Ministry of Transport and Roads Development, Roads Development Authority (RDA) and GIZ today launched Axle Load Control Act. The event was organized by SL Y-PEER. ALCA act implementation will start soon to enhance safety of roads and prevent damages to Somaliland highways.

HARGEISA– Ex-Minister of Information under President Silanyo’s administration, Hon. Osman Abdilahi Sahardid alias “Adani” has announced on Wednesday that he is vying for the chairman of ruling Kulmiye party. The former minister has made this revelation during a press conference held in Hargeisa. Mr. Adani has said that he has a political ambition which he is about to pursue and added that he can contribute to rebuilding of Somaliland if given a shot. Mr. Osman, the former minister has asserted that he does not want to challenge the incumbent party chairman, the president of the republic of Somaliland but said that once the sitting president relinquishes his political ambition then that there is a possibility for him to throw his name into the ring. Mr. Adani has stated that unless the president decided to transfer the chairmanship then he can run for the post. He made clear that he made many friends in the party and further said that he does not want to speak this issue at this time but stated firmly that he will speak when time comes.

A dispute between Puntland and Somaliland over the contested areas of Sool and Sanaag risks escalating into open war. The UN, supported by states with influence on the two sides, should renew diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire and press both to enter negotiations. Source: Hiiraan Online

The new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent visit in Mogadishu marked unlikely shift in the two countries’ relations. In a joint communique statement issued by both President Farmajo and Prime Minister Ahmed have agreed to "strengthen their brotherly bilateral relations" and abolish trade barriers between the two countries, including investment of four major Somali ports. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Sarkaal ka tirsan maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab ayaa isku soo dhiibay ciidamada Dowlada Somalia ee ka howlgala deegaanka Baarsanguuni ee Gobolka Jubbada Hoose. Sarkaalkan isku soo dhiibay ciidamada dowlada oo howlo kala duwan soo qabtay ayaa magaciisa lagu sheegay Xuseen Maxamuud oo Shabaab dhexdeeda looga yaqaano Ramadaani. Sarkaalkan isa soo dhiibay ayaa sheegtay in maleeshiyada Al-Shabaab uu u qaabilsanaa aruurinta lacagaha Zakawaadka loo yaqaano oo Shabaab ay ka qaadaan dadka shacabka ah. Waxa uu Sarkaalkan sheegay inuu madax u ahaa qeyb ka mid ah raga amniyaadka ah ee fuliya dilalka qorsheysan. G/sare Ismaciil Shiikh Isxaaq oo ah Taliyaha howlgalinta Ciidanka Xoogga qeybta 43-aad oo la hadlay Idaacadda CXD ayaa sheegay in Xuseen Maxamuud Ramadaani isa soo dhiibistiisa ay timid, iyadoo Shabaab dhexdeeda uu ka jiro Khilaaf. Xuseen Maxamuud Ramadaani oo ah Sarkaalka isku soo dhiibay Ciidanka oo la hadlay Idaacadda Codka Ciidamada Qalabka Sida, ayaa sheegay in uu ka qeyb qaatay dagaalo badan, islamarkaana uu go’aansaday inuu isaga baxo Shabaab.

"All the years you put in, all the studying, then [new technology] comes along and your experience is worth nothing." Source: Hiiraan Online

In recent weeks, Hamdia Ahmed has been thinking a lot about her experience as a refugee. Her family escaped the civil war in Somalia in 1997 and crossed the border to settle into a camp in Kenya. She was just a few weeks old at the time. Source: Hiiraan Online

Ethiopia is to start extracting the first ever crude oil deposit from Ethio-Somali Region as of tomorrow, The Reporter learnt. Source: Hiiraan Online

Khadra Ibrahim Ahmed can see a new future opening up in front of her after a successful operation at Borame hospital in Somaliland this month to repair the obstetric fistula that has marred the last 14 years of her life. Source: Hiiraan Online

DAR ES SALAAM, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved 350 million U.S. dollars credit to Tanzania for connecting water to more than 3 million people in rural areas, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday. Source: Hiiraan Online

Construction work has begun on a mixed-use twin tower development in Nairobi’s central business district that is set to become the tallest building in Africa. Source: Hiiraan Online

The identity of a young Adelaide woman, accused of being South Australia's first member of terror group Islamic State (ISIS), can be revealed for the first time. Source: Hiiraan Online

