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Old Torture Cases Hard To
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By Mark Ferenchik
Columbus, Ohio, May 1, 2010 – Last week's civil lawsuit
accusing a Columbus resident and former Somali colonel of
ordering the torture of a human-rights advocate might be the
best way to pursue acts committed overseas decades ago.
"Civil cases may be the justice available at this time,"
said Elise Keppler, senior counsel for the international
justice program at Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group.
While some groups want to see more criminal prosecutions,
civil cases at least shed a light on people who have fled to
the United States, said Andrea Evans, legal director of the
Center of Justice & Accountability, which helped prepare the
suit.
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By Dana Hughes
Nairobi, Kenya, May 01,
2010 – A showdown between Somalia's
pirates and
the country's most powerful Islamic army was avoided this
week, but the standoff shed light on the growing and
complicated relationship between the two groups.
Somalia's fiercest Islamic
group al-Shabaab had advanced on the pirate
stronghold of Harardhere, but were repelled by a
pro-government militia.
The rampant
piracy of the
last few years has yet to be directly tied to the network of
Islamic fighters that has been classified by Washington and
other western countries as terrorists.
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Nairobi, May 1, 2010 – Kenya has deployed security agents to its
border with Somalia after Islamic clerics announced they had
clamped down on the public broadcast of soccer and films, a
security official said.
Clerics in the frontier town of Mandera said Monday they had
confiscated a number of satellite TV dishes in a
football-obsessed nation ahead of the World Cup because public
film dens were corrupting youths.
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New York,
May 1, 2010 – The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday put
forward the possibility of establishing international
tribunals to try pirates.
The 15-member body unanimously adopted a resolution asking
all States "to criminalize piracy under their domestic law
and favorably consider the prosecution of suspected, and
imprisonment of convicted, pirates apprehended off the coast
of Somalia, consistent with applicable international human
rights law."
The Security Council also requested that Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon present a report within three months on possible
options for prosecuting and imprisoning suspects in
connection with piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Horn
of Africa.
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European Union Sends 90 Election Monitors to Addis |
Washington DC, May 1, 2010 – Lawyers, teachers and other
experts from Europe will observe run-up and vote for
Ethiopia’s parliamentary and regional council
representatives.
The European Union announced on Tuesday that the first
contingent of election monitors arrived in Addis, Ethiopia's
Capital, on Saturday and will soon be deployed to election
sites in Addis Ababa and other places in the nation.
The monitors on the European Union Election Observation
Mission are identified as long-term monitors and will be
joined later by another group of 60 short-term monitors who
will arrive in time to observe the May 23 national
elections.
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Money may also be going back to fund hijackings, expert says
BY DAVID PUGLIESE AND LOUISA TAYLOR
Ottawa, Canada, May 1,
2010 – Some Somali-Canadians in Ottawa have received a cut
of the ransoms collected by pirates operating off the Horn
of Africa and money may have been sent back to Somalia to
fund other hijackings, according to an intelligence
specialist on piracy.
Karsten von Hoesslin, a
senior analyst for Risk Intelligence, told naval officers
from Pacific Ocean nations gathered in Victoria, B.C., for a
three-day maritime security conference, that the transfer of
ransom money has been tracked from Somalia to Ottawa and a
number of other locations that are home to Somali
communities.
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Malta’s First EU NAVFOR
Operational Mission Protects World Food Programme (WFP) Ship
Mustafa-H |
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A VPD
soldier on anti-piracy
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on board the Dutch
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Gulf of Aden, May 1, 2010 –
This morning 29 of April, the Vessel Protection Detachment (VPD)
from Malta was used for the first time in support of EU
NAVFOR’s primary mandate.
They embarked on the World food programme (WFP) ship
MUSTAFA-H and will provide protection during her transit
from Boosaaso in northern Somalia to Berbera in Somaliland.
