By Ahmed Abdi Tigray-ruled Ethiopia declared a state of Emergency on Friday, according to State media, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). Ethiopia Prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned Thursday following Oromo protesters that blocked the main roads and business of the regional state of Oromia. The three-month state of emergency comes a time protesters have been waiting for a meaningful reform process. Over the last couple of years, Ethiopia has been suffering a major internal security crisis following anti-government protests in its Oromia and Amhara regions. Half a million people internally displaced following ethnic clashes and hundreds of people were killed by the government forces. Commentators say the early state emergency that lasted six months until October last year did not improve the security of the country and this will not make any sense.

Warbaahinta Dowladda Itoobiya ee EBC ayaa xili dhaweyd looga dhawaaqay in xaalad deg deg ah la galiyay dalkaas. Golaha wasiirada Itoobiya ayaa shir ay ilaa maanta lahaayeen ku dhawaaqay in dalka la galiyay xaalad deg deg ah oo seddex bilood ah, taas oo isla maantaba bilaabatay. Goluhu waxay sheegeen in xaaladan looga golleeyahay sidii loo ilaalin lahaa Dastuurka, nabad galyada iyo xasilloonida dalka Itoobiya, waxayna sidoo kale sheegeen in ay sidoo kale sababtay qalalaasihii qowmiyadaha qaar u dhaxeeyay ee dhacay, kuwaas oo sababay dhimashada dad rayid ah. Arintan ayaa timid markii Ra’iisul wasaaraha Itoobiya Hailemariam Desalegn uu shalay oo Jamce ahayd iska casilay xilkii Ra’iisul wasaarenimo iyo kii xisbiga talada haya ee EPRDF, Desalegn ayaa is-casilaadiisa ku macneeyay in ay qayb ka tahay hanaanka dib u habeynta siyaasadda dalka, si waddanku u helo degenaasho siyaasadeed iyo dimuqraadiyad. Degenaasho la’aanta siyaasadeed iyo rabshadaha ka socda Itoobiya oo socday tan iyo 2015-kii ayaa geystay dhimashada boqolaal ruux iyo barakaca kuwo kale. PUNTLAND POST The post Dalka Itoobiya oo la galiyay xaalad deg deg ah appeared first on Puntland Post.

Ganacsade Axmed seeraa oo kamid ah Ganacsatada waa wayn ee Puntland gaar ahaan Gobolka mudug, ahna mulkiilaha Hotel Al-Jasiira ee magaalada Galkacyo ayaa wado laami ah oo isku xiri doonta xaafada garsoor iyo jidka wayn ee dhaxmara magaalada Gaalkacyo halkaasi ka hirgaliyay. Ganacsadahan ayaa dhismaha wadadan ku bixiyay maalkiisa iyo muruqiisa,mana jirto dowllad iyo Hay,ad gaar ah oo ka taageeraysa Wadadan. Halkan Hoose ka Daawo .