So, 41 years of freedom, respect for human dignity and development for the Djiboutian people? This is a relevant question today. Source: Hiiraan Online

Garoowe (Caasimada Online) – Warar soo baxaaya ayaa sheegaya in xaalad daro caafimaad ay soo foodsaartay Hogaamiyaha ugu sareeya Daacishta Somalia Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin. Horjoogaha ayaa la xaqiijiyay inuu saaxiib u noqday da’ iyo xanuunada Sokorta iyo dhiigkar, waxaana jira warar hoose oo sheegaya inuu baralees ka noqday mid kamid ah labadiisa gacan. Illo dhanka amaanka ah ayaa xaqiijiyay in Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin safar caafimaad oo dhanka Badda ah ay u qaaday Daacishta Yemen, balse iminka dib loogu soo celshay Puntland, gaar ahaan Buuraaleyda Galgala. Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin, ayaa la xaqiijiyay in xiligan uu ku noolyahay xaalad caafimaad xumo, waxaana lasoo sheegayaa in 75% shaqooyinkiisa ay hayaan Horjoogayaasha kale ee ka hoos shaqeeya, sida laga soo xigtay illo dhanka amaanka ah oo ka tirsan Puntland. Saraakiisha amaanka Puntland ee ka howlgala Jiida buuraaleyda Galgala ayaa sheegay in macluumaadka ay helayaan uu tibaaxayo in Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin uu howlgab noqday, isla markaana howsha Daacish ay sii wadaan Horjoogayaal kale. Saraakiisha ayaa sheegay in Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin uu xanuunsan yahay ku dhawaad 4 bil, hase ahaatee xanuunada iminka isku biirsaday ay duldhigeen sariirta. Sidoo kale, Saraakiisha ayaa xaqiijiyay in isbedelka ku imaaday Daacish sida Qaraxyada iyo Dilalka kusoo kordhay shaqooyinkooda ay kamidtahay dadaalka ay lasoo baxeen Horjoogayaasha kale ee ka tirsan Daacish ee sida KMG ah usii haya howsha Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, xanuunada Sheekh Cabdulqaadir Muumin ayaa loo aaneynayaa inay sabab u tahay cimilada buuraha uu ku noolyahay oo aad u xun. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Garoowe Caasimada@live.com

