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Samatar gets Lifetime
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Hassan
Aden Samatar, the legendary Somali singer and one of
the most famous Somali entertainers |
By: Ato Shaair
Minneapolis, Minnesota –
Hassan Aden Samatar, the legendary Somali singer and one of
the most famous Somali entertainers, received a lifetime
achievement award from the Somali community in Minnesota in
a tribute dinner and gala party held Saturday night in
Minneapolis.
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Nairobi, Kenya, August 14, 2010 – UN top envoy for Somalia
has called on all Somali Diaspora to join him as he embarked
on the difficult task of reconciliation in the Horn of
Africa nation which will see him focus on peace and
security.
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SAN DIEGO, August 14, 2010 – The owner of a San Diego money
transfer business, who allegedly lured investors by falsely
claiming they would see a monthly return of $500 for every
$10,000 invested, was arraigned Monday on wire fraud and
criminal forfeiture charges.
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Kampala, Uganda, August 14, 2010 – One of the suspected
masterminds of last month's bomb attacks on Uganda's capital
Kampala said his anger at the United States spurred his
involvement in the plot, adding that it was intended to kill
Americans.
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By Adam Gonn
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 14, 2010 – Ethiopian Airlines
could be close to settling a dispute with the Civilian
Aviation Authority in neighboring Djibouti over the type of
aircraft used by the airline, according African news portal
Afrik News.
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Liverpool, UK, August 14, 2010 – A LIVERPOOL teenager
murdered in a city street may have been the victim of a
suspected honor killing.
Mohammed Abdul-Kadir was punched twice in the face behind
flats in Toxteth and fatally cracked his head on the ground
when he fell.
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Mo
Farah |
By Martyn Herman
London, UK, August 14,
2010 – Tired of being an also-ran Mo Farah opted for the 'if
you cannot beat them, join them' approach and since then his
slow-burning career has caught fire.
Last month he became the
first British male to complete the 5,000 and 10,000 meters
double at a major championship and was instantly tagged as
one of his country's medal prospects for the 2012 London
Olympics.
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Killer Sentenced For Somali
Man's Death |
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Shane Pilson, 23, Pleaded
Guilty To Voluntary Manslaughter In Death Of Khadar Hassan,
23
San Diego, August 14, 2010
– A man who admitted his involvement in the shooting death
of a Somali man during a robbery outside a City Heights taco
shop in 2003 was sentenced Wednesday to six years in state
prison.
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K'naan Fires Up Cumberland
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Young-at-hearts set to
turn out in force for flag-wavin' good time
By Thandi Fletcher,
Postmedia Network
Cumberland, August 14,
2010 – Taking time out of their busy tour schedules,
Somali-Canadian hip-hop star K'naan and Canadian indie
rockers Broken Social Scene are headlining the Big Time Out
music festival in Cumberland this weekend.
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Kenya’s New Constitution:
Tribal Loyalty Still Wins The Day |
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Making
their Jeffersonian judgment |
Ethnic Differences
Overshadow A Strong Endorsement For A New Constitution
BY A margin of two to one, on August 4th Kenyans endorsed a
new constitution. It retains a presidential system, though
with stronger checks and balances, plus a measure of
devolution to 47 new counties. But differences between the
country’s leading ethnic groups were huge, illustrating a
persistently worrying ethnic polarization of politics.
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Ethiopian PM Hints Of
Re-Sending Troops To Somalia |
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Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, August 14, 2010 – Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles
Zenawi on Wednesday hinted re-sending troops to Somalia if
the African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOM) becomes under
heavy threat.
Speaking to
journalists in Addis Ababa, Meles said ; “If the lives of
AMISOM peacekeeper becomes under threat, and they ask for
our support, we will not hesitate to send troops [to
Somalia],” said Meles, adding ; “This is however a
completely hypothetical case”.
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Somaliland New Cabinet Is
Sworn, New Governors Appointed |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland,
August 14, 2010 — Somaliland chief Justice, Judge Mohamed
Hiris (Omani) sworn in 26 approved cabinet members of the
new administration in Somaliland. the sworn in officials
include 14 ministers who were approved by the Somaliland
parliament two days ago. In addition to the ministers, the
sworn in officials included deputies for ministers and other
officials in presidential team.
