“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude “Thomas Jefferson “Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, – this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society” W.E.B. Du Bois Three main points to cover here 1. We could no longer leave some visionless leaders to lead our country 2. Taking drastic action against the self-styled, unelected charlatans pretending that they speak for Somaliland 3. Never trust Arab states, and you just need to closely look what they have done to each other, and their standing in this broken world Introduction I hereby urge the president Musa Bihi to fire the so-called foreign minister who is totally an unsuitable person for the job. In the recent crisis this gentle man was completely absent from the scene. Kudos to Mr. Faisal Ali Warabe who emerged as the unofficial foreign minister, and spokesman for the Republic of Somaliland. Faisal was in TV, Twitter, Face book, radio, and in every forum vigorously defending the Republic of Somaliland. We are a country with good, resilient, honest, and gregarious people, but most of the leaders we have in the recent past are not the right leaders who could take us to the mountain top. Somaliland needs visionary leaders who could be able to sell their good story to a broken world still led by declining powers, a toothless so-called United Nations which are corrupt failed leaders, and sometimes criminals and genocidal elements. The latter has failed to fulfill the tenants of its 1945 charter, which was to prevent wars and keep world peace. Background Information Today I would like to take the opportunity to talk about two world leaders who have led India to independence in 1947; they were Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru. Though both were Indians their background was as a little different, Gandhi obtained his law degree in Britain, and then as lawyer he left Britain to help the struggle of the colored people in apartheid South Africa, so he started his agitation for freedom and equal rights in South Africa. His noble work in South Africa has inspired multiple Indians including Jawaharlal Nehru in the Indian subcontinent. Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu fanatic; Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister of India in 1947. Great India has been split into India and Pakistan, the later was led by another preeminent Indian Muslim leader called Mohamed Ali Jinnah. We would like to have in our country selfless leaders like the previous two who put so much stock on the common good for the country. Ghandi was totally against the splitting of Pakistan from India, but Mohamed Ali Jinnah another charismatic and shrewd politician insisted the need for a Muslim Homeland that became modern Pakistan. 1. We no longer afford to leave mediocre, lackluster, corrupt, and visionless leaders for the governance of our country. We need to come out of the woodwork, help them and support them when they are right and positively criticize them and tell them their mistakes when they are wrong. We need to be ready and give them educated advice when they need advice, and when they fell short of their official duties. The first thing I would like to do here is call for the immediate resignation of the foreign minister, and no personal offense, but this man has no clue as to what his responsibilities are. He is inarticulate, incompetent, and did not understand his responsibilities. In conclusion the gentleman is non-existent and missing in action when the country needs him. He is not assertive, knowledgeable, and aggressive enough to fulfill his duties as a foreign minister of a country that needs to sell its good story to the world. 2. The likes of Buur Madaw, and other self-styled unelected leaders should remain traditional leaders who have to stay clear of politics, secondly they should know the fact that no one elected them and they did not speak for anyone. You can go to any meeting you want, but can’t speak for Somaliland, you need to speak for yourself, you may talk about traditional and cultural issues, but you did not have the authority to speak for the Republic of Somaliland. Somaliland and its people have elected leaders who represent them. It is illegal, unethical and wrong to speak for the people of a country that did not elect you. You need to keep quiet and confine your energy to cultural, traditional and social matters, If you want to transition into a politician, go and try to seek an elected office, otherwise you are out of control and you should be in jail, because you have broken the laws of this country. We are a nation of laws. The government has the right to put this out of control loud mouth and his likes in jail. The people trying to defend this unpatriotic charlatan are wrong and need to be quiet. 3. Huge controversy has unleashed following the DP world agreement between the Republic of Somaliland, Ethiopia, and the UAE. That was a great and successful accomplishment for Somaliland, but listening to the contradictory, offensive and provocative statement from some of their leaders, the slogan “Never trust Arabs will come to be true for me.” Moreover, regarding the weak and on paper shadow government in Mogadishu, their level of incompetence, lies, empty slogans and their false claim on Somaliland is mindboggling. These are unelected selected leaders who represent no one. Note these selected leaders control one Mogadishu Street with the help of more 22,000 soldiers from Africa. They need to focus on their disintegrated country. Somaliland needs to look at this agreement, deliberate, and weigh if we are getting back rewards that commensurate with accepting to hire DP world to run our most vital port. I believe we have nothing to lose here, despite illegal sanctions against us by the broken world system we survived. With DP world or without DP world the Republic of Somaliland survived and will survive. The reaction from the non-existent and on paper government in Mogadishu is unbelievable. These people should mind their own business, and work hard to bring peace to their vanquished country. Prof. Suleiman Egeh a freelance writer and a senior science instructor