Khalid Ali was carrying three knives when he was tackled by armed officers near Downing Street in April 2017 – and was just moments from being able to attack police, politicians or military personnel. But unknown to him, clues picked up from bomb parts recovered from Afghanistan more than four years earlier meant that police were watching his every move. Ali was one of seven children born to an Ethiopian mother and Somali father in Saudi Arabia, where the family moved to after escaping civil war in Ethiopia and from where – in 1992 – they came to the UK. He grew up in Edmonton and trained as a gas engineer and plumber after leaving school, but in his late teens became increasingly absorbed by religion and politics. Missing for five years In 2010, Ali travelled on an aid convoy to Gaza, appearing in news reports after a shipping dispute resulted in some of the travellers being forcibly taken to Greece. Kieran Turner, who helped organise the convoy, told the BBC: “At that point I thought ‘nice young man – this is going to be one of the people that’s fun to travel with’.” Ali “had a sense of humour” and “always smiled”, Mr Turner recalled. But Ali was a more complex figure than he appeared. In June 2011 he told family members he was moving to Birmingham for work. They would not hear from him for more than five years. He was reported missing and, during subsequent inquiries, a laptop from his bedroom was found to contain speeches by the al-Qaeda ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki encouraging people to engage in military jihad. In truth, Ali had gone to Afghanistan to join the Taliban. There, according to Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, senior national co-ordinator for counter-terrorism policing, he went to a “Taliban training camp affiliated to al-Qaeda where, for several years he helped terrorists make hundreds of bombs capable of mass murder”. In late October 2016, Ali suddenly appeared at the British consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, claiming to have lost his passport and seeking a temporary travel document in order to get home. Two days later, without luggage or possessions, he landed at Heathrow and was immediately questioned under terrorism laws. Ali claimed to have spent the preceding years travelling in northern Pakistan rediscovering himself and learning about different sects of Islam. Without lawful reason for further detention he was released but – crucially – only after his fingerprints were taken. These were shared with the FBI, which manages a vast database containing fingerprints found on bomb parts in various global conflict zones. Ali’s prints were matched to some found on improvised explosive device (IED) components from two large caches recovered by Afghan national security forces – the main targets and victims of such weapons – in South Kandahar Province more than four years earlier. Eventually, 42 prints from the Afghan IED components were positively matched to Ali. Detectives applied to the US for the evidence to be declassified so he could be prosecuted in the UK but permission was not instant. Final preparations In the meantime, Ali, unaware of these developments, appeared to resume normal life in London. He moved back to the family home in Edmonton, found work in a west London pizza takeaway and started retraining as a gas fitter. However, he was also quietly planning an attack and began researching targets. In March 2017 he was spotted at a march in central London, behaving suspiciously towards police officers outside Downing Street. Then in April he conducted reconnaissance of sites including the MI6 building and New Scotland Yard. From then on events moved quickly. On 25 April, near his workplace in Ealing, he bought a set of knives and a sharpener. The following day, officers observed him buying a mobile phone. That night, he was watched emerging from the family home and putting a plastic bag into a wheelie bin outside another house. When retrieved, it contained packaging for kitchen knives and a sharpener. While her son had been outside, Ali’s mother – concerned by his behaviour – went to his room and found four knives, which she took to a different part of the house. “I was shocked and upset” and “scared at what he’d do with them”, she said in a statement read at Ali’s trial. On his return an argument broke out when Ali realised the knives were missing. His mother called the police. Local officers attended and Ali left the property after midnight when his mother made it clear she wanted him to go. Armed with knives He then set about rearming himself. At daybreak he travelled across London, to Ealing, where he lingered for several hours before purchasing three kitchen knives and heading for Westminster – the location where, just weeks before, another attacker, Khalid Masood, had murdered five people, including a police officer. He walked around Parliament Square, dumping items in different locations, including a mobile phone in the River Thames that was later found to contain images of police officers in stab vests. When he walked towards Whitehall in the direction of Downing Street, armed police moved in. Knives were found in both jacket pockets and one tucked down the front of his trousers. Asked whether the public were in danger, Ali said he was not interested in them. Asked if anyone else was at risk, he told the officers: “You lot are carrying weapons, so you must know you are in danger.” Deputy Assistant Commissioner Haydon said: “Police and security services were managing any potential risk that he posed and he was arrested at the most appropriate time.” It was only in the hours after Ali’s arrest that permission was granted to use the evidence from the explosives in a British prosecution. During lengthy police interviews in the following days, Ali said he was armed only for his own protection and had not been planning an attack. He claimed to have been in Westminster to give a “message” to those in authority about his beliefs, which he had returned to the UK to deliver. Detectives were told the message was the same as one previously delivered by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Ali said he was a soldier of the Taliban and that al-Qaeda was its military wing. He admitted constructing explosives in Afghanistan – and when asked whether he had also detonated them, Ali said: “I have pressed the button.” A detective asked: “How many times have you pressed the button to cause an explosion?” “Probably more than 300 times,” he replied. “I’ve been training and fighting against Western troops, be it American or British,” he told officers. He later added: “I’m sitting here in front of you as a mujahid, as classified under your country, the law, as a terrorist.” Ali was asked: “Did you kill any British troops while you were in Afghanistan?” “I will remain silent for now,” he replied. In court, Ali changed his account, telling the jury he had been held captive in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, and forced to bundle up components of explosive devices to prove he was not a British spy. He denied planning an attack in London to coincide with the start of the Taliban “spring offensive” the following day. Under cross-examination, he denied that the mobile phone purchased the night before his arrest – which has never been recovered – was used to contact the Taliban to get instructions to launch his attack. But he was found guilty of preparing terrorist acts and two counts of possession of an explosive substance with intent. Source: – BBC

