Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Ra’isul wasaaraha Xukuumadda Somalia Khayre ayaa ciidamada Booliska Soomaaliyeed ku amaanay inay la dhaqankooda Bulshada. Kheyre ayaa sheegay inuu kawar qabo dhammaan ciidamada iyo hababka ay ula dhaqmaan dadka shacabka ah, waxa uuna cod dheer ku sheegay in amaan gaara uu u jeedinaayo ciidamada Booliska. Waxa uu Kheyre tilmaamay in habdhaqanka ciidamada Booliska uu waxbadan ka wareystay dad shacab ah, hase ahaatee ay aad u amaaneen qaabka ay ula dhaqmaan, sida uu sheegay. Kheyre waxa uu sidoo kale ciidamada harsan ee ka tirsan Booliska ugu baaqay inay ku daydaan kuwa wanaagsan ee ilaaliya dadka shacabka ah, waxa uuna cadeeyay in la dhaqanka shacabka ay tusaale u noqon karto howsha uu askariga u hayo shacabka. Wuxuu sheegay dalkan inuu baabi’iyay qabyaalad iyo dad wata dano gaar ah, si looga xoroobana ay tahay in Ciidamada ay ka fogaadaan cadaalad darada, nin jecleysi iyo musuq maasuq. Sidoo kale, Kheyre ayaa dadka shacabka ah ku baraarujiyay inay soo dhaweystaan ciidamada oo uu sheegay inay u taagan yihiin difaacooda. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Kheyre ayaa hadalkaan sheegay xilli uu ka qayb galay munaasabad loo sameeyay dufcad ka mid ah ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliyeed oo dhameysatay tababar. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com The post RW Kheyre oo hal arrin ku amaanay ciidamada Booliska Soomaaliyeed appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Cranbury, N.J. – Jan 3, 2017 – The recently completed presidential election in Somaliland was the world’s first to use iris recognition to create a voter registration list and remove duplicate names from the rolls. The iris-based biometric technology, from Iris ID, helped ensure a free and fair election, so important for the autonomous state to gain the international recognition it seeks. A 60-member team of international observers, representing 27 countries, certified the November election as free and fair – a change from previous elections in which duplicate registrations led to questions about the legitimacy of the results. Somaliland, located on the Horn of Africa, declared its independence from Somalia in 1991. “In a world-first, these elections employed pioneering iris-recognition technology to register and identify voters, which is a testament to Somaliland’s commitment to its resources in democratic institutions and the rule of law,” said the new president, Muse Bihi Abdi, in a column for the Financial Times. Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission reported an 80 percent turnout for the election. The NEC spent several years preparing for the vote, including the process of choosing a biometric technology to register citizens. Commission members wanted a system capable of noting those registering more than once. Both fingerprint facial recognition systems failed to recognize many duplicate registrations in the program’s early stages. At the recommendation of international election consultants, the commission tried an iris-based system. In a trial project, the Iris ID technology was able to accurately recognize all 457 instances of duplicates seeded into a base of 1,062 registrations. Experts estimate as many as 30,000 duplicates were identified during the countrywide registration. De-duplication was possible using Iris ID software which compared the high-quality biometric data from the iris scans. Enrollment speed also worked in Iris ID’s favor. Roy Dalle Vedove, a prominent international elections specialist and NEC consultant, said the iris-based system was not only more accurate than fingerprint technology, but also cut the time needed to register a voter in half. “The fingerprint technology slowed the process, resulting in long lines of people wanting to resister,” he said. “As a result, registration officials were inclined to circumvent controls to speed the process.” After selecting the Iris ID technology, the NEC and purchased 350 portable registration kits consisting of a laptop computer, handheld iris scanner, webcam for facial photos, a flash and tripod. Registration stations were set up across the country – many in remote rural areas. Once approved, citizens received a temporary certificate until their national voter card was processed. Somaliland is now set to become a regional powerhouse in the production and deployment of the technological know-how that underpins electronic voting, wrote Calestous Juma in South Africa’s Mail & Guardiannewspaper. Juma is a professor of the Practice of International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. “Somaliland’s application in improving governance is the tip of the iceberg,” he wrote. “It creates exciting possibilities for the continent to provide leadership in other areas of technological advancement.” Mohammed Murad, vice president global sales and business development for Iris ID, said he expects the success in Somaliland to spur the use of iris-based voter registration system in other countries. “The Iris ID system provided Somaliland with the most sophisticated voter registration system in Africa – really anywhere in the world,” he said. About Iris ID Systems Inc. Iris ID Systems Inc. has pioneered iris recognition research, development and production since 1997. IrisAccess®, now in its sixth generation, authenticates the identities of millions of people in thousands of locations on six continents. More organizations rely on IrisAccess identity authentication than all other iris recognition products combined. Iris ID’s expertise and Advanced Identity Authentication helps add security, convenience, privacy and productivity to any enterprise operation. For more information, www.irisid.com. # # # Company Mohammed Murad Contact: Vice President, Global Business Development and Sales 609-819-4747 murad@irisid.com Media Jon Daum Contact: Daum Weigle Inc. 858-538-9755 jdaum@daumweigle.com

