Wasiiradii Ka Socdey DFKMG Soomaaliya oo Caawa Kulan La Yeeshay Madaxweynaha Puntland Garoowe-14.January.2005 Xubno Wasiiro ah oo ka socdey DFKMG ee Soomaaliya oo Maanta Booqasho ku yimid Magaalada Garoowe ee Caasimad Goboleedka Puntland ayaa waxay Caawa kulan Xarunta Madaxtooyada kula yeesheen Madaxweynaha cusub ee Maamulka Puntland Maxamuud Muuse Xirsi(Cadde). Wasiirada ka socdey DFKMG ah ayaa waxay kala ahaayeen Cismaan Maxamed(Dufle) oo ah Wasiir ku xigeenka Caafimaadka ahna Madaxa Wafdiga, Mire Xaaji Faarax oo ah Wasiir ku xigeenka Lacagta ahna Ku xigeenka Madaxa Wafdiga, Maxamed Nuurani Bakar oo ah Wasiir Dawladaha Tamarta, Afhayeenka Madaxtooyada DFKMG Yuusuf Bar Bari. Kulankii Caawa ayay Wasiiradu waxay uga warbixiyeen Cadde Muuse ujeedada socdaalkooda iyo meelaha ay booqan doonaan, waxayna sheegeen inay ka rabaan warbixinno iyo xog dheeraad DGPuntland. Warbixintii Wasiirada DFKMG ah ka dib ayaa waxaa soo dhaweyntii Madaxweynaha Puntland ka dib waxaa dhanka Puntland ka warbixiyey sida ay tahay xaalada iyo Dadkii ku waxyeeloobey Masiibadii Bad-gariirkii ka dhacey Badweynta Hindiya Wasiirka Dawladaha Hoose iyo Horumarinta Reer Miyiga Cali Cabdi Awaare oo halkaasi ka jeediyey Warbixin faahfaahsan. Cali Cabdi Awaare wuxuu uga warbixiyey Wafdiga meelaha sida xoogan ay u saameeyeen Mawjadihii Badda ee ku dhuftey Xeebaha Puntland gaar ahaan wuxuu Wasiirku sheegay in laga soo bilaabo Xaafun ilaa iyo Garacad ay si siman u saameysay Masiibadu, isla markaana ay ugu daran tahay Degmada Xaafun oo ka mid ah meelaha sida xoogan ugu baaba'ay Mawjadihii Badda ee soo butaacey. Ugu Dambeyntii Waxay halkaasi wasiiradu ka sheegeen inay isku qaybin doonaan laba Kooxood oo Koox ay socdaal ku tagi doonaan Deegaanka Xaafun, halka Kooxda kalena ay tagi doonaan Degmada Garacad. Kulankaas ayaa goor dhaw ku soo dhamaadey si wanaagsan waxaana lagu wadaa inay maalinimada Beri ah u socdaalaan goobaha u qorsheysan iyadoo lagu wado inay sii raacaan Masuuliyiin ka tirsan Maamulka Puntland. C/Naasir Yaasin SBC Garoowe.

