trained, but the Horn of Africa nation is known more for civil war between clans.
"One of the questions we've asked is why Somalia has been such an infertile ground for recruitment," said Kenneth J. Menkhaus, a political science professor at Davidson College in North Carolina and an adviser on Somalia to both the United States and United Nations.
"If he was an active member of a plot, he's very unusual in Somalia," Menkhaus said. "We haven't seen that level of Somali involvement before. It bears watching."
Copyright © 2004 Detroit Free Press Inc.
Posted on Saturday 19th June at 22:26:53 Dhaq-dhaqaaq ay wadaan wasiirada C/Qaasim iyagoo doonayo in ay mar kale soo sharaxaan
Waxaa maal mahaan Magaalada Nairobi ee Xaruunta wadanka ka socday olo’ole xoogan oo ay wadeen Wariisarada Iyo Xubnaha kale ee TNG-da Cabdiqaasom Salaad Xasan,iyagoo doonaayo in ay mar labaad Jagada Madaxweynanimada Shirka Kenya ay u soo tagaaan Dr:Cabdi Qaasim Salaad Xasan.
Wasiirada Iyo Xunbaha Xildhibaanada TNG-da ayaa iyagu maal mahaan oo dhan waday sidii ay taageero ugu heli lahaayeen ergada iyo hoggamiyaasha dhaqanka C/qaasim Salaad Xasan oo ay codkooda ugu taageeri lahaayeen,ka dhaadhicinta ergada ayaa iyadu u suurtoobiweysay diidmo qeexan ay kala hor imaadeen Ergada badankood,warkaas ayaa maanta waxaa ii xaqiijiyay Sar kaar sare oo katirsan TNG-da oo isagu Codsaday in aan Magaciisa Shaacnin.
Dowladaha Reer galbeedka ayaa iyagu maal mahaan oo dhankooda waxa ay ka wadeen dhaq dhaqaaqyo hoose oo ay ugu hortagayaan inuu uu C/qaasim Marlabaad isku soo taago jagada Mushaxnimada madaxweyne,iyagoo ku eedeynaayo in uu xiriir hoosaad la leeyahay Shabakada Al-Qacida.
Hoggamiyaasha Kooxaha Beesha Hawiye ayaa iyagu waxa ay ku eedeeyeen xubnaha Ergada TNG-da ee taageersan C/Qaasim in ay Nairobi u imaadeen in ay shirka bur buriyaan iyagoo adgeesnaayo Odoyaal dhameedyo dad ay u caleemo saareen.
Si kastaba ha ahaatee C/qaasim ayaan isagu haatan waxa ay dad badan oo xaalada shirka indha-dheenyo ku tilmaameen mid niyad jab jadan weyn ka ka qabo dib u heshiisiinta somalida,Eragada iyo xildhibaanadii hore ee TNG-da ayaa dhamaantood waxa ay Madaxweynaha DKM-ka ku eedeynayaan in uusan wax qabad leheen oo mudadii 3-dii sano ee Jagada madaxweynanimada uu haayay uusan waxba haba yaraatee uusan qabanin,lacagihii uu ka soo qaaday Dowladaha Carabtaan uu ku fulsaday mashaariic u gooni ah.
Posted on Saturday 19th June at 11:27:39 Ergo ka socota Beesha Dhulbahante oo ku sugan Magaalada
Ergo culus oo ka kooban Madax
Dhaqameed,Waxgarad iyo Odayaal oo ka soo kicitimay Magaalada
Taleex iyo Magaalada Laascaanood ee Gobolka Sool ayaa soo
gaadhay magaalada Hargeysa, ergadan oo tiradoodu ay dhamayd
19 Xubnood waxaa ku soo biiray Garaad C/Qani Garaad Jaamac
Walaalkii oo ka yimid magaalada Laascaanood, waxaana
ujeedada socdaalkooda lagu sheegay in ay u yimaadeen wada
xaajood ay Beesha Dhulbahante kala yeelanayso Xukuumada
Somaliland Arimaha Siyaasada ee wakhtigan gaar ahaana
xaalada Gobolka sool iyo Dhibaatooyinka ka iman kara shirka
Empagathi.
Ergadan oo haatan degan Huteelka Dawlada ee Hargeysa Club oo
aan ugu tagay meesha ay degan yihiin waxay qaar ka mdi ahi
ii sheegeen in aanay weli is arkin Maamulka Sare ee
Xukuumada Somaliland,balse waxay kkulano la yeesheen madaxad
Dawlada ugu jirta Beesha,waxaana intaas ku dareen in ay
Madaxweynaha is arki doonaan maalmahan soo socda.
Ergadan Culus ee Beessha Dhulbahnate waxaa kale oo ay is
arkeen qaar ka mid ah Madax dhaqameedka kale ee Somaliland
waxaanay ka wada sheekaysteenxaalada dalku marayo iyo
kaalinta Beesha Dhulbahante ay kaga aadan tahay,waxaanay
ergadu sheegeen inay kaalin mug leh ka ciyaari doonaan
siyaasada Gobolka Sool.
Warar aan rasmi ahayn ayaa iyaguna sheegaya in Ergadan ay u
soo kicitintay Magaalada Hargeysa ka dib markii Xubno beesha
ka tirsan ay ku hungoobeen Shirka Kenya isla matrkaana uu
C/Laahi Yuusuf ku wargaliyay Maamul Goboleedkiisa in uu kal
diri doono,iyo Xukuumada omaliland oo waayadan dambe
abaabulay dhaqdhaqaaq Militari oo la sheegay inuu ka dhici
lahaa Gobolka Sool,laakiin warar kale ayaa iyaguna sheegaya
inay martiqaad rasmi ah ka heleen ukuumada gaar ahaan
Xubnihii Golaha Wasiirada ee dhawaan socdaalka ku tagay
Gobolada Bari ee Somaliland.
Si kastiba ha ahaate waxaa la dhawrayaa waxyaabaha ka soo
baxa socdaalka Waxgaradkan Gobolka Sool iyo raadka ay ku
yeelan doonto aayaha Gobolka Sool iyo Sanaag Bari.
Posted on Friday 18th June at 11:32:10 Annan Calls On Somali Leaders to Meet July
18 June 2004 – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Somali leaders to show the political will needed to agree on procedures leading to reconciliation and the establishment of a transitional federal government by the end of July, a deadline set by East Africa’s Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
The active engagement of the UN Security Council and the putting in place of the Arms Embargo Monitoring Group could provide much-needed support for peace and national reconciliation, he says in a new report on the Horn of Africa country.
“The two-month time frame, given by the IGAD Ministers to conclude the Conference, places extraordinary pressure on the Somali parties and the region,” Mr. Annan says.
“Somali leaders have until the end of July to reach agreement on several contentious issues and form an inclusive transitional federal government for Somalia. It is incumbent upon them to demonstrate the necessary political will and make difficult decisions,” he says.
Those Somali politicians, businessmen and faction leaders who have established armed control over their fiefdoms “continue to demonstrate a lack of vision and political will to positively dialogue for peace” and to enhance national reconciliation and development, he says.
This could make the task of helping to implement any agreement in Somalia particularly challenging, Mr. Annan says.
The Somali region known as “Puntland” hosts some 70,000 internally displaced persons, the largest concentration of which is about 25,000 based in Bosasso, where the capacity to provide for them is limited, he says. Meanwhile, a significant increase in threats to and attacks on international and national aid workers has caused serious concern within the international community.
Despite the absence of governance structures and other difficulties, however, Somalis have created an informal banking system, initiated university programmes, established education facilities and built a modern communications system, he notes.
In the context of those achievements, he urges the international community to make up the $91.2 million shortfall in the 2004 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Somalia of $119 million, “so as to allow the effective implementation of a full, coherent and balanced humanitarian and peace-building programme.”
Posted on Friday 18th June at 19:29:40 Dagaal Xoogan oo ka Dhacay Kismaayo
Waxaa ku dhintay ugu yaraan lix qof sideed kalana waa ku dhaawacmeen dagaal ka dhacay Furdada Magaalada Kismaayo ,dagaalkaas oo la isku adeegsaday hubka noocyadiisa kala duwan .dadkaas dhintay afar kamid ah waxaay ahaayeen dad rayad ah Oo aay haleeleen rasaasta aay iswaydaarsanayeen labada kooxood oo dagaalamaysay .
Barre Aadan Hiiraale oo ah Guddoomiyaha Isbahaysiga Dooxada Jubba wuxuu u sheegay mar uu u waramayey saxaafadda in dagaalka aay soo qaadeen koox isaga ka falaagowday iyo taageerayaasha General Morgan ,arintaas oo General Morgan qudhiisu uu beeniyey .
Dagaalku wuxuu ku saabsanaa gacan kuhaynta Furdada magaalada Kismaayo oo 300 oo mayl u jirta magaalada Muqdishow (500km),
Dagaalkii arbacadii dhacay wuxuu kamid ahaa dagaalo isdabajoog ahaa oo la isaga hor-imaanayey faaiidada laga helo maraakiibta badeecooyinka wadda iyo kuwa waxa la dhoofinayo lagu raro oo furdada Kismaayo kusoo xirta .
Waxaa xilligaas joogsaday dhammaanba adeegyadii Furdada markii taliska dooxada Jubba uu isku dayey in uu furdada ka beddelo Maleeshiyadii goobtaas ilaalinayasy ,maleeshiyadaas ugu horreyn waxaa lagu sandulleeyey in aay furdada ka guuraan ,hasayeeshe markii aay goobta ka tageen ayeey dib isku uruursadeen kaddibna waxaay soo qaadeen weerar rogaalcelin ah Ciidamadii cusbaa oo iyaga beddelay ,waxaana dagaalku joogsaday markii ciidamo gurmad ah oo ka socda dooxada Jubba aay goobta yimaadeen kana itaal roonaadeen kooxdii soo duushay .Waxaaa imminka furdadu gacanta ugu jirtaa Isbahaysiag Dooxada Jubba.
Posted on Friday 18th June at 16:47:32 Beel ka mid ah beelaha Hawiye oo maanta maxkamad islaami ah ka furaneysa Muqdisho
Dhisme ku yaala agagaarka warshadii hore ee caanaha ayaa lagu wadaa in maanta waxgaradka & culumaa’udiinka beesha Max’uud Hiraab (Duduble) ay kaga dhawaaqaan maxkamad Islaami ah, iyadoo horay ay beeshu u sameysatay maxkamad islaami ah taasoo shaqeyn weysay kadib markii maxkamadaasi ku milintay dowladda KMG ah.
Dad isugu jira madaxda maxkamadaha islaamiga ee ka dhisan Muqdisho, culumaa’udiin & marti sharaf kala duwan ayaa lagu martiqaaday in ay ka soo qeybgalaan xafladaasi, waxaana maxkamadda beeshaasi ay ku biireysaa haddii lagu dhawaaqo maxkamadda beelaha ee ka dhisan Muqdisho.
Posted on Thursday 17th June at 16:41:48 Gunmen Shut Down Port
Heavily armed militia have shut Somalia's southern port of Kismayo. They have reportedly not been paid.
The militia are also reported to have set up road blocks inside the city and are extorting money from drivers.
The protests have prevented ships from docking and residents fear that the prices of food and other essential commodities will increase.
Talks are under way to mediate between the Jubba Valley Alliance regional administration and the militia.
Since the toppling of the regime of Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has been torn apart by warlords who have fragmented the country and fought among themselves for territorial control.
Posted on Thursday 17th June at 18:38:00 Terror Suspect to Be Tested For Mental Fitness
COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) - A US judge ordered a Somali immigrant accused of plotting to bomb a US shopping mall to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
Federal magistrate Mark Abel ordered Nuradin Abdi to be transferred from a correctional center to a federal psychiatric unit for the test, which was requested by his lawyer during a brief detention hearing here.
The reasons for the order were not made public in open court, but Abdi's family have reportedly said they are concerned about the effect his seven-month incarceration has taken on his mental health.
The 32-year-old Somali has been in federal custody since November 2003, when he was picked up at his home in Columbus, Ohio, on immigration violations.
It was not until Monday that the US Justice Department (news - web sites) announced a four-count indictment against the father of two, charging him with conspiring to provide assistance to terrorists, and specifically al-Qaeda, and immigration fraud.
The charges carry a maximum of 80 years in jail.
US authorities say they disrupted the bomb plot plan before the conspirators got to the stage of selecting a target, but allege that Abdi had undertaken "jihad training," at a camp in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia with a view to participating in attacks on US targets.
The Justice Department has identified one of Abdi's alleged co-conspirators as convicted al-Qaeda operative Iyman Faris. A third suspect is reportedly being kept under surveillance by US officials.
Faris, a Pakistani native, is serving a 20-year jail term for plotting to derail passenger trains in New York and Washington, and to cut the cables on New York's Brooklyn Bridge.
Relatives of Abdi believe he is the victim of a "witch hunt," because of his Muslim background and question why it took US authorities more than seven months to press charges.
In interviews with the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, some of Abdi's six siblings said they were not able to visit their brother for a long time after he was detained.
"He was held incommunicado for almost six months by the Immigration and Naturalization Service under the Homeland Security Act," said Abdi Abdaziz, 29.
"Our mother has been so worried, she cant sleep at night."
Abdis wife and mother told the paper that when they were finally able to visit him May 21, they were shocked by his appearance and mental condition.
They said he was slouched in a chair, chin to his chest, with his hands handcuffed behind his back.
"I called to him: 'Nuradin. Nuradin,'" Abdi's wife Safia Muse, 31, told the daily last week. "But he didn't respond. He seemed confused and disoriented."
When his mother called, he jerked his head up, revealing a face so swollen that his eyes were shut, she said.
"He didn't look like my son," Nadifa Hassan, 60, told the Dispatch.
The family fled Somalia after a civil war in 1991, eventually settling in Columbus, in the midwestern United States.
"We left Somalia looking for peace," Hassan said. "I never expected to face such torment in a country known for its civil rights."
Posted on Thursday 17th June at 18:37:13 Six Killed As Somali Militia Fights Over Port
MOGADISHU, June 17 (Reuters) - At least six people were killed when rival members of a militia clashed over control of Somalia's southern port of Kismayo on Wednesday, witnesses said on Thursday.
Four of the dead were civilians. Eight other people, including civilians, were wounded in fighting at the port, which is controlled by the Jubba Valley Alliance (JVA).
Barre Aden Shire, chairman of the JVA, told local media on Wednesday night that some of his former supporters and a rival warlord, General Morgan, were behind the clashes. Morgan denied the allegations through a local radio station.
The factions were believed to be fighting to control the port 500 km (300 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu because it provides lucrative income for those who protect importers and exporters.
Operations at the port were stopped on Friday when the JVA attempted to move the militia who normally guard it to another location. The militia were forced to leave, but regrouped and launched their attack.
Hundreds of heavily armed fighters exchanged machine-gun fire before JVA rebels managed to retake control of the port, witnesses said. Elders in the town tried to end the fighting.
Somalia has been torn by war since the overthrow of military ruler Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Conflict and famine have killed hundreds of thousands in the Horn of Africa country in the past decade.
An 18-month-old process to restore central government and reach peace has failed to yield much change on the ground.
More than 100 people were killed earlier this month as warlord Muse Sudi Yalahow and businessman Bashir Raghe battled for two weeks to control the main southern port of El Maan and a nearby hotel, according to religious mediators.
Thousands of people were forced to leave their homes to escape heavy mortar and gun fire, local radio reports said.
Posted on Thursday 17th June at 18:35:21 DJIBOUTI: Government to Meet Donors over Poverty-Reduction
DJIBOUTI, 16 Jun 2004 (IRIN) - The Djiboutian government is preparing to invite donors to a meeting to discuss its poverty-reduction strategy, which is estimated to cost US $500,000, Economy, Finance, and Planning Minister Yacin Elmi Bouh said.
"We have made a vision for how we can fight, how we can reduce poverty in our country," Yacin Elmi told IRIN in the capital, Djibouti, on Wednesday. "We know that we cannot provide all this money ourselves, so we are asking for help from the international community."
Djibouti's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) was approved by the World Bank and the IMF at the beginning of June.
According to the PRSP, poverty in Djibouti has been increasing for the past 20 years due to drought combined with conflicts within the Horn of Africa region. It notes that reducing poverty in the country was likely to prove challenging given the arid climate and rocky soil that made agriculture difficult. Moreover, Djibouti has no significant natural resources, apart from large salt deposits.
The paper also notes that whereas Djibouti has made progress in education, its low literacy of 27.3 percent "places Djibouti among the African countries least endowed with human capital".
Compared to other countries in the Horn of Africa, however, Djibouti with a per capita income of $850, could be a little better off. But the US State Department notes that "the part of the annual gross domestic product not generated by and for the foreign community was estimated at no more than $250 per capita annually".
In the absence of significant natural resources, Djibouti's key resource is its highly strategic location by the Bab al-Mandab Straits where the Gulf of Aden meets the Red Sea. It is presently developing itself as a key transport hub in the region. The economy has also received a boost from the presence of French and US troops.
"In the long term," the PRSP states, "the country should see results from the following: the construction of new port infrastructure (a container port, a petroleum terminal, and free trade zones); human resources development; the construction of infrastructure; and the impact of reforms aimed at stimulating private investment."
In 1999, the World Bank and IMF decided that poverty-reduction strategies should provide the basis for all World Bank and IMF concessional lending. The two institutions say the poverty-reduction strategies are intended to be country-driven, results-oriented, comprehensive and multi-dimensional, participatory and long-term. They may also provide a useful basis for development coordination.
Posted on Wednesday 16th June at 20:44:08 Committee Formed To Oversee Creation of Parliament
NAIROBI, 15 Jun 2004 (IRIN) - Delegates attending the Somali peace talks in Kenya have nominated members to a committee that will oversee the setting up of a parliament for the strife-torn country. The parliament will in turn elect the president.
The committee would ensure that the process of selecting members of parliament was fair and serve as an arbitration forum to settle potential disputes over the distribution of seats, sources close to the talks told IRIN on Tuesday. It would also chair and coordinate the entire process of selecting MPs.
"Most of the clans have presented their nominees to the committee. They are taking the process seriously," said one of the sources.
Each of Somalia's four major clans had been allocated 61 seats in the proposed parliament, while a fifth clan (an alliance of minority clans) would have 31 MPs, bringing the total number of members of the country's proposed new parliament to 275.
A Speaker and two deputy Speakers would be elected from among the MPs. The Speaker and his deputies would then preside over the election of the president.
Somalia has been without a functioning government and torn apart by factional warfare since the toppling in 1991 of the regime of Muhammad Siyad Barre.
The talks, sponsored by the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, began in October 2002 in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret, but were moved to Nairobi in February 2003. The talks have been dogged by wrangles over issues such as an interim charter, the number of participants and the selection of future parliamentarians.
Posted on Wednesday 16th June at 18:51:18 Somaliland Minister Seeks Recognition for "Peace Haven"
GENEVA, June 16 (Reuters) - The foreign minister of the self-styled republic of Somaliland, which she called "a haven of peace" in conflict-torn Horn of Africa, on Wednesday appealed to the outside world to recognise its existence.
The territory on the Gulf of Aden declared independence from anarchic Somalia in 1991 and has since enjoyed relative peace.
"Somaliland is a miracle in Africa, an island of peace and stability in a region of wars and violence," said Edna Adan Ismail on a visit to the United Nations in Geneva.
"It is time for the rest of the world to reconsider its refusal to recognise us and what we have achieved."
The territory, with an estimated population of 3.5 to 4.5 million, won independence from Britain in 1960 and immediately joined up with neighbouring ex-Italian Somalia in the south and east to form a united republic.
But an uprising against then Somali military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in the 1980s was followed by years of devastation as he turned his forces against the northwestern enclave.
When Siad Barre fled the country in 1991, Somaliland split away. The rest of Somalia slid into lawlessness and clan-based factional conflict which is still continuing.
