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Somaliland: Human
Trafficking On The Increase |
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Anti-human trafficking billboard in the streets of
Hargeysa
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 – Officials in
Somaliland are concerned over a rise in human trafficking in
the region. Children are mainly trafficked from
south-central Somalia, because of the lack of government
there, says a senior government official.
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The outbreak of AWD also hit internally displaced
persons in
Sayla |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 – UN agencies and health
authorities in Somaliland have set up a taskforce to check
the spread of acute watery diarrhea (AWD), which has broken
out in several regions, killing several children and
infecting hundreds of people.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April 3, 2010 – Hardline Islamist insurgents
have plans to attack the Somali capital's seaport with vessels
packed full of explosives, African Union peacekeepers and
moderate Islamists said Friday. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab
fighters are waging a deadly insurgency against the fragile
Western-backed government, intent on imposing a harsher version
of Sharia law throughout the impoverished nation.
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Anchors
read the latest news from around the world this
month in the studio at Radio Mogadishu, which opened
in 1951. |
Mogadishu, Somalia,
April 3, 2010 –
A veiled female journalist (who also happens to be wearing a
snug denim skirt) sits in a soundproof studio with a fuzzy
microphone in front of her face.
“Salaam Aleikum,” she says, greeting a man who has called
in to the radio station.
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By Tabassum Zakaria
Washington, April 3, 2010 – The United States will implement
new airline security measures this month to replace
mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 countries, a
step that had angered some allies when it was imposed after
a failed bombing on Christmas Day.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April 3, 2010 — Despite months of
pronouncements by officials that a big offensive is
imminent, Somalia's prime minister told The Associated Press
the government will only gradually try to expand its control
of the capital, most of which is held by al-Qaida-linked
Islamist rebels.
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Somali Army Trains To Fight
Al-Qaida-Linked Rebels |
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Somali army
recruits train using sticks instead of guns at Camp
al-Jazira, the government's main military base, in
Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
Officials say a long-planned government offensive
against Islamist insurgents has been delayed partly
because of a lack of training and equipment, a
problem the European Union hopes to remedy with its
plan to train 2,000 Somali soldiers, announced
Wednesday. (AP Photo/Katharine Houreld) (Katharine
Houreld - AP) |
By Katharine Houreld
Mogadishu, Somalia, April 3, 2010 – Somali army recruits are
using sticks instead of guns as they train for combat
against battle-hardened Islamist rebels. With the army
lacking equipment and training, Somalia's prime minister
said an offensive the government has threatened to launch
for months will be gradual instead of a blitzkrieg.
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Ethiopia Launches Electric
Car Despite Power Shortages |
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Many
Ethiopians will struggle
to
afford a Solaris Elettra |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 3, 2010 – Ethiopia has launched
an electric car, despite suffering from power shortages. It
is only the second African country to do so, after South
Africa.
Two versions of the Solaris Elettra will be manufactured in
Addis Ababa, costing around $12,000 and $15,000.
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Kenya To Expand Africa's
Biggest Refugee Settlement - U.S. Official |
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Nairobi,
Kenya, April 3, 2010 – Kenya will expand Africa's biggest
refugee settlement to accommodate an additional 80,000
people, relieving severe overcrowding, a top U.S. official
said.
Dadaab, a settlement of three camps in northern Kenya, was
designed to house 90,000 refugees but now hosts 270,000
people - one of the world's largest concentrations of
refugees.
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20 Civilians Killed In
Somali Capital |
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April 3, 2010 – At least 20 people were
killed Friday after an intense battle between government
forces and Islamic insurgents in the Somali capital, medical
officials said.
Friday's fighting follows a lull of about two weeks, since
scores of civilians were killed in two days of violence in
the capital.
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Swedish Helicopter Wing
Begin Flying In Djibouti |
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Swedish Armed Forces
Djibouti, April 3, 2010 – The Swedish Helicopter Wing has
begun flying in Djibouti in preparation for the beginning of
operations in mid-April.
The two AW109s arrived in Djibouti two days ago and
engineers have been working to prepare the aircraft for
flight including bolting on rotor-blades.
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U.S. Navy Captures Pirates
In Clash Off Seychelles |
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Nairobi, Kenya,
April 3, 2010 – A U.S. warship captured five suspected
pirates on Thursday after an exchange of fire in the Indian
Ocean west of the Seychelles, the U.S. navy said.
