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Thursday, 21 May 2009
Somalia — Question
11:30 am
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat) To ask
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made
of the political and humanitarian consequences of the
conflict in Somalia.
Lord Malloch-Brown (Minister of State, Foreign &
Commonwealth Office; Labour) My Lords, the Djibouti process
led to the expansion of the Somali Parliament and its
selection of a new President.
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ROME, May 21, 2009 – Italy will host a June 9-10 meeting of
the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia to discuss
ways of stabilizing the country and tackling piracy off the
Horn of Africa, the foreign ministry said.
The meeting will be chaired by the United Nations' special
envoy for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, and will also be
attended by Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdillahi Omaar.
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Image of a
Shabaab fighter from the terror group's website. |
By Bill RoggioMay 20, 2009
The leader of Al Shabaab is reported to have been wounded
and possibly killed in what appears to be an accidental
explosion at a safe house outside Mogadishu.
Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed, the reclusive spiritual leader of the
radical al Qaeda-linked terror group, was seriously wounded
in the explosion on May 17.
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Abdirahman
Warsame, a member of the mediation committee seeking
to reconcile the two clans |
KALABAIT, May 20, 2009 – Two clans in Somaliland's Elberdale
farmland in Gabiley region, who have fought intermittently
in the past five months over disputed farmland, have agreed
a ceasefire, a mediator said.
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MOGADISHU, May 22, 2009 – Somali government forces attacked
rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Friday, triggering battles
across the capital that killed at least 45 people, the
highest daily death toll for months.
Neighboring states and Western security forces fear Somalia,
which has been mired in civil war for 18 years, could become
a haven for militants linked to al Qaeda.
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NEW YORK, May 21, 2009 — A Somali teenager accused of
leading a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the
coast of Africa pleaded not guilty Thursday to piracy
charges.
A somber-looking Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse entered the plea in
a soft voice with his head down during a brief appearance in
U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
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Washington,
May 20, 2009 – In Washington, a US Senate panel held a
hearing Wednesday on developing a coordinated and
sustainable strategy toward Somalia. The Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on African Affairs took testimony on "the new
offensive launched by militant extremists." .
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UNITED NATIONS, May 22, 2009 -- The government of Eritrea
categorically rejects accusations by the United Nations
Security Council that it is supplying arms to destabilize
Somalia's Transitional Government, which is a product of
"ill-advised formulas," according to a letter addressed to
the president of the Security Council made public here on
Friday.
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INTERVIEW-Australia's Range Oil Shrugs Off Somali Pirates |
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NAIROBI, May 20, 2009 - Australian explorer Range Resources
said piracy will not deter it from exploring for
hydrocarbons off chaotic northern Somalia.
The independent company won a deal in 2005 giving it
concession rights to all minerals and petroleum in the
country's semi-autonomous Puntland region, an area that
geologists say has a high chance of containing commercial
oil reservoirs.
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Journalist Killed In Mogadishu; Third Somali Fatality This
Year |
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New York, May 22,
2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns this
morning’s death of radio journalist
Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame, who was killed during renewed
fighting in Somalia’s war-ravaged capital, Mogadishu.
Warsame, a
producer for the leading independent broadcaster
Shabelle Media Network, was scheduled to present this
morning’s 8 a.m. news bulletin, Station Director Moqtar
Mohamed Hirabe told CPJ. Warsame was shot in crossfire while
on his way to work just before 7:30 a.m., according to the
station.
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UNHCR Steps Up Efforts To Stem Gulf Of Aden Crossings As
Numbers Mount |
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BOSSASSO, Somalia, May 22, 2009 – Months have passed since
Hoda's husband paid smugglers to take him from this port
town in northern Somalia across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen,
but she has not heard a word from him. She now believes he
probably drowned at sea.
Despite such a vivid lesson in the risks of the Gulf
crossing, Hoda plans to make the journey herself, leaving
her youngest children in the care of her eldest daughter,
who is just ten.
