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Jean-Jacques Cornish
Washington, August 8, 2009 – The United States said on
Friday it would double its flow of arms to Somalia after
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saw Somali President
Sharif Sheik Ahmed in Nairobi and warned neighboring Eritrea
to stop backing the insurgency against him.
Clinton’s meeting was the highest level encounter yet
between the two countries.
She called Sharif the best hope of preventing the Horn of
Africa from becoming a new global hub for Islamic extremism.
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Distress: friends and supporters of the accused
terrorist suspects make their way to court. Picture:
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Patrick Carlyon
Melbourne, August 08, 2009 – MANY Muslim women and children,
fearing reprisals after this week's alleged terrorist plot
was revealed, are said to be too scared to leave their
Melbourne homes.
As Somali leaders expressed fears of community anger,
reports emerged of women wearing hijabs being abused and
threatened on Melbourne streets.
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NAIROBI, August 8, 2009 – Somali President Sheikh Sharif
Ahmed asked for more international help on Friday to battle
hardline insurgents after holding what he called an historic
meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Clinton pledged strong support for Ahmed's fragile
administration following talks with him in Nairobi on
Thursday, and she warned that Washington would take action
against Eritrea if it did not stop supporting Somalia's
rebels.
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NAIROBI,
Kenya, August 8, 2009 – Eritrea brushed off a U.S threat of
sanctions Friday and said Washington is exacerbating the
conflict in neighboring Somalia by providing the country's
government with tons of weapons and training.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday
accused Eritrea, a tiny nation on the Red Sea, of aiding a
Somali extremist group she says is trying to launch
worldwide terrorist attacks from Somalia.
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Islamist Al-Shabaab
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By Koert Lindijer
Nairobi, August 8, 2009 – The name Al-Shabaab (Arabic for
'the youth') has sprung up suddenly in various places around
the world over the past weeks, from the Netherlands to
Australia, and from the US to Indonesia.
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U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Somalia's President
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during their meeting at the U.S.
embassy in Kenya's capital Nairobi, August 6, 2009 |
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Nairobi, Kenya, August 08, 2009 – FOR the top US diplomat,
handshakes are usually a mere formality but when it comes to
meeting Somalia's leader, it certainly seemed meaningful.
After widespread speculation, Somalia's Islamist but pro-US
President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Thursday accepted US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's hand in front of the
cameras.
Mrs Clinton appeared to initiate the contact, giving him a
robust handshake as she left the podium at a joint news
conference at the US embassy in neighboring Kenya.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 8, 2009 – MP Dr. Ahmed Abdi
Kinjande has delivered Tuesday during a parliamentary debate
an uncharacteristically stinging attack on the National
Electoral Commission (NEC) of Somaliland over its recent
decision to abandon the voter registration list, which he
described as tantamount to “high treason”.
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Mogadishu, August 8, 2009 – The police
chief of Somalia's breakaway region of Puntland killed
himself at his home in the region's capital Garowe, police
and officials said on Thursday.
Muse Ahmed Jama shot himself after returning from work on
Wednesday. His relatives said he had been unwell.
"He had several bodyguards with him when he died and they
told us that he shot himself inside his living room moments
after returning from work," police commander Mohamed
Abdillahi told AFP.
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African Police To Mentor Somalian Officers |
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FREETOWN,
Sierra Leone, August 8, 2009 – The African Union said
Thursday it would send a police team to Somalia to mentor
officers in the insurgency-hit country.
AU Deputy Police Commissioner Oliver Somassa said the force
represented a "first step in restoring the rule of law" and
would be deployed before the end of the year.
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Somali Extremists Deny Link To Alleged Terror Plot |
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One of the suspects is
accused of having trained with the Shabaab
MOGADISHU, Somalia, August 8, 2009 — A powerful insurgent
group in Somalia on Thursday denied having any links to an
alleged plot to shoot up an Australian military base.
A spokesman for al-Shabab, Sheik Ali Mohamed Rage, said "we
have nothing to do with them."
Last week, police detained five Australian citizens with
Somali and Lebanese origins in raids on 19 houses in the
southern city of Melbourne.