Garowe: Wafti ka Socda Dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliya oo Booqanaya Puntland - Friday, January 14, 2005 at 17:29 Garowe, 14.01.05 (AllPuntland) - Waxaa maanta abbaarihii 1:30 kii duhurnimo ka soo degey Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee konoko Garoowe Wafti ka socda Dawladda Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliyeed kaasoo soo indha indhayn doona meelihii ay saamaysay dhibaatadii Bad gariirkii Dhawaan dhacay qaar ka mid ah Xeebaha Puntland. Waftigaan oo uu hoggaaminayay Cismaan Max’ed Dufle, Wasiir ku Xigeenka Caafimaadka, ayna ka mid ahaayeen Max’ed Nuuraani Bakar Wasiirka Tamarta, Mire X. Faarax Wasiir ku xigeenka Lacagta, Yuusuf Bari Bari, Afhayeenka Madaxweynaha, iyo Suxufiyiin Caalami ah ayaa la sheegay in ujeedada safarkoodu uu la xiriiro sidii ay xog dheeraad ah uga heli lahaayeen dhibaatadii ay geysatay bad gariirkii dhawaan ka dhacay Badweynta Hindiya kaasoo waxyeello u geystay Magaalooyinkii iyo Tuulooyinkii ku yaalay Xeebaha Badweynta Hindiya ee Puntland. Waxaa la filayaa in waftigaani la kulmaan Caawa fiidnimadii Madaxweynaha DGSPL Md. Max’ud Muuse Xirsi (Cadde), iyo qaar ka tirsan Goliha Wasiirada Puntland oo ay ka Mid yihiin Wasiirka Warfaafinta Puntland Md. C/risaaq Yaasiin C/lle Geesood, Wasiirka Dawladaha Hoose iyo Horumartinta Reer Miyiga Cali Cabdi Awaare, Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha Axmed Cabdi Xaabsade, Wasiir ku xigeenka Qorshaynta iyo Xiriirka Caalamiga ah Inj. Caydaruus Yuusuf. Sidoo kale ayaa waxaa la sheegayaa in ay waftigaani maalinimada berrito ay u amba bixi doonaan Meelihii ay musiibooyinku ka dheceen ee Xeebaha Puntland. Waa markii ugu horreysay oo wafti ka tirsan Golaha Xukuumadda DFS ay ugu amba baxaan hawlo Dalka gudihiisa iyadoo maalinimadii shalay ahayd loo dhaariyay Xilalka. Faarax Nuur Yusuf (KK) Garowe, AllPuntland

Wafdigii ka socday Dowladda KMG ah oo Sacaadan Caga dhigtay Garoowe Warar goor dhaw naga soo gaaray Xaruunta maamul Goboleedka Puntland Wafdigii ugu horeeyey ee ka socda Dowladda KMG ee Soomaaliya ee heer wasiiro ah ayaa caga dhigtay Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Garoowe. Wafdigan ayaa waxaa ka mid ah Mire Xaaji Faarax oo ah Wasiir ku xigeenka Lacagta, Maxamed Nuurani Bakar oo ah Wasiirka Tamarta, Cismaan Maxamed(Dufle) oo ah Wasiir kuxigeenka Caafimaadka, iyo Afhayeenka Madaxtooyada Yuusuf Bari Bari, iyadoo wafdiga uu uga harey Garoonka Diyaaradaha Dayniile ee Magaalada Muqdisho Prof.C/raxmaan Ibbi oo ah Wasiir Dawlaha Baarlamanka iyo Xukuumada. Wararka ayaa intaasi raacinaya in Wafdigan ay socdaal xaga cirka ah ku tagi doonaan Deegaanka Xaafun, iyagoo u socda inay qiimeeyaan masiibadii ka dhacdey halkaas iyo sida loogu gurman karo Dadka ku waxyeeloobey Masiibadii Bad-Gariirkii Badweynta Hindiya ee ku sugan xeebaha Soomaalida.,halkaas oo hay'adaha gargaarka gaarsiiyeen Cunto iyo biyo Nadiif ah. Galabta ayaa la filayaa in Wafdigan la kulmaan madaxweynaha cusub ee Puntland Jen Cadde Muuse kadibna ay u sii dhaqaajiyaan goobaha dhibaatada ka dhacaday. Nuuradin Macalin Mukhtaar (Dinow) nuradin007@hotmail.com Midnimo Information Center Xafiiska Midnimo ee Muqdisho wararka@midnimo.com

Qorshel well said.

J-11 Thanks bro.

A controlled conversation Analysing the situation of our fallen nation Gone are the poets who were once prophetic Now we are masters of riddles down right pathetic The cripple out numbers those who walk The AK is the beast way to talk Where would we cowards be? Without our women, those rigid towers While we expand our mind They take up life’s heavy load and grind Single mother lot never eases Just gets harder Every child needs his father So why contemplate? A rose blossoming without the sun Or seeing without light We exchanged our dignity So we can reside in this land Forever subjects to this man

Qorshel LOL

Pland should worry about how to reunite Galkayo. On this I agree totally.