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IGAD Wants Eritrea Punished Over Chaos In Somalia |
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Motorists push a car in flood waters after
torrential rains in southern Mogadishu. The UN was
on Thursday asked to act to save the Somalia’s
fledgling government from Islamist militants |
Addis Ababa, May 22, 2009 – The UN Security Council was on
Thursday asked to impose tough sanctions on the Eritrea for
calling for the ouster of the Transitional Federal
Government of Somalia. The Inter Governmental Authority on
Development (Igad) Council of Ministers further urged the
Security Council to impose an immediate air and maritime
blockade on Somalia to stop the inflow of weapons into the
war-torn country. .
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Wanted Al Qaeda Man Flew In Kenyan Plane |
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Hassan Dahir Aweys
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Nairobi, May 21, 2009 –
Kenya has been sucked into the Somali conflict after a key
radical on the US terror watch-list used a Nairobi-based
airline to fly to Mogadishu from Eritrea. The Somali
government has written a protest note to Nairobi after
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys flew on a plane owned by Capital
Airlines, which is based at Wilson Airport..
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Vital To Address Root Causes Of Somali Piracy: Anifah |
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 18, 2009 – Malaysia today stressed that it
was vital to address the root causes of piracy in the Gulf
of Aden and off the coast of Somalia in order to effectively
tackle the serious problem.
In his speech at the Kuala Lumpur International Conference
on Piracy and Crimes at Sea here today, Foreign Minister
Datuk Anifah Aman said the root causes, related to the
political and socio-economic situation in the war-torn
African country, must be investigated and addressed. .
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The Walrus And Geez Win Utne Independent Press Awards |
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The Walrus and Geez win Utne Independent Press Awards
MastheadOnline - May
20, 2009
The
Utne Independent Press Awards were started 20 years ago
because "because no one else was properly recognizing the
great writing, reporting, design, and storytelling being
published outside the mainstream media." Canadian magazines
always seem to do well (past winners include the Shambhala
Sun, Ascent and Alberta Views) and this year was no
exception, with The Walrus and Winnipeg-based Geez selected
as winners in the Best Writing and Spritiual Coverage
categories.
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Uganda: Iran To Fund Oil Processing In Country |
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Kampala, May 18, 2009 — IRAN has agreed
to fund the entire value chain of Uganda's oil production.
Iran will also jointly fund the construction of an oil
refinery in Uganda.
The agreement was reached during
President Yoweri Museveni's three-day visit to Iran, where
he held talk with his counterpart, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, and addressed the Iranian Chamber of Commerce,
Industries and Mines.
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Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Provide
Material Support To Al Qaeda |
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Department of Justice Press Release
WASHINGTON May 20, 2009—Mohammed Abdullah
Warsame, a 35-year-old resident of Minneapolis, has pleaded
guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material
support and resources to al Qaeda, David Kris, Assistant
Attorney General for National Security, and U.S. Attorney
Frank J. Magill Jr. of the District of Minnesota, announced
today.
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Terrorist Infighting In Mogadishu |
Muktar Robow Abu
Mansur (L), former
spokesman for the al
Shabaab hardliners,
talks to his successor
Ali Mohamoud Rage as
they address journalists
in the Somalia capital
Mogadishu May 21, 2009.
Mogadishu, Somalia, May
23, 2009 (SL Times) –
Reports coming from
Mogadishu indicate that
despite the advances
made by al-Qaeda linked
al-Shabab organization
in south-central
Somalia, it is suffering
from two serious sets of
problems:
- Problems between al-Shabab
and other radical
Islamists
- Problems within al-Shabab's
leadership
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Somaliland Celebrates Independence |
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Thousands of
Somalilanders gathered at Independence Park in Hargeysa
to celebrate Somaliland Independence Day |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 23, 2009 (SL Times) –
Somalilanders celebrated Independence Day throughout the
country and around the world. The biggest gathering took
place at Freedom Park, in Somaliland’s capital, Hargeysa.
Thousands of people gathered at the park with Somaliland’s
flags everywhere.
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Terrorists Arrested In Buroa |
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Buroa, Somaliland, May 23, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland’s
police arrested three men suspected of terrorism. According
to reports from Buroa, the three men were being monitored by
Somaliland’s security for a few days prior to their arrest.
