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Addis Ababa,
October 17, 2009 – French company Bollore Africa Logistics
is to invest €500-million in the Somali port of Berbera, a
crucial lifeline for landlocked Ethiopia, a diplomat said
Wednesday.
Berbera, less than 300 kilometers east of the former French
colony of Djibouti, faces Yemen on the Gulf of Aden and is
the economic capital of Somaliland, a breakaway state more
stable than the rest of Somalia.
"Bollore is about to
invest €500-million in Berbera port to improve the port and
create a new corridor to the hinterland.
Ethiopia is very excited about that," a French diplomat
based in Addis Ababa said.
"The project is not
completely finalized, but Bollore has a huge presence in
West Africa and is interested in East Africa," the diplomat
said on condition of anonymity.
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International Development
Written answers and statements (UK’s House of Commons), 12
October 2009
Andrew Rosindell (- Shadow Minister, Home Affairs;
Romford, Conservative)
To ask the
Secretary of State for
International Development how much his Department has
spent on humanitarian projects in Somaliland in the last 12
months.
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Jigjiga, Ethiopia, October
17, 2009 – Federal and regional authorities are establishing
more checkpoints and opening more revenue and customs branch
offices in the Somali Regional State in a bid to curb
rampant contraband trade and encourage legal business.
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VOA Launches FM Radio
Station In Hargeysa, Somaliland |
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Washington,
D.C., October 17, 2009 – Panelists emphasized the role of
free press in promoting democracy at a Town Hall in
Hargeysa, Somaliland on Wednesday as the Voice of America (
VOA ) launched a new radio station in Somaliland.
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 17, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland Foreign
Minister Abdillahi Duale, on Wednesday 14 October, thanked
all Somaliland political parties, as well as the friends of
Somaliland for their well spirited engagement and support.
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Addis Ababa,
October 17, 2009 -- Bollore Africa Logistics (SDV
international), a French-based company, is close to striking
a deal to manage Berbera Port, Capital has learnt. Eng. Ali
Omer Mohamed, General Manager of Berbera Port Authority
announced that a memorandum of understanding was signed
between SDV representatives and port officials four months
ago.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, October 17, 2009 – The leader of Somali
Islamist rebel group Hezbal Islam Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys
on Friday accused the government of neighboring Djibouti of
fueling the political crisis and long-running conflicts in
Somalia.
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-Construction to cost USD 1.6bln
By Tamiru Tsige
Addis Ababa, October 17, 2009 – North Holdings Investment
Inc., Ethiopia, a subsidiary of the US-based North Holdings
Investment and whose major shareholder is the prominent
Ethiopian businessman Temesgen Mehari, announced Monday that
it had completed a feasibility study for a cement factory it
would build over a 450 ha of land at Dejen, 216km north of
Addis Ababa, in the Amhara Regional State.
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Dublin, October 17, 2009 – IMMIGRATION authorities have
uncovered a scam involving African asylum seekers, who claim
to be from
Somalia.
Three out of five were found to have lied about their
background.
The applicants are posing as Somalis to boost their chances
of being granted refugee status because they are less likely
to be deported back to the war-torn country.
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World Food Day: East
Africa’s Extended Drought Fuels Disease And Malnutrition |
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London, UK, October 17,
2009 – To mark World Food Day, Merlin is calling on the
international community to step up support to help the
drought-affected communities in the region weather the
crisis.
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Man On Terror Watchlist
Stopped Then Let Go |
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Las Vegas, October 17, 2009 – A Somali man on the U.S.
government's terrorist watch list was stopped last week by a
police officer outside Las Vegas, but the officer had no
legal authority to detain the man so he was sent on his way,
multiple law enforcement sources told FOX News.
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Somali Islamists Whip Women
For Wearing Bras |
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Mogadishu, October 17, 2009 – Somalia's
hardline Islamist group al Shabaab has publicly whipped
women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by
constituting a deception, north Mogadishu residents said
Friday.
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Somali Pirates Seize
Singapore Container Ship In Indian Ocean |
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Nairobi, Kenya, October 17, 2009 – Somali
pirates on Thursday seized a Singapore-flagged container
ship in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles, maritime
sources told AFP.
