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New Global Health
Partnership Strengthens Work In Somaliland |
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London, UK, February 06, 2010 – King’s Health Partners
Academic Health Sciences Centre formally launched a new
global health partnership with the Tropical Health and
Education Trust (THET) on 4 February 2010.
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By Samson Haileyesus
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 6, 2010 – Jama Mohamoud
Omar, former chairman of Somaliland’s National electoral
commission (NEC) has spoken out against what he called the
electoral process in Somaliland falling into the hands of
foreign institutions and is calling for the international
community as well as Somaliland’s neighbors to do all they
can towards helping Somaliland continue in its path towards
democratization.
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Danish
special forces storm hijacked ship |
BRUSSELS, February 06, 2010 — NATO special forces stormed a
Slovenian cargo ship captured by pirates in the Gulf of Aden
Friday, freeing the crew of 25 in an unprecedented operation, a
spokesman for the EU's naval force said.
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Las Qoray, Somaliland, February 06, 2010 – A shoot-out
erupted Thursday between pirates who seized a North
Korean-flagged, Libyan-owned ship and coast guards in
Somaliland, leaving one soldier dead, police said.
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Official
from the Kenya Airport Authority moves dancers way
from the runway after an East African Safari Air
Express lands at the Kisumu Airport. The airline has
launched direct flights to Somaliland. PHOTO/
JAMES NJUGUNA |
Nairobi, Kenya, February 6, 2010 – Travelling to Somaliland
is now easier with the launch of direct flights to the city
of Hargeysa in the country by East African Safari Air
Express. This follows the signing of a bilateral trade
agreement between the airline and the Government of
Somaliland last year.
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Moha
Farah Jirde shakes hand of the UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 6, 2010 (SL Times) —
Reporters from Somaliland have been invited to the African
Union summit in the Ethiopian capital who have been
discussing a range of issues from security and conflict to
development.
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The African Union: Get
Still More Serious
The African Union mercifully fended off Libya’s leader, but
it must do more if it wants to be listened to |
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Muammar Qaddafi, Libya’s clown of a leader |
Addis Ababa,
February 06, 2010 – IF THE African Union (AU) had allowed
Muammar Qaddafi, Libya’s clown of a leader, to chair the
continental body for another year, as he apparently desired,
the rest of the world would rightly have consigned it to the
dustbin of comic diplomacy. Mr Qaddafi, now the world’s
longest-ruling dictator, with 41 years under his cartridge
belt, has been re-embraced by some in the West as a reward
for dropping his nuclear ambitions and because of his vast
oil wealth.
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Reported Hijacking Of
Cambodian Ship False |
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Berbera, Somaliland, February 6, 2010 – A Cambodian-flagged
vessel believed to have been hijacked by Somali pirates was
in fact detained by authorities at the port of Berbera in
Somaliland on the Gulf of Aden, according to media reports
published on Sunday.
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Battle Islamist Militia –
IGAD |
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Addis
Ababa, February 6, 2010 – A six-nation east African regional
bloc on Monday urged Puntland and Somaliland to jointly
battle Islamist militia which it said had extended to the
areas.
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
"noted in particular that the terrorist groups have recently
expanded their acts of terrorism to the relatively stable
regions of Somaliland and Puntland."
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World Cup Feared Target Of
Al-Qaida |
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LONDON, February 06, 2010 – Intelligence reports are
revealing that scores of al-Qaida-linked terrorists have
been tracked from Somalia down through Africa into Zimbabwe,
where its ostracized President Robert Mugabe reportedly has
allowed them to hide while they prepare to launch attacks on
international fans who will be attending the most
prestigious soccer tournament – the FIFA World Cup,
according to a report from Joseph
Farah's G2 Bulletin.
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Burundi Peace Troops
'Mutinied' |
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Mogadishu, Somalia, February 6, 2010 – Thirty-three
Burundian soldiers accused of mutinying while serving in
Somalia as peacekeepers have gone on trial. They are charged
with refusing to obey orders in January 2009 in a protest
over their salaries.
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Islamists Make Gains In
Somalia's War |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 06, 2010 – War-torn Somalia
seems to be headed for a new spasm of bloodshed as
al-Shabaab, the main Islamist faction that is aligned withal-Qaida,
has been strengthened by merging with one of its main
militia rivals while another fell apart.
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African Union Says Somalia
Being Ignored |
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Addis Ababa, February 6, 2010 – A call for change rang loud
and clear on the first day of the African Union’s summit in
Ethiopia.
But the first appeal did not fall in favor of Libya’s leader
Muammar Gaddafi who was blocked in his bid to stay on as
chairman for another year.
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Racism Still Prevalent In
St. Cloud
Attacks
against Somali community show need for strong human rights
office. |
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By Dr. Luke
Tripp
St. Cloud, USA, February 6, 2010 – A packet of hateful and
derogatory depictions of the Prophet Muhammad engaged in
bestiality was stapled to the telephone pole outside Deko
Farah’s St. Cloud shop in January 2010. This was not an
isolated hateful incident, but many have attempted to frame
this incident as a case of an individual bigot who was
exercising his freedom of speech.
