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Hargeysa, April 01, 2009 – The two opposition parties in
Somaliland, Kulmiye and UCID, have rejected the new date set
for elections by the house of elders of Somaliland, Guurti.
Mr Faysal Warabe, Chairman of UCID decried that the Guurti
does not have the authority to set the election time table
while Mr Silanyo altogether rejected both the time table set
by the Guurti and the extension made to Rayale’s term of
office by the Guurti.
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We the undersigned are the Somaliland diasporas residing in
North America, hereby declare that the decision of the upper
house of Somaliland parliament ( Golaha Guurtida) was not
based in conjunction with the Somaliland constitution. The
only ones who can extend the presidential term are the
president (at times of emergencies),
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Somalia's al-Shabab,
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 3, 2009 — A man who calls himself
an American promotes holy war in Somalia in a video posted
this week on an Islamic militant Web site.
A U.S. government contractor who tracks extremist propaganda
says the footage is the first to show what may be an
American with a senior role in al-Shabab, a Somali group the
State Department considers a terrorist organization with
links to al-Qaida.
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Press Release
U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya, April 3, 2009 – On March 31,
the United States Embassy’s Somalia Unit celebrated the
tenacity, perseverance, and leadership of Somali women as
part of International Women’s History Month. This year’s
theme was Somali Women of Courage: Celebrating Generational
Leadership.
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Deporting Asylum Seekers Contradicts Law and
Government’s Statements
Nairobi, April 3, 2009 – Kenya should immediately stop
deporting Somali asylum seekers, including women and
children, back to their war-torn country, Human Rights Watch
said today. The group said that Kenya should recognize all
Somalis who qualify as refugees with rights to protection in
Kenya.
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Egal International Airport
3 April 2009
Four journalists who traveled to Somaliland for a media seminar have been
detained by local police, Radio Garowe reports.
The four journalists traveled by air to Hargeysa, the
capital of Somaliland, after leaving their homes in Garowe
and Galkayo, two cities in the self-governing Somali region
of Puntland.
The journalists were detained at Hargeisa's Egal
International Airport on Wednesday, where they were
questioned by police.
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Somali
fishermen repair fishing nets in the southern coastal
NAIROBI, 2
April 2009 (IRIN) - Somalia has revoked fishing licences for
foreign vessels and is planning a new law to regulate
fishing in its waters, a minister told IRIN on 2 April.
The move follows complaints by local fishermen of lost
livelihoods because they lacked modern equipment and the
means to replace old nets, and were being forced out by
foreign-owned vessels.
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By Iman Morooka
WAJID, Southern Somalia, Apr 01, 2009– For the first time
ever in Somalia, a Child Health Days campaign has been
implemented nation-wide by UNICEF, the World Health
Organization, local authorities, communities and
non-governmental partners.
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Africa: Death Toll in Migrant Ship Sinking Passes 230 |
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Apr 1, 2009
- Strong winds and a leaky hull caused a panic aboard an
overcrowded ship that capsized in the seas off of Libya on
Monday, and more than 230 of the 257 Europe-bound migrants
aboard are presumed dead, officials from the International
Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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Somalia's New Govt Receives $18m Donation At Arab Summit |
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Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, President of Somalia
DOHA, Qatar, Apr 1, 2009 -
Somalia's new interim government, led by Islamist moderate
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, has received an $18 million donation
from the Arab summit that concluded Tuesday in Qatar, Radio
Garowe reports.
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House Speaker “Irro” Calls For Dialogue |
Speaker Of S/land
Parliament
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
April 4, 2009 (SL Times)
– The Speaker of
Somaliland’s Parliament,
Mr Abdirahman Muhammad
Abdillahi (Irro) has
advised the disputing
Somaliland political
parties to resolve their
conflict through
dialogue. He also warned
that further delay in
the presidential
election could result in
great disappointment
among many members in
the international
community who attach
high importance to the
election.
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Minister Of Health Says Some People Are Using Religion As
Propaganda Against Vaccination |
Minister Of Health Abdi Haybe
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 4, 2009 (SL Times) – In a press
conference at his office this week, Somaliland’s Minister of
Health, Mr. Abdi Haybe Muhammad warned the public against
some people who are using religion as propaganda against
vaccination.
