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Foreign Secretary: Why
The International Community Has To Come Together To Help
Somalia |
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The British Foreign Secretary William Hague
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Foreign Secretary William Hague writes in the
Huffington Post UK, following his visit to Somalia.
In September 1992 Foreign Secretary Douglas
Hurd visited Mogadishu. He could not have known that
it would be 20 years before any of his successors
set foot in the country again. Shortly after his
visit Britain's Embassy was shut and Somalia plunged
deeper into the vortex of suffering and violence
that has consumed it ever since. Today, it is the
world's worst failed state, one that is staggering
back onto its feet.
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Photo: Jane Some/IRIN
Fouzia Hassan, 50, an IDP at the stadium
camp in Hargeysa, Somaliland |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 – Cases of
sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), as well as
domestic violence, are increasing in camps for
internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hargeysa,
capital of the Republic of Somaliland, with social
workers attributing the trend to hard economic times
made worse by recent drought in the region.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, January 28, 2012 – The British
government is holding a conference on the future of
Somalia next month. In the last 20 years the east
African country has suffered enormously – in the
collapse of law and order, natural and human-made
calamities, the displacements of its citizens, the
rise of piracy and the spread of insurgent movements
and seditious militias. These have not only
threatened the survival of the nation but also
dampened the morale of the people and their sense of
national pride.
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On the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after
oral aruments, we ultimately had a 9-0
victory in Samantar v. Yousuf in 2010 (l to
r): CJA Client Aziz Deria, Sabah Dahir
Yousuf, CJA Client Bashe Yousuf, CJA
Executive Director Pamela Merchant; CJA
Board Member Beth Stephens, CJA Legal
Director Andrea Evans.
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Dear Friends,
I am writing to share some exciting news. After over
seven years of litigation, which has featured two
appeals, including one that went all the way to the
Supreme Court, and travel to six countries ranging
from the U.S. to Djibouti to Somaliland, with stops
in Italy, England, and Switzerland - our
case against General Mohamed Samantar is finally
going to trial.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 – Despite its
comparative stability, Somaliland still faces huge
development battles, particularly in health.
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By The Africa Report
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 4, 2012 – Ethiopia
has allocated 5 130 hectares of land to foreign
investors interested in industrial zones and aims to
generate over $500 million in revenue.
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Nairobi, Kenya, February 4, 2012 – British Foreign
Secretary William Hague's unannounced visit to
Somalia has drawn criticism from the African
nation's politicians and raised fears of a sabotage
plot.
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A
food distribution centre in Mogadishu.
Fighting in southern and central Somalia is
still hampering food deliveries.
Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA |
Exceptional harvest and food deliveries have improved
conditions, but millions of people are still at risk
Nairobi, Kenya, February 4, 2012 – The famine is
over in Somalia thanks
to good rains, a bumper harvest and donor aid,
but the next 90 days will be critical to ensure the
country does not slip back into extreme hunger, United
Nations officials
have said.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, February 4, 2012 — Witnesses say
a surveillance drone has crashed into a refugee camp
in the Somali capital.
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Danish Government To
Open An Office In Somaliland |
Copenhagen,
Denmark, Feb
04, 2012 (SL
Times) –
Denmark will
open a
bilateral
program
office in
Somaliland,
the Foreign
Ministry
said here
Friday.
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President Sillanyo To Host Legislators |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, January 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
Renowned journalist Dan Damon beamed his program the
BBC World Update from Somaliland’s capital Hargeysa
for the first time this week.
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Prophet’s
Birthday Celebrated |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 (SL Times) –
Preparations are taking place in Somaliland for
celebrating Prophet Muhammad’s birthday which falls
on Saturday 12th of Rabi’ al-Awal in the Islamic
calendar, the equivalent of Feb.4 in the Gregorian
calendar.
