Hargeysa (Caasimada Online) – Somaliland ayaa qaadacday inay ka qayb gasho shir la filayay inuu bishan 26 June-28 ka furmo magaalada Brussless ee wadanka Beljamka, kaas oo ku saabsan Soomaalida oo loogu qoondaynayay dhaqaale ay deeq bixiyayaashu ku yabooheen. Warar aan helnay ayaa sheegay in Somaliland lagu soo martiqaaday shirkaas, laakiin ay dawladda Somaliland go’aansatay inaanay ka qayb gelin shirkaas. Shirka ayaa la sheegay inuu dib u dhac ku yimid, waxaana la qorsheeyay inuu qabsoomo 16 Julay-17. Lama hayo faahfaahin ku saabsan sababta ay xukuumadda Somaliland u qaadacday ka qayb galka shirkaas. Laakiin xukuumadii hore ee Madaxweyne Siilaanyo ayaa sidan oo kale diiday inay ka qayb gasho shir noocan oo kale ahaa oo dhaqaale loogu ururinayay Soomaalida oo sannadkii 2014 lagu qabtay dalka Denmark. Sidoo kale shir 2013 ka dhacay dalka Beljamka oo isna dhaqaale ururin ahaa ayay xukuumadii Siilaanyo isagana diiday inay ka qayb gasho. Waxaanu go’aankan xukuumadda Somaliland ee xiligani noqonayaa markii saddexaad ee ay Somaliland diido inay shirkaas ka qayb gasho. Inkastoo aanay xukuumadda Madaxweyne Biixi weli ka hadal shirkaas iyo wararkiisa toona, haddana xukuumadii Madaxweyne Siilaanyo waxay diidmadeeda shirarkaas hore ku salaysay ka dib markii ay dawladii Soomaaliya ee Xasan Sheekh shirkaas ku soo martiqaaday. Laakiin go’aanka xukuumadda xilligan ayaa ku soo beegmaya iyadoo bishan ay dawladda Farmaajo dalalka deeq bixiyayaasha ah ku gacan saydhay in Somaliland loo cusboonaysiiyo hab-macaamilka gaarka ah ee loo dejiyay in la soo mariyo mucaawinooyinka Somaliland. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Hargeysa Caasimada@live.com

Addis-Ababa (Caasimada Online) – Mucaaradka dalka Ethiopia ee dibad jooga ah ayaa shaaca ka qaaday inay dib ugu laabanayaan dalkooda. Mucaaradkan oo la magacbaxay (Ginbot 7), oo saldhig u ah magaalada Asmara ee dalka Eriteria ayaa daboolka ka qaaday inay ku laabanayaan Ethiopia, isla markaana soo dhaweynayaan isbedelada Xukuumada cusub ee Addis ababa. Tadesse Biru oo ah afhayeenka Kooxda mucaaradka Ginbot 7, ayaa sheegay inay muujinayaan isbedel dhanka mucaaradnimada ah, waxa uuna cadeeyay in isbedelkaasi uu imaaday kadib markii Ra’isul wasaare Abiy Ahmed uu ku dhawaaqay wadahadalka Eriteria. Tadesse Biru oo u waramaayay BBC-da qeybteeda ku hadasha afka amxaariga, ayaa sheegay inay aad usoo dhaweynayaan Siyaasada cusub ee Ra’isul wasaare Abiy Axmed. Tadesse Biru ayaa yiri ‘’Koox ahaan waxaanu ka duwanahay kuwa kale ee mucaaradka, anagu ma ridno rasaas, haddii ay dhacdo inaan ridno waxa ay aheyd mid aan ku difaaceynay Siyaasadeena’’ Sidoo kale, Kooxda mucaaradka Ginbot 7, ayaa dhaqaale ka hesha Dowlada Eriteria oo colaad daba dheeraatay ay kala dhexeyso Dowlada Ethiopia, hase yeeshee waxa ay arrintu iminka u muuqataa mid jaanrogtay Siyaasada Abiy Axmed. Talaabada ay isugu soo dhawaaden Dowlada Ethiopia iyo Kooxda Ginbot 7, ayaa imaaneysa kadib markii Ra’isul wasaare Abiy Axmed uu ku dhawaaqay inay la heshiinayaan dowlada Eriteria oo jaar la’ah. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Addis-Ababa Caasimada@live.com

