Turkey takes giant leap toward Africa, prioritizes Somalia on agenda Ministers from various African countries gathered in İstanbul for the Turkey-Africa Partnership Ministerial Review Conference, organized by the Turkish Foreign Ministry. (Photo: AA) Saturday, December 31, 2011 Keeping up its wide-range initiative for closer ties with Africa, Turkey throughout the year added to its foreign missions and sped up ambassadorial appointments all over Africa, but its main focus stayed on Somalia as the country went through its most severe drought in a century in the summer of 2011. As part of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) initiative to increase the country's representation to a striking 95 percent of the African continent, Turkey geared up efforts in 2011 to connect to the continent through its newly established embassies, in hopes that the country will reach close to four dozen missions in Africa within a few years. While the country focused on its foreign missions and the appointment of ambassadors to the newly established spots, the Somali famine dominated Turkey's global agenda and even the speech Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered at the General Assembly session of the September UN meeting. Addressing leaders of the world, Erdoğan called on UN nations to act on Somalia, repeating his sorrow over the high number of Somali deaths due to the harshest drought and famine the country has experienced within the last century. In regard to humanitarian efforts, Turkey has championed the delivery of urgently needed supplies ranging from medicine to food, as well as the digging of water wells in the country through a unified relief act organized by the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA), the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay), the Religious Affairs Directorate and the Directorate of Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD), mobilizing all efforts to give aid to the best of the country's ability. Turkey also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in August to set up an urgent meeting regarding the Somali crisis; the UN revealed that in the summer of 2011, 187 Somali children out of every 1,000 died before the age of 5. Kenya and Ethiopia were also hit by famine, but conditions improved by December, due to both a weakening in the persistence of environmental conditions and contributions donated to Africa throughout the year. In various international platforms, Turkish officials repeated their calls for humanitarian aid to be delivered to Somalia as some senior officials lashed out at world powers for standing idly by at the sight of the catastrophe. Turkey raised $350 million by October through both the means of the state and private enterprise. Turkey's immediate intervention aiding the victims of the African disaster was crowned by a visit from both Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, as both leaders went to Africa with their spouses to reaffirm Turkey's support for the famine-stricken nations. Erdoğan was hailed in the international media for his visit to Somalia, as he is one of very few leaders to step foot in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital and a city not only devastated by famine but also by terrorism, as rebels targeted the Somali government through suicide missions after they were defeated by the Somali army. Sporadic fighting between the Somali army and rebels in the country has claimed the lives of many of those who survived disease and malnutrition. Adding to Turkey's improved image both in Africa and on the world stage for its sensitivity toward the humanitarian tragedy in the Horn of Africa, Turkey also hosted in December a Turkey-Africa Partnership Ministerial Review Conference in İstanbul, which 54 African ministers attended along with representatives from important African institutions, achieving the risky task of gathering so many diverse voices under one roof. The aim of the summit was largely to improve economic ties among African nations and Turkey, as well as to demonstrate Turkey's commitment to establishing a better, more effective and institutionalized mechanism to further enhance relations with the continent. Africa, in return, demanded that more schools and hospitals be built and operated by Turks in the coming years. Prior to the summit, in October, Turkey's Africa initiative was further boosted with the appointments of Ahmet Rıza Demirer to Gabon, Hasan Ulusoy to Niger and Ali Rıza Coşkun to The Gambia, where the ambassadors have already started heading the newly established embassies. Alongside business agreements and trade deals, Turkey's Africa initiatives further aim to help improve African infrastructure through assistance in fields including agricultural development, irrigation, energy and education, and the country took an active part in most of the UN missions deployed in Africa in 2011 by way of providing personnel and making financial contributions. As in the last decade, Turkey tried on all fronts in 2011 to show the African continent that it is genuine in its interest and its projects are long-lasting. By the end of 2011, the African Union president named Turkey as the first country the union truly trusted, referring to European countries that shut down their embassies during the continent's hard times, leaving them to face their fate alone.