The Trump ally and notorious dirty trickster has a new, interesting, and somewhat dark influence-peddling assignment. Veteran Republican operative and self-described “ratfucker” Roger Stone is advocating for military operations, including drone strikes, in Somalia on behalf of his first lobbying client in 17 years. Stone recently disclosed that he had done lobbying work for a Buffalo-area company that acts as a middleman for the sale of African livestock to clients around the world. In his disclosure form, he formally said that he is pressing for “commodity rights and security” in Somalia and working on issues related to economic policy and commodity trading. But in text messages with The Daily Beast, Stone suggested that his work for the company—investment firm Capstone Financial Group—has focused on U.S. military and foreign policy as well. The goal, he said, is to achieve a more stable security situation in Somalia that will allow his client to more freely conduct business in that country. And that, he said, calls for an aggressive U.S. military posture. “Capstone interests are in stability. Their business interests in the county can not be realized [if] the country is war torn,” Stone said. “The Al Queda off-shoot [sic] Al Shabaab is quite violent and deadly. The topography of Somalia unlike Afghanistan lends itself to a successful drone based US campaign against the insurgency.” Despite a rich history in electoral politics and the influence industry, Stone hasn’t registered to lobby the federal government since 2000 when he represented the company of his longtime confidante and future president, one Donald Trump. Stone’s work for Capstone began in May 2017, as the Trump administration stepped up U.S military operations in Somalia, including a major escalation in drone strikes against insurgent groups in the country. The number of U.S. troops in Somalia has more than doubled to over 500 since Trump took office. Initial reports on Stone’s registration suggested that he may have flouted the legal timeline for disclosure of lobbying activity. But Stone insists that he disclosed that activity in a timely manner as required. He’s worked with Capstone since May, Stone told The Daily Beast. But, he added, reportable lobbying activity only began in November. That lobbying itself was sparse, Stone said. It consisted only of “casual conversation on two occasions with a single member of Congress about the status of the insurgency and the security of Somalia.” Stone declined to specify which member of Congress with whom he spoke. But the offices of Reps. Chris Collins (R-NY) and Brian Higgins (D-NY), who represent the area of Buffalo/Western New York where Capstone is based, both denied that they had been lobbied by Stone. Capstone and its chief executive, a prominent investor and Hillary Clinton donor named Darin Pastor, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. But the firm’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission suggest that it has significant business interests in Somalia. In late 2016, it inked multiple deals with unidentified suppliers to sell sheep and cattle to customers in countries including the gulf nation of Oman. Though it redacted the names of its suppliers, the filings mentioned they were based in Africa, and one in particular suggested a Somali seller by alluding to the drought that ravaged the country from 2015 until last year. “Investors should be aware that the opportunities we are pursuing in the livestock trading and minerals industries tend to be exceptionally high-risk,” the company said in a filing in late 2016. Capstone seems to be an obscure client for an operative with Stone’s high profile. But the company also has interesting geographic ties. Somalia’s current president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, lived in the Buffalo area, and worked for New York state government, before returning to his native country to run for the office he now occupies. The Somali government’s official U.S. lobbying firm, Park Strategies, also maintains a Buffalo office. That firm linked up with Mohamed by way of Joel Giambra, a Park Strategies VP and former Erie County executive who on Wednesday announced a New York gubernatorial run. Giambra and Mohamed became good friends while the latter worked in New York’s department of transportation, according to John Zagame, another Park Strategies VP who works on the Somalia account. Zagame said he wasn’t familiar with Stone’s work on the issue, but welcomes all efforts to improve the security situation in Somalia. “You’d like to see Somalia stabilized enough to receive some foreign investment,” Zagame told The Daily Beast. “They are resource rich, but what company is going to go into a situation where your people aren’t safe?” Lasting security there, Zagame noted, will require the training of Somali forces more than the drone strike campaigns to which Stone alluded. But any help in bringing Somali security issues to the attention of U.S. policymakers is welcome. “I don’t know what Roger Stone is doing,” Zagame said. “Whatever he’s doing, if it can help, more power to him.” Daily Beast