Markii ay burburtay dawladdii dhexe ee militerigu hoggaaminayeen ee Soomaaliya bishii koowaad ee sanadkii 1991-dii, Soomaalilaand ayaa bishii shanaad ee isla sanadkaas waxa ay ku dhawaaqday iney ka go’day Soomaaliya. Soomaalilaand waxa ay gooni isu taaggeeda sabab uga dhigtay, in aysan ku faa’iidin midowgii 1960-kii ee labadii gobol ee Ingiriiska iyo Talyaanigu kala gumeysanayeen, waxa aan iyana meesha ka marneyn, caro dadka halkaas deggan ay ka qaadeen dagaalladii dawladdii kacaanka ciidankeedu la galeen ciidamadii jabhaddii SNM iyo wixii burbur, dhimasho iyo barakac ahaa ee arrinkaas ka dhashay, gaar ahaan, magaalooyinka Hargeysa iyo Burco. Dhinaca koofurta Soomaaliya, dawladihii soo maray wixii ka dambeeyey burburkii qaranka, ma aysan oggolaan in Soomaalilaand ay ka go’do dalka intiisa kale, isla markaas na si dhab ah labada dhinac ugama aysan wada hadlin in Soomaalilaand ay noqoto dal gaar u taagan oo ka madax banaan Soomaaliya inteeda kale. Bishii sideeddaad ee sanadkii 1998-ddii ayaa waxa magaalada Garoowe lagu dhisay maamulka Buntlaand, iyadoo isimada iyo waxgaradka Sool, Sanaag Bari iyo Buuhoodle ay ka mid ahaayeen dadkii wax ka dhisay maamulka Buntlaand, deegaannadaas oo Soomaalilaand dhinaceeda ay ku doodeysay iney ka mid yihiin dhulka ay ka goyneyso Soomaaliya inteeda kale. Wixii intaas ka dambeeyey labada dhinac (Soomaalilaand iyo Buntlaand) ayaa gobolladaas ku muransanaa, marar aan yarenna waxaa ka dhacay dagaallo dad badan ay ku dhinteen, kuwaas oo salka ku hayey ku-muransanaanta gobollada Sool, Sanaag Bari iyo Buuhoodle. Tan iyo intii ay soo laba kacleysey xiisaddii ugu dambeysay ee u dhexeysa Soomaalilaand iyo Buntlaand ee gacan ku haynta gobolka Sool, waxa ay Soomaalilaand soo celcelineysay in dhulka lagu dagaalamayo uu yahay dhul Soomaalilaand ay ku heshay xariiqimihii gumeystihii reer Yurub ku qeybiyeen qaaradda afrika, gaar ahaan dhulka Soomaalidu ka degto geeska afrikada bari. Taariikh Kooban Markii gumeystihii reer Yurub ay qeybsadeen dalalkii afrikaanka ahaa, Soomaalida dhulkii ay degganeyd waxaa loo qeybiyey shan qeybood. Saddex ka mid ah shantaas qeybood waxaa haystay Ingiriiska, waxa uuna laba ka mid ah ku daray dalalka Itoobiya iyo Kiinya. Qeybtii saddexaad waxa ay ahayd Soomaalilaand oo Ingiriisku uu madax banaani siiyey 26-kii bishii lixaad ee sanadkii 1960-kii. Soomaalilaand waxa ay ahayd markii ay madax banaanida qaadatay laba gobol oo kala ahaa; Waqooyi Galbeed oo ay Hargeysa magaalo madax u ahayd iyo Togdheer oo Burco laga xukumay. (Dawladdii kacaanka ayaa saddex gobol ku dartay oo kala ah, Sanaag, Sool iyo Awdal). Bishii toddobaad kowdeedii sanadkii 1960-kii Soomaaliland waxa ay la midowday koofurtii Soomaaliya ee Talyaanigu gumeysanayey oo markaas ka koobnaa lix gobol. Midowgaas ayaa soo afjaray oo meesha ka saaray xudduuddii gumeystayaashu kala xariiqdeen, waxaana Soomaalidii midowday ay galeen baadigoobka waaxyihii (qeybo) ka maqnaa ee lagu kala daray Itoobiya iyo Kiinya. In kasta oo Soomaalidu ay isku dayday in dhulalkii ka maqnaa ay la soo laabato, haddana kuma aysan guuleysan. Dalal badan oo Afrika ka mid ah ayaa markii ay madax banaanidooda qaateen, waxa ay isku qabsadeen dhul, waxaana markii dambe dalalkii afrikaanku ku heshiiyeen in xudduudihii gumeystuhu ka tagay sidoodii loo daayo, si meesha looga saaro is qabqabsiga xudduudaha ku saleysan. Waa dhab oo heshiiskaas waa jiraa, waana doodda ugu culus ee Soomaalilaand miiska soo saarto marka ay ka hadleyso gobollada Sool iyo Sanaag Bari, balse waxaa is weydiin mudan inaan is dul taagno qodobadan soo socda: Markii dalalka Afrika ay ku heshiinayeen in xudduudaha loo daayo sidii gumeysigu uga tagay, dalka Soomaaliya waxaa ka jirtay dawlad mid ah oo baabi’isay xudduuddii gumeystaha. Markii dalalka Afrika ay ku heshiinayeen in xudduudaha loo daayo sidii gumeysigu uga tagay, waxaa dalka ka jirey dastuur baabi’iyey xudduuddii gumeystaha, muranna kama jirin arrintaas. Dalalkii afrikaanka gumeysanayey ee xadadka u kala sameeyey, ma aqoonsana dal Soomaalilaand la yiraahdo oo hadda jira, waxa ay na Soomaaliya u yaqaanaan hal dal oo aan kala go’in. Labadii qeybood ee Soomaalida ee 1960-kii midoobay ee xadkii gumeysiga baabi’iyey, kuma aysan heshiin in xudduuddii isticmaarka la soo celiyo oo Soomaalilaand ay dal madax banaan noqoto. Dadka deggan dhulkii Ingiriisku gumeysan jirey (Soomaalilaand) iskuma raacsana in dib loo soo nooleeyo xadkaas oo laga laabto midowgii 1960-kii. Xadka Ingiriiska iyo Talyaaniga ay kala xariiqdeen waxa uu ahaa mid dheer oo kala qeybinayey gobollada Sanaag iyo Bari oo isku beegan iyo Sool iyo Nugaal oo isku began (gobollada Bari iyo Nugaal waxa ay isku ahaayeen hal gobol, halka gobollada Sool, Sanaag iyo Togdheer ay hal gobol isku ahaayeen) Xadkaas waxa uu in yar u jiraa, magaalooyinka Boosaaso, Qardho iyo Garoowe –Maxaa xadka yoocada ka duway xudduuddii kale? Tusaalayaal Mudnaan Leh Kolkii dalalka Afrika ku heshiiyeen in xudduudihii isticmaarku uga tagay Afrika ay sidoodii ahaadaan, dalka Suudaan waxa uu ahaa hal dal. Waxaa ka dambeeyey in sanadkii 2011-kii ay laba u kala go’een oo Koofurta Suudaan dal gaar ah dunidu u aqoonsatay. Dood wax ka soo qaad leh ma noqoneyso haddii lagu dooddo xudduuddii isticmaarku Afrika uga tagay, waayo, xadka labada Suudaan kala qeybiya ayaa ka dambeeyey oo dunidu aqoonsatay. Kolkii dalalka Afrika ku heshiiyeen in xudduudihii isticmaarku uga tagay afrika ay sidoodii ahaadaan, Dalka Ereteriya waxa uu ka mid ahaa dalka Itoobiya, goor dambe oo sanadkii 1993-dii ayaa Ereteriya loo aqoonsaday dal gaar ah, ka dib markii Itoobiya ay sidaas ku heshiiyeen. Haddii lagu doodo jiritaanka xudduuddii isticmaarka, ma noqoneyso dood macno ku fadhida, waayo, dunida ayaa kala go’ii dambe (Itoobiya iyo Ereteriya) aqoonsatay. Tusaalayaal Ka Baxsan Qaaradda Afrika Dawladda Jarmalka oo ka mid ahayd dawladihii la gaga guuleystay dagaalkii labaad ee dunida (1939-1945) waxaa la kala dhexmariyey xad, iyada oo loo qeybiyey bari iyo galbeed. Muddo dheer ka dib, sanadkii 1990-kii ayaa labadii Jarmal ee galbeed iyo bari waxa ay ku heshiiyeen in ay midoobaan, wixii markaas ka dambeeyey na waxaa jiray hal dawlad oo Jarmalku leeyahay. Dunidu hadda waxa ay aqoonsan tahay hal dawlad oo Jarmal la yiraahdo, xudduuddii kala qeybineysay na waa ay baaba’day, oo midnimada ayaa meesha ka saartay. Dalka Yeman oo saaran gacanka cadmeed ee badda cas, waxa uu ahaan jiray laba dal, oo Sanca iyo Cadan ay magaalo madaxyo u kala ahaayeen. Waxa ay midoobeen sanadkii 1990-kii. Dunidu maanta Yeman waxa ay u taqaanaa hal dal, xadkii u dhexeeyey labadii Yeman maanta taariikhda uun baa lagu sheegaa, ee ma aha xudduud dunidu aqoonsan tahay. Marka la soo uruuriyo warka, xadka Soomaalilaand ku doodeyso, dalalkii xariiqay ma aqoonsana, dunida kalena ma aqoonsana. Astaamaha dawladnimo ee kale ayaa ka maangalsan in ay Soomaalilaand ku dadaasho sidii ay u heli lahayd, sida, Baasaboor la aqoonsan yahay, safaarado, in ay kursi ku yeelato golayaasha gobolka iyo kuwa dunida iyo in mashaariicda iyo deeqaha dunida si toos ah loogu keeno ee aan loo soo marin Soomaaliya, balse iyada oo intaas ba u daba fadhida dawaladda federaalka ee Soomaaliya, dow ilama aha in xad aan sharciyad haysan ay ku dooddo. Maxamed Nuur Shire Email:mnuur10@gmail.com

