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Political Organizations Agree on Code of Conduct
Hargeisa (SL Times): Political Organizations in Somaliland have adopted a common code of conduct to be observed by all political actors in the country during the current election campaign.
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President Rayale Leaves on Tour to Eastern Somaliland
Hargeisa (SL Times): Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin left Hargeisa last night on a 3-day tour of eastern Somaliland regions.
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Bush Meets with Leaders of Kenya, Ethiopia
WASHINGTON December 5, 2002 (AP) - President Bush, meeting with leaders of Kenya and Ethiopia, expressed his condolences Thursday for last week's attacks on Kenya, and pledged to join with the Horn of Africa nations to combat terrorism.
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Somali Bantu - A Lucky Few
UNHCR/B.Press - When the nation-state of Somalia collapsed into a series of warring fiefdoms in the early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of civilians fled for their lives. Some have since returned home, but many are still refugees, principally in neighboring Kenya, with little idea of when, if ever, it will be safe for them to return home.
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WFP Condemns Obstacles To Food Deliveries
Nairobi, December 3, 2002 (WFP): The UN World Food Programme has condemned major obstacles imposed by various local authorities and militiamen in Somalia while recently transporting by road 700 tones of relief food to southern Somalia.
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Code of Conduct for the Political Organizations
Code of Conduct for the
Election Commission and the Political Organizations
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Ballot Papers Arrive
Cartons containing Ballot Papers to be used in next elections arriving at Hargeisa Airport on Wednesday
Hargeisa (SL Times): A consignment of Ballot Paper cartons arrived by air at Hargeisa Airport on Wednesday.
Chairman and members of the Somaliland Electoral Commission, in addition to representatives from political organizations, were there to take delivery of the consignment.
SNEC officials refused to disclose the number of ballot papers ordered or the location where they had been printed.
Two Swedish Tourists Return Home After Visit to Somaliland
Hargeisa (SL Times): Anette Gruvhagen and Lena Wingheim left Hargeisa for home on Monday after a 2 week long visit to Somaliland.
The two Swedish tourists who are medical nurses by profession came here in response to an invitation they had received from Anab Farah Ahmed who heads the Magan Maternity Clinic in Hargeisa.
Anab met Annette and Lena in Sweden when she lived there in the past. During their stay here, the two Swedish ladies visited Gabiley, Darar-weyne and Berbera port town. They also helped in the delivery of two babies at Magan Maternity Clinic.
Both Anette and Lena said they found Somalilanders very friendly as well as open-minded. "We have been surprised at how peaceful Somaliland is. It has been also amazing how everybody we have met wanted to be of help and protection to us. After what had happened to these people, it is just incredible to note that they are still optimistic and full of life," Anette Gruvhagen said.
The two Swedish tourists brought with them a donation of medical supplies for Magan Clinic.
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Crucial Agreement Reached by Political Organizations
By developing and agreeing on a code of conduct to govern their activities and inter-organizational relations before and after the forthcoming elections, Somaliland’s political organizations have shown a sense of growing political maturity.
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The New Realities of Terror
A hotel bombing in Kenya, a missile attack on an Israeli civilian jet - this is how terrorists are rewriting the rules of engagement
By Johanna McGeary
Tony Karon: Why al-Qa’eda is Targeting Israel
Israeli pilot Rafi Marek was 90 seconds into his flight from Mombasa, Kenya, at about 3,000 ft., when he felt an unexpected thump. He thought it was the impact of a bird hitting the fuselage of his Arkia charter Boeing 757 carrying 261 Israelis home from a beach vacation. But he wondered if something far more frightening might have been after his plane when crew members spotted two white stripes of smoke streaming past the jet's tail, only 100 yards away. Two shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles had just missed blowing up Marek's plane: the launcher and shell casings were found a mile from the Mombasa airport.
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History of Music in Somaliland
by Mohamed and Mohamoud Ahmed Shunuuf
It is difficult to avoid being everywhere. From Harta Sheekh, Hargeisa, Berbera, Burao, the music squeaks and scratches itself out of every restaurant and shop, not even buses, taxis and private cars are safe. To a non-Somali speaking person some of the music must seem unbearable, pscychodelic, weird and indeed to a certain extent the quality of some of the harsher emissions emanating from the omnipresent tape recorders and distorted radios is unbearable. But, this unbearable problem is of reproduction, not music. Any live music by an outstanding Somaliland singer 'Caqaarta' singing and 'Gin' playing the 'Oud' or 'Faysel' singing and 'Xodeydeh' on the 'Oud' will soon convince the untrained listener of the finer qualities of the "Somaliland sound".
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Somaliland Music Past and Present
by Mohamed and Mohamoud Ahmed Shunuuf
Music and songs are probably the most emotionally potent forms of human expression. Music conveys intense feelings beyond the power of words and lines, after the printed word has failed. With the introduction of radio, cassette, internet, CD's and recordings, came the chance to communicate words and music to a much wider audience; but the potential of the media to stimulate and enlighten the public has largely been ignored and music has tended to become just another commodity.
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