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Kenya, Somalia Border
Row Threatens Oil Exploration |
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Nairobi, Kenya, April 21, 2012 – A row between Kenya
and Somalia over their maritime border may deter
multinational oil companies from exploring for oil
and gas offshore east Africa, and a Somali official
warned that the argument could escalate.
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Melissa Rudd
The story behind international money transfer
Dahabshiil truly is one of rags to riches.
The company, now one of the largest money
transfer businesses in the Horn of Africa, was
started by African entrepreneur Mohamed Duale. In
the 1970s, he fled Somalia with his family when
civil war broke out in 1988 to England. With very
limited resources, Duale set about rebuilding his
business in his mission to serve African
communities.
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Neighbor chillingly recalls 10-year-old's fear of
returning home to stepfather, who hours later
confessed to police he beat boy to death
Ten-year-old Abdifatah Mohamud was running for his
life down Sycamore Street at about 5 p.m. Tuesday
when a concerned neighbor stopped to try to help.
Seeing the boy's stepfather chasing after him, the
neighbor helped the man, Ali Mohamed Mohamud, catch
up with the child.
The boy didn't want to go home with Mohamud.
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AN IMMIGRANT has been jailed for a brutal rape –
just three years after a judge ordered he should be
kicked out of the country for another crime.
Abdikarim Abbas Abdisamad, originally from
Somalia, befriended a 24-year-old woman in a city
nightclub in September last year claiming he had
just lost his job and felt down on his luck.
Feeling sorry for him, she invited him back
to her home in Stoke, Coventry, where he launched
the sickening attack, raping her twice and beating
her so severely she suffered 17 separate injuries.
On Monday he was jailed for ten years
following a trial at Coventry Crown Court.
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Mombasa, Kenya, April 21, 2012 – Eleven Somalis were
on Thursday sentenced to a 20-year jail term for
attacking a French naval ship.
Mombasa court Principal magistrate Mr S.K. Gacheru
declined to have the accused serve their sentence in
Somalia as they had pleaded during mitigation.
Mr Gacheru instead ordered that they be deported to
Somalia upon completion of their sentence.
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Malta, April 21,
2012 – The government is considering sending more
Maltese soldiers to take part in an EU, anti-piracy
mission off the Somali coast.
Following a recent EU decision to extend Operation
Atalanta by two years until the end of 2014, a
government spokesman said that Malta would continue
to take part in the mission, primarily through a
fixed presence at the operation’s headquarters in
the UK. It was also possible more troops would be
deployed to take part directly in action in the
troubled area.
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St. Paul, MN, April 21, 2012 – A federal judge ruled
that a woman convicted last year of raising money
for the terrorist group al-Shabaab can await
sentencing in a halfway house instead of jail.
Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis
granted a request by Amina Farah Ali's attorney,
rejecting objections by federal prosecutors, and
ordered Wednesday, April 18, that the woman be moved
from Ramsey County's jail to a St. Paul halfway
house Thursday.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April 21, 2012 – The beheaded
body of a regional Somali administrator was
Wednesday recovered in a gruesome attack blamed on
militant group Al-Shabaab.
According to government sources, an unknown number
of armed men Tuesday night entered the house of
Yahie Hussein Isaq, the district commissioner of Eel
Adde, a region some 400 kilometers southwest of
Mogadishu.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April 21, 2012 - Somalia has set
a $500 award for anyone who captures or kills a
militant from the al Qaeda-linked militant group of
al Shabaab which has been attacking government and
African Union peacekeepers in the capital Mogadishu.
"Now, consider that every al Shabaab is just like a
commodity that will earn you cash," Mogadishu mayor
Mohamud Ahmed Nur was quoted as saying in a
government statement.
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Somaliland Cancels
Preparations For Talks With Somalia, Accuses Sheikh
Sharif Of Sabotaging Talks |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland,
April 21,
2012 (SL
Times) – In
an interview
with Haatuf
Newspaper,
Somaliland
Foreign
Minister Dr.
Muhammad
Abdillahi
Omar gave a
few more
details
about why
his
government
canceled
preparations
for
prospective
talks with
Somalia.
