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Somaliland Delegation
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 24, 2011 –
Somaliland plans to send a delegation to Somalia's
capital Mogadishu on Saturday, in what would mark
the breakaway region's first official visit there in
more than 20 years.
During a news conference Thursday, Somaliland Vice
President Abdirahman Saylici downplayed any
political significance, saying the trip is purely
humanitarian.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan address
the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
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New York, September 24, 2011 – Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reached out to
world nations to immediately act in Somalia to end
starvation, which he said is a shame for the entire
humanity while slamming Israel for shrugging off UN
Security Council resolutions and hindering peace in
the Middle East.
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Washington, September 24, 2011 – The United States
is using a controversial money-transfer system to
deliver aid directly to Somali famine victims and
keep it out of the hands of militants.
The director of USAID, Raj Shah, told The Associated
Press Thursday that aid agencies have had to resort
to creative ways to prevent the militant group
al-Shabaab from seizing aid.
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Al-Shabaab members ride in their pick-up
trucks out of Somalia's capital of
Mogadishu on September 3, 2011. |
Mogadishu, Somalia, September 24, 2011 – At least 10
civilians have been killed and many others injured
in heavy clashes between Somali government troops
backed by African Union forces and al-Shabaab
fighters in war-ravaged Mogadishu, Press TV reports.
An intense battle broke out in Mogadishu's northern
neighborhoods of Towfiq and Yaqshid on Thursday
morning after al-Shabaab fighters launched attacks
on transitional government forces, the Press TV
correspondent in Mogadishu reported.
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Nairobi, Kenya, September 24, 2011 – A U.N. official
says that corrupt Somali politicians could face
travel bans and have their foreign bank accounts and
property frozen under tough new U.N. sanctions.
An analyst said such sanctions could help get food
aid to famine victims.
Matt Bryden, who heads the U.N. arms monitoring
group that provides an annual report to the U.N.
Security Council, told The Associated Press on
Tuesday that corruption is one of the main obstacles
to peace in Somalia.
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An internally displaced boy walks through a
gate riddled with bullet holes from a
war-ravaged compound in Hamarweyne district
of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, September 6,
2011. REUTERS/Feisal Omar |
By Randolph Kent
How come khat can be delivered anywhere in Somalia
virtually at anytime?
Isn’t it amazing that you can you get chilled
Coca-Cola in almost every town in the country? Why
is the mobile telephone system so effective in
Somalia though there are no regulatory authorities?
Why is the Somali currency relatively stable?
Millions of itemized invoices are issued by Somali
businessmen monthly, and despite the fact that there
are few postal addresses, the money is regularly
paid. And what do such questions have to do with the
present crisis in the Horn of Africa?
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The two cubs were discovered aboard a ship
at Mogadishu port. They were taken in and
cared for by foreign contractors in the
war-torn city until last week, when they
were finally flown out to an animal
sanctuary in South Africa.
GLOBAL POST/TRISTAN MCCONNEL |
Nairobi, Kenya, September 24, 2011 – Behind a
fortified compound encircled with sandbags near
Mogadishu’s airport is a large fenced enclosure that
was the unlikely home to a pair of lion cubs rescued
from smugglers earlier this year.
The two cubs were discovered aboard a ship at
Mogadishu port. They were taken in and cared for by
foreign contractors in the war-torn city until last
week, when they were finally flown out to an animal
sanctuary in South Africa.
Grumpy and Scar, as they were nicknamed, (the former
has a bad temper and is prone to nipping
overfriendly visitors; the latter has a blemish on
her forehead) were found and confiscated by port
authorities in late February.
Officials believe they were to be shipped to the
home of a wealthy exotic-pet owner in the Arabian
Gulf, and their discovery sheds light on the hidden
plunder of Somalia’s wildlife and natural resources
from the country’s anarchic hinterland.
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Rap artist K’naan visited Yale Monday
afternoon to discuss his humanitarian
efforts in his home country of Somalia in
the wake of the recent Somalian famine.
Photo by Josh Satok . . |
Washington, September 24, 2011 – Celebrity
intervention in humanitarian efforts is often looked
on through a cynical lens, but last night a panel
discussion in the Yale University Art Gallery
auditorium hoped to highlight how some big names can
make a difference.
