Somali refugees in the Netherlands protest

- Dozens of Somali refugees spent last night on the pavement outside the office of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) in the southern Dutch city of Den Bosch. The group are protesting about restrictions that have been placed on their freedom of movement.

The 77 Somalis have all had their requests for asylum turned down and are waiting to be deported. However, the Dutch Council of State decided two weeks ago that Somalia was still too unsafe for them to be forced to return. The Council also ruled that they must not be kept in detention, so they were placed in an asylum seekers’ centre and ordered not to leave the surrounding district and to report daily to the authorities. The refugees say they feel they are being treated as criminals and would rather sleep on the street than live in an asylum centre.  Speaking to Dutch press agency Novum, one of the men said, “We want to live like normal people, not like criminals.”

A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Gerd Leers told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that the minister will not be influenced by the protest.  He said the Somalis were free to return voluntarily to their homeland if they were unhappy with their treatment in the Netherlands.

SourceL RNW

X/Dhiban Qabile Oo Ururka Al-Islaax Ee Hargeysa Lagaga Dhawaaqay Ku Eedeeyay Xukuumada

“Horta waxa la yaab leh oo Amakaag iyo Fajac-na keentay, waa markii ugu horaysay ee Ururka Al-Islaax lagu dhex-arko isaga oo badheedhaya Somaliland''. Xildhibaan Qabile

- Xildhibaan Maxamed Faarax Qabile oo ka tirsan Golaha Wakiiladda Somaliland ayaa Ururka Xagjirka ah ee Al-Islaax ee lagaga dhawaaqay Todobaadkii hore Magaaladda Hargeysa ku tilmaamay fadeexad dhabta u saaran Xukuumadda Somaliland, isla-markaana tilmaamay in Mabaadi’da Ururkaasi laga sii daayo TV-ga Qaranka ay tahay arrin tuhun galinaysa in Xukuumaddu ku lug leedahay.

Xildhibaan Qabile ayaa sidoo kale Warsaxafadeedkii ay shalay soo saartay Wasaaradda Warfaafintu ee shaqada ay kaga joojinaysay Wargeyska Hubaal ku tilmaamay mid gef iyo meel ka dhac ku ah Xeerka Saxaafada ee dhaqan-galka ah Xeer Lr 27 2004-kii iyo Madaxbanaanida Distooriga ah ee Saxaafada madaxabanaan, isaga oo Wasiirka Warfaafinta iyo wacyigalinta Cabdi Yuusuf Ducaale (Boobe) uga digay inuu faro-galiyo Saxaafada madaxbanaan, ugu-na baaqay inuu Ixtiraamo Xeerka anshaxa Saxaafada Somaliland.

Zenawi's exit? Why EAC should worry

Security: Regionally, Zenawi has been one of the key players in the fight against the Somali militant organisation Al Shabaab. He has also been crucial in mediating in the dispute between Sudan and South Sudan.

Infrastructure: Zenawi has also been one of the movers behind massive development projects like Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Project (LAPSSET).

Stability: Many analysts in the region worry about the political situation in a post-Zenawi Ethiopia, and are sceptical that the country can pull off a smooth transition.

Geopolitics: Led by Ethiopia, which contributes to over 80 per cent of the Nile’s water, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda signed an agreement on the Nile River Basin Co-operative Framework in 2010 without the involvement of Sudan and Egypt. With Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi seriously ill, East African leaders need to start worrying about what his impending exit will mean for the region

Read more:

http://www.dailyethiopia.com/index.php?aid=1233

Urur Siyaasadeedka UDHIS Ayaa Dacwad Ku Furay Gudida Doorashooyinka S/land *Dhegta maal*

- Urur ka mid ah 15-ka urur-siyaasadeed ee cusub ee laga aasaasay dalka jamhuuriyada diimuqraadiga ah ee Somaliland oo magaciisa la yidhaa UDHIS, kana mid ahaa ururadii 9-ka ahaa ee ku hadhay wareegii kala reebka ahaa ee lagu kala shaandheenayay ururada cusub, ayaa maanta dacwad ka dhan ah gudida diiwaan galinta iyo go'aankiiba u gudbiyay maxkamda.

Uuruka UDHIS ayaa ku dacwoonaya in go'aanka ay gudida diiwaan galintu ku reebtay ururkoodu uu ahaa mid aan waafaqsanayn sharciga dalka u yaal oo baal-marsan. Iyaga oo ku andacoonaya in marka horeba aanay gudida diiwaangalintu awood u lahayn inay ururada siyaasada kala reebaaan. Waxa kale oo ay sheegeen masuuliyiinta UDHIS oo ay ku doodeen in ay jirto awood kale oo qarsoon oo u yeedhinaysay gudida diiwaan galintu cida ay reebayso iyo cida ay sii daynayso. Dhanka kale, looyarka u dacwiyaya dawlada ayaa isagu aan faalo badan ka bixin aragtida dawlada. Waatan war-bixin ay arintan ka diyaarisay Somali-Voa.

*Dhegta maal*

http://www.voanews.com/somali/news/Somaliland-Urur-siyaasadeed-Dacwad-Horgeyeey-Maxkamadda-Sare-164258816.html

Accused barbecue shooter is Somalian refugee

TORONTO - An accused gunman charged with firing a weapon at a Scarborough barbeque where two people were killed and 23 others wounded arrived in Canada as a refugee from Somalia seeking a better life, border officials say.

But the 19-year-old allegedly “fell in with the wrong crowd” after obtaining Canadian citizenship, officers of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said.

The officers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said since he has been granted Canadian citizenship, it would be nearly impossible to deport him in the event of a conviction.

