12 kii bilood ee lasoo dhaafay waxaa magaalada London lagu dilay 12 dhalinyaro Soomaali ah, waxayna taas ka dhigantahay in bil kasta celcelis ahaan la dilayay hal wiil oo Soomaali ah. Tirada guud ee dhalinyarada labka ah ee lagu dilay London waa 1299 qoowmiyadaha oo dhan, Soomaalida waxa ay tiradaasi ka tahay 10%. Dadka carruurtooda la dilay waxaa ka mid ah Hooyo Fawsiyo Axmed, iyada oo oynaysa ayay BBC-da u sheegtay in ay haleeshay masiibo aysan aqoonin meel ay kaga timid. Dadka qaar ayaaba hadda ka fikiraya sidii ay carruurtooda uga qixin lahaayeen Ingiriiska, islamarkaasna gayn lahaayeen meel bad qabta. Naciimo Xareed oo ah agaasimaha ururka haweenka iyo dhallaanka ayaa sheegtay in dhibka ugu badan uu ku dhoco hooyooyinka, islamarkaasna aabayoowga ay yihiin kuwa maqan. Balse Cabdi Muuse oo ah agaasimaha Ururka saaxiibadda Geeska ayaa qaba in hal qof uusan kaligiis wax qaban karin, wuxuuna yiri “Hal qof iyo hal qof oo inaga dhintaa xanuun weyn weeye, 10 boqolkiina waa wax badan, waxana anaga nala gudboon waxa ay yihiin in aan ogaanaa haddii aanan anaga is caawinin, cidna nama caawin karto”. Waa maxay sababta loo dilo dhalinyarada? Waxaa xusuusin mudan in dadka la dilo aysan ku jirin dumarka dhalinyarada ah, kaliyana ay yihiin dhalinyarada labka ah, haddaba maxay tahay sababta? Cabdi Muuse ayaa sharaxaya “Dhawr arrimood ayaa sabab u ah, koow waa askartii oo la dhimay, meelaha aan degenahay oo meelo faqri ah, dhalinyaradii oo aanan loo samaynin siyaasad arrimaha bulshada, dhalinyaradii oo wax ay qabtaan aanan haynin”. Mid ka mid ah dhalinyarada Soomaalida ee London oo magaciisa iyo wajihiisa aanan shaacin karin ayaa sheegay in dirir ka dhaxaysa kooxaha is abaabulay ee jinsiyadaha kala duwan iyo Soomaalida ay ugu wacanyihiin dilalka dhaca, wuxuuna yiri “Waxaa dhacda in la dilo wiil Soomaali ah oo aan xitaa ku lug lahayn rabshadaha, Soomaali ahaana loo dilo”. Dadka horey ay dhibaatadan usoo qabsatay waxaa ka mid ah Maxamed Xaashi oo ah xildhibaan golaha deegaanka xaafada London ka tirsan, markii uu 15 jir ahaa ayaa mindi lagu dhaawacay, wuxuuna yiri isaga oo dhacdadaas ka sheekeynaya “Mindida waxa ay igu dhacday ciyaal rabay in ay talefoonkayga qaataan, waxaanan damcay in aan la dagaalamo, kadibna mindida ayay I galiyeen, aniga waan baqay, waxaanan muddo watay kiyaawe, sababtoo ah waxaan is weeydiiyay, iyaga mindiyo ayay wataan, aniga maxaan wataa?”. Isaga xalka waxa uu arkaa in aanan Soomaalida gaar isu soocin, oo iyada oo ka mid ah bulshooyinka kale loo wajoho si wada jir ah. Waxa kale oo uu qabaa in Soomaalida oo ka maqan golayaasha siyaasadda ee Ingiriiska ay ugu wacantahay in aanan la dajinin shuruuc lagu illaalinayo dhalinyarada Soomaalida.