The suspects were apprehended in the outskirts of Buroa, and
are now being held along with their two Landcruiser vehicles
by Somaliland’s security in Buroa.
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A Mass
grave recently found in Southwest of Hargeysa |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 23, 2009 (SL Times) – Rains that fell
in Hargeysa’s Boqol Jire, Malko Durdure neighborhood on May 15th
revealed the bones and skulls of 10 humans. The victims included
both civilians and military personnel who were apparently killed
by Siyad Barre’s military regime in 1988 when SNM guerrillas
entered Somaliland’s cities from their bases across the border
in Ethiopia.
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WFP Ship carrying food for
Ethiopia docked in Berbera port
Berbera, Somaliland, May 23, 2009 (SL Times) – A World Food
Program ship carrying 23,900 metric tons of food for Ethiopia,
docked in Berbera earlier this week. As reported by Haatuf
correspondent in Berbera, Mr. Ahmed Adan Dheere, the ship was
escorted by NATO naval forces until a distance of 1 km away from
the Berbera port.
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Doctors Conference In Hargeysa |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 23, 2009
(SL Times) – The third conference of Somaliland's Medical
Association opened on May 14 in Hargeysa.
The conference was attended by members of the medical
association, the minister of health, the minister of planning
and other distinguished guests.
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Upper House Committee Visits The Injured Of Ceelbardaale
Conflict |
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Ceelbardaale, Somaliland, May 23, 2009 (SL Times) – The Upper
House committee mediating the conflict between the two subclans
that fought in Ceelbardaale, visited in Dilla and Gebilay the
people who were injured in past confrontations.
According to Ramaas News, the secretary of the committee, Mr.
Abdinasir Adan Beegsi said that they visited those injured in
order to evaluate their condition, and that during the visit,
the committee was accompanied by learned men from both sides.
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USACC Somaliland Recognition |
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Washington, DC. May 23, 2009 – U.S. African Chamber of Commerce
said U.S. African Subcommittee Somali Stabilization Must
Included the Recognition of Somaliland. This will bring
Democracy in the Region, Economic for the Somali People and Most
Importantly a Political Stability to the Horn of African.
Washington, a US Senate panel held a hearing Wednesday on
developing a coordinated and sustainable strategy toward
Somalia. The Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs
took testimony on "the new offensive launched by militant
extremists."
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Home Secretary Was Warned Of MI5's 'Blackmailing Of Muslims' |
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Mohamed Aden, Aydarus Elmi and Mahdi Hashi fear they are under
MI5 surveillance
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By Robert Verkaik, Home Affairs Editor
London, May 22, 2009 – The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, was
warned nine months ago about MI5's alleged campaign of blackmail
and intimidation against a group of young Muslim men, The
Independent has learnt. Veteran Labor MP Frank Dobson wrote to
Ms Smith in September about concerns raised by a north London
community leader who claimed six youth workers had endured an
18-month campaign of threats and coercion in an attempt to
recruit them as informants on their friends and neighbors.
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Undercover Operation 'Foiled Bronx
Bomb Plot' |
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Onta
Williams and David Williams are accused of planning to wage
jihad against the United States
By
David Usborne, US Editor, in New York
New York, May 22, 2009 – The authorities said yesterday they had
foiled a plan to wage jihad, or "holy war", against the United
States by detonating bombs outside a pair of synagogues in New
York and using a stinger missile to shoot down National Guard
aircraft at a base in Newburgh about 60 miles north of the
city..
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Barack Obama delivers an
address on national security, terrorism and the closing of
Guantanamo Bay at the National Archives in Washington yesterday
Washington, May 23, 2009 – A grave but determined Barack Obama
yesterday staunchly defended his orders to close down America's
controversial prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and to ban
interrogation techniques permitted by the Bush administration,
such as waterboarding.
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Pretoria, May 22, 2009 – South African President Jacob Zuma,
today, Friday 22 May 2009 conveyed South Africa's
congratulations to His Excellency, President Bingu Wa
Mutharika, on his re-election as the President of the
Republic of Malawi.