The 12-man
VPD team is normally embarked onboard EU NAVFOR Dutch
warship Johan de Witt during its four months anti piracy
mission. This task shows the flexibility of the team and the
invaluable contribution that Malta is providing to the EU
NAVFOR anti piracy operation.
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Rwanda: Opposition Leader
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
London, UK, May 1, 2010 – Amnesty International urges the
Rwandan Government to ensure that opposition leader Victoire
Ingabire, receives a swift, fair trial on charges including
genocide ideology and collaboration with a “terrorist”
group, and is not punished for the legitimate exercise of
freedom of expression.
Victoire Ingabire, President of the United Democratic Forces
(FDU-Inkingi), who plans to stand in presidential elections
in August 2010 was arrested on 21 April 2010 after being
summoned to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in
Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, the previous day. This was her
sixth summons by the police this year.
“We have documented a number of incidents of intimidation
and harassment of opposition groups in Rwanda in recent
months,” said Erwin van der Borght, Africa programme
director at Amnesty International.
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AU Denies Illegal Fighting
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By Sammy
Cheboi
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 1, 2010 – The African Union and
its backers in the Somalia conflict on Wednesday rejected
accusations they flouted the laws of war while trying to
quell a 3-year insurgency that has brought the nation to its
knees.
Some 21,000 people have been killed in the violence since
the beginning of 2007 and 3 million more – one third of the
population – receive emergency aid as the Somali government
and African Union troops battle Islamist rebels in the
capital.
Some aid agencies and human rights groups say both sides are
guilty of indiscriminate shelling of crowded markets and
residential areas, something the African Union (AU) denies.
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US-Trained Somali Soldiers
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Hundreds of troops trained with American cash desert
Somalia's army over unpaid wages
Mogadishu, Somalia, May 1, 2010 – Hundreds of Somali
soldiers trained with US funding have deserted, with some
crossing over to the al-Qaida-linked
militants they are supposed to be fighting, it emerged on
Wednesday.
The troops, backed with millions of US dollars, are leaving
the ranks because they are not receiving their $100 (£65)
monthly wage. The desertions raise fears that an
American-backed drive next month to strengthen
Somalia's army may increase the ranks of the
insurgency.
The US has spent $6.8m supporting training for nearly 1,000
soldiers in neighboring Djibouti and about another 1,100
soldiers in Uganda, the state department and western
diplomats said.
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Al-Shabaab Denounces VOA
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Al-Qaida-linked Somali insurgent group accuses VOA, BBC
editors of abandoning Islamic faith
Mogadishu, Somalia, May 1, 2010 – The Somali insurgent group
al-Shabaab has rebuked the chief of VOA's Somali Service and
his counterpart at the BBC.
Speaking at a Mogadishu mosque last Friday, an al-Shabaab
official labeled VOA Somali Service chief Abdi Yabarow and
BBC Somali Service chief Yusuf Garaad Omar as murtadeen, or
one who abandons the Islamic faith.
The official apparently did not make a direct call for
violence, but al-Shabaab loyalists have killed those they
deem to have violated Islamic law.
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Embassies’ Alarm Over
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By JOHN KARIUKI
Nairobi, Kenya, May 1, 2010 – Foreign missions in Kenya have
appealed to Football Kenya Limited to regulate the
mushrooming of soccer academies after it emerged that some
of the institutions are suspected of being conduits for
smuggling players to Europe.
Some unscrupulous officials from the academies have been
seeking visas for their relatives and players from war-torn
countries on the pretext that they have received invitations
from the various youth tournaments in Europe.
Three players from the Ujuzi Academy - Jibril Said Mohamed
aged 15, Shukri Ahmed, 16, and Daniel Njuguna are being
sought by the Spanish Police after they disappeared during
the team’s tour of Spain last month.
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Kenyan Border Guards
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LONDON, April 24, 2010 – Pirate attacks around the world
fell by over a third in the first quarter versus the same
period last year although Somali gangs who accounted for
over half the incidents were striking deeper offshore, a
watchdog said.