The past few weeks have been particularly rich in new developments for the UAE’s foreign policy. In Yemen, the UAE is at the forefront of the current struggle for the seizure of the Houthi-held port of Hodeidah, a critical chokepoint for the arms and humanitarian supplies to the Houthis, and an important access to the Red Sea and strait of Bab el Mandeb, where 4.8 million barrels of oil and 8 percent of global trade transit every day. Source: Hiiraan Online

Somali Zakarie Ali came to Finland at the age of three and more than 17 years later he's working as a top model. Source: Hiiraan Online

Electoral violence, flagrant malpractices, and more recently, fake news: these are some of the issues that have come to define African elections. But for years now, polls across the continent have also added one more defining feature: a plethora of candidates running for president. Source: Hiiraan Online

AUGUST 3, 2018 — European shipowners have welcomed a European Council decision to extent the mandate of EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until December 31, 2020. The objectives of Operation Atalanta are the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast and the protection of the World Food Program (WFP) and other vulnerable shipping, fishing activities and other EU missions and programs in the region. Source: Hiiraan Online

Since April, 1992, an international peacekeeping or monitoring force of some type has attempted to reduce the mayhem in war-wracked Somalia. Subtract 1992 from 2018: you get 26 years. Source: Hiiraan Online

Somalia has been engaged in a civil war for almost 30 years, and with over 70 percent of its population under 30 years of age, youth and youth education appear to be the key to a peaceful future in the country. Source: Hiiraan Online

A rare Dur-Dur Band performance will take place in London to celebrate the release. Source: Hiiraan Online

Pirates. Terrorists. Refugees. There is a long history of negative portrayals of Somalis around the world. Source: Hiiraan Online

“We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike,” according to the AFRICOM press release that announced the operation. Source: Hiiraan Online

Mogadishu (HOL) - Federal Ministers and Puntland officials held a joint cabinet meeting in Garowe on Thursday to discuss the future of hundreds of prisoners in Puntland who have been held on piracy charges. Source: Hiiraan Online

Hundreds of Ethiopians and Eritreans marched through the streets of Ottawa to celebrate what they hope is the end of decades of conflict between their home countries. Source: Hiiraan Online

In an earlier article posted on the Hiiraan Online Website in May, 2018, I referred to how, in the wake of the Second World War, the British favoured the emergence of political movements in Somalia, then under its military occupation, That policy, Source: Hiiraan Online

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) insists its a wholly Somali group and not an Ethio-Somali organization. It said via its known Twitter handle that it was a ‘Somali organisation fighting for the rights of all Somali people living under Ethiopian occupation!’ The group was reacting to one of Somalia’s leading radio outlet, Radio Dalsan, which in a tweet accompanied by a photo of the group’s leader wrote: Ethio-Somali organisation ONLF demands apology from Somalia govt. The tweet added a quote attributed to ONLF, “We call on the President to repeal the decision of the Somali Cabinet Ministers labelling ONLF a terrorist organisation, and to offer a full apology to Abdikarin Sh Muse & all Somali people” via @ONLFofficial. The group in an earlier tweet said it welcomed a request by the Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo to meet its chairman. They further demanded that a terrorist label slapped on it by Somali Council of Ministers be repealed and an apology granted to its leader and the people of Somalia. According to its website, the group describes itself as “a national liberation organisation that struggles for the rights of the Somali people in Ogaden and has no involvement whatsoever in Somalia’s multifaceted conflict at all.” The arrest and repatriation of its leader Abdikarim Muse Qalbi Dhagah in August 2017 sparked widespread condemnation of the government. He was, however, released in June this year by the Ethiopian government under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Most rights groups expressed worry that his transfer to Addis Ababa whiles illegal under international law could potentially expose him to torture and humiliation given that members of the group were classed ‘terrorists.’ Here are some key facts about the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels: Formed in 1984 amid a resurgence of separatist sentiment in the ethnically Somali Ogaden region on Ethiopia’s border with Somalia, many of its first members supported Mogadishu in its failed war with Addis Ababa over the region in the late 1970s. Ethiopia accuses the ONLF of being terrorists supported by arch-foe and neighbor Eritrea, and launched an unprecedented offensive last year after a rebel attack on a Chinese-run oil field that killed more than 70 people. The insurgents’ aims have varied over time, ranging from full-scale independence to joining a “Greater Somalia”, to more autonomy within ethnically diverse Ethiopia. ONLF fighters, who do not wear uniforms and are estimated to number several thousand, take advantage of their close ties with the area’s largely nomadic communities. After hit-and-run attacks on military convoys, they often melt into villages and hide among herders when counter-attacks are threatened. The Ogaden region is almost entirely populated by Muslim, Somali-speakers. The region has kept its own distinctive identity, doing the bulk of its trade with Somaliland, Somalia and the Middle East rather than the rest of “highland” Ethiopia. The separatist cause has been fuelled by widespread resentment at the region’s low level of development. Until Chinese engineers arrived late last year, the entire region had only 30 km (20 miles) of tarmac road, all of it around the regional capital Jijiga. The area has also been battered by a succession of droughts and floods. Source: – Africanews