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Saudi Agriculture Minister Defends
Importation Of Somali Livestock |
H.E. Dr. Fahd Bin
Abulrahman Balghunaim
leads inauguration of
'Saudi Agriculture
2009' and 'Saudi
Agro-Food 2009 (photofile).
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
February 06, 2010 (SL
Times) – The Saudi
Minister of Agriculture,
Dr Fahd Balghonaim,
strongly defended the
Saudi government’s
decision to lift the ban
on importing Somali
livestock.
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Somaliland Army
Celebrates 16th Anniversary |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland,
February 06, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland’s army celebrated the
16th anniversary since its establishment.
The Commander of Somaliland’s National Army, General Nuh Ismail
Tani gave a speech in celebration of the occasion. He started
his speech by recalling that at the time of independence,
Somaliland had a strong and well trained army called the
Somaliland Scouts, but this army disappeared during the union
with Somalia.
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President Dahir
Rayale Kahin Meets Swiss Delegation |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 06, 2010 (SL Times) –
Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin met with a
delegation from Switzerland. The Swiss delegation was headed
by Switzerland’s envoy to Sudan and the Horn of Africa, Mr
Andrea Semadeni.
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Parliamentarian Nasir Ali Shire
Accuses Sheikh Sharif’s Ministers Of Lobbying To Ban Somaliland
Livestock Export |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 06, 2010 (SL Times) – Eng.
Nasir Ali Shire, a member of parliament from UCID party who has
just come back from a trip to Saudi Arabia said that Sheikh
Sharif’s ministers have lobbied the Saudi government to stop
importing livestock from Somaliland.
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Las Anod, Somaliland, February 06, 2010 (SL Times) – An
explosion took place in Las Anod Wednesday night, near al-Hamdi
hotel.
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Las Qoray, Somaliland, February
06, 2010 (SL Times) – A Libyan owned but North Korean registered
ship was hijacked by Somali pirates and was brought close to the
town of Las Qoray in eastern Somaliland.
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Interpeace And Voter Registration
Technicians Arrive In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February
06, 2010 (SL Times) – Members of Interpeace and voter
registration technicians arrived in Somaliland this week.
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Somaliland Hosts School Syllabus
And Terminology Meeting |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 06, 2010 (SL Times) – Thirty two
intellectuals, poets and academics from Somaliland, Puntland and
south Somalia held a meeting in Hargeysa in order to set a
standard for Somali terminology that could be used in teaching
classes in elementary and middle schools.
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Somaliland Parliament Speaker
Meets His Swedish Counterpart |
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Stockholm,
Sweden, February 06, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland Parliament
Speaker, Mr Abdirahman Muhammad Abdillahi (Irro) met with his
Swedish counterpart Mr Per Westerberg. Mr Abdirahman Muhammad
Abdillahi (Irro) was accompanied in the meeting by another
member of Somaliland parliament.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 06, 2010 (SL Times) –
Somaliland Foreign Minister, Mr Abdillahi Muhammad Duale met
with the US Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs, John Carson. The meeting was held in Addis Ababa
where the African Union summit was taking place.
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Bosaso, Somalia, February
06, 2010 (SL Times) – The President of Puntland Student
Union, Mr Abdillahi Mahadi Sayidka, was shot in the head and
chest in Bosaso and died instantly.
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Mogadishu, Somalia,
February 06, 2010 (SL Times) – The leader of Hizb al-Islam,
Hasan Dahir Aweys confirmed that his deputy, Hasan Turki,
had left Hizb al-Islam and joined al-Shabaab.
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Conrad Murray Hires Death Drug
Lawyer In Michael Jackson Case |
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Los
Angeles, February 6, 2010 - Los Angeles prosecutors won't make a
special exception for Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician accused
of administering a lethal
cocktail of painkillers and anesthetics to Michael
Jackson, and want to charge the physician and hold him
overnight just like any other accused perp, sources told ABC
News.
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Toyota’s Chief Steps Forward To
Apologize
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“I deeply
regret that I caused concern among so many people,” Akio
Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corporation, said at a
news conference on Friday. “We will do our utmost to
regain the trust of our customers.” |
NAGOYA, JAPAN, February 6, 2010 — The president of Toyota apologized
at a hastily arranged news conference Friday night for the
quality problems that led to the recall of more than nine
million cars worldwide.
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Charisa Coulter and nine other
Americans were charged Thursday in Port-au-Prince with abducting 33
Haitian children. |
By MARC
LACEY
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti, February 6, 2010 — Ten Americans who tried to take 33 Haitian children
out of the country last week without the government’s consent have been charged
with child abduction and criminal conspiracy, as Haitian officials sought to
reassert judicial control after the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the Sudanese
president, waved his cane to a crowd last month in Yambio, in
southern Sudan. |
By MARLISE
SIMONS
Hague, February 6,
2010 – The president of Sudan,
who is already facing an international arrest warrant, came under new legal
scrutiny on Wednesday when appeals judges at The Hague reopened the possibility
that he may be charged with genocide.
