Boorama Waa Caasimadda Boorama: Hargeysana waa Caasimadda Awdal.

Mawduuceena maantu wuxu ku saabsanyahay; sida maamulka iyo maskaxda iyo muruqa magaalada Boorama aanu marnaba u dhaafsanayn seeraha Boorama oo kaliya (Seeraha ma dhaafto). Iyo sida Hargeysa iskugu xaabsatay dhammaanba xukunka qaybaha kale ee Awdal. Taasi oo la odhan karaba, ka sokow Somaliland , Hargeysa xaqiiq ahaan, waaba caasimadda Awdal.

(1). Kaalinta Boorama ee Awdal

Baki waa caasimada gobolka Awdal ee magac u yaalka ah, oo ay magacowday dawladii Siyaad Barre ee Jamhuuriyada Diimuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed. Habase noqotee intii dawladaasi jirtay iyo intii ka hooreysay iyo intii ka danbaysayba Boorama ayaa haysay hogaanka Awdal muddo aad dheerba. Gaar ahaan ilaa iyo intii Somaliland curatay, waxa Boorama si toos ah loogu sheegaa inay tahay caasimada Awdal.

Sida qaalibka ah, in Boorama lagu sheego caasimadda Awdal iyo in lagu sheegi waayaba midna iyadu uma baahna, oo Ilaahay ayaa ka dhigay Boorama, xarunta iyo xudunta iyo xaadhunta, ummadda ku abtirsada Awdal oo dhan. Waxaynuse ka hadlaynaayi waxay tahay inaynu is weydiino maxay tahay awoodda Boorama ay xarun ahaan (as a capital city) ay ku leedahay degmooyinka iyo tuulooyinka kale ee gobolku ka kooban yahay?

Haddii an dhan walba ka rogay waxan ogaaday in; Boorama u tahay caasimad iyo cudud, Boorama oo kaliya, oo marnaba aanay ciidan iyo cid iyo ciriq toona u lahayn dhammaan degaanka kale ee Awdal. Waa lagu dhan yahay Boorama, oo carruur iyo cirroole iyo caaqil iyo cilmiyahanba waa layskugu wada yimid. Cidina uma maqna ceelna uma qodna weeyi murtidu, oo wixii ummad Awdal ka dhaqaaqaysay oo dhammi waxay joogaan Boorama. Hadana Boorama wax soo dhaafa ma jirto oo usoo gudba meel kale oo gobolka ka mid ah oo lagu xushmeeyo laguna xusuusto.

Ma jirto maamul toos ah oo mayal adag, oo miisaaman oo xarunta Boorama go’aano muhiim ah kaga gaadhi kara xaq darrooyinka iyo xaaladaha cakiran ee ka taagan degmooyinka kale sida SAYLAC,BOON, BAKI ; LUGHAYA; DILA IWM. Tusaalooyina waxa innoogu filan qaylo dhaanta tirada badan ee gaar ahaan kasoo yeedhaysa degmada Saylac ee ay ka mid yihiin xakamaynta xoolaha, xayiraadda gaadiidka iyo ganacsiga; duruufaha dhaqaale iyo caafimaad darro iyo abaaro ee ku habsaday degaankaasi iyo kuwa la midka ah.

Boorama iyadu awood kuma leh ay go’aan daakhiliya oo cidna kaga daba hadli karin kaga gaadho dhibaatooyinka dhulkaas iyo kuwa la midka ah ka taagan, waxayna mar walba u sii gudbisaa halkaa iyo Hargeysa. Sobabtuna waxay tahay, dee Hargeysa ayaa ah Caasimadda Awdal, waxana u hibeysay oo hadyad ahaan uga dhigtay, waa Boorama laftarkeeda, oo Hargeysa isku dhiibtay.