"USS Nicholas captured suspected pirates on Thursday after
exchanging fire, sinking a skiff, and confiscating a
suspected mother ship," the U.S. Navy said in a statement.
It did not say whether the pirates were Somalis.
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Taiwan Confirms Seizure Of
Fishing Boat By Somali Pirates |
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Taipei, Thailand, April 3, 2010 – Taiwan on Friday confirmed
that a Taiwan fishing boat had been seized by Somali pirates
and was being towed towards Somalia.
"Our representative office in South Africa has contacted the
missing fishing trawler, the Jih Chun Tsai 68," Foreign
Ministry spokesman Henry Chen said. "Captain Wu Yu-lai said
the boat was seized by Somali pirates, was being towed to
Somalia, but the crew were safe."
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Somalis Protest Against
Shabaab In Mogadishu |
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Mogadishu, Somalia,
April 3, 2010 -
Hundreds of enraged protesters marched through the streets
of Mogadishu on Monday to protest against the
Shabaab, a militant Islamist insurgent group, in one of
the largest demonstrations in recent years.
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Somaliland Foreign Minister Meets
With French And Yemeni Embassies In Ethiopia |
Somaliland Foreign
Minister Abdillahi
Mohamed Duale (right)
met the French
Ambassador in Ethiopia,
Mr Jean Christophe
(left) in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
April 3, 2010 (SL Times)
– Somaliland Foreign
Minister Abdillahi Duale
met the French
Ambassador in Ethiopia,
Mr Jean Christophe.
The Somaliland Foreign
Minister also held a
meeting with the Yemeni
Ambassador in Ethiopia,
Mr Dirhem A. Noman.
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President Dahir
Rayale Kahin Warmly Welcomed In His Home Town Qun-Ujeed |
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Qun-ujeed, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland
President Dahir Rayale Kahin paid a three-day tour of Awdal
Region this week during which he visited to his hometown
Qun-ujeed, 30 km west of Borama. He was welcomed by students and
other citizens who lined up the streets cheering and chanting
“Welcome Mr President” and “Long Live Somaliland”.
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Electoral
Commission Spokesman Urges Somalilanders To Unite |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 (SL Times) – The
Spokesman of Somaliland's electoral commission, Mr Muhammad
Ahmed Hirsi Geelle reiterated that the electoral commission
has not announced the date for Somaliland's presidential
election, but he also made it clear that the political
parties can meet with their supporters in party offices.
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Ahmed Sillanyo Says He Signed With
His Own Hand The SNM Order To Launch The Offensive Against
Barre’s Troops |
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Ahmed Sillanyo,
ex-chairman
of SNM |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 (SL Times) – The former
Chairman of the Somali National Movement Ahmed Sillanyo who was
also the chairman of the SNM for the longest period of its
existence said in a BBC Somali Service Program on Somali history
that the crossing of the Somali National Movement (SNM)
guerrillas into Buroa and Hargeysa in 1988 was based on a
decision reached in Diridawa by the SNM’s executive and central
committees.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 (SL Times) – Three groups of
veterinary doctors left for Sool and Sanag in order to check on
the health of livestock in those regions. While in Sanag, the
veterinarians will take blood samples from the animals and check
for Burcella.
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Las Anod, Somaliland, April 3,
2010 (SL Times) – A new hospital opened its doors in Las Anod.
According to Afnugaal.com, the General Manager of the hospital
Dr Abdirashid Mohamud told the press that the new hospital has
beds for 25 patients, a delivery department, ultra sound and
other modern equipment.
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SOHASCO: Student’s Awareness
Campaign Against HIV/AIDS |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3,
2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland Health and Social Care Organization
(SOHASCO) launched last week a wide range campaign to raise the
awareness of school students against the dangers of HIV/AIDS,
which has affected millions of people in the world its awareness
campaign at the Elementary and Intermediate School of Sheikh
Bashir School in Hargeysa.
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President Girma Holds Talks With
Foreign Minister Of Somaliland |
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 3, 2010 -- President Girma
Woldegiorgis here on Wednesday held talks with Foreign Minister
of Somaliland, Abdillahi Mohamed Duale.
President Girma on the occasion said the existing relations
between Ethiopia and Somaliland should further be strengthened.
The
President said the two countries should further enhance
cooperation in the efforts to prevent terrorism.
