In Somalia, a Government on Life Support

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The trouble started when government soldiers went to the market and, at gunpoint, began to help themselves to sacks of grain.

Islamist insurgents poured into the streets to defend the merchants. The government troops got hammered, taking heavy casualties and retreating all the way back to the presidential palace, supposedly the most secure place in the city. It too came under fire.

Mohamed Abdirizak, a top government official, crouched on a balcony at the palace, with bullets whizzing over his head. He had just given up a cushy life as a development consultant in Springfield, Virginia. His wife thought he was crazy. Sweat beaded on his forehead.
“I feel this slipping away,” he said.

By its own admission, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia is on life support. When it came here to the capital 15 months ago, backed by thousands of Ethiopian troops, it was widely hailed as the best chance in years to end Somalia’s ceaseless cycles of war, chaos and suffering.
But now its leaders say that unless they get more help — international peacekeepers, weapons, training and money to pay their soldiers, among other things — this transitional government will fall just like the 13 governments that came before it.

Less than a third of the promised African Union soldiers have shown up, the United Nations has shied away from sending peacekeepers any time soon and even the Ethiopians are taking a back seat, often leaving the government’s defense to teenage Somali troops with clackety guns who are clearly overwhelmed.

The Islamists have been gaining recruits, overrunning towns and getting increasingly bold. The new prime minister, credited as the government’s best — and possibly last — hope, is reaching out to them, and some are receptive. But it is unclear whether he has the power within his own divided government to strike a meaningful peace deal before it is too late.

The looming failure is making many people here and abroad question the strategy of installing the transitional government by force. In December 2006, Ethiopians troops, aided by American intelligence, ousted the Islamist administration that briefly controlled Mogadishu, bringing the transitional government to the city for the first time.

The Bush Administration said it was concerned about terrorists using Somalia as a sanctuary. The hunt for them continues with a recent American cruise missile strike aimed at a terrorist suspect in southern Somalia, but it missed, wounded several civilians and promptly incited protests.

Many Somalis, European diplomats and critics in Congress also question the State Department’s decision this month to label a Somali resistance group a terrorist organization, which many fear will only boost its profile among the increasingly disillusioned populace.

“The policy has failed,” said Representative Donald M. Payne, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa and global health. “Were Baghdad-izing Mogadishu and Somalia. Were making people feel wrongly treated and pushing them toward more radical positions.”
In recent weeks, the Islamists have routed warlords and militiamen who have been absorbed into the government forces but are undermining what little progress transitional leaders have made with their predatory tactics, like looting food. After 17 years of civil war, Somalia’s violence seems to be driven not so much by clan hatred, ideology or religiosity but by something much simpler: survival.

“We haven’t been paid in eight months,” said one government soldier named Hassan. “We rob people so we can eat.”

Nur Hassan Hussein, the prime minister, did not deny government troops were robbing civilians. “This is the biggest problem we have,” he said in an interview in late March.
But, he said, he does not have the money to pay them. Each month, more than half of government’s revenue, mostly from port taxes, disappears — stolen by “our people,” the prime minister said.

That leaves Mr. Nur with about $18 million a year in government money to run a failed state of 9 million of some of the world’s neediest, most collectively traumatized people.
And failed state may be a generous term. In many ways, Somalia is not a state at all, but an ungoverned space between its neighbors and the sea. Sometimes it seems that if anything binds this country together, it is scar tissue.

Take Hassan Ali Elmi, who was blinded by a bullet in 1992 and has been living ever since in a cell-like room in the gutted former ministry of public works. His son tugs him into town to beg for the equivalent of a few pennies a day, which buy less and less. At night, he lies on a thin foam mattress and waits for the shooting to stop. It doesn’t.
“All Somalia, all gun,” he says.

His neighbors are recently displaced people living in cardboard huts that crumble in the rain. Aid organizations say that more than half of Mogadishu’s estimated one million people is on the run.
Many of the same elements that lined up in the early 1990s to create a famine are lining up again — war, drought, displacement, skyrocketing food prices and aid workers pulling out. The United Nations World Food Program said on Thursday, in a warning titled “Somalia Sinking Deeper into Abyss of Suffering,” that the country was the most dangerous in the world for aid workers.

Most Somalis don’t argue with that. They say Mogadishu is more capriciously violent than it has ever been, with roadside bombs, militias shelling each other across neighborhoods, doctors getting shot in the head and 10-year-olds hurling grenades. Police officials say that many insurgents are actually hungry children paid a few dollars for their work.

In the shrinking zone that the government controls in southern Mogadishu, a couple of buildings have been splashed with a fresh coat of paint and new immigration forms at the airport ask travelers for their name, purpose of journey and caliber of weapon. Girls wearing bandanas dribble basketballs in a gym. Men sell fish by the seaside. A beat of life goes on. But north Mogadishu is another story.

“It’s like `Mad Max’ out there,” said Abdi Awaleh Jama, an ambassador at large, pointing from the presidential palace north toward the expanse of huts and ruins stretching into the distance.
In the rat-tat-tat of nightly machine gunfire, people are beginning to hear the government’s death knell. Many residents have mixed feelings about this. They contend that the government has enabled warlords. They say, almost without exception, that things were better under the Islamists. But they fear what lies ahead.

“We’re getting addicted to anarchy,” said Dahabo Abdulleh, a fuel seller.
Mr. Nur, a former Red Crescent official who became prime minister in November, is trying to peel away moderate Islamists from militant ones and get them to negotiate. He is making concessions to business leaders, who are widely suspected of financing the Islamists out of clan allegiances, and allowing them to form their own protection force. United Nation officials are trying to boost Mr. Nur’s prospects by providing $14 million to pay key government salaries and fix up ministries.

“This is urgent,” said William Paton, the acting United Nations coordinator for Somalia. “They are on thin ice.”
Government officials say much of the resistance is simply spoilers who are deeply invested in the status quo of chaos, like gun runners, counterfeiters and importers of expired baby formula.
But some of the men believed to be the biggest spoilers are part of the government. To get clan support — and just as crucially — more militiamen, transitional leaders have cut deals with warlords like Mohammed Dheere, now Mogadishu’s mayor, and Abdi Qeybdid, now police chief. These are the same men that the C.I.A. paid in 2006 to fight the Islamists, which backfired because the population turned against them, mostly because of their legacy of terrorizing civilians.

Hassan, the government soldier, says he has been in one of these warlord militias since he was 8. He toted his first Kalashnikov at age 10. He cannot read or write. He has thin wrists, a delicate face, empty eyes and a wife and two children to feed, which is why he said he routinely sticks people up.

“We are losing,” he said.

He said many of his friends were defecting to the Islamists because that was the only way to survive.

The Islamists have briefly captured several towns in recent weeks, freeing prisoners, snatching weapons and then melting back into the bush. Gone are the beards and the checkered scarves they used to wear. Many, like a young man named Elmi, are clean shaven and favor crisply pressed suits.

Elmi, who like Hassan said he could not reveal his last name, said business owners have sold gold, real estate and sheep to raise money for the Islamists. Elmi said he was part of the battle at the market on March 20 that began with the looting, and that the government lost three trucks, which was corroborated by government soldiers.

“We were there because we are everywhere,” Elmi said.
Mr. Abdirizak, the government official, buried some of the victims of that battle, young government troops who were slipped into graves behind the presidential palace in the moonlight.
One soldier was named Abdi Rashid. He had been wounded in another firefight about a month ago, and according to Mr. Abdirizak, “he shouldn’t even have been out there that day. It’s just that we don’t have enough guys.”

Abdi Rashid was shot in the heart at the market as the Islamists surrounded government troops. His last words to his friends, who wanted to carry him to safety, were, “Get out of here, get out of here.”

Mr. Abdirizak fell silent.

“I’m not sure how long I’ll stay,” he finally said. “ I want to help. But I didn’t come here to get killed.”

Source: NewYork Times

Uganda: Somali, Zanzibar, Djibouti Presidents Arrive

Kampala
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, Zanzibar's Amani Abeid Karume and Djibouti's Sem Ismail Omar Guelleh

BY Henry Mukasa FOUR heads of state arrived yesterday to attend the official opening of the Gadaffi National Mosque and thanksgiving prayers.

Presidents Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi), Sem Ismail Omar Guelleh (Djibouti), Amani Abeid Karume (Zanzibar) and Abdullahi Yusuf (Somalia) were invited by Libyan leader Maummar Gadaffi, who is on a four-day visit in Uganda. Gadaffi funded the completion of the national mosque at Old Kampala hill.

Abdullahi was the first to arrive at 9:00pm on Monday night. Karume, the chairman of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Council, is also the vice- president of the Republic of Tanzania. He landed at Entebbe yesterday afternoon.

Guelleh landed at dusk and was received by the Third Deputy Prime Minister, Kirunda Kivejinja.
In the evening, Entebbe Road witnessed a flurry of activity as the Police escorted various convoys to and from Entebbe airport.

