Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a model of the Tupolev TU-160 bomber, or Blackjack, that was presented to him on his arrival in Olenegorsk, Russia, August 16, 2005. Putin flew in the Tupolev TU-160 bomber on Tuesday and took part in the launch of cruise missiles in the Arctic north, dusting off the military image he cultivated when he first came to power. Picture taken August 16, 2005. (CREDIT : REUTERS/ITAR-TASS/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE) – RTXNPML Russia is in talks with breakaway Somali region, Somaliland, to set up a naval base of at least 1500 men outside Zeila, a city near the border with Djibouti to offer support to warships and submarines patrolling the strategic stretch of coastline. Reported by Somaliland and other international news outlets, the base is expected to be home to two destroyer sized ships, four frigate class ships, two large submarine pens, two airstrips that can host up to six heavy aircraft and fifteen fighter jets, and other facilities. However, local media Qaran News said on April 2 that in return, Russia will assist Somaliland in gaining international recognition as a sovereign state through a resolution. It also reported that Russia will ensure security in the breakaway country by training the Somaliland military. If this happens, then Russia will join the list of powerful countries with bases in the Horn of Africa region which is strategic for so many reasons including proximity to the Middle East and influence over the Gulf of Aden. The United States, France, Japan and China have military facilities in neighbouring Djibouti while Turkey recently established a facility in Somalia which has strained relations with Somaliland. Russia has bases in only nine countries including Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Syria, Tajikistan and Vietnam. Somaliland’s president Muse Bihi Abdi said in March that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will train Somaliland security forces as part of a deal to establish a military base in the Somaliland port city of Berbera. Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia on May 18, 1991. The territory had been under pressure to hold talks with Somalia which have so far been futile. 27 years of diplomatic isolation has made it difficult for Somaliland to have access to loans from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Face2fce

An Information Day organised by the Somaliland Coast Guard on request of the House of Representatives was facilitated by EUCAP in Hargeisa on April 18th The aim of the event was to promote and support the adoption and implementation of a Coast Guard Law in Somaliland. The occasion bolstered dialogue among Somaliland institutions and the international community regarding maritime legislation. The Information Day also stressed the importance of a legal framework that sets up Coast Guard bodies following international standards in terms of Coast Guard powers, functions and responsibilities. They also addressed the equally important conversation on police powers on crimes within the maritime jurisdiction and functions related to safety and security in the maritime domain. EUCAP Deputy Head of Mission, Keith Murray addressed participants as well as the Vice Minister of Interior, Chief Coast Guard Admiral Cabdi Hirsi Duaale. Some local participants suggested Coast Guard Information Day could be considered a public hearing ahead of the debate in Parliament. ????????????????????????????????????