Waxaa ugu danbeyn maanta oo Jamce ahayd lagu guuleystay in la gaaro dajinta hantidii saarnayd doontii Xafiis ee ku soo caariday 5-tii bishan February xeebta magaalada Boosaaso. Doontan oo loo sameeyay Dekad Macmal ah oo ay ka qeyb qaateen qeybaha kale duwan ee bulshada iyo maamulka Gobolka Bari ayaa lagu guuleystay in laga badbaadiyo dhamaan hantidii saarnayd. Guddoomiyaha Guddiga badbaadinta hantida saaarnayd doonta Shiikh Fu’aad Aflow oo maanta warbaahinta kula hadlay goobta lagu dajinayay hantida ayaa sheegay in ay u mahadcelinayaan cid kasta oo ka qeyb qaadatay badbaadinta hantidaas. Wasiirka Dekadaha Puntand Siciid Maxamed Raage oo isna goobta ka hadlay ayaa sheegay in isku tashigan uu tusaale u yahay in bulshada oo is taaga ay wax badan qabsan karaan. Puntland ayaa shalay ku dhawaaqday in gebi ahaanba Canshuurtii laga dhaafay hantida saaran doontan oo lagu qiyaasay 7 Malyan. PUNTLAND POST The post Badbaadinta hantidii saarnayd doontii Xafiis oo lagu guuleystay appeared first on Puntland Post.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister quit on Thursday, saying he wanted to smooth the route to further political reforms. The government is dominated by the EPRDF coalition led by ethnic Tigrayans. Hailemariam Desalegn’s unexpected resignation followed unrest in the Horn of Africa country initially sparked by opposition in the central Oromiya region to an urban development plan that ethnic Oromos said would encroach on their land. The anger broadened into wider public protests, while bouts of ethnic clashes have also taken place, displacing hundreds of thousands since September. Following are key facts about the main ethnic groups in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation and a racially diverse country that took its present form from territorial expansions of the 19th century: * Oromos – Oromos make up 34 percent of Ethiopia’s 100 million people but have not held power in its modern history. Analysts say the violence has triggered a resurgence of ethnic Oromo nationalism. Following recent unrest, much of it in the Oromia region, Ethiopia’s new premier is expected to hail from the province. * Amharas – Amharas were the traditional rulers under the era of Ethiopian monarchy that ended with the Soviet-backed overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. Ethiopia’s second largest ethnic group with at least 20 million people, the Amhara claim they are increasingly politically marginalized. The highest-ranking Amhara in the ruling coalition is Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen. Amharas hail from the northern and central highlands. * Tigrayans – Tigrayans account for just 6 percent of the population but have dominated politics and the security forces since Tigrayan rebels under Meles Zenawi toppled Marxist military leader Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. Tigrayan officials dismiss claims of unbridled control over the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), but acknowledge the necessity to widen the political space. Tigray is the northernmost of Ethiopia’s nine regions. * SNNPR – The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region, located in the southwest abutting Kenya and South Sudan, is home to more than 40 ethnic groups, including Hailemariam’s Wollayta. Defense Minister Siraj Fegesa is also from the SNNP. * Somalis – The dry and arid Somali region, also known as the Ogaden, occupies the eastern third of the country and is home to 6 million people. It has a history of separatist rebellion against Addis Ababa, fueled in large part by resentment at its low level of development. However, its recent leadership has been seen as closely linked to Hailemariam and Meles Zenawi before him. Reporting by Aaron Maasho; Editing by Ed Cropley and John Stonestreet Source: Reuters The post Factbox: Ethiopia’s main ethnic groups appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Magaalada kismaayo ee xarunta maamulka Jubaland ayaa kamid ah magaalooyinka sida aadka ah u samaynaya koboca, tan iyo wixii ka dambeeyay markii laga saaray kooxda nabad diidka ah ee Al-shabaab. Magaalada ayaa dhawaan waxaa ku soo biiray xaafado cusub oo uu dhagax dhigay Madaxweyne Axmed Maxamed Islaam Axmed Madoobe. kismaayo ayaa waxa ay kamid tahay magaalooyinka ugu Amniga fiican marka loo bar bar dhigo magaalooyinka kale ee dalka. Xeebta magaalada Kismaayo ayaa kamid noqtay meelaha ugu qurxdabadan xeebaha Soomaaliya ee loo dalxiistago ,waxaana maalmaha jimcaha udamaashaad taga dadweyne farabadan oo ka kala yimaada daafaha magaalada iyo qurba joogt soomaaliyeed ee dalka ku sugan. Hoo kadaawo Muuqaalka xeebta Kismaayo.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Sida ay baahisay Wakaaladda wararka Imaaraadka ee WAM, waxaa magaalada Muqdisho ku kulmay Ergayga gaarka ah ee QM u qaabilsan arrimaha Somalia Michael Keating iyo Safiirka Imaaraadka Carabta ee Somalia Maxamed Axmed Al-Othmani. Waxa uu kulanka ka dhacay Xarunta Safaarada Imaaraadka ee magaalada Muqdisho, waxa ayna labada mas’uul kawada hadleen Xiriirka Imaaraadka kala dhexeeya DFS, Is garabtaaga dowlada Somalia, Wanaajinta xiriirka Somalia iyo in dib loo hagaajiyo xiriirka QM iyo Imaaraadka. Waxa ay Michael Keating iyo Al-Othmani isla soo qaaden sidii loo kordhin lahaa shaqo abuurka loo sameynayo dhalalnyarada Soomaaliyeed, ammaanka dalka, xasiloonida, Horumarka, iyo sidoo kale xaaladda bini’aadanimo. Mr Michael Keating, ayaa ammaanay dadaalka dowlada Imaaraadka Carabta, taageerada joogtada ah ee Soomaaliya ee dhinacyada kala duwan iyo kaalinteeda ugu weyn ee horumarinta dalka. Sidoo kale, Safiirka Imaaraadka Carabta ee Somalia Maxamed Axmed Al-Othmani, ayaa ka mahadceliyay is araga Michael Keating isagoo muujiyay sida uu u xoojiyay xiriirka iskaashiga ah ee u dhaxeeya Safaaradda Imaaraadka iyo Xafiiska QM. Geesta kale, qoraalka wakaaladda ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay in Michael Keating iyo Al-Othmani ay kulankooda ku kala saxiixdeen qodobo dhowr ah oo ku xeeran xiriirka QM iyo Imaaraadka ee ku aadan hanaanka wada shaqeyneed. Caasimada Online Xafiisk Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com The post Muxuu ku qotomay kulanka khaaska ahaa ee Muqdisho ku dhexmaray Michael Keating & Al-Othmani appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Warar dheeraad ah ayaa waxa uu kasoo baxayaa weerar ay maleeshiyaadka al-Shabaab ku qaaden Iskuul ku yaala degaanka Garso ee dhaca Bariga Wajer. Maleeshiyada ayaa weerarka ku dishay Sadex Macalin oo ka soo Jeeda Gobolada Kale ee Kenya halka Mid ka Mid ah uu Dhaawac ka soo Gaaray weerar kaasi. Stephen Ng’etich oo ah Taliyaha Ciidamada Booliska ee ismaamulka Wajer ee Gobolka Waqooyi bari Kenya, ayaa sheegay in ciidamo badan ay u direen Goobta uu Falkaasi ka Dhacay. Stephen Ng’etich, ayaa tilmaamay inay suuragal tahay in gacanta lagu soo dhigo maleeshiyaadka geystay falkaasi isla markaana la horgeyn doono sharciga. Sidoo kale, Taliyaha Ciidamada Maamulka ee Loo Yaqaan Ap-da u Qaabilsan ismaamulka Wajer Mr Mohamed Sheikh ayaa dhankiisa ka sheegay in dableyda Weerarkaasi ka Danbeysay ay adeegsanayeen aaladaha kale ee qarxa. Sargaalkaan ayaa waxaa uu intaa raaciyay in gaari ay wateen ciidamada Booliska oo ka jawabayay weerarkaasi ay qarax miino lala beegsaday balse uusan Jirin askari ku waxyeeloobay isku daygaasi. Docda kale, weerarkaan lagu dilay Macalimiinta wax ka dhigta ismaamulka Wajer ayaa waxaa uu ku soo aadayaa saacado uun ka dib Markii Maalinimadii shalay laba askari oo ka tirsan ciidamada Milatariga Kenya Lagu dilay iska hor imaad kala shaki ku saleysnaa. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com The post Xogo dheeraad ah oo laga helaayo weerar ay Shabaabka ku laayen Macalimiin appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Isimada dhaqanka Puntland ee ka soo jeeda galbeedka gobolka Sanaag ayaa ka hadlay wadahadalo lasheegay in dalka Jabuuti uu uaga furmi doono dhawaan Dowlada fadaraalka Soomaaliya iyo Maamulka Soomaaliland, wadahadaladaasi oo uu garwadeen kayahay wakiilka gaarka ah ee Qaramada midoobay Michael Keating . Garaad Cabdilaahi Cali Ciid oo kamid ah Isimada shirkan jaraaid ku qabtay magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in mudo 27 sano Malayshiyaadka soomaaliland ay Hargaisa kaga soo duulayeen dhulka Puntland, oo ay udul qaadanayeen mudadaasi shacaka Puntland ,base maanta aysan ahayn wax laqabali kari in Dowllada Fadaraalka soomaaliya ay Jabuuti kula gor gortanto Muuse Biixi. Waxa uu sheegay Garaadka in Michael Keating ay ka dacweyn doonaan United Nationska. Hoos ka Daawo.