"The Singapore flagged and owned boxship Kota Wajar was
seized around 300 nautical miles north the Seychelles," said
Andrew Mwangura, who heads the Kenyan chapter of East
African Seafarers Assistance Program.
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Eritrea Rejects Sanctions
Call Over Somalia Role |
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Asmara, October 17, 2009 – Eritrea on
Wednesday dismissed a renewed threat of sanctions over
charges it is arming insurgents in Somalia.
Britain was the latest country to join the condemnation,
telling the U.N. Security Council last week it was ready to
punish Eritrea for its alleged role in Somalia.
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Interpol:
Crime Syndicates Helping Somali Pirates |
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Spanish
Defense Ministry photo of a Somali arrested for
allegedly taking part in hijacking a Spanish
trawler, in an ambulance outside Madrid, 12 Oct
2009 |
Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, October 17, 2009 – International
police officials say Somali pirates are getting significant
help from organized crime.
Officials aired their concerns in Singapore Wednesday at a
meeting of Interpol, the global police organization.
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Man Charged
With Lying In Missing Somalis Case |
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ST. Paul,
Minn. , October 17, 2009 – A Minnesota man is accused of
lying to FBI agents investigating the disappearance of as
many as 20 young Somali men who left Minnesota to possibly
fight with a terrorist group in their homeland.
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Somali Woman
Missing For 1 Week |
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Nashville, Tenn., October 17, 2009 – Metro police are
searching for a woman who hasn't been seen since last week.
Amina Lugundi left the Cohn Adult Learning Center in west
Nashville last Tuesday afternoon. Police said her normal
routine was to ride an MTA bus from school to her home on
South 7th Street.
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Somali Pirates Want $4 Mln For Spanish Trawler |
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Mogadishu,
October 17, 2009 – Somali pirates holding a Spanish tuna
trawler for the past 12 days on Wednesday demanded four
million dollars for the release of the ship and its
36-member crew, one of the pirates told AFP.
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Somaliland Government Will Pursue
Gen. Samatar And Other War Criminals |
Muhammad Ali Samatar
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
October 17, 2009 (SL
Times) – Somaliland
government announced
that it intends to bring
officials of Somalia’s
now defunct military
regime to justice, no
matter how long it
takes.
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Somaliland
Security Arrest An Alleged Terrorist |
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Buroa, Somaliland, October 17, 2009 (SL Times) – Somaliland
security forces arrested two alleged terrorists in Buro, capital
of Togdheer region.
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Did The US
Ambassador Agree To A Quid Pro Quo With Puntland? |
Nairobi, Kenya, October 17, 2009 (SL Times) – Puntland
administration recently announced that it allowed Voice of
America (VOA) broadcasts in its territory.
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UCID Nominates A New Member To The
Election Commission |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 17, 2009
(SL Times) – UCID party nominated Abdifatah Ibrahim Sh.
Hassan to the election commission to replace its previous
nominee Khadar Muhammad Guulled, thus bringing to an end at
least one source of the dispute over the new election
commission.
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The
Djiboutian artist Abdinur Allale |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 17, 2009 (SL Times) –
Hadhwanaagnews.com had a fascinating two-part interview with the
Djiboutian artist Abdinur Allale.
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 17, 2009 (SL Times) – A university called
Addis Ababa Medical College was opened in Somaliland.
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"We Are Ready And Willing To Serve
Ethiopian Businesses" |
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Ali Omer Mohammed, General Manager of the Berbera Port
Berbera,
Somaliland, October 17, 2009 – Since May 1998, Ethiopia has been
fully dependent on the Port of Djibouti for its import and
export trade.
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Rayale Accused Of Undermining The
Electoral Process |
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A statement from KULMIYE party
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 17, 2009 (SL Times) – In a
statement released on Thursday (October 15, 2009), KULMIYE party
warns that the recent agreement of Somaliland’s three political
parties may fall apart if president Rayale continues to
undermine the electoral process including the formation of the
new National Electoral Commission (NEC).