Gaas: “ Waxaa bilowday howlgal Shabaab looga saarayo dalka” Muqdisho: (Sh. M. Network)Dowladda Federalka KMG ee Soomaaliya ayaa maanta ku dhawaaqday inuu bilowday “Howlgalka soo celinta Nabadda iyo Xasiloonida Soomaaliya” iyadoo lala kaashanayo saacidaada beesha caalamka iyo waddamada deriska ah. Warsaxaafadeed “Maanta, shacabka iyo Dowladda Soomaaliya waxey u istaageen la dagaalanka kooxaha Al-Qaeda iyo Al-Shabaab oo in muddo ah hayey argagaxisnimo iyo dil ay u geysteen Soomaali fara badan. Shacabkayagu in muddo ah bey kala kulmayeen silac iyo dhibaato kaga imaneysey Xarakada Al Shabaab. Maanta waxaan bilownay howlgalladii shacabka Soomaaliyeed looga xorreynayey gumeysiga e Al-Shabaab.” Sidaas waxaa yiri Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. Shacabka Soomaaliyeed dhibaatooyin fara badan baa ka soo gaaray ku hoos noolaashada Al Shabaab oo in muddo ah si waxushnimo ah ula dhaqmayey shacabka. Al-Shabaab waxey ka mid yihiin golaha argagaxisada caalamiga ah ee uu hoggaamiyo kooxda Al-Qaeda. “Howlgalkan soo celinta Nabadda iyo Xasiloonida Soomaaliya waxuu u socdaa si wanaagsan oo qorsheysan. Saakay, Ciidanka Xooga Dalka Soomaaliyeed waxey goobo muhiim ah ka qabsadeen kooxihii Al-Shabaab ka dib dagaal ku dhexmaray gobolka Hiiraan. Waxaan si rasmi ah u codsaneynaa kaalmada iyo is-garab istaaga beesha caalamka guud ahaan iyo dowladaha deriska ah sida Ethiopia si loo saacido shacabka iyo Dowladda Soomaaliyeed laguna saacido howlgalkan taariikhiga ah. “ Sidaas waxaa yiri Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. Ujeedada howlgalkan ayaa ah in laga xorreeyo shacabka Soomaaliyeed kooxahan arxan laawayaasha ah. Howlgalkan waxuu sii kordhinayaa goobaha nabadda ee Soomaalida si ay u helaan kaalmada ama gurmadka caalamiga ah oo ay si aad ah ugu baahanyihiin. Dowladda Federalka Soomaaliya waxey si deg deg ah uga dalbaneysaa beesha caalamka iyo hay’adaha gar-gaarka bani’aadanimo inay gar-gaar bani’aadanimo la soo gaaraan goobaha laga xorreeyo kooxaha Al-Shabaab. Aqriso oo la soco Shabelle.net Saacad Walba si aad u hesho wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee Soomaaliya.

First we have to define what is Somalinimo what does it mean where did it came from is it our identity is it some sort of escape route we try to flee to when things go wrong. Somalinimo to me is Respect the lives of every living Somali Support Somalis against non Somalis protect the religion language and identity of the Somali people Yes many lives were lost many innocent civilians were killed in Somaliland but also In Somalia during the civil war when Factions were slaughterering innocent woman and children and unarmed men in the 90s and also today innocent Civilians are continued to be killed by Factions using foreign Mercenaries to kill more to achieve short term Clan objectives. I say lets forget and lets forgive and start all over from scratch.The Most important thing when i a talk about Somalinimo is let the Somali people live in dignity and respect that should be achieved in the horn of Africa than things will get better.

Nice pics liibaan keep them coming the khaatumo conference maanta wedjigi labaad bu galaya gudagalki arimaha siyasaasada iyo mustaqbalka beesha

Abwaan but harshin harta sheikh daroor gaashaamo is my land ma oromo ba iska leh ama itoobiyaan kale

Yes that's the general

I hope so in anay magaalaada beledweyne ku dhex dagalaamin that would be catastrophic I would have asked dawlada tfg ma ogtahay inay ciidamo xabashi ka dhex dagalamayaan gobolka hiiraan than again wabay ka barbar dagalamayaan

Dugsi ma leh qabyalaadi waxay dumiso mooyaane eh

Oromos have no place in somaliland ethnic somalilandish people are indigenous inhabitants of the somali region under Ethiopian occupation so they will never be deported from their land but just be arrested by the Ethiopian govt.