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Somaliland Foreign Minister Addresses UK International
Conference On ‘Sovereignty’ |
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Somaliland Foreign
Affairs minister, Abdillahi Mohamed Duale
Durham, UK, April 4, 2009 (SL Times) – The Somaliland minister
of Foreign of Affairs, Mr Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, addressed on
Thursday an international gathering of government officials,
diplomats, business people and academics taking part in the
‘State of Sovereignty’ conference held at the prestigious
International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) of Durham
University in the city of Durham, United Kingdom.
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It
is estimated that one in 20 people attempting the perilous
crossing to Yemen dies (file photo)
Hargeysa, April 4, 2009 – Harir Omar Yusuf, about to finish high
school, should be choosing a degree course and deciding on a
career direction; instead, he spends most of his time planning a
perilous escape from his hometown of Hargeysa, capital of the
republic of Somaliland, to Europe.
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Kulmiye Party
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 4, 2009 – The government of
Somaliland has responded strongly to opposition criticism,
warning that the government "will not accept threats" from the
opposition.
A statement issued by Somaliland's leading opposition party,
Kulmiye, expressed the party's opposition to a decision by the
House of Guurti, the upper house of parliament,
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Food Aid Imports Enter Via Berbera Port |
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Addis Ababa,
April 4, 2009 – The World Food Program (WFP) imported 375 metric
tons of Sorghum to Ethiopia through the Port of Berbera on March
26, 2009.
The WFP made a cross-border delivery of food commodities to
Ethiopia from Berbera Port in Somaliland.
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Obama Strategy For Afghanistan And Pakistan Receives High Marks |
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President Barack Obama,
accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced a
new comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, at the
White House
Washington, April 4, 2009 – The new U.S. regional strategy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan unveiled by President Barack Obama last
week has won the backing of both Afghan President Hamid Karzai
and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. And earlier this week,
80 countries and organizations attended a U.N.-sponsored meeting
on Afghan security and reconstruction.
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US President
Barack Obama at arrival for NATO summit in Strasbourg,
France, 03 Apr 2009
Strasbourg, |
By Paula Wolfson
France April 03, 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama is reaching
out to the European public as well as its leaders, promising a
new era in ties across the Atlantic. NATO allies gathered for
summit talks on the French German border, Mr. Obama actively
sought support for his new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy,
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Caceres 1 April 2009
- Donors to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria met in Caceres, Spain, March 31 - April 1 to review
progress and to assess funding needs midway through its current
three-year funding cycle.
In their first meeting since the replenishment conference held
in Berlin in 2007,
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Trillion Pledge To Rescue The World’s Poorest |
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April 3, 2009
()- General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the $1.1 trillion package
committed by leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations in
London, stressing that developing nations must receive the funds
needed to stem the onset of a human development crisis.
The G-20 nations today also “reaffirmed previous commitments to
increase aid and help countries achieve the Millennium
Development Goals,” Mr. Ban said in a statement, referring to
the ambitious anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline.
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somali Pirates
J.Peter Pham, PhD
April 2, 2009
On the one hand, it was not much of a fight. Seven Somali
pirates, presumably mistaking the German Navy supply boat FGS
Spessart for a commercial vessel opened fire on the Type 704A
Rhön-class tanker as it cruised in the Gulf of Aden Sunday
afternoon. German sailors returned fire and, when the attacking
skiff tried to withdraw,
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By Khalid Muhammad in Cairo, March 30, 2009
Q) How do you view the Somali government's priorities?
A) Our priority is to rebuild the state institutions and restore
our positive role in the Arab world and as a state with
responsibilities in the African Horn.
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April 2, 2009: So far this year, over 20,000 Somalis have
fled to Kenya, where they live in camps near the border.
Hundreds cross the border each week, trying to get away from
the fighting in southern Somalia.
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Piracy Brings Rich Booty To Somalia |
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The Sirius Star
attack is just one example of recent security
breaches |
By Von
Robert Wright
April 1, 2009
After the ransom for the Sirius Star, the highest-profile
victim of Somali piracy, was delivered in January, an
impromptu beach party started near Hobyu, the southern
Somali town where it had been moored.