Isimada dhaqanka Puntland ee ka soo jeeda galbeedka gobolka Sanaag ayaa ka hadlay wadahadalo lasheegay in in dalka Jabuuti uu uaga furmi doono dhawaan Dowlada fadaraalka Soomaaliya iyo Maamulka Soomaaliland, wadahadaladaasi oo uu garwadeen kayahay wakiilka gaarka ah ee Qaramada midoobay Michael Keating . Garaad Cabdilaahi Cali Ciid oo kamid ah Isimada shirkan jaraaid ku qabtay magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in mudo 27 sano Malayshiyaadka soomaaliland ay Hargaisa kaga soo duulayeen dhulka Puntland, oo ay udul qaadanayeen mudadaasi shacaka Puntland ,base maanta aysan ahayn wax laqabali kari in Dowllada Fadaraalka soomaaliya ay Jabuuti kula gor gortanto Muuse Biixi. Waxa uu sheegay Garaadka in Michael Keating ay ka dacweyn doonaan United Nationska. Hoos ka Daawo.

Mudo sagaal cisho ah kadib waxaa maanta laga dajiyay rarkii saarnaa Doonidii Xafiid ee ku soo caariday xeebta magaalada Bosaaso, kadib iskutashi kayimid shacabka, Ganacsatada, iyo dowllada ,in kastoo sida lasheegay kaalinta dowllada ay aad u hoosaysay . Gudoomiyaha gudiga bad baadinta doonidan Sheekh Fu,aad xaaji ayaa sheegay in arintan ay ahayd iskuday lagu guulaystay ,isagoo umahadceliyay dhamaan shacabkii, ganacsatadii ,iyo Injineeradii ka qayb qaatay bad baadinta doonta. Wasiirka dekedaha iyo gaadiidka bada Puntland Siciid Maxamed Raagi ,Duqa degmada Bosaaso, iyo Gudoomiyaha Gobolka bari ayaa shacabka iyo ganacsatada uga mahadecliyay is kutashiga ay sameeyeen oo ay ku bad baadiyeen hantidii saarneed doonidan oo lagu qiyaasay in ay gaaraysay 9 milyan oo doolar . Hoos ka daawo.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister quit on Thursday, saying he wanted to smooth the route to further political reforms. The government is dominated by the EPRDF coalition led by ethnic Tigrayans. Source: Hiiraan Online