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French Warship Sinks Pirate
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Gulf of
Aden, May 1, 2010 – French warship has destroyed a pirate
mother ship some 438 nautical miles off the coast of
Somalia, the EU Naval Force Public Affairs Office has said.
The Nivose light surveillance frigate "found, stopped and
searched" a suspicious vessel and two supporting skiffs on
Thursday afternoon. The search revealed that the vessel was
a pirate mother ship.
A total of 11 suspected pirates were arrested and the mother
ship was destroyed.
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Ethiopia Keen To Further Enhance
Existing Relations With Somaliland |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
May 01, 2010 – The
Ethiopian President
Girma Woldegiorgis said
Ethiopia is desirous to
further strengthen
existing relations with
Somaliland.
President Girma made the
statement here on Monday
while holding talks with
Somaliland President
Dahir Rayale Kahin.
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Somaliland President
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland
President Dahir Rayale Kahin visited Djibouti on the first leg
of his three nation tour of Djibouti, Ethiopia and France. The
President was welcomed at Djibouti's airport by Djibouti's Prime
Minister, Daleita Muhammad Dleita.
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President Of
African Parliaments Association (AWEPA) Visits Somaliland |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – The President
of African Parliaments Association Dr. Janico Scholten paid
an official visit to Somaliland this week. Somaliland’s
legislators held a dinner party to welcome Dr Scholten at
Mansoor Hotel. The first Deputy Chairman of Somaliland Upper
House, Honorable Sheikh Ahmed Sh. Nuh Fure highlighted the
help they get from AWEPA both in the form of training and
equipment, and said they expect that assistance to increase
and that a new building will be constructed for the Upper
House.
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EU Representative Arrives In
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – The EU
Representative for Somalia, Mr. George Mark Andariano, arrived
in Somaliland this week. Speaking to the press in Hargeysa, Mr.
George Mark Andariano said he discussed with Somaliland
officials the preparations for the coming presidential election.
Andariano added that he sensed a strong desire on the part of
Somaliland’s political players to have a free and fair election.
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Las Anod, Somaliland, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – A convoy of
trucks carrying food for the hungry people of Somalia’s central
regions have gone through Las Anod. This is the second food
shipment that goes through Las Anod. Unfortunately this
shipment, like the last one, was attacked by Puntland bandits on
the way. Puntland forces were reported to have gone after the
bandits and during the exchange some of the bandits were killed
while others were injured.
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Paris, France, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland Societies in
Europe (SSE) concluded their Lyon conference and issued the
following eight-point appeal to the different sectors of
Somaliland society urging them to do their parts in making the
coming presidential election a success:
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The Electoral Commission should not take sides and should finish
the remaining tasks.
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The government should focus on making the election code of
conduct work, because once all the parties act according to that
code, it will be easier for a successful election to take
place.
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The police force should play its part.
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Egypt Blocking Somaliland And
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Cairo, Egypt, May 1, 2010 – The
United States Department said that Egypt has put forward new
ideas on the international working group for combating piracy in
the Gulf of Aden and for the security of the Suez Canal. It said
that these ideas are being studied in Washington with the goal
of implementing them.
America In Arabic News Agency quoted a statement by American
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political and Military Affairs
Thomas Countryman as saying that Egypt put forward some ideas,
however, he did not explain the full details of the proposals.
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Al-Shabaab Gets Close To Pirate
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Harardhere, Somalia, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – The al-Qaida
linked Al-Shabaab Movement in Somalia has taken over areas close
to the pirate base of Harardhere and may soon move against the
pirate base itself. Realizing that possibility, many pirates
evacuated the base and moved further north with their arms and
equipment.
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Sheikh Sharif’s Militias Kill Each
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Mogadishu, Somalia, May 1, 2010 (SL Times) – Five people were
killed in fighting between Sheikh Sharif’s militias on
Wednesday. The fighting was caused by a dispute over extortion
money that the militias extract from Mogadishu’s civilian
population. Three of those killed were civilians and two were
militias. The event took place in Mogadishu’s Dharkeynley
neighborhood.
