Submitted 16 Jun 2011 1:13pm in News I cannot remember ever seeing such a kaleidoscope of African / Caribbean and Asians, being well and truly amongst the 'great and good', to be bestowed a State honor. I know that some find it difficult to receive or get too excited about honors that are in the name of the 'Empire', but who would deny these individuals the privilege of having their efforts recognised on a national level? Maybe it's the Empire striking back with courage, goodwill and love. Of course I'm particularly pleased when my very dear friends are recognised such as OBV's very own Winsome-Grace Cornish, Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle and Mia Morris, and also for those often unsung heroes and sheroes, who endeavor to enrich our lives wherever they can make things just a little bit better. BME communities across the country and throughout the world salute you. May you continue to do the brilliant work that you do and that others follow in your footsteps. Simon Woolley Here is the full list - if we've missed you out, please let us know. For easy reference I have split them into African Caribbean and Asian community lists OBE African Caribbean Community John Uzoma Ekwugha AMAECHI - For services to Sport and to the Voluntary Sector. Ms Modupe Debbie ARIYO Founder and Executive Director, Africans Unite Against Child Abuse. For services to Children and Famililes. Ms Beverley DE-GALE Co-Founder, African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. For services to Healthcare. Ms Mia Judith MORRIS For services to Black Heritage and to thecommunity in South London. Beverly Lindsay, for services to business and to the community in Birmingham. Gerald Vincent Irwin Davis, Chair of Corporation, College of North West London and a member of the Network for Black Professionals' Board, for Voluntary Service to Further Education. MBE African Caribbean Community Ms Winsome Grace CORNISH For services to Black and Minority Ethnic People in London. Councillor Dora DIXON-FYLE For services to Local Government in the London Borough of Southwark. Hashim Ismail DUALE For services to Community Cohesion in Leicester. Augustine Leith FRANCIS For services to Steel Pan Music. Cherron, Mrs INKO-TARIAH Senior Policy Adviser, Big Society Programme Team, Department for Communities and Local Government. Phillips IDOWU For services to Athletics. Ainsley Forbes , for services to Social Housing in London. (Chair of the Ujima Foundation) Morris Samuels, founder of the Unity Project which helps young people in Nottingham through sport. Duke McKenzie, for his contribution to boxing and his mental health charity work. Cuthbert Hugh WILLIAMS For voluntary service to Black and Minority Ethnic People in Brighton and Hove. Chief Charles Coblah Cheata THOMPSON For services to the Black Film Industry. OBE Asian community Dr Kanwaljit KAUR-SINGH Chair, British Sikh Educational Council. For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Understanding. Professor Nirmala RAO Pro-Director (Learning and Teaching) and Professor of Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies. For services to Scholarship. Kuldip RUPRA For services to Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the East of England. Dr Nasser SIABI Chief Executive, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd. For services to Disabled People. Professor Mona SIDDIQUI Director, Centre for the Study of Islam, University of Glasgow. For services to Inter-Faith Relations. Ramesh Kumari, Mrs VERMA Chief Executive, EKTA Charity. For services to Older People in East London. Liaquat ALI For services to Local Government in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Rajinder Kaur Mann, Executive Director of the Black Leadership Initiative, part of the Network for Black Professionals, for Services to Black and Minority Ethnic people. MBE Asian Community Gurcharan Singh DHESI Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. Asif IQBAL Project Manager, Deaf Parenting UK. For services to Deaf and Disabled People. Ms Kamaljit KAUR For services to Equal Opportunities for Asian Women. Parvinder Singh LALLI Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. Sohail NAWAZ Director of Shahbash, Preston. For Director of Shahbash, Preston. For services to Community Cohesion. Ms Namita PANJABI Co-Founder, Masala World. For services to the Hospitality Industry. Bipinchandra Dharamshi PATEL Vice-Chair of Governors, Working Men's College, London. For services to Adult and Further Education. Saroj Bala, Mrs SETH For services to Community Cohesion in Miss Amrit Kumari Dhigpal Kaur SINGH Artist. For services to the Indian Miniature Tradition of Painting. Miss Rabindra Kumari Dhigpal Kaur SINGH Artist. For services to the Indian Miniature Tradition of Painting. Dr Marcus Jayant SOLANKI For services to the community in Leicester. Source: OBV

Why why? it is what Hu Jintao wants.

