UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council should consider lifting an arms embargo on Somalia to help rebuild the country’s security forces and consolidate military gains against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon suggested in a report Friday.
The council imposed the embargo in 1992 to cut the flow of arms to feuding warlords, who a year earlier ousted dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and plunged Somalia into civil war. Council diplomats said the arms embargo was “under discussion” as the delegations have not reached a final agreement.
Somalia’s president and prime minister were elected last year in the country’s first national vote since 1991.
“Enhanced efforts are … urgently needed to develop the Somali National Security Forces,” Ban said in the report to the 15-member council. “In this regard, the Security Council may wish to consider the repeated request by the government for lifting the arms embargo.”
Somalia wants help strengthening its poorly equipped and often ill-disciplined military that is more of a loosely affiliated umbrella group of rival militias than a cohesive fighting force loyal to a single president.
There are 17,600 U.N.-mandated African Union peacekeepers helping battle the Islamist rebels in Somalia. The African Union has also appealed to the Security Council to review the arms embargo on Somalia.
“Although security has improved considerably in Somalia, the struggle is far from over. The insurgents continue to carry out their attacks using terrorist attacks and targeted assassinations,” Ban said.
“These spoilers will seize any opportunity to reverse the gains,” he said. “We must continue to stay alert and deny them the space they seek. We should continue to explore the measures already identified, such as travel bans and asset freezes, as we determine when and to whom these must be applied.”
Ban also recommended in the report that a new U.N. assistance mission to deliver political and peacebuilding support be established in Somalia and that the Security Council consider a U.N. or joint U.N.-AU peacekeeping mission once the combat operations against Al-Shabaab come to an end.
He said planning for the deployment of the new U.N. assistance mission should take place as soon as possible and that it be based in Somalia instead of neighboring Kenya, now that security has improved.
The Security Council needs to renew the mandate for the AU peacekeeping force in Somalia, known as AMISOM, by early March.
The council is also considering a call to permit the export of stocks of charcoal. It banned the sale abroad of Somali charcoal in last February in an attempt to cut off al Shabaab’s funding.
The Security Council’s Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, an independent panel that reports on compliance with U.N. sanctions, says charcoal exports from southern Somalia in 2011 generated over $25 million for al Shabaab.
Source: Reuters
UN chief suggests review of 21-year-old Somalia arms embargo
Somaliland:National Airport levy and Security bill has been passed by Parliament
Somaliland National Assembly has today passed the Somaliland national airports levy and security bill. The original national airports levy and security bill draft bill presented by the ministry of Aviation and Air transported and has seen few amendments to some of the clauses in the bill by the parliamentary Committee in charge for Economics, Investment and Trade.
The Deputy first speaker Hon Bashe Mohamed Farah Presided over today’s session in which 49 MPs out of the 82 MPs of which the house was composed were present.
The National Airport security levy bill was passed by 46 MPs out 49 MPs who were Present during the vote; 2MPs voted against the bill while 1 abstain from voting.
The Passing of the National Airport levy and security bill will be crucial to enhancement security of our national airports and from now on every passenger using our airports will have to pay a compulsory $10 levy to the National Airports Services and Handling Agency (NASHA) a private firm is responsible for collection the levy.
The Bill also empowers the ministry of civil aviation and air transport to adopt the sole responsibility of developing and modernizing of the national airports.
Goth M Goth
Somalilandpress.com
Somalia Has Just Become a Recognized Country. So What Does That Now Mean for Somaliland?
Somalia, located in the Horn of Africa, has for years been plagued with problems of instability, piracy and extremism. But on January 18, after about two decades without formal relations, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton officially recognized the government of Somalia, for having turned itself around.
For Somalia, this is wonderful news, but what does this statement mean for Somaliland, an unrecognized state, located in the northern tip of Somalia, that declared its independence from Somalia in 1991? The country is a fledgling democracy which has its own constitution, held peaceful elections, opened schools and universities, established a central bank that prints its own currency and has its own security mechanism.
Karthik Pottipatti, 24, an Indian American graduate of Claremont Mckenna College in politics and winner of a German fellowship to study economics at the Freie Universitaet, Berlin, spent six months last year teaching at the University of Hargeisa — Somaliland’s flagship public University. Karthik is currently studying law at Harvard University. His experience living, working and traveling, with a military style canvas duffle bag, has shed light on a country which he describes as a peaceful forward thinking Islamic democracy.