The Somaliland Diaspora Agency at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of the Republic of Somaliland conducted one day consultative Workshop on with Ministries and other Public Institutions on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Crown Hotel in Hargeisa. Overall purpose of this meeting for SLDA was to consult with the relevant ministries and the other institutions on reviewing, correcting, improving, finalizing and validating draft of the Diaspora Service Guide which we wrote in order to facilitate services to the Diaspora, support friendly business environment, and to create one-stop-shop; and at the same time on another objective was to establish close working relations and mutual communication with Ministries on all the Diaspora-oriented issues. The Agency recommends establishing Diaspora Service Coordination Mechanism (DIASCOM) for enhancing communication and cooperation with Ministries towards Diaspora affairs. Mostly directors of the Planning & Research/Statistics Departments from the Ministries of Education & Science, Trade, Industry & Tourism, Telecommunication & Technology, Public Works, Land & Housing, Justice & Judicial Affairs, Transport & Roads Development, Interior Affairs, Agriculture Development, Environment & Rural Development, Minerals & Energy, Parliament & Constitutional Affairs, Finance Development particularly its Departments of Customs & Accountant General’s Office, Good Governance & Anti-corruption, Immigration Department, and the Authorney General’s Office, Representatives of INGOs and UN Agencies including IOM, UNDP, and ARC, Representatives from Diaspora-invested businesses/entrepreneurs including Nuriye Napkins Factory, Asma Style, Adams INN Hotel, Somaliland Vegetables Oil Factory, Deegaan Trading, RoseMary, Masalla Specialist Hospital, and other distinguished guests from public and private stakeholders based in Somaliland participated in the meeting. Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Mr. Abdinasir Ahmed Hersi delivered a key note speech and emphasized momentous role of the Somaliland Diaspora in the economic, and social development of the country, and the need to improve services to them and better engage them in the investment, and national development of Somaliland. Executive Director of Somaliland Diaspora Agency, Hassan Ahmed Yusuf thanked the departmental directors and the officials from the Somaliland Government Ministries, Autonomous Bodies, and Agencies, Institutions as well as from the other Institutions, the entrepreneurs, and the guests attended. He underlined that other key ministries, and Hargeisa Municipality who were invited to the meeting had not participated. “We are committed to advance services and information to Somaliland Diaspora, in order to achieve the outcome we have in the National Development Plan II (2018-2021) of increasing Diaspora role 10% in both the domestic market investment and their contribution to the public investment. But we cannot achieve this without the close cooperation, collaboration, and communication of all ministries, and other public institutions. We have invited to this meeting in order to help us review, and improve the Diaspora Service Guide Draft we have distributed to you, and so that we can help our Diaspora in access to required and accommodating information in the areas of the public service procedures, business investments, land property issues etc. There are more bureaucratic and red-tapism challenges in our Government Services, and we can address by strengthening our cooperation, and communication. Our role is more specific to coordination, information management and the sector regulatory policy development, and the services we have to facilitate is within your Ministries.” The Somaliland Diaspora Service Guide which will be soon available in the SLDA Website upon validation with the help of the Ministries is covering basic information for the Diaspora in the following areas of Requirements for multi-business registrations and licensing procedures, Taxes and tariffs in Somaliland, Land property registrations and making files, Driving in Somaliland and traffic related regulations in Somaliland, Authentication of documents, other consular services and immigration related information, Somaliland Tourism Related Information, Somaliland Citizenship, related regulations and procedures for obtaining the National IDs, Judicial service related information (I.e. procedures for civil cases) and Sharia Law Services in Somaliland, and also Directory of Public Institutions, and other service providers. In the Meeting, participants provided quick feedback, comments, positive critiques, suggestions, and recommendations in relation to the Diaspora Service Guide finalization. Diaspora Investors complained of the current taxation system, the lack of Government subsidies to businesses, and also expensiveness of media for business advertisements. Participants from the Somaliland Government Ministries, Independent Institutions, Agencies, INGOs, and Diaspora Investors and of the other Guests not limited to included:- Ahmed Omer, Deputy Director of Policy & Planning, Ministry of Education & Science, Yasin Mohamed, Director of Planning, Ministry of Justice, Sahra Dahir, Program Officer, Care International, Nimo Abdillahi Mohamed, Admin/finance, Adams INN Hotel, Aden Hersi, Manager, Adams INN Hotel, Mukhtar Nour Muhumed, Director of Planning Dept. Ministry of Communication & Technology, Abdifatah Omar, Director of Planning Dept. Ministry of Energy & Minerals Mohamoud Ahmed Hussein, Abdikarim Abdi Aden, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Parliament & Constitutional Affairs, Abdillahi Samadoon Omer, Director of Planning, Ministry of Transport & Roads Development, Mohamed Abdirahman Omer, M&E, Ministry of Transport & Roads Development, Mohamed Ali, Advisor, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Barkhad Omer Ali, Legal Services, Athorney General’s Office, Fathia Abdillahi, Program Assistant, IOM, Mohamed Daud, Director of Planning Department, Ministry of Interior, Fatima Mohamoud, HR, RoseMary Business, Maryan Mohamed, HR, RoseMary Business, Ubah Mohamed Ali, Planning & Research, Ministry of Education & Science, Roda Salah, Manager, Deegaan Trading Ent, Dr. Dayib Mohamed, Ex-Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Mohamoud Dahir Afqarshe, MD, Masalla Specialist Hospital Khadar Mohamed Yusuf, Education Officer, Ministry of Education & Science, Dayib Mohamed Got, Officer, Ministry of Education, Asma Ahmed, Owner of Asma Style Business, Samira Hassan, Program Specialist, UNDP, Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Communication Manager, Ministry of Energy & Minerals, Abdirahman Saeed, M&E Manager, ARC, Mustafe Ali Esse, Manager, Farmer Abdirashid Ahmed, Farmer Abdi Abdillahi Diaspora Member, Ibrahim Abdi, CEO, Dhamac Investment & Consultancy, Abdirashid Omer, Director of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture Development, Abdinasir Hussein Omer, Director of Planning, GGCACC, Aidarous Muse Ismail, Director of Planning, Ministry of Environment & Rural Development, Qaali Ismail Yusuf, Tayo Construction & Furniture, Diaspora Investor Saad Mohamed Abdi, CEO, Somsite, Source: Somaliland Diaspora Agency Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation Thursday, April 19, 2019

