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Abdi
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the
director of planning i
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Somaliland's Ministry of
Education
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 26, 2009
-- Bolloré Africa Logistics, a unit of Bollore SA, may sign
an agreement to manage the port of Berbera and oversee $700
million of upgrades to the facility in Somaliland, Abdillahi
Duale, the foreign minister, said. “Our discussions are
already in an advanced stage,” Duale said today in an
interview in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. “We have
already made a basic agreement.”
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Jigjiga, Ethiopia, January
2, 2010 – Customs officials in Jijjiga reported confiscating
6.3 million Br worth of goods in the first quarter of the
2009/10 fiscal year, 5.5 million Br worth of which were
inward bound.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland,
January 2, 2010 — Pakistan’s Adviser on Consular Affairs
between Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic Missions, Mr Shafiq
Ahmed Qureshi has sent a letter of condolences to the
family, friends, and to the people and government of
Somaliland on the death of Somaliland’s State Foreign
Minister, Mr Saed Mohamed Nur, who past away on Thursday
night in the capital.
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U.S., Britain Try To Shore
Up Yemen Vs Al Qaeda
Somali insurgents say ready to reinforce Yemen |
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Members
of the hardline al Shabaab Islamist rebel group hold
their weapons in Somalia's capital Mogadishu,
January 1, 2010. Somalia's hardline Islamist rebel
group al Shabaab said on Friday it was ready to send
reinforcement to al Qaeda in Yemen should the U.S.
carry out retaliatory strikes, and urged other
Muslims to follow suit. |
By Mark Trevelyan
London, January 2, 2010 – The United States will more than
double its security assistance for Yemen and Britain will
host an international meeting this month to seek ways of
preventing the poorest Arab state from becoming an al Qaeda
stronghold.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, January 2, 2010 -- In a setback for U.S.
investigators probing links to the attempted attack on a
Detroit-bound airliner, a Somali official said yesterday
that another suspect who tried to board a plane with
chemicals in that country already had been freed.
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Saleban
Yussuf Noor
from
Ununley village
in
Burcao, Somaliland |
Written by: Oxfam
This blog was written by Jane Barrett, a press officer for
Somalia, Niger and Burundi with Oxfam Novib, the Dutch part
of the Oxfam confederation. She recently went on a field
trip to Somaliland.
When the villagers of Ununley in Burao gather to meet us,
providing an occasion to drink tea and chew khaat, there is
a distinct majority of elderly and women.
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Addis Ababa, January 2, 2010 – Bollore Africa Logistics, one
of the companies that expressed interest in the bid for the
Freeport of Monrovia may sign an agreement to manage the
port of Berbera and oversee $ 700 million of upgrades to the
facility in Somaliland.
According to information, the Foreign Minister of that
country, Abdillahi Duale said discussions are already in an
advanced stage.
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Mogadishu, January 2, 2010 – Hezbal Islam an Islamist rebel
movement fighting the Somali government vowed on Thursday to
carry out attacks inside Ethiopia targeting military bases
and government buildings. According to Sheikh Shuriye Afrah
Sabriye, the group’s regional governor of Hiiraan region
bordering with Ethiopia, Islamist forces are ready for a big
war against Ethiopia, saying the attacks inside Ethiopia are
imminent in the next few days, “Ethiopia is responsible for
attacks on positions belonging to our forces outside the
city of Beledweyn and in retaliation we will attack
Ethiopian army bases inside Ethiopian territories, we are
committed to do that” he said
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JEDDAH, January 2, 2010 — Somaliland’s president Dahir
Rayale Kahin on Saturday received an invitation to visit
Saudi Arabia from Saudi officials, sources said.
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Passengers To Be Scanned
After Details Emerge About Somali Bomb Plot |
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London, January 02, 2009 –
A man was arrested last month when he attempted to board an
aircraft in Somalia carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and
a syringe, in a potential forerunner of the Christmas Day
bomb plot.
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SPS-LMM, ESAP Sign
Agreement To Develop Livestock Market Information System |
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Addis Ababa, January 02, 2009 – The Ethiopian Sanitary and
Phytosanitary and Livestock and Meat Marketing Program (SPS-LMM)
financed by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) has signed an agreement with the
Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP) for developing
livestock market information system (LMIS).