Shirweynaha Madasha bandhigga tayada Maamul ee Hay’adaha dawladda Puntland oo muddo labo maalmood ah ka soconayey magaalada Garoowe ayaa maanta lasoo gebo gebeeyey iyadoona gunaanadkii shirk laga soo saaray warmurtiyeed la xiriira waxyaabihii shirka looga hadlayey muddadii uu socdey. Madasha ayaa maanta waxaa looga hadlayey hannaanka maamul baahinta Puntland oo ay soo diyaarisay Wasaaradda Arrimaha gudaha iyo dawladaha hoose ee Puntland, iyadoona ay wasaaraddu soo bandhigtay guulaha laga gaarey dhismaha goleyaasha deegaanada Puntland iyo caqabadaha kasoo laabtay qayb kamid ah goleyaashii la dhisay. Sidoo kale waxaa madashasha looga hadlay hannaanka maaraynta maaliyadda Puntland iyo marxaladihii ay soo martay laga soo bilaabo xilligii la’aasaasay Puntland ilaa iyo maanta oo laga gaarey guulo waaweyn inkasta oo ay jiraan dhalliilo aan la inkiri Karin oo mararka qaarka lagu dhalliilo dawladda oo la xiriirta dhanka maaraynta maaliyadda. Ugu dambayn shirka waxaa laga soo saaray warmurtiyeed la xiriira waxyaabihii shirka laysku weydaarsadey waxaana laysa qaatay inay madashan joogteynteedu muhiim u tahay tartan dhexmari kara hay’daha dawlad goboleedyada iyo guud ahaan hay’adaha dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliyeed The post Shirweynihii Madasha bandhigga tayada maamul ee hay’adaha dawladda Puntland oo soo xirmay appeared first on Puntland Post.

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati and the two remaining commissioners should resign honourably to “save face”, National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale has said. The other two commissioners are Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Guddoomiyaha Xisbiga Mucaaradka ah UCID ee Somaliland Eng, Feysal Cali Waraabe ayaa ka hadlay heerka uu gaarsiisan yahay Khilaaf siyaasadeedka u dhexeeya dowladaha Somalia iyo Imaaraadka carabta. Feysal Cali Waraabe, ayaa sheegay in Khilaafka uu yahay mid muuqda isla markaana ay dowlada Somalia ku dooneyso inay kusoo ceshato awoodeeda. Waxa uu Feysal Cali, tilmaamay in dowlada Somalia ay qeyb ka aheyd Heshiiska Dekadda Berbera ee Somaliland, waxa uuna cadeeyay in xiliga Heshiiska ay aheyd mid daaha gadaashii ka maamuleysay Heshiiska Dekkadda. Wuxuu qiray in heshiiska dekada magalada Berbera uu ahaa mid wax badan soo jiitamayey,isla markaana si Isfahan ah uu ku dhexmaray Madaxweynayashii hore ee Somalia, Somaliland iyo Imaaraadka carabta. Feysal Cali, waxa uu sheegay in xiliga uu dhacaayay Heshiiska ay siyaabo kala duwan u qeyla dhaamiyeen, hase ahaatee aanu jirin cid dhag jalaq u siisay qeyla dhaantiisa. Waxa uu sheegay in isagu uu goobjoog ka ahaa heshiiskaas oo ahaa mid soconayey mudo 9 bilood ah,isla markaana dhankooda uu u saxiixay Wasiirkii Arrimaha Dibada Somaliland. ‘’Heshiiska Dekadda berbera ee buuqa dhaliyay waxaa saxiixay dowlada Madaxweynihii hore ee Somalia Xasan Sheekh, dhankeena waxaa nooga saxiixay Wasiirkii arrimaha dibadda, ma filaayo inuu qarsoomayo Heshiiskaas’’ ‘’Heshiiska wuu dhacay waxaana loo raacan doonaa dowladii hore ee Somalia, tan hadda jirta wax lug ah kuma laheyn, waxaanu hantida nalaga siiyay Imaaraadka ku heysanaa Siilaanyo’’ Sidoo kale, Feysal Cali Waraabe ayaa meesha ka saaraya beenintii Maamulka Somaliland ee ahaa in heshiiskii dekada Berbera ay qeyb ka aheyd dowladdii Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud. Dhinaca kale, waxa uu Feysal Cali maamulka Muuse Biixi mar kale ugu baaqay inuu is casilo, sababo dhanka iibsashada dalka, ayuu yiri. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

