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Somaliland: Lack Of
Financial Sector Regulations Inhibits Private Sector
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Passed to the
Telegraph by WikiLeaks
Ref ID: 09LONDON1303
Date: 6/2/2009
14:18
Origin: Embassy
London
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Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Guleed Hassan Ahmed,
US9SO-010023DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks
12:09PM BST 27 Apr 2011
Name: Guleed
Hassan Ahmed
ISN: US9SO-010023DP
Time in Gitmo: 4
years, 7 months, 21 days
Released?: No
Nationality: Somalia
Date of birth: 04/01/1974
Place of birth: Mogadishu,
Somalia
Release date:
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New Delhi, India, April 30, 2011 – Faced with repeated
instances of piracy in the high seas and Indian soldiers'
well-being at stake, India is
working on not just a new domestic law against piracy but
also negotiating with the littoral states of Somalia and
some independent ones within it.
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A
Somaliland journalist, Mohamud Abdi Jama, editor of
Waaheen newspaper, amongst the 27 finalists in the
CNNMultiChoice African Journalists 2011
Competition
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Johannesburg, SA, April 30, 2011 – Twenty-seven finalists
have emerged in the CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist 2011
Competition. According to Joel Kibazo, chairman of the
independent judging panel, in a statement, the 27 finalists
came from different media houses across Africa.
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 30, 2011 – As part of the plans
to export electric power to neighboring countries, Ethiopia has
completed installation of power transmission lines that
stretch to Sudan and Djibouti,
the Ethiopian
Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) disclosed on
Monday.
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Briefing Notes,
29 April 2011
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson
Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at
the press briefing, on 29 April 2011, at the Palais des
Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR is alarmed by the
continuing deterioration of the situation in Somalia,
forcing an increasing number of Somalis into displacement.
The number of Somali refugees arriving to neighboring
countries during the first quarter of this year has more
than doubled in comparison to the same period in 2010.
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Briefing Notes,
29 April 2011
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson
Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at
the press briefing, on 29 April 2011, at the Palais des
Nations in Geneva.
Escalated fighting at the
Dehiba border crossing between Libya and Tunisia has stopped
the outflow of refugees from Libya's Western Mountains.
UNHCR is very concerned that people fleeing Libya could be
caught in the cross-fire as government and opposition forces
battle for control in the border area.
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Alexandria, Va. April 30, 2011 – A Virginia teen who says he
was tortured in Kuwait and couldn't get home because he is
on the U.S. government's no-fly list is suing to get off the
list.
A hearing is scheduled Friday in federal court in Alexandria
on 19-year-old Gulet (goo-LETT) Mohamed's lawsuit against
Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials.
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Giving Somalis the Needed Skills to Solve Problems
Peacefully
Washington, April 30, 2011 – Choowa Institute and HAQSOOR
NGO, a non-governmental organization operating in
Somaliland, have agreed to cooperate on peace-building
activities. This partnership provides technical assistance
to the locally-operated organization to improve on existing,
conflict resolution services. It also allows the Choowa
Institute to provide standard and effective ways to help
Somalis in settling their disputes and finding policy
solutions that could secure a better future for the whole of
Somalia. The Executive Director of HAQSOOR NGO said:
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Bin Laden Is DEAD: Celebrations
Across America As U.S. Special Forces Shoot Dead Terror Chief In
Mansion Hideaway In Pakistan |
40 minutes and he was
dead: Dramatic
reconstruction of how
U.S. hit squad took out
Bin Laden
Washington, May 2, 2011
– Osama Bin Laden has
been killed by the U.S.
military after a
decade-long hunt to
avenge the 9/11 attacks,
President Barack Obama
has revealed.
The 54-year-old leader
of Al Qaeda was
dramatically killed last
night in a firefight
with American special
forces in a $1million
mansion hideout around
60 miles from Islamabad
in Pakistan.
Experts used facial
recognition techniques
to identify the slain
terrorist and performed
DNA tests, the results
of which will be
available in the coming
days.
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Somaliland
President Ends UAE Visit, Flies To Kuwait |
Dubai, UAE/Kuwait, April 30, 2011 (SL Times) – Somaliland
President Ahmed Sillanyo and his delegation ended their
visit to the United Arab Emirates. The President visited the
United Arab Emirates to participate in an anti-piracy
conference and to use that opportunity to raise Somaliland’s
political profile as well as attract investors.
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Somaliland Elder Statesman Gives
Lessons In Courage And Wisdom |
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Haji
Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf (a.k.a Abdi Warabe), a
Somaliland Elder Statesment |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland, April 30, 2011 (SL Times) – Somaliland elder
statesman Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf (a.k.a Abdi Warabe) gave
an interesting two part interview to the Somali language
newspaper Haatuf this week.
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Erigabo, Somaliland, April 30, 2011 (SL Times) – The mayor of
Erigabo, the capital city of Sanag region, Mr Ismail Haji Nur
has announced that he will not run again for office when his
term ends. He also appealed to the young and intellectuals to
run in the next election and fill his office. He said this in an
interview with the VOA Somali service this week.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 30, 2011 — The UNDP has helped
establish mobile courts in all regions in Hargeysa, Burao,
Berbera, Borama and Erigavo, speeding and simplifying access to
justice for hundreds of people across Somaliland.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 30, 2011 --
Somaliland’s central bank will begin exchanging 7 billion Somali
shillings ($4.37 million) of notes for its own currency next
month as part of a plan to stop using the Somali currency in
Somaliland by mid-June.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 30, 2011 -- Last week, five of the
local Telecom Operators in Somaliland have drawn up an agreement
to finally set up what seems to be an interconnection between
the networks including Fixed-Mobile Termination services.