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The Road To Terror Training
Camps Sometimes Begins In The U.S. |
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By Rachel Gaynes
Washington, August 14,
2010 -- Omar Hammami is living proof that there is no one
road to terrorism.
U.S. officials believe the
journey for Hammami -- one of 14 U.S.-born and naturalized
citizens to be indicted last week on charges of conspiring
with a Somali terrorist organization affiliated with al
Qaeda -- took him from a small town in Alabama to a radical
command role in Somalia.
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Djibouti: Widespread Food
Gaps Despite Ongoing Rains |
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Famine
Early Warning System (FEWS) Food Insecurity Severity
Scale in Djibouti. The capital suffers extreme
food shortage |
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 14, 2010 – The northwest and
southeast regions of Djibouti should receive good rains from
July to September, but thousands of pastoralists will still
need food assistance until the end of the year, warns an
agency.
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Press Release: “The New Gov’t Of
Somaliland Is Firmly Committed To The Promotion Of Peace And
Security” |
Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi
Omar, Foreign minister
of Somaliland
Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Press Release
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
August 14, 2010 (SL
Times) – The new
government of the
Republic of Somaliland,
under the leadership of
President Ahmed Mohamed
Mohamoud ‘Sillanyo’, is
firmly committed to the
promotion of peace and
security with and
amongst our neighbors in
the region. Over almost
twenty years, we have
worked hard to establish
a durable peace within
Somaliland, learning
from mistakes and
building on
achievements. The new
government will not
tolerate any group or
individuals that aim to
harm our peace and that
of our neighbors.
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How We Bombed Kampala
City |
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DEADLY CREW:
Hassan Luyima (Left) cries as he is paraded before
journalists yesterday in Kampala. INSET CLOCKWISE: Edris
Nsubuga, Issa Luyima and Mohamoud Mugisha. PHOTOS BY
STEPHEN WANDERA |
By Risdel Kasasira
Kampala, Uganda, August 14, 2010 – Together, they cut the image
of four innocent youths—only until they narrated how they
planned and executed the bomb attacks that left 76 people dead
in Kampala last month.
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Somaliland
Minister Appeals For Security Cooperation With Neighboring
Countries |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 14, 2010 – A Cabinet minister
in Somaliland has appealed for security cooperation with
neighboring countries especially Puntland regional autonomy.
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Holy Month Of Ramadan Begins |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 14, 2010 (SL Times) – The month of Ramadan
started in many Muslim countries including Somaliland on
Wednesday.
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Las Anod, Somaliland, August 14, 2010 (SL Times) – Large amounts
of food aid were moved by trucks from Las Anod to other parts of
Sool region where that aid is very much needed.
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A view from
Borama city in west Somaliland |
Borama, Somaliland, August 14, 2010 (SL Times) – A race to run
10 Km took place in Borama this week. The running competition is
called “Awdal 10 Km running competition”.
Seventy two athletes who hailed from Awdal, Salal, Djibouti and
Ethiopia, took part in the race. The event was organized by
AYODA youth organization and Save the children, and this is the
6th time it takes place.
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Deaf Students Graduate |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 14, 2010 (SL Times) – A Graduation
ceremony for Hargeysa’s school for the deaf, for the 2009/10
academic year, was held at Hotel Sumer Time.
During this well organized ceremony, certificates and prizes
were handed to students who graduated from the school.
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Puntland Captures Galgala, Bosaso
Police Station Bombed |
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Bosaso, Somalia, August 14, 2010 (SL Times) – The hilly village
of Galgala was captured by Puntland's armed forces after a brief
engagement with a radical extremist called Mr Atom who used to
control that area.
But Puntland's success s in dislodging Mr Atom from his hill top
position has not ended the conflict, and Mr Atom has launched
some counter attacks.
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Mrs Cindy McCain Visits Halo
Somaliland |
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Nathaniel Williams and Cindy McCain stop for a photo
just before visiting Salaxey minefield |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 14, 2010 (SL Times) – Mrs McCain
visits Somaliland to ascertain the impact of mines on the
civilian population.