Ciidamada Dowladda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya ayaa la siiyay mushaaraadka bilaha June iyo May, xilli shalay Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya uu ansixiyay Ra'iisul Wasaaraha cusub Dr. C/wali Maxamed Cali oo 23-kii bishan uu magacaabay Madaxweyne Shariif. Mushaar qeybinta Ciidamada ayaa ah mid bil walba Ciidamada la siiyo, tan iyo bishii December ee sanadkii hore oo Xukuumadii Farmaajo ay bilowday inay mushaaraad siiso Ciidamada, waxaana mushaarkan maanta loo bilaabay Ciidamada ay dhameyd $200 (Labo Boqol Doolarka Mareykanka Askarigiiba) Xeryaha Ciidamada Dowladda ayaa waxaa maanta ka socotay howlaha mushaar qeybtinta Ciidamada, iyadoo Askarta oo safar dhaadheer ku jiray la gudoonsiinayay mushaarkaas, waxaana askari walba uu mushaarka ku qaadanayay qaab sharciyeysan, gaar ahaan askari walba oo aqoonsigiisa watay, isla markaana waraaqaha mushaar bixinta saarayay suulka, kaasoo ah nidaam cusub oo mushaarka Ciidamada lagu bixinayay. Ra'iisul Wasaare Kuxigeenka ahna Wasiirka Gaashaandhiga Soomaaliya C/xakiin Xaaji Maxamuud Fiqi ayaa sheegay inay sii wadi doonaan mushaar qeybinta Ciidamada, si moraalka Ciidamada uu sare u noqdo, isla markaana ay u sii wadaan la dagaalanka Xarakada Al-Shabaab. Ahmiyada koowaad ee Xukuumada ayaa ah dhismaha Ciidamada qalabka sida iyo sidii ay u heli lahaayeen daryeel joogta ah, iyadoo tallaabadan ay noqoneyso mid yididiilo leh oo Xukuumada cusub ee la soo dhisayo ay ku ambaqaadeyso dhabihii ay martay Xukuumadii ka horeysay. Mushaarkii u dambeeyay ee la siiyo Ciidamada ayaa aheyd dhamaadkii bishii April, iyadoo mushaar qeybintan ay tahay mid wax badan ka duwan sidii hore, maadaama qaababka ay hada wax ku qaadanayaan ay yihiin System cusub oo loo marayo ka hor inta aan askariga loo gacan gelin lacagta oo la marsiinayo xaqiijin iyo inuu reebo faro lagu rigister-gareeyo warqad cadeyn ah, taasoo muujinaysa in la siiyay.

The South is ready to apologize to the North about the historic injustices while calling for a fresh unity for Somalia.