By Ahmed Abdi Jigjiga -As Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn says that his government will release political prisoners and close Maekelawi camp he did not mention “Jail Ogaden” in the occupied-Somali territory of Ogaden. The Notorious prison known as “Jail Ogaden”, about 80 kilometers East of the city of Harar has been the worse detention camp of the Somali region. The Prison, which is home to several thousand men and women inmates including political prisoners that live in unbearable living conditions and systemically starved and brutally beaten on an hourly basis deserved to be closed as well. Somalis in Ogaden has never been addressed their grievances and instead treated as aliens by the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) dominated Government of Ethiopia. On Thursday, More than 35 protesters reportedly arrested in the district town of Ararso in the province of Degehabur. The officials of the Ogaden Regional Government feel that the protests were fuelled by Jidwaq clan activists—one of the largest Somali clans in the Ogaden Regional State —in the U.S. When TPLF took over the central government in 1991 it formed Federalism and new charter in which the people in the Somali territory applied to article 39 of the Ethiopian Constitution, which defines the right of ethnocultural communities to self-determination, including the right to establish a regional state or independent state. In 1994, Ogaden Parliament held their first vote for independence, where 84% of voters said they wanted ‘Ogadenia’ to be an independent state. Since then, Ogaden relations with the TPLF-EPRDF soured. Ogaden was part of Greater Somalia until the English annexed to Ethiopia on November 29, 1954. Since then the people of the Somali territory waged an armed struggle against its illegal occupation. The Ethiopian government failed to crush Ogaden rebellion militarily since 1994 yet unwilling to end the Ogaden conflict politically.

Wealth is power. And wealth is what all people like to have. It is what all people need today and will need tomorrow. There is no human who is not wealth-oriented, big or small; it all counts. Wealth and power are the motivators of almost all people. The combination of wealth and power is what gets people started, and when people start to make a move, things change for better or worse. There is a wealth that all people in this country deserve to share, a prosperity that neither law nor authority can deprive of any citizen. The prosperity that Somaliland people share is probably the balance of power. It is where, if intentionally denied, conflict of interest and clashes of ideas begin. It is what can pull Somaliland togather and what can basically pull it apart. Government positions represent as national resources allocation points. They are the pipeline that quenches the demands, requirements and needs of all people. They are the shelter that gives its shade to everybody, rich or poor. Government political posts are the pivotal places where all people not only take refuge when there is adversity, but where to pledge whenever a feel for inquality arises. Power sharing is meant to restore balance of power among Somaliland tribes in order to prevent any one entity from becoming too strong and, thus gaining the ability to enforce its will upon the rest. The distribution of power in Somaliland is not based on the existing political party lines. Nor it is based on rainbow-coalition affiliations. It is based on tribal lines. For Somaliland is built on tribal bases. Its politics is tribal and not ideology-based platform. Somaliland political parties are neither republicans nor democrats. This is the reality on the ground, on the picture that comes upfront, on all the scenes behind the curtains. We may have different ideas and different motives but not different realities in Somaliland. For this reason, no tribe is ready to lose its share in government positions, be they public or political. This is the common aspect of political tribal realism, where self-preservation is a primary guiding principle. No one, regardless of who one is, what position he holds, and which clan he hails from, can be blind to it at any rate. That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between fair and unfair in this mixed-up world — in this coalition-led Somaliland current afministration — one block blessed and the other cursed — with instant communication? Should we fight fire with fire, threats with threats? Solutions, which fit in that frame, are likely to come if Colonel Muse Biixi and Colonel Mohamed Kahin should not take immediate review on how they have structured their administration. The government they formed, is one that is loaded from one side, a government whose largest fruits and shared prosperity sound to be planned to go to the “Rainbow coalition.” The central point behind this is that certain clans, especially those that united in the rainbow coalition, must always have the largest privileges and benefits of all Somaliland national resources and all others play the marbles. The fact that the most powerful and beneficial ministeries went to the rainbow coalition affiliations explains the clarity to undermine the common interests. It shows that the collusion of Garadag and the gospel of Burco meeting are still underway and effectively working as planned. We all from East and South Hargeisa communities see a series of unjust and unfair moves in this current administration. The bitter move is that Muse Biixi did not give our stake in his administration. This cannot be right and cannot be acceptable. We therefore demand our stake in the government from Muse Biixi. What we demand is what is rightfully ours. By: Jama Falaag jamafalaag@gmail.com Hargeisa, Somaliland