In his message of support, President Zuma said “Your
Excellency, Please accept the warm congratulations of the
government and the people of our country, South Africa, as
well as on my own behalf on your re-election as the
President of the Republic of Malawi".
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Laos Probes How Jailed Brit Became
Pregnant |
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This undated
image made available in London, Saturday May 2, 2009, by British
legal action charity 'Reprieve' shows Samantha Orobator. (AP
Photo/Reprieve, Ho) |
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Laos, May 22, 2009 – Lao authorities are investigating how a
20-year-old British woman accused of heroin smuggling became
pregnant in prison, a challenge because the woman has refused to
reveal the identity of the father, a government-run newspaper
said today.
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Barely supported by the West,
Somalia’s new government may buckle under the latest
wave of jihadist assaults
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Nairobi, May 23, 2009 – WHEN Osama bin Laden issued a rambling
audio recording of his views on Somalia earlier this year, the
new authorities in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, laughed
hard. Mr. bin Laden’s thinking on this utterly failed state in
the Horn of Africa seemed out-of-touch, even patronizing. Yet
only a few months after Somalia’s latest “transitional”
government was set up amid a rare burst of albeit cautious
optimism, Somali radicals linked to al-Qaeda are gaining
strength, while moderate Islamists, such as the country’s new
president, Sharif Ahmed, are losing ground.
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The republic of Somaliland hopes to become
Africa's newest state, wooing international support with
state-of-the-art elections. But it faces the corruption,
injustice and tensions endemic to the region.
By
Edmund Sanders
Reporting from Hargeysa, Somaliland May 15, 2009-- When it came
time to register voters for a presidential election in
Somaliland, this dirt-poor breakaway republic picked the most
expensive fingerprint-identification technology available to
prevent fraud.
Then it seemed everyone did their best to undermine it..
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'Work for us or we will say you are a
terrorist'
Mohamed
Aden, 25, who was approached by a fake postman
London, May 21, 2009 – Five Muslim community workers have
accused MI5 of waging a campaign of blackmail and harassment
in an attempt to recruit them as informants.
The men claim they were given a choice of working for the
Security Service or face detention and harassment in the UK
and overseas.
They have made official complaints to the police, to the
body which oversees the work of the Security Service and to
their local MP Frank Dobson. Now they have decided to speak
publicly about their experiences in the hope that publicity
will stop similar tactics being used in the future..
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The Somaliland Independent Scholars Group
Implementing
The Mediation Committee’s Recommendations |
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(16.05.2009, Hargeisa,
Somaliland)
I. Introduction
On 10th of May 2009, a group of 12 Somaliland scholars met
at Ambassador Hotel to discuss the implementation of the
Mediation Committee’s Recommendations released on 29th
April, 2009. The meeting was moderated by Dr. Mohamed Fadal,
Director of (SORADI). The participants of the meeting were
all long-term participants of Somaliland rebuilding and
democratization process, who are considered to be highly
competent to provide an objective analysis and strategy to
implement the above recommendations as useful framework for
cooperation among all stakeholders of the Somaliland
Presidential Election.
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The Battle For Mogadishu -
Round One [Analysis] |
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Dr. Michael
A. Weinstein
May 18, 2009 -- -- After more than a week of intense
fighting between forces loyal to Somalia's Transitional
Federal Government (T.F.G.) and its armed opposition in the
country's capital Mogadishu, it has become abundantly clear
that Somalia's southern and central regions are locked in
the grip of a cycle of civil conflict that began in
mid-winter.
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KINGSTONE: 'I Was Robbed By
The Pirates'
Middle man in ransom talks is shorted |
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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY
IMAGES French soldiers guard suspected Somali pirates as
they arrive at the French warship Le Nivose on Sunday, as
part of the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission.
By Heidi Kingstone | Friday, May 22, 2009
The shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden are like highways
with bumper-to-bumper traffic piling up, making them easy
targets for the growing crop of pirates who terrorize these
waters off the Somali coast. There have been reports
recently that pirates employ sophisticated networks of
criminal gangs located in London and other Western centers
to target vessels in the area.