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U.S. Views Possible War On Terror Changes |
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2009
(UPI) -- The United States is considering a possible change
in its battle against terrorism that goes beyond bombs and
bullets, a senior adviser to the president says.
The government needs to replace the "war on terror" with a
policy that includes "a more sustained use of economic,
diplomatic and cultural levers to diminish Islamist
radicalization," John Brennan, senior counterterrorism
adviser, told the Washington Post.
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Somali Students Plan For Malaysia |
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Melbourne, August 8, 2009 – AUSTRALIA is
considering offering Somali students scholarships in
Malaysia - rather than inviting them to study here - to
increase the chances that they will return home rather than
resettle in Australia.
A senior government MP has written to Foreign Minister
Stephen Smith with the proposal, after the Somali ambassador
to Indonesia raised the idea on his recent visit to
Australia.
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UN Warns It Lacks Access To 500,000 Hungry Somalis |
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Orphaned and
vulnerable children are suffering the most in the ongoing
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Nairobi, August 8, 2009– Lack of access
has prevented the United Nations from delivering food to
500,000 of its planned 3.3 million beneficiaries in Somalia
over the past month, principally in Mogadishu and the south
of the battle-scarred country.
At the same time, the UN World Food
Programme (WFP)
will face critical shortfalls as of October and urgently
requires 209,000 metric tons of food worth $208 million to
cover the current aid pipeline until the end of March 2010,
the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
reported on Friday.
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Ottawa Presses Ethiopia Over Makhtal |
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Somali-Canadian's 'terrorism' trial widely criticized by
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Ottawa, Canada, August 8, 2009 – The Canadian government
summoned an Ethiopian diplomat to a meeting in Ottawa to
press for the release of Bashir Makhtal, the Canadian
citizen now under a life sentence.
What is more, Transport Minister John Baird, playing a key
role in the government's efforts after he was lobbied by his
riding's Somali community, is planning to discuss Mr.
Makhtal's case by telephone today with Mr. Makhtal's cousin,
Said Maktal.
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The Methodical Jailings And Spurious Charges Against
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Recently on a cold morning walking in
university of Pretoria’s campus to attend a public interest
lecture about human rights violation with reference to
Charles Taylor who is currently facing charges of genocide
and several other charges, I found myself shedding tears at
many lives lost in Africa an elsewhere in the world.
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Condolences From SIRAG For Muj. Ali Marshal |
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Inaa Lilaah Wa Inaa Ilayhi Raajicuun. May Allah Almighty (swt)
shower His Mercy on Muj. Ali Marshal and open the gates of
Janatal Fardawsa for him, amen.
SIRAG send their heartfelt condolences and prayers to the
family, relatives, friends, colleagues, Somaliland Diaspora,
SNM Veterans, Kulmiye Party and Somaliland nation in
general.
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Sympathy Letter To Fallen Hero Ali Gulaid’s Family And
Somalilanders At Large |
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I
was deeply saddened to hear of comrade Ali Marthal’s sudden
death and I would like to express my very sincere sympathy
to the family and all Somalilanders on behalf of Community
of Somaliland in Southern Africa.
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Somaliland Mourns The Death Of Ali Muhammad Guleed |
Thousand of
Somalilanders gathered
in burial ceremony for
the late Ali Marshal
at Boqol-Jire Cemetery
in Hargeysa
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
August 8, 2009 (SL
Times) – Ali Muhammad
Guleed (Ali Marshal) was
buried on Friday.
Thousands of people
participated in the
burial ceremony. Family
members flew from abroad
to say farewell to their
beloved. Somaliland and
Somalilanders everywhere
are grieving for the
loss of one of their
illustrious sons.
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Tensions Rising In Somaliland Ahead Of Vote |
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By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2009 – Escalating tensions ahead of a
presidential vote in Somaliland are raising fears that a
prolonged political crisis may give the al-Qaida-linked Somali
militant group, al-Shabaab, the opportunity to spread its
extremist ideology.
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Bridge Runs Out Of Funds Before Completion |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 8, 2009 (SL Times) – The
President of the Committee for the Reconstruction of
Hargeysa Bridge, Mr. Adan Ahmed Diriye appealed to the
people and government of Somaliland to contribute to
finishing the construction of Hargeysa’s second bridge. Mr.