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Ciidamada amaanka maamulka Jubbaland ayaa qaabilay Sarkaal ka tirsan maleeshiyaadka al-Shabaab, kaa oo isku dhiibay ciidamada maamulka ee ka howlgala Degmadda Doolow ee Gobolka Gedo. Sarkaalkan ayaa waxaa gacanta ku haya Saraakiisha ciidamada Doolow, waxaana lasoo sheegayaa inuu kasoo goostay al-Shabaab. Sarkaalkan ayaa waxaa iminka laga xog wareysanayaa ku jiritaankiisa Shabaab iyo asbaabaha keenay inuu kasoo goosto xiligaan kala guurka ah. Sarkaalkan ayaa waxaa lagu magacaabaa Aadan Ibraahim, waxaana uu kamid ahaa Saraakiisha al-Shabaab u qaabilsan dhanka Howlgalada iyo uruurinta lacagta Shabaab ay u yaqaanaan Zakawaadka. Aadan Ibraahim, waxa uu is dhiibitaankiisa ku sheegay in al-Shabaab hadda dhexdooda uu ka jiro kala shaki aad u weyn, sidoo kalena uu kala kulmay dhibaatooyin fara badan. Aadan Ibraahim ayaa sawirro laga soo qaaday waxaa ka muuqday Diif iyo Daal fara badan, waxaana loo maleynayaa inuu soo galay safar dheer, sidoo kale wuxuu watay Darees Ciidan iyo Qori AK-47 ah. The post Jubbaland oo soo bandhigtay Sarkaal howl muhiim u hayay Shabaab oo isa soo dhiibay+Sawir appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Madaxweynaha Faransiiska Emmanuel Macron ayaa uga digay wadamada Maraykanka, Israel iyo Sacuudi Carabiya inay ka fiirsadaan hadalada colaada kicin kara ee ku aadan xaalada kacsan ee Iran, isaga oo ugu baaqay in ay joojiyaan ereyadooda, nacaybka taas oo uu sheegay, inay horseedi karto “dagaal”. “Dhaqanka ay wadaan Maraykanka, Israel iyo Sacuudi Carabiya, kuwaas oo aan xiriir dhow la leenahay ayaa waxay nagu horseedi karaan dagaal,”ayuu u sheegay saxaafada Emmanuel Macron Arbacadii. Madaxweynihii Faransiiska ayaa ka digay in dalalka qaarkood, siyaasada colaadeed ay tahay mid “istaraatiijiyad toos ah.” Macron ayaa hoosta ka xariiqay baahida loo qabo in la sii wado “xiriir joogto ah” oo lala yeesho Iran iyada oo la raadinayo wadiiqo “lagu kordhin karo cadaadiska caalamiga ah” ee Jamhuuriyadda Islaamiga ah. Macron ayaa sidoo kale ka digay in Mareykanka iyo xulafadiisu ay halis ugu jiraan in ay ku lug yeeshaan “khilaafka ba’an ee xad-dhaafka ah” iyaga oo u adeegsanaya siyaasadahooda colaada ee ka dhanka ah Iran. Toddobaadkii hore, tiro dibad-baxyo nabad ah ayaa ka bilowday meelo badan oo dalka Iran, iyada oo ay ka qaybgalayaashu ugu baaqayaan mas’uuliyiinta in ay wax ka qabtaan arrimaha dhaqaalaha. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com The post Faransiiska oo digniin culus u kala diray Seddex dowladood oo colaad hurinaaya appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Warbixinno badan ayaa laga qoray maamulka Trump iyo qaabka uu u maareeyo la-dagaalanka waxa loogu yeero argigixisada. Mareykanka waxaa jirto illaa 4 dal oo ciidamo dhulka aaney ka joogin balse uu si joogta ah u duqeeyo sida Libya, Pakistan, Somalia iyo Yemen. Weeraradaasi xilligii Obama waxaa ay koobnaayeen, oo inta badan waxaa ay Mareykanka taageeri jireen maamullada halkaasi ka jira, Laakin Trump waxaa uu bilaabay daba-maryo. Sanadkii tagay keliya Mareykanka waxaa uu Yemen ka geystay 120 duqeymo ah, Soomaaliya 35, 8 dalka Pakistaan iyo 12 oo Libya ah. Hadaba, Mareykanka waxaa uu ku andacoodaa in uu wax ka badan ka qabtay faafitaanka kooxaha Al-Qaa’id iyo Daacish, lamana qiimeyn karo hadlakaasi run iyo been. Goobjoog News Source

