The Ethiopian Parliament on Thursday unanimously approved a Council of Ministers resolution to rescind “terrorist” tags on three rebel groups. Source: Hiiraan Online

Madaxweynaha Puntland, Cabdiwali Gaas Muran xoogan ayaa ka dhashay agaasimayaasha waaxyaha maamulka iyo maaliyadda Puntland oo uu dhawaan isku shaan-dheeyey Madaxweynaha Puntland Cabdiwali Maxamed Cali Gaas. Sida ay helayso PUNTLAND POST qaar kamida wasiirada madaxweyne Gaas ayaa si aada uga biya diidey in laga bedelo agaasimayaashooda waaxyaha maamulka iyo maaliyadda, xubanaha sida aadka uga biyo diidey waxaa kamida Cabdinaasir Cismaan Cawke oo ah wasiirka caafimaadka Puntland wuxuuna u sheegay madaxweyne Gaas inuusan xaq u lahayn inuu isbedel ku sameeyo agaasin waaxeed ka tirsan wasaaradiisa isaga oo aan kala tashan. Wasiir Cabdinaasir Cawke ayaa u sheegay Madaxweyne Gaas inuu istaqaaladiisa iscasilaada u soo gubin doono hadii uusan booskiisii kusoo celin agaasimihii waaxda maamulka iyo maaliyada wasaaradda caafimaadka Puntland Xassan Shire Abgaal oo booskaas joogey tan iyo xukuumadii Madaxweyne Cabdullaahi Yuusuf Axmed. Xassan Shire Abgaal oo ah xubin fir-fircoon ayey shaqaalaha iyo masuuliyiinta wasaaradda caafimaadku u arkaan mid kamida tirarkii ay wasaaradaasi ku taagnayd. Sidoo kale Cabdullaahi Sheekh Axmed oo ah wasiirka xanaanada xoolaha Puntland ayaa si aada uga biyo diidey labba agaasime waaxeed oo uu isku bedelay Madaxweyne Gaas, kuwaas oo kala ahaa agaasinka waaxda daawooyinka xoolaha oo loo bedelay agaasinka waaxda kaydka, halka kii kaydkana loo badelay agaasinka waaxda daawooyinka xoolaha. Wasiirka xanaanada xoolaha Puntland Cabdullaahi Sheekh Axmed ayaa madaxweyne Gaas u sheegay inuu gacmaha la galay shaqooyinkiisii hoose ee isaga u gaarka ahaa. Wuxuuna Wasiir Cabdullaahi Sheekh ka xumaaday in madaxweyne Gaas uu agaasinkii daawaynta xoolaha ku bedelay nin agaasime waaxeed ka ahaa isla wasaarada oo ay madaxweynaha qaraabo dhaw yihiin, waxaana xusid mudan in isku bedelka agaasime waaxeedyada ay xaq u leeyihiin wasiiradu. Madaxweynaha Puntland Cabdiwali Maxmed Cali Gaas oo waqtigu kasii dhamaanayo ayaa in dhawaale waday isbedelo uu ku sameynayay saraakiisha hoose ee hay’adaha dowlada (Halkan ka akhriso qaar kamid ah). PUNTLAND POST The post Puntland: Muran ka dhashay agaasime waaxeedyo isku shaan-dheyn lagu sameeyay appeared first on Puntland Post.

Nairobi (Caasimada Online)- Waxaa magaalada Nairobi ee xarunta dalka Kenya kulan saacado qaatay ku yeeshay Xildhibaan Axmed Macalin Fiqi oo ka tirsan baarlamaanka Somalia iyo Sarkaalka ONLF Cabdikariin Qalbi-Dhagax. Kulanka Xildhibaan Axmed Fiqi iyo Qalbi-Dhagax oo ku saleysnaa arrimaha Somalia ayaa waxaa si gaara diirada loogu saaray dhiibista Sarkaalka waxa uuna Xildhibaanka ka cudur daartay in dhiibista Qalbi-Dhagax uusan raali ka aheyn. Xildhibaan Axmed Fiqi ayaa Qalbi-Dhagax u sheegay in dhiibistiisa ay kaalin weyn ka qaaten Madaxweynaha dalka Maxamed Cabdullahi Farmaajo iyo Ra’isul wasaare Xasan Cali Kheyre, waxa uuna sidoo kale u xaqiijiyay in dhiibistiisa aysan taageerin Xildhibaanada, sida uu hadalka u dhigay. Axmed Fiqi oo miisaan ku dhex leh garabka mucaaradka dowlada ayaa Qalbi-Dhagax usoo bandhigay inay u furan tahay kusoo biirida garabka mucaaraadka maadaama uu xadgudub ka tabanaayo dowlada. Fiqi waxa uu Sarkaalka Qalbi-Dhagax u cadeeyay in cid waliba ay u furan tahay inay ka dhiidhiso khaladaadka ay ku dhaceyso dowlada sidaa aawgeed ay aad usoo dhaweynayaan inuu qeyb ka noqdo garabka mucaaradka ee u taagan sixitaanka khaladaadka jira, hase yeeshee waxaa soo jeedinta Fiqi aan jawaab ka bixin Qalbi-Dhagax oo wareysigiisa asbuucan shaki ku galiyay in Madaxda dalka ay kaalin ku leedahay dhiibistiisa. Axmed Fiqi oo wakiil u ahaa Xildhibaanada garabka mucaaradka ayaa sidoo kale Qalbi-Dhagax u sheegay inay u sameyn doonaan casuumaad isaga iyo Saraakiisha ONLF ee ku sugan magaalada Nairobi waxa uuna intaa raaciyay inay muhiim tahay inay ka fiirsadaan hadii ay jiraan dalabyo kaga imaanaya dowlada. Qalbi-Dhagax oo ka meermeeraya aqbalaada soo jeedinta Xildhibaan Axmed Fiqi ayaa sheegay inuu latashi la sameynaayo Saraakiisha ONLF ka hor inta uusan qaadan go’aan. Xildhibaano ay kamid yihiin Fiqi, Mahad salaad iyo Odawaa oo aad uga soo horjeeda dowlada ayaa ahmiyad gaara u arka in Qalbi-Dhagax ay xiligaan uga gudbaan Siyaasada cakiran, iyadoo ujeedka ugu weyn uu yahay inay u adeegsadan dagaalka ay kula jiraan dowlada. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Nairobi Caasimada@live.com

