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Seminar for Introducing Somaliland to Swedish Public Launched
Umea/Sweden (SL Times): A 3 day seminar for introducing Somaliland to Swedish authorities, aid agencies, non-governmental organizations, politicians and media was launched on Thursday in Umea, Sweden. The seminar was organized by the Somaliland community in Sweden.
Among the keynote speakers scheduled to address the meeting are Somaliland Minister of Family Welfare and Social Development, Ms. Edna Adan; former American diplomat and currently an adjunct professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington DC, David Shinn; and Dr. Ahmed Hussein Essa from the Hargeisa based Institute for Practical Research.
A Transcript of David Shinn's presentation entitled "The Horn Of Africa: How Does Somaliland Fit?" has been made available for The Somaliland Times.
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| International
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Scandinavians to Assist in Teachers Training
Hargeisa (SL Times): Sweden’s Goteborg Initiative, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the Danish Refugee Council are going to assist in provision of training for Somaliland teachers.
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Sheikh Kariye Pleads In Deal; Jail Time Unlikely
Mark Larabee
03/04/03 (The Oregonion) - The spiritual leader of a Portland mosque pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to bilking the Oregon Health Plan, assuring he will get little or no jail time despite his highly publicized arrest and prosecution by federal antiterrorism agents.
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Mohamed Abshir May Stay In U.S.
Eric Black
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, March 07, 2003 - A retired Somali general whose pro-democracy efforts cost him 12 years in prison and whom one former U.S. ambassador calls "the greatest living Somali" is now living in Minnesota but has been turned down for permission to remain in the United States.
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Reception in Washington DC to Support Rayale
Members of UDUB are holding a reception in Metro Washington DC in support of Somaliland President Dahir Rayale’s election campaign. The event to be held on March 15, 2003 will be an open reception for supporters of Rayale’s re-election campaign, as well as members of the Somaliland community in the Washington DC area.
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International Women's Day
7 March 2003
Statement by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM
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U.N. Reduces Global Population Estimate
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations on Wednesday reduced its estimate of what the world's population will be in 2050 by 400 million, primarily because of the impact of the AIDS epidemic and lower than expected birth rates.
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Human Rights Offices Closed In Puntland
NAIROBI, 5 Mar 2003 (IRIN) - The authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland have ordered the closure of the offices of several local human rights groups, according to a senior official in the region's commercial capital, Bossasso.
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France, Africa What Partnership To Forge?
The European Union had earlier renewed year-old sanctions against Mugabe and 71 of his associates, but France successfully pressed for a waiver to have the Zimbabwean leader attend its 22nd biennial gathering with African leaders.
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| Editorial
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Why Make Somaliland an Issue?
The on-going peace talks on Somalia seem to have reached the stage whereby participating faction leaders needed to find a scapegoat for their failure to come up with a solid agreement.
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The Problems of Qat for Society and Health
Abdul Halim M. Mussa
"Qat soon overcomes the strongest man and turns him into a raging beast that threatens those around him and insults imaginary enemies."
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Abdiqasim Salad’s Misrepresentation of Reality
Mohamed-rashid Sheikh Hassan
"Abdiqasim Salad Hasan knows the fact that Somaliland is not a tribal entity (Qabiil) as he told in the interview but though comprising of various clans, a nation which has an ancient historical root and all the ingredients that legitimize a nation and a sovereign state."
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Somaliland Will Elect UDUB!
"The citizens of Somaliland have strong political opinions; glaring differences on how we should continue forward; enormous divergence on exactly who should lead the country. However, the people of Somaliland are committed to the idea of having a healthy and robust opposition in the country."
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Make No Mistake
A. Himbir
In response to Axmed M. I. Egal’s letter "Mudslinging campaign against Rayale’s" published in the Somaliland Times issue
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"It’s time for people like M.I. Egal to understand, that it's not political mudslinging to tell the truth."
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The People's Candidate - Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo
"I am not a politician, I am not a member of any party machinery, I am not a professional pundit. I am an educated Somalilander who sees the future of their homeland hanging by a thread."
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Who Is Abdirahman Aw Ali?
Ali Gulaid, San Jose, USA
"The Kulmiye Party central Committee has recently elected Cabdirahman Aw Cali, a veteran, as its candidate for the vice-presidency. I find this a fitting occasion to remind us who Cabdirahman Aw Cali
is."
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| News in Brief |
| British Government Mission on Visit
to Somaliland |
Hargeisa (SL Times): A British
government mission arrived in Hargeisa yesterday on a 3-day official
visit to Somaliland.
Members of the mission are Mr. Bernard Harborne, senior conflict
Adviser on Africa, Africa Greater Horn and Lakes Department; Mr.
David G Bell, First Secretary at the British High Commission in
Nairobi, and Owen Richards, Second Secretary for Political Affairs
at the British Embassy in Addis Ababa.
The visit of the mission has been reported as being part of a
regional review to develop a strategy for delivering an enhanced
British programme of support.
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| Hargeisa Has a New Governor and
Secretary |
Hargeisa (SL Times): Abdillahi Ismail
Ali, a former NSS officer, has been appointed as Governor of the
Hargeisa region, while Mohamed Aw Adan will assume the position of
Executive Secretary of the Hargeisa Municipality.
Though Somalilanders elected members of their district councils on
Dec. 15, 2002; the authority for appointing governors and
secretaries for district councils is still vested in the central
government.
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| Peace
Talks |
Government Clarifies Position on Somalia Peace Process
Hargeisa (SL Times) - Somaliland's government has reiterated its long-held position that it was not prepared to take part in the Somalia peace talks currently underway in Nairobi.
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Arab Money to Fund Salad’s Alternative Peace Talks
Doha (SL-Times): Efforts by the President of the Arta faction, Abdiqasim Salad Hasan, to hold an alternative peace conference inside Somalia got a new boost after he recently received funds to finance the project.
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Talks "In Danger Of Collapse"
Nairobi, March 6, 2003 (IRIN): The Somali peace talks currently
underway in Kenya are in danger of collapsing unless strong leadership is provided by the mediators, the Somalis and the international community, the Brussels-based think tank, International Crisis Group (ICG), warned this week.
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Warlords Face Action By IGAD
Nairobi, March 6, 2003 (The East African Standard): The Inter Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has warned that appropriate action will be taken on two Somali warlords for violating the agreement on the cessation of hostilities.
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