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Sheikh
Mukhtar Robow presenting the awards |
By Thom Shanker And Eric Schmitt
Washington, September 17, 2011 — The senior American
military commander for Africa warned Wednesday that
three violent extremist organizations on the
continent were trying to forge an alliance to
coordinate attacks on the United States and Western
interests.
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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 Sends Aid
To Somalia's Famine Victims |
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Somaliland delegation to Mogadishu welcomed
in Somalia's capital Mogadishu |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland,
September
24, 2011 (SL
Times) –
Somaliland
government
announced
that two
delegations
will leave
with aid to
Somalia's
famine
victims. One
delegation
will deliver
aid in
Mogadishu
and the
other
delegation
will take
aid to the
refugee
camps in
Kenya.
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Somaliland Minister Of Education Promises
Scholarships |
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Zam Zam Abdi Adan |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 24, 2011 (SL Times)
– Somaliland Minister of Education, Zam Zam Abdi
Adan announced that the 350 students with the
highest scores in high schools and middle schools
would sit for an examination and that the top
students would get scholarships to study in Turkey,
Egypt and Sudan. The examination was designed by a
Turkish organization called Nil and whoever meets
the required standards will qualify for scholarship.
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Mo Farah
Gets Warm Welcome In Somaliland |
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Somalilander welcomed Mo Farah in Berbera
airport, Somaliland |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland, September 24, 2011 (SL Times) – Champion
runner Mo Farah arrived in Somaliland's Berbera port
this week. He was welcomed at the airport by the
minister of Aviation, the minister of sports, the
governor of Sahil, Berbera's mayor and other
officials, all of whom expressed their happiness
about Mo Farah’s arrival in Somaliland. Likewise, Mo
Farah said he was elated to be in Somaliland. He was
accompanied by his wife, his daughter, and the
Somali singer Sir Mohamud Omar Yare.
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Eng.
Bashe A. Gabobe Makes Suggestions To President Ahmed
Silanyo |
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Eng. Bashe Abdi Gaboobe |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, September 24, 2011 (SL
Times) – The former Manager of Kulmiye's
Campaign for the Western regions, Eng. Bashe
Abdi Gaboobe, offered some suggestions to
President Ahmed Sillanyo on how to make his
government more effective. Eng. Bashe A. Gabobe
acknowledged that President Ahmed made some bold
and worthwhile moves such as permitting the
formation of new political parties, the
termination of the use of Somalia's money in
Buro (even though Puntland's money is still used
in Sanag and Sool), the 100% increase in
government worker's salaries, and the
cancellation of school fees for elementary and
middle schools. He pointed out that the current
government consists of 23 ministries, plus
autonomous agencies, all of which have important
portfolios and could contribute a lot to the
country if they do their job properly.
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Safiya Hashi Madar
Talks About Her Struggle Against Barre’s
Dictatorship |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, September 24, 2011 (SL Times) – Safiya
Hashi Madar, one of the women who were involved in
the SNM struggle against Siyad Barre talked with
Haatuf newspaper in Hargeysa about some of her
experiences during that dark era. Safiya Hashi Madar
currently lives in the United Kingdom but is now
visiting Hargeysa with her son Abdirahman whom she
gave birth to in Hargeysa’s jail twenty six years
ago.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, The Somaliland President, Mr.
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Siilanyo) met with a
delegation from Switzerland led by the Swiss
Ambassador to Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,
Seychelles and responsible for Somaliland and
Somalia, Mr. Jacques Pitteloud.
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Guernsey, UK, September 24, 2011 – Djibouti's government has
awarded Oyster Oil & Gas four blocks covering an
area of 14,100 sq km (3.5 million acres).
The company says Djibouti is at an early stage in terms of
exploration, with limited data to go on. But Oyster
is confident that numerous potential oil-bearing
basins were formed with the break-up of
Gondwanaland, the main ones being the Guban and Red
Sea basins.