Nahom Tsegazab, 19, of Toronto, has been charged with the reckless discharge of a firearm. He is expected back in court this week and is the only suspect charged in the July 16 mass shooting.

Wasiirkii Hore Ee Diinta Iyo Awqaafta Oo Ka Digay Khatarta Ka Soo Socota Ururka Al-Islaax

“Ama Islaax Ha La Baxaan Ama Amabssador Ha Ku Shiraane Waxay Ku Dhisan Yihiin Midabayn, Shacabka Reer Somaliland Madhabtoodu Waa Shaaficiya, Ninkuu Dhuumanayow Ee Dhabarku Muuqdow Waa Lagugu Dhaw-Yahay” Sheekh Aayatule

- Wasiirkii hore Diinta iyo awqaafta Somaliland ee Xukuumaddii Marxuum Cigaal Sheekh Axmed Muxumed Axmed (Aayatule) ayaa sheegay in Ururka xagjirka ah ee Al-Islaax ee Isniintii Todobadkii hore lagaga dhawaaqay Hotel Ambassador ee Magaaladda Hargeysa uu yahay Ururadda Diinta ku soo gabada ee Xaaladaha qalalaase ka rida Dalalka Geeska Afrika iyo guud ahaan-ba caalamka, timaamayna in khilaaf Diimeed oo dalka xiligan laga abuuraa uu keeni karo xaalad qalalaase iyo amnidaro, isla markaana Shacabiga reer Somaliland ugu baaqay inay ka feejignaadaan Ururada Xag-jirka ah ee ku soo gabanaya magaca Diinta.

Sheekh Aayatule waxa uu sidaas ku sheegay Xog-waraysi khaas ah oo uu Wargeyska Haatuf xalay ku siiyey khadka Telefoonka isaga oo ku sugan Magaaladda Hargeysa, kaas oo uu sidoo kale ku sheegay in Xukuumadda Somaliland ay talaabo ka qaado kooxaha Diinta ku soo gabanaya ee Mabaa’diida Xag-jirnimada aaminsan, cadeeyayna in Shacabiga reer Somaliland Mad-habtoodu tahay Shaaficiya, Caqiidadooduna tahay Ehlu-suna waljamaac.

Aroos. Wiil Iyo Gabadh Indho L'a Oo Is-guursaday!

Somalia: Organic peace is needed

- By contrast, Somaliland entity, the northern part of Somalia (former British Somaliland) that declared its independence on May 18, 1991, is peaceful and the level of stability is impressive. The local indigenous clans built pluralistic political institutions that are organic. Two presidential polls took place with a peaceful transfer of power, one in 2003 and another in 2010. Despite its achievements, Somaliland’s independence has been not recognized because the United Nations and the US State Department still pretend Somaliland is a part of the failed state of Somalia.

For decades, the international community made more than 16 attempts, including foreign military interventions, to establish a central government in Mogadishu — the ground zero of the failed state of Somalia. None of those interferences achieved success. In fact, America gave up on Somalia after the death of 18 US Rangers in the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” tragedy. After 9/11, everything changed, including America’s decision to limit involvement in Somalia to a narrow focus on counter-terrorism and more recently, combating piracy.

Somali clans are not religion-based. With their nomadic lifestyle and strong clan-based system, they are more interested in controlling scarce resources....

Read more

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/somalia-organic-peace-needed

Globolization: Vice Or Virtue For Somaliland.

''We receive around US dollars 500 million from Somaliland Diasporas annually. Does livestock trade give us that much? I don’t think so,....'' Abdi

- Somaliland has a territory that occupies an area of 137,600 km square, virtually eight times bigger than Djibouti, and a coast of around 850 km. Somaliland economy is and has been dependent traditionally on livestock. The country is naturally endowed with pastoral land well-suited to animal rearing. Moreover, Berbera port is the most suitable outlet for exporting livestock not only for Somaliland and Somalia but for entire horn of Africa. Back to Somaliland nomad economy before exposure to outside world namely Arabs and Europeans, Somalilanders were self-sufficient and squarely reliant for their livelihood on livestock and their byproducts.

Somallilanders started to export livestock to Arab countries just in the early years of last century. Some of you may get flabbergasted if I say that some of the merchants who launched the livestock trade are still alive.When it comes to foreign aid, Somalilanders has not been recipient of such thing until very recently. This shows that we had been auto-sufficient before we have opened up to outside world. Despite being nomads with all its associated hardships, we feel nostalgia for the well-balanced environmental ecology that provided us a very proud, independent livelihood for hundreds of years.

Gud. Akadamiyada Hidaha & Dhaqanka Puntland Oo Hargaysa Kula Kulmay Siyaasiyiin Beeshooda

- Gudoomiyaha Akadamiga Hiddaha iyo Dhaqanka maamul goboleedka Puntland Abwaan Axmed Sheekh Jaamac oo socdaal ku yimid caasimada Somaliland ee Hargeysa ayaa ka hadlay ujeedada safarkiisa Hargeysa iyo waxyaalaha soo jiitay muddadii uu dalka ku sugnaa, kaas oo sidoo kale sheegay in dadka ku hadla Af-somaliga iyo caalamkaba ay Somaliland kaga daydaan waxyaabo badan oo uu ku arkay bandhigii buuggaagta ee dhawaan lagu soo bandhigay Hoolka hay’ada shaqaalaha ee Hargeysa.

