Aid Worker Kidnapped Near Erigavo

[Jacaylbaro]

hadhwanaag 2008-02-12 (Hadhwanaagnews) Ceerigaabo(HWN) Sarkaal ka tirsan hay'ad dhinaca Beeraha ka shaqaysa oo la yidhaahdo German Agro Action (GAA) xafiiskeeda Ceerigaabo, ayaa saaka lagu afduubay tuulada Rugey oo ku taala jidka u dhaxeeya Ceergaabo iyo degmada Maydh oo ka tirsan gobolka sanaag.

 

Sarkaalkaas la afduubay oo la odhan jiray Danial Brow oo ahaa isuduwaha barnaamuj mashaariiceed oo ay jiidahaasi ka wadeen oo ay kormeer shaqo ku tageen, waxaana sarkaalka wehelinaysay gabadh ajanebiya oo iyaduna ka tirsan hay'adaas [GAA], balse iyada may kaxeysanin

 

Sida ay tibaxayaan warar xog-ogaala oo aan ka helnay gobolka Sanaag inay dableydaas hubeysan ay ka dhawaceen darawalkii gaadhiga lugta, isla markaana ay rasaas huwiyeen mishiinka gaadhiga, kadibna ay afduubeen sarkaalka Danial Brow, Ilaa imika lama garanayo sababta keentay afduubkaas

 

Duqa Magaalada Ceergaabo Md Ismaaciil Xaaji Nuur oo ay weheliyaan Ciidamo Boolis ah ayaa la sheegay inay ka dabatageen dablaydaas afduubtay sarkaalka GAA, waxa kale oo Maamulka gobolka Sanaag sheegay inay xidheen Xadka u dhaxeeya Somaliland iyo Puntland oo ay imika ku dhaqaajiyeen Malatariga Somalialnd kumanaan ka tirsan Ciimada bileyska Ceergaabo, waxaana la naawilayaa inuu duqu kaalin -mug leh ka qaadan doono soodeynta sarkaalka ajanabiga ah

 

Hay'adan GAA,oo ah hay'ad jarmal ah ayaa mudooyinkan u dambeeyay ka hawlgalaysay degaankaas,iyagoo ka shaqaynaysay dhinaca Beeraha.

 

Waana markii ugu horeysay ee deegaankaas ka dhacdo dhacdadan afduubka oo kale

[Jacaylbaro]

Well, he has been freed early this morning ,,,, two of the gangs have been enjured and the police are hunting the rest.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Sad, now ayee baxsanayaan hay'adahaas shaqaalahooda shisheeye. Already Koonfurta soo faaruqeyeen some of those hay'ado, ugu dambeysayna Qaramada Midooway suspending their operations in Soomaaliya the other day.

 

Mooryään waxmagarato ayaa meel walba taagan. They never realize what severe repercussions their little ransom-seeking adventures has on Soomaaliya and its people. Always the innocents, masaakiinta pay the price.

[NASSIR]

German hostage released in northern Somalia

MOGADISHU , Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Somaliland security forces has rescued a kidnapped German aid worker from custody in the northern Somali region of Sanaag, police said Wednesday.

 

The German aid worker was kidnapped Tuesday after his vehicle was ambushed by heavily armed gunmen as he was traveling to an area outside Erigavo, a town claimed by both the breakaway republic of Somaliland and the autonomous state of Puntland.

 

"Our troops helped release the hostage unharmed from the kidnappers," a police officer in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, told Xinhua by phone from Erigavo, requesting for anonymity. " We have received intelligence as to where he was being held and acted immediately to rescue the hostage and we are following the captors," he said.

 

The German national was reported to work for German Agro Action (GAA), a non-governmental organization which has been operating in the area for some time, a local radio reported.

 

Puntland officials have said that the area in which the German aid worker was kidnapped was not under their control but is under the administration of Somaliland which is yet to comment on the kidnapping.

 

Source: Xinhua

[Suldaanka]

Very Admirable is the swiftness of the Somaliland Police swang into action to free the Aid Worker from the criminals.

 

These criminals shall never be telorated. They are against the interest of not only the country but also the very people that these foreigners came to help.