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Dr
Muhammad Adan Sheikh Hospital To Be Built In
Hargeysa |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi
Ismail (Zayla’i) laid the cornerstone of a new
hospital to be built in Hargeysa.
The ceremony was attended by Madam Filijita (the
widow of the late Dr Muhammad Adan Sheikh), the
deputy Speaker of Parliament Abdi Aziz Muhammad
Samale, the Minister of Health, Dr Hussein Muhammad
Mahmoud (Xuseen-xoog), the Director General of the
Ministry of Health Abdi Ahmed Nur (Cabdi-guray) and
other distinguished guests.
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UK Deputy Ambassador
To Ethiopia Arrives In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 (SL Times) –
The United Kingdom’s deputy ambassador to Ethiopia,
Mr Chris Allan arrived in Somaliland for the second
time in three weeks. In addition to meeting with
government officials, this time, he also met with
opposition politicians Faysal Ali Warabe and Ali
Waran Adde.
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Journalist Willis
Pickard, a lifelong Liberal Democrat, has made his
case that recognition of Somaliland should be
promoted by the Liberal International and the
European Union as a whole.
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Young asylum seekers study Finnish while
awaiting official decisions at a reception
centre in Parikkala, eastern Finland.
Image: YLE Etelä-Karjala |
By Mark Anderson
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 –
Somaliland's central bank governor said on Thursday
parliament is expected to pass a law within three
weeks that will formerly establish a central bank,
paving the way for foreign commercial banks to start
operating in the country by 2013.
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Photo: Jane Some/IRIN
Edna Adan University Hospital, the main
health facility in Hargeysa, Somaliland:
Somaliland has one of the worst maternal
mortality ratios in the world |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 4, 2012 - Somaliland
is grappling with high child and maternal mortality
rates, malnutrition and inadequate medical
personnel, health officials told IRIN.
"Somaliland has one of the worst maternal mortality
ratios in the world, estimated to be between 10,443
and 14,004 per 100,000 live births," said Ettie
Higgins, head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
field office in Hargeysa, capital of Somaliland.
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William Hague praised Kenya after Nairobi
sent troops and tanks to attack Shabaab
positions last October Photo: AP Photo/Sayyid
Azim |
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 4, 2012 – William Hague has
hailed a historic opportunity to end piracy and
terrorism in Somalia after a landmark visit to the
war-torn nation.
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South Sudan Shoot-Out
At Unity State Peace Talks |
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Juba,
South Sudan, February 4, 2012 – At least 37 people
have been killed in South Sudan during a shoot-out
at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence,
officials said.
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US Anxious Over
Possible Israeli Plans On Iran |
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By REUTER
Washington, Feb 4, 2012 – Two US officials say J'lem
still undecided on Iran attack; Israeli strike would
have implications for US election.
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London, UK, February 4, 2012 – Hacking network
Anonymous has released a recording of a conference
call between the FBI and UK police in which they
discuss efforts against hackers.
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Terence McNamee
Executive Summary
On 9 July 2011, six years after the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) ending Sudan’s decades-long civil
war was signed, South Sudan formally went its own
way, creating Africa’s 54th state.
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By Keith
Somerville - Book Review
It's always been hard to find a framework for
analyzing Somalia. It has one of the most ethnically
homogenous populations in Africa - Somalis share the
same language, culture, religion and clan structure
- yet the country seems constantly riven by
conflict.
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Washington, February 4, 2012 - A canine named Seamus
and a showman named K'Naan are causing Mitt Romney
woes on the campaign trail this week.
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One year ago this week, ABC’s Sam Donaldson looked at an Al
Jazeera reporter and said, ‘Thank you for what
you’re doing.’ As American and other western
reporters scrambled to set up in Cairo, Alexandria,
and Suez, Al Jazeera’s anchors were already
reporting around-the-clock from the ground.
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Alyson Neel
Istanbul, Turkey, February 4, 2012 – The Somali
education minister said Thursday that Turkey’s offer
to educate 400 Somali students is an important
opportunity for the youth of his famine and
conflict-afflicted country.
