Arms trafficking via the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea has a long history. However, the wars in Yemen and the vast number of arms and materiel provided by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have ushered in a golden age for regional arms traffickers. The flow of weapons and materiel from Yemen to the Horn of Africa has increased over the last three years, as has the quality and variety of smuggled weapons (The East African, September 2019). This comes at a time when the countries that make up the Horn of Africa face growing threats to their stability. Source: Hiiraan Online

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The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has today launched at the presidential palace a nationwide social safety net programme, which is better known as “Baxnaano”, to help protect the poor and vulnerable families. Source: Hiiraan Online

PRESS RELEASE Coronavirus – Africa: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases (19-04-2020) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 19, 2020/ — African Union Member States (52) reporting COVID-19 cases (21,096) deaths (1,055), and recoveries (4,974) by region: Central (1,729 cases; 54 deaths; 239 recoveries): Burundi (6; 1; 4), Cameroon (1,016; 21; 168), Central African Republic (12; 0; 10), Chad (33; 0; 8), Congo (143; 6; 11), DRC (327; 25; 27), Equatorial Guinea (79; 0; 4), Gabon (109; 1; 7), Sao Tome & Principe (4; 0; 0). Eastern (2,142; 46; 480): Djibouti (732; 2; 76), Eritrea (39; 0; 3), Ethiopia (105; 3; 16), Kenya (262; 12; 60), Madagascar (117; 0; 33), Mauritius (325; 9; 180), Rwanda (144; 0; 69), Seychelles (11; 0; 5), Somalia (135; 5; 2), South Sudan (4; 0; 0), Sudan (66; 10; 5), Tanzania (147; 5; 11), Uganda (55; 0; 20). Northern (9,173; 767; 1,965): Algeria (2,534; 367; 894), Egypt (3,032; 224; 701), Libya (49; 1; 11), Mauritania (7; 1; 2), Morocco (2,685; 137; 314), Tunisia (866; 37; 43). Southern (3,240; 63; 958): Angola (19; 2; 6), Botswana (15; 1; 0), Eswatini (22; 1; 8), Malawi (17; 2; 0), Mozambique (35; 0; 2), Namibia (16; 0; 4), South Africa (3,034; 52; 903), Zambia (57; 2; 33), Zimbabwe (25; 3; 2). Western (4,812; 125; 1,332): Benin (35; 1; 18), Burkina Faso (565; 36; 321), Cape Verde (58; 1; 1), Côte d’Ivoire (801; 8; 239), Gambia (9; 1; 2), Ghana (834; 9; 99), Guinea (518; 3; 65), Guinea-Bissau (50; 0; 0), Liberia (81; 7; 7), Mali (216; 13; 41), Niger (639; 19; 113), Nigeria (542; 19; 166), Senegal (350; 3; 211), Sierra Leone (30; 0; 0), Togo (84; 5; 49). Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). SOURCE Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Qaran News

Experts say Washington should stop peddling false reports based on denial, which further increase Somali public grievances against America. Source: Hiiraan Online

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Mas’uuliyiin ka kala tirsan maamullada Galmudug iyo dowlad deegaanka Soomaalida dalka Itoobiya ayaa maanta heshiis nabadeed ka gaaray dagaal beeleedyo muddooyinkii la soo dhaafay ka taagnaa xadka u dhexeeya labadaasi maamul. Heshiiska oo ka koobnaa illaa 13 qodob ayaa soo afjaray colaad muddo ka taagneyd halkaasi, taas oo u dhexeysa labo beelo oo walaalo ah. Sidoo kale mas’uuliyiinta labada dhinac ayaa kormeer ku tegay deegaanadii lagu dagaalamay, si ay u soo qiimeeyaan xaaladda sida ay tahay. Halkaan hoose ka aqriso:- View the full article

Ahmed Ismail Hussein Hudeidi, a founding father of modern Somali music, died in London after contracting coronavirus at the age of 91. The BBC's Mary Harper was a friend of his. Source: Hiiraan Online

Mogadishu (HOL) - Saudi Arabia has announced that it will temporarily lift the ban on importing livestock from Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

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Somalia has confirmed 19 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total tally to 135. Source: Hiiraan Online

Leaders of the world’s largest economies must recognize that a return to “normal” in our globalized world is not possible so long as the pandemic continues its grim march. It is myopic for creditors, official and private, to expect debt repayments from countries where those resources would have to be diverted from combating COVID-19. CAMBRIDGE – As the COVID-19 virus spreads globally, economic paralysis and unemployment follow in its wake. But the economic fallout of the pandemic in most emerging and developing economies is likely to be far worse than anything we have seen in China, Europe, or the United States. This is no time to expect them to meet their debt payments, either to private or official creditors. With inadequate health-care systems, limited capacity to deliver fiscal or monetary stimulus, and underdeveloped (or nonexistent) social-safety nets, the emerging and developing world is on the cusp not only of a humanitarian crisis, but also of the most serious financial crisis since at least the 1930s. Capital has been stampeding out of most of these economies over the past few weeks, and a wave of new sovereign defaults appears inevitable. We have been consistently arguing the urgent need for a temporary moratorium on all debt repayment by any but the most creditworthy developing or emerging sovereign debtors. The case for a moratorium for distressed sovereign borrowers has many similarities to that for households, small businesses, and municipalities. Underscoring the urgency is the reality that the quarantine experience is starkly different in the developing world. In the vast slums of São Paulo, Mumbai, or Manila, quarantining can mean living in one small room with ten people, with little food or water and scant or no compensation for lost wages. If history is any guide, the supply disruptions that accompany the pandemic may soon be followed by food shortages. More than 90 countries have already sought emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund’s Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) and World Bank resources. And in much of the developing world, the worst of the pandemic is not expected until later this year. When that happens, the direct humanitarian and economic impact will come on top of the pandemic’s effects on global trade and commodity prices, which are already battering many emerging economies. The World Trade Organization expects global trade to decline by 13-32% in 2020. Oil-producing countries (and many more primary commodity producers) have been suffering the consequences of the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, sparking downgrades in sovereign credit ratings. Leaders of the world’s largest economies must recognize that a return to “normal” in our globalized world is not possible so long as the pandemic continues its grim march. It is myopic for creditors, official and private, to expect debt repayments from countries where those resources would have to be diverted from the fight against COVID-19. Deepening and prolonging the global depression is a very risky proposition. At a low point in the mid-1980s, emerging and developing economies accounted for about 18% of global GDP (in US dollars); in 2020, that share is 41% (and 60% if adjusted for purchasing power). We recommend an immediate temporary moratorium on external debt repayments for all but “AAA”-rated sovereigns. By “external,” we mean debts issued under the jurisdiction of foreign courts, typically in New York or London. Debts issued under domestic law would be dealt with by countries themselves. For this kind of debt relief to be effective, it must be encompassing, including debts owed to the multilateral lenders, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, sovereign creditors (Paris Club members and China), and private investors. Ultimately, the debt of many countries will need to be restructured; there will be no alternative to a negotiated partial default. But courts and multilateral lenders are no better able to handle debt default en massethan hospitals can handle operating at ten times capacity. A temporary moratorium may provide the necessary bridge. In the best-case scenario, it might even prevent some defaults. The World Bank and the IMF have vast experience with countries in debt distress, and in recent years have increasingly recognized that partial default is often the only realistic option, a point we stressed in much of our earlier work on external debt. It is a great tragedy that, following the 2008 global financial crisis, the eurozone failed to find a way to restructure Southern Europe’s debts beyond the Greek case – a course of action we strongly advocated at the time. Trying to enforce regular debt payments in highly irregular times can only lead to deeper and more protracted recessions than need to happen. Of course, a debt moratorium will require the US, which wields effective veto power at the IMF, to get on board. But so, too, must China. In the past two decades, more and more developing countries turned to China for loans (which are typically collateralized and carry market interest rates). Although China is now a major creditor in about 40 countries and an important one in scores more, it has so far refused to join the Paris Club (which coordinates rescheduling of sovereign debts) and insists on pursuing its own bilateral closed-door approach. What can be done? The IMF and the World Bank have the capacity and expertise to coordinate a debt moratorium if the US and other major players conclude that a such a move is in their national interest. Private creditors will have relatively little choice but to cooperate in the short run. Many emerging and developing economies will soon stop paying their debts, anyway. The world needs to get in front of the problem. Source: Project Syndicate The post Suspend Emerging and Developing Economies’ Debt Payments appeared first on Puntland Post.

Wararka ka imaanaya gobolka Shabeelaha Dhexe ayaa sheegaya in maanta kooxo hubeysan ay rasaas ku fureen gaari Hoomey ah oo ay la socdeen dad shacab ah, xilli ay ku socdaalayey deegaan ku yaalla duleedka magaalada Jowhar ee xarunta gobolkaasi. Rasaasta ay fureen kooxda burcada ah ayaa la sheegay inay waxyeelo ka soo gaartay laba qof oo la socotay gaarigaasi oo caano u soo siday Jowhar. Sidoo kale ragga falkaan ka dambeeyey ayaa dhac baasan u geystay dadkii rakabaabka ahaa ee saarnaa baabuurka la rasaaseeyey. Mid ka mid ah dadka deegaanka oo la hadlay Idaacadda Shabelle ee magaalada Muqdisho ayaa ka warbixiyey, sida ay wax u dhaceen. Halkaan hoose ka dhageyso codka. https://www.radioshabelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ddd-1.mp3 View the full article

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Ciidamada Xoogga dalka, gaar ahaan qeybta 27-aad ayaa maanta dekadda Ceel Macaan ee gobolka Shabelleeda Dhaxe ku qabtay doon siday qaad la doonayey in lasoo geliyo Muqdisho. Doonta siday qaadka ayaa la sheegay in ay soo martay xeebta Cadale, waxaana la sheegay in markii ay ku guul darreysatay in Cadale ay ku dajiso qaadkii ay waday, ay soo aaday dhanka xeebta Ceel Macaan. Taliyaha Qeybta 27-aad ee Ciidamada Xoogga Dalka, Jeneraal Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud ayaa sheegay,in qaadka la doonayo in qaab sharci darro ah lagu soo geliyo magaalada caasimadda ah ee Muqdisho. Taliyaha ayaa waxa uu shegay in qaadkan, ay maanta qabteen ay ku wareejiyeen Ciidamada Booliska Soomaaliya, taas oo ay ku amreen madaxda dawlada sida uu sheegay taliyuhu. Taliyaha hoggaanka ilaalinta canshuuraha Cabdullaahi Xasan Bariise oo goobta ka hadlay, ayaa sheegay in uu digniin u dirayo ganasatada Soomaaliyeed oo ah in aysan hantidooda iska gelin qaadka, isla markaasina waxa uu sheegay in Ciidamada Booliiska Soomaaliyeed ay mar walba la dagaalami doonaan cid kasta oo damacda in ay dalka qaad soo geliyaan. Caasimada Online ayaa horey xog uga qortay in qaadka ay joojisay dowladda weli uu doomo uga dago Xeebaha Jazeera, Ceel-Macaan iyo kuwa kale ee duleedka Muqdisho.

Muqdisho (SMN) – Halkaan ka Dhageyso Warka Duhur ee Idaacadda Shabelle. Hoos riix si aad u dhageysato. https://www.radioshabelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Warka-Duhur-190420.mp3 View the full article

Xukuumadda Muuse Biixi ee Soomaaliland ayaa maanta waxa ay oo saartay war ku aaddan kiis cusub oo Coronavirus ah kaas oo laga helay deegaanada maamulkaasi, iyadoo horay Soomaaliland looga xaqiijiyay kiisas COVID-19 ah. Wasaarada caafimaadka ee somaliland ayaa sheegtey 1 qof oo kale oo cusub in laga helay xanuunka COVID-19, waxaana kiiskaan cusub uu sare u qaadayaa tirade guud ee kiisaska laga xaqiijiyay deegaanada maamulka Soomaaliland. Qoraal ka soo baxay wasaarada caafimaadka waxey ku sheegtey in hal qof oo hore uu u haleelay coronavuris uu haatan ka bogsadey xanuunkaasi. Si kastaba, tirada guud ee dadka hada qaba COVID-19 ee somaliland ayaa ah 5 qof. Halkaan ka akhriso warqadda ay soo saareen. Goobjoog News Source: goobjoog.com

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(SLT-Hargeysa)-Mujaahid Cali Maxamed Yuusuf ayaa si weyn u bogaadiyay barnaamij uu shalay daah-faray Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Maxamed Cabdillaahi Farmaajo. Mujaahid ayaa Madaxweyne Muuse Biixi ugu baaqay in uu Farmaaji ka daydo. Cali Guray ayaa qoraal uu soo dhigay bartiisa facebook-ga waxa uu ku yidhi “WUXU YIDHI: HOONA WAYGA INTAA HAGRASHANA WAYGA WALLAAHI Waxan in yar ka dhegaystay Madaxwaynaha Dawladda Faderaalka Somalia oo ka hadlaya Barnaamijka Badbaado oo ah barnaamij lagu taageerayo dadka danyarta ee noloshooda ay saamaynayso talaabooyinka ka hortagga COVID-19. Barnaamijka lama qarin qiimaha uu ku kacayo. Runtii Farmaajo waxa ka muuqatay hadalkiisa in uu ka hadlayay wax uu garanayo. Kuma filna qaddarka lacagta ahi waanu sheegay Madaxwayne Farmaajo laakiin horaa loo yidhi hoona wayga intaa hagrashona wayga wallaahi. Barnaamijkan maaha sida Somaliland amar ay madaxda sare soo saartay oo dadka lagu qasbayo inay yeelaan wax aanay karayn ama aan tahliba karin talaabooyinka ka hortagga COCID-19 sida kala durugga dadka (social distancing) oo dhinaca Somalia uu Barnaamijkani yaanu ku filaanin laakiin uu wax badan uga fulin karo magaaladda Muqdisho oo qiyaastii laba milyan oo dad ahi ku nool yihiin. Madaxwayne Muuse Biixi waxan kula talin lahaa in uu ku daydo waayo waa talaabo runtii ku dayasho leh. Barnaamijkan laguma soo sarin amar ee waxa lagu soo diyaariyay heerka farsamo oo waxa diyaarisay Wasaaradda Shaqada iyo Arimaha Bulshada. Farmaajo waa Madaxwayne la odhan karo wuxu adeegsanayaa aqoonta dadkiisa isagoo soo dhawaysanaysa taladda ka qaadanaya kuwooda aqoonyahankiisa farsamoyaqaanka ah.” Source

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NAIROBI — The most critical piece of lifesaving equipment of the coronavirus pandemic is in desperately short supply in Africa: According to the World Health Organization, there are fewer than 2,000 ventilators across 41 countries that reported to it. Source: Hiiraan Online

Somalia has confirmed nineteen new COVID-19 cases, as two more patients succumb to the disease, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Somalia confirmed its first case on April 8. Since then the East African country’s confirmed number cases have risen to a total of 135, with seven deaths and two recoveries. The country has recorded two people recovered from the deadly virus while the government is making efforts to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 among communities. Those who died of the coronavirus include regional and national lawmakers, per source. View the full article

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Hargeysa (Caasimada Online) – Xukuumada Somaliland ee uu hogaamiyo Madaxweyne Muuse Biixi ayaa maanta shaacisay inay korodhay tirada Kiisaska Coronavirus ee laga helay gudaha deegaanadeeda. Somaliland ayaa sheegtay in Kiisaska deegaanadeeda uu maanta kusoo kordhay 1-Kiis, midaasi oo tirada Kiisaska guud ee Somaliland ka dhigeysa 6-Kiis, halka guud ahaan dalka oo dhan ay ka dhigeyso 136-Kiis. Wasaarada caafimaadka Somaliland ayaa sheegtay in hal qof oo kale uu ka bogsaday cudurka, iyada oo sidoo kale sheegtay in dad cusub oo looga shakisanaa cudurka dunida ku faafay ee Coronavirus ama Covid-19, ay dheecaanadooda u dirtay dalka dibadiisa si loo soo baadho. Agaasimaha guud ee wasaarada caafimaadka Somaliland, Dr Maxamed Xergeeye oo warbaahinta la hadlay ayaa sheegay in 11-qof oo looga shakiyay cudurkaasi ay u direen dibeda, inkasta oo uusan si cad u sheegin wadanka lagu soo baadhayo, isagoona xusan inay soo bandhigi doonaan natiijada. Waxaana xusid mudan in Somaliland dhowaan uu soo gaadhay qalabka lagu baadho cudurka Coronavirus, iyada oo aan la ogeyn sababta kaliftay inay natiijada ka sugaan sheybaaro dalka dibediisa. Dr Maxamed Xergeeye ayaa sidoo kale waxa uu ka warbixiyey tirada guud ee Somaliland ay ka baadhtay cudurkaasi, kuwaasi oo kasoo gudbay xuduuda dhuleed ee ay Somaliland la wadaagto wadamada dariska iyo madaarka Hargeysa. Xergeeye ayaa sheegay in dad ku dhow Labo kun oo qof oo kasoo gudbay xuduuda dhulka ay ka baadheen cudurka Coronavirus, halka 150-qof oo kale oo kasoo dagay madaarka Hargeysa ay iyagana ka baadheen cudurkaasi. Agaasimaha ayaa ugu dambeyntiina ka dhawaajiyey inay dhowaan bulshada dhexdeeda ay ka baadhi doonaan cudurkaasi, midaasi oo soo if-bixineysa hadii ay jiraan Kiisas ku dhex qarsoon bulshada oo aysan ogeyn wasaaradu. Somaliland ayaa la daala dhaceysa ka hortaga cudurka Coronavirus, xili ay dhaleeceyn kala duwan kala kulmeyso Siyaasiyiinta iyo bulshada reer Somaliland, maadama aysan qaadin talaabooyin adag oo looga hortagayo faafitaanka cudurkaasi. Deegaanada Somaliland ayaa guud ahaan waxa laga xaqiijiyey 6-Kiis oo cudurka Coronaha ah, kuwaasi oo laga kala helay magaalooyinka Hargeysa, Boorama, Berbera iyo Burco.

(SLT-Fadhigaab)-Wararka aan ka heleyno Gobolka Sanaag ayaa waxaa ay sheegayaan in deegaan ka tirsan Gobolkaas uu ka socdo dagaal xooggan oo u dhexeeya laba beeleed oo halkaas wada-dega. Dagaalkan ayaa waxaa sigaar ah uga socdaa deegaan lagu magacaabo fadhigaab ee ka tirsan Gobolka Sanaag, waxaana lasoo sheegayaan in Maleeshiyo beeleedka ay isku adeegsanayaan hubka noocyadiisa kala duwan. Wararka ayaa intaas kusii daraya in dagaalka Maleeshiyaadka uu salka ku haayo dul-daaqsimeed ku yaalla deegaanka fadhigaab, welina lama oga Khasaaraha dhimasho iyo midka dhaawac ee ka dhashay dagaalkaas. Sidoo kale dadka deegaanka iyo Odayaal dhaqmeed ayaa lagu soo waramayaa inay ku baxeen dagaalka dhexmaraya labada Maleeshiyo beeleed, iyagoo doonayan inay joojiyaan dagaalka socda. Wararka ay helayso Somalilandtoday ayaa sheegaya in uu jiro khasaare dhimasho iyo dhaawacba leh, balse ilaa hadda lama xaqiijin khasaaraha rasmiga ah. Dhan kale oo wararka aanu helayo ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in ciidammo ka tirsan millatariga Somaliland oo ku sugnaa deegaanku ay kala dhex galeen labadan maleeshiyo beeleed. Source

Madaxweynaha Puntland Siciid Cabdullaahi Deni ayaa maanta Taliye ku xigeen Boolis u magacaabay gobolka Karkaar. Wareegto ka soo baxday xafiiska madaxweyne Deni ayaa G/sare Jaamac Cismaan Axmed loogu magacaabay Taliye ku xigeenka qaybta Booliska gobolka Karkaar. Madaxweyne Deni ayaa 4-tii bishan April, Taliyaha qeybta Booliska gobolka Karkaar u magacaabay G/sare Cabdi Casayr Yuusuf, kadib isku shaandheyn uu ku sameeyey qaar kamid ah taliyeyaal qeybeedada gobolada. Hoos ka akhriso digreetada lagu magacaabay Taliye ku xigeenka. Garoowe: 19, April, 2020 : Madaxweynaha Dowladda Puntland Mudane Siciid Cabdullaahi Deni , ayaa Xeer Madaxweyne Lr. 33 ee 19ka April, 2020, ku magacaabay Taliye ku xigeenka Qaybta Booliska Gobolka Karkaar. Madaxweynaha Dowladda Puntland Markuu arkay: Dastuurka Dowladda Puntland Qodobkiisa 80-aad. Markuu arkay: Baahida loo qabo Dar-dar gelinta Amniga Gobolka Karkaar. Markuu arkay: Aqoontiisa, kartiisa iyo waayo-aragnimadiisa Ciidannimo. Wuxuu xeeriyey: 1. Waxaa G/sare Jaamac Cismaan Axmed loo magacaabay Taliye ku xigeenka Qaybta Booliska Gobolka Karkaar. Xeerkani wuxuu dhaqan gelayaa markuu Madaxweynuhu saxiixo, wuuna Saxiixay. PUNTLAND POST The post Deni oo Taliye ku xigeen Boolis u magacaabay Karkaar appeared first on Puntland Post.