But in Somaliland, half of whose population is nomadic, a vibrant economy and an open political system have emerged in the last decade, capped by a multi-party presidential election last year, U.N. and European Union officials who know the area say.
"We have built our new society on the ruins that Siad Barre left to us, and we have done it without help from the outside," said Adan Ismail, formerly a senior official of the U.N.'s World Health Organisation.
"We cannot understand why Eritrea is allowed to secede from Ethiopia and the union of Senegal and Gambia is allowed to break up, but we are told we must stay tied to a country that attacked us, and is now in chaos and anarchy," she said.
The African Union, like the old Organisation of African Unity, maintains that the countries of the continent must keep the boundaries they inherited from colonial days and declines to accept the Somaliland breakaway.
In deference to that stance, no other country has recognised the territory.
Somaliland's resettlement minister Abdilahi Hussein Iman told the news conference in Geneva the delegation of ministers, which also included the ministers of health and of planning, hoped to raise $64 million to help resettle thousands of returning refugees.
U.N. officials say many of the some 300,000 who fled during Siad Barre's rule remain in neighbouring countries and will need support to resettle, involving funds the government in the capital, Hargeisa, can scarcely afford.
By Robert Evans
Posted on Wednesday 16th June at 18:45:57 Broad Somali Govt Can Rebuild Trust
ADDIS ABABA, June 16 (Reuters) - The surest way for Somali factions to repair shattered international trust in their failed state is to form an all-inclusive government that would rebuild peace and deter terrorists, a U.N. official said on Wednesday.
"The Somalis are no different from other people. They want peace and to get away from the stateless situation," Winston Tubman, the U.N. Secretary-General's special representative for Somalia, told Reuters in an interview.
Somalia descended into anarchy after warlords ousted then military ruler Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991.
Major nations are repelled by its image as a quagmire in which U.S. forces floundered a decade ago, and U.S. officials regard it as a potential safe haven for Islamic militants because it has lacked a central government since Barre's overthrow.
But Tubman said the international community might become more involved in helping Somalia if Somali factions at peace talks hosted by Kenya agreed to stop squabbling and come together to form a new government with broad representation.
"The new government in Somalia should be an all inclusive one that would bring peace and reconciliation among its people and also deal with the terrorist threat in the Horn of Africa.
"The international community thinks Somalis like fighting among themselves. But this is not a true reflection of what I have observed in the two years I worked with Somalis," he said.
Speaking on a visit to Addis Ababa for talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Nairobi-based Tubman said the warlords who have broken the country up into fiefdoms did not represent the seven million ordinary Somalis.
"The warlords are in the minority -- there are many positive elements inside Somalia. Most of the Somali people are yearning to see the day in which violence would end. They want peace, they want to develop their country," he said.
Factions at the 19-month-old Kenya talks have yet to agree a successor administration to an Arab-backed transitional national government (TNG) whose three-year mandate expired in 2003.
Mediators, seeking to step up the pace of negotiations and stir up interest among donor agencies in funding Somali reconstruction, aim to install a new government by July 1.
U.S. military involvement in Somalia ended in humiliation in 1993 when 18 U.S. personnel in a U.N. peace force called UNOSOM were killed in a battle in Mogadishu recalled in the recent Hollywood film "Black Hawk Down".
"We do not want to repeat that," Tubman said of the battle.
"We want to make sure as many if not all Somali leaders are on board the peace process. When that happens, then we will be able to make a strong case to the international community that it is time to put their weight behind the all inclusive Somalia government.
"If we fail to form a government in Somalia urgently, the threat for regional and world peace would grow as terrorists would use the stateless country as a staging ground," he added.
By Tsegaye Tadesse
Posted on Wednesday 16th June at 18:44:50 Protest at 'Entertainment' Of Warlords
British taxpayers are funding the “entertainment” of Somali warlords while the Home Office forces asylum seekers to return to the war-ravaged country, MPs protested today.
Amnesty International yesterday condemned the Government’s decision to repatriate six Somali asylum seekers to the East African country.
The Home Office insisted “vulnerable groups” requiring protection would not be returned.
Somalia has been ruled by armed factions since the overthrow of the government in 1991.
At least 65 people died and thousands fled Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after an eruption of fighting between rival groups last month.
At Commons question time, Tory Andrew Robathan (Blaby) said the Somalian national reconciliation conference in Nairobi – part-funded by the UK Government – was attended by Somali warlords accused of war crimes.
“In particular General Morgan, the Butcher of Hargeisa – who it is alleged is responsible for the deaths of 50,000 in Hargeisa in 1988 in circumstances similar to Srebrenica.”
Mr Robathan demanded: “Do you consider the British taxpayer should be paying for the hospitality and entertainment of people accused of war crimes who should be answering for their crimes at the bar of the international court?”
International Development Secretary Hilary Benn replied: “I share your frustration about the slow rate of progress in these talks.”
He added: “Having said that, I think it is right that we should contribute to continuing to try to find a resolution to the conflict in Somalia.”
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development had set a July deadline for parties to agree on the appointment of MPs to a new assembly so they could appoint an interim president.
“If not I think there is a recognition in the international community that we will need to pause the process,” Mr Benn said.
“But I think it is right to keep on trying in the interest of the people of the country.”
Tom Brake, for Liberal Democrats, asked whether the UK was doing enough to bring stability to Somalia.
“Is this the right time for the Home Office to be sending asylum seekers back to Mogadishu?”
Mr Benn said the UK had given asylum to 30,000 people from Somalia in the past ten years.
Home Office decisions were on a case-by-case basis, he added.
“In the end there has to be a political process which means that those who have been responsible for the fighting actually reach some sort of agreement so the Somali people can experience
some peace after all the instability ... ”
By Vivienne Morgan, Political Staff, PA News
Posted on Wednesday 16th June at 18:43:43 Guddoomiyaha Dhaqdhaqaaqa Nabadda oo tageya shirka dib u heshiisiinta ee magaalada Nairobi.....
Dhaqdhaqaaqii nabadda ee dhawaan lagaga dhawaaqay magaalada Muqdisho ee uu guddoomiyaha ka yahay Dr. Hussein Ali Ahmed ayaa maanta tagaya magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya, isagoo ka qeyb galaya shirka dib u heshiinta Soomaalida mudada dheer halkaas ugu socday, hadaba mar aan xiriir la sameeynay xoghayaha guud ee dhaqdhaqaaqaas C/casiis Cali Ibrahim "Xildhiban" ayaa inoo xaqiijiyay in socdaalka Dr. Hussein uu yahay sidii uu uga qeyb qaadan lahaa dib u heshiisiinta socota.
Inta uu joogo magaalada Nairobi waxaa lagu wadaa in uu kulamo la yeesho madax iyo dublimaasiin fadhigoodu yahay dalka Kenya, Guddoomiye Dr. Hussein Ali Ahmed wuxuu kaloo si gooni gooni ah ula kulmi doonaa madaxda Soomaaliyeed ee shirka dib u heshiisiinta ka qeyb galeysa isagoo kala hadli doona sidii loo najixin lahaa shirkaas mudada dheer u socda madaxda Soomaaliyeed ahna kii 14aad ee soomaalidu isugu timaado si xal loogu helo muskiladda daba dheeraatay ee ka taagan dalkeena Soomaaliya.
Posted on Wednesday 16th June at 14:35:54 Somali Community Worried About Backlash
Somali immigrants, fleeing a bloody civil war for new lives in Columbus, feel the case against Somali terror suspect Nuradin Abdi will turn their new city against them and again bring repression to their families.
Inside Global Mall on Morse Road near Cleveland Avenue, Nuradin Abdi's small cell phone store that he owned with two partners was closed Tuesday. A lingering group of Somali men did not know where the other owners of Cell Station LLC were nor when they would return.
Nearly every business in the Global Mall, from Kaah Women's Fashion, Tawakal Computer Center, to Somal Dry Cleaners, Xawaaladda Dalson Express and Asfar Video are Somali-owned stores.
A Somali man, who wished to remain nameless, pointed across Morse Road, saying that many businesses in the area are owned by Somalis.
Indeed, immediately east of the demolished Northland Mall site sits the Jubba Shopping Center, African Paradise Market, the Somali Entertainment Center and Bader Grocery-Halal Meats, a thriving row of African commerce.
Like a vein of gold ore through granite, many of the 30,000 Central Ohio Somali residents are concentrated in this narrow strip of north Columbus, and many fear that the city that once opened its arms to them as refugees may now reject them as terrorists.
"Everybody," said Musa Moalin, spreading his arms wide to indicate the Morse Road Somali community at large, "is like sick" about the Abdi case.
"It will affect businesses. It will affect people working in warehouses. It will affect people looking for jobs. It will affect our security. Before we had good confidence. Before we had good small business. Before it was respectful."
But Moalin, speaking from the small travel business he runs from the Global Mall, thinks the Columbus Somalis' hard-working, good-neighbor reputation has been jeopardized by Abdi's alleged plot to detonate a bomb in an area mall. He worries area residents will think all Somalis are terrorists.
"Not one Somali make suicide bomb," Moalin said. Of the repercussions surrounding Abdi, he said, "We are worried and disappointed. We get business here. We want to be future Americans."
Tuesday, as he looked up and down the empty halls of the Global Mall, Mohamed A. Egal Ahmed, a Somali translator and educator for Volunteers of America, said, "This place is usually busy. No one comes here today."
Ahmed shared Moalin's worries about the Abdi situation.
"A lot of American people will listen to the media and label Somalis as terrorists for al-Qaida. They will not come to our business. All this week will be touchy.
"We are all afraid (Somali backlash) will continue, and even attack our houses, our families, our children," Ahmed said.
Shattered glass littered the sidewalk beneath a brick-sized hole in one of Global Mall's front windows - remnants of an incident that occurred over night, just hours after the United States Justice Department announced Abdi's indictment.
"Our feeling not safe now," Ahmed said.
But with equal vigilance the two Somali men railed against their feelings of injustice concerning the charges against Abdi.
"All Somalis think it's not true," Moalin said. "All people very mad. Most of Somali community knows Abdi. His mother lives here. His brother is here. His wife is here. Everybody knows he is a nice person."
Moalin's travel business shares a center wall with Abdi's cellular company. "The fault is the government's. Bad information."
Ahmed said the Abdi situation is "definitely touchy, because we really feel dishonor and outrage by how the government handled this case."
Ahmed said he is organizing a group of Central Ohio Somali intellectuals "to talk and write and show our position in this case."
The defense of Abdi's innocence was in part a defense of the decency of Somali people in general. Both Ahmed and Moalin tried to prove that Somalis were worthy of the right to live in America, which they both professed to love, rather than a forced return to the bloody jaws of civil war they only recently escaped.
In Somalia there is "no business. Somalis kill each other every day. There is no government. No Medicare. Every day we say thank you U.S.," said Moalin, who came to America in 2001.
A man who looks in his late-20s, Moalin must use a cane to walk. "We hate the (same) problem you do in America. The place you get your life is your country. I will call 9-1-1 if I see problems. To tell them the guy doing the (terrorist) action is our enemy."
Ahmed said, "We don't support any sort of subversion activities. We need to be ordinary citizens. We came here as a safe haven. Some people talking how we have to go home" because of the Abdi case.
While both men passionately defended the value of Somalis as Americans, neither could bring himself to entertain the possibility of Abdi's guilt. Both were worried that the Abdi case, regardless of guilt or innocence, would reflect negatively on all Columbus Somalis; that it would make them targets of retribution.
Most Somalis in Columbus "don't have much," Moalin said, leaning on his cane. "They are trying for a better future. Everybody came here to get a better life."
BOB PASCHEN
Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Posted on Tuesday 15th June at 20:49:35 Guddoomiyihii hore ee Sool oo ku soo laabtay dhinaca Puntland oo uu horay uga goostay
Wararka ka imaanaya magaalada Laas caanood ee gobolka Sool ayaa sheegaya in shalay gelinkii dambe uu magaaladaas soo gaaray guddoomiyihii hore ee gobolka Sool Md. Ibraahin Jaamac Daad, kaasi oo horay uga baxsaday maamulka Puntland, isuna dhiibay maamulka Somaliland.
Ibraahin Daad ayaan si wanaagsan loogu soo dhaweynin gobolka Sool, iyadoo markii uu yimid ay hareereeyeen maleeshiyooyin ay isku beel yihiin kuwaasi oo uu hoggaaminayay Col. Siciid Maxamed Xirsi oo ah taliyaha ciidanka Darwiishta gobolka Sool ee maamulka Puntland, waxayna ku amreen in aanu sameynin wax dhaq dhaqaaq ah oo la xiriira xagga siyaasadda, iyadoo laga joojiyay in uu la kulmo xubnaha muhiimka ah oo ay ku jiraan hoggaamiye dhaqameedyada gobolka.
Wararka qaar ayaa sheegaya in dib u soo noqoshada guddoomiyihii hore ee gobolka Sool ay ka dambeysay markii ay xiriir la sameeyeen saraakiil ka tirsan maamulka Puntland, kuwaasi oo u sheegay in aan wax la yeeli doonin jagadiisana uu sii heyn doono, laakin taliyaha daraawiishta gobolka Sool Col. Siciid Maxamed Xirsi ayaa magaalada Laas caanood ka sheegay in aaney jirin ballanqaadyadaas.
Ibraahin Jaamac Daad ayaan wax war ah siinin saxaafadda xitaa intii uu joogay dhulalka ay ka taliyaan maamulka Somaliland, halkaasoo la sheegay in uu kula kulmay mas’uuliyiin uu ka mid yahay madaxweynaha Somaliland Md. Daahir Riyaale Kaahin.
Dhinaca Somaliland waxaa weli ku maqan oo isna horay u goostay wasiirkii waxbarashada maamulka Puntland Md. Xasan Maxamed Dhiillood.
Dhinaca kalena guddoomiyaha Xisbiga UCID Md. Feysal Cali Waraabe ayaa sheegay in ay gacanta ku hayaan 20 maleeshiyo ah iyo labo gaari oo ay wateen, kuwaasi oo sabtidii isu dhiibay ciidamada Somaliland ee ku sugan deegaanka Yagoori.
Feysal Cali Waraabe oo u waramayay Idaacadda IQK ee magaalada Muqdisho ayaa intaasi raaciyay in maleeshiyadaas uu wato nin aanu magaciisa sheegin balse uu sheegay in ay isu dhow yihiin Garaad Suleymaan Garaad Maxamed oo ka tirsan hoggaamiye dhaqameedyada gobolka Sool, laakin ilaa iyo haatan ma jiraan wax war ah oo rasmi ah oo ka soo baxay maamulka Puntland oo ku saabsan baxsashada ciidamadaas.
Posted on Tuesday 15th June at 14:39:09 Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Gudaha oo amray xadhiga Nin Suldaan isu sharaxay.
Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Gudaha Mudane Ismaaciil Aadan Cismaan ayaa ku amray Gudoomiyaha Gobolka Togdheer in Xabsiga loo taxaabo nin lagu magacaabo Mustafe Cismaan Xirsi oo isu sharaxay inuu noqdo Suldaan ka mid ah Sulaadiinta Beesha Habar Jeclo,gaar ahaan Ardaaga Reer Daahir ee Gobolka Togdheer.
Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Gudaha Mudane Ismaaciil Aadan Cismaan ayaa la sheegay inay ka dambsay amarkan uu bixiyay ka dib markii uu Ninkaasi mudadan dambe ku jiray ololaha ah inuu noqdo Suldaanka Beeshiisa,laakiin waxaa markii uu amarkan gaadhay Gobolka Togdheer,ay Ciidanka Boolisku soo qabteen ninkas waxaana loo taxaabay Saldhiga Booliska ee magaalada Burco.
Hadaba markii ay Ciidanka Boolisku Xabsiga u taxaabeen Musharaxaa Suldaanimo ayaa waxaa ka dhalatay cadho iyo dareen ay ku diidan yihiin Odayaal iyo dhalinyaro sheegay in aanay xaq ahayn in la xidho Musharaxa Suldaanka oo ay sheegeen in ay beeshiisu taageersan tahay.
Musharaxa Suldaanka Beesha Reer Daahir (Habar Jeclo),Mustafe Axmed Cismaan ayaa Xukuumada Somaliland ka qabtaa aragti ka duwan ta madax dhaqameedka waxaana loo tuhunsan yahay in caleemo saarkiisan ay ka dambeeyaan Xubno ku lug leh Shirka Kooxaha Soomaalida ee Kenya,sidaas awgeedna waxay Xukuumadu go,aansatay in Xabsiga la dhigo inta aanay caleemo saarka Suldaankaa ku dhawaaqin dadka u daacad ah Mustafe Axmed Cismaan
Posted on Tuesday 15th June at 14:37:34 Amnesty Slams Somali Repatriation
The UK government's decision to return some Somali asylum seekers to the war-stricken country has been condemned by Amnesty International.
It said sending six people back despite ongoing fighting was "breathtakingly reckless".
The organisation condemned the move as an "unannounced policy change", and asked for clarification.
But the Home Office said "vulnerable groups" in need of protection would not be sent back.
So far, the Home Office has repatriated six Somali men since 31 March.
More than 100 civilians have died as a result of a new wave of faction fighting in Somalia over the past few months, and thousands have been displaced.
Amnesty International says the argument that those returned to their country are not risking their lives is unrealistic.
"The nature of the situation in Somalia at the moment is one where not only AI, but also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is saying they shouldn't be returned there," a spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
Lawless country
"We believe that the current lawlessness in Somalia means that there is a situation to which nobody should be forcibly returned, at the moment," she added.
A Home Office spokesman said the failed asylum seekers who are being sent back have first to be found "not at risk of persecution and not in need of humanitarian protection" by both the Home Office and the Independent Appellate Authority.
"The UNHCR is aware we are effecting the enforced return of failed asylum seekers to Somalia and we are in contact with them on issues relating to this returns programme," he told BBC News Online.
"The Home Office will not return vulnerable groups and will only enforce the return of those Somalis it is satisfied are not in need of protection."
Somalia is the country with the highest number of asylum applications to the UK.
More than 4,500 Somalis submitted an asylum application in 2003.
Amnesty International is warning that since January, when the UNHCR published a position paper on the return of failed asylum seekers to Somalia, the situation has further deteriorated.
Since the collapse of the Somali state in 1991, war lords have been ruling the country and fighting for control of the territory in the absence of a central government, army and justice system.
Posted on Tuesday 15th June at 17:17:34 Somali Accused Of Mall Bombing Plot Sought Better Life
Like thousands of fellow Somalis leaving behind brutal clan warfare, Nuradin Abdi settled in Columbus -- known for relatively mild weather, plentiful jobs and, in recent years, an abundance of shopping malls.
Just months after the government granted Abdi asylum, however, federal authorities say he was plotting to blow up one of those malls, exactly the type of target some feared would be next on terrorists' lists.
Attorney General John Ashcroft said charges revealed Monday against Abdi serve as a reminder that al-Qaida is determined "to hit the United States and hit us hard."
Abdi is accused of conspiring with convicted al-Qaida operative Iyman Faris -- a former Columbus truck driver who sought to sabotage the Brooklyn Bridge -- and others to bomb an unidentified mall in the area.
Abdi, 32, was arrested at his apartment Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving when malls across America were crowded with shoppers.
He was held at first on immigration violations, authorities said.
Charges in the four-count indictment handed up Thursday include providing material support to al-Qaida, conspiracy to provide material support and document fraud. If convicted on all charges,
Abdi could be sentenced to up to 80 years in prison and fined $1 million.
The FBI has warned al-Qaida might shift away from trying to hit tightly guarded installations, such as government buildings or nuclear plants, to more vulnerable targets such as malls, apartment buildings or hotels.
FBI officials and prosecutors in Ohio said no specific mall was targeted and that there was a presumption that a Columbus-area mall was targeted because that is where Abdi is from.
Court papers filed by the government allege that a plot dated to March 2000 when Abdi returned from a terrorist training camp in Ethiopia to join Faris in Columbus.
