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Food Security Situation
Deteriorating In Somaliland; International Medical Corps
Teams Delivering Emergency Nutrition Relief In Sool &
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Los
Angeles, Aug. 27, 2011 -- With famine already
affecting five zones of southern Somalia, the food
security situation in many areas of Somaliland - the
autonomous, generally more stable region to the
north - has now reached critical levels and is
rapidly deteriorating.
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Dubai, UAE, August 27, 2011 -Six thousand families
in Somalia will soon receive enough food to survive
for three months thanks to a donation by the Al
Maktoum Foundation.
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Mahbub Mualem, left, of the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development,
speaks to Somalian President Sheik Sharif
Sheik Ahmed at the donors conference in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Elias Asmare,
Associated Press / August 26, 2011) |
Only four of 54 member nations attend the African
Union donors conference in Ethiopia, aimed at
raising money to ease the crisis in the Horn of
Africa.
By Robyn Dixon
Johannesburg, South Africa, August 27, 2011— Most of Africa's
heads of state failed to turn up Thursday for the
first African Union donor conference in Ethiopia to
raise money for the Horn of Africa famine, leaving
activists disappointed with the pledges.
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In this photo of Monday Aug.8, 2011, Somali
recruits training as a VIP protection force
get lessons in martial arts from African
Union instructors at the main military base
for Somali government troops in the capital
of Mogadishu on August 8, 2011. Instructors
say the lessons help instil discipline in a
force largely drawn from ragtag militias.
(AP Photo/Katharine Houreld) |
By Katharine Houreld
Mogadishu, Somalia, August 27, 2011— The
instructor's whistle tweets, and around 50 Somalis
drawing paychecks from the U.S. government punch the
air in front of them with varying degrees of
coordination and enthusiasm.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, August 27, 2011 – Somalia's
Islamist al Shabaab militants beheaded at least two
young boys in Mogadishu, an activist said on Friday,
in the latest of a string of attacks showing they
still had the power to strike despite a well
publicized withdrawal.
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Photo: AP
Somali refugees |
Kim lewis
Washington DC, August 27, 2011 – The U.N. refugee
agency [UNHCR] says an increasing number of Somali
refugees are now going to Yemen -- fleeing drought,
famine and conflict.
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Jerry Rawling, former president
of the republic of Ghana buys
a
tee-shirt at the economic
commission in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia with the slogan '
Save Somali Children from
Hunger’, from 14 year old
Ghanaian boy Andrew Adansi-Bonnah. |
Accra, Ghana, August 27, 2011 – Amidst the millions
of dollars pledged at an African fundraiser Thursday
to help those facing starvation in the Horn of
Africa, one donation stood out: the $4 000
contribution of a Ghanaian schoolboy.
Eleven-year-old Andrew Andasi launched his
fundraising campaign after seeing television images
of those struggling in famine-struck Somalia.
"I am feeling happy because I touched the hearts of
the young and old, rich and poor," Andasi told AFP,
thanking companies and friends in Ghana who donated
to his cause.
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Britain’s Mo Farah crosses the finish line
to win the men’s 5000 meters final during
the European Athletics Championships in
Barcelona, July 31, 2010.
REUTERS/Albert Gea |
London, UK, August 27, 2011- British distance runner
Mo Farah will have travelled further than most as he
attempts to end the Ethiopian and Kenyan
stranglehold on the men's 10,000 meters title at the
athletics World Championships.
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A
mother and child from Somalia at a refugee
camp in Kenya. Photo by Kate Holt, CARE. |
By:
Ray Suarez
Nairobi, Kenya, August 27, 2011 – The food crisis in
Somalia gets worse by the day. Desperately hungry
people are pouring out of their home provinces,
crossing borders into Ethiopia and Kenya, or
becoming internally displaced.
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Interview
On Chinese-Somaliland Agreement |
Click
here to
listen to
Radio France
Internationale's
interview
with Jamal
Gabobe about
the
agreement
between
Somaliland
and Chinese
investors.
