Longtime Emma Willard leader will run Abaarso school (Somaliland)

TROY-: The Abaarso School of Science and Technology is about as far from Emma Willard school as one can get. Set in a leafy enclave of Troy, Emma Willard caters to a select group of privileged young high school women from around the world as well as New York. Tuition runs more than $63,000 for boarding students. Jane Fonda and Kirsten Gillibrand went to school there.

Abaarso consists of squat concrete buildings surrounded by a high security wall in the scrublands of  Somaliland in the Horn of Africa. Tuition is $1,800. Many of the students come from nomadic families who follow their herds of camel or sheep throughout the seasons.

Xulka maansada iyo Xuska Abwaanka Saxadiid Maxamed Cilmi “Jabiye”(IHUN).

“Saxardiid hagoog siduu u galay heesna tirin waaye
intii uu kadeedkani hirgalay muu halaanhaline
sababtuu fankii uga hadhgalay la hubsan doonee”  
Abwaan Cali Aadan Banfas (IHUN).

Gama’ kuuma ekee, Guud-haldhaaleeyeey!
Filkaa wuu guddiyoo, goor horuu guntadee.
Gama’ kuuma ekee, waa inaad guntataan,
God madaw taladiina ama aad ku gurtaan.
Geelii aad dhiqi layd, guluf baa la tegoo,

The Queen Honors Two Women Who Seek To End Female Genital Mutilation

Leyla Hussein had mixed feelings when she found out that Queen Elizabeth II was naming her an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her work to eliminate female genital mutilation.

"I had to think hard about whether to accept," she says, citing the British history of colonialism. But in the end, proud of being British and living in a country that took in her parents as refugees from Somalia, she accepted the honor, along with fellow activist Nimco Ali.

Somaliland Oo Bilowday Inay Biyaha Roobka Keydiso- "VOA-Somali

- VOA-Somali: Xilligan waxa gobolada ay ka kooban tahay J.Somaliland ka curtay roobkii Gu'ga. Biyaha roobka oo had iyo jeer baahi wayn loo qabo ayaa hadana waxa cawo-dara ah in dooxyadu ay si toos ah oo aan hadak lahayn u-qaadaan biyaha oo ugu shubaan badda. Abaaro baahsan ayaa si joogto ah ugu dhufta degaamada Somaliland oo baabi'iiya duunyada ay dadku dhaqdaan iyo dalaga ay beertaan-ba!

Sidaas darteed, hadaba, J. Somaliland ayaa sheegtay inay markii u horeysay ku dhaqaaqeen ka faa'iideysiga biyha roobka! Wasaarada u qaabilsan arimahaasi J.Somaliland ayaa shaqooyin la xidhiidha arintaas ka bilowday meelo ka mid ah Somaliland. Wariyaha VOA-Somali, Khadar Maxamed Cakule ayaa warkan soo diray.

Halkan guji oo dhagayso. 

https://www.voasomali.com/pp/4951829/ppt0.html

‘PLACING SOMALILAND IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT’

- The Somaliland Mission to the UK, in partnership with Somaliland Society UK, and others would like to invite you to celebrate the 59th Anniversary of Somaliland’s birth as an independent country from Britain. This historic day marks the assertion of Somaliland’s independence on 26th June 1960.

This year’s 26th June celebratory event will include poetry, Folk Dance from QORAAN and panel discussion. The keynote speakers of the event include Dr Ahmed Nuur Jama, Omar Daauus, Dr. Mohammed-Aar Abdullahi, Adam Ahmed Yusuf ' Sawahili' , Amal Deria, Ahmed Ismail Hussien XUDAYDI ( King of Lute) and many more.

Sheeko Kale Keen: Dameer iyo Faras

- Isaga oo ka waramaya dhaqanka taban iyo dhaqanka togan, waxa Sheek Abuu Xaamid Al-Gazali, Alla haw naxariistee uu inoo sheegay, in laga yaabo in dadka qaarkii isweydiiyaan, “Haddii Ilaahay banii-aadamka ku abuuray dareenka iyo dhaqanka xoolahu leeyihiin oo kale, dareenka iyo dhaqanka shaydaanka oo kale iyo dareenka iyo dhaqanka malaa’iigta oo kale, sidee loo garan karayaa dhaqanka bani-aadamku ugaarka ah ee uu leeyahay?”