Abwaan Axmed Sheekh Jaamac ayaa sidoo kale waxa uu ka hadlay kulamo uu la yeeshay masuuliyiinta xukuumada iyo golayaasha Somaliland kaga jira beelaha Harti iyo xubnaha kaga jiray xukuumadihii hore, isagoo dhinaca kalena ka hadlay shakhsiyadooda iyo waayo-aragnimadooda siyaasadeed. Gudoomiyaha Akadamiyada Hiddaha iyo Dhaqanka Puntland Axmed Sheekh Jaamac oo kamid ah aqoonyahanada magaca weyn ee ka soo jeeda gobolka Sool oo aanu shalay xogwaraysi khaasa kula yeelanay magaalada Hargeysa, kaas oo dhinacyo badan uu kaga hadlay ayaa waxa uu u dhacay sidan:-

Olympic 2012: Somaliland Inay Ka Qayb gashaa Gar Ahayd Oo Somalia Ka Maqnaataa

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'Aan is aqoonsano waa aan wax-is-tarno oo walaalowno, aan is-dafirno-na waa aan is-dhibaatayno oo col-ahaano''! CCX

- Ciyaaraha Olympic-ga ah ee la qabto dhawrkii sanadood-ba mar ayaa ah dhacdo taariikhi ah oo ay aduunyadu ku kulanto, oo tartamo todobaadyo socda oo jaadad badan leh aad iyo aad-na u tayaysan lagu soo bandhigo, kuwaas oo yoolkooda iyo gudoonsigooduba yahay taabista (hanashada) koobabka loo dhigay ciyaaraha ''nin-walooba taagtaa iyo tamartaa waa waxaad ku tartaa''!

In la qabtaa iyo in laga qayb galaa tartankan Olymipc-ahi waxay u baahan tahay dadaal iyo mitidnimo dheeraad ah. Halkan hadaba kaga hadli mayno qabashada dhacdadan ama inad noqoto dalka dunida marti galinaya sida UK (Olympic-2012) oo waa hawl aan wali Africa-ba gaadhine, hadaan u leexsho qalinka dhanka ka qayb-galista; waxa ma huraan ah ugu yaraan in qofka ka qayb-galayaa tartanka caalamiga ah uu caafimaad qabaa! Caafimaad qabka waxa lagu qeexaa caalami ahaa sidan; inaan qofka dhibaato ka haysan jidhka, maskaxda iyo bulshoda ''WHO-definition of Health: Physical, Mental and Social Well-being''.

Sh. Mustafe Xaaji Ismaaciil: ''Isku-kalsoonida''

Designing a Donor Fund for Somaliland

- STATT was recruited by DANIDA and DFID to provide analysis and facilitate consultations towards the design of a donor fund for Somaliland. STATT’s White Hat Program and Resonance Program combined to provide expertise in both aid effectiveness and fragile states. The consultations took place during a period in which, after decades of war and instability, some hope has emerged that a peaceful and durable settlement might be possible for what has been viewed as an intractable conflict in Somalia.

The situation in Somaliland, the semi-autonomous region in the north of Somalia, has never been more positive in recent decades. Successful free and fair Presidential elections in 2010 and more than a decade of comparative stability have strengthened the argument that the region is now well-placed to achieve real and lasting development. In this respect, the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) is intended to provide a critical dividend to stability and make a significant contribution to the country’s development.

Dastuurka Jamhuuriyadda Diimuqaadiga ah Ee Somaliland Ee 97% Dadkiisu Ugu Codeeyay ''HAA''

ARAR

* Iyada oo uu ayidsan yahay go'aamaddi Shirkii Beelaha Somaliland ee Burco ee 27-kii April ilaa 5-tii May 1991-kii ee lagula soo noqday madax-bannaanida laga soo bilaabo 18 May, 1991kii;

Iyada oo uu ka shidaal qaadanayo Shirweynihii Guurtida Beelaha Somaliland ee Boorame ee 24-kii january ilaa 25-kii May 1993-kii ee lagu guddoonsaday Axdiga Qaranka, kaas oo;

- Waajibeyey in muddada kala guurka ah Ia diyaariyo, aftina loo qaado Dastuur Qaran oo beddela Axdiga Qaranka.

- Si cad u taabtay mabaadi’da Dastuurka iyo qaab-dhismeedka Dawladda lyada oo uu ku qanacsan yahay xaqa aan cidina ka duudsiyi karin ee uu u lee yahay aaya-katashigiisa.

Iyada oo uu waayo-arag u yahay cawaaqib xumada Dastuur aan ku salaysnayn caqiidada, dhaqanka /yo doonista ummadda ee lagu soo maamulayey muddo soddon sannadood ah;

Read more:

http://www.somalilandlaw.com/Distoorka_oo_Dhan.htm

The Guardian: Somaliland's thriving livestock business – in pictures

''In Somaliland, where farm animals easily outnumber people, livestock contributes 60-65% of the gross domestic product. Most hard currency is generated through the export of livestock and 60% of people depend on livestock for a living. The market in Hargeisa and the port of Berbera are at the centre of this thriving business'' The Guardian

- A former British protectorate, Somalilandwas created in the 1880s to ensure supplies of meat for troops in the British Indian outpost in Aden, hence its nickname, "Aden's butcher's shop". These days, millions of animals are shipped every year from Berbera's port, built by the Soviet Union during the cold war, and it provides an economic lifeline for Somaliland. In 2010, 2.5 million cattle were exported through the port, with about 78% going to Saudi Arabia, 20% to Yemen and the rest to Egypt and Oman. Livestock and remittances are the mainstays of the economy, with livestock production contributing 60-65% of gross domestic product and most hard currency generated through the export of livestock.

