Most of my friends roll their eyes these days if I mention the time I was kidnapped while reporting in Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

Captain (Dr) Robert Tsimba wears a stethoscope, attending to patients seeking treatment at a military camp in Somalia, but still tightly holds an M4 assault rifle. Source: Hiiraan Online

The African Development Bank and the Federal Government of Somalia concluded a two-day (26-27 April 2018) consultation and knowledge-sharing workshop on “Regulating the Somalia Energy Sector.” Source: Hiiraan Online

Welsh-born Somali diplomat Abdulrahim Abby Farah (R) who has died at home in New York worked to free Nelson Mandela (L) He was once described as the “Barry Boy that helped free Mandela”. Welsh-born Somali diplomat Abdulrahim Abby Farah who has died at home in New York aged 98 worked tirelessly behind the scenes at the United Nations . His death has prompted tributes from around the world. The early 20th century was not the easiest time to be born a Somali Welshman in a terraced street in Barry, but Abdulrahim Abby Farah’s family stood out as high achievers as Wales struggled in the aftermath of World War One. Racism and poverty were issues for many in the community, but from the small local primary he attended Abdulrahim used education to change his destiny and that of others far beyond Wales. Abdulrahim’s father Abby Farah, a Somali seaman, had crossed the world to work in Barry Docks in the late 19th century and set about becoming a community leader as well as encouraging his children’s studies. As a pupil at Gladstone Primary Abdulrahim did well and passed the 11-plus to attend Barry Grammar. From there he went on to study at Exeter College, Oxford before forging a career as diplomat for Somalia in the United Nations. As Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN he was an influential figure in peace envoys to the middle east and worked to end apartheid. During 25 years with the UN he was Undersecretary General from 1979-1990 and chaired a special committee against apartheid which helped in the release of Nelson Mandela. When Somalia declared independence in 1960 he became ambassador to Ethiopia before moving to the UN as permanent representative of Somalia. He was also Minister of Agriculture for the self declared state of Somaliland and its representative on the Organisation of African Unity. From 1969 to 1972, the Barry-born diplomat was chairman of the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid, presiding over a special session of the United Nations Security Council in 1972. He also served as Somalia’s representative within the League of Arab States From 1979 to 1990 during which time he led several peace envoys, his family said. Abdulrahim’s great nephew Steve Khaireh himself such a successful community worker he was awarded an MBE, remembers him as a warm, unassuming man. “He did come back to visit and was last here in Barry two years ago,” says Steve. “He visited the community. He was very humble and straight forward and was always trying to encourage people. “In his job as a diplomat you do keep a low profile but he went all over the world on peace envoys. He was a big anti apartheid campaigner. “There is a sense of pride in the community for what he did. His funeral is being held in New York but we will be doing something in his memory here as well.” While tributes from around the world poured in on social media, with Cardiff community worker Ali Abdi led local tributes saying: “Very sad day for the Somali community. Abdulrahim Abby Farah was probably the most accomplished and decorated Somali diplomat.” The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland Abdirahman Saylici paid tribute on Twitter saying: “Ambassador Abdulrahim was an outstanding and distinguished Diplomat from Somaliland. On behalf of Somaliland Government, I extend my deepest condolences to his family and friends. “ While his job as a diplomat meant much of his work was necessarily done behind the scenes his efforts to help free Nelson Mandela were celebrated by the Vale CVS charity as part of Black History Month in 2014 when the charity described him as a “Barry Boy that helped free Mandela”. During decades of service as a diplomat and at the UN he did far more than that, but it is for this that he may be best remembered. He is survived by his five children and at least three siblings including his brother Brian Farah who still lives locally, said his great nephew Steve. And while his achievements on the global stage stand out, Steve points out that two of Abdulrahim’s other brothers also studied at Oxford University while his father also received a MBE. Abby was known as “Father” to colonial seamen who visited Cardiff, Barry and Newport as he was the first point of reference for seamen who sought advice when they arrived in Wales. He founded “Cardiff and Barry Coloured Society” and the Domino Youth Club in Barry. Abby also became the president of the Colonial Club in Barry and went on to manage the Colonial Club in Cardiff. He was awarded the MBE by King George VI for his war time services to seamen. As Steve says, it is a family story that ought to be told and a piece of local history that ought to be taught to children. Source: – Wales Online