As Guelleh was being driven to Munyonyo resort, his convoy met a long procession of ambassadors' cars at Kitubulu as they headed to State House Entebbe for a state banquet.
At Kitala, Guelleh was driven past the convoy of President Yoweri Museveni, who was heading to Entebbe to meet his guests.

Today, the presidents of New Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda and Chad are expected to join their colleagues. Sources said Gadaffi sent several aircraft to various African countries to ferry Muslims for the mosque inauguration and the prayers at Nakivubo Stadium.
Meanwhile, Madinah Tebajjukira reports that Gadaffi has blasted African leaders who have not prioritised the interests of their people, especially the marginalised women and vulnerable children.

Meeting women leaders from various institutions at Serena Hotel in Kampala, Gadaffi said African leaders should perceive the change sweeping through Africa as a social rather than a political one.

"The thinking of African leaders is directed towards election and political parties. They have no time to think about the youth, women, families and children. An African woman should think about herself and do something instead of paying attention to politicians," he implored amid chants of "Allahu-Akbar."

"You can have a dialogue with an African leader thinking he is thinking at the same level with you, yet he is thinking about future elections," he added, to more chants of "Allahu-Akbar, the president of the people."

"You are all aware of the situation and reality of Africa today. It's shifting from one position to another, and I wish it could be a social one to include the women, children and the youth," Gadaffi said. He repeated his earlier comments that African leaders are distracted by imminent elections, and whether their constitutions allow them more terms. "This is a problem."
He explained that the electoral system was copied from western countries and was not suitable to the African culture and environment.

"We have imported western systems and we have changed Africa. We are now grounded on political problems."

He cited the post-election violence that gripped Kenya after the disputed presidential elections last December.

About 1,000 people were killed in the ethnic clashes that followed.

Source: New Vision

War rally marks Iraq anniversary

Hundreds of anti-war protesters have staged a demonstration in Glasgow marking five years since the start of the conflict in Iraq.

The Scottish demonstration is part of a day of action in a number of cities throughout the UK and abroad.

The rally heard calls for troop withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as opposition to possible action against Iran.

Among the marchers was Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon died in Iraq.

Military families She was leading a contingent of military families demanding that troops be brought home.
Mrs Gentle said: "The military families are here today to say this is five years and over the last five years we've lost a lot of our armed forces.

"It's five years now and it's time our boys came home and for Gordon Brown to set a date and say this is when they will be out of Iraq.

"We hope that he starts helping the families and injured and those with combat stress and the veterans."

Representatives from organisations including Solidarity, the Communist Party of Britain, EIS and Unison also took part in the march.

The demonstrators set off from Blythswood Square and marched to Glasgow Green for a rally with speakers including Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn.
Ms Sturgeon said: "Five years ago, thousands of people marched through the streets of Glasgow to say no to an illegal war in Iraq.

"Five years on, people across Scotland and now the party of government in Scotland still say no to this illegal war.

"All of us opposed to this war must continue to campaign for it to come to an end, for an end to the loss of thousands of lives and for our troops to come home safely."
Other cities participating in the worldwide protest organised by the Stop the War Coalition include London, Washington, Beirut, Sydney and Seoul.

The Glasgow march was organised by the Stop the War Coalition Scotland.

Source: BBC

Rice oo abaal marisay gabar Soomaaliyeed

Farxiyo Faarax Ibraahim, oo ah gabar Soomaaliyeed, ayaa toddobaadkan ka mid noqotay sideed dumar ah oo la guddoonsiiyey billada caalamiga ah ee dumarka lagu tilmaamo geesiyaasha.

Abaal marintaasi ayaa munaasabadaasi maalinta haweenka dunida waxaa bixiya Xoghayaha Arrimaha Dibadda ee Mareyakanka, Condoleezza Rice, oo siisa haween ay u garato ineey qeyb weyn ka qaateen sare u qaadidda tayada nolosha haweenka caalamka.
Gabadhan oo 25-jirka ah, ayaa billadan ku muteysatay olole ay kula dagaallameysay gudniinka fircooniga oo ay ka wadday xeryada qaxootiga ee Ifo ee ku taalla wgobolka Waqooyi Bari ee waddanka Kenya.

Saacado kaddib markii ay billada ka soo qaadatay xarunta wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda ayeey Farxiyo u warrantay wariyaha BBC ee Washington, C/raxman Caynte, oo ka waraystay sababta ay ku muteysatay billadan.

Farxiyo waxay dadaal dheer u gashay sare u qaadidda tacliinta gabdhaha. Waxay sheegtay in ololeheeda ay kala qeyb galeen qaybo badan oo kamid ah bulshada Soomaalida ee xeryaha qaxootiga.

Farxiyo Faarax ku rajo weyn tahay ineey dadaalkeeda u gudbiso qeybaha kale ee dalka Kenya.

BBC Somali

Somali Islamist Fighters Seize 2nd Town

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamist insurgents killed five government soldiers while briefly taking a strategic town in central Somalia, police and residents said, the second such seizure within 24 hours.

The attack late Thursday took place in Belet Weyne, near a critical road junction that links Somalia to the border with Ethiopia. Hundreds of troops are stationed at the junction, which is also Ethiopia's main supply route.

"They launched a surprise attack on the town from different directions, facing pockets of resistance from government forces and immediately took the control of the police station, the prison and a hotel government regional officials were using," said a police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

The town's police chief, Col. Abdi Aden, confirmed that five government soldiers had been killed.
Local resident Duniyo Ali said the fighters had retained control of the town for about three hours before voluntarily withdrawing. The area was now calm, she said.

Also Thursday, residents said Islamists had seized Hudur, a strategic southwestern Somali town that lies along the road leading from Ethiopia into Somalia, without firing a shot.

Islamist fighters have vowed to wage an Iraq-style war on the shaky Western-backed transitional government after Somali troops supported by their Ethiopian allies chased the Islamists from power in December 2006.

The Islamists had seized control of much of the south and the country's capital, Mogadishu, which they had held for six months.

Since the Islamists launched their insurgency, thousands of Somalis have been killed. Somali government troops and officials come under daily attack and the U.N.-backed administration is viewed by many Somalis as corrupt and ineffective. The impoverished country is riven between warring clans and awash with weapons.

The U.S. has linked the militiamen to al-Qaida. On Monday, the U.S. launched a missile strike in a Somali town along the Kenyan border, targeting a suspect in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Source: AP

Islamic Fighters Move Into Somali Town

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN –
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — More than 100 masked Islamic militiamen entered a strategic town Thursday in the latest bold move by a force defeated two years ago at the hands of Somalia's Western-backed government and its Ethiopian allies.

The Islamists held the capital, Mogadishu, and much of southern Somalia for six months before they were pushed out by the Ethiopians in December 2006.

They have since waged a deadly insurgency and carried out numerous attacks in Mogadishu. They have also staged brazen raids in towns including Bur Haqaba, a hilltop town about 35 miles from the provincial capital of Baidoa in the south. The group released prisoners from jail and killed a police chief before retreating, witnesses said.

Last month, Islamic fighters briefly took over Dinsor in southern Somalia, killing nine soldiers, police said.

The U.S. has linked the militiamen to al-Qaida, and on Monday, the U.S. launched a missile strike in eastern Somalia targeting a suspect in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

On Thursday, the masked fighters entered Hudur, a southwestern town that lies along the road leading from Ethiopia into Somalia.

"There was not a single gunshot," said Mustaf Mahad, a well-known businessman in Hudur.
"The fighters took positions at two locations in the town, we do not know if their aim is to take over the town or not," another resident told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. He and other residents said there have been only a smattering of government troops in the town recently.

A government spokesman said he could not confirm Islamists had moved into the town and had no comment.

Thousands of Somalis have been killed in the fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government over the past 12 months.

Late Wednesday, a fire fight between Somali insurgents and police killed five people — four police officers and one civilian — on the outskirts of Mogadishu, witnesses said. The insurgents used machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles in the surprise attack, said Asho Nur, who sells tea at the site.

A spokesman for the military wing of the radical Islamic movement, Abdirahin Isse Adow, said the aim of the raid was "to cripple both the military and the economic sources of the enemy."
On Monday, fighters linked to the group overran Bur Haqaba, a hilltop town about 35 miles from the provincial capital of Baidoa in the south. The group released prisoners from jail and killed a police chief before retreating, witnesses said.

Last month, Islamic fighters briefly took over Dinsor in southern Somalia, killing nine soldiers, police said.

Source: AP

Official: Missile aimed at FBI target in Somalia

Official: Missile aimed at FBI target in Somalia
It is unclear whether Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed when a U.S. submarine fired a tomahawk missile at the target, the official said Tuesday.

The FBI wants Nabhan, 28, for questioning in the 2002 suicide bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel and the unsuccessful attack on an Israeli charter jet in Mombasa, Kenya.
Ten Kenyans and three Israelis were killed when three suicide bombers detonated a car bomb outside Mombasa's Paradise Hotel.