Read more......''WATCH Pictures'';

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2012/jul/27/somaliland-livestock-business-in-pictures?newsfeed=true

Berbera Port And Pastoralism Prove Livestock's Worth In Somaliland: Mark Tran

- With its stretches of wasteland covered with rubbish and dotted with rubble and ruined buildings, its scruffy vendors' shacks and broiling heat, the coastal town of Berbera is no beauty spot.

A former British protectorate, Somaliland was created in the 1880s to ensure supplies of meat for troops in the British Indian outpost in Aden, hence its nickname, "Aden's butcher's shop". These days, millions of animals are shipped every year from Berbera's port, built by the Soviet Union during the cold war, and it provides an economic lifeline for Somaliland.

In 2010, 2.5 million cattle were exported through the port, with about 78% going to Saudi Arabia, 20% to Yemen and the rest to Egypt and Oman. Livestock and remittances are the mainstays of the economy, with livestock production contributing 60-65% of gross domestic product and most hard currency generated through the export of livestock. Given Berbera's importance to Somaliland's economy, huge responsibility rests on Ali Omar Mohamed, 50, who has been general manager of the port on and off since 1994. On the first day of Ramadan, on 20 July, he took a couple of visitors on a tour of the port on a blisteringly hot day.

One can be Dutch and Muslim at the same time

- A few years ago, I had a conversation in a mosque in Rotterdam with two Muslim girls who were about 6 or 7 years old. They asked me, in fluent Dutch, if I was Turkish. I explained that I was Dutch, and had in fact converted to Islam. At one point during our exchange, one of them said, “So back when you were still Dutch ... ” This innocent statement reveals a sad reality: These children, born and raised in the Netherlands, were already “programmed” to think that people cannot be both Dutch and Muslim. Many young Muslims who were born in the Netherlands feel alienated in society, which is illustrated by conversations like this one. This feeling can lead to stereotyping, and a disconnect between Muslims and non-Muslims.

Despite this, through my work as the director of the Platform for Islamic Organizations Rijnmond (SPIOR) – the Netherlands’ only local Muslim umbrella organization, comprised of mosques and grassroots Muslim organizations around Rotterdam – I am optimistic about the impact of a number of people looking for positive connections and common ground. As was the case in the West, the events of 9/11 were a turning point for Muslims in the Netherlands. People who before 9/11 were considered guest laborers, migrants or ethnic minorities were suddenly identified as Muslims.

Dawladaa I Duudsidee, Waligay Dalkayga Ma Hakran: Abwaan Haybe Faarax Nuur

Xidiga cirkee sare

Xarun taan ka siiyee (Xukumada)

Iyaduna I xoortaay!!!

Xumey dirirkii baaqdaay

Xansheerkaba iyadoon furin

Xariirteeda kala fidin

Xubxubaydin daahyada

Xalka nabada daydayin

Xakamayn waraabaha

Ayay tuute xidhatee!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              (Abwaan Haybe Faarax Nuur)

 

- “Waxaan idiinka balanqaadayaa in ay ummadu siday igu doorteen,een horeba barnaamijka u cadeeyey u noqdo mid u siman shacbiga reer Soomaaliland,cadaalad ku dhaqa.....” (Khudbadii Madaxweyne Axmed Maxamed Siilaanyo July 27,2010). Horaantii sideetamaadkii ayaa sharcigii wadankii la odhan jiray Soomaaliya u shaqeeyey askariga qoriga haystaa siduu doono.Sidaa darteed ayaa sharciyada dadka lagu xidhi karo lagu darey xeerka qodobkiisu yahay “anigaa awood leh” ,tirsigiisuna yahay “ku qosle Kabtan kufay’… Xeerkan ayaa lagu qaadey dad ku qoslay mar uu nin sarkaal ahaa ku kufay magaalada Burco dhexdeeda. Dadkaasi ayaa xabsiga ku mutay jabinta xeerkaa,siiba tirsigiisa ah ku qosle kabtan kufay…

Imprisoned refugees thrown on Sana’a streets

- African refugees and asylum seekers demonstrated outside the Human Rights Ministry in Hadda on Monday morning, protesting excessive force used by Yemeni security forces to remove them from the country’s immigration prison the previous evening. According to the former prisoners, security forces forcibly removed them from the prison. Security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets, the former prisoners said, throwing tear gas canisters into cells to disorient them, before dragging them out and beating them with steel rods. Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali refugees who were in the prison now live on the streets.

Following last year’s 11-month demonstration, refugees set up tents outside UNHCR’s Sana’a office before being removed by Yemeni security forces. UNHCR said it offered the refugees a one-time payment to end demonstrations outside the office. Refugees said they were offered $400 per family, though those who accepted UNHCR’s offer said they only received $200 of the promised $400.

During the height of the political uprising, refugees—facing increased violence from Yemeni security forces—demanded a durable and permanent solution to their situations.

Sheekh Dirir: Qabsashada Kitaabka & Sunnaha

Sarkaal Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland Ka Tirsan Oo Ka Soo Qalin-jabiyay Kulliyad Ku Taal Dalka UK

- Major Cawil Ibraahim Aadan (Galbeedi) oo ka tirsan ciidamadda qarranka Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland ayaa ka qallin-jabiyey kuuliyadda tababarka ciidamadda ee dalka ingiriiska waxaana uu Major Galbeedi ka mid ahaa saraakiil ka socotay ciidamadda ugu yaraan toban dawladood oo dunida dacaladeeda iskaga kala timid kuwaasi oo tababaro kala duwan ku qaadanaayey kulliyadda tababarka ee dalka ingiriiska.

