It is true a fact that SL reached where it is today without tangible IC support.
However, the most important issue herein to be understood quite well is that SL reached her own peaceful stability without ANY IC support, be it remotely even moral one.
Through its own peace-meal system, it was able to slowly but surely- with and through much ado and duress- managed to pacify area from area and area to area.
Whatever time it took, SL managed to re-install and re-instill social economical and orderly social political structures.
Now, we have all our national institutions back in place and the social fabrics have been molded from the tatters and ruins it was condemned and put into.
The irony of the matter has its gist on two main factors.
For one, the world or so called international community was mum and with ice-cold eyes and steel nerves watched and witnessed silently as SL was put and sunk into abyss.
The second thing is that the same international community was completely absent when elders gathered in Borama for four solid months to map a way charting out a newfound breather whose impetus was a new page of a new chapter of a new life.
It could be argued that Ethiopia was the only odd one out hence came to our aid by harbouring us.
To find people, institutions or whatever morphology entities take hence with much worse steel-nerves
or cold-blooded eyes dictate upon us on and as to how to conduct our own international affairs, or far much worse, support insurgencies anew to destabilize us is not only hypocrisy but something far much worse.
We could only term it as inhumanity if such entities do not have other ill-intentions or ill-motives driving them unexplained..
What we underpin hence cry out loudly in this column is that when it comes to SL’s integrity, sovereignty, objectives and aspirations, we are not going to stomach uncalled for gores that are tailored to undermine us.
It is a strong NO to any entity who interferes with our internal affairs.
Our strong no is in fact a stern warning that we are at a standby and at the ready to defend our government, people, statehood and nation at all times.
We on the same note and at the same time support conciliatory efforts that bear fruits as far as national cohesion, tranquility, harmony, peace and stability are concerned at all levels be it from grass-roots to national level.
We support what the Presidency minister has just done hence we also see the same positive trend the Interior one is doing at Borama.
Let Somaliland unite for their progress freely and pep up vigilance.
The neighbouring state of Ethiopia is Somaliland’s foremost African ally.
This sentiment was given by the VP upon his arrival back home on Friday after a weeklong visit to the country.
H.E. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismael also expressed the fact that the Ethiopians equally viewed this country as a staunch and close ally.
He said that the view was stated by the neighboring country’s President H.E. Mulate Teshome when they met in Addis Ababa. The VP said that in his deliberations with President Teshome, Ethiopia underscored the fact that they prioritized security hence wanted to see that there was peace and stability in the region.
The VP said that it was on the same plane of thought that SL forces had to scout around Taleeh such that the residents would be assured of security in the area.
In other words both countries struck the same chord as far as stability, peace and public security order is concerned.
As revealed last week, the VP would meet Ethiopian leaders as protocol traditionally has it, despite the fact that his 6 day Ethiopian sojourn was basically a private one.
The VP was welcomed upon arrival at the airport by several cabinet and parliamentary members and senior government officials
On a recent visit to the headquarters of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna, I met diplomats and officials racing to keep up with the worsening events in Ukraine.
The OSCE is the only regional security organization with Russia, Ukraine, European countries, and the US as members and so has a key role to play in defusing the Ukraine crisis. Last month it took the important consensus decision to send international monitors to Ukraine with the aim of “reducing tensions and fostering peace, stability and security”.
Its task is growing more challenging by the hour as eastern Ukraine slides toward armed conflict, but the need could not be more pressing. The Special Monitoring Mission needs to be urgently scaled up as soon as possible. The 129 staff is soon to increase to 200, but given the geographical scale of the crisis and the complexity of the issues at stake, a total closer to the 500 envisaged in the mandate will be needed to get the job done.
That mandate says the mission is to “monitor and support respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,” including those of national minorities. This needs to be among the monitors’ key daily tasks. And the mission needs to be as public as possible with information it gathers. A worrying feature of the Ukraine crisis is the distorting effect of disinformation and propaganda, and the mission, as a neutral source of impartial facts, can help counter this. The OSCE has announced there will be daily public reports – these need to be as detailed and timely as possible.