Haluuqa (Caasimadda Online) – Warar dheeraad ah ayaa kasoo baxaya qarax khasaara badan dhaliyay oo ciidamada Kenya lagula beegsaday gobolka xeebta ku teedsan ee Lamu. Wararka ka imaanaya Kenya ayaa sheegaya in gaari tiknika ah oo ay la socdeen ciidamada booliska Kenya lagu qarxiyay inta u dhaxaysa deegaannada Haluuqa iyo ijaara oo kawada tirsan gobolka Lamu. War rasmi ah oo kasoo baxay Xarakada Al Shabaab ayaa lagu sheegay in qaraxa lagu dilay ugu yaraan 7 askari oo kamid ahaa ciidamada Booliska Kenya. Miino dhulka lagu aasay ayaa burburisay gaari nuuca loo yaqaan Kooyalka oo ay isticmaalayeen ciidamada Booliska, warbaahinta maxalliga Kenya ayaa iyana xaqiijisay in qarax lagu weeraray gaari boolis balse waxay yareysay khasaaraha dhimasho ee ka dhashay qaraxa. Ciidamada Kenya ayaa weeraro joogto ah iyo qaraxyo kala kulmo Xarakada Al-Shabaab oo intooda badan ku dhuumaaleysanayo Keymaha. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Addis Ababa (PP) ─ Baarlamaanka Itoobiya ayaa fadhi deg-deg ah oo maanta ay yeesheen ku ansixiyay Qaraar golaha wasiirrada dalkaas ay baarlaaanka u soo gudbiyeen, kaasoo dhigayay in liiska argagixisada laga saaro ururada hubeysan ee mucaaradka ku ahaa dalkaas. Xildhibaannada Baarlamaanka Federaalka Itoobiya ayaa si Aqlabiyad leh ku meel-mariyay Qaraarka Liiska Argagixisada looga saaro Ururrada; Ginbot 7, OLF iyo ONLF oo dhammaantood dagaal kula jiray xukuumadda Itoobiya. Sidoo kale, Tallaabadan ayaa ka dambeysay markii maalin ka hor ay Golaha wasiirrada Itoobiya isku-raaceen in liiska argagixisada laga saaro ururadaas, taasoo qayb ka ah Qorshaha is-beddelka ee uu qaatay Ra’iisul Wasaare, Abiy Ahmed Ali. Dhanka kale, Xukuumadda cusub ee Itoobiya ayaa xabsiyada Dalkaas kasii daysay boqolaal maxaabiis ah oo u xirnaa arrimo siyaasadeed, kuwaasoo u badnaa siyaasiyiinta mucaaradka. Isbeddelada ka socda Itoobiya ayaa waxay yimaadeen kaddib markii uu xilka iska casilay ra’iisul wasaarihii hore ee Itoobiya, Hailemariam Desalegn oo ku dhawaaqay markuu xilka iska casilayay in is-casilaaddiisu ay daba socoto in Itoobiya uu ka dhaco isbedel weyn. Ugu dambeyn, Xukuumadda Itoobiya ayaa horay u Aqoonsatay ururradaan kala ah; Ginbot 7, OLF iyo ONLF inay yihiin argagixiso ah khatar weyn ku ah amniga guud ee Qaranka Itoobiya. PUNTLAND POST The post Mucaaradkii hubeysnaa ee dalka Itoobiya oo laga saaray Liiska Kooxaha Argagaxisada ah appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Dawladda Hoose ee Muqdisho, waxay billaabi doontaa hirgelinta Mashruuca soo Kabashada Magaalada Muqdisho Toddobaadyada soo socda. Mashruucan waxaa ka mid ahaan doona dhisida Wado Xaafadeedka ee degmadaada. Saa’ aawadeed ka qaybqaadashadaada mashruucani aad ayay muhiim u tahay. Marka laga reebo dhismaha waddooyinka kasokow, sidoo kale Mashruucan waxaa loogu talagalay inuu u abuuro shaqooyin bulshada ku dhaqan degaanka. Dowladda Hoose waxay ku dadaali doontaa in dhismaha waddooyinkaasi ay ku yeeshaan saamaynta ugu yar nolosha dadka ku nool degaanlkaas. Dawladda Hoose ee Muqdisho waxay diyaarisay dokumeenti siinaya macluumaad aad u qoto dheer oo ku saabsan sida uu mashruucan u saameyn karto dadka deggan degmada.Qoraalka Dukumeentiga oo dhan waxaa laga heli karaa dhamaan xarumaha degmooyinka, waliba waxaad heli kartaa asagooo ku tarjuman Af-Soomaali. Ka hor inta aysan bilaabin dhisida Jidadkan, Gudi ka kooban dadka degaanka oo ay ka mid yihiin Odayaasha, Dadka Degaanka, Wakiilada Beelaha, iyo Saraakiisha Degmada ayaa la samayn doonaa, si wax looga qabto arrimaha dadka degaanka ee ku saabsan mashruuca. Dowlada Hoose waxay dooneysaa in ay samayso tirakoob dhammaan waddooyinka la dhisi doono todobaadyada soo socda. Dawlada hoose waxay caawinaysaa dadka uu saameeyo mashruucan. Ugu dambeyn, Guddi ayaa loo dhisi doonaa si wax looga qabto cabashooyinka iyo sidii loo heli lahaa siyaabo kale oo lagu xaliyo cabashooyinka si cadaalad ah iyo hab maamuus wanaagsan. PUNTLAND POST The post Dowladda Hoose Xamar oo Billaabeysa Hir-gelinta Mashruuca soo Kabashada Dhismaha appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Kulan ay maanta magaalada Addis Ababa ee xarunta dalka Itoobiya ku yeesheen xildhibaannada