Sarkaalkani Galbeedi oo noqday sarkaalkii ugu horeeyey ee ciidamadda qarranka Somaliland ka tirsan ee tan iyo intii Somaliland madax banaanideeda kala soo noqotay Soomaaliya tababar heerkaasi ah gaadha ayaa dalalka uu tababarkani la qaatay waxaa ka mid ahaa Britain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia , Nigeria, Oman ,Somaliland ,South Sudan, Ukraine, India, Jamaica, South Korea iyo dalal kale.

Tababarkani uu qaatay Major Col. Cawil Galbeedi ayaa iskugu jiray qaybo kala duwan sida qaabka hubka, dagaal gelinta, tababarista ciidamadda, hagista iyo furdaaminta taktikadda ciidamadda iyo weliba qaybo kala duwan, waxaana bixinaayey casharadaasi waaxda tababaradda ciidamadda ee dalka ingiriiska.

Sh. Mustafe: Kacdoonka Ka-Socda Carabta/Islamka

You clever old goat

- And Dr Bihi sets out to "educate" the boy in the ways of finance. Jude likes stories, so he tells him the story of how he, the doctor, became a billionaire back in Somaliland by way of a single goat, creating a culture of futures and electronic trading of goats that swept the world markets, producing hundreds of billionaires in a free market dedicated to the theories of Adam Smith (born 1723), the recognised father of capitalism. The explanation is blindingly simple, exquisitely obvious, and overwhelmingly rewarding (the good doctor explains it a lot better than my economics lecturers at university), in all its tempting lures. The bubble created ends up "earning" 14 trillion dollars profit for the United Nations before it bursts in the "invisible" hand of Adam Smith.

This benefactor of mankind is, after all, far greater than those who believed in a controlled economy and regulation, such as Stalin and Mao, his theories allowed to triumph in Somaliland where there was no government to speak of, and therefore trade was not overburdened with regulation. Just as will be the case in Ireland under Charles J Haughey, Dr Bihi enthuses to his young acquaintance.

Read more:

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/you-clever-old-goat-3175315.html

Somaliland moves towards new banking era

- Without formal banks, Somaliland lacks cash machines or credit card facilities, obliging visitors to the country to bring in wads of dollars. But that is about to change as the former British protectorate is poised to pass a banking law that will, for the first time, allow companies to operate as formal banks, offering services taken for granted throughout much of the world. Somaliland paved the way for the new banking regime when it passed a law in April formally establishing a central bank.

It has been a long time coming. Somaliland has existed – albeit without international recognition – since 1991, when it broke away from Somalia and declared itself a republic. For now, Somalilanders rely on remittance companies, notably Dahabshiil – one of Africa's biggest money-transfer companies, for their financial needs.

Dahabshiil is run by the irrepressible Abdirashid Duale, who is busy planning the company's next phase. From its humble beginnings in the north-western town of Burao, the company – founded by Abdirashid's father, Mohamed Said Duale, in 1970 – has become a money-transfer powerhouse, operating in 155 countries, including all Somali-speaking regions – Somaliland, Somalia, Djibouti and parts of Ethiopia.

Hadraawi: Maansadii ''Anuun-baa Hooyadaa Ah''

Guusha ''Dahab-shiil'' Ha Ka Nixine Ku Naax Waa Inoo Wada Dane

''Gunaanadka; Dahab-shiil iyo qofkii kale ee wax-qabsabada ha lagu naaxo guushiisa ee yaan laga nixin''! CCX

- Waa wax dabiici ah in lib kasta oo la gaadhaa jaadka ay doontaba ha lahaatee ay cariso damacyo ku lidi noqda oo isku-daya inay hagaasiyaan, kala dhantaalaan ama ugu yari carsho-carsheeyaan oo ay caris-qalaan, aawanida ay guushaa timid ku kobcayso. Malahayga hadaanan seeganayn waxa maskaxda meel durugsan ka biniinixaya hal-kudhig Fisigis (Physics) ahaa oo odhan jiray; '' Walax kastaaba xooga/xawaaraha ay ku socoto mid la mid ah oo caabiya ayaa ka horyimaada''. Waa run!

Qorshayaal male-awaal ah iyo hamo fidsan oo lagu najaxayo oo lagu riyoodaa qofnaba kuma yara, nin kastaaba itaalkiisa maskaxda ilaahay siiyay waa u tuujiyaa, inta-badanse halka ay fikradu ku dhalato uunbay hadana ku siqiirtaa oo masii tamariso. Sidaasi oo ay tahay, hadana dadka qaar-baa ilaahay suduuda hagaagsan cagta ugu ridaa oo uu waafajiyaa tooduna u rumowdaa, kuwaasi waa kuwa wax kasta oo aduunkan aan ku noolnahay macno ku leh maankoodu curiyay ee ay gacmahooduna maleegeen. Waa kuwa saamaynta iyo raadka ugu wayn ku yeeshay nolosheena! Bal qiyaas aduunyada oo sidii Ilaahay ku abuuray uun ah oo aan wax bani-aadam sameeyay dusheeda saarayn, sidee ayaa ay noqon lahayd! Kolaba tan haatan ina kulmisay ee Kumbuyuutarada leh ma ay ahaateen!

Ayaan to receive Facial Reconstruction Surgery in Australia: EDNA ADEN

- Those of you who have been following Edna’s work for a long time will be aware of her efforts to find help for Ayaan who, as a small child, was shot in the face Somaliland’s war to regain its independence. A web site, HelpAyaan.org, was created, a YouTube video was produced, and sufficient funds were raised but it took a long time before everything finally came together.