A report on Tuesday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights noted that misinformation, propaganda, and incitement to hatred need to be urgently countered to avoid the further escalation of tension in Ukraine.
The OSCE’s specialist institutions for human rights and national minorities are due in late April to publish a joint assessment of the human rights situation in Ukraine, including Crimea. Here, also, the OSCE needs to deliver. It’s crucial the report examines and makes strong recommendations on the serious abuses that have occurred since November 2013. It should also lay the groundwork for a full impartial investigation into the clashes between December and February that left hundreds of people dead and many more injured.
The diplomats and OSCE staff I met in Vienna were proud of their efforts in Ukraine and that their work is valued. It is vital the OSCE doesn’t miss this chance to prove its importance on both security and human rights.
In a press statement released by the Somaliland Foreign Ministry and International Cooperation today read as follows:-
As stipulated in Article 10 of Somaliland constitution
1. Somaliland acknowledges and attributes to regulations of governance and those of the United Charter
2. The republic of Somaliland recognizes and honors the universal declaration of human rights.
3. The republic of Somaliland believes in the principle of self-determination of world countries.
4. Political conciliation shall be solved through peaceful negotiations, and shall respect other country borders.
5. Shall strive to overcome differences through understanding and peaceful means.
So in accordance with Article 10 the government of Somaliland shall not in any way allow a clique of people or anarchist to infringe on its borders by holding unsanctioned assemblies and which lacks any permission from the government of Somaliland;
As such Somaliland shall not accept at any time whatsoever to be dictate upon by any entity on how to conduct its own affairs whether on administrative decentralization or its social security within its own borders.
Therefore the government of Somaliland wishes to inform neighboring countries and international organizations to desist from supporting acts of insurgency or abetting such illegal meetings which infringes upon the integrity, Unity and sovereignty and against the interest of the republic of Somaliland hence they should respect the national integrity just as this country respects those of the international community
Kenyan police and other security agencies should stop arbitrary arrests and detentions, extortion, and other abuses against Somalis during security operations, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should also halt summary deportations and ensure that any undocumented Somalis are given the opportunity to file asylum claims.
On April 4 and 8, 2014, Human Rights Watch visited Pangani police station in Eastleigh and found hundreds of detainees packed into cells designed to accommodate 20 people. Detainees had no room to sit, and the cells were filthy with urine and excrement. Police were also holding detainees beyond the 24-hour limit proscribed under Kenyan law, without taking them to court. One man at Pangani station complained to Human Rights Watch that he had been held for eight days without being taken to court.
“Scapegoating and abusing Somalis for heinous attacks by unknown people is not going to protect Kenyans, Somalis, or anyone else against more attacks,” said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Kenya’s deportation of Somalis to their conflict-ridden country without allowing them to seek asylum would be a flagrant breach of its legal obligations.”
Since April 2, almost 4,000 people are reported to have been arrested and detained in Nairobi and Mombasa. According to Human Rights Watch research, some of the detainees have been released after they produced identification documents, but only after days in deplorable detention conditions or after they paid bribes. On April 9, the Kenyan authorities summarily deported 82 undocumented Somali nationals from the capital, Nairobi, toSomalia. Kenyan officials have said that they plan to deport all undocumented Somali nationals as part of the response to recent grenade and other attacks in Kenya by unidentified people.
The Kenyan government began a massive security operation in Nairobi’s predominantly Somali Eastleigh district on April 2. On April 9, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku told the mediathat, during “Operation Usalama Watch,” police had arrested “almost 4,000 people.” An Administration Police spokesman, Masoud Mwinyi, said police had arrested and screened 3,000 people of whom 467 had been detained for further investigation. He said police had also charged 67 people with various unspecified offenses.
According to Kenyan officials, the operation began in response to a number of attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa in March that killed a total of 12 people and injured 8 more. An attack on a Nairobi shopping mall in September 2013 killed 67 people and injured hundreds.