Al shabaab militants on Wednesday abducted a 6-year old girl from her family in Harbole town, Gedo region, Somalia. The distraught family said the militants came to the house and demanded for the girl.The girl lives with albinism. “The kidnappers stormed into the house in the middle of the night and demanded to be shown where the girl was sleeping. They picked her up from her bed and bundled her into a vehicle,” her father Abdiker Weli said. The militants who numbered about five spoke in the Somali language. Weli said they did not steal anything from the house. Besides the murderous atrocities, Al shabaab’s mode of operation is synonymous with abductions. Most of the previous abductions were of youthful boys who were forcibly recruited to join the militant group as fighters, and teenage girls and young women who were abducted to be sex slaves to the militants. Area council member Sheikh Mustafa Ali said that this was the first time the kidnappings targeted a child. Though a new phenomenon in Somalia, abductions and killings of people with albinism in East Africa is not new. People with albinism in the region, especially in Tanzania, have been targeted for ritual killings. A section of people believe that offering some of their body parts brings good fortune. Other communities kill children with albinism in the belief that the condition is a bad omen. “It appears that Al shabaab has delved into the world of witchcraft to protect themselves. What else would explain the kidnapping of this little girl from such a poor family? Sheikh Mustafa posed. “It is no secret that the militants are marred with a lot of challenges now, from a gravely sick leader, to financial issues, defections and worse the constant aerial bombardments by US and KDF Forces,” he said. “I would not be surprised if they are seeking help in all forms, including sorcery,” Mustafa added. The council member asked all Imams to announce in their respective mosques the disappearance of the girl to assist local police in the search efforts. Source: – The Star

Federal prosecutors in Ethiopia are to file charges against five people suspected of being involved in a grenade attack on a political rally in June for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, state-affiliated media said on Friday. Two people died and scores were wounded in the explosion in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. “The prosecutors requested the court to give them 15 days to file charges against the suspects,” the report by Fana Broadcasting Corporation said. “The court granted them 15 days by rejecting request of the suspects for bail,” it added. The blast sent shockwaves across the country as the new prime minister, who enjoys a lot of political support, especially among the younger generation, seeks to enforce his reformist agenda. Since assuming office in April, Abiy has introduced a number of reforms and has overseen the release of jailed dissidents and moved to liberalise the economy. Last month, Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed to restore diplomatic, trade and transportation links. Source: – Reuters