Abdi, who operated a small cell phone business, loved the freedom of the United States and never spoke out against the U.S. government, said his brother Mohamed AbdiKarani, 17. Abdi has a young son and daughter and his wife is pregnant.
"He really hated terrorists," AbdiKarani said. "He loved it here. He said it's good to raise his kids here."
Columbus is home to more than 30,000 Somalis, the second-largest Somali community in the United States, after Minneapolis.
Abdi left Somalia when he was 4 and grew up mainly in the United Arab Emirates, his mother, Nadifa Hassan, said.
AbdiKarani said Abdi was friends with Faris because they attended the same mosque.
Faris, originally from Kashmir, is serving a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty last June to plotting to sever cables supporting the Brooklyn Bridge and to derail trains in New York or Washington. Neither of those plots came to fruition.
Abdi, his feet and hands shackled, appeared distracted during a hearing Monday before federal magistrate Mark Abel. He alternately twisted around in his chair and smiled at spectators and U.S. marshals, then stared at the table in front of him. He placed his forehead on the table as Abel read him his rights.
Another brother, Abdiaziz Abdi, 29, said several guards assaulted Abdi while his mother was visiting him in jail. His mother said her son was being held in Pickaway County jail.
"More than 15 people, they jump on him, and he was hurt," Abdiaziz Abdi said. A message was left with the Pickaway County Sheriff's Department; a dispatcher who didn't give her name said Abdi was no longer being held there.
According to U.S. immigration records, Abdi first entered the United States in 1995, lived in Ontario, Canada, and then returned to the United States in 1997.
The government charges that he received asylum as a refugee in 1999 after giving false information to immigration officials.
Later that year, investigators said he used that status to apply for a travel document by falsely claiming he was planning to visit Germany and the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Prosecutors say Abdi went to Ogaden, Ethiopia, to obtain "military-style training in preparation for violent jihad." The training included guns, guerrilla warfare, bombs and radio usage. One co-conspirator not in U.S. custody provided money for the trip, the indictment says. Officials said one of the unidentified co-conspirators provided Abdi with bomb-making instruction.
That area of Ethiopia is known as a remote and lawless region that shares a highly porous border with Somalia. The Somalia-based Al-Ittihad Al-Islami terror network, which the government has linked to al-Qaida, has fought to force the succession of Ogaden to Somalia, according to the U.S. State Department.
An employee of a cell phone kiosk at the Polaris Fashion Place mall, which opened in 2001, said the news of the charges was unsettling.
"It's uncomfortable to know something like that could happen," said Amin Parabtani, 23, of Columbus. "Even after three years of the government telling us we're safer today, we're not."
Jamilla Hassan, 39, a cousin of Abdi's, said she hopes the charges are a mistake.
Abdi was like any immigrant who escaped the clan-based war in Somalia looking for a better life, Hassan said.
"He was another good American," she said.
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Posted on Tuesday 15th June at 17:16:40 Somali Charged In Al Qaeda Mall Bombing Plot
WASHINGTON (CNN) A Somali citizen held in immigration custody in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been indicted in an alleged al Qaeda plot to bomb an Ohio shopping mall, Justice Department officials said Monday.
Nuradin Abdi, 32, of Somalia was indicted on four charges of providing material support to al Qaeda, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced.
Another law enforcement official said Abdi had a relationship with Iyman Faris, an Ohio truck driver convicted last year of providing material support for al Qaeda.
"It is alleged that Abdi, along with admitted al Qaeda operative Iyman Faris and other co-conspirators, initiated a plot to blow up a Columbus-area shopping mall. It also is alleged that in pursuit of this plot, Abdi received bomb-making instructions from one of those co-conspirators," a Justice Department statement said.
In addition to the material support and conspiracy charges, Abdi is charged with two counts of visa fraud. In one case, Abdi claimed he was traveling to Somalia, when, in fact, he traveled to a terrorist training camp in Ethiopia, officials said.
Federal prosecutors said Faris checked out the chances of destroying a New York bridge and tried to buy equipment for proposed al Qaeda attacks while appearing to be a law-abiding trucker, according to court documents documents unsealed last year in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Faris pleaded guilty May 1, 2003, to providing material support to al Qaeda and to conspiring to do so, according to the documents. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Sources told CNN that al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is in U.S. custody, told his interrogators the target was the Brooklyn Bridge.
Posted on Monday 14th June at 19:29:21 Somali's Forgotten Lepers At Risk
More than 900 Somali lepers are on the verge of death because they have run out of food and medicine, their leader says.
Haashi Siyad, said their conditions had worsened due to drought.
Somalia's last government, toppled in 1991, had given aid to the Faragurow leper camp but they had now been ignored for 14 years, he said.
Some 490 of the lepers had injured legs and hands and so were unable to leave the camp to seek aid, he said.
Mr Haashi, who himself suffers from leprosy, said the only medecine they had been given recently had been ruined because the camp, in the town of Jilib, did not have a fridge.
Town fears
"We used to receive care from the international aid agencies under the auspices of the former administration but since it was toppled 1991, we were in a dreadful plight," he said.
Jilib town chairman Abdulaahi Moalin Hassan said that the entire region had been affected by a lack of rain, as well as clan-based conflicts.
He said that he was worried that the disease could spread to the rest of the town if the lepers left their camp due to the desperate conditions there.
Since the toppling of the regime of Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has been torn apart by warlords who have fragmented the country and fought among themselves for territorial control.
Despite there now being a cure for leprosy, the World Health Organisation says it remains a problem in many developing countries and in 2002 there were over 600,000 new cases reported.
By Mohamed Olad Hassan
BBC, Mogadishu
Posted on Monday 14th June at 19:26:03 IGAD iyo wakiillada beesha caalamka oo maanta kulamo la yeelanaya beelaha soomaalida
Kulamo is-daba joog ah oo horay loogu ballamiyay beelaha soomaaliyeed ee shanta ah ayaa maanta ka dhici doona Xarunta Mbagathi ee uu ka socdo shirka dib u heshiisiinta soomaaliyeed wejigiisa seddexaad oo ah midkii ugu dambeeyay uguna adkaa.
Kulankan oo IGAD iyo wakiillada beesha caalamka ku wargeliyeen beelaha soomaalida ayaa looga dalbaday in ay ka soo wada qeybgalaan oo aaney ku kala maqnaanin, waxayna wararku sheegayaan in looga hadli arrimo ay ka mid yihiin:
1- Soo xulista xubnaha guddiga khilaafaadka iyo xoghaynta oo beeluhu isku wada heystaan, isla markaana aaney jirin beel isku raacday oo heshiis ku soo gudbisay.
2- In muddo todobaad ah lagu soo xulo xubnaha baarlamaanka si 21-ka bishan Juun ay u noqoto waqtiga la isu keenayo xubnaha baarlamaanka cusub ee ka kooban 275 mudane.
3- In wixii khilaafaad ah ay beel walba dhexdeeda xalisato, wixii ku adkaadana ay IGAD soo dhexgeli doonto kadib marka ay wax ka qaban waayaan guddiga la dhisi doono ee khilaafaadka.
4- Iyo in liisaska xubnaha guddiga khilaafaadka ay beeluhu ku wareejiyaan IGAD.
Shanta beelood ee soomaalida ay wax ku qeybsaneyso ayaa labo ka mid ah oo kala ah Hawiyaha iyo Daaroodka soo gudbiyeen liisas xubno ay isku khilaafsan yihiin oo uu muran ka taagan yahay, iyadoo beelaha kale aaney ku guuleysan in ay magacaabaan xubnihii laga sugayay, waxayna IGAD iyo wakiillada beesha caalamka xog ogaal u noqon doonaan maanta dhibaatada dhex taala siyaasiyiinta dhexdooda iyo odayaasha dhaqanka.
Dhanka kalena murankii ku saabsanaa qodobka 30aad ee mudada dheer soo lug jiidayay shirka dib u heshiisiinta soomaalida ayaa dib u soo noqday, iyadoo labada qeybood ee hoggaamiyayaasha siyaasadda iyo kuwa dhaqanka uu dhinac walba sidii uu doono u fasiranayo qodobkaas farqadiisa koowaad.
Hoggaamiyayaasha kooxaha ee saxiixa ku lahaa shirka ayaa ku dhaqaaqay inay iyagoo aan wax la tashi ah sameynin ay soo xulaan xubnaha uga mid noqonaya guddiyada ugu soo horeeya ee awood qeybsiga, iyagoo odayaasha dhaqanka si hoose uga saxiixay, kadibna IGAD u gudbiyay, arintaasoo keentay in ay ka qeyliyaan hoggaamiyayaal kale oo aan ku jirin saxiixayaasha heshiiskii Eldoret, iyagoo ku eedeeyay in ay kaligood ku tagri falayaan awoodda ka dhaxeysa beesha oo dhan.
Waxaa soo baxaya muran ku saabsan cidda xaqa u leh in ay soo xusho xubnaha baarlamaanka iyo guddiyada oo horay loo caddeeyay in ay leeyihiin siyaasiyiinta TNG-da, SRRC-da, Samatabixinta, G8-ka iyo ururada bulshada rayidka.
Posted on Monday 14th June at 16:40:49 Laba Gaadhi oo Tikniko ah oo ka soo baxasday Ciidanka C/Laahi Yuusuf,isuna dhiibay Ciidamada Somaliland.
Waxaa ka soo baxsaday laba Gaadhi oo tikniko ah iyo Ciidamadii saarnaa oo la sheegay inay dhan yihiin dhawr iyo labaatan Askari Ciidanka C/Laahi Yuusuf ee Maamul Goboleedka Puntland,Xubnahan oo isu soo dhiibay Ciidanka Qaranka ee Aaga Yagoori,wxaa ay ka soo talaabeen Adhicadays,iyagoo markii ay soo gaadheen Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland sheegay in ay go,aansadeen in ay iskaga soo baxsadaan Maamulka C/Laahi Yuusuf.
Ciidamadan isa soo dhiibay ee watay labada Gaadhi ee Tiknikada ah,oo kala ahaa gaadhi uu saaran yahay qori Lidka Diyaaradaha ah iyo gaadhi kale oo uu saaran yahay Hubka Culus ee dadka loogu talo galay 50mm,waxaa ay ku sababeeyeen inay isa soo dhiibaan ka dib markii ay ogaadeen in C/Laahi Yuusuf oo ay hore daacad ugu ahaayeen aanu daacad u ahayn,isla markaana uu dhawaan shaaca ka qaaday inuu kala diro Xubnihiisa Golaha Wasiirada ee u hogaansanaa waxaanay taasi abuurtay ayay yidhaahdeen welwel iyo kala shaki soo dhex galay Cid kasta oo taabacsanayd C/Laahi Yuusuf,iyadoo uu dhinaca kalana ka sheegay bay yidhaahdeen inuu ku sii meel gaadh ka dhiganayay dadka daacad u ahaa.
Askartan ka soo fakatay Maamulka C/Laahi Yuusuf oo dhalasho ahaan ka soojeeda Beesha Gobolka Sool,waxaa kale oo ay bayaamiyeen in ay ka fikireen sidii ay Nabadgelyada uga shaqayn lahaayeen,waxaanu yaqiinsanay ayay yidhaahdeen wixii qoriga aanu u sidanay inay ahaayeen Baabiinta Gobolka Sool,sidaa awgeed waxaanu ugu baaqaynaa Xubnaha kale ee weli ku sii hadhsan halkaa inay ka feejignaadaan waxyaabaha aan naftooda dantooda iyo danta umadooda toona u wanaagsanayn qofkuna waxaa wanaagsan bay yidhahdeen inuu ka soo noqdo khaladka uu galo.
Xubnaha ka soo talaabay Maamulka C/Laahi Yuusuf waxaa soo dhaweeyay Wasiirka Wasaarada Gaashandhiga Mudane Ismaaciil Cumar Aadan (Boos),waxaanuu sheegay in Xukuumada Somaliland gaar ahaan Wasaraada Gaashaandhigu ay soo dhawaynayso gacantana u fidinayso dhamaan Xubnaha Ciidanka hubaysna ee u dhashay Gobolada Somaliland ee ku sugan Maamulka C/Lahi Yuuusf ee talada ka qaata,Dalku waa dalkiina ee iska kaalaya ayuu yidhi Wasiirku.
Dhinaca kale,Wefdigii Golaha Wasiirada ee u mabaxaya Gobolka Sool ee Somaliland ayaa soo dhagax dhigay mashaariic badan oo ay ka mid yihiin dhismayaal Dugsiyo ,Cisbitaalo iyo goobe kale oo adeega dadweynaha ah Deegaanada Yagoori iyo kuwa ku xeeran oo dhamaantood ka tirsan Gobolka Sool, Mashaariicdan oo ay hore Xukuumadu u balan qaaday ayaa la sheegay in ujeedadoodu tahay sidii ay Beesha Gobolka Sool iyo Xukuumada Somaliland isfaham weyni u dhex mari lahaa,iyadoo beeshu ay cabasho ka muujin jirtay Mashaarciidak dhinaca horumarka iyo adeega dadweynaha,laakiin mid ka mid ah Golaha Wasiirada oo aanu arintan wax ka waydiinay ayaa sheegay in Xukuumada Somaliland ay shacbigeeda si niyadsami iyo wadajir ah wax ugu qabanayso,waxaanu shacbiga ugu baaqay inay kala gartaan cida dantooda wada iyo cida hubka la dhex wareegaysa si ay isugu dhuftaan Xukuumada iyo shacbigeeda.
Posted on Sunday 13th June at 14:01:24 C/llaahi Yuusuf & Max’ed oo shirka Kenya u qaadaya xubno TNG-da ah oo uu C/qaasim Muqdisho ku reebay
Xubno ka tirsan TNG-da C/qaasim ee watigoodu dhammaaday kana haray xubnihii TNG-da ee loo qaaday shirka Kenya ayaa shir jaraa’id oo ay shalay qabteen ku cadeeyey in si qalad ah loo maamulay ergada TNG-da ee loo qaaday shirka Kenya.
Xubnahaasi oo isugu jira wasiiro, wasiir ku xigeeno, wasiiru dowlayaal & xildhibaano waxey ku eedeeyeen C/qaasim Salaad in xubno gaar ah dhabar ka taabasho ahaan loogu qaaday shirka, iyadoo markii ugu dambeysay lala soo baxay liis gaar ah, halkii la isku ogaa in xubnaha oo dhami ka wada qeybgalaan shirka.
Dhinaca kale, xubnahan oo baaq u jeediyey IGAD & beesha caalamka ayaa dalbaday in shirka Kenya la geeyo, waxaana soo baxaya warar sheegaya in C/llaahi Yuusuf & Max’ed in ay doonayaan in ay xubnahaasi u qaadaan shirka Kenya.
Horay ayuu Max’ed dheere shirka Kenya u geeyey 39 xildhibaan oo TNG-da ka mid ah sanadkii hore kuwaasoo ka soo horjeestay C/qaasim.
Posted on Sunday 13th June at 13:57:41 Kenya Deports Australian
An Australian man is being investigated by federal authorities after being banned from Kenya on suspicion of terrorist involvement, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.
Mukhtur Moxamed Sayid, a Somali-born Australian citizen, spent five days in a Kenyan jail last month after police arrested him over suspected terror links, the newspaper said.
He was released without charge, deported and banned from returning.
A spokesman for Attorney-General Philip Ruddock confirmed Mr Sayid was being monitored.
The Sunday Telegraph reported that Mr Sayid was a business partner of a former Middle Eastern intelligence officer accused of human rights abuses, and that the pair have extensive property interests in Australia.
Kenya has not revealed details about Mr Sayid's detention.
Its counter-terrorism chief, Mathew Kabetu, said any terrorist links could be probed by Australian authorities.
"Take it from me, Australia is sending a senior officer here to dig deeper into this man," he told The Sunday Telegraph.
Mr Ruddock's spokesman said Mr Sayid was free to come and go in Australia because he was not wanted by authorities, despite being monitored.
"We can confirm Australian officials have an interest in him and his activities," he said.
Posted on Saturday 12th June at 15:24:18 Somalis' Passport Fraud Prompts a Border Dispute
NAIROBI The desert border between Kenya and its northern neighbor, Somalia, is hot, tough, and unforgiving a little like relations between the two countries at the moment.
A diplomatic spat has sparked a stream of ill-tempered exchanges across the dusty frontier. There have been angry words, tit-for-tat expulsions, and logjams at border posts. At the heart of the dispute is the small green-covered Somali passport.
The argument stretches back to the collapse of the Somali state in 1991, when the dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled. Since then, the country has been controlled by warlords, each of whom rules his "turf" with a private army of well-armed militiamen. (The two exceptions are the breakaway provinces of Somaliland and Puntland in northern Somalia, which are pushing for recognition as independent countries.)
This institutionalized chaos makes life very difficult for ordinary Somalis. Apart from the dangers of getting caught in the crossfire between rival clans, there is no authority to provide such services as health care, education, or social welfare. Neither is there any way of getting official papers, such as birth certificates, identification papers or passports.
The result is a thriving market in "semiofficial" papers. Many passports are issued in Mogadishu's Bakara Market, a notorious corner of the capital where money buys everything from spices to smuggled televisions to rockets powerful enough to down an airplane. The "passport office" is a small shop where for $25 and a passport photo anyone even a visiting foreigner can become a Somali citizen in a matter of minutes.
The documents are frauds, of course, but not forgeries. As Siad Barre was being ousted in 1991, boxes of blank passports were stolen from government stores and found their way to Bakara. As it became clear that no legitimate government was going to emerge, traders started to hawk the passports. Somali citizens, desperate to travel abroad, were a willing market.
Formalities are kept to a minimum. For double the $25 fee, one can apply for a red-covered diplomatic passport. The procedure takes about five minutes.
For visitors to Somalia, like this reporter, the passports make a unique souvenir in a country with no tourist attractions. But for Somalis, they are the only available travel documents. And in the past few months, they sparked the argument with Kenya.
Since the beginning of May, Kenya has refused to accept Somali passports, saying they are too easily obtained by dangerous people like the suspected Al Qaeda operatives who bombed a tourist hotel on the Kenyan coast in November 2002, killing at least 13 people. United Nations investigators say the extremists may have used such fake documents to slip through Kenya's lax border posts.
The final straw was when authorities discovered the passports were on sale in Eastleigh, an immigrant quarter of Nairobi where many Somali refugees live.
The United States may have had a hand in the ban. Since the Mombasa bombings, Washington has pressured Kenya to tighten its porous borders. .
For ordinary Somalis, the passport ban is the latest in a long line of body blows. The chaotic country, although it hardly seems possible, is going from bad to worse. A cease-fire signed in October 2002 has become a national joke. Almost 50 people died in a surge of fighting last month.
Foreign aid workers are regularly kidnapped for ransom.
Peace is not in the interest of the warlords, who are unlikely to fare well in any democracy. Meanwhile, foreign extremists may be continuing to profit from the chaos. Recently aid workers leftDinsor, a sleepy southern town, after discovering a freshly planted land mine on the local airstrip. Worried UN officials say the sophistication of the device suggest it was placed there by an external force possibly Al Qaeda or its local sympathizers.
Otherwise, Western countries have largely lost interest in Somalia's downward spiral. A decade after leading a peace mission that ended in ignominious retreat, the United States has committed just $350,000 to the peace process. Instead, it spends its cash on military maneuvers and covert operations including paying Somali warlords to hand over Al Qaeda suspects, UN sources say.
The passport ban has struck a nerve among the famously proud Somalis. The president of the largely powerless transitional government, Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, recently announced he would refuse to attend the peace talks until his passport was recognized.
Ordinary Somalis, meanwhile, say they feel more forgotten by the outside world than ever. Desperate parents pay human traffickers thousands of dollars to smuggle their children into the West.
As one Somali emigrant in London recently wrote in a despairing e-mail: "This ban [will] push Somalia further into the void."
By Declan Walsh, Globe Correspondent
© Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company.