Kenyan police operations in Nairobi and Mombasa in the wake of attacks have resulted on numerous occasions in serious human rights violations against both refugees and Kenyan citizens, Human Rights Watch said.
In the Pangani police station, Human Rights Watch witnessed police whipping, beating, and verbally abusing detainees. There have been numerous credible accounts of Kenyan security forces extorting money and beating people during the arrests and in detention.
Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people have also been detained in the Kasarani sports stadium in Nairobi. Independent investigators and media were denied access to Kasarani until April 9, when a limited visit was permitted. People who participated said that they were only provided limited access and were not able to freely interview detainees in the stadium.
On April 8, Lenku said, “The process will continue until we do not have illegal aliens and those found to have refugees documents are taken to refugees camps.”
Kenyan security forces, including the Administration Police and General Service Unit (GSU) have a record of committing serious human rights violations during security operations against communities of ethnic Somalis, Human Rights Watch said.
A May 2013 Human Rights Watch report described how Kenyan police in Nairobi tortured, raped, and otherwise abused and arbitrarily detained at least 1,000 refugees, including women and children, between mid-November 2012 and late January 2013, following grenade and other attacks in Eastleigh. The police called the refugees “terrorists” and said they should move to the refugee camps.
“For the second time in less than two years, the world is looking on aghast as Kenyan security forces abuse countless men, women, and children alike in the heart of Kenya, just a stone’s throw from government ministries and the United Nations,” Simpson said.
The police sweeps follow an announcement on March 26 that all urban refugees were required to move to refugee camps. Such a move would violate a July 26, 2013 Kenyan High Court ruling, which quashed an identical government refugee relocation plan from December 2012.
According to credible sources, some Somali refugees arrested in Eastleigh in the April operation were released with an order to report to the refugee camps within two weeks.
On April 9, Somalia’s ambassador to Kenya told journalists that Kenya had deported 82 Somali nationals to Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Kenya should stop summarily deporting Somali nationals, which risks violating its obligations under Kenyan and international law not to return anyone to situations of persecution or generalized violence. Any undocumented individuals should be given the opportunity to file an application for asylum, Human Rights Watch said.
The Kenyan government should provide full access to staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to interview and register asylum claims of undocumented Somalis.
In January, the United Nations refugee agency issued guidelineson returns to Somalia and called on countries not to return anyone before interviewing them and ensuring they do not face the threat of persecution or other serious harm if returned. UNHCR said that Somalia remains “a very dangerous place” and that no Somali national should be “forcibly returned to Somalia unless the returning state is convinced that the persons involved would not be at risk of persecution.”
Human Rights Watch said the Kenyan authorities were obliged to allow UNHCR to register asylum claims from anyone in Kenya, regardless of how long the person had been in Kenya before lodging a claim. Although Kenyan refugee law says an asylum seeker should lodge their claim with the authorities within 30 days of arrival, UNHCR does not impose any such deadline. Somali nationals’ access to UNHCR is all the more important after Kenya suspended all services to urban refugees, including registering new asylum seekers, in December 2012.
Kenyan immigration law allows the authorities to regulate who is in Kenya, and Kenya may prevent certain categories of people from entering or remaining in the country, including those deemed to be a security threat.
However, Kenyan and international law prohibit refoulement – forcible return to persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, or to a situation where a person would be at real risk of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. Kenya is also prohibited from returning anyone to a place where their “life, physical integrity, or liberty would be threatened on account of external aggression, occupation, foreign domination, or events seriously disturbing public order.”
In its January 2014 guidelines, UNHCR said that it “consider[s] the options for Somalis to find protection from persecution or serious harm within Southern and Central Somalia to be limited,” especially in the large areas that remain under the control of the Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab.
Al-Shabaab has continued to forcibly recruit people into its ranks, including children, and to target individuals perceived to support the Somali government and its partners. On March 5, al-Shabaab publicly executed three alleged spies in Barawe, one of the group’s strongholds.
UNHCR also noted an increase in al-Shabaab attacks in 2013 in Mogadishu that killed civilians. Conflict related injuries in Mogadishu and the southern port town of Kismayo also increased in early 2014.
