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Election Victor Takes Power
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By William Wallis in London
Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 31, 2010 - Ahmed Mohamed
Sillanyo, the victor of recent elections in the breakaway
republic of Somaliland, was sworn in as president on
Tuesday, achieving a transfer of power between political
rivals that is rare in Africa.
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Nairobi, Kenya, July 31 2010 – Somali communities should
promote breastfeeding to ensure infants get a strong and
stable start to their lives, UNICEF Representative to
Somalia, Rozanne Chorlton said at the commencement of World
Breastfeeding Week. The Week this year emphasizes the
advantages of breastfeeding as well as the role the
community and health sector can play to promote it.
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Supporters of Somaliland's new president, Ahmed
Mohamed Sillanyo, drive through Hargeysa decked in
the colors of the Kulmiye party in June 2010 (Photo
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Somaliland’s New President
Inaugurated In Hargeysa Following Final Confirmation Of June
Election Results
For immediate release
London, UK, July 31, 2010
– International development organization Progressio, the
Development Planning Unit at University College London (UCL)
and Somaliland Focus (UK) congratulate Ahmed Mohamed
Sillanyo on his inauguration as Somaliland’s new president
in Hargeysa, Somaliland’s capital, on 27 July 2010, a month
and a day after Somaliland’s presidential election was held
on 26 June.
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The Statement below, a reaction to the Financial Times
Article 'Somali Lessons for Afghanistan', comes from UNPO
Project Coordinator for Brussels, Mr. Andrew Swan, reminding
readers that Democracy, Good Governance and the Rule of Law
Does exist in the Horn of Africa.
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African
leaders gather to pose for a group photograph near
lake Victoria in the background at the venue for the
opening of the African Union Summit in Kampala,
Uganda, 25 Jul 2010. Uganda's President Yoweri
Museveni is calling on Africa to band together to
fight terrorism on the continent, just weeks
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J. Peter Pham says 8,000 troops to be deployed in Somalia
are enough to protect borders, but not to defeat insurgency
Yeheyes Wuhib
Washington DC, July 31, 2010 – Somalia’s government has
hailed the recent decision by the African Union to beef up
its force in Mogadishu in an effort to boost security in
Somalia and the entire region. The African Union has agreed
to add about 4,000 peacekeepers to Somalia -- for a total of
about 8,000.
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Nairobi, Kenya, July 31, 2010 – Somali officials have
welcomed the African Union's decision to strengthen its
force in the war-torn country, where al-Qaida-linked
Islamist militants are threatening to topple the embattled,
U.N.-backed government.
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Washington,
State Department, July 31, 2010 – The United States said
Thursday southern Sudan is entitled to a referendum vote
early next year on whether to become independent.
Preparations for the vote, planned for January 9, have been
slowed by disputes over various issues including a
prospective border between north and south Sudan.
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Somali Pirates Release
Turkish Ship |
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Gulf of Aden, July 31, 2010 – Somali pirates have released a
Turkish cargo ship and its 21 crew members more than four
months after hijacking the vessel.
A spokeswoman for the ship's owner said the pirates
abandoned the ship, the Frigia, early Thursday with the 19
Turkish and two Ukrainian crew members aboard.
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EU Happy With Kenya's
Preparation For Referendum |
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Nairobi, Kenya, July 31, 2010 – With just one week until
Kenyans head to the polls to accept or reject a new
constitution, the European Union delegation to Nairobi says
they are pleased with the country's preparations for the
crucial vote.
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Militant Alliance Adds To
Somalia’s Turmoil |
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The
Shabaab, whose fighters are active in Mogadishu,
Somalia, above, now have a new rebel ally.
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NAIROBI, Kenya, July 31, 2010 — An insurgent commander based
in the semiautonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia has
pledged his allegiance to the
Shabaab militant
group, a move that threatens to destabilize a part of
Somalia that had been relatively peaceful.
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Somali Jihadis Launch 'News
Channel' As Officials Warn Of Growing Al Qaeda Links |
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Somalia's
Al-Qaeda backed militant group Al Shabaab has
launched an on-line 'news' channel called al-Kataib,
and its first propaganda newscast, in English, uses
graphic footage to warn African countries to stop
sending troops to Somalia. The launch comes as U.S.
and Somali officials warn of Al Shabaab’s
increased sophistication, and strengthening ties to
Al Qaeda
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First Broadcast Shows Graphic War Footage, Calls Westerners
'Crusaders'
By DANA HUGHES
Nairobi, Kenya, July 31, 2010 – Somalia's Al Qaeda-backed
militant group Al-Shabaab has launched an on-line "news"
channel called Al Kataib, and its first propaganda newscast,
in English, uses graphic footage to warn African countries
to stop sending troops to Somalia.