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Giving peace a chance: Students from Arab and Muslim
Majority Nations Awarded Rotary World Peace Fellowships
Science & Education |
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(openPR)
- (Beirut, April 2, 2009) – Amid daily headlines of war,
ethnic and sectarian violence emerges some welcome positive
news: Rotary International – a humanitarian service
organization dedicated to world peace and understanding -
has awarded six students from Arab and Muslim majority
countries the opportunity to study peacemaking and conflict
resolution at the Rotary Centers for International Studies
located at leading international universities.
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What
Does The Upper House Vote Tell Us? |
There are two ways of
interpreting the results of the Upper House’s (Guurti) vote to
extend the president’s term in office for six months. The first
way to interpret it is that this is just a continuation of the
old nefarious practice of scratch my back and I will scratch
your back between the president and the Upper House whereby
every time the president’s term in office expires,
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Somaliland’s Constitutional Argument |
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By Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
Republic of Somaliland – Africa’s best democracy – drafted a
constitution after independence 26th June 1960, and was
effectively enforced after liberation of Somaliland from
dictatorship of Somalia 18th May 1991.
On May 31, 2001 the people of Somaliland went to their poles
to vote in their very first national election. The election
was held to ratify their new constitution
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Somaliland Election Delayed—So Did Its Recognition |
Although Somaliland election faces many external challenges:
lack of trainings, logistics, inadequate funding, and
incomplete voter registrations, among others, even more
serious are the internal obstacles.
Delaying the election sounded reasonable for the first time.
However, extending President Dahir Riyale Kahin’s term for
one year raised suspension.
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Let Us Appreciate To Hargeysa Readers Club |
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Farhan Abdi Suleiman
(Oday)
For many walks of life, creativity is a part of our nature
and something that all human beings have belongs. Life is
said to be a path of producing a multitude of dreams and
turning these dreams into reality.
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Cry Mother Somaliland Cry |
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By: Mohamed A. Suleiman
There are very few stories that are as compelling to be told
as the one that I am about to narrate. A few days ago I came
home from work tired and longing for a short nap to help
refresh for the busy evening hours of helping the kids with
homework. I lay down on my back and before I knew it, I was
in a deep slumber.
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Independence Of Somaliland: Good Or Bad For Somalia? |
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Somaliland bashing has
recent been the game of a few self-exiled elements whose
main objective is to derail the progress of the people of
Somaliland. These individuals are using Wardheernews.com as
their mouthpiece for cheap propaganda against Somaliland.
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Djibouti Doctors are finally calling the shots! |
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They are young,
energetic and motivated. They don’t complain or seek any
recognition from anybody – they simply strive to help their
Countrymen/women.
Every morning, they get up at dawn and go to work like
normal doctors. They love what they do: treating their own
people.
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Another Setback For Somaliland Democracy |
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Mohamed F Yabarag
Somaliland has had a good start in the democratization
process when president Riyale’s government had successfully
implemented three successive elections (municipality,
presidential and the legislature council) to the surprise of
its critics, but seems to be retreating back from that
process ever since his government had failed to start the
ball rolling for the election of the second chamber,
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Motor Oil Can Cause Environmental Damages |
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Hargeysa, 1 April
2009 - Several years ago, the location of
the new bus station of Jig-Jiga Yar village in the
north-west outskirts of Hargeysa—the capital city of
Somaliland— used to be a clean open grounds.
Now, the situation of the surrounding is completely
different!
Apart from the increasing construction work in the area,
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Puntland: Somalia’s Struggling Success Story |
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Written By Abdinasir Mohamed Guled
Synopsis: Puntland, a self-declared autonomous state in
Somalia, is struggling to become a success story, although
it is located in an unstable environment. Despite clan
fighting, political struggles, human trafficking and piracy,
life is slowly improving in the region.
31 March 2009
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Transnational Islamic Extremism – Myth Or Reality? |
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Dr.
Terry Lacey
Development Economist
A report compiled by three reputable Indonesian foundations
says that the moderate form of Islam in Indonesia is being
undermined by extremists who are infiltrating moderate
Muslim groups and institutions in order to gain support for
an Islamic state or international caliphate (Jakarta Post
03.04.09).
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