Arbaco, June 29, 2011 (HOL) – Ra'iisul wasaaraha DKMG ah ee Soomaaliya Dr. C/weli Maxamed Cali ayaa maanta ku guddoomay magaalada Muqdsiho deeq ay dowladda Imaaraadka Carabta ugu talogashay in lagu gargaaro shacabka Soomaaliyeed ee dhibaateysan. Dr. C/weli Gaas oo shalay ay xildhibaanada baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ku ansixiyeen cod aqlabiyad ah ayaa sheegay in deeqdan ay si toos ah u gaarsiin doonaan dadka u baahan, isagoo sheegay inay ku dadaalayaan inay siiyaan dadka aadka u daran. "Waxaan ku dadaalaynaa in deeqdan aysan marin meel kale, balse aan gaarsiinno dadka u baahan, waxaana ballan ku qaadaynaa inaysan marin meel aan loo sharci ahayn ama si kale loo isticmaalo," ayuu yiri Dr. C/weli Gaas. Ra'iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya ayaa waxay noqonaysaa markii ugu horreysay oo uu la wareego deeq caalami ah oo lagu gargaarayo shacabka Soomaaliyeed, wuxuuna sidoo kale maanta booqday dekedda Muqdisho oo deeqda uu ku guddoomay. "Beesha calaamka waxaan ugu baaqayaa inay gargaar deg-deg ah lasoo gaaraan dadka soo barakacay ee Soomaaliyeed, haddii si dhaqso ah gargaar loola soo gaarin xaaladdu sidan way kasii darnaan doontaa," ayuu yiri ra'iisul wasaaraha DKMG ah. Sidoo kale, ra'iisul wasaaruhu wuxuu sheegay inay dad badan oo abaaraha dalka ka jira kasoo cararay soo gaareen Muqdisho, iyadoo abaaraha dalka ka jira ay marayaan meel aad u xun. Ugu dambeyn, ra'iisul wasaaruhu wuxuu ugu baaqay ganacsatada Soomaaliyeed inay iyaguna xil iska saaraan sidii ay shacabka Soomaaliyeed ee walaalahooda ah ay u gargaari lahaayeen. Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen, Hiiraan Online maxuseen@hiiraan.com Muqdisho, Soomaaliya

We are not ready soon you will be lol

the day we became free from colonizers .

Arbaco, June 29, 2011 (HOL) – Maamulka Xarrakada Mujaahidiinta Al-shabaab ee gobolka Shabeellada dhexe ayaa xalay kusoo bandhigay xarunta degmadaas ee Jowhar filimaan ku saabsan dagaallada ciidamada DKMG ah oo kaashanaya AMISOM iyo Xarrakatul Shabaab ku dhexmarya magaalada Muqdisho, iyadoo goobta lagu soo bandhigay filimaantan ay ku sugnaayeen saraakiil sar-sare oo ka tirsan Xarrakada Al-shabaab. Filimaantan ayaa waxaa isku-soo-duway telefishinka Al-Kataa'ib ee ku hadla afka Xarrakada Al-shabaab, waxaana qayb ka ahaa qaraxyo lala beegsaday saldhigyada ay ciidamada AMISOM ee ka socda Burundi iyo Uganda ku leeyihiin Muqdisho. Dadweynaha degmada Jowhar ayaa filimaanta daawaday, iyadoo dadkii goobta ku sugnaa ay sheegeen inay arkeen maydadka askar ka tirsan ciidamada AMISOM oo lagu jiidayo waddooyinka Muqdisho iyo kuwo kale oo ku dhintay qaraxyo ismiidaamin ah oo lala beegsaday saldhigyadii ay ku sugnaayeen. Saraakiisha Xarrakatul Shabaab ayaa shacabkii aflaantaas daawanayay ku booriyay inay ka qaybqaataan dagaallada lagula jiro ciidamada DKMG ah iyo kuwa AMISOM oo ay sheegeen inay yihiin cadow duulaan ku ah diinta Islaamka. Gobollada dalka qaarkood ayaa sidan oo kale loo geeyay filimaantan si ay dadku u daawadaan, iyadoo magaalada Muqdisho laga baahiyay iyagoo maqal iyo muuqaal ah telefishinka Al-Kataa'ib iyo idaacadda Andulus ee ku hadasha afka Xarrakada Al-shabaab. Xarrakada Al-shabaab oo ka talisa inta badan gobollada Koonfurta iyo bartamaha dalka Soomaaliya ayaa isku dayaysa inay awood ku qabsato dalka oo dhan, si ay ugu soo rogto ku dhaqanka shareecada Islaamka. Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen, Hiiraan Online maxuseen@hiiraan.com Muqdisho, Soomaaliya

