At least 112 people killed in fighting in Somaliland Fighting in Lasanod, among the fiercest in weeks, continued for more than 7 hours Tuesday At least 112 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded in fierce fighting in the town of Lasanod in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, a medical official said Tuesday. Abdimajid Hussein Sugulle, the director-general of a public hospital in Lasanod, provided the latest figures to Anadolu by phone from the fighting between Somaliland forces and local clan fighters, which has been going on for around three weeks. “More than eight people were killed in today’s heavy fighting alone, and many others were wounded. Some of those hit by bullets and shells were admitted to hospitals,” said Sugulle. He said Tuesday’s fighting was among the fiercest and continued for more than seven hours. He added that the casualties included medical workers. Fighting started in Lasanod, the administrative capital of Somaliland’s eastern Sool region, after a group of local leaders, civil society groups and religious leaders announced last week that they would no longer recognize the Somaliland government. In a statement, they said the territory will now be ruled from Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. The Somaliland administration has labelled the local forces “terrorists” and blamed them for the violence. The Sool and Sanaag regions have been disputed territories with both Somaliland and Puntland state claiming ownership. Mohamed Husein Gaas, director of the Raad Peace Research Institute in Mogadishu, who spoke to Anadolu over the phone, said the conflict in Lasanod is rooted in Somaliland's “occupation” of the Sool region since 2007, which is against the will of the overwhelming majority of the local population. “This prolonged occupation has led to extreme political, economic and social marginalization and subjugation of the Sool clan clan, which includes the assassinations of more than 120 prominent community leaders and clan elites. In response, the Lasanod population rose up to demonstrate against Somaliland, where Somaliland used excessive force against demonstrating civilians,” he said. He said the only feasible and viable solution to the conflict in Lasanod is an immediate, unconditional and genuine cease-fire. Somaliland forces must also withdraw from the Sool region, he said. “Implementing these two things can provide a good environment conducive to political dialogue between Sool clan clan leaders, Somaliland authorities and the federal government of Somalia with the support of international actors and UNSOM,” he added, referring to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia. Isack Abdi, a Somali independent analyst who spoke to Anadolu, said he believes both communities of the disputed regions and in Somaliland should live together as they have their entire lives and resolve their issues with dialogue. He said although Somaliland has a point in claiming ownership of the territory, they should stop shelling a town full of civilians, including children and the elderly. “The territory was part of the area that was under the British protectorate, but I can see that both sides have points. But they shouldn’t be fighting while there are other ways to resolve the outstanding issues,” he said. The conflict in Lasanod has also caused mass displacement. According to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, the clashes have displaced more than 80,000 people, compounding the drought-induced humanitarian crisis in Sool and Sanaag. “Each day, around 1,000 Somalis are crossing into Ethiopia to escape clashes in Laascaanood (Lasanod), Sool region. So far, more than 60,000 have arrived,” the UN said earlier this week. The town is disputed between Somaliland and the semiautonomous state of Puntland, with the neighbors having fought several times over the territory. Protesters were out in Lasanod to demand the expulsion of Somaliland security forces and for the town to be handed over to Puntland authorities. TRT World

There is is also miduu abti u yahay walaashiisa dhashay u qaabilsan safarada. Safar walba wey la socotaa.

Waa tan kulamada Adisababa madaxda Afrika kula qaadanaayo iska xaadarineysaa. Sida la yiri, she is the de facto 'foreign minister' now. What a shameless character Xasan is. Mareykanka markuu tagaaye:

Maanta duulaankii ugu xumaa soo qaadeen and received their biggest defeat. Jecliyaa jabka jaadcunaaya Soomaalidiidka ah:

. Dad marqaansan rabo been alifaan. Tuugo la qabtay...

Ahahahha, si fiican la yeelay Booramahaan: Xamar maxuu ka doonaaye? Secessionists baa soo diray jaajuusnimo.

