Mr. Axmed Mux' ed Madar: Dawladaha Hoose Ayaa Ugu Musuq Badan Dalkeena.

Guddoomiyaha Komishanka Maamul-wanaagga iyo La-dagaalanka Musuqmaasuqa Somaliland Mr. Axmed Muxumed Madar, ayaa daaha ka fayday in dawladaha hoose ee dalku yihiin meelaha ugu musuqmaasuqa badan Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland, isaga oo xusay in dadweynuhu khaatiyaan ka taagan yihiin xatooyada iyo maamul-xumooyinka aafeeyey.

Guddoomiyuhu waxa uu shaaciyey in Komishanka Maamul-wanaagga iyo La-dagaalanka Musuqmaasuq uu si gaar ah isha ugu hayo dawladaha hoose iyo hay’adaha dalka ee musuqa iyo xatooyada xoolaha ummadda caadaystay, waxaannu si gaar ah farta ugu goday maamullada dawladaha hoose ee dalka Somaliland.

China beefing up military presence in Indian Ocean ''Somaliland...''

Little by little China is forming military links in Africa and in the Indian Ocean in order, experts say, to protect Beijing's economic interests in the region. No CaptionIn the past three weeks Beijing has committed to supporting Ugandan forces operating in Somalia and to helping the Seychelles fight piracy.

"It is very clear that the Chinese leaders recognize that military force will play a bigger role to safeguard China's overseas interests," Jonathan Holslag, of the Brussels Institute of Chinese Contemporary Studies told AFP.

"There is a willingness, and even a consensus, in China, that this process will take place."

A decade later: The city, Somalis and spending

LEWISTON (USA)— Much has been made about Somali reliance on public assistance over the years. Since 2001, the larger community has struggled with questions concerning the city’s ability and desire to support recently arrived immigrants. Discussion at the first major public meeting held to discuss the swelling Somali population, in the Lewiston Armory on May 14, 2002, focused on housing and social programs. And, in a widely scrutinized letter published Oct. 4, 2002, former Lewiston Mayor Larry Raymond wrote, “The Somali community must exercise some discipline and reduce the stress on our limited finances … Our city is maxed out financially, physically, and emotionally.”

Last month, Mayor-elect Robert Macdonald gave his own sentiments on the subject at a public debate: “I have no problem with people from any country coming over, as long as they come here to work... This is a poor community. We’re not as well-heeled as the people down south yet we have been chosen to support, for a portion of our taxes, to go to these people.”

Read more:

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/city/2011/12/18/decade-later-city-somalis-and-spending/1124134

Dad Isaaq ah Oo u Dhashay Kililka 5-aad Oo Degan UK, Oo Baaq iyo War-murtiyeed u Diraya Dawlada Itoobiya.

Assalaamu Caleykum

Kulan ballaadhan oo ay magaalada London ee dalka Britain ku yeesheen dadka ka soo jeeda Beelaha ISAAQ ee dega Kililka 5aad ee Ethiopa ayaa laga soo saaray baaq ku wajahan Dawladda dhexe ee Ethiopia iyo hoggaanka maamulka kilka 5aad ee Somalidu degto.

Kulankan oo ay ka soo qayb galeen dadweyne iyo masuuliin tiro badan oo ka soo jeeda dhammaan Beelaha Isaaq ee deqa Kililka 5aad ayaa aad loogu lafa guray arrimaha nabad gelyo iyo siyaasadeed ee ka jira deegaankaas oo ay muddooyinka dambe ka soo noqnoqdeen colaado iyo ammaan darro ay geysanayaan ciidanka cusub ee madaxweynaha Kililku sameeyey ee loo yaqaan NEW POLICE oo 95% ka soo jeeda beeshiisa iyo maleeshiyaad isla qabiilkaas ah oo si badheedh ah falal argaggax leh uga fuliya degaannada beelaha ISAAQ.

Mindesta Options First Mineral Exploration Permits Issued by Republic of Somaliland

Press Release.

OTTAWA, CANADA, Dec 19, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Mindesta Inc. ("Mindesta") wishes to announce that it has decided to focus its efforts on mineral exploration in East Africa, and in particular the Republic of Somaliland and Ethiopia, as it believes the region has very attractive geology and an improving political environment. As initial steps in executing this strategy, the Company has appointed C. Tucker Barrie Ph.D., P. Geo. as Vice President, Corporate Development and has entered into an option agreement to earn up to an 80 per cent interest in, and ultimately acquire 100% of, the first two mineral exploration permits issued by the Republic of Somaliland. 

