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By Alan
Boswell
Nairobi, September 12, 2009 – Elections in the breakaway
republic of Somaliland have been postponed again.
Somaliland's election commission said it reached its
decision after determining the vote scheduled for later this
month could not be properly held in the current political
environment.
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New York, September 12, 2009—Police should release Mohamed
Osman, director of Radio
Horyaal, who has been held without charge since his
arrest on Saturday outside parliament in Hargeysa, capital
of Somaliland, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on
Wednesday.
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Special Representative of the Chairperson of the
African Union Commission for Somalia Nicolas
Bwakira |
Nairobi, September 12, 2009
(SL Times) – The African Union top envoy for Somalia on
Thursday expressed deep concern over the heightened tension
in Somaliland.
Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African
Union Commission for Somalia Nicolas Bwakira said the
volatile situation followed the postponement of presidential
elections in the country which were scheduled for Sept. 27.
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Somalia's naval graduates on parade in Mogadishu.
Photo / AP |
Mogadishu, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – Pirate-plagued
Somalia took a step toward policing its own shores with the
graduation of its first 500 naval recruits on Tuesday.
Officials hope the men will form the backbone of the
country's first naval force for nearly two decades, but said
they need international funding to make it a viable force.
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – Police of
Somaliland swarmed into parliament after lawmakers fought
among themselves and one drew a pistol, a police officer
said Wednesday.
The violence on Tuesday erupted over a motion to impeach the
president brought by opposition lawmakers and contested by
supporters of the president. Lawmakers backing the president
in turn brought another motion calling for the removal of
the speaker of parliament.
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Somali security forces take part in a mock detention
of pirates during a training drill at a beach in
Mogadishu, Somalia. |
New York,
September 12, 2009 – Continuing piracy-related incidents off
Somalia and their increasing sophistication illustrates the
weaknesses of an entirely sea-based approach to combating
the scourge, a senior United Nations official said on
Thursday.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – UN
envoy to Somalia Ould Abdalla on Thursday arrived in
Somaliland, for talks with officials over the growing
volatile political situation in the country.
The UN top official held meeting with the region's president
Dahir Rayale Kahin in Hargeysa, capital of Somaliland, and
discussed various issues related to the political, security
and humanitarian situation, said a statement from the
presidential spokesman Saed Adani.
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Mohamoud
Hassan, from Minneapolis, was killed in Somalia
while fighting with extremist group, Al-Shabaab.
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Mogadishu, September 12, 2009 – Mohamoud Hassan was a
University of Minnesota junior with a bright future that
came to an abrupt and uncertain end in his war-torn
homeland.
The civil engineering major was one of at least 20 Twin
Cities Somali men who left friends and family in America to
join the Somali rebel group Al-Shabaab and defend his
homeland against invading Ethiopian troops. The U.S.
government labeled Al-Shabaab a foreign terrorist group in
2008.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 12, 2009
– The European Commission has earmarked US$14million as part
of its efforts to increase relief aid to Ethiopia's
vulnerable population, the organization’s chief humanitarian
aid Commissioner Karel De Gucht announced on Thursday.
The European Commission's financing decision for expanded
humanitarian aid to vulnerable people in Ethiopia will see
the current aid to Ethiopia's rise to29 million euros to aid
nearly 14 million people in dire need of food aid.
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Somali Woman Pleads Guilty
To Assault |
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Malta,
September 12, 2009 – A Somali woman who assaulted three
police officers and a care worker has been given a suspended
sentence.
Amina Mohamed Heybe, 23, who resides at Dar il-Qawsalla in
Valley Road, Birkirkara pleaded guilty to assaulting
Inspector Kevin Grima and constables Zenia Azzopardi and
Joseph Scicluna, as well as care worker Gertrude Catania.
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Briton Linked To Hostage
Deal With Somali Pirates Is Arrested |
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Nairobi, September 12, 2009 – A Briton is facing trial in
Somalia after being caught up in an exchange of hostages and
pirates between the Horn of Africa and the Seychelles.
