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Somaliland Urges People To
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London, UK, March 12, 2011 — The Somaliland Community in UK,
Somaliland Community Census Campaign Committee, other Somaliland
communities in EU and the government of Somaliland this week
urged the Somaliland people in UK to take part in the 2011
Census, to “reflect accurately the various communities that live
in the British diverse society.”
They also called upon Somalilanders in England and Wales to
register themselves not as Somali but as Somalilanders,
believing it will help the larger cause.
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Hussein
Feyssa (right), manager of group operations at Hafde
Plc, displays leather on show at the Leather Fair
last week to, from right, Mekonen Manyazwal, minster
of Industry (MoI); Tadese Haile, state minister for
MoI; Solomon Getu, president of the Ethiopian
Leather Industries Association (ELIA); Yakob Yala,
state minister for Trade (MoT); and Wondu Leggesse,
director general of the Leather Industry Development
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 12, 2011 – Fethye Zewde, 26, a
civil servant, came to the Fourth All African Leather Fair
in search of leather shoes.
After watching the opening of the fair at Millennium Hall,
located on Bole Road, on ETV on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, he
attended the fair for the first time.
As presented on TV, there were plenty of exhibitors offering
both local and foreign made leather shoes. In addition to
the 140 Ethiopian companies participating, 54 foreign
companies from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and other
African countries exhibited their wares at the fair.
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H.E. The President
Hon. Cabinet Ministers
Hon. Members of Parliament
Hon. Delegates from the World Bank
The African Development Bank, DFID, EU, UN Habitat & UN JPLG,
Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In this important and high profile event, I would like to
express my sincere thanks and deep gratitude to all the
Honorable Delegates, and distinguished guests and to those
who had planned holding this function regarding the Public
Finance Management and made the necessary arrangements for
making this crucial meeting a success.
Public finance has played and will continue to play a
critical role contributing to economic stability,
nation-building, growth, and poverty reduction. It also
enables Governments to perform effectively and deliver
public goods and services to its citizens.
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Juba, Southern Sudan, March 12, 2011 — The government of
South Sudan offered a certificate of appreciation on
February 28 to Somaliland journalist in Juba.
Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, South Sudan’s Minister of
Information awarded Mohamed Rashid Muhumed of Saxafi media,
a local newspaper based in Hargeysa. The certificate was
presented in recognition for Somaliland journalists’ Sudan
South referendum vote coverage in January.
“Thank you for your efforts to create awareness,” Dr
Benjamin told him.
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Nairobi, Kenya, March 12, 2011 – Somalia's health care
system was utterly destroyed by the civil war leaving the
country with, among other problems, the highest rate of
maternal and infant mortality in the world. A Somali woman
gives birth to an average of 6 children during her life
time. 14 in every 1000 women die due to complications
related to child birth. One in 4 women were attended during
pregnancy at least once by skilled health personnel
(doctors, nurses or midwives). About a third (33%) of births
are delivered by skilled personnel.
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By Iman Morooka
Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 12, 2011 – If it wasn’t for Nimo
Daher, a Child Protection Advocate in one of the settlements
for displaced people in Hargeysa, a city in Somaliland, baby
Hussein (not his real name) would have likely suffered
neglect and abandonment.
That’s the fate of many Somali children born out of wedlock.
When Safia (not her real name), 24, gave birth to Hussein
three months ago, she faced an uncertain future.
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Djiboutian Army 1st Rapid Action
Regiment Squad Leader, Abou Bakr Housein, draws a
sand table for his fellow squad members during a
break from instruction on basic infantry movements,
during training in Ali Oune, Djibouti, Feb 2. Photo
by Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price. VIEW
MORE PHOTOS FROM ALI OUNE, DJIBOUTI |
By Maj. Khalid Cannon, CJTF-HOA Public
Affairs Office
ALI OUNE, Djibouti, March
12, 2011 – Under an overcast sky, nearly 200 members of the
Djiboutian Army’s elite 1st Rapid Action Regiment honed
their infantry skills, mentored by members of the U.S. Army
National Guard’s 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry
Regiment.
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Howard
Taylor (left), country representative of the
international development department, and Ali Fordes,
leader of the human development team, both from the
UK government, at the press conference at the UK
Embassy on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 12, 2011 – The UK Department
for International Development (DfID) has reaffirmed its
confidence in the Ethiopian government’s ability to manage
aid funding by placing Ethiopia at the top of its worldwide
contribution list.
Ethiopia is poised to receive an excess of two billion
dollars over the next four years, making the country the
biggest recipient of development aid from the UK, the DfID
announced at a press conference at the British Embassy in
Addis Abeba on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.
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Danish Delegation Meets With
Somaliland Officials In Kenya |
Danish and Somaliland
delegates met in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya, March
12, 2011 (SL Times) –
According to a press
statement dated March
11, 2011, that was
released by Somaliland’s
embassy in Kenya,
representatives from
Somaliland held a
meeting with a Danish
delegation in Kenya.