Posted on Saturday 12th June at 22:09:16 Kenya Has All But Closed Border to Somalia after US Pressure
NAIROBI The desert border between Kenya and its northern neighbor, Somalia, is hot, tough, and unforgiving a little like relations between the two countries at the moment.
A diplomatic spat has sparked a stream of ill-tempered exchanges across the dusty frontier. There have been angry words, tit-for-tat expulsions, and logjams at border posts. At the heart of the dispute is the small green-covered Somali passport.
The argument stretches back to the collapse of the Somali state in 1991, when the dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled. Since then, the country has been controlled by warlords, each of whom rules his "turf" with a private army of well-armed militiamen. (The two exceptions are the breakaway provinces of Somaliland and Puntland in northern Somalia, which are pushing for recognition as independent countries.)
This institutionalized chaos makes life very difficult for ordinary Somalis. Apart from the dangers of getting caught in the crossfire between rival clans, there is no authority to provide such services as health care, education, or social welfare. Neither is there any way of getting official papers, such as birth certificates, identification papers or passports.
The result is a thriving market in "semiofficial" papers. Many passports are issued in Mogadishu's Bakara Market, a notorious corner of the capital where money buys everything from spices to smuggled televisions to rockets powerful enough to down an airplane. The "passport office" is a small shop where for $25 and a passport photo anyone even a visiting foreigner can become a Somali citizen in a matter of minutes.
The documents are frauds, of course, but not forgeries. As Siad Barre was being ousted in 1991, boxes of blank passports were stolen from government stores and found their way to Bakara. As it became clear that no legitimate government was going to emerge, traders started to hawk the passports. Somali citizens, desperate to travel abroad, were a willing market.
Formalities are kept to a minimum. For double the $25 fee, one can apply for a red-covered diplomatic passport. The procedure takes about five minutes.
For visitors to Somalia, like this reporter, the passports make a unique souvenir in a country with no tourist attractions. But for Somalis, they are the only available travel documents. And in the past few months, they sparked the argument with Kenya.
Since the beginning of May, Kenya has refused to accept Somali passports, saying they are too easily obtained by dangerous people like the suspected Al Qaeda operatives who bombed a tourist hotel on the Kenyan coast in November 2002, killing at least 13 people. United Nations investigators say the extremists may have used such fake documents to slip through Kenya's lax border posts.
The final straw was when authorities discovered the passports were on sale in Eastleigh, an immigrant quarter of Nairobi where many Somali refugees live.
The United States may have had a hand in the ban. Since the Mombasa bombings, Washington has pressured Kenya to tighten its porous borders.
For ordinary Somalis, the passport ban is the latest in a long line of body blows. The chaotic country, although it hardly seems possible, is going from bad to worse. A cease-fire signed in October 2002 has become a national joke. Almost 50 people died in a surge of fighting last month.
Foreign aid workers are regularly kidnapped for ransom.
Peace is not in the interest of the warlords, who are unlikely to fare well in any democracy. Meanwhile, foreign extremists may be continuing to profit from the chaos. Recently aid workers leftDinsor, a sleepy southern town, after discovering a freshly planted land mine on the local airstrip. Worried UN officials say the sophistication of the device suggest it was placed there by an external force possibly Al Qaeda or its local sympathizers.
Otherwise, Western countries have largely lost interest in Somalia's downward spiral. A decade after leading a peace mission that ended in ignominious retreat, the United States has committed just $350,000 to the peace process. Instead, it spends its cash on military maneuvers and covert operations including paying Somali warlords to hand over Al Qaeda suspects, UN sources say.
The passport ban has struck a nerve among the famously proud Somalis. The president of the largely powerless transitional government, Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, recently announced he would refuse to attend the peace talks until his passport was recognized.
Ordinary Somalis, meanwhile, say they feel more forgotten by the outside world than ever. Desperate parents pay human traffickers thousands of dollars to smuggle their children into the West.
As one Somali emigrant in London recently wrote in a despairing e-mail: "This ban [will] push Somalia further into the void."
From: Boston Globe
By Declan Walsh
Posted on Saturday 12th June at 22:05:59 War Leaves Labour Reeling In The Polls
LABOUR supporters on Merseyside woke up to a local election disaster on Friday as the party paid the price for going to war in Iraq.
Knowsley's Mayor Michael Murphy lost his seat in one of three key Labour defeats in the borough.
In Sefton, Carol Gustafson, chairwoman of Merseyside police authority, was ousted from her Church ward seat in Waterloo and Seaforth by the Lib Dems, who gained six seats to become the biggest party in Sefton's hung council.
The Liberal Democrats held Liverpool, taking 60 of the 90 seats and notching up their seveth successive year in control at the town hall. The party also made history when Lib Dem candidate Mohammed Ali took a seat in the Princes Park ward from Labour and became the first Somalian to be elected as a councillor in the UK.
There was no comfort for Labour in St Helens, where they lost control of the council and accused opposition parties of "dirty tricks".
Today a BBC poll clearly showed that the electorate had turned against the government over Iraq, with a highly significant 55% of voters saying they now believed decision to invade was wrong.
Nationally Labour lost more than 200 council seats in the biggest test of Tony Blair's popularity since the last general election.
The party plunged to third place in the local elections, its worst showing in living memory.
The electorate used their votes in a mid-term backlash which has deeply hurt the administration.
But early scrutinies of the result, if reflected at the next general election, would still give Mr Blair a Commons majority of more than 100.
Mr Blair accepts that his authority has been undermined and he was today pledging to win back traditional Labour voters, particularly in the north.
Labour backbenchers in Merseyside agree that yesterday's results were poor, but disagree about the outcome.
West Derby MP Bob Wareing said: "Many good local Labour candidates have suffered, not for their own misdeeds, but as a result of Tony Blair's illegal war on Iraq influencing many people either not to vote or to back other parties."
But Riverside MP Louise Ellman said that Labour's poor showing will change nothing.
"It was inevitable that after seven years in government there would be a negative impact at local elections.
"Clearly Iraq was a factor, but in the long run people will accept that tough decisions had to be taken to remove Saddam Hussein. In the meantime we have to accept the consequences."
Posted on Friday 11th June at 20:58:05 Aideed Wants Ruling Quashed
Somali factional leader Hussein Aideed wants the High Court to set aside a judgement which was entered against him over a Sh15 million debt owed to a businessman.
The debt arose following alleged breach of an agreement for physical reconstruction work in Somalia between businessman Ijaz Hussein Ganijee and Aideed in 1997
Aideed wants the judgement set aside, claiming it was entered because his previous lawyers failed to inform him that they had not filed any defence to the suit.
He was making the application hardly a month after his release from civil jail over the debt.
Aideed was arrested at a Nairobi hotel, taken to court and jailed for 30 days.
The warlord, who doubles as a delegate and vice-chairman of Somali peace process, was released after depositing Sh5 million in the Milimani Commercial Court.
While arguing for his release at the time, lawyer Matthew Oseko said Aideed's continued stay in jail was creating panic and security problem for his supporters and peace process.
Aideed claims his previous advocates informed him during his visits to their offices that they had filed an application to temporarily stop all proceedings in the Sh15 million suit and refer the matter for arbitration as a way of settling the dispute.
Through Oseko, he says, the advocates failed to do as they had informed him and concealed from him the fact that judgement was entered against him on July 27, 1999.
They also did not obtain temporary orders stopping the proceedings in the case or an order referring the matter for arbitration, he adds.
His lawyer says he has "a very strong defence and counter claim" to the suit and failure by his former advocates to file it or temporarily stop the proceedings should not stop the case from being heard on its merits.
Justice Ibrahim ordered the matter to be heard inter parties on Monday.
Posted on Friday 11th June at 16:39:58 COMESA Calls For an To End Horn of Africa Unrest
Kampala, Uganda, 06/10 - A summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on Tuesday urged the warring factions in Somalia to settle their differences peacefully.
In a joint communiqué to wind-up the 9th COMESA summit in Kampala, leaders from the 19-nation trading bloc deplored the unrest stifling economic growth in several countries.
To assist the hapless Somalis, COMESA leaders pledged to mobilise resources and seek support from the international community to avert the continued instability in the country that has lacked a central government since President Mohamed Siad Barre`s ouster in 1991.
The summit leaders agreed to give a new impetus to efforts by the United Nations and Africa Union to address the smouldering conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which fought a bloody border war from May 1998 that only ended in late 2000.
They encouraged the two neighbouring countries to continue their peace process and comply with UN resolution 1531 adopted last march.
The Ten heads of states concluded their 9th COMESA summit by affirming that regionalism was the way forward to achieving desired growth in a globalising world.
Posted on Thursday 10th June at 19:42:18 Somalis Head to Real
Four young Somali footballers are on their way to Spanish giants Real Madrid for a two-week summer football camp.
The youngsters were selected for the camp, that takes place from 18 to 31 July, after the United Nations (UN) organised several football tournaments throughout Somalia.
The football events are part of the UN's Sports for Peace initiative in the war-torn country.
Winston Tubman, a representative of the UN secretary-general for Somalia, said: ''The scholarships show that football and sports in general is a magnet for youthful energy which the UN seeks to harness for the cause of peace-building in Somalia.
"This scholarship will provide a unique opportunity for the four selected candidates to be sport ambassadors and messengers of peace for their country and to return home with skills and experience to share with their peers."
The Sports for Peace initiative is an integral part of the 2004 UN campaign "Somalis for Peace" that will call on the country's citizens to work for peace and demand it from authority figures who are in a position to deliver it.
The Real Madrid scholarships are seen as an important part of the campaign.
17-year-old Abdi Bashir Abdi, one of the four heading to Spain, is overjoyed at the prospect of the trip.
''We're very happy to be able to visit the home of some of the most famous football players in the world such as David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo," he said.
"Now, we will have a story to tell our friends.''
The three other youngsters making the trip are Mohamed Yusuf Hassan, who is 15, and and 17-year-olds Yusuf Ali Morgan and Nuune Xuseen Cabdi.
Somalia is one of Africa's lowest-ranked football nations, and the national team is placed 193rd out of all Fifa's 205 registered countries.
Posted on Thursday 10th June at 19:35:25 Qaraxyo Bam oo saaka laga maqlay inta u dhexeysa isgoysyada Florensa & Siinaay ee Muqdisho
Waxaa aroornimadii saaka laga maqlayey inta u dhexeysa isgoysyada Florensa & Siinaay qarxyo lagu sheegay in ay ahaayeen bam gacmeedyo la dhigay meel ku dhow Ex. xaruntii Somalitex oo u dhexeysa labada isgoys ee Siinaay & Florensa.
Warar ku dhow dhow sababaha keenay bamkaasi ayaa sheegaya in 4 bam gacmeed ay halkaasi geeyeen maleeshiyooyin heybtooda aanan la garaneyn, kadib markii ciidamada maxkamadda islaamiga Xararyaale ee farriisinka ku leh isgoyska Florensa ay ka hor istaageen maleeshiyooyin doonayey in ay dhistaan dhulkaasi, ayna maleeshiyooyinku muddooyinkan ku wareegeysanayen nawaaxigaasi, waxeyna u sheegeen ciidamada maxkamada islaamiga Xararyaale maleeshiyooyinkii doonayey in ay dhistaan dhulkaasi dhulku uu yahay dhul dan guud.
Dadka degan xaafadaha ku dhow dhow labada isgoyska ayaa aad uga xumaaday falkaasi qaraxa ah, waxeyna ku tilmaameen mid wax u dhimaya nabadgelyada deegaanadooda.
Posted on Thursday 10th June at 16:07:19 Wershad Soo Saaraysa Sharaabka La Cabo Oo Laga Furay Hargeysa
Wershad nooca fudud ah (ligh factory) oo soo saaraysa Sharaabka la cabbo ee Foster-ka (Foster Zam-zam Factory), ayaa Shalay si rasmi ah looga furay Magaalada Hargeysa, Caasimadda Somaliland.
Wershadda Foster Zam-zam Factory oo ay hirgeliyeen Ganacsato reer Somaliland ahi, waxa ay soo saari karaysaa 400 (Afar Boqol) oo Kartoon Maalintiiba, taas oo u dhiganta 4 ton.
Xaflad loo sameeyey Furitaanka Wershadda Zam-zam oo Shalay lagu qabtay Hotel Maansoor, ayaa waxa ka soo qayb galay Wasiiro, Xildhibaano Golaha Baarlmaanka (Wakiiladda iyo Guurtida) ah, Ganacsato reer Hargeysa ah iyo xubno ka tirsan Maamulka Sare ee Ururka Wershadleyda Somaliland, iyo dadweyne lagu martiqaaday furitaanka Wershaddan cusub oo Wasiirka Ganacsiga iyo Wershada Somaliland, Md. Nuux Sh. Cumar oo ka mid ahaa Masuuliyiintii ka qayb gashay xafladdaas ayaa hadal uu ka jeediyey halkaa waxa uu ugu horreyn u mahad naqay Ganacsatada hirgelisay Wershadda cusub.
“Haddii aad tihiin dhallinyaraddii ama Odayaashii Waddanka (Somaliland) dedaalka aad ku jirtaan waad ku mahadsan tihiin” ayuu yidhi, Md. Nuux Sheekh Cumar, isaga oo tilmaamay xilligan heerka ay marayso Wershadaynta Somaliland, waxa uu intaa raaciyey; “Wershadaynta dalku halka ay maanta marayso waxa weeye tallaabo aad u ballaadhan oo ay qaaday, runtii dalka horumarkiisa waxa lagu gartaa Wershaduhu halka ay marayaan, waayo, dhaqaale ayay soo hoynayaan, shaqo ayey keenayaan, nolol fiican ayey bulshada u abuuraysaa, markaa Wershadayntu ma aha wax hawlyar.”
Wasiirku, waxa uu sheegay in horumarka wakhtigan ay tahay mid waajibkeedu wada saaran yahay shacbiga iyo dawladda; “Dawladda waxa looga baahan yahay waxa weeye,” ayuu yidhi; “Waa adeeg, hantidaada iyo nabadgelyadeeda iyo sidii aad Caalamka ula xidhiidhi lahaydeen in ay kuu qabato, dadkana waxa looga fadhiyaa Wershadaha iyo horumarka dalkooda,” ayuu Md. Nuux Sheekh hadalkiisa ku soo gunnaanaday.
Waxa kale oo isna ka hadlay Xafladda Maamulaha Wershadda Foster Zam-zam, Mr. Cismaan Cali Jaamac, waxana uu warbixin kooban ka bixiyey Wershadda oo uu sheegay in hirgelinteedu ka dambaysay daraasad ay sameeyeen kadib, markii ay Somaliland dareemeen in baahi weyn ay u qabto Wershad noocan oo kale ah, “balse,” ayuu yidhi; “Muddo dheer ayey nagu qaadatay sidii aanu Waddanka uga hirgelin lahayn Wershaddan oo faa’iido weyn Waddanka u leh, arrinta kale in ay nagaga daydaan wallaalahayga kale ee Ganacsatada ah in ay Wershado ka hirgeliyaan dalka,”
Ayuu raaciyay.
Mr. Cismaan, oo sharaxaad ka bixiniyay Wershadda cusub, waxa uu yidhi; “Wershaddan wax soo saarkeedu waxa uu dhan yahay afar Boqol oo Kartoon ayey soo saari kartaa, waxayna u dhigantaa afartan ilaa shan ton, waxaana baahidayadu tahay in ay qorshaha Waddanka daboosho,” ayuu Mr. Cismaan hadalkiisa ku soo ooday.
Waxa iyana xafladda ka hadlay Guddoomiyaha Ururka Wershaddaha Mahdi Cismaan iyo Maareeyaha Wershadlayda Cabdillaahi Jaamac Muuse.
Posted on Wednesday 9th June at 16:12:09 Ahmed Explodes
Whether it was the pressure of being under threat of eviction, or the strain of being in the confines of the BB House that were too much, Ahmed finally let loose.
Just before midday, Ahmed grabbed a handful of plates, ran into the garden and proceeded to hurl them against the hut, narrowly avoiding Vanessa and, luckily, not shattering any of the mirrors around.
The mild mannered Somali then fled to the pampering room, where he appeared to be crying.
Whether his mood was lifted when Emma, who had been in before but failed to heed Victors' advice to "leave him, he needs some time on his own", is debatable.
The Mancunian did her best to understand the cause of the outburst, but comparing it to a Greek wedding is not probably not quite what he wanted to hear. The alarm and shift changes were getting to him. Finally Emma leaves him alone to sort out his troubled mind.
Questions must surely now be asked about Ahmed's mental stability and whether he is a danger to himself or others should another simmilar outburst happen.
Posted on Wednesday 9th June at 17:45:13 Somalia is One Big Family
With summer in the air and the lecture halls left barren, visiting professor Ali Galaydh can look ahead to his summer vacation with as much zeal as his students. And what a summer, with a travel itinerary that includes Berlin (Germany), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Nairobi (Kenya), and Djibouti!
A longtime resident of Minnesota, Galaydh once served as the prime minister of Somalia and its minister of industry. Thus, it’s not research, lectures, or even backpacking that will bring Galaydh around the world. Instead, it’s the prospect of developing a new money wire service for Somalia and helping to bring together divided factions at the Somali peace talks in Nairobi. These Herculean tasks are worthy of a former prime minister.
Several wire services were shut down after 9-11 because of suspected links to al-Qaeda. The current peace talks have stalled since January, largely due to political conflicts created by Somalia’s neighboring nations. In May, increased inter-clan combat in Mogadishu also left over 100 dead.
Nevertheless, Galaydh (AG) remains hopeful. The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder recently caught up with him before his trip to discuss pressing issues for local Somali communities and the old country.
MSR: You used to live in Owatonna for several years, where there is a large Somali community. Did you experience or witness much tension between Somalis and the rural White community?
AG: Yes, there has been tension. Before the Somalis came in, there were almost no African Americans in the area, and then there was a sudden influx of Somalis. But I give credit the local officials there. Even the police and the mayor really went out of their way and bent over backwards to reassure Somalis that they had a place in Owatonna.
MSR: Are rural communities sometimes better places for Somalis and immigrants to raise families?
AG: I think that they can be. There is so much happening in urban areas, particularly in public schools. The environment is really bleak in a lot of ways, whether it’s the gangs, the drugs, sex at an early age. Immigrants have a difficult time coping with these problems.
There is also tension between kids who are born here and others. I have my own teenagers who were born here, and they’re a handful, let me tell you. It is an age which kids grow fast physically but they have no responsibilities. Where we come from, at a very early age you have to do a lot of things for the family. There is a certain youth culture in this society that creates tension with traditional families.
MSR: How should the Somali community best cope with the coming second generation? How can they pass on Somali values while still allowing the kids to assimilate to this country?
AG: For immigrants, there are multiple factors. Most of the parents don’t speak English either, and they don’t know what their kids are doing. The changing role of teenagers or the idealizing of independence in this country are also concerns. That [independence] is good for some kids, but left unchecked and supervised it can lead to disastrous troubles for our children.
There is an effort through the mosques to be engaged on these issues, whether it is after-school programs [or] Koranic teachings on the weekends. These religious groups are the ones who are trying to cope with the problems. Elders have a respected place in the community, but the elders do not have a really good handle on these problems. These kids learn so fast. They are interpreting for their parents. They know the system.
There are a lot of kids who do exceptionally well, too. There are about a 1,000 Somalis who are at universities and colleges in Minnesota. One hundred and fifty of them are here at the U of M. About 65 or 70 percent of them are girls. Education is a need as a safeguard from kids getting lost.
MSR: Can you talk about the importance of family in Africa and for Somalis? Is family more important than anything that could be imagined in the U.S.?
AG: Families are important because it is not only the nuclear family. It is the extended family. When I was about five or six, we were taught genealogies. Ali is my first name. Halif is my father’s first name. Galaydh is my grandfather’s name. And I can string these things together for 20 or 30 back. Beyond that it becomes very mystic.