The Briton, whose name has not been released, has been
described by authorities in Puntland region as a
"facilitator" in a plan to hand a party of arrested Somali
pirates back to their gang in return for the release of
three sailors from the Seychelles.
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Livestock Export Trade To
Resume Soon-Somali Minister Said |
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Mogadishu, Sep
12, 2009 – The Trade Minister of the Somali Transitional
Federal Government (TFG), Abdirashid Muhammad Iro told a
press conference that livestock export will resume.
The minister said that from today onward the livestock will
be exported from Berbera [controlled by Somaliland] and
Boosaaso ports and added that the government will open
centres in these areas which will be operated by the state.
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UN Chief Vows Continued
Support For International Criminal Court |
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New York, September 12, 2009 – UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday voiced the
continued support of the United Nations for the work of the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Mohamed Yonis Of Somaliland
Appointed Deputy Joint Special Representative For Operations
In Darfur Hybrid Operation |
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New York, September 12, 2009 – United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union
Chairperson Jean Ping today announced the appointment of
Mohamed Yonis of Somaliland as Deputy Joint Special
Representative for Operations and Management in the African
Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
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Ramadan
Fighting In Mogadishu Is "Worst In 20 Years" |
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MOGADISHU, September 12, 2009 – Fighting in Mogadishu during
the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has so far been some of the
worst in 20 years, killing 32 civilians in four days this
week, a human rights group in the Somali capital said
Thursday.
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ICG: Ethiopia
Risks Pre-Election Violence In 2010 |
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ADDIS ABABA, September 12, 2009 –
Ethiopia could suffer ethnic violence next year ahead of its
first national elections since a 2005 poll triggered street
clashes following a disputed victory for the government, a
think tank has said.
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Press
Releases: United States Formally Commits To Best Practices
To Counter Piracy Off The Coast Of Somalia |
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New York, September 12, 2009 – In a September 9 ceremony
held at the United Nations on the eve of a meeting of the
international Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of
Somalia, the United States signed the New York Declaration,
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Riot police have clashed with
angry protestors in Somaliland, killing at least three people and
arresting more, including a number of journalists. |
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Somaliland Leader Calls For Calm After Deadly Demos |
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Chaos
Feared As Somaliland Cancels Elections |
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Three
Protestors Killed In Somaliland Unrest |
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Somaliland’s Democracy Survives
Major Threat: Parliament Restored |
Dahir R. Kahin (L), and
Suleiman M. Adam
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
September 12, 2009 (SL
Times) – Somaliland’s
Upper House succeeded in
resolving the problem
between the
parliamentary majority
and the government. This
was announced by the
Chairman of Somaliland’s
Upper House, Mr Suleiman
Mohamoud Adan in an
interview with the BBC
Somali service (Sept.11,
2009).
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Somaliland Government
Instigates Violence To Derail President’s Impeachment |
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Seeing here UDUB MP
Abdirahman Mohamed Jama (Xoog) drawing a gun from his hand
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – On
Tuesday, Sept.8, an ugly scene unfolded in Somaliland’s
parliament. Shouting matches between some members of parliament
turned into a fist-fight and one parliamentarian from the ruling
UDUB party, Abdirahman Mohamed Jama (Xoog) even drew a gun.
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Vice President
Ahmed Yusuf Yasin: Somaliland Will Solve Election Problems
Through Dialogue And Compromise |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) –
Somaliland vice president, Ahmed Yusuf Yasin said that
Somaliland will solve its political differences through
dialogue and compromise. The vice president said this on
Sept.7, 2009 in a ceremony where he laid the corner stone
for a new building for the ministry of planning. He said the
reason that the election was delayed was so that
Somalilanders would sit down and talk and reach an agreement
on a date for the election. Talking about the delay in the
election, he said it was caused by the voter-registration.
