Gudoomiyaha Maxkamada sare ee S/land oo taxay Denbiyo uu qaarkood qadiyada Itoobiya ku xidhiidhiyey oo uu sheegay in lagu helay weriye Coldoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YEe3_D1F-Y https://qarannews.com/daawogudoomiyaha-maxkamada-sare-ee-sland-oo-taxay-denbiyo-uu-qaarkood-qadiyada-itoobiya-ku-xidhiidhiyey-oo-uu-sheegay-in-lagu-helay-weriye-coldoon/

SOMALILAND: NO WATER, NO SCHOOL & NO FUTURE 22, 04, 2017 A Knowledge, Attitude & Practices (KAP-) survey commissioned by UNICEF and released in August 2015 indicates Somaliland is off track in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH), which is one of the indicators to measure development. Somaliland is preparing to meet and exceed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for its people, particularly the vulnerable ones like women and children. According to this latest survey, women and girls carry the burden of water fetching, spending more than thirty minutes per trip to collect water. Statistically, recent research shows, the population of Somaliland is growing fast, with the youth making up the fast-growing segment of the population. Estimates indicate 62% of the population are below 29 years old, according to the PES in 2013 survey. 66% of the population live below the poverty line, whereby urban dwellers make up 29% and 37% are rural residents. According to PES 2014, only some 28% of those in working age are fully employed. Regrettably, the unemployment and under-employment is very high among the youth population. The young generation is hit hard by the limited employment opportunities. Currently, the country experiences severe droughts and their occurrences have become more frequent, a phenomenon attributable to climate change, a result of global warming. Droughts have negative effects on the Somali pastoral communities. Historically, severe droughts have occurred in Somalia quite frequently in recent years namely in 1964, 1969, 1974, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2011 and since 2015 according to FAO/SWALIM. For example, there were 7 droughts in the last 35 years, 6 of them were experienced in the last 15 years in Togdheer region only. Currently, Somaliland is experiencing already two years of widespread regional drought, which has severely impacted pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. The Somaliland economy relying merely on livestock and its products accounts for more than 65% of the country’s GDP directly or indirectly and suffers therefore nowadays a major setback. The Head of State, Mr. Siilaanyo, acknowledged already once on the helm of the country the need to have a distinct Ministry for Water Resources (MoWR). In June 2013, the MoWR was established & separated from the Ministry of Mining, Energy and Water Resources. The roles and responsibilities of MoWR have grown significantly since its creation. The MoWR’s operating budget has increased substantially for the current fiscal year 2017. Since its establishment, the MoWR has consolidated the relationship with many donors including the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF), the European Commission (EC), the Al Khalifa Foundation of United Arab Emirates, the German Development Bank (KFW), the World Bank & African Development Bank (AfDB), etc. just to name a few of them. In June 2016, the AfDB Board of Directors approved the “Water Infrastructure Development for Resilience Program in Somaliland (WIDR)”. This was the first time the AfDB has offered a financial grant to the water sector in Somaliland. Care International is the implementing agency for the program, the MoWR is being the national lead organization for it. The African Water Facility through the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) grant of € 3 million Somaliland is seeking to alleviate the stressed water situation and plan to set up the long-term water resources development plan. NIRAS and We Consult are commissioned to undertake the technical studies and come up with bankable projects for the water sector. Recently, MoWR welcomed a fact finding mission sent by Caritas Switzerland to assess emergency funding opportunities for hardest hit areas of Togdheer, Sool and Sanaag. On April 13, the mission went from Hargeisa up to Gar’adag and Fadhigaab (El Afweyn area) to witness the situation in one of the drought struck areas. This is where the mission met the young boys and girls waiting for water brought in by the NGO Candlelight generously supported by Oxfam-UK. The situation is very dire in Fadhigaab. 500 km east of Hargeisa. Children cannot attend school at this moment They spend their days waiting for assistance to arrive, just to receive 45 litres of water for the entire Household family. The nearest functioning water point is some 70 km eastwards. Water is distributed free of charge, but is hardly sufficient. The mission met the Mayor of Gar’adag, Mr Farah Aden. He is also chairman of the District Drought Committee. According to him the situation is very critical and the municipality is already preparing possible implications of the upcoming Gu season. There are already IDPs settlements in Gar’adag and its surroundings in the making. It is expected that those who have migrated as far as the Hawd area of Togdheer and into Puntland are coming back once the rain have come, unfortunately many of them without their previously own livestock. Mayor of Gar’adag is appealing to the international community and the Aid community to assist his drought affected communities. The area is one of the worst affected in Somaliland. http://www.somalilandpress.com/somalilandno-water-no-school-no-future/

@Tallaabo said: The land looks so lifeless and inhospitable. May Allah give us the rain and His blessings we so desperately need. Thanks to decades of tree cutting. Somalis don't care about the environment and then cry later when droughts keep coming.