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Paris, France, September 24, 2011 – With growing
concern, Reporters Without Borders has registered at
least eight serious press freedom violations ranging
from arbitrary arrest to shooting attacks on
journalists in the past two months in the
semi-autonomous northeastern region of Puntland and
Somaliland. In most of these cases, there has been
no investigation and no one has been punished.
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By Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller
Washington, September 24, 2011 – The Obama
administration is assembling a constellation of
secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations
in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as
part of a newly aggressive campaign to attack
al-Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, U.S.
officials said.
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Abbas Submits
Palestinian Statehood Application |
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (l)
gives a letter requesting recognition of
Palestine as a state to UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon, Sept. 23, 2011 |
New York, September 24, 2011 – Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas formally asked the U.N. Security
Council Friday to recognize a Palestinian state.
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Somalia–Desperate Call
To The World: “Put Lives Before Politics” |
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Human Wrongs Watch
Twenty aid agencies issued an open letter on 21
September urging the international community to “put
people’s lives before politics if [we are] to stand
any chance of aiding people suffering from the
famine in Somalia”.
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PUBLIC STATEMENT
Somalia: Amnesty International welcomes the
support for an independent international commission
of inquiry to investigate violations of
international human rights and humanitarian law by
all parties
Amnesty International welcomes many of the
recommendations made by States to Somalia, notably
those concerned with accountability for war crimes
and violations of international humanitarian law,
the recruitment and use of child soldiers, freedom
of expression and the safety of journalists.
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By Stephanie Hegarty
Sada Mire fled Somalia's civil war as a child, and
lived as a refugee in Sweden. But now she is back in
the Horn of Africa as an archaeologist, making some
incredible discoveries.
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By Benjamin R Farley
Western intervention in Libya’s revolution may offer hope to
proponents of Somaliland’s recognition. Generally,
Western states show extraordinary deference to the
African Union in matters of African politics.
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By John Fox
It’s not fair, I think, that flights to the toughest places
leave at the toughest time of day – the night.
Yet again, to go off to Somaliland I had to get up before 4
a.m. to get to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
by 5.15.
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By
Morgan Roach
Piracy off the Horn of Africa increases every year due to
constant instability in the region. In 2008, 111
vessels were attacked. Since the beginning of
2011, there have already been 188
attacks.
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Made in Britain: Mo Farah is a world
champion who learnt his trade in Britain
and cannot be classed as a 'plastic Brit'
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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By Simon Hart
For the past couple of weeks, the war-weary
residents of Somalia have been tapping their feet to
a new pop song released in honor of Mo Farah’s
memorable 5,000 meters triumph at the World
Athletics Championships in Daegu.
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The
Palestinian UN Bid: Another Recipe For Failure? |
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Palestinian authority’s decision to seek UN recognition as a
state has created a lot of controversy. But in a sense this
is an artificial debate because hardly anyone, including the
Israelis, disagrees that the Palestinians should have a
state. There are however serious differences between
Israelis and Palestinians on, among other things, the
territories that the Palestinian state would include, its
borders, its access to arms, and the refugees’ right to
return. Given that neither Israelis nor Palestinian can
totally defeat the other side, these issues will have to be
negotiated.
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South Sudan Can Learn
From Somaliland |
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By Geleh Ali Gulaid
On July 9, 2011 the jubilations in Juba lived up to the
fanfare with which the continents 54th nation and
the United Nations 193rd member was inaugurated
in, and fittingly so given the lopsided referendum
votes that had underpinned the aspirations of the
people of Southern Sudan. Less precise however, is
how the apparent ethnic, political, and tribal
cleavages in Southern Sudan will be curtailed,
before this undercurrent besets this young nation
already under the strain of outside influence and
the meddling of neighboring regional-powers. The
Government of South Sudan has not been helpful in
amicably finding solutions that would cease the
internal-conflicts among their indigent populace
which does not augur well for the world's newest
country, and this lackluster action have been aided
by the U.S. who remained silent and unconcerned and
a western media that had keenly remained transfixed
on Darfur only. Finding a lasting peace must take
precedence for the government and people of South
Sudan as they can no longer avoid the tensions
simmering under the very volatile surface of their
country’s foundation.
