Somaliland’s independence anniversary highlights opportunity for UK with Commonwealth allies

8 Parliamentarians mark today's 58th anniversary since the former British protectorate of Somaliland attained independence from the United Kingdom. They call on the UK government to begin the process of bringing Somaliland into the international community, as distinct from neighbouring Somalia.

- Today marks 58 years since the former British protectorate of Somaliland attained independence from the United Kingdom. For most African nations previously under British rule, such an anniversary is cause to celebrate the beginning of the country’s life as an independent sovereign state – and also as a strategic partner to the UK through membership of the Commonwealth.

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Deeq-bixiyayaasha Caalamka Ayaa Ganafka Ku dhuftay Hindise Soomaaliya ku Carqaladaynaysay Gargaarka Dhaqaale ee J.Somaliland La Siiyo.

"....waxa Soomaaliya loo caddeeyey in aan Caalamku isku si ula macaamilaynin Somaliland iyo maamul-goboleedyada Soomaaliya."

- Beesha caalamka ayaa si adag uga jawaabtay qoraal ay dhowaan u gudbisay dawladda taagta daran ee  Soomaaliya,  taas oo ay ku doonaysay in la hoos keeno deeqihii  ay Somaliland ka heli jirtay bulshada caalamka.  Waxa kaloo beesha caalamku ay   daadifaysay in aan dib loo cusboonaysiin heshiiskii laba geesoodka ahaa ee New Deal  oo ay Somaliland, Soomaaliya iyo qaadhaan-bixiyeyaasha caalamku  ku kala saxeexdeen shirkii London  sannadkii 2013-kii.

Somalia Moves to Block Somaliland Special Arrangement with International Partners

 " Conspiracy "

- Heedless of the fact that the Republic of Somaliland is not a federal state under Mogadishu’s jurisdiction, Somalia wrote to international partners objecting their special arrangement in regard to development aid and partners’ support of democratization, security, enhancement of economy and good governance in Somaliland.

The FGS Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Gamal Mohamed Hassan, argues that, if such an arrangement, started in 2013, is continued with ‘member states’ or any individual ‘region’, that would have a “serious impact on the efforts to deepen federalism and nation-building in Somalia”, implying that Somaliland was, in fact, a member of the Somalia federal system.

Muqmad

- Tucked away in a corner of the market in Somaliland’s capital of Hargeisa is a little opening where dozens of women sit cutting up chunks of meat into thin strips, which they then string up on washing lines in the sun.

They are making muqmad, a quintessentially Somali version of meat jerky. Usually camel, and sometimes beef, muqmad is a traditional dish of the Somali nomadic communities who had to find ways of preserving food for their long migrations through the sweltering desert. Their diet consists mainly of meat and milk; muqmad, also known as oodkac, is their contingency food in times of drought. The dish is prepared by drying strips of meat in the sun for a few days, cutting them up into tiny cubes, and then deep-frying them. The salty, chewy nuggets of meat are then placed in a wooden container, and can last for more than a year.

Ex Wasiir Casoowe: "Dhulbahante Laguma Khasbin Somaliland

Abdulrahim Abby Farah obituary

- My uncle, Abdulrahim Abby Farah, who has died aged 98, progressed from the back streets of Barry, in south Wales, to become, by the time of his retirement, the United Nations assistant secretary general for special political questions.

He worked his way up to the UN via the British Colonial Service and had spells as an ambassador for Somalia before moving to the UN headquarters in New York. Spending time with him opened my eyes to the rich history that links Britain to Somalia. To enter his house was to step into another age, surrounded by artefacts and photographs accumulated from his years of travel around the world. There were also images of him with figures such as George HW Bush and Haile Selassie. 

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TVET Graduate Tracer Study in Somaliland

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- A consortium of Save the Children International (SCI), CARE Netherlands and Norwegian Refugees Council (NRC) are implementing Horumarinta Elimiga Phase II (HE II) Program with SCI as the lead agency. The program is being implemented in partnership with Ministry of Education & Science (MOE&S) and Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs & family (MESAF). 

The overall objective of Horumarinta Elmiga (HE) II is to help ensure that education and training efficiently and effectively contribute to poverty alleviation within a peaceful, secure and democratic Somaliland. 

Read more; 

https://reliefweb.int/job/2646939/tvet-graduate-tracer-study-somaliland 

'Leave now, pay later': Migration scams lure Somali teens to their deaths

- When Hanab Ahmed's 18-year-old son Mohammed did not come home for lunch or answer his phone, she feared that he - like several other teenagers who had disappeared from their neighbourhood - had set off for Europe, risking kidnapping and death.

A month later, Ahmed, who lives in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, received a call from her son who was being held for ransom by traffickers in Sudan."He said it was bad and that there wasn't enough food or water and he saw people die," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, clutching a photo of her son between fingers stained orange with henna.

Read more;

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/06/11/leave-now-pay-later-migration-scams-lure-somali-teens-to-their-deaths_c1770946 

Investors are putting Somaliland on the map

- Hong Kong–based American business developer Robby Zirkelbach has set up small firms in South Sudan, Iran and North Korea. But Somalia was too risky even for the former U.S. Marine sniper with a stomach for adventurous investments, until he stumbled upon the country’s north, the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. There, he sees promise in a land shattered by war.

After a walk through the bustling, dust-filled market at the center of the region’s capital, Hargeisa, and a trip to the developing port city of Berbera, Zirkelbach has decided to “dip a toe” into the developing market. He has identified electronics as an area where his company would like to invest, and he isn’t alone.

Read more:

https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/investors-are-putting-somaliland-on-the-map/87044 

What’s the Difference Between Somaliland and Somalia?

"After several months of living in Somaliland’s would-be capital city of Hargeisa, a friend from China messaged me asking if I was okay. The news that morning had been full of footage from Mogadishu. Hundreds of people had died in one of the country’s worst terrorist attacks."

- Somaliland, however, is a little different. It was in fact at one point an independent nation… For the grand total of five days between its independence from Britain and its union with Somalia. Unlike other aspiring nations, the country it is technically part of has no official presence there. Somaliland functions as an independent country complete with its own government, currency and military, even though it has remained unrecognised by the international community for over twenty years. 

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 http://www.youngpioneertours.com/difference-somaliland-somalia/

Ethiopia plans to build navy, says PM Abiy

 "Ethiopia currently has a civilian Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute on Lake Tana."

- With no way out to sea, Ethiopia plans to build navy, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said during a briefing with the heads of the country's National Defense Force.

As a result of efforts to build the capacity of our national defense, we have built one of the most powerful lands and air forces in Africa," Abiy said on Friday. "We must strengthen our capacity for naval force in the future.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: "BERBERA, Somaliland—The battle...

BERBERA, Somaliland—The battle for hegemony in the Middle East is playing out at an ancient African port where traditional dhow fishing boats now share space with giant, container ships loaded around the clock by men in yellow high-visibility vests.

Berbera, in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, is perched on a narrow shipping lane leading to the Suez Canal and is just 260 nautical miles from Yemen’s civil war. Since antiquity, the town’s strategic shore has been coveted by military and maritime powers. Described by colonial-era travelers as the “key to the Red Sea,” the port became an Ottoman stronghold and later a British colonial outpost.

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http://www.somalilandpress.com/global-powers-race-for-position-in-horn-of-africa/