Wuxu Sheekhu ku jawaabay, “Dhaqanka dhabta ah ee la-abuurahaa aan kor ku xusnay uu mid waliba leeyahay waa dhaqanka lagu baadi-sooco ee lagu yaqaan. Tusaale ahaan, dameerka iyo farasku waa laba xaywaan oo gaadiid ah oo banii aadamku fuulo; sidaas ahaan waxa la odhan karaa waa u simanyihiin oo waa laba noole! 

Hundreds of Kenyans working as expatriates in Somaliland

- Soft drinks maker Coca Cola has licensed a company that operates in Somaliland to produce the beverages and in the process opening up opportunities for Kenyans.

Somaliland Beverages Company, a locally-owned firm operating under the Laas Group is the biggest foreign direct investment with an initial capital outlay of Sh1.5 billion (USD15 million). Mr Jacob Obiero, plant manager of the Lass Group factories in the horn of African nation is one of the hundreds of Kenyans working as expatriates in the country.

Bankiga Adduunka 'oo lacag dhigaya Bankiga Dhexe Ee J.Somaliland

Xukuumada Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland ayaa sheegtay in markii ugu horreysay Bankiga Adduunka uu lacag dhigayo Bankiga Dhexe ee Somaliland ee ku yaal caasimada Hargeisa. 

Lacagtaas ayey Somaliland sheegtay in lagu isticmalayo mashruuca tayeynta habka maamulka. Weriyaha Somali-voa mudane Khadar Maxamed Cakulle ayaa arrintan ka wareystay Gud. Hay’adda Shaqlaha Dawladda Mudane Farxaan Aadan Haybe, wuxuuna ugu horreyntii uu weriyuhu weydiiyay gudoomiyaha bal inuu faahfaahiyo ujeedada heshiiskan.

Halkan ka dhagayso warka oo maqal ah;

https://www.voasomali.com/pp/4938675/ppt0.html 

Somali Torture Victim Wins Small but Important Step Toward Justice

 US Court Holds Siad Barre Era Commander Liable for Torture

On May 21, a US court ruled in favor of a plaintiff who alleged that Yusuf Abdi Ali (Tuke), a former commander of Somalia’s Siad Barre government, tortured him in 1987. The court awarded the plaintiff, Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa – a teenager at the time of the alleged torture – $500,000 in damages. Human Rights Watch, then Africa Watch, documented summary executions and torture against perceived opponents from nomadic communities, such as Farhan, and found between 50,000 to 60,000 people were killed by government forces in summary executions, aerial bombings, shellings, and other war-related injuries between 1988 and 1990. 

Dacwadii Col. Tuke: Oo Laga Waraystay Dr. Roberts (Qareen) "Daawo

Somaliland celebrates 28th National Day in Addis Ababa

- The Republic of Somaliland has celebrated its 28^th Anniversary of National Day in Addis Ababa. 

Somaliland’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Salan Hassan Abdilleh, during the occasion said that the 18^th of May has a huge significance for Somaliland not only because it’s a self-declared date of independence for 28 years, but also as inspirational date and hope to endear and envisage for the future of the country.

Korneyl Tuke oo Lagu Xukumay inuu Bixiyo $500,000

Sarkaal horey uga tirsanaa ciidamadii miltariga ee Xukumaddii Maxamed Siyaad Barre oo maalmahan ay maxkamadi uga socotay Gobolka Virginia ee dalkan Mareykanka ayaa Xeer-beegti qaadeysay dacwaddiisa ay ku heleen mid ka mid ah laba eedeymood oo loo heystay.

Korneyl Yuusuf Cabdi Cali oo loo yaqaano Tuke ayaa lagu helay eed aheyd inuu masuul ka ahaa jir dil 31 sanadood ka hor loo geystay Farxaan Maxamuud Taani Warfaa, waxeyna maxkamaddu ku xukuntay inuu bixiyo lacag gaareysa 500,000 kun oo dollar oo magdhawo ah. Wariyaha VOAda Maxamed Colaad Xassan oo dacwaddan la socday ayaa warbixintan inooga diyaariyay.