For more than a decade, Ontario had seen a continuous decline in immigration, but now the province’s strong economy and federal changes to immigrant selection criteria have helped boost its appeal to newcomers again. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Somalia Axmed Ciise Cawad ayaa mar kale sheegay in dowlada Somalia aysan u dulqaadan doonin xad gudub Siyaasadeed. Wasiir Cawad, waxa uu tilmaamay in Somalia ay si gaara u tixgaliso Siyaasada dowladaha saaxiibada la ah, sidaa aawgeed ay doonayaan in toodana la tixgaliyo. Waxa uu Wasiirku cadeeyay in Somalia ay dooneyso dhex dhexaadin Siyaasadeed oo hufnaan leh, hase ahaatee aysan ka samri doonin taago dhulkeeda ah, iskaba daaye in sifo sharci daro ah lagula maamulo badaheeda. ‘’Dowladu ma aysan diidin wadahadal, balse waxaan xaqiijinayaa inaysan ka samri doonin taako dhulkeeda ah, iskaba daaye in sifo sharci daro ah ay Imaaraadka ku maamusho badaheena’’ Wasiir Cawad ayaa tilmaamay in dowlada Imaaraadka qudheeda aysan Somalia u ogolaaneynin in arrimaha dalkeeda ay gorgortan kala gasho dhinacyo kale, sidaa aawgeedna aysan Somalia diyaar u aheyn in dhulkeeda lala maamulo. ‘’Dowlada Somalia waxa ay mas’uul ka tahay dalka oo dhan cid aan iyada aheyn ma gali karto Heshiis, sidaa aawgeed ma aqbali doono in Heshiis aysan dowlada galin lagu heysto dhul hanti u ah Shacbkeena’’ Sidoo kale, Wasiirka ayaa umadda Soomaaliyeed ugu baaqay inay ilaalsadaan dalkooda, waxa uuna dhankiisa ka ballanqaaday in dowlada Somalia, gaar ahaan Wasaarada Arrimaha dibadda ay kasoo bixi doonto wixii shaqadeeda ah. Haddalka Wasiirka ayaa kusoo beegmaaya xili uu sii xoogeysanaayo khilaafka dowladaha Somalia iyo Imaaraadka Carabta. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

A recent news report (DN, April 2) on the state of security shows that there are more than 100 illegal gangs still operating in the country despite a ban. Source: Hiiraan Online

Hargeysa (Caasimada Online) – Wafti ka socday dowladda Imaaraadka Carabta ayaa gaaray magaalada Hargeysa ee caasimadda Somaliland iyaga oo kulan la qaatay madaxweyne Muuse Biixi. Haddaba Kulankan dhex maray madaxweynaha Somaliland iyo weftiga, waxaa looga hadlay qodobbadan soo socda. 1. Weftiga Imaaraadka carabtu waxay madaxweynaha u muujiyeen in dal ahaan ka xumadeen hadalkii wasiiru-dawlaha arrimaha dibedda imaaraadka ee sida qaldan loo turjumay, waxaanay sheegeen in ay qoraal rasmi ah kaga soo jawaabi doonaan arrintaasi. 2. In Imaaraadka carabtu ay Somaliland ka caawiyaan adkaynta amniga, kana taageeraan ciidamada dhinaca qalabka iyo tababarka. 3. In Imaaraadka carabtu ay ogolaadeen iibsiga xoolaha nool ee Somaliland, iyadoo si toosa loogu dhoofin doono imaaraadka. 4. Madaxda dalka imaaraadka carabtu waxay muujiyeen sida ay dal ahaan uga go’an tahay xoojinta xidhiidhka soo jireenka ah ee ka dhexeeya labada dal ee Somaliland iyo Imaaraadka Carabta, iyagoo cadowga labada dal ku sifeeyey kuwo ka xun xidhiidhkooda isla markaana miciin biday warar qaldan oo qaybo ka mida warbaahinta la mariyo.