Sending back deportation back to their land of origin we welcome that.

Waan gartay

Ethiopians being deported back to their country is not something new.

Thankful;768850 wrote: I concur! I have never seen this side of Xaaji. He honestly seem's frustrated and the fact that he is attacking the TFG like never before is shocking and tells me that his secessionists dreams are over. Xaaji, you are talking about the Aid workers that were gunned down when this has occurred all over Somalia including your inclave. In fact one of the most gruesome and brutal attacks this year was the slaughter of a family while they slept in their homes. This resulted in Mr. Taani's losing his in the NW Somalia goverment because of his involvement in the attack. Why else would he have been fired by Siilaanyo if he was innocent? Why hasn't Siilaanyo visited? You talk about Clan Enclaves is hiliarious because the protestors in Borama made it clear that Siilaanyo is running a one tribe government. That's not me saying it, but the people he supposedly preside's over. Thankful you are missing the point again what we are discussing here is why this Prime Minister mr Abdiweli failed his country he isn't aware of what his defense minister is doing, his defense Minister was not aware of if there were Ethiopian troops in Somalia, and if they were inside Somalia he would have welcomed them. The Prime minister didn't have a clue of what his defense Minister was doing or telling the press nor did he knew about the Mini invasion of Ethiopia in the central regions. The only thing he did correctly so far was being instructed by his superiors to deliver before august 2012 and we are not even sure he will do that on time. What did Abdiweli achieve that's what we are asking our self's other than touring in the Garowe Clan Administration or playing soccer on the beach in Mogadishu. As for General Nuux ismacil taani losing his job he was accused by some but with no factual evidence he was not involved keep in mind he was the supreme Somaliland general he is not a politician or an mp. He is the Army chief and responsible for the security of the nation one of the most important institutions of Somaliland (Ciidanka qaranka). His image cannot be damaged that's why he was replaced by president Siilaanyo. Going back at Abdiwelis shortcomings as being the TFG prime minister what about the food aid being sold in the Capital city markets by the so called TFG officials Abdi weli supposed to manage all of that he has failed miserably i have to say sorry thankful you cannot defend him.

Well done reer Somaliland building roads and a great choice to name the road after the legendary Muse rabbiile good allow ku naxariiso a true son of Somaliland.

While the current TFG prime minister was touring bosaaso with his clan cousin faroole the ruler of the fiefdom aid workers were being gunned down in Mogadisho. This is not about visiting the garowe clan enclave this is about misplaced priorities. Ali geedi visited the Garowe Clan enclave so did the Omar Abdirashid only Farmaajo didn't visit Garowe because the garowe admin was acting all hostile towards the TFG during his primeministership . So its not something remarkable to visit you're clan fiefdom. This is not about the TFG getting stronger or not this is about the incompanticy of this so called TFG prime minister Abdi weli Gaas.

iska ooy laakin albaabku haku furnado

He is a good man he is giving back to his country its a sacrifice he made for his people and Nation and His ministry is a very important one for Somaliland lets wish him all the best.

