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Somaliland To Receive
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2012 — The Ethiopia
Electric power Corporation (EEPCO) is on the point
of embarking on an ambitious project that aims to
connect East and South Africa countries on the basis
of electric power transmission lines. According to
Mihret Debebe, ECO of the corporation, Ethiopia will
be at the center of this Eastern African electric
highway project selling hydroelectric power to
countries. The project, which kicks off by
installing power transmission line to Kenya, will be
by far the largest electric line transmission
installation project in the continent.
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Sheikh, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 – The livestock
industry is the economic backbone of Somaliland,
providing livelihoods for approximately 75 percent
of the population. A new project, initiated by UNDP
and Terra Nuova, aims to both strengthen this
industry through improving food safety, and to
harness its potential by piloting the production of
biogas, using animal waste to provide energy to the
residents of Sheikh. The funding for the project is
being provided by the Government of Japan.
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Former al-Shabaab commander Mohamed Sheikh
Abdullahi (left) speaks to the media in 2009
about why he defected from the group. Recent
military defeats have spurred a spate of
dissention among al-Shabaab leaders.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, May
26, 2012 – Ali Mohamed Hussein, former leader of
al-Shabaab forces in the Banadir region, said last
week he is willing to condemn the group and separate
from it, a move that analysts expect to exacerbate
divisions within the group.
Hussein asked for
forgiveness from residents of Mogadishu and all
Somali people who had been harmed by the actions of
al-Shabaab during his tenure, government-run Radio
Mogadishu reported on Thursday (May 17th).
Hussein, who remains in
hiding and has not officially joined the Somali
government, said he would like citizens to provide
him with information on those he wronged in order to
seek reconciliation and pardon.
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Somalis flee the Afgoye corridor on the road
leading to Mogadishu. The country has
experienced decades of conflict.
Photograph: Elyas Ahmed/EPA |
The success of a pilot project offering people cash
transfers in Puntland and Somaliland suggests that
social protection could be key to Somalia's recovery
Clar Ni Chonghaile
Degan Ali talks
passionately about how cash transfers can give
vulnerable people some control over their futures as
they struggle with the myriad shocks jolting Somalia,
one of the world's most failed states.
"It's about letting people
make decisions for themselves … If we talk about
empowerment, we really have to practice what we
preach. And that means we let go of control … We
can't patronize the communities and the
beneficiaries," says Ali, executive director of African
Development Solutions (Adeso).
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Press Release on Behalf of SOPRI
Washington D.C. – The Somaliland Policy and
Reconstruction Institute (SOPRI) has officially
re-launched on Friday May 18th at the 2012
Somaliland Conference in Washington DC hosted by the
US-Somaliland Ambassador, Rashid Garuf. The
organization went inactive after the death of
founder and former chairman, Sa’eed Maygag, in 2008.
Now over 4 years later SOPRI’s new executive
committee is proud to announce its re-launch. SOPRI
is an independent professional organization founded
in Los Angeles, California in 1992 by a group of
concerned Somalilanders who were deeply committed to
help Somaliland.
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By JACEY
FORTIN:
On Wednesday, a group of high-ranking Somali
politicians concluded talks that could shape the
future of their war-torn country.
In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Somalia's interim leaders
agreed on a schedule to end the current transitional
period. By August 20, they hope, a newly elected
government will lead a unified Somalia away from its
tumultuous past.
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Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) plans to invest heavily in
Africa in the coming years as it hopes to leverage
its strong brand name to gain more customers for its
well known brands. Tanzania and Kenya, in
particular, have received a major chunk of the
planned investment so far with the company
announcing its decision to invest $187 billion in
Tanzania in the next three years. Recently, the
company also opened a new bottling plant in
Somaliland at an investment of $15 million.
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May 22, 2012: As al Shabaab fades, the many factions
in Somalia are negotiating how to form a national
government. This is to include the northern
statelets of Somaliland and Puntland, both of which
have been independent since the 1990s. Puntland has
a foreign oil firm exploring for oil and natural
gas.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, May 26, 2012 – African Union
(AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured the
strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after
Islamist militants pulled out.
