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

Nairobi (Caasimada Online) – Beesha caalamka ayaa ka jawaabtay qoraal ay usoo gudbisay dowladda Soomaaliya oo ay ku dalbaneysay in la joojiyo la-macaamilka gaarka ah ee maamulka Somaliland. Qoraalkaas ayaa waxa ay dowladda federaalka ku dalbaneysay in dhaqaalaha beesha caalamka ay siiso Somaliland lasoo marsiiyo dowladda Soomaaliya, si la mid ah maamullada kale ee dalka jira. Si kastaba, qoraalka jawaabta ah ee beesha caalamka ayaa lagu xasuusiyey dowladda Soomaaliya in heshiis ay gashay 2013 ay ku ogolaatay in Somaliland si gaar ah loo siiyo deeqaha. Beesha caalamka waxa ay sidoo kale sheegtay inaysan suurta-gal ahayn in Somaliland loola macaamilo sida Puntland oo kale. Sidaas darteed ayaa lagu yiri qoraalka, waxaa beesha caalamka ay codsaneysaa in dowladda ogolaato in sida ay hadda wax yihiin ay ku socdaan. Hoos ka aqriso qoraalka.

Kismaayo (Caasimada Online) – Maxkamada Ciidamada qalabka sida ee maamulka Jubbaland ayaa maanta xukun toogasho ah ku fulisay gacan ku dhiiglayaal horay u geystay dilal bareer ah. Seddexda ruux ee maanta dilka lagu fuliyay ayaa kamid ahaa ciidamada maamulka, waxaana ku jira gacan ku dhiigle dilay xaaskiisa oo uur laheyd. Gacan ku dhiiglayaasha dilka lagu fuliyay oo muddo u xirnaa cafis dalbasho ayaa dilkooda soo degdegay kadib markii qoyska dhalay dadka la dilay ay dalbadeen in la dilo. Saddexda Askari ee Xukunka dilka ah lagu fuliyey ayaa waxa ay kala yihiin. 1-C/rashiid Axmed Xasan oo horay u dilay Marxuum Maxamed Cabdullaahi Xirsi. 2-Aadan Cabdi Muumin oo horay u dilay Marxuum Cawil Colow Xasan. 3-Cabdullaahi Asad Ismaacil oo horay u dilay xaaskiisi marxuumad Muxubo Maxamed Guure Mas’uuliyiinta iyo Saraakiisha goobta ku sugnaa ayaa sheegay in xukunka ceynkaani ah uu sii socon doono inta laga weynaayo askari dil geysta.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Maamulka Puntland ayaa magaalada Garoowe kusoo dhaweeyay Siyaasi sheegtay in uu yahay Madaxweynaha rasmiga ah ee maamulka Somaliland kaas oo lagu Magacaabo Mustafe Martin. Siyaasigan oo maalmo ku sugnaan doona magaalada Garoowe, ayaa lagu wadaa in halkaa uu kulamo kula yeesho Madaxda maamulka iyo Siyaasiyiin kale oo ka tirsan mucaaradka Somaliland. Siyaasigan sheegtay inuu yahay Madaxweynaha Somaliland oo magaalada Garoowe kula hadlay saxaafada ayaa sheegay inuu la imaan doono isbedel ka duwan kan uu sameeyay Muusi Biixi oo uu tilmaamay inuu horay u ahaa Siyaasi ku fashilmay Siyaasadiisa. Mustafe Martin, waxa uu sheegay in qorshayaasha u dagan uu kamid yahay mideynta Somalia, waxa uuna arrin lala yaabo ku sheegay in mashruuc laga dhigo kala goynta Somalia. ‘’Ma dhaceyso in la kala ququbo Soomaalida cidna ugama heybeysan doono inaan ka shaqeyno rabitaanka Soomaaliweyn’’ Waxa uu intaa raaciyay “Hadii ay jirtay dad kas oo horjeeda soomaaliya oo mid ah,waxana u sheegayaa in manta ay dadka soomaaliyed yihiin walaalo aan meelna u kala hareyn,waxana midnimada Soomaaliya ka bilaabeynaa Garoowe,Puntland ayaana hosreed u noqon doonto’’ ayuu yiri Siyaasiga. Sidoo kale, Siyaasigan sheegtay inuu yahay Madaxweynaha Somaliland, ayaa socdaal ku mari doona qeybo kamida deegaanada Puntland iyo Somaliland, waxa uuna sidoo kale qaban doonaa banaanbaxyo lagu taageerayo. Dhinaca kale, Puntland ayaa dagaalka ay kula jirto Somaliland kusoo kordhisay mid lagu carqaladeynaayo siyaasada iyo kursiga Muuse Biixi. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