Kaalinta Hargeysa ee Awdal

Rag waa kii damac leh, oo damaca iyo faduusha hargeysa ku hayso Awdal waa mid ay mutaysteen, oo lagu mahadin karo, sobabtoo ah iyagaa la damci waayay, xaqna way u leeyihiin inay iyagu markaa wax is moodaan. Iskaba daa Booramee, waxay Hargeysi maanta caasimad u noqon kartaa Benaadir/Bari/Baydhabo..iwm. Intaanse Bari iyo Banaadirba gaadhin, aynu isku koobno sobobaha Hargeysi u noqotay caasimada Awdal. Intaynaan su’aashaas ka jawaabina aynu ku horreyno waxyaabaha loogu aanaynayo in Hargeysi noqotayba caasimada Awdal. Waxa ka mid ah:

Ø Meyarka gobolka Awdal oo si toos ah looga soo magacaabo Hargeysa oo an Boorama laga dooran.
Ø Xeebta gobolka Awdal, Lughaya iyo Saylac oo si toos ah looga xukumo Hargeysa, Booramana an lagala tashan.
Ø Kastamka (Custom) Saylac iyo cashuuraha xeebaha oo si toos looga maamulo Hargeysa una soo marin Boorama.
Ø Khayraadka badaha iyo Buuraha Awdal oo si toos ah Hargeysa looga xukumo, Booramana waxba laga weydiin.

Arrimahaas an soo sheegnay iyo kuwo kale oo badan oo wali an la soo shaac bixin oo xitaa Boorama gudaheeda ka jira, waa kuwa loo aanaynayo inay Hargeysa noqotay Caasimada Awdal. Boormana ku ekaatay caasimada Boorama laftarkeeda oo kaliya. Hadaba aynu isku dayno inaynu ka jawaabno, Su’aashii ahayd Sobabaha Hargeysa u noqotay caasimada Awdal maxay yihiin?. Jawaabta su’aashaas qof waliba aragti gooniya ayuu kolley ka dhiiban karaa, waanay u furan tahay qofkii ka dhiibanay fikrad.

Waxanse tuhmayaa anigoo tix raacaya khibradihii qoraaladayda iyo wixii kale ee qawl iyo qoraalba an u soo taagnaa in, dadka qaarkood odhani doonaan:

Ø Wiilkeenii Awdal u dhashay, ee Madaxweyne Daahir ayaa fadhiya Hargeysa, oo taasi ayaaba innagu filane, maxaynu kale oo aynu rabnaa?.
Ø Somalilandba innagaa dhalinay oo waxaynu ku aasaasnay Dugsiga Sare ee Sh.Ali Jawhar, Markaa waa inaynu sharafta iyo gobnimada kaga hadhno wax walba.
Ø Hargeysa laftarkeedaba waxaba haysta reer Awdal oo innagaaba wax laynaga weydiiyaaye maxaynu ka rabnaa, oo innaga maqan .iwm…iwm….?
Waxayse Anniga ila tahay, hadda waa sida ay ila tahaye (Alleylehe siday aniga ila tahay):
In sannadihii 1991 – 92, reer Boorama QORI CAARADII lagaga saxeexay inaanay sheegan karin degmooyinka kale ee gobolka Awdal, Boorama oo kalaiya mooyiye. Taasi (oo wa markii la rabee) iyagana loo weydaarin doono (in return), in madaxnimada Somaliland looga ogolaan doono jagooyinka ugu sarreeya, iyo kuraas xaddidan oo kolleyba aanay ka heleen Soomaliweyn iyo Jabuuti labadaba’e.

Sidaasi waa siday aniga ila tahaye, haydayna sidaasi ahayn, dee sidee kale ayay tahay, oo maxaa kale oo lagu sifayn karaa, saxariirtan taalla Saylac iyo Lughaya iyo Boon iwm, ?. Waa su’aasha sannadka cusub, waxayna u taallaa inta sheegan karta reeeeeeeeer BOORAMA, su’aashaasi oo aynu sii jilcinayna waxaynu u dhigan karnaa sidatan ku qoran xarfaha jaammudka ah (Bold):
Booramaay; ma caasimada Awdal ayaad tahay, mise waxad tahay caasimada iyadu kalideed isku cumaamatay, oo ah caasimadda Boorama?????

