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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 29, 2009 – A ruling that Somaliland will
hold its oft-postponed presidential election without a
voters’ list has prompted demonstrations, a boycott threat
and warnings that the state’s relative stability is in
jeopardy.
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Courtesy
of the U.S. Air Force
The U.S. will place MQ-9 Reapers in the Seychelles
islands to help combat piracy in the Indian Ocean.
In this photo, an airman inspects an MQ-9 Reaper
in Afghanistan |
By Mark
Abramson
Seychelles, August 29, 2009 – U.S.
officials plan to use MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles
to patrol the Indian Ocean as a way to combat piracy in the
region.
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UDUB MPs violently disrupted Monday's
normal session of the Lower House of the
Somaliland's parliament |
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
August 29, 2009 – Members of the ruling party
parliamentarians violently disrupted the normal session of
the Lower House of the parliament on Monday.
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“Identity cards are a powerful protection tool for
refugees to help provide enhanced security and
increased access to services.” – UNHCR
Representative Ann Encontre |
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A UNHCR
officer shows a refugee his new laminated ID card in
Ali Addeh Refugee Camp in Djibouti at the beginning
of a landmark campaign to step up protection for all
10,000 refugees in the country. |
ALI ADDEH REFUGEE CAMP, Djibouti, August 29, 2009 – After
spending 18 of his 24 years in this refugee camp, Somali
Mohamed Mahdi heaved a sigh or relief when he was handed an
official laminated identity card for the first time.
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Ahmed
Nour Mohamed, 9, makes a living by polishing shoes
on the streets of Hargeysa |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 29, 2009 – Only nine years old, Ahmed
Nour-Mohamed, from Ethiopia and living in Hargeysa, capital
of Somaliland, has big plans – to make enough money from
shoe-shining to take his father and siblings back home.
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PARIS, August
29, 2009 – France will not let Al-Qaeda acquire a foothold
in Africa, President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Wednesday,
vowing that Paris would help fight the extremist group.
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New York, August 29, 2009 – Half of Somalia's population is
in need of humanitarian assistance, according to a new
United Nations report which finds that the conflict
engulfing the Horn of Africa nation is pushing increasing
numbers of people into hunger.
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Autistic
man in Kenya without passport for 3 years
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Anab Issa
holds a photo of her son, Abdihakim Mohamed, who is
trapped in Kenya because Canada has refused to issue
him a passport. (JONATHAN TAILLEFER/Sun Media) |
OTTAWA, August 29, 2009 – An Ottawa mother expects good news
when her autistic son meets with the Canadian High
Commission in Kenya last week after being trapped there for
several years because Canada wouldn’t give him a passport.
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Manama, Bahrain, August 29, 2009 – The
Gulf of Aden is safer for shipping than it was a year ago
but piracy is likely to increase as the weather improves, a
US naval commander said on Sunday.
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Egypt To Hold Summit To
Settle African Conflicts |
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Cairo,
Egypt, August 29, 2009 – Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit
stated that Egypt continues to contact all concerned parties
to make the Special African Summit a success.
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Ould-Abdallah: UN Envoy
Calls For End Of Violence In Somalia |
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Ould-Abdallah UN special envoy for Somalia |
NAIROBI, August 29, 2009 – The UN top envoy for Somalia has
called on the Horn of Africa nation's warring parties to
resolve their differences during the holy month of Ramadan
and forge ahead with reconciliation efforts in a bid to
pacify the country.
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Australia Terror Suspects
Wanted To 'Strike Big' |
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Police gather evidence at a house in Melbourne after
a pre-dawn raid at one of 19 locations following a
seven-month surveillance operation |
MELBOURNE,
Australia, August 29 – Alleged conspirators in a terror plot
to attack an Australian army base hated non-Muslims and
described their planned suicide mission as a "great,
monstrous thing," an Australian court has heard.
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Hungry In The Dark Of
Drought |
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World Food Programme says 3.8 million Kenyans need
emergency food aid because of a prolonged drought |
Nairobi, August 29, 2009 – Crops have
shriveled, hundreds of cattle are dead and the World Food
Programme says 3.8 million Kenyans need emergency food aid
because of a prolonged drought, which is even causing
electrical blackouts in the capital because there's not
enough water for hydroelectric plants.