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Political Groups That Passed Evaluation Announced |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 21, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland registration Committee announced the
political groups that made it successfully through
the evaluation and will be able to take part in the
coming municipal election as well as those that
failed the evaluation test and will not compete in
the municipal election.
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Ahmed
Rasheed Alerts Country About Al-Shabaab
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 21, 2012 (SL Times) –
Haatuf, the Somali language newspaper published a
timely article by Ahmed Rasheed in which he warned
against al-Shabaab's infiltration of Somaliland.
Here is a brief summary of the article:
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Rise In
Fuel Prices Affects Food Prices |
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
April 21, 2012 (SL
Times) – There has been
a steep jump in fuel
prices in Somaliland.
For instance, a barrel
of petrol (gasoline) that
used to cost $167 now
costs $190. The high
fuel price has also led
to a rise in the cost of
living in general as
well as in an increase
in the cost of
transportation to and
from the different
regions.
The Minister of Commerce
Abdirizaq Khalif Ahmed
said the jump in fuel
prices is part of a
worldwide phenomenon and
is not unique to
Somaliland.
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Corruption Case
Brought To Court |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 21, 2012 (SL Times) –
The individuals accused of corruption with regard to
a shipment of food aid from Oman were brought to
court this week,
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 21, 2012 (SL Times) –
The Chairman of the Examinations Committee of the
ministry of education, Da’ud Ahmed Farah disclosed
that Somaliland gets the largest number of
scholarships from Sudan. He also noted that
Somaliland received a few scholarships from Yemen. \
When it comes to Ethiopia, he noted that the
government of the Somali region of Ethiopia had
given 100 scholarships to Somaliland students, but
that in general, the number of scholarships to
Ethiopia has decreased from what it used to be.
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Pirate attacks dropping dramatically off Somalia this year, but rose off the
coast of Nigeria, the International Maritime Bureau says.
Nairobi,
Kenya – Piracy is in decline, with attacks dropping dramatically so far this
year, the International Maritime Bureau has said.
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By Shafi'i Mohyaddin Abokar
Djibouti, April 2012 – As part of its assistance to
Somalia the Djibouti Football Federation has donated
different kinds of football equipment to the
football committee in Somaliland at the sidelines of
the Somali refereeing course conclusion ceremony on
Sunday.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 2012 – Somaliland has
passed a law that formally establishes a central
bank, and is now poised to pass another to set up
commercial banks in a bid to attract foreign lenders
to start operating in the self-declared country by
2013.
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Coca-Cola Recipe
Leaked: Alcohol And Anti-Muslim Messages |
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Boston — Coca-Cola’s tightly guarded 125-year-old
recipe was revealed last week by This American Life,
a public radio show based in New York city.
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U.S. Drone Attacks
Surge In Both Yemen And Somalia |
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Washington, April 21, 2012 – The new emphasis on
drone attacks in areas where the U.S. engages only
in covert operations has been evident in the last
few days.
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Losing Its Coast
Has Not Stopped Ethiopia Developing Its Shipping
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Addis Ababa, Berbera And Djibouti, April 21, 2012 –
Ethiopia became landlocked in 1992, when its Red Sea
coast was lost to the new state of Eritrea.
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By
Sean McLachlan
Obama is a Muslim. The Moon landings were faked. The
South should have won the Civil War.
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By Nicole Lampert
Simon Reeve’s wife has a theory that since becoming
a father a year ago, the TV presenter has had a
death wish.
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By Mwaura Samora
Nairobi, Kenya, April 21, 2012 – Shiine
Abdullahi Ali has weathered many storms in his
quest to fight the ills that afflict the Somali
people. Coming from a community more famed for
its business acumen than music, the rapper is
determined to make a mark on the Kenyan and
regional music scene.
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Citizen Warning About Al-Shabaab Terrorism Should Be Heeded |
Ahmed Rasheed
published an article in Haatuf newspaper (Issue 29255, April
18, 2012) in which he argued that the pressure being exerted
on al-Shabaab may make them decide to move to Somaliland,
and once they come here, they would engage in terrorist
activities. He also warned Somalilanders to be vigilant and
urged the people and the government to work together in
thwarting al-Shabaab’s evil plans. Although we do not want
to be alarmists, we agree with Mr. Rasheed about the threat
that al-Shabaab poses for Somaliland.