Adan Ahmed Diriye issued his call to Somalilanders in a
press conference that he held in the Sha’ab area where the
bridge is located. He also revealed that the Committee for
the reconstruction of Hargeysa Bridge had received a total
of $944,377,069.
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Maki Haji Banadir Praises Somaliland, Warns Against Inflation |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 8,
2009 (SL Times) – Somali singer Maki Haji Banadir came to
Hargeysa earlier in July. Haatuf newspaper did a two-part
interview with him. Maki Haji Banadir congratulated
Somaliland’s people and government for the peace and
progress that they have made. He said he is happy to be back
in Hargeysa after twenty three years, and that he has family
members in Hargeysa, including a sister.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 8, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland’s
ruling party, UDUB, kicked off its election campaign on Tuesday
(Aug.4th). UBUB supporters led by Vice president Ahmed Yusuf
Yasin and several party officials and government ministers
gathered at Freedom Park in Hargeysa. Speaker after speaker
repeated the correctness of the decision to hold the
presidential election without voter registration. They blamed
the opposition for being obstructionist and standing in the way
of the election.
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Las Anod/Buhoodle, Somaliland, August 8, 2009 (SL Times) –
Students of Buhoodle and Sool are getting ready for the
2009-2010 academic year.
According to Afnugaal News Desk/Source: Allhawd.com, Budhoodle
and Sool students of grade 8 & form four did not start the
academic year since their exams were not corrected yet. Most of
of the exams will be corrected by high school teachers from
Buhoodle and Sool, but some of the exams will be corrected by
teachers from other Somaliland regions.
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Former Somaliland Resistance Fighter: Arm Us, To Beat Islamists |
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By David Axe
Washington is worried about Somalia. After 18 years of civil
war, a insurgent group loosely aligned with Al Qaeda has
threatened to conquer the country. In a March audio recording,
Osama Bin Laden encouraged the hardline group Al Shabaab
to overthrow Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the leader of the U.S.-
and U.N.-backed “transitional government.” This summer, Al
Shabaab surrounded the government’s Mogadishu headquarters,
forcing African Union peacekeepers (pictured) to deploy tanks to
help repel the attackers. And in July, the Obama Administration
sent the defenders
millions of dollars worth of small arms and ammunition, with
more promised.
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US
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 8, 2009 – The leaders of the two
main Somaliland opposition political parties, Ahmed Mohamed
Mohamoud Sillanyo of KULMIYE and Faisal Ali Warabe of UCID met
with state department officials and members of US congress
including Donald Payne, chairman of House Subcommittee on
African Affairs and Global Health.
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Clinton Offers Assurances To Somalis |
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with the
president of Somalia's transitional government, Sheikh
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, during a news conference on
Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya |
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GETTLEMAN
NAIROBI, Kenya,
August 8, 2009 — Somalia’s
beleaguered transitional government received desperately needed
support on Thursday as Secretary of State Hillary praised its
president as “the best hope we’ve had for some time,” then
strongly warned Eritrea to stop supporting insurgents in the
country.
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Pakistani Taliban Leader Likely Killed By U.S. Drone Attack |
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 8, 2009 – Pakistani Taliban leader
Baitullah Mehsud likely has been killed in a U.S. drone attack,
a top Pakistani official said Friday.
"The information I have is that Mehsud has been killed, but we
are doing ground verification for 100 percent confirmation,"
said Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan's foreign minister.
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US 'Partner, Not Patron' Of
Africa, Says Clinton |
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) is
welcomed by Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula |
Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2009 – US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton has begun her tour of seven African
nations by stressing Washington's desire to become a 'partner'
of Africa.
Clinton arrived in Kenya on the first leg of her tour on
Wednesday, launching a surprise video message by US President
Barack Obama, addressing the continent.
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Paris, France, August 8, 2009 – US secretary
of state Hillary Clinton should stress the need to respect press
freedom during her talks with government officials on the
seven-nation African tour she has just begun in Kenya, Reporters
Without Borders said on Thursday.