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Escaped French Agent
Arrives Home As Partner Faces 'Trial' |
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Paris, France, August 29, 2009 – The
French agent who escaped the clutches of his Somali captors
arrived back in Paris on Thursday as insurgents holding his
partner said they would put him on trial as a spy.
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Somali Pirates
Aboard Captured Vessel Open Fire On US Navy Helicopter |
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The US
Navy SH-60B Sea Hawk (US Navy) |
Manama,
Bahrain, August 29, 2009 – Somali pirates aboard a captured
vessel have opened fire on a US navy helicopter carrying out
a surveillance mission over the boat, the US Navy has said.
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Kidnapped
Journalist A Victim Of Our 'Quiet Diplomacy' |
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By PETER WORTHINGTON
Ottawa, August 29, 2009 – “Quiet diplomacy" is a Canadian
fixation, but does it work?
The government and diplomats like it because it keeps the
media off their backs, but when
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Paris-Based
Group Says Accused Somali Pirates Denied Rights |
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By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi, August 29, 2009 – A Paris-based legal aid network,
Lawyers of the World, says agreements signed by the United
States, Britain, the European Union, and Denmark to transfer
suspected Somali
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France Sending
Advisers To Somalia Despite Kidnap |
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Paris, August
29, 2009 – French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says
France is still sending advisers to support Somalia's
government and security even though one French security
agent remains in the hands of kidnappers.
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Australia:
Bail Appeal Expected In Terrorism Case |
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Sydney,
Australia, August 29, 2009 – Three men accused of plotting a
terrorist attack will take their fight for bail to the
Supreme Court, claiming they are being held in Guantanamo
Bay-style conditions.
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Somaliland Police In Show Of Force As Angry People Pour Into
Parliament |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 30, 2009 – Hundred of angry but
peaceful protesters have poured into the surroundings of the
parliament in Hargeysa today following the intervention of
yesterday’s parliamentary session by police who had claimed they
were “acting under direct orders of the president”.
Armed policemen yesterday
forced the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Abdirahman
Mohammed Abdillahi, to allow six of the president’s zealous
loyalists, who were suspended for 3 days from sessions to attend and
participate in the parliamentary session irrespective of the
Speaker’s disciplinary decision.
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Ethiopia: Only Negotiations Are
Somaliland’s Best Option |
The Headquarter of the
Ethiopian Foreign
ministry in Addis Ababa
Statement by
Ethiopian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
August 29, 2009 (SL
Times) – It’s been
almost 20 years now
since Somalia had a
functioning
administration that can
exercise effective
control over a large
part of the country for
a significant length of
time. Successive efforts
at bringing together the
various parts of the
country as part of a
working central
government have all too
often proved chimerical.
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Release Of French
Hostage Smells Of Ransom |
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A video grab from
French TV channel LCI shows French intelligence agent (top
right) who was kidnapped last month by hardline Islamists in
Somalia, being helped out of a car after he escaped from his
captors in Mogadishu. Photo: AFP
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Mogadishu, Somalia,
August 29, 2009 (SL Times) – A French national that was held
hostage by a Somali faction was freed on Thursday. In an
interview with the BBC Somali Service on Aug.26, he claimed that
he ran away while his captors were asleep and walked for five
hours until he reached the “presidential palace” in Mogadishu.
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Somaliland’s
Upper House Establishes Committee To Resolve Dispute Between
Parties |
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Somaliland's
Upper House (Guurti) |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 29, 2009 (SL Times) – In a
session on Aug.26, 2009, Somaliland’s Upper House
established a 24-member committee to resolve the political
and legal disputes between political parties. The Chairman
of the Upper House, Mr Suleiman Mohamud Adan raised the
urgent need for a solution.
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Ethiopian Minister Visits Admas
University |
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Ethiopian Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Tekeda Alemu (right) were welcomed
in the Admas University in Hargeysa by the Dean of the
university Mr Ahmed Dahir Mohamed |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 29, 2009 (SL
Times) – Ethiopian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr
Tekeda Alemu paid a visit to Admas University in Hargeysa on
Thursday. Dr Tekeda Alemu was accompanied by Somaliland’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Abdillahi Muhammed Duale.