SOMALIA: Parliament endorses new cabinet 13 Jan 2005 13:51:09 GMT Source: IRIN NAIROBI, 13 January (IRIN) - The Somali transitional parliament on Thursday approved the new cabinet named by Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Gedi, four weeks after the assembly rejected his earlier cabinet on the grounds that its selection was unconstitutional. The vote was approved by 169 MPs, while 78 voted against. "The size of those who voted in favour of the government shows that parliament is now satisfied that the prime minister has satisfied their concerns and questions", Abdulrahman Aden Ibbi, minister of state for parliamentary affairs, told IRIN. Ibbi said those who voted against the government earlier had done so because "some felt their clans were not well represented - others were driven by personal interest". He said the next move for the government is to decide when to relocate to Somalia. "The cabinet will meet as soon as possible [to agree] on an exact date for relocation," Ibbi said. Another source told IRIN that the cabinet would meet on Saturday to decide a date for relocation. Ibbi further said that a 12-member-strong committee, consisting of parliamentary and government ministers were to leave for Somalia to assess the extent of damage caused by the tsunami that hit the Somali coast. "We will visit from Hafun [northeast] to Barava [south]," Ibbi said. Gedi, a 51-year-old former professor of veterinary science, was initially appointed on 3 November. Commentators said he had not been tainted by the factional bloodshed that ruined Somalia following the toppling of the regime of Muhammad Siyad Barre in 1991. He is a member of the Abgal sub-clan, of the ****** clan, and was a prominent member of the political arm of the United Somali Congress, one of the armed groups that overthrew Barre. Members of the transitional federal parliament had on 10 October elected Abdullahi Yusuf as president. The election marked the culmination of a two-year reconciliation conference sponsored by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development that brought representatives together from various clans and factions. The new government, which includes several faction leaders, has not been able to move from Nairobi to Mogadishu, citing security considerations. But it has come under increasing pressure from the Kenyan government and western diplomats to relocate

Juma, I have been enlightened since for the reasons behind the size and members of the cabinet. For the sake of peace and our country we have to move forward. And who am I to disagree with the MP's? As for you it seems the government is coming back home.

Wonderful news. We have a government.

Dawoco, good thread. Xu God knows I am a patient woman, but there is something about a group of teenagers subjecting me to 30 minutes of incessant shrieking pulses of terror that they call singing - that really brings out the Hitler in me. Raganimo Xu, those "incessant shrieking pulses of terror" as you call them are inconsequential compared to a bunch of Yardies or sometimes Somali teenagers huddled in the back row screaming If you don't know 'bout me, POW, you'd betta' ask quickly, POW, Coz am POW, yeah am POW!" God sometimes i wish the floor beneath them would swallow them or they Vanish WHOOSH! I think the above gave a good description of the mental distress one suffers by using LT. The Somali kids in my area are mostly well behaved. I dont get why they [LT] are allowed to increase the cost of travel when the service is always getting worse. Dirty people, dirty trains and busses and dirty pricess. Oh well one must not complain too much.

I am with Jilaato_Cambo and Ms Word. Hurwaa is the place I remember most about Xamar and my last residence.

Love is in your face It’s being next to you in your place It’s the long awaited rain What men seek but seldom gain Love is the way you make everything alright The reason you always on top without a fight Being reassured and held tight Encouraged to overcome any fright Love is the happiness that’s worth The beating heart of us both It’s the way loneliness is overcome by truth How I feel for you is its proof

Love is in your face It’s being next to you in your place It’s the long awaited rain What men seek but seldom gain Love is the way you make everything alright The reason you always on top without a fight Being reassured and held tight Encouraged to overcome any fright Love is the happiness that’s worth The beating heart of us both It’s the way loneliness is overcome by truth How I feel for you is its proof

The graphs were a nice touch.