“We welcome the US secretary of state’s decision to accord
Africa a tour of this length,” Reporters Without Borders said.
“We share her interest in combating corruption and we would like
to stress that this requires defending press freedom. A
journalist who exposes kickbacks, fraud or embezzlement in
Africa is immediately harassed, arrested or even jailed.”
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At a time when real estate
projects are being cancelled right and left in the Gulf, Qatar is pushing ahead
with the construction of a new city.
By Adam Gonn
Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2009 – Covering an area larger than Beirut and with
almost half a million people – two ways that the Qatari developer is describing
Lusail - a brand new city is being constructed in the northern part of the Gulf
nation.
On completion, the Lusail development project will cover almost 6,800 acres
(compared to 5,000 for the Lebanese capital Beirut). It will cater to 455,000
people – including 200,000 permanent residents, 165,000 people working in
different parts of the city and an additional 90,000 visitors for various
recreational purposes.
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Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, August 8, 2009 – A project to create a Pan-African Media Observatory (PAMO),
sponsored by the European Union in cooperation with the African Union, has been
rejected by numerous African journalist organizations.
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Clinton Urges
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Pretoria, South
Africa, August 8, 2009 – Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
has urged South Africa to take the leadership role in resolving issues in
various countries of the continent, including neighboring Zimbabwe, where she
wanted Pretoria to press for political and economic reforms.
She made the demand during talks Friday with her South African counterpart,
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, in the capital city of Pretoria.
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In this May 14, 2009 photo provided by
the Independent Diplomat, Independent Diplomat member
Soren Jessen-Petersen, right, is seen meeting with
members of the National Coalition Government of the
Union of Burma. Independent Diplomat, a non-profit group
of former diplomats from various nationalities, offer
their services to such nations-in-waiting and provide
assistance in dealing with difficult matters. (AP
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SLOBODAN LEKIC
BRUSSELS, August 8, 2009 -- Northern Cyprus, Western Sahara and
Somaliland may not have much in common, but they share the same
predicament: all are unrecognized states striving to capture
international attention.
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There was a time in the 1960s and 1970s when Somali clans across East
Africa imagined a "pan-Somalia" encompassing former British,
Italian and French colonies, in addition to portions of eastern
Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The former British and Italian
colonies -- Somaliland in the north, and the southern U.N. Trust
Territory of Somalia, respectively -- had taken a tentative
first step towards realizing this greater Somali state, when
they merged in 1960 to form the Republic of Somalia.
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In an ideological contest
between radicals, populists and moderates, speaking out
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CAIRO, August 8, 2009 –
WHICH trend will prevail among the world’s 1.4 billion
Muslims—violent confrontation or peaceful coexistence? Will
Islam aspire to political power, or will more mystical or
pietistic versions of the religion win out? People whose job
is to wrestle with those questions, be they theologians or
strategists, always keep a close eye on Egypt: the home of
Sunni Islam’s greatest university, al-Azhar, and the country
where political Islam, in many different forms, was
incubated.
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Obama's Battle Against
Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs And Bullets |
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Spencer S. Hsu and Joby Warrick
Washington, August 8, 2009 – The U.S. government must
fundamentally redefine the struggle against terrorism,
replacing the "war on terror" with a campaign combining all
facets of national power to defeat the enemy, John O.
Brennan, President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser,
said Wednesday.
Previewing what aides said will be the administration's most
comprehensive statement to date on its long-term strategy to
defeat al-Qaeda and other violent extremists worldwide,
Brennan said in an interview that the United States will
maintain "unrelenting" pressure on terrorist havens,
including those near the Afghan-Pakistani border, in Yemen
and in Somalia.
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Somalis
Fearing Arrests Backlash |
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Police claim that members of the alleged Melbourne terror
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CANBERRA,
August 8, 2009 – Police are working with Melbourne's Somali
leaders as anger and frustration grow in the wake of the
arrest of five men alleged to have been plotting a suicide
attack on a Sydney Army base.
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Eritrea Wants Peaceful
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NAIROBI, August 8, 2009 – Eritrea wants a peaceful and
united Somalia and believes now is the best time in nearly
two decades to foster genuine political dialogue involving
all in the Horn of African nation, Eritrea's information
minister said.
