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FRUD
Founder Ahmad Dini Ahmad |
By: Andrew McGregor
Few nations in the world are as strategically important but
as little known as Djibouti, a small desert nation of half a
million people in the heart of the Horn of Africa. A
lingering insurgency by the ethnic-Afar Front pour la
Restauration de l’Unité et de la Démocratie (Front for the
Restoration of Unity and Democracy - FRUD) that many
believed was over in 2001 has reemerged as one of a number
of security problems challenging Djibouti’s continued
stability.
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A dead
cow (file photo): Severe drought has made food
increasingly scarce for the poor because of reduced
livestock products and the lack of saleable
animals |
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
September 26, 2009 – Recent rains in eastern parts of
Somaliland have done little to improve drought-affected
pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods in the region, says a
local official.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland,
September 26, 2009 – Clan elders of Somaliland voted on
Friday to extend President Dahir Riyale Kahin’s term on
condition that a voter list be finalized and a date be set
for a presidential election.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 26, 2009 – A commotion
prevailed in the Lower House of Somaliland’s Parliament over
impeachment move against President Dahir Rayale Kahin in
Thursday’s parliament sitting, leading to a fist fight
between members of the opposition camp and supporters of the
ruling party.
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United
States Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger
addresses a press conference at his residence in
Muthaiga, Nairobi, on Thursday where he announced
that fifteen politicians have been served with
letters indicating bad relationships with the
United States of America |
Cabinet
ministers, MPs, AG and PSs among the 15 who got Obama
letters
Nairobi, Kenya, September 26, 2009 – The US government on
Thursday threatened to impose a visa ban on 15 top
government officials and block aid to the country.
The officials have received letters from the US government
applying pressure on them to back reforms and renounce
violence.
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Abu Mansur (Al-Amriki) can be seen in Shabaab's
latest propaganda videotape, released on Sunday,
leading the training of Shabaab fighters at the
Abu Suleim camp. |
Roma, September 26, 2009 –
Italian newspaper Il
Corriere della Sera has
some interesting news on the covert raid conducted by US
Special Forces, dubbed Celestial Balance, that targeted an
al Qaeda leader in Southern Somalia on Sept. 14th.
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New York, September 26, 2009 – The drought crisis in
war-torn Somalia is turning increasingly acute and spreading
to regions previously spared, with half the country’s 7
million people in need of aid, an increasing risk of deaths,
and insufficient international donor response, a senior
United Nations official said on Wednesday.
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Nairobi, September 26, 2009 – Recent
rains in Djibouti have replenished pasture and water
resources, improving the food security situation in some
pastoral areas, the Food Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS
Net) says in a September report.
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By Jeffrey
Gettleman
Mogadishu, Somalia, September 26, 2009 –
We duck through a hole in a wall along this city’s
blasted-out waterfront, following teenage gunmen with skinny
shoulders and enormous guns.
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Eritrea Says Terrorism
Focus Not Working In Somalia |
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By Jeremy
Clarke and Jack Kimball
ASMARA, September 26, 2009 – Eritrea said on Friday the
hunting of al Qaeda suspects in Somalia by U.S. and
Ethiopian forces had crippled peace efforts in the Horn of
African nation.
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Ministers Debate AU Role In
Somalia After Bombings |
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Kampala, September 26, 2009 - Defense ministers from Uganda,
Burundi and Somalia met Friday in Kampala over the African
Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia after last week's
suicide attack on the force, an official said.
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UK's 'Flying Diplomats' Aim
To Tackle Terror Threat At Home |
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London, UK,
September 26, 2009 – The Foreign Office is flying in senior
UK diplomats to talk to British Muslims who live in "terror
hotspots" as part of its efforts to prevent domestic and
international extremism.
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Global Initiative Takes On
Gender Inequality |
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New York, September 26, 2009 – The
importance of gender equality took center stage Wednesday at
the Clinton Global Initiative as speakers emphasized how
investing in girls and women can have repercussions at all
levels of a society.