Congressman Steve King (R) of Iowa's 4th Congressional District doesn't want anyone working in the meat-packing plants found in King's political district who don't eat the animal product. Source: Hiiraan Online

Politico is reporting that Congressman Steve King (R) of Iowa's 4th Congressional District doesn't want anyone working in the meat-packing plants found in King's political district who don't eat the animal product. Source: Hiiraan Online

Madaxweyne Farmaajo waxaa loo diray oo garoonka diyaaradaha Addis- ababa ku soo dhaweeyey Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibada Itoobiya Workneh_Gebeyehu , madaxweynayaasha kale ee dalalka IGAD waxaa soo dhaweeyey ra’iisul-wasaaraha Itoobiya Dr. Abiy_Ahmed. Waxaana ceebta isku keenay MD Farmaajo kadib markii uu hoos isugu dhigay Ra’iisul-wasaaraha Itoobiya Dr. Abiy_Ahmed oo Muqdisho uu saacad ka badan hoos taagnaa diyaaradii uu la socday Ninkan Oramada ah ee u muuqda in Gobol ka mid ah Dalkiis inuu yimid. Waxuuna u soo xidhay Muqdisho Fitishaari dhar ah oo lala yaabay, Waxaana shacabka Soomaliyeed is waydiinayaa ma waxuu tagay kilka lixaad.