Dalka Suudaan ayaa Khamiistii dib ugu yeeray safiirka dalkaasi u fadhiyo Masar iyada oo aan la shaacin sababta iyo inta uu Khartoum sii joogi-doono. Qoraal soo baxay waxaa ku qornaa“ Safaaradda Masar ee Khartoum waxaa 4 January loo geeyay warqad lagu sheegayo in dib loogu yeerayo safiirka Suudaan ee Qaahira si loola tashto, Masar waxaa ay iyada qiimeyn ku wadaa xaaladda si ay jawaab uga bixiso” Xiriirka Masar iyo Suudaan waxaa uu xumaaday markii uu madaxweynaha Suudaan Cumar Al-bashir uu sheegay in Masar taageerto kooxaha xukuumadiisa ka soo horjeeda ee Darfur. Waxaa kale uu xiriirka sii xumaaday markii uu bishii hore Jaziirad dalkaasi ah ka kireeyay dalka Turkiga oo Masaariga loolan kala dhaxeeyo. Goobjoog News Source

Another submarine telecommunications system may soon connect South Africa and countries along Africa’s eastern shoreline to the rest of the world. Source: Hiiraan Online

Following coordination with the United Arab Emirates, Egyptian forces arrived in Eritrea today, Al Sharq has reported. The forces are armed with modern technology and heavy armoured vehicles. Source: Hiiraan Online

The State Department has added three commanders from al Qaeda’s branches in Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorists. Source: Hiiraan Online

Veteran Republican operative and self-described “ratfucker” Roger Stone is advocating for military operations, including drone strikes, in Somalia on behalf of his first lobbying client in 17 years. Source: Hiiraan Online

Defence attorneys for men accused of plotting to bomb an apartment building filled with Somali refugees have requested more Trump voters in the jury pool. Source: Hiiraan Online

Waaxda Arrimaha Debadda Maraykanka ee The State Department,ayaa liiska argagixisada Caalamiga ah ee sida gaarka ah loo raadinayo ku dartay saddex kamid ah Saraakiisha sare Al-Qaacida ee ku kala sugan dalalka Yemen,Soomaaliya iyo Waqooyiga Afrika. Saddexdan Sarkaal oo magacyadooda lagu sheegay;Wanas al-Faqih,Muhammad Al Ghazali,iyo Abukar Ali Adan ayaa lagu tilmaamay rag halis ah oo khatar gelin kara Amniga Qaranka Maraykanka. Qoraalkan Caawo ka soo baxay Waaxda Arrimaha Debadda Maraykanka ayaa lagu sheegay in Abukar Ali Adan uu yahay ku xigeenka Hoggaamiyaha Al-shabaab ee Soomaaliya,inkastoo aan faahfaahin laga bixin. Laakiin waxaa la aaminsanyahay in uu yahay xiddig ka dhex muuqda saraakiisha sare ee Al-shabaab. Horraantii Sannadkii 2010,Warbixin ay daabacday Reuters oo laga diyaariyey Xagjiriinta Al-shabaab ayaa lagu xusay magaca Abukar Ali Adan,isagoo xilligaas lagu sheegay Amiirka Al-shabaab ee Xuduudka Soomaaliya iyo Kenya.Bishii May ee isla sannadkaas ayaa haddana la ogaaday in uu Al-shabaab Amiir uga ahaa magaalada Kismaayo markaas ay haysteen. Sannadkii 2012 ayaa markale Sirdoonka Reer Galbeedka laga soo xigtay in Abukar uu yahay Amiirka Al-shabaab ee gobollada jubbooyinka oo ay xilligaas ku xoogganaayen Xagjiriinta Al-shabaab. Sannadkii 2014 ayaa Abukar ku biiray hoggaamiyaasha sare ee Al-shabaab,sida ku xusan warbixin ay qortay International Crisis Group oo ah koox ka faalloota Xasaradaha Caalamiga ah,waxaana xilkiisa lagu sheegay Taliyaha guud ee Ciidamada Al-shabaab. PUNTLAND POST The post Dowladda Maraykanka oo liis Cusub ku dartay Ku xigeenka Amiirka Al-shabaab iyo Saraakiil kale. appeared first on Puntland Post.

MOGADISHU Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire fired three key ministers on Thursday after weeks of political conflict with opposition and clan leaders. Foreign Minister Yusuf Garad Omar, Trade Minister Khadra Ahmed Duale and Interior Minister Abdi Farah Said were all sent packing. No reason was given for the reshuffle, but it came amid criticism that the government had failed to consult clan elders on their decisions. They were replaced with men from their respective clans. Ahmed Ise Awad was named as new Foreign Minister, Abdi Mohamed Sabriye as the Interior Minster and Mohamed Abdi Hayr was appointed to head the Trade docket. The government faces regular attacks from Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab militants. The Al-Shabaab has been fighting to overthrow successive internationally backed governments since 2007, and frequently deploys car and truck bombs. In October, both the defence minister and army chief resigned and were replaced. The police and intelligence chiefs, sacked in October after the country’s deadliest attack killed 512 people, have yet to be replaced.