Ethiopia’s prime minister appointed a new police commissioner for the capital in the wake of a grenade attack at a political rally in the city at the weekend that killed two people and wounded about 150 others. Premier Abiy Ahmed named Brigadier-General Degfe Bedi to the post, the ruling party-funded Fana Broadcasting Corp. reported Tuesday. His appointment follows the appearance in court Monday of 26 suspects in Saturday’s attack, including a deputy commissioner of Addis Ababa’s police. Abiy, who took office in April amid sporadic unrest in Ethiopia’s regions, has made a raft of changes, naming new leaders to one of Africa’s largest armies and replacing his intelligence chief. The ruling coalition has vowed to continue its reforms, including improving relations with neighboring Eritrea and partially liberalizing the state telecommunications monopoly, despite the blast in Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square that it blamed on “anti-peace forces.” Two new deputy police commissioners, Hassen Negash and Zelalem Mengiste, were also appointed, Fana said. Eritrean and Ethiopian government officials held talks about a stalled peace deal for the first time since a conflict between the two countries ended almost two decades ago. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is seeking to normalize relations with neighboring Eritrea as part of a broader program of reforms he’s initiated since taking office two months ago. He’s also announced plans to open up the Africa’s fastest-growing economy to foreign investors and also lifted a state of emergency imposed after the snap resignation of his predecessor, Hailemariam Desalegn, in February. “The new developments in Ethiopia augur well for the resolution of the frozen boundary conflict and durable peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia,” Andebrhan Welde Giorgis, a former member of Eritrea’s ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice and now an independent analyst, said by phone from Brussels. “At the same time, the winds of change blowing in Ethiopia could also cross over and usher in a new democratic dispensation in Eritrea.” Officials including Yemane Ghebreab, an adviser to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday afternoon, Shamble Tillahun, a spokesman for the Ethiopian government communications office, said by phone from the city. Images published by the Fana Broadcasting Corp. showed the officials holding talks with Abiy. 100,000 Killed Ethiopia’s highest governing body said on June 5 it would fully implement the so-called Algiers Agreement signed in 2000 to formally end a two-year war between the two Horn of African nations that killed about 100,000 people. The deal was never implemented, with Ethiopia refusing to recognize a monitor’s findings on ownership of the disputed border town of Badme. Eritrea, a one-party state that sits on a key shipping strait linking the Red Sea and Suez Canal, has been under United Nations sanctions since 2009, after allegations that Isaias’s government supports al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Somalia. The former rebel leader has ruled Eritrea since 1993, when it gained independence from Ethiopia. Source: – Bloomberg

Representatives of Minnesota’s Muslim community gathered Tuesday to condemn the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The ban would affect travel from several mostly Muslim countries. Members of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other community groups called for increased public activism in response to the ruling. Mustafa Diriye of St. Paul joined CAIR-MN executive director Jaylani Hussein and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison at a Tuesday morning news conference protesting the ruling. A community organizer, Diriye worries for a cousin and her daughter in a refugee camp on the border of Ethiopia and Somalia. They are effectively trapped there now, Diriye said. Diriye’s cousin has a life-threatening heart defect, and her daughter suffered a stroke as a result of her own heart defect. Without proper medical attention or the ability to travel freely, Diriye said they may die in the camp. On Tuesday evening, more than 200 demonstrators rallied in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to protest the ruling, chanting, “Say it loud; say it clear. Muslims are welcome here!” and “When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back!” Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose native Somalia is one of the seven countries affected by the ban, was one of a handful of local politicians and activists to address the crowd before it left the courthouse plaza to march through the city’s streets. “When people make these decisions … they forget the human lives it touches,” Omar said. “They forget the real people that are going to be impacted by it.” Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress and a Minnesota attorney general candidate, also spoke at the rally, telling the crowd, “Today, we are all Muslims.” “Don’t let anybody tell you this is not a Muslim ban,” Ellison said. “I call this a Muslim ban because Donald Trump called it a Muslim ban. … This is the way democratic societies are pushed into becoming totalitarian societies.” The crowd at the hour-long rally also included members of Muslim, Jewish and Christian clergy. Other Minnesota politicians were quick to respond in statements issued earlier Tuesday. State Sen. Karin Housley, a Republican running for Tina Smith’s U.S. Senate seat, supports the ruling as a national security measure. “At this critical juncture in our nation’s history, adherence to our Constitution has never been more important; our freedoms, our safety, and our security as a nation depends on it,” she said in a statement. Smith, a Democrat, condemned the decision, saying it contradicts historic American values. “This is not who we have been, and it’s not who we should be. We must keep working to help all people demand respect, freedom and dignity in the same spirit on which our country was founded,” she said in a statement. Source: – Twin Cities