Asbuuc kadib is casilaadii Gudoomiyihii baarlamaanka Maxamed Sheekh Cusmaan Jawaari ayaa la magacaabay Giddi qaban-qaabo oo la filayo in ay Asbuuc kale ku dhameeyaan howsha. Waxaana Hoteelada Xamar ka socda olole iyo xod-xodasho lagu raadinayo bedelkii Gudoomiye Jawaari oo kursiga baneeyay 12 kii bishaan. Lkn ololaha sanadkan ayaa ka duwan kana qabow ololihii doorashooyinkii looga bartay Muqdisho 2012 & 2017. Sababahaan awgood:- 1-Xildhibaanada Xukuumadda Nabad & Nolol iyo Xildhibaanada Mucaaradka oo wada daalay kadib loolan siyaasadeed oo soo dhex maray sanad ka badan. 2-Murashixiinta Gudoomiyaha oo ku kooban hal beel, Curfiga siyaasada 4.5 oo aan ku qornayn Dastuurka, lkn la aaminay. 3-Murashaxiinta ugu cad cad oo noqday hal dhinac ama group oo ah kuwii keenay Mooshinkii Jawaari. 4-Xukuumadda oo go’aansatay in ay dhex-dhexaad ka noqoto kadib markii ay Musharraxiintii oo dhan ay noqdeen Wasiiro ka tirsan iyo Xildhibaanno taageersan. 5-Madaxwayne Shariif Xasan oo ka daalay in uu Gudoomiyaha ka bedelo beelaha koofur galbeed, kadib markii uu isku dayay laba doorasho oo hore. 6-Xildhibaanadii Mucaaradka ahaa ee taageersanaa Jawaari oo aan keensan Musharrax, kana daalay loolanka, kuna mashquulsan dhismaha Xizbiyo ay doorasho ku galaan 2020 ka. 7-Dawlad Gobaleedyada oo aan aad u danaynayn qofka uu noqonayo Gudoomiyaha Barlamaanku markii laga reebo koofur galbeed, culays haysta iyo doorashooyin kusoo dhaw awgeed. 8-Dawladaha iyo Ururada Shisheeye oo fara gelin-toodii arrimaha dalka ay yaraatay. 9-Dadka Somaaliyeed oo ka daalay lookanka iyo tartanka siyaasadda oo jecel xasilooni iyo deganaasho siyaasadeed. 10-Beelaha Shabeelada Hoose oo jecel in tookadaan iyaga la siiyo Gudoomiyaha, kadib markii ay u sabreen lana shaqeeyeen ilaa 5 Gudoomiye oo kasoo jeeda Bay & Bakool, iyaga oo tusaale ka dhiganayo s bedelkii sanadkii hore ee Kuraasta Madaxweynaha iyo R/wasaaraha. Hadaba qodobadaas iyo kuwa kale ayaa ka dhigay tartanka kursiga Gudoomiyaha Barlamaanka mid Qabow sanadkaan. Lkn Xildhibaanada ayaa hadal haya in ay helaan Gudoomiye; dhalin-yaro ah, fahmi kara dareenka iyo baahida dhalinyarada Barlamaanka oo gaaraya ilaa 70% , Gudoomiye Madax banaan oo aan koox laheen, leh aqoon, karti, hufnaan iyo waaya aragnimo ku filan, Midayn kara Xildhibaanada, ku hoggaamiya daacad-nimo 3 sano ee soo socota iwm. W/Q. Mohamed Gacal (Dr Gacal)