HARGEISA— President Muse Bihi Abdi received Wednesday Swedish Ambassador to Somalia at his Presidential Palace in Hargeisa. Mr. Abdi shared his view with Ambassador Andreas von Uexküll about the current political and economic developments in Somaliland. President Abdi also discussed with the Ambassador about the upcoming Parliamentarian elections and developmental programs that the Swedish government finances. Abdi thanked the Swedish government and her people for their generosity in terms of helping Somali people. Ambassador Uexküll said in a tweet that his country has launched a new financial instrument with Shuraako and private banks in Hargeisa. “Excellent meeting with the Somaliland President, H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi. Collaboration on many fronts. Regional stability, empowerment of women, reconciliation, economic development, etc.,” said the Ambassador in a separate tweet.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Waxaa lagu wadaa in Tababaraha Kooxda Kubadda Cagta ee Arsenal ee dalka Britain uu ka tago kooxda dhammaadka xilli ciyareedka, wuxuuna kooxdan maamulayay ku dhawaad 22 Sannadood. Macalllinkan oo u dhashay dalka Faransiiska ayaa ka tagaya kooxdiisa sanad un ka hor inta uu qandaraaskiisa dhicin . Kooxda Arsenal ayaa kaalinta lixaad kaga jirta horyaalka Ingiriiska ,iyadoo laga yaaba inay u suurta galiweyso inay cariirsadaan kaalinta afaraad ee xilli ciyaareerkan ee rajadoodii ahayd inay gaaraan horyaalka champion-ka si ay ugu guulaystaan horyaalka Yurub. Wenger oo 68 sano jir ah ayaa ku guulaystay 3 horyaal ee Ingiriiska iyo 7 koob ee FA,iyadoo uu laba mar ugu guulaystay 1998kii iyo 2002 dii. “Aad ayaan faraxsanahay inaan hellay fursad aan ugu adeego kooxdaan oo ii leh xasuus aad u badan ” ayuu yiri Wenger oo muddo badan wajahayay baaqyo kaga imanayay taageerayaasha kooxda oo ah in uu is casilo. “Dhammaan dadka jecel kooxda Arsennal waa inay ilaaliyaan qiimaha ay leedahay kooxdaan” Kooxda Arsenal ayaa sheegtay in la magacaabi doono tobabaro kale sida ugu dhaqsaha badan. Arsenal ayaa barta Twitter-ka ku shaacisay in uu Wenger kooxda ka tagaayo hakhsiga ugu saamiyadda badan ee Arsenal oo lagu magacaabo Stan Kroenke ayaa maalinta jimcaha yiri sidaan “waa mid ka mid ah maalmaha noogu adag intii aan ku jirnay ciyaaraha” Waxa uu ku daray “ujeedada ugu weyn ee aan Arsenal ugu lugta hayn ayaa ah in Arsene in kooxda la qaatay mar xalad walbo” Waxaa loo magacaabay xilkaan1 bishii October , 1996, waxa uu na haatan yahay qofkii ugu waqtiga dheeraa ee xilkan qabto waxaa uuna wacdaro ka dhigay 823 ciyaarood. Laakiinse, Qaar ka mid taageerayasha ayaa Wenger ku kacsanaa labadii sano ee la soo dhaafay ka dib markii ay kooxda kala kulantay natiijo xumo ciyaaraha horyaalka. Waxa ay kooxda Arsenal ka dambaysaa 33 dhibcood kooxda man united horyaalka oo ku hogaaminaya 87 dhibcood ,waxaa sidookale hoos ka jira kooxda west Brom haysata 21 dhibcood. Guulihii iyo mashaakilaadkii uu soo maray Wenger Wenger waxa uu qaaday sadex koobabka Premier League iyo afar koobabka FA loo yaqaano 9kii sano ee ugu horeysay ee uu xilka hayay. Intii u dhaxaysay 2003-illaa 2004-tii waxa uu noqday maamulihii ugu horeeyay ee koox Ingiriis ah hoggaamiyo, taas oo aanan laga badinin laga soo bilaabo sanadkii 1889-kii. Markii ay ku guuleysteen koobka FA sanadkii 2005-tii, waxa ay ku qaadatay sagaal sano oo kale in uu qaado koob kale. Waxa uu la tacaalayay sidii uu uga sii mid ahaan lahaa horyaalka Yurub tan iyo markii ay ka badisay kooxda Barcelona sanadkii 2006-dii. Markasta waxaa lagu reebaa heerka 16-aad ee is reebreebka muddo 7 jeer ah oo is xigay, iyaga oo sanadkii lasoo dhaafay ee 2017-kii 10-2 gool waji gabax kala hoyday garoonka, waxaana rigooro kaga badisay kooxda Mayern Munich. Ugu dambeyn, Sanadkii 2006-kii ayay kooxda Arsenal u guurtay garoonka Emirates oo lagu dhisay £390m oo lacagta Ingiriiska ah. Bishii Janaayo waxa uu qaatay Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang , kulana soo wareegay lacag dhan £56m. Xigasho: BBC PUNTLAND POST The post Tababare Arsene Wenger oo iska casilaya Hogaanka Kooxda Arsenal 22 Sano Kaddib appeared first on Puntland Post.