According to UNHCR, 1.1 million people are currently displaced within Somalia, including 369,000 in Mogadishu. In a March 2013 report, Human Rights Watch found that members of state security forces and armed groups had raped, beaten, and otherwise mistreated displaced Somalis in Mogadishu.A February 2014 Human Rights Watch report documented high levels of rapeand sexual abuse against displaced women and girls in the capital throughout 2013.
In other parts of south-central Somalia, a joint military offensive by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF) against al-Shabaab has resulted in new internal displacement, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Foreign donors to Kenya and UNHCR should vigorously and publicly oppose summary deportations of Somalis, Human Rights Watch said.
“Kenya’s summary deportation of Somali nationals should end,” Simpson said. “Undocumented people should be given the opportunity to file an asylum application rather than being summarily deported back to the dangers of south-central Somalia.”
President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) has sent a message of Condolence to the family, friends of the late AdenHaji Abdillahi(Hashish)who passed away in Toronto , Canada 0n the 18th /04/2014.
May Allah (SWT) bless his soul our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time .His death is a great loss to his family.
“Verily to Allah belongs what He took and to Him belongs what He gave, and everything with Him has appointed time …..And then he ordered for us to be patient and hope for Allah’s reward.
We ask Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) to forgive all his sins and take his soul to Jannat ul Fardowza,ameen. And give patience to his family and magnify your reward at this time.
The current elections in India seem to produce new episode in the recent history of this democratic nation. The world’s largest democratic election- the 16 since independence is underway in India, with 800 million eligible voters and will continue the coming three weeks-is demonstrating an exception. The two main rival political parties that are heavily contesting this election are:Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling congress party.
The two main prime ministerial candidates are Rahul Gandhi, the vice chair of the ruling congress and Narendra Modi, the former Chief Minister of Gujrat and the current leader of BJP. Rahul Gandhi, who is 43 years old, studied international relations and development studies at the universities of Rollins and Cambridge. Rahul Gandhi comes from the politically influential Nehru-Gandhi family. His father was late Rajiv Gandhi, who held the prime ministerial post in late 1980s. His mother is the controversial Sonia Gandhi, who is currently holding the presiding position of Congress. Interestingly, his grandmother was Indira Gandhi, who was the third prime minister of India between 1966-1977 and 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Indira Gandhi was the only child of India’s first prime minister.John Elliot, the author of the book “India’s Tryst with Reality”, explains the confusion surrounding the lineage of Gandhi family in the following words:
“Indira Gandhi, born a Nehru, married Feroze Gandhy who changed the spelling of his main name, thus giving the family an association with the stronger Mahatma brand, which still causes helpful confusion today. No one knows how many of the poor, who have instinctively voted for the Congress Party in past general elections, believe the Gandhis are descendants of the nation’s founding father, but there must be many. (Foreigners who do not know India well also assume there are direct family links.”
At this point it is important to point out that the Gandhiji connection has worked for Nehru-Gandhi family politically for the last sixty years, and they got three prime ministers in India during the last 60 years. It is also worth remembering that dynasty rule have taken firm foot in sub-continent especially in India, Pakistan and Bangaladhes, where you find the triangle of family rule “Buto, Gandhi and Hasina/Zia family rule”.Somalilanders experienced this kind of dynasty rule during their union with Somalia, both during the civilian era as well as the dictatorship time. This has been clearly elucidated by the Abgaal comedian, who was disappointed by persistent power succession between Majeerteen Leaders in a poem that later became household-discussion among the Somali people:
Marna waa Rasheed
Marna waa Rizaaq
Inta kale ma rootiyaa?
Once it was Rashid and
Once again it was Rizaq,
Is the rest just toast?
Coming back to the topic, Narendra Modi who is 63 years, self-made man and an experienced administrator who has held for more than 12 years as the chief minister of the state of Gujarat, he has been praised for his economic reforms in Gujarat for the last 10 years. But many argue that Narendra Modi does not represent for all India, and accuses him his deadly role in Gujrat riots in 2003, which more than 1000 people were killed. Most recently, prominent Indian artists and academics have written an open letter warning against the possible election of Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi as a prime minister of India and warned that this would be ill-move and disaster in the future of India.