The bombing took place within minutes of an unsuccessful missile attack on an Israeli charter jet, which was taking off with 261 passengers and 10 crew members.
Nabhan is also thought to be an associate of al Qaeda member Harun Fazul, who was indicted for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Saalam, Tanzania, according to the FBI.

More than 200 people were killed and 4,000 wounded in the attacks, most of them Kenyans.
The U.S. military has long sought Nabhan because he is believed to be deeply involved in al Qaeda's East African operations, the senior official said.
The FBI announced in February 2006 that it was seeking information on Nabhan and any possible links to those incidents.

The Pentagon on Monday confirmed that the U.S. military struck "a target against a known al Qaeda terrorist."

The strike hit near the town of Dhoobley along the Somali-Kenyan border, a U.S. military official said Monday.

It was aimed at a "facility where there were known terrorists" affiliated with East African al Qaeda operations, the official said. Watch report on what U.S. calls a precision strike »
The strike destroyed two houses -- killing three women and three children and wounding another 20 people, said Dhoobley's district commissioner, Ali Nur Ali Dherre. Dherre said the remains of the missiles were marked "US K."
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World should stop neglecting Somalia-U.N. envoy

By Ingrid Melander
BRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - The international community should stop "collectively punishing" Somalia for past errors by neglecting it, a senior United Nations envoy to the war-torn country said a day after a U.S. missile attack there.

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the U.N. Secretary General's High Representative for Somalia, said Monday's missile strike by the United States highlighted the need to put the lawless Horn of Africa state back on top of the international agenda.

"This is not new, and the only comment I can make on it is that Somalia deserves attention," Ould-Abdallah said when asked about the two missiles fired at what Washington called "a known Al Qaeda terrorist".

"They (Somalis) have made a number of mistakes ... They destroyed their country ... They have not been cooperative with the United Nations in the 1990s, but these are not reasons for collective punishment which I think the international community is doing by ignoring their plight," Ould-Abdallah told Reuters in an interview.

In Brussels for talks with European Union ambassadors, he urged the 27-nation EU to do more than just send food aid, saying the priorities were to protect civilians and ensure there was no impunity for humanitarian crimes committed in Somalia. The U.N. Security Council has the primary responsibility to take up the divided country's future and work for a solution, he said, but the African Union, the Arab League and the EU also have some responsibility.
International organisations are not backing efforts by the Somali government to talk with the opposition, he said.

The toll from Monday's attack was not known. Hundreds of residents of Dobley, the remote town in southern Somalia hit by the missiles, staged an anti-U.S. demonstration on Tuesday. Residents said they thought the missiles were aimed at senior Islamist leaders meeting nearby.
The Islamists have been waging an insurgency against Somali government forces.
On Jan. 8, 2007, a U.S. AC-130 gunship struck Islamists in southern Somalia in Washington's first overt military action there since pulling out of a U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission in 1994 after the "Black Hawk Down" incident.

That attack, and a similar one shortly afterwards, struck Islamists fleeing Ethiopian and Somali troops who cornered them in southern Somalia during a two-week war to rout the militants.
On June 21, a U.S. Navy ship fired missiles at Islamist fighters and foreign jihadists hiding in the mountains in the northern Puntland region.
The United States accuses Somali Islamist insurgents of harbouring al Qaeda fugitives responsible for planning and executing the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. (Editing by Tim Pearce)

“Ma garanayo goorta deeq Burco iyo Hargeysa la gaadhsiiyey reer Boorama dembi ka dhigeen” Cabdiraxman Saylici

Cabdirahan Zaylici oo difaacay sifihii Xisbiga uu Wareejiyey deeqdii qalabka caafimaad
Musharraxa xisbiga Kulmiye ee mansabka Madaxweyne kuxigeenka, C/raxmaan C/laahi Ismaaciil (Saylici), ayaa dafaacay sifihii xisbigiisu kula wareegeen iyo sidii ay qalabkii caafimaad oo deeqo ahaa ugu wareejiyeen wasaaradda Caafimaadka iyo xukuumadda Somaliland.

Sida uu ku soo waramay Maxamed Cumar Sheekh, Weriyaha Haatuf ee gobolka Awdal, C/raxmaan Saylici oo shalay shir-jaraa’id ku qabtay Boorama, ayaa dhinaca kale waxaa uu kaga hadlay ujeedooyinka laga leeyahay ama xukuumad iyo kuwa gobolkan Awdal ka taageera xisbiga udub ka leeyihiin hadalada beryahan dambe lagu durayo isaga iyo xisbiga Kulmiyeba, taas oo uu ku tilmaamay inay tahay dacaayad siyaasadeed oo xukuumaddu miciin moodday markii dadweynaha Reer Awdal ka soo jabeen xisbiga UDUB iyo Dawladda Rayaal,e danna ay u arkaeen Xisbiga Kulmiye.

C/raxmaan Saylici ayaa shalay shirkiisan kaga hadlay arrimo kale oo door ah oo ay ku jiraan sida isaga iyo taageeraayaasha xisbiguba uga go’antahay in aanay dhegaysan doonin aflagaado kasta iyo dacaayaad kasta oo ay xukuumaddu miciin mooddo.

Hadalakii uu halkaa ka yidhina waxa ka mid ahaa “Waxaad mooddaa in xukuumadda iyo kuwa taageera ay waayadan dambe hal-hays ka dhigteen Saylici baa Kulimiye siiyey deeq dadka gobolka Awdal loo soo ururiyey, hadaladaasi iyo kuwa kaleeba waxaad arkaysaa inay yihiin kuwa gobolkan Awdal ka dhigaya inuusan ku jirin Somaliland, deeqda reer Awdal loo soo ururiyo ama reer Somaaliland loo ururiyaanna tahay mid ku kooban gobolka Awdal, iyadoo siday hadalka u dhigayaanna ay dareemayso in deeqda reer Awdal ama xisbigaa qaranka ee Kulmiye uu gadhsiiyo goboladdaa kalena ay reer Boorama u tahay dembi gobolka laga galay, waana xaasidnimo iyo cunsurinnimo, maadaama gobolada kale ee ay Somaliland ka kooban tahayna xaq u leeyihiin in la gaadhsiiyo wixii dadkeedu soo ururiyaan.

Taageerayaasha xisbiga Kulmiye ee gobolka Awdal waxa qalabkaasi kaga baxday lacag dhan $15,000 oo Doolar, oo lagu soo gaadhsiiyey, dawladduna xaq uma lahayn inay cashuurto ama tidhaa cashuur baan ka dhaafnay, inaan qalabkaasi ka kulmiye ahaan u guddoonana xaq baan u lahayn, inaan dedaalkayaga sheeganana xaq baan u lahayn, waayo dawladu magacayaga horee ayey u sheegi weyday dedaallo aan muujinay oo taageerayashiisu ku geeyeen gobolada Sool.
Waxa wax lala yaabo ah oo daciifnimo ah in la yidhaa ha sheegina xisbigaasi kulmiye wixii uu dalka keenay, waxaanan u aragnaa laba arrimood.

Waa tan kowaade inay maamulayaasha dawlaadda ee daba ordayey qalabkan dhkhtarka weyn mooyee aan la dhigi karin tuulooyin aan lahayn cisbitaallo la doonayey in la lunsado oo agaasimayaasha daba ordayey doonayeen inaan Kulmiye la tusin.Iyo tan labaad oo ah in xukuumaddu Kulmiye u quudhi la’dahay sida daacdnimada leh ee ay dalka u soo gaadhsiiyeen, loona qaybiyo cisbitaalada dalka.

Tan sadexaad waxaan odhan karaa waa markii u horeysay ee deeq lagu wareejiyo xisbigaasi, isla markaana uu si daacadnimo ku jirto dawladda ugu wareejiyo, mana dhici jirin tan oo kale oo dawladda uun baa wixii shicibka debedda ee Somaliland iska soo ururiyaan meel dhigan jirtay, isla markaana aan la ogeyn meesha ay mareen.

Waxaan la yaabaa oo kale wasiiro iyo taagerayaasha xisbiga Dawladdu waxaan u sheegeynaa in qalabkaasi annaga oo xisbiga kulmiye iyo taageerayaashiisa gobolkan Awdal uu ku qornaa, magacoodana uu dalka ku yimi, iyagana loo soo wakiishay, wakhtigaasina uu ahaa wakhti ka horreeyey aafada ka dhacday gobolka Awdal, alaabtaasina ay dalka timi aafadaasi ka hor, ciddii ujeeddo ka lihina iyadaa og, waxanan leeyahay raggaa maanta leh goboblkii awdal baa Kulmiye ka qadiyey qalabkaasi, waa ragga maanta ka xun qalabkaasi inuu gaadho Somaliland cisbitaaladaeeda, sida deeqaha reer Awdalba loo geeyo Sanaag iyo gobolka Sool, mana fiicna in gobolkan laga dhigo mid u xidhan xisbi keliya iyo dad keliya, afkana laga sheegto Somaliland, deeqda reer Somaliland ay gaadhsiiyaan reer Awdal siyaasiyiinta Hargeysa fadhida iyo kuwa halkan jooga ee dawladda taageeraa ka dhigaan qalab dad shisheeye ah la siiyey oo aan Somaliland ahayn.