ANKARA – In the face of ongoing violence directed at Palestinians protesting the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, Ankara called on Palestine to take the issue to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold Israel accountable. In an interview with state-broadcaster TRT Haber yesterday, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, “Palestine needs to take the case to the ICC, as third parties cannot,” and he added that Turkey has been examining possible steps that can be taken in line with the law as well. The U.S.’s provocative move – relocating its embassy to Jerusalem – added fuel to the fire in the Palestine conflict. Following the opening of the embassy, Israeli troops shot dead at least 62 Palestinian protesters and injured many on the Gaza border on Monday. Underlining that the International Human Rights Council will gather in Geneva on Friday, Çavuşoğlu said, “An independent commission needs to prepare a report on the violence in Gaza and Israel needs to stand before the law.” He also stressed that Turkey is continuing its efforts; however, they are not sufficient by themselves to resolve the whole conflict. Çavuşoğlu said that concrete steps are expected from the United Nations. “Palestine should be recognized and become a member country of the UN. From now on, the world needs to unremittingly exert efforts for a two-state resolution,” Çavuşoğlu said. Referring to the efforts to pose a united stance against Israeli aggression, the minister highlighted that Turkey is set to hold the summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and added that foreign countries have been called one by one. Çavuşoğlu has held phone talks with foreign ministers of South Africa, Nigeria, Sweden, Bahrain, Lebanon, Djibouti, Eygpt and many more. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday spoke with leaders of a number of countries, including Germany, Iran, Indonesia, Qatar and Sudan and urged OIC member countries to develop a “common stance” on the Gaza killings. Source: – Daily Sabah

Garoowe (Caasimada Online)-Dabeylo ka kacay gacanka cadmeed ayaa lasoo sheegayaa inay isku beddeshay duufaan xoog leh oo saameyn ku yeelatay qeybo ka mid ah xeebaha Somalia. Khubarada saadaasha hawada ayaa duufaantan ugu magac daray Sagar waxa ayna qeyb ka tahay dabeylaha loo yaqaan Maansoonka, taa oo ka soo farcantay sida ay baahiyeen qaar ka mid ah wargeysyada Carabta duufaan weyn oo loo bixiyay One oo ka soo kacday waqooyiga Badweynta Hindiya. Wararka aynu ka heleyno Deegaano Xeebeedyada Gobolka Bari ayaa sheegaya in uu ka socdo Barakac ay sameynayaan Dadka Deegaanka. Deegaanka Baargaal ayaa kamid ah deegaanada maanta dadka ay ka Barakaceen si aanan saameyn ugu yeelan Roobka dabaysha wata ee saan-saantooda iminka laga dareemaayo Koofurta Yemen iyo Waqooyiga Somalia. Xoghayaha Dowladda Hoose ee Baargaal Saciid Cawil Dhuxul oo la hadlay warbaahinta ayaa sheegay in dadka ay la hadleen, isla markaana ay u sheegeen in ay kaliya ka guuraan Goobaha sida gaarka ah loo saadinayo. Sidoo kalem mas’uuliyiinta maamullada Somaliland iyo Puntland oo ay roobabkan iyo duufaantan si weyn u saameyn doonaan, ayaa soo saaray digniino ku wajahan dadka ku nool magaalooyinka xeebaha iyo kaluumeysatada, oo looga digayo inay ka fogaadaan dhulka go’dan iyo xeebaha. Geesta kale, Dufaanta iyo roobabkan ayaa laga cabsi qabaa inay keeni karaan dhimasho iyo dhibaato ka soo gaarta Somalia oo todobaadyaddii u dambeeyay meelaha qaar dadku ay la dhibaatoonayeen daadad ka dhashay roobabkii caadiga ahaa oo sanadkan u da’ay si ka badan sidii la filayay. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Garoowe Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Qoraal lagu daabacay Wakaaladda Wararka Reuters, ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay in Booliska dalka Maleysia ay gudaha u galeen Hooyga ra’iisulwasaarihii hore ee dalkaas Najib Razaq oo laga helay Lacago iyo Dahab. Warbixinta oo lagu xiganaayo Saraakiil ka tirsan Booliska ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay in ay qabteen Karoono badan oo ay ka buuxaan waxyaabo qaali ah iyo boorsooyinka ay ka buuxaan lacago qalaad. Howlgalka iyo baaritaanka lagu sameeyay dhismeyaasha ku yaalla Kuala Lumpur ayaa lala xiriiriyay baaritaanno lagu hayo dhaqaalaha mashruuca horumarinta ee 1MDB, sida ay sheegeen. Musuqmaasuqa loo soo jeediyay Eedeysanaha ee mashruuca 1MDB ayaa qayb wayn ka ahaa waxyihaabihii guul darrada u horseeday Najiib, doorashadaasna waxaa ku guulaystay Mahathir Maxamed oo ay horay xulafo u ahaan jireen. Waxaa jira balaayiin doolar oo aan la xisaab xirin oo qayb ka ahaa mashruucan uu Najiib sameeyay. Najib laftirkiisa ayaa lagu eedeeyay in uu qaatay 700 oo milyan oo doolar, taas oo uu mar kaste diido. Jimcihiina Amar Singh oo booliiska u hadlay ayaa saxafiyiinta u sheegay in waxyaabaha la soo qabtay ay ku jiraan 284 boorso oo kuwa qaaliga ah gacanta lagu qaato. “Askarta ayaa baartay 72 boorso oo ka mid ahna waxaa laga helay lacago kala duwan oo ay ka mid yihiin midda Ringgit ee dalka Malaysia, doolar iyo walina dahab iyo saacado. Mr Mahathir Maxamed oo ah ra’iisul wasaaraha cusub ee wadankaasi ayaa sheegay in uu ka baaraan dagayo in uu dib u furo dacwaddaas, wuxuuna rumaysan yahay in dib loo heli karo lacagta la lunsaday. Najiibna wuxuu ka mamnuucay ka bixitaanka dalka. Hawgallada booliisku ay ka sameeyeen xafiiska Najiib, guriga uu dagan yahay ee khaaska ah iyo dhismeyaasha kale ee lala xiriiriyay oo ku yaalla bartamaha magaalada ayaa socday maalmihii la soo dhaafay iyadoo warbaahinta loo soo bandhigayo.