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Eritrea: Talks Not Force Right Approach To Somalia
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Eritrean FM warns further troop deployments will only
exacerbate regional insecurity.
By Aaron Maasho
KAMPALA, Uganda, July 31, 2010 – Africa should talk
to Somalia's Shabaab rebels instead of sending in more
troops, Eritrea said Saturday as the continent's leaders
gathered in Kampala for a summit dominated by the Somali
conflict.
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UNHCR Concerned About
Deportations To Mogadishu As Fighting Continues |
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GENEVA, July 31, 2010 – The UN refugee agency on Friday
condemned continuing violence in Somalia, saying that dozens
of Somali civilians had been killed and scores wounded in
this week's escalation of fighting between government forces
and the Al-Shabaab militia in Mogadishu.
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European Commission
Allocates €35 Million For Victims Of Conflict And Natural
Disasters In Somalia |
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Brussels, July 31, 2010 – The European Commission has
adopted a €35 million funding decision to support
humanitarian activities in Somalia. It is estimated that
approximately 3,200,000 people, about 42% of the population
of Somalia, would need emergency humanitarian assistance
and/or livelihood support in the first half of 2010; at the
same time field assessments suggest that the situation is
unlikely to improve in the second half of this year.
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Somaliland's Sillanyo Takes Oath In Show Of Democracy |
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Foreign Delegations Praise
Somaliland’s Election |
The Djiboutian and
Ethiopian delegations
attended the
inauguration ceremony of
the newly-elected
president Sillanyo at
Somaliland Presidency
Palace
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
July 31, 2010 (SL Times)
– Foreign delegations
from Somaliland’s
neighboring countries
(Kenya, Ethiopia and
Djibouti) praised the
peaceful transfer of
power that they had
witnessed as well as
Somaliland’s democratic
process.
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Somaliland’s New
Foreign Affairs Minister Signals Changes |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 31, 2010 (SL Times) – Somaliland’s
new Foreign Minister, Mohamed Abdillahi Omar (PhD), a senior
figure in the newly formed government, has taken over the office
of the Ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation
on Thursday.
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Sillanyo Gives
His First Speech As President, Announces His Government |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 31, 2010 (SL Times) –
Somaliland's President gave his first speech after taking
office. The president stressed that he will give priority to
health, education, water, agriculture, rural areas, marine
resources, economy, veteran affairs, women, oppressed
communities and anti-poverty.
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The UK Places High Value On Its
Relationship With Somaliland |
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Henry
Bellingham MP |
Letter To President Ahmed
Mohamed Sillanyo by UK Minister for Africa
Dear President
I am writing to
congratulate you on your election as President of Somaliland.
I was delighted to see the
commitment of all the parties to the election process and was
impressed by the energetic and peaceful campaigning that took
place.
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Letter by Jim Karygiannis MP
Dear President Sillanyo:
As a Member of the Parliament of Canada and the Chair of the
Canada-Somaliland Friendship Group, I want to extend to you
my best wishes as you begin your work as the fourth President of
the Republic of Somaliland.
I have long been an observer of the Republic of Somaliland. I
visited Somaliland in 2002 and returned in April 2003, as an
international observer for the Presidential Election. On both
occasions, I had the opportunity to meet with you as well as in
the United Kingdom. I was pleased to speak with you during the
2005 Somaliland Policy and Reconstruction Institute (SOPRI)
conference in Los Angeles, California.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 31, 2010 (SL Times) – A meeting was
held to raise funds for Hargeysa’s orphanage. The purpose of the
funds is to build shelters for the orphans and to raise their
level of education. The meeting was organized by Sheikh Adan
Haji Mohamud Hiirey (Adan Siiro) and was attended by
businessmen, members of the diaspora, religious leaders and
representatives of various community organizations.