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Businessman's Pledge To
Help Kenya |
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Nairobi, September 26, 2009 – A
BUSINESSMAN who regularly visits Kenya has come up with a
way of raising money for the country's drought-stricken
regions.
Peter Wright, who visits Africa three times a year, has seen
the effects of the drought first hand and came up with the
idea of producing a typical Kenyan vegetarian lunch as a way
of raising money.
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Bristol
Student Cleared Of Terror Charge |
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Bristol, UK, September 26, 2009 – Bristol student Hashi Omer
has been cleared of failing to tell police about an
extremist Muslim's plans to blow up Broadmead.
Outside Bristol Crown Court he was hugged and kissed by
nearly 30 relatives and friends who had supported him
throughout the nine-day trial.
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Somalia's
Aweys Calls For More Suicide Attacks |
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Hizbul
Islam leader Hassan Dahir Aweys |
Mogadishu,
September 26, 2009 – A senior Islamist leader and ally of al
Qaeda has called for additional suicide attacks against
African Union peacekeepers operating in Mogadishu.
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Defiant
Al-Shabaab Reaches Out To Somalis In Diaspora |
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Mogadishu, September 26, 2009 – The extremist group whose
leader was killed by American Special Forces is now
defiantly asking more foreign fighters to join it.
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Pro-Qaeda Somali Pirates To
Attack Indian Ships, Warns NATO |
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Brussels,
September 26, 2009 – NATO has reportedly warned of possible
attacks from pro-Qaeda Somali pirates on Indian sailing
vessels and sailors, off the coast of Somalia.
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Upper House Shows Wisdom |
Somaliland Upper House
of Parliament
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
September 26, 2009 (SL
Times) – Somaliland’s
Upper House voted for
endorsing the 6-point
agreement between
Somaliland’s political
parties that was
proposed by the
international community.
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Somaliland’s
Political Parties Accept International Donors’ Proposal |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 26, 2009 (SL Times) –
Somaliland’s three political parties accepted a proposal by the
international donors. The proposal is based on the following 6
points:
1- changes in the electoral commission should be made
2- the election server should be re-instated and technical
experts will come to Somaliland to fix the server’s problems
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Al-Shabaab Warns
Djibouti |
Djibouti, September 26, 2009 (SL Times) – Most countries
that have been too involved in Somali politics, whether it
is the US, Ethiopia, Kenya, or Uganda suffered some deadly
repercussions for their involvement.
The only exception so far is Djibouti. The main reason
Djibouti was spared was because it had close links with the
Mogadishu-based perpetrators of violence including the
religious fundamentalists and clan leaders from that area.
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Bashe A. Gabobe Warns Upper House
Not To Extend President’s Term |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 26, 2009
(SL Times) – The Manager of Kulmiye Party’s presidential
campaign in the western regions, Eng. Bashe A. Gabobe warned
Somaliland’s Upper House not to extend President Dahir
Rayale Kahin’s term in office.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 26, 2009 (SL Times) – Two
hundred and thirty five students received their graduation
degrees from Admas University. The graduation was attended by
Vice President Ahmed Yusuf Yasin, the Minister of Education,
Hassan Mahmud Warsame (Gadhweyne), the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Abdillahi Muhammad Duale, the Chairman of Kulmiye,
Ahmed Sillanyo, the Chairman of UCID, Faysal Ali Warabe, the
head of Ethiopia’s Trade Office, Ambassador Wubeshet Demissiemb,
the Chancellor of Admas University’s Addis Ababa branch, Mr
Molla Tesegay, the President of Admas University’s Hargeysa
branch, Mr Ahmed Dahir (Adnan), students, parents and
distinguished guests.
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Adan Muhammad posted on his vehicle a message which
urged Somaliland’s Upper House not to extend President
Rayale’s term |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland, September 26, 2009 (SL Times) – Although using
bumper stickers and other signs on automobiles is pretty common
in many countries around the world, this was an unknown
phenomenon in Somaliland until last week that is, when Ali Adan
Muhammad, a Somalilander from the diaspora posted on his vehicle
a message which urged Somaliland’s Upper House not to extend
President Dahir Rayale Kahin’s term.