You need a large family for production purposes and for security purposes. If a calamity strikes, say there is a drought and someone loses all their animals, the extended family will send money to help him. He may get money from Owatonna, the Twin Cities, Dubai, Djibouti, Italy, India, all over. It is if the family is a multinational corporation.
The family is a unit of production; it is a unit of security, socially, psychologically, politically, financially. Everything. Now people are very anxious, and there is a generalized fear after September 11 of detention and deportation. People don’t know what the law says. So you need the family to pool their resources. In most traditional societies, you are never on your own. You are a part of a circle. Otherwise, you can’t make it.
MSR: In the past, you have called all of Somalia your extended family. Is that still the case? And if so, how are you invested in the growth, stability, and development of such an large extended family?
AG: Somalia is one ethnic group. We don’t have tribes. In Somalia, you are a Somali. There are 10 major families and four main families that trace their genealogy 30 generations back. That is the bulk of the Somalis in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya. We speak the same language, have the same culture and the same religion. There are some differences. So it is a family in that sense. It is a big extended family. Though, Somalia’s families have been fighting for some time. And there has been bloodletting again over this past month. Unfortunately, this has happened even in the best of families.
By: Jeremy O'Kasick
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved
Posted on Wednesday 9th June at 17:42:49 UAE to Fund Project to Improve Water Supplies
The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, based in the United Arab Emirates, has forged an agreement with UNDP Somalia to provide US$2 million to improve water supplies for vulnerable Somalis.
The effort will help returning refugees, people displaced from their homes, pastoral communities in drought-stricken regions and poorer populations in southern Somalia. It will also help set up sustainable water management systems based on the capacities of local communities to build and maintain them, and where feasible through public-private partnerships.
Only one in five Somalis has access to treated water, and only about half the households have a source of water within a kilometre during the dry season, according to a recent Socio-Economic Survey by the World Bank and UNDP.
The signing of this agreement comes as a directive from Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, President of the UAE, to help alleviate the plight of the Somali people by addressing their dire need for water, noted Salem Obaid Al Dhahiri, the foundation's Acting Director General. (menareport.com)
Posted on Wednesday 9th June at 17:38:43 Wasiirka Arimaha Dibada Somailand iyo wefdi ay hogaaminayso oo u ambabaxaya Switzerland
Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Dibada Somaliland Marwo Edna Aadan Ismaaciil iyo wefdi ay Hogaaminayso oo ka kooban Golaha wasiirada ayaa goordhow u ambabaxaya Wadanka Swetzerland halkaas oo ay u tagayaan martiqaad rasmi ah oo ay ka heleen Xukuumada dalka Swetzerland,Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Dibada Marwo Edna Aden waxaa ku wehelia socdaalkan Wasiirka Wasaarada dibu Dejinta Mudane C/Laahi Xuseen Iiman Darawal),Wasiirka Wasaarada Caafimaadka iyo Shaqada Mudane Cismaan Qaasim Qodax iyo xubno kale,waxaanay ujeedada socdaalkoodu la xidhiidha inay Dawlada Switzerland kala soo hadlaan Barnaamijyo ku saabsan Horumarinta, Caafimaadka iyo Siyaasadaba.
Wefidigan ka kooban Xubnaha Golaha Wasirada ayaa hore ay Dawlada dalka
Switzerland ugu yeedhay inay ka wada hadlaan Arimo khuseeya Wasaarada ay ka
socdaan laakiin Xukuumada ayaa safarkaas dib ugu dhigatay wakhtigan, iyadoo
ay xiligaas ku soo beegmeen wakhti ay Wasiiradan ku jireen hawlo kale.
Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Dibadda Somaliland Marwo Edna Aadan Ismaaciil iyo Wefdigan ay hor kacayso una socda Dalka Switzerland ayaa la sheegay inay ku maqnaan doonaan in mudo ah, iyadoo Wararku ay sheegayaan inay wadama Yurub-ta kamid ah soo maraan siiba Ingiriiska.
Somaliland iyo Switzerland ayaa ka dhaxeeya xidhiidh bilaabmay mudooyinkan u
dambeeyay kaas oo badanaa ku salaysan mashaariic horumarineed oo ay
Switzerland ka fuliso Somaliland,waxaana la filayaa in mashaariic kale oo
dheeraad ah ay Switzerland ka bilowdo Somaliland mustaqbalka dhow.
Posted on Wednesday 9th June at 15:56:58 Maamulka Puntland oo soo rogay go’aano adag oo dhinaca nabadgelyada quseeya
Shir ay magaalada Garoowe ee xarunta maamul goboleedka Puntland ku yeesheen golaha wasiirada maamulkaasi, uuna shir guddoominayey sii hayaha xilka madaxweynaha ahna wasiirka shaqada & shaqaalaha C/nuur Cilmi Biindhe ayaa laga soo saaray go’aano dhinaca nabadgelyada quseeya taasoo ay ka dambeysay markii falal dil & xiisado colaadeed ay ka dhaceen dhowr magaalo oo Puntland ah.
Go’aanada ay soo saareen wasiirada ayaa waxaa ugu waaweyn: In la joogteeyo roondooyin ciidan oo laga sameeyo magaalooyinka waaweyn gaar ahaan Garoowe & Boosaaso. In la qabto gaari kasta oo aan Taargo laheyn ama leh muraayada bensolka ah oo habeenkii wareegaya magaalada. In ciidamada kala duwan ee Puntland ay xilliyada habeenkii ku ekaadaan farriisimadooda ama aaney magaalada la soo gelin hub. In ciidanka ilaalada C/llaahi Yuusuf & kuwa daraawiishta ay tikniko ku xoojiyaan ciidamada Garoowe & Boosaaso.
Shirka laga soo saaray go’aanadan ayaa waxaa goob joog ka ahaa saraakiisha sar sare ee ciidamada maamul goboleedka Puntland.
Posted on Wednesday 9th June at 15:55:08 New City 'Needs Diverse Voices'
Newport is one of the most diverse parts of Wales, home and workplace to people from a variety of cultures.
According to the 2001 census, there are 137,011 people living in Wales' newest city, with almost one in ten - over 13,000 - from black or ethnic minority (BME) backgrounds.
But only five candidates from BME backgrounds are standing in this year's council elections.
They are among 147 people competing for the 47 council seats on Thursday, 10 June.
Omar Ali, project co-ordinator for Newport Somali Association, said not enough was being done to encourage people from BME backgrounds to stand as candidates.
"There is no direct representation for certain communities, which means that people don't have a voice on local issues," he said.
"The councillors who have been representing the people of the city have done what they can for the communities they represent.
"But at the end of the day, they see things in a different way to how we see things. There is no exchange of information," he said.
'War link'
Mr Ali cited a number of reasons some people were put off standing.
"From a Somalian point of view, most Somalians are Muslim and link the local Labour government to the national government and the connection with the war in Iraq, which many think is unjust.
"And so a lot of people simply don't want to be connected to it and it is a huge put-off for people.
"Secondly, the council don't seem to be doing enough to encourage people to stand.
"They say if people want to they can, but they are not doing enough to seek possible candidates out.
"I would be very surprised if many people in the Somali community in Newport bothered to vote this year," he said.
Abdi Jama, a voluntary youth worker, blamed the lack of support offered from the council to potential candidates from BME backgrounds.
"I think the council are pretty backward when it comes to diversity issues," he said.
"I believe that the council see people from BME backgrounds as a threat rather than an asset and maybe this is why people don't want to come forward to stand.
"But saying that, as long as the councillor represents the whole community then there isn't a problem.
"And there is nothing wrong with a white councillor, for example, learning about the different cultures of the people they represent," he added.
Jamila Hussain, aged 30, said the problems of not having councillors from BME backgrounds meant that an understanding of what communities needed was often lost.
"As a Muslim woman it just isn't working for me," she said.
"If the person who gets in is representing the community properly then there really isn't a problem but I don't know if the people who get in do actually understand their community," she added.
Posted on Tuesday 8th June at 21:34:43 Dad kuleyl dartii ugu dhintay Boosaaso
TUESDAY JUNE 08, 2004
Dad kuleyl dartii ugu dhintay Boosaaso
Wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobolka Bari ayaa sheegaya in magaalaasi oo ku jirta xaalada ugu kuleyka badneyd ay dad halkaasi ugu dhinteen kuley, kadib markii kuleyku gaaray halkii ugu sareysay.
Dadka dhintay ayaa la sheegay in ay ku dhow yihiin 10 qofood oo wadnuhu istaagay, mana jiraan sabab kale oo geeridooda keentay, iyadoo nolasha magaaladu noqotay mid ciriiri ah.
Magaalada Boosaaso waxey ka mid tahay meelaha ugu darran kuleylka dalka Soomaaliya, iyadoo dadka dagan ay xilliyadan ka tagaan magaalada xaalada kuleyka oo meel xun gaarta darteed (Xagaa bax).
Posted on Tuesday 8th June at 14:10:51 Qaar ka mid ah hogaamiyayaasha kooxaha oo cadaadis weyn ku saaray IGAD in dowladda KMG ah laga hor istaago
Qaar ka mid ah hogaamiyayaasha kooxaha ku sugan shirka Soomaalida uga soconaya dalka Kenya ayaa IGAD ka codsaday in dowladda KMG ah ay fiisooyinka ay ku soo galayaan dalka Kenya aan la siin.
Hogaamiyayaasha ayaa IGAD u sheegay in haddii fiisooyinka la siiyo dowladda KMG ah dad cusub ku soo gelineyso shirka, ayna kaga dayanayaan hogaamiyayaasha kale oo iyagana doonaya in la siiyo fiisooyin cusub taasina ay dhibaato ku keeneyso habsami u socodka shirka.
Dowladda KMG ah ayaa wafdi fiiso uga raadiya Kenya u dirtay Nairobi, iyadoo xubnihii ay dowladda KMG ah u dirtay kenya ay sheegeen in ay hayaan fiisooyin, balse arrintaasi ay weli cadaan la’dahay.
Fiisooyinkan ayaa muddo todobaad ka bdan la sugayey, waxaana maalin kasta la lahaa maanta ayey imaaneysaa, waxaadna moodaa in rajada fiisooyinkaasi ay soo yaraaneyso.
Posted on Tuesday 8th June at 14:09:23 'Womb Row Hospital' Opens
The only free hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has reopened, five weeks after it shut following threats to a doctor who removed a woman's womb.
The woman's family has accepted an Islamic Sharia court ruling that backed the doctor's actions but fined him $2,000 for not consulting the family.
Doctor Bashir Sheikh Omar also accepted the ruling and promised to resume work.
Fatuma Abdulle Elmi's family had sent gunmen to the SOS hospital, saying she was as good as dead, without a womb.
Dr Bashir said the operation had saved Mrs Abdulle's life because she was carrying a dead foetus.
Camel compensation
The BBC's Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says that the hospital gives free medicine to more than 300 women and children each day.
Many are those who have travelled to Mogadishu to escape fighting elsewhere in the country, which has not had a central government since 1993.
Hundreds of people had held demonstrations, calling for the hospital to reopen.
The woman's family demanded 50 camels, which is the traditional Somali compensation offered for the death of a woman.
Dr Bashir said that in future, families would be consulted before such operations were performed.
Posted on Monday 7th June at 21:17:47 Xukuumada Somaliland oo beenisay War ku saabsan heshiis lagu
Afhayeen u hadlay Wasaarada Warfaafinta iyo Wacyigalinta Somaliland ayaa maanta shaaca ka qaaday in aan haba yaraate waxba ka jirin war lagu daabacay Wargayska Haatuf isla markaana la isla dhex marayayay maalmahan,kaas oo sheegay in Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland iyo Hogaamiye Kooxeedka Waqooyi Bari Soomaaliya laga dhex wado waanwaan lagu heshiisiinayo.
Afhayeenka u hadlay Wasaarada Warfaafinta iyo Wacyigalinta Somaliland waxaa
uu bayaankiisa ku sheegay in warkaasi yahay war aan sal iyo raadtoona lahayn
asalkiisuna ka yimid magaalada Muqdisho,kaas ooay ugu horayntii daabaceen
Wargaysada ka soo baxa Muqdisho,intaas ka dibna ay ka soo xigaty warkaas
khaladka ah Jariirada Al-Khaliij wargaysyadaas beenta faafiyay,isla markaana
ay Haatuf ka soo qaadatay sidaasna loogu soo dhextuuray bulshada.
Afhayeenkan u hadlay Xukuumada Somaliland waxaa uu intaas ku daray in
Siyaasda somaliland aanay ku jirin in ay wax wada hadal ah la yeelato
Qabqablaha dagaal ee C/Laahi Yuusuf,kaas oo dadkiisa ku xukuma qori
caaradii.waxaanu sheegay Afhayeenku in aanay marna wax wada hadal ah iyo wax heshiis ahi toona dhex mari doonin Xukuumada Somaliland iyo Kornayl C/Laahi Yuusuf.
Afhayeenka Xukuumada somaliland ee arinta ka jawaabay waxaa uu ugu dambayn
ugu baaqay warbaahinta dalka ee madaxa banaan in ay ka fiirsadaan waxyaabaha
ay umada u soo bandhigayaan,waxaanu sheegay in Warbaahintu ay ka taxadirto
inay ka qayb qaadato faafinta wararka dacaayadaha ah ee lidka ku ah
Qaranimada Somaliland,isla markaan aan loo adeegsan wararka ay cadowgu ka
faafinayaan Somaliland.
Warkan ayaa soo shaac baxay ka dib markii uu wargayska Haatuf baahiyay
waxaana la isla dhex marayay faalooyin lagaga jawaabayo amuurtan,waxaanu
warkaasi tibaaxay in ay jiraan heshiisyo qarsoodi ah oo dhexmaray Madaxweyne
Rayaale iyo C/Laahi Yuusuf kuwaas oo uu ka shaqeeyay Madaxweynaha Jabuuti
Mudane Ismaaciil Cumar Geele,iyadoo dadka wararkan aaminsani ay aragtidooda
ku salaynayeen Siyaasada Xukuumada ee Gobolada Bari ee Somaliland (Sool iyo
Sanaag Bari).laakiin jawaabta Afhayeenka Xukuumada waxaa ka muuqatay cadho
iyo diidanaan culus oo uu ku deedafeeyay wax isfahan ah oo dhex maray ama
dhex mari kara Xukuumada iyo Maamulka C/Laahi Yuusuf.
Posted on Monday 7th June at 20:00:57 Maleeshiyada beesha Murursade & kuwa H/gidir oo maanta odayaal & milatariga TNG-da ay ka qaadeen isgoyska Black Sea
Odayaal iyo waxgarad u dhashay beelaha H/gidir & Murursade & qaar ka tirsan ciidamada milateriga ee ka howl galayey isgoyska Black Sea ee degmada Hodan ayaa maanta ku guuleystay in ay qaab wadahadal ku dhisan uga qaadaan isgoyska Black sea maleeshiyada ka soo jeeda labadaasi beelood oo si rogaal celis ah saacadihii la soo dhaafay u qabsaday isgoyskaasi kana qaadayey baabuurka BL-ka ah lacago leejo ah.
Kulan fool kafool ah oo looga hadlayey qaabka ugu haboon ee maleeshiyada looga furdaamin karo isgoyskaasi oo ka dhacay dhismo ku yaala xafaadda Black Sea ayay odayaashu ku sheegeen in ay isoyska shaqadoodii sugidda amniga ka wataan ciidamadii milatariga ee horay u joogay ku waasoo la sheegay in ay wax weyn ka qabteen amniga xaafadda Black Sea ee degmada Hodan.
Posted on Monday 7th June at 19:57:17 Dagaal xalay iyo saaka ku dhex maray Baydhaba maleeshiyooyin kala taageersan Sheekh Aadan Madoobe iyo Xaabsade……
5 qof oo maleeshiyo ah oo midi dumar aheyd ayaa ku geeriyooday, saddex kalena waa ay ku dhaawacmeen dagaal la isku adeegsaday hubka noocyadiisa kala duwan oo ku dhex maray agagaarka warshadii Kabaha ee Avv. Xaseey maleeshiyooyinka Xaabsade iyo Sheekh Aadan Madoobe, waxaana uu dagaalkaasi ka bilowday muran canshuur iyo is qabqabsi lacageed oo maleeshiyooyinka labada dhinac dhexmaray.
Dagaal ka ayaa waxa uu ku soo beegnay xilli uu Sheekh Aadan madoobe ku sugan yahay magaalada Nairobi, waxaana socda dedaal lagu xalinayo wixii keenay iska horimaad kaasi.
Xaalada magaalada Baydhabo ayaa xalay kacsaneyd iyadoo habeenimadii ay dagaaladu hakadeen, waxaana laga cabsi qabaa in dagaalku maanta mar kale sii socdo.
Posted on Sunday 6th June at 19:58:46 Dubai International Inaugurates Djibouti Free Zone
Dubai International inaugurates Djibouti Free Zone
Dubai International (DI) will extend its investment in Djibouti with the construction of a 400-room hotel, 100 villas, 500 apartments, a new airport terminal and two roads; one from Djibouti to Doraleh and one from Doraleh to the Ethiopian highway.
This was said by Sultan bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) during the official opening of the Djibouti Free Zone in Djibouti. The opening was done by Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh.
Top officials from both countries also attended the ceremony including Mohammed Sharaf, Managing Director of DI and Abdul Salam Al Jasmi, Manager of Jebel Ali Free Zone International (JAFZI).
DI has already committed to the construction of a deepwater port and oil terminal in Doraleh and the management and operation of Djibouti Port, Djibouti International Airport and now the Djibouti Free Zone.
Djibouti Port was leased to Dubai Ports International (DPI), which is part of DI, for 20 years under an agreement signed in May 2000. In 2003, the port was handling 242,705 TEUs compared to 177,954 TEUs in 2002.
Through the 30-years contract signed between DI and Djibouti Dry port SAZF, DI will manage and operate Djibouti Free Zone, the first project of its kind carried out by them in the African continent.
According to Bin Sulayem: 'Dubai is continuing to strengthen its global presence as a leading city in economy, commerce managing ports and free zone operators and consultants.'
DPI has successfully developed projects in the South Container Terminal in Jeddah Islamic Port, the Port of Djibouti, and most recently at Visakhapatnam on the East Coast of India, which is set to become operational at the end of June, as well as Costanza in Romania and Cochin in India.
It is worth mentioning that DI has provided Djibouti Airport with comprehensive logistical services since June 2002.
Posted on Sunday 6th June at 22:59:02 Somali Skirmish Kills Five
Mogadishu - At least five people were killed and seven wounded during clashes between clan rivals in south-western Somalia's Baidoa town late on Saturday, a top militia official said.
"The fighting was between rival fighters of two commanders of the armed Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA)," the official, who requested anonymity, said by telephone on Sunday and declined to give further details.
Baidoa residents reached by telephone confirmed the clashes, but said they were unable to give details of the casualty figures.
However, Mogadishan TV channel Hornafrik said three of those killed were militia, while the remaining two were civilians.
The cause of fighting was attributed to confusion over the sharing of money extorted by militia at a roadblock in Baidoa's main market.
The warring milita all belong to Digil-Mirifle clan, better known as the Rahanwein.
Somalia has been without a central government and ruled by armed clan warlords since dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled in 1991. - Sapa-AFP
Posted on Sunday 6th June at 22:52:51 Golaha Wakiilada oo cod aqlabiyad ah ku anisixiyay Wasiirka Ganacsiga.
Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland aya fadhigoodi maanta cod aqlabiyad ah ku ansixyay Wasiirka Wasaarada Ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha Mudane Nuux Sheekh Cumar Sheekh Muuse,oo uu madaxweyne Rayaale u magacaabay jagadan ka dib markii ay Miisaaniyada isku maandhafeen Wasiirkii Hore ee ganacsiga Inj.Maxamed Xaashi Cilmi,Fadhigan ay Maanta ku anisixyeen Golaha Wakiiladu Wasiirka Ganacsiga waxaa ka soo qayb galay 42 Mudane waxaana Wasiirka Ganacsiga Codkooda siiyay 39 Mudane halka ay sadexda kalena ka aamuseen cid diidayna aanay jirin.inkastoo ay Xildhibaano door ahi ka maqanaayeen ansixita Wasiirka.