Nabad iyo Caano

Cabdiqani Yuusuf Caateeye

HiilDan
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Somali president flies to Ethiopia for medical treatment, officials say

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's president has flown to Ethiopia for a medical treatment a month after being hospitalized with a chest illness, officials said Friday, creating more uncertainty for his volatile country.

President Abdullahi Yusuf, 73, was not seriously ill, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

Yusuf, who has had chronic health problems for years, had a liver transplant in 1996. He was hospitalized in Nairobi last month with what doctors said was bronchitis, and later went to London for a medical checkup.

Yusuf's war-wracked homeland faces what the United Nations says is the biggest humanitarian crisis in Africa. The government, with help from neighboring Ethiopia, has been battling a ferocious Islamic insurgency that has killed thousands of people this year.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991, then turned on one another. Yusuf's government was formed in 2004 with the support of the U.N., but has struggled to assert any real control.

On Friday, Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein appointed 15 ministers after his previous Cabinet was wracked by resignations and infighting.

Source: Herald Tribute

Pakistan 'could be another Somalia'

Asif Zardari, husband of murdered Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, has called for President Pervez Musharraf to resign and warned that the country could turn into another Somalia.

He also poured scorn on the government's claim that al-Qa'ida was behind the attack on Ms Bhutto. Instead he blamed "the establishment, which is bigger than Musharraf himself".

"I don't think we're as yet a threat to Al-Qa'ida. We weren't in government. Why aren't they killing off the existing structure of the government? Why would they come after us?" he said. "There are definitely some in-house games going on, which either nobody is aware of or are scared to unearth," he said, speaking from his wife's home in her ancestral village of Naudero, where he and the children continued to mourn her loss yesterday.

He said that the government's claims of al-Qa'ida involvement was simply "muddying the waters". He described Pakistan's role in the so-called war on terror, which he described as "shadow boxing". "That shadow-boxing is going to turn into a giant and take over the country one day," he said.

Mr Zardari, 51, and his son Bilawal, 19, were made co-chairmen of the People's Party, after Ms Bhutto's assassination, replacing her at the head of Pakistan's most popular political group.
Asked whether she was killed because of the election and the evidence she said she had of the government's election-rigging, he said he thought that this was one of the motives. "I think this assassination is larger than just these polls. This [election] is definitely one of the reasons. That they didn't want her coming into power because these shadow-boxing games could not go on."
He warned that Pakistan was hurtling towards disintegration, a failed state. "My fears are of Pakistan being totally broken up," he said. "Being converted into Somalia. I think that is a great possibility. And I think that everybody, every intellectual, is not really paying attention to it because they have got their head in the ground, like ostriches."

Underlining the severity of the threat, he continued: "Somalia had 30 million population. We're 175 million. Somalia did not have the Afghan arms on the border. Somalia did not have hundreds and thousands of madrassas [Islamic schools]."

Source: The Independent

86 journalists killed in deadly year for world media

PARIS -- At least 86 journalists were killed around the world in 2007, the highest number since 1994, with Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan topping the list of most dangerous places, according to a report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

More than half of the victims -- 48 -- were journalists from the Middle East and Africa, while 17 came from Asia, 12 from Africa, seven from the Americas and two from Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Twenty media assistants were also killed in connection with their work, compared to 32 last year, according to the press watchdog which says 90 percent of all such killings habitually go unpunished.

The death toll among journalists has well over doubled since 2002, reaching its highest level since the record violence of 1994, when 103 journalists were killed, nearly half of them in the Rwandan genocide.

Iraq remained the world's deadliest country for media workers, with 47 killed last year and at least 207 since the US-led invasion in March 2003.

"No country has ever seen more journalists killed than Iraq... more than in the Vietnam War, the fighting in ex-Yugoslavia, the massacres in Algeria or the Rwanda genocide," RSF said.
RSF said the "the Iraqi and US authorities -- themselves guilty of serious violence against journalists -- must take firm steps to end these attacks."

Somalia was the second deadliest country for the press, with eight journalists killed as fighting pitted Islamist militants against Somalia's transitional government and its ally Ethiopia.
Six journalists were killed in Pakistan, where RSF said suicide attacks and heavy fighting between the army and Islamist militants partly accounted for the deaths.
Sixty-seven journalists were kidnapped, and 14 are currently held hostage, all of then in Iraq, RSF said.