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Sida aan xogta ku heleyno Gudoomiyaha Guddiga Qaban qaabada Doorashada Gudoonka Golaha Shacabka Somalia, Xildhibaan Nuur Iidow Bayle, ayaa qoraal u diray Wasiirka Gaashandhiga Xukuumada Somalia Xil. Maxamed Mursal Sheikh C/raxmaan. Guddoomiyaha ayaa la xaqiijiyay in Wasiirka Gaashandhiga Maxamed Mursal Sheikh C/raxmaan uu sida ugu dhaqsiyaha badan isaga casilo xilka Wasaarada. Waxaa laga dalbaday in laga doonaayo in xiliga qabashada araajida, bixinta lacagta diiwaan galinta ka hor uu ku dhawaaqo inuu iska casilay xilka Wasiirka Gaashandhiga, si uu u buuxiyo shuruudaha musharaxnimo ee Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka Somalia. Waxaa sidoo kale warqado loo kala diray Wasiiro kale oo ka tirsan Xukuumada Somalia, kuwaa oo iyaguna la doonaayo inay kamid noqdaan Musharaxiinta u tartamaaya xilka Gudoomiyenimo ee baarlamaanka Somalia, Warqadaha iyo ogeysiinta Wasirada loo kala diray ayaa waxaa Illaa hadda kamid ah saddex Wasiir oo isku soo sharaxay xilka Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Somalia kuwaasi oo kala ah Wasiirka Difaaca, Wasiirka Tamarta iyo Wasiir ku-xigeenka arrimaha gudaha Somaliya. Wasiiradan ayaa laga doonayaa inay ka tagaan xilalka ay hayaan, iyaga oo Xildhibaano kaliya ahna ay u tartamaan xilka afhayeenka Baarlamaanka Somaliya. Docda kale, Shuruudan oo noqon doonta mid adag ayaanan la ogeyn Wasiirada qaadan doona, iyadoo aanan la ogeyn qofka ku soo bixi doona Afhayeenka Baarlamaanka, xilli ay u taagan yihiin 11 Musharax. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Warar dheeraad ah ayaa waxa uu kasoo baxayaa Mooshin ka dhan ah Hogaamiyaha maamulka HirShabelle Maxamed Cabdi Waare oo diyaarintiisa ay ka socto magaalada Jowhar. Mooshinkan oo awood badan Mooshinadii hore ayaa waxaa horboodaya Xildhibaano Miisaan ku dhex leh baarlamaanka maamulka HirShabelle. Xildhibaanada Mooshinka kawada Hogaamiye Maxamed Cabdi Waare, ayaa waxaa ku jira Wasiiro ka tirsan maamulka oo iyagu ay xurguf Siyaasadeed kala dhexeyso Waare. Madaxweyne Waare oo ka maqan Xarunta Maamulka Hir-Shabeelle ee Jowhar ayaa haatan ku sugan Magalada Baladweyne,waxaana xildhibaannada saxiixay Mooshinka ay iminka gaaray ilaa 66 Xildhibaan. Xildhibaanada Mooshinka saxiixay ayaa Maxamed Cabdi Waare ku eedeeyay inuu ku tagrifalay Dastuurka isla markaana uu ka dhamaan la’ yahay dalxiis iyo dhoof aan mudeysneen. Sidoo kale, Sharmaake Xasan Ganeey oo kamid ah Xildhibaanada Mooshinka wada ayaa qiray in Mooshinka ay saxiixeen 66 Xildhibaan, isla markaana ay jiraan Xildhibaano kale oo safkaku jira. Xildhibaanka waxa uu cod dheer ku sheegay in Hogaamiye Maxamed Cabdi Waare uusan ka danbeyn doonin Hogaamiyihii ka horeeyay Cosoble oo isagu daaqada ka baxay. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Mooshinkaan ayaa la filayaa in dhawaan la horgeeyo baarlamaanka si ay go’aan uga gaaran Mooshinka Maxamed Cabdi Waare. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Ra’isul wasaaraha Xukuumada Somalia, Xasan Cali Kheyre, ayaa markii ugu horeysay ka hadlay sida ay dooneyso Xukuumadiisa iyo xaalada dhabta ah ee uu ku jiro dalka. Ra’isul wasaare Kheyre, waxa uu tilmaamay in Xukuumadiisu ay culeyska saareyso rabitaanka shacabka Soomaaliyeed, waxa uuna cadeeyay in wakhti badan uu siinaayo sida Somalia looga ciribtiri laha Al-Shabaab iyo Gaajo. Waxa uu sheegay in Xukuumdiisa aysan laheyn indho aan aheyn la dagaalanka Al-Shabaab, Nolol xumo iyo Gaajo, waxa uuna cod dheer ku sheegay in waxaasi dhan ay imaanayaan is aaminaad darro ka dhex dhalata Umadda iyo madaxdooda. Waxa uu Ra’isul wasaaruhu sheegay in dal waliba oo dhibaato ku jira ay sabab u yihiin dadkiisa oo aan laheyn rajo, isla markaana aan isku muujin tanaasul, kala danbeyn iyo adeecida Madaxdooda ugu sareysa. Ra’isul wasaare Kheyre ayaa cadeeyay inuu ku haminaayo in mar qura uu arko Somalia oo ka guurtay dhibta iyo rafaadka isla markaana u guurtay Nolol, Xasilooni iyo Hormar dhan waliba ah. ‘’Qof waliba waxa uu ku hamiyaa wax markaa uu doonaayo,anigu waxaan ku haminayaa inaan mar qura arko Somalia oo ka guurtay dhibta una guurtay xaalad degnaansho, waayo wadamada heerka ka gaaray nolosha iyo amniga nagama aqli badna waa inaan la imaanaa xisaabtan’’ Ra’isul wasaare Kheyre waxa uu sidoo kale sheegay in dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed laga doonaayo inay la imaadan wado waliba oo ay ku gaari lahaayen Somalia oo la tartameysa caalamka. Sidoo kale, Kheyre ayaa ku taliyay inaan lagu sirmin dhaleeceenta ay baahinayaan waxa uu ugu yeeray dal dumiska oo uu ula jeedo shaqsiyaadka aadka uga soo horjeeda Somalia oo usii talaabeysa jihada uu ka xigo horumarka. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