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Minnesota, MN, August 29, 2009 (SL Times) – Early this week,
Professor Abdi Samatar expressed anger to Minnesota Public Radio
over being repeatedly questioned at various airports in the US.
According to Minnesota Public Radio, Abdi Samatar said he was
being targeted because:
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Conference to
strengthen links between Wales and Somaliland
communities held in Hargeysa by SPA
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 29, 2009 (SL Times) – A conference to
strengthen relations between Wales and Somaliland was held in
Somaliland’s capital, Hargeysa, on Aug.24, 2009. The conference
was organized by Abdikarim Adan and other leaders of
Somaliland’s community in Wales.
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Somali Pirates Good At Western
Propaganda |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 29, 2009 (SL Times) – It seems as if Somali
pirates are learning propaganda techniques from the west.
Somalis have gotten used to denials by western companies and
governments of ransom payments to pirates that the pirates
themselves have acknowledged had been paid. Somalis are also
familiar with American attempts to prop up Sheikh Sharif’s ghost
of a government by calling it all sorts of positive descriptions
that have little to do with reality.
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CPJ Concerned About Crackdown On
Independent Media In Somaliland |
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New York, August 29, 2009 (SL Times) —The Committee to Protect
Journalists on Monday called for an end to an ongoing government
crackdown on independent journalists in Somaliland.
On Sunday, the Sahil regional court in the costal city of
Berbera sentenced the editor-in-chief of the online publication
Berberanews, Mohamed Said, in absentia to three years in jail on
defamation charges, according to local journalists.
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Somaliland: Further Presidential
Term Extension May Result In Public Revolt, Warns UCID Leader |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 29, 2009 (SL Times) – Faisal Ali Warabe, the
leader of Somaliland’s second largest opposition party, Justice
and Welfare party, known by its Somali acronym, UCID, has
warned, in an interview with the BBC Somali Service that if
president Rayale’s term of office is extended this time around
there will be a nationwide revolt against the government.
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Missing Girl 'Back From Dead' 18
Years After Being Kidnapped |
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Jaycee Lee Dugard as a young girl: she was abducted at
the age of 11 |
Los Angeles, USA,
August 29, 2009 – The blonde, blue-eyed girl was 11 years old
when she was abducted outside her home near Lake Tahoe,
California. After almost two decades the only hope that her
parents had left was that one day her body would be found.
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Gaddafi Is Everywhere In Libya —
Especially As He Celebrates 40 Years In Power |
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Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi |
Tripoli, August 29, 2009 – You are never
alone in Libya. From the moment you arrive at Tripoli
international airport, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is with you.
Wherever you go, the Great Leader and Father of the Revolution
watches benevolently over you, never more so than now as he
prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coup that
brought him to power.
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Washington, DC, August 29, 2009 –
U.S. and South African senior officials discussed a broad range of
nonproliferation and disarmament issues August 26 – 28 in Pretoria, South
Africa. State Department Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control
Robert J. Einhorn led the U.S. interagency delegation. The meeting followed
President Obama’s and President Zuma’s decision at the July 8-10 G-8 summit to
expand our bilateral dialogue on these issues.
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Osama bin
Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri has ordered his fighters to target
Pakistan amid growing signs that its army and US drones are closing in
on al-Qaeda.
Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri
has ordered his fighters to target Pakistan amid growing signs that its
army and US drones are closing in on al-Qaeda. Photo: AP |
By Dean Nelson, South Asia
Editor
Karachi, August 29, 2009 – Military analysts and retired senior army chiefs said
his call reflected growing disarray in the militant ranks following the death of
Pakistan's feared Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud earlier this month and the
brutal leadership battle it has provoked.
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In January 2008 with the then
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Kennedy gave Obama his
endorsement at the American University in Washington, DC |
Damian Whitworth
Boston, August 29, 2009 – Ten summers ago I spent several days sitting outside
Ted Kennedy’s home in Hyannis Port. I was not alone. The world’s media had
assembled at the Kennedy family’s compound in Massachusetts as the clan awaited
news of the fate of John F. Kennedy Jr, whose aircraft had gone missing.