Under relentless popular pressure the Ethiopian Prime-Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, has been forced to resign, other members of the government are expected to follow. In his resignation speech he acknowledged that, ”unrest and a political crisis have led to the loss of lives and displacement of many,” Reuters reports. ‘Loss of lives’ of innocent Ethiopians at the hands of TPLF security personnel to be clear. “I see my resignation as vital in the bid to carry out reforms that would lead to sustainable peace and democracy.” This is a highly significant step in what may prove to be the total collapse of the ruling party. It has been brought about by the peaceful movement for democratic change that has swept across the country since late 2005. Protests began in Oromia triggered by an issue over land and political influence and spread throughout the country. A little over a month ago, former Prime-Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, announced that the government would release ‘some political prisoners’, in order, Al Jazeera reported, “to improve the national consensus and widen the democratic space.” Since then a relatively small number of falsely imprisoned people (some western media claim 6,000 but this is unconfirmed – nobody knows the exact number, probably hundreds, not thousands) have been released, including some high profile figures (Merera Gudina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, Journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage for example). Many of those set free are in extremely poor health due to the ill treatment and, in some cases, torture suffered in prison. Despite these positive moves and the ex-Prime-Minister’s liberal sounding rhetoric, the methodology of the ruling party has not fundamentally changed: the TPLF dominated government continues to trample on human rights and to kill, beat and arrest innocent Ethiopians as they exercise their right to public assembly and peaceful protest. The total number killed by regime forces since protests erupted in November 2015 is unclear: hundreds definitely (the government itself admits to 900 deaths), tens of thousands probably. A million people (Oromo/Somali groups) according to the United Nations have been displaced – due to government-engineered ethnic conflict – and are now in internal displacement camps (IDP’s) or are simply homeless. Tens of thousands have been falsely imprisoned without due process; their ‘crime’ to stand up to the ruling party, to dissent, to cry out for democracy, for freedom, for justice and an end to tyranny. All ‘political’ prisoners, including opposition party members (British citizen Andergachew Tsige e.g.), and journalists, should, as Amnesty International rightly states, “be freed immediately and unconditionally………as they did nothing wrong and should never have been arrested in the first place.” Not only should all political prisoners be released forthwith, but the laws utilized to arrest and imprison need to be dismantled, and the judicial system — currently nothing more that an arm of the TPLF – freed from political control. The primary weapons of suppression are the 2009 Anti-Terrorist Proclamation and The Charities and Societies Proclamation. Draconian legislation both, allowing the ruling party to detain anyone expressing political dissent in any form, to use torture and information elicited during torture to be used in evidence — all of which is illegal under the UN Convention against Torture, which the Ethiopian Government signed, and ratified in 1994. Unstoppable Movement for Change The release of a small number (relative to the total) of political prisoners and the resignation of the Prime Minister does not alter the approach of the government or their brutal method of governance. It is simply a cynical attempt by the TPLF to subdue the movement for change and to appease international voices demanding human rights be upheld. Arrests and killings by TPLF security personnel continue unabated. Reports are numerous, the situation on the ground changing daily, hourly: At the end of January, soldiers from the Agazi force arrested an estimated 500 people in northern Ethiopia reports independent broadcaster, ESAT News. In Woldia (also in the north), TPLF soldiers forced “detainees [to] walk on their knees over cobblestones. They [TPLF soldiers] have also reportedly beaten residents including children and pregnant women.” These arrests follow the killing of 13 people in the town; “several others were killed in Mersa, Kobo and Sirinka.” And the BBC Amharic service relates that six people were killed at the Hamaressa IDP camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) (according to UNOCHA Hamaressa IDP camp was home to over 4,000 people internally displaced by the Oromo-Somali disputes) in Eastern Ethiopia. The victims were protesting against the appalling conditions in the camp and demanding they be allowed to go back to their villages when they were shot. No matter how many people are killed, falsely imprisoned and beaten, the movement for lasting democratic change will not be put down. The principle target of protestors and activists is the dominant faction within the EPRDF coalition, the TPLF, or Woyane (relating to men from the Tigray region), as it is known. This small group took power in 1991 and has controlled all aspects of life in the country including the judiciary, the army, the media and the sole telecommunication supplier (enabling the regime to limit internet access and monitor usage) ever since. The issues driving the protests are broad, interconnected and fundamental; the fact that Ethiopia is a single party state in all but name; the wholesale abuse of human rights; the lack of freedoms of all kinds; the partisan distribution of employment, businesses, and aid; the regime’s dishonesty and corruption; state orchestrated violence false imprisonment and torture. The people will no longer live under the suffocating blanket of intimidation that has stifled them for the last 27 years, and are demanding fundamental change, calling on the government to step down and for ‘fair and open’ democratic elections. Until now the regime’s response has been crude and predictable; rooted in force, shrouded in arrogance and unwilling to respond to the demands of the people, the government consistently falls back on the only strategy it knows: violence and intimidation; as the people march in unison, the regime unleashes its uniformed thugs. But whereas in the past fear kept people silent, now they are filled with the Fire of Freedom and Justice; they may well be frightened, but in spite of the threats more and more people are acting, engaging in organized acts of civil disobedience (stay-at-home protests) and taking to the streets in demonstration against the regime. Gatherings of thousands of people, innocent men and women, young and old, who refuse any longer to cower to the bully enthroned in Addis Ababa. And with every protestor the regime kills, beats and imprisons the Light of Unity glows a little brighter the resolution of the people strengthens, social cohesion grows. The demand for change is of course not limited to Ethiopia; throughout the world large groups are coming together demanding freedom and social justice, cooperation and unity; the reactionary forces resist, but it is a global movement that, while it may be denied for a time, cannot be stopped. The TPLF is in chaos, their tyranny is coming to an end, they may cling on to power for a while yet, a few months, a year or two perhaps, but even if they remain in office their hold over the population is at an end. The Ethiopian people have a common foe, a unified cause, a shared purpose. The TPLF is the foe, the cause is their removal and the purpose is to bring lasting democratic change to Ethiopia, and no matter what the regime does, this time they will not be stopped. Graham Peebles