Sidee reer Awdal lagu dooran doonaa haddii halkaa la marayo. halaga waantoobo arrimaha keenaya kala qoqobnaanta Somaliland iyo cunsurinnimda. Ta nalagu haystaa waa taa, kana yeeli mayno inaan gobolaysi iyo qabyaalad wax ku bixinno ee qarannimo ayaan wax ku bixinaynaa”.

Xigasho: Haatuf

Castro quits as Cuba’s president

The ailing 81-year-old Fidel Castro has resigned as Cuba’s president after foiling attempts to topple him for nearly half a century, leaving on his own terms by clearing the way for his brother Raul to take power.

The end of Castro’s rule, the longest in the world for a head of government, frees 76-year-old Raul to implement reforms he has hinted at since taking over as acting president when Castro fell ill in July 2006.

“My wishes have always been to discharge my duties to my last breath,” Castro wrote in a letter published today in the Communist Party daily Granma.

But, he wrote, “it would be a betrayal to my conscience to accept a responsibility requiring more mobility and dedication than I am physically able to offer.”

It wasn’t until several hours after Castro’s message was posted on the internet, that official radio began spreading the news across the island. Cubans seemed to go about their business as usual, having seen Castro’s resignation as inevitable, but with a certain sadness.

Cuban dissidents welcomed the news as a possible first step toward possible change.
Moderate opposition leader Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, a former commander who fought alongside Castro in the revolution, expressed hopes that whoever follows him “will have freedom to launch economic and political changes as well.”

Castro temporarily ceded his powers to his brother after undergoing intestinal surgery. Since then, the elder Castro has not been seen in public, appearing only sporadically in official photographs and videotapes and publishing dense essays about mostly international themes as his younger brother has consolidated his rule.

Castro remains a member of parliament and is likely to be elected to the 31-member Council of State on Sunday, though he will no longer be its president.

Castro also retains his powerful post as first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party. The party leadership posts generally are renewed at party congresses, the last of which was held in 1997.

PA

Shir jaraaid oo ay qabteen gudida gurmadka aafada Awdal

Gudida Gurmadka Masiibooyinkii Roobabkii ka da’ay Gobolka Awdal ee Association of Awdal Community of North America (AACNA) oo Saxaafada siiyay Warbixin

Hashim Goth, Boorama 18 February, - Gudida gurmadka masiibooyinkii roobabkii ka da’ay Gobolka Awdal ee ururka AACNA ayaa saxaafada uga xog waramay halka ay marayso hawshii loo soo xilsaaray, ugu horayna waxaa halkaas hadal ka jeediyay gudoomiyaha gudida Dr.Cabdiraxmaan Jaamac Hadi oo yidhi marka hore waad mahadsan tihiin bahda saxaafada, marka xigana waxaan war idinka siinaynaa safarkii gudidu ku soo martay 29 tuulo oo ka tirsan Awdal, hadii aan marka hore ku horeeyo sida gudidani ku aasaasantay waxay ahayd magacaabis ay na soo magacaabeen qurbajooga Waqooyiga America anaga oo wakiil ka ah AACNA, waxaa la furay Acount dahabshiil ah oo Lambarkiisu yahay DO616, halkaas oo lagu soo hagaajinayo lacagaha, ilaa hadana waxaa na soo gaadhay lacago gaadhaya 20kun oo doolar, dhanka khasaaraha soo gaadhay dadku wuxuu le’eg yahay mid aad u balaadhan waana ugu yaraan xoolaha meesha ku dhintay 4 boqol oo kun oo neef.

Dr.Cabdiraxmaan wuxuu intaas ku daray in warbixno kala duwan ay ka qoreen dhibta meelahaas ka dhacday hayadaha samafalka, Ururada caalamiga ah, Dawlada iyo Ururada wadaniga ahba, balse warbixinta aan soo qornay iyo ta dawladu ay yihiin qaar isku dhaw hallka haydaha samafalka qaarkod meelo kooban ay mareen ee ay ka qaateen qiyaas, Anagu waxaan marnay 29 tuulo aadna waan u hubinay, khasaaruhu waa 40%, lixdanka hadhayna xooluhu waa qaar bukaan ah oo aan dadkii waxba ugu filayn, hadaba waxaan u sheegaynaa qofkii toos ugu soo dira Acountkan in 1% laga qaadayo xawaalada, hadii kale sida laga qaado 4% ayaa lagaa qaadaya.

waxaanan ku boorinayaa dadka aan weli deeq bixin in ay dedejiyaan oo ay hore u soo diraan, dhaqaalahaasi hadii uu noqdo mid waafi ah waxaan samayn doonaa in aan dadka xoolo u iibino, waayo lama quudin karo dadkaas xooluhu ka madheen, waxaana haboon in dadkaasi wixii ay ku noolaayeen loo soo cesho. waxaan ku soo gabagabaynayaa in dadka deeqaha bixinayaa ay meel qudha noqoto si ayna meel qudha ugu dhicin, ee ay meel walba u gaadho oo ay dhibtu gaadhay dadka baahana ay joogaan. wixii baahi jira ee dhanka caafimaadka, hoyga, huga iyo xoolaynta waxay noqon doontaa in la daboolo oo lagu daboolo deeqdaas naga soo gaadha qurbajoogaa soo diraya.

Sh.Xasan deheye ayaa isna ka codsaday in dadkaas la soo kaalmeeyo, meelahaas aafooyinku ka dhaceena loo baahan yahay in fikir midaysan laga yeesho. waana in laga ilaaliyaa deeqdan xasaasiyada qabiilka, maadaama dadka qurbuhu yihiin waxgaradkii iyo Aqoontii umadan,Cumar C/laahi Xasan oo ah Xoghayaha dhaqaalaha gudida ayaa ka waramay sida ilaa hada u soo gaadhay deeqdu wuxuuna sheegay in ay meelo kala duwan deeqdu ka timid, dadka qaarna soo mariyeen Acountka Dahabshiil, qaarna toos u soo direen, wuxuuna u mahadnaqay dhamaan dadkii kaalmada soo bixiyay. waxa la aasaasay 28 Jan, 2008, warbixnaha intaas ay jirtay gudidu waxaan u dirnay urirka AACNA iyo websidad qaarkood. Otowa waxaan ka helay, 13610, Dumarka Dalas 3000$ Maxamed Dugsiiye oo ka soo diray Kalgari 1000 $ ,Cali Baxar oo soo diray 1000$ ,Maryan Xasan dugsiiye 2700$ oo kuwait nooga soo dirtay, hadaba dhicisku inta birta loo sido ayuu ka bakhtiyaa ee dadkaas hala soo caawiyo,Maxamed Daahir Dhawal ayaa isna uga mahaceliayay qurbajooga reer Awdal ,wuxuuna intaas raaciyay in tuulooyinka ay soo marayeen meel walba ka xaqiijinayeen odayada goobtaas ay kula kulmeen dhibta gaadhay inta ay le’egtahay, mudada dhibtu haysato dadka way dheeraatay ee waxaan idinka codsanaynaa cidii wax ku deeqaysa in ay soo dedejaan.

Sh.Cismaan Axmed ayaa isna ku guubaabiyay dadka deeqaha bixinaya in ay dadaalkooda laban laabaan, isla markaana ay yartahay ilaa hada wixii kaalmo ay heleen dhanka dawlada iyo haydahaba, waxqabadka dadkasina yahay waajib ina wada saaran, waanan idiinka mahadcelinaynaa dhamaan dadkii ka qayb qaatay deeqdaas, wixii hore gurmad loo geyn karayay waa loo geeyay, balan qaadyaduna way badan yihiin dhanka dawlada iyo hayadahaba, waxaana jecelahay in aad wixii deeq ah soo dedejisaan.

Hashim Goth

Borama, Awdal
hashimgoth@hotmail.com

Lacagaha ilaa immika gaadhay xeebaha gobolka Awdal

Borama (SP) Lacagaha ilaa immika gaadhay meelihii ay masuubadau ka dhcadya waxay gaadhay $ 21, 311 marka la isku wada geeyo inkastoo ay jiraan balan qaadyo ay sameeyeen magaalooyin iyo gobolo badan oo waqooyiga maraykanka ku yaala.

waxaan si toos khadka tellephone ka kula xidhiidhnay gudida aafada xeebaha; waxaan la hadalnay gudidii u qaabilsanayd arimiha masuubada waxayna soo sheegeen ilaa immika lacagaha kusoo dhacay xisaabtii AACNA ee loo furay masuubadan darteed.