Sarkaal ka tirsan Al-shabaab ayaa isu-soo dhiibay Ciidamada Amniga Jubaland ee ku sugan degmada Dooloow ee gobolka Gedo,sida ay qortay Wakaaladda Wararka Soomaaliya ee SONNA. Wakaaladda ayaa sheegtay in sarkaalka oo lagu magacaabo Aadan Ibraahim uu Al-shabaab u qaabilsanaa dhanka Hawlgallada iyo Uruurinta lacagaha laga qaado Shacabka. Sarkaalkaan ayaa sheegay in Al-shabaab uu haatan kala shaki galay oo ay dhexdooda is-dilayaan,islamarkaana ay dhibaato ku hayaan dhalinyarada daacadda u ah,sida ku xusan warbixinta ay SONNA daabacday. Dhinaca kale Taliyaha Ciidanka Nabad sugidda Degmada Dooloow oo Warbaahinta la hadlay ayaa sheegay in ay soo dhoweynayan kuwa ka tirsan Al-shabaab” ee ka faa’iideysanaya Cafiska Madaxweynaha”. PUNTLANDPOST The post Sarkaal ka tirsan Al-shabaab oo isu-soo dhiibay Jubaland. appeared first on Puntland Post.

Fanaaniinta Puntland ugu caansan ee Kooxda Mahuraan Band ayaa sheegay ineysan ka tumayn Xaflada Madaxweyne Gaas ee 8 Janaayo ka dhici doonta Madaxtooyada Puntland ee Garowe. Qoraal kooban ayay Kooxda sheegeen ineyka xun yihiin in Kooxda aysan qayb ka ahaan doonin Xafladaas sidaas darteed ay ka raali galinayaan Shacabka Puntland. Maxamed Dhaafe Cali oo kamid ah Kooxda ayaa sheegey in Gudiga Uu Madaxweynuhu u xilsaaray qaban qaabadavXaflada ay si ula kac ah ugu diideen Kooxda iney ka tunto Xaflada. Mid kamid ah Abwaanada Puntland oo Puntlandi wax ka waydiiyey arintaan ayaa yiri ” Arintaan ayaa dhabar jab waxay ku tahay fanka Puntland iyo horumarintiisa, in laga tago Kooxaha fanka Puntland oo badalkooda Dad kale laga keensado Dibada waa folk xumo”. Abwaanku wuxuu amaaney Kooxda Mahuraan Band, Hoos ka daalaco Qoraal kooban oo Kooxda ay soo dhigeen Bogooda Facebook-Ga.

Somali prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire on Thursday fired three ministers, bringing the total number of sacked Ministers in his government to four since they came to power last year. Information Minister, Abdirahman Omar Osman announced the sacking on Somalia’s state-owned television said ministers for Foreign Affairs, Interior and Trade were relieved of their duties. According to Omar, the prime minister appointed three new individuals to hold three ministerial dockets with an immediate effect. Trade and industry minister, Khadka Ahmed Duale is replaced by Mohamed Abdi Hayir who headed Information in the previous government led by Omar Abdirashid. Somalia’s current ambassador to the United States, Ahmed Isse Awad will be the country’s new foreign minister after predecessor, Yussuf Garad was sacked in the announcement. Abdi Mohamed Sabriye, a veteran businessman is appointed to be new Interior minister as his predecessor, Abdi Farah Juha who was sacked. Last year, the defence minister and military chief were sacked and replaced. The shuffle comes at a time of heightened tensions between the Somali government and several MP’s and senators. The post BREAKING: Somali PM sacks three ministers appeared first on Caasimada Online.

Ulrich Wegener, German 'hero of Mogadishu,' dies aged 88. Wegener was the mastermind behind the creation of Germany's elite anti-terror unit GSG-9. He became a household name in West Germany after his leadership during a celebrated 1977 rescue operation. Source: Hiiraan Online