 

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German Agro Action

 

Kidnapping in Somaliland ended - Employees of the World Hunger Help free and unwounded

 

Daniel Bronkal. Daniel Bronkal. © DWHH Aufatmen bei der Welthungerhilfe: Der gestern im Nordwesten von Somalia, der Region Somaliland, entführte Mitarbeiter, Daniel Bronkal , ist frei. © DWHH sigh of relief at the World Hunger Help: yesterday in the northwest of Somalia, the Somali region of the country, kidnapped employees, Daniel Bronkal, is free. Heute morgen um 7 Uhr lokaler Ortszeit erreichte unsere Mitarbeiterin im Welthungerhilfe-Büro im somalischen Erigavo die positive Meldung per Mobiltelefon. Today, tomorrow at 7 pm local time reached our fellow at the World Hunger Aid office in the Somali Erigavo the positive message via mobile phone. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt befand sich der Entwicklungshelfer bereits in Sicherheit. At that time was the development workers already in safety.

 

Wie Bronkal berichtet, wurde er gestern Abend gegen 22 Uhr lokaler Zeit von einem örtlichen Polizeisuchtrupp in den Al Mado-Bergen befreit. How Bronkal reported he was yesterday evening against 22 pm local time from a local police search party in the Al Mado liberated Bergen. Während der Befreiungsaktion gab es einen Schusswechsel , Bonkal blieb dabei unverletzt. During the liberation, there was an action shot Exchange, Bonkal remained unhurt. Danach floh er zu Fuß im Dunkeln durch die Berglandschaft zur Küste. Then he fled on foot in the dark through the mountains to the coast.

 

Wie Bronkal der Welthungerhilfe meldete, geht es ihm den Verhältnissen entsprechend gut. How Bronkal the World Hunger Help reported, it is well to the conditions accordingly. "Die Entführer waren sehr zuvorkommend. Es gab genug Wasser und zu Essen . Ich bin sehr gut behandelt worden." "The kidnappers were very courteous. There was enough water and food. Am, I have been treated very well."

 

Momentan befindet sich Bronkal auf dem Weg in das Projektbüro der Welthungerhilfe in Erigavo. Currently Bronkal is on the road to the project office of the World Hunger Help in Erigavo.

 

Ein großer Dank gilt der lokalen Polizeibehörde, die sich sofort nach Bekanntgabe der Entführung mit hohem Engagement für die Welthungerhilfe eingesetzt haben und damit die Befreiung von Daniel Bronkal so schnell möglich machten. A big thanks to the local police authority, immediately after the announcement of the kidnapping with a high commitment to world hunger aid, and thus the liberation of Daniel Bronkal as soon possible.

 

 

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[NASSIR]

Suldaan, who are those kidnappers?

 

Somaliland administration has yet to comment on either the kidnapping or the release of the aid worker. (check the above News.) Without politicizing this unfortunate incident, I think it was to the great work of the residents and elders who collaborated with those who negotiated for the release of the aid worker.

 

 

IT is the first time this type of incident happened in a peaceful region like Sanaag, so let us call that a unique one.

[Suldaanka]

^

 

Those were criminals. Thats what they are.

 

Two of the criminals are in Police captivity and 3 others are on the run. It is a victory for the Somaliland Police and a sad day for this idi0t and his sort.

 

I am sure the Germans understand the efforts put by the Police and the locals to free the man and that the NGO will stay in the region and continue the good job its doing.

[Suldaanka]

Up north, a German aid worker was kidnapped in Somaliland. Since that area has a government, a large scale search was promptly organized and the German was released in a day.

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Aid Worker Freed

 

MOGADISHU - A German aid worker who had been taken hostage by gunmen in northern Somalia was released today following an operation by the Somaliland forces, a local official told AFP.

 

 

The humanitarian worker - employed by the Bonn-based German Agro Action non-governmental organisation - was kidnapped yesterday in a region disputed by the breakaway states of Puntland and Somaliland.

 

 

"The armed forces have succeeded in releasing the German aid worker during an operation launched last night," local Somaliland district commissioner Osmail Haji Nur said. "He is now in our hands and he is safe," he added.

 

 

The official added that the aid worker was heading back to the town of Erigabo, from where he had been conducting his humanitarian work in the region.