Tukaraq (Caasimada Online) – Deegaanka Tukaraq ee Gobolka Sool ayaa waxaa kusii qul qulaya saraakiil ciidan oo ka socda Puntland, halkaas oo mudo laba maalin ah ay ku wada dagaalamayeen ciidamada Somaliland iyo kuwa Puntland. Saacadihii lasoo dhaafay waxaa halkaasi gaaray saraakiil ciidan oo ka kala yimid magaalooyinka Garoowe, Nairobi iyo Muqdisho, iyaga oo la kulmay saraakiisha dagaalka hoggaamineysa. Warar aan helnay ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in deegaanka Tukaraq ay gaari doonaan saraakiil uu ka mid yahay Janeraal Maxamed Siciid Xersi (Morgan) oo ah musharax madaxweynaha Puntland, kaas oo dalka dibadiisa ku maqan. Janeraalka ayaa waxaa markii uu tago Tukaraq uu la kulmi doonaa taliyaha Ciidamada Puntland Jeneraal Siciid Dheere oo ku sugan jiida hore ee dagaalka oo ay isku-hor fadhiyaan ciidamada Puntland iyo kuwa Somaliland.

Madaxweynaha maamulka Puntland Dr. Cabdiweli Maxamed Cali Gaas ayaa Isbitalka Guud ee Magaalada Garoowe ku booqdey dhaawacyada ciidanka difaaca Dowaldda Puntland. Madaxweynaha oo booqashada ku weheliyeen Wasiiro & Sarakiil kale ayaa kormeeray guud ahaan dhawacyada kusugan isbitaalka ,waxaana uu warbixin kooban ka dhagaystay Dhaqaatiirta iyo Madaxda wasaaradda Caafimaadka ee ku howlan la tacalidda dhawacyada. Madaxweynaha ayaa ku booriyey ciidanka dhaawaca ah in ay sharaf ku dhawacmeen,madaama ay ku jireen difaacaya dalkooda iyo dadkooda,waxaana uu Eebe uga baryey in intii dhimatay uu u naxariisto ,inta dhawaca ahna u fududeeyo dhawaca soo gaaray. Madaxweynuhu waxaa bahda Caafimaadka Isbitalka Caasimada Dowladda Puntland kula dar-darmay inay si gaara uga taxadaraan daryeelka Ciidanka dhaca ah. DHAMMAAD