Mrs McCain visited HALO programme in Somaliland from 3rd to 6th
of June. Previously Mrs McCain has visited HALO programmes in
Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Angola, Kosovo and Georgia.
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At Ramadan Dinner, Obama Defends
Plans For Ground Zero Mosque |
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US President
Barack Obama has lauded Kenyans for voting in a new
Constitution at a referendum held on Wednesday August 5,
2010. Photo/FILE
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By Michael
D. Shear and Scott Wilson
Washington, August 14, 2010 –
President Obama on Friday forcefully joined the national
debate over construction of an Islamic complex near New
York's Ground Zero, telling guests at a White House dinner
marking the holy month of Ramadan that opposing the project is
at odds with American values.
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Raila: The Night I Went Into
Surgery |
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Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
PHOTO / FILE |
By JOY WANJA
IN SUMMARY
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PM
describes for the first time how he went from painkillers to
operation that put him down for days
Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Friday spoke for the first time
of the anxious moments before a head surgery that kept him out
of office for a month.
He
revealed how he looked his wife Ida in the eye before the
surgery and told her he was at peace with himself if that was to
be his last day on earth.
That was minutes before doctors wheeled him to the operating
theatre at Nairobi Hospital on the night of June 28.
Mr
Odinga, who had instructed his staff and doctors to provide the
public with regular updates of his condition while in hospital,
recounted how his condition was initially diagnosed to be
malaria before other tests confirmed he was suffering from
pressure being exerted on his brain.
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Kofi
Annan, the former UN Secretary General
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Accra, Ghana, August 14, 2010 - African heads of state, industry
representatives, the international donor community and farmers
will meet in Ghana at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
in the first week of September. Delegates will create an action
plan on the acceleration of a Green Revolution in Africa.
Chaired by Kofi Annan, chair of the Alliance for a Green
Revolution in Africa (AGRA), this is the first time the forum
will be held in Africa. It is expected to be one of the
continent’s major gatherings of both public and private players
to focus solely on agriculture development.
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REUTERS/Omar FarukSomali fighters belonging to
Ahlusunah warjama, a moderate sect fighting against
the hardline al-Shabaab insurgents, display weapons
during a parade in Mogadishu on July 31.
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By Sharon Schmickle
To aid the
militant Somali insurgent group called al-Shabaab is to
invite major legal trouble if you do it in Minnesota or any
other U.S. state. That much, federal authorities have made
clear with a string of indictments that grew considerably
longer last week.
What's less clear is whether the crackdown here deals any
real blow to al-Shabaab's operations in Somalia.
Unfortunately, say some observers, the answer is no.
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Nadifa
Mohamed, the writer of Black Mamba Boy
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By Charles R. Larson
In
Nadifa Mohamed’s first novel, Black
Mamba Boy, the main character’s search for his
father is central, though not always enough motivation to
keep Jama on track. Jama’s called “black mamba boy” because
of his mother’s encounter with a deadly snake when she was
pregnant.
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(Email
the author)
My memories of my days in
Kampala in the 1990s, when I taught at the University of
Makerere, are not often as clear as faded ink.
However, on seeing the
photograph of President Yoweri Museveni visiting the site at
which a bomb had exploded killing innocents watching the
World Cup in Kampala, the door to my treasure trove yielded
a flood of memories that had grown dim because of the
distance of years; these began to gain in brightness.
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Analysis
By
Rukiya Makuma
2010 is the year for Africa as 17 countries celebrate 50
years of independence since colonial rule. Africans resisted
the colonialists on grounds of segregation, slavery,
exploitation and domination. But 50 years after, how have
these countries performed? Are they still languishing from
the post colonial effects or is there a new state in place?
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Somaliland’s New Government Sending The Wrong Message To The East |
Dahir Rayale Kahin’s government had a lot of problems but one
area in which it was an undisputable success was its eastern
policy, a policy based on minimum of rhetoric, the empowerment
of the pro-Somaliland communities, and the steady extension of
Somaliland administration to all parts of the eastern regions.