MASAR OO KU DHAWAAQDAY IN AY SOO DHAWEYN IYO QADARIN U SAMEYNAYSO MADAXWEYNAHA SOOMAALIYA QAAHIRA, Arbaco 12/01/05 Dowladda Masar ayaa gaashaanka ku dhufatay oo waxba ka ma jiraan ku tilmaamtay warar maalmihii la soo dhaafay ay saxaafaddu qortay oo sheegayey in dowladda Masar u diidday Madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf inuu booqasho ku tago dalkeeda. Wasaaradda Arrimaha dibadda Masar oo ka jawaabeysa wararkaas ayaa sheegtay in hadda ay socdaan howlo waqti rasmi ah loogu xadidayo booqashada Madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf ee dalka Masar iyadoo wadatashiyo u socdaan mas’uuliyiinta dowlada Masar iyo Xoghaynta Madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf. Wasaaradda Arrimaha dibadda Masar ayaa u yeertay Danjiraha Soomaaliya u fadhiya Qaahira C/laahi Xasan kaddib markii wararkani soo baxeen, waxayna wasaaraddu Danjiraha si rasmi ah u gaarsiisay in dowladda Masar ay soo dhaweynayso booqashada Madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf waqti kasta. Waxay sheegtay wasaaraddu in Madaxweynaha Masar Max’ed Xusni Mubaarak uu aad ugu dadaalayo in uu wadatashiyo joogta ah la yeesho dhiggiisa Soomaaliya C/laahi Yuusuf si looga wada hadlo xaaladda guud ee Soomaaliya, Geeska Afrika iyo xiriirka labada dal. (QARAN PRESS)

Masar oo Beenisay Iney Ka Maagayso Kulan Dhexmara X. Mubarak iyo C/lahi Yuusuf Dawladda Masar ayaa si cad u beenisay warar sheegayay in ay wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda ee Masaaridu ka gaabinayso kulan ay yeeshaan madaxwaynaha Soomalaiya iyo madaxwaynaha Masaarida . Xukuumadda Masara ayaa todabaadkii hore bartimihiisa si rasmi ah ugu sheegatay safiirka soomaalida u jooga dalkaas Md C/llaahi Xasan in dawladda Masaaridu danaynayso kulan iyo is arag dhexmaro lanbada madaxwayne balse ay ku xirantahay jadwalka shaqo ee madaxwaynaha Soomaliya iyo kan Masar goor walibana dawladda Masar diyaar u tahay in ay kala sheekaysato madaxda Soomaalida xiriirka labada dal iyo arrimaha Geeska Afrika . Dadka ka faalooda umuuraha siyaasadda ayaa rumaysan in dawladda Masaaridu yara ka gaabinayso kulan ay la samayso madaxwaynaha dawladda km ah Md C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmad iyadoo la rumayasanyahay in uu yahay nin ay samaysataya dawladda Itoobiya waliba ay xukuumadda Masaaridu u aragto qaybo ka mid ah golah wasiirada cadaw dalka Masar waayo waxa ka mid ah xubno gubay calanka Masaarida . C/llaahi Khadar Budbud33@hotmail.com

Wake up young man for you are a fool Weak helpless and out of control Your father was lost to fame Your brother had no plan Your mother despairs unable to understand Listen to your elders for I was once your reflection Don’t end up like me an old fool Wake up and stop trying to be cool