WASHINGTON — Somalia's finance minister said the country is winning in its effort to get the trust of international financial institutions and could receive debt relief as early as next year. Source: Hiiraan Online

Guddiga qaban qaabada doorashada Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya oo maanta kullankooda 2-aad ku yeeshay xarunta Villa Hargeysa ayaa waxay soo saareen Jadwalka doorashada Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya. PUNTLAND POST The post Jadwalka Doorashada Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka oo Lagu Dhawaaqay appeared first on Puntland Post.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first big showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's immigration policies is set for Wednesday when the justices hear a challenge to the lawfulness of his travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. Source: Hiiraan Online

Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali has dismissed remarks made by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) claiming the Emirati government engaged in a MoU on Berbera deal with the previous Somali administration. The Dubai owned Port Operator, DP World Company had inked an agreement with Somaliland during Ali’s tenure of Premiership. Speaking to the media, the former PM said his government was not part of the military base and Berbera Port deals penned by DP World and Somaliland authorities. “I hereby make clear that, for those years that I was the Prime Minister, there was neither military nor trade agreements that we engaged in, with United Arab Emirates particularly over Berbera and Bossaso Port deals,” said Ali. When pressed about knowing any UAE deal before he assumed office, the Premier underscored that he was unaware of the existence of previous agreements signed by his predecessors with UAE. “I could not talks on behalf of the governments before mine, but for those two years I was the PM there were no agreements inked by Somalia and UAE,” he confirmed. Earlier this week, the UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash claimed his government penned a development and humanitarian support deals with the former government of Somalia. Gargash neither specifically mentioned the then leaders of the government nor the year of the agreement. “We had a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the former government and it was very clear. We did not have a consulate or embassy in Somaliland so there was no formal relationship,” Gargash said. Source: Hol

Saudi forces have shot down a toy drone near the royal palace in the capital, Riyadh, as videos posted online purported to show the area ringing with heavy gunfire. The official spokesman of Riyadh police said on Saturday that security forces “dealt with” an unauthorised, small drone-type toy after spotting it at a security point in Khuzama neighbourhood, state-run news agency SPA said. An investigation into the incident, which happened at 7:50pm (16:50 GMT), was under way, added SPA. There was no immediate information about any injuries or damage. Footage shared on social media appeared to show heavy shooting that lasted for at least 30 seconds, sparking speculation of political unrest. Al Jazeera could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos. An unnamed senior Saudi official told Reuters news agency that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was not in his palace at the time of the incident. “The king was at his farm in Diriya,” the official said, naming another area of Riyadh. In October 2017, a gunman drove up to a gate of the king’s palace in the Red Sea city of Jeddah and opened fire, killing at least two security guards and wounding three others before being shot dead. The attacker, who was identified by the interior ministry as Mansour al-Amri, a 28-year-old Saudi national, was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and three Molotov cocktails. Source: Aljazeera

The United States Department of State on Saturday announced that a top official on African Affairs was due to tour three East African countries between April 22 – April 26. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto will start off his tour in Eritrea, head to Djibouti and round off his activities in Ethiopia. He arrives in Eritrea today (April 22) with the three-day working tour according to the Department of State centering on “bilateral consultations with Eritrean government officials, to meet with the diplomatic community, and to visit the Embassy’s staff based in Asmara. “He will then lead the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Djibouti Binational Forum April 24-25 in Djibouti, our annual dialogue on matters of political, economic, assistance, and security cooperation,” the statement added. Ambassador Yamamoto’s last stop will be in Ethiopia on April 26 where he is expected to meet with Ethiopian government officials to discuss shared interests and concerns. The Horn of Africa region has been one that has continually engaged the attention of the United States. Its relation with Ethiopia has largely been premised on anti-terrorism combat and need for democratic reforms. Eritrea, meanwhile, continues to slam the United Nationa Security Council and the United States in particular for the refusal to lift sanctions on Asmara over their purported support for Somalia insurgent group, Al Shabaab. Djibouti on the other hand is seen as a key security ally of the West and other Asian giants, hosting a number of military bases. The U.S. also maintains special interest in Somalia where they continue to carry out air strikes against Al-Shabaab. Source: – Africa News