$ 13, 611 —– Jaaliyada Ottawa, Ontario - Canada
$ 3000 —— Dumarka Jaaliyada Dallas, Texas
$ 1000 —— Jaaliyada Calgary, Alberta - Canada
$ 2700 —— Jaaliyada Kuwait, Kuwait
$1000 —— Jaaliyada Houston, Texas

Amoud Foundation lacag $6000 dhan waxa naloo sheegay in ay iyagu haynayaan oo marka loo baahdo ay dadka ku isticmaali doonaan.

Jaaliyado badan oo waxa jira balanqaad sameeyey oo ay gudidu noo sheegeen in ay sugayaan.
Gudida waxay noo sheegeen in ay dhawaan u socdaali doonaan meelihii ay dhibaatdu ka jirtay iyagoo dadka u kaudinaya kharashka oo raba marka lacagta badan koodu soo gaadho in ay mar kaliya u socdaalaan.

waxa kale oo ay gudidu noo sheegtay in ay muceeshada iyo shidaalku dhulka uu kacay taasina ay keentay in ay ka fikiraan in ay meeshii tagaan iyagoon hayn wax dadka ku filnaada.
waxa kale oo ay gudidu noo sheegtay in dadka bara kacay ay ka badan yihiin dadkii markii hore la sheegay.

Xoolaha dhintayna ay ka badan yihiin 100, 000 oo neef oo nooc walba leh (Adhi, geel, iyo Lo’).
Gudigu waxay mahadnaq balaan u jeedinayaan dhamaan jaaliyadaha reer awdal, somaliland iyo somalida kaleba kasoo jeeda ee ka’ qayb qaatay taakulaynta dadka ku dhibaataysan xeebaha gobolka Awdal. Waxay amaan balaadhan sidoo kale ay u jeedinayaan ururka Association of Awdal Community of North America (AACNA); oo ka qaatay qayb libaax ururinta iyo abaabulka loo galay dadka tabaalaysan.

Account number: D0616
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Sh. Xassan Deheeye
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Cumar Cabdillahi Xassan (Gurey)

Shir jaraa’id ayey dhawaan qaban doonaan

Booqo maanta aacna.org aan qaybtaada ka qaado caawin xeebaha gobolka Awdal
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Madaxweyne Rayaale Oo Galabta U Dhoofay Addis Ababa, Ugana Sii Gudbaya Waddamo Kale Oo Aan La Ogeyn

Hargeysa-(SP) - Madaxweynaha Somaliland, mudane Daahir Riyaale Kaahin ayaa galabta ka dhoofay gegida diyaaradaha ee magaalada Hargeysa, isaga oo u kicitimay Xarunta dalka Itoobiya ee Addis Ababa, Madaxweyne Riyaale oo intii aanu ka ambabixin dalka, Qasriga Madaxtooyada kula hadlay weriyayaasha wuu diidey inuu wax faahfaahin ah ka bixiyo socdaalkiisa, waxana uu sheegay keliya inuu tegayo Addis Ababa iyo meelo kale uu sheegay inuu uga sii gudbayo. “Horta caadada noqotay marka la baxayona in la sii warramo, marka la soo noqdona la warramo maanta ayaan ku soo xidhayaa,” ayuu yidhi Madaxweyne Riyaale.

“Wixii dambe Press release [Warsaxaafadeed] bay noqon doontaa Afhayeenka uun uu bixiyo, waayo, caado uma aha adduunka madaxda in markasta la waraysto,” ayuu raaciyey. Hase yeeshee, waxa uu sheegay inuu ka warramayo falkii afduubka ahaa ee ka dhacay gobolka Sanaag ee lagu afduubay ninka Jarmalka ah ee madaxda ka ah hay’adda German Agro Action, falkaas oo uu ku tilmaamay fal argagixiso oo lagu manjaxaabinayo Somaliland, si gaar ahna loola beegsanayo dhaqdhaqaaqyadiisa dibadda.

Waxana uu hambalyo u diray ciidanka qaranka iyo shacbiga Gobolka Sanaag sida ay uga hawlgaleen, uguna guuleysteen. “Waxaana muuqata, wararka ugu horreeya ee hordhaca ah ee aanu hayno Gugux meel la yidhaahdo oo maamulkaa Boosaaso [Puntland] ka tirsan in laga soo abaabuley,” ayuu yidhi Madaxweyne Riyaale.

“Laakiin, Argagixisadii waxay noqotay kuwo aan abtirsiin lahayn oo ku abtirsada Argagixiso uun, meel kastana way joogaan, kuwo inaga [Somaliland] ahina way ku jiraan,” ayuu raaciyey Madaxweyne Riyaale. Waxana uu shacbiga ugu baaqay inay ka feejignaadaan, indhahana furan. Madaxweyne Riyaale, waxa uu ku tilmaamay falalka argagixiso kuwo bartilmaameedkoodu yahay qaddiyadda Somaliland iyo dhaqdhaqaaqyada dibadda ee xukuumaddiisu samayso.

“Waxaan xasuustaa berigii aan Ingiriiska tegaayey 2004tii, markaan Addis Ababa marayo ayaa qabuurihii Ingiriiska la jejebiyey, maalintii Baarlamaanka Ingiriiska aan tegaayeyna GTZ-ka qoladoodii maalintii la afduubay bay ahayd,” ayuu yidhi. Waxana uu raaciyey, “Shalayna waxa inoo yimi madax kaloo caalamka ah baa inoo timid. Taasi waxay sheegaysaa markasti oo wax wanaagsani inoo soo socdaanba inay qaar argagixiso ah oo u shaqeeya dad aynaan inagu garanayn oo danaheenna ka soo horjeedaa inay mujtamaceenna ku dhex jiraan baa muuqanaysa”.

Ma cadda dadka uu Madaxweyne Riyaale u duurxulayo, hase yeeshee, waxa uu muujiyey in xukuumaddu doonayso falalka noocan ah inay uga faa’iideysato si siyaasi ah, uuna ka dhigayo kuwo lagu xaasidayo ama lagu minja-xaabinayo dedaalkiisa iyo guulihiisa. Waxayna dad badani ka werwersan yihiin, shakina ka qabaan falalkan argagixiso oo dalka ka bilaabmay, wax yar kadib markii uu xilka kala wareegey Madaxweyne Riyaale madaxweynihii hore ee Geeryoodey Marxuum Maxamed X. Ibraahim Cigaal.

Dhinaca kale, socdaalka Madaxweyne Riyaale oo aan la ogeyn cid ku wehelisa iyo meelaha uu u sii dhaafayo Addis Ababa ayaa warar kala duwani ka soo baxayaan. Wararka qaar waxay sheegayaan in Madaxweyne Riyaale uu u sii dhaafayo Addis Ababa dhinaca Boqortooyada Sucuudiga, halka warar kalena sheegayaan inuu tegayo Imaaraadka Carabta oo ay wararka qaar sheegayaan in Xaaskiisu kaga sii horrayso, xogo kalena tilmaamayaan inuu kula ballansan yahay shirkado uu heshiis dhinaca shidaalka ah la galay.

Xigasho:Somaliland.org

Siilaanyo Oo Ku Eedeeyey Rayaale Inuu Wasiirka Caafimaadka Ka Horjoogsaday Xaflad Uu KULMIYE Kagala Wareegi Lahaa Deeq Daawooyin Ah

Guddoomiyaha xisbiga mucaaradka ah ee KULMIYE Md. Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo), ayaa si kulul ugu eedeeyey Madaxweyne Rayaale inuu si badheedh ah uga horjoogsaday wasiirkiisa caafimaadka xaflad uu si rasmi ah ugagala wareegi lahaa daawooyin qalab caafimaad ay cusbitaallada dalka u soo direen taageerayaasha KULMIYE ee ku dhaqan Woqooyiga Ameerika.

Daawadan oo ah hal kontiinar taageerayaasha xisbigu ugu talogaleen cusbitaallada lixda gobol ee Somaliland, ayaa hoggaanka KULMIYE laba toddobaad ka hor ku wareejiyey masuuliyiinta Wasaaradda Caafimaadka si loogu xareeyo xarunta dhexe ee kaydka dawooyinka dalka, iyada oo labada dhinac u ballameen in la sameeyo munaasibad ay si rasmi ah Wasaaradda Caafimaadku ugagala wareegayso madaxda xisbiga, taas oo la qorsheeyey in shalay lagu qabto xarunta dhexe ee kaydka dawooyinka ee magaalada Hargeysa, balse baaqatay kadib markii Wasiirka Caafimaadka Md. Cabdi Haybe Maxamed ka cudurdaartay.

Kadib markii ay baaqatay xafladdii loo ballansanaa in shalay Wasaaradd Caafimaadku si rasmi ah ugala wareegto madaxda xisbiga KULMIYE kadib, ayaa shir-jaraa’id oo Axmed-Siilaanyo iyo xubno ka mid ah madaxda sare ee xisbigiisu ku qabteen xarunta kaydka dawooyinka ee Hargeysa waxa uu ku sheegay in 10 daqiiqo ka hor waqtigii ballanta la kala wareegista daawooyinka uu Wasiirka Caafimaadku kula soo xidhiidhay telefoon, isla markaana ku wargeliyey in aannu iman karayn xafladdii ay u ballansanaayeen, kadib markii Madaxweynuhu ku wargeliyey in aannu tegin goobtaa.