 

 

Nur also said that Somaliland forces were currently surrounding the kidnappers and would seek to capture them. It was not immediately clear who the kidnappers were and whether they had demanded a ransom.

 

 

The aid worker’s driver was wounded during the abduction when gunmen opened fire to intercept their vehicle, officials said. Two other NGO staff - another German and a Somali - were also in the vehicle at the time but escaped unharmed.

 

 

Aid workers, notably foreigners, have been increasingly targeted in all parts of the restive Horn of Africa country.

 

 

Three staff of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) were killed in January when a roadside bomb exploded against their vehicle in the southern town of Kismayo, forcing the international NGO to pull its foreign staff out of Somalia.

 

 

The victims were a Kenyan doctor, a French logistics expert and a Somali driver.

 

 

Late last year, two women from Spain and Argentina working for MSF were abducted in Puntland. Days earlier, a French cameraman preparing a documentary on migrants was also snatched. All three were eventually released unharmed.

 

 

Somaliland and Puntland have been engaged in a sometimes violent feud over two territories - Sool and Sanaag - which straddle their ill-defined common border.

 

 

A former British protectorate, Somaliland united with the Italian Somalia in 1960. But it unilaterally broke away 10 months after dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991.

 

 

Somaliland, which adopted a provisional constitution in 1997 and ratified it four years later, now boasts its own president, government, parliament, police force, penal code and currency.

 

 

Its officials have fiercely rejected any suggestion of re-uniting with Somalia proper, and the transitional government in Mogadishu is opposed to any kind of recognition for the region.

 

 

Neighbouring Puntland declared itself autonomous in August 1998 under the leadership of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the current Somali president.

 

 

The latest abduction comes amid reports that the Islamist insurgents who had been battling Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies in Mogadishu for months have started to expand their area of operations.

[Suldaanka]

German Argo Action Press Release

 

 

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Kidnapped Welthungerhilfe employee freed in Somaliland

 

Source: Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) - Germany

Welthungerhilfe / German Agro Action

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone.

 

Bonn 13.02.2008. Daniel Bronkal, the member of Welthungerhilfe's staff who was taken hostage yesterday in Somaliland, has been freed after spending twelve hours in captivity.

 

Local security forces secured his release yesterday evening at 22:00 local time in the Al Mado mountain region. The rescue operation involved an exchange of gunfire, but Bronkal remained unharmed. The kidnappers took flight, initially taking Bronkal with them, but during the manoeuvre he was able to escape and found himself alone. He headed towards the next road along the coast where local members of staff who were looking for him picked him up.

 

Daniel Bronkal is now in the town of Erigavo and is in a good state considering the circumstances. "The kidnappers treated me well," he explained in his first phone call following his release. "I was given enough to eat and drink. They didn't beat me or threaten me." Bronkal went on to say that the intensive crisis management training he undertook before his dispatch came in very useful in coping with the situation. Welthungerhilfe trains its staff before sending them overseas. A security expert based at Head Office in Bonn maintains constant contact with overseas offices and personnel.

 

Welthungerhilfe would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to local security forces who ensured the release of Mr Bronkal. As soon as the kidnapping was announced, a local police unit was dispatched to track down the kidnappers.

 

Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest non-governmental aid organisations in Germany. It provides aid from one set of hands: from rapid emergency relief to reconstruction programmes, as well as long-term projects with local partner organisations following the principle of promoting self-help. Since its foundation in 1962 more than 5,000 projects have been carried out in 48 countries with a total funding of 1.8 billion euros.

 

 

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

[Jacaylbaro]

hadhwanaag 2008-02-13 (Hadhwanaagnews) Hargeysa-(HWN):- Wasiirka Wasaarada Arrimaha gudaha Somaliland Md Cabdilaahi Ismaaciil Cali [Ciro] ayaa markii ugu horeysay ka hadlay hawl-galkii lagu soo furtay ninkii Jarmalka ahaa Mr.Danial Brow ee shalay lagu qafaashay Deegaanka Ceerigaabo ee Gobolka Sanaag, isla markaana waxa uu cadeeyey oo uu la socodsiiyey Adduun-weynaha in aanay Somaliland ku badbaadi doonin budhcadu awood kasta oo ay leeyihiin.