baarlamaanka ee dalkaasi ayaa waxay si rasmi ah liiska argagaxisada uga saareyn saddex urur. Baarlamaanka ayaa u codeeyey in wixii maanta ka dambeeya aanay liiska argagaxisada ku jirin ururada kala ah ONLF, OLF iyo Ginbor 7. Horey waxaa Ururuadan liiska uga saaray golaha wasiirada ee dowladda Itoobiya, iyadoo ulajeedka uu yahay in si nabadeed loo wadahadlo. Haddaba go’aanka Baarlamaanka Itoobiya uu qaatay ayaa ceyb weyn ku ah Xukuumadda xasan Cali Kheyre oo iyada horey Ururkaan ugu dartay Liiska Argagixisada kadib markii Itoobiya loo dhiibay Cabdikariin Shiikh Muuse Qalbi Dhagax. Golaha Wasiirada Soomaaliya oo kulan yeeshay markii Qalbi Dhagax loo dhibay isla markaasna ay cirka isku shareertay xiisadda ka dhalatay ayaa tilmaamay in Qalbi Dhagax iyo ONLF ay dhibaato ku yihiin amniga labada dal. Waxaa Macquul ah in go’aanka Baarlamaanka Itoobiya uu qaatay ujeedkiisa uu yahay in lagu fadeexeeyo Golaha Wasiirada Xasan Cali Kheyre isla markaasna dhex laga istaajiyo xiisad cusub oo siyaasadeed. Ceebta Xukuumadda heysato ayaa ah inay Argagixiso ku tilmaamtay urur Soomaaliyeed isla markaasna ay maanta dowlad cadow ku ah Soomaaliya ay go’aansato inuusan ururkaan aheyn argagixiso. Ma jirto go’aan u furan xukuuamadda Soomaaliya, waxaana laga yaabaa inay arrintaan ku keento cadaadis cusub oo kaga imaanayo mucaaradka dowladda oo iyagu ah mar kasta jaanis gaad. Haddaba halkaan hoose ka akhriso go’aankii kasoo baxay Golaha Wasiirada 6 September 2017. Dood dheer ka dib, golaha wasiirradu waxey go’aamiyeen arrimahan: 1) In Siyaasada Dowladda Federaalku ay tahay mid ku qotonta iskaashi dalalka geeska Afrika ah, xoojineysana nabad ku-wada-noolaanshaha mandaqadda, xoojinta dhaqaalaha, iskaashiga iyo amniga, isla markaasna aan Jamhuuriyada Federaalka Soomaaliya loo oggoleyn in jabhado hubeysan ama kooxo argagaxiso ah ay gabbaad ka dhigtaan. 2) Golaha Wasiirradu waxey hoosta ka xarriiqeen in shaqsigani uu ahaa sarkaal sare 00 ka tirsan Jabhadda hubeysan ee ONLF, isla markaasna uu falal lid ku ah amniga dalka uu ka dhexwaday geyiga Soomaaliya iyo mandaqadda, iskaashi dhowna la lahaa kooxaha araga-gixisada ee Al-Shabaab. 3) Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya waxa ay diyaar u tahay in ay kaalin firfircoon ka ciyaarto wax walba oo ka qeybqaadanaya nabadeynta mandaqada si waafaqsan Dastuurka iyo Shuruucda dalka. Dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliya waxey garowsan tahay doorka ciidamada waddamada deriska ah ee Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Burundi iyo Uganda ay si hagar la’aan ah uga garab-dagaalamayeen ciidamada Qaranka Soomaaliyeed si dalka loogu soo dabaalo xasilooni waarta. 4) Golahu waxuu mar kale hoosta ka xarriiqay heshiiyadii iskaashi ee ay Dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Dawladda Federaalka Ethiopia ay kala saxiixdeen sida heshiiskii 07dii Juun 2015kii iyo heshiikii 2dii May ee 2016 oo tilmaamaya in dhan looga soo wada jeesto arrimaha amniga iyo nabad ku wada noolaanshaha mandaqadda. Heshiisyadan waxey si cad u qeexayaan “In cadowga labada dhinac ee Al-Shabaab iyo Jabhada ONLF ay khatar ku yihiin amniga labada dal, meelna looga soo wada jeesto oo labada dal ay iska kaashadaan si wada jir ahna ula dagaalamaan”. 5) Waxaa reebban isla markaasna mamnuuc ah in Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya gudaheeda ay kooxaha argagaxisada iyo kooxaha hubeysanba ka dhigtaan gabbaad ay dagaallada iyo collaadaha ka huriyaan oo ay kaga duulaan wadammada jaarka ah. 6) Dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliya waxa ay ka qaadi doontaa tallaabooyin cad-cad oo Sharciga waafaqsan cid kasta oo isku dayda in ay jabhado hubeysan ka dhex abuurto dalka gudihiisa ama ay taageeraan kooxo argagaxiso ah iyagoo maleegaya falal lid ku ah dalka gudihiisa ama/iyo waddamada jaarka ah. 7) Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya waxa ay dib-u-eegis ku samaynaysaa Heshiisyadii ay dawladdii hore gashay si qabyo-tir loogu sameeyo wixii galdaloolooyin ah ee ku jira (haddii ay jiraan) loona waafajiyo habraac-yada Sharci ee dalka. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Addis-Ababa Caasimada@live.com

Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyada Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed Cabdullaahi Farmaajo iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo ayaa goordhow gaaray Dalka Jabuuti. Madaxweyne Farmaajo iyo wafdigiisa ayaa si baalaran loogu soo dhoweeyay magaalada Jabuuti ee caasimada wadankaasi. Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa halkaasi uga qeybgalaya shirka ganacsiga Afrika iyo Shiinaha oo ka dhacaya Dalka Jabuuti. Shirkaasi oo ah mid caalami ah ayaa waxaa ka soo qeyb galaya madaxweynayaasha qaar kamid ah wadamada Afrika. Shiinah ayaa hadda bilaabeysa istiraatiiyada cusub oo ganacsi oo dhexmara wadamada Afrika iyo Shiinaha. Faah faahinta dib kala soco Insha allah Xasan Maxamed Samatar Cowke Puntland Post Muqdisho The post Madaxweyne Farmaajo oo gaaray Jabuuti appeared first on Puntland Post.

Ethiopia removed three opposition groups from its list of “terrorist” organisations on Thursday, the latest sign of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed charting a new course for one of Africa’s most tightly controlled states. Source: Hiiraan Online

Addis-Ababa (Caasimada Online) – Kulan ay maanta magaalada Addis Ababa ee xarunta dalka Itoobiya ku yeesheen xildhibaannada baarlamaanka ee dalkaasi ayaa waxay si rasmi ah liiska argagaxisada uga saareyn saddex urur. Baarlamaanka ayaa u codeeyey in wixii maanta ka dambeeya aanay liiska argagaxisada ku jirin ururada kala ah ONLF, OLF iyo Ginbor 7. Horey waxaa Ururuadan liiska uga saaray golaha wasiirada ee dowladda Itoobiya, iyadoo ulajeedka uu yahay in si nabadeed loo wadahadlo. Wixii ka dambeeyey markii Itoobiya uu Ra’iisul wasaare u noqday Dr Abiy Axmed ayaa waxaa la dareemay isbedallo siyaasadeed oo aad u waaweyn. Bishii September ee sannadkii 2017-kii ayeey golaha wasiirada ee xukuumadda federaalka Soomaaliya ONLF u aqoonsadeen urur aragagixiso, walow baarlamaanka federaalka arrintaasi ka hor yimid. Soomaaliya ayaa noqonaysa dalka kaliya ee ONLF u aqoonsan argagixiso. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Addis-Ababa Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Madaxweynaha Somalia Maxmed Cabdullahi Farmaajo iyo wafdi ballaaran oo uu hoggaaminaayo ayaa maanta ka dhoofay Garoonka Aadan Cadde ee magaalada Muqdisho. Madaxweyne Farmaajo iyo wafdigiisa oo u kictamay dalka Jabuuti ayaa waxaa kamid ahaa Wasiiro iyo Xildhibaano ka tirsan dowlada oo dalkaasi uga qeybgali doona shir ka dhexeeya dalalka Africa. Shirka ay ka qeybgalayaan Madaxweyne Farmaajo iyo wafdigiisa ayaa waxaa looga hadli doonaa arrimaha Dhaqaalaha Afrika iyo Shiinaha, waxaana goobjoog shirkaasi ka noqonaya madaxda Wadamo badan oo afrikan ah iyo Wakiilo metelaya dowladda Shiinaha. Shirkaan ayaa diirada lagu saarayaa sidii loo horumarin lahaa dhaqaalaha Wadamada Afrika iyo sidii dowladda Shiinaha ay maalgashi uga sameysan laheyd Africa. Geesta kale, shirka oo uu khudbad ka jeedin doono Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa waxaa la filayaa in laga soo saaro qodobo dhowr ah oo turxan bixin doona ahmiyada shirka. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Addis Ababa– Ethiopia fired five senior prison officials, hours before the release of a Human Rights Watch report that detailed torture and other abuses in one notorious prison and urged the government to hold officials to account. The sackings are the latest in a range of sweeping reforms by 41-year-old prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April. Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye’s announcement of the dismissals, including the director of the federal prison administration, was broadcast late on Wednesday on state-affiliated television Fana. He said replacements should respect rights in accordance with the constitution. Abiy recently replaced the chief of staff of the army and the head of national intelligence, and the prison dismissals come weeks after Abiy spoke before parliament with unprecedented frankness about the extent of abuses by security forces on his predecessor’s watch. “Police flogged. This is unconstitutional. Police were terrorists,” Abiy told parliament in mid-June. Despite the recent announcements, Abiy has yet to dismantle Ethiopia’s culture of impunity and ensure accountability for abuses by the security forces, said Felix Horne, senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. Prisoners in Jail Ogaden in the Somali region of the country were systematically abused for years with little access to medical care and at times to food, New York-based HRW said in its report. Detainees said they were stripped naked and beaten in front of the entire prison population and made to carry out humiliating acts in front of fellow inmates to instil fear. Since taking office on April 2, Abiy has pushed for wide-ranging political and economic reforms in Ethiopia. However, analysts say a major hurdle to Abiy’s plans is resistance from hardliners in the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the political party that has dominated Ethiopian politics since 1991 when the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) drove Mengistu Haile Mariam’s regime from power after a civil war. The TPLF is dominated by ethnic Tigrayans, while Abiy is an ethnic Oromo. The ruling EPRDF coalition chose Abiy as the new prime minister after three years of protests forced his predecessor to resign earlier this year. Gebreyesus Gebregziabher, the former director of the federal prison administration, is a member of the TPLF while his replacement is a member of Abiy’s party, the Oromo People’s Democratic Organisation. Reuters