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Facebook To Tighten Privacy Policies And Give
Users More Control Over Personal Data |
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Mike Harvey
San Francisco, August 29, 2009 - Facebook, the world's largest online social
network, has bowed to pressure and agreed to tighten up its privacy policies
further.
The company will give its 250 million users more control over the personal
information they share with third-party applications such as games and quizzes
and will clarify what happens to data when a user deactivates an account.
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President Barack Obama |
By Kumsa Aba
Gerba
Some laypersons in US diplomatic circles are asking "have we
used Ethiopia or have they used us?" They believe Ethiopia is
using counter terrorism as a means to get cozy with USA. Even
though there are legitimate terrorist concerns in the Horn of
Africa, they advise that the U.S. must be careful in appeasing
the Ethiopian government whose governance and human rights
record they do not approve. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S
does not have that much leverage with Ethiopia.
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Ms. Jendayi Frazer,
a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was assistant
secretary of state for African affairs from 2005-2009 |
By JENDAYI
E. FRAZER
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently concluded her maiden
trip to sub-Saharan Africa carrying in her words "a tough
message lovingly delivered." Simultaneously, U.S. Trade
Representative Ron Kirk visited Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal also
touting, in his words, "a tough love" message for Africans.
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Yemenis chew khat leaves, a mild narcotic, in the
capital Sana'a |
By
ANDREW LEE BUTTERS
By 4 in the afternoon, most men walking the streets of
Sana'a are high, or about to get high — not on any sort of
manufactured narcotics, but on khat, a shrub whose young
leaves contain a compound with effects similar to those of
amphetamines. Khat is popular in many countries of the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, but in Yemen it's
a full-blown national addiction.
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Ad Hoc, Amateurish, And
Deadly |
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August 27,
2009: About half the population of Somalia (not counting
Puntland and Somaliland up north) are now dependent on
foreign food aid. Drought, and disruption caused by endemic
clan warfare, have damaged the productivity of agriculture
in the area.
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FACTBOX-Somalia's
Al Shabaab Rebels |
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Mogadishu,
August 29, 2009 – One of two French security advisers
kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month escaped on
Wednesday after killing three of his captors.
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AFRICOM: African Security
Or Western Interests? |
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By Paul I. Adujie
America’s establishment of the so-called African Command (AFRICOM),
should be seen for what it is: America’s self-interested
armada of protection for America, and her allies and not for
Africa’s security. Africa has steadily and increasingly
become more important by playing the role for Westerners as
repository of energy resources which powers the engine-rooms
of Western economies.
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Somali Militants Use Many
Tactics To Woo Americans |
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Abdifatah Yusuf Isse and Burhan
Hassan (AP)
Salah Osman Ahmed and Jamal Bana (AP) |
By AMY FORLITI
MINNEAPOLIS, August 29, 2009 -- One young man attended
secret meetings in Minneapolis. Another got a phone call,
urging him to leave Minnesota and go to Somalia to fight.
Terrorist training videos featuring English speakers pepper
YouTube, calling others to the cause.
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Udub
Parliamentarians Disgrace Somaliland With Mbagathi Methods |
Most people would agree that if one wants to improve one’s
performance in a particular field one would have to learn from
those who have excelled in that field. That is common sense.
When it comes to Somali politics, most observers would agree
that Somaliland has done a better job in managing its affairs
than Somalia.
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Midnight Forever Part II: The
Murder |
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By Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar
“Face Mecca and profess Islam, before I kill you”
The murderers conspiring on this desolate road carried
within them the virus of Africa’s most potent evil; the
Tribal Murderer. They were indeed the physical embodiment of
this ugliest, most base and most inhumane manifestation of a
tribal society. It is essential to elucidate here the role
of tribal murderer.
The Tribal Murderer kills on behalf of his tribe. His action
is both sanctioned and despised by the tribe. The
contradiction inherent in this role gives it a massive
destructive potency. It is essential to differentiate the
role of the tribal murderer from that of the tribal warrior
for there is hope in this distinction. The tribal warrior
travels in the day time; he fights his wars in the battle
field.