Washington's new top diplomat for Africa has been seeking to
engage with Eritrea, and met the country's foreign minister
in Libya last month, but has also blamed Asmara for fuelling
conflict that has plagued Somalia since 1992.
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Irish Tiger Lost In
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Dr. Terry Lacey
Development Economist
For thousands of years the Nama people of Southern Africa
maintained a nomadic pastoral way of life, tending their
flocks of goats and sheep, gathering firewood, and
collecting wild honey. It is rumored the mythical Irish
tiger, along with the Irish people, might now be lost in
Namaland.
The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is being created
by the Irish government to finance bankrupt bankers and
builders.
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Interpeace & Somaliland’s
Presidential Election |
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Ahmed M.I. Egal
Introduction
There has been a lot of statements, press releases,
commentary by all and sundry on the repercussions of the
expulsion of the Interpeace representative from Somaliland
and the implications of this action on the Presidential
elections scheduled for 27th September this year. Clearly
this is watershed, or defining moment (to use President
Obama’s favorite term) for Somaliland’s successful
experiment in developing, establishing and maintaining an
indigenous, representative democracy in Africa. .
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The Best Way To Hold Free And
Fair Election In Somaliland Is To Employ The Obtained Result
Cards |
By Abdi
Ahmed Digale (Digale)
Since the establishment of its own independent state, on 18
may 1991 Somaliland was growing forward in terms of
education, economy, diplomacy , military and all the other
fields concern social aspects. Thus Somaliland does not
accept what deviates from stepping to the positive
direction, therefore to rescue and save the growing
civilization of Somaliland is to conduct free and fair
elections with the help of the available cards.
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Is Somaliland Suddenly Sliding
Into An Abyss? |
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By Ahmed
Nur Amin
This young country has seen difficult times in the past but
there is nothing like the arcane situation that it suddenly
found itself in the weeks leading up to the elections. With
the presidential elections already delayed twice and so much
at stake with regards to the stability and the international
stance of this country, we are suddenly sliding down to an
abyss and the options are running out.
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A Small Victory For The Somali
People! |
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Abdillahi Dool
On 1 August 2009, the Transitional Parliament has thrown out
the ‘maritime misunderstanding’ between the TUG and the
Kibaki Government in Kenya. Out of 347 Members of Parliament
who were sitting at the time ¬¬¬334 have rejected the
‘misunderstanding.’ This is an astounding victory for the
Somali people. It is also a victory for President Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed and the Speaker Aden Mohamed Nur. However,
there is the making of new heroes. Our Parliamentarians who
voted on their feet to flush ‘the misunderstanding’ out are
without doubt heroes.
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New Technology Undermines
Somaliland Election |
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Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
The people and Government of Somaliland spend time, energy
and money to the biometric voter registration to have free
and fair election. The process continued for two years
across Somaliland from Sool to Awdal regions. The world
witnessed millions of Somalilanders in long queues for hours
under blazing sun to redefine their identity as
Somalilanders, after premature unity with Italian Somalia on
1st July 1960. The women and youth played very important
role in voter registration process. Thousands of
Somalilanders volunteered in helping the government to
complete the registration.
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Somaliland –
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Eng. Mohamoud Aden
In the last two weeks, the News headline of Somali media has
said a lot about Somaliland and forth coming presidential
elections procedural disagreements. I believe that there is
fundamental need to make the ends meet.
I am not a politician but as Somaliland scholar my instincts
urged me to intervene the situation from reconciliatory
perspective. I opted to express my personal views on the
basis of democracy and political maturity, which seems to me
inseparable in democratic systems and functions.
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Somaliland: Riyale, Interpeace And The Server |
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By M.A. Jama
Over the past year and specially the last six months much
has been said about the Server and right now it has taken a
life of its own. When one reads the Somaliland media or
hears what the government officials and/or the election
committee say about the Server, like “ Server-kii baa
natiijada soo sari waayey”, you ask, is the Server a living
thing? However we all know the server consists of some
hardware and software and both are created by man.