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Feingold And Payne’s Foolish Ideas |
Somalia has a history with the United States, and that history,
to put it mildly, is very unpleasant. Mention the name Somalia
and Americans think of warlords, famine, and the body of dead
American soldiers being dragged in the streets of Mogadishu. The
Black Hawk Down syndrome. These days that sterling image is
being augmented by that of piracy and terrorism. No wonder that
most American officials don’t want to touch Somalia with a
ten-foot pole.
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War in
Somalia: Protecting Somaliland's Peace Should Be a Priority |
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Nicole Stremlau
Program
in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford
Posted:
May 15, 2009 04:47 PM
The war
in Somalia has entered a
new phase. Even by Mogadishu's standards, in recent days the
fighting has been intense. More than 100 people have been killed.
The al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab and the Transitional Federal
Government (TFG), supported by the international community, are
engaged in a violent power struggle.
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Comments
A reply to Nicole
Nicole, your analysis is right on the money. Somalia as a sovereign
country has ceased to exist two decades ago. But the international
community keeps trying to revive it. Their approach has been to set
up one government after another in neighboring countries and call
them Somalia's government. That has not worked and is unlikely to
work. The fact is what used to be called Somalia is now divided into
three entities: south-central Somalia which is controlled by
religious extremists, the Northeast (Puntland) which is a base for
piracy, and Somaliland Republic (the Northwest). Out of these three
territories, Somaliland is the only one that is peaceful, democratic
and has a chance to succeed as a polity but the international
community has not recognized it because, check this out, they don't
want to destabilize Somalia. That does not make sense. How can
anyone destabilize Somalia? It is a lame excuse.
The media coverage has not been helpful either. They keep repeating
talking points from UN bureaucrats and state department officials
without asking the tough questions. For example: why is the US
government supporting a Somalia government that controls only a
couple of blocks out of the whole country? Why is Somaliland not
being recognized even though it is a stable and promising democracy?
Thanks for raising these questions.
J. Gabobe, Seattle |
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Somalia: When NSUM’s “Mission Report” Fails “The” Mission
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Dalmar Kaahin
Titles: “Mission Report” and “Special Report” often
decorated on wardheernews.com (or warandheernews.com) as
news articles supposed to be fair, authentic and informative
to convey their message. But what happens when the message
is lost within itself? What happens when the author
scribbles 3000 words on WordPad—an impressive guide for how
to write self-defeating scathing rants?.
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Who Is Arming The Somali Radicals In Somalia? |
Dr.
Shacabi
The UN Security Council sounded a warning Friday over
reports that Eritrea has supplied weapons to the rebel
forces that attempted last week to overthrow the
transitional government in Somalia. Following a closed-door
discussion of the situation in Somalia, the Security Council
voiced concern that “Eritrea has supplied arms to those
opposed to the transitional federal government of Somalia,
in breach of the UN arms embargo.”
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Wasted Votes |
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Liban Obsiye, Bristol, UK
It is a relief to know that the international community from
whom Somaliland desperately seeks recognition is keen on the
upcoming elections. I am sure that if the five point
agreement between Rayale and the two main opposition party’s
is implemented swiftly enough, that the members of the
international community, especially Great Britain, will be
more than eager to assist in setting up the logistics,
including the independent international monitors required to
carry out and legitimize the voting process. However, I
wonder where this sudden urgency and new found determination
among the international community that a free and fair
election should take place came from? Do members of the
international community actually believe that any change
will accompany the elections whenever they may be? Or is the
election in Somaliland another mediation success they can
boast about at home? I do not know the answers to these but
I know this much: there is very little to celebrate about
the up coming election in Somaliland because like all the
other elections before it, it will lead to absolutely no
change.
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Somaliland Still Going Strong |
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By
Mohamed Khawi
Arguably, the controversial SNM Jihadist victory declared at
the failure of the Somali State in 1991, would have wreaked
chaotic havoc in Somaliland along Clan lines, had it not
been for the timely rescue of President Mohamed Ibrahim
Egal.