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The People’s Power And The
Modern Political History Of Somaliland |
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sheikh Hassan,
Vice President Candidate of UCID Party
On Thursday, the 20th of August, 2009, the people of
Somaliland turned out to the streets of all the major cities
in the country to express their feelings and what they think
about the current political situation. The people gave full
support to the two opposition parties, UCID and Kulmiye by
answering their call in a decisive momentous fashion.
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Riyale Is Ultimately
Accountable For The Current Constitutional Crisis In
Somaliland |
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By Fowzi
Kamal
Somalilanders elected Dahir Riyale as their first elected
president after a long-drawn-out contested election of 2003.
The people of Somaliland entrusted Mr. Riyale with the
crucial task of ushering the road to a real change based on
fairness and justice among the people both in social and
economic development, furthermore, to distribute meager
resources in all regions, districts, and villages throughout
Somaliland equitably. However, after competing his elected
five years term and two unconstitutional extensions totaling
seven years in power, the president and his ministers
squandered and used the limited revenues collected from the
poor as regressive taxation and allowed big companies and
proprietors to avoid paying their fair share of taxes for
their own personal and political gains.
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Somaliland: A Foreign
Perspective |
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By Ahmed
Kheyre
A few days ago a colleague of mine mentioned that he had
seen some interesting articles on Somaliland. I was somewhat
taken aback because this fellow’s political interest didn’t
seem to extend to Somaliland, or even international affairs
for that matter. Don’t get me wrong, he is a well-read,
intelligent and curious person, but, I had no idea that he
had any ideas about the issues of Somaliland.
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“PLARI” Dialogue Within The
Framework Of The Constitution Is The Way Forward For
Somaliland |
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The Policy
Link and Research Institute (PLARI) are calling all parties
concerned to obey the rule of law and resolve the current
political impasse in Somaliland in line with the framework
of the constitution.
PLARI is international non-partisan and non-governmental
organization consisting of network of culturally and
politically diverse citizens working together in a unified
manner for the purpose of encouraging debate, dialogue,
information sharing through research and openness to resolve
all matters.
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Is This
Protest Marked 'The Beginning Of The End' For Mr. Riyale??? |
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By Amin Ali
First, I would like to express my solidarity with the people
of Somaliland and specially with those who took their
grievance and anger to the streets! Mr. Riyale, READ the
FINE print and not the small one! I hope he cares enough to
read the fine print.
The righteous rage in the streets of Hargeysa, and others
big cities, is familiar to everyone. They recall their own
demonstrations that doomed the despotic and tyrannical
Siyad's regime almost two decades ago. Somalilanders,
hopeful and sympathetic, see lessons in their past for the
demonstrators in the capital Hargeysa.
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Politics Has Earned Such A
Bad Name Itself! |
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Politics- a word detested by most of the common people. To
an ordinary person, politics is a synonym to corruption,
misuse of power, tax money and other take away government
property. Politics has earned such a bad name for itself
every where, that even the most honest political leader is
looked upon with suspicion. Elections come and go.
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Somaliland: Don’t Throw Out The Baby With The Bathwater |
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Abdillahi Dool
The English wisdom (Don’t throw out the baby with the
bathwater) teaches us what is important in life; what to
treasure and what to throw away. Our people in Somaliland
are travelling through trying times which are testing the
character of our people. I have no doubt which way they will
go. There is no doubt they will pull through. However, our
collective advice is to tread carefully and not allow the
delaying of elections erode vital issues such as peace,
cohesion and stability.
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Dr. Abdishakur’s Article |
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I read your article Dr. Abdishakur , published in the
Somaliland Times and I really feel sorry for your lost and I
hope that culprits will be behind bars. ان لله وان إليه
راجعون . But, what made me tick is your lack of subjectivity
in your article. You give unnecessary information that is
irrelevant to the point. You identify your friend by the
tribe of his mother and one of his father. Really, I was
taken aback as came across this paragraph.
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A Week In The
Horn |
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Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Somalia and the AU General Assembly
Eritrea’s militarization
The African lead negotiators on climate change met in Addis
Ababa
The 201st Meeting of the AUPSC on the CPA
Only Negotiations are Somaliland’s best option
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Somaliland: Brutal Murders
Shatter Harmony |
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By Adan
H Iman
On the evening of July 11, 2009 (7/11), 24 men clad in army
uniforms and armed with automatic rifles parked their
vehicles on the Dila-Kalabaydh road near Xuunshalay and
started intercepting vehicles travelling on the Hargeysa-Borama
road. All together they stopped 8 vehicles with 17 unarmed
travelers on board. The abductors ordered the travelers to
get off their vehicles, surrender keys for the vehicles,
cell phones and money. Some of those abducted fled under the
cover of the darkness.