AIR BASE 201, Niger — Rising from a barren stretch of African scrubland, a half-finished drone base represents the newest front line in the United States’ global shadow war. At its center, hundreds of Air Force personnel are feverishly working to complete a $110 million airfield that, when finished in the coming months, will be used to stalk or strike extremists deep into West and North Africa, a region where most Americans have no idea the country is fighting. Near the nascent runway, Army Green Berets are training Nigerien forces to carry out counterterrorism raids or fend off an enemy ambush — like the one that killed four U.S. soldiers near the Mali border last fall. Taken together, these parallel missions reflect a largely undeclared U.S. military buildup outside the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, often with murky authoryand little public attention, unfolding in remote places like Yemen, Somalia and, increasingly, West Africa. In Niger alone, the Pentagon in the past few years has doubled the number of U.S. troops, to about 800 — not to conduct unilateral combat missions, but to battle an increasingly dangerous al-Qaida, the Islamic State and even loosely associated extremist groups with proxy forces and drone strikes. The military’s missions in Niger are expected to come under scrutiny in a long-awaited Defense Department investigation into the deadly Oct. 4 ambush that is nearing release. “The base, and the more frequent flights that its opening will allow, will give us far more situational awareness and intelligence on a region that has been a hub of illicit and extremist activity,” said P.W. Singer, a strategist at New America in Washington who has written extensively about drones. “But it will also further involve us in yet more operations and fights that few Americans are even aware our military is in.” Questions about whether the U.S. military, under President Donald Trump’s administration, is seeking to obscure the expanding scope of operations in Africa surfaced last month when it was revealed that the United States had carried out four airstrikes in Libya between September and January that the military’s Africa Command had failed to disclose at the time. Soon after, the military acknowledged for the first time that Green Berets working with Nigerien forces had killed 11 Islamic State militants in a multiday firefight in December. No American or Nigerien forces were harmed in the December gunbattle. But the combat — along with at least 10 other previously unreported attacks on U.S. troops in West Africa between 2015 and 2017 — underscored the fact that the deadly ambush in Niger was not an isolated episode. Nigerien forces and their American advisers are preparing other major operations to clear out militants, military officials say. “It’s essential that the American public is aware of, engaged in, and decides whether or not to support American military operations in countries around the world, including Niger,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who visited Niger with four other senators this month. COUNTERTERRORISM CROSSROAD Six months after the fatal attack, which took place outside the village of Tongo Tongo near the Mali border, the Trump administration stands at a critical crossroad in the military’s global counterterrorism campaign. One path would push ahead with Trump’s campaign vow to defeat the Islamic State and other violent extremist organizations, not just in Iraq and Syria, but worldwide. The other would be to pull out and leave more of the fighting to allies, as Trump said he wants to do in Syria, possibly ceding hard-fought ground to militants. During a counterterrorism exercise last week in north-central Niger that drew nearly 2,000 military personnel from 20 African and Western countries, many officers voiced concerns that the United States’ commitment in West Africa could fall victim to the latter impulse. “It’s important to still have support from the U.S. to help train my men, to help with our shortfalls,” said Col. Maj. Moussa Salaou Barmou, commander of Niger’s 2,000 special operations forces, who trained at Fort Benning, Ga., and the National Defense University in Washington. In an interview on the sidelines of the exercise, Maj. Gen. J. Marcus Hicks, head of U.S. special operations forces in Africa, put it this way: “This is an insurance policy that’s very inexpensive, and I think we need to keep paying into it.” Where American and Nigerien officials see enhanced security in drone operations — for surveillance, strikes or protecting special-forces patrols — others fear a potentially destabilizing impact that could hand valuable recruiting propaganda to an array of groups aligned with al-Qaida and the Islamic State, and that could increase the militants’ menace. “Eliminating jihadi military leaders through drone operations could temporarily disorganize insurgent groups,” said Jean-Herve Jezequel, deputy director of the International Crisis Group’s West Africa project in Dakar, Senegal. “But eventually the void could also lead to the rise of new and younger leaders who are likely to engage into more violent and spectacular operations to assert their leadership.” WINNING HEARTS, MINDS A rare