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Press Release By The Somaliland
Liaison Office In Washington D.C. |
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Washington, April 3, 2010 – A Somaliland delegation consisting
of senior ministers and parliamentarians visited the U.S. From
March 20--28, 2010 as a result of a U.S. government invitation.
The delegation included,
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29th March,
2010 Hargeysa, Somaliland
I. Introduction
The ISG members held their regular monthly meeting at the
Academy of Peace and Development (APD) on 29th March
in order to discuss and assess the overall progress made
towards the planned presidential election. The meeting was
sponsored by the Social Research and Development Institute (SORADI).
It was moderated by its Acting-Director, Haroon
H Ahmed Yusuf. The Somaliland Independent
Scholar’s Group (ISG) members are all long-term participants
of Somaliland rebuilding and democratization process, who
are considered to be highly competent to provide an
objective analysis and strategy to address the issues at
hand.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April
3, 2010 (SL Times) – A gun fight erupted between Sheikh
Sharif's militia or "police" that have been busy demolishing
the shacks of about 500 destitute families in Avizione
neighborhood of Mogadishu.
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Bosasso, Somalia, April 3,
2010 (SL Times) – A hand grenade was thrown at the house of
Bosaso’s Deputy Mayor, Abdulqadir Yusuf Dahir on March 22,
2010.
The deputy mayor and two others were wounded in the attack.
No one claimed to be behind the attack. Puntland’s security
has been in a downward spiral for quite some time with
almost daily bombings and assassinations. Puntland is also a
center of piracy.
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Suicides Shock France's Disney
Park |
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Eurodisney,
in Paris, has been criticized by the trade union for
'humiliating' working conditions |
Paris, France,
April 3, 2010 – Disneyland Paris is investigating after two park
employees committed suicide in the past six weeks, under working
conditions which a trade union described as "humiliating".
A Eurodisney chef hanged himself at his home near Paris last
Friday, on the same day he was due to return to work after a
period of sick leave. According to the Disneyland branch of the
trade union federation, Force Ouvrière, the worker, in his 40s,
had told colleagues he wanted to leave his job because he was
struggling with demands to "increase figures with fewer
resources".
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Israeli Planes And Helicopters
Mount Gaza Attacks |
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Gaza, Palestine, April 3, 2010 – Israeli planes and helicopters
mounted at least seven missile attacks on the Hamas-ruled Gaza
Strip today, destroying what a military spokesman described as
Palestinian munitions sites.
Four air strikes blew up two caravans near the town of Khan
Younis, witnesses and Hamas officials said. There were no
casualties in this attack.
A fifth missile hit a cheese factory in Gaza City, setting it on
fire, the witnesses and Hamas officials said. Hospital officials
said two children were slightly wounded by flying debris.
Helicopters struck twice in the central refugee camp of
Nusseirat, destroying a metal foundry and no one was injured.
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If Sadiq al-Mahdi's party boycotts
the polls, the vote will be discredited |
Khartoum, Sudan, April 3, 2010 – A key northern opposition party in Sudan has
issued an ultimatum to President Omar al-Bashir to ensure free and fair
elections this month.
Ex-Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi's Umma party says if its terms are not met by
Tuesday it will boycott presidential, parliamentary and state polls.
Its eight conditions include a delay of four weeks for a new body to supervise
the election commission to be set up.
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Dr Laura
Hammond, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, details
how Somaliland's diaspora is engaging with politics at home
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The Peace,
Unity and Development party, known as Kulmiye, is the
most successful in Somaliland at raising funds for
campaigning |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 3, 2010 (SL Times)
The former British protectorate of Somaliland, which since 1991
has been functioning as a de facto (if unrecognized) state, is
now at a political crossroads. A presidential election that was
to have taken place in 2008 has been postponed repeatedly amid
technical and political difficulties with voter registration.
With each postponement, a political crisis has ensued. In
September 2009 violence broke out in demonstrations in Hargeysa,
the capital city, leaving three people dead. Yet rather than
allow the violence to escalate and permanently derail the
elections, Somaliland's political parties, legislature, civil
society and members of the diaspora (with some support from the
international donor community) have come together to find a path
back to negotiation.
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By
Charles Tannock
Two decades ago,
Ethiopia was a Cold War battlefield. On the ideological map of the world, it was
Soviet territory, a land of famine, dictatorship, and civil war. But, with the
overthrow of Mengistu Haile Mariam’s Marxist-Leninist dictatorship in 1991,
Ethiopia began to transform itself. Today, it ranks among the five
fastest-growing economies in the world, and is a bastion of regional stability.