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Disturbing Signs From London |
Although it
may be premature at this point to pass judgment on the
coming London conference, nevertheless, we will not be going
out on a limb if we said the early signs leading up to the
conference should give cause for concern to Somalilanders.
The signs we are talking about are the UK’s latest
diplomatic moves all of which are meant to boost the TFG but
with not a single gesture towards Somaliland. In addition to
organizing the conference to help the TFG, the British
government has already sent its foreign minister to
Mogadishu, designated an ambassador for Somalia and promised
to open an embassy there when that becomes feasible.
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“Somalia’s” Terrorists
Are Invading Somaliland |
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By\ Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
Terrorists across “Somalia” are gathering at the
Buhodle town of far south-east Somaliland, to
establish safe-haven for their illegal armed
operations across Somaliland and Ethiopia. ONLF, Al-Etihad
Al-Islamiya, Al-Shabaab and tribal militia loyal to
Warlord Ali Khalif Galaydh are building illegal army
in the town to destabilize the region.
Al-Etihad Al-Islamiya and Al-Shabaab are
internationally known terrorist organizations. ONLF
is leading illegal and fruitless struggle against
Ethiopia and violates the human rights.
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Somaliland Borders Are
Unalterable |
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Ibrahim Hassan Gagale
The officials and surrogates of de facto Puntland
Administration of Somalia routinely claim in the
media that Somaliland Borders are "Colonial
Borders". This blind, habitual denial of Somaliland
Republic borders indicates that these individuals
are either ignorant of the historical origin of the
current borders of African states or intentionally
mislead listeners for obsessively pursuing
unattainable clan-based statehood that does not
exist in Africa or elsewhere.
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Somaliland: Do Not
Shatter What Is Intact |
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Yusuf Dirir Ali. MD
Somaliland is invited to attend a London conference on
Somalia. This conference is spearheaded by the
British Government and there are conflicting reports
stating different scenarios of what the
international community is attempting to achieve
through this conference. I hope the international
community is sophisticated enough and not naive to
confuse Somaliland with the anarchic Somalia. The
international community must not try in any way,
shape or form to drag Somaliland into UN/AU
trusteeship or a union with Somalia.
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Response To NSPU’s
Failure To Fake Document, Miserably |
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Dalmar Kaahin
Dear
Ali Artan, I read your opinion posted on
wardheernews.com:
http://wardheernews.com/Articles%202012/Feb/02_nspu_statement.html
Not only have you made terrible blunders to fabricate a
document, but you also failed, so miserably, to
anticipate the readers' reactions, therefore; you
have gained my sympathy. Your opinion truly
demonstrates your inability to understand that the
readers using the massive resources available, at
their fingers tips, could trace the source of your
paper. That is, entertaining your friends at the Tim
Horton is one thing; trying to produce a document
that insults our intelligence and hoping that people
will fall for it, is something else.
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Open Letter To The
President Of The Republic Of Somaliland |
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Somaliland
Student Association (SSA)
India
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
The President of Somaliland
29 January 2012
Dear Mr. President,
We fully appreciate and applaud your wise decision to give
your people the opportunity to have a say on
formulating a sound reaction to the invitation of
the UK Government to take part the upcoming London
Conference on Somalia. Your Excellency, your move
obviously underscores the significance of such
response – and highlights the serious of
repercussion it is likely to have on our fate as
country and people.
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The Argument For
Recognition Of Somaliland Republic |
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By Aniis A. Essa
I. Introduction
After a bloody civil war, in January 1991 Siyad
Barr’s Twenty-one-years regime was overthrown in
Somalia. The Northern Half of Somalia Declared its
Independence as the Republic of Somaliland in May
1991. This outline summarizes the main arguments
for the propriety of such a declaration and its
recognition as an independent state under
international law. A thorough study is under
preparation.
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