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Somaliland President
Inaugurates Somaliland Beverage Industry |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland,
May 26, 2012
(SL Times) –
Somaliland
President
Ahmed
Sillanyo cut
the ribbons
for the
official
opening of
the
Somaliland
Beverage
Industry (SBI)
which will
produce Coca
Cola and
other soft
drinks.
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Ethiopian Airlines To
Resume Flights To Hargeysa |
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia,
May 26, 2012
(SL Times) –
Ethiopian
Airlines,
the fastest
growing
airline in
Africa, is
pleased to
announce the
resumption
of its
flights to
Hargeysa in
Somaliland
as of 10
June 2012.
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High
Level Djibouti Delegation Arrives In Somaliland |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) – A
high level Djiboutian delegation arrived in
Somaliland.
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Doctors
In Borama's Al-Hayat Hospital Operate On Unborn
Child |
Borama, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) –
Doctors in Borama’s al-Hayat hospital operated
on an 8 month old baby while he was in his mother's
stomach.
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Somaliland Foreign Minister Responds To Mahiga’s
Criticism, Praises Washington Conference
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Washington DC, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) – Somaliland
Foreign Minister Dr Muhammad Abdillahi Omar gave an
interview to Haatuf Newspaper while he was in
Washington DC attending a Somaliland conference and
Somaliland’s independence celebration.
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Somaliland Secret
Service Say They Alerted Police Before Attacks
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) – A
member of Somaliland CID who declined to reveal his
identity told Haatuf Newspaper that they found out
about the group which attacked the military base in
the eastern part of the capital, Hargeysa, a day
before the attack,
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) –
Haatuf Newspaper reporter and social activist
Abdifatah Sheikh Nouh Jama (Suldaanka) wrote about
an experience he had on one of Hargeysa’s
mini-buses.
The piece appeared in the Somali language newspaper
Haatuf with the title “Baslaw Hooyo Kun Shilin Ayaan
Haystaa” which we translated as “Son, I Have a
Thousand Shillings”. Here is an English version of
it:
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) – The
President of Horseed National Organization, Alawi
Abdi Gabobe, issued a press release in which he sent
warm congratulations to the people of Somaliland on
the occasion of May 18, the day Somaliland restored
its independence.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 26, 2012 (SL Times) –
After more than a year of being in the UK for health
reasons, the Chairman of Somaliland Upper House,
Suleiman Muhammad Adam, is due back in Somaliland at
the end of the week, sources close to the Chairman
have revealed.
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The Foreign Minister, Dr Mohamed A. Omar, attended a
briefing at the Houses of Parliament in London on 23
May in which he talked about Somaliland’s foreign
policy.
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Was 'Bin Laden Doctor'
Shakil Afridi An Unsuspecting Pawn? |
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By M Ilyas Khan
Islamabad, Pakistan, May 26, 2012 – The Pakistani
doctor who allegedly used a fake hepatitis B
vaccination campaign to obtain DNA samples of Osama
Bin Laden's family in Abbottabad a year ago may have
become an unsuspecting pawn in the intelligence war
between the United States and Pakistan.
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Anne Applebaum:
Libya’s Life In A Vacuum |
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Tripoli,
Libya, May 26, 2012 — If you didn’t know what lay
behind the gates of the vast structure in Janzour,
just outside the Libyan capital, you’d probably
assume it was the Libyan Naval Academy. That, after
all, is what it used to be.
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British traditions boost the de facto state of
Somaliland
Second in a
series. Next: Cutting Greater Somalia down to
size
By Lawrence Solomon
It’s the only African country that doesn’t rely on
foreign aid from the world’s rich governments. It’s
a Muslim country in Africa that has had a
functioning democracy for two decades. It’s an oasis
of relative peace in one of the most vicious regions
of the world, with a growing free-market economy,
low inflation and a currency that has been
appreciating against the U.S. dollar.
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Paul Rockower
PubD Africa Final Paper
Off the turbulent coast of the Horn of Africa, and
within the wreckage of the failed state that is
Somalia, there exists an enclave of relative peace,
security and stability found in the Republic of
Somaliland.
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Executive Summary
The Local Council Election planned for 2012
represents a crucial aspect of Somaliland’s
continued transition to multi-party democratic rule
which began in 2001, when a referendum on the
constitution ushered in the adoption of democratic
multi-party system of governance.