Nevertheless, the most important issue that has huge impact on this election is the economy- the shrinking GDP growth rates. Ever since 1991, when India undertook sequences of reforms in the face of a balance- of payments crisis, there have been number of economic reform policies but the pace of change has been very slow especially during last seven years. Inflation remains very high and many characterize Congresses reform policies as old-fashioned budget-busting handouts.
Many observers contend that India will recapture its economic footing once Narendra Modi is elected as prime minister-they also emphasize that Narendra Modi is considered as pro-business politician and would most likely enhance economic reforms that are greatly needed. While other observers argue that BJP’s economic vision is not yet clear and it is all about generalities, and needs to be clarified. They also argue if BJP wins the election, they should also forward another personality rather than Modi because of his role in Gujrat crisis in 2003.
Finally, what is certain, however, is that dynasty rule of Nehru-Gandhi era is becoming to an end and new era is beginning for India.
The Maverick Governor of Gabiley region Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim Geedi has been suspended indefinitely sources close to the Presidency has confirmed.
Although it’s not known what led to the suspension of the all-powerful administrator it seems to be related to arrest and mistreatment of Ethiopian External Intelligence officers inthe western town of Gabiley some two weeks ago.
The Administrator was absent from a meeting which was convened this week in the town of Borame were all the Governors were present.
A local Somali Language newspaper (Geeska Afrika ) in a telephone interview with the Governor of Gabiley denied the reports.
The Incident involving the Ethiopian officials caused political fallout between the two nations and also forced Somaliland officials to issue an official apology.
Edna Adan: Inaugural Recipient of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award
Honoring a Leader in Global Women’s Health
Newswise — Philadelphia, PA (April 18, 2014) – Following an intense selection process, Edna Adan has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health. The award will be presented to Adan on May 15, 2014 and includes a $100,000 cash prize which will be presented biennially to a leader in the field of global women’s health.
The Renfield Award joins a long line of firsts for Adan. She was the first Somali girl to be awarded a scholarship to study in Britain, where she learned nursing, midwifery, and nursing management for seven years. The first qualified nurse-midwife in Somaliland, she later became the first lady of the country. After years of advocating for the abolition of harmful traditional practices like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) through her work with the World Health Organization, Adan returned to Somaliland, where she sold all of her possessions to build the country’s first maternity hospital.
Adan was nominated for the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award by Nicholas Kristof, columnist for The New York Times and co-author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. “Edna Adan has been a passionate leader not only as a hands-on nurse in Somaliland, but also in building a hospital and a training system to produce more nurses and midwives to work in remote areas across her country,” said Kristof. “She has been a tireless force to end female genital cutting in her country. The result is that largely by force of will, Edna is saving lives every day – and putting in place public health systems that will save lives for many decades to come. She’s a force of nature, and it’s a privilege to watch her in action.”
For Adan, the phone call from Penn Nursing Dean Afaf I. Meleis telling her that she had been selected to receive the Renfield Award came as she was working to secure funding to expand her hospital and care for more women and children than ever before. When she learned the news, tears welled in her eyes as she shared the Renfield Award could not have come at a better time.
The health of the people of Somaliland is among the worst in Africa, with one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world. Since opening in 2002, the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital has transformed the lives of women in Somaliland. Over 14,000 babies have been safely delivered with a maternal mortality rate one fourth of the national average and more than 300 women have undergone successful fistula repairs. The Maternity Hospital educates fully qualified healthcare professionals, and remains committed to fighting the practice of FGM.
Supporting leaders like Adan remains a critical part of the mission of Penn Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health. Since 2009, Penn Nursing has engaged over 1,200 people through its women’s health initiative events, leading to extraordinary growth for the Center. One of these individuals was Jean Renfield-Miller, president of the Beatrice Renfield Foundation, the founder of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award. “The health and safety of women has far-reaching effects,” said Renfield-Miller. “This award will raise awareness of the issues facing women and girls today and encourage innovative solutions to these problems.”
