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Amoud University
Holds First Graduation Ceremony
 Amoud University/Borama (SL Times) - Somaliland’s Amoud University held its first graduation ceremony for 32 students.
27 members of the graduating group were awarded Bachelor of Arts in Business and Public Administration, while the remaining 7 received the same degrees in Education, on Wednesday.
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Internationally Acclaimed Kenyan Scholar Supports Somaliland’s Independence
Nairobi (SL Times) - The internationally acclaimed Kenyan Scholar Prof Ali Mazrui has expressed his support for Somaliland’s Independence. In a recent comment on Somalia in the light of the Mbagathi peace talks, Mr. Mazrui was quoted in a press report as saying, "Somaliland should be let to go its way, for it has resources to sustain itself."
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The Fall of Abdillahi Yare
 Hargeisa (SL Times) - The House of Representatives blocked Tuesday the confirmation of President Rayale’s designated Minister of Information, Mr. Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, by 43 votes against and 23 in favor. Mr. Duale who was re-appointed in the same post he had held under the previous cabinet, will now be due for replacement following the humiliating defeat his confirmation has suffered in the House.
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"Success is not something you should merely want, it is something you should work for."
Abdirahman Adan Mohamoud
Borama
My name is Abdirahman Adan Mohamoud and I am among the first students that graduated from Amoud University. The graduation ceremony, which was held at the campus of the university on July23rd, 2003 greatly influenced me and moved my feelings and emotions. Frankly speaking, only those who were witnesses to the jubilant and euphoric atmosphere of that day can accurately describe the scene. This, however, made me glance back the long and rough road that we have passed during my student days at Amoud University.
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| Editorial
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Graduation at Amoud
It was like a dream that has finally come true for the hundreds of guests of honor, students and other invitees who sat cramped in the conference hall of the Amoud University, to attend the graduation ceremony held last Wednesday, for the first group of Somaliland students to graduate from a Somaliland university.
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The Ugly End of the Arta Faction
Jamal Gabobe
Seattle, Washington
From its earliest days, the Arta Faction was dogged with disputes about money. First came charges that Abdiqasim Salad Hasan and Ali Khalif used bribery to get appointed as president and prime minister respectively. Then came quarrels between Abdi Qasim Salad and Ali Khalif with each accusing the other of stealing public money. More recently, the Speaker of Parliament, Abdalla Deerow Isaq announced that he had fired Abdiqasim Salad as President and that he is the new president.
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The Birth of Rayyaleism
A. Mohamed Ali Hashi ‘Dhimbiil’
People must be judged by their opportunities. - Victor Hugo, Philosopher and Novelist.
Every generation, out of relative obscurity discovers its mission, it either fulfils it; or betrays it. Frantz Fanon - The Wretched of the Earth
Somaliland is pregnant with promise; it is carrying in its social and political womb an under-developed political process that has yet to be fully delivered into our political space. This political process is a about a precious idea that peoples and nations throughout history have through profound social upheaval come to discover.
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Hadraawi’s Peace March is a Good Start For a Viable Peace Movement
Ahmed Hussein Kahin
This week was of great significance in the daunting attempts at restoring peace to Somalia as the well acclaimed Somali poet and lyricist, Mr. Hadraawi, arrived in Mogadishu, his first stop on a mission named the peace march, and it is reported that Mr. Hadraawi came close to tears as he was given a heroes welcome by well wishers chanting "Muqdisho ku soo dhawoow, wiilki magaac dheerayoo." And ‘’Nin lagu seexdow ha seexan, xilbaad sidaayee ha seexan."
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The Role of Somaliland Diaspora
Abdillahi Hussein Daud, Minneapolis, MN, USA
I entertain no doubt about the commitment of overseas Somalilanders to an independent, prosperous and internationally recognized Somaliland. The reason for this is because not only they want their relatives and loved ones back home to have a good life but also Somaliland to be a place where people in Diaspora could come back one day at least for retirement.