visit this month to Air Base 201, the largest construction project that Air Force engineers have ever undertaken alone, revealed several challenges. Commanders grapple with swirling dust storms, scorching temperatures and lengthy spare-part deliveries to fix broken equipment. All have conspired to put the project more than a year behind schedule and $22 million over its original budget. U.S. officials have sought to allay fears of residents that the base, just 2 miles outside the city of Agadez, could be a target for terrorist attacks — not a guardian against them. Rumors circulated that the dozens of dump trucks rumbling in and out of the heavily defended front gates each day were secretly stealing valuable uranium, for which the region is renowned. “We had to overcome some suspicion and distrust,” said Lt. Col. Brad Harbaugh, commander of the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron, the senior officer. Niger’s government approved Air Base 201 in 2014. Last November, a month after the deadly ambush, the government of Niger gave the Defense Department permission to fly armed drones out of Niamey, a major expansion of the U.S. military’s firepower in Africa. American and Nigerien officers refused to discuss armed operations. But a Defense Department official acknowledged that the military in January started flying armed missions from Niamey, 500 miles southwest of the base, including the deadly strike in southern Libya last month. MQ-9 Reaper drones, made by General Atomics, will be moved to Air Base 201 once its runway and hangars are completed by early next year, as will several hundred U.S. troops. Roughly half of the 800 American forces in Niger — the second-largest U.S. troop presence in Africa, second only to the 4,000 military personnel at a permanent base in Djibouti — work there now. Bill Roggio, editor of the Long War Journal, a website run by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies that tracks military strikes against militant groups, said that moving the drone operations to Agadez had two main advantages. First, he said, the base will be more centrally located to conduct operations throughout the Sahel, a vast area on the southern flank of the Sahara that stretches from Senegal to Sudan and has been seized by a growing wave of terrorism and armed conflict. Second, Agadez is more isolated than Niamey. That will help keep the operations more low-key and away from prying eyes. “The Agadez base has the potential to become the most active counterterrorism hub in Africa,” Roggio said. The Niger deployment is only the second time that armed drones have been stationed and used in Africa. Drones now based in Djibouti are used in Yemen and Somalia, where there were about 30 strikes last year against al-Shabab and Islamic State targets — twice the number in 2016. Drones used against targets in Libya have flown from Sicily, but with a range of about 1,100 miles, the Reapers could not reach militant hideouts in southern Libya. The United States also flies unarmed surveillance drones from bases in Tunisia and Cameroon. Eventually, the plan is to turn Air Base 201 completely over to the Nigerien military. American and Nigerien security forces now jointly patrol the 2,200-acre site. The base cafeteria employs 80 local workers, and the Americans have spent tens of millions of dollars on local rock, concrete, steel, wood and other supplies. Civic leaders and local journalists were recently invited to tour the base. A four-man civil affairs team led by Capt. Andrew Dacey, a former Army infantry platoon leader in Iraq, has worked closely with civic, religious and educational leaders in Agadez to help address the high unemployment and ill-equipped schools — shortcomings that Islamist extremists can exploit. The team is helping schools start a metal and wood craftsman apprenticeship that teaches teenage students new skills and supplies classrooms with refurbished desks. “The base has been very helpful for our security and our economy,” said Mahaman Ali, an inspector for primary schools in the area, pointing to piles of broken desks that will be repaired. And yet doubts still linger about the base’s enduring legacy. “The deployment of armed drones is not going to make a strategic difference,” said E.J. Hogendoorn, the International Crisis Group’s deputy Africa program director in Washington, “and may even increase local hostility to the U.S. and the central government in distant Niamey.” Source: – NYTimes

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AIR BASE 201, Niger -- Rising from a barren stretch of African scrubland, a half-finished drone base represents the newest front line in the United States' global shadow war. Source: Hiiraan Online

The United States Department of State on Saturday announced that a top official on African Affairs was due to tour three East African countries between April 22 – April 26. Source: Hiiraan Online

Mogadishu (HOL) - The leader of Yemen's Houthi Ansar Allah movement have voiced their support for Somalia in the wake of the diplomatic crisis between the horn of Africa nation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Source: Hiiraan Online

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