Adan will receive the Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health and make a presentation as the final speaker at Penn Nursing’s Healthy Cities: Healthy Women – The Global Future conference on May 15, 2014. Registration for Healthy Cities: Healthy Women starts at $20 per person and proceeds from the event will benefit Penn Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health.In addition, the University of Pennsylvania will present Edna Adan with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at its 2014 Commencement Ceremony on May 19, 2014.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is one of the world’s leading schools of nursing and is ranked the #1 nursing school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. Penn Nursing is consistently among the nation’s top recipients of nursing research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Penn Nursing prepares nurse scientists and nurse leaders who advance global health through research, education and practice.
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Suppressing ideas never succeeds and make them go away…America respects the right ofall peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world even if we disagree with them ,and we will welcome all elected peaceful governments provided they govern with respect for all of their people…this last point is important because there are some who advocate for democracyonly when they are out of power ,once in power they are ruthless and suppress the rights of others… you must maintain your power through consent not coercion … participate with spirit of tolerance and compromise. You must place the interest of your people and the legitimate working of the political process above your party. With these ingredients ?elections alone don’t make true democracy (US president’s Speech to Muslim World)
These are some wise statements of President Obama of America in his speech in Cairo to Muslim World Somaliland included.
When a great president of high integrity like Obama Hussien makes speech, people of all walks of life sit back and listen and use it as guiding principle in their lives to most of world population. (There are some disagreements and exceptions based on different civilizations).
however; reading the above quote from the US president all over again and again and comparing to omnipotent Silanyo if he met any of it, it’s quite certain that he is far from meeting iota of the guide, rather he is opposite of rule of law, then everyone gets disappointed and frustrated because how silly we were to be openly deceived by centenarian ageless misleader in 21 century in globalized world.
Obama’s riveting words, however,reminded me of how Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo’s false show of love for democracy and his crocodile tears for the press during his search of power went undetected but when he reached the power, he introduced us again as a new figure with his intrinsic totalitarianism : Ahmed Silanyo( or the Serpent) dropped anyone who worked with him and replaced them with cousins, nieces , andin-laws“ you Adams the Black, take Hargaiesa Airport, President Silanyo says, you Adam the Red, take Berbera’s revenues, where is Adams, the Yellow? Take Road Construction Movie industry “ I mandated you tocollect money not just from the deprived society here burnt by Africa’s cruel sun compounded by the global warming but also the laborer people inthe UK and Norway, is there any Adams, be green or .., left behind? on the other hand, when it comes nonmonetary issues which sound insignificant to them like May 18, the organizers are all non-Adam affiliates. So what Adams are busy for? Engaged in wholesale looting?
Mr. Silanyo has shown his true color: unrelenting crackdown on freedom of press, stifling any legitimate opposition voice or free press to loot in the blackout. He allowed the national TV to do certain commercials from certain firms for free as they backed him before and to become showbiz where his snapshots including swimming photos are played day in and day out to refute he is not “brain dead” before the overriding issues are broadcasted.
His inner circles from finance secretary to his chief cabinet are sheikhs or Imams by appearance, yet new dangerous dons proliferated recently to absorb bone marrow of poor masses dry! Some are highly skilled in doing so returned from the West determined and avowed to get filthy rich or die along the line. “As mining firms get in, I take some amount of xaqul Qalin or small charge—that is in the millions of US Dollars— without parliament’s notice or any other organ of government because I belong to Grey Adams of power of appointment! Does the Parliament need to be informed of?This is the paraphrasing of the utterances of the arrogant behavior of the Mining Minister whose absolute clout led the closure of leading Haatuf Newspaper after it published a news item about corruption scandal revealed unprecedented massive scale of multimillion dollar embezzlements ongoing.