Fearing for its water security, Egypt has called for the World Bank to arbitrate on the sensitive issue of the massive dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River as the stalemate over technical talks continues. The Egyptian foreign ministry issued the call during talks in Addis Ababa between its foreign minister Sameh Shoukry and his Ethiopian counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu last week on 27 December. “Shoukry stressed the sensitivity of Egypt’s water security and that it cannot rely on mere promises and remarks of good faith,” said a statement by foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, reports pan-Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. The call came as the two countries prepare for a face to face meeting this month between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (pictured). Relations are tense after negotiations among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan broke down in November over how to conduct technical studies on the impact on downstream countries of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a 6GW hydroelectric scheme Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile. At the time Egypt accused Ethiopia and Sudan, which backs the dam, of trying to direct the studies in a way that would downplay negative effects on the Nile’s flow to Egypt. In their meeting last week foreign minister Shoukry urged Ethiopia to honour the principles of an earlier cooperation agreement on the dam. Diplomatic efforts are ongoing. While in Ethiopia, Shoukry met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to discuss preparations for Desalegn’s visit to Egypt at some point this month. As its name suggests, GERD, set to be Africa’s biggest dam, is a project of supreme national importance to Ethiopia. Now more than half built by Italian contractor Salini Impregilo, the hydroelectric plant will have an installed capacity of 6,000 MW – more than double Ethiopia’s current generating capacity – and is central to Ethiopia’s plan to be a net power exporter to the electricity-starved continent. Construction began in early 2011 as Egypt was convulsed by its January revolution. Since then, fearing for its water security, Egypt has strongly opposed the dam, with concerns over the possibility of the conflict escalating to violence emerging in 2013. Since then, without relinquishing its concerns, Egypt has acquiesced in principle to Ethiopia’s right to build GERD. In March 2015 Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and his counterparts from Ethiopia and Sudan signed a cooperation deal on the principles of sharing the Nile River water and the construction of the GERD. Then in September 2016 Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed that French consultants BRL and Artelia would carry out studies on GERD’s impact on the flow of the Nile. However, negotiations held 11-12 November in Cairo between the three parties broke down over the studies, with Egypt’s water minister accusing Sudan and Ethiopia of trying to direct them in a way that would “render them useless”, reported Middle East news site Al-Monitor. Global Construction

Fikru Maru, left, and a protest held in Stockholm demanding his release. Credit: Private and Stina Stjernkvist/TT The trial of a cardiac surgeon already imprisoned in Ethiopia for nearly five years began this week, his lawyer says. Fikru Maru faces terrorism charges stemming from a 2016 fire and riot that happened inside a prison on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Even though Maru was in hospital at the time of the fire and not in the prison, prosecutors allege he planned the violence. Maru’s Swedish lawyer, Hans Bagner, says his team is hopeful the trial, which has been delayed in the past by the prosecutor, will finally finish by next week. Hopes for Maru’s release were raised on Wednesday when Ethiopia’s prime minister said he would free political prisoners. But it was not clear if Maru’s case would be include in the premier’s pledge. Radio Sweden

Wafdi heer Federaal ah oo hordhac u ah safarka madaxweynaha dowladda federalka Soomaaliya, Madaxweyne Farmaajo uu ku imaandoono Puntland, ayaa maanta soo gaaray Garoowe. Wafdigaan waxay ka kooban yihiin, Xildhibaano iyo Saraakiil ka socda Madaxtooyada Soomaaliya. Diyaargarow xoogan oo lagu soo dhoweynayo Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa haatan ka socda caasimadda Puntland, iyadoo waddooyinka laamiyada ah iyo barxada weyn lagu xardhay calanka Puntland iyo calamka dowladda Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa qorshuhu inuu Puntland kala qeybgalo dabaal dega 8-da January, xiligaasi oo loo dabaal degayo sanadguuradii 4-aad ee kasoo wareegatay markii la doortay Madaxweyne Gaas. Socdaalka madaxweyne Farmaajo uu ku imaandoo Puntland waxaa lagu sheegay inuu yahay socdaalkii ugu balaarnaa, isagoo isaga kala gudbidoona Puntland iyo gobolada dhexe, sida uu sheegay Agaasimaha Baratakoolka Madaxtooyada Siciid Maxamed Warsame iyo Xildhibaan Maxamuud Axmed Ciise Maash. Xildhibaan Axmed Ciise Maash, ayaa sheegay madaxweyne Farmaajo inuu Puntland usido mashaariic balaaran oo uu dadweynaha hortooda ka sheegidoono, wuxuuna shacabka ugu baaqay inaan soo dhowaynta madaxweynaha iyo waftigiisa loo kala harin. Halkaan ka daawo wafdiga yimid Garowe. Puntlandi.com