Senior Officials Implicated in Nonstop Regimen of Abuse Prison officials and security forces have arbitrarily detained and tortured prisoners for years in the notorious regional prison known as Jail Ogaden. Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, should urgently order investigations into the horrific situation, and the government should ensure regional security forces and officials are held accountable. (Nairobi) – Prison officials and security forces have arbitrarily detained and tortured prisoners for years in the notorious regional prison known as Jail Ogaden. Ethiopia’s new prime minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, should urgently order investigations into the horrific situation, and the government should ensure regional security forces and officials are held accountable. The 88-page report, “‘We are Like the Dead’: Torture and other Human Rights Abuses in Jail Ogaden, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia,” describes a brutal and relentless pattern of abuse, torture, rape, and humiliation, with little access to medical care, family, lawyers, or even at times to food. The prison’s security forces, including the Somali Region’s notorious paramilitary force, the Liyu police, are implicated. The unit reports to the Somali Region president, Abdi Mohamoud Omar, known as Abdi Illey. Most prisoners are accused of some affiliation with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a banned opposition group, but most never face charges or trials. “Ethiopia’s new prime minister admitted security forces have tortured Ethiopians, but he has yet to tackle Ethiopia’s culture of impunity and ensure accountability for abuses by the security forces,” said Felix Horne, senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The horrific situation in Jail Ogaden requires immediate and transparent investigation into the actions of the regional president, other senior Somali Region officials, and the Liyu police.” EXPAND Satellite image of Jail Ogaden, Jijiga, Ethiopia, recorded on May 27, 2016. © CNES 2018 – Airbus DS 2018; Source Google Earth In a remarkable break with the government’s normal posture of denial, Ethiopia’s prime minister acknowledged in a speech before parliament on June 18 that security force personnel engage in torture. He did not speak of abuses in Jail Ogaden in particular or comment on what the government would do to ensure accountability for torture throughout Ethiopia or justice for the victims. Human Rights Watch interviewed almost 100 people, including security force members, government officials, and 70 former detainees and documented abuses in Jail Ogaden between 2011-early 2018. “I was kept in solitary confinement in complete darkness for most of my [three year] detention,” one former prisoner said. “I was only taken out at night for torture. They [prison officials] did many things to me – they electrocuted my testicles, they tied wire around them, and they put a plastic bag with chili powder over my head. I often had a gag tied in my mouth so I wouldn’t scream too much.” Detainees said they were stripped naked and beaten in front of the entire prison population and made to carry out humiliating acts in front of fellow inmates to instil fear. “They once made me lie naked on the ground in front of everyone and roll around in the mud while they beat me with sticks,” said Hodan, 40, who was imprisoned without charge for five years. “Once they made an old man stand naked with his daughter…you would feel such shame after these treatments in front of all the other prisoners.” Prisoners said that top jail officials, including senior Liyu police officials, not only ordered torture, rape, and denial of food, but personally took part in the rape and torture. In overcrowded cells at night, head prisoners further violently interrogated detainees, passing notes on to prison leaders, who then selected people for further punishment. The serious overcrowding, torture, starvation and disease outbreaks. grossly inadequate food, and water and lack of health care and sanitation led to deaths in detention. Many children are born in Jail Ogaden, including some allegedly conceived through rape by prison guards. Female prisoners described giving birth inside their cells, in many cases without health care or even water. LAUNCH MAP Show More Services Almost all of the former prisoners interviewed said that they had not been to court or been charged with any crime. Former judges told Human Rights Watch that Somali Region officials pressured them to sentence detainees they have never met or seen any evidence on to prison terms. In 2007/8 the Ethiopian army committed crimes against humanity and war crimes during counterinsurgency operations against the ONLF, including extrajudicial executions, torture and rape. The Liyu police, established after that period, have repeatedly committed similar crimes in the Somali Region, continuing the pattern of collective punishment. Liyu police incursions into Oromia Regional State beginning in 2016 have left hundreds dead. About one million people from those areas were displaced. The federal government should substantially reform the Somali Region’s Liyu police and hold its senior members to account, Human Rights Watch said. LAUNCH MAP Show More Services Torture is a serious problem