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Third Bridge Inaugurated In Buroa |
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Buroa, Somaliland,
September 26, 2009 (SL Times) – The city of Buroa got its third
bridge on May 20, 2009. The bridge was financed by Dahabshiil
Money Transfer Company. The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended
by the Minister of State for Industry, Ahmed Ali Ubahle who
praised Dahabshiil Company for the great role it plays in
advancing the public interests.
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FBI Investigates Allegations
American Youth Was Somali Suicide Bomber |
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Nairobi, Kenya, September 26, 2009 — FBI are investigating
whether an American Somali was involved in a suicide bombing on
a peacekeeping base in Somalia that killed 21 people, a family
friend said Friday.
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IFJ Concerned By Degradation Of
Freedom Of Expression In Somaliland |
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Nairobi, September
26, 2009 – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on
Wednesday expressed its concern over the continuous degradation
of freedom of expression in Somaliland, following the
publication of a new report by the National Union of Somali
Journalists (NUSOJ), an IFJ affiliate, on the state of freedom
of expression and cases of violations of media freedom in
Somaliland.
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HIV Breakthrough As Scientists
Discover New Vaccine To Prevent Infection
First evidence of possible vaccine as US military-backed
medical trial in Thailand cuts HIV infection rate by a third |
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A microscopic image of the HIV virus. |
Bangkok, Thailand, September 26, 2009 – A
medical trial in
Thailand has raised hopes of a major breakthrough in the
fight against Aids after scientists said an experimental vaccine
had reduced the risk of
HIV infection by a third.
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'I Was Black Before The Election'
Obama Tells David Letterman |
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'I was black
before the election,' Obama tells David Letterman on the
Late Show |
Andrew Clark
New York, September 26, 2009 –
Barack Obama will face tougher crowds. Pausing to accept a
gift of a heart-shaped potato from an admiring member of the
audience, the US president bantered fluently on racism,
healthcare and the economy with the chatshow host David
Letterman.
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Muammar
Gaddafi addresses the UN general assembly. Gaddafi's lengthy speech
touched on topics ranging from swine flu to JFK's assassination |
Ed Pilkington
New York, September 26, 2009 – It was meant to be a day of
global reconciliation, when the new leader of the free world put all the rancor
of the past eight years behind him and heralded an era of unity. And so it might
have been were it not for a short man, swathed in saffron robes and a black felt
hat waving his arms around and shouting: "Terrorism!"
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New York, September 26, 2009 – US
President Barack Obama is to call for an end to nuclear arms and efforts to stop
the spread of the technology behind them, at an historic UN session.
In the first security council meeting chaired by the US, Mr Obama will present a
resolution seeking "a world without nuclear weapons".
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Eddy and his wife Terry |
Nairobi, September 26, 2009 – The moment was tense with a
heavy sense of betrayal. Eddy* looked at his wife Terry* from across their
bedroom then fished some document from the drawer.
It was her bank statement for Sh307,000. She suddenly froze and was lost for
words. Eddy didn’t have to say anything, Terry recalls the moment, as the hurt
and surprise were clearly written in his eyes.
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Generations to come will be appalled that we took
opportunities to travel without thinking of the consequences
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Writer and broadcaster Simon Reeve |
By Kieran
Meeke
Writer and broadcaster Simon Reeve, 37, has hosted TV travel
epics Holidays In The Danger Zone, Tropic Of Capricorn, Equator
and Places That Don't Exist. A season comprising episodes from
the four shows started last Sunday, Sept 20, 2009 on digital TV
channel Eden
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By Robert I.
Rotberg
THIS WEEK’S US raid in Somalia that killed Al Qaeda operatives
removed dangers to the United States and its allies, but did
little to bring progress to one of the least governed places in
the world.
Eliminating Saleh Ali Nabhan, the alleged mastermind behind the
2002 attacks on Israelis in Kenya and possibly the US embassy
bombings in 1998, is salutary. Nabhan was a leader of
Al-Shabaab, a fundamentalist Islamist youth movement of Somalis,
which runs a large swath of southern Somalia and has ties to Al
Qaeda.