Golaha Wakiilada ayaa ansaxinta Wasiirkan u cuskaday Xeerka Golaha Wakiilada
ee qeexaya in ay ansixiyaan Wasiirada marka uu so magacaabo
Madaxweynuhu,waxaana shir gudoominayay fadhigan maanta Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada Mudane Axmed Maxamed Aadan (Qaybe),isagoo soo dhigay ajandaha ansixinta Wasiirka markii fadhigu bilaabmay,kuna wargaliyay Golaha in cod loo qaadayo si loo ansixiyo Wasiirka Ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha Mudan Nuux.
Wasiirka Wasaarada Ganacsiga Mudane Nuux Sh.Cumar ayaa ka mid ahaa Xubnihii sida aadka ah ugu soo ololeeyay Madaxweyne Rayaaal xiligii ay socotay
doorashadii madaxtooyadu waxaanu ka mid ahaa Xubnihii ururkii Hormood ee la
soo bahoobay Xisbiga Udub.
Dhinaca kalana ,Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada Mudane Axmed Maxamed Aadan (Qaybe) ayay Cuqaal ka tirsan beesha Deegaanka Buuhoodle taageero buuxda
siiyeen,Cuqaashan taageerada siiyay Mudane Qaybe ayaa ka dambeeyay ka dib
markii ay Laba Xubnood bayaan ay soo saareen ku dhaleeceeyeen Mudane Qaybe
kuwaas oo sheegay in Mudane Qaybe uu yahay ninka kala fogeeyay Xukuumada
Somaliland iyo dadweyanaha ka soo jeeda Degaanka Buuhoodle,laakiin
Cuqaashani waxay deedifeeyeen eedayntaa loo soo jeediyay Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada waxaanay ku sheegen warsaxaafadeed ay soo saareen iyagoo jooga Degmada Buuhoodle,iyo Hargeysaba in ay raali ka yihiin Mudane Qaybe isla
markaana aanay jirin wax kala fogayn ah oo uu ka dhex abuuray Xukuumada iyo
Deegaanka Buuhoodle,laakiin Gudoomiye Qaybe wax jawaab ah kamuu soo saarin
labadaas bayaan midna.
Posted on Saturday 5th June at 20:02:01 Somaliland Creates Special Force
4 June - Its image tarnished by several killings of international humanitarian workers, still unrecognised Somaliland has become the first country in the region to create a special police unit to protect the UN staff, workers of non-governmental organisations and other foreigners. Germany is assisting in the training of the force.
In an exclusive interview with 'Awdalnews Network' conducted in Somali language last Thursday, Interior Minister Ismail Adan Osman said that Somaliland had approached Germany for the training of the Special Protection Unit, SPU, that Somaliland had recently created to safeguard the personal safety of workers for the UN, EU, organisations and other foreigners in the country.
Responding to a question on the purpose of his visit to Germany as part of a Somaliland Ministerial delegation to Germany during the second week of May this year, Mr Osman said that Somaliland had sought Germany's assistance in training Somaliland police and security forces.
- Besides asking general training for our police forces, we have requested Germany to help us in giving high quality training to the newly created units of the SPU and a mobile unit that would be deployed with speed during emergency situations, Mr Osman said.
He added that the German government had agreed to assist Somaliland in the training of these units as well as the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, forces.
Answering a question on whether his delegation - which was led by Foreign Minister Edna Adan - raised the issue of Somaliland passport, particularly as the Somali passport recently has been rejected by several countries, Mr Osman said the delegation had travelled to Germany with Somaliland passports. Many Somalilanders still hold Somali passports.
- We have travelled with Somaliland passports and got visas stamped in our passports at the German Embassy in Addis Ababa, Mr Osman said. He affirmed that Somaliland passport was now accepted by a number of countries, including the EU, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Regarding accusations levelled against his Ministry's high handedness in handling youth demonstrators during the country's celebrations of its National Day on 18 May, Mr Osman asserted that Somaliland was not ready for such spontaneous protests and demonstrations.
According to our constitution, the people have the right to come out in peaceful demonstrations, but the question is can we manage demonstrations in the present situation?, he said.
He added that the Somaliland government could not allow any demonstrations to take place until the police force was empowered, properly trained and equipped to handle such civilian protests and demonstrations for several reasons.
First, you know we have 90 percent unemployment in our country, people have guns at home, gold and all kinds of merchandise are sold in the open market like Europe's Sunday Markets, even money is everywhere in the streets, therefore the police force doesn't have the capability to control a demonstration, Mr Osman said.
He underlined that without proper training and equipment used during demonstrations such as police batons, gas masks, tear gas, water cannons as well as proper training, the police force wouldn't be able to control demonstrations. He said many of the demonstrating youth were detained and all the students were released.
Talking about the outcome of his Ministry's investigations into the several killings of foreigners, Mr Osman said that the arrest of the perpetrators of the latest attach on the German GTZ workers had helped the police to glean a lot of information about all three operations.
He was referring to the killing of Annalena Tonelli in Borama on 6 October 2003, the shooting of British Teachers in Sheikh 21 October 2003 and the last killing of a Kenyan woman working for GTZ on 19 March 2004.
We have come to know that the perpetrators belong to a terrorism network that has links with Abdi Qasim Salat, Somali Transitional National Government President in Mogadishu, he said.
Mr Osman added that his Ministry had confiscated satellite hand telephones, Thurya mobiles, from the perpetrators and after these had been examined by US intelligence agents they had found that the criminals had contacts with international terrorists wanted by the US government.
Answering a question about conferences held by the Islamic Tabligh groups in Hargeisa, Mr Osman said that the Tabligh groups had no links with terrorism and that their only interest was spreading and propagating Islam.
On the existence of the extremist Al Ittihad in Somaliland, Minister Osman said that the group had disintegrated, noting that some had joined Al Qaeda and others had simply went underground. "Al Ittihad had never had a strong foothold in Somaliland," he said, underling that after the arrest of the killers of the GTZ worker, the underground elements had escaped to Mogadishu.
Asked whether he considered the Saudi Arabian style bill on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice being debated by the Parliament would constitute to an infringement on personal freedoms and democratic principles if it was passed, Mr Osman affirmed that the bill was not against the people's democratic or freedom rights.
We are a Muslim nation and our laws should be in compliance of Islamic teachings, he said, noting that the bill was being discussed by the legislative council which had the authority to either pass it or reject it based on its adherence to the country's laws and the international norms.
By Awdalnews Network staff reporter
Posted on Saturday 5th June at 0:23:37 Somali's Assets Blocked; Zarqawi Officer Captured
The State Department and the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) are reporting recent examples of progress in the global war on terrorism.
A June 3 State Department press release says that a factional leader of the Somali terrorist organization al-Itihaad al-Islamiya had been designated under Executive Order 13224 that aims to disrupt the financing of terrorist networks. This action effectively blocks any assets of Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki (also known as Hassan Turki) in the United States that are held by Americans and bars most transactions with him, according to the statement.
In addition, the United States is asking the U.N. 1267 Sanctions Committee to add him to its list mandated by several U.N. Security Council resolutions. Once Hassan Turki is named, all U.N. members are obligated to impose certain sanctions against him, the statement said.
In other news, CENTCOM reported June 4 that Iraqi police in Baghdad captured on May 30 Umar Baziyani, described as "a known terrorist and murder suspect."
Considered an associate of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Baziyani is alleged to have ties to terrorist groups in Iraq, and thought to be responsible for the death and injury of Iraqi civilians. He is also said to be a suspect in anti-coalition activities.
Following are the texts of the news releases:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
Press Statement
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman
Washington, D.C.
June 3, 2004
Designation of Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki under Executive Order 13224
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell designated, effective today, Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, leader of a faction of the Somali terrorist organization al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, under Executive Order 13224 on terrorism financing. This action effectively blocks his assets in the United States held by U.S. persons and bars most transactions with him. Executive Order 13224 authorizes the Secretary to designate foreign entities and individuals he determines -- in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security -- to have committed, or to pose significant risk of committing, acts of terror that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
President Bush designated al-Itihaad al-Islamiya on September 24, 2001, as part of the original annex to Executive Order 13224.
Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, also known as Hassan Turki, has been associated with al-Qaeda and has provided support for acts of terrorism. For these reasons, the Secretary made today's designation. Because Hassan Turki has links to al-Qaeda, the United States will ask today that the U.N. 1267 Sanctions Committee include him on its consolidated list maintained pursuant to relevant U.N. Security Council Resolutions, including 1267 and 1526. Once Hassan Turki's name is listed, all U.N. Member States are obligated to impose certain sanctions against him: specifically, an arms embargo and a travel ban, as well as a freeze on his funds, other financial assets and economic resources and a prohibition on their nationals and any persons in their territories from making available to him any funds, other financial assets and economic resources.
End text.
Begin text:
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
June 4, 2004
IRAQI POLICE CAPTURE KNOWN TERRORIST
Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraqi Police Forces detained Umar Baziyani, a known terrorist and murder suspect, on May 30 here.
Baziyani, an associate of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is known to have ties to several extremist terrorist groups in Iraq, and is believed to be responsible for the death and injury of scores of innocent Iraqi citizens. Authorities say Baziyani is also wanted in connection with anti-Coalition activities.
Baziyani remains in detention and is providing information to coalition forces. His capture removes one of Zarqawi's most valuable officers from his network.
Posted on Friday 4th June at 21:18:43 Consultations Over Selection of MPs Continue
Intra-clan consultations expected to culminate in the selection of members of parliament for war-ravaged Somalia continued in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Friday, with sources close to the talks saying delegates to the talks had until 21 June to come up with the list of 275 MPs.
Each of Somalia's four major clans is expected to present a list of 61 MPs to mediators of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) by the June deadline, according to one source.
A fifth clan is expected to produce a list of 31 MPs, thereby bringing the total number of the country's proposed new parliament to 275.
A Speaker and two deputy Speakers would be elected from among the MPs, according to the source. "The Speaker and his deputies will then oversee the election of the president," he said. "We expect to finish the process by the end of July," he added.
The ongoing final phase of the peace talks, which have lasted more than a year, began on 22 May after stalling for nearly four months following disagreements over article 30 of the Transitional Federal Charter of Somalia signed on 29 January. The article details the procedures for selecting MPs.
Some of the delegates wanted the MPs to be selected by the 24 leaders who signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement of October 2002, plus the president of the Transitional National Government (TNG), which is represented at the talks.
But the IGAD mediators insisted that MPs be selected "at the subclan levels by recognised political leaders comprising the TNG, the National Salvation Council, regional administrations, the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council, the G8 and civil society organisations, and be endorsed by genuine traditional leaders".
The peace process is aimed at restoring a functioning administration in Somalia, which has had no effective central government since the overthrow in 1991 of the regime of Muhammad Siyad Barre.
Copyright © 2004 UN Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Posted on Friday 4th June at 0:21:08 Jabhada Argagixisada ah ee Magaca Qabiilka Huwan ONLF oo sii wada gubista Gaadiidka laga leeyahay Somaliland.
Jabahada Argagixisada ee Beesha Ogaadeen ee lagu magacaabo ONLF ayaa maalintii shalay ku Gubtay Deeganka Kilinka shanaad ee dalka Itoobiya Gaadhi kale oo laga leeyahay magaalada Haregysam,gaadhigan oo noociisu ahaa Isuzu TX waxaa lahaa nin lagu magacaabi Maxamuud Xaaji Haybe waxaanu raashin ka qaaday Magaalada Hargeysa isagoo u jeeday deegaanka Fiiq,markii ay heleen Koox Daklbaky budcda ah oo hubsayn.
Sida uu sheegay Mulkiilaha gaadhigan isla markaana ahaaa wadaha gaadhiga
Nimankan gaadhiga gubay ayaa goor galab ah ka qabtay jidka taga Deegaanka
Fiiq isagoo markaas raashinkuu uu qaaday soo dhigay raashinkan oo ay
laaheeyn dad shicib ah oo ka mid ah dadweynaha ku dhaqan deegaankaas waxaa
uu Mr.Haybe sheegay in Kooxdaas oo tiradoodu ay dhamayd Sagaal Nin oo
hubaysan ay qabsadeen laba gaadhi oo uu kiisu ku jiro laakiin ay gaadhigii
kale sii daayeen ka dib markii Ninkii gaadhigaa watay uu sheegay inuu yahay
nin ka soo jeeda Beesha Sheekhaashta,waxaanu intaas raaciyay in markii ay
isaga waydiiyeen haybtiisa uu si cad ugu sheegay inuu yahay nin ka soo jeeda
beesha Isaaqa gaar ahaan Deegaanka Hargeysa,waxaanay intaas ka dib soo
gurteen xaabo meel ugu sii urursanayd iyagoo dab ku oogay isla markaana ku
ruisheeyay baatroolkii gaadhiga daqiiqado ka dib markii uu gaadhigu gubtayna
waxay u yaceen dhinaca kaymaha.
Mulkiilaha Gaadhigan la gubay ayaa sheegay in markii ay nimanku yaaceen ay
beesha Deegaanku hub soo guerteen si ay budhcadaas ula dagaalaman laakiinse
waxay taasi ahayd buu yidhi goor ay fogaadeen nimankaasi oo baxsaday,waxaanu
sheegay in markii ay gubayeen gaadhiga ay u sheegeen in aan gaadhi laga
leeyahay Somaliland iman Karin jiida Ogaadeenka,waxaanay sheegeen in ay
digniino hore siiyeen gaadiidka iyagoo taasna sabab u dhigaya colaad ay
sheegeen inay ka dhaxayso Somaliland iyo Jabhadooda Argagixisada ah ONLF ta.
Jabhada Argagixisada ONLF ayaa mudooyinkan u soo jeedsatay inay gubaan gaadiidka laga leeyhay Somaliland,laakiin waxaa aan weli taas liqin Mulkiilayaasha Gaadiidka iyo wadayaasha oo si caadi ah uga shaqaysanaya deegaanka kililka shanaad ee Itoobiya,laakiin waxaa jira xurguf ay ka abuurayaan Nimankaasi Beelaha Deegaanada ee Jiidaas gaar ahaan beesha Isaaqa iyo ogaadeenka.
Beesha Isaaq ee Ethopia degan oo dhul aad u wayn ka degta halkaasi ayaa aad uga cadhooday waxayna balan ku qaadeen in ay ka aargoynayaan Argagixisadan ONLF-ta caadeeysatay in ay dhacdo Shicibka waxba galabsan.
C/Qaasim dantiisa ayuu u tagay Jabuuti,inaguna danteena ayaan
u tagnay oo aan ka soo dhamaysanayay. Jun-04-04
Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Fasyal Cali waraabe
Hadhwanaagnews-(Hargeysa)-Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Faysal Cali Waraabe ayaa ka hadlay xaalada guud ee socdaalkiisa iyo aragtidiisan siyaasadeed ee wakhtigan ka dib markii uu ka soo laabtay socdaal in muda ah uu isaga gala bixinayay Wadamada Yurub,Carabta iyo Afrika,waxaanu Gudoomiyuhu sheegay in siyaasada Xisbigiisu ku jahaysan tahay u adeega danta umada Somaliland sidaas awgeedna uu socdaalada kal duwan ugu baxay wadamadaas si uu qadiyada Somaliland uga soo raarido beesha caalamka waxaanu Gudoomiye Faysal xusay inuu wax badan oo guul ah kala soo kulmay safarkiisii uu ugu shaqaynaya Somaliland.
Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Faysal Cali Waraabe waxaa uu sheegay in uu
kulano kala duwan la yeehsay madaxda wadamada jaarka ah oo aanu siinayno
ayuu yidhi mudnaanta koowaad,waxaana si gaar ah u tilmaamay Madaxweyneha
Dalka Uganda Musafeni oo uu sheegay in ay wadajadalo fiican ka yeesheen
arimaha Soomaliland waxaanu balan qaad nagu siiyay ayuu yidhi in Somaliland
tixgalinteeda la siiyo,isagoo ah Gudoomiyaha Igad ee wakhtigan.
Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Faysal Cali Waraabe waxaa uu ka hadalay Dawlada
Jabuuti waxaanu sheegay in ay Dawlada Jabuuti iyo Somaliland hore isugu
maandhaafeen arimaha sida ay Somaliland noqon doonto taas oo uu qoloba ay
dhinac u arkaysay laakiin waxaa uu intaas raaciyay in hada Dawlada Jabuuti
ay taas bedeshay waxaanay Somaliland u tixgalisay nidaamkeeda,waaana umada
aanu walaalo nahay ayuu yihdi Gudoomiye Faysal.
Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Faysal waxaa kale oo uu sheegay in Dawladaha
Jabuuti iyo Itoobiya uu isku diri jiray Kornayl C/laahi Yuusf waxaanu
sheegay inay taasi meesha maanta ka baxday oo ay siyaasada cusub ee Igad
qeexayso in aanay xidhiidh la samayn Hogaamiyaahsa Qabqablayaasha ah ee
Koonfur,waxaanan ka dhaadhicinay ayuu yidhi caalamka gaar ahaan Igad in ay
Hogaamiyaashaasi dadkooda xoog ku haystaan,waxaanay Igad la xidhiidhaysaa
beelahooda meel baanay iska dhigeen Hogaamiyaasha Kooxaha Koonfureed.
Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Faysal Cali Waraabe oo la waydiiyay sababta uu
tagay Jabuuti iyadoo ay tageen C/qaasim Salaad iyo C/Laahi Yuusuf waxaa uu
yidhi “C/Laahi Yuusuf iyo C/Qaasimba dantooda ayay u tageen inay ka soo
dhamaystaan anaguna waxaan u tagnay danteena inaan ka soo dhamaysano”,
Gudoomiye Faysal waxaa uu sheegay in shirka Kooxaha Soomaalida Kenya uga
socdaa aanu khusayn Somaliland laakiinse waxaa uu carabka ku dhuftay in uu
yeelan karo dhibaatadiisa waxaanu ku baaqya in siyaasada midaysan laga
yeesho.
Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Inj.Faysal Cali Waraabe wxaa uu dhaliilay
yooyootanka ka dhex aloosan Siyaasiyiinta Axsaabta kala duwan waxaanu ka
digay in la sii wadao isagoo sheegay in Xisbiyada Kulmiye iyo Ucid ay wada
joogaan isla markaana ay rajaynayaan Xisbiga Udub.
Inj.Faysal Cali Waraabe waxaa uu sheegay in doorashooyinka Baarlamaanku ay
yihiin waxa ugu weyn ee ay waydiinayeen madaxdii uu la kulmay waxaanu ku
baaqay in wakhtigooda la qabto doorashooyinka Baarlamaanka.
Posted on Friday 4th June at 20:49:46 'Somalis are Forgotten People'
Pretoria - "When word reaches you 'Kiplagat is in court', you should know it's because I put my signature on so many expenses for the Somalis."
Chief Somalian peace negotiator Bethuel Kiplagat's tongue-in-cheek warning to conference-goers in Pretoria last week, has sombre undertones: chances are slim Kliplagat will land in jail for guaranteeing hotel, restaurant and transport bills of the 600-odd Somali delegates to the negotiations in Kenya over the past few months. However, what does concern Kiplagat, is that the international community might get so fed-up with the long-winded negotiations that the necessary financial aid won't be forthcoming.
Somalia is the only African country without an internationally recognised government.
Anarchy rules
The government collapsed and anarchy now rules the country where warlords have waged civil war for many years and thousands of people have died. Somalis fled the country in their millions seeking a better life elsewhere, including South Africa.
Following 18 months of peace negotiations a tiny flicker of hope has emerged promising a binding agreement to restore order.