throughout Ethiopia and Human Rights Watch regularly receives reports of abusive interrogations countrywide. Ethiopia’s Human Rights Commission has inspected Jail Ogaden on many occasions since 2011, but reports of those visits are not publicly available, and it is not clear what actions, if any, were taken to address abuses. Many former detainees said that the most visibly injured, children, and pregnant women were held in secret rooms or moved out of the prison ahead of commission visits. Others said they were told what to say to commission officials. Those who spoke to them openly faced brutal reprisals. Ethiopia’s prime minister should establish a federal commission of experts to investigate abuse at Jail Ogaden that would identify officials, regardless of rank, to be criminally investigated for abuse in the prison. This commission should also develop a process to evaluate the cases of each prisoner currently held at Jail Ogaden, and either release them or charge them with a crime based on credible evidence. “The scale of torture and abuse in Jail Ogaden cannot be overstated,” Horne said. “Dr. Abiy should continue to publicly condemn torture and take action on Jail Ogaden to show he is serious about stopping torture and ending impunity.” Selected Accounts (All names are pseudonyms.) On the nonstop cycle of abuse, from Abdusalem, 28: I was kept in solitary confinement in complete darkness for most of my [three-year] detention. I was only taken out at night for torture. They [prison officials] did many things to me – they electrocuted my testicles, they tied wire around them, and they put a plastic bag with chili powder over my head. I often had a gag tied in my mouth when they did all this so I wouldn’t scream too much. During the day, I was given very little food – one bread and occasionally a bit of stew. They also raped my wife [who was also in Jail Ogaden]. She gave birth to a child that was not mine there. On torture involving water techniques, Fatuma, 26: They would tie my hands together with rope, put us in the pool deeper than my head and keep you in. They would put around 10 people in that pool at a time. …They ask you all the usual questions: ‘Who do you know from ONLF? How did you support them?’ Some people they pull out and there is no response from them. I don’t know if they died. On nightly self-evaluations, Ali, 32: When night falls the evaluations start. It is only inmates doing this to each other, in the morning the report is given to the guards. The more you deny, the worse the torture. The better the confession, the less the beatings. The more you admit to during the evaluation, the more people will clap during your self-assessment, and if you don’t admit to things the kabbas [head prisoner] or prisoners will beat you right there. On stripping and humiliation of detainees, Mohamed, 28: I witnessed hundreds of men being undressed completely. It was at night and it was raining and muddy. They had called us out of the room, told us to take our clothes off, lie down and roll in the mud. Then some of us were taken back to our rooms naked. Others were told to walk in line holding each other’s genitals. Once you go back into the room you can let go. The guards took pictures of this laughing.” On the psychological torment of being pressured to abuse other prisoners, Abdirahman, 31: We were always being told to humiliate each other, but the worst was one day they brought together a number of prisoners, and each was told to beat another person to death. They had metal sticks to give us for this. I was told if I refused then I had to kill myself. When we refused, they just beat us – but it’s that constant psychological punishment that is the worst. On giving birth in detention, Ayan, 31: None of the children born while I was there had any [professional] help, only from the women prisoners. I requested [medical care] treatment for my birth because I knew I would give birth soon. Liyu police said, ‘Put it [the baby] in the toilet, they are of no use, they will just grow up to be a sympathizer of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF).’ I asked to be taken to hospital for birth. They laughed. I asked for extra water. They refused. So I gave birth in the jail. The women had a sharp piece of metal they used to cut the umbilical cord and they tied it themselves. On the constant state of fear and the regular deaths in detention, Hodan, 30: Every night I could hear them hitting people. I heard so much crying. In the morning when people are sitting in front of my house eating breakfast everyone would speak quietly about who had been taken away the night before: ‘Mr so and so was killed by beating last night, so and so was raped last night, or beaten last night.’ Every morning we would go through the list of those who had died or just didn’t return to their cell. We lived in a constant state of fear that we would be next. On the visits of Ethiopia’s Human Rights Commission, Amina, 34: “When the human rights commission comes they take out the serious cases, and just leave the new people. I was one of the people they were hiding. They took me to the military camp, Garbassa. First time I was there for seven days. They took out elderly women, and those who had been beaten in the face, or had wounds, or had small children. Human Rights Watch