At last, all appears settled. Edna has made the following announcement:

“I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Rotarians in Brisbane, Australia, who are supporting Ayaan to finally get her face fixed. We have been trying for many years to help Ayaan but there has been one obstacle after the other until now. Let’s hope there will be no more disappointments for Ayaan this time.

“We are so grateful to the surgeon in Brisbane who has offered to help Ayaan free of charge with the surgery that she needs. Blessings to him.

Mary Harper sees a country in microcosm at the Hargeisa International Book Fair: SOMALILAND

- Shortly after I posted a blog about a book fair in Somaliland, I received a comment from a contributor to a highly respected international magazine. He asked whether it was a joke. As if I was making the whole thing up. The Hargeisa International Book Fair is most certainly not a joke. It is now in its fifth year running and, as its name suggests, is truly international.

It is international in the sense that Somali authors, poets, artists, musicians and intellectuals from all over the world were invited to the event, reflecting the truly globalised nature of the Somali people. They have always been outward looking due to their geographical location and long seaboard, but the past two-and-a-half decades of conflict have forcibly displaced about a third of the Somali population, scattering them far and wide across the globe.

The international Somalis invited to the book fair included the young British-Somali author of the prize-winning novel, Black Mamba Boy, Nadifa Mohamed, the US-based Somali poet, Said Salah, and the respected Somali journalist and thinker, Mahamoud Sheikh Dalmar, who returned to Somaliland from Britain for the first time in thirty-six years.

Somaliland bottles its hopes in Coca-Cola plant

- A $17m bottling plant in Somaliland is the biggest private investment in a country that desperately needs foreign funds. It is Africa's, if not the world's, most isolated Coca-Cola bottling plant, a large shiny white-and-red hangar-like building in the middle of nowhere, with camels and black-headed sheep as neighbours. Inaugurated in May by Somaliland's president, Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo, the plant has been described as a diamond in the desert. It lies an hour's drive from the capital, Hargeisa, travelling along the two-lane road to Berbera – much in need of repair – then along a bumpy track that runs past spiky acacia trees, swaths of aloe vera plants and the occasional darting dik-dik, a tiny antelope.

Just before the plant, there is a military cadet training site, with a blindingly white three-story building refurbished with UK aid. The place used to house Russian tanks during the cold war. Thick brown stone walls with rusty iron beams poking out are all that is left of the Russian presence; anything that could be removed has gone. The bottling plant with the bright red logo SBI – Somaliland Beverage Industries – is just beyond the Russian ruins. Three thick breeze blocks lie outside the entrance, which is protected by armed guards. Inside the gate, the 6,000 square metre bottling plant/warehouse, complete with a set of solar panels, dominates the compound. But just as striking are the manicured green lawns watered by sprinklers outside a row of white flats that house 60 of the 100 staff. The lawns on the 150 hectare (370 acre) site – some of which will be used for a game park – provide a surreal contrast to the dun-desert landscape outside.

Britain to open consulate general in Hargeisa (Somaliland)

HARGEISA — The British government this week unveiled its plans to open a consulate general in Hargeisa, capital city of Somaliland, as it broadens its diplomatic presence in the region. This was announced at the Hargeisa Book Fair exhibition by the visiting British Ambassador to Somalia, Matt Baugh, who said the establishment will mark a new step forward in British-Somaliland relations.

The consulate will oversee the delivery and implementation of British interest and development projects in Somaliland, as well promote relations between Hargeisa and British partners. The office will operate under the British embassy set to be opened in Mogadishu and all diplomatic contacts between Somaliland and Britain will be moved from the current Mission in Addis Ababa to the office of Ambassador Baugh.

“The British government has expressed its interest to establish this office which will be located within the British Embassy in Mogadishu,” he said. Mr Baugh added that he was happy with the existing cordial relations between the two sides.

Somalia: 10 things we've learnt this week

BBC- The allegations of such high-level corruption have shocked many, with estimates that around 70% of money intended for development and reconstruction in a country racked by 20 years of war was unaccounted for. The government, whose mandate expires next month, dismissed them as "absolutely and demonstrably false". But the 198-page report, published on the Somalia Report website and due to be discussed by the Security Council, contains many other revelations. Here are 10 other things we have learnt:

1: Floating armouries: Some ships travelling through the Red Sea and around the east coast of Africa increasingly use private security firms to prevent pirates based in Somalia from seizing their vessels.  But because many countries in the region will not allow them to work from their territories, these firms are increasingly turning to what the UN calls "floating armouries", which the report says is a "new and highly profitable business".

Read more:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18916319

Sh. Mustafe iyo Sidee Loo Badbaadshaa Ubadka?!

* Ramadaan Kariim: Allah Ha Inoo Aqbalo! *

23 Sanno ka Dib Xusuuqii Jasiira: Kornayl Canjeex oo dacwad Lagu soo Oogay

''Magacyada 57 muwaadin oo lagu xasuuqay xeebta Jasiira + degaannada ay ka soo jeedeen + Kornayl Canjeex oo u Baxsaday Qaarada Yurub (HOLLAND)'' Jamhuuriya

- Kornayl Ibraahim Cali Bari (Canjeex) oo ka mid ahaa saraakiisha dawladdii Siyaad Bare, isla markaana ku eedaysan dadkii reer Somaliland ee sannadkii 1989 lagu xasuuqay Xeebta Jasiira ee magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa la sheegay inuu hadda ku nool yahay dalalka Yurub, gaar ahaan wadanka Holland, kadib markii uu ka baxsaday dalka Suuriya oo uu in badan ku noolaa, iyadoo muwaadiniin reer Somaliland ahi ku fureen dacwad la xidhiidha xasuuqii jasiira.