Fifty one measles patients have been on their sick beds in their homes in Yadagta area, 120 km north of Burao, Togdher region, where there are no health centres. The patients, including children and elderly receive traditional medication in their homes as the area has no health centres. Dr Muse Abukar Suudi, coordinator of Somaliland’s ministry of health in northern Sool region (now called Saraar region), told Radio Ergo they sent a team of medical staff to Yadagta, after the local administration reported an outbreak of measles to the ministry. The team found that 34 of the sick are children, who were not vaccinated during the last vaccination round that was carried out two years ago. The vaccinators did not reach out to the people in the rural areas. Some of the sick include adults and children from families that were recently displaced in the last six months, after the prolonged drought was unbearable in their previous locations. Mohamed Warsame Abdi’s children aged three and seven were infected with measles. This drought-hit father told Radio Ergo by phone that he could not afford the $30 he needed to take his children on the long journey to a hospital in Burao. He suspected measles when he noticed symptoms including rashes and fever. He said he had been taking the children out into the sun and covering them with blankets in the hope that they would get better, but it had not helped. However, they are now recovering after the ministry doctors attended to them. Since he migrated to Yadagta area six months ago, Mohamed said he had not seen any health teams coming to conduct vaccinations. His family used to own 90 goats, which all died in the drought. Dr Muse said the ministry was working to contain the outbreak of measles, which spreads easily through coughing and sneezing. They are also conducting awareness campaigns among people in the rural areas, where aid agencies do not reach. Amina Osman Harbi, a mother in Yadagta, said her two children caught measles around five days ago. She saw rashes, inflamed eyes, running nose and constant fever. Her neighbours lost two children aged three and four and she believes they could have died of measles. Amina explained that she was applying cooking oil and black seed oil to reduce the symptoms but their recovery was still slow. This mother of four said none of her children had been vaccinated against measles. She had never seen vaccination teams in the area. Radio Ergo