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UN Secretary General’s
Representative Arrives In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 12, 2009
(SL Times) – A delegation led by the the UN Secretary
General’s Representative Ahmad Ould Abdallah visited
Somaliland on Sept.10, 2009. He was met at the airport by
Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohammed Dualeh.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – In the
last three weeks, Somalilanders have come to know some bizarre
parliamentary characters whose true face has until now been
hidden from the public view.
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President
of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale in his office in Hargeysa
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By Alan Boswell
Nairobi, September 12, 2009 – The president of Somaliland has
forcibly closed the country's parliament after it began debating
impeachment charges against him, just a few days after elections
were indefinitely postponed.
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Barwaaqo Puts Together Collection
On Somali Prosody |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – Abdirahman Farah ‘Barwaaqo’,
a writer, publisher and connoisseur of Somali arts and
literature has done Somalis a great favor by putting together
all the published material regarding the dispute between poet
Muxammad X Dhamac (Gaarriye) and professor Abdillahi D. Guleed.
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New Classes Added To Surud School |
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Erigavo, Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – Erigavo’s
Surud school has been experiencing an increase in enrolment that
necessitated the addition of new halls for three more classes.
The project was financed by CARE International.
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Security Office Opened In Las Anod |
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Las Anod,
Somaliland, September 12, 2009 (SL Times) – An office in charge
of the safety of the western part of Las Anod was opened on
Sep.7. This office is part of 4 offices which are planned to be
opened at different parts of the city.
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Ceremonies Mark 8th Anniversary Of
September 11 Terrorist Attacks |
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US President Barack Obama, First Lady
Michelle Obama observe moment of silence to mark eighth
anniversary of 9/11 attacks, 11 Sep 2009 |
Washington,
September 12, 2009 – With solemn observances, the United States
is marking the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks.
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Usain Bolt Beaten By Cheetah Who
Runs 100m In 6.13 Seconds |
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By Mirror.co.uk
London, UK, September 12, 2009 – Usain Bolt might be the world’s
fastest man – but this beast of a sprinter knocks spots off his
time.
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Tests show that sex row runner Caster Semenya is a
HERMAPHRODITE, it was claimed on Wednesday. |
A newspaper quoted sources who
claimed an unreleased report shows the South African has no womb or ovaries and
has internal testes – the male sex organs that produce testosterone.
Previous tests have shown that the 18-year-old’s testosterone levels are three
times higher than those expected in a female.
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
(right) speaks with his hand-picked successor President Dmitry Medvedev.
The two will decide together who should run for president in elections
due in 2012, taking into account the situation in the country at the
time, their own personal plans, and Mr. Putin's United Russia party. |
MOSCOW, September 12, 2009 –
Vladimir Putin, Russia's current premier and former president gave the clearest
signal to date that he may return to his old job, saying that he and his
hand-picked successor President Dmitry Medvedev, will decide who runs in 2012.
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Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian raises his handcuffed
hands before being taken to Taipei district court in Taipei, southeast
China's Taiwan Province, Nov. 11, 2008.(Xinhua File Photo) |
TAIPEI, Sept. 12, 2009 – Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian
was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Taipei District Court on corruption
charges Friday afternoon.
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Knives recovered from street children in Hargeysa on
display at the town’s police station |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 12, 2009 –
The number of street children in Hargeysa, capital of
Somaliland, is on the rise as more Ethiopian children cross the
border in search of a better life.
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Girls wearing the colors of the
Somaliland flag before elections, December 2005 |
Jamie Lynn Decoster
Amid devastated Somalia, a country mired for two decades in
unforgiving conflict, Somaliland glows as an ember of hope. A
moderate peace has held for 10 years in the autonomous region,
reflecting a decade of efforts to expand governance, security
and social institutions.
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Novelist Nuruddin Farah. FILE PHOTO |
Africa’s colonial boundaries are remnants of history that
the continent would rather forget given that they are a
cause of bloody conflicts besides being impediments to the
free movement of people and goods in the continent. A
personal experience by celebrated author Nuruddin
Farah captures
this absurdity.