“Waxaannu ku ballansanayn in saaka [shalay subax] aannu halkan [xarunka Kaydka Dawooyinka] Wasiirka Caafimaadka isugu nimaadno. Waxaan doonayaa in aan halkan ka sheego war cajaa’ib ah oo qaadan waa ah, anigoo aad iyo aad uga xun halkii aannu ka ballansanayn in daawada aannu la kala wareegno ayuu goor malaha 10 daqiiqo ka hadhsanayd waqtigii ballanta uu Wasiirka Caafimaadku na soo wacay oo waan ka xumahay buu yidhi, Axmedoow kuu iman kari maayo, aad baan uga xumahay oo Madaxweynihii baa amar isiiyey oo toos iila soo hadlay oo igu yidhi;

‘Hatagin halkaa, hana la wareegin daawadaa waad haysataa oo istoodhkay kuugu jirtaa, markaa in KULMIYAA keenay la yidhaahdo looma baahna, mar haddii bahashii istoodhka innoogu jirto faraha ka qaad, waxaan ku idhi Cabdi Hayboow waxyaabaha qaarkood in aan loo xil qarain, haddaan ogaaday wixii Agaasimaha Guud haystayna miiskiinkii aannu ballanay ee axdiga aannu ku kala tagnay haddaan ogaanay arrinta ninka amarka tooska ah bixiyey, maantana ballankii in uu baaqo keenay waa Daahir Rayaale Kaahin Madaxweynaha dalka weeye daawada la keenay ee uu ka ba’ayo in ummadda iyo shacbigu ogaadaaan in daawadan taageerayaasha KULMIYE keeneen oo aannu dawladdii ku wareejinay intaasuu ka ba’ayaa oo Agaasimaha Guud u wacayaa oo uu Wasiirka u wacayaa,” ayuu yidhi Axmed-Siilaanyo oo sheegay arrin aannu filayn oo fajiciso ku noqotay uu kala kulmay Wasiirka Caafimaadka Caafimaadka Somaliland.

“Waxaannu doonaynaa in ummadda Somaliland ogaadaan in daawada KULMIYE keenay shacbigana u keenay oo ay hoolka Wasaaradda Caafimaadka taal oo ilaa Ceerigaabo ilaa Saylac u keenay qaar kalena way soo socdaan waliba, arrintaa ayaan doonayaa in aan shacbiiga u sheego, ninka ka ba’aya ee intaa u quudhi waayey in xisbiga KULMIYE keenayna wa Madaxweynaha ee hala ogaado.”

Guddoomiyaha KULMIYE oo faahfaahin ka bixinayey marxaladihii ay soo martay daawada taageerayaasha xisbigoodu ugu deeqeen cusbitaallada Somaliland iyo sidii ay dalka ku soo gaadhay waxa uu yidhi:

“Waxaan doonayaa in aan ummaddu uga waramo arrin ku saabsan daawooyin aad u qiimo badan oo wanaagsan oo America xisbigu ugu keenay dadweynaha reer Somaliland oo ku xeraysan maanta istoodhka dhexe ee wasaaradda caafimaadka in aannu xaaladeeda iyo sheekadadeeda ugu sheekayno ayaan doonayaa maanta, saacadan aynu taaganahay [shalay subax] halkan waxaannu ku ballansanayn oo saxaafadda kula ballansanayn in aannu si muuqata ula kala wareegno daawada wasiirka caafimaadka Cabdi Haybe, daawadanina waxay dalka timi bishan 3-deedii, 4-teediina waxa lagu soo wareejiyey istoodhkan, maantana [shalay] waxay ahayd in aannu si rasmi ah ula kala wareegno Wasiirka Caafimaadka.

Daawadan oo ay soo direen taageerayasha xisbiga KULMIYE ee jooga America waa daawo aad u fiican oo aad malayn karayso daawada Maraykanka lagu sameeyaa nooca iyo qiimaha iyo sida ay tahay muddo badanna waa daawo laga shaqaynayey iyo qalab aad u fiican ayaa isaguna istoodhkan Wasaaradda Caafimaadka ku jira.

Alaabtaas markii ay timiba waxaannu ku dhawaaqnay in daawadaas dalka timi oo warsaxaafadeed baannu ku shaacinay, kaas oo aannu ugu mahadnaqnay Wasaaradda Maaliyadda iyo Caafimaadkaba qabanqaabadii iyo cashuur-dhaafkii ay noo sameeyeen si aannu daawadan dalka ku soo galino.

Madax sarsare oo ka socda Wasaaradda Caafimaadka oo uu horkacayo Agaasimaha Guud ayaa xafiiska xarunta dhexe ee xisbiga KULMIYE noogu yimi, si fiican baannu u wada hadalnay, waxaannu u sheegnay in daawadan xisbiga KULMIYE u keenay dadka reer Somaliland oo noolkii ilaa Maraykanka lagaga keenay aannu bixinay, waxaannu doonaynaa in loo qaybiyo dadka reer Somaliland ee lixda gobol ee dalka. Waxaannu ku nidhi, idinka ayaa dawladdii ah oo og gobol walba daawooyinka looga baahan yahay iyo cusbitaallada waaweyn ee dawladdu leedahay ee dadka shacbiga ah ee badani isticmaalo. Markaa in aannu dawladda ku wareejino ayaannu goosanayn si wanaagsan baanuna isula afgaranay.”

Axmed-Siilaanyo waxa uu sheegay in heshiiska ay wada gaadheen iyaga iyo Wasaaradda Caafimaadka ee ahaa in dawada xisbiga KULMIYE u keenay ummadda reer Somaliland, dawladdana lagu wareejiyo ay maalmihii dambe maqleen masuuliyiintii Wasaaradda
Caafimaadka ee heshiiska KULMIYE wada galeen oo Agaasimaha Guud ugu horreeyoo, kuwaas oo ku dhawaaqay, “Daawo la dhacay oo boolisku qabtay oo KULMIYE duwaday.” Waxaannu Guddoomiyaha KULMIYE tilmaamay in aanay Agaasimaha Guud ka filayn in uu ku dhawaaqo erayada noocaas ah, maadaama xisbiga KULMIYE lahaa oo loogu talogalay ummadda reer Somaliland, isaga oo arrintaa sharraxayeyna waxa uu yidhi; “Yaabaa Illaahay noo keenay oo waxaannu nidhi waar ninkii dhammaa ee Agaasimaha Guud ahaa ee aad heshiiska wada gasheen ee wax isla meel dhigteen maxaa mar qudha markii uu idinka noqday beddelay ee saxaafaddii galiyey alaabtian tuugo ayey ahayd oo waa la qabtay annaga oo la yaaban ayaanu nidhi bal ha degdeginee Wasiirka Caafimaadka u taga annaguna aaminaad baannu alaabta ugu wareejinay annaga oo aan waxba kala saxeexan, waayo ballankaa ahaa in shirka jaraa’id [xafladda xil wareejinta] halkan lagu wada qabto.”

Ugu dambayn, Guddoomiyaha KULMIYE waxa uu tilmaamay in markii ay Wasiirka Caafimaadka u tageen ee ay arrintii uga sheekeeyeen uu aad ula yaabay wararka sheegaya in dawo la dhacay la qabtay, isaga oo ugu mahadnaqay xisbiga KULMIYE dawada ay ummadda u keeneen, una ballanqaaday in xaflad ballaadhan lagala wareeji doono daawada iyada oo loo qaybin doon sida xisbiga KULMIYE rabo in loo qaybiyo.

Eng. Cabdiraxmaan Cabdillaahi Saylici oo ka mid ah masuuliyiinta xisbiga KULMIYE ee ka soo jeeda Gobolka Awdal oo isna halkaa ka hadlay ayaa faahfaahin ka bixiyey sababihiii dhaliyey in jaaliyada xisbiga KULMIYE daawadan keenaan iyo noocyada ay ka kooban tahayba, waxaannu sheegay in markii taageerayaashu mucaawimada helaan ee gacanta ku dhigeen ay la soo xidhiidheen xisbiga KULMIYE, waxayna sheegeen in ay hayaan koontiinar 4 fuudh ah oo daawooyin, qalabkii naafadda,

qalabkii dhakhtarada ee lagaga shaqaynayey tiyaatarrada qalliinka shaybaadho, sariirihii umulisooyinka iyo waxyaabo kale oo aad u qaali ah, waxaannu intaa raaciyey in KULMIYE ahaan heer qaran iyo heer gobolba ay ka hawlgaleen sidii loo diyaarin lahaa kharashkii daawadan dalka lagu soo gaadhsiin lahaa, isaga oo xusay in daawadani dalka ku soo gaadhay $15,000, taas oo uu xisbiga KULMIYE bixiyey oo habayaraatee aanay wax kootaro baan ah ahayn oo xisbi qaran lagu soo hagaajiyey.