Dr. Barrie has 20 years of experience in mineral exploration with expertise in VMS and Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, as well as orogenic gold and porphyry Cu deposits.

Read more:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mindesta-options-first-mineral-exploration-permits-issued-by-republic-of-somaliland-2011-12-19-71220?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Ciidamada Amaanka Oo Xabsiga U Taxaabay Guddoomiyaha Urur Diimeedka Xisbulaahi Iyo Arimaha Lagu Haysto.

“Hadii ay Diinta ka shaqaynayso dalka ha ka qabato dadka kuwa dhiig miiratada ah ee dadka diinta ku baadhanaya''

Ciidamada Amaanka ayaa xabsiga u taxaabay Guddoomiyihii urur Diimeedka Xisbulaahi Sheekh Maxamuud C/laahi Geele, kaas oo la sheegay in Ciidamada Bileysku ay habeenadii ugu dambeeyey baadi goob ugu jireen qabashadiisa kadib markii Wasaarada Arrimaha Guduhu soo saartay Amar lagu xidho ayay Ciidamada amaanku Xalay gacanta ku dhigeen, isla markaana u gudbiyeen xarunta Dambi Baadhista ee CID-da.

Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa 11-kii bishan Magaalada Hargeysa kaga dhawaaqay urur Diimeed la magac baxay Xisbulaahi, kaas oo munaasibadii furitaanka Urur diimeedkaasi ka sheegay in Dastuurka Somaliland uu yahay mid Xaaraan ah oo aanay ahayn in lagu dhaqmo, isla markaana maalmihii ugu dambeey warbaahinta u marinayey eedo uu ku durayo xukuumada oo uu ku sheegayo in wasaarada diinta iyo Awqaaftu ay ka gaabisay hawlihii Diinta ee ay u xil saarnayd, mar uu todobaadkii hore ka hadlayey arimahaasina waxa uu yidhi;

Somalia's Al Shabaab group sends warning signal to Djibouti

- Somalia's radical Islamist group Al Shabaab has warned Djibouti against sending its forces to Mogadishu to join the peacekeepers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia, Amisom. Speaking in Mogadishu, Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Raghe who is the the Chief Spokesman of Al-Shabaab reminded the Horn of Africa country about its role in hosting Western military bases that the group disapproves. “We are going to confront them (Djiboutians) the way we fight the Ugandans, Kenyans and Burundians that are in Somalia,” announced Sheikh Ali Dhere. Djibouti has announced plans to send 850 armed personnel, to Mogadishu to join the Amisom in eradicating the threat of Al Shabaab and other security threats in the country.

The peace mission: The Amisom peacekeepers currently in Somalia, numbering about 9000 soldiers are drawn from Uganda and Burundi and have been supporting the transitional Somalia government by guarding vital institutions like the port, airport and Villa Somalia, the state house in Mogadishu

Source: Africareview

East-Africa: Big Rush to Cash in On Somalia, Protect Uganda, Save Sudan

''An African diplomat who was at a recent Djibouti meeting with Somali leaders -- including those from the "republics" of Somaliland and Puntland -- told The East African that...''

World and regional powers are now in a big rush to simultaneously tackle three big and intractable East African problems -- the Somalia war, the crisis in eastern DR Congo, and the risk of South Sudan imploding. For the first time in a very long, diplomats appear to be optimistic that lasting peace in the Greater East Africa region may be closer than it has been expected. This has set off a flurry of diplomatic efforts aimed at boosting peacekeeping efforts and paying for the reconstruction in some of the trouble spots.

Year End Newsletter 2011: Edna Adan Hospital News

2011 has been another year when once again, the Edna Adan Hospital was blessed with so many new developments as well as new friends. As our friends know, Edna started out as a Maternity hospital but in 2011 we’ve seen many new services and procedures that have changed the lives of the people of Somaliland......

As announced earlier, our old theatre was no longer adequate for all the surgical operations that were needed. We therefore put together as much funds as we could, and with additional support from the Fistula Foundation, Direct Relief and the Friends of the Edna Adan Hospital, the long-awaited theatres were built and opened on the 6th of January 2011. The opening ceremony was officiated by the First Lady of Somaliland, the Minister of Health, other government Ministers and many dignitaries attended the ceremony.