Complex conflicts raging between warlords, gangs, clans and sub-clans, traditional authorities and political factions, have made it difficult to establish who speaks with the true voice of Somalis.
And that is why there are so many participants in the peace negotiations.
Murky role
An added complication is the fact that a section of Somalia is functioning as an independent state, Somaliland. In addition a the murky role is being played by certain neighbouring countries and international powers.
Kiplagat admits there is a likelihood that the latest plans for a transitional government might fail.
"During the previous negotiations Somalis went to Mecca and swore on the Koran to stop fighting, but it didn't work.
"We cannot be as naive as to believe that this time round we will definitely by successful," Kiplagat, a member of Africa Peer Review Mechanism-panel, told the conference organised by the Africa Institute.
The crisis in Somalia resulted after General Mohamed Siad Barre seized power in 1969 in a coup and civil war broke out in 1978. Barre's regime was overthrown in an armed revolt. Somaliland, in the northwest seceded at the time.
Black Hawk Down
In December 1993 the US sent troops to the region - a disastrous decision that resulted in a "second Vietnam" for the US. Somali resistance and cruel attacks on peace-keeping troops whose bodies were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu revolted Americans. The film Black Hawk Down was based on these events.
The US withdrew towards the end of 1994 without catching their worst adversary, General Farah Aideed. On their withdrawal they provided warlords opposing Aideed with arms.
"Arms poured into the country and still do, despite an international arms boycott against Somalia," says Matt Bryden of the non-governmental organisation International Crisis Group.
"An entire generation of Somalis do not know what a united Somalia means," he warns.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Uganda are involved in negotiations led by Kiplagat. These regional powers, known as IGAD, are all directly or indirectly concerned by the crisis.
The latest peace plan now on the table provide for a parliament consisting of 275 members, divided among the four main clans, each allocated 61 seats and a fifth group comprising smaller clans, allocated 31 seats.
Clans, sub-clans, political groupings, traditional leaders and warlords are in the process of discussing the distribution of seats - a complicated and prolonged process. Parliament will then appoint a premier, who in turn will appoint a cabinet.
No idea of democracy
Kiplagat says the process includes everyone who represents the disjointed Somali community in one way or another. "We have to include those who might want to sabotage the effort. If they are excluded we have a huge problem on our hands."
Mogadishu Centre for Dialogue co-director Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle says the possibility that peace negotiations will aggravate the conflict, cannot be ruled out.
"We are dealing with warlords who have no idea of democracy. If talks fail, they immediately close ranks. The last time it happened we were left with two thousand deaths."
Several observers believe Somaliland should be treated as a separate entity. Only when a government has been instituted in the rest of the country can negotiations over co-operation between them start.
Greater participation by the international community would be required for the transition to be successful. Currently it is not the case. "We hope it is not necessary for a disaster to happen before people take note of events in Somalia," says Abdulle.
In southern Sudan, where issues are much more clearly defined - mainly Muslims pitted against Christians - and where it is easier to identify the conflicting sides, the US is playing an important role, but not in Somalia.
US plays damaging role
Some observers say the US plays a damaging role since they provide certain warlords with arms to capture "Al Qaeda" suspects. Assistance during the transitional period is therefor more likely to come from the Middle East than from the US or Europe.
Kiplagat is confident that with the commitment of the rest of Africa the peace process must succeed sooner or later.
"Somalis are forgotten people. We weep with them, but we will be successful, with or without the money," he says. "Even if it takes ten years, we have to keep on trying. Somalia's problem is Africa's problem."
Posted on Thursday 3rd June at 0:19:31 Aideed's Release Questioned
A Nairobi businessman, Ijaz Ganjee Wednesday questioned the manner in which Somali faction leader Hussein Aideed was released from civil jail without any leave from the court.
Lawyer Job Thiga for Ganjee now wants the High Court to order the arrest of Aideed so that he can settle the 15 million shilling debt.
Lady Justice Mary Kasango ordered that Aideed be served with today’s certificate of urgency and scheduled the hearing date for June 5th.
In April 1997, Ganjee entered into a contract with Aideed, in which he provided communication facilities, accommodation and covered other personal expenses, at a price of over nine million shillings.
Following Aideed’s reluctance to pay, Ganjee moved to court in 1999 and sued Aideed for breach of contract.
Aideed was arrested May 20th and was released on May 24th after the Kenya’s Ambassador to Somali, Mohammed Abdi Afey, deposited a letter ensuring his appearance before the court.
Hussein Aideed, the son of the late General Farah Aideed, took over the leadership of Somali’s National Alliance after his father’s death and has been in Kenya since October 2002 for the Somali Peace talks.
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Posted on Thursday 3rd June at 19:53:35 African Union Mulls Military Intervention In Somalia
MOGADISHU, June 3 (IslamOnline.net) – The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) is expected to engage in consultations with a cohort of Somali generals and senior police officers on how best to disarm Somali militias in case the pan-continental body decides to interfere militarily in the troubled country.
A Somalia military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told IslamOnline.net Thursday, June 3, that the PSC contacted several top Somali brass, who were never involved in the civil war, to outline a plan to disarm the warring militias once Kenya-hosted peace talks are crowned with the formation of a Somali government.
He said a preliminary meeting will be held next week in the Ugandan capital Kampala to name the generals and policemen who will assist in this program.
He asserted that a plenary official meeting will be held later this month in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa .
According to the source, an African military delegation is due to visit a number of Somali regions for consultations with the local governors.
Former senior military commanders have been living in different parts of Somalia country since ousting the central government in January 1991.
Most of them have engaged in public life except for low and medium-ranking officers who joined tribal militias and have been involved in the civil war.
However, the Somali police have remained independent, with a large number of senior officers living in police barracks.
The U.N. had resorted to former senior military and police leaders in a similar program in the early 1990s, before the U.S.-led military intervention.
The program never saw the light due to the bloody confrontations between the U.S. troops and the Somali militias in October 1993, which prompted the withdrawal of the American forces followed by other international troops.
The idea of African military intervention currently appeals to most of the Somali people to put an end to the chaos and armed conflicts overshadowing Somalia for about 13 years.
The African Union launched the PSC on Tuesday, May 25, in the hope it will become a robust guarantor of stability in Africa .
The 15-member body is empowered to mandate peacekeeping missions in conflict areas where ceasefire accords have been signed and to recommend to the assembly of AU heads of state that troops be deployed uninvited in cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
By Ali Halni, IOL Correspondent
Posted on Thursday 3rd June at 19:48:10 Nearly 60 Killed, Thousands Displaced in Bulo Hawa Clashes
NAIROBI, 3 Jun 2004 (IRIN) - Nearly 60 people have been killed in clashes between rival clans in the southwestern town of Bulo Hawa, humanitarian sources said. About 2,500 families had been displaced in and around the town while another 2,000 people had fled to Mandera in neighbouring Kenya, they added.
Relief workers in Bulo Hawa, Gedo Region, told IRIN by telephone that the latest round of fighting, which took place on Tuesday, was "a continuation of tension between rival clans that had built [up] since May" over control of the local administration.
One of the sources said local NGOs were planning to conduct an assessment of the situation together with local authorities, but could not immediately ascertain the number of those injured. "The death toll as of yesterday was 59, while 52 people have been admitted in hospitals and 24 are in a private compound," the source told IRIN on Thursday.
The dead included a prominent local medical doctor, Muhammad Hasan Ali, who was killed as he left a mosque, and seven children, killed when a bomb they found exploded as they played with it.
The latest fighting pitted an alliance of the Marehan subclans of Hawarsame Rer Hasan and Habar Ya'qub, which dominate Gedo, against the subclans of the Ali Dheere and Rer Ahmad, the sources told IRIN.
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia, which called meetings of various humanitarian agencies and NGOs to discuss how to send help to the displaced and injured, said tension had remained high in the region, although the latest clashes had died down.
"It is a very complicated situation. It is still very tense and we would not be surprised if clashes broke out again anytime," Calum McLean, the head of the OCHA office in Somalia, told IRIN on Thursday. "Nothing has been resolved so far."
McLean appealed to the belligerents to stop fighting and allow humanitarian agencies to reach those who needed help in Gedo. "Humanitarian agencies are meeting under the auspices of OCHA, both in Mandera and in [the Kenyan capital] Nairobi to better coordinate their response," he added.
The Gedo Health Consortium, an umbrella grouping of NGOs active in the region, had sent some medical supplies to hospitals in the region; other help had come from African Medical and Research Foundation, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the UN Children's Fund and other NGOs, McLean said.
Local sources in Bulo Hawa told IRIN that clan elders were trying to calm the situation and resolve the underlying wrangles between the clans.
At least 100 people were killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when other rival clans clashed for several days from 9 May. Hundreds were believed to have been wounded and thousands displaced from their homes.
Bethuel Kiplagat, the Kenyan special envoy to the Somali peace process and chairman of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development committee spearheading efforts to bring together the various fighting groups in Somalia, expressed "deep concern" over the violence and called for an immediate end to the fighting.
"This senseless conflict is not helpful to the people of Somalia and the ongoing reconciliation conference in Kenya," Kiplagat said in a statement. "We would like to call upon these parties to return to the peace process. We also call upon the traditional leaders and people of goodwill to use their offices to resolve the problem between the conflicting parties," he added.
The UN secretary-general's representative for Somalia, Winston Tubman, and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Maxwell Gaylard have also urged Somali leaders to resolve their differences peacefully, as agreed in the ongoing peace and reconciliation process.
Posted on Thursday 3rd June at 19:47:01 Kulan ka dhacay Nairobi oo ay hadalo kulul isku dhaafsadeen C/llaahi Yuusuf & Axmed Cumar Jees
Waxaa maalinimadii shalay hotelka 680 ee magaalada Nairobi kulan ku yeeshay waxgarad & siyaasiyiin ka kala socday beelaha Daarood oo ka wada hadlay sida loo xulayo guddiga xalinta khilaafaadyada & xubnaha baarlamaanka u galaya beesha Daarood.
Kulankan oo ay hareero socdeen kulamo kale oo xubno ka go’ay kooxdani ay iyagana ku yeesheen Mbagathi ayaa waxaa hadalo kulul isku weydaarsaday Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed & Col. Axmed Cumar Jees, kadib markii C/llaahi Yuusuf uu soo jeediyay in xubnahaasi laga dhex xulo ergadii rasmiga aheyd ee ka koobneyd 360-ka, hase yeesheen Col. Axmed Cumar Jees ayaa markiiba farriinka u qabtay una sheegay in Cabdullaahi Yuusuf uu ku jiro riyo maalmeed, sababtoo ah buu yiri khilaafka dhexyaala Soomaalida ayaa ahaa mid kaas ka abuurmay, balse ay nasiib darro tahay in dowladii saaxiibka la ahaa C/llaahi & kuwa hareeraha ka jooga aysan u sheegin in taasi laga gudbay.
Col. C/llaahi Yuusuf oo inta badan hadalka adag aanan xamili karin ayaa ka xanaaqay hadalkaasi, isagoo diiday in uu mar dambe hadlo, waxaa intaa kadib uu go’aansaday in uu shirka xiro Xasan Abshir Faarax oo shirkaasi shir guddoominayay.
Arrintan ayaa meesha ka saartay isku soo dhowaansho la filayay in ay labada korneyl dhexmarto.
Kulan kale ayaa isna isla shalay ka dhacay guriga C/llaahi Yuusuf ka dagan yahay Nairobi, waxaana lagaga hadlayey arrimo ku saabsan qeybsiga beelaha Daarood ee xubnaha baarlamaanka & kuwa guddiga khilaafaadka, halka kulan 3-aad oo ay yeesheen qaar ka mid ah waxgaradka beesha Daarood uu ka dhacay college-ka Mbagathi, kulankaasoo uu shir guddoominayay Jaamac Cali Jaamac, iyadoo wararkii ugu dambeeyay-na ay sheegayaan in kulankaasi lagu magacaabay 2 guddi oo min 3 xubnood ah oo mid waliba lagu sheegay xubnaha beeshu u dooratay in ay ugu mid noqdaan guddiga xalinta khilaafaadka.
Dhinaca kale, kulankii ka dhacay guriga C/llaahi Yuusuf ayaa waxaa la sheegay in ay diideen in ay ka qeybgalaan qaar ka mid ah hogaamiyayaasha dhaqanka oo casuumaad la soo gaarsiiyay kuwaasoo ay ka mid ahaayeen Ugaas Cumar Geelle, Ugaas Max’uud Qorane, Ugaas Xasan Ilaali & xubno kale.
Posted on Thursday 3rd June at 16:19:27 Man Found Dead in St. Paul Hotel Pool Is Identified
ST. PAUL - The 25-year-old man who was found dead in a hotel swimming pool over the holiday weekend was identified as Osman Sufi of St. Paul, authorities said Tuesday.
Sufi, a native of Somalia, was found at the bottom of the pool at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown St. Paul around 5:30 p.m. Monday, about an hour after he checked in, St. Paul police said.
Investigators are certain his death was accidental, said officer Paul Schnell, a police spokesman.
Gill Brothers Funeral Chapels, which is handling the arrangements, said Sufi's body will be flown back to his father in Kenya. No other funeral information was available.
Ahmed Ali, a cousin, said that Sufi might have had a heart condition but that he did not know the severity of it. Also, he said, Sufi recently had eye surgery, but he said he did not know what role, if any, these medical conditions might have played in the death.
Sufi, who liked to travel, recently passed his citizenship test and was awaiting his U.S. passport, Ali said.
"He was really looking forward to getting his passport so he could go back to Kenya," Ali said. "Now they'll be flying his body back instead."
Associated Press
Posted on Wednesday 2nd June at 18:54:47 Somali Acquitted in Terror Inquiry
Somali war refugee Abdullahi Jama Amir, one of more than a dozen people prosecuted for immigration crimes discovered during the local terror probe, has become the first to beat the rap.
Amir, a 64-year-old father of eight and a naturalized U.S. citizen, was acquitted Friday of conspiring to lie on immigration documents for Mohdar Abdullah, a man who would later be held as a material witness in the probe of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Mahir Sharif, Amir's lawyer, said the verdict is evidence that American attitudes toward Muslims have softened in the wake of prisoner-abuse scandals in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"I think that's what the jury did; the jury said to the government, 'We're not going to accept every theory you're going to throw at us about Muslims anymore. If you don't prove your case, we're going to find them not guilty,' " Sharif said.
The government did prove its case against Amir's co-defendant, Ahmed Sharif Aliwe, 42, another Somali refugee who was days away from taking the oath of citizenship when he was arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury.
Aliwe was convicted of one count of conspiring to make false statements to immigration officials and faces up to five years in prison and possible deportation. Sentencing was set for Aug. 23.
Prosecutors said they saw no broader meaning in the jury's verdict.
"Based on my conversation with the jurors after the case, it was clear to me they carefully and conscientiously looked through all of the evidence and made their decision based on the evidence," said Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parmley. "They weren't sending a message to anybody."
Amir, Aliwe and a third man who is a fugitive, Ali Said Dawaleh, were charged in June 2002. They were accused of signing documents in support of Abdullah's immigration applications, in which he claimed to be a Somali fleeing the civil war. It is typical for Somali refugees to have no documents when they flee their homeland.
However, prosecutors said in the indictment that Abdullah is from Yemen, and that he entered the United States using a visitor's visa he obtained with a Yemeni passport. Abdullah, who does not speak Somali, pleaded guilty a month after the arrests of Amir and Aliwe to lying on his asylum application. He was recently deported to Yemen.
In court records, authorities said Abdullah regularly dined and prayed with Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid al-Midhar and Hani Hanjour, three San Diego-linked Sept. 11 hijackers, and helped them obtain Social Security cards, driver licenses, flight school information and rides from Los Angeles International Airport. Abdullah's attorneys have said he was simply trying to help fellow Muslims and had no prior knowledge of the Sept. 11 plot. He was never charged with terrorism.
Their lawyers said Aliwe and Amir admit they signed the documents, but without knowledge that Abdullah was not Somali. Amir, an employee at the Horn of Africa, a social services organization that assists African refugees, said that he had never met Abdullah, and that he didn't know how Abdullah obtained the letter.
Aliwe's lawyer, Stephen Lemish, said his client signed the document because Abdullah asked him to do so repeatedly. They met at a mosque frequented by Somalis. Abdullah told Aliwe he was from a section of Somalia where the people speak mostly Arabic.
"The guy just kept bugging him so many times to sign the document he just signed the document so he would go away," Lemish said. Prosecutors agreed with that characterization.
The key to Aliwe's conviction was probably his own admissions to federal agents.
"Mr. Aliwe admitted that when he signed the letter he knew (Abdullah) wasn't from Somalia and he knew that letter was going to be used to help him with immigration," Parmley said.
Aliwe, a cab driver and certified auto mechanic who has also been a math tutor for college students, fled war-torn Somalia and made his way to the United States via refugee camps in Kenya. He paid back his travel expenses.
Now, he is terrified of being forced to return to Somalia, Lemish said. The Supreme Court said it would decide in the fall if the government can send immigrants back to countries that have not agreed to accept them, something their advocates contend threatens their safety. The African country is unstable and has no central government to agree to his return.
"That's his biggest fear," Lemish said. "As far as criminal penalty for this, it wasn't that much. But it's almost like a death penalty case because if he goes back there, that's what's going to happen."
Aliwe did not testify; Amir did. Both were free on bond before the trial; Aliwe was allowed to remain free until sentencing.
Lemish said the men were snared in the "wide net" cast in the terror investigation.
"I don't think he would have ever been prosecuted if it wasn't somehow connected to the wide net, and I'm really concerned about them deporting people they weren't deporting before because of their connection to the net," Lemish said.
"Of course, Mr. Aliwe doesn't have any connection to terrorism, but if you're within one or two degrees of it you're pretty much screwed."
By Kelly Thornton
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Posted on Wednesday 2nd June at 18:52:32 Refugees Repatriated From Eastern Ethiopia
At least two thousand Somali refugees have been repatriated from Ethiopia by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as part of a wider plan to return 35,000 Somali refugees to various parts of their country this year, UNHCR said.
The repatriated refugees, from the Aisha camp, were returned to the Awdal District of northwest Somalia last week aboard trucks and buses, the UNHCR spokesman, Kris Janowski, said in Geneva on Tuesday. It was expected that the camp could be closed by September, he added.
"UNHCR plans two voluntary repatriation convoys each month from Aisha, and believes that all the camp's residents will be gone by September," Janowski said. "We will then close Aisha, which was created 16 years ago following a massive refugee influx that saw more than 400,000 Somalis crowd into neighbouring Hartisheik camp."
The returnees would join some 670,000 refugees who had gone back to northwestern Somalia over the last 13 years, either on their own or with UNHCR assistance.
Janowski said UNHCR had identified Somalia as one of eight countries in Africa where it expected to see significant refugee returns over the next five years, if security remained stable and donor countries ensured adequate amounts of rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance.
He added that a UNHCR-funded road crew had repaired roads and checked the area for landmines before the refugees were returned.
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Posted on Wednesday 2nd June at 18:47:56 Somali Peace Talks Continue Despite Recent Violence
The final phase of Somali peace talks in Kenya is continuing in spite of recent fighting in several parts of Somalia.
The Kenyan mediator of the long-running Somali peace conference, Bethuel Kiplagat, told VOA Wednesday recent violence in Somalia has not deterred delegates from completing the final phase of the talks, which began in Kenya more than a year-and-a-half ago.
“There is an attempt by clan leaders to mediate. So, so far, [the fighting] is not having any negative impact,” he said.
An official of the Somali Red Crescent Society says about 58 people were killed Tuesday, and 80 were injured, when rival factions fought for control of Bulohawo, a town near the Kenyan border.
According to Charles Narangwi, the police chief for the northern Kenyan division of Mandera, some 500 Somalis crossed into Kenya to flee the fighting.
He said people are slowly returning to Somalia, and Kenya has beefed up security along that part of the border.