DKMG Soomaaliya oo Muqdisho Tegaysa Bishan Dhexdeeda. Sida uu qalabka warbaahinta u sheegay Xuseen Jaabiri oo ah u qeybsnaha xafiiska ra'iisalwasaaraha xagga arimaha warfaafinta, DKMG Soomaaliya ayaa u guuri doonta gudaha dalka ka hor inta aanay dhamaan bisha January ee aan ku jirno. Jaabiri ayaa sheegay in cadaadis badan oo DKMG kaga yimid dawladda martida loo yahay ee Kenya iyo dhinacyo kalaba ay ku qasabtay dawladda iney go'aankan qaadato, wuxuuna Jaabiri intaa raaciyay in dawladdu u guuri doonto dhanka Muqdisho. Hadalkan ka soo baxay Jaabiri ayaa u eg mid mugdiga ka saaraya meesha ay salka dhigan doonto dawladdu. Labo maalmood ka hor ayeey aheyd markii madaxweyne C/llahi Yuusuf uu kala shiray siyaasiyiinta ****** halkii saldhig looga dhigi lahaa dawladda, maalin kadibna waxay siyaasiyiintani gaarsiiyeen madaxweynaha in ay isku raaceen in Muqdisho ay xarun u noqoto dawladda. Wararka Nayroobi ka imanaya ayaa sheegaya in madaxweyne C/llahi Yuusuf iyo wasiiro ka tirsan dawladda oo ay gacansaar leeyihiin ay ka go'antahay in ay dawladda geeyaan magaalada Baydhabo, hadaba waxaa isweydiin mudan ma mawqifkii madaxweynaha iyo wasiirada ay isku jaalka yihiin ayaa wax iska bedelay mise hadalka Jaabiri wuxuu daaha ka qaadaya khilaafka u dhexeeya ra'iisalwasaaraha oo dhawr jeer oo hore sheegay in dawladda Muqdisho la geynayo iyo madaxweynaha oo si dadban iyo si toos ahba looga maqlay inaanu xiligan Muqdisho tegeynin, iyo weliba gudoomiyaha BKMG ah oo dad ku dhawdhaw laga soo wariyay inuu u janjeero in dawladda Muqdisho la geeyo. Si kasta xaalku ha ahaadee waa bilaw wanaagsan in daaha laga qaado xiliga dawladdu ay ka baxayso qurbojoognimada iyo halka ay ku wajahanthayba, inkastoo laga yaabo dooda ka dhalata qodobkan in lala beegsado baarlamaanka si loogu kala baxo, taasoo haddii ra'iisalwasaare Geeddi uu u ololeeyo tegitaanka Muqdisho ka badbaadin karta dharbaaxo culus oo kaga timaada baarlamaanka – oo xubnihiisu inta badan taageersanyihiin sida la sheegayo in Muqdisho la tago- sidii ku dhacday horaantii bishii tagtay. Haddaba waxaa la dhawrayaa in ra'iisalwasaare Geeddi uu ku adkeysan doono tegitaanka Muqdisho iyo in uu ku biiri doono safka madaxweynaha iyo in ay isugu iman doonaan xal dhexe oo ah in xukuumaduna tagto Muqdisho baarlabaankuna Baydhabo, madaxweynuhuna kala doorto meeshii uu tegi lahaa. Tifaftiraha.

DKMG Soomaaliya oo Muqdisho Tegaysa Bishan Dhexdeeda. Sida uu qalabka warbaahinta u sheegay Xuseen Jaabiri oo ah u qeybsnaha xafiiska ra'iisalwasaaraha xagga arimaha warfaafinta, DKMG Soomaaliya ayaa u guuri doonta gudaha dalka ka hor inta aanay dhamaan bisha January ee aan ku jirno. Jaabiri ayaa sheegay in cadaadis badan oo DKMG kaga yimid dawladda martida loo yahay ee Kenya iyo dhinacyo kalaba ay ku qasabtay dawladda iney go'aankan qaadato, wuxuuna Jaabiri intaa raaciyay in dawladdu u guuri doonto dhanka Muqdisho. Hadalkan ka soo baxay Jaabiri ayaa u eg mid mugdiga ka saaraya meesha ay salka dhigan doonto dawladdu. Labo maalmood ka hor ayeey aheyd markii madaxweyne C/llahi Yuusuf uu kala shiray siyaasiyiinta ****** halkii saldhig looga dhigi lahaa dawladda, maalin kadibna waxay siyaasiyiintani gaarsiiyeen madaxweynaha in ay isku raaceen in Muqdisho ay xarun u noqoto dawladda. Wararka Nayroobi ka imanaya ayaa sheegaya in madaxweyne C/llahi Yuusuf iyo wasiiro ka tirsan dawladda oo ay gacansaar leeyihiin ay ka go'antahay in ay dawladda geeyaan magaalada Baydhabo, hadaba waxaa isweydiin mudan ma mawqifkii madaxweynaha iyo wasiirada ay isku jaalka yihiin ayaa wax iska bedelay mise hadalka Jaabiri wuxuu daaha ka qaadaya khilaafka u dhexeeya ra'iisalwasaaraha oo dhawr jeer oo hore sheegay in dawladda Muqdisho la geynayo iyo madaxweynaha oo si dadban iyo si toos ahba looga maqlay inaanu xiligan Muqdisho tegeynin, iyo weliba gudoomiyaha BKMG ah oo dad ku dhawdhaw laga soo wariyay inuu u janjeero in dawladda Muqdisho la geeyo. Si kasta xaalku ha ahaadee waa bilaw wanaagsan in daaha laga qaado xiliga dawladdu ay ka baxayso qurbojoognimada iyo halka ay ku wajahanthayba, inkastoo laga yaabo dooda ka dhalata qodobkan in lala beegsado baarlamaanka si loogu kala baxo, taasoo haddii ra'iisalwasaare Geeddi uu u ololeeyo tegitaanka Muqdisho ka badbaadin karta dharbaaxo culus oo kaga timaada baarlamaanka – oo xubnihiisu inta badan taageersanyihiin sida la sheegayo in Muqdisho la tago- sidii ku dhacday horaantii bishii tagtay. Haddaba waxaa la dhawrayaa in ra'iisalwasaare Geeddi uu ku adkeysan doono tegitaanka Muqdisho iyo in uu ku biiri doono safka madaxweynaha iyo in ay isugu iman doonaan xal dhexe oo ah in xukuumaduna tagto Muqdisho baarlabaankuna Baydhabo, madaxweynuhuna kala doorto meeshii uu tegi lahaa. Tifaftiraha.