@Che -Guevara said: The story repeats itself in all Somali lands. We are pleased with ignorant, greedy, indifferent, lacking in imagination leaders. It has been repeating itself year after year with no solutions and politicians pocketing the little aid money.

$500,000 a day is spent on khat imports from Ethiopia yet 80% of Somaliland's rural community and some inner cities don't have enough to drink?

Maakhiri It seems that way. As for the E-V32/E1b1a it is native to the horn, it is found in the highest frequencies among the Oromos and Somalis. What is more interesting is the sub-clades of E-V32 found in Gabiley region are very close to those of Oromia. The blue colour stands for E1b1a.

Maakhiri 20-25% of Somalis have T Haplogroup it is not rare. Basically the GX community, Galbeedi's Borama community, Waraabe community of Djibouti and Dhire Dhaba, the water folks of Merka, the Shower folks of central Somalia (many from those communities have been tested and came out as T haplogroup). It seems Galbeedi is closer to me DNA wise than someone from Gabiley who happen to share the "flying Arab man" myth with me. T Haplogroup is found in the highest frequencies among Northern Somalis around 70-90% specially the "D" community and the GX folks. But yes T is rare in other Somali communties if you are not one of those two groups. "The maximal worldwide frequency for Haplogroup T-M184 is observed in the "D" Clan of Somalia, Djibouti and Ocaden region, where it accounts for approximately 70 to 90% of the male lineages"

@Holac said: I always heard one of my great grandfathers through mother's side was Yugoslavian (Ugaaslabe), an ethnic group that no longer exists. Those folks do exist. They were originally Indian merchants that came to Las Qoray though,, their descendants have intermixed heavily with the Badhan community. All Sanaagians know.

If one can believe that "recognition" will come they will believe in any other wild claims as well such as the "Arab daddy" myth.

Tallaabo How does it feel having lived a lie your whole life? Anigu I never really believed in the Arab flying carpet myth.

In the age of enlightment and science there is no need to believe in the Arab man with the flying carpet myth arriving at the Somali shores and breeding with the locals . DNA of West Burco/East Hargeisa/Sanaag community - T1 Haplogroup DNA of Gabiley/West Hargeisa community - E1b1b Haplogroup The full document: Somali Demes https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MWpljgkrKUhJZUFnzB5nboKRE28BgiBLGTSGHe4fRVY/pub?gid=6#

Nothing new. Somaliland is a failed experiment.

I guess that is what lack of recognition does to some people. Afar Gabdhood Oo Loo Xidhay inay ku Lebisteen Calanka Sooomaaliya

It is indeed getting beyond a joke and ridiclous. 4 girls have been also arrested wearing clothes with the Somalia flag. What a bunch of clowns. Afar Gabdhood Oo Loo Xidhay inay ku Lebisteen Calanka Sooomaaliya

07/04/2017 ( Africa Intelligence)- Britain’s deputy ambassador to Mogadishu, Andrew Allen, travelled to Hargeisa on March 27 at the invitation of the Wadani opposition party. While he refrained from talking about possible sanctions against president Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, a k a Silanyo when responding to questions from local journalists he didn’t put any gloss over London’s concern about the government’s behavior. In talks with foreign minister Saad Ali Shire and Silanyo he voiced Britain’s disapproval over the latest postponement of elections . He also informed them Somaliland wouldn't be invited to take part in the London Summit on Somalia scheduled to be held on May 11. Silanyo shot back that the international community was always insisting Somaliland’s government make efforts while withholding any pledge to recognize Somaliland’s independence. Accordingly, the authorities in Hargeisa are mulling the idea of staging a "counter Summit" and - why not ? - in Edinburgh. Allen’s trip followed that of a visit to Nairobi by a delegation from the Kulmiye movement headed by the chairman and vice chairman of the ruling party, Musa Bihi Abdi and Mohamed Kahin Ahmed. They held informal talks in the Kenyan capital with British, American and European diplomats, declaring that the postponement in the election was due to the drought plaguing the country. https://www.africaintelligence.com/ION/politics--power/2017/04/07/british-appear-set-to-slap-sanctions-on-hargeisa,108229333-GRA