LASANOD–Somaliland’s Disaster Prevention & Food Storage Agency has distributed food rations to more than 800 families in Sool province particularly to Yagori, Adhi Adeye and Tuka Raq districts. The food has been allocated to families affected by drought where most families lost their livestock. Hon. Abdi Khayre Dirir, Sool’s provincial commissioner has accepted the food aid donated by Somaliland’s disaster prevention and Food Storage officials. Sool’s provincial governor has said that 300 families in Tuka Raq, 250 families in Adhi Adye and 250 families in Yagori will benefit from the food aid. The food rations consist of 8 items according to Sool’s provincial commissioner. He thanked the head of the food aid agency for the donation of the food aid. Somaliland has kicked off the repairing of the road linking Lasanod to Tuka Raq which has been damaged by recent rains which was a big problem to the traffic. A delegation headed by Sool’s provincial governor, Abdi Khaire Dirir inspected the ongoing restoration to the road which is going on smoothly. The governor yesterday said that the government is about to repair a 5 km of the road which has been completely destroyed by the rains. Somaliland authority has embarked on a campaign to inaugurate development projects for Sool province according to the governor.

In Denmark, children over the age of 1 who live in low-income, heavily Muslim immigrant communities that the government classifies as “ghettos” will soon be subject to mandatory training in “Danish values.” Source: Hiiraan Online