The
Interview
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Somaliland Takes Steps
To Attract Oil Companies |
Breakaway
state tries
to surmount
problems
bringing in
E&P business
as it
petitions UN
for
recognition
Somaliland Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Co-operation
Mohamed Omar
this week
convened a
meeting with
London
investment
bank
Libertas to
discuss how
to attract
oil
companies
back to the
breakaway
republic in
the Horn of
Africa.
London, UK,
August 27,
2011 – Based
in the
capital
Hargeysa,
the
government
of
Somaliland
has pegged
energy “as
one of the
core four
planks of
foreign
policy and
is looking
to engage
the African
Union,
European
Union and
United
Nations
Security
Council to
support and
recognize
its efforts.
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Suspected Terrorists And Al-Shabaab Recruiters
Arrested |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 27, 2011 (SL Times) –
Two men suspected of being part of the terrorist
network behind the assassination of Somaliland
government officials in Las Anod were arrested this
week.
Somaliland chief of police, Gen. Muhammad Saqadhi
Dubad, confirmed the arrests to Haatuf Newspaper.
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In
Somaliland, Less Money Has Brought More Democracy |
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Cars clog a main road in Hargeysa, capital
of Somaliland. Photograph: Shashank
Bengali/Getty Images
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Unable to access foreign aid, Somaliland's
government has had to negotiate with citizens
and business leaders for financial support – and
provide stability and democracy in return
Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 27, 2011 – As the
humanitarian crisis in southern Somalia threatens
millions of lives, Somalia's little-known
northern neighbor, Somaliland, is doing so well
that its government recently
offered to send aid across the border
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Firefighters Quickly Put Out Fire In Berbera |
Berbera, Somaliland, August 27, 2011 (SL Times)
– A large warehouse in the port of Berbera
caught fire this week, but the fire which
started at night (about 8 pm) lasted only for
three minutes and was quickly put out by fire
fighters in Berbera.
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CPJ Sent A Letter To
Somaliland President |
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Dear Mr. President:
We are writing this letter to express our deep
concerns over a continuing trend of government
offices using criminal charges to silence
journalists in Somaliland. Government officials and
businessmen with close ties to the state have filed
five criminal cases against three independent
newspapers this year to date. The pattern of
criminal prosecutions filed on behalf of government
officials calls into question the commitment to
press freedom by the Somaliland government made
during your election campaigns last year.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 27, 2011 (SL Times) –
Havoyoco concluded a 21-day health seminar for two
civil society groups from Maroodi jeex areas that
are bordering Ethiopia (Bali-cabane, Gumburaha,
Badaramaan, Laaya, Heeryo and Wado Makaahiil). Each
group had 12 individuals and they received training
on both human and livestock health. The seminar took
place at SOCSA’s headquarters in Hargeysa and it was
focused on providing health care, veterinary care,
and managing drought.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, August 27, 2011 (SL Times) –
The Ramadan soccer competition at the May 13 stadium
has entered its second phase (Quarter Final). The
first game was between Ali Marshal team and Alpha.
Both teams played well and the first half ended with
Alpha leading 2-1. Alpha scored another goal in the
second half, winning the match 3-1. Alpha’s goals
were scored by Ayaanle and Khadiir, while Ali
Marshal’s lone goal was scored by the veteran player
Ina Hayle.
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Press Release
“The Somaliland Journalist association (SOLJA) has registered
about eight cases against the independent media by
the government of Somaliland during the last eight
months of this year. This means that every month
there was a case against the independent media by
the government, in addition to that the government
of Somaliland led by KULMIYE party campaigned during
the last elections in 2010 that it will consider the
independent media, and implement Somaliland’s Press
law 27/2004.
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Following the signing of a project agreement between
Somaliland and PetroTrans, Foreign Minister Mohamed
Omer has announced investment into Berbera Port’s
infrastructure and trade links. The deal marks a
further development of the State’s economic security
and autonomy.
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Found At Gadhafi
Compound: Condoleezza Rice Photos |
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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2011 file photo,
rebel fighters look through an album they
found containing photos of Condoleezza Rice,
inside Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Bab Al-Aziziya
in Tripoli, Libya. Over the years, the
Libyan leader's comments and actions related
to the former secretary of state have raised
a few eyebrows. (AP Photo/Sergey
Ponomarev, File)
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By Eric Carvin
Tripoli, Libya, August 27, 2011— Libyan
rebels who took control of Moammar Gadhafi's
sprawling compound made a surprising discovery in
one of the buildings: a photo album with pictures of
Condoleezza Rice.
