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Completion On
Rehabilitation/Construction Of Hargeysa Livestock Market
By FAO |
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Following an inauguration of the market facilities,
a ceremony organized by FAO was held at Ambassador
Hotel in Hargeysa on 17 April 2012 for the handover
of the completed construction and rehabilitation of
Hargeysa livestock market. The livestock market work
which began last year, has been funded by DFID and
implemented by FAO in close collaboration with the
Livestock Ministry & Hargeysa Municipality.
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By Matthew Russell Lee
United Nations, April 28, 2012 -- When the
European Union held a briefing Friday about its
naval force off Somalia, by Operation ATALANTA
commander Admiral Duncan Potts, it seemed the time
to ask about reported EU plans to pursue pirates, at
least by air, up to two kilometers inland.
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Washington, April 28, 2012 – Thirteen natives of
Somalia and Yemen are on trial in U.S. Federal Court
near Washington for allegedly smuggling millions of
dollars' worth of khat into the United States. Khat
is a plant whose leaves and upper branches contain a
mild stimulant and has been openly chewed in those
and other countries for centuries, often while
drinking tea.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, April 28, 2012 – A US
assassination drone has pounded Somalia’s
southwestern region of Gedo, killing at least 22
people in the attack, Press TV reports.
The attack was carried out on Friday when the
unmanned aerial vehicle fired missiles at an area
near Gedo’s Dhobley town.
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Washington, April 28, 2012 – A US jury has convicted
a Somali man of piracy for serving as a hostage
negotiator during the hijacking of an American
yacht.
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Mogadishu, Somalia,
April 28, 2012 – Sierra Leone Government has vowed
to go ahead with its Somalia deployment plan despite
threats from Al-Shabaab.
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Nairobi, Kenya, April 28, 2012 – Somali pirates are
switching back to using smaller cargo and fishing
boats as motherships, hoping to evade detection as
maritime security is stepped up to foil their
attacks on merchant vessels, industry and navy
sources say.
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Nashville, Tenn. April 28, 2012 - A federal
prosecutor says evidence provided in a sex
trafficking trial here proves there was a pattern to
recruit and use girls from Minnesota and other
states as prostitutes, but defense attorneys say the
government did not prove the wide-ranging conspiracy
alleged in the indictment.
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Guards stand outside the prison
that houses 70 pirate inmates, in the breakaway
northern republic of Somaliland. (file photo)
Pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa have dropped
significantly in recent months.
Washington, April 28, 2012 –
A watchdog group of the international shipping
industry reports that thanks to the efforts of a
coalition of navies patrolling the region, pirate
attacks off the Horn of Africa have dropped
significantly in recent months. From the beginning
of the piracy crisis five years ago, the United
States has supported this multilateral approach and
we will continue supporting a range of initiatives
to address this shared security challenge.
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South African Security
Trainer Killed In Somalia |
Mogadishu,
Somalia,
April 28,
2012 – A
South
African
security
trainer was
killed by
his
bodyguard in
Somalia's
semiautonomous
region of
Puntland,
officials
said
Saturday.
Puntland's
government
said in a
statement
Saturday
that it had
launched an
investigation
into
Friday's
killing. The
statement
identified
the man as
Lodewyk
Pietersen,
and said he
worked for
Saracen
International,
a security
firm that
trains
anti-piracy
forces in
Puntland.
The
statement
said the
South
African was
55 and
married with
children.
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Somaliland President Receives UN Rep Mahiga |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland President Ahmed Sillanyo met in his
office UN Representative Dr. Augustine Mahiga. Among
the topics they discussed were progress in
Somaliland’s democratic process and security which
included the sorting out of the political parties,
local government elections, security and
anti-piracy.
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Somaliland Parliamentary Leaders Visit Namibia |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
The Speaker of Somaliland Parliament, Abdirahman
Muhammad Abdillahi (Irro) accompanied by the Second
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Ali Yusuf Ahmed,
went on a working visit to Namibia.
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Youth
Dies In Accidental Electrocution |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
Hasan Muhammad Aw Mohamud, a sixteen year old youth
died in Hargeysa’s Sha’ab neighborhood when he was
electrocuted near his house. The young man had
gotten ready to do the ablutions so he would perform
the afternoon prayers around 4 pm when he touched a
chord that wrapped around an electric pole and was
accidently electrocuted and rendered dead.
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SOMTEL Reduces Phone
Rates To Lowest Level |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
The telecommunications company SOMTEL has reduced
its international phone calls rates to the lowest
level ever. The company took this decision when the
management of the company realized that the
situation of the community required such a step.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland traditional leader Buur Madow appeared in
court for the first time this week. Bur Madow was
arrested upon landing in Somaliland's Egal
International airport after flying from Dubai, but
no charges were brought against him until now.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland government has failed to find employment
for hundreds of university students who graduate
every year. After experiencing prolonged
unemployment, some of these university graduates
feel compelled to leave their country and migrate to
other countries, whereas those who stay in the
country sink deeper into hopelessness and despair.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) – Dr
Luca Alinovi, the Country Representative for FAO,
met the Somaliland President, Mr Ahmed Mohamed
Mohamoud Sillanyo at the Presidency on Tuesday 17th
April 2012 along with the Somaliland Ministers of
Livestock and Fisheries/Marine Resources Dr Abdi Aw
Dahir Ali and Abdullahi Hussein Osman Geljire
respectively.