The 2018 Somaliland Mining and Infrastructure Investment Forum (SMIIF) will be held in Dubai, UAE this year. The Forum is designed to stimulate new thinking and innovation in mobilizing institutional capital for infrastructure financing in Somaliland. The forum will convene an ecosystem of policymakers, project developers, sponsors and investors. See the below document for more information: Somaliland Mining and Infrastructure Investment Forum Flyer

The president of Somaliland H.E Musa Bihi Abdi has been in power for 182 days which translates to six months. The head of state appointed 32 members cabinet which comprises of ministers and assistant ministers. He also named directors general, parastatal chiefs and other top government organizations bosses. These presidential appointees are mostly new to the political landscape of the country and consists pof youthful cabinet members. This surprised many people in the know since many did not think president Bihi was capable of transfusing fresh blood into the clogged political environment of Somaliland whereby the old guards have tightened the clang to power. Simply the president was trying to experiment if new blood injected into the ailing political climate could change Somaliland for the better. This has put President Musa Bihi on the league of his own different in every aspect from his predecessors one of whom relinquished power to him. President Musa Bihi Abdi becomes the third president of Somaliland to come to power through the ballot box. The Horn Newspaper is pleased to bring to our dear readers the members of cabinet appointed by each president when he first came to power. President Dahir Rayale Kahin President Dahir Rayale Kahin came to power in 2003, and then he appointed members of his cabinet which we highlight herein……….. Mrs.Edna Adam Ismael – Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr.Ahmed Haji Daahir Elmi –Minister of Planning Mr.Ismael Adam Osman- Minister of Internal Security Dr. Mohammed Said Gees- Minister of Fishery and Marine Resources Mr.Awil Ali Dua’ale – Minister of Finance Mr.Mohammed Hashi Elmi- Minister of Industry Mr.Abdillahi Hussein Iman – Minister of Settlement Mr.Abdillahi Mohammed Dua’le-Minister of Information Mr.Saeed Sulub Mohammed- Minister of Public Works and Housing Mr.Rashid Haji Abdillahi- Minister Commerce President Ahmed Mohammed Mohammud (Silanyo) President Silanyo came to power in 2010 after winning the presidency following his routing of president Rayale in the ballot here are his appointees…. Dr.Mohammed Abdillahi Omar –Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr.Mohammed Abdi Gaboose –Minister of Internal Affairs Dr.Ahmed Hashi Oday – Minister of Livestock and Animal Husbandry Mr.Mohammed Hashi Elmi –Minister of Finance Mr.Hussein Ahmed Aideed –Minister of Public Works and Housing Mr.Samsam Abdi Adam –Minister of Education Mr.Hussein Muhummed Mohammed –Minister of Health Mr.Abdillahi Jama Osman (Geeljire) Minister of Information Mr.Mohammed Hashi Abdi- Minister of Civil Aviation Prof.Ismael Mumin Aa’re-Minister of Justice Sheikh Khalil Abdillahi Ahmed –Minister of Religious Endowment Mr.Hussein Ali Dua’ale –Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources President Musa Bihi Abdi President Musa Bihi Abdi after winning the November 2017 elections he appointed 32 ministers to his cabinet they are as follows….. Dr.Sa’ad Ali Shire Naleeye – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mr.Yassin Haji Mohammud Hiir Faratoon- Minister of Education Dr.Hassan Ismael Yusuf Warsame –Minister of Health Development Mr.Awale Ismael Shirwa’a Looddoon- Minister of Planning Mr.Mohammed Kahin Ahmed –Minister of Interior Mr.Issa Ahmed Yusuf Abdalle –Minister of Defense Mr.Yusuf Mohammed Abdi Rage –Minister of Finance Development Mr.Abdigani Mohammud A’ateeye Fariid – Minister of Justice Sheikh Khalil Ahmed Abdillahi Roble – Minister of Religious Endowmenment Mr.Ahmed Mumin Seed Habane – Minister of Agriculture Development Mr.Abdirashid Haji Dua’le Qambi Abdalle –Minister of Lands, Public Works and Housing Mr.Yusuf Mire Mohammed Nuuh –Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr.Abdiweli Sheikh Abdillahi Suufi Jibril- Minister of Communication and Technology Mr.Mohammud Hassan Sa’ad Idle –Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Mrs.Hinda Jama Hirsi Mohammed – Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mr.Mohammed Ahnmed Mohammud Awad –Minister Investment Development Hassan Mohammed Ali Gaafadhi –Minister of Livestock,Fishery and Marine Resources Development Mr.Abdirahman Abdillahi Farah Diriye (Guri-Barwaqo) –Minister of Information Mrs.Shukri Haji Ismael Mohammud Bandare –Minister of Environment and Rural Development Mr.Suleiman Yusuf Ali Koore – Minister of Water Resources Development Mr.Jama Mohommud Egal Mohammed –Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mr. Abdillahi Abokor Osman Yusuf –Minister of Roads Development Mr.Mohammed Haji Adam Elmi –Minister of Constitutional Affairs Even though the former presidents and the current had different economical and financial constraints nevertheless they comparison cannot be hidden from any observer. The former president had appointed better administration than President Musa Bihi Abdi. These all have far reaching implications on what the people expect from Mr.Bihi’s government for instance the president is expected to unify the nation, improve foreign affairs and economic development are three important factors that will affect the government wellbeing. However president Bihi selection of ministers and other top government official seem to lack the knowhow and experience to implement any tangible development and as a result of this they will simply let the head of state down in fulfilling the promises made during the elections. This will bring uncertainly to the president long term goal to sail Somaliland out of the rough seas to prosperity because his crew lack the experience of good sailors. The last elections opened wounds in Somaliland unity and those injuries seems as if they have not healed so the head of state and his government has to move fast to find a remedy to heal the disunity. The former president Ahmed Silanyo foreign policy was always criticized, but today the current government is entering uncharted territories as the future becomes more unpredictable following the fast pace of development which Somaliland must catch up. Another important thing to note is that Somaliland connections with the international community is passive and needs activation. President Bihi needs to go back to the drawing board and select a cabinet of experienced technocrats who can remove Somaliland from the muck. Horn