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Somaliland FM: Lack of resources is eroding our influence on
regional stability
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Rachelle Kliger
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 3, 2010 - Somalia is suffering
on many fronts. The transitional government is engaged in an
ongoing conflict with radical Islamists who risk turning the
country into a haven for Al-Qa’ida inspired groups. The Horn
of Africa nation is afflicted by a dire food shortage,
inflation and a spate of piracy.
But as Somalia continues to wallow in violence, some eye a
solution in Somaliland, a relatively quiet and stable
autonomous region in the north of the country which, while
it has not been recognized internationally as a country, is
considered a de facto state.
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An armed
pirate looks at a cargo ship anchored offshore in
northeastern Somalia |
By Nick Wadhams
Nairobi, Kenya, April 3, 2010 – The pirate is sitting in the
backseat of my car. We are parked in the basement lot of a
Nairobi mall; the Muzak version of Celine Dion's "My Heart
Will Go On" echoes across the concrete. The man, who calls
himself Ahmad, tells me he helped hijack six ships off
Somalia before he quit the trade in November because his
wife left him for another pirate. He starts to cry and hides
his face with his hands. "I felt that I could murder that
man," Ahmad says. "My town was dominated by him. I thought
the best thing was to run away from that place before I
killed someone."
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XIX |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashiid
Sh. Hassan
This is the Nineteenth article of a
series of articles that Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the
military coup and its legacy
The formation of the Movement
1. Somali National Movement (SNM)
The idea of forming a political organization to fight
against the injustice of the military regime was discussed
for sometime by Isaq politicians,
and intellectuals, particularly those living abroad.
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Transforming Somaliland’s
Brain Drain In To Brain Hope |
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By Farhan Abdi Suleiman (Oday
“A brain drain is said to occur when a country becomes short
of skills when people of such skills emigrate”
Looking back in my student years, I remember loving memories
of my teacher a man who was interested in contributing his
ideas and values to his country.
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Was It Only Bashir Goth Who
Supported Somali Unity In Early 90s? |
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By Bashir Goth
Think about Somalia and all that jumps to mind is the image
of a lawless country where extremist forces have turned it
into killing fields, where people are butchered, maimed and
their dignities and human rights are trampled on in the name
of a mangled Islam, where piracy is a lucrative business
that brings brides and undreamed of wealth and luxuries to
hapless maritime scarecrows.
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Kill The Messenger: Mohamed
Ahmed’s Hypocritical Response To Bashir Goth |
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By Hassan Farah
In his recent article “Somaliland:
America’s underestimated friend”
Bashir Goth has eloquently compared Somalia with Somaliland with
respect to peace building and democratic governance. Instead
of critiquing the merits of Mr. Goth’s article, Mohamed
Ahmed responded with an
article full
of personal attacks.
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Ethiopians Confront Gordon
Brown!!! |
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By Tedla Asfaw
Hundreds of Ethiopians are protesting against the presence of Meles Zenawi to
co-chair the environmental finance conference with Gordon Brown in London right
now.
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We Say No To The President Of Somaliland For His
Illegitimate Dismissal Of Hargeysa Regional Health Board |
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By Ahmed Arwo
The Hargeysa
Regional Health Board has been rehabilitating and rebuilding Hargeysa Group
Hospital -the biggest referral hospital in Somaliland from 1991-up to now on a
volunteer basis. The president disbanded and reprimanded them without consulting
the community who selected them, or not even saying thank you.
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Rescued Sea Captain Writes
Book On Hostage Drama |
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FILE - In
this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, former Captain of the
container ship Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips,
left speaks during a news conference in Norfolk, Va.
(AP Photo/Steve Helber, file) (Steve Helber - AP) |
By JOHN CURRAN
MONTPELIER, Vt. April 3, 2010 -- The cargo ship captain who
spent five days as a hostage of Somali pirates says in a new
book it was a high-seas double-cross that led to his brutal
ordeal in a sweltering lifeboat.
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SOS Somali Doctor: "I Hope One
Day Somalia Will Be Safe" |
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Dr Abdillahi Hussein is
the Chief Medical Officer at the SOS Hospital in Mogadishu.
Trained in Somalia and Italy, he worked in Europe until 2005
when he returned to his home country to help the suffering
people. In December 2009, he became a victim of a suicide
bomb. He survived to tell his story:
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