Xukuumadda S/Land Iyo Reer Awdal Oo Ku Tartamaya Dhamaystirka Jidka Muuse Rabbiile by lug in News Jidka u dhexeeya Dila iyo Borama ee Muuse Rabbiile Good ayaa waxa lagu soo warramayaa inuu meel fiican marayo, hawshiisuna si xowli ah u socoto masaafadda dhimanna waxa la sheegay inay tahay 10 KM. Laga bilaabo magaalada Borama ilaa tuulada Gorayo-cawl waxa gacanta ku haysa hay`adda jidadka Awdal iyo Salal ( ASARDA ) oo gacan ka halaysa dadwaynaha reer Awdal, Salal iyo Gabilay meel kasta oo ay joogaanba, halka ay haya`dda jidadKa Somali Land (SRA) oo ka wakiil ah xukuumadda S/Land -na dhinaceeda ka soo bilowday magaaalada Dila soona gaadhsiisay tuulada Tulli Cagaagan, halkaana waxaa ku eg 4tii KM ee u horraysay ee ay ballan qaadday xukuumaddu, inkasta oo ay ku darayso 4 KM oo kale sida ay wararku sheegayaan. 6 KM ee hadhsanna waxa la filayaa inay shacabka reer Awdal, Salal iyo Gabilay dhamaystiri doonaan. Sida laga warqabo, jidkan waxa dhowr maalmood ka hor soo baxayay warar laga soo xiganayay xubno muhiim ah oo ka mid ah haya`dda ASARDA oo sheegaya in jidku marka uu dhamaado loogu magacdari doono marxuum Muuse Rabbiile Good, iyada oo ay tallabaadaasi dad fara badani aad u soo dhaweeyeen. Taariikh ahaan, General Muuse Rabbiile Good waxa uu ku dhashay magaalada Borama sannadkii 1938,Waxanu wax ku soo bartay dalka Sudan oo uu shahaadada heer jaamacadeed ka qaatay, kadibna waxa uu macallin ka noqday dugsigii sare ee Camuud ee magaaalada Borama. General Muuse Rabbiile Good waxa uu ahaa ninkii ugu horreeyay Somaali ahaan ee lagu dhawaaqay inuu ku guulaystay doorashadii golihii barlamanka ummadda Soomaaliyeed sannadkii 1960 kii. Xildhibaan Muuse Rabbiile sannadkii 1961 kii waxa uu u baxay socdaal aqoon korodhsi ah, waxanu arday ka noqday kulliyadda ciidanka ee Sanhurts ee ku taalla magaalada London ee dalka Britain. Sannadkii 1969 kiina waxa uu ka mid ahaa jannanadii ugu waawaynaa ee hirgeliyay tawraddii Soomaaliyeed, iyada oo uu habeenkii afgenbiga 20 kii October General Muuse gacantiisa ku dejiyay qorshihii ammaan ee magaalada Muqdisho lagula wareegay, islamarkaana uu hoggaaminayay ciidamadii taangiyada ee habka nabdoon ku qabsaday Xamar. General Muuse Rabbiile Good, laga bilaabo dhalashadii tawradii Somaliya illaa burburkii maamulkii dhexe waxa uu soo qabtay wasaarado ay ka midyihiin, wasaaradda Caafimaadka, beeraha iyo xannaanada xoolaha, gaadiidka cirka iyo dhulka , waxayna reer Awdal si gaar ah ugu xasuustaan inuu isagu hirgeliayay gobolnimada Awdal iyo degmooyinka gobolkaasiba. Sannadkii 2001,ayuu General Muuse Rabbiile Good ku geeriyooday dalka Maraykanka.

^^ Yeah he is incompetent what exactly did he achieve since he was the Prime Minister?

Ra’iisul wasaaraha oo dib ugu soo laabtay Muqdisho Muqdisho: (Sh. M. Network) Ra’iisul wasaaraha Xukuumadda KMG Soomaaliya oo maanta dib ugu soo laabtay magaalada Muqdisho ayaa faah faahin ka bixiyay booqashadii uu ku tagay deegaano ka mid ah Maamulka Puntland. Galinkii danbe ee manta ayaa Ra’iisul wasaaraha xukuumadda KMG Soomaaliya iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayay waxa ay ka soo dageen garoonka diyaaradaha magaalada Muqdisho, iyagoo kasoo anbabaxay magaalada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobolka Bari Ra’iisul wasaaraha ayaa waxaa garoonka ku soo dhaweeyay qaar ka mid ah Golihiisa wasiirada oo uu ka mid yahay wasiirka Warfaafinta xukuumadda soomaaliya, iyadoo C/wali uu faah faahin ka bixiyay kormeer uu ku tagay qaar ka mid ah deegaanadii uu booqashada ku tagay ee Maamulka Puntland. Cabdi Wali Max’ed Cali ayaa waxa uu sheegay in uu booqasho ku tagay magaalooyin ay ka mid yihiin Qardho iyo Boosaaso, isagoo tilmaamay in ay ka jirto nabad galyo la isku haleen karo oo in lagu daydo mudan. Ra’iisul wasaare C/wali Max’ed Cali ayaa waxa uu dhinaca kale sheegay in go’aanadii kasoo baxay shirkii wada tashiga ee ku soo idlaaday magaalada Garoowe ay yihiin kuwo dhaxal gal ah sida uu sheegay. Ra’iiul wasaaraha Xukuumadda KMG Soomaaliya ayaa waxa uu ka mid ahaa Mas’uuliyiintii ka socotay dowladda ee ka qaybgalay Shirkii wadatashiga ee ka dhacay magaalada Garoowe, iyadoo Ra’iisul wasaaraha in dhawaan ah booqasho iyo kormeer uu ku tagaayay xarumo muhiim ah oo ku yaalla magaalooyinka qaar oo uu ka arimiyo maamul goboleedka Puntland