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Somaliland Foreign
Minister Praises Relations With China And UK |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, March 12, 2011 (SL Times) – Somaliland Foreign
Minister Dr Muhammad Abdillahi Omar returned from a visit to
China this week.
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Nuruddin Students
Honored |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 12, 2011 (SL Times) – A
celebration to honor students who graduated from Nuruddin
schools was held at Mansoor hotel.
The ceremony was attended by 1702 students. The students had
studied various fields such as mathematics, computer
science, and languages.
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French Development Fund And BCIMR
Bank Arrive In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 12, 2011 (SL Times) – A delegation
from the French Development Fund and BCIMR bank arrived in
Hargeysa this week. According to a press release signed by the
presidential spokesman, Mr Abdillahi Muhammad Dahir (Cukuse),
the delegation held a meeting with Vice President Abdirahman
Abdillahi Ismail (Zaylai).
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Dairy farmers
in Somaliland |
“Most expatriates won’t
leave their homes without armed guards, but I travelled all over
the territory with no armed escort” BBC Africa Editor Mary
Harper
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
March 12, 2011 – BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper describes how she
came to report on a remarkable green field dairy farm in the
middle of the desert in a rejuvenated Somaliland.
I didn’t believe a word
Abdullah Farah was saying when he first told me about his farm.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 12, 2011 (SL Times) – The government
of Somaliland has banned Universal Television, Somali satellite
TV network based in London, from operating in Somaliland, the
minister of Information said on Thursday.
Ahmed Abdi Habsade, Somaliland’s minister of Information,
accused in a statement that Universal TV, which is directed to
the Somali-speaking community, had created clan-related
conflicts and was acting against the existence of Somaliland.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 12, 2011 - Record charcoal prices in
Somaliland are threatening the livelihoods of many poor urban
families who have limited alternative energy sources.
"Charcoal prices in Somaliland have increased in the past six
months from 25,000 [Somaliland] shillings [US$5.50] per 25kg
sack to 40,000 shillings [$7.50], making it difficult to us to
buy charcoal, which we depend on to cook food for our families,"
Muna Ahmed, an internally displaced mother of nine, told IRIN.
"We are now suffering; we do not know what to cook with."
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The fact that a Danish family is now being held captive on the
coast of the de facto state of Puntland by Somali pirates is an
illustration of the unrealistic attitude of the international
community toward Somalia – or rather the former country of
Somalia.
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Earthquake Devastates Japan |
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An aerial
shot shows cars ready for shipping being carried by
a tsunami tidal wave at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki
prefecture on March 11, 2011. |
Country hit by worst earthquake in its recorded history,
leaving more than 1,000 people dead and many missing
Justin McCurry in Osaka and Tania
Branigan in Beijing
Osaka, Japan, March 12,
2011 – More than 1,000 people were believed dead and many
more missing after the worst earthquake in Japan's
records struck its north-east coast, unleashing a 10-metre
high tsunami, setting towns ablaze and sparking a nuclear
emergency. The 8.9 magnitude shock triggered tsunami alerts
and evacuations across the Pacific region, with Russia, the
Philippines and Hawaii all moving vulnerable citizens to
higher ground. Low-lying islands, Latin American countries
and the western coast of the United States all braced for
waves.
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U.S. Leadership Approval Loses
Some Momentum Worldwide |
Image takes a hit in the Americas
By Julie Ray
WASHINGTON, D. C. -- International
approval of U.S. leadership lost some of its momentum in
2010 after soaring in
2009. Even so, U.S. leadership is still relatively better
positioned worldwide than at any time during the last two
years of the Bush administration. Across 116 countries,
median approval of U.S. leadership in 2010 stood at 47% --
relatively unchanged from the 49% median across 111
countries in 2009.
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Anti-Gadhafi
protest in Benghazi, Libya, March 11, 2011 |
Tripoli, Libya,
March 12, 2011 – Thousands of Libyans have poured onto the
streets in the eastern city of Benghazi where they renewed
calls for the resignation of leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The demonstration in Libya's second largest city began after
Friday prayers. Some protesters carried banners thanking
France for its decision to recognize opposition leaders.
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In its “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs raised issues on progress against Al-Shabaab, North
and South Sudan, Turkish business delegation, Al Ahram
hysteria, IGAD’s new directors and a review of Peace
Agreements in the Horn
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According to a new book by Professor Aud Talle, most Somalis
who live in Norway have changed their attitude towards
female circumcision and are now against the practice.
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Getting a brand new
country off the ground is a fiddly business
SOUTH SUDAN chose its new national anthem in democratic
style. In a packed concert hall in Juba, the young state’s
scruffy capital, rival choirs performed their entries.