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Ceremony For New Police Commander
In Las Anod |
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Las Anod, Somaliland, July 31,
2010 (SL Times) – The new Police Commander for Sool Region, Mr
Ahmed Muhammad Gutale formally took over his new
responsibilities in a ceremony at Las Anod Police headquarters.
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Chatham House Briefing Note:
Another Successful Election In Somaliland |
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Michael Wallis & Sally Healy
Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud ’Sillanyo‘ has been sworn in as
Somaliland’s third democratically elected President, after his
Kulmiye party beat the incumbent Udub party in last month’s
elections. The road to these elections was often fraught with
tension. But in overcoming the obstacles, Somaliland has
demonstrated the durability of its democratic institutions, with
few, if any, appropriate role-models amongst neighboring states.
Many in Somaliland hope that this election will finally convince
the international community that they fully deserve
international recognition.
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New Somaliland President Names
Cabinet |
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Somaliland's incoming President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
'Sillanyo', center, and Vice President Abdirahman
Abdillahi Ismail, right, wave after President Mohamoud
was sworn in as Somaliland's fourth president, during
a brief inauguration ceremony, 27 Jul 2010 |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 31, 2010 - Somaliland's new president
has appointed 26 ministers and deputies, in what he says is the
smallest Cabinet in the country's history.
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Obama Announces Plans To Withdraw
From Iraq |
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President
Barack Obama, followed by Veterans Affairs Secretary
Eric Shinseki, waves as he steps off Air Force One at
Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., Monday,
Aug. 2, 2010.
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The president says U.S. forces will number 50,000 by the end of
the month.
ATLANTA, August 2, 2010 — President
Obama on Monday
announced plans to withdraw combat forces in Iraq,
providing assurances that an Aug. 31 deadline will be met as the
U.S. moves toward a supporting role in the still-fractured and
dangerous nation.
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Mo Farah's Ripple Effect Spreads
Golden Ambitions
Someone In The Crowd Threw Him A Somaliland Flag |
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Mo Farah,
left, holds his right hands the British and Somaliland
flags, and Chris Thompson, right, after they won the
gold and silver medals in the 10,000m in Barcelona |
Barcelona, Spain, July 31, 2010 – Sitting down reflecting on
their achievements in Barcelona's Olympic stadium the night
before, Mo Farah and Chris Thompson could still not quite
believe it. Farah, Britain's first European gold medalist in the
10,000m, is a huge Arsenal fan and news filtered through that a
congratulatory message from the club was winging its way to him.
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AP – FILE -
This 1851 illustration shows the HMS Investigator on the
north coast of Baring Island in the Arctic. … |
TORONTO, July 31, 2010 – Canadian archeologists have found a
ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the
fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for
the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team
said Wednesday.
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By John Drysdale
In the Author’s view, Somaliland’s withdrawal from the
Somali republic in 1991 had Political Justification and thus
had no element of a Beach of Territorial Integrity contrary
to the claims of the United Nation and the African Union
which, Asserting such a Breach, and thus rejecting
Somaliland’s claim to diplomatic recognition that is base on
Universal Self-Determination which Somaliland was awarded by
the United Nations in 1960.
The hasty merger between
Somaliland and Somalia in 1960, for which no treaty existed,
and Somaliland’s legitimate withdrawal from the union in
1991, is today the hot spot of Somaliland’s dispute with the
United Nations and the African Union. These two important
organizations, which influence the foreign policies of the
International community, both believe that Somaliland cannot
be awarded diplomatic recognition again, after independence
in 1960, because Somaliland’s separation from Somalia in
1991, was a violation of the territorial integrity of the
former Somali Republic 19 years ago.
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The most
recent entry in freedom’s ledger was written in late June in an
unlikely corner of East Africa.
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By Ambassador Richard S. Williamson
While the voice of President Obama has grown quiet in
championing the spread of democracy, the fire for freedom
still burns bright in the hearts and minds of people around
the world.
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Chris
Harnisch.
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By Chris
Harnisch
The July 11 bombings in Uganda carried out by the al
Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab exposed the global terror
threat emerging in the Horn of Africa – a region also
plagued by destitution and authoritarian rule. This week,
however, about 3.5 million people in the region will
celebrate a remarkable victory for democracy. The government
of a Muslim population just north of the territory
controlled by al Shabaab will experience a peaceful transfer
of power between opposing political parties one month after
a free and fair presidential election.