DKMG Soomaaliya oo Muqdisho Tegaysa Bishan Dhexdeeda. Sida uu qalabka warbaahinta u sheegay Xuseen Jaabiri oo ah u qeybsnaha xafiiska ra'iisalwasaaraha xagga arimaha warfaafinta, DKMG Soomaaliya ayaa u guuri doonta gudaha dalka ka hor inta aanay dhamaan bisha January ee aan ku jirno. Jaabiri ayaa sheegay in cadaadis badan oo DKMG kaga yimid dawladda martida loo yahay ee Kenya iyo dhinacyo kalaba ay ku qasabtay dawladda iney go'aankan qaadato, wuxuuna Jaabiri intaa raaciyay in dawladdu u guuri doonto dhanka Muqdisho. Hadalkan ka soo baxay Jaabiri ayaa u eg mid mugdiga ka saaraya meesha ay salka dhigan doonto dawladdu. Labo maalmood ka hor ayeey aheyd markii madaxweyne C/llahi Yuusuf uu kala shiray siyaasiyiinta ****** halkii saldhig looga dhigi lahaa dawladda, maalin kadibna waxay siyaasiyiintani gaarsiiyeen madaxweynaha in ay isku raaceen in Muqdisho ay xarun u noqoto dawladda. Wararka Nayroobi ka imanaya ayaa sheegaya in madaxweyne C/llahi Yuusuf iyo wasiiro ka tirsan dawladda oo ay gacansaar leeyihiin ay ka go'antahay in ay dawladda geeyaan magaalada Baydhabo, hadaba waxaa isweydiin mudan ma mawqifkii madaxweynaha iyo wasiirada ay isku jaalka yihiin ayaa wax iska bedelay mise hadalka Jaabiri wuxuu daaha ka qaadaya khilaafka u dhexeeya ra'iisalwasaaraha oo dhawr jeer oo hore sheegay in dawladda Muqdisho la geynayo iyo madaxweynaha oo si dadban iyo si toos ahba looga maqlay inaanu xiligan Muqdisho tegeynin, iyo weliba gudoomiyaha BKMG ah oo dad ku dhawdhaw laga soo wariyay inuu u janjeero in dawladda Muqdisho la geeyo. Si kasta xaalku ha ahaadee waa bilaw wanaagsan in daaha laga qaado xiliga dawladdu ay ka baxayso qurbojoognimada iyo halka ay ku wajahanthayba, inkastoo laga yaabo dooda ka dhalata qodobkan in lala beegsado baarlamaanka si loogu kala baxo, taasoo haddii ra'iisalwasaare Geeddi uu u ololeeyo tegitaanka Muqdisho ka badbaadin karta dharbaaxo culus oo kaga timaada baarlamaanka – oo xubnihiisu inta badan taageersanyihiin sida la sheegayo in Muqdisho la tago- sidii ku dhacday horaantii bishii tagtay. Haddaba waxaa la dhawrayaa in ra'iisalwasaare Geeddi uu ku adkeysan doono tegitaanka Muqdisho iyo in uu ku biiri doono safka madaxweynaha iyo in ay isugu iman doonaan xal dhexe oo ah in xukuumaduna tagto Muqdisho baarlabaankuna Baydhabo, madaxweynuhuna kala doorto meeshii uu tegi lahaa. Tifaftiraha.

