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Why Djibouti Succeeded In
Attracting Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Investments |
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Djibouti, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - Djibouti may
initially seem the most unlikely place to attract foreign
investments. The country lacked natural resources and
everything else that investors considered before putting
their money in a new overseas venture.
But these harsh realities were not to deter Djibouti’s
president Ismail Omer Gualleh from abandoning his dream of
turning his country to Africa’s Dubai.
He envisaged that Djibouti by virtue of it location at the
mouth of the Red Sea and close proximity to the Arabian Sea
and the Indian Ocean, could became a regional hub for
transshipment of goods between land-locked Africa, the
Middle East and Asia.
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TFG
Parliament dispute over approving farmajo as News PM |
Muqdisho, Somalia, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - Augustine
Mahiga, the United Nations' Special Envoy for Somalia who
was accompanied by members of the African Union and the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), met with
Somali leaders Wednesday at Mogadishu'S Adan Adde
International Airport, Radio Garowe reports.
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Islamic
MIlitant in Somalia,Shot Dead two young girls in the
country after accusing them in spying for the
government |
Mogadishu, Somalia, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - Somalia's
Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab group publicly executed two teenage
girls in the central town of Beledweyne on charges of
spying, witnesses said Thursday.
A firing squad shot the pair in front of hundreds of local
residents Wednesday afternoon, in the first known instance
of such an execution of women accused of spying.
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President’s Message On Second
Anniversary Of Hargeisa Suicide Bombings |
Somaliladn Presidential
Place
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
October 30, 2010 (SL
Times) - Somaliland
President Ahmed Silanyo
sent a message of
condolences to the
people of Somaliland and
to all those who lost
loved ones during the
terrorist suicide
bombings that took place
on October 29, 2008.
President Ahmed Silanyo
described the terrorist
attack as a failed
attempt by Somaliland’s
enemies to derail the
country’s sovereignty.
He stressed that
Somaliland’s enemies
will never succeed
against Somaliland.
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Berbera Airport Gets
New Terminal |
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Vice
President Opened A new terminal tjat was recently added
to the berbera aiport |
Berbera,
Somaliland, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - The port city of
Berbera today welcomed a delegation lead by Vice President
Abdirahman Abdillahi Saylici, Minister of Aviation Mohamud Hashi
Abdi and Minister of Information Abdullahi Geeljire and the
first lady of Somaliland Amina Mohamed Jirde.
The delegation first stopped at Berbera International Airport
where the vice president opened an additional new terminal that
was recently added to the airports departure terminals. Also at
the ceremony Minister of Aviation Mohamud Hashi Abdi spoke about
how this new terminal was part of the new government’s first 100
day initiative plan.
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Danish Minister
Visits Somaliland |
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Danish MInister of Development and International
Cooperation,Mr Soren Pidm (Left) And Somaliland
Minister Of Interior,Dr:Gabose During The
Former'sVisit to Hargeisa |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - The
Danish Minister of Development and International
Cooperation, Mr Soren Pimd paid a visit to Somaliland. The
President of Somaliland, Ahmed Silanyo held a formal
reception for the Danish minister in Mansoor hotel. A press
release by Somaliland government spokesman, Mr Abdillahi
Muhamad Dahir (Ukuse), said Somaliland President highlighted
these points to the Danish minister:
1- Somaliland’s efforts to establish a system of government
based on justice, democracy and good gvernance.
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Nasir Ali Shire MP Draws Attention
To Dangerous Roads |
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Nasir Ali Shire |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) -
Parliamentarian Nasir H. Ali Shire expressed concern about the
poor condition of the road connecting Hargeisa and Berbera,
particularly the closer one gets to the Berbera segment of the
road. Similarly, Eng. Nasir Ali Shire pointed out that the road
that passes through the hilly town of Sheikh is almost at the
point of being totally blocked by rocks and sand which were
brought down by heavy rains in the area. Eng. Shire appealed to
the ministry of public works to do something quickly about
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - In an
article in the Somali language newspaper Haatuf, Mr
Abdishakur H. Muhumed Muse (Heersare) addressed the issue of
the National Cleaning Campaign. He first recounted how
President Ahmed Silanyo had announced on Sept.3, 2010 that
Cleaning Day will happen throughout Somaliland every 45
days, and how when the first Cleaning Day was inaugurated on
Sept.5 it was welcomed and supported by the citizens and
businesses, and they are still ready to help.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - Students at
Ga’an Libah High School in Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa, went
to the ministry of education this week to complain about the
shortage of teachers in their school, a problem that has
affected other aspects of the school’s operations. The students
said they brought the issue to the ministry’s attention many
times in the past but nothing was done.