Mr. Jamaal Xuseen Muxumed Faarax oo aabihii iyo toddoba qof oo qoyskooda ahi ku jireen dadkii lagu xasuuqay xeebta jasiira oo tiradoodu ahayd 57 qof, ayaa Jamhuuriya u xaqiijiyey xalay in Kornayl Ibraahim Cali Bare (Canjeex) uu ka baxsaday dalka Suuriya oo uu muddo badan ku noolaa, isla markaana uu xilligan joogo dalka Holland ee qaarada Yurub, iyadoo muwaadiniin reer Somaliland ahi ku oogeen dacwad la xidhiidha xasuuqii xeebta jasiira oo sannad-guuradiisii 23aad ku beegnayd habeenkii xalay ee taariikhu ahayd 17 July 2012.

Don’t Be a Victim of Stroke - Know the Symptoms, Manage Your Risk Factors

''Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States''. Health-Report

- In just the past five years, with the growth of sophisticated imaging technology, highly effective and targeted medications and catheter-based procedures that can repair vessels or grab and remove artery blocking clots, the chance of recovery today from a stroke is better than ever before. That’s the good news. The bad news is stroke, the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in this country, is a potent and potentially growing foe. Currently, coronary artery disease claims more victims worldwide than stroke. However, experts are now saying that if the rate of obesity, diabetes or undiagnosed hypertension continues to rise, in the coming five years “brain attack” patients will outnumber heart attack patients.

When a blood clot forms, obstructing the flow of blood to the brain, it is called an ischemic stroke. When a blood vessel ruptures and causes damage and compression of neurons in the brain, it’s called a hemorrhagic stroke. Since the brain depends on a continuous source of blood to control our various body functions, when that flow is interrupted by either an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, those body functions can stop working or only work on a limited basis. Thus, the time window to save the brain from permanent damage is very short – up to three hours in most of the stroke centers and eight hours in specialty centers.

Somaliland Diaspora can Play a Vital Role in Fostering Development Across the Region

HARGEISA, Somaliland, July 18, 2012 -- The international Somali diaspora can help to stimulate the region through remittance finance, according to the CEO of Africa's largest remittance company. Speaking at the second annual Somaliland Diaspora Agency (SDA) conference - 'Diaspora Investment in Somaliland'- held on 17th July in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Abdirashid Duale, CEO of Dahabsiiil said:

"Today, remittance finance is the fastest growing and most stable capital inflow to Somali territories. This income not only offers a vital lifeline to at-risk communities who rely on this money to survive, but it also helps to drive economic development throughout the region.

"Diaspora investment is vital to the functioning of the private sector, fostering job creation and up-skilling. Diaspora-led businesses, not only in Somaliland but the whole of Africa, play a crucial role in bringing expertise and investment to the private sector."

Xasuuqaan u soo Joogay “Xasuuqii Jaziira”

Hordhac:

Kariimka Alloow Adaa Karayee;

Sidii Koongo Maad na kala goyn.

(Erey murtiyeedadii xilligaa nafta lagu godlin jiray)

- Gu,walib tilmaan iyo raadco leh. Hillaadii 1989 ayaa baadisooc badan lahaa. Xukuumadii Afweyne wuxuu u ahaa gu’baas oo u labeeyey 1988 markii ay goboladii woqooyi (Wadanka Soomaaliland iminka) intooda badan gacanta Jabhadii SNM gashey.Hase yeeshee isla gu’gaa goboladii dhexe iyo koonfureed ayaa jabahadaha USC iyo SPM gacanatooda ku sii siqayey. Bishii Janaayo booqasho uu ku joogay Jabuuti wasiirkii arimaha dibada ee Ingiriisku “Mudane Geoffrey Howe” ayuu ku sheegay inaanay suurtogal aheyn kaalmo loo fidiyo maamulka Afweyne kol haddii xaalada nabadgalyo ee degaankaasi (Wadanka Soomaaliland iminka) uu iska hor-imaad(dagaal) ka socdo.

Sidoo kale ayaa mudane ka tirsan golaha Kongreska Maraykankuna “mudane Sam Gejdenson” hormood ka noqday dhaqdhaqaaq lagu xakameynayo kaalmo dhan 50 million oo Doolarka Maraykanka ah lana ogolaadey in loo fidiyo xukuumadii Afweyne,halka uu maamulka Maraykankuna ku eedeeyey in Xukuumada Afweyne xad-gudub badan ku sameysay xuquuqul Insaanka.Reer Yurubna cagojiid ayey ka muujinayeen kaalmada ay bixinayeen.Halka Ingiriisku shardi kaga dhigay in xukuumada Afweyne wadahadalo la gasho dhaqdhaqaaqii SNM.

Xuska 23-Guurada Xasuuqii Jasiira (17/7/1989)

- Habeenkii taariikhdu ahayd 16 - 17 Julaay 1989, mar ay saacadu ku beegnayd 1 habeenimo. Shan koofiyad cas ah ayaa soo jabsaday gurigii aanu jiifnay. Waxan ahayn 5 rag ah iyo 4 dumar ah. Afar nin oo ka mida shantii nin ee aan guriga ku jiifnay, oo uu ku jiro ninkii guriga lahaa Cabdirisaaq Caydiid Maxamed, ayaa la duubay/qaaday. Nin da' weyn oo curyaan ah kaasoo aan socon karayn ayaa laga tagay."