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The White Man Unburdened
Norman Mailer
Published in the July 17, 2003 issue of the New York Review of Books
Exeunt: lightning and thunder, shock and awe. Dust, ash, fog, fire, smoke, sand, blood, and a good deal of waste now move to the wings. The stage, however, remains occupied. The question posed at curtain-rise has not been answered. Why did we go to war? If no real weapons of mass destruction are found, the question will keen in pitch.
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International
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Foreign Powers Stalk Somali Peace Talks
Ken Opala
Nairobi, July 21, 2003 (The Nation) - Somali delegate Hawa Kheri protests after being thrown out of the talks at the Kenya College of Communications Technology, Mbagathi, Nairobi. She was one of the 170 delegates ejected for allegedly using fake cards to register.
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Education by Radio in Somalia
John Tuckey
Project Manager
BBC World Service Trust
The Somalia Distance Educational Literacy Programme (SOMDEL) gave nearly 10,000 Somalis the opportunity to learn basic literacy, numeracy and life skills through a weekly radio programme broadcast on BBC World Service. Programmes were produced that were close to the experience of Somalis, exploring issues on health, human rights and sustaining the environment in rural areas.
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Somali Poet Marches For Peace
"I felt I lost my way and I decided to return back home where I am one of the most respected people" - Muhammad Ibrahim Warsame Hadraawi
Monday, 21 July, 2003 (BBC)
Somali artists have been marching for peace as faction and government leaders at talks in Kenya fail to agree the formation of a transitional government and a national assembly.
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Facing Up to the Asylum Issue
Rageh Omaar
BBC correspondent and co-presenter of BBC Asylum Day
Wednesday, 23 July, 2003
Switch on the television news bulletins or pick up the papers and you get snapshots of the explosive issue of asylum in Britain.
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Aid Shipments Causing Congestion in Djibouti Port
Addis Ababa, July 21, 2003 (IRIN) - Food aid shipments to Ethiopia are facing hold-ups due to congestion caused by the massive quantities arriving in Djibouti port.
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Rights Group Reports Increase in Abuses
Nairobi, 23 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - Violations of human rights and international law increased in Somalia in the past year, a Somali human rights group has said. A senior official of the Mogadishu-based Isma'il Jimale Human Rights Centre (IJHRC) told IRIN that international law was breached particularly with regard to the "protection of civilians in time of war".
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UNHCR Resumes
Repatriation to Puntland
Nairobi, 22 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - A suspended operation to repatriate Somali refugees from Kenya to the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, resumed at the weekend, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)
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Somali Regional State President Removed
Addis Ababa, July 23, 2003 (IRIN) - The president of Ethiopia's Somali region has been removed from office, the new acting head of the state confirmed on Wednesday. Abdi Jibril told IRIN that he had been appointed acting president after his former boss, Abdirashid Dulane, was thrown out of the Somali People's Democratic Party (SPDP) and relieved of the post he had held for three years.
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For Somali Refugees, Dazzling Start to a Safer Life
Resettlement in America - Indoor plumbing and a night without gunfire
Tuscon, Arizona, Monday, July 21, 2003 (NYTimes) - The white wooden door swung open and the dazed African villagers stepped into their new home. It was a modest apartment with secondhand furniture and a stove in need of repairs.
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Letters |
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SL Times - Editorial Quality
Gentlemen:
The Somaliland Times is a paper I yearn to read and I am proud of. You have come a long way and I think you are doing a superb job. However, to even go farther, you must watch your editorial quality. There are too many inconsistencies, misspelled words, wrong usage of words, etc. that could undermine the content of your paper. For example, in the article (Issue 76, July 5, 2003) "Agreement with UK Immigration allows for deportation of 10 persons per month to Hargeisa" the British official is referred to by three different names (Mr. Harbin, Mr. Harber and Mr. Harper). I hope you would pay more attention to the editorial quality of the paper.
Keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Mohamed Hassan
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