Waxaannu Eng. Saylici xusay in tallaabadan ay xukuumaddu ka qaaday daawada KULMIYE ummadda ugu deeqay muusinayso digtaatoorinimo iyo wixii ummaddani ka soo dagaalantay.

“Waxa maanta dalka ka muuqata wixii laga soo dagaalamay iyo digtaatoorinimo is dheelitirkii iyo isku xidhnaantii ummadda ayaana la diidan yahay, dal nin kali ahi ka talinay weeye, KULMIYE-na waa xisbig qaran in uu magaciisa wax ku qaysado wax u diidayaa ma jiraan, sharci buuna u leeyahay, islaanyaro oo NGO wadata baa halkaa timaada oo saxaafad loo qabtaa laga wareegaa, markaa waxay dhimayso wixii KULMIYE bixiyo ee lo diidayo annagu garan mayno, markaa waxaannu leenahay arrintaas waa mid uu Madaxweynuhu ku khaldan yahay cid kalena lama wadaagto waanna magac diid uu magaca KULMIYE diidan yahay,” ayuu yidhi Eng. Saylici.

Sidoo kale waxa isaguna hadal kooban ka jeediyey Dr. Axmed Xaashi Oday oo isagu xisbiga KULMIYE wakiil uga ahaa qaybinta iyo la socodka daawadan, ayaa sheegay in daawadan dalka markii ay timi isaga loo gacan galiyey, isla markaana bakhaar ku xareeyey, kaas oo markii dambena ay Wasaaradda Caafimaadku kala wareegtay si lixda gobol iyo degmada Gabiley loogu qaybiyo, iyada oo ay baahidooda wasaaraddu eegayso, daawadana markii ay dalka timi waxa lagu qoray jaraa’idka wax la qarinayana may ahayn.”

Waxaannu intaa Dr. Oday intaa ku daray oo yidhi; “Waxaan u sheegay in Wasaaradda Caafimaadka ay ku heshiiyeen saddex qodob oo ahaa in ay xaflad nagala wareegaan, daawadu siday u dhantahay in la geeyo xarunta kaydinta daawada ee Wasaaradda Caafimaadka iyo inay gobol walba iyagu u qaybiyaan, KULMIYE-na ku dabagalo arrintaa, sidaas ayaana Wasaaradda Caafimaadka daawadii loogu soo wareejiyey.

Waxaannu sheegay Dr. Oday in sababta daawadan u diiday xukuumaddu inay kala wareegto KULMIYE ay tahay iyadoo magaca u diidan xisbiga. “Sababtu waxa weeyaan waxay xukuumaddu diidan tahay sumcada KULMIYE, Illaahay baana KULMIYE sumcadda u haya oo Ina Rayaale iyo daawanadan midna uma haysto, qodobka labaad waxa ku yaal daawada beelaha Maxamed Case, beelaha Maxaxmed Casena qolyihiina jaraa’idku waad la socotaan halkay taagan yihiin, sidee bayna beelaha Maxamed Case sumcad u yeesheen iyaga oo aan na soo marin annaga oo madaxdii ah, waayo Anwar [Agaasimaha Guud ee Caafimaadka] wuu nala ballamay wuu is beddelay, Wasiirka Caafimaadku wuu nala ballamay wuu is beddelay.

Iminka waxaannu sugaynaa Ina Rayaale oo nala ballama oo isna is beddela, oo waxay yidhaahdeen qoladani Ina Rayaale ayaa wax noosheegaya tolow isagu markuu isbeddelo yuu odhan doonaa wax bay ii sheegeen? Saxaafadda ayaana baadhi doonta cidda wax u sheegta anigu garan maayee, daawadana qiimaheedu waxa weeye $270,000 dollar, KULMIYE ahaana waxa nagaga baxay 15,000 dollar oo nooli ah. Haddaba, dawladda daawadan ay xaraysatay maxaa kaga baxay? Daawadana maadaama hadday istoodhka soo gashay aan la garanayn cid keentay in cid laga wareegay midna, halkaa waxa soo galaysa musuqmaasuq oo laga wado waxan in sidii doono loo galo,” ayuu yidhi Dr. Axmed Xaashi Oday.

Haseyeeshee, Wasiirka Caafimaadka Somaliland Md. Cabdi Haybe Maxamed, ayaa gaashaanka ku dhuftay eedaymaha uu u soo jeediyeen Guddoomiyaha iyo masuuliyiinta xisbiga KULMIYE, kuwaas oo uu ku tilmaamay waxba kama jiraan, isla markaana wixii daawooyin ah ee dalka yimaad ay masuul ka tahay Wasaaradda Caafimaadku.

“Daawadaa aad ka hadlayso wasaaraddu hore ayey ula wareegtay. Wasaaradda Caafimaadka ayaa cashuur-dhaaf u samaysay, wixii wasaaraddu cashuur-dhaaf u samaysana wasaaradda ayaa la wareegta, wixii daawo ku saabsan annagaa gaadhsiina gobollada qaybinana, siday tahayna annagaa ugu qaybina, wax xisbi leeyahayna ma ahayn ee waxay ahayd wax qurbo-jooggu soo direen, arrintaa [amar Madaxweynuhu ugu diiday inuu tago wareejinta daawooyinka] wax ka jiraana ma jiraan.” Sidaa waxa yidhi Md. Cabdi Haybe oo isna shalay saxaafaddu wax ka weydiiyeen eedaymaha uu xisbiga KULMIYE u soo jeediyey iyo sababta ay KULMIYE oo xisbi qaran ah ugala wareegi waayeen daawooyinka taageerayaashooda Maraykanku soo direen.
Waxa kale oo Wasiirka Caafimaadku ganafka ku dhuftay in Madaxweynuhu ku amray inaannu tegin wax xaflad ah oo xukuumaddu daawooyin kalagala wareegayso xisbiga KULMIYE.

Source: Jamhuriya

Djibouti's ruling coalition scoops pool

Djibouti's ruling coalition took all 65 seats in parliament

Djibouti's ruling coalition scoops pool
Djibouti opposition says official turnout figure ‘is a lie’ after boycotting parliamentary elections.
DJIBOUTI - Djibouti's ruling coalition took all 65 seats in parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition, the interior minister said Saturday, adding that turnout exceeded 72 percent, the highest for 15 years.
The opposition labelled Friday's exercise a "charade" and said the announced turnout was far from the reality.
Interior Minister Yacin Elmi Bou said 103,463 people had voted for the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) and 6,536 had returned blank or spoiled ballots.
"The turnout was 72.16 percent, the highest for 15 years," he said, while admitting that the relatively low abstention rate was due to almost a quarter of voters disappearing from the electoral roll.
Opposition parties who had called on their voters to stay at home said many Djiboutians had not bothered to register this time because they were "fed up" with the regime of President Ismael Omar Guelleh.
"For us, what happened yesterday was not remotely like an election. It was a farce," Ismail Guedi Hared, head of the three-party opposition Union for a Democratic Alternative (UAD).
"People did not vote yesterday, the 70 percent turnout is a lie," he charged.
The UAD won 38 percent of the vote in the last parliamentary polls in 2003 but this did not translate into any seats under Djibouti's first-past-the-post electoral system.
Djibouti is a poor but strategically significant African country on the Red Sea, housing both French and US military bases.

Source: Middle East Online

The Real Thing

Jill Scott is a strong lyricist, a treat really in modern R&B.

Unlike Angie Stone, the other modern R&B singer who actually understands the value of soul's roots (and whose singing can be a blend of creaminess and feistiness rather than some manufactured powerplay), Jill Scott rarely sticks to a lover's rhythm.

She can do some grind, a bit of North African a la Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan [Kaynaan], touches of hip-hop and pre-disco subtle grooves. Don't worry, smooth operators looking for music to seduce by, as she says in Come See Me, Scott is still up for some "passion and desire, innumerable fires", plenty of it actually (a woman is not a camel, etc, etc) but there's more on the go here than that.

The Real Thing is a quasi-concept album tracing the course of a relationship which ends badly and the rediscovery of optimism and desire - yes, the Celibacy Blues is not a permanent state. As the harsh Hate On Me and the contemplative How It Make You Feel show at either end of the spectrum, Scott is a strong lyricist, a treat really in modern R&B. It's why she brings something more to the show than mood and feel. The Real Thing won't change your world but it does nice work.

Source: SMH

Reporter’s Notebook: Arriving in Djibouti

By Michelle Tan - Staff writerPosted : Thursday Feb 7, 2008 16:23:06 EST

CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti — The initial bird’s eye view of Djibouti isn’t very impressive: dry river beds and a whole lot of nothing.

But as you get closer to Djibouti City, you see a messy jumble of shacks and small buildings, packed so tightly together they almost look like they overlap.
Photographer Sheila Vemmer said it looked like someone threw those houses across the city like confetti.