Tuesday's violence follows factional fighting throughout May in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, which left more than 100 people dead and thousands displaced.
The Kenyan mediator, Mr. Kiplagat, added that two warlords are primarily responsible for the Mogadishu violence. Those warlords, he said, left the Somali peace conference some time ago. “There were two of them who are involved, but we have been urging them to stop and to come to the conference,” he said.
Mr. Kiplagat said the peace process is moving along well, with traditional elders arriving from Somalia to assist in the selection of a new interim government.
The head of Nairobi's Security Research and Information Center, retired Colonel Jan Kamenju, said that the recent breakthroughs in the Sudan peace talks should inspire Somalis to do the same as they continue with their talks.
“The indications are that the talks are going on and they are hopeful that they should get something by July,” he said. “Also, the fact that the Sudanese have signed theirs, I think is also an incentive that the Somalis should move faster.”
Colonel Kamenju added that fighting in Somalia is sporadic and is restricted to small areas. He says a new government will be able to resolve the local conflicts.
The delegates at the peace talks are working to end more than a decade of civil war, and to select a new government for Somalia.
Currently, 23 Somali factional leaders control various parts of the country through their clan and sub-clan-based militias.
Cathy Majtenyi
Nairobi, Kenya
Posted on Wednesday 2nd June at 18:46:06 Guddiga dhexdhexaadinta beelihii ku diraray W/Muqdisho oo howlahoodu ay si gaabis ah ku socdaan
Guddiga beesha Waceysle ee dhexdhexaaadinayey dagaaladii ka dhacay W/Muqdisho una dhexeeyay beelaha Harti & Wacbuudhan ee Abgaal ayey howlahoodu u soconayaan si gaabis ah, iyada oo labada maleeshiyo ee labada dhinac ay weli is hor fadhiyaan waxaana la maqlayey shalay rasaas ka dhaceysay qoriga lidka dayuuradaha oo cirka loo ridayey.
Kulamo guddigu uu horay ula yeeshay waxgaradka beesha Harti Abgaal ayey shuruud ugu dhigeen in heshiiska uu dhinacooda ka dhaqangalayo marka guddoomiyaha golaha samatabixinta Muuse Suudi Yalaxow uu qirto in dagaalada uu ku lug lahaa, isla markaana uu u hogaansamayo waanwaanta odayaasha ay wadaan, halka dhinaca odayaasha Wacbuudhan ay iyaguna soo jeediyeen shuruudo ay ka mid yihiin in beesha Mudulood si siman loogu qeybiyo dhaqaalaha ka soo xerooda dekadaha Ceelcadde & Ceelmacaan & garoonka Cisaley taasoo ay si weyn uga soo horjeesteen ganacsatada beesha Warsangeli Abgaal ee maamusha dekadda Ceelmacaan.
Guddigii dhexdhexaadinta beesha Waceysle ayaa u xilsaaray odayaal uu ka mid yahay Cali mahdi in ay furdaamiyaan caqabaha ka yimid dhinaca odayaasha Harti Abgaal, waxaana la filayaa in guddiga dhexdhexaadinta kulan ay maanta ku yeeshaan daarta ganacsade Wiif ee ku taala suuq Bacaad odayaasha Harti Abgaal, iyadoo lagu wado in waqti dheeraad ah la siiyo labada dhinac si waxyaabaha la isku diidan yahay loo lafa guro, iyadoo markaasina ay labada dhinac wada ilaalinayaan xabad joojintii horay loo wada gaaray.
Posted on Wednesday 2nd June at 17:42:10 Mustaafuriska Sharcidarada ah ee lagu Daadgureynayo Somalida kunool Cariga Ingiriiska.
Waa in laga hadlaa, lamudaharaaddo, Olale Weyn laqaadda, haddii kale
cidwalba way saamayn (SomaliAnti Deportation Group).
Lakiinse waxaa nasib darro noqotay in wali arintan cid ka hadashay anay
jirin dadka somaliyeedna wadaa ogyihin kana dharagsanyihin sidad dadkoodi
loo guurayo,Waxaanu Ogeysiineynaa Dhamaan Shirkadaha Diyaaraha ee Qaadda dadkaa inayna qaadin!!!!
Waxaynu baryahan ka warqabna in dadka somalida ah si an shrciyada calamka ee
qaxoontiga wafaqsanayn looga mustafuriyo dalkan ingiriska.
Waxa la layabo ah dadkasi ugadhsado xarumaha bilayska waqtiyada ay sexeex
tagaan, lamana haleshiyo in xita alaabtodi kaga hadhay guryihii ay
daganayeen ay soo qataan,waxaana marka sitaan ayaa lagu qadaa xarumo logu
taloo galay dadka la mastafurinayoo ilaa laga gadhayo malintaa laqadayo.
Waxaaa imika la sheegay in ay boqolaal somali ahi ku jiran ama ku xaraysan
yihin xarumaha sida sharci dardaa ah laguu ururinayo,yado wadamadaa carabta
sida imaradka carabta lasi marinayo.
Wararka qarkood waxaay sheegayn dawladaa ingirisku qorshaysaa amaa wasaradaa arimaha guduhuu sii an (international law) ahaayn ama sii an sharcigaa
calamkaa wafaqsanayn hadaba hadaa waxaay ku talo jiran inay bishibaa qadaan
dad tiradoodaa gadhaysoo 20qof oo somali ah musafuriso waxaana taas kuguu
markhati ah sida dadka waxooga ah looguuro dadka.
Arintani waxaay fajiciso iyo yaab ku noqotay dadka somalidaa ah ee dagan
magaloyinka kala duwane Boqortooyadda Ingiriiska hadaba waxaa lays waydinaya
dadku ariimahan dadka lagu mastafurinayo iyo wadan ka somalia oo ilaa maanta
dawlad ka jirin sidaa dadka logu ceelinayo Lakiinse waxaa nasib darro noqotay in wali arintan cid ka hadashay anay jirin dadka somaliyeedna wadaa ogyihin kana dharagsanyihin sidad dadkoodi loo guurayo, hadaba dadku waxaay naawilayna in Bulshadda “Communities” ayakaa hadlaan iskana kashadaan dhamaan communty yadaa somaliyeed meel walbaa ay joogan uk oo ay muujiyan shucurtooda ku sabsan dadka la ceelinayo sii an loogu ceelin dad anaa dawlad lahayn nabadinaa ka jirin Hadabaa dadka somaliyeed ee ku dhaqan uk ee bilaa sharcigaa ayaa waxaa is waaydinayaa toolow maa manta miise baritole miise sahndanbee
Waxaa muhim ah xaqiiqna ah inaago warqaabna kana dharagsan colaad wadankeen ka jirtaa mudada dheer somalia,inay dadka somalidu ahaday ku kula
qaybsanyihin dhinacaydaa siyasadaa iyo fikaradahaa
An ku kala qaysanayan dhinacaa ariimahaa dadkaa qaxoontigaa ee la ceelinayoo
sidaa sharcidarada ah logu turayo somalia oo calamku ka dharagsanyahay
dhibatadisaa Waxaynala noqotay markanu aragnay dhibatdan ku habsatay somalida yaado marki horebaa sharciga loo didi jiray an laga hadal yaago xaq u leh hadana imika lagu ceelinayo wadanki somalia ee dhibatadu ka soo orodsiayay,hadaba waain laga ababushayaa sidi mudaharad loogu ababuli laha dadka somaliyeed ee hada xidhan ee xarumaha wali ku jiraa iyo kuwaa danbabaa si anay dib danbee loo maqaal lonaa araag inshalahaa
Hadabaa waxaan ogaysinayaa dhamaan dad wayanaa Somaaliyeed ee ku dhaqan
Cariga Ingiriiska inaay arintaa kaa abaabushaan oo ay sameeyaan
mudaharaadyo isikunaa abaabulaan arintan aad ugu waynatay dadka
somaliyeed.
“Waxyaabaha aanu layaabnay waxaa kamid in habeen hore ay BBC 2 ay soo daysay oo lagaga hadlaayay dhibaatadda iyo darxumadda taala Somalia, in haddana dadkii lagu celinayo, waa arin kasoo horjeeda Shrciyadda Caalamiga ee u yaala aduunka (it is against International Law), waaana arin lagula doodi
karo Wasaaradda khusayso” Hadaba waxaanu sii gar ahaaneed ulaa hadlaynaa dhamaan gudoomiyaashaa Bulshadda (Community), aqoonyahanadda, Looyaradda, iyo madaxda somliyeed ee dalkan Boqortooyadda Ingiriiska inay artinta aya qaadaan Olale balaadhan oo lagaga hortagaayo arinta foosha xun, si dhakhso ah ugu jawabaan lana xidhiidhaan Wasaaradaha arimaha guudaha, xubanaha Barlamaanadda (MP Members).
Maantaa waa ayaan daroo wayn inagoo “Communities” leh in dadkeena sii
sharci daro ah lagu mastafuriyo wana waxaa lalaayabo ilaa hadaa kamanay
hadal “Communities”,.
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magaladda Birmingham isla Markaan nalagasoo casuumay hadaanu nahnay Somali Anti Deportation Group, markaa waxaan indinka codsaneynaa dadkay arintay khusayso inay magacyadooda amaba wixii faahfaahine ee aad u baahntay ay noogu soo diraan Emailka:somaliantideportation.co.uk.
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Posted on Wednesday 2nd June at 17:40:29 At Least 31 Killed in Clashes in Somalia
MOGADISHU - At least 31 people were killed and around 40 wounded Tuesday amid clashes in the southern Somali town of Bulohawo, near the Kenyan border, militia sources and witnesses said.
The bodies of the dead, 25 gunmen and six civilians hit by stray bullets as they were going to morning prayers, littered the streets of the town, eyewitnesses said.
An earlier toll put the number of dead at five.
Around 18 people who sustained serious gunshot wounds were rushed to nearby hospitals while a dozen others were seen seeking treatment in local phamarcies.
The clashes erupted after about 200 fighters from a breakaway group of the Somali National Front (SNF) faction attempted to retake the town from a rival SNF faction.
"Fifteen of the dead were attacking militia, 10 were the ones who were defending the town and six are ordinary civilians caught by stray bullets," said an eyewitness, who did not want to be named.
Residents began burying their dead in line with the Muslim practice of doing so on the day death occurs.
A source in the defending SNF faction said they had killed on of the attackers' commanders and captured two pick-up trucks mounted with machine guns.
He added that he thought the attackers had fled across the Kenyan border.
Bulohawo businessman Ahmed Yassin said: "The fighting, early today, is a continuation of earlier clashes between two rival groups in SNF," which is dominated by the Marehan clan.
Another Bulohawo resident, who did not want to be named, said the fighting had subsided after the attackers were repelled.
The SNF, which controls Gedo region and parts of central Somalia, has been divided, mainly by a struggle for its leadership, since 1996.
Somalia descended into anarchic bloodletting in 1991 when dictator Mohamed Sia Barre was toppled. Since then the country in the Horn of Africa has been divided into fiefdoms governed by unruly warlords.
Posted on Tuesday 1st June at 17:35:48 Video Leads to Charge Against Officer
TORONTO -- A city police officer was charged yesterday with assault in the videotaped beating of a landed Somali immigrant in a case that could have resulted in the man's deportation. The charge is the latest stain on the reputation of the city's police force, which has been stung recently by allegations of corruption and racial profiling.
Const. Roy Preston, who had been on the force for two years at the time of the incident, appears in court July 12.
Preston is charged in the beating of Said Jama Jama, who faced charges of causing a disturbance and assaulting police on Aug. 4, 2003, after a fight broke out in a parking lot at a coffee shop in the northwest end of the city.
Jama Jama, 21 at the time, said he was trying to break up the scuffle when police arrived.
He alleges an officer grabbed him by the throat and punched him, although he did nothing to provoke him. Jama Jama said when he tried to flee, the same officer threw him to the pavement and stomped on his head, causing him to lose a tooth. He did not file a complaint with police at the time.
In December, an amateur videotape was released that showed an officer punching Jama Jama in the face without warning. The video was shot by tourists from Ottawa without the knowledge of either Jama Jama or the officer.
Photos of Jama Jama after the incident showed he had a bruised and bloodied face, fat lip and was missing a tooth -- injuries not present at the start of the video.
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Posted on Tuesday 1st June at 17:31:43 Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland oo cod aqlabiyad ah ku ansixiyay Miisaaniyada 2004.
Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland ayaa dood iyo falanqayn dgeer oo ay yeesheen ka dib waxaa ay ku anisixiyeen Miisaaniyada Dawlada ee sanadkan 2004 oo hor taalay hal todobaad Golaha Wakiilada si ay u anisxiyaan balse ay ka doodayeen ugu dambayna ay cod u qaadeen si loo ansixiyo Miisaaniyada Dawlada ee Sanadakan 2004.
Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada Mudane Axmed Maxamed Aadan (Qaybe) oo shirgudoominayay Fadhiga Golaha wakiilada ayaa Golaha ku wargaliyay in cod loo qaadanayo Miisaaniyada Dawlada isla markaan Golaha laga sugayo in ay Miisaaniyada ansixyaan oo ay sii daayaan,waxaanay intaas ka dib Mudanayaashu gudo galeen cod u qaadista ajandahooda oo ahaa nsixinta Miisaaniyada.
Hadaba,markii cod u qaadista oo ahayd gacan taag la bilaabay ayaa waxaa isla markiiba codka Haada ku sii daayay Miisaaniyada Mudanayaal tiradoodu dhan tahay 48 Mudane,waxaana diiday oo sheegay in aan Miisaniyadan la aqbali Karin Mudanayaal tiradoodu dhan tahay 11 Mudane ,halka ay Laba Mudane oo kale ka aamuseen codkoodana ay ka xidheen Haada iyo Mayadaba.
Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada Mudane Axmed Maxamed Aadan (Qaybe) ayaa markii ay dhamaatay ansixinta Miisaaniyadu sheeegay in ay sidaa ku ansaxday Miisaaniyadu isla matrkaana maanta laga bilaabo ay ku hawl galayso Wasaarada Maaliyadu.
Anisixinta Miisaaniyada sanadkan oo ahayd mid xaasaasi ah isla markaana ay ku dabaqan tahay loolan siyaasadeed oo hadalo kulul ka dhex aloosay Xisbiga Kulmiye,Xukuumada iyo Xisbigeeda Udub,ayaa halkaa ku soo afjarmay inkastoo Mudanayaasha diidan iyo Siyaasiyiinta Mucaaridka ahiba aanay ku qancin Miisaaniyada sanadkan hadana,waxaa la moodaa in dareenkii xaasaasiga ahaa ee ka dhashay Miisaaniyadu uu dhamaan doono,iyadoo ay indho badanina ku maqan yihiin waxa ay yeeli doonto Wasaarada Maaliyadu.
Waxaa somaliland lagu cabaa 162 Milyan oo baakidh oo Sigaar ah Sanadkii-Agaasimaha Guud ee Caafimaadka.
Agaasimaha Guud ee Wasaarada Caafimaadka Mudane Axmed Cabdi Jaamac ayaa maanta oo ku began maalinta Tubaakada Aduunka ka waramay dhibaatada uu sigaarku hayo dadka guud ahaanba ,gaar ahaana mujtamaca Somaliland oo uu sheegay in ay si aad ah u isticmaalaan qiijinta Sigaarka,isla markaana uu digniin ka siiyay Agaasimuhu inay ka taxadaraan sigaarka.
Hadaba,Agaasimaha Guud ee Wasaarada Caafimaadka Mudane Axmed Cabdi oo warfidiyeenka ku siiyay Xafiiskiisa shir jaraa,id ayaa ugu horaynba sheegay siyaasada Xukuumada ama Wasaarada Caafimaadka ee ku waajahan sigaarka,.waxaanmu sheegay in Wasaaradu ay soo saartay go’aan dalka lagaga mamnuucayo xayaysiinta Sigaarka ,waxaana go’aankaasi khuseeyay ayuu yidhi Warbaahinta oo kaalinteeda ka qaadatay joojisayna xayaysiska Sigaarka.isagoo Agaasimaha Guud si aad ah ugu amaanay Warbaahinta oo tixgalisay sharciga ay Wasaaradiisu soo saartay.laakiin waxaa uu sheeegay in ay wali jiraan xayaysiiska tubaakada ee lagu sameeyo boodhadhka waaweyn eek u yaala jidadka magaalada iyo hareeraheeda,waxanu sheegay in ay shirkadaha Sigaarka ka ganacsadaa joojiyaan xayaysiiska Sigaarka oo gabi ahaanba la mamnuucay.
Agaasimaha Guud ee Wasaarada Caafimaadka Mudane Axmed Cabdi Jaamac waxaa uu ka warbixiyay dhibaatada Sigaarka waxaanu intaas ku daray in tirade dadka Sigaarka caba aduunka ay dhan yihiin 25 Bilyan oo qof,waxaana sanad kasta ugu dhinta ayuu yidhi Qiijinta Sigaarka Aduunka dad lagu qiyasay afar Milyan oo qof,waxaanu Agaasimuhu intaas klu daray in ay dadka aduunka ee sigaarka cabaa qiijiyaan sanadkiiba 235 Bilyan oo baakidh,halka uu qof kastabaa ka cabo sanadkii 228 Baakidh oo sigaar ah.
Agaasimaha Guud Mudane Axmed Cabdi Jaamac waxaa uu sheegay in Somaliland oo ah dal yaroo dhaqaalihiisu aad u hooseeyo sanadkiiba lagu qiijiyo ama dadkiisu isticmaalaan Sigaar dhan 162 Milyan oo baakidh,waxaanu ka digay khatarata Caafimaad ee uu sigaarku leeyahay ka sokow ,dhaqaalaha dhiobaatada uu ku hayo.
Mudane Axmed Cabdi Jaamac waxaa uu uga digay dhalinyarada iyo waayeelkaba in ay ka feejignaadaan qiijinta Sigaarka,waxaanu sheegay in Wasarada Caafimaadku ay siyaasad cad ka leedhaya xakamaynta Tubaakada taas oo ay ku shaqayn doonto.
Posted on Tuesday 1st June at 15:33:58 Guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Punt Land oo Maamulka uu ka tirsan yahay ku
Guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Punt Land, Yuusuf Xaaji Siciid ayaa ku eedeeyay
Maamulka uu ka tirsan yahay ee uu hogaamiyo Col C/laahi Yuusuf inay ku
kaceen Musuqmaasuq dhaqaale oo sababay in la waayo Mushaarkii ay qaadan
jireen Ciidamada Maamul Gobaleedka Punt Land.
Yuusuf Xaaji Siciid oo ka hadlayay shir Jaraa’id oo uu ku qabtay Boosaaso
kadib kulan uu la yeeshay Guddoomiyaha Gobalka Bari, Ibraahim Cartan Xaaji
Bakiin ayaa sheegay in Maamulku uu ku kacay Musuqmaasuq xagga lacagta ah.
Isla markaana ay ku takri faleen Shaqsiyaad gaar ah Miisaaniyadii loogu
talagalay Ciidamadda Punt Land. Wuxuuna sheegay in dhaqaalaha ka soo xarooda
Dekadda iyo Garoonka Boosaaso ay ku filan yihiin Mushaarka Shaqaalaha
Daladda Balse lagu bixiyo Meelo aan Munaasib ahayn. Waa sida uu hadalka u
dhigayee.
Maamul Gobaleedka Punt Land ayaa tan iyo markii uu billawday Shirka
Soomaalida uga socda Kenya waxaa isi soo tarayay Khilaafaadka u dhaxeeya
Xubnaha Maamulka. Iyadoo Col C/laahi Yuusufna uu mudda dheer ka maqan yahay
Xafiiskiisa oo uu ku hawlan yahay ololaha uu ku doonayo inuu Madaxwayne ka
noqdo Dawladda lagu soo dhisi doono Shirka Kenya.
Cabdi Casiis M. Guuleed “Afrika”
abdiaziz@somaliuk.com
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