Mooshin ka Dhan ah Xukuumadda Somaliland oo Sabtida la Horkeenayo Golaha Wakiillada

Hargeysa- Mooshin ka dhan ah xukuumadda Madaxweyne Axmed-Siilaanyo oo ay saxeexeen in ka badan 30 xildhibaan, ayaa la filayaa in la horkeeno fadhiga Sabtida berri ee Golaha Wakiillada Somaliland.

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Dad Soomaali ah oo lagu dilay xadka Yemen iyo Sacuudiga

Safaaradda Soomaaliya ee dalka Yemen ayaa sheegtay in in ka badan 10 ruux oo Soomaali ah lagu dilay xadka dalalka Yemen iyo Sacuudiga.

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Ethiopia says won't leave Somalia until AU forces arrive

Reuters

Ethiopian troops will stay in Somalia until African Union forces replace them to avoid creating a power vacuum that could see a resurgence of Islamist militants in the lawless Horn of Africa country, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Friday.

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Communique of the 20th extra-ordinary session of the IGAD assembly of heads of state and government

The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 20th Extra-Ordinary Summit Meeting in Addis Ababa on 27th January 2012 under the Chairmanship of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the IGAD Assembly.

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Mudane ka tirsanaa baarlamaanka Puntland oo la dilay caawo

Xil. Bille Maxamud Yusuf

Xildhibaan ka tirsanaa baarlamaanka maamul goboleedka Puntland ayaa caawo lagu dilay degmada Baargaal ee gobolka Bari kadib markii lagu weeraray meel control ah.

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Isku Shaandheen Lagu Sameeyay Wasiir Ku Xigeeno Iyo Wasiiru Dowlayaal

1 Mudane C/kariim Cabdi Abiikar, waxaa loo magacaabay wasiiru dowlaha xafiiska Madaxweyna.

2 Mudane Cali Nuur Ducaale, waxaa loo magacaabay wasiiru dowlaha xafiiska Ra’isul wasaaraha.

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Shabab's spying game

By Mohamed Mubarak Jane's

Over the past year, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has announced a series of defections of fighters from Islamist militant group the Shabab. Such defections are trumpeted as evidence that the TFG is turning the tide against the Shabab in the struggle for control of Mogadishu and southern Somalia.

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US concern about report of American kidnapped in Somalia

AFP

The United States said it is trying to obtain more information about an American who was recently reported kidnapped in lawless Somalia.

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Turkey among new donors shaking up humanitarian aid

AGENCIES

Turkey has landed itself a spot among emerging donors on the international humanitarian aid scene, most evidently in its outpouring of support to famine-stricken Somalia.

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Former Police Commissioner elated at ICC ruling

KBC
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Former Police Commissioner Hussein Ali has welcomed the International Criminal Court ruling that vindicated him against crimes against humanity attributing the exoneration to the support given by his legal counsel.

Ali hailed the support he has received from the people of Kenya since the ICC process began

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British delegation discusses plan for conference

A delegation from the UK visited Mogadishu on Monday ahead of a major conference set for London in February to discuss problems facing the horn of Africa country.

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U.S. Military Frees 2 Foreign Hostages From Somali Pirates

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: January 25, 2012

KHARTOUM, Sudan — American commandos raced into Somalia on Wednesday morning and rescued two aid workers, including an American woman, after a shootout with Somali pirates who had been holding them captive for months.

The American soldiers swooped in by helicopter, killed nine pirates and captured several others, before spiriting away the hostages, who were not harmed, Western officials said.

It appeared that President Obama was fully aware of the raid as he was about to give his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, which would have been early Wednesday in Somalia.

According to NBC News, as the president stepped into the House chambers, he pointed to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta standing in the crowd and said, “Leon. Good job tonight. Good job tonight.” The president made no mention of the rescue in Somalia, but he did refer to the killing of Osama bin Laden last May in a similar operation conducted by Navy Seals.

In a statement Wednesday from the White House, the president said he authorized the operation on Monday. “Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home. As commander in chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts.”

The statement continued: “Last night I spoke with Jessica Buchanan’s father and told him that all Americans have Jessica in our thoughts and prayers, and give thanks that she will soon be reunited with her family. The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people, and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice. This is yet another message to the world that the United States of America will stand strongly against any threats to our people.”

Somalia is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world, infested by pirate gangs and countless militant groups, a lawless space that has languished for 21 years without a functioning government. Several Westerners have recently been kidnapped, typically for ransom, and it seems that as Somalia’s pirates have a harder time hijacking ships on the high seas, because of the beefed up naval efforts, they are increasingly turning to snatching foreigners on land.

On Oct. 25, Jessica Buchanan, an American, and Poul Hagen Thisted, a Dane, were kidnapped by two truckloads of gunmen as they headed to the airport in Galkaiyo, a central Somalia town on the edge of pirate territory. The two were working for the Danish Demining Group, one of the few Western organizations that was still operating in that area.