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Somali State Carries Out
Community Conversations On HIV/AIDS In 1,260 Kebeles |
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Jijiga,
January 2, 2010 – The Somali State HIV/AIDS Prevention and
Control Bureau said community conversations on HIV/AIDS have
been carried out in 1,260 Kebeles of the state so as to
prevent the spread of the virus.
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Communal Groups Back Somali
In Bid To Block Israel Lawsuits |
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General
Mohamed
Ali
Samatar, Former
vice
president and
Prime
minister of Somalia |
Washington, January 2, 2010 — American Jewish organizations
that fought to establish the jurisdiction of U.S. courts for
suits against terrorist groups are taking an opposite tack
in suits involving human rights abuses.
Jewish groups have filed briefs siding with a former Somali
official now living in Virginia who is alleged to bear
responsibility for atrocities committed during his tenure.
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Crime Pays For Somali
Pirates |
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By Stephen Brown
January 2, 2010
When it comes to the scourge of Somali piracy, the latest
incident leaves one wondering whether to laugh or cry. At
the very least, it should cause heads to shake and have
people asking how the West is ever going to win the War
On Terror.
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Ethiopia Rejects Warning Of
Hunger After Drought |
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Addis Ababa, January 2, 2010 – An Ethiopian minister has
denied reports that millions of people need urgent food aid
after failed rains.
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Eritrea Opposition Vows To
Up Military Action |
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Addis Ababa, January 2, 2010 – An Eritrean opposition group
told AFP on Tuesday it was "prepared to launch attacks" on
government troops after the United Nations last week imposed
tough sanctions on Asmara.
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Ahmadinejad Meets Somali FM
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Somali’s
FM Jangeli (L), Iran’s President Ahmadinejad (R)
meeting in Tehran |
Tehran,
January 2, 2010 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal
Government of the Somali Republic Ali Ahmed Jama Jangeli on
Wednesday in Tehran.
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Upper House Urges Greater
Participation By Women In Politics |
The Upper House "Guurti"
sessions (photofile)
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
January 02, 2010 (SL
Times) – The Upper
House’s Standing
Committee has advised
that greater efforts
should be made to enable
women to take part in
the political process in
Somaliland.
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Presidential Guard
Commander Punishes Soldier For Wrongdoing |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland,
January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – In unan usual move by Somaliland
government, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, Abokor Sulub
Ahmed ordered the arrest of one of its soldiers for improper
behavior.
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The Islamic
Courts Are Haunted By The Monsters They Created |
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Islamic
courts militant in Mogadisho on 2006 (photofile) |
Mogadishu, Somalia, January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – Sheikh
Sharif’s Minister of Interior, Sheikh Abd al-Qadir Ali Omar
described the situation in Somalia as miserable. He said the
people behind Somalia’s problems are not fighting for the
cause of religion as they claim but are fighting for
personal interests.
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Kenya Delegation Departs
Somaliland |
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Honorable Farah Maallin, Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan
Parliament |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – The
Kenyan parliamentary delegation departed Somaliland after a very
busy and fruitful visit which covered all Somaliland’s regions
with the exception of Sanag.
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Paris, France, January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland Foreign
Representative in France, Mohamud Salah Nur Fagadhe, passed away
in Paris, France this week. Mr. Fagadhe underwent surgery which
lasted for five hours in October this year.
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Las Anod, Somaliland, January
02, 2010 (SL Times) – Officials in Somaliland Sool region went
on inspection tours of the security committees’ offices. As
reported by Afnugaal.com, the purpose of the visits was to
discuss how to strengthen the capabilities of the security
committees, and how the security committees and Sool regional
administration can work together smoothly.
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Sheikh Sharif’s Police Shoot One
Of His Parliamentarians |
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Mogadishu, Somalia, January 02,
2010 (SL Times) – One of Sheikh Sharif’s policemen shot and
wounded one of Sheikh Sharif’s parliamentarians. The
parliamentarian’s name is Abdirizaq Muhammad Yusuf (Xiirane).
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Puntland And South Somalia Pirates
Hijack Three Ships Same Week |
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Bosaso, Somalia, January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – Pirates from
Puntland and South Somalia hijacked three ships in same week.
