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Muslim Aid Establishes
Tuberculosis Clinics In Somalia |
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Every year millions of people suffer and die from
tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), 95% of these deaths occur in the
low and middle-income nations. It is an infectious
disease, and children who are exposed to family
members with the illness are at high risk of
contracting the disease.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, March 24, 2012 — Abdullahi Yusuf
Ahmed, a cantankerous former warlord who led
Somalia’s beleaguered transitional government as
president from 2004 to 2008 and was forced to resign
as the country sank deeper into chaos, died on
Friday in Abu Dhabi. He was 77. The cause was
complications of pneumonia, his family said. Mr.
Yusuf, who was granted asylum in Yemen after he
stepped down, had gone to Abu Dhabi for treatment,
government officials said. He had undergone a liver
transplant in 1996.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 24, 2012 – A high level
delegation from the African Development Bank headed
by Dr. Abdirahman Beile arrived in Hargeysa last
week.
It’s the first time a delegation from the Bank has
visited Somaliland since its unrecognized
declaration of independence in 1991 and the nine
member delegation was received on arrival by the
Somaliland Minister of Energy, Mineral and Water
Resources, Hussein Abdi Duale, and the Minister of
Agriculture, Mohammud Farah Elmi.
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Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) – The
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Somaliland, Dr
Mohamed A. Omar, had a meeting with the Foreign
Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on
Wednesday.
In his statement to the Committee, Dr Omar
drew attention to the contrasting fortunes of
Somaliland and Somalia since the former declared
independence in 1991. He spoke of “the emergence of
a peaceful and democratic Somaliland through a
painstaking process of reconciliation at the local
level. At the same time, governance collapsed in
Somalia, leading directly to the problems
confronting the Horn of Africa today, namely
terrorism, piracy, and hunger.”
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Camden Council leader Cllr Nasim Ali handing
over the first price, the new IPad3, to the
winner of 2012, Ladan Sulieman achieving
6A* and 3.5 As |
The prestigious awards honour academic excellence
among young British Somalis at GCSE level, which has
reached 53 percent this year.
By Mohamed Aden Hassan
London, UK, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) – The Somali
Youth Development Resource Centre (SYDRC) announced
the winners of its 11th Annual
Achievement Awards. An award ceremony that attracted
over 400 people was held last night at the Irish
Centre in the London Borough of Camden. The awards
honour the most gifted and promising students from
various schools across Camden. Following trends from
past years girls preformed exceptionally well
scooping the top three prices.
Awards were also extended to those who have
contributed to the community thanking them for given
up their free time to support others.
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Somali coastguards patrol off the coast of
Somalia's breakaway Republic of Somaliland
on March 30, 2011. Piracy has flourished and
turned increasingly violent over the last
few years. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty
Images)
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Nairobi, Kenya,
March 24, 2012 — The military pressure on Somalia's
pirates is building. Everyone knows that piracy
can't be solved at sea, but pirates can certainly be
made to think twice by the likes of warships, armed
guards, and now potential coastal and oceanic
attacks.
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By: Bruce Loudon
She has been dubbed the "White Widow", a
28-year-old British mother of three, previously
married to one of the suicide bombers who wreaked
mayhem and murder on London's transport system in
July 2005.
A teenage convert to Islam from the town of
Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, whose father was a
soldier in the British army, Samantha Lewthwaite
went out of her way after the devastating London
attacks to denounce the actions of her husband,
Germaine Lindsay, a home-grown British terrorist who
was within arm's reach of Australian Gill Hicks when
he detonated his bomb in a crowded train, killing 26
people and injuring many more.
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Nashville, TN, March 24, 2012 – More than a dozen
people accused in a sex trafficking ring run by
Somali gangs that reached from Minnesota to
Tennessee are facing trial in Nashville.
Out of the 30 who were indicted, 15 are going to
trial this week on charges of conspiracy to commit
sexual trafficking of children by force, fraud or
coercion and charges related to the sexual
trafficking of two unidentified juvenile females,
which prosecutors say were ages 14 or younger at the
time of the offenses.
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British hostage Judith Tebbutt is seen in
the outskirts of Adado town in central
Somalia on Wednesday, March 21. |
Nairobi, Kenya, March 24, 2012 – Somali kidnappers
freed Judith Tebbutt, a British hostage seized more
than six months ago in an attack at a luxury beach
resort in neighboring Kenya that left her husband
dead, a U.K. government official said.
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AFET Exchange Of Views
With Somaliland Minister Of Foreign Affairs |
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Dr. Mohamed Omar, Somaliland Foreign
Minister, concludes his first visit to
Brussels, urging renewed support for
Hargeysa’s successful anti-terrorism efforts
and assistance in the economic
diversification of his country |
Listening and Acting: Somaliland Wins Praise and Commitments from
European
Parliamentarians
and
Policymakers
Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2012 - At
the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of
the European Parliament, Dr
Mohamed Omar, Minister for Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation of
the Republic of Somaliland engaged
in an exchange of views with parliamentarians – the
first of its kind in twenty years – in which he set
forth the objectives and challenges facing his
government since their election to office in 2010.