UK State Secretary for Defence Rt. Hon. Gavin Williamson has lauded the progress made on the security front in Somalia, but cautioned that the premature exit of the AU troops from the Horn of Africa country, could have an adverse effect on gains already made. The Defence Secretary said the UK government was keen to ensure the exit of AMISOM from Somalia is not undertaken, until the latter is fully capable of handling the national security responsibility. “The role they play is one that has sometimes been a little bit forgotten around the world, but it should be something that should be highlighted and should be celebrated; because without the decisive action that has been undertaken, without the work that they have been doing to deliver security, Somalia would be in a very difficult place,” the Defence Secretary said shortly after meeting with the AMISOM Force Commander Lt. General Jim Beesigye Owoyesigire, the Deputy Head of AMISOM Mr. Simon Mulongo and other senior AMISOM officials, at the Force Headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, on Tuesday. “We discussed a number of issues, particularly the ongoing support that they give to the African Union and AMISOM, the Transition Plan implementation, the activities that we are trying to scale up in Somalia; and also, we discussed the new (UN) resolution. AMISOM has certain tasks to undertake in the fulfilment of its mandate,” Mulongo explained. The minister, who was making his first official visit to Somalia expressed the UK government’s commitment to furthering support to the Somali National Security Forces through capacity building. “What we need to do is make sure that the Somali government has the necessary capabilities and resources, to be able to deliver security within its own borders,” he noted. The Rt. Hon. Williamson also visited the AMISOM Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Cell, where he interacted with the AU and Somali facilitators on issues of child protection, gender and conflict related sexual violence. He commended the “extensive cooperation” among diverse stakeholders, that is enabling the reconstruction of Somalia. “Coming here to Somalia, for the first time, has made a huge impression on me,” he noted. “It’s been great to see the close working relationship we have with AMISOM and so many different nations from right around the globe. What has struck me are the real opportunities that Somalia presents.” The UK government through the United Kingdom Mission Support Team (UKMST), is supporting the AU Mission in diverse ways and has bolstered training support to the troops and their counterparts in the Somali security forces in Mogadishu and in the federal states. Source: AMISOM

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Sida aan wararkeena hore ku sheegnay Ra’iisul wasaaraha Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Axmed ayaa markii ugu horeysay ka hadlay arrinta qoondada dadka deegaanka Soomaalida ay ka helayaan shidaalka laga soo saaray deegaankaas. Dr Abiy oo dad badan kula hadlayay gobolka Minnesota ee dalka Maraykanka ayaa sheegay in Soomaalida ay heli doonaan qoondadooda isla markaana aysan kusoo dhici doonin meel cidlo ah. Abiy Axmed, waxa uu sheegay in dadka ku nool deegaanka soomaalida in ka badan 5 goobood looga helay shidaal waxa uuna yiri “Arrinta meesha taagan ma aha inaan ku faanno anigu shidaal ban helay, anigu bun ban leeyahay anigu biyaan leeyahay ee muhiimaddu waxaa weeyey sideen kheyraadkaasi meel isugu geeyna oo aan uga wada faa’ideysanna”. “Sharci waxaa jira federaalka oo dhigaya in shidaal haddii uu soo boxo, ama xitaa kheyraad kale in deegaanka uu leeyahay boqolkiiba 40%, federaalkuna wuxuu leeyahay 60%, midda federaalka lafteeda ayaan wax ku leenahay” . Abiy waxa uu kaga tagay jawaab hadal heyn iyo xasaasiyad badan dhalisay oo uu ka bixiyay qoondada shidaalka laga helay dhulka Soomaalida Ethiopia oo uu sheegay inay 5% ku yeelanayaan. Afhayeenka ururkaas Cadaani Hirmooge oo u waramaayay VOA, ayaa sheegay inay wali ku jiraan gumeysi isla markaana aan la qaadan Karin in Soomaalida lagu maamulo hantidooda. Waxa uu Afhayeenaka sheegay in khaladaad dhanka Dastuurka Ethiopia uu jiro kuwaa oo u baahan in dib loo sax si loo helo qoondo wanaagsan oo ay yeelan doonaan Soomalida maadaama uu jiro sharci awood qeybsi oo qudhiisa aan si xaqiiq ah loogu shaqeyn. Waxa uu Afhayeenka sheegay inaanu jirin cid ku heshiisay inay dal qura la noqdaan Ethiopia, waxa uuna meesha ka saaray in loo dhamaa heshiiska ay Soomaalida kula midowday Ethiopia. Waxa uu sheegay inay aad uga soo horjeedan haddalka Ra’isul wasaaraha Ethiopia Abiy Axmed ee qoondada Soomaalida, waxa uuna cadeeyay inaanu jirin sharci lagu soo saaray shidaalka. Afhayeenka ururkaas Cadaani Hirmooge, waxa uu sheegay in shidaalka iyo wixii hanta ee laga soo saro dhulka Soomaalida ay 100% tahay mid ay leeyihiin Soomaalida, cidna aanu la qeebsan Karin. Sidoo kale, waxa uu Afhayeenka sheegay in awood qeybsi uu imaan karo marka ay wadahadal lagu xaliyo tabashooyinka Soomaalida oo ay mataleyso ONLF, inta ka horeysana aysan aqbali doonin haddalka kasoo yeeray Abiy Axmed. Hadalka Ra’isul wasaare Abiy Axmed ayaa kusoo beegmaaya iyadoo Ururka ONLF sanadii 2007-dii ay weerar u geysteen shaqaale Shiinaha u dhashay oo shidaal ka baarayay dhulka Somalida Ethiopia.