On Saturday, June 23, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in the famous Meskel Square, located at the heart of the capital city Addis Ababa. Citizen groups and human rights activists had organized the event to show support for Ethiopia’s reformist leader, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — to recognize Ahmed’s commitment for democratic reforms and encourage implementation. The demonstration was colorful. Many wore t-shirts bearing pictures of Ahmed and his right-hand men. Others carried banners thanking Ahmed for his agenda of togetherness. The prime minister wore a t-shirt with a picture of Nelson Mandela, which read, “We are not free until we all are free.” Ahmed gave a rousing speech calling for national unity, and preaching love, co-existence, and democratic values. Minutes after he spoke, a grenade exploded. A rally organizer told the Washington Post that the attacker had aimed at the stage, but a demonstrator grabbed his hand and changed the grenade’s direction. If that’s accurate, this may have been an attempt to assassinate a reformer who, since taking office two months ago, has lifted the state of emergency declared in February by the previous administration. So far, the explosion has killed two and injured an estimated 150. Here’s what these events mean for Ethiopia’s governance – and for the EPRDF, the four-party coalition that has tightly controlled Ethiopian politics for the last 27 years. Background on Ethiopia’s protests and political reforms over the past three years Since 2015, the country’s two largest ethnic groups have been protesting their political marginalization, rights violations and economic injustices. More recently, Ethiopians have been protesting against repressive treatment of the media and civil society, as embodied in Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism laws. All this boiled over in mass protests earlier this year as citizens chanted for the release of political prisoners and voiced concerns over deteriorating ethnic relations. Many criticized Ethiopia’s ethnic federal arrangement, which divides the nation into regions governed by particular ethnic groups – although the Tigrayan minority has run national politics, as I explained here at TMC in February, dominating the ruling coalition EPRDF. Since protests began in 2015, Human Rights Watch reports, security forces have killed hundreds; in 2017, the Ethiopian government admitted that hundreds had been killed. Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have been internally displaced. Ethnic violence and local evictions of ethnic groups from regions governed by different groups are covered regularly by the daily news. This year, on January 3, the governing ERPDF regime finally acceded to protesters’ demands. Under former prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn, EPRDF announced political reforms that included releasing thousands of political prisoners. But on February 15, Desalegn announced his resignation – followed by jockeying within EPRDF over who would replace him. Until now, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front – representing the minority ethnic group that helped end an earlier civil war – has effectively dominated EPRDF, making other parties within the coalition less relevant. But Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization (OPDO) and Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), two of four parties that make up the ruling coalition, had been pushing for changes. The two parties won the coalition’s chairmanship for Abiy Ahmed, who chairs OPDO, effectively making him the new prime minister as of April 2. His election is now viewed as the end of the TPLF’s dominance of EPRDF — and therefore of the country. Despite being part of the establishment, Ahmed had been pushing for a new political direction. In his inaugural speech, Ahmed called for reconciliation and apologized that peaceful protestors had been killed. Reforms have been speedy, which may have upset EPRDF’s old guard Since taking charge, Ahmed has freed most of Ethiopia’s remaining political prisoners. He has attempted to reform the security sector, which remains controlled by the TPLF. Ahmed forced out long-serving EPRDF elites, and enabled young public servants and technocrats to rise into key posts within his administration. In an attempt to improve relations between the government and the people, Ahmed has also traveled throughout the country, listening to grievances. As a longtime critic of the practice of evicting ethnic groups from different parts of the country, Ahmed has suggested establishing a council of experts to study the federal arrangement, which is designed according to ethnic and linguistic lines. My research has shown that this federal arrangement has ensured EPRDF’s survival as an authoritarian party. Beyond Ethiopia’s borders, Ahmed has been trying to mend relations with neighboring countries in the hopes of facilitating trade and economic integration. The old guard aren’t happy, however. In a parliamentary session called by TPLF and its allies, parliamentarians representing the unhappy elites accused the prime minister of releasing “terrorists.” In a surprising response, Ahmed acknowledged the terrorist acts committed by the government itself – and insisted that only through coming together and forgiveness could Ethiopia move forward. That brings us to the grenade attack After the explosion, the prime minister addressed the nation, saying, “Those of you who planned and executed such an attack against your own people have failed yesterday, failed today and will fail tomorrow.” Immediately after Ahmed spoke, state television announced that the government had arrested Addis Ababa’s deputy police commissioner, as well as other high officials within the federal police and intelligence services, so far charging more than 30 people related to the attacks. The U.S. government has sent FBI experts to help Ethiopian authorities investigation of the blast. Ahmed now has the ammunition he needs to reform the security sector. Observers expect to see old guard elites purged from the governing coalition and Ahmed’s opponents driven out of the police and military institutions. Yohannes Gedamu ( @yohanethio ) is a lecturer in political science at Georgia Gwinnett College, and is working on a book titled “Ethnic Federalism and Authoritarian Survival in Ethiopia.” Source: The Washington post