Halkan ka dhagayso warka oo dhan.

https://www.voasomali.com/pp/4927478/ppt0.html

FORMER SOMALI ARMY COMMANDER LIVING IN VIRGINIA FOUND LIABLE FOR TORTURE DURING COUNTRY’S CIVIL WAR

May 21, 2019 

CJA

News, Press Releases 

For Immediate Release          
Contact:  Lisa Cohen (310) 395-2544 / lisa@lisacohen.org

 A jury in the Eastern District of Virginia finds Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali (aka “Tuke”) liable for the torture of semi-nomadic Somali herder Farhan Warfaa

Alexandria, May 21, 2019 —Today, a Virginia jury found Col. Yusuf Abdi Ali (aka “Tuke”) responsible for the torture of semi-nomadic Somali herder Farhan Warfaa. Col. Tukeh was a high-ranking military commander in Siad Barre’s decades-long military dictatorship in Somalia.

Jury finds former Somali colonel (Tuke) responsible for torture; "Guilty!

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury has found a northern Virginia man who once served as a colonel in the Somali Army responsible for torturing a man more than 30 years ago as part of a government campaign to repress its perceived enemies. After three days of deliberations, the civil jury on Tuesday awarded a $500,000 verdict to Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa, a member of the Isaaq clan in northern Somalia. 

Warfaa came to the U.S. and testified at the trial last week. He said he was 17 years old and herding camels and cattle for his family's farm when he was rounded up in a mass arrest In December 1987 over a missing water-tanker truck.

Why we celebrate May 18.

- On a bright sunny Saturday on May 18, Somaliland people celebrated the 28th anniversary of our independence, with parades across the country and saluting those heroes who scarified their own blood for our freedom.

This anniversary came at a time when ungrateful, enthusiastic Jaalle Siad Barre apologists in Somaliland legislature and political panhandlers are questioning why are we celebrating on May 18, and a well orchestrated clan based and politically motivated opposition, who have their sight to bring down the Bihi administration at any cost.

"Waxa la gaadhay xilligii la kala guri lahaa Soomaaliya iyo Somaliland"

- Madaxweynaha J.Somaliland oo qudbad ka jeediyay xuskii 18ka May ee ay Somaliland la soo noqotay madax-banaanideeda ayaa qodobbadii uu isdul taagay waxaa ka mid ahaa madaxbannaanida Somaliland iyo ka go'itaanka Soomaaliya inteeda kale.#

"Waxaa muuqata in caalamka badankiisu garwaaqsaday in la joogo wakhtigii la kala guri lahaa Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya, Soomaaliya iyo Somaliland iyaga oo xor ah oo laba dal oo Ingiriis iyo Talyaanigu kala guumaysan jireen ayay midoobeen lixdankii, soddon sano, oo toban sano dagaal ahaa labaatan sanona ciil, isqabqabsi iyo cadho ahayd ayay midaysnaayeen, kaddibna dawladdii dhexe way duntay", ayuu yidhi madaxweyne Biixi

Halka ka akhriso warka oo dhan; https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-48321242 

Uganda MPs push for recognition of Somaliland as a state

"I think the time is ripe for us to recognize and start working with Somaliland." Katuramu

- Uganda’s  President Yoweri Museveni has been asked to initiate a path towards recognizing Somaliland as an independent state and open avenues to do business with the Horn of Africa nation.

A delegation of Uganda parliamentarians is in Somaliland capital Hargeisa for a fact-finding mission of the internationally unrecognized nation which is marking its 28th independence day on May 18.

Uber driver accused of being a Somali war criminal

  “Two men were caught, tied to a tree. Oil was poured on them and they were burnt alive." Eye witness

- He’s an alleged Somali war criminal accused of burning men alive and shooting a captor five times at point-blank range — and, until recently, he was driving for Uber.

Yusuf Abdi Ali, a military commander in Somalia’s brutal civil war during the 1980s, has racked up a stellar 4.89 “Uber Pro Diamond” rating while driving through the Virginia suburbs over the past 18 months, CNN reported on Wednesday.