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How To Choose Your
Academic Career? |
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By A.Rahman Ali A.Jiciir, Medical Student
What do I study in university? Do I take my degree
in Medicine, business, engineering, IT, economics or
International Relations? And many other similar
questions crowd in the minds of those students who
recently graduated from our secondary schools which
always finish up in a phrase like: “I don’t know at
least for the moment…let me check one of them and
decide it later”.
Choosing your academic career is critical, because
you are taking step that will show you where you
will end up and take as career. Therefore, to have
hints on this subject is very crucial to every
student, and this article has arisen primarily in
response to this increasing concern expressed many
of the students.
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Fake Somali
Nationalists, Please Shut Up |
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By Mohamed Omar
What a heartening piece of news that the one coming
from Hargeysa today. Somaliland people collected
seven hundred thousand dollars for their famine
stricken brothers in Somalia to be delivered in part
by the great Hadraawi. Friends in need are friends
indeed and as a native of South Somalia, I would
like to commend Somaliland people infinite
generosity.
In fact, I am not surprised at all by this act at
all. I knew all along that while some claim to be
Somali unionists, blue flag worshippers and all
Somali loving, Somaliland walk the walk. From the
outset of Mogadishu civil war, Somaliland welcomed
refugees fleeing the South when Puntland was busy
deporting them. When Somali expatriates were
deported by Saudi Arabia in 2006, they were
subjected to a shameful triage inside the airport of
Galkacayo: those hailing from Puntland were allowed
in while others were refused entry. And guess what?
They were granted entry in Somaliland.
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The Deceitful Voter
Register |
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By Abdi Halim Mohamed Musa
Acting Secretary-General of UDUB Party
According to the detailed report prepared on 25
August 2010 by the Electoral Reform International
Services (ERIS) on the Preparation of the Voter
Register during January-June 2010. ERIS was first
contracted to review the state of the Voter Register
prepared in 2008 and the readiness of the National
Electoral Commission (NEC) to hold an election.
Later, ERIS was asked to help NEC with the
Presidential Elections. The report notes that on 26
June 2010, NEC held a successful Presidential
election, which “generally met international
standards” according to outside observers.
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Somali Businesses Must
Respond To The Recession Effectively Or Close |
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By Liban Obsiye
Walking through my favorite street in East Bristol I come
across a shop that is boarded up. Only a few months
a go it was a booming clothes shop which specialized
in traditional Somali female clothing and toiletries
but today, along with the restaurant next door and
three other shops on the other side of the road,
they are all vacant. Without doubt they all are
victims of the deepest and longest recession the
developed world has seen since the global depression
of the early 20th century, but to what extent did
these former business owners play a part in their
own downfall?
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Somalia’s Catastrophic
Famine: Political Drought Or Natural One? |
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By Omar Salad
First I like to distinguish the connotation of the phrase
political drought from A-Shabaab’s argument that
the current famine is politically motivated. Here
by political drought I mean political barren
situation that totally failed to resolve the
twenty-year-old endless conflict, mayhem, misery,
social fragmentation and reconstruct our fallen
state that in turn have dried up the Somali people’s
actual and potential human and material wealth and
capability and eventually resulted in the current
abject and widespread poverty in our country in
general and unprecedented rampant catastrophic
famine situation decimating our people today in
particular.
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Current Status Of
Forests And Woodlands In Somaliland: (Threats And
Opportunities) Part II |
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Photo on the cover : Berde Ficus spp which
has the biggest DBH in Somaliland according
to Somaliland Ecological Society
(Somaliland) near QABUURTA village, Baki,
Awdal Region |
SES Fact-Finding
Mission to Somaliland
August / September 2010
Mohamoud Omer Sh. Ibrahim BSc (For) MA
[Continues from our last edition]
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Role of Forests and Natural Woodlands in the
Economic Sector
Forestry
has a large and indispensable role to play in the
livelihood of both present and future generation of
many in Somaliland – the people depend on natural
forests / woodlands which are vital to the economy
of the country.
No
forestry inventory covering the whole of the
Somaliland has ever been carried out. There has been
a limited study about various forests types in the
country, especially about the composition and sizes
of the mountainous forests in the north between 1970
-1991.
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