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The Souktel text messaging system is helping young
Palestinians find work. Photograph: David
Sillitoe |
Souktel system lets users create mini-CVs in
attempt to tackle unemployment in occupied
West Bank
Rory McCarthy
Ramallah, September 26, 2009 – A non-profit group in the
occupied West Bank has started a scheme that uses mobile
phone text messaging to help young Palestinians find work.
The group, based in Ramallah, has already registered 8,000
Palestinians on its Souktel system, most of them recent
graduates. The system connects them to about 150 leading
employers who are looking for staff.
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Former President Clinton
Announces Winners of the Third Annual Clinton Global Citizen
Awards |
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President Paul Kagame, Asha Hagi
Elmi Amin, Peter Bakker, Dr. Rola Dashti, Ruchira Gupta, and
Quincy Jones to be honored in a special ceremony at the 2009
Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. Ben Stiller will
host the awards ceremony, which will also feature General
Wesley Clark, Alicia Keys, Lisa Ling, Demi Moore, Juanes,
and Usher
New York, September 26, 2009 – President Clinton announced
the 2009 honoree selections for the third annual Clinton
Global Citizen Awards today. The award recognizes remarkable
individuals for their leadership in improving the lives of
people around the globe. The awards ceremony will take place
on September 24, 2009 during the Fifth Annual Meeting of the
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).
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We Ask Rayaale
To Step Down Respectfully |
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Published
by Ahmed Arwo
Category: Politics
Region: Somaliland
Target: SOMALILAND CITIZENS ABROAD AND AT HOME
Background (Preamble):
"We Somalilanders of the diaspora, call on citizens at home
and abroad, AU, AL, UN and all friends of Somaliland to ask
Rayaale to step down respectfully."
Despite a motion of impeachment approved in the House of
Representatives ( Elected), President Rayaale of Somaliland
is clinging to power, and wants to offset with
counter-motion from the Upper House (unelected) and whose
term the President extended by full four years in 2007.
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Somaliland Upper House Does The Right Thing |
By voting to endorse the 6-point agreement between the three
political parties rather than extend the president’s term
without the opposition parties’ agreement, Somaliland’s Upper
House did the right thing for itself and for the country. It did
the right thing for itself because doing otherwise would have
ruined its reputation, and it did the right thing for the
country because doing otherwise would have worsened the
country’s political situation.
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Somaliland President: Step
Down Gracefully Or Disgracefully |
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By Dalmar Kahin
Almost a decade ago, in 2002 after President Ibrahim
Mohammed Egal passed away, many political analysts predicted
that no way will Somaliland honor its constitution and sworn
the vice president Dahir Riyale Kahin in as the third
president without bloodshed. Never! It was unthinkable for
such a smooth transition to unfold, at least not in
corrupted Africa and, of course, not in war-ravaged
Somaliland.
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Loosing The Faith In The
System |
Part IV - The role of the
house of representative in the current standoff
Written by Ibrahim
Saed Hussein
Let me just say that I have an enormous amount of
respect to house of parliament
The only parliament that was elected by the people in 2005
was in conflicts since its inception with other branch of
the state. Going back to my previous articles I stated that
if the responsibility of the current problem might be
divided to its actors, the executive could have received a
big portion. If again the problem is to be divided to its
actors what share could the legislators be received?
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A Nation Under Volcano |
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Written
By Dr. Yusuf Deyr
Mr.Riyale also has no a deciding force of Army that is loyal
to him one hundred percentage.
After Mr.Riyale threw the State Constitution on the wall; by
closing both houses by force through his Police - State.
Against the will of both panel. Which is the first scandal
of that sort in the life history of all dictators. Above
that, the Judiciary and the House of Elders bodies, has no
independence from the presidency; and it is under the thumb
of Mr. Riyale.
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Is Somaliland At The
Crossroads? |
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By
Abdikarim Osman
Somaliland leaders are obviously fighting on the deck of a
sinking Titanic. There are four mutilated bodies on the same
deck with their souls asking for justice and mercy. They
deserve justice in order to rest in peace and that is all
what they are waiting. The murderers are fiddling and
fooling around the corners of the sinking ship in hoots and
tattoos in their top fashion of cannibalism.