Vemmer and I landed in Djibouti at 2:16 p.m. on Feb. 6. We’re here for a month to write about and photograph U.S. troops and the work they do here.
After half a day, I can’t complain. So far, so good, and we’re looking forward to exploring the world outside the wire.

Camp Lemonier, the primary American military base in the region, is a typical military base. Home to about 2,000 troops, this will be our home base while we’re in country.
There’s a very fine looking gym, a basketball court, a Green Beans Coffee, a PX, a laundry facility, rows and rows of chus as far as the eye can see, all the standard amenities you’d find on most mid- to large-sized bases.

What’s not-so-standard is the cantina where soldiers can have three beers a night.
Vemmer and I checked out the cantina briefly tonight — but jet lag knocked us out of there early. I have a feeling we’ll be back.

Armytimes

Somalia: Djibouti Now a Major Stop for Asylum Seekers, Says UN

Djibouti has become part of a new migration route for Somali asylum seekers headed for the Middle East, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reported today.
Last year, 700 Somali asylum seekers escaped to Djibouti, but this year already over 550 asylum seekers and migrants have traveled from self-declared autonomous Somaliland region, in Somalia's north-west, into Djibouti.

Border authorities recently told a joint UNHCR/Government team that there is a continuous flow of asylum seekers in Somaliland as they try to gain entry into Djibouti.
"Previously, some asylum seekers would make a treacherous journey around the hilly region separating Djibouti and Somaliland to avoid being stranded at the border for days," UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond told reporters in Geneva.
The agency and the Government have requested that the asylum seekers - mainly young single people hoping to ultimately make it to Yemen - be allowed into Djibouti in accordance with that country's international obligations.
They are also considering creating a reception facility in close proximity to the border to receive and screen asylum seekers before transferring them to the Ali Addeh camp which currently houses 7,000 refugees.

Some of these refugees have said that they have lived in settlements for internally displaced persons (IDPs) but have received little assistance and have no ways to make a living, according to UNHCR.
Smugglers have been roaming Somaliland and offering to take asylum seekers and migrants by boat directly across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen, or to northern Djibouti before crossing to Yemen, border authorities have cautioned.
UNHCR again urged greater efforts to protect those trying to make the dangerous trip across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen. Last year, of the nearly 3,000 people who arrived in Yemen, 1,400 people who attempted to cross the Gulf died or are missing.

Source: UN

End of Alberta health premiums heralds Stelmach's election call

KATHERINE O'NEILL
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
February 5, 2008 at 3:50 AM EST

EDMONTON — Less than one hour before calling a provincial election yesterday, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party surprised many by announcing plans to scrap health-care premiums.

It was a major reversal for the 37-year-old government, which for years has resisted calls to stop collecting the much-loathed fees, which cost an average family about $1,056 a year and rake in $1-billion annually for the treasury.
The Alberta Liberal Party called the move, which was outlined in yesterday's Speech from the Throne, desperate and yet another sign that the political dynasty is out of ideas.
All of the Tories' political rivals are planning to campaign heavily on the idea that political change is needed in the oil-rich province.

But Tory Leader Ed Stelmach is already insisting the campaign will be about trust.
"It's time for Albertans to decide who they trust to manage Alberta's growth and make the most of this unique moment in our history," the 56-year-old former farmer told reporters in Edmonton shortly after calling an election for March 3.
This will be the first election test for Mr. Stelmach since he became party leader in December, 2006. He replaced Ralph Klein, who retired from politics after being premier for almost 14 years.
The Tories have governed Alberta since 1971, but in recent years have been called out-of-touch, tired and bereft of ideas on how to handle the debt-free province's explosive growth and oil and gas wealth.
Mr. Stelmach said the political dynasty has a plan and is full of "fresh ideas."
Its platform will include a range of promises, including plans to save more oil and gas revenues, introduce new environmental protection laws and phase out health-care premiums over the next four years.
For years, the right-wing Tories strenuously resisted the idea, even as the debt-free province's coffers overflowed with oil and gas revenues. The fees, which are collected from individuals and employers, was instituted in 1969 by the provincial Social Credit government. British Columbia and Ontario also charge health-care premiums.
Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft said his party had already been calling for the premiums to be scrapped and the Tories' move yesterday "just shows how out of ideas they are.
"People are looking for a fresh start. We are that fresh start," he told reporters.
Polls have suggested that this election will give the Conservatives their 11th majority government. The party came to office 37 years ago on a platform of much-needed change, defeating another political dynasty, the Social Credit Party.
However, despite a booming economy, the polls also show that a large block of voters are unsure about who should lead Canada's economic powerhouse next. It's also unclear whether thousands of newcomers who have flooded into Alberta since the boom began will influence the outcome.
The party leaders are expected to begin crisscrossing the province today in an attempt to woo voters. The Tories are planning to campaign under the slogan: "Change that works for Albertans."
Mr. Taft has conceded it's a David versus Goliath battle, because the Tories' election war chest is rumoured to be in the millions of dollars.
He expects the Tories will wage an intense "air war" with pricey radio and television commercials. The Liberals, whose slogan is "It's time," aren't disclosing their election budget, but the party still owes $473,000 from previous campaigns.
The timing of the vote is already creating a minor controversy for the Tories.
March 3 marks the third anniversary of the Mayerthorpe massacre. In 2005, four Alberta RCMP officers were shot to death while they investigated a grow-op and stolen auto-parts operation at a farm northwest of Edmonton.
Mr. Stelmach faced difficult questions from reporters about that yesterday, and also whether he was abusing government resources by holding a news conference for partisan purposes at the legislature after calling the election.
Mr. Stelmach also dodged questions about Mr. Klein's recent prediction that the Tories will win another majority but lose seats.
"There are many, many political comments that have been made. The most important poll is March 3," he said.

Source: globeandmail.com

Obama, Romney lead in California on Super Tuesday

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened narrow leads on Hillary Clinton in California and Missouri one day before crucial "Super Tuesday" nominating contests in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.

In the Republican race, Arizona Sen. John McCain solidified his double-digit leads over Mitt Romney in New York and New Jersey, but Romney expanded his lead in California, the biggest prize on "Super Tuesday."

Obama and Clinton were deadlocked in New Jersey, and Obama enjoyed a double-digit advantage over Clinton in Georgia in two other Democratic contests on the biggest single day of voting ever in a U.S. presidential nominating campaign.

Obama, an Illinois senator, and Clinton, a New York senator, have waged a bitter duel for the Democratic presidential nomination, competing for votes from coast to coast after splitting the first four significant contests.

"The momentum is with Obama," said pollster John Zogby. "If this trend continues it could be a very big night for him."

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, led McCain 40 percent to 32 percent in California, where the margin of error was 3.3 percentage points. A win in California, the most populous state, could help puncture McCain's growing momentum in the Republican nomination fight.
McCain won the last two contests, in South Carolina and Florida, to seize the front-runner's slot in a hard-fought Republican race despite qualms among some conservatives about his past views on taxes, immigration and campaign finance.

"Romney is widening his lead in California and has a really big advantage with conservatives," Zogby said. "Romney winning California would give some Republicans pause when they look at McCain as the potential nominee."

Romney said he would cut short a scheduled trip to Georgia and fly back to California on Monday for a last-minute campaign visit.
'A GOOD SHOT'
"People there are taking a real close look at the race and it looks like I've got a good shot there," Romney told reporters.
In Missouri, McCain leads former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by 35 percent to 27 percent, with Romney in third place at 24 percent. The margin of error was 3.4 percentage points.
"Huckabee and Romney are splitting the anti-McCain vote in states like Missouri," Zogby said.
The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby rolling tracking poll surveyed presidential races in both parties in California, New Jersey and Missouri. The polls also looked at the Republican race in New York and the Democratic race in Georgia. Polling will continue for one more night.
In California, Obama gained two points on Clinton overnight to lead 46 percent to 40 percent, with a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points. Obama wiped out a 1-point Clinton advantage in Missouri to take a 47 percent to 42 percent lead, with a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
The two rivals were deadlocked at 43 percent in New Jersey, with 10 percent still undecided. Obama had a 17-point edge in Georgia, aided by a more than 3-to-1 edge among black voters.
Both Democrats continued to build a strong base of support, with Clinton favored by women, Hispanics and elderly voters and Obama favored by blacks, men and young voters.

The new poll found McCain, who could be on the path to the Republican nomination with a strong performance on Tuesday, doubling Romney's support in New Jersey and doing even better in New York.
All of the presidential contenders are aiming on Tuesday to win a big share of the national convention delegates who choose the nominees. More than half of the total Democratic delegates are up for grabs on Tuesday, and about 40 percent of the Republican delegates.
The rolling polls in all five states were taken Friday through Sunday with samples ranging from 835 likely Republican voters in New Jersey to 967 likely Democratic voters in California.
In a rolling poll, the most recent day's results are added while the oldest day's results are dropped in order to track changing momentum.
(Editing by Patricia Zengerle)
(For more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)

Source: reuters