I interviewed Karthik about his experience and the following is an excerpt of the interview:
So why did you decide to go to Somaliland?
I was interested and curious about Somaliland because it’s a functioning democracy without any interference or influence from the west. The country has built democratic institutions without having a modern history of democracy.
What did you teach at the University of Hargeisa and what was your experience like?
Under the foreign teacher’s program, I taught English and Economics to freshmen, sophomores and juniors. There are more than 1500 students enrolled in bachelor degree programs at the University of Hargeisa. The school runs a comprehensive program, including the important task of training the countries medical doctors.
But unfortunately the university does not compare when it comes to faculty or facilities or resources for students. This is not for lack of effort but more of a reality of living in an area where resources are very limited, and where international recognition limits how much assistance they can get from other universities and other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
You speak about Somaliland’s lack of recognition. How does that impact the students?
Since the country is unrecognized there are not many international scholarship programs available for these students. Personally this is a shame as Somaliland is a democracy just like ours and there are a few students I felt who could take advantage of an education in the U.S. or Europe.
For a country where the educational infrastructure is being built from the ground up, it is important for students to go to other countries and learn best practices and bring it back to Somaliland. The country needs professionals — from well-trained economists who can run the central bank, and design an Islamic banking system that is conducive to growth and investment, to medical professionals who can educate the next generation of doctors in the country.
Secondly, the lack of recognition serves as a disincentive for other organizations to make partnerships with universities within Somaliland. This has effected the University of Hargeisa as it is currently not internationally accredited.
Somaliland was completely destroyed when Said Barre’s forces bombed the country during the civil war. When the war ended in the early 90’s the country had to rebuild from scratch. The intellectual community that fled Somaliland prior to the war left a void that now needs to be filled.
Maybe the international community is weary of getting involved because of the security situation in Somaliland? What was your experience there like?
Somaliland is mainly a stable country, and all foreigners must live with security personnel. We had guards living with us in the house, but this did not deter me from going on runs in the morning with my colleagues.
I did not feel that we were in danger and this has a lot to do with the Somaliland government’s interest in keeping at bay terrorist groups like the Al Shabab, which was an active force in southern Somalia (the Shabab is a militant group that has ties to al-Qaeda).
Somaliland has been vigilant in fighting the Shabab. And this is not just the police. Ordinary Somaliland citizens recognize that the Shabab is a dangerous and intolerant group. Because the country is clan based, outsiders are immediately spotted and the Somaliland police work with NGO’s to eliminate the threat.
What was your experience living in a Muslim country? Were you under pressure to convert to Islam?
I had to dress conservatively in business casual clothes. In a Muslim country there is less freedom in what you can do and in expressing yourself. They did encourage me to convert but I never felt pressured to convert as they don’t believe in forced conversions to Islam.
Somaliland is a testament to capitalism. You can find things here from the U.S., China and India. When we talk of Islam and democracy, many times we feel these are odds with each other. But here is a country that has generated a working democracy by itself.
Soon after Karthik left Somaliland, the foreign teachers program was closed. After hearing of Somalia’s recognition he said, “This is an opportunity for us to re-examine our policy towards Somaliland and hopefully recognize the sovereignty of an independent Muslim democracy in Africa”.
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Somaliland and the small little things of Somalia
Heard about the one where the good-will motivated man tried to save the fish from drowning and killed it in the process? Seems like Somaliland’s political approach to the Somalia of malignant failure draws the same line and makes Somaliland look like an idiot of superlative stamp, soft approach and cajoling a collection of psychologically warped, loose groups of inconsequential flair is just a wasteful exercise of fruitless doom, it’s time to take the bull by the horns and treat liability as liability. The so called unionist mostly populated by the grey men of siyadist flag bearers whose decline of status and quality of life is stark opposite to the flourishing and shiny Somaliland are not the type you invest positively in expectation of positive upshots. Its a stand against fattened Somaliland will procure a diminishing existence of me, unionist, federalist of 5.4 patriotism, the Puntland of Majerteniya, the paradox of conflicting mayhem.
Somaliland and its people must take cognizance the progressive nature of its statehood is fuelling an enormous recycled hatred of the lost brigade of yesterday, mushrooming tribal juntas on its borders like khaatumo terror group is not an accident that was catapulted from a thin air, its tribal dismantling of somaliland sourced out from central Somalia which in turn was framed to brush aside Somaliland as mere tribal haven of their colour. We failed to get ourselves involved to shape the outcomes of the political wrestling at mogadisho’s over-saturated circus.
So we got plastic presidents whose temporary gains of monetary maturity relied upon dicing with the unity card flashing, and those who pulverised what use to be Somalia jumped on board to linger on the edges of a doomed existence. United Somalia became the mantra of new profiteering enterprise while Somalis were rendered to the death throes of shame.
Yet we still call upon the somali brotherhood and homogeneity of culture as non state bondage that a separate Somaliland will have no impact at all, we in Somaliland erect an umbrella of dignified stitch-up of different warring tribes under organised system of reconciliation. And with that, the hammer of the dislodged so called unionist persona bangs foolishly on a parallel track of envy, ending with a booming sound of “you will not be recognised”. If they only knew our stamina.
It’s time we call the shots, time to fall in line with the poignant fact that their deep rooted misconception of political interpretation is what makes us unique, thus establishing diversity exists and getting ourselves out of their quagmire and sorry life. It’s high time Somaliland to respond in kind when it becomes a victim of tribal proxy war from its borders and chase the heat to its source. Fall outs from garowe must not be the armed guerrilla of khatumo, it must end in garowe.
The federal tribal constitution that was baked hastily must be deemed as a standard below Somaliland code of political practice and merit no congratulatory statements from our senior politicians. The insanity of the little dusty men marching faintly against the might of the Somaliland determination must be brought to the burrows of its final rest. In a world of intermingled economic networks, Somaliland will stay afloat by default without the recognition they imply we die for. Servicing our interest must be the core of our dealings with Somalia, Somaliland must be tough on these neon athels.
By jama abdi askar,,,,,,
Somalia's intelligence services mimicry
Intelligence services are a brisk business in Somalia. Powerful clans, who had their hopes to use the state for the benefit of their clansmen dashed, have created Intelligence Agencies. All so-called intelligence agencies are modeled on the former Somali military regime’s domestic intelligence service whose main task was to protect the revolutionary government against counter-revolutionaries.
In 2013 president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud inaugurated a new premises for Somali National Intelligence & Security Agency, and the day fell on the 41st anniversary of the agency. Formerly known as National Security Service ( Ciidanka Nabadsugidda Soomaaliyeed), it was a key institution in the former military regime’s oppressive institutions remembered for collective punishment, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killing.
The institutional continuity of the agency is fictitious. Only Somalia’s new government, formed on 4 November 2012, has misled people into thinking that there is no discontinuity in the history of the agency after the overthrow of the military regime and the subsequent state collapse in 1991.
Defunct institutions created by the military regime— Ciidanka Guulwadayaasha (Victory Pioneers) and Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed ( Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ) have not been revived.
Apart from the Mogadishu-based intelligence agency there are two intelligence agencies created in Somaliland and Puntland. Recently Somaliland president, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, “signed into law the National Intelligence Bill”. Somaliland intelligence operatives “can operate in and outside Somaliland”, the new law stipulates.
In Puntland an intelligence service was formed without consultation with Puntland stakeholders in 2002. Formerly known as Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS), it was based in Bosaso city until President Abdirahman Farole of Puntland reorganised the agency and integrated it with security forces of Puntland after PIS failed to stem the tide of assassinations against Puntland government officials, judges and traditional leaders. However, old habits of PIS die hard. Puntland security forces captured and interviewed Al Shabaab operatives who had role in the assassination of Dr Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman. The carefully edited interviews were handed over to an independent, investigative committee from of the late Ahmed Haji Abidrahaman’s clan.
One of the arrested Al Shabaab operatives interviewed by Puntland security forces is Mohamed Mohamud Mohamed (his nom de guerre is Abu Burayda). He was born in Godale hamlet near Taleh district. The second man is 17 year old Ahmed Mohamed Ali Osman born in Garowe. He identified himself as belonging to Kaskiqabe clan but the Mohamed only mentioned his birth place, enough to give a hint about his clan. To prevent people from concluding that Ahmed belongs to the same clan as Puntland president’s, interviewers instructed him to mention the name of his clan.
Al Shabaab operatives who are believed to have planned and carried out assassinations belong to different clans but Puntland administration manipulated the interview in a futile bid to cement clan cohesion to give ‘misguided clansmen’ a chance to repent.
The two men interviewed by Puntland security forces talked about how they were recruited and roles they played in Al Shabaab’s amniyaat (intelligence agency ) Puntland cell. The assassin fled the scene, they said.
Not all Somali clans have intelligence agencies but rival clans with no intelligence agency may create an intelligence agency to protect their clansmen and clanswomen against hostile clan spies.
Mimicking Somalia dreaded ex-intelligence service is symptomatic of major Somali clans’ pathological desire to usurp the state power and make history repeat itself for Somalis who need an omnipotent analyst and couch with a capacity of at least one million people.
Liban Ahmad
Interviews released into the public domain by an independent Investigation Committee on the assassination of Dr Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman
http://www.raxanreeb.com/2012/10/daawo-video-gacan-ku-dhiiglayaashii-dilay-shiikh-dr-axmed-xaaji-cabdiraxmaan-oo-qiranaya/
Somalia’s intelligence services mimicry
Intelligence services are a brisk business in Somalia. Powerful clans, who had their hopes to use the state for the benefit of their clansmen dashed, have created Intelligence Agencies. All so-called intelligence agencies are modeled on the former Somali military regime’s domestic intelligence service whose main task was to protect the revolutionary government against counter-revolutionaries.
In 2013 president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud inaugurated a new premises for Somali National Intelligence & Security Agency, and the day fell on the 41st anniversary of the agency. Formerly known as National Security Service ( Ciidanka Nabadsugidda Soomaaliyeed), it was a key institution in the former military regime’s oppressive institutions remembered for collective punishment, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killing.
The institutional continuity of the agency is fictitious. Only Somalia’s new government, formed on 4 November 2012, has misled people into thinking that there is no discontinuity in the history of the agency after the overthrow of the military regime and the subsequent state collapse in 1991.
Defunct institutions created by the military regime— Ciidanka Guulwadayaasha (Victory Pioneers) and Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed ( Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ) have not been revived.
Apart from the Mogadishu-based intelligence agency there are two intelligence agencies created in Somaliland and Puntland. Recently Somaliland president, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, “signed into law the National Intelligence Bill”. Somaliland intelligence operatives “can operate in and outside Somaliland”, the new law stipulates.
In Puntland an intelligence service was formed without consultation with Puntland stakeholders in 2002. Formerly known as Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS), it was based in Bosaso city until President Abdirahman Farole of Puntland reorganised the agency and integrated it with security forces of Puntland after PIS failed to stem the tide of assassinations against Puntland government officials, judges and traditional leaders. However, old habits of PIS die hard. Puntland security forces captured and interviewed Al Shabaab operatives who had role in the assassination of Dr Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman. The carefully edited interviews were handed over to an independent, investigative committee from of the late Ahmed Haji Abidrahaman’s clan.
One of the arrested Al Shabaab operatives interviewed by Puntland security forces is Mohamed Mohamud Mohamed (his nom de guerre is Abu Burayda). He was born in Godale hamlet near Taleh district. The second man is 17 year old Ahmed Mohamed Ali Osman born in Garowe. He identified himself as belonging to Kaskiqabe clan but the Mohamed only mentioned his birth place, enough to give a hint about his clan. To prevent people from concluding that Ahmed belongs to the same clan as Puntland president’s, interviewers instructed him to mention the name of his clan.
Al Shabaab operatives who are believed to have planned and carried out assassinations belong to different clans but Puntland administration manipulated the interview in a futile bid to cement clan cohesion to give ‘misguided clansmen’ a chance to repent.
The two men interviewed by Puntland security forces talked about how they were recruited and roles they played in Al Shabaab’s amniyaat (intelligence agency ) Puntland cell. The assassin fled the scene, they said.
Not all Somali clans have intelligence agencies but rival clans with no intelligence agency may create an intelligence agency to protect their clansmen and clanswomen against hostile clan spies.
Mimicking Somalia dreaded ex-intelligence service is symptomatic of major Somali clans’ pathological desire to usurp the state power and make history repeat itself for Somalis who need an omnipotent analyst and couch with a capacity of at least one million people.
Liban Ahmad
Interviews released into the public domain by an independent Investigation Committee on the assassination of Dr Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman
http://www.raxanreeb.com/2012/10/daawo-video-gacan-ku-dhiiglayaashii-dilay-shiikh-dr-axmed-xaaji-cabdiraxmaan-oo-qiranaya/
Two 'Somali pirates' jailed in Japan: report
Two men who attempted to hijack a Japanese tanker off the coast of Oman were jailed for 10 years by Tokyo District Court on Friday, a report said, in the first piracy prosecution in Japan.
The two were among four African men arrested in March 2011 over the attack in the Indian Ocean.
Men armed with submachine guns tried to seize the tanker, which was operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and had 24 crew members aboard, reports said.
“It was an organised and dangerous crime by men armed with guns who sought to demand a ransom,” presiding judge Katsunori Ohno said in his ruling, according to broadcaster NHK.
US Navy personnel captured the men and handed them over to Japan’s coastguard, which for the first time applied the nation’s new anti-piracy law to transport them to Tokyo to face trial.
The court used two sets of interpreters — one from Japanese to English and another from English to Somali.
The men were identified in court as Mohamed Urgus Adeysey and Abdinur Hussein Ali, and believed to be in their 20s or 30s, but reportedly said they were not certain of their own dates of birth.
Their lawyers have said they had difficulties communicating with their clients, who were apparently illiterate.
Although the two men pleaded guilty to their charges, one of their lawyers has previously told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that it was not clear whether the defendants understood the judicial system.
Defence lawyers had argued the prosecution should have been dropped because neither the place of the attack nor the tanker — which was registered in the Bahamas — were Japanese territory, previous reports said.
Two other men who were brought to Japan will go through a different trial process because they are believed to be juveniles under Japanese law.
After a spike at the start of the last decade, successful pirate attacks on commercial vessels sailing off the Horn of Africa have diminished, deterred by an international deployment of warships to patrol the coast.
Somali pirates have been tried in countries including the Netherlands and South Korea.
Source: AP
Somaliland: A Wolf shows his Teeth to bite and not to give a friendly Smile
Mr. Hassan Sheikh, the recently clannishly selected President of Somalia is committing an offense under United Nation’s Humanitarian law. He gravely impinges on the self-determination of the Somaliland people by relentlessly and erroneously claiming that Somaliland is a province of Somalia.
Claiming the territory of the Republic of Somaliland is also a blatant aggression against a democratic and a sovereign country, which fulfills the Montevideo international charter of December 26, 1933. At the same time, Mr. Hassan’s argument is quite similar to the familiar illegal Saddam Hussein declaration of renaming the State of Kuwait as a province of Iraq.
On July 1st, 1960 Somaliland formed a union with Somalia that union was officially named “the Somali Republic” and not “Somalia”. By continuously referring to Somaliland as a province of Somalia shows Mr. Hassan’s unfortunate and poor familiarity with the Somali Republic’s civics. Based on his claims of statesmanship, a university professorship and a PhD degree under his belt, the man should know better – he should minimally be able to correctly name and understand the history of the long gone union he elusively claims to rule.
Somaliland conducted a popular national referendum in 1991 to withdraw from the 30 year-old union with Somalia – for more than two decades and counting, Somaliland had zilch to do with Somalia. For that reason, Mr. Hassan should understand that Somaliland has never been a province of Somalia; Somaliland is not a province of Somalia and will never part of his exceedingly embarrassing and erroneous so-called Federation of Somalia. Somaliland is a different country Mr. Hassan and that is why the international community is encouraging a dialogue between the two equal entities – Somaliland and Somalia.
Mr. Hassan came into power in Mogadishu through a Stone Age style, corrupt and clannish selection system. He often forgets that he can not manage Mogadishu city let alone the whole of Somalia (former Italian colony), which he ostensibly alleges to be “under his jurisdiction”, even more pathetically the man claims the ownership of a democratic, peaceful and stabile country to the North of Somalia – Somaliland. This is a good indication that President Hassan is burying his head in the sand and is chewing something he is unable to swallow.
As a matter of fact, Somalia (the former Italian colony) has disintegrated into small tribal enclaves under Hassan’s watch. Those tribal enclaves are faultily called “states of Somalia federation” and each enclave has multiple presidents and administrations. These multiple presidents and administrations of each state maintain to have been selected democratically. Who are we to have a dispute with the self-imposed multiple state leaders, since Mr. Hassan and his team were not elected democratically but were selected in the same undemocratic way as the state leaders?
The democratically elected government of Somaliland is the only party that can legally negotiate on behalf of Somalilanders in regard to relationships with other countries. Despite Mr. Hassan and his cohort false claims, Somaliland government had nothing to do with Somalia selected- government. For that reason, Mr. Hassan with all the velour of his unrealistic, dictatorial and fascist instincts can not, out of nowhere, exhume and impose his ill-will on Somalilanders.
Mr. Hassan is preposterously following the footsteps of his predecessors including Siad Barre. He is inconsiderately trying to deceive the international community with the fake claims of being the democratically elected president of Somalia and Somaliland, while he has got no genuine authority over either Somalia or Somaliland.
Instead of trying to annex a neighboring democratic country– the Republic of Somaliland, Mr. Hassan must stick with the collection of his Air mile points, which I think is the only thing he is capable of doing with the generous international donations destined for the improvement of the lives of his impoverished Somalia citizens. Somalia’s impoverished citizens live in makeshift huts made of dirty paper boxes and no more than a stone throw away from President Hassan’s luxurious Villa Somalia. What a disparity of life styles?
Mr. Hassan is ignorant of the fact that the international community is well aware and weary of his fabrications. With his accustomed tale, his phony wide smile and with all the glitter of his white two sets of teeth, Mr. Hassan intends to fool the international community, but he cannot deceive Somalilanders, because they know , in this case, Mr. Hassan is not giving them a friendly smile but is trying to bite them. Somalilanders saw too many wolf-teeth during their union with Somalia and they have the scars to proof the consequences of believing Somalia’s misleading smiles- too late Mr. Hassan, a deceptive Somalia smile is no longer in style in Somaliland.
By Yusuf Dirir Ali,MD
OPEN LETTER TO THE NATION OF SOMALILAND
If somebody believes Somaliland cannot govern by themselves, and would not work without the rest of Somalia; the Somalilanders figures their country can do better without the rest of Somalia. Some rumors said, all Somaliland Officials, and elders are two side of the same coin, because both would favor concessions to prevent a split, and support what they call national unity. We are asking all the present Somaliland Officials and elders to speak out, so that their people could judge who can provide the leadership Somaliland needs to achieve the goals of the second chance of their independence. Very few people become ahead of only intended to kill the good hope of their people; dreams that were designed to resist from recovering the tragic death that was planned to provoke civil war between the brothers and sisters of Somaliland. Where are their positions in the society for those who want to betray their people and country; those who are encouraging to divide their people into groups?
Obviously, the issue and the idea of sovereignty for Somaliland will not die, even if some of its present prominent Officials and elders work hard to create again the unification between Somaliland and the rest of Somalia. So whatever that recommended, and whatever resolution were passed between them, and those from the rest of Somalia; they have to realize that there are other people in Somaliland; plenty of young people who might continue to succeed their dreams of building the nation of Somaliland. This politicians and elders must understand that emotions are running high against them. Who hope those of you who came to power and started the reforms in Somaliland understand the consequences, and the dangers to withstand the numerous challenges ahead. They will either become heroes, though, and ruthless Somaliland patriots, or weak, defeated, and persons without prestige for the rest of their lives within the nation of Somaliland. Somaliland is now independent, and its people would never forgive their leaders, if they repeat the same mistake of July 1, 1960; that has led the destruction of their land, and the massacre of their beloved people.
Somalilanders should put their emphasis on national, rather than giving priority to personal interests, and the interests of other countries and people. We have to remember that we are entering an era, where every state in the world is shifting towards national interest. There will be tremendous liberation of energy and collective enthusiasm in Somaliland, if we do take on this challenge. That must be the goal and the motivation of the people of Somaliland. We consider our people entrepreneurs, education, and democratic, and they will establish and implement democratic institution. We must appreciate the brightness and the strength of our people.
Our freedom and independence, long our most cherished possession will exist only in the history books, if we do not show our sovereignty and our territorial integrity to the international community. We have to realize that we are not different from the former Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union, Sudan, Ethiopia, who break up into different independent countries. If Southern Sudan, Eretria, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Croatia, and Bosnia can be a sovereign countries, why not in Somaliland? We have to have the will, the political will, and the collective will. In addition to that, Somaliland was an independence from the British Empire before Southern Somalia got their independence from the Italian government. For that reason exercising our right of self determination the democratic world will grant recognition to Somaliland without hesitation. Because all people have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political statues and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development.
As the date of recognition and liberation approached, Somaliland will inevitably be a strong sovereign nation again. The only most dangerous mistake we could make is to ignore our difference. We can have an opposition, but we must find ways to disagree without damaging the statehood of Somaliland. The inspiration for the true leap forward for Somaliland must come from within the people making up the nation. Everybody must know that all Somalilanders believe and understand that the past can no longer be recreated, and there will be no more of the artificial nation-state of the co-called great Somalia.
ANIIS A. ESSA. HEAD
SOMALILAND ADVOCACY GROUP
WASHINGTON DC. USA
ANIIS@YAHOO.COM
Somaliland : Citizens Be aware of the enemy within; they are hate mongers driven by incredible power greed!!!
By: Eng. Hussein Adan Igeh||Hussein Deyr||UK |
As you may perhaps assume, the real threat that our country is currently facing, does not come from the outside. Please note! At this moment, our country is primarily threatened from the inside and strangely enough, by and from its own people and media! There is a conspiracy plot at the depth between macabre persons, failed and ill-informed ‘politicians’, disgusting media organizations, aiming earnestly at destabilization and destruction of our home country.
The question is: Who are these individuals who by knowingly and wilfully want to destroy their own country and people? Why do they do that? What do they want to achieve by that? What are their primary purposes?
They are politically and morally estranged individuals who are seriously uncommitted and unconvinced for the Somaliland’s cause. This bunch group are blinded by hatred and envy towards their own country and people, they are driven by clannish sentiments and an incredible greed for power and financial gain, it does not matter how, where and whatever means they achieve this. They are vicious and a hateful small group who’s their downfall comes within reach of time.
They are spoiled by greed and deceived by demons. They say they are with us, but they still work against us. They are born betrayers being used by the enemies against their land, people and kinsmen in return for dribs and drabs and shabby treatment. Due to their close ties with the Somaliland’s enemies, they must be considered as a vehicle for the enemy forces who seriously want to destabilize the hard won peace and stability of our great nation, the Somaliland Republic.
Somaliland antagonists (Internal and External) are small group of people who are funded and invested by mostly Diaspora folks who wish to destabilize Somaliland’s peace and stability through terrorist acts. But no matter how much hatred and jealously are written and published on those scurrilous and biased far right media organisations (TVs, websites and newspapers) Somaliland’s cause, democracy process and its efforts for self-determination as a sovereign State will prevail forever!
Creating recurring hatred, hostility and bloodshed between the brotherly people of Somaliland is a very accurate to the last details prepared strategy which these adversaries use so that they can achieve their devilish hidden agenda in a most underhand manner. They adopt the same attitude and strategies as the enemies of Somaliland Republic do, which by all means go out that the Somaliland Republic will never be recognized by the international community.
They form an acute and dangerous threat to our existence. They spread continuously lies, twisted truths about the situation and progress of our country. The only remedy against this sect, I think they should be paid in their own coin, treating them the same way as they treat our country and people. What worries me is the fact that nobody takes the trouble to act adequately against these propaganda’s, and as we are all aware they have a free hand to continue with their dark agenda.
To those ill-informed opposition politicians (if there are any!), to those self-styled ‘political analysts’, to those incompetent and failed ex-officials of Somaliland government, to those who are constantly changing clan and political colour by turn and to those chronic hate-monger figures and their allies; at a time of rising hostility, animosity and jealousy towards our nation and country, we don’t need shoot-from- the-hip policy. Instead of seeking altercation, recrimination and recurring despair attacks against the President of Somaliland and the government he leads. Come up with well considered and more constructive debates that can be part of the cause for our nation and can contribute to the advancement of our people and country’s future challenges.
ALLAH ayaa Mahad Leh, Wa Billaahi Tawfiiq
|By: Architectural-Eng. Hussein Adan Igeh | |Hussein Deyr| |UK |