Aljasiira report: What’s driving conflict in the disputed Somali city of Las Anod? Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of a dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland and Puntland regions. Since February 6, there has been heavy fighting in the northern Somali city of Las Anod (Laascaanood) between troops of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland and local militia from the Sool clan clan in northern Somalia. So far, at least 82 people have died and 400 have been wounded. But what exactly is the issue? What’s driving conflict in the disputed Somali city of Las Anod? Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of a dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland and Puntland regions. Since February 6, there has been heavy fighting in the northern Somali city of Las Anod (Laascaanood) between troops of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland and local militia from the Sool clan clan in northern Somalia. So far, at least 82 people have died and 400 have been wounded. How did it all begin? The Sool clan clan lives in the regions of Sool, Sanaag as well as the district of Buuhoodle in the Togdheer region, all of which are disputed between Somaliland – which seceded from Somalia in 1991 – and Puntland. Las Anod, the capital of the Sool region, is also claimed by the clan as its capital. Somaliland claims the borders of the old British Somaliland protectorate which merged with what was known as Italian Somaliland in the 1960s to form Somalia. In 1991, after clan militias overthrew Siad Barre, Somalia’s military ruler at the time, the country descended into prolonged conflict, and Somaliland proclaimed its secession. Before 2007, when Somaliland seized Las Anod, it was administered by Puntland. The current upheaval in Las Anod began on December 26 when a local opposition politician, Abdifatah Abdullahi Abdi, was assassinated by unknown attackers, sparking anti-government protests across the city. Unverified footage on social media during the protests showed Somaliland’s security forces indiscriminately firing at demonstrators. Local reports say as many as 20 people were killed during these initial protests in December that spilled over into January. Somaliland’s troops have since been stationed outside the city, which has since remained under the control of a local committee of 33 elders of the Sool clan clan. What is at stake here? After years of debate, Sool clan elders in Sool announced on February 6 that they would like to be independent of both administrations and form their own federal state under Somalia, named SSC-Khaatumo. “We have decided that the Federal Republic of Somalia shall administer the SSC-Khaatumo region until the completion of the federalisation of Somalia’s land,” they said in a statement, quoting the Somali constitution. Just before the declaration was to be released, forces from Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital, reportedly attacked Las Anod and forces loyal to the clans fought back. “We believe Somaliland had received some information of the details of the declaration in advance which they didn’t receive well,” Garad Mukhtar, one of the elders at the conference, told Al Jazeera. “We strongly believe the attack was their attempt to disrupt the meeting.” Markus Hoehne, a social anthropologist at the University of Leipzig who conducted research in Somaliland for many years, told Al Jazeera, “Somaliland needs the land [not the people] to establish its claim to statehood, which is based on colonial boundaries.” “Puntland’s claim rests on kinship ties with clans from the region and adherence to unity,” Faisal Roble, Horn of Africa political analyst and principal city planner for Los Angeles, told Al Jazeera. What has the damage been so far? In addition to deaths and injuries, the United Nations estimated that more than 185,000 people have been displaced due to the conflict in Las Anod. “Somaliland must withdraw its forces from Sool and have immediate negotiations with the traditional elders of the Sool clan clan in order to facilitate international aid,” Hoehne told Al Jazeera. Abdirizak Shuriye, a doctor at Manhal Hospital in Las Anod, told Al Jazeera that hospitals and ambulances have been shelled, resulting in the deaths of medical personnel, pregnant women and children. “What is happening in the city of Las Anod is a massacre,” he added. On February 8, Abdirihin Ismail, the city’s mayor, said, “This isn’t a war between Somaliland and Puntland nor between Somaliland and terrorists, but rather the Somaliland army and the people of Las Anod.” Mukhtar told Al Jazeera that his house was shot at by Somaliland’s military alongside more than 1,000 others damaged or demolished by them. He added that Somaliland was shelling targets indiscriminately, which was “evidence that Somaliland wants to inflict as much damage on the people of Sool as possible”. Two days after the ceasefire was announced, a reported mortar attack at the Gargaar Hospital in the city, killed one of its doctors, Abdisalam Muse Said. On its part, Hargeisa has claimed that the “ceasefire has been infringed on numerous occasions by armed militias and the terror groups who attacked the city” and also blamed the Somali government and Puntland for what it called attempts to destabilise the breakaway region. “Unfortunately, we have no other choice but to defend,” Somaliland Defence Minister Abdiqani Ateye said. What have the reactions been so far? Somaliland’s Information Minister Sulayman Koore declined to respond to Al Jazeera. The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has also called for an investigation into the killings. After several days of fighting and condemnation by international human rights organisations and the United States, Somaliland declared an unconditional ceasefire on February 10. What’s driving conflict in the disputed Somali city of Las Anod? Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of a dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland and Puntland regions. Since February 6, there has been heavy fighting in the northern Somali city of Las Anod (Laascaanood) between troops of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland and local militia from the Sool clan clan in northern Somalia. So far, at least 82 people have died and 400 have been wounded. How did it all begin? The Sool clan clan lives in the regions of Sool, Sanaag as well as the district of Buuhoodle in the Togdheer region, all of which are disputed between Somaliland – which seceded from Somalia in 1991 – and Puntland. Las Anod, the capital of the Sool region, is also claimed by the clan as its capital. Somaliland claims the borders of the old British Somaliland protectorate which merged with what was known as Italian Somaliland in the 1960s to form Somalia. In 1991, after clan militias overthrew Siad Barre, Somalia’s military ruler at the time, the country descended into prolonged conflict, and Somaliland proclaimed its secession. Before 2007, when Somaliland seized Las Anod, it was administered by Puntland. The current upheaval in Las Anod began on December 26 when a local opposition politician, Abdifatah Abdullahi Abdi, was assassinated by unknown attackers, sparking anti-government protests across the city. Unverified footage on social media during the protests showed Somaliland’s security forces indiscriminately firing at demonstrators. Local reports say as many as 20 people were killed during these initial protests in December that spilled over into January. Somaliland’s troops have since been stationed outside the city, which has since remained under the control of a local committee of 33 elders of the Sool clan clan. What is at stake here? After years of debate, Sool clan elders in Sool announced on February 6 that they would like to be independent of both administrations and form their own federal state under Somalia, named SSC-Khaatumo. “We have decided that the Federal Republic of Somalia shall administer the SSC-Khaatumo region until the completion of the federalisation of Somalia’s land,” they said in a statement, quoting the Somali constitution. Just before the declaration was to be released, forces from Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital, reportedly attacked Las Anod and forces loyal to the clans fought back. “We believe Somaliland had received some information of the details of the declaration in advance which they didn’t receive well,” Garad Mukhtar, one of the elders at the conference, told Al Jazeera. “We strongly believe the attack was their attempt to disrupt the meeting.” Markus Hoehne, a social anthropologist at the University of Leipzig who conducted research in Somaliland for many years, told Al Jazeera, “Somaliland needs the land [not the people] to establish its claim to statehood, which is based on colonial boundaries.” “Puntland’s claim rests on kinship ties with clans from the region and adherence to unity,” Faisal Roble, Horn of Africa political analyst and principal city planner for Los Angeles, told Al Jazeera. What has the damage been so far? In addition to deaths and injuries, the United Nations estimated that more than 185,000 people have been displaced due to the conflict in Las Anod. “Somaliland must withdraw its forces from Sool and have immediate negotiations with the traditional elders of the Sool clan clan in order to facilitate international aid,” Hoehne told Al Jazeera. Abdirizak Shuriye, a doctor at Manhal Hospital in Las Anod, told Al Jazeera that hospitals and ambulances have been shelled, resulting in the deaths of medical personnel, pregnant women and children. “What is happening in the city of Las Anod is a massacre,” he added. On February 8, Abdirihin Ismail, the city’s mayor, said, “This isn’t a war between Somaliland and Puntland nor between Somaliland and terrorists, but rather the Somaliland army and the people of Las Anod.” Mukhtar told Al Jazeera that his house was shot at by Somaliland’s military alongside more than 1,000 others damaged or demolished by them. He added that Somaliland was shelling targets indiscriminately, which was “evidence that Somaliland wants to inflict as much damage on the people of Sool as possible”. Two days after the ceasefire was announced, a reported mortar attack at the Gargaar Hospital in the city, killed one of its doctors, Abdisalam Muse Said. On its part, Hargeisa has claimed that the “ceasefire has been infringed on numerous occasions by armed militias and the terror groups who attacked the city” and also blamed the Somali government and Puntland for what it called attempts to destabilise the breakaway region. “Unfortunately, we have no other choice but to defend,” Somaliland Defence Minister Abdiqani Ateye said. What have the reactions been so far? Somaliland’s Information Minister Sulayman Koore declined to respond to Al Jazeera. The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has also called for an investigation into the killings. After several days of fighting and condemnation by international human rights organisations and the United States, Somaliland declared an unconditional ceasefire on February 10. On February 7, Somaliland state broadcaster SLNTV tweeted that its army “has the full capacity to counter any terrorist attack in the country and will strive to bring peace and stability in the region”. Opposition politicians and other leaders outside the region have said Hargeisa is branding the clashes as operations against ”terrorism” to obfuscate its intentions. Ahmed Khalif, a politician in Somaliland’s opposition Waddani party, accused Hargeisa of spreading misinformation, telling local station Horn Cable TV, that “it is a lie that there are terrorists in Las Anod, the people of Sool are not terrorists”. Puntland’s Information Minister Mohamoud Dirir dismissed Somaliland’s allegation. “This is simply the people of Sool defending themselves from aggression,” he told Al Jazeera. Al-Qaeda-affiliated armed group al-Shabab has also rejected claims that it was involved in the fighting. Somaliland’s international partners, including the US and the UK, expressed concerns about the violence and called for immediate de-escalation. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has also called for a negotiated resolution to the issue. But Somaliland has responded to the calls for calm from the international community with defiance, with its foreign ministry accusing “international entities” of “encouraging radicals” and spreading “misinformation”, which ignored the country’s “three-decade-long track record for peace and democracy”. What happens next? On February 16, Somaliland President Muse Bihi said he has initiated peace talks with the traditional elders of the Sool clan clan. Elders of the clans denied any contact with Bihi for peace talks saying none can be held with Somaliland “until its forces retreat from Las Anod”. After fighting broke out, influential Sool leader Garad Jama Garad Ismail called for a withdrawal of Somaliland troops from the city as a condition for negotiations but analysts warn their positions on the question of Laascaanood’s future remain far apart. Hoehne told Al Jazeera, “The Sool clan clan never truly accepted the secession of Somaliland from Somalia.” Analysts say Somaliland may be forced to withdraw its troops and allow aid as peace talks begin. “The international community’s pressure on Somaliland could help sustain the proposed peace talks and eventually lead to meaningful talks,” Roble said. Aljasiira