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A French
security agent kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month
said he escaped Wednesday while his captors slept, then
walked five hours through one of the most dangerous cities
in the world to safety at the country's presidential palace.
Marc Aubriere, who was seized along with another agent in
July 14, denied reports that he killed any of his captors
during his escape.
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How Somali Pirates Became
Their Catch Of The Day |
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Thirty-four Egyptian fishermen who were held for
four months by Somali pirates are welcomed back to
Egypt, where they have been hailed as heroes, upon
their arrival in Suez on Sunday. Asmaa Waguih /
Reuters |
Matt
Bradley, Foreign Correspondent
BURG AL BURULLUS, August 29, 2009 – There is nothing
particularly swashbuckling about Adl Abdul Ati Mohammed
Abaidi, 47, or Shahat Ragab Mohammed Morzi, 17. But a lack
of seafaring swagger did not prevent the two Egyptian
fishermen and 32 of their colleagues from fighting off a
gang of armed Somali pirates who had held them for ransom
for four months in the Gulf of Aden.
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By
Jordan Zinovich (with Hans Plomp)
Once again the West prepares to demonstrate its confused
notion of moral superiority. On Monday, 18 May 2009, five
alleged Somali pirates faced a preliminary hearing in
Rotterdam accused of attempting to hijack the freighter
Samanyolu, which on January 2 was sailing in the Gulf of
Aden under the flag of the Dutch Antilles(1).
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Listing Of Al-Shabaab As A
Terrorist Organization |
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The
Australian Government has listed Al-Shabaab as a terrorist
organization under the Criminal Code and the Charter of the
United Nations Act. The listing follows advice from security
agencies that Al-Shabaab is either directly or indirectly
engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting or fostering
terrorist acts.
(Media-Newswire.com) - The Australian Government has listed
Al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal
Code and the Charter of the United Nations Act.
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Raids Over
Khat Strain Relations Between Somalis, Authorities |
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By Mike
Carter
SEATTLE, August 29, 2009 – Three years ago, armed agents
from a Drug Enforcement Administration task force crashed
through the door of a Seattle apartment where Habibo Jama, a
Somali refugee and U.S. citizen, lived with her brother,
uncle and cousins. Jama, startled awake, opened her bedroom
door in her nightshirt to find herself facing several men in
black pointing guns at her and ordering her to the floor.
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French Agent
Marc Aubrière Tells How He Escaped His Somali Captors And
Walked Free |
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Tristan
McConnell in Nairobi and Charles Bremner in Paris
A French military agent described last night how he sneaked
past sleeping guards and walked to freedom after six weeks
in the hands of Islamist extremists in Somalia.
Marc Aubrière slipped away from eight kidnappers during the
night. He then wandered the streets of Mogadishu for five
hours before reaching the presidential palace, which is
guarded by government soldiers and African Union
peacekeepers.
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World Health
And International Economic Sharing |
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Written by
Mohammed Mesbahi
Introduction
The World Health Organization produces a report every year
on the health of the world population, based on statistics
compiled from the 193 member states that form the United
Nations. The latest report shows that, in the developing
world, life expectancy is shorter than in OECD countries,
women are more prone to die in childbirth and babies are
more likely to die before the age of five.
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How Kenya's
'Little Mogadishu' Became A Hub For Somali Militants
The Somali enclave of Eastleigh in Kenya's capital, Nairobi,
is now a recruiting and financial center for hardline
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Somali women in veils walk along the main street in
the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on June 25.
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By Heba Aly
Eastleigh, Kenya, August 29, 2009 – The streets of
Eastleigh, a Somali enclave of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are
crowded and dirty. Sewage and rotting garbage flow through
gullies. Police are virtually nonexistent; restaurants are
locked, even when open, for safety reasons; and guns are
readily available for sale at the market.
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