Happy new year all of you have a nice new year

The first existential test for New Kenya will come, not from the Rift Valley and its addiction to bloodletting, but from the Coast and its fondness for secession. How the Coast issue is navigated over the next couple of years will determine whether Kenya marches forward as the serious country it has the potential to be, or slides into a smoking network of warring Bantustans. The Coast has a history slightly more complicated than the rest of the country. The 10-mile strip was property of the Sultan of Zanzibar until 1895 when it became a British protectorate, administered on behalf of the Sultan. In 1963, sovereignty for the strip was transferred to Kenya under a memorandum of understanding signed by the Sultan and Jomo Kenyatta. There were conditions attached to that transfer, chief among them respect for religion and land titles. Secessionists claim that under the memorandum, the Coast was granted the right to vote in a referendum whether it wished to remain a part of Kenya, or go its own way in 2013. I have seen some of the components of that memorandum, but no reference to a referendum. The Mombasa Republican Council has emerged as the container of the grievances of the Coast and a movement to challenge the existence of Kenya. The group, which is illegal, argues that Pwani si Kenya and has been recruiting extensively across the province and fanning the flames for the creation of an independent coastal nation, along the lines of Southern Sudan, Eritrea and Somaliland. To justify its rather drastic proposal, I think there has been an argument that the Coast was never actually properly a part of Kenya. Which is total nonsense, of course, and is the kind of argument which can be made by almost any scrap of Africa, thrown together by colonialists during the scramble. I think it is more accurate to say that there have always been centrifugal forces, notably among the traditional slave-keeping overlord classes who in old times owned and traded in the Miji Kenda. But today, it is among the Miji Kenda that the protest voices are loudest. While I will never advocate the dismembering of Kenya, the grievances of the MRC and other pseudo-secessionists are real: the poorest counties are at the Coast. Then there is the land conundrum. This started with the British at the turn of the last century. The Land Title Ordinance of 1908 declared all land which was not under cultivation to be Crown property. Another 1915 law stripped Africans of land ownership, turning them into tenants of the State. After independence, the dispossession of locals continued. Today, there probably isn’t a one-eyed ***** who served in the top echelons of the Kenyatta and Moi governments and does not have endless acres of first-row beach property. In settlement schemes in Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu, upcountry people probably got more land than the locals. There are some families in this country with title to 80,000 hectares. In my travels at the coast, I have on numerous occasions, been offered land. Usually, it would be their sole property, their only means of sustenance. They have huge tracts of “clan land” elsewhere, I would be told. They get very little from the land and they are selling it to go start a business, they say. I have on every occasion politely declined because I know there is no clan land and many who sell their land do not start any businesses. They squander the proceeds on good living, and then build shacks on roadsides. Families in Coast are very poor, but unlike in other poor communities, many Coast children do not go to school. This means that the current hopelessness will continue into the future. I think Coast has a serious leadership deficit. Because of that, the problems of the region will not be resolved, even if Seyyid Said is resurrected and given a new crown. I also know that the suffering at the Coast is caused and compounded by the kleptocracy and mismanagement of the State by the maggot elite both regionally and nationally. I also suspect that parts of that elite may be fanning the fires of secession. Devolution was intended to bring hope and development to marginal communities. However, it will take very good leadership — the sort we don’t seem to have — to sort this one out.

Good news cali khalif and the G6 delegation just arrived in taleex

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