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Magnus Taylor
Michela Wrong once
wrote that
you can tell a lot about an African country by the
way they issue, or refuse you a visa.
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Misreading Somaliland |
It is a fact
that after twenty one years, Somaliland still has not
received international diplomatic recognition. Those who are
opposed to Somaliland’s independence often point to this
fact to critique Somaliland’s independence. Their argument
is simple and runs like this: since Somaliland has not been
internationally recognized for two decades, it is about time
to stop seeking recognition and re-unite with Somalia.
Granted that Somalilanders are disappointed with the
international community for not recognizing their country,
that sentiment is a far cry from folding up the quest for
Somaliland’s independence.
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In Memory Of Dr.
Abdishakur Jowhar - Frantz Fanon Of The Somali
People* |
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By Bashir Goth
“He lit up a room. If you can imagine the sun, his
face was like the sun, that smile, the arm around
your shoulder. He was just like a gentle giant, a
very lovely man. He was like nobody I ever met.”
Shannon Shaw, a ward clerk on psychiatry – Owen
Sound,
The Sun Times.
While scratching my head on where to start this
piece on the memory of Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar and how
best to capture his unique character, pure
serendipity (and Google News) brought the above
quote to my inbox. Eureka; it looked like Dr.
Abdishakur’s colleague at Grey Bruce Health
Services, Owen Sound, ON., where he worked as a
Chief Psychiatrist, had just snapped a live photo of
him and hung it on the wall for all to see.
This was it. Immediately the vanishing memories I
had of him when I first and last saw him, when he
was high school boy in his last year, rushed back to
me. It was in the summer of 1971 and Abdishakur was
spending part of his school holiday with his sister
in our little farming village of Dilla. It was the
rainy season; the land was lush green, the ponds
full of Xareed (rainwater), the sky was half cloudy,
and the knee-high green grass around the ponds
shimmered under the beautiful, bright African sun.
We walked around the ponds, kicked the grass left
and right, cut some of it and crushed it in our
hands to feel its fresh smell. We ended up under
the big Garbi and Gob trees for which Dilla valley
was famous.
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This Is The Story Of A
Young Brave Girl On Her Way To Recovery |
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Saeed Abdi Elmi
I received this email from a girl who has mental
illness and struggled with this illness for many
years, but now recovered from the illness and is
doing well. her story is an eye opening. With her
permission I posted this article to educate people about
mental illness.
When you read this story you can see that mentally
ill people are no different than the rest of us and
deserve to be treated like the rest of us. Here is
the story.
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Response to “Talks
between TFG and Somaliland – Dead on Arrival (DOA)” |
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Dear
Faisal A. Roble,
I read your opinion entitled:” Talks between TFG and
Somaliland – Dead on Arrival (DOA)”.
Your article has underlined some of the reasons that
forced the talks to collapse but unfortunately
omitted to shed some light on the facts on the
ground and the realpolitik of some power-hungry
Diasporas.
First, the Somali PM’s views towards Somaliland are
as meaningless as Puntland's ramblings towards
Somaliland. Sorry to break it down to you!
The PM, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali hardly controls
Mogadishu, so in fact, his views towards Mogadishu
have little significance, never mind Somaliland.
Secondly, the London conference invited Somalia (TFG)
and Somaliland to either agree or disagree on the
issue of Somali unity.
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Somaliland-Ethiopia
Relationship |
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Overpowering Gratitude Vs Vexing Misgivings
By Ahmed I. Hassan - Part 3
Author’s Note:
This is the chapter on Somaliland-Ethiopia
Relationship in a book titled “Somaliland: The
Legacies of Non-Recognition” which is still in
the works. I thought a preview of this chapter would
not be out of place in contributing to endeavors
towards examining and understanding a highly complex
subject—AIH
Part Two
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Leaders Are Made, They
Are Not Born |
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Leadership is the energetic process of getting other
people fully and willingly committed to a new course
of action. The visible signs of leadership are
expressed ultimately in its practice and
performance. Leadership is lifting a person’s
visions to higher sights, building a personality
beyond its normal limitations.
All great leaders know that their prime
irresponsibility is cultivating their own discipline
and personal growth. A belief and a condition of the
heart plus a learned behavior, within the grasp of
many, and not just few, are the essential
components. To a leader both compassion and passion
go hand in hand. .
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