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Somali Torture Claim: Alleged
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Abukar Hassan Ahmed |
Abdi Aden Magan |
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1, 2010
— A man who said he was tortured by a former Somali military
colonel now living in Columbus said his pain was so great
that he spent 20 years trying to find the person
responsible.
Earlier this month, a federal lawsuit seeking unspecified
monetary damages was filed on behalf of Abukar Hassan Ahmed,
who was a professor and human rights lawyer in Somalia
during the 1980s.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May
1, 2010 – At least 200 families have been displaced and 185
houses destroyed following heavy rains and strong winds,
which also killed six people in Hargeysa, capital of
Somaliland, officials said.
Some 2,500 people have been displaced in all, according to
the Red Crescent. The worst-affected areas were the southern
Hargeysa districts of Ahmed Dhagah, Mohamed Moge and
Mohamoud Haybe.
"One of my sister's children aged about six passed away when
the house fell on him," Fathiya Omar, a resident of Sinai
settlement in Hargeysa's Ahmed Dhagah District, told IRIN.
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By Hussein Ali Noor
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 1, 2010 – Somaliland's
presidential elections slated for June were given a stamp of
approval on Wednesday by the Somaliland's election
commission.
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) said it had
completed a voter registration list that corrected many
errors, which had been the reason given by clan elders for
repeatedly extending the term of President Dahir Riyale
Kahin.
"We have a sound voter registration list with which we can
hold a presidential election in June 2010," NEC spokesman
Mohamed Ahmed Hirsi Ghelle told a news conference. "All
correction of errors in the voter system has been
completed."
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New Children's Medicine Guide
Released By UNICEF And WHO |
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Geneva, 30 April 2010 - A new publication that lists medicines
formulated for children is being made available online by UNICEF
and the World Health Organization, to help doctors and
organizations obtain some of the 240 essential medicines that
can save the lives of children.
“An estimated 9 million children die each year from preventable
and treatable causes. Improved availability and access to safe
child-specific medicines is still far from reality for many
children in poor countries. This one-of-its-kind publication
will be useful for organizations and personnel involved in
procurement to identify where medicines may be found and what
they cost,” said Hans Hogerzeil, Director Essential Medicines
and Pharmaceutical Policies at WHO.More than half of these
deaths are caused by diseases which could be treated with safe
essential child-specific medicines: acute respiratory infections
- pneumonia (17%); diarrhoeal diseases (17%); neonatal severe
infections (9%); malaria (7%); and HIV/AIDS (2%).
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U.N. Approves $2.1M To Fight
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New York, Department of Political Affairs, May 1, 2010 – A
package of projects to help Somalia and its neighbors prosecute
maritime piracy suspects was approved Friday (April 23, 2010) by
a 10-nation board overseeing a new United Nations trust fund for
the fight against piracy.
The announcement was made at United Nations Headquarters by B.
Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who
chairs the Board of the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of
States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. "Piracy off
Somalia is a menace to the region and the world. Prosecuting
suspected pirates is an important piece of the international
strategy to combat the problem," he said.
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“The fact that
they are foreign, Kenyan sellers assume they have a lot of money and would ask
high prices to capitalize on their desperation.” Says a real estate agent in
Nairobi.
By Claire Wachira
Nairobi, Kenya,
May 1, 2010 – In the last two years, the world has been treated to the daring
exploits of the Somali pirates as they preyed on shipping vessels off Somali
coast.
The average ransom
is also up, from $1 million per vessel a year ago to about $2 million today.
Considering that
Somalia is a lawless country without a cohesive government, the money can be
safely stashed in various hideouts across the country without any questions, but
the allure to venture out has created a number of “briefcase” investors who are
willing to invest their loot in places where they can see their money grow.
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It’s time to
start seeing the redrawing of the continent’s colonial borders
as an opportunity, not a threat.
