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Controversy Surrounds NDC/GTZ Demobilizing Project
Hargeisa (SL. Times) - In early 1994, most of the SNM troops and armed clan militia units in Somaliland accepted to voluntarily lay down their arms with the understanding that the disarmament phase would be followed by a reintegration assistance being offered to demobilizing combatants.
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Promotion of Economic Recovery Project by ILO Launched
Hargeisa (SL. Times) - Somaliland Ministry of Health & Labour announced yesterday the launching of the Promotion of Economic Recovery Project, to be implemented by the ILO.
The Project mainly geared towards creating jobs and developing capacity to implement Employment Intensive Infrastructure Projects:
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Warring Somalia Factions Move to Restore Peace
The East African Standard (Nairobi) October 24, 2002
William Faria And Barnabas Bii
Nairobi
Leaders of the Somali warring factions yesterday took a significant step towards reconciliation and bringing back democracy in their country.
"If the peace agreement is sealed, there is hope of rebuilding the war-divided Horn of Africa state," said Kenya's Special Envoy to Somalia, Mr Elijah Mwangale. The leaders who are attending the Somali Peace talks in Eldoret are optimistic of ending the 11-year conflict.
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Sixth Camp in Ethiopia Set to Close as Somali Refugees Go Home
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 25 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency is set to close its sixth camp in Ethiopia next week as Somali refugees continue streaming back to Somaliland in north–west Somalia amid heavy rains.
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Omer Arteh Ghalib To Run For President
Hargeisa (SL. Times) - Omer Arteh Ghalib has announced that he will run for Somaliland President in the next election.
Speaking to thousands of people who gathered at Khayria square in Hargeisa on Thursday morning, Mr Arteh said he decided to seek the job after many ordinary Somalilanders advised him to do so.
Mr Arteh has also disclosed that he had sent a letter to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, requesting the Saudi monarch to lift the ban imposed on the entry of Somaliland livestock into the Kingdom. The Somaliland politician has promised to use all his knowledge, skills and connections to get Somaliland recognized by the international community.
See this issue's People profile on Mr. Arteh.
Continued from the previous issue
Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'
Translated by Martin Orwin ( Modern Poetry in Translation, New Series, No.17, 2001 )
Hadraawi is considered by many to be the greatest living Somali poet. Born in northern Somalia (the present self-declared Republic of Somaliland) in 1943, he was educated in Aden and went on to a career in teaching in the early 1970's. At this time he began to become well known for his poetry and plays. Aside from the love lyrics (one of which is the poem translated here), he was a powerful commentator on the political situation and critic of the then military regime in Somalia. Imprisoned between 1973 and 1978, he was again in public life as director of the arts section of the Academy of Science, Arts and Literature from 1978 to 1982, when he joined the opposition Somali National Movement based in Ethiopia. He was a very powerful voice in the ensuing years of civil war and the repressive military regime, and continues to be a very important poet commenting on the predicament the Somalis face.
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Notes on Mr. Omer Arteh Ghalib
Omer Arteh Ghalib has one of the most distinguished diplomatic service careers in Somali history. His diplomatic career spans 30 years in international politics. He is remembered by Somalis as an educator, administrator, politician, and parliamentarian. Mr. Arteh has educated a substantial number of the Somali elite. He is a beloved and respected politician who is notable for his honesty, righteousness, and his love of his country.
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Reintegration Should Be For All
Inserting ex-combatants back into productive civilian life has been long overdue.
Both the former SNM fighters and ex-members of the clan militia are entitled to reintegration assistance. These ex-combatants who said farewell to arms many years ago, are the true heroes of both war and peace.
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Stratfor Strategic Forecasting
Hostage-Taking Leaves Putin in No-Win Situation
24 October 2002
Summary
The ongoing hostage situation in Moscow has put Russian President Vladimir Putin in a lose-lose situation. Chechen militants are holding hundreds of politically valuable prisoners, demanding that Russia withdraw its forces from the secessionist region if the Kremlin wishes to avoid bloodshed. While a military solution to the standoff would be bloody, Putin can afford to risk the lives of the hostages more than he can afford to abandon Chechnya, which would leave an entire nation exposed to threats from Islamic militants in the former Soviet states.
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Qatar Coup Plot May Thwart U.S. War Plans
24 October 2002
A foiled coup plot in Qatar raises questions about the ability of the government in Doha to survive, and with that, about U.S. access to the massive al-Udeid air base. If Qatar is forced to rethink and limit its cooperation with the U.S. military, then it could remove a key component of Washington's war plan for Iraq.
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