 

Wasiirku waxa uu sidaa ku sheegay shir jaraa’id oo uu maanta ku qabtay magaalada Hargeysa, kaas oo uu kaga xor-waramay sidii loo soo furtay ninkaas lagu afduubay degaanka Ceerigaabo iyo xaaladiisu sida ay imika tahay.

 

Waxaana Wasiirku sheegay in si weyn looga hawl-galay sidii looga soo dayn lahaa budhcadii qafaalatay ninkaas Jarmalka ahaa ee la odhan JirayDanial BrowGerman ooka hawlgeli jiray hay’ada Agro Action (GAA) xafiiskeeda Ceerigaabo, isla markaana waxa uu tilmaamay in ay si ballaadhan uga hawl-galeen Maamulka Gobolka Sanaag, Ciimada Qaranka, Ciidanka Booliska ee ka hawl-gala gobolkaas iyo dadweynaha ku dhaqan aagaas.

 

“Sidaad og tihiin shalayto waxaa ka dhacaday Gobolka Sanaag degmasiisa Ceerigaabo dhacdo aad u fool xumayd, oo afduub ahayd, oo Somaliland aan u dhaqan ahayn ama hore aan loogu arag, qof kasta oo reer Somaliland-na meel kasta oo uu joogo ka nixisay, aad iyo aad-na looga xumaaday, werwer badanina dadkii galay.” Ayuu yidhi Md Cabdilaahi Ismaaciil Cali [Ciro].

 

Isaga oo hadalkiisa sii watana waxa uu intaa raaciyey oo uu yidhi“Hasayeeshee Ciidanka Qaranka Jamhuuriyada Somaliland, oo ay weheliyaan Ciidanka Booliska, Maamulka Gobolka iyo deegaanka meesha, ayaa waxa ay ilaa xalayto awoodooda saareen iyaga oo aad iyo aad ugu aamaanan, inay hawshaas cagta-cagta u saaraan, waxaanay nimankii [Afduubayaashi] Casarkii ka qabteen Baabuurkii.”

 

Mar uu Wasiirku ka hadalayey wakhtigii gacanta lagu dhigay ninkaa Ajanebiga ah ee kooxdaas budhcada ahi afduubeen, waxa uu yidhi “Ugu dambantii xalay saddexdii ayay gacanta ku dhigeen ninkii Ajanebiga ahaa ee Jarmalka ahaa, ee ay nimankaasi af-duubeen.”

 

“Laba nin oo ka mid ah Budhcadii waa la dhaawacay, hal qorina waa laga hayaa, waana lagu xeersan-yahay, oo imika waa lagu wareegsan yahay, iyada oo dad badan oo deegaanka ahina ka soo qayb-galeen gurmadkii.” Ayuu yidhi Wasiir Cabdilaahi Ciro.

 

Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha Somaliland Md Cabdilaahi Ciro waxa uu mahadnaq iyo amaan u soo jeediyey Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland, Tallaabadaas geesinimada leh ee ay ku soo badbaadiyeen ninkaa Ajanebiga ah ee afduubka loogu haystay.

 

“Waxaan ammaanayaa Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland, oo aan leeyahay geesinimo ayaad muujiseen iyo sidaa aad ugu hiilseen markiiba Ummadii, sumcadii dalkana aad kolkiiba tusteen Adduun-weynaha, iyo in Ciidanka Qaranku cadaw gudeed iyo mid dibad-ba in uu tallaabo adag ka qaadi karo.” Sidaa ayuu yidhi Md Cabdilaahi Ciro

 

Sidoo kale waxa uu Wasiirku mahadnaq u soo jeediyey Maamulka iyo dadweynaha Gobolka Sanaag, sida qiimaha leh ee ay uga qayb qaateen soo daynta ninkaas Jarmanla ah.

 

Waxaana Wasiirku sheegay in xaalada ninkaasi ay wanaagsan tahay, oo uu wakhtigan ceerigaabo ku sugan yahay, isla markaana ku faraxsan yahay sii dayntiisa iyo sida wanaagsan ee looga hawl-galay soo furashadiisa.