Arbaco, June 29, 2011 (HOL) – Ciidamada ammaanka Puntland ayaa maanta barqadii xabsiga u taxaabay wariye Faysal Maxamed Xasan (Faysal Boston) oo ahaa wariyaha Hiiraan Online (HOL) uga soo warrama gobollada Puntland, iyadoo maamulku uusan ka hadlin sababta wariyaha loo xiray. Wariyaha Faysal Boston ayaa lagu xiray xabsiga degmada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobolka Bari, kaddib markii ciidamada ammaanku ay ka kaxaysteen xafiiskiisa isagoo howlihiisa warbaahineed ku jira. "Maanta 11:30 baqonimo ayay ciidamo ka tirsan booliiska Boosaaso oo hubeysan ay kala baxeen wariye Faysal Boston xafiiskiisa, wuxuuna illaa iyo hadda ku xiran yahay xabsiga degmada Boosaaso," sidaas waxaa HOL u sheegay wiil ay saaxiibbo yihiin wariyaha. Lama oga sababta ay ciidamada booliisku magaalada Boosaaso u xireen wariyaha HOL, balse maamulka ayaa cadaadis badan ku hayay tan bartamihii sannadkii hore warbaahinta ka howlgasha deegaannada uu maamulkaas ka taliyo. Xariga wariye Faysal Boston ayaa waxaa cambaareeyay hay'adah saxaafadda, iyagoo ku tilmaamay xarigaas mid sharci-darro ah, waxayna ugu baaqeen maamulka Puntland inay sida ugu dhaqsiyaha badan kusii daayaan wariye Faysal Boston. Hiiraan Online, News Desk

Somaliland Reiterates Its Independence From The Rest Of Somalia Hiiraan Online Monday, June 27, 2011 Hargeisa, Somaliland (HOL) - Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland said on Sunday they will not be taking any turn to join the rest of Somalia which has been marred by endless conflict since the ouster of Somalia’s former president Siad Barre in 1991. Emerging defiant yet again, officials in Hargeisa joined thousands in marking the 51st anniversary since the colonial authorities granted Somalia’s self-independence in 1960. “Today is indeed a remarkable day, the day we became free from colonizers. We have been an independent state for the last 51 years proving the peace and tranquility we the people of Somaliland are enjoying” President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo told a crowd of adoring of Somalilanders who attended the colorful function. Hargeisa is the first town in Somalia where the blue flag of the entire Somalia was hoisted on June 26, 1960, paving the way for a union that was the origin of the amalgamation of the North and South that formed the Somali republic. Somaliland leaders used the anniversary occasion to push and raise their profile in the international geo-politics where they have shown their strident critic regarding the ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts to include the semi-autonomous region into larger Somalia. "I respond to president Shariff following his comments during the anniversary in Mogadishu that unity between Hargeisa and Mogadishu is not an issue of force. We are not ready to bargain about our independence” Somaliland’s foreign minister Abdullahi Mohamed Omar told the BBC Somali service The comments by the minister followed what the president of Transitional Federal Government of Somalia said on Sunday in Mogadishu that the South is ready apologize to the North about the historic injustices while calling for a fresh unity for Somalia. The self declared republic believes that initially it was there decision to merge with the South, but following endless problems in the country, it is yet another decision from Somalilanders to remain independent from the rest of the country. Somaliland appealed to African nations to grant the semi-autonomous region recognition as a sovereign state in the continent. “We need more support from African states. We need recognition, cooperation and assistance from African states” the minister said June 26th is also a day earmarked as the International Somaliland Awareness Day (ISAD) as the region seeks international recognition, bold campaigns are waging across the African continent. Somaliland, a former British colony, declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991, following the civil strife that followed more than twenty years of military rule. No sovereign state has formally recognized the area as independent.