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Ra’isul wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya Xasan Cali Kheyre, ayaa gaaray Dekadda weyn ee Magaalada Muqdisho. Kheyre ayaa u kuurgalaayay hannaanka shaqo ee Dekadda Muqdisho, waxa ayna ku qotontay booqashadiisa sidoo loo ilaalin lahaa dhaqaalaha laga aruuriyo dadka isticmaala Dekadda. Kheyre ayaa inta uu ku guda jiray booqashadiisa Dekadda kulan gaar ah la yeeshay Wasiirka Maaliyadda iyo maamulka Dekadda, waxa uuna ka xog-wareystay qaabka ay u shaqayso Dekaddu. Waxa uu Kheyre Wasirka iyo mas’uuliyiinta kale ka wareystay caqabadaha ka jira Dekadda iyo qaabka ugu wanaagsan ee loo tayayn karo adeegyada ay Dekaddu u hayso shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Waxa uu kulanka ka sheegay sida ugu haboon ee looga fogaankaro wax kasta oo keeni kara musuq maasuq iyo ku takrifal hanti dadweyne. Kheyre ayaa ku booriyey madaxda iyo shaqaalaha ka howlgala Dekadda in ay ilaaliyaan Mas’uuliyadda lagu aaminay maadaama ay Dowladdu wado qorshe lagu wada xisaabtamayo. Sidoo kale, Ra’isul wasaare Kheyre ayaa carabka ku adkeeyay inaan la aqbali doonin in shaqsi gaar ah uu ku takri falo dhaqaalaha Dowladda, wuxuna kula dar-daarmay maamulka Cusub in ay derder geliyaan shaqooyinka muhiimka ah ee shacabka Soomaaliyeed u hayso Dekaddu. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Kormeerka uu Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre u tagay Dekadda Muqdisho ayaa qeyb ka ah qorshaha isla xisaabtanka Xukuumadda, si loo dhaqan geliyo hanaanka casriga ah ee dowlad wanaaga. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Kulanka Guddiga joogtada ah ee Golaha Shacabka oo uu shir guddoominayay guddoomiyaha golaha Shacabka JFS Mudane Maxamed Mursal Sheekh Cabdiraxmaan, waxaa looga hadlay Dagaaladda maalmihii la soo dhaafay ka soo cusboonaaday Degaanka Tukaraq, wax ka qabashada fatahaadaha ay sameeyeen wabiyada dalka iyo sidoo kale dardar gelinta howlaha kalfadhigan iyo kan xiga horyaala golaha shacabka. Guddoomiyaha golaha shacabka Mudane Maxamed Mursal Sheekh Cabdiraxmaan ayaa si waafaqsan qodobka 56-aad ee xeer hoosaadka golaha shacabka guddi uu heerkiisu sareeyo oo ka kooban sagaal xubnood u magacaabay saameynta fatahaadaha wabiyada dalka ay ka geysteen meelaha ay maraan si guddigan ay ugu kuur galaan xaalada dhabta ah ee deegaanada fatahaadaha ay saameeyeen. Guddigan waxaa guddoomiye ka ah Mudane C/wali sheikh Ibraahim Muudey oo ah guddoomiye kuxigeenka Koowaad ee golaha shacabka. Dhanka kale Mudane Maxamed Mursal Sheekh Cabdiraxmaan ayaa ugu baaqay dhinacyada ku dagaalamaya deegaanka Tukaraq in wax walba ay wada hadal ku dhameeyaan, loona turo shacabka lagu kor dagaalamayo. Gudoomiyaha golaha shacabkaayaa ugu dambeyn kormeer shaqo ku tagay golaha shacabka oo todobaadkii labaad ay ka socdaan howlo dayactir ah, waxaana kormeerkiisa ku wehliyay guddoomiye kuxigeenka Koowaad ee golaha shacabka, habdhowraha golaha iyo qaar ka mid ah xildhibaanada golaha shacabka.

Weather agencies across the globe are keeping an eye on a relatively rare tropical storm that’s strengthened in the Gulf of Aden, with potential impacts for Horn of Africa nations including Djibouti and Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

It is rare to hear the words Africa and scuba diving in the same sentence but this is the precise experience afforded to tourists on the coast of Eritrea. The Eritrean Red Sea coast, also called the “Blue Gold” of the Red Sea, is a divers paradise. Source: Hiiraan Online

What do you know about Somalia? Have you heard of the famine-stricken country that the news media likes to parade out on network television for a few weeks, so folks can feel sorry for another group of ‘backward’ Africans? Or you know the Somalia that is full of pirates, terrorists, and warlords that keep Somalis soaked in an ocean of blood and disappear. Source: Hiiraan Online

Nearly seven years after Kenyan troops crossed the border to fight the Al-Shabaab in Somalia, the war has entered a crucial phase which could see the soldiers return home in 2020. Source: Hiiraan Online

ANKARA - In the face of ongoing violence directed at Palestinians protesting the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, Ankara called on Palestine to take the issue to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold Israel accountable. Source: Hiiraan Online

Somalia joined the rest of the world to observe World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17th May. The event was aimed at increasing awareness of how crucial communication is in our lives, in addition to stimulating the development of technologies in the fiel Source: Hiiraan Online

Madaxweynaha dowladda Puntland Dr. Cabdiweli Maxamed Cali (Gaas) ayaa maanta Isbitalka guud ee magaalada Garoowe ku booqday dhaawacyadii ciidanka difaaca Puntland ee dagaalkii Tukaraq. Madaxweynaha oo ay weheliyaan xubno ka tirsan Golaha xukuumadda iyo saraakiil ka socotay Madaxtooyada ayaa mid-mid u booqday dhaawacyadii ciidamada dowladda Puntland ee waxyeelladu ka soo gaartay dagaalkii maalmo ka hor Puntland iyo Somaliland ku dhexmaray degaanka Tukaraq ee gobolka Sool. Dhaawacyada oo haatan lagu dabiibayo Isbitalka guud ee caasimadda Garoowe ayaa madaxweyne Gaas,si naxariis leh ula qabysaday dareenkiisa ku aaddan xaaladda ay ku sugan yihiin,isagoo xasuusiyay in ay jidka toosan ee xaqa ah haystaan,maadaama ay dalkooda hooyo u dhaawacmeen. Madaxweynaha ayaa sidoo kale u duceeyay ciidamadan ku dhaawacmay difaaca dalka,isagoo Ilaahay uga baryey caafimaad deg deg ah,halka intii dhimateyna uu naxariis Alle u durraantay(baryey). Dhinaca kale mas’uuliyiinta Isbitalka guud ee Garoowe ayaa madaxweynuhu ku boorriyay in ay mudnaan gaar ah siiyaan daryeelka geesiyaashan u dhaawacmay difaaca dadka iyo dalka Puntland Halkaan ka eeg sawirada PUNTLAND POST Cabdiraxmaan Ciise The post Madaxweyne Gaas oo Isbitalka ku booqday dhaawacyada ciidanka difaaca Puntland. appeared first on Puntland Post.