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Muammar
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By G. Pascal Zachary
Muammar al-Qaddafi isn't
exactly known for brilliant ideas on maximizing political
justice; his own country, Libya, is essentially his private
fiefdom. But a few weeks ago, he had a pretty good one: to
partition Nigeria, "the giant of Africa," as he
called it, in half. Religious violence along the border between
the country's north and south seemed to have drawn a pretty
clear battle line; Nigeria's massive and massively diverse
population seemed to warrant separate states. After years of
watching this oil-rich country of 150 million struggle to manage
its obvious divides, Qaddafi just gave voice to what others must
have been thinking: Time to split Nigeria up.
But in Africa, the
declaration fell on deaf ears. Nigeria recalled the
Libyan ambassador and firmly rejected the idea. Even for a
continent accustomed to Qaddafi's antics, this time the Libyan
leader went too far.
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Malcolm X's
influence in the world is much greater today than
during his lifetime [GALLO/GETTY] |
By Bilal Randeree
Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965
assassination of Malcolm X, was freed on Tuesday, a day earlier
than planned.
The New York State Department of Correctional Services said that
his early release was because the paperwork was processed more
quickly than anticipated.
Hagan, 69, had been partially free on work release for the last
22 years, although he was still required to spend two nights a
week at a low-security Manhattan prison, that was located at the
intersection of West 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard .
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Organized
crime and terrorist groups like to use failed states as a
base thanks to tacit support provided to their operations
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has learnt a bitter lesson that black holes of
government are not something that can be ignored.
Image Credit: Illustration: Nino Jose Heredia/©Gulf
News |
By Francis Matthew, Editor at Large
Failed states in the Middle East are not just an invitation
to increasing political chaos, but they are also havens for
all sorts of organized crime and terrorist organizations.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has not taken action on
many failed states in its region, but the problems in Yemen
have prompted it to action.
Government failure is not limited to territories like
Somalia where there has been complete political collapse and
decades of civil war, but can also occur where local
government gives way to crime, like the regional warlords in
Afghanistan who both allied to the Nato forces and are also
working with the international drug cartels to produce over
90 per cent of the world's opium.
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By Peter Zeihan
In recent weeks, STRATFOR has explored how the U.S.
government has been seeing its interests in the Middle East
and South Asia shift. When it comes down to it, the United
States is interested in stability at the highest level — a
sort of cold equilibrium among the region’s major players
that prevents any one of them, or a coalition of them — from
overpowering the others and projecting power outward.
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Inviting Somali Businesswomen Another Plus For US-Somali Relations |
Right after inviting a Somaliland delegation to Washington,
an action which we commended in a previous editorial, the US
made another right move by inviting a businesswoman from
Somaliland (Ilhan Muhammad Jama) and a businesswoman from
Somalia (Nasra Weheliye Ma'allin) to participate in a conference
hosted by President Obama and attended by business people from
fifty mostly Muslim countries.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XXIII |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan
This is the twenty-three article of a series of articles that
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
The formation of the movements
3. Somali Patriotic Front (SPM)
The Somali Patriotic Front (SPM) was the smallest armed
political organization in the opposition; military officers
who belonged to the Ogaden clan formed it in
1985. They became annoyed when their fellow clan member,
General Mohamed Nur Gabyow who was a Minister of Defense for
a short period was sacked in a disgraceful manner and
ordered to hand over power to Maslah Mohamed Siyad Barre,
son of the president. He was arrested and put into prison.
The organization’s primary objective was to demand the
immediate release of the Minister.
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How The Iceland Volcanic
Eruption Did Not Halt The Annual Conference Of The
Somalilanders In Europe And Why? |
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By Mohamed Omer Maigag (Taag)
Let me first start with the how. When I read the news on
Thursday 15th of April at the BBC website at about 8am and
came across news brief reporting a volcanic eruption in
Iceland that has affected UK flights from Scotland and
Ireland, little did I know that It will also have an impact
on my 4 pm flight to Lyon to take part in the Annual
Conference of Somalilanders in Europe organised by the
Somaliland Societies Europe (SSE) and the Somaliland
Community in France (ASLF). I said to my self, thanks God
I’m not going to Scotland or Ireland. By 11am all UK
airports were declared shut. I wondered how on earth I will
be able to reach Lyon.