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Rival Clans "Re-Arming" Over
Somaliland Farm |
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One of the
farms in Buqdhada, near the disputed Elberdale farmland
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 17, 2009 – Officials are warning
renewed fighting is likely between two rival clans in
Somaliland, where they are reported to have amassed a large
number of weapons and positioned hundreds of militiamen near
disputed farmland in Gabiley region.
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Brave Ghana Stun Brazil In U20
World Cup Final
Ghana become the first
African country in history to win the U-20 World Cup |
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Agyemang-Badu's winning penalty sparked jubilant scenes |
Cairo, Egypt, October 17, 2009 — Ghana
overcame Brazil 4-3 on penalties in the final of the Under-20
World Cup at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday to become
the first African side to win the tournament.
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Baby Survives After Falling Under
Train |
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The
stroller rolling towards the edge of the platform. |
Melbourne, Australia, October 17, 2009 – A
six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape after his stroller
rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an
incoming train.
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Osama bin
Laden's first wife has given a revealing insight into the
complex character of the man behind the world's most wanted
terrorist.
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Al
Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden Photo: REUTERS |
By Ben Farmer
Kabul, Afghanistan, October 17, 2009 – Najwa bin Laden has published a memoir
claiming he was a contradiction of personality traits.
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FILE - In this June 3, 2009, file
photo, UN investigator Richard Goldstone visits the destroyed house
where members of the Samouni family were killed in an artillery strike
during Israel's offensive in January in Gaza City.
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GENEVA, October 17, 2009 — The
U.N. Human Rights Council voted Friday to endorse a Gaza war crimes report that
calls on Israel and Hamas to carry out credible investigations into alleged
abuses — or face possible referral to international war crimes prosecutors.
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The British
Government must publish US intelligence material about the
torture allegedly suffered by Binyam Mohamed, a former
Guantanamo Bay inmate, the High Court has ruled.
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Mr Mohamed was released earlier this year after seven years in US
custody, including four in the camp at Guantanamo Photo: AFP/GETTY |
London, UK, October 17, 2009 — David Miliband, the Foreign
Secretary, said the Government will appeal against the ruling, which came
despite his warnings that publication would be a major threat to British
national security.
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Stig Jarle
Hansen, East Africa researcher at the Norwegian
Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Fatima
Ali Mader (standing), Adan Mohammed, Kjell Harald Dalen
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Christoffer
Klyve.
Photo: Claudio Castello |
Ingeborg Vardøen
Oslo, Norway, October 16, 2009 – In connection with the planned
presidential elections in Somaliland, was the recently held a
seminar organized by the Development Fund and the Norwegian
Council for Africa.
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By Berouk Mesfin
ISS Paper 200, September 2009
INTRODUCTION
The Horn of Africa is the most militarized and conflict-ridden
region on the African continent, with armed conflicts raging
frequently within and between states.
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Western
Diplomacy & the Rise of Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
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Written by Ahmed M.I. Egal
During the last six months we have witnessed the effective
collapse of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG)
lead by Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, as Al-Shabaab and its allies
have seized control of nearly all of Somalia, including
Mogadishu, where Sheikh Sharif and his ministers cower in
the Presidential Palace (Villa Somalia) under the protection
of the AMISOM forces.
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A Life In The Day: Salomon
Kalou
The 24-year-old Chelsea striker loves his mum, his massage
chair and mashed potato
His Girlfriend, Najah, is a model, half-Somalian,
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London, UK,
October 17, 2009 – The alarm on my BlackBerry goes off at 9.
I never eat anything in the morning, so I just shower, put
on jeans and a T-shirt, and jump in my Range Rover.
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Somaliland Caught Between The President’s Lawlessness And The
Opposition’s Poor Judgment |
Let us say from the outset that the president’s holding back
of the submission of the opposition’s nominees to the electoral
commission is illegal and is an abuse of power. It is the many
illegal actions like these that have put a majority of
parliament on the verge of impeaching him. Let us also not
forget that the impeachment motion was only suspended and could
be brought back if he continues to violate the 6-point
agreement. Having said this, it also clear that the opposition
have not helped their cause and have played right into the hands
of the president. How so? First of all, it is a widely known
fact that the president is a serial violator of the law and has
ritually intervened in the legal process and subverted its
neutrality to the point that none of his political opponents are
willing to have the matters under dispute be resolved by those
whose job it is to resolve such disputes, namely, the judicial
authorities.