When Anab’s madrasa teacher in Mogadishu told her to stay behind after classes, everyone but her two younger brothers left. He ordered the boys to face the wall, then assaulted their six-year-old sister. Anab’s father, Yusuf, says he clearly saw the “shock and horror in the face” of his daughter later that day. “She told only her mother what the teacher did to her. I could not believe it. We rushed her to the nearest clinic,” says Yusuf. Five months after her ordeal, Anab now attends a new school and is beginning to recover. The Somali Women Development Centre, a Mogadishu-based organisation that provides medical, psychological and legal support to survivors of sexual violence, has been central to her rehabilitation. But she is not alone. Recently, there has been a rise in the number of reported cases of sexual violence involving children, according to the centre. “In the last three months alone, we have documented about 100 rape cases including 26 children, some as young as four, in Mogadishu,” says Amina Arale, the centre’s executive director. “Most victims come from overcrowded camps for internally displaced people in and around the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu.” Sexual violence is pervasive in Somalia, but most cases go unreported because of the accompanying stigma. Between September 2016 and February 2017, the Somalia Protection Cluster – a network of about 130 organisations focused on rights and support – reported more than 1,500 incidents in the country. Yusuf says two of his neighbours told him the same teacher had sexually assaulted their daughters. Shame prevented them from reported the incidents. “If they first reported him to the police, my daughter would not have been affected today. I suspect he has been abusing her for quite a long time,” he says. The few who dare to speak out encounter a weak legal justice system. Consequently, many people turn to customary law – conducted by clan elders – which often results in victims marrying their assailants while their families are given some cash compensation. Yusuf resisted pressure from elders and demanded the perpetrator be brought to book. In February, the man was arrested, found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison. “I am not satisfied with the judgment,” Yusuf says. “I am working with my lawyer to appeal against the decision and seek a tougher punishment. I do not understand how they come to such a verdict. If I stop pushing the case now, the chances are he will come back and abuse other children.” The same court sentenced a man convicted of raping a 14-year-old boy to five years in prison earlier this year. The boy’s mother told the Guardian: “For me it is just like a murder. He killed my son, he destroyed his future and my son will live with the trauma for the rest of his life. “He threw him on the ground, held his head against a ditch – face down – and raped him.” The ruling was based on a colonial-era penal code written in Italy in the 1930s. “The penal code is a weak, non-comprehensive legislation that does not respond to the realities on the ground in Somalia in 2018,” says Antonia Mulvey, executive director of Legal Action Worldwide (Law), a non-profit network of human rights lawyers that is supporting the federal government in the drafting of a new sexual offences bill. The bill has been in the making for the past four years, but has still not been passed. Political in-fighting within the executive delayed much-needed justice for the many victims of gender-based violence. The speaker of the Somali parliament resigned last month following internal conflict with the president. The woman who braves bullets and bombs to uphold her father’s legacy in Somalia – podcast Eight-year-old Fartun is still waiting for justice. He was allegedly raped by a man in his 40s in the outskirts of Mogadishu last October. The man was arrested on the same day, and is being held in the central prison. “I was told the political crisis in the parliament has affected everything,” says Fartun’s father, Jelle. It is more difficult when the alleged perpetrator is from the security forces, which means the victims themselves might end up being arrested. Faiza, 20, and her brother were both detained about three weeks ago after they reported a police officer, who had allegedly raped Faiza in Mogadishu. Their mother says Faiza is being coerced to withdraw the case if she wants her children to be released. “My daughter was in the house alone when the police entered and raped her, and when her brother came, the officer fired at him,” she says. “They charged them of false accusation and want us to withdraw the case but I will not do that. I will continue to fight until I get justice.” Activists say many victims, particularly those from poor backgrounds or less powerful clans, fear reporting assaults if the attacker is from the security forces. In 2013, a woman who said she was raped by Somali security forces and the journalist who interviewed her were arrested and sentenced to one year in prison. The widely publicised case was later overthrown by a judge in Mogadishu. The new bill, if enacted, will empower victims and give special protection to vulnerable children and internally displaced people. But rights groups believe enforcement will be difficult. A landmark law criminalising all forms of sexual offence was passed in August 2016, in Puntland, the relatively stable semi-autonomous region in north-eastern Somalia. But it has not lived up to campaigners’ hopes, according to rights activist Hawa Abdi, who runs a centre that supports survivors of sexual violence. Hawa described her frustrations in a blog she wrote earlier this year: “Incredibly, in a majority of the cases that my organisation, the Galkayo Centre, has worked on, the men accused of rape have been members of the police force, military or marines.” In Somaliland, northern Somalia, a long-awaited rape bill is yet to be passed into law following a historic approval by parliament and elders in January this year. Since then a record number of 54 rape cases were reported in the state in just three months, including those of young boys and girls. Based on these figures, campaigners estimate that reported cases for 2018 will be nearly triple those for 2017. In Mogadishu, Fartun and her family are closely following developments in parliament. “It is very unfortunate that we have to wait until the government settles its own internal dispute – the very people who are meant to protect us,” says Jelle. Source: – The Guardian