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A Brief Biography Of Mujahid
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Mujahid Ahmed Jimaleh |
By: GAMAL GULAID, ATTORNEY AT LAW
ADEN: CHILHOOD & YOUTH
Ahmed Mohamed Gulaid, better known as Ahmed Jimaleh, was
born in Aden, Yemen on June, 16, 1930. His father, Jimaleh,
immigrated to Aden during the first decade of the 20th
century.
Ahmed’s family consisted of four boys and two girls. He
completed his elementary education at Ba Zar’a primary
school. He finished his A- levels (advanced level courses of
the British General Certificate of Education – GCE) at St.
Joseph’s Secondary School in Crater, Aden. The school was
founded by missionaries and was run and staffed by British
teachers. Ahmed then, completed a two year certificate
program in business management and commercial transactions.
In addition to excelling at school, Ahmed was a model son
who helped his mother around the house. His hobbies included
reading, writing and swimming. He also enjoyed listening to
music. Listening to Om Khalthoum while reading the poetry
of Omar al-Khayyam, was a favorite pastime.
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Nimco: A Story Of Change |
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As graduate from the high school, my mother told me that she
is not able to support my education. From that day on I was
thinking on where Iam heading from life. The emotions I feel
every day depend on how things going in and outside me
including the state of my mine, my environment, and my
choices in life. Joy, hope and happiness were out of
question and my life is characterized by hopelessness. Iam
faced with misery, pain, and some times despair. What
happens, know I remember the feelings of excitement as I
walked through the front gates of the university for the
first time and have the ability to continue my dream of an
education with the support of Lucy University College and
Amina Suleiman. Nimco recalls,
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An Open Letter To The
Somaliland Electorate |
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By Hassan Ismail
It is my honor to write this piece today, when Somaliland citizens are about to
go to the polls to elect a new government.
It is my sincere belief that if the election takes place in a free and fair
election, then Somaliland is going to become recognized as a sovereign country.
Somaliland today is a mature democracy, its people while being poor still enjoy
full democratic rights, the whole world is amazed at this democracy, I live in
Canada and I know for a fact that the entire world is amazed at Somaliland.
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Longing For Somalia |
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By Yassin Ismail
“Blasted cold weather! I’m not meant to live in this type of climate! It’s not
natural!” My grandfather grouchily mutters as he enters the car. He’s completely
bundled up, with five layers of clothes, two jackets, 3 pairs of mittens, a
winter toque, and his fur insulated boots. ” I don’t know what could have
induced your parents to move out here to the Arctic!”
It was the weekend, and like every weekend I had headed home back to my small
town to visit my family.
“Awoowo, it’s only 5C degrees out–we’re having lovely weather for this time of
year!” I exclaim. He looks at the thin sweater I have on.
“You’ll catch pneumonia wearing that!” he remarks. ” And why are all the windows
rolled down! Why are you letting in that fridge winter air? Do you want us to
freeze to death!”
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Regions And Territories:
Somaliland |
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A semi-desert territory on the coast of the Gulf of Aden,
Somaliland declared independence after the overthrow of
Somali military dictator Siyad Barre in 1991.
The move followed a secessionist struggle during which Siyad
Barre's forces pursued rebel guerrillas in the territory.
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Monkeys Filmed Feasting On
Locust Swarm In Ethiopia |
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By Jody Bourton
Earth News reporter
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 1, 2010 – Geladas have been
filmed feasting on a swarm of locusts in the highlands of
Ethiopia, behavior rarely seen before.
Scientists recorded the extraordinary scenes with a video
camera as millions of desert locusts invaded the grasslands
where the geladas live.
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