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Somali 'Travelers': The
Holiest Gang, Part I |
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DAVID
AXE AND JOHN MASATO ULMER
How young Somali immigrants to the U.S. searched for
belonging, and found jihad. First of a three-part series.
Part II will appear next Saturday.
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Rhoda Rageh’s
Vigorous Struggle On Somaliland Culture And Language |
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Waqtigu wuu sunsumayaa
Transient is the passing time
Midna waa la sugayaa
As new one is anticipated
Soo jire ma noole'e
Older generations are no more
Qarni waliba wuu socon
And every legion will recede
Safna wuu ka daba dhalan
As new rows are born
Hadba kooda sarakaca
For every ensuing generation
Waxa sahayda uga taga
That who leave them legacy
Kii horee sagootiyey
Is the preceding one
(Xasan Ganay)
Language is one of the main resources in any society as well
as cultural and traditional venues are .These above
mentioned need to be protected to make sure that the nation
exists generation after generation.
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The
Impeachment Drive, The Government-Orchestrated Violence, And
Somaliland’s Wounded Democracy |
While Somalilanders were still expressing their dismay regarding
the Aug. 24 melee that took place in parliament, they had to
contend with the even more shocking news from the Sept.8
parliamentary session. If the Aug.24th session was limited to
the breaking of chairs and shouting matches, the Sept.8 session
was much uglier with fist-fights and one parliamentarian even
drawing a pistol. The reason why this is happening is not
difficult to ascertain.
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“My Cousin, Mr. President, Let
Go With Dignity” |
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An open letter to Mr. Dahir Rayale Kahin, President of
Somaliland
By Bashir Goth
At the outset I should congratulate you on a work well done.
Your overall performance is highly commendable, given to the
difficult circumstances prevailing in the region and the
insurmountable challenges you face at home. The fact that
you have maintained the peace and stability of such an
impoverished, unrecognized and tribal house of cards over
seven years is nothing short of a miracle.
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Somaliland Parliament Under
Presidential Assault |
By Fowzi Kamal
According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia In
government, Bicameralism (bi + Latin
camera,
chamber) is the practice of having two legislative or
parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or
bicameral legislature is a
legislature which consists of two chambers or houses.
Bicameralism is an essential and defining feature of the
classical notion of
mixed government. Bicameral legislatures tend to require
that a
concurrent majority to pass legislation.
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Somaliland: Playground For Al-Shabaab
Terrorists, Al-Somali Regime, Al-Garoweonline Tabloid |
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By
Dalmar Kahin
The current chaotic democracy (or orderly autocracy) in
Somaliland attracts familiar vultures. Among them, the
blood-soaked Alshabaab terrorists, the besieged Somali
regime, and the tribal-oriented Garoweonline news blog all
take turns to lash out at Somaliland leaders, instigate
violence in the country, and shed crocodile tears for its
people’s unrewarded efforts to pacify and democratize their
country.
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Besieging The Parliament And
The Assault On Somaliland Democracy |
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By Dr.
Mohamed-Rashid Sheikh Hassan
Somaliland has accepted, like many other societies in the
world, a system of governance in which its core foundation
is the parliament. The present Somaliland parliament was the
first of its kind in the history of Somaliland that was
elected through popular vote in 2005 since the foundation of
Somaliland in 1991.
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An Open Letter Regarding
The Deteriorating Situation Of Somaliland |
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To: House of Representatives- Somaliland
House of Elders- Somaliland
US and EU countries
We, the undersigned Somalilanders in the Diaspora, do hereby
call for the two Houses of Somaliland’s parliament to
impeach and remove president Dahir Rayale Kahin from office
immediately because of his complete and utter failure to
discharge his responsibilities under the mandate given,
despite an additional eighteen-month extension of his
original term of office.