From a childhood in war-torn Somalia to becoming Sheffield’s first citizen, Councillor Magid Magid was typically all smiles as he was sworn in as Lord Mayor. The council chamber at Sheffield Town Hall was packed to the rafters during the annual mayor-making ceremony – this year showing all the diversity and all the welcome our city is famed for. And this year, Sheffield has welcomed its youngest ever Lord Mayor, and its first Green to hold the post. He is also the first Lord Mayor to hold a degree in marine biology, the mayor-making service was told, and the first Lord Mayor to have spent a year trekking in the Amazon. Another first, presumably, is that Magid is the first Lord Mayor to swear during his inaugural speech, thanking his mother “for putting up with all the s*** he’d caused her over the years”. Humour was thick in the air – the Imperial March from Star Wars was played as invited guests and elected members took their seats, followed by the Superman theme tune. Magid, 28, arrived in Sheffield aged five with his mother, who, he said, “left Somalia with nothing but hope and courage’. Settling in Burngreave, he studied at Fir Vale School and later attended The University of Hull, where he became involved in activism and was elected as the students’ union president, despite not being an ardent political type. Magid was elected as a councillor for Broomhill and Sharrow Vale two years ago, and has spent 12 months as deputy lord mayor – the second-in-command always graduates to the proper job. “I’m not here to change the world,” he said. “But from any one of the people I meet through my year in office, whether they are volunteers, students, artists or entrepreneurs, they may be the one who does change the world for the better, and if I can be any part in starting that, then that will be a job well done.” Magid referenced Coun Tony Damms, 40 at the time, who was the youngest of Magid’s 121 predecessors, saying that he was Lord Mayor the year he was born. He also invited a Sheffield couple who “took him in” when he was on the run, taking part in reality TV show The Hunted. Proposing Magid as Sheffield’s next Lord Mayor, Councillor Alison Teal said: “There is nothing faint-hearted about Magid.” Outgoing Lord Mayor Councillor Ann Murphy was also thanked her her year in office and Councillor Tony Downing was appointed Deputy Lord Mayor. Magid also announced his three charities for the year – mental health organisation Flourish, Sheffield Women’s Counselling & Therapy Services and the Unity Gym Project. Source: – The Star

Somalia on Wednesday announced plans to establish the country’s first Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Mogadishu to help enhance digital services across the country. Abdi Ashur Hassan, the Minister of Post, Telecom and Technology, said establishing the first IXP is a very positive step forward in building Somalia’s ICT infrastructure which will enhance the digital services being offered by local institutions in business, education, health, government services. “We want this infrastructure to be owned and managed by the stakeholders. I hope you will discuss and come up with the best governance model for MogIX and form an interim committee from the community that will run the facility,” Hassan told participants at a forum in Mogadishu. He said his ministry and its partner organizations, such as World Bank and Packet Clearing House (PCH) would only help establish the facility, but noted that the government wants the local internet providers to run it in the best interest of both the sector and consumers. The minister said the IXP will allow local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to connect their networks and exchange Internet traffic locally, providing high-bandwidth and low-latency access. Nisha Goburdhan, an IXP expert from Packet Clearing House (PCH), said a domestic IXP could serve as a catalyst for developing local content and local Internet applications. Goburdhan said MogIX would provide an incentive for entrepreneurs and innovators to create local Internet-based services that take advantage of the availability of more local bandwidth. Representatives from telecom operators, ISPs, academia, content providers, government and Somali Network Operators Group expressed their interest in joining MogIX.