Read more:

http://www.ednahospital.org/2011/12/edna-adan-newsletter-2011/

Somaliland: Marodi Jeex Crowned 2011 National Football Champions

 - Maroodi-Jeex Region (Hargeisa) was crowned 2011 Somaliland national Football champions after defeating Hawd Region 1-0 at the Burao Alhamzy Stadium on Sunday.

The win by the new champions came via luck as ball possession was 50-50; this parity in game control came about both teams utilized similar technical skills thus equal strengths in all departments

The fast paced final match of this year’s National football competition was witnessed by thousands of spectators among them president Silanyo and a number of cabinet ministers, Members of the two houses of parliament, Regional administrators as well as traditional and religious leaders.

The End of Somalia: Scenario of Partition. Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar

“A sheep” says a Somali adage “sees the sky only when it is being slaughtered”. The proverb has anticipated the fate of the Somali people… The butcher has arrived. The knife is sharpened. The Somali is about to see the sky for the first time. This paper is about epiphanies the Somali will behold at the moment of truth, at the edge of the event horizon from which nothing ever returns, just before the riding whip of slavery bites his naked backside. It is a near-funeral situation; we should ponder what follows in a sombre manner, with thoughtfulness and grief.

The Epiphanies I: The objective of those who fund the Somali wars is not to rescue Somalis. It was, and remains to be, about limiting Alshabaab’s freedom of action, degrading its capacity and containing it progressively to smaller and smaller territory. The era of America’s great wars is over. This is the diktat of contracting economics of the time. Wars will now have to be fought cheaper and smarter; with the help of allies, with predator drones in the sky and expendable proxies on the ground. The strategy has succeeded beyond expectations in the Somali theatre. That the Somali people have become victims of a permanent war in the process is the collateral damage and truly unfortunate in the eyes of the funders. But it is neither here nor there. War is ugly.

Taliyaha Cusub Ee Ciidanka Qaranka Oo U Digay Maamulka Puntland, Gabiley-na Ku Canaantay Dilkii Saameel iyo....

Taliyaha cusub ee ciidanka qaranka Somaliland Gen. Maxamed Xasan C/laahi (Jidhif) ayaa maamul goboleedka Puntland uga digay sheegashada xuduuda dhulka Somaliland, waxaanu tilmaamay in aan ciidanka Somaliland dagaal cidna ku qaadayn, balse ay ka go’antahay inay ilaashadaan xuduudooda. Gen. Maxamed Xasan Jidhif ayaa sidoo kale wax lala yaabo ku tilmaamay in aan lahayn cidii geysatay dilkii Seemaal, isla markaana sheegay in dadkii dilkaa geystay la iska soo dhex qabto. Taliye Jidhif ayaa sidaasi ku sheegay Munaasibad ay xilka kagala wareegayey Taliyihii hore ee Ciidanka Qaranka Nuux Ismaaciil Taani oo shalay lagu qabtay xarunta Taliska Guud ee Ciidamada Qaranka, ayaa sidoo kale kaga hadlay xidhiidhka Somaliland iyo Ethiopia.

Ugu horayna waxa uu hadalkiisa ku bilaabay “Anigu halkan (Taliska ciidanka Qaranka) qadar Alle ayaan ku imid oo olole umaan galin, meel yar oo qabow oo reer Nebi Ciise ah-na waan iska joogay (Hay’adda uu hore uga shaqeynayey) oo aan dhib lahayn, laakiin hawsha qaranku haddii ay kaa maarmi waydo in la qabto ayay noqonaysaa, halkaa hore shan maalmood ayaan shaqeynayey laba maalmoodna waan nasanayey, laakiin halkan lama nasto”.

USA: Vast majority of Somali immigrants arrived as refugees

LEWISTON — Virtually all of the Somalis who have come to Lewiston since January 2001 are legal residents of the United States. The vast majority arrived with refugee status, meaning they had lived in refugee camps in Kenya or other countries neighboring Somalia and were not able to return home because of “well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group,” criteria for refugee status in the United States, according to a 2010 Senate report.