His election in Borama, by broad-based tribal consensus was
a grateful recognition of his status as the founding father
of independent Somaliland and the champion of the eventual
union with Somalia in 1960. More importantly it presented a
unique opportunity of containing the myopic excesses of
ethnic-phobia, blatantly embraced by the SNM faction. Sooner
than later president Egal crafted a state-like Housekeeping
Administration, complete with its structural institutions
and an Adhoc constitution.
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The Importance Of Education For Our Youth |
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By Kassim
Wais
As-Salāmu `Alaykum. Ladies and Gentlemen. Bonjour Madams et
Monsieur. My name is Kassim Wais and I am third year student
at York University studying Economics and International
Relations. Let me express my deepest gratitude in talking
about this wonderful celebration. To have the chance to
share my thoughts with you is a particular honour for me. We
are all here to celebrate the achievements of our
independence. The Somali National Movement (SNM) with their
heroic actions led the struggle for our freedom by
liberating the towns and cities throughout Somaliland and
against all odds defeated the third largest army in Africa
at the time, the Somali National Army (SNA).
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Why Egypt Always Gets Her Way? |
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The UN Security Council sounded a warning Friday over
reports that Eritrea has supplied weapons to the rebel
forces that attempted last week to overthrow the
transitional government in Somalia. Following a closed-door
discussion of the situation in Somalia, the Security Council
voiced concern that "Eritrea has supplied arms to those
opposed to the transitional federal government of Somalia,
in breach of the UN arms embargo."
The Security Council asked a monitoring group to
investigate, and said it continues to support the
transitional government in Mogadishu, which survived attacks
by AL-Shabab fighters. The UN reported earlier this week
that foreign fighters were among the rebel forces trying to
topple the government. The Security Council gave support to
the political process being conducted by the transitional
government to rally all parties in the war-torn country. The
council had received information from security experts and
diplomats that Eritrea has continued to arm AL-Shabab
fighters. The government in Asmara has rejected the
allegations.
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Al-Barakaat: The Little Charity That Could Have Saved
Somalia |
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Allison Kilkenny, radio
host, writer, allisonkilkenny.com
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Most Americans only hear about Somalia if the country's name
precedes "is a failed state," or "is a hotbed of pirate
activity." But what many Americans don't know is that the US
worked to undermine a Somalian charity that stepped in to
provide aid to the chaotic state.
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Based in
Denmark, the Clipper Group has a fleet of more than
100 ships. |
All Things Considered,
May 22, 2009 ·
They dropped the money
for the pirates from a helicopter on a Friday morning.
Shipping executive Per Gullestrup's crew was released and
headed home. The pirates, in the Gulf of Aden, headed off.
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AC Interviewed Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi |
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Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi |
Saturday,
May 16, 2009 – Africa Confidential: You’ve
gone on record as saying that an effect of the financial
downturn could be increased political unrest in Africa. That
was three months ago. Is that point of view still valid and
are there particular areas that you are more concerned
about?
Meles Zenawi:
Well, soon after I said that,
in the context of preparation for the G-20 summit, I got in
touch with a number of African leaders and my worst fears
were confirmed.
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Tue, 19 May 2009 – The residents of Berbera, a Somaliland
port in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, call 62-year-old
Jurgen Kantner "the mad German sailor".
On June 23 last year, Kantner and his wife Sabine Merz were
steering their modest sailing yacht through Somali waters
when armed pirates captured them and brought them ashore to
a mountain hideout. .
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Date: 21 May
2009
Drought and conflict have left more than three million
people dependent on aid in Somalia. A senior policy advisor
for Oxfam America calls it the worst humanitarian crisis in
the world.
On May 20, 2009, Shannon Scribner, senior policy advisor for
Oxfam America, presented the following testimony on the
humanitarian situation in Somalia to the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs.
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Indonesia – Qatar: Deals On The Horizon |
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Dr. Terry Lacey
Development Economist
Following meetings between the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad
bin Khalifa al-Thani, and Indonesian President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), supported by Ministers and private
sector representatives, ongoing and proposed business deals
in LNG gas, telecoms, the aircraft industry and investments
in trade, energy, agriculture, transport, infrastructure and
tourism, point to expansion of Indonesia-Qatar business
links.
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