At least two journalists were arrested each day in 2007, with 135 journalists currently imprisoned worldwide, according to RSF which called for their "immediate release".
The highest number of overall arrests were in Pakistan (195), Cuba (55) and Iran (54).
Internet dissidents faced a tough year of repression, with 65 people currently detained over online reporting -- 50 of them in China -- and at least 2,676 websites and chat rooms either shut down or suspended.

RSF said the "fiercest censorship" occurred during the run-up to China's Communist Party congress when about 2,500 websites, blogs and forums were closed in the space of a few weeks.
Syria and Myanmar were also singled out for their attempts to limit the free flow of information on the Internet: Damascus for blocking access to more than 100 popular web services, and the Myanmar junta for cutting off Internet access during the October 2007 demonstrations by Buddhist monks.

Source: Inquirer.net

Somaliland Separatists Will Not Be Allowed to Divide Country, Says President

The president of Somalia's transitional government, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, has called on troops from the separatist region of Somaliland to withdraw from the key town of Las Anod.
President Yusuf made the comment while addressing a press conference in Baidoa, a town in southwestern Somalia where a part of the government is based.

"We inform the [Dahir] Riyale administration that he will not be allowed to divide Somalia and we are hopeful that Somaliland will withdraw its troops from Las Anod," President Yusuf said.
Abdullahi Yusuf, Somali president

Somaliland forces captured Las Anod in October after a four-year "border" dispute with the neighboring semiautonomous region of Puntland, Yusuf's stronghold.

The Somali leader said no region will be allowed to "invade" another region and that his government has authority across Somalia, including Somaliland.
Speaking about his health, President Yusuf said he underwent a three-week medical checkup and that he now feels healthy.

He said he is consulting with Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein about the makeup for the new 18-member Cabinet.

President Yusuf pledged that his government will secure Mogadishu in 2008.

Source: Garowe

The world should not give up on Somalia

FOLLOWING news footage of dead peace-keepers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, the world abandoned a peace-keeping mission in Somalia in 1995. The American public opinion turned against participation in the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) and President Bill Clinton ordered a complete withdrawal of US troops in 1994.

Other nations such as Belgium, France and Sweden followed suit. Subsequently, talks were held to provide for a ceasefire, disarmament of militias and a conference to appoint a new government. However, the planned conference was repeatedly postponed and many faction leaders ignored the agreements. With no progress, and dwindling support from member states, UNOSOM was disbanded in March 1995. The disbanding of this mission dashed all the hopes for a possible return of a civil government to Somalia.

Somalia has since stayed without a government. For how long can this go on when the world is watching? The statement attributed to the UN Secretary General last month that the circumstances in Somalia were not favourable for UN deployment was instructive to the AU. In effect, the UN chief was telling African leaders that they must mobilise troops to from what he called the “Coalition of the Willing” and participate in the Somalia mission. Only Uganda and Burundi have deployed in Somalia; other African leaders have maintained a “wait and see approach.” The UN Security Council is expected to renew the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which expires on 17 January.

Fortunately, the African Heads of State Summit is scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa. In my view, the agenda of the summit should largely be informed by, among other things, the deteriorating security situation in Somalia. If this does not happen, one can correctly say that Africa has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing from her history. The world cannot abandon the Somali people. If that happens, the international community should prepare to suffer the consequences of its failure to take responsibility.

Paddy Ankunda

The writer is the AU spokesman for Somalia

Source: New Vision Online

Somali man drowns in illegal crossing attempt

Police say a Somali man has drowned while illegally crossing the Limpopo river at the Beitbridge border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Superintendent Maggy Mathebula says police had received information that a group of Somali nationals were illegally crossing to South Africa from Zimbabwe when one of them fell in the river.Mathebula says they are waiting for eyewitnesses from Johannesburg to assist them in pointing out the spot where the man fell in, before they can start in their search. The police's dog unit and divers are on standby ready to start with the search.

Source: SABCnews.com