With Somalia still in the throes of a clan- and class-based civil war, that fear of persecution was very much alive in the refugee camps. Among the Somalis who made it to Lewiston, “adults grew up in a place that was destroyed by war,” said Holly Stover, acting director of the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Read more:

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/city/2011/12/18/vast-majority-somali-immigrants-arrived-refugees/1127418

U.S. Somalis Lose Only Means Of Sending Cash Home. By Rupa Shenoy

- Just north of downtown Minneapolis stand two cement, skyscraper apartment buildings covered in faded pastel patches. Most of the people who live there are part of the city's large Somali community. Once a month, many of them walk across the street to the small, blue shop that houses Kaah Express, a money-wiring business that links Somalis in Minneapolis to relatives in camps throughout East Africa.

Soon, however, the patrons of Kaah Express will have to find a new way of getting money to East Africa. The last U.S. bank to work with Somali money-wiring companies has announced that it's planning to eliminate that service, and Somalis in Minnesota warn that cutting off remittances could lead to a humanitarian crisis.

Ethiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China

ADDIS ABABA Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its capital Addis Ababa to the tiny Red Sea state of Djibouti, an official said. The deal signed late on Friday with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) covers a 339-kilometre line that will join another project to connect the capital with Djibouti.

"This agreement is a contract to construct between Mieso, which is half way from Addis Ababa, to the Djibouti border," Getachew Betru, general manager of the Ethiopian Railways Corporation, told Reuters.

Ethiopia and Djibouti's economies are reliant on each other with about 70 percent of all trade through Djibouti's port coming from its land-locked neighour.

East Africa in 2050: Nations will die, new borders will emerge

The wider East African region is special – and even notorious – in Africa. In the past 18 years it has produced more new or wanna-be-new nations than all of Africa combined. In 1993 Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed a mutual and happy divorce. The good vibes didn’t last; they became bitter enemies and fought after it happened. In 1991, after the Siad Barre regime was overthrown, Somalia plunged into chaos. A few years later Puntland hived itself off as a semi-independent nation. Somaliland too jumped ship. Unlike Puntland, which is open to joining a future, peaceful Somalia federation or confederation, Somaliland is determined to be independent.

In February this year, South Sudan voted by nearly 100 per cent to secede from Sudan, and in July formally became Africa’s newest country. That is four major border remakes in less than 20 years. How many new countries have arisen in the rest of Africa as a result of a break-up of existing countries (Saharawi Republic doesn’t count)? ZERO!! Precisely because secessionist and breakaway demons roam the wider East Africa, the feeling is that over the next 20 to 50 years, we shall see more nations breaking up or being swallowed as others grow.

Read more:

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/East+Africa+in+2050++Nations+will+die++new+borders+will+emerge/-/2558/1291158/-/item/0/-/l1edgn/-/index.html

Somaliland and British Council Human Improvement Initiatives

''Somaliland Authorities should benefit from its Human Resources for improved long run''

The population pyramid, also named age- pyramid, of Somaliland shows over sixty percent are concerning fifteen thirty ages. The young citizens of Somaliland keen to study, as well as some sponsor them selves to learn.

Currently, big quantity of students is often witnessed awaiting courses on the private and public educational institutions. The English language privates are booming and turned the Somaliland into English talking nation. This is element of training revolution in Somaliland exactly where everyone is hunting the information. The govt educational institutions deliver excellent understanding natural environment and curriculum with the students.

Iceland becomes first European country to recognise Palestine

''Iceland Recognized Plastine''

REYKJAVIK, Dec 16: Iceland on Thursday became the first west European country to formally recognize a Palestinian state, three months after the Palestinians began to seek full membership of the United Nations with peace talks with Israel frozen indefinitely.

"(This) will surely have positive influence on other states to follow the same steps," Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told a news conference in Reykjavik.

"Iceland didn't only talk the talk, we walked the walk," Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson said. "We stood by our word, we have supported the Palestinian cause and today will not be the end of that, we will continue to do so."

Is the Global Decline in Fertility Stalling in Africa? By Bernard Wasow, PhD.

- As the world population passes seven billion, there is much hand wringing among the prosperous of the world about the unchecked growth of hungry folk, especially on far-away shores. How can the world accommodate so many people - nine billion by mid-century? For the most part, this standard Western concern is entirely selfish, reflecting race- and class-based fears. What is more, the fear of overpopulation is largely misplaced (although the fear of climate change and other consequences of unchecked consumption are not). In fact, the end of the population explosion is near.

The numbers are dramatic. After all, we only reached a population of one billion people early in the 19th century and two billion in about 1925. In less than a century since then, population has more than tripled. Yet in almost every corner of the developing world, the demographic revolution is reducing fertility rates to levels near or below the replacement rate (about 2.1 babies per woman).