Kismaayo (Caasimada Online) -Hogaamiyaha maamulka Jubbaland Axmed Madoobe ayaa manta dib ugu laabtay magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta maamulka Jubbaland. Axmed Madoobe, ayaa goortii uu ka dagay magaalada Kismaayo kawarbixiyay shirka ku qabsoomay magaalada Baydhabo ee xarunta KMG maamulka Koonfur Galbeed. Axmed Madoobe ayaa sheegay in shirka Hogaamiyayaasha maamulada uu kusoo dhamaaday guul waxa uuna tilmamay inuu ahaa mid laga gaaray ujeedkii laga lahaa shirka. Axmed Madoobe, ayaa sheegay in shirkaasi uu lahaa muhiimad gaar ah oo la xiriirta dhamaystirka madasha Dowlad Goboleedyada dalka oo ahayd arrin Dastuuri ah, sida uu hadalka u dhigay. Madoobe, wuxuu tilmaamay in dowlada Federaalka ah ay ku dhiiri galiyeen in ay kasoo baxdo heshiisyadii la xiriiray hanaanka dhismaha Amniga Qaranka oo xoraynta wadanka iyo sugida amnigiisa muhiim u ah. Madoobe waxa uu sheegay in Dowlada Somalia laga doonaayo inay go’aan ka gaarto amnigeeda waxa uuna cadeeyay in maalin waliba Somalia loo qabto shirar dhanka amaanka ah, hadana ay dowladu tahay mid aan waxba ka kororsan. Waxa uu tilmaamay in Dowlada Somalia ee hadda jirta ay ku mashquushay maamul Goboleedyada, hase ahaatee taasi ay tahay mid arbushaad u keeni karta Siyaasada dalka. Waxa uu Axmed Madoobe tusaale usoo qaatay Dowladii Xasan Sheekh oo uu sheegay in labadii sano ee ugu horaysay ay dagaalka dowlad Goboleedyada kaga khasaartay Dowlada maantana ay wadadii hayso. Dowlada hada jirta ayuu sheegay inay ku mashquusho howlo aan xiligooda la gaarin, hase ahaatee waxa uu cadeeyay inay fashilin doonaan dadaalkeeda, waa haddii ay faragaliso. Sidoo kale, waxa uu sheegay inay jiraan howlo kale oo dalka muhiim u ah oo ay tahay in iyaga ahmiyad lasiiyo halkii khilaaf iyo xasarad siyaasadeed loo adeegsan lahaa dhaqaalaha Qaranka iyo wakhtiga. Dowlada Federaalka ayuu uga digay in khilaafka Khaliijka oo Soomaaliya loosoo minguuriya ay tahay musiibo aan waligeed laga soo kaban karin loona baahan yahay in Dowladu ay raacdo hanaan dhexdhexaad ah. Haddalka Axmed Madoobe ayaa u muuqda mid si dadban loogu goodinaayo Dowlada Somalia, waxa uuna haddalkiisa imaanayaa xili uu Madoobe baqdin ka qabo in laga tuuro xilka. Hoos ka dhageyso hadlaka Axmed Madoobe https://www.caasimada.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Axmed-Madoobe-Jubbaland.mp3

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Hay’adda Lacagta Adduunka ee IMF, ayaa u ogolaatay Dowladda Soomaaliya inay lacag soo daabacato, si taasi u dhacdana loo baahan yahay ilaa 41-milyan oo doollar oo lagu fulinayo qorshahan wejigiisa 1-aad. IMF-ta, ayaa warbixin ay soo saartay ku sheegtay in Somalia ay ka gudubtay laba imtixaan oo lagu sameeyay Bangiga Dhexe, kuwaasoo loona yaqaanno Staff-Monitored Programmes [SMPs] oo lagula socday dhammaan shaqada iyo shaqaalaha hey’adaha dowliga ah. Sidoo kale, waxaa xusid mudan in Magaalada Muqdisho ay bilowday wada-hadal ku aaddan wareegga saddexaad ee barnaamijkan oo qayb weyn ka ah tijaabooyinka lagu hayo Soomaaliya, si loo xaqiijiyo horumarka dalka. “Waxay u baahan tahay Soomaaliya taageero iyo deeq-lacageed oo gaareysa 41 milyan oo doollar, si barnaamijkan u fulo,” ayaa lagu sheegay qoraal ay soo saartay hay’adda IMF-ta. Bangiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya wuxuu soo daabici-doonaa wejiga koowaad ee lacagta Shilling Soomaaliga (SHS) oo kala ah: 1,000; 2,000; 5,000 iyo 10,000 oo isku dhagan, kuwaasoo qaarkood noqonayo kuwii ugu horreeyay oo ay Soomaaliya yeelato. Tusaale ahaan; Soomaaliya ayaan weligeed yeelan lacag isku dhaggan oo kala ah; 2,000, 5,000 iyo 10,000 oo shilling, waxaana tani ay muujinaysaa inuu hoos u dhacsan yahay dhaqaalaha guud ee Soomaaliya. Dhanka kale, Qoraalka Hay’adda IMF ayaa lagu xusay in wejiga hore in lagu daabacayo lacag dhan 752.5-milyan oo doollar, taasoo lagu beddelayo tirada hadda shilling Somaliga ah ee dalka laga isticmaalo oo gaareysa, 750-billion oo shilling Soomaali ah. Ugu dambeyn, Tallaabadan uu lacagta cusub ku daabacyo Bangiga Dhexe ee Somalia waa tii ugu horreysay tan iyo burburkii Dowladdii dhexe ee Soomaaliya tan iyo 1991-kii, Waana tillaabo kale oo horay loogu qaaday qorshaha deyn cafinta. PUNTLAND POST The post Dowladda Soomaaliya oo markii u horeysay loo ogolaaday inay soo daabacato lacag cusub appeared first on Puntland Post.