This part follows the previous parts involving major discrepancies of the union process and fallacies, legal loopholes and technical mistakes in the Act of Union. This is a close shave look at the origins of mistrusts, discontents and dissatisfactions of the people of Somaliland origin (politicians and public alike) after the speedy formation of the loose union. By Dr. Hussein Mohamed Nur As the two independent states united, the republic formed was run by civilian democratic administrations but in fragmented states with endemic corruption, tribal affiliations and nepotism. The people of Somaliland felt the heat as they were subjected to discrimination in the system and the regions of the North remained peripheral to any development. The administration was centralized in the capital, Mogadishu, as the center of politics, and the development concentrated in the south. Even students who finish their intermediate and secondary levels of education in the north and other parts had to go to Mogadishu in search of employment and further education and scholarship opportunities. This centralized domination was clearly evident among the people from the north as an essential ingredient breeding ground for dissatisfaction among the northerners and rise of an early dissent which initially started in low profile. It took not along for the people of Somaliland origin to practically observe the deception of the south in the process of union. Italian Somalia took advantage of Somaliland’s emotional fever of the north. The union marriage was prompt without conditions or safeguards and that led to the situation. Immediately after the unification, signs of public disaffection emerged. The situation was further complicated by an endemic corruption, a highly charged nepotism and tribal affiliations in endemic proportions in the country. Right at the outset, misunderstandings and frictions stemmed from the amalgamation process of the two states. In addition to the inequity in the power-sharing described earlier, a growing sense of marginalization of Somaliland evidently cropped up. The regions in the North were deliberately left out on the fringes of development under the successive civilian governments of the Republic. Those were a complex number of factors that contributed to form pull factors to the formation of northern opposition and formation of SNM about two decades later in 1981 (described in next parts). Those factors contributed to lay foundation for the emergence of initial signs of discontents. At the beginning of the union, two different economies, two different judicial, administrative, and educational systems, and two different official languages (English and Italian) formed difficult in operating the system of government. There was a complete lack of a plan for the unification and integration between the different systems of governance and civil and armed forces administrations. The foundation of the union was weak and trembling right from the start. There was a total lack of justice against Somaliland (politicians and people alike). There was an economic and development disparity between the regions of the north and rest of the country. Mogadishu and the South received the largest share of the development budget cake. In the first year of the union, the civil servants and military officers from the North (Somaliland) were the first who felt the direct discrimination in the government institutions. On various occasions, several ministers of Northern origin resigned from the first civilian government. They were discontented with the system of government which was muddling through corruption and favoritism with all posts in the hands of southerners as mention earlier. Tribalism was importantly an extreme obsession as it reached a stage whereby even some of the first civilian governments, without showing antipathy by the government and politicians, popularly became known as a government dominated by single clans at times. For example, the Government of the ‘Sa’ad’ clan ‘Governo saad’ was dominated by ‘Sa’ad’ clan, a main sub-lineage of the Mogadishu Clan clan. On other occasions, due to the ineffective government administration of the governments in power, governments were publicly called names like ‘Awaro’ which literally mean the ‘one-eyed’ government because of its oversight, negligence and overlooking of the development of specific regions mainly the Northern regions as Somaliland state was reduced to region being governed by a governor. Loyalty to clan affiliation was the main focus and strengthened and encouraged whilst meritocracy was amiss. The people from the north saw a yawning gap between their wholehearted wishes and their hopes and expectations from the union and initial signs of disappointment and symptoms of rejection were showing up. President Sharmarke left with Siyad Barre In addition, to the injustice in power-sharing the capital asset, commerce and trade potential in the north was undermined and relocated to the South. The manpower with administrative skills and management in the north were transferred to Mogadishu. The port of Berbera activities and port transactions were moved to be handled by the port of Mogadishu. Abdillahi Suldan Timacade, one of the popularly known poets in the North relayed the peoples’ concerns and feelings and directly to the President, Abdulrashid Ali Sharmarke, who was on a tour to Hargeisa at the time, indicating government’s negligence and deliberate marginalization of the north using classical poetic skills: “Midina waa dacwadayda (my point is a complaint) Maalintii dabku qiiqaye (The day the fore and smoke were kindled) Isticmaarkii isdiidnay (as disagreed with the colonialist) Nimankii danta sheegtayeen (were we not those who dared to declare their intention) Dariiqadooda ka leexane (and who did not abandon from the track) Dacwadooda dhamaystaye (Who made their goal successful – achieved independence) Dalka caawa aynu joogno (In this country we are in tonight) Dulligii isticmaarkiyo (who got rid of the evils of colonialism) Dahaadhkiiba ka siibaye (Who peeled exposed their wish for independence) Kaana daaqad ka saaraye (Who casted that out of the window) Dibadaanu ahayne (already we became an independent state) Dawlad soo gashay ma ihine (We are not a patch of train that you conquered) Danteenaa laba diiday (Our common aim was against two states) Dabuub aanu maqlaynay (but a heresy reached us) Dareen baan ka qabnaaye (and we have to express our feelings about it) Dugsigii baarlamaankiyo (The parliament warren and) Dakadii Xamarbaa leh (The port must be Hamar/Mogadishu) Berbera daadku ha qaado (Berbera to be swept away by the current) Dooni yaanay ku weecanoo (And no boat to has to stop here) Duqaydii baarlmaankaay (O’ you the parliamentarian elders!) Labadaa kala daayoo (those two cannot go together) Yaan loo daymo la’aan” (Beware of that)”. The same poet (Timaade), on another occasion, resented Somaliland’ political circumstances and described how independence was unreservedly lost and the way it was demeaned the Southern-dominated government: “Ayaantay Maandeeq dhashee, uunku filanaayey (The day Mandeeq gave birth, as the world was expected) Ubadkii oon dhadhamin bay u rareen, meel abaar badane (Even before the children tasted its milk it was moved, to a drought-striken lands) In loo sahamiyo bay ahayd, aad wax loo dayee (A fact finding scout should have been sent beforehand, so as to settle it properly) Abdidkii nimaan xoolo dhaqan, baan ku aaminayaye (to men who never managed stock, I trusted in them) Way iba-kuryowdoo dar-xumaa, ooddaa lo rogaye (She (the camel) has been neglected, in a closed pen by itself) Calankii Ilaahay baxsheen, ku istareexaynay (The flag that the Lord granted us, which we were pleased with) Afar cisho markuu jiray, ula abraareene (when it was only four days old, they took it away to distant lands) Aqoon badane Sheehk Yuusufbaa, aad u qoonsadaye (Sheilh Yussuf the knowledgeable scholar, had presented serious concerns) (The she-camel is the independent state of Somaliland) Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, the first Minister of Independent Somaliland state, sacrificed his premiership/first ministerial post for the sake of the formation of the union. Egal became Prime Minister of Somali Republic in 1967 until 21 October 1969 when his cabinet and the civilian government were toppled in a military coup led general Mohamed Said Barre on 21 October 1969. Egal was imprisoned by Siyad Barre for 12 years. The military revolution is discussed below and the union eventually ended up in disaster. That culminated in a brutal destruction of the society in Somaliland regions. In 1961 Abdillahi Suldan Timaade himself visited Mogadishu to evaluated the political situation in person. On his return to Somaliland, based on his practical experiences and observation, he composed the following lines: “Dawarsadaha qaawani kuwuu daasadda u madhiyay (For those whom the poor ordinary men made their properties empty for), Ee daaskeenii wixii yaallay lagu doortay (and all what was in our shop (own) we spent for his election), Dikhsi lama xisaabsanid haddaad dow ku kulantaane (You are no more than fly to them if you encounter them on a path). The clan tactics of the government was unashamedly in full swing right from the start of the early infancy of the union. Mogadishu did not pay respect to the people of the North and the sacrifice they made in lieu of their independence they brought to unite with Somalia. Another popular poet from Somaliland expressed this by saying: “ Ayaantaan dhashiyo maanta oon uurka ka ciroobay (The day I was born and today that I am an elder), Hashii aan intaa iyo intaa oon la dabajoogay (The she-camel that for so long I looked after in difficulties and thirst), Hashii aan aroorida cidlada ah kula ugaadhoobay (The she-camel that I stayed within the empty wilderness), ……………………………………………………… Namaydaan abaal marine waa na ambinaysaane” (You rewarded us not. You made us stray/lost) (Ahmed Ismail Deria ‘Qasim’) The injustices were clearly noticeable to the ordinary citizen as portrayed by the situation by the famous Somali poet, Qasim: “Waa kaa dareersaday Xamar Dayr cadkii dhalaye (Oh Look! The milking camel are herded by Xamar (the south), Dambi ku hadli maayee (I am not telling lies), Isma doorin gaalkaan diriyo daarta kii galaye (It is the same the colonialist I sent away and the one who replaced him), Dusha midabka Soomaalibaad dugulka moodaaye (physically he appears a Somali), Misna laguma diirsade qalbigu waa dirkii Karal e (But nevertheless, he is the same strain in heart as Carl), …………………………………………………………… Mar uumbuu daf soo odhan nabsigii diinku soo jiidayaye (One day the luck being pulled by the tortoise will be with us), Mar uumbay daruur caafimaad dooxa soo rogiye (One day a cloud of luck will rain and rivers will floods) (Ahmed Ismail Deria ‘Qasim’). As the government was fully immersed with corruption and nepotism, desperation among the people was evident. “Hadduunbaa sidii buul duqeed, daaha loo ragaye” as it (government administration) was like an abandoned elderly woman’s hut”, a Somali saying articulates. To be continued.