Read more:
http://thewip.net/talk/2011/12/is_the_global_decline_in_ferti.html

Chewing Khat Raises Heart Disease, Death Risk: Study

- TUESDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDay News) - Chewing the green leaves of the khat plant for its amphetamine-like effect appears to raise the risk for both stroke and death among heart patients, according to a large new study from the Middle East. The finding, however, could have relevance far beyond that region, as emigration has increasingly brought khat-chewing to the shores of both Europe and North America.

Consumed by an estimated 10 to 20 million people worldwide, for centuries the naturally grownCatha edulis shrub has been widely available (and most popular) across East Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, where some people munch on khat in pursuit of a euphoric or aroused state of mind.

UN seeks $7.7 billion to provide humanitarian aid to millions of people in 2012

- 14 December 2011 – The United Nations and its partners today called for $7.7 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to 51 million people in 16 countries over the course of next year, launching the largest appeal in two decades.

“Millions of people will be affected by emergencies caused or worsened by the impact of climate change, insecurity over food and water, economic and political crises, migration, urbanization and rapid population growth,” Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos said at the launch of the appeal in Geneva.

“We urgently need the continued support of people and governments around the world to help those desperately in need,” underscored Ms. Amos, who is also the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator.

Again, ONLF Is Behind Seemaal Killing. By Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi

''The justice will prevail and killers will be brought to justice regardless of the crocodile tear of ONLF''.

- I have read an article titled: "Seemaal Murders, an insult to Injury" which appeared on pro-ONLF website "Wardheer News". The author Mohamed F. Yabarag, a known diehard supporter of terrorist group ONLF, is trying to fuel tension between the Somaliland tribes in Gabiley and Awdal states.

Let us examine closely, why the author is fueling the tension in this area: Isaias Afewerki regime is training hundreds of ONLF guerilla in Asmara, Eretria, to battle Ethiopian military in Somali region of Ethiopia. Asmara administration provides weapon to the trainees, and sends to Ethiopia.

Somaliland: Inter-communal violence. Who is to blame? By Ayaan Hassan

''The old man is showing unmistakable signs of senility. The looming question is then who is running the country''.

- On 6 December, inter-communal violence broke out in different parts of Ceelberdale region, creating the worst humanitarian crisis since the civil war in 1988. In the affected areas, over 15, 000 Jibril Aboker have been internally displaced by ethnic cleansing in ten days. Reporting reaching us indicates that armed militias from Borama and Baki districts burned villages, destroyed farms and killed livestock in Buqdhada, Boodhka, Edegan, Hamarta, Isha Gudban and Seemaal.

This mayhem created Somaliland’s newest internally displaced persons (IDPs), who are in a desperate state. Who’s to blame?

Who hosted the regional competitive tournament of Somaliland?

Congratulations to Togdheer community and their authorities that had again Inspired the moral of the Somaliland youth. As I watch the Somaliland TV and the cable TV I could see a very beautiful and well designed playground. Especial thanks also goes to Somtel who had contributed a lot since everyone feels comfortable at home and watch the games (the same with me—as I write this article and watch the games). Already some of the regional teams lost their hope In football game and showed respect and friendship to the rest of the team who had succeeded to the semi-final stage. Good, you have done a good example.

Four years had elapsed since last regional competitive (Nov.2007). Many of the Awdal community may remember well the sad event in Hargeisa stadium, but which fortunately some keen and kind hearted ministries, authorities and mayors from Hargeisa and Gabiley came to Borama to apologize the team. Please read my following old article published in Somaliland times (ref.issue-304 on 17th.Nov.2007).

UNDP: Human Development Reports (1990-2011)

- The first Human Development Report introduced a new way of measuring development by combining indicators of life expectancy, educational attainment and income into a composite human development index, the HDI. The breakthrough for the HDI was the creation of a single statistic which was to serve as a frame of reference for both social and economic development. The HDI sets a minimum and a maximum for each dimension, called goalposts, and then shows where each country stands in relation to these goalposts, expressed as a value between 0 and 1.

The education component of the HDI is now measured by mean of years of schooling for adults aged 25 years and expected years of schooling for children of school entering age. Mean years of schooling is estimated based on educational attainment data from censuses and surveys available in the UNESCO Institute for Statistics database and Barro and Lee (2010) methodology).

Read more: 1990-2011: http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi  

2011: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf