Hadduu Beerku Qaybsamo Haduu beerku qaybsamo Badh baan adi ku siin lahaa Wadnahayga bidixdana Waan kuu bedeli lahaa Kaagana waan la bixi lahaa Waa booli dhiiguye Kaalamaan bakhayleen Nafta aan laba bahood noqon Badhkaagaan ku siin lahaa Biyo haddaad cabaysana Bisinkaan ku dari lahaa Bedenkaago faatoxo Bohod baan uga dhigi lahaa Ilaah waxan baryaayaa Aduunyada badhaadhiyo Barkhad inaad ku waartoo Aakhirana bishaariyo Janada inaad ku baridaa Indhahayga baalkiyo Budoodaan ku dhigi lahaa Sanbabkayga bilan baan Badhtankiis ku gelin lahaa Bacda dhegaha maqalkaan Xubka kuugu qarin lahaa Waxan beeri lahaa ubax Soo bixiyay caashaqa Habeenkii bogaygaan Iigu beri ku odhan lahaa Marka aan soo baraarugo Bishaaraan ku siin lahaa Bidhaantaada araagaa Bil khayr ugu ducayn lahaa Ilaah waxan baryaayaa Aduunyada badhaadhiyo Barkhad inaad ku waartoo Aakhirana bishaariyo Janada inaad ku barida Waan ka baga bagayn lahaa Kuu luli lahaa balag Bila deyaan sidiisaan Kuuu daawan lahaa bilic Beeryarada oloshaan Biyo sii ku odhan lahaa Sida boga dhayihii Waan kugu bogsoon lahaa Had iyo jeer bariidada Kaalamaan baydheen Biyo haddaad cabaysona Bisinkaan ku dari lahaa Bedenkaago faatoxo Bohodbaan uga dhigi lahaa Ilaah waxaan baryaayaa Aduunyada badhaadhiyo Barkhad inaad ku waartoo Aakhirana bishaariyo Jannada inaad ku baridaa Qalbigayga bilan Baruur kaaga dhigi lahaa Caqligeena badan baan Isku wada badhxi lahaa Belaayada xijaabkaan Burda kaaga celin lahaa Bohal yoow kalgacal baan Berisada ku tebi lahaa Riyadaan habeen barad Bacle kuu tumi lahaa Barbaarta u horee baan Bilcaaneey ku odhan lahaa Bidhaantaada aragaan Bil khayr ugu ducayn lahaa Illaah waxan baryaayaa Aduunyada badhaadhiyo Barkhad inaad ku waartoo Aakhirana bishaariyo http://maalmo.com/hees/s/sahra-ahmed_haduu-beerku-qaybsamo.html

Harare, Zimbabwe

Increasing sexual exploitation and abuse by AMISOM forces in Somalia Mogadishu (RBC) In its annual report, the Human Rights Watch organization released on Tuesday blasts that Women and girls in Somalia face alarming levels of sexual violence throughout the country. Internally displaced women and girls are particularly vulnerable to rape by armed men including government soldiers and militia members. In January, a displaced woman, who alleged that she was raped by government soldiers, and a journalist who interviewed her were prosecuted in a deeply flawed and politicized judicial process. The report said that Somali Government Security forces have also threatened individuals who have reported rape, and service providers. Human Rights Watch also mentioned reports of sexual exploitation and abuse by AMISOM increased in Mogadishu. In a March 2013 resolution, the UN Security Council called on AMISOM to take measures to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation and address allegations of abuse. In August, a woman alleged that she was abducted by soldiers and then transferred to AMISOM soldiers who raped her. A joint Somali and AMISOM high-level task force was established to investigate, during which AMISOM publicly denied the allegations. The alleged victim and witnesses were intimidated by government intelligence agents during the investigation. There is no response from the head of the African Union Mission command in Somalia on this report. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> by <br /> <br /> <br /> by <br /> <br /> </ http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/01/somalia-reports-of-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-by-amisom-increased/

Why Kenya should annex Somalia- Standard Editorial The Standard, one of the largest Kenyan news outlets, publishing an article advocating Somalia being annexed by Kenya, and split with Ethiopia. This is very telling of how far we've come... <cite> @SomaliPhilosopher said:</cite> Kenya must take lead in gifting ultimate solution to Somalia There comes a time when you’ve got to save your neighbour from himself. For, if you don’t, you might be damned with him. Methinks it’s time Kenya thought boldly – and compassionately – about the mess that’s Somalia. One of the options – bold and compassionate – of salvaging a seemingly irredeemable and terminally dysfunctional state is to move in and take it up.... http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000103699&story_title=kenya-must-take-lead-in-gifting-ultimate-solution-to-somalia&pageNo=1 ----------

<cite> @Apophis said:</cite> If there was any "nuxur" in your copy and paste job of a post you can rest assured it was dismissed with extreme prejudice. Alright mate, whatever you wanna believe...

<cite> @Apophis said:</cite> Typical reaction from qurbojoogs when they "learn" the norms and values of Somalis in Africa. I mean how dare they do things different to what the white man taught us as the right and only way to live. Bloody Uncivilised barbarians. masajidka ciyaarta ka dhaya reer qurbojog. And yet again another non-comment from the ever-contrarious Einstein of SOL. Thanks for your thoughtful comment; I found it insightful and interesting to the extent possible. And very generous indeed of you to share your 'interesting' interpretation of my post, the nuxur of which you have clearly grasped and understood. Well done you. Please do pat yourself on the back.

AUN.

This "is one of the reasons why my tourist or investment dollars do not and will not go to Kenya", which had complete disregard for Somalis. "It is unfortunate that thousands of Somalis from the west visit this country called Kenya each year. They spend Millions of dollars there visiting staying in their hotels, shopping at their malls", building and buying houses and otherwise contributing to their economic growth and prosperity. Why don't Somalis go on holiday to, invest in and live in their own lands... whether it be Djibouti, Puntland, Somaliland - these places are many times safer then Nairobi (nicknamed Ni-robbery due to the incessant muggings and robberies experienced by its inhabitants) and are SOMALI LANDS...

Soomaalaay maad dhulkiina joogtaan oo dhisataan intaydun dalal kale' u ordaysaan. SOMALIA: Hundreds of Somali nationals ethnics arrested in Nairobi’s Eastleigh. Nairobi (RBC) Kenyan police have launched a mass arrest operation towards the Somali origin nationals in Nairobi’s suburb of Eastleigh following new security measures to counter possible terrorist attacks, RBC Radio reports. According to media more than 700 Somalis were arrested by the police in the past 24 hours targeting the suburb of Eastleigh where many Somalis live or have their businesses there. Relatives of some of those arrested claimed that the police targeted the Somali origin nationals even if the hold Kenyan passports or other correct documents to live and stay in Kenya. The arrested people were taken into different police station in Nairobi where the local media report to have been interrogated. The U.S Intelligence Agency issued this week new warning which the U.S said that Al Shabab may be planning new terrorist attacks in Kenya and other East African countries who have sent their troops to Somalia under the AMISOM mission. http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/02/somalia-hundreds-of-somali-nationals-ethnics-arrested-in-nairobis-eastleigh/

Another post from the same blog. Delays Posted on June 27, 2010 by Harrison You do not need to go to medical school, do a five-year residency in Obstetrics, and a fellowship in Fetal/Maternal Health to understand the primary cause of the majority of deaths of delivering mothers and babies in the developing world. Sure, there’s obstructed labour, placental abruption, post-partum hemorrhage and the like. But the real number one cause of maternal and fetal death in the developing world is actually a lot simpler to understand than any of those. The leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality is delay. This is not a new idea. The “Three Delays of Maternal Mortality” have become somewhat of a dogma in the maternal mortality world. They are as follows: 1) Delay in seeking care: the decision by the patient &/or husband/family members to seek care 2) Delay in reaching care: usually based on lack of transportation, sometimes finances, and often on lack of de-centralized maternity care in poor countries 3) Delay in receiving care: they reach the local health centre or hospital but that institution does not have adequate personnel, equipment, or drugs to provide the appropriate care We had a case today that really hammered home the effects of delay. A woman had been labouring here at the hospital and was close to being fully dilated when it was discovered that she had a prolapsed umbilical cord. This means that when her water broke, the umbilical cord made its way from the uterus, through the cervix and vagina and was actually hanging out of her body with the fetus still inside. This is a serious problem as the baby’s head descending through the birth canal can compress the cord, blocking any placental blood from reaching the baby. If the cord is compressed for too long, the baby doesn’t get any oxygen and it dies. In Canada, this is a serious surgical emergency and the mother would have been in the operating room within minutes to undergo a caesarean section. The surgical team closing up after a succesful c-section on a transverse baby with a prolapsed hand The realization that this mother had a cord prolapse occurred at about 11:00am. There is only one doctor staffing the entire hospital during the day and he had to be called down to assess the woman and perform an ultrasound to confirm the health and position of the baby. Delay number one. The ultrasound machine that we use in the Delivery Ward happened to break a few days ago and another ultrasound machine had to be located and wheeled to the Delivery Ward from a different part of the hospital. Delay number two. At 11:30, with doctor and ultrasound in place, the woman was told that yes, she would need a caesarean section to deliver a healthy baby, who at this point was not in any sort of fetal distress. Her husband was not at the hospital and had to be located. Delay number three. When the husband was found and the midwives were able to sit down with both mother and father and explain the situation to them again, it was about noon. As often happens here, the parents were adamantly opposed to the idea of a c-section as they were sure that this meant the mother would die and told the staff that they needed to think about it. Delay number four. A few minutes before 1:00pm, I was scrubbed into a c-section with another patient and the hospital’s only doctor. At this point, just as the first incision was being made on this other c-section, our head nurse poked her head into the door to tell the doctor that the mother who’s cord had prolapsed two hours before had decided to consent to the surgery. As we had just begun the other c-section, the decision was made to have the woman with the prolapsed cord wait while we completed the first case. Delay number five. That surgery finished at about 1:45 and the surgical team began preparing for the second, urgent case. As there is only one operating theatre in the hospital, the room had to be cleaned, re-sterilized and re-stocked before the next operation. Delay number six. At 2:00, the patient was re-examined by the midwife who noted that although the fetal heart rate was weak, it was present, meaning that the baby was still alive despite the reduced blood and oxygen supply. At 2:15 we were finally ready to begin the second surgery and the doctor attempted to once again find the fetal heart rate through the prolapsed cord. There was none. At 2:20 he pulled out the baby, who was immediately placed on a resuscitation cart and given CPR, to no avail. This family went from having a healthy full-term baby at 11:00am to being another case of fetal death in the developing world at 2:30. Delays.

I am completely aghast and cannot believe what I have just read... although I had previously heard this from the very mouth of Edna Adan Ismaciil herself, it is not untill now that I realised the gravity of the situation. So what has got me so enraged, you may be wondering? Well... read on below: Apparantly [some] Somali women need permission from their husbands to have operations - even in emergency, life threatening situations (bear in mind and make the distinction that these are not women are incapable of giving consent themselves). What do you all think of that? I was reading this blog - which I have found very informative indeed - and came across this post: Consent I had mentioned in a recent email to my mom that on our day off (Friday), things were mostly quiet around the hospital other than a single patient in L&D. She presented that morning with regular contractions, full term, 9cm dilated, and a breech baby sitting quite high. When we examined her cervix, her membranes ruptured, expelling thick green meconium (baby poop) all over the floor. In Canada, she would have been in the OR in a matter of minutes. Things are a little different here. The first important point is that women do not consent to their surgeries, but rather it is their husband who does so (or in his absence, her father) . In our way of thinking, this would not necessarily be an impediment to care- the husband would quickly sign the consent form and the surgery would happen. Again, it doesn’t quite work this way. The husbands never actually come to the hospital with their labouring wives, and so a series of cell phone calls and attempts to track him down occur if we need his consent. When he finally arrives, usually hours later, his first reaction is to decline the section. This is not necessarily based on finances (a section costs around 245,000 Somaliland shillings, or 50 USD) but rather on the immense fear that Somali people have around c-sections. They think that a c-section usually means someone is dying, or will die. It would be difficult to convince someone to consent to a surgery they associated only with death and poor outcomes. However, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when they drag their feet about consent, meaning the surgery is often long delayed, the mother and baby’s conditions worsen, and outcomes are poor. This particular husband wanted to think about it, and then left a few hours later to consult with his brother. He came back that afternoon, at which point he consented to the surgery and bought the necessary c-section package at the hospital pharmacy, which includes every single item needed for the section (gloves, drugs, fluids, drapes, etc.). I bumped into a midwife who told me consent had been obtained, and that the surgical team had been called (our hospital doesn’t have an on-site anaesthetist; another delay). I asked her how she had obtained the husband’s consent, and with a rarely-seen bit of spunk she said she sat him down and told him what was what: “I said to him—do you want your first and only child to die? And then your wife too?” While chatting with some of the midwifery students that day, I was lamenting the fact that we were waiting all day on our day off for the husband to consent. They were surprised and said “You don’t need consent to perform surgeries in Canada?” When I explained that we needed consent from the actual patient (i.e. the pregnant woman), they all laughed out loud. It is often said that health care providers can do very little to change maternal mortality outcomes in developing countries, and that real change can only come about on a political, cultural and economic level. In no way could this be more apparent than with the issue of consent. http://notesfromacountrythatdoesnotexist.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/consent/

Thank you... those were the words i was looking for.

If its something you cannot avoid, do it straight away sooner rather than later, because before you know it something else will come along and suddenly you will have too much on your plate.

<cite> @maamule said:</cite> (The Guardian) - After 18 years as a social activist in Somaliland , Suad Abdi feels it is time to run for parliament. But she stands as much chance of winning a seat as a camel has of passing through the eye of a needle. Women face few restrictions in Somaliland, the self-declared independent republic in the north-western corner of conflict-ridden Somalia . They can work, own property, and be vocal on social issues. But politics remains a man's world in the former British protectorate, an oasis of stability in the region. There is only one woman among the 164 MPs and just three in the cabinet of 40. There is not a single female judge in Somaliland, although in 2012 four deputy attorney generals were appointed for the first time. Abdi, a founding member of the National Women's Network, Nagaad , and country representative of the charity Progressio , attributes the lack of women in politics to the male-dominated clan system. "Most political parties get support from clans, which decide who should become candidates and the clans don't put women forward. The clans want men because they know where the men's loyalties lie. When women marry, their loyalty changes to her husband's clan," says Abdi. The clan a woman is born into tends to be reluctant to support her if she marries into another clan, yet her husband's clan may suspect she remains loyal to her own clan. Somaliland, home to 3.4 million people, consists of three main clans with eight sub-clans. Abdi belongs to Somaliland's largest clan. To shake up the republic's political order, Nagaad and other civil society groups are pushing for changes in the law that would set a 20% quota for women in parliament, in the runup to elections at the end of the year. An attempt in 2007 was blocked by the House of Elders, the conservative upper chamber, and a bill in 2012 ran out of time. The president, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo , is on record as favouring quotas, but Abdi doubts he is 100% committed, while parliament, she says, thinks it is the responsibility of the government to take the initiative. Both favour a 10% quota. "The ball is between parliament and the president," says Abdi, who thinks 10% is too low. Some question whether quotas are the solution to women's under-representation in politics, but Helen Clark , who was prime minister of New Zealand for three terms and now heads the UN Development Programme , has no such doubts. " I think if nothing else is working, you should have quotas ," she said at the Women of the Year lecture in London last week. "One of the things that improved representation here in the UK was Labour's women-only shortlists. Women are now much more numerous in the House of Commons. We reached the 30% representation in New Zealand, which is a millennium development goal , because we switched to proportional representation, partially, and parties had to put women on the party lists." Quotas are increasingly common in sub-Saharan Africa . Since 2003, Rwanda has led the world in women's representation in a single or lower house of parliament. After the 2013 election, it had 64% women in its chamber of deputies. Nearly a dozen sub-Saharan countries top the world list, with more than 30% women in their parliaments. The first countries to adopt quotas in the 1990s and early 2000s were emerging from conflict such as Burundi, Eritrea, Mozambique and later, Angola. Seeking a fresh political start after war, these countries adopted new constitutions and electoral laws that included quotas, Gretchen Bauer , professor and chair of political science at the University of Delaware, wrote on the Democracy in Africa blog last month. Pressure from national women's movements with support internationally and a liberation movement with a stated commitment to women's emancipation helped. Other countries have since jumped on the bandwagon: Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Sudan and Zimbabwe and for the first time, Francophone countries such as Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and Senegal. Somaliland has to look only next door to Somalia, which has 35 female MPs and [had] female foreign minister. The constitution has reserved 30% of seats for women in the lower house, although the actual numbers – 38 of 275 – total 14%. Still, that is much more than Somaliland, which prides itself as more politically advanced than Somalia. Although Abdi is determined to run for office, she has no ambitions to become a minister. "When you become a government official you are accountable to the president and there is very little room for change," she says. "Leaders take criticism as personal attacks rather than constructive feedback, and you become a 'yes person'. I have my own views; I am not that kind of person." Source: http://www.theguardian.com http://www.somaliaonline.com/there-is-only-one-woman-in-somaliland-parliament-and-activitst-suad-abdi-is-determined-to-change-that/

<cite> @maamule said:</cite> Somalia Online - Puntland’s new president, Abdiweli M. Ali Gas, has appointed more women to key cabinet positions than any of his predecessors. Puntland's newly announced cabinet includes five women ministers and deputy ministers. Sahra Said Nur – Minister, Constitution and Federal Affairs Anisa Abdulkadir Sheikh Nur - Minister, Women and Family Affairs Amina Mohamed Abdulahi - Deputy Minister, Health Farhia Yusuf Hersi - Deputy Minister, Women and Family Affairs Saida Hussein Ali Gees - Deputy Minister, Agriculture News Snippet http://www.somaliaonline.com/puntlands-new-president-appoints-more-women-to-key-cabinet-posts/