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Somaliland's incoming President Ahmed Mohamed
'Sillanyo' Mohamoud, center, and Vice President
Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail, right, after President
Mohamoud was sworn in as Somaliland's fourth
president, 27 Jul 2010 |
Michael Onyiego
Nairobi, Kenya, July 31,
2010 – Ahmed Mohamed Sillanyo was sworn in Monday as the new
President of Somaliland, a self-declared independent
republic in northwestern Somalia. The inauguration marks a
successful democratic transition in an otherwise tumultuous
region
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Somaliland And The Road Ahead |
Somaliland’s successful election and smooth transfer of power
has won it accolades around the world. Somaliland’s democratic
achievements are so glaring and tangible that even some of the
most hostile individuals to Somaliland’s independence had no
choice but to either tone down their rhetoric or look for new
angles of attack.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XXXVI |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan
This is the thirty sixth article of a series of articles that
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
The Gainers and the Losers of the Military Regime continued
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7. Dulbahante
They are a sub clan of the of the wider Darood
clan groupings. In Somaliland, they inhabit in the Sool
Region with Las-Anood as the capital, and parts of the
Sanaag Region with Erigavo as its capital.
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An Emblem Of Hope In
Somaliland |
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By Hibaaq Osman
In Somaliland’s 26 June
presidential elections, voters were faced with a pivotal
choice in determining their future prosperity, security,
freedom and peace. On that date, which marked the 50th
anniversary of Somaliland’s independence from British rule,
citizens voted to change the current regime that they feel
has been growing increasingly ineffectual and promote a new
party through the election of opposition leader Ahmed
Mohamed Sillanyo, who was inaugurated on 27 July.
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Thank You Mr. Riyale |
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By Ahmed M.I. Egal
On 27th July 2010, Somaliland marks another watershed in its continuing story of
progress, democratic achievement and political maturity. On Tuesday, Ahmed
Mohamed Mahmoud ‘Sillanyo’ assumes the Presidency, having won the election held
a month earlier, and Dahir Riyale Kahin hands over the reins of power in a much
anticipated and joyful handover ceremony that was organized by the outgoing
government.
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Surcharge On Remittances |
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By Adan H Iman
The newly elected president of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed
Mohamoud Silanyo, inherits a state which is unrecognized by
the rest of world. In political terms, the country is
isolated: it has hardly any diplomatic representatives in
its capital, and with few exceptions, Somaliland emissaries
are not stationed in foreign capitals.
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Our New Government: A Review
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Abdillahi Hussein Daud
Although President Sillanyo has not strictly followed the recommendations of the
advisory committee on the formation of government, his government’s composition
both in terms of quantity of ministers and their quality is indeed
a positive change.
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Somaliland: A Peaceful Transfer Of Power |
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By Ahmed Kheyre
Somaliland has
peacefully inaugurated its 4th President, and the second directly elected
President since the restoration of sovereignty in 1991.
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If Plan “A” Doesn’t Work Is There A Plan “B” For
The Recognition Seeking Mission Of Somaliland |
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By Abdikarim Ahmed Hersi
Following the hilarious, peaceful free and fair, one man one vote, election in
Somaliland, and the subsequent courageous wise decision of accepting the defeat
by the outgoing President .The reputation of Somaliland has skyrocketed
tremendously in the world at the same time folks are more convinced that the
long awaited recognition is at the door step.
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Analysis: Time For Jaw-Jaw,
Not War-War In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 31, 2010 – Negotiating a swift
end to a conflict in the east that has displaced thousands
of civilians in recent weeks should be a top priority for
Somaliland’s new president if a much larger crisis is to be
averted, say analysts.
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Getting Emotional About
Somaliland |
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Feature by
Conrad Heine
To quote one of my
more knowledgeable colleagues: “Elections are funny things. Highly technical and
procedural exercises that are yet filled with emotion and rhetoric.”
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Somaliland Elections:
Solidarity And Passion In Action |
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By Ed Hobey -
Progressio
I must admit that
my first thought on landing in Hargeysa was “what have I got myself into?” I had
spent the past few weeks trying to explain to my ever-worrying mum the
difference between Somalia and Somaliland.
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Need To Re-Think Our Policy
Towards Somalia |
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By MUKHISA KITUYI
In the recent past, two events have occurred in lands far apart which force
Kenya to re-think its policy towards Somalia.
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