A delegation from the Addis Ababa based African Union Peace Support Operations Division (AUPSOD), is in Somalia to assess the nature of logistical support given to the AU Mission by its partners. The team will hold deliberations in the capital Mogadishu, to flesh out issues regarding logistics support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), and propose recommendations, that will boost the Mission’s activities in the Horn of Africa country. “We want to look into key challenges and key issues and clearly indicate what stakeholders need to do to help enhance the support package to AMISOM,” Col. (Rtd) Mor Mbow, the Chief of Mission Support at the African Union Commission, and leader of the AU delegation said in his opening remarks earlier today. Mbor emphasized that the aim of the deliberations was to come up with ways of enhancing logistical support to AMISOM, to enable the Mission better secure Somalia. “This support to AMISOM is not only an UNSOS responsibility. Troop Contributing Countries have responsibilities; the contingents that have been deployed have responsibilities. AU as strategic headquarters have responsibilities and UN of course, being a major partner has responsibilities,” Col. Mbow stated. The two-day high-level consultative talks is expected to come up with detailed recommendations that will address critical logistical support issues in the short, medium and long term. “The primary objective of this workshop is to identify AMISOM mission support challenges across the strategic, operational and tactical levels,” explained Ambassador Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, the AU Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM. The meeting, Madeira noted, will also come up with recommendations on how the AU and UN can harmonize and enhance joint planning, improve on provision and delivery of logistics and generate service support to AMISOM. In her remarks, the Head of UNSOS, Ms. Lisa Filipetto reiterated UNSOS’ commitment to providing the required logistical support, to enable AMISOM fulfil its mandate effectively. UNSOS is mandated by the UN Security Council to provide logistical support to AMISOM and to the Somali security forces during joint operations with AMISOM. “UNSOS welcomes this review. We believe that this is such an important partnership that we need to get it right. We won’t get it perfect but continuous improvement is always very important,” she observed, while acknowledging the achievements AMISOM has made in Somalia’s stabilization. Representatives of Troop and Police Contributing Countries to AMISOM, senior AMISOM and UN officials, among them, the AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Jim Beesigye Owoyesigire and the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo, are attending the consultative meeting. Source: AMISOM

Dubai (Caasimada Online) – Ciidamada Imaaraadka Carabta waxay xad-gudub galmo kula kaceen maxaabiista xabsiyada dalka Yemen, waxaa sidaas shaaca ka qaaday wakaaladda wararka AP ee dalka Mareykanka. Maxaabiistan oo la hayo dacwo la’aan ayaa waxaa lagula kacay kufsi, galmo afka looga sameeyey iyo dharka oo laga bixiyey, sida ay sheegtay warbixinta AP. Mid ka mid ah dhacdooyinka oo ka dhacday xabsiga Beir Ahmed ee Cadan, bishii March, boqolaal maxaabiis ah ayaa waxaa lagu sameeyey xadgudub ayaga, oo dabadooda la baaray. “Dharka ayey kaa dhigayaan, gacmaha ayay kaa xirayaa, kadibna qasab ayay kuugu galmoonayaan” Waxaa sidaas u sheegay AP mid ka mid ah maxaabiista. Ilaalada maxaabiista ee Imaaraatka ah ayaa la sheegay inay maxaamiibsta u sheegay inay raadinayaan mobile ay ku qariyeen dabadooda, kadibna sidaas u qaawiyaan, oo ay galmo qasab ah ugu sameeyaan. Dowladda Mareykanka oo taageerta isbaheysiga Sacuudiga iyo Imaaraadka Carabta ee dalka Yemen dagaalka ka wada, ayaa sheegtay naysan ka war-hayn xadgudubyadan galmo ee ciidamada Imaaraatka lagu eedeeyey. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Qaahira Caasimada@live.com

Xarunta Cilmi-baarista Kontoroolka Khataraha ee (Control Risks) ee fadhigeedu yahay magaalladda London ee dalka UK waxay shalay soo saaartay Warbixin ay ku sheegtay inay Alshabaab 879 Weerar ka geysteen Somalia tan iyo bishii April ee sannadkii hore, waa sida ay Hay’addu qortay. Warbixinta waxaa lagu sheegay inay Xarakadda Alshabaab oo maamusha dhul ballaran ay dagaal kula jirtay Dowladda Somalia iyo Ciiddanka AMISOM tan iyo sannadkii 2007-dii. Xarunta Cilmi-baarista Kontoroolka Khataraha ee (Control Risks) waxaa kaloo lagu xusay inay sare u kaceen Weeraradda ay Alshabaab geysteen tan iyo sannadkii 2013-kii, isla markaana ay Alshabaab geysteen 60% weeraradda ay Kooxaha Islaamiyiinta ka geystaan dalalka Saxaraha ka hooseeya ee Qaaradda Afrika, waa sida hadalka loo dhigay. Warbixinta waxaa kaloo lagu muujiyey inay Alshabaab weeraro ka geysteen dhowr Waddan oo ka mid ah dalalka taageera DFS, kuwaasi oo ay ka mid yihiin Kenya, Uganda iyo Ethiopia. Warbixinta waxaa kaloo lagu shaaciyey inay Kenya dhibaato xooggan kala kulmaan weeraradda Alshabaab oo iyagu 79 weerar ka fuliyey gudaha dalkaasi. Bishii la soo dhafaay, Xarunta kale ee Cilmi-baarista Maraykanka ee Center for Strategic Studies waxay soo saartay Warbixin ay ku sheegtay inay Alshabaab ka mid tahay Kooxaha Islaamiyiinta ee dilalka badan ka geysta Qaaradda Afrika, waa sida ay hadalka u dhigeen. Xarakadda Alshabaab oo la asaasay sannadkii 2006-dii waxay qeyb ka ahaayeen Golihii Maxkamadaha Islaamka ee dagaalka ba’an la galay Ciiddankii Ethiopian-ka ee ugu horreeyey ee faragelinta Milliteri ku soo gaalay gudaha Somalia. Source: cajnewsafrica