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Why Somaliland Should
Not Engage In Talks With Somalia Right Now |
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By: Salma A Sheikh
Somaliland wants Somalia to, finally, concede that
Somaliland's independence is irrevocable. The
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, on
the other hand, is in a blatant denial of
Somaliland's rights and decision to reclaim its
sovereignty, and withdraw from the July 1st 1960's,
still bending for ratification, union. The TFG's,
current, standpoint undermines, with similar
obliviousness, the political relationship of the
two, if any exist. The TFG, constantly, and in every
opportunity claims that Somaliland is part of what
it represents. The truth, however, is that the TFG
has no influence in Somaliland and, probably,
considering the short period mandated for the TFG to
last, it will have zero impact on Somaliland, in the
future.
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Somaliland: TFG-Somaliland
Talks And The Role Of Britain |
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By: Liban Ahmad
For the first time since the collapse of state in
Somalia in 1991 a committee from Somaliland
administration will hold talks in London with a
committee from Mogadishu-based Transitional Federal
Government (TFG). The talks were made possible by
the British government which organized a conference
on Somalia in February. Unlike past reconciliation
conferences for stakeholders ( clan
representatives), the London talks will be more
complex and may bound to fail if the participants
and mediators do not pay attention to both core
political differences of two groups and the
realities obtaining in the ground.
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Local Governments in
Somaliland: Challenges and Opportunities II |
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By Abdirahman
Adan Mohamoud
[Continues from our last edition]
2.3 The
Role of the Executive Secretary
In line with Article 12(3) of Regions and Districts
Law, the District Executive Secretary is an official
from the Ministry of Interior. Under the current
structure, the secretary is a member of the
municipal executive committee, and acts as the
secretary of local council meetings as well. The
incumbent is a signatory to all financial
transactions and manages day-to-day administrative
tasks of the local governments. Local governments,
however, do not have full autonomy in selecting and
hiring all of their senior staff. This, it may be
argued, weakens accountability. Local
governments do not choose their district’s Executive
Secretary (ES). ES are neither hired nor appointed
by the district’s mayor, and are not local elected
officials, either. Instead, Executive Secretaries
are appointed by Ministry of Interior. The
recruitment, transfer, promotion and dismissal of a
district Executive Secretary lies with the Ministry
of Interior. Consequently, it could be argued that,
at best, Executive Secretaries are subject to double
accountability, that is, to the mayor and the
Ministry of Interior (Proposed Municipal Finance
Policy)
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Lessons Learned From
The Pareto 80–20 Rule Principle |
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By: Abdi Y. Xaad
I think many of us heard or studied the Pareto 80–20
rule principle in the best economic studying since
today: Pareto developed both concepts in the context
of the distribution of national income and wealth
among the population.
Who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy
was owned by 20% of the population; he developed
also the complementary principle by observing that
20% of the land in Italy was owned by 80% the other
rest of population only. That’s means, a huge
imbalance burden in the standard of living resulted
from rooted chronic corruption and mismanagement of
the national resources.
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Calling A Spade A Spade - Part 8 |
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By Ahmed I. Hassan
Of Tribalism’s
Scourge and Oddities
I feel
neither the need nor the desire nor the expectation to see the Wailers cease
their habitual Somaliland and Isaac bashing. The dogmatism and naked
hatred they employ in the practice of their trade are self-defeating enough and
are likely to help their intended targets rather than harm them.
One thing,
however, is an irrefutable and eternal fact: Tribalism is a highly destructive
and an incalculably immoral vice. Its usage as a means to an end is equally a
fundamental evil.
The
thoughtful late Poet Abdillahi Tima’ade so aptly hit the nail on the head when
he described tribalism thus:
Dugsi
ma leh Qabyaaladi;
Waxay
dumiso mooyee
Tribalism offers no shelter:
It
only destructs
How true.
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