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Somali Forces Sell Weapons To
Islamists |
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Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter
Nairobi, Kenya, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - A former commander
in the Somali military has admitted that government soldiers
sell arms to insurgents seeking to topple western backed
government. A former Chief of Staff of Somalia's Military, major
general Yusuf Hussein Osman, says unpaid soldiers offered to
sell their guns and ammunition to the enemy
Mr. Osman who served as the chief of staff in 2009 said the
soldiers are not being paid their $100 monthly wage a long
period.
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Al-Shabab Executes Two Teenage
Girls In Somalia By Firing Squad |
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Militant :The
two girls were excuted by firing squad in fornt of
hundreds of villagers who were forced to watch on
pain of amputation |
Belet-Weyne, Somalia, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - An Islamic
group with controls southern Somalia executed two girls by
firing squad and forced hundreds of people to watch.
Sheik Mohamed Ibrahim sentenced the girls to death in the town
of Belet Weyne for spying for government soldiers fighting the
Islamist group al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab is linked to al Qaeda and has carried out several
whippings, amputations and executions to enforce its own strict
interpretation of Islam.
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Bin Laden Tape Is Real, French Say |
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Usama bin
ladern Al-Qaid Leaders |
Paris, France, October 30, 2010 (SL Times) - A tape of a man
claiming to be Osama Bin Laden threatening France appears to be
authentic, the French Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Bin Laden warned France to get its troops out of Afghanistan and
not to oppress Muslims at home in a tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera
network Wednesday.
"If you want to tyrannize and think that it is your right to ban
the free women from wearing the burqa, isn't it our right to
expel your occupying forces, your men from our lands by striking
them by the neck?" the speaker demands, in reference to recently
passed French legislation barring women from covering their
faces in public.
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Explosives In US-Bound Parcels
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A suspicious package containing a toner cartridge with wires and
powder was found during routine screening of cargo in Britain,
prompting authorities to search three aircraft and a lorry in
the US.
Searches were conducted on Friday in the northeastern cities of
Philadelphia, Newark, New Jersey and New York City.
During a basic security screening process in the UK, officials
found a suspicious item on a cargo jet, according to a US
government official who spoke on condition of anonymity to
discuss the ongoing investigation.
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More than 4,700 have been
hospitalised due to an outbreak of cholera |
Hundreds of Haitians have demanded that a group of Nepalese
peacekeepers leave the country, blaming them for a cholera
outbreak that has left at least 300 people dead and hospitalised
4,700 others.
The demonstrators waved tree branches and anti-UN banners as
they walked on Friday from the central plateau city of
Mirebalais to the gates of the UN base near a tributary of the
Artibonite River, which has been identified by health officials
as being contaminated.
They chanted "Like it or not, they must go" as the Nepalese
soldiers and other UN peacekeepers remained inside.
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The convening of a timely discussion in Nijmegen on the
current and future prospects for the Horn of Africa has
advanced a debate bringing together academia,
parliamentarians and civil society
Below is an article published by UNPO:
Following presidential elections in Somaliland in July 2010
and the ongoing instability in Somalia that allows piracy to
persist off Africa’s East Coast, the Dutch town of Nijmegen
played host to a discussion focussing on how Somaliland,
Somalia, and Puntland could coexist and what this, or the
alternatives, might spell for the region as a whole.
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Most of the news from Somalia comes from the capital,
Mogadishu, and it’s mostly bad. But there is a different
part of Somalia where things are much better.
It’s called Somaliland, and in addition to holding
successful democratic elections several months ago, it is
trying to improve its economy and build relations with the
outside world.
Hussein Abdi Dualeh, the minister of mining, energy and
water resources for the Republic of Somaliland, grew up in
Somaliland but spent the last two decades working in the
energy sector in California.(Frank Langfitt)
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By DEVON MAYLIE
"I am going to use the word Midgan," declared Yasmeen
Maxamuud, an American-Somali writer.