In the recent several months and weeks, it is almost daily occurrence dad lagu sheego 'ciidamo' si bareer ah u dilaayo shacabka, mostly bajaajleyda iyo darawalada kale ka shaqeysto Xamar. Yesterday, there two more incidents on different locations. Suu Xasan Socdaal meesha u yimid, dhibkaan ayaa laba jibaartay because ciidamadii awalba moooryaan u badnaa mushaarka laga goostay, jaadkiina loo fasaxay.

Wariye Aljasiira ka socdo ayaa ku wajahan Laascaanood.

Aamusnaantiisa amee u dhaantay.

Somaliland's military assault on Las Anod looks like an over-reaction by the state government and could scupper its independence ambitions "After Hargeisa's security forces reacted to peaceful protests in Las Anod in December and January by shooting marchers dead, some thought the situation would calm – but the opposite has occurred and over 200 people are believed to have been killed so far in a massive escalation of the fighting, including shelling..."

Safarada Xasan Socdaal ee dalxiiska ah. Imaaraadka  Turkiga  Eritareeya  Kiinya  Jabuuti  Tansaaniya Masar  Ugaandha  Kiinya (again)  Mareykanka Ingiriiska  Mareykanka (again)  Itoobiya  Ugaandha (again) Jabuuti (again)  Suudaan  Aljeeriya  Masar (again) Eritareeya (again) Jabuuti (3rd time) Sacuudiga  Mareykanka (third time) Qadar  Talyaaniga Jabuuti (fourth time) - waala qariyey Itoobiya (second time) - maanta ______________ Soomaaliya Rabiyaa u maqan.

Limbo maxaa ula jeedaa, ma sodon sano dhan aad joogtay sharci kuu diideen? Bisinka iyo burdaha.

Correction: USC ayaa jabisay Kacaanka and no body else. What deegaan were SNM ruling in the Waqooyi Galbeed in late 1990? No where. Markuu Siyaad Barre Xamar ka baxaaye late Janaayo, 1991, ciidamada militariga Soomaaliya Hargeysa iyo deegaanada kale ee Waqooyi Galbeed sidooda ayee u joogeen. 'Your clan should have been mindful...' Who is my clan?

Iibid continues:

I wanted him to win the selections if it weren't Farmaajo or Xasan Kheyre. He is a decent person, and I think why he keeps failing at the selections is that masuqmaasuqa kuma dheeraado, unlike Xasan oo ah tuug aanan naxeynin.

Odey dhaqameed 'lol' sida loo isticmaalo yaqaano waaba qatari saana. Garaadka Reer Ingiriiska ahaa miyaa intuunan garaad noqon?