The Republic of Somaliland communicated its dissatisfaction of how SRSG Michael Keating presented the ongoing conflict between Somaliland and the Puntland Federal State of Somalia to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, on June 18. The letter which His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, wrote to Mr. Guterres, accuses Mr. Keating of not only coloring the facts by putting Somaliland and Puntland on the same par politically and geographically, but, also of presenting th facts inaccurately in a disrespectful tone that was not helpful to the diffusion of hostilities on the ground at all. Mr Bihi informed SG Guterres that he viewed the letter the Special Representative sent to him and his government as a one-sided response, inaccurate as to the facts, disrespectful in tone and not helpful at all’. The President, obviously was riled by the fact that the SRSG did neither address nor imply anywhere in his letter (as below) to the RoS the fact that Puntland was a federal state of Somalia, and so subject to the directions and authority of the central FGS, where Somaliland was not and never was. The SRSG, in his letter, called ‘for an immediate cessation fo hostilities between “Somaliland” and Puntland forces following recent fighting in the Tukaraq area of the Sool region’ – which, in fact implied, that the area rightfully belonged to neither geographically or otherwise. Mr Bihi said, if at all, his government stood accused of respecting the international boundaries set out by colonial powers in 1884 and re-affirmed by the former Organization of African Unity in 1964. Puntland claims large swathes of Sanaag, Sool and Buuhoodle come under its regional government on the premise that people in those areas trace same ancestry with people in the former Mudug and Bari regions upon which bases the formation of the regional State was proclaimed in 1998 – eight years after Somaliland reclaimed its sovereignty from an ill-fated union with Somalia in 1960 but at a dear cost in lives, estimated at more than 50 000 dead. As writing this letter coincided with the same day Somalia, with the help of the United Nation’s own ICAO, completely transferred the disputed Somalia/Somaliland airspace management to Mogadishu without a prior agreement with Somaliland, President Bihi could have capitalized on the opportunity to raise the issue with Mr Guterres. In this, too, Keating did not play an objective role or even try to revive the stalled talks between the two sides during his tenure. On the contrary, he is accused of buying time for Mogadishu as he always assured Somaliland that airspace management was an issue that could not be taken over by any one party unilaterally as that will have far-reaching, international consequences that may even place precious human lives in jeopardy. The full text of President Bihi’s letter to Mr. Guterres read as follows:

New York, June 21, 2018–Authorities in the breakaway state of Somaliland should immediately lift a ban on the operations of Waaberi newspaper, a privately owned daily, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A Hargeisa regional court issued an order suspending the newspaper on June 19 on allegations of improper registration, according to a statement sent to CPJ by Yahye Mohamed, the executive director of the Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA), and the newspaper’s owner, Hassan Omar Hassan, who spoke to CPJ. The attorney general’s office in Somaliland on June 13 filed an application asking for the newspaper to be suspended, claiming that Hassan Omar Hassan was not the rightfully registered owner of the newspaper, Yahye and Hassan told CPJ. Hassan said he was not informed of the application, nor did he attend a hearing on the case. The June 19 court order, issued following the attorney general’s application, also directed printers in Somaliland not to publish the newspaper, Hassan told CPJ. The newspaper does not have a website, he said. Hassan said he acquired Waaberi newspaper from its previous owner, Abdirahman Hajj Nour, in 2013. Copies of documents shared with CPJ by Yahye and confirmed as accurate by Hassan indicate that the ministry of information and the office of the attorney general approved the change of ownership in 2013. CPJ did not independently authenticate the documents. Hassan told CPJ that he believes the decision to shut down his newspaper is in retaliation for its critical stance regarding the current government in Somaliland. He said the newspaper had recently published interviews with analysts critical of a conflict between Somaliland and Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, and that on the day that the court order was issued banning Waaberi’s operations, it had published a story on a dispute between the federal government of Somalia and Somaliland over airspace management. “This drastic action to suspend a newspaper without giving its owner a chance to be heard underscores our concern that it is simply an excuse to silence a critical voice,” said Angela Quintal, CPJ’s Africa program coordinator. “We call on the government of President Muse Bihi Abdi to immediately allow Waaberinewspaper to resume operations and to refrain from censoring or harassing the press.” In an emailed statement, the office of the attorney general told CPJ that Somaliland’s media law does not allow dual registration or the change of ownership of newspapers and that only one “single ownership” can be authorized. The attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to CPJ’s request for clarification on which segments of Somaliland’s laws bar transfer of ownership. CPJ reviewed Article 6 of Somaliland’s Press Law, which covers registration of the press, and did not find any ban on transfer of ownership, and Guleid Ahmed Jama, who heads the advocacy group Human Rights Center Somaliland, also told CPJ there is no such law. This is not the first time that publications in Somaliland have been shut down due to the intervention of the attorney general’s office or on allegations of improper registration. At least three newspapers have been out of circulation since 2016 when the attorney general’s office ordered them to stop publishing on allegations that they had not been properly registered, according to CPJ research and Guleid. CPJ