The audience released an awkward, muffled laugh. Midgan is a
derogatory reference for a Somali group seen by many as
outcasts. Ms. Maxamuud let the insult linger in the air,
allowing the audience to recognize how a word can divide
people.
"You should feel uncomfortable with that word," said Ms.
Maxamuud, author of Nomad Diaries, a novel telling
individual stories of Somali refugees in the U.S., including
a character considered to be an outcast.
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Citizen
involvement is vital for success of cleaning campaign and other
community projects |
This month, Somaliland’s cleaning campaign took place for the
second time. The fact that this event occurred this month has
great significance. It sent a signal that the government is
serious about the cleaning campaign. At this point, it is too
early to take that signal as the government’s final word but
there is no doubt that whether the project fizzles out and dies
quietly or whether it continues and produces results will depend
on the level of citizens’ involvement.
There is a simple reason for this. Governments, especially
elected ones, respond to public pressure, and where there is no
public pressure let alone participation, governments tend to do
nothing.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan
The origin of
Wahabiya "Salafiya" continued ...
The Sunni Sheikhs in the country saw Sheikh Ollow and his
Wahabiya preaching as a threat to the foundations of Sunni
Shafi school of thought, the overwhelming school Madhab in
the country. He met with a lot of resistance, but later
succeeded in getting an audience. He received support from
Sheikh Mohamed Issa "Gudur" from Mogadishu, another
brilliant scholar on the ”fiqi” and interpretation of the
Qur'an, tafseer. When the military regime seized power in
the country, they arrested Sheikh Ollow, and when he was
released, he left the country and lived in exile until his
death. During his time the “Wahabiya” did not spread. The
influence of Sheikh Ollow was eclipsed by the return to the
country of the first generation of graduates from Islamic
Universities of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Among them were
three Sheikhs mentioned earlier (Sheikh Mohamed Mu'allim
Hassan, Sheikh Abdi Qani and Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed "Gadhyare"
who were indoctrinated into Islamic brotherhood).
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Somaliland’s New Government
Challenges Are Measurable |
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“CHANGE ““CHANGE ““CHANGE
Abdirisaq M.Farah""Abdi wiiwaa""
The new government has put together impressive cabinet
ministers that are well qualified to run the country as
professionals who are trained or has the experience in each
of their respective positions but can they implement the
enormous challenges in their way to have successful
administration, as they run the successful campaign of
Kulmiye party that achieved the presidential power of
Somaliland? The most challenging aspect of the
administration is the theme which the opposition parties
were running like the Obama campaign in the USA which was
“CHANGE ““CHANGE ““CHANGE “or “Isbedel ““Isbedel ““Isbedel “
in Somali.
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Ethio-Somaliland Relations
Post-1991: Challenges And Opportunities |
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Part: Seven
Author: Nasir M. Ali
Challenges and Obstacles to the Relationships
The extremism and jihadist ideology which is spreading over the Somali state may
challenge and disturb the relations. Similarly, since Somaliland did not attain
an international recognition, Somaliland is prone to face disenchantment from
the community at the grassroots’ level. This may precipitate the persuasion of
the people particularly the youth to join the hardliners camp, as they live
between hope and despair almost 20 years. This is mainly because of the failure
of the international community to appreciate and support the successive stories
of Somaliland.
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Somaliland, Not Somalia: What
A Unity! A Tale Of Five Countries And Not Two |
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Aw
farah Mohamed
“Baroor-diiqdu meydka waa ka badh,
Bagaanad is-lahayn biyaan qubay,”
Heello Qaraamiga ah.
“Grieving with the mourners is half the funeral,
How great that you could not show any sympathy?”
Classical (Qarami) Somali song.
It was early on the disreputable day of October 21st, 2010 that I tuned into the
BBC at 7.00am. They have been covering a press conference held by Johnny Carson,
the American Undersecretary of African Affairs. Mr. Carson was talking about the
Obama administration’s new ‘double track’ policy towards the Somali dilemma:
supporting the TFG while dealing with the peaceful administrations of
Somaliland, Puntland and the central areas of Somalia without recognizing them
as separate entities.
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