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Somaliland Goes For
Two-Tier System |
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By Steve Mbogo
A few weeks ago The
Islamic Globe wrote
about how Somaliland was planning to change its
financial regulations. We can now confirm the
government is putting its final touches to the
proposed banking act. At present the constitution of
Somaliland requires all financial transactions to
be Shari’ah compliant, but according to the Central
Bank of Somaliland’s governor, Abdi Dirir Abdi –
speaking to The
Islamic Globe –
new proposals will now allow conventional banking in
order to open the economy up to international trade.
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By Mohamoud Ali Mohamed
Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 25, 2011 -- Somaliland
appealed to African nations to grant the
semi-autonomous region recognition as a sovereign
state and called for international help to deal with
piracy off its coast.
“We need more support from African states,” Foreign
Minister Mohamed Abdillahi Omar said in an interview
on June 15 in the capital, Hargeysa. “We need
recognition, cooperation and assistance from African
states.”
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U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
Press Release
June 24, 2011
The United States Government welcomes the
appointment of the new transitional Prime Minister
of Somalia, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. We are
encouraged at the speed with which the Transitional
Federal Government President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh
Ahmed made this appointment. The United States
looks forward to working with Dr. Abdiweli in the
days ahead in support of both the Djibouti Peace
Process and the completion of the transitional
tasks. The United States calls for the quick
endorsement of the Prime Minister and new cabinet by
the Transitional Federal Parliament.
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New York, June 25, 2011—Ethiopian authorities have
been holding a newspaper columnist incommunicado
since Tuesday, local journalists told the Committee
to Protect Journalists. Reeyot Alemu, a regular
contributor to the independent weekly Feteh, was
expected to spend the next four weeks in preventive
detention under what appears to be Ethiopia’s
sweeping anti-terrorism law.
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Over 30 Hargeysa-based journalists received training
on international law to tackle negative articles
about refugees
Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 25, 2011 – On a recent
visit to Hargeysa, refugees showed the UNHCR Somalia
Representative a number of articles in local
publications that portrayed them in a negative
light, often with incorrect information and a lack
of understanding of their plight.
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London, UK, June 25, 2011 – Britain has dropped a
policy of using DNA tests to identify the
nationality of African refugees and asylum seekers
after criticism that there is no scientific merit to
the practice.
The government “does not plan to take forward DNA or
isotope testing for country of origin identification
purposes,” and has also suspended an internal review
of the program, according to a statement issued
Friday by the U.K. Border Agency. It did not explain
why it was discontinuing the program.
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Hawa, 28, and her four-month-old son, Yusuf,
in their shelter in Bossaso’s Tawakal
settlement. They fled the coastal city of
Kismayo in southern Somalia in 2004 to
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GALKAYO, Somalia, June 25, 2011 (UNHCR) – Farhiya
Mohamoud Gedi has not seen her children in the past
12 months. The 34-year-old had no choice but to
leave them with her mother in the war-torn Somali
capital, Mogadishu, in search of better work
opportunities to feed her family.
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Former Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed
Abdillahi Mohamed. |
Mogadishu, Somalia, June 25, 2011 – Somali Islamists
al-Shabaab are blaming Uganda for the recent
resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdillahi
Mohamed (Farmajo).
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Patricia O’Brien, the
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
in a briefing to the Council |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 25, 2011 – Helping the
courts in Somalia attain international standards to
handle trials of suspects arrested for engaging in
maritime piracy off the East African coast can be an
important step in combating the scourge in the
Indian Ocean, the top United Nations legal affairs
official told the Security Council Tuesday.
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Somaliland’s
Legislators Confirm The Sacking Of Chief Judge |
Somaliland's
Supreme
Court
Hargeysa,
Somaliland,
June 25,
2011 (SL
Times) – A
majority of
Somaliland’s
legislature
voted in
favor of
confirming
the
president’s
decision to
sack
Somaliland’s
chief judge,
Mohamad
Hirsi Ismail
Omane.
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Councilman Urges Audit Of Zayla’s Local Government |
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Zayla, Somaliland |
Zayla, Somaliland, June 25, 2011 (SL Times) – Mr
Hussein Iidle Barkhadle, a member of Zayla’s city
council, complained about what he described as the
bad situation in Zayla’s city government.
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Refugees
Honor Bukaan Gargaar Company |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 25, 2011 (SL Times) –
Refugees in Somaliland have honored Bukaan
Gargaar Company for the helping hand it extended
to them.
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Somaliland Community In Denmark Assists Gabiley
Schools |
Gabiley, Somaliland, June 25, 2011 (SL Times) –
An organization called Somaliland community
Denmark delivered a donation of chairs and desks
to Gabiley’s schools.
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Aid And Somaliland: Mo
Money Mo Problems |
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By J.N.L
New York, June 25, 2011 – RULING parties in Africa
often have to answer as much to their donors as
their citizens.
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Fighters from the Islamist group al-Shabaab,
which is linked to al-Qaeda |
Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2011 – Somali Islamist
militants have come under attack by two foreign
helicopters near Kismayo, their spokesman says.
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Security Council President Amb. Noël Nelson
Messone of Gabon reads statement on
Somalia
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New York, June 25, 2011 – The Security Council today
reiterated the need for a comprehensive and
inclusive strategy to encourage the restoration of
peace and stability in Somalia, stressing that a
peace agreement signed in neighboring Djibouti in
2008 remains the basis for resolving conflict in the
Horn of Africa country.
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SSC Press Release
It was 51 years ago when on 26th June
1965 Somaliland,
a former British Protectorate, achieved its
independence. Somaliland was an independent country
for five days and was recognized by some 35 states,
before it voluntarily merged with the former Italian
Trusteeship which gained its independence on 1st July
1960 from Italy to form the Somali Republic.