Madaxweynayaasha Maamul Goboleedyada dalka oo Shir uga soconayay Magaalada Baydhabo ayaa ka hadlay xaaladaha Colaadeed ee deegaanka Tukaraq oo dagaal uu ka dhacay. Golaha ayaa muujiyay ugu horeeyn sida dagaalkaasi ay uga xunyihiin iyaga oo ku baaqay in coladaasi la joojiyay. Madaxweynayaasha maamul Goboleedyada oo ku kooban Jubbaland , Hirshabelle, Koonfur Galbeed iyo Gal-Mudug. ” Golahu waxa uu walaac ka muujiyay dagaalka ka soo cusboonaaday Tukaraq oo kamid ah deegaamada Puntland oo May 15-keedii weerar ku soo qaadeen Ciidamada Soomaaliland Waxaana Golahu uu ku baaqayaa in si deg deg ah loo joojiyo” ayuu lagu yiri Warka Hoos ka Aqriso. Xasan Maxamed Samatar Cowke Puntland Post The post Madaxweynayaasha Maamul Goboleedyada” Soomaaliland iyada ayaa soo weerartay Puntland” appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Shirka Khamiislaha ah ee golaha Wasiirada Xukuumadda Somalia oo uu shir gudoomiyay Ra’iisul wasaare Xassan Cali Khayre ayaa lagu ansixiyay sharciga Duulista iyo Hawada, iyadoo golaha la hor-geeyay Hindise sharciyeedka dambiyada kufsiga iyo sharciga Nakhshadeynta magaalooyinka, waxaana golaha warbixinno siiyay qaar ka mid ah wasiirada ka qeyb galay kulanka maanta. “Shirka Golaha wasiirada waxaa lagu ansixiyay sharciga Duulista iyo Hawada, waxaana sidoo kale la hor geeyay Hindise sharciyeedka denbiyada kufsiga iyo Sharciga Nakhshadeynta magaalooyinka” ayuu yiri Ku-simaha Wasiirka Warfaafinta iyo Dalxiiska XFS, C/Raxmaan Iidaan Yoonis oo ka war bixiyay Shirka golaha Wasiira. Wasiir Iidaan ayaa sheegay in shirka warbixinno looga dhageestay Wasiirada Maaliyadda, Amniga, Ganacsiga, Shaqaalaha, Tamarta, Dhalinyarada iyo ciyaaraha. Sidoo kale, Wasiirka Maaliyadda Xukuumadda Somalia, C/raxmaan Ducaalle Beyle ayaa waxa uu sheegay in qorshihii deyn cafinta uu marayo meel wanaagsan guulna uu kusoo dhamaaday SMP2 laguna amaanay dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliya meesha ay soo gaartay isaga oo xusay in loo gudbay SMP3, shuruudaha la doonayo in lasoo buuxiyana ay kamid yihiin kor u qaadidda dakhliga dawladda, in deyma kale aysan gelin Dawladdu iyo in bixininta Mushaaraadka Ciidanka loo isticmaalo Biometric system. Wasiirka Shaqaala iyo Arrimaha Bulshada, Xildhibaan Saalax Axmed Jaamac oo golaha warbixin siiyay ayaa sheegay in tirakoobka shaqaalaha uu marayo heer gebageba ah. Dhanka kale, Wasiirka amiga gudaha, Maxamed Abuukar Islow Ducaale, oo ka war bixiyay amniga ayaa sheegay in amnigu aad u wanaagsanyahay, waxaana intii shirku socday leesla gartay si amaanka loo sii adkeeyo in qoryaha waaweyn aan lagu wada karin magaalada caasimadda, iyada oo sidoo kale “qorshihii Xasilinta Caasimadda” loo bedelay “Sugidda Amniga Caasimadda” Ugu dambeyn, Shirka intii uu socday waxaa kale oo warbixinno laga dhageestay wasiirka ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha, ku-simaha wasiirka Tamarta iyo Biyaha, iyo wasiirka Ciyaaraha iyo Dhalinyarada. PUNTLAND POST The post Golaha Wasiirada Somalia oo Maanta lagu Meel-mariyay Sharciga Duulista iyo Hawada appeared first on Puntland Post.