Somali officials immediately suspected that a local employee had tipped off the gunmen and it soon emerged that the men holding the aid workers were part of a well-established pirate gang. Negotiations with pirates can drag on for months. One British couple who were sailing around the world on a small sailboat were kidnapped by pirates from this same patch of central Somalia and then held in captivity in punishing conditions for more than a year.

Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government, the internationally recognized but relatively impotent authority based in the capital, Mogadishu, has little influence over the pirates. Neither do the traditional, clan-based militias who still operate in these areas but can’t afford the weaponry or manpower now fielded by well-financed pirate gangs.

Somalia is also considered a no-go zone for conventional American military operations, but it has been the site of several special operations raids, usually to kill wanted terrorist suspects. American forces stage the raids from a constellation of bases ringing Somalia, in Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.

According to local leaders in Galkaiyo, dark helicopters began circling over the area late on Tuesday night. Sometime around 3 a.m., the American commandos landed near a small village called Hiimo Gaabo, south of Galkaiyo and a firefight erupted.

The commandos freed the hostages and the helicopters took off. By dawn, after morning prayers, the bodies of the nine pirates killed in the raid were brought back to Hiimo Gaabo.

According to the local leaders, three to six pirates were captured.

“The aid workers are fine, they are in Djibouti and in good shape,” said a United Nations official who was not authorized to speak publicly. The official said that local leaders in the area were pleased with the rescue operation, because there is little sympathy for the pirate gangs, who are blamed for sullying Somalia’s reputation and causing inflation by carelessly spending millions of dollars of ransom money.

Several local leaders in Galkaiyo had just returned from trying to secure the release of another American, a freelance journalist who was kidnapped last week in Galkaiyo. He remains in captivity in Hobyo, a pirate den on the Somali coast, because the pirates holding him refuse to let him go without a hefty ransom. [

“Maybe this will send a message,” the United Nations official said

Helene Cooper contributed reporting from Washington.

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Relocation of Somali refugees from Dadaab to start ‘soon’

Standard
Monday, January 23, 2012


Kenya plans to start moving some of the refugees at the Dadaab camp to safe havens in Somalia.

Internal Security PS Francis Kimemia said the relocation would be done in liaison with the UNHCR and the international community to areas that have been secured by Kenyan troops battling Al Shabaab militants.

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Top U.N. official moves to Somalia as violence rages

The U.N. special envoy to Somalia moved to Mogadishu on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, signaling international support for a government fight against Islamist rebels and preparations for elections this year.

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US panel to discuss restoring flow of remittances to Somalia

Minnesota Pubic Radio

Community leaders and activists will meet Sunday at the University of Minnesota to discuss ways to restore the flow of remittances to Somalia.

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Banaanbax Aad Ubalaadhan Oo Maanta Gilgilay Magaalada Buhoodle

Waxaa maanta markeliya kumanaan kamida dadwaynaha Ku dhaqan magaalada Buuhoodle ay isgu soobaxeen dibadbax balaadhan  kaas oo ay siwayn u taageesarsan maamulka Cusub ee Khaatumo State Of  Somalia.

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Somalia: Hunger and homelessness

Al Jazeera  Andrew Wander

Mogadishu, Somalia - The mounds that mark the roadside graves of Mogadishu's children are so small, you'd miss them if they weren't pointed out. They lie on the edges of ragged camps that have sprung up all over this shattered city, which has become a home to hundreds of thousands of desperate Somalis seeking to escape the drought and conflict that plunged them into the worst hunger crisis seen here for two decades.

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Doctors Without Borders shuts 2 Somalia hospitals

AP


MOGADISHU, Somalia — The aid group Doctors Without Borders says it is closing its two largest medical centers in Mogadishu after the shooting deaths of two staffers.

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Xisbiyada Mucaaridka oo Madaxweynaha Usoo Jeediyey In Cuddud Miletari Lagaga Dhabbeeyo Xaaladda Bari

Madaxweynaha Somaliland Md. Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo), ayaa kulan wada xaajood ah caawa Qasriga Madaxtooyada kula yeeshay hoggaanka sare ee Xisbiyada ah UCID iyo UDUB, kaasoo nuxurkiisu ku aroorayey xaaladaha deegaano ka tirsan Bariga Somaliland iyo dareenada ku waajahan Shirka dhinacyada loogu qaban doono dalka Ingiriiska.

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Afhayeenka madaxtooyada oo beeniyay in uu khilaaf ka jiro madaxtooyada

Cukuse, Afhayeenka Madaxtooyada Somaliland

Hargysa: Afhayeenka mdaxtooyada ee Somaliland C/laahi Maxamed Daahir (Cukuse), ayaa waxba kama jiraan ku sheegay in uu khilaaf ka dhex ooganyahay madaxweyne ku xigeenka iyo wasiirka madaxtooyada iyo arimaha dibada, sidoo kale waxa uu afhayeenku gabi ahaanba ku sheegay wararkaasi kuwo dacaayado ah oo aan loo meel dayin.

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