Wasaaradda Deegaanka,Duurjoogta iyo Dalxiiska Dowladda ayaa baaq kasoo saartay ka ganacsiga Xayawaanka Diinka oo maalmihii lasoo dhaafay si wayn loogu hadal hayey baraha bulshada qiimo aad u sareeya in la kala siisanayo. Dikreeto uu soo saarey Agaasimaha guud ee Wasaaradda Deegaanka Puntland Cabdicasiis Nuur Cilmi (Koor) ayaa looga digay dadweynaha inay rumaystaan warar been abuur ah, Iyadoona lagu sheegay qoraalka kasoo baxay Wasaaradda talaabo sharciga waafaqsan in laga qaadi doono cid kasta oo lagu arko falka ka ganacsiga diinka. Sida ku cad xeer ilaalinta iyo maareynta deegaanka Dowladda Puntland qodobkiisa 27aad farqadiisa 1aad waxaa reeban dilka, dhaawicistiisa,qabashada iyo ka ganacsiga nooc kasta oo ka mid ah duurjoogta. Akhriso qoraalka kasoo baxay Wasaaradda Deegaanka Puntland Abshir Dhiirane PUNTLAND POST The post Puntland oo baaq kasoo saartey ka ganacsiga diin diinka appeared first on Puntland Post.

In the past 27 years, Somaliland managed to display an enviable measure of peace and stability. It has been pointed out as an oasis of stability in a chaotic region. Somaliland has been a member of UNPO since 2004 and currently, the international community deals with Somaliland as De facto state lacking only international recognition but has qualified for all conditions related to the international recognition. It is known that Somaliland shares its borders with Djibouti to the West, Ethiopia to the South, Somalia to the East and the Gulf of Aden to the North with a coastline of 850,800 km. This is a territory of the former British Protectorate whose borders were established by international treaties between 1888 and 1897. Declaring its independence in 1991, Somaliland initiated a political dialogue with Somalia in 2012 with a view to clarifying their future relationship, but the talks collapsed in 2015 after the federal government failed to carry out what has been agreed and showed a deficiency of good faith and still insisting on the unity of greater Somalia while Somaliland is seeking a recognition from the neighboring countries. Following the peaceful Presidential election in Somaliland last year, the Somalia’s federal government is using new political tactics to create instability in Somaliland where it sent its federal minister of planning to the eastern districts of Sanaag region, which Puntland claims but belong to Somaliland. The last visit of federal minister to Somaliland territory is a signal of a political intervention for which the Mogadishu administration is conspiring on Somaliland’s political stability in the region. This is really sparking Somaliland’s patience over Somalia aggression that Somalia is not happy with the Somaliland transition for the democratic election that made the eyes of the world to be on Somaliland and realize the fact of peaceful democratic election was done in a way for which Somalilanders deserve to be recognized and respected, but is should not worth to be paralyzed. Somalilanders will never accept any political intervention from Farmajo administration. The new government is elected to defend the country at any enemy when and where it comes because now president Farmajo wants to show the world not to recognize Somaliland due to the developments being done by our country. In my point of view, the deterioration of this political situation along the Puntland-Somaliland border can be attributed to the absence of social services in the areas. The new government of Somaliland should engages in carrying out social projects to the far eastern districts of Sool and Sanaag regions, so that the local communities will be tied to Somaliland development process. If not offered full attention the federal government will benefit the absence of Social services in those areas. I do believe that the political situation in the disputed regions can be altered if those residents in the areas receive tangible social services from the government of Somaliland; otherwise, they may impress any politician’s interest from Somalia government even if he is a citizen from residence. The tour of federal minister to eastern districts in Sanaag region will only cause a full destruction of the talks between the two sides since the current Mogadishu administration is not loyal to the political dialogue to succeed. Let me say, the time of the greater Somalia has left out and nothing can be done to destabilize Somaliland security. I call the president and his government to take tough action against Somalia’s interference to Somaliland as the political tension has been high for the past several days following the visit of Jamal Mohamed Hassan originally from Sanaag region but works with Somalia came to the region Sanaag on the last Tuesday which embarked a sharp reaction from Somaliland. According to the Somaliland’s Minister of Defense Esse Ahmed issued a statement underlining that Somaliland is committed to defend its sovereignty while keeping their borders open. The defense minister who is also from that residence in the disputed parts of eastern region has downgraded the visit of the planning minister and that it will not have a major political significance as he visited small towns including Badhan district. On Contrary, Somalilanders expressed a disappointment with current tactics used by the federal government to send ministers hailed from Sanaag region to far districts of Somaliland to show the world that Somaliland still belongs to Somalia but this cannot be accepted and will further instigate unrest in a region which is plagued by hostilities. The government of Somaliland should put its military troops on alert and defend its borders from any aggression. Why Somalia is doing so, is that Somaliland has achieved a relatively significant degree of progress in certain social and economic areas rather than Somalia. We should know that the federal government is now using political diplomacy to create chaos in order to halt Somaliland recognition following the 2017 peaceful and transparent presidential election and peaceful transfer of power which have been highly appreciated by the international community. Muse Jeeh is a freelance writer based in Hargeisa, Somaliland. He can be reached at Majeex2004@hotmail.com