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In Somaliland,
Democracy Relies On Healthy Dialogue |
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By Abdulazez Al-Motairi
When I visited Somaliland in 2003 and traveled from Sanaag
to Awdal regions via beautiful and mountainous Sheikh City,
I could always see one thing: whatever the town or city,
every time I would see locals gathered at some teashops
discussing and resolving the great issues of the country in
very good-natured and healthy way, I consider such
gatherings as Citizen Watchdogs, who could solve the
country’s problems better than elected parliaments.
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Somaliland: United Nations
Political Department Free Zone |
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By Ahmed Kheyre
Reading about the visit of the UN envoy to Somaliland and
Somalia's visit to Hargeysa made me laugh. This same
gentlemen wouldn't even give Somaliland the time of day in
more settled days, and now he wants to wedge himself in a
place where he is not wanted, respected or needed.
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Riyale And His Thugs
Resorts To Violence Out Of Desperation And Cowardly Act |
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By Amina Ahmed Hassan
Somalilanders around the world are outraged to see their
country descending in a state of incipient panic and on the
verge of being ruined by ill-advised decisions made by
Riyale and his Party members who do not have the best
interest of the country at heart and whose best interest is
their own personal gains and how
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Dahabshiil
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Money transfer service company Dahabshiil is investing in
technologies to provide both 24-hour online transfers, SMS
notification to customers, and guarantee security in excess
international protocols and procedures aimed at combating
terrorism, money laundering and other illegal usage. The
Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to Ibrahim A. Ali Gurey,
the Dahabshiil Country Manager.
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Innovation in Software:
Somaliland – When Software Projects Destroy Countries |
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Written by
Paul Robinson
Somaliland is an autonomous region that is probably very
much like your pre-conceived notions. Its 3.5 million people
have struggled through warfare (many suffer post-traumatic
stress disorder), the economy is “in early stages of
development” and it has suffered greatly to gain recognized
independence.
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By Githua
Kihara
Somali pirates may be receiving support from foreign
sources, including their kin in the diaspora, some of whom
provide critical intelligence and other information on
shipping expeditions along the Red Sea leading to an
increase in the number of attacks on ships off the Somali
coast.
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American Islamist Killed As
Somali Clashes Intensify |
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An
American citizen who joined an Islamic insurgent
group in Somalia was among ten people killed in
violent clashes over the weekend. |
Written
by Benjamin Joffe-Walt
Fighting began Friday night in the Somali capital after
forces loyal to the shaky, Western-supported transitional
government shot mortars at an insurgent base in the Somali
capital Mogadishu. Clashes continued unabated on Saturday,
ending in Al Shabaab insurgents recapturing the base and
retaining their grip on most of the city.
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BY SAEED
SHABAZZ -STAFF WRITER
UNITED NATIONS, September 12, 2009 (FinalCall.com) - The UN
Secretary-General's special representative to Somalia,
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has not answered reporters' questions
concerning his involvement in the crafting of a 15-page
“Memorandum of Understanding” that would give Kenya rights
to drill for oil off the Somali continental shelf, extending
for 200 miles.
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Al Qaeda Extends To Somalia, Yemen |
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By Sara A.
Carter and Raza Khan
Karachi, September 12, 2009 – While Osama bin Laden and his
No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are believed to remain in a tribal
redoubt along the Afghan-Pakistani border, midlevel al Qaeda
leaders are fanning out, recruiting new middlemen and
establishing stronger bases in Somalia and Yemen, U.S. and
Pakistani officials say.
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Change Of Guard In Kenya's Police Force |
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hands shakes the hand of his successor Mathew w Iteere
during the official handing over ceremony at
vigilance house. Maj-Gen moves on as the new post
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By FRED
MUKINDA and DOMINIC WABALA
Nairobi, September 12, 2009 – When the President picked up
the phone to call Maj-Gen Hussein Ali on Tuesday morning to
inform him that he was replacing him as the commissioner of
police, it was on the back of intense lobbying for the job.
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