Iyada oo dowladaha Itoobiya iyo Eritrea ay bilaabeen wadahadalo toos ah oo miiska lasoo wada fariistay, wafuudna is dhaafsadeen, ayaa waxa ay u egtahay in isbadalada siyaasadeed ee Geeska Afrika ka dhacaya uu meelo badan saamaynayo. Muddo dheer dowladda Itoobiya waxa ay tan Eritrea ku eedeyneysay in ay taageerto jabhadaha la dagaalansan, sida ONLF oo xarumo ku leh dalka Eritrea. Balse wadahadalada labada dal kadib, waxaa dalka Eritrea ka furmaya shirweyne ay yeelanayaan xubnaha ONLF oo ah jabhad u dagaalanta madaxbanaanida gobolka Ogaden. BBC-da ayaa wareysi la yeelatay afhayeenka jabhaddaCabduqaadir Xassan Xasan Caddaani Hirmooge oo Asmara ku sugan, shirkana ka qeybgalaya, wuxuuna sheegay in shirkani uu yahay kii seddexaad, islamarkaasna uu ka mid yahay kuwii caadiga ahaa ee jadwalka ku jiray. Mar uu ka jawaabay su’aal ahayd in hoggaanka jabhadda oo hal qof ahaa markan la badalayo, ayuu kaga jawaabay “Shirweynaha ayay u taalaa, isaga ayaa awood u leh wax ka badalka xeerarka iyo ururkaba”. Afhayeenka ayaa dhanka kale yiri “Isbadalada waan soo dhaweyneynaa, balse waxaan weli dhawreynaa in ay noqdaan kuwa asaasi ah ee ay Itoobiya isku khilaafsantahay, anaga Soomaali ahaan aan Itoobiya ku khilaafsanahay, in isbadaladaas ay taabtaan baan aaminsanahay, diyaar baanu u nahay in aan wadahadal la galno”. Sanadkan horaantiisa ayay wadahadalo yeesheen ONLF iyo dowladda Itoobiya oo uu markaas matalayay madaxweynaha dowlad deegaanka Soomaalida Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar. Tan iyo intii Ra’isulwasaaraha cusub uu la wareegay dalka Itoobiya, waxaa xal laga gaaranayay inta badan mashaakilaadkii dalkaas ka jiray, oo ay ka mid tahay in jabhado hubeysnaa ay sheegeen in ay hubka , halka kuwa kale oo mucaarad aan hubeysnayn ah ay Itoobiya ku laabteen. Haseyeeshee Jabhadda ONLF oo aragti ahaan ka duwan kuwaas, una dagaalamaysa xoriyad iyo madaxbanaani ay helaan dadka degen gobolka Ogaden, ayaanan weli wax wadahadal ah la galin maamulka cusub, balse Afhayeenka waxa uu sheegay in saansaan wanaagsan ay ka arkeen maamulka, diyaarna u yihiin in ay la macaamilaan. Caadi ahaa marka labo dal heshiiyaan, waxaa meesha ka baxa haddii ay jireen jabhado ay kala taageerayeen, kuwaas oo ku sugnaa gudaha dalalkaasi. Isha: BBC Somali