Jeddah (Caasimada Online) – Waxaa markii ugu horreysay hadashay hooyada dhashay hogaamiyihii ururka Al-Qaacida ee la dilay Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden hooyadii ayaa waxay sheegtay in wiilkeeda uu ahaa mid wanaagsan balse la duufsaday markii uu waxbarshada ku jiray islamarkana xagjir laga dhigay. Wareysigii ugu horeyay oo ay siisay wargayska The Guardian, ayay Alia Ghanem waxa ay sheegtay in uu wiilkeeda isbadalay markii uu ku biiray jaamacad ku taalla dalka Sacuudiga. Waxa ay intaa ku dartay in ay uga digi jirtay in uu ku biiro kooxahan. Bin Laden ayaa la rumaysan yahay in uu isaga amray weerarkii 9/11, 2001 lagu qaaday Mareykanka iyo waliba howlgalo meelo kale oo caalamka ka dhacay. Balse hooyadii ayaa sheegtay in uusan waligii u sheegin waxyaabaha uu samaynayo sababtoo ah aad ayuu u jeclaa hooyadii. Xog badan oo ku saabsan waxyaabaha ku jira wareysigan dib ayaan idin kugu soo gudbin doonaa Insha allah.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Mareykanka ayaa sheegaya inuu weerar diyaarado loo adeegsaday ka fuliyay Saldhig ay ku sugnaayen xubno ka tirsanaa Al Shabaab, kuwaasi oo ku sugnaa meel 74-KM Waqooyi Galbeed ka xigta magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimadda Soomaaliya. Weerarka ayaa lala bartilmaameedsaday hogaamiyeyaal, iyo Saraakiil sare oo Al-shabaab ka tirsan laakiin lama sheegin magaca shaqsiyaadka la weeraray. Mareykanka ayaa waxa uu sheegay weerarkan dhacay 2-dii bishan in uu ku dilay Afar nin oo ka tirsanaa Al Shabaab, islamarkaana aanay jirin khasaare dadka rayidka ah ka soo gaaray duqeyntan. Ururka Al Shabaab oo duqeyntan uga hadlay baraha ay wararkooda ku faafiyaan ayaa waxa ay ku sheegeen duqeyntan Afarta qof ee lagu dilay inay ahaayeen dad shacab ah. Waa duqyantii 15-aad ee Maraykanku sannadkan ka gaystaan gudaha Soomaaliya taasi oo bartilmaameeedsatay xoogag ka tirsan Ururka Al Shabaab. Mareykanka ayaa taageera siiyo ciidamada midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya ku sugan. Mareykanka ayaa horay u sheegay in ay ka go’an tahay dagaalka kooxaha ka dagaalama Soomaaliya sida kooxda Daacish iyo Ururka Al Shabaab ee ku sugan meelo ka mid ah dalka, kuwaasi oo dagaal kula jira dowladda federaalka.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Millateriga Mareykanka ayaa sheegay in afar xubnood oo ka tirsan ururka Al-shabaab ay maanta ku dileen duqeyn ay ka geysteen Gobolka Shabeellada Hoose ee koonfurta Soomaaliya. Weerarkan ayay sheegeen in Khamiistii shalay laga fuliyay deegaan 74-mayl oo u dhiganta 119-KM – dhanka waqooyi-galbeed kaga beegan magaalada Xamar ee xarunta Somalia, inkastoo aan deegaanka magaciisa la sheegin. Taliska ciidamada Mareykanka ee Afrika [AFRICOM] ayaa sheegay in tani ay tahay duqeyntii 19-aad ee sanadkan lagu jiro oo eliya ay ka fuliyaan gudaha Somalia, ayna ku beegsadeen xubno ka tirsan Kooxda Al-shabaab. Sidoo kale, Warbixin kasoo baxday AFRICOM ayaa lagu sheegay in duqeymo aan badnayn ay la beegsadeen diyaaradahooda dagaalka koox yar oo ka mid ah Ururka Daacish, kuwaasoo ku fir-fircoon deegaanada waqooyiga Somalia, gaar ahaan Puntland. Dhanka kale, Warbixinta AFRICOM ayaa lagu sheegay inaysan jirin khasaare duqeyntan kasoo gaartay dad shacab ah oo ku sugnaa halka duqeyntan laga fuliyay, inkastoo duqeymo horay oo Mareykanku fuliyay lagu sheegay inay waxyeello kasoo gaartay dad shacab ah. Ugu dambeyn, Ma ahan markii ugu horreysay oo Mareykanka ay duqeymo la beegsadaan Al-shabaab, balse ma jiro illaa hadda hadal kasoo baxay Kooxda oo ay ku xaqiijinayso ama ku beeninayso hadalka kasoo baxay Mareykanka. PUNTLAND POST The post Mareykanka oo sheegay inay duqeyn culus ku dileen xubno ka tirsan Al-shabaab appeared first on Puntland Post.