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President Ahmed Sillanyo Meets With African
Development Bank And Turkish Delegation |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland President Ahmed Sillanyo received in his
office delegations from the African Development Bank
and Turkey.
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Somaliland President Signs Anti-Piracy Law |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland President Ahmed Sillanyo issued a
circular which promulgates an anti-piracy law. The
law was already passed by both parliament and the
Upper House and it gives the president the authority
to enter into agreements with foreign countries
which allows for the transfer of pirates to
Somaliland jails.
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Telesom
Honors Outstanding Employees |
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
March 24, 2012 (SL
Times) – A celebration
was held at Hargeysa’s
Mansoor Hotel in honor
of Telesom employees who
had had excelled in
performing their jobs.
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Conflict Resolution
Institute Graduations |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) –
Thirty students graduated from the University of
Hargeysa’s conflict resolution institute. The event
which took place at Mansoor Hotel was attended by
the President of the University of Hargeysa, the
deputy minister of education, the chairman of
Kulmiye party, students, and other luminaries.
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Erigabo,
Somaliland, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) – SOMTEL
telecommunications company has started 3G service
(both audio and visual) in Erigabo.
A ceremony for the occasion was held in Erigabo’s
Mahuran Hotel and was attended by the company’s
community coordinator Abdinasir Awad Muuse, regional
coordinator Abdillahi Nasir Omer Elmi, the media
production manager, the Governor of Sanag Adan
Diriye Egal, university presidents, sultans, elders
and many other distinguished guests.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) –
Admas University students collected books which will
be available for the public.
This came in response to the observation that
Somaliland’s public reads very little and is an
effort to raise the level of reading among the
public. The project was initiated by students in
Development Studies at Admas University.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 24, 2012 (SL Times) –
The water department of Hargeysa implemented a new
arrangement which makes it easier for customers to
pay their water bills.
The main feature of the new arrangement is that
customers receive a phone call reminding them that
their bill is due.
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Photo: Abdi Hassan/IRIN
The local government has bulldozed
businesses in Hargeysa, Somaliland, in a
city beautification drive (file photo) |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 26, 2012 – Thousands of
traders in Hargeysa, capital of the republic of
Somaliland, are incensed at having their businesses
demolished in a city beautification drive, and some
fear the move could lead to a crime wave.
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Russian Violence Hits
British Streets As Exiled Banker Is Gunned Down In
'Assassination Bid' Near Canary Wharf
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London, UK, March 24, 2012 – Russia's gangster
violence exploded on to the streets of London when a
banker was gunned down entering his luxury Docklands
home.
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Korean-Born Academic
Is US Choice To Head World Bank |
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Washington, March 24, 2012 – A Korean-born American
academic is President Barack Obama's surprise
nomination for the next president of the World Bank.
The US President said yesterday that Jim Yong Kim,
the head of Dartmouth College, is "ideally suited"
to replace Robert Zoellick as the head of the
multinational lending institution in June.
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Destroyed: The compound, located in
Abbottabad, Pakistan, was bulldozed
earlier this year
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Karachi, Pakistan, March 24, 2012 – The brother of
Osama bin Laden’s youngest widow says the woman is
in declining health and has lost the use of the leg
that was shot by U.S. Navy SEALs in the mission to
take out the Al Qaeda leader.
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Somaliland: Opening A New Chapter In EU
Relations
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Despite numerous challenges ahead, the country
appears as a beacon of stability and development in
the region.
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Jehad Nga for The New York Times
A street in June 2010 in Burao,
Somaliland |
By Dayo Olopade
Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 24, 2012 — If a country
isn’t recognized, does it make a sound? Here in
Somaliland, the semi-autonomous northern part of the
failed state of Somalia, I discovered that the
answer is an emphatic yes.
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By Muuse Yuusuf
Since the collapse of the central government in
1991, over 17 conferences have been held to
reconcile Somalia’s different stakeholders and
factions. Most of these conferences, sponsored
mainly by the international community, have failed
to resolve the seemingly never-ending Somali
conflict.
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By David Ochami and Peter Opiyo
Somalis are increasingly supporting foreign
intervention to restore stability in the lawless
country.
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The Hindu Editorial
The London conference on Somalia held last month
with participation by 55 countries and international
organizations concluded with a communiqué which
gives as much attention to Somalia-based piracy as
it does to stability and recovery of the country.