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's president has cut short a visit to Britain to return home and deal with violent protests in a provincial capital. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Ciidamo la sheegay in ay ka tirsan hay’adda Sirdoonka iyo Nabad-sugidda Qaranka, ayaa galay gellinkii dambe ee shalay guriga xildhibaan C/llaahi Cali Axmed oo loo yaqaan [Caddow Cali-gees] oo ka tirsan golaha shacabka Soomaaliya. Wararka ayaa sheegaya in xilliga guriga xildhibaanka la galayay uusan dalka ku sugnayn, isla markaana uu safar u jiray dalka Mareykanka, iyadoo aan la ogeyn illaa hadda sababta keenay in guriga xildhibaanka la galo. Sidoo kale, ciidamada ayaa la sheegay inay guriga xildhibaanka baarayeen muddo afar saacadood ah, iyagoo markii dambena si iskood ah uga baxay, mana jirin wax is-caabin ah oo ay la kulmeen. Qaar ka mid ah shaqaalaha guriga ayaa sheegay in ciidamadu ay burbur u geysteen qaybo ka mid ah alaabadii guriga taalllay oo qaarkood ahaa kuwo dibadda laga keenay. Dhanka kale, Dowladda Somalia ayaan weli ka hadlin sababta keentay in la baaro guriga xildhibaan ka tirsan barlamaanka oo la ogyahay inuu xasaanad leeyahay, isla markaana ay khalad tahay in guryahooda la galo amar la’aan. Ugu dambeyn, Xildhibaan Caddow Cali-gees ayaan ahay xildhibaankii ugu horreeyay oo gurigiisa ay galaan ciidammo ka tirsan kuwa NISA, iyadoo horay loo galay guriga Xildhibaan Cabdi Xasan Cawaale (Qaybdiid) oo aysan jirin wax war ah oo illaa hadda laga soo saaray sababtii loo galay. PUNTLAND POST The post Ciidamada Nabad-sugidda DF oo Galay Guriga mid ka mid ah Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Maamulka Gobolka Banaadir ayaa ku dhawaaqay in dhowaan la bilaabayo canshuurta guryaha, isla markaana guryaha degmooyinka ku yaalla la diiwaan gelinayo, si xuquuqda lagu lahaa ku bixiyaan. Guddoomiye kuxigeenka dhanka Maaliyadda ee Gobolka Banaadir Xuseen Maxamed Nuur ayaa sheegay in dakhliga lagu horumarinayo magaalada in laga soo saaro dadweynaha, isla markaana loogu fuliyo adeegyada ay u baahan yihiin. “Waxaa bilaabi doonaa dhowaan canshuurta guryaha, haddaan dakhli la abuurin, suurta gal ma noqonyo in dakhli aan anaga leenahay soo saarano, marka waa in aan anaga leenahay dakhliga aan soo saaranay oo aan aheyn midka aan dibadda ka soo tuugsanay”ayuu yiri Guddoomiye kuxigeenka Maaliyadda. Waxaa uu sheegay in dakhliga ay dib ugu celin doonaan dadka, si loogu fuliyo adeegyada sida waddooyinka burbursan iyo wax ka qabashada roobabka waddooyinka xiray Guddoomiye kuxigeenka Maaliyadda Xuseen Maxamed Nuur ayaa sheegay inay ka go’an tahay sidii shacabka guryahooda loogu geyn lahaa adeegyada aas aasiga, isla markaana degmo walba ay yeelato laamo bixin kara adeegyada. Ugu dambeyn, Maamulka Gobolka Banaadir ayaa muddooyinkii u dambeeyay ka hirgelinayay degmooyinka xarumo loogu adeeganayo bulshada, isla markaana degmo walba la geeyay adeegyadii ay xarunta dowladda hoose u tagi jariin. PUNTLAND POST The post Maamulka Gobolka Banaadir oo sheegay inay billabayaan canshuurtii Guryaha Muqdisho appeared first on Puntland Post.