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Mr. Rayale Resign
Gracefully And Save The Nation From Abyss |
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By
Suleiman Egeh
Word of the day: “The time to plant the seeds for a new 21st
century leadership model for Somaliland, in the post
colonial failed/collapsed state era is now”
It so unfortunate to see the continuation of the political
impasse in Somaliland. The current problems stem from the
postponement of the presidential elections three times.
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The Freedom
Torch From London Arrived In Pittsburgh !!!! |
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By Tedla Asfaw
Ethiopians protest at G20 gathering at Pittsburgh was live
covered on ECADF yesterday afternoon and as far as I
remember it is the fist live coverage on Internet of
Ethiopians protest. The noisy crowd draw the attentions of
local and foreign medias and this morning one of the local
news papers reported about the protest. Major news media
however concentrated on the anarchist battle with the
police. Today there will be a big crowd of the Ethiopian
North American Battalion who came to Pittsburgh as far as
the west of USA and Canada.
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The Voice In The Wilderness |
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By Aniis A. Essa
In the week since Congressman Joe Wilson’s display of
ignorance, the issue of RACE, once again, has spun out of
control. So, I will try to add some sanity to the debate.
But first, let me lay the foundation for my argument.
Without question, you can disagree with President Obama
without being a racist. But, what does describing Obama as a
Nazi have to do with healthcare?
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Putting
Puntland's Potential Into Play |
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The author, Dr. J. Peter Pham, with Abdirahman
Mohamed Mohamud Farole, president of Puntland
State of Somalia. |
By J. Peter Pham, Ph.D.
September 24, 2009
In
last week's column, I noted that the United States
military and intelligence communities deserve to be
applauded for successfully ferreting out and terminating the
short, but bloody, career of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan. In his
twenty-eight years, the Kenyan national had been the
ringleader of the cell of al-Qaeda in East Africa
responsible for the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel
in Mombasa, Kenya, and the simultaneous attempt to down an
Israeli commercial airliner in addition to being implicated
in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. More recently, he had been
bringing in foreign trainers and fighters to the terrorist
training camps he was running in support of al-Shabaab
and other Islamist extremists trying to take control of
Somalia. As important as this victory was in the context of
the fight against terrorism, however, it would be
disingenuous to claim that it will significantly advance
either security within Somalia or stability in the Horn of
Africa subregion.
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A Time to Stand Fast on Mladic
and War Crimes |
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Morton
Abramowitz And Daniel Serwer
Fourteen years after the massacre of 8,000 Muslims at
Srebrenica in Bosnia, the perpetrator of the largest
atrocity in Europe since World War II, indicted war criminal
Gen. Ratko Mladic, still roams free. Worse still, if the
recent anniversary of the massacre -- which garnered little
notice in European countries and the United States -- as
well as recent diplomatic signals are any indication, Europe
and the U.S. seem ready to effectively turn the page on his
arrest.
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By Brian
Merchant
New York,
September 26, 2009 – The opening session on the second day
of the Clinton
Global Initiative focused
on an under-examined issue in the green movement--women's
rights and empowerment.
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North And South Korea: “We
Want Reunification But They Don’t Let Us” |
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By Ivan
Simic
We are more or less all aware of the current North-South
Korea relations, Korea reunification and North Korea’s
nuclear development program which daily fill the pages of
the world newspapers. However, what is less known is why
disputes between the two states started and who does not
want them to succeed with the reunification.
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September 14, 2009 (AOI – TSXV) … Africa Oil Corporation
(“Africa Oil” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an
update on its East African oil and gas operations. The
Company has assembled a highly prospective portfolio of oil
and gas exploration assets in Kenya (Blocks 9, 10A and
10BB), Ethiopia (Adigala, Ogaden 2/6 and 7/8) and Somalia (Dharoor
and Nogal) as well as attracting an excellent group of joint
venture partners.
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