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Somaliland’s Media: Problems And Progress |
Haatuf
newspaper posted a correction of information that was
mentioned in a previous issue of that newspaper. There is
nothing new here. Both Haatuf and other newspapers from time
to time announce corrections usually combined with an
apology to the person or the entity whom the news or
information had something to do with. This is a healthy
practice that needs to be encouraged. It would lessen
complaints about Somaliland’s press. It gives the readers a
sense that the press is not only willing to admit its
mistakes but will also correct them. This would help
strengthen the people’s confidence in the press not as a
hypocritical group of people who want to hold others
accountable but do not want to be accountable to anyone. It
is an example of the press policing itself.
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Beware: Internet
Defamation Is Serious Crime |
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By Adan H Iman
Recently I got some spare time to google what
exactly constitutes Internet defamation and the
legal consequences for those who perpetrate this
kind of crime. Having been a regular visitor of
Awdal websites, where one finds false information
being disseminated regularly about private citizens,
it is astounding that lawsuits have not been filed
against those who regularly defame innocent people.
Internet defamation is described simply as “a
communication that discredits or causes shame to an
individual”. Libel is “written defamation and
includes statements transmitted over the Internet”.
Under the laws of the United States and other
countries it is illegal to do so.
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Dahabshiil’s
Somaliland: Everything At Emperor’s Discretion
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By Yasin M. Ismail
Over the past few weeks the hot topic that had been
the centre of heated debate in Somaliland was
probably the issue relating to the dispute over
Berbera Cement Factory between Dahabshiil and Muse
Dalab led group. Having read some opinion articles
about the matter, I must admit that I was quite
surprised to see the extent that one’s relative
perspective on the issue is being a victim of
cynical tribalism stereotyping.
This is evidently manifested in the arguments and
counter-arguments represented in the debate in
either way of the pros and cons.
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What Business Politics
Is Suitable For Somaliland’s Growing Economy And
Development? |
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By Abdirahman
Osman
The business sector has dramatically changed its
rate of growth. Each year it doubles its capital and
increase the graph by square digits. In the early
growing days, we the people of Somaliland met many
problems that shape our characters and behavior of
life. We have lost everything including life, wealth
and also our culture values. The regime of Siyad
Barre and his mercenaries army was brutally destroy
all infrastructures of this nation. Beyond that,
institutional collapse is the product of all. There
was a quick emerging business politics that reaches
its peak ever the records of business history. They
use the latest approach of marketing and technology.
They poured advertisement ads in local mass media
and then put-on work by talented and potential
workforce those are mainly youth citizens.
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The Legend Is 70 Years
2012 |
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By: Mohamed Yusuf Abdillahi - Diirqadhaadh
When Norman mailer called “the very spirit of the
20th centuries’’ he was right – that century mind
you was the century of many discoveries, innovation
and inventors to mention a few he went: Einstein,
Pele, Churchill, Ford, Presley, Kennedy’s, Bill
Gates. But next to Ali they were just number two -
even mentioning superman and mother Theresa, they
couldn’t hit like him, dance like him, look like
him, rap like him, crack one – liners like him, took
a stand like him, ( he refused to join the American
army for the Vietnamese war ) saying ’’this war is
wrong’’. They couldn’t make a comeback like him,
they didn’t possess his magic, he wasn’t just the
greatest pacifist slogan of all time, it was the
greatest anti – racist one, summary of the futility
of an imperial war and oppression of a black man.
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Mass Media And Cyber
Hooliganism Without Vision |
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By: Yusuf Dirir Ali
Throwing your hat in the ring and having your say in
a sharp and a civilized way is one thing, going
clannish and labeling false accusations on our
government and private Somaliland citizens is
another thing. It is acceptable to fairly and
constructively criticize our democratically elected
government and also our businesses, but going
clannish, rabble-rousing and instigating tribal
hatred that can potentially lead to violence is not
acceptable to the majority of Somalilanders. We want
this clan based worthless way of life to come to an
end. We can not afford to waste our more than two
decade-old hard-earned illustrious and amalgamated
achievements.
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Calling A Spade A
Spade |
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By Ahmed I. Hassan – Part 4
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Wailers-Propagated Myth: The Isaacs are
Secessionists.
The Fact: Partly Right.
I am not afraid to give credit where it is due. The
Isaacs are the most secessionists of all the tribes
that call Somaliland home.
But
let’s all be clear about what the word Secession
means: Merriam Webster says it is a “formal
withdrawal from an organization”.
In
the Somali context, and certainly in what the
Wailers’ allegation alludes to, the
“organization” is the Union that used to be the
Somali Republic. Somaliland’s reclamation of its
independence in 1991 was secession primarily led by
the Isaac. As I conceded at the outset, the
Wailers are partly right.
But
only partly. First, other tribes in
Somaliland were willingly part and parcel of the
decision to reclaim the independence that Somaliland
had foolishly squandered in 1960. Nonetheless, since
they are apt at rewriting history, do not expect the
Wailers to accept or advertise this irrefutable
fact.
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