The three ships are owned by Britain, Panama and Yemen and are
estimated to have 60 crew members. The St James Park was
carrying chemicals and had a crew of 26. The Yemeni ship is
called Al Mahmoud.
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Puntland’s Worsening Security
Situation |
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Bosaso,
Somalia, January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – The situation in Puntland
has been in a downward spiral for some time. Even the highest
officials of Puntland are not immune to the increasing violence.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 70 At
Pakistan Sports Event |
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A man
comforts one of those injured in the bombing at a local
hospital in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan |
Lakki Marwat,
January 02, 2010 – A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with
explosives on to a field during a volleyball tournament in
northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 70 people.
Police said that at least 65 people were wounded and some 20
houses destroyed in the attack.
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2009 Draws To Close With Hugs,
Gunfire And A Blue Moon |
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The blue moon over the London Eye and
the Thames Thursday night |
By Lewis Smith
London, January 02, 2010 – The new decade and the new year were
ushered in around the world with spectacular fireworks displays,
heightened security measures and a blue moon. Spontaneous
hugging broke out in Tokyo, hundreds of Filipinos were hurt by
celebratory firecrackers and gunfire, while revelers in Venice
struggled to keep their feet dry as the New Year came in with a
high tide.
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Nigeria says the suspect
spent very little time at
Lagos airport |
Lagos, January 2, 2010 – The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a
transatlantic airline on Christmas Day began his journey in Ghana, the Nigerian
authorities say.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab spent just half an hour at the airport in Lagos before
transferring to an Amsterdam flight, the information minister said.
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A visual comparison of Burj Dubai’s
(centre) height with that of surrounding buildings at dusk.
Photo/REUTERS |
By Andrew Stern
Dubai, January 2, 2010 – In the annals of tall skyscrapers, there is no doubt
that the soon-to-open Burj Dubai will be the world’s tallest. But how tall is
known to only a few. “It’s still a secret,” William Baker of Skidmore, Owings
and Merrill LLP, the tower’s structural engineer, said in an interview ahead of
the Burj Dubai’s January 4 opening.
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FOB Chapman operates from Khost
Airfield 32km from Pakistan border. The former Soviet base is reportedly
used for launching US drones. The airfield extended to allow C-130
transporter planes to land. Named after Nathan Chapman, first US soldier
killed in Afghanistan in 2002 |
Washington, January 2, 2010 – The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in
Afghanistan had been courted by the US as a possible informant, US intelligence
sources have said.
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"Guantanamo is a place of humiliation for Muslims," said
Bare, one of the two Somalilanders who were released
from Guantanamo Bay last month |
By Patrick Martin
January 02, 2010
Five
days after the unsuccessful attempt by a Nigerian student to set
off a bomb aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet, US military and
intelligence officials are said to be preparing expanded
military action against targets in Yemen, the Arab country where
the student allegedly received terrorist training and was
equipped with an explosive device.
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Hanad Wabari is one of more than
80 Somalis living in Nepal |
Kathmandu, January 2, 2009 — Yusuf Abdillahi Mohammud was just
16 when he arrived in Nepal in 2007, the victim of a people
trafficker who had promised to take him to Europe from his
native Somalia.
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An Israeli researcher has
found that the 'love hormone' also controls antisocial
emotions
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Benjamin
Joffe-Walt / January 2, 2010
A researcher at Israel's University of Haifa has discovered
that the 'love hormone' oxytocin has an effect over both
pro-social and antisocial emotions.
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Round-up of Reporters Without
Borders
Press freedom in 2009 |
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In 2009
76 journalists killed (60 in 2008)
33 journalists
kidnapped
573 journalists
arrested
1456 physically
assaulted
570 media
censored
157 journalists
fled their countries
1 blogger
died in prison
151 bloggers
and cyber-dissidents arrested
61 physically
assaulted
60 countries affected by online censorship
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Good
Reasons For Hope In Somaliland |
As the year comes to an end, it is both natural and expected
for Somalilanders to sit back and take stock of the situation in
their country. In order to do that, Somalilanders should ask
themselves three questions: where have we come from? Where are
we now? And where are we going? In other words, they must keep
in mind the past, present and future.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part VII
Land Reform Strategy |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashiid
Sh. Hassan
This is the seventh article of a series
of articles that Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military
coup and its legacy
Land reform was one of the
key components of the regime’s socialist programme but
before discussing land reform, a glance must first be given
to some of the matters surrounding this issue. Most of the
fertile cultivatable land in the country lies on the banks
of the two rivers Juba and Shebelle, in southern part of the
country.