Addis Ababa (Caasimada Online)-Ra’isul wasaaraha dalka Ethiopia Abiy Axmed ayaa qaaday talaabo lidi ku ah maamulkii isaga ka horeeyay kadib markii uu shaqada ka eryay Saraakiisha gacanta ku hayay Xabsiyada Ethiopia oo horay looga dardaarmay. Ra’isul wasaare Abiy Axmed ayaa waraaq kasoo baxday Xafiiskiisa ku eryay 5 Sarkaal oo dowlada mas’uul uga ahaa Xabsiyada waaweyn ee magaalada Addis Ababa. Abiy Axmed, ayaa Saraakiishaasi ku eedeeyay inay ku tunteen maxaabiista isla markaana seejiyeen daryeelka ay ugu tallo gashay dowlada. Abiy Axmed, waxa uu sheegay in talaabada uu ku eryay Saraakiisha ay qeyb ka tahay ballanqaadyo uu sameeyay xiliga magacaabidiisa, waxa uuna ku goodiyay inay sii socon doonto xil ka qaadista kuwa ku sifoobay dhibaateynta shacabka. Geesta kale, Abiy ayaa ka digay in lagu xadgudbo sharciyada dalka u degsan waxa uuna ku baaqay in la wanaajiyo dadka shacabka ah. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Addis Ababa Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Waxaa magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimada Somalia dib ugu soo laabtay wadaadka dhawaan isku soo dhiibay dowlada Somalia Muqtaar Roobow Cali (Abuu Mansuur). Wadaadkan ayaa mudooyinkaan danbe ku maqnaa dalka dibadiisa waxa uuna si gaara ugu maqnaa dalka Sacuudiga. Roobow ayaa waxaa wehlinaayay Saraakiil kale oo horay uga tirsanaa Al-Shabaab kuwaa oo lasoo goostay, waxaana lasoo sheegayaa in imaanshiyihiisa magaalada Muqdisho ay tahay mid ku xeeran qorshooyin gaara oo maalmahaani uu waday. Roobow ayaa magaalada Muqdisho kula kulmi doona Wasiiro ay kamid yihiin Gaashandhiga iyo Amniga oo ay isla wadaan qorshooyin ku aadan amniga. Roobow ayaa dowlada Somalia kala shaqeynaaya wiiqida maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab, waxa uuna si gaara u doonayaa in garab lagu siiyo xoreynta Gobolada Bay iyo Bakool. Muqtaar Roobow ayaa tan iyo markii uu shaaciyey in uu ka baxay Al-Shabaab kuna soo biiray dowlada Soomaaliya waxa uu tegay deegaano badan oo ka tirsan gobolada Baay iyo Bakool,waxana sidoo kale deegaano ka tirsan Gobolka Bakool uu dagaal culus kula galay Al-Shabaab. Sidoo kale, Roobow ayaa Wasiirka Gaashandhiga Somalia kala hadli doona ciidamo si gaara loogu tababaraayo Mukhtaar Roobow kuwaa oo lagu wado in wadaadkaasi ay la xoreeyan deegaanada ay Shabaabka kaga sugan yihiin Shabeelaha Hoose. Dhinaca kale, Roobow oo dhowr mar la hadlay warbaahinta ayaa sheegay inay ka go’an tahay dhabar jabinta Al-Shabaab oo uu tilmaamay inay u midooben xasuuqa shacabka. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Sida aan wararkeena hore ku sheegnay Sarkaalka ONLF ee lagu magacaabo C/kariin Sheekh Muuse (Qalbi-dhagax) ayaa gaaray magaalada Nairobi ee xarunta dalka Kenya. Qalbi-Dhagax oo ka soo duulay magaalada Addis-ababa ee dalka Ethiopia ayaa waxaa Garoonka Joma Kenyatta ee magaalada Nairobi kusoo dhaweeyay boqolaal ruux oo ay wehlinayeen mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan dowladaha Somalia iyo Kenya. Siyaasiga C/kariin (Qalbi-dhagax) oo Khamiistii ina dhaaftay laga sii daayay xabsi ku yaalla magaalada Addis-ababa ee dalka Ethiopia ayaa waxaa garoonka diyaaradaha Joma Kenyatta uga hortagay Xildhibaano ka tirsan Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya oo uu ugu horeeyo Xildhibaan Axmed Macalin Fiqi, Siyaasiga Faarax Macalin iyo qeybaha kala duwan ee bulshada. Sida lagu arkay muuqaalo iyo sawiro la soo geliyay baraha bulshada dadweynaha ka qeyb qaatay soo dhaweynta C/kariin ayaa waxa ay wateen Calanka Soomaaliya, Sawirka (Qalbi-dhagax) iyo boorar ay ku qoran yihiin ereyo ay ka mid yihiin geesigeena soo dhawoow. C/kariin Qalbi Dhagax ayaa markii uu gaaray Nairobi ka mahadceliyay soo dhoweynta loo soo sameeyay, isagoo gacan qaaday dadweynihii soo dhoweeyay, wuxuuna xalay si gaar ah kulamo ula yeeshay xildhibaanada iyo siyaasiyiinta soo dhaweeyay. Sii deynta C/kariin Sheekh Muuse (Qalbi-dhagax) ayaa waxaa ka dambeeyay Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Itoobiya Aby Ahmed Ali, oo bilooyin kahor qabtay xilka Ra’iisul Wasaaraha dalkaasi.

Prison officials and security forces have arbitrarily detained and tortured prisoners for years in the notorious regional prison known as Jail Ogaden. Ethiopia’s new prime minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, should urgently order investigations into the horrific situation, and the government should ensure regional security forces and officials are held accountable. Source: Hiiraan Online

Toronto-based Somali Canadian youth activist Habon Ali was appointed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Youth Advisory Council in June. Source: Hiiraan Online

Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden has revealed that she has her coverage requirements built into her contract with IMG Models. Source: Hiiraan Online

Six Kenyan police officers were injured on Tuesday evening after the vehicle in which they were traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in Garissa country near the Somali border. Source: Hiiraan Online

On a recent muggy afternoon, Ahmed Burhan Mohamed stood on a basketball court in Hopkins ready to play when his friends suddenly surrounded him, digging into his phone to see pictures of him doing things they could only dream of: jet skiing, scuba diving and even exchanging handshakes with a prince. Source: Hiiraan Online

On September 3 1952, dad-of-three Mahmood Hussein Mattan was taken from his cell at Cardiff prison and executed for a murder he did not commit. Source: Hiiraan Online

Since 2010, Denmark has officially designated deprived, immigrant-heavy areas as “ghettos.” Soon, people who commit certain crimes in these areas may face double the usual punishment Source: Hiiraan Online