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The Four Weeks That Shook Somaliland Politics
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sheikh Hassan
For the last four weeks, Somaliland has witnessed one of its
critical political situations in connection to the following
reasons.
There was a general consensus among Somaliland people
regardless of their various social groupings and regional
divisions (wherever they live in the country and abroad)
that Somaliland was on the verge of collapse.
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The Last Impeachment Call: Impeach Riyale Now and Save
Somaliland! |
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By Farah Ali Jama,
Ottawa, Canada.
First and foremost, let me take this opportunity to strongly
condemn here the cheap, dirty and treacherous “political”
game that were jointly played by the usual back-stabber
Faysal Ali Waraabe and the rogue Dahir Riyale Kahin in
regards to the actions of the former for re-nominating his
former member of the National Election Commission (NEC) who
had been compelled to resign along with his six other
comrades weeks ago contrary to the agreement signed among
the three political parties and the international community.
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Change In Somaliland Is Bound To Happen |
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“Somalilanders have a great dream that one day this nation
will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed"
By Saeed Furaa.
I’ve read many interesting articles encouraging
socio-political change in Somaliland written by eminent
academics and opinion leaders Below is my humble input on
change in the socio-political system of Somaliland.
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Not In Front Of The Children! |
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By
Ibrahim Bowers
Many times parents and adults do things intentionally or
unintentionally that may set a bad example to their children
and other youngsters around. Below would be some such
situations and advises on how to set a better example for
your youngsters.
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Is Irish Independent News Outlet Spreading Islam-Phobia And
Racism? |
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Dear Irish Independent editors,
Although I greatly enjoyed reading your article entitled,
“Christianity must become more like Islam to prosper
“published on Monday, October 12, 2009, I was equally
saddened and offended that that article continued spreading
deliberate disinformation about Islam. And the ironic thing
is: it is this shameful and deliberate disinformation—a
condoned racism—towards Islam and Muslims that in fact
brought Islam to your doorsteps, in the first place. See the
article:
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/christianity-must-become-more-like-islam-to-prosper-1910720.html
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Feruz “Somali-Born” Called Up To Scotland U17s |
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Feruz was born
in Somalia and came to Glasgow when he was
seven-years-old |
Glasgow, Scotland, October 17, 2009 –
Celtic forward Islam Feruz has been called up to the
Scotland squad for this month's Uefa Under-17 Championship
qualifier with Cyprus at East End Park.
The 14-year-old Somali-born has lived in Scotland for seven
years and is eligible under a new Fifa ruling.
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ONLF Leader Claims Ogaden Are "Arab People" Under Ethiopian
Occupation |
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Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman, leader of the Ogaden
National Liberation Front (ONLF) |
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Ogaden tribe region is "one of the last occupied Arab
territories in the 21st century." - ONLF Chairman
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"There are no noticeable schools. Moreover, there are no
hospitals in the region"
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"If these groups (Shabaab) are fighting against Ethiopia,
then we have a common enemy. "
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"Tribalism is not among the principles of the ONLF"
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"The Ogaden people are an Arab Muslim people"
Interview by
Asharq Al-Awsat,
the leading Arabic international paper
Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman, leader of the Ogaden National
Liberation Front (ONLF), one of the most prominent armed
groups that are opposed to the Ethiopian Government,
believes that the issue of the Ogaden region is a forgotten
Arab-Islamic cause, on the basis that the region, which
Ethiopia considers its "fifth province", is an occupied
Somali land. He says it is one of the last occupied Arab
territories in the 21st century.
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By Scott
A Morgan
The Raid by American Special Forces in Somalia that resulted
in the Death of one of the individuals responsible for the
US Embassy attacks in 1998 could be a harbinger of events to
come.
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