Purists argued that the winner’s tune did not fit its
lyrics. But the decision has laid down one stone on the road
to statehood. Less fun lies ahead. Hooking up with the
international system’s buried wiring involves gaining
everything from telephone dialling codes to internet
suffixes, via postal connections, air-traffic control and
trade tariffs.
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By Catherine Vonledebur
SOMALI supermodel Waris Dirie and Sengalese hip-hop star are
two of the African women leading successful campaigns
against the widespread practice of female circumcision.
More than 24,000 British girls under the age of 16 could be
at high risk of this brutal, painful and dangerous practise
in England and Wales.
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Mr. President,
I thank the distinguished Ambassador Li Badong of China for
convening this meeting and for rallying the international
community to the cause of Somalia during this critical
period. I wish you all the best as President of the Security
Council and I appreciate your leadership.
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Security Council
6494th Meeting (AM & PM)
Background
For today’s open debate on a “Comprehensive strategy for the
realization of peace and security in Somalia”, the Security
Council had before it a concept paper (document S/2011/114)
issued by the Permanent Mission of China, which holds the
presidency this month.
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Is
Saudi Arabia The Reason Obama Is Reluctant To Intervene In Libya? |
As the calls for
President Obama to intervene in Libya, at least in the form of a
no-fly zone, get louder and louder, and as it becomes more and
more clear that he really does not want to do it (and if he
comes around to intervening, he will only do it reluctantly), it
is only logical to wonder if he knows something important that
is making him hold back.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part LXVII |
By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan, Hargeysa, Somaliland
This is the sixty-Sixth article of a series of articles that Dr.
Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
Independence and Union:
The Birth of the Somali State continued...
The military deliberately undermined the role and power that
clan leaders and chiefs had in the society in pre-military
period. They even changed their names from chiefs (Aqil)
to Nabadoons
(peace-maker).
The military regime was less successful in Somaliland where
the clan leaders enjoy more respect, and their rule and
function are interwoven with the fabric of the society
Some theorists regarded personal rule as a distinctive type
of governance. Their theory emulates in part from Max
Weber’s constructs of authority, as well as the political
theory of Machiavelli and Hobbes. This type of analysis has
been useful application to the period under discussion.
Starting from 1969-1975, Barre portrayed himself and was
portrayed by others as the reformer (the prophet). His
rhetoric speeches raised expectations, often ensuring the
public that their standard of living would be improved and
transformed overnight by adopting socialist principles.
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A Tale Of Two Somaliland
Movements: Egyptian And Somali |
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By Bashir Goth
As I watched the youth-driven upheavals that have awoken the
comatose Arab people into action to reclaim their dignity
and their freedom, I could not help but compare the
situation of the Facebook empowered youth that spearheaded
the Egyptian revolution with the Al Qaeda inspired Somali
youth Al Somaliland.
In the following paragraphs I will highlight the
similarities and differences as well as the two movements’
national references, international appeal and historical
significance.
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Somaliland Coastguards &
Ground Troops—“The” Real Panacea For Sea Piracy
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By Dalmar Kaahin
Efforts to link Somali
pirates to terrorism, capture and showcase them in American, European, and
African courts, shoot them and hail
trigger-happy Marine snipers as heroes as well as deploy International
navies to Somalia run their course, yet no solution to sea piracy. And U.N.
condemnations and anti-piracy resolutions remain a mere symbolic while the
International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) outcry grows louder. Now, although the
U.S.
admits defeat in the hands of pirates, the U.S. and the rest of the
International community overlook a simple solution to sea piracy: Somaliland
coastguards and ground troops can effectively do the job that the combined world
navies fail to undertake miserably, up to now. How is that possible, you may
ask?
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Universal TV: Somalia’s Pulpit
For Hate & Warmongering |
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By Yusuf
Dirir Ali,MD
Universal TV is a Somali speaking makeshift TV studio based in East London that
has an airing contract with Myanmar junta-owned TV in Rangoon. Universal TV is
the main platform for the propaganda that augments clan-hatred in Somalia and
Somaliland; it is akin in its viciousness to the Kigali radio that fuelled the
genocide in Rwanda.
In recent months Universal TV has become a mouth-piece for terrorists in the
Horn of Africa such as Alshabab and its affiliate the notorious SSC who are
engage in constant terror activities against the innocent civilians in the
Republic of Somaliland.
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In Praise Of Somali Women: A
Poem In Honor Of International Women's Day |
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While her brothers are away playing
She helps her mother
While her brothers prepare to eat
She is cooking their meal
While her brothers are out making mischief
She is busy helping her neighbors.
She is a girl. A Somali girl.
While her husband is away
She is tending to her children
While her husband is eating jaad
She is bathing her children
While her husband is shouting and screaming
She is teaching her children
While her husband sleeps
She is studying.
She is a wife. A Somali wife.
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