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Royal Wedding: A Stylish Marriage
For William And Kate |
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Tim
Hetherington and Idil Ibrahim at the Sundance
Festival in 2010 Photo: GETTY |
London, UK, April 30, 2011
– Bells pealed, crowds cheered, even the sun put in a timely
appearance, as Prince
William emerged from Westminster Abbey with his bride on
his arm.
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5 Die In Violence In Ugandan
Capital |
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KAMPALA, Uganda,
April 30, 2011 — This capital city was brought to a virtual
standstill Friday as angry protesters set up roadblocks,
setting them ablaze throughout Kampala, and the police and
military cordoned off neighborhoods in the largest and most
violent day of protests since the demonstrations started
nearly three weeks ago.
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William Lambers
Puntland and Somaliland may not be household names when it
comes to world geography. These are two regions in the
conflict-torn and impoverished nation of Somalia.
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All-cash economy, lopsided exchange rate means a wallet
isn’t enough
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Stephen
Kreider Yoder and Levi Yoder
The
Gulf of Aden, seen from Berbera, Somaliland. |
By Stephen Kreider Yoder and Levi Yoder
Berbera, Somaliland, April 30, 2011 — STEVE: Last night, I
suddenly began to feel uncomfortable about where we were.
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Some of
the cave paintings in Somaliland date back 5,000
years or more |
By Otto Bakano
Laas Geel, Somaliland, April 30, 2011 — A galaxy of colorful
animal and human sketches adorn the caves in the rocky hills
of this arid wilderness in northern Somalia, home to
Africa's earliest known and most pristine rock art.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 30, 2011 – An interview of the
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi by Eritrean media
about the country's economy and relations with Egypt,
Eritrea
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Photo
credit: AP | FILE - In this Oct. 29, 1979 file
photo, British singer Poly Styrene, who fronted
X-Ray Spex, is seen in
London. Styrene, whose real name was Marion
Elliott-Said, had been suffering from cancer and has
died at the age of 53. (AP Photo/PA) UNITED
KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE |
London, UK, April 30, 2011 – Somali-British punk singer Poly
Styrene has died after a battle with spine and breast
cancer. She was 53.
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By Hamza Mohamed
Can anyone ever really support pirates? That was the
question posed by one of Somalia’s most famous poets a few
years ago. The answer depends on what part of the world you
are in, and is more complicated than a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no.’
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Piracy is a booming business in northern Somalia, and no one
has a workable plan to deal with it. For the first three
months of this year, there were 97 attacks on ships by
Somali pirates.
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Yemeni
President, Qatar And Al-Jazeera |
In an interview with
a Russian TV, the Yemeni President Ali Abdalla Saleh made a
frontal verbal attack on al-Jazeera. He said the channel peddles
lies and those who are behind it are liars. He also accused the
channel of stirring trouble throughout the Arab world. Actually,
he even went beyond that and charged the state of Qatar of
helping the opposition and financing the revolt in his country.
But why is Qatar doing this? Ali Abdalla Saleh’s explanation was
that Qatar is a country with little population and a lot of
money that also wants to play a big role, so it is using its
money and al-Jazeera channel to achieve that purpose.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part LXXIV |
By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan, Hargeysa, Somaliland
This is the seventy-fourth article of a series of articles that Dr.
Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
In the previous articles, I have explained
some historical junctions of the Somaliland society
including the earlier Islamisation and earlier colonization
after which Somaliland became a British Protectorate as a
result of Major European Imperial powers division of Africa
among themselves in 1884 Berlin conference. I also provided
analysis on earlier liberation struggle of Somaliland in the
1950s before Somaliland achieved its independence in 1960
followed Somaliland’s loss of its sovereignty after the
Union between Somaliland and Somalia. I also highlighted the
year of liberation in 1980s and followed Somaliland
restoration of its independence in 1991.
There are several ways of analyzing the society under
discussion looking at its historical evolution highlighting
the main factors that contribute to the existence of the
society and its social structure.
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Somalia’s Crimes In
Somaliland: Forgiven But Unforgettable – Part I |
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Abdulazez Al-Motairi
Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, dispersed
or bombed out of their homes in northern Somalia (parts of
today´s Somaliland) after government military operations,
which Western aid workers say, are little short of genocide.
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Bitweded Sultan Ali Mirah, The
Voice Of Ethiopian Unity |
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Tedla Asfaw
I would like to extend my condolence to the Afar community
in the diaspora and to the people of Afar from Red Sea port
of Asab to the highland of Desse and to the plains of Awash
valley for the passing away of Bitweded Sultan Ali Mirah,
the beloved leader of the Afar people and the Unity Voice of
Ethiopia.
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Somalia: The U.N. Fails To
Take Control Of The “Transition” |
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By: Dr. Michael A. Weinstein
The chapter of Somalia’s political history that has been
dominated by the attempt of the United States, working
through the United Nations, to manage the “transition” of
Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (T.F.G.) to a
permanent set of governing institutions has ended with the
collapse of the U.S.-U.N. initiative.
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Al-Qa'ida And Its Affiliates |
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Remarks
Daniel Benjamin
Coordinator, Office
of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
New America Foundation Conference
Washington, DC
As prepared for delivery
I’d like to thank my Steve
Coll, Peter Bergen, and the New America Foundation for
inviting me to participate in this conference.
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