Khadra Ibrahim Ahmed can see a new future opening up in front of her after a successful operation at Borame hospital in Somaliland this month to repair the obstetric fistula that has marred the last 14 years of her life. “Whenever I visited my relatives in their houses I was not allowed to sleep in their beds, I couldn’t ride in public vehicles, or go to weddings or other public gatherings. I was under house arrest! I couldn’t mix with other people, and my husband even left me because of it. People would only call me on my phone but nobody wanted to stand close to me,” said Khadra, 40, who lives in Bosaso. A prolonged labour during her last pregnancy, which resulted in the death of her baby, caused the damage that meant Khadra was unable to control her urine and faeces. She went to different hospitals with support from her husband in Addis Ababa, Mogadishu, and Bosaso. None of the treatments worked and in 2012, when her husband left her, she resigned herself to a life of hopelessness. Recently, Khadra heard from a friend about the free treatment provided at Borama hospital by the Fistula Foundation. She immediately contacted the hospital and became one of 105 women to receive surgery this month. “I have spent all my money trying to find doctors. When my money ran out I got handouts from my relatives. My mother sent me $40 a month to buy diapers and clothing,” Khadra said. “Now I am recovering and when the doctors discharge me the first thing I hope to do is to get back my life and start up a business.” Dr Nasra Ibrahim Sa’id, who conducted the surgery, said most women affected have suffered prolonged obstructed labour. “The services given to the women including hospitalisation, food, medication, surgery and other extra treatment are all free. Sometimes the women bring others with them and we also treat them,” said Dr Nasra. Women are encouraged to come to the hospital to benefit from the free services. The hospital is supported by Fistula Foundation, World Vision, and Somaliland’s Ministry of Health. Radio Ergo

June 27 marks 41 years of independence for my country, Djibouti. So, 41 years of freedom, respect for human dignity and development for the Djiboutian people? This is a relevant question today. The fight for independence from colonial rule was ostensibly fought to secure social change and ideals, to advance a better and more prosperous life for me and my fellow citizens. Indeed, these values were — in theory — the driving force, the very engine that propelled our sisters and brothers who stood up against the brutal colonial order. These are the goals and objectives that they had given their time, their energy and their material resources for. These national heroes risked their lives for this vision, suffering arrests and detentions, physical and psychological violence. This is what many of them, both well-known and anonymous, died for. Freedom, dignity and the chance at a decent life. What about these values 41 years after independence? Are we in a better place, today, on June 27 2018? Let me take you a bit back before answering the question. In 1977, the Cold War is in full swing. The Soviet Union and allied capitalist powers are competing, often through proxy wars, for influence and leadership on the world stage. In the Horn of Africa — and around the Red Sea — the two competing sides are ever-present. In this context, the newly independent Republic of Djibouti was anchored in the capitalist bloc, though without the democratic pluralism that proliferated in other quarters. Without the people’s consent, the new rulers in Djibouti quickly established a political system based on one-party rule. The rationale was that newly independent nation had to prioritise “unity in thought and action,” and thus, a single-party autocratic system was the most feasible way in which to advance this strategy. In so doing the People’s Rally for Progress, and our first president, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, created a top-down structure that recognised one political party as the country’s rightful steward. It created a single trade union, a single chamber of commerce, a single women’s organisation and a single radio station, television and newspaper. Aptidon was recognised as the head of the ruling party, head of state and government and presided over the defence and security forces. The stage was set for dictatorship, with the acquiescence of the West and the region’s post-colonial leaders. In Djibouti, we quickly lost the freedom we had bravely fought for and gained. As a country, we ended up under the boots of a repressive and corrupt cabal of politicians only concerned with their self-enrichment. United at independence, our country became divided, corrupt and increasingly impoverished. This was the situation in my country in 1989, during the collapse of the Soviet Union, which put an end to the Cold War. On this occasion, my colleagues in the nascent political opposition and I stood up against, and faced down, the repressive one-party system. Some involved in the struggle took up arms, while others like me engaged in peaceful civil resistance. Together, we ultimately compelled the regime the adopt the term “democracy” — in theory — which had been banned since our independence. In 1992, a pluralistic constitution was agreed to and ratified. To our great disappointment, it quickly turned into a façade — mere window dressing for an even more abusive and unaccountable dictatorship. While our constitution is sound and solid in writing, the old one-party system remained prevailed in practice. The agreed-to reforms and “pluralistic elections” proved to be an additional farce, proving that the Aptidon system once again prevailed. Democratisation had failed. At the twilightof his life, in 1999, Aptidon unilaterally handed presidential power to his nephew, and the chief of intelligence and security forces, Ismael Omar Guelleh. Under his rule — currently one of the longest in Africa — corruption, poverty, widespread human rights abuses and repression has worsened. In Djibouti, we are confronted with a family dynasty built on the suffering of our less than one million inhabitants. Today — 41 