"Waxa naloo qaaday meel aan ku qiyaasayo inay guriga u jirtay ilaa 30 talaabo halkaasi oo ay joogeen ciidamo kale oo koofiyad cas ah kuwaasoo ku wareegsanaa dad kale oo meesha lagu soo ururiyey. Ciidamadu waxay ku jeeniqaarnaayeen qoryaha AK. Dadka ay koofiyad castu ku hareeraysnayd qaarkood way feedho qaawanaayeen. Dadka meesha fadhiyey madaxoogu lugahooda ayuu ku hoos jiray. Waxan markaa arkayey 3 gaadhi oo meesha taagnaa kuwaasi oo kala ahaa: 2 gawaadhida xamuulka ah ee Paggazi loo yaqaan, iyo midkale oo Toyota ah kaasoo uu saaran yahay qori Braun ah. Qaar askarta ka mida ayaa nagu garaacay qoryihii ay siteen dabadooda. Waxba nalama waydiin. Waxa nala fadhiisiyey meeshii dadka kale ay fadhiyeen. Mid askarta ka mida ayaa tirinayey dadka markasta oo qaar cusub lagu soo biiriyo. Ugu dambayntii wuxu u sheegay sarkaalkii watay in tirada dadku yihiin 47 qof."

Number of Somali refugees in Horn of Africa passes 1 million mark

''Somalia is one of the world's longest and worst refugee crises. In the past decade only two other conflicts have forced more than 1 million people to flee their homes''. UNHCR

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 17 (UNHCR - UNHCR announced on Tuesday that Somalia's population exodus has crossed a new threshold – more than 1 million people have now fled the country for the surrounding region. The most recent arrivals continue to cite insecurity and dwindling food resources as the main reasons for their flight.

Despite last week passing the 1 million mark for the first time since Somalia descended into violence in 1991, data compiled by UNHCR for the main arrival countries of Kenya and Ethiopia also shows lower but steady numbers of people leaving Somalia. In the first six months of this year some 30,000 refugee arrivals were registered in the region. The conflict and the worst drought in decades forced more than 137,000 Somalis to leave their homes during the first half of last year. For the year as a whole, some 294,000 refugees registered in camps in the surrounding region.

UN report cites massive corruption in Somali gov’t

(AP) NAIROBI, Kenya — A scathing report written for the U.N. Security Council says that systematic misappropriation, embezzlement and outright theft of taxpayer funds have become a system of governance in Somalia.

The nearly 200-page report lists numerous examples of money intended for Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) going missing, saying that for every $10 received, $7 never made it into state coffers.

The report, written by the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea and obtained by The Associated Press Monday, says government revenues aren’t even clear: The Ministry of Finance reported revenues of $72 million in fiscal year 2011, while the accountant general reported revenues of $55 million.

A report commissioned by the World Bank published in May similarly found that 68 percent of TFG revenues in 2009-10 were unaccounted for.

Somaliland's Hargeisa book festival celebrates fifth year: The Guaridan

'' Horn of Africa's answer to Hay-on-Wye fills cultural void for young in country where 70% of population are under 30''. The Guardian

- It is an unlikely spot for a literary festival, a town of half a million people with no theatre and no cinema. But Hargeisa is carving out a reputation as the Horn of Africa's answer to Hay-on-Wye by attracting readers and writers from around the world to its book fair. Ensuring that Somaliland's oral tradition endures is one of the motivating factors behind the Hargeisa book fair, the brainchild of Jama Musse Jama, a senior analyst with a computer science company who lives in Pisa, Italy.

The event – now in its fifth year – celebrates not just literature but theatre, film and music, as well as showing off Somaliland's local products from fruit to its version of Coca-Cola. Held in the working men's club in central Hargeisa, the presentations are given in a packed hall, with red, green and white streamers – the colours of the national flag – on the ceiling where the white paint is visibly peeling.

Hereri Iyo Taariikhda Magaalada BURCO!

The Hargeisa International Book Fair: Mary Harper

- The Hargeisa International Book Fair is far more than a book fair. It is now in its fifth year running and hosts authors, poets, musicians, film-makers, artists, playwrights, actors and circus performers, both Somali and non-Somali.

The book fair is being held in the Working Men's Club in central Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland which declared itself independent from the rest of Somalia in 1991. The territory has built itself up from the rubble of war, has a growing economy and a functioning democracy.

 

The book fair is the brainchild of Jama Musse Jama, a Somali who fled to Italy during the civil war which broke out in the late 1980s, has lurched through various incarnations and is still not over today. Jama lives in the Italian town of Pisa where he has a publishing house, a vibrant website and a family. He is the author of several books. He was until recently a lecturer in Mathematics at Pisa University. Now he works as a computer scientist. Oh, and he invented a computer game based on a traditional Somali board game called Shax. 

South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma Elected African Union Commission Head

- South Africa's current home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected as the head of the African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday, thereby becoming the first ever woman to hold the post.

Her election to the post, during an AU summit in the Ethiopian capital city of Ethiopia, ended a long and bitter leadership battle that had threatened to weaken as well as divide the 54-member grouping of African states. In a closely fought contest, Dlamini-Zuma, the former wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, overcame the stiff challenge posed by incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon in a third round of voting held Sunday.

She received 37 votes in the final confidence vote, there by securing the minimum required 60% majority required at the 54-member body to be elected. While Dlamini-Zuma had the support of the English-speaking African states, Ping was backed by French-speaking countries. The contest between Dlamini-Zuma and Ping for heading the AU Commission had been deadlocked since January, when both candidates failed to secure the 60% votes required to assume the post.