Che -Guevara;731149 wrote: ^We have seen Farmaajo and Gaas resumes, bal can you provide Sharif's:D Here is the snippet of his CV 1. He chose both of the above men for the premier position. He pockets their achievements. 2. He was the face of the beloved ICU, his speeches united many Somalis against the TFG. Perhaps modern day Sayid! 3. The youngest Somali president (automatically entered into Somali records) 4. The last king of the TFG - With the help of father Museveni no faction had the power to chase him out of the city of Xamar and the country of Villa Somalia. (he has powerful friends) 5. The country of Villa Somalia GDP has grown 50% since his arrival Seriously though, Wikipedia has what you're looking for, also YT and my employer Google can help you out

looooooooooooooooooool. Maxaad go'aansatey gabo gebidii? Hablaha wey dhageystaan ayaan maqley oo wey u roon yihiin.

:D:D mid Saho ah ayaan eeg eegaaye, niyada ha iga jebin.

Wax is waal waali karo ma jirto this time, big brother will not allow it. Fiqi meeshiisa ha joogo or wasiirka arrimaha dibada halaga dhigo.

Biiq biiq! One more time: Markaad Eritrea mareyso iisoo wac fadlan si aan kaala qayb galo xuska Isaias. Somalina

lol@we will never allow Who are you to dictate what Djibouti should allow? meelo badan ayaad faraha kula jirtaa ma istiri. Xamar ayaad ku soo barbaartey, 20 sanno ka dibna ethnicity kale ayaad yeelatey, maantana Djiboutian ayaad noqotey. Markaad Eritrea mareyso iisoo wac fadlan si aan kaala qayb galo xuska Isaias.

Waa Kenyati.

Qosol qosol badan guri laguma dhaqo (camiraad ). Islaanta hadaad iska celin kartid, wiilkeeda jeebka ayuu kuugu jiraa ogoow marwalba. That should motivate you nooh. lol Well waan ka baxey mowjadan. Glad I could be useful. Cheers!

Aaliyyah;731129 wrote: loool somalina...naa heedhe bal warka cadee, islaanta ma shaaha wax ugu dartaa haha kaftan. I got your point ma marba isla suaashi aya si kale u dhigta like askari...hmm! I will keep that in mind n if I try it will let u know the results..hadhow uun ya hooyo la isoo sheegin na tan walan aad dhashay oo isla suashi kun jeer i waydiina maxa ka qaldan hehe.. salaam Aaliyyah, su'aalaha laguma soo celceliyo. Islaanta markey gabadh yar ahayd xaalada nolosha sidey ahayd ayaa laga wareystaa, waa inaad diplomacy isticmaashaa. Weydii dhalinyarada sida ay yihiin maanta sida ay u aragto IWM. Waxay ka tiraahdaba wiilkeeda ayey ka hadloysaa ogoow. Waa inaad 5 talaabo ka horeysaa islaanta, yeysana ku ogaan, waxaan waxba ogeyn iska dhig. lol Bullet proof formula you got right there. Use it don't abuse it.

Aaliyah, duqda waa lala sheekeystaa, sidey rabto ha u buun buuniso waa inaad ka dhex baxdaa islaanta ayadoo ku fiirineysa. lol. Shaah la cab oo ka dhur hadalkeeda si sarbeeb ahna u weydii su'aalaha waad helaysaa jawaabtaad raadineyso. Aniga waan test gareeyey already, A++ mashaAllah mission is complete now.

Dr. Abdiweli get rid of this junk. Keep Dr C/nur, Dr Aden, Xalane and Fiqi.

Blessed you are right, gumeysi is a harsh term. Waxaan ka wadey waad fahamtey laakiin. Nin keligiis degan oo sanka taagaaya intee la geynaa? lol. Ciyaal maamo hooyadiis ayaa su'aalo la weydiinaa, i.e meeqa saac soo kacaa sabtida iyo axada? kushiinka ma yaqaanaa meesha guriga ugu taalo? suuqa ma kasoo adeegaa? markaad questionaire ka complete kuu noqdo ayaad notes ka sameyn kartaa oo meeshaad doonto ka hagaajin kartaa alaabta. Kan keligiis degan ma ogaan kartid waxuu soo wado? lol

Sharif Ahmed went to university yet in your Shangole logic he's illiterate and is worse than a man who didn't even attend high school? Bravo!

May 18th.