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Islamist Militant
Group Boko Haram Claims Attack In Nigeria |
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Abuja, Nigeria, August 27, 2011 – A deadly car
bombing at the United Nations building in Abuja has
brought more attention to an Islamic group. The
attack happened Friday morning in the Nigerian
capital. Later, a man claiming to represent Boko
Haram spoke by telephone with a VOA reporter. He
said the group carried out the attack and warned
that "this is just the beginning."
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UN urges restraint as the rebels wreak their revenge
on 'loyalists'
By Kim Sengupta in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya, August 27, 2011 – The killings were
pitiless.
They had taken place at a makeshift hospital, in a
tent marked clearly with the symbols of the Islamic
Crescent. Some of the dead were on stretchers,
attached to intravenous drips. Some were on the back
of an ambulance that had been shot at. A few were on
the ground, seemingly attempting to crawl to safety
when the bullets came.
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Somalia
has not seen peace for decades (file photo) |
Nairobi, Kenya, August 27, 2011 - Somalia has had no
functioning government since January 1991, when
former President Siyad Barre was ousted.
Since then, fighting between warlords, government
forces and various alliances of Islamist insurgents
has resulted in the deaths of thousands of Somalis
and displaced hundreds of thousands more.
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By Mark T Jones
The quest for business and new opportunities means
that much of Africa is proving to be an increasingly
attractive proposition for a whole raft of
companies. Where once the continent was essentially
a no-go area for many commercial concerns the
current dynamic is such that there has been a
fundamental re-assessment.
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An armed Somali pirate stands along the
coastline while the Greek cargo ship, MV
Filitsa, is seen anchored just off the
shores of Hobyo town in northeastern Somalia
where it's being held by pirates, in this
January 7 picture. A six-nation East African
regional bloc on February 1 urged Somalia's
two breakaway regions of Puntland and
Somaliland to jointly battle Islamist
militia which it said had extended to the
areas.
Photograph by: Mohamed Dahir, AFP/Getty
Images |
By Jeff Davis
While Western armies were embroiled in long wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, Islamic extremists and pirates
in Somalia closed ranks. Ragtag high seas bandits
that were a mere annoyance to international shipping
10 years ago have evolved into a major threat.
Pirate groups now supply Islamists with weapons, and
in return receive combat training from terrorist
groups. Islamist militia Al-Shabaab is believed to
"tax" 20 to 50 per cent of the profits of pirates
operating in zones under its control.
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An
armed pirate stands guard along the
coastline at Hobyo, Somalia. |
In 2008, 24-year-old aspiring journalist Jay Bahadur
left behind his market research job in Chicago and
set off for Africa's far coast to get the scoop on
Somalian pirates. Three years later, he's not only
lived to tell the tale but written about it in his
new book, The
Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World.
Recently, TakePart caught up with the Toronto-based
author to ask him what he learned from infiltrating
the shadowy underworld of modern piracy.
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Continuing our examination of fundamentalist Islamic
groups in Africa, Christopher Anzalone looks at
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab insurgents, describing how they
relate to the country’s more conventional governance
structures, and the difficulties the East African
famine has thrown up for the group.
By
Christopher Anzalone
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Movement of the
Warrior-Youth, “Al-Shabaab”), the Islamist-insurgent
movement that controls most of Somalia south of the
autonomous region of Puntland, has its origins in
the most radical segment of the military wing of the
Islamic Courts Union (ICU).
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Turkish Prime Minister Wrong On West And Somalia Famine
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No doubt the
Turkish Prime Minister’s visit to war-torn Mogadishu was a
bold move that brought more attention to the plight of the
starving people in southern Somalia. The fact that he was
accompanied by his wife further humanized his mission and
made it look like more than just an official visit. The
photographs of the prime minister and his wife visiting the
hunger-struck families were touching and showed a modest and
concerned man. However, there is one score on which he was
very wrong, and that was his criticism of Western countries
for what he said was their slow response to the famine.