The parties made an assessment which reduced the amount close to 200 million dollars DP World and Somaliland Port Authority have reduced the investment for the expansion of Berbera Port by 23pc. The price adjustment came into the scene after the update of the feasibility study of the project, in which Ethiopia holds a considerable stake. The initial pricing was made by a European consulting firm and is estimated to be 260 million dollars. Hence, the two parties made the re-assessment that reduced the amount to close to 200 million dollars. “The re-assessment was amended as the initial one was made a couple of years ago,” Abdi Abdillah Hassen, deputy manager of Somaliland Ports Authority told Fortune. On the port, Ethiopia recently acquired a 19pc stake while the UAE based DP World and Somaliland hold a 51pc and 30pc stake, respectively. In the partnership, Ethiopia is committed to constructing the 271Km road between the port and Ethiopia`s border town of Togochale, according to a statement by DP World. The existing road was built in 1972, with a financial aid from the European Union (EU), but is currently in poor condition. The expansion project is planned to lie on 800sqm area in two phases. The first phase, which will be executed with a 200 million dollars investment, will sit on 400sqm and can accommodate two vessels at any given time. The expansion includes the construction of additional berths. The parties have set aside 442 million dollars for the entire expansion and the development of other facilities. However, the first phase will get a priority and is expected to be finalized by 2020. A company which will undertake the development is expected to be selected by June 2018, and the construction is set to be commenced by September 2018, according to Ali Ismail Mahamoud, operations manager of the port from DP World. “The second phase will follow depending on the need and the efficiency of the first phase,” said Mahamoud. The first phase of the expansion is expected to enable the port facility to hold 150,000 containers. Upon the completion of the two phases, the capacity of the port will be upscaled to serve seven to nine vessels, on average, at any given time. SRG, an Australian based company in Victoria and established in 1961, will be the consultant to the expansion project. “Ethiopia is expected to commence the construction of the road from the port to Togochale before the end of this year,” Saad Ali Shire (PhD), minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of Somaliland told Fortune. Though Ethiopia holds shares in the port development, details of the proceedings are not outlined yet, according to a source close to the project. “The construction needs to start once the three parties form a JV company with a legal framework,” said this source. “So far the detailed agreement among the parties has not concluded and the company has not formed.” The existing old port facility has a 650-meter-long linear wharf. Berbera’s facility encompasses more than 600-meters with terminals for containers, general cargo, office building and other properties. Somaliland Port Authority handles the customs and marine services while DP World administers the operations of the port. In September 2016 DP World won a 30-year concession, with an automatic 10-year extension for the management and development of the port. The terminal is currently operating with 800 employees. The vessels it serves are coming from Dubai, China, Oman, India and Yemen. It also receives consignments of grains for humanitarian aid and assistance of the World Food Program (WFP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Berbera port currently serves 250 customers a day with an average container stay period of 6.5 days. DP World works with five container shipping companies, namely Maersk Line, MSC, Pacific International Lines (PIL), CMA CGM S.A and Perma Shipping Line. Among the five companies, CMA CGM takes the largest share. Having an alternative corridor will give a great opportunity to Ethiopia, which had only 1.3 million metric tonnes of cargo in the 1990’s. Out of this, 90pc of it was ferried through ports in Eritrea, while the remaining was shipped through Djibouti. After the Ethio-Eritrea war, Ethiopia switched its route to Djibouti. Since then about 97pc of Ethiopia’s import-export cargo is delivered through Djibouti ports while two percent and one percent are shipped through Port Sudan and Berbera, respectively. Ethiopia planned its import-export loads to be 60pc through Djibouti, 30pc through Berbera and 10pc through Port Sudan, which Ethiopia has been using since 2015. Before the start of the first edition of the Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP I), which was set in 2010 for five years, Ethiopia’s import cargo was around 8.5 million metric tonnes and export was 600,000 metric tonnes a year. But currently, the imported freight hits 13.5 million metric tonnes while the export reaches more than 1.8 million metric tonnes a year. In having a stake at Berbera, the national security interest of the country has more weight than the commercial interest, according to Mamo Mihretu, an expert on logistics and currently working as a program leader for the Ethiopia Trade Logistic Project at World Bank. He believes that it will create competitiveness for Ethiopia’s export. “On top of that, it could have been a solution for the inefficiency at the port of Djibouti,” he said. “It will also give Ethiopia the power of negotiation on prices as it will sit at the table.” The project also excites the local business community. Gizeshwork Tessema, managing director, Gize Plc Logistics & Shipping, is one of them as she believes that it will bring a great opportunity for transport companies whose businesses were stalled after the commencement of the Ethio-Djibouti Railway transportation service. “Beyond having alternative corridor and price competitiveness, it will help to retrieve the businesses of transport companies,” she told Fortune. However, she fears that the major shareholder at the port, DP World, might manipulate the prices like it has been doing at the Port of Djibouti. Along with developing the port, Mamo suggests the government should work on a couple of things; integrate port development with inland corridors, form an agency that will oversee port ownership and operations, and develop port ownership strategy. BY FASIKA TADESSE FORTUNE STAFF WRITER Addisfortune