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New York, April 28, 2012 – Somali pirates took in a
record of almost $150 million in ransom last year
but their ship seizures have dropped significantly
since mid-2011, the head of the European Union’s
anti-piracy fleet said Friday.
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Did Rogue Spies Or
'Pakistani Blackwater' Shield Osama Bin Laden? |
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ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- A year after Osama bin Laden
was found and killed in Pakistan, one key question
has yet to be answered: how did the world's most
wanted man manage to move and live, undetected, in
this country for so long?
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Google Drive's Terms
Of Use: Lazy People Should Worry |
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Ever since Google Drive debuted Tuesday, we've
watched journalists, privacy advocates, even
security firms, dogpile on Google's policies over
what it can do with data you store on its servers.
The outrage has subsided somewhat, thanks to the
swift work of Google's communications firefighters,
but even with clarification, one line in Google's
Terms of Service still gnawed away at us.
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For the first time since the age of three,
successful London fashion model, Samira Hashi, has
returned to the country where she was born, Somalia
- one of the most troubled regions in the world. She
writes about what she found:
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By
Mohammed Al-Shafey
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- James C. Swan, the
United States Special Representative to Somalia,
said that the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab’s
grip on the country has begun to weaken due to a
combined effort by the Somali forces and regional
countries to confront the fundamentalist movement.
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By Scott Baldauf
Australia-based Jacka Resources plans to start oil
exploration in Somaliland, a region of Somalia that
declared itself independent in 1991. Nice work if
you can get it.
Imagine a particularly challenging country in which
to do business.
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By Mary Harper
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 – Somalia
is often described as one of the worst places in
the world to be a woman, with violence, drought
and restrictions from al-Shabaab Islamists, who
controls much of the country. But the BBC's Mary
Harper found that some Somali women are doing
surprising things, and their future may be
looking a little brighter.
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TFG
Is Responsible For Failure Of Talks About Talks |
The
preparation for talks between Somaliland and Somalia has
quickly come to an end. Reason: the Transitional Federal
Government’s addition of two more members in order to
appease Puntland. By acquiescing to Puntland president
Faroole’s threat that members of its government must be
included in the talks otherwise the talks would not take
place, Sheikh Sharif has not only shown weak leadership he
has also doomed the prospect of talks. Some are even going
farther and saying the TFG did not want the talks to take
place and that is why they added the Puntland
representatives. It may also be symptomatic of the chaos and
dysfunction of the TFG which makes it unable to make a
proper decision on almost any matter.
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The Story Of Mandeeq –
A Modern Somali Fairy Tale |
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By Ahmed M.I.
Egal
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a land
called Mandeeq which fell under the grip of an evil
tyrant called Jaws – he was called Jaws because he
ate the heart and soul of any unlucky or unwise soul
who ventured too close to him. After suffering under
his evil rule for many years, the people of Mandeeq
freed themselves and their land from his cruel and
evil rule.
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Somaliland Needs A
Credible Process For Registering Political Parties |
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By Ali
Mohamed
After a decade, the Somaliland electorate is heading
to the polls to elect candidates for the local
elections. Nine political parties would contest for
the upcoming election; however, the process the
un-elected registration commission selected the
political parties was flaw, questionable and
un-democratic, and it could undermine our fledging
democracy.
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Local Governments in
Somaliland: Challenges and Opportunities III |
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By Abdirahman Adan Mohamoud
[Continues from our last edition]
4. Opportunities
There are some promising opportunities awaiting
local governments in Somaliland. If these
opportunities are seized competently, local
governments could realize tremendous changes and
positive reforms. Let us highlight these
opportunities one at a time:
4.1 Upcoming Local Council Election
As the local councils
election is now expected, if all goes well, to take
place this year (exact date to be announced by
National Electoral Commission), there is a great
window of opportunity for change. In other words, it
is an opportune moment to analyze what went wrong in
the last local government election and so tighten up
shoes to correct these mistakes. Therefore,
electorates should seize this opportunity and elect
honest, capable and qualified local councilors. As
per the amended election law, the age limit of the
councilors has been reduced to 25; thereby youth
should actively participate in and run for the local
government election. This will be beneficial for the
country as a whole, for young, energetic and
educated members will possibly join local councils
and hence rejuvenate the council functions.
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Political Equilibrium
And Making The Future Of Somaliland |
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By Abdulrahman Me’ad
Political Activist
It seems that the most remarkable to draw the
attention towards the future of Somaliland is a very
significant issue which is related to the balance
with the variables
What we mean by this?
Let us start with the future and determine what we
wish to achieve without having strategy to attain
the same and state what we need and what may happen
and what can be achieved for us the balance to
remain within the scope of our strategy.
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An Open Letter To
Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga |
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By Mohamed Abdilahi Duale
I write this letter as a Somaliland citizen who values International rules and
regulations in the community of nations and also as an African brother of the
small nation of Somaliland which you must be made aware and to which you are
morally bound to give a fair hearing and judicious consideration.
First of all, I have to extol your tireless effort in bringing lasting peace to
Somalia nevertheless its important to know that all previous 17 or 18 peace
conferences held to effect reconciliation and establish credible government for
Somalia since 1991, including the Garowe conference have miserably failed. It’s
also worth mentioning that many political analyst and commentators believe that
London conference will be the same. The most important underlying reason for
their failure is ignoring Somaliland’s defacto existence and independence from
Somalia. The problem of Somalia should have been viewed from the beginning as
being in two parts. A) The succession of Somaliland and B) the conflict in
Somalia.
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