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Michelle Obama Says
Husband Is Committed To Africa |
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Gaborone, Botswana, June 25, 2011 – First Lady
Michelle Obama rejected criticism that her husband's
administration had not paid enough attention to
Africa, saying on Friday her trip was a direct
reflection of his commitment to the continent.
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2011 Failed States
Index Released: Somalia Ranked Most Troubled State
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Somalia ranked most troubled state; Finland takes
best position
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Fund for Peace today released
the seventh edition of its annual Failed States
Index (FSI), highlighting global political, economic
and social pressures experienced by states.
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TRIPOLI,
Libya, June 25, 2011 - It had the sound of a victory
celebration: Machine guns rat-a-tat-tatting in the
air. Crowds of young supporters swathed in Moammar
Gadhafigreen celebrating, cheering.
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After Sada Mire returned to her homeland, she found
archaeological treasures that hadn't been seen in
thousands of years.
By Amy Barth
When Sada
Mire was
just 12, her father, a Somali police official, was
executed by the country’s brutal Barre
regime, which saw him as a political threat. In
1991 she fled Somalia, reuniting with family in
Sweden and eventually pursuing graduate studies in
England. But while working on her Ph.D. in
archaeology from University College London, Mire’s
academic interests drew her back to Africa.
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Land Cruisers and HiAces the
rule the (off) road in East Africa
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By Stephen Kreider Yoder and Levi Yoder
DONGOLA, Sudan — STEVE: When we crossed the border
from Ethiopia to Sudan, Levi and I had a lot of
gnawing unknowns about traveling into this country
where few tourists go.
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By Peter Greste
It is dark in the corridors of the Somali Airlines
Building; dark and crowded. More than a thousand
people are here – not airline workers, but families
sheltering from the withering gun battle tearing
through the city a few blocks from where they
huddle.
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The increasing level of money remittances is a key
indicator of a strengthening economy
By Arno Maierbrugger
The region's money exchange and remittance companies
are quickly adapting to the rising demand for
faster, safer and more efficient methods to transfer
funds - a phenomenon brought about by the huge
increase of immigrant workers worldwide.
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Which countries gained and
declined the most in this year's Failed States
Index?
By J.J. Messner
In the seven years of the Failed States Index,
Somalia has had the ignominious distinction of
occupying the worst spot for the past four years
straight.
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Voting In A Vacuum |
Somaliland’s
legislators have gone beyond being a deep disappointment to
the country into becoming an outright embarrassment. Take
the voting on the president’s decision to sack the country’s
chief judge as an example. One would have expected this
occasion to be an opportunity in which legislators would
focus on judge Omane’s record, highlight the judicial and
political issues at stake, and provide a rationale for their
vote.
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Why The International
Community Does Not Recognize Somaliland? |
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By Mr Kagaruki
On May 18, the self-declared Republic of Somaliland
marked its 20th anniversary of independence from the
rest of Somalia. The occasion must have passed
almost unnoticed by many around the world since this
breakaway nation is not recognized internationally
and hardly catches the attention of the world media.
Somaliland, with a population of about 4 million, is
an ex-British colony that willingly merged with the
former Italian Somalia at independence in 1960 to
form the republic of Somalia. But under the military
dictatorship of Mohamed Siyad Barre, Somaliland was
neglected, although it remained an integral part of
the Somali state.
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Somaliland Has The
Legal Right To Be Accepted By World States |
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By: Husein Ali Noor
International injustice committed by world states
against Somaliland
Re-recognizing forced on Somaliland
Demand for basic rights
Deserve recognition but denied
Injustice should be brought to an end
Somaliland, a British protectorate and a separate
state merged with Somalia on July 1 / 1960, five
days after getting its independence from Britain.
This gives Somaliland the right to be embraced by
international community without the demand for a
quest for recognition.
Eritrea was forced to seek recognition when it broke
unity with Ethiopia, no was Gambia when its merger
with Senegal was broken. This unprecedented
injustice will go to the annals of history and will
be a shame on all democratic worlds.
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Somaliland Youth
Alliance Of North America |
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Dear Fellow Somalilanders,
I'd would like to announce the great news of the
launch of the Somaliland Youth Alliance Of North
America, (SYANA). We are an alliance of young adults
spread around North America (USA and Canada) who
hail from Somaliland. Some of us haven’t had the
opportunity to see Somaliland, some don’t speak the
language, but since our parents came to North
America within the last 20 to 25 years, we have
strong connections there. Among the reasons for
setting up this organization is to one day go there
and take part in the development of the country and
the people.
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The Dangers Of The
Recognition Fixation |
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By Mark T Jones
As Somaliland begins its third decade of running its
own affairs the harsh realities of life continue
much as before. In common with its neighbors the
country is dogged by range of issues that prove to
be a constant drain on time and resources. Whilst it
is natural that many operating in the political
sphere have concentrated much of their effort upon
the issue of international recognition, there is a
real danger that in so doing they neglect issues
that affect the lives and well-being of ordinary
Somalilanders. Seasoned observers of the country
recognize the need for a recalibration of policy and
the formulation of a vision of Somaliland, not just
for the next few years, but one that will serve the
people and region well in the years to come.
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Rwanda: "We Are the
People We Have Been Waiting For" |
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By Butamire
I’ve heard the above statement uttered before but
I’d never thought of it in connection with Rwanda. I
could well imagine it being pronounced by an
aspiring president of a super power like USA about
his country but not by a third world leader about
their country, especially one on the African
continent.
I don't see how today's Rwandans can be the ones
that Rwanda has been waiting for. In any case,
waiting for what and since when?
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