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Canada:
Somali-Born Travelers Pay A Price
Kenyan airport official threatened
Toronto man with jail. After handing over $50, he boarded
flight |
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Former Somali track star and Toronto restaurateur
Hussein Adani had trouble with police in a Kenyan
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John Goddard
Toronto, August 8, 2009 – Seeing a woman desperately
stranded in Kenya calls to mind other horror stories for
Toronto Somali-born travelers.
"Many people have a very bad problem there," says Hussein
Adani, a former Somali track star and owner of New Bilan
restaurant on Dundas St. E.
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Desperate Water Shortage In
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worst-affected areas include the main Saraar plains between
Sanaag and Togdheer and Ba’ade, between Sool and Sanaag |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 8, 2009 – The republic of
Somaliland has been gripped by a drought that has left
thousands of families and their livestock in desperate need
of water, officials say.
"The first thing people ask you is for water, because both
the people and their animals [are] seriously weak and cannot
reach water wells in the remote areas," Said Ahmed Du’alle
Bullale, MP for Saraar region, told IRIN on 2 August.
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Kenya and its neighbors in East Africa including
Somaliland have not experienced any democratic advances
in the last 3 years |
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By Lawrence Gist
Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing troubling setbacks in
freedom—after a generation of notable gains—presenting
Hillary Clinton with a formidable challenge as she prepares
for her first trip to the continent as U.S. Secretary of
State.
Clinton is expected to arrive today in Kenya, one of seven
countries she will visit during her 11-day trip. One of her
goals is to "support strong and sustainable democratic
governments" at a time when a number of African countries
are struggling or failing to consolidate hard-won political
freedoms.
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White House Aides Talk On
Economy, Terrorism |
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By Foon
Rhee
The White House dispatched top aides today to give detailed
speeches to key audiences on two major issues -- the
economic stimulus package and homeland security.
Christina Romer, chairwoman of Council of Economic Advisers,
spoke this morning to the Economic Club of Washington, where
she added her voice to defending the $787 billion recovery
package and to pointing to signs of an economic turnaround.
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By Barry
Malone
ADDIS ABABA, August 8, 2009 – An Ethiopian court jailed a
Canadian for life on Monday after he was convicted of
membership of a rebel group fighting for independence for an
ethnically Somali part of the country.
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Toxic Or Nuclear?
Poor
Paying for Waste Dumping off Africa |
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Habiba Alin rests her head on a second hand pillow tucked
over the makeshift she has called bed for the last seven
months |
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David Njagi
Freelance Journalist - Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2009 – Habiba Alin lies crouched
on a neatly spread bed rest on the floor adorned with
colorful Somali outfits. Inside a dome shaped thatched hut
at Bulajogo village in Wajir district of North Eastern
province of Kenya, she rests her head on a second hand
pillow tucked over the makeshift she has called bed for the
last seven months.
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Swine Flu
Panic Hits The Hajj |
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Islamic Games
to be postponed, Iranians barred from Ramadan pilgrimage,
Saudi mandates vaccination for Hajj. |
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By Rose Foran
Tehran/Riyadh, August 8, 2009 – Swine flu is sinking its
teeth into the Middle Eastern psyche, with officials issuing
edicts and taking measures that would previously be unheard
of – at least not since the days of the Black Plague.
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Will There Be New US Actions In The Horn? |
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The US Secretary of State is making her first Official visit
to Africa and initial observations are that Mrs. Clinton is
doing remarkably well in this capacity.
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Consequences Of The Kosovo “Exception” |
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Rules of the road?
David Johnson runs an excellent newswire service about all
things Russia over at the Center for Defense Information
(click here to
support him). Scraps of Moscow has kindly reprinted one
article from the latest posting here.
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Hillary Clinton's Trip To Somalia Signals New U.S.
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The Obama
administration wants to restore formal diplomatic ties and
provide more direct assistance to the African nation in its
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By Edmund Sanders
Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya -- Bolstered by a meeting
today between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and
Somalia's transitional president, the Obama administration
is embarking on the most direct U.S. engagement in the Horn
of Africa nation since 18 American peacekeepers were killed
there in 1993, .
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