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The UN Somalia Support
Centre In Nairobi Advocates War Between The Two
Peaceful Enclaves In The Horn Of Africa |
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By M Arrale
The UN Somalia Support Centre in Nairobi attempts to
establish conflict between Somaliland and Puntland
as the UN organizations operated in Puntland tries
to instigate a border conflict between the two
administrations by taking advantage of the disputed
regions of Sool and the Eastern parts of Sanaag
which are territorially attached to Somaliland but
ethnically belong to Puntland. Knowing the
sensitivity of the disputed areas, the UN offices in
Garowe with permission of their officers in Nairobi
usually paid visits to areas across the border
without the consent of the administration in
Hargeysa.
The current tensions in Taleh district of Sool is
the result of the recent visit by the United Nations
with the Puntland administration in Garowe to Taleh
followed by the ambush of the Somaliland officials
from Lasanod by the presidential security from
Garowe which had caused death and kidnapping of the
Somaliland delegates that are now prosecuted in
Garowe under the nose of the UN. That visit by the
UN officials from Garowe and the followed incident,
had not only created a fresh hostility between the
two administrations, but fired a new animosity and
bloodshed between the two brethren clans of Taleh
District.
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Somaliland Security
Performance Meets The International Expectations! |
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“Dr. Gabose’s resignation was a matter of time but
unwelcomed”
By Ahmed A. Baniyal
The world is becoming increasingly interdependent
and interconnected while Somaliland has always been
concerned about international security. The threats
against the Somaliland people and our institutions
have compelled us to accelerate responsible
information sharing across every level of
government. The operators, analysts, and
investigators who protect our nation need access to
the right information at the right time, shared in a
secure manner.
In the last year the Minister of Internal affair Dr
Gabbose called
for the creation of the Information Sharing
Environment, steady progress has been made to build
a broad foundation for information sharing across
the National Government, as well as with our
national, local, and tribal partners, the private
sector, and the international community. We have met
many of our preliminary goals and milestones for
sharing terrorism, homeland security, impoverished
Device Explosives (EDs) information – including
those prescribed by the 2010 Information Share
Model, as Implemented, and those outlined in the
2011 National Strategy for Information Sharing
(IS). We are now building beyond to accelerate
implementation of the ISM.
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Rebuilding Somalia, A
Broken Nation, Prospects And Perils |
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Abdirahman Waberi |
An Essay by Abdirahman Waberi
The creation of a stable and secure Somalia state is
a crucial element of long-term regional peace and
sustainable campaign against terrorism and piracy.
To successfully achieve that would cost the world a
fraction of otherwise the petrifying Somalia of just
last decade in both human-life and monetary terms,
all experts agree to this…. yet skeptical, whether
any of the powerful nations would take the
leadership to do something. “How could the
international community be so quick to respond to
the humanitarian tragedy, yet so impotent when it
comes to preventing it? It is not that simple
though.
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Buurmadow Turning
Traitor Changes Faith |
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By Farid Digaale Adam “Cadami
In a recent interview, the man who calls himself
Boqor (King) Buurmadow, claimed that he is taking
part in a global conference organized by a UK-based
organization named the African Development Forum to
be held somewhere in China. Among other things, he
was trying to prove that he was a world-renowned
dignitary whereas the elected President of
Somaliland, H.E. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud ’Sillanyo’
was not even able to secure an entry visa for China.
On one occasion, he contended that the president was
detained at the airport and was only released
through the good offices of the Ethiopian Embassy.
Reason: he was using the Somaliland passport – a
passport that Buurmadow derisively downgraded to the
same level as a forged traveling document. The
Somaliland passport!
On another, without taking proper note of what he
said before, he claimed that the President never
even reached Chine but was, instead, somewhere in a
poor quarter of a Malaysian town. Again Buurmadow
relied on the Photoshop gimmicks of a sworn enemy of
Somaliland and Somalilanders, the ever-mooryaan,
self-proclaimed ‘journalist’ Alasow of the ex-Dhallinta
Kacaanka, waagacusub.com, waagacusub.net,
waagacusub.org, somalilanders.com,
somalilandpress.net, sunatimes.com – and a myriad of
other shady website names whose motto is ‘Am not
a Somalilander but still against Somaliland!’ .
So be it.
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