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A recent traffic jam in Pakistan
between the border town of Chaman and Quetta. Lax security at the border
allows Taliban fighters to slip back and forth. |
CHAMAN, Pakistan,
February 6, 2010 — The thick brown sack that a man named Abdulmalek carried over
his shoulder on a recent afternoon might have contained anything: weapons, drugs
or explosives. But crossing back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan was
no problem, he said.
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Jama Mohamoud
Omar, previous chairman of Somaliland’s National
Electoral Commission (NEC) |
Following disputes over the conducting of elections in
Somaliland which were initially slated for September 2009 SSI’s
Samson haileyesus caught up with Mr. Jama Mohamoud Omar,
previous chairman of Somaliland’s national electoral Commission
(NEC) and discussed with him on the crisis leading up to the
political stalemate, the challenges, roles played by donors and
the way forward. Excerpts:
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Omar Yousuf
and Amina Jireh, both Somalis, are part of a suit filed
in the United States against a former Somali prime
minister. |
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK
Washington DC, February 6, 2010 – The three refugees from
Somalia came to the Bay Area several years ago to escape the
violence of their homeland, to put the terror behind them.
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By Sean
McLachlan
February 6, 2010 –There are some places you just can't
consider for a vacation. While even Iraq has
recently opened up to carefully handled tours, Somalia
remains out of bounds.
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The Brookings Institution
February 03, 2010 — For the last few years, Somalia has held
strong onto the top spot in both the Index of Failed States
and the Fragile States Index.
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The
International Media And International Community Are Making The
Somali Problem Worse |
If someone goes by the statements of the international
community regarding Somalis he will get the impression that the
international community is trying hard to solve the Somali
problem while Somalis are contributing nothing toward solving
their problem. Similarly if one reads the international media,
one will get the impression that all Somalis are involved in
lawlessness and piracy while the international media is
providing objective and unbiased news and analysis of Somali
problems. Such impressions are far from the reality. That is not
to say that Somalis do not bear the primary responsibility for
their present situation, or that the international community
does not do some positive things for Somalis, or that the
international media never sheds light on the Somali predicament,
but it is to say that both the international community and the
international media have done substantial damage to Somalis.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XI |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashiid
Sh. Hassan
This is the eleventh article of a series
of articles that Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military
coup and its legacy
The Regime’s Foreign Policy (Core Countries) continued ...
Somalia and the Arab World
The relationship between Somalia with Arab world stemmed at
least from four main premises. Firstly, having a common
Islamic faith, Islam reached the Somali coast before it
reached Egypt. Secondly, the geographical proximity between
Somalia and the Middle East is close. Thirdly, trade between
the Somali coast and the Arab world existed for a long time
and fourthly, the birth of Somalia’s nationalism and
liberation struggle was very much linked to the Arab world,
particularly Egypt.
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No Alternative To President
Rayale |
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By Liban Obsiye
2010, without doubt, is one of the most crucial year for
Somaliland and its people. It is a year of hope and dreams
and a year to take the deserved opportunity to reflect upon
a near decade of peace and political and social stability as
well as growth.
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Riyale’s Kite Flying Exercise
Goes Fiasco |
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By Mukhtar Mohamed Abby
The long awaited Presidential polls of Somaliland is just
round the corner with the political parties of Somaliland
are trying to score points over each other’s political
shortcomings and weak points to bring to the fore in order
to win the hearts and the minds of the people of Somaliland.
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Somaliland: A Country
Suffering From Little Land Use |
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By Ahmed M. Elmi (Shawky)
I wonder sometimes, if the ever-growing populations of China
or India ever know a country like Somaliland. A country of
only 3.5 Million populations, a country the land exceeds its
population and so are its resources, yet suffering from lack
of exploitation.
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Demystifying The Iidoor
Scapegoat Phenomena |
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Dear Abdul Rahman
Hariri,
I read your opinion
piece entitled, “Response To What ICG Said About Las-Anod”. Read the ICG's
comments: http://somalilandpress.com/11253/somaliland-las-anod-remains-isolated-as-american-secret-agent-arrives/
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Yusuf Garaad’s Abuse of the BBC Somali Service |
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By Mohamoud Hassan
Much has been written over the past years about the demise of the objectivity
and impartiality of the programmes of the BBC Somali Service since Yusuf Garaad
was appointed its editor in the late 1990s.
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The Resurgence Of Al-Qaeda:
The Bombs That Stopped The Happy Talk |
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It was too soon to say that Osama bin Laden’s
followers were on the wane—but pessimism should not be
overdone
February 6, 2010 – ONLY a few months ago, intelligence
experts were saying that al-Qaeda and its allies were in
decline, both militarily and ideologically.
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Iran And Israel In Africa: A
Search For Allies In A Hostile World |
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Iran’s proclaimed ambitions in Africa are particularly
worrying for Israel, which once had a lot of friends on the
continent and wants to keep the few that remain
Dakar And Nairobi, February 06, 2010 – ARRIVING at the
airport in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, you have a fair chance
that the newish-looking taxi taking you into town will not
be the usual French or Japanese model, but Iranian.
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