Awil Duale former Finance Minister‘s swim in ocean of embezzlements tarnished the outgoing party UDUB, so electorates opted to vote for Ahmed having high expectations in him but he shrunk the lifetime of Somaliland, “… Isma doorin Gaalkaan diriyo, daarta kii galaye Dusha midabka Soomaalidaad, dugul ka mooddaaye Misna laguma diirsado qalbiga, waa dirkii Korale. (Nothing changed with thewhite man I rejected, and with those who replaced him. In surface appearance, Somalis,black in color they look but they bring misery to theheart, being the offspring ofCarroll ( Commentary Somalia Issue, p 21) a poem by one of the greatest Somali poets of all time late Poet Ahmed Ismail Diriye known as “ Qaasin”
Berbera Seaport Revenue Authority which Silanyo vigorously criticized for being under the auspices of the presidential office not just kept as it was during Kahin’s reign but handed it to brutal hands in presidential compound without any auditor from finance ministry let alone run it.
Somaliland Road Authority, dysfunctional institution for lack of finance which has run by Sheikh from Hawiye because it is unwanted in the eyes of bloodsucking greedy thieves has been returned to the honest amasser, coterie collaborator and kinsman of who-love First family-up-to- death immediately after the EU announced 5 million Euros to finance infrastructure including roads. The Sheikh in charge was transferred to Information office to be a colleague with whom very little in common! Next time if Saudi Kingdom declares its donation of Zakat to Somaliland, the ministry of Religion won’t be as it is today but would go under… its needless to tell, if the ministry is with little budget is x tribe or theirs, but if it has shedload of funding, it’s ours! That is what Garadag set of Law Are for All commands or as his Green Book obliges. “ beeshu way ha raadoo” or the song title “ the clan became thirst” is put into practice ruthlessly but when will they satiate the insatiable monster in their belly?Guys when will you be satisfied?You sold the wild life, the national asset, the public buildings, rented the land for dubious firms, and leased the maritime resources for all-devouring trawlers from Asia.A major concern has been raised as a a result of overfishing that may lead local fishers to unable to catch enough stocks never mind future unborn generation to fish.
as many as three-quarters of total government vehicles became unserviceable within two years as ministers as well as their wives and children used themfor personal errands.Many drove to Khat sessions and between cities in full view of Office of Public Transport.A ministry recently declared to auction hundreds of breakdown cars to potential buyers. it wants to whole-buy new ones to embezzle in the transaction.
10 million US dollar assigned for the reconstruction of Egal Airport gone to newly haphazardly formed company without any equipment or expertise to be rewarded for his 100,000 USD the owner gave to his uncle during the first attempt to reach power. Other companies are tax-exempt to get triple of what they paid during the campaign. Look at the constant ads breaks by so called national TV. What a superb national TV!
There is a fairytale about shepherd family of an Untouchables Tribe in Somalia. A sheep died naturally and the family man came late and saw the corpse lying not far and allured by the un-resistible delectable fatty meat in it, he said to his espouse “sweetie why not cut it into smaller pieces to eat?”“The Quran say it is forbidden to eat un-slaughtered animal…,” his wife said “that Book doesn’t know our interest, therefore; don’t abide it!” the same thing seem happening in Somaliland’s leading Office today. Similarly the constitution and rule of law don’t know their unlimited needs and wants. So they’ve to put aside all distractions and pack whatsoever is worthy from nails and hampers to stationeries until eviction occurs. Let them make the water well dry if they can satiate their bottomless bellies! That is by the by, the whole country is reduced to two mere parts: Berbera and parts of Hargaysa where westerners are led to believe militants overslept until their minister are sacked.
The government unleashed suppression and intimidation campaigns against mass media to undersell more “fake mining licenses to multiple firms the same block just to amass millions of dollars in the form of patent fees in the blackout.
By Goth Mohamed Goth
Thousands Arrested, Almost 100 Deported
The current elections in India seem to produce new episode in the recent history of this democratic nation. The world’s largest democratic election- the 16 since independence is underway in India, with 800 million eligible voters and will continue the coming three weeks-is demonstrating an exception. The two main rival political parties that are heavily contesting this election are:
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Edna Adan: Inaugural Recipient of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award 
By Abdirahman Mohamed Dirye