More than two weeks on from the fatal stabbing of a young man in his Wormwood Scrubs prison cell a large crowd gathered outside the Shepherd's Bush institution to protest. Source: Hiiraan Online

Before last year, an immigrant child could not apply for Canadian citizenship. Their legal guardian had to do it for them. Abdoul Abdi has been here since 2000, but his citizenship paperwork was never filled out by his parents. Source: Hiiraan Online

WASHINGTON — Somali government efforts to evacuate a large number of Somali migrants from Libya hit a snag after the delegation sent there was unable to persuade migrants to abandon the dangerous sea journey to Europe and instead return to Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition has accepted the resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn as Prime Minister of the country. He will, however, continue in the role till his successor is named. A statement from the Ethiopian Embassy in the United Kingdom said the Ethiopia Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was due to hold a Congress at which Desalegn’s successor will be named. “The EPRDF, at its next congress, will democratically elect a new chairperson to replace him in accordance with the Front’s rules and procedures. The House of Peoples’ Representatives of Ethiopia will subsequently approve this election and endorse his premiership,” the statement said. Desalegn’s was leader of the Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM), one of four parties in the EPRDF. He also stepped down from his position as its leader. He assumed the office of Prime Minister in 2012 after the death of then PM Meles Zenawi. “Unrest and a political crisis have led to the loss of lives and displacement of many,” Hailemariam said in a televised address to the nation. “I see my resignation as vital in the bid to carry out reforms that would lead to sustainable peace and democracy,” he said in a LIVE television address. His resignation follows lingering violence that pressured the government to release more than 6,000 of political prisoners since January. Most of the released prisoners, which included high level opposition figures and journalists, were detained for alleged involvement in the mass protests. The prime minister had pushed for even more releases, said a regional analyst familiar with Ethiopian politics. He asked not to be named in order not to jeopardise his relationship with the government. Source: – AfricaNews The post Ethiopia’s EPRDF accepts Desalegn’s resignation, new PM in the offing appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Admiral Harry Harris, who heads up the military’s enormous Pacific Command (PACOM), warned lawmakers they must be wary of Beijing’s investments in traditional assets as well as its development of a new wave of technologies such as hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence. WASHINGTON – China’s military might is growing at such a pace that it could soon rival American power “across almost every domain,” a top US military official said Wednesday. Admiral Harry Harris, who heads up the military’s enormous Pacific Command (PACOM), warned lawmakers they must be wary of Beijing’s investments in traditional assets as well as its development of a new wave of technologies such as hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence. “China’s impressive military buildup could soon challenge the United States across almost every domain,” Adm Harris told the House Armed Services Committee. “Key advancements include fielding significant improvements in missile systems, developing fifth-generation fighter aircraft capabilities, and growing the size and capability of the Chinese navy to include their first overseas base in the port of Djibouti.” He added: “If the US does not keep pace, PACOM will struggle to compete with the People’s Liberation Army on future battlefields.” Adm Harris, who has been nominated to become the next US ambassador to Australia, has led PACOM for more than two years. He also addressed politicians’ concerns about the threat of a missile strike from North Korea. The Pentagon can, as of now, block any missile coming from the regime of Kim Jong Un, he said, but warned America needs to adapt to the rapid advances in Pyongyang’s capabilities. “Given what we think the North Korean capability might be in terms of their missiles in three or four years…. I think we must continue to improve our missile defences,” he said. Adm Harris said he supported a study to consider whether America should install ground-based missile interceptors in Hawaii, augmenting the batteries already in place in Alaska and Hawaii. The admiral said Kim’s long-term goal is not merely to ensure the survival of his regime, but to control the entire Korean peninsula. “He is on a path to achieve what he feels is his natural place, where North Korea’s natural outcome is a unified Korean peninsula that’s subject to (Kim) and the communist regime,” Adm Harris said. Korea experts frequently say Kim’s motivations for building a nuclear deterrent are somewhat rational because he sees it as protecting his regime, even though his missile push has put him at risk of conflict with the United States. Source: AFP The post Top US admiral warns of China’s growing military might appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Mandera town that was once on her knees due to constant insecurity especially from terror attacks is now back to life. Source: Hiiraan Online