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Somaliland: Kenya’s Deputy
Speaker’s Visit Sparks Condemnations Yet Debunks Lies |
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By Dalmar Kahin
For the opponents of Somaliland's independence, Kenya’s
deputy speaker’s visit to Somaliland, specially, the
provincial capital of Sool, LasAnnod, is worse than daggers
jammed into their hearts. However, for Somaliland
proponents, the visit is like removing a blood-sucking leach
from their bodies because it debunks countless barefaced
lies against Somaliland. As for the deputy, Farah Ma’alim
himself, the visit marks nothing more than a fact finding
mission; that is, he neither supports Somaliland's quest for
independence nor opposes its presence in one of its
provinces: Sool.
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Supporting The Education Of
The Less Fortunate In Somalia |
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By Liban Obsiye, Bristol,
UK.
The importance of education is quite clear. Education is the
knowledge of putting one's potentials to maximum use. One
can safely say that a human being is not one in the proper
sense till he is educated.
This importance of education is basically for two reasons.
The first is that the training of a human mind is not
complete without education. Education makes man a right
thinker. It tells man how to think and how to make decision.
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Somalia: Why Troops Must Be
Deployed Now |
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By JULIANA TAIWO
The entire event was aimed to explore mechanisms of
influencing public opinion and support for African Union
Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) in Somalia, especially in
current and potential Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs).
The forum sought to enable citizens—through gatekeepers—from
the TCCs to appreciate the roles, responsibilities and
contributions of their troops to the peace process in
Somalia and its far-reaching implications for the African
continent. It also aimed to explore mechanisms of
influencing public policy in the current and potential TCCs
with a view to generating more troops for the mission.
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Somaliland: Foreign And
Economic Affairs In Review 2009 |
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By Ahmed Kheyre
The following
article is by Somaliland’s representative in Sweden, Mr. Eidarus Sheikh Adan,
and with his kind permission republished.
Despite the
political crises regarding the delay in the presidential election which come to
an end in September, 2009 has been successful year for Somaliland in the foreign
policy and economy arena. During the year there have been discussions about the
presidential election and the reliability of the voter registration system. Many
people both in Somaliland and abroad were pessimistic about future of Somaliland
and believed, wrongly, that there will be a conflict.
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The Fall Of Fagadhe |
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By Adam Jibril
My condolence to the president of the Republic of Somaliland and the nation at
large as well as his friends in ideas and outlook, to fallen hero of Somaliland,
Mohamoud Salex Nour Fagadhe, my heartfelt condolence to the president and to the
entire people of Somaliland. The lost of such a great personality like Mahamoud
Saslex Nour (Fagadge) who has been a very intimate believer of modernity and
secularism, not because it has a beautiful sound but because he believed in it
as embodiment of the general good of Somalis and African people in making
history of their own.
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America, Al-Qaeda And
Home-Made Bombs
From
shoes to soft drinks to underpants |
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The
attempted bombing of an airliner highlights gaps in
intelligence-sharing and airport security |
London and Washington, DC, January 2, 2010 – THE charred
underpants of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tell the story of a
terrorist attack averted only by luck.
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Yemen's Multiple Wars: A
Growing Worry For The West
A tribal rebellion
in the north and al-Qaeda elsewhere are jangling nerves |
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Cairo, Egypt, January 02,
2010 – STRUGGLING to fend off many threats, Yemen’s
government has looked increasingly beleaguered.
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Six
children taken by Social Services
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By Jay Tokasz
Buffalo, January 2, 2010 – Somalian immigrant Malaika Sabtow
raised five children in African refugee camps, surviving for
14 years without electricity, amid persistent drought and
regular outbreaks of malaria and tuberculosis.
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