Sat Apr 8, 2017 | 7:00 AM EDT Somalia's breakaway Somaliland sentences journalist to two years in jail A court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced a reporter to two years in jail for what it said was endangering peace and security, a journalists' rights group said on Saturday. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said that Abdimalik Muse Oldon was detained in February upon his return from the Somali capital and charged with "anti-national activity and violating the sovereignty and succession of Somaliland." NUSOJ said Oldon had gone to Mogadishu to cover the presidential elections. "This sentence is all about cowing independent media into submission to government's control and it is preposterous to even suggest these journalists represent a danger to peace and security," it said in a statement. Somaliland government officials were not immediately available for comment. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but is not internationally recognized. It has largely been spared the unrest and insurgency driven by al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab in the rest of Somalia. In addition to being targeted by violence, journalists in Somalia are often targeted by officials and by al Shabaab for the content of their work. In 2013, a court in Somaliland sentenced two journalists for what it said was the publication of false news. (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Ros Russell) http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN17A0CJ

They will later cry like this lady when the white man cuts the aid.

Somalia:"flagrant violation of free expression" after sentencing of an independent journalist in Somaliland The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has strongly condemned a court verdict against independent journalist Abdimalik Muse Oldon in Somaliland's capital Hargeisa who was today sentenced to two (2) years of prison. Abdilmalik Musse Oldon Arrested on 15 February upon arrival at Hargeisa Airport, Abdilmalik Musse Oldon was formally charged under Somalia’s old penal code of 1960, particularly under Article 212 on "ant-national activity of a citizen abroad”, article 328 on "publication or circulation of false, exaggerated or tendentious news capable of disturbing public order” and Article 220 on "offending the honour or prestige of the head of state”. "This is a brutal, outrageous decision, which is flagrant violation of free expression. We condemn this harsh and unacceptable sentence which takes media repression in Somaliland to record levels. We shall support our colleagues in Somaliland and Abdilmalik Musse Oldon in their efforts to have this verdict overturned," said Omar Faruk Osman, NUSOJ Secretary General. Hargeisa’s Marodi Jeeh Regional Court heard on 4-5 April 2017 the arguments between prosecutor and attorneys defending Oldon. The main accusations leveled against Oldon included comments he allegedly made on the social media against Somaliland president and Oldon’s support to President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo. The sole evidence that Somaliland prosecutor presented to the court is a videotape in which Oldon sympathetically talks about President Farmaajo, without talking about Somaliland. Chairman of Marodi Jeeh Regional Court, judge Ahmed Dalmar Ismail, this morning found Oldon guilty of breaching articles 212 and 328 of penal code, and discharged government’s allegation that the journalist had broken article 220. Judge Ismail sentenced Oldon to two years of jail. NUSOJ today emphasized, once again, the flagrant abuse of Somalia’s old, vaguely worded, draconian penal code to silence journalists and curtail freedom of expression of citizens by political leaders. So far 19 journalists were charged under this penal code in the past 3 years. "Clearly we see criminalization of freedom of expression by using this penal code and manipulating the justice system. This is both dangerous and absurd” added Osman. http://garqaad.com/2017/04/08/somalia-nusoj-condemns-flagrant-violation-of-free-expression-after-sentencing-of-an-independent-journalist-in-somaliland/