Before last year, an immigrant child could not apply for Canadian citizenship. Their legal guardian had to do it for them. Abdoul Abdi has been here since 2000, but his citizenship paperwork was never filled out by his parents. Since he was 7, that role has been filled by the Nova Scotia government. Source: Hiiraan Online

Another federal court raised doubts about the legality of President Donald Trump’s most recent attempt to restrict travel to America from six mostly Muslim countries. The U.S. appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, said Thursday that Trump’s edict was probably unconstitutional in a ruling it immediately put on hold pending Supreme Court review. The high court has already agreed to consider the administration’s appeal of a related ruling by a San Francisco-based court, and in December allowed the travel ban to take full effect. Trump has tried three times to enact travel restrictions. His current version bars or limits entry by people from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, and also blocks people from North Korea and a handful of Venezuelan government officials, though those aspects of the policy aren’t at issue in the cases. Thirteen judges heard the Richmond case led by two refugee resettlement groups on Dec. 8. Nine of them agreed that the plaintiffs were likely to prevail on their claim that the ban disfavors Muslims, violating religious protections in the U.S. Constitution. “Nothing is more important to the president and the attorney general than the safety and security of all Americans,” Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said, adding that the ruling “does not alter the status quo.” Eight Opinions Chief Judge Roger Gregory, provisionally appointed to the bench by Democrat Bill Clinton and then permanently by Republican George W. Bush, wrote the controlling opinion, one of eight the judges issued. He noted that Trump’s prior bans faltered because remarks by the president and his surrogates betrayed an animus towards Muslim, and said the present ban would fare no better. “President Trump continued to disparage Muslims and the Islamic faith” even after the Richmond court’s May ruling striking down the second ban, Gregory said. Gregory cited Trump’s Aug. 17, 2017, tweet recounting an apocryphal story about U.S. General John Pershing killing Filipino Muslims with bullets dipped in pigs’ blood as a warning to others of that faith. He recognized differences between Trump’s Sept. 24 order and its predecessors — notably the addition of Venezuela and North Korea — but said a reasonable observer “could hardly ‘swallow the claim’” that their addition was anything more than an attempt to cast off the unmistakable objective of the prior orders. Four judges dissented, calling the decision “demonstrably wrong in virtually every material respect.” The ruling enables a court to strike down any executive action with which it disagrees, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Paul Niemeyer wrote. “It need only find one statement that contradicts the official reasons given for the subsequent executive action and thereby pronounce that the official reasons were a pretext.” Cecillia Wang, the deputy legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the group “will continue this litigation until the Muslim ban is ended once and for all.” The case is International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, 17-2231, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (Richmond). Source: – Bloomberg The post Trump Loses Again on Travel Ban in Ruling by Second Appeals Panel appeared first on Caasimada Online.

MOGADISHU, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Ahmed Nur moves through the Somali capital of Mogadishu with a bodyguard of six men, a pistol in the waistband of his baggy trousers. He speaks of his work in whispers; seven of his colleagues have been killed in the last three years. But Nur is no intelligence operative. He’s a tax collector. Source: Hiiraan Online

WAJIR, Kenya, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Suspected Al-Shabaab militants killed three Kenyan teachers and injured one other in an attack Friday on a school in the country's northeastern county of Wajir, officials said. Source: Hiiraan Online