 

 

Ugu dambayntii Wasiirku waxa uu Adduun-weynaha ugu baaqay, oo uu yidhi “Adduun-weynaha iyo dadkaba waxaanu u sheegaynaa in aanay halkan [somaliland] budhcad ku badbaadi doonin, tamartay doonaan-ba ha la haadaane, Ciimadayada amniguna ay diyaar u yihiin in ay ku dhuftaan.

 

Hadalkan Wasiirka ayaa ka danbeeyey kadib markii shalay Sarkaal ka tirsan hay’ada German Agro Action (GAA) xafiiskeeda Ceerigaabo, shalay lagu afduubay tuulada Rugey oo ku taala jidka u dhaxeeya Ceergaabo iyo degmada Maydh oo ka tirsan gobolka sanaag.

 

Hadhwanaagnews.com/Office

Hargeysa/Somaliland.

[N.O.R.F]

I have a feeling I met this guy in Burco last July. German Agro with a white pick-up truck ya JB?

[Jacaylbaro]

Not sure if it is him but sure they have office in Burco, Hargeisa, Borama and Erigavo ,,,,

[Jacaylbaro]

War deg deg ah dhamaan ragii afduubay Daniel Bronkel oo la soo qabtay Sharcigana la hor keeni doono

Written by Qarannews.

Feb 14, 2008 at 01:37 PM

Ceerigaabo(Qaran)-Ciidmada qaranka Somaliland oo ay iskaashanyaan ciidamda Booliska ayaa gabi ahaanba gacanta ku soo dhigay saaka subaxdii hore dhamaan ragii afduubka u gaystay ninkiiJarmalka ahaa ee maalintii salaasadii laga afduubay tuulada Rugay.

 

Sida uu noogu soo waramaayo wariyahayaga nooga soo warama gobolka Sanaag oo aanu khadka telefoonka kula xidhiidhnay ayaa noo xaqiijiyay in ninkii dhaawaca ahaa la soo gadhsiiyay magalada Ceerigaabo oo halkaasi lagu hayo isla markaasna ay ciidmada danbi baadhistu su'aalo ku waydiinayaan xagaasi, sidoo kale 4 nin ee saaka la soo qabtay ayaa iyana lagu wadaa in la keeno magaalada Ceerigaabo xagaasi oo looga soo duulin doono magaalada Hargaysa, warar aan ka helany Hargaysa ayaa sheegaaya in loo sii diyaar garaynaayo in loo qaado xabsiga magaalda Madheera.

 

Ragani ayaa lagu wadaa in la waydiin doono su'aalo isla markaasna saxaafda loo sheegi doono waxa uu ku salysnaa afduubistoodu iyo ujeedada ka danbaysa, saaka ayuunbay ahayd markii sarkaal sare oo ka tirsan ciidamda sirdoonka ee Somaliland uu ku hanjabay in ayna Somaliland u dul qaadan doonin falalka noocaasi ah isla markasna uu sheegay in ayna Somaliland ahayn meel laga ugaadhsado dadka Ajanabiga ah ee ku nool Somaliland, ama laga afduubto, waxa uu sheegay in ay Somaliland soo jeedo isla markaasna ay heegan u tahay wax ka qabashada falalka noocaasi ah.

 

Dhanka kalena waxa shabakada qarannews soo gaadhaaya hambalyoouin ciidaasi ka badan oo ka kala imanaaya dadka rer Somaliland ee ku sugan wadanka gudihiisa iyo dibadiisaba kuwaasi oo xukumada Somaliland ugu hambalyaynaaya sida wanaagsan ee ay arintaasi ninka lagu afduubtay ay wax uga qabteen iyo sida ay u fashiliyeen falkaasi fiisha xumaa, taasina ay muujinayso in Somaliland tahay dal jira oo ka horeeya wadamo badan oo caalmka ah.

 

 

 

Qarannews

[A.J.]

I have to say i have been very impressed by the method and swiftness in which the locals and the Somaliland Police have dealt with the getting this innocent aid worker released. The captured kidnappers should be shown harshest side of justice so that it serves as a deterrent to anyone who even thinks about kidnapping people who come to Somaliland to help the suffering people of the region. Life imprisoment is a minimum i think and would go as far as calling for the death sentence if these guys are found guilty.