Somaliland judiciary system is a joke. It is time the EU and UK cut all funding and aid for the current admin once and for all. Published On: Sat, Apr 8th, 2017 Somaliland: Hargeisa Regional Court Sentences Mr. Oldon to 2 years imprisonment HARGEISA— Hargeisa regional court has sentenced today Hon. Abdimalik Muse Oldon to two years imprisonment. Mr. Oldon has spent two months behind bars and was accused of throwing his weight behind the current Somali president, Mr. Farmajo.Mr. Oldon who is a reporter based in Buroa, Somaliland has also faced accusations that he defamed the current head of presidential palace spokesman.Mr. Oldon went to Mogadishu, the capital of war torn Somalia and covered on the election of Somalia president, Mr. Framajo following his defeat to the predecessor, Hasan Sheikh Mohamoud this year. Hon. Abdimalik who spoke to the press after the judge announced the verdict said that the case of his imprisonment was politically motivated according to his opinion.He asserted that he will appeal against the verdict passed by the regional court in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The chairman of Hargeisa regional court, Dalmar who announced the verdict told that the court has showed a sense of mercy to Mr, Oldon and has dropped the fine.The chairman has further added that the court based on its decision on two accusations that was leveled against Oldon which he was found guilty. Media and rights organizations have voiced their concern over the apprehension of Mr. Oldon who was thrown in jail by Somaliland police. http://www.somalilandinformer.com/somaliland/somaliland-hargeisa-regional-court-sentences-mr-oldon-to-2-years-imprisonment/

galbeedi I agree. This is where greed gets people, it makes them become professional extortionists.

Boqor ugu hanjabay Beesha Bariga Burco haddii ay u codeyn weydo Muuse Biixi inaanay Hargeysa iskaga baxayaan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty_iAoXEf5E

April 3, 2017 Testing the waters: Somaliland dives into the international arena "Foreign Minister Shire denied that Ethiopia had any concerns over the UAE deals. He added that Ethiopia recently has been brought on board in the port deal, and will have a 19% stake in the port itself, taking 5% of the total from Somaliland’s originally agreed-upon shares, and 14% of the total from DPWorld. That leaves DPWorld with a majority stake of 51% and Somaliland with just 30%, compared to 35% in the original agreement. Shire said this change to the deal was done for purely economic reasons." https://messengerafrica.com/2017/04/03/testing-the-waters-somaliland-dives-into-the-international-arena/

Very sad. Now millions of dollars of hard cash is gone. Man looks at carcass of his goats which died due to the severe drought in the Togdher region of Somaliland. (Photo: A. Osman / VOA) Share LAS-ANOD, SOMALILAND — Authorities in the breakaway republic of Somaliland say at least 80 percent of the region's livestock have died due to the crippling drought that has also killed dozens of people and forced thousands into displaced persons camps. “The situation is very grave as most of the livestock were killed by drought,” said Mohamud Ali Saleban, governor of the Togdheer region, in the town of Buro. “We are waiting for the rain, but if it does not come in the next few days, we expect the government to declare an emergency,” the governor told VOA. Officials told VOA that nearly 50 people across Somaliland have died due to drought-related illnesses. Nomadic communities all across this region said they have never experienced this kind of drought. Jama Handulle Yassin, a 63-year-old herder, said he has lost more than 280 goats, leaving him with just 30. “The starvation affected everything, and the situation now is very dangerous where we run for our lives before we die here," he said. "We appeal to the world to immediately support us.” Another woman, age 73, said, “This is the worst I have seen in my life.” The carcass of a dead animal lies in the middle of a street in the Sool region of Somaliland. (Photo: A. Osman / VOA) Somaliland was affected by the 2011 regional drought that killed an estimated 260,000 people, but that event had its gravest impact in south and central Somalia. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but is not recognized by any other country. The current drought has forced tens of thousands of pastoralists to flee from remote villages into towns, where they set up makeshift camps. As water becomes scarce, the drought is forcing many people living in camps outside the town of Las-Anod to drink dirty water. Standing near the carcass of a camel, Roble Jama, a 13-year-old herder, said his family lost the only camel they had due to drought. “I have seen when the camel was dying and I felt so sad. The camel’s name was Cadaawe and was nine years old,” Roble Jama told VOA near the village of Ina-Afmadobe. Roble Jama, 13, stands next to the carcass of a camel in Ina-Afmadobe Village, located in the Togdher region of Somaliland. (Photo: A. Osman / VOA) The people affected by drought said they have received little or no help from the Somaliland government or aid agencies. The United Nations recently warned that 6.2 million people across Somalia are facing acute food shortages. More than 1.5 million of those live in Somaliland. http://www.voanews.com/a/official-says-80-percent-of-livestock-dead-in-somaliland/3780112.html

It is usual for children to go missing in Hargeisa and this is what happens. Dhacdo Naxdin Leh Beer iyo Kalyaha Dadka oo Talaagad lagu soo Gurey

@Maakhiri1 said: Subxaana Allah, and the corrupted politicians are getting fatter Yep. It is sad.