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Ethiopia and Djibouti are exerting efforts to further consolidate the existing bilateral relationship to economic integration. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Wararka naga soo gaaraya Gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose ayaa sheegaya in caawa halkaa uu ka dhacay weerar xoogan oo lagu gubay gaadiid dagaal. Weerarka ayaa la sheegay in lagu qaaday Gaadiid dagaal oo ay la socdeen ciidamo ka tirsan dowlada kuwaa oo loo galay wadada xili ay habbeenimadaan ka baxeen Saldhig ay ku lahaayen Garoonka Diyaaradaha Balli-doogle ee G/Shabeellaha Hoose. Ciidamadan oo watay ku dhawaad Sagaal gaari nooca dagaalka ayaa waxa uu weerarka ku qabsaday duleedka degmada Afgooye ee Gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose, gaar ahaan deegaan dhanka Walaweyn ka xiga 7KM. Mas’uuliyiinta Gobolka Shabeelaha Hoose ayaa sheegay in ciidamadu ay la kulmeen maleeshiyaad dhexda u gashay, isla markaana laga gubay 3 kamid ah gaadiidka ay wateen. Mas’uuliyiinta ayaa sheegay in ciidamadaas ay ka yimaadeen Saldhiga ay ku leeyihiin Garoonka Diyaaradaha Balli-doogle ee G/Shabeellaha Hoose,isla markaana Saddex Gaadiid ah la gubay, waxaana sidoo kale jira khasaaro kale oo labada dhinac ah. Warar hordhac ah ayaa sheegaya in Khasaaraha dhimasho iyo dhaawac inuu kor u dhaafayo 11 oo labada dhinac ah. Khasaaraha ugu badan ayaa la xaqiijiyay inuu soo gaaray ciidamada dowlada oo iyagu si kadis ah ula kulmay weerarka. Ma cadda in ciidamadu ay heleen gurmad iyo inkale waxaana xusid mudan in ciidamadu ay weerarka la kulmeen xili habeen ah. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Jowhar (Caasimad Online)-Hoggaamiyaha maamulka HirShabelle Maxamed Cabdi Ware, ayaa isbedel ku sameeyay maamulka Madaxtooyada HirShabeele. Wareegto kasoo baxday Xafiiska Hoggaamiyaha ayaa waxaa xilka looga qaday Agaasimaha Madaxtooyada Md. Xasan Cumar Axmed (Xasan Mahdi). Wareegtada ayaa waxaa xilka Agaasinimo ee heer Madaxtooyo loogu magacaabay Md. Cabdishakur Abukar Xasan. Agaasimaha xilka laga qaaday ayaa noqonaaya kii Seddexaad oo xilka laga qaado muddo 9 bilood gudahood.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced today an additional USD$2 million to fund polio outbreak response and surveillance activities in the Horn of Africa. Source: Hiiraan Online

Ankara (Caasimada Online) – Turkey ayaa sheegtay in canshuur dhan 1.8 bilyan oo dollar ay saari doonto badeecadaha lagu soo sameeyo Mareykanka, ayada oo ka aargudaneysa canshuur madaxweyne Trump uu saaray biraha iyo alumuuniyaamta dalkaas. Ururka ganacsiga adduunka ee WTO ayaa sheegay in canshuuraha cusub ay 266.5 milyan oo dollar kasoo xareyn doonaan alaabo ay ka mid yihiin baabuurta, dhuxusha, waraaqaha, bariiska iyo tubakaada. Wasiirka dhaqaalaha Turkiga Nihat Zeybekci ayaa bayaan uu soo saaray ku sheegay in Turkiga uusan ogolaan doonin in “si qaldan loogu eedeeyo caqabadaha dhaqaale ee Mareykanka.” “Anaga waxaan qeyb ka nahay xalka ee ka mid nihin dhibaatada” ayuu yiri. Arbacadii, Midowga Yurub ayaa ku dhawaaqay inuu diyaariyey liiska badeecadaha Mareykanka ah oo ay billaabi doonaan inay kusoo rogaan canshuur 25% ah marka dalalka ururkaas ay yimaadaan. Tallaabadan ayaa horseedi karta dagaal ganacsi oo buuxa, hadii Trump uu ka dhabeeyo hanjabaadiisa ah inuu canshuur dheeri ah saarayo baabuurta Yurub. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Istanbul Caasimada@live.com