SOMALIA: Interim government to relocate from Nairobi - Monday, January 10, 2005 at 15:59 NAIROBI, 10 January (IRIN) - The interim Somali government is to start relocating from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where it is currently based to Somalia within the next three weeks, sources told IRIN on Monday. The government, other sources added, was likely to move to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. "The government has set the end of January as the tentative date to start the relocation to Somalia," Hussein Jabiri, director of communications in the interim prime minister's office, said. "It will be a gradual relocation." The prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, named a new cabinet on Friday, nearly a month after his initial line-up of 76 was rejected by parliament. There are 42 ministers, 42 assistant ministers and five ministers of state in the new cabinet, Jabiri told IRIN. "I have made this list to the best of my ability," Gedi said while announcing the new team. In rejecting the first line-up, the parliament said clan quotas had been ignored and that the right constitutional procedures were not followed in the selection. "Those given posts will have the task of serving Somalia at a critical time," the interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, told the transitional federal parliament after the new cabinet was announced. "Some [politicians] are unhappy because they are not in the cabinet, but hopefully in [the] future, they will be on the list." One of the Somali faction leaders, Hussein Mohammed Aydid, was made deputy prime minister in charge of home affairs and another influential politician, Mohammed Qanyare Afrah, was given the post of national security minister. Other prominent faction leaders who have joined the cabinet include Muse Sudi Yalahow, Usman Hassan Atto, Hassan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud and Adan Madobe. Abdullahi Shaykh Isma'il, another faction leader, was appointed foreign minister. The new Somali government has come under pressure both from its Kenyan hosts and the international community to move to Somalia and establish itself there. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, on 1 January, urged the new government to go back to Somalia, saying "small fights" within their borders should not deter them. "They must return because we were making a government not to stay in Nairobi, but to return home and reconstruct that country," he said. Kibaki's message was emphasised on Tuesday by John Koech, the Kenyan minister of regional cooperation. "It is difficult for the international community to assist the Somali government when they are still in Kenya," Koech said. "The international community has assured us that as soon as the Somali people settle in Somalia, they will get assistance for their own country, which has been destroyed by 14 years of strife," he added. Speaking in Addis Ababa on Thursday, Assane Ba from the African Union's (AU) conflict centre said the new government had indicated it could relocate to Somalia by 21 January. The AU, he added, was planning to deploy an initial contingent of its peacekeeping force to the war-ravaged country by the end of January. Somalia ceased to function as a modern state in 1991 following the overthrow of Mohammed Siyad Barre. Barre's ouster precipitated a ruinous civil war that saw numerous warlords and their militias divide the country into fiefdoms. Yusuf was elected in October by the transitional federal parliament, sitting in Nairobi. The election marked the end of a two-year reconciliation conference sponsored by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development. The conference brought together representatives from various clans and factions. Source: IRIN

SOMALIA: Interim government to relocate from Nairobi - Monday, January 10, 2005 at 15:59 NAIROBI, 10 January (IRIN) - The interim Somali government is to start relocating from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where it is currently based to Somalia within the next three weeks, sources told IRIN on Monday. The government, other sources added, was likely to move to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. "The government has set the end of January as the tentative date to start the relocation to Somalia," Hussein Jabiri, director of communications in the interim prime minister's office, said. "It will be a gradual relocation." The prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, named a new cabinet on Friday, nearly a month after his initial line-up of 76 was rejected by parliament. There are 42 ministers, 42 assistant ministers and five ministers of state in the new cabinet, Jabiri told IRIN. "I have made this list to the best of my ability," Gedi said while announcing the new team. In rejecting the first line-up, the parliament said clan quotas had been ignored and that the right constitutional procedures were not followed in the selection. "Those given posts will have the task of serving Somalia at a critical time," the interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, told the transitional federal parliament after the new cabinet was announced. "Some [politicians] are unhappy because they are not in the cabinet, but hopefully in [the] future, they will be on the list." One of the Somali faction leaders, Hussein Mohammed Aydid, was made deputy prime minister in charge of home affairs and another influential politician, Mohammed Qanyare Afrah, was given the post of national security minister. Other prominent faction leaders who have joined the cabinet include Muse Sudi Yalahow, Usman Hassan Atto, Hassan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud and Adan Madobe. Abdullahi Shaykh Isma'il, another faction leader, was appointed foreign minister. The new Somali government has come under pressure both from its Kenyan hosts and the international community to move to Somalia and establish itself there. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, on 1 January, urged the new government to go back to Somalia, saying "small fights" within their borders should not deter them. "They must return because we were making a government not to stay in Nairobi, but to return home and reconstruct that country," he said. Kibaki's message was emphasised on Tuesday by John Koech, the Kenyan minister of regional cooperation. "It is difficult for the international community to assist the Somali government when they are still in Kenya," Koech said. "The international community has assured us that as soon as the Somali people settle in Somalia, they will get assistance for their own country, which has been destroyed by 14 years of strife," he added. Speaking in Addis Ababa on Thursday, Assane Ba from the African Union's (AU) conflict centre said the new government had indicated it could relocate to Somalia by 21 January. The AU, he added, was planning to deploy an initial contingent of its peacekeeping force to the war-ravaged country by the end of January. Somalia ceased to function as a modern state in 1991 following the overthrow of Mohammed Siyad Barre. Barre's ouster precipitated a ruinous civil war that saw numerous warlords and their militias divide the country into fiefdoms. Yusuf was elected in October by the transitional federal parliament, sitting in Nairobi. The election marked the end of a two-year reconciliation conference sponsored by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development. The conference brought together representatives from various clans and factions. Source: IRIN