Members of Bristol’s Somali community have said the anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) campaign “is based on assumptions, misinformation and intimidation” which “targets and profiles certain ethnic groups” in Bristol. Source: Hiiraan Online

There are not many people in the world who are able to change the name of a nation. But King Mswati can - he is one of the world's few absolute monarchs. Source: Hiiraan Online

Somalian agri-tech startup SAMS is the first platform in the country that connects farmers with buyers directly, increasing market reach for farmers and reducing transaction costs. Source: Hiiraan Online

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia's Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism is preparing to host a multi-stakeholder forum for the safety of media professionals. Source: Hiiraan Online

Russia is in talks with breakaway Somali region, Somaliland, to set up a naval base of at least 1500 men outside Zeila, a city near the border with Djibouti to offer support to warships and submarines patrolling the strategic stretch of coastline. Source: Hiiraan Online

What a great time to be yourself. It’s 2018, it’s the year of female empowerment, it’s the generation of uplifting other women. We are finally getting our voices heard, and it’s not just one certain woman, it’s all of us from different backgrounds, different walks of life – it’s a great time to be a girl.” So says Halima Aden, the diminutive but dazzling 20-year-old model, activist and humanitarian - and the first hijabi woman on the cover of British Vogue. Source: Hiiraan Online

Since the start of the so-called “War on Terror” the USA has carried out hundreds of lethal drone strikes in at least seven countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq and Syria). Source: Hiiraan Online

Members of law enforcement and Garden City’s Somali community expressed relief after three men were convicted Wednesday of conspiring to detonate a bomb at a local apartment complex where Somali immigrants live and worship. Source: Hiiraan Online

UNITED NATIONS, - The corruption within the UN is growing, with today's Inner City Press exclusive example being the UN Support Office on Somalia, while the UN censors and restricts the Press which reports on it. After getting the UN to belatedly confirm an investigation of UNSOS for sexual exploitation, today Inner City Press publishes photos from the recent UN Board of Auditors' audit of UNSOS cost overruns of over $50 million for rations delivery. Source: Hiiraan Online

‘Little Mogadishu,’ as Eastleigh is nicknamed, owing to the largely Somali population, is an interesting study of culture and business. Besides Somalis, there are Eritreans and Ethiopians in this neighbourhood that never sleeps. Source: Hiiraan Online

Anxiety has gripped supporters of Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi and his rival Ahmed Abdullahi as the Court of Appeal in Nairobi is to rule on an election petition. Source: Hiiraan Online

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Issack Hassan on Thursday moved to court seeking to have disciplinary proceedings against him before the Law Society of Kenya suspended. Source: Hiiraan Online

Washington (CNN) — ISIS and al Qaeda represent major threats and are growing in strength in West Africa according to the commander of US special operations in Africa, Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks. Source: Hiiraan Online

Columbus is considering new regulations that would force hookah lounges to close earlier and more clearly link their business practices to the city’s law prohibiting tobacco sales to people under the age of 21. Source: Hiiraan Online

As part of our effort to bring more unique stories of Africans and its Diaspora to the fore, we bring you the second instalment of the Business Spotlight series. Source: Hiiraan Online

Almost two decades ago, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked Lakhdar Brahimi, one of the most experienced diplomats to have ever served the U.N., to chair a commission to examine the peacekeeping disasters of the 1990s, from Bosnia to Somalia and Rwanda, to see if any lessons could be learned. His hard-hitting report guided my actions as head of U.N. peacekeeping from 2000 to 2008. And its recommendation to “tell the Security Council what it needs to know, not what it wants to hear” is as valid as ever — which is why we must acknowledge that peacekeeping today has changed dramatically since the Brahimi Report’s publication in 2000. Source: Hiiraan Online

Nairobi – The WHO on Thursday called for robust investments in Somalia’s fragile health care infrastructure as a means to accelerate the country’s reconstruction after two and a half decades of civil strife. Source: Hiiraan Online