The success of this policy did not come overnight.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XXXVIII |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan
This is the thirty Eighth article of a series of articles that
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
The Leadership, Dictatorship and Personality Cult
Siyad Barre: The phenomenon
There has been an ongoing debate about the role of the
individual in historical process and teleology of a nation.
Some theorist such as Hegel and Karl Marx see historical
process as the product of contradictions and the interplay
of various forces and networks of society, or of a chain of
historical causation
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Ma Kuff Baa, Ma Kaftan Baa, Ma
Kafidiigisigii Baa? (Is It A Gaffe, Is It A Joke, Is It
Cause For Removal?) |
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By Ahmed M.I. Egal
Once in a while a senior
political figure makes a statement that is so outlandish and
ludicrous that one is forced to ask questions such as, “is
he serious?; has he gone rogue like Sarah Palin?; has he
lost touch with reality?” Such an event occurred the other
day, when I saw comments reported on the Jamhuuriya website
on 7th August 2010 made by the Chairman of the Guurti, Mr.
Saleeban Mahamud Aden (Gaal), on the occasion of the
transfer of the Chairmanship of KULMIYE Party to Muse Bihi.
The Chairman apparently requested President Sillanyo and
KULMIYE to help re-build the parties of UDUB and UCID since,
according to the Chairman, these parties have effectively
collapsed since losing the Presidential elections!
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Somaliland Needs A Formidable
Opposition Leader |
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By Ahmed Ali
Before I say anything more
about that new government I would like to express my thanks and admiration for
Dahir Rayale Kahin. He has been a towering figure for nearly a decade in
Somaliland politics and the manner in which he has acted over the last few weeks
has displayed immense dignity, grace and a profound sense of public duty.
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Somaliland: Beware Of Ismael
Omar Guelleh! |
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By Mohamed Houssein
The current head of state of Djibouti, ISMAEL OMAR GUELLEH,
is someone who does not like democracy .He abhors everything
that is linked to the rights of freedom and critics coming
from the opposition side are hushed down whenever he has the
opportunity to do so. Since he took power, thanks to his
late uncle HASSAN GOULED who transferred the power to him
like a family legacy,
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Seventy Ways To Earn Reward
From Allah (Part-I) |
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Repentance done sincerely for Allah
The prophet (S.A.W)
said” Allah will forgive the sins of anybody who repents before the sun rises
from the west (i.e., a major sign for the day of judgments), (Muslim).he (S.A.W)
also said “Allah accepts the repentance of his slaves until the time of their
death (i.e, when the soul is departing) –Tirmidhi.
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Somaliland: No Need Of Political Howl
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“Patience is a
virtue”
It’s too early to
throw harsh criticisms at the newly installed government and those who have
impulsive appetite of throwing ineffective criticisms should hold their horses.
We sincerely and democratically elected a new president for the nascent country
and his government formation is now completed.
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The AU And Somalia
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Is Africa suffering from a seriously growing challenge from
terrorism? One asks the question because the recent 15th
African Union (AU) summit, held in Kampala in July, was
dominated by the vexed issue of Somalia.
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Time Holds All The Answers –
Even To Somalia And The Colonial Project |
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By KALUNDI
SERUMAGA (email
the author)
The one who talks
to you like he hates you, likes you, and the one who talks to you like he likes
you, hates you.”
So goes a proverb
from western Uganda that the United States and Nato may do well to reflect on,
as they walk with the AU even deeper into the quagmire that is Somalia today.
What have they been told?
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WITH AN EAGLE EYE: Where Is
Africa After Amin’s Death? |
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Mr. Mobhare Matinyi |
By Mobhare Matinyi,
Washington, DC
On Saturday, August 16, 2003, at 8.20am, Idi Amin Dada, the most brutal military
dictator in post-independence Africa, passed away at King Faisal Hospital in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was quickly buried on the same day.
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Mo Ibrahim: My Encounter With
Billionaire With A Difference |
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By
Alex Kiprotich in London
How
much does a billionaire carry in his wallet, I wonder as I set off for lunch
with Mo Ibrahim, Sudanese telecoms mogul turned philanthropist.
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