"Waxaan USA u Tagay Inaan Maxkamad La Tiigsado Col.Tuke

- Tacaddiyada ka dhanka ah bani'aadannimada ee ka dhacay Soomaaliya intii ay jirtay dowladdii kacaanka ee 21-ka sano uu ka talinayay madaxweynihii hore ee Soomaaliya Maxamed Siyaad Barre waxay isbuucan hareyn doonaan maxkamad ku taalla gobolka Virginia ee dalka Mareykanka kadib markii ugu dambeyn nin Soomaali ah uu ku guuleystay inuu dib ula xisaabtamo sarkaal milatari ahaa oo uu ku eedeynayo inuu isku dayay inuu dilo.

Dacwadda la xiriirta kiiskan oo in muddo ah soo jiitameysay ayaa si rasmi ah uga furmeysa maxkamadda, sida ay shaaciyeen wargeysyada The Guardian iyo New York Times, ee....!

Halkan ka akhriso warka oo dhan; https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-48272701

Ex-Somali Colonel (Tuke) Faces Civil Trial in US Alleging Torture

... Warfaa, lived in northwest Somalia and is a member of the Isaaq clan, which was singled out for persecution under Barre.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A northern Virginia man who served decades ago as a colonel in the Somali Army is facing accusations in a federal courtroom that he tortured and killed those perceived as enemies of the government.

A civil jury in Alexandria heard opening statements and testimony Monday in the suit against Yusuf Abdi Ali of Alexandria, who was known as "Tokeh" when he served under dictator Siad Barre.

In Memmory of Haji Abdi Warabe: Peace Building for over Hundred Years

- Haji Abdulkarim Husen Yusuf (better known as Haji Abdi Warabe) – may Allah bless his soul- passed away on Friday the 10th of May 2019 coinciding with 5th of Ramadan 1440 of the Islamic calendar. A lot is being written on the ocassion of his death in Somali mainly over the social media. Panel doscussions might also be organized on the Somali speaking TV channels. My intention here is to convey a mesagge about him to the non-Somali speaking world regarding his peace making efforts and how he earned the respect that he commanded in Somaliland and beyond.  He was recognized as peace icon in all the Somali territories in general and in Somaliland in particular. He died on a friday which is the blessed day of the week according to Islamic Sharia in the holy month of Ramadan.

Changemakers: Dr. Ismail Ahmed (Worldremit

- Some entrepreneurs identify business opportunities through rigorous market analysis. Others stumble on their idea by chance. Ismail Ahmed DLEMBA2010, founder and executive chairman of mobile-to-mobile money transfer firm WorldRemit, spotted a gap in the market because he had personal experience of the transformative effect of migrants sending money home. The reason: remittances.
 
Ahmed grew up in Hargeisa, the capital of the Republic Of Somaliland. He describes it as “relatively affluent and beautiful.

Read  more;

https://www.london.edu/lbsr/changemakers-ismail-ahmed 

 

Somaliland’s lessons in peace for Africa. "Read this

- “A place that has made something out of virtually nothing” is how former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo describes the progress made by Somaliland. 

His trip there this month was the first by an African president, current or past, since the territory re-declared its independence in 1991. In June 1960, Somaliland gained its independence from its colonial master Britain before making an ill-fated decision to join former Italian Somaliland five days later in a union that was.....!

Read More:

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-08-somalilands-lessons-in-peace-for-africa/ 

Madaxweynihii Hore Ee Nigeria Oo Yimid Magaalada Hargeisa (JSL).

- M/weynihii hore ee Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo oo dalkiisa madaxweyne ka noqday intii u dhaxeesay sanadihii 1999-kii ilaa 2007-dii ayaa maanta booqasho ku tagay magaalada Hargeisa ee Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland.

M/weyne Obasanjo ayaa garoonka magaalada Hargeysa waxaa kusoo dhaweeyay madaxweyne ku xigeenka Somaliland, xubno ka mid ah golaha wasiirada, duqqa caasimada, mas'uuliyiin katirsan axsaabta siyaasadda ee Somaliland, waxaana uu booqasho ku tegay xarumaha golaha wakiillada iyo maxkamadda sare....

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/somali/48171021

Ex- President Of Nigeria is In Somaliland! "The Speech