saddex asakri oo la toogtay Maxkamada ciidamada qalabka sida ee dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland ayaa maanta xukun dil ah ku fulisay saddex askari oo ku eedaysanaa fal-dambiyeedyo dil ah. Saddexdan askari ayaa horey u dilay dad shacab ah, waxaana kamid ah Cabdullaahi Asad Ismaacil oo dilay xaaskiisii marxuumad Muxubo Maxamed Guure, C/rashiid Axmed Xasan oo dilay Marxuum Maxamed Cabdullaahi Xirsi iyo Aadan Cabdi Muumin oo dilay Marxuum Cawil Colow Xasan. Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda darajada koowaad ee ciidamada qalabka sida ee Jubbaland Bashiir Maxamuud Xareed ayaa sheegay in Maxkamadda ciidamada ay horay u dhageysatay kiisaska askartan, ugu dambeyna ay maanta fulisay dilka toogashada ah. Toogashada askartan ayaa ka dhacday garoonkii hore ee diyaaradaha ee Akadeemi oo ku yaal waqooyiga magaalada Kismaayo. PUNTLAND POST The post Jubbaland oo dil toogasho ku fulisay askar appeared first on Puntland Post.

Madaxweynaha dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya Maxamed Cabdullaahi Farmaajo ayaa ka qeybgalay Shirka 32-aad ee Madaxda Urur Goboleedka IGAD kaasoo lagu dhexdhexaadinayo dhinacyada isku haya South Sudan. Shirkan aan caadiga ahayn oo dib loogu soo nooleynayo wada hadallada Madaxweynaha South Sudan Mudane Salva Kiir Mayardit iyo Madaxweyne K/Xigeenkiisa hore Mudane Riek Machar ayaa Madaxda IGAD waxa ay dadaal dheeri ku bixinayaan sidii looga mira dhalin lahaa. Madaxweynaha oo shirka keddib kulan gaar ah la yeeshay dhiggiisa South Sudan Mudane Salva Kiir Mayardit ayaa ku bogaadiyay labada dhinac sida ay u aqbaleen in ay soo fariistaan miiska wada hadallada. Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa adkeeyay in Dowladda Soomaaliya ay garab taagantahay walaalaha South Sudan sidii ay uga bixi lahaayeen kala qeybsanaanta iyo dagaallada, wuxuuna kula dardaarmay in ay labada dhinac fursaddan uga faa’iideeystaan sidii dalkooda uu uga bixi lahaa dagaallada sokeeye. “Waxaan idin kula dardaarmayaa inaad ka fa’iideysataan khibradda aan ka barannay Soomaaliya oo dowlad la’aantii iyo colaadihii aan uga gudubnay isu tanaasul, wada hadal iyo is qancin. Waxaan rajaynayaa inaad idinkana jidkaas oo kale qaadaan oo aad dib ugu soo celisaan South Sudan xasillooni, wadajir iyo horumar.” Ayuu yiri Madaxweyne Farmaajo. Madaxweyne Kiir ayaa dhankiisa bogaadiyay horumarka muuqda ee ay Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ku tallaabsatay iyo xasilloonida siyaasadeed ee haatan ka jirta Soomaaliya, wuxuuna hoosta ka xarriiqay in ay dowladdiisu xoojineyso xiriirka ay la leedahay Soomaaliya. Dhanke kale, Madaxweyneyaasha Suudaan iyo Kenya Cumar Xasan Al Bashiir iyo Uhuru Kenyatta ayaa loo xil saaray in ay sii dardargeliyaan wada hadallada, waxaana dhammaadka bishan kulan kale oo loogu kala dab qaadayo dhinacyadan lagu qabanayaa magaalada Khartuum ee dalka Sudan. PUNTLAND POST The post Shirkii IGAD ee deg dega ahaa oo la soo gabogabeeyay appeared first on Puntland Post.

Mohamed Malim has been a Kenyan, a Texan, a Minnesotan and a Tommie, but one thing he has always been is a refugee. Source: Hiiraan Online

A three-day workshop organized by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to foster strong working relationship between police officers and community members has concluded in Baidoa, the administrative capital of South West state. Source: Hiiraan Online

Authorities in the breakaway state of Somaliland should immediately lift a ban on the operations of Waaberi newspaper, a privately owned daily, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Source: Hiiraan Online

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to deposit $1 billion in Ethiopia’s central bank to ease the latter’s foreign exchange shortage. Source: Hiiraan Online

The number of people who faced forced displacement around the world hit a new record — up 2.9 million in 2017 from the previous year. The amount reached 68.5 million people displaced, over half of whom (52%) are underage. Source: Hiiraan Online

A teenage girl forced to leave her family behind and flee Somalia aged just 14 after being threatened by terrorists recounted her treacherous journey to the UK in a heartbreaking documentary. Source: Hiiraan Online

Three women accused of being members of al-Shabaab militants were arrested Thursday by Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) officers shortly after leaving court in Mombasa. Source: Hiiraan Online