SOMALIA: Interim government to relocate from Nairobi - Monday, January 10, 2005 at 15:59 NAIROBI, 10 January (IRIN) - The interim Somali government is to start relocating from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where it is currently based to Somalia within the next three weeks, sources told IRIN on Monday. The government, other sources added, was likely to move to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. "The government has set the end of January as the tentative date to start the relocation to Somalia," Hussein Jabiri, director of communications in the interim prime minister's office, said. "It will be a gradual relocation." The prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, named a new cabinet on Friday, nearly a month after his initial line-up of 76 was rejected by parliament. There are 42 ministers, 42 assistant ministers and five ministers of state in the new cabinet, Jabiri told IRIN. "I have made this list to the best of my ability," Gedi said while announcing the new team. In rejecting the first line-up, the parliament said clan quotas had been ignored and that the right constitutional procedures were not followed in the selection. "Those given posts will have the task of serving Somalia at a critical time," the interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, told the transitional federal parliament after the new cabinet was announced. "Some [politicians] are unhappy because they are not in the cabinet, but hopefully in [the] future, they will be on the list." One of the Somali faction leaders, Hussein Mohammed Aydid, was made deputy prime minister in charge of home affairs and another influential politician, Mohammed Qanyare Afrah, was given the post of national security minister. Other prominent faction leaders who have joined the cabinet include Muse Sudi Yalahow, Usman Hassan Atto, Hassan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud and Adan Madobe. Abdullahi Shaykh Isma'il, another faction leader, was appointed foreign minister. The new Somali government has come under pressure both from its Kenyan hosts and the international community to move to Somalia and establish itself there. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, on 1 January, urged the new government to go back to Somalia, saying "small fights" within their borders should not deter them. "They must return because we were making a government not to stay in Nairobi, but to return home and reconstruct that country," he said. Kibaki's message was emphasised on Tuesday by John Koech, the Kenyan minister of regional cooperation. "It is difficult for the international community to assist the Somali government when they are still in Kenya," Koech said. "The international community has assured us that as soon as the Somali people settle in Somalia, they will get assistance for their own country, which has been destroyed by 14 years of strife," he added. Speaking in Addis Ababa on Thursday, Assane Ba from the African Union's (AU) conflict centre said the new government had indicated it could relocate to Somalia by 21 January. The AU, he added, was planning to deploy an initial contingent of its peacekeeping force to the war-ravaged country by the end of January. Somalia ceased to function as a modern state in 1991 following the overthrow of Mohammed Siyad Barre. Barre's ouster precipitated a ruinous civil war that saw numerous warlords and their militias divide the country into fiefdoms. Yusuf was elected in October by the transitional federal parliament, sitting in Nairobi. The election marked the end of a two-year reconciliation conference sponsored by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development. The conference brought together representatives from various clans and factions. Source: IRIN