Jabuuti (Caasimada Online) – Dowladda Jabuuti ayaa ku gacansayrtay go’aan ay shalay soo saartay Maxkamadda Caalamiga ah ee Dhexdhexaadinta ee fadhigeedu yahay magaalada London. Go’aankaas oo ay maxkamaddu ku sheegtay inay khalad aheyd in dowladda Jabuuti ay maamulka iyo gacan ku haynta dekadda Dooraleh ay kala wareegto Shirkadda Dekadaha ee DP World. Dowladda Jabuuti ayaa sheegtay in Maxkamadda aanay u yeerin oo dhinacooda aanay dhageysan sidaas daraadeedna aanay khusaynba go’aanka ay soo saartay. Gudoomiyaha maamulka dekadaha iyo goobaha ka caaggan canshuuraha Abuu Bakar Haadi ayaa sheegay in horey ay shirkadda ugu heshiiyeen in heshiiska ay ka baxaan islamarkana qarashaadkii ka galay loo celiyo. Gudoomiyaha aya intaa ku daray in shirkadda DP World aysan xoog ku haysan karin dekadaha dalka Jabuuti. Dowladda Jabuuti ayaa 22 bishan waxay meesha ka saartay heshiiskii ay la gashay shirkadda DP World. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Wararka naga soo gaaraya Deegaanka Ceel-baraf ee Gobolka Shabeelaha dhexe ayaa Sheegaya in Hooyo Soomaaliyeed ay halkaas sun ku cabtay ayna Geeriyootay Kadib Markay ka Carootay Hadalkii Madaxweyne Farmaajo ee ahaa in Cunaqabateynta laga qaado Eriteria. Hooyadana waxa la sheegay in tan iyo Markii Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya uu baaqaasi jeediyey ay hadal heysay Cadawtinimada ka dhexeysa Eriteria iyo Jabuuti, Waxayna Sheegtay in Soomaaliya aan xiligan looga baahneyn inay Xiligan la safato Eriteria.

Federal prosecutors in Ethiopia are to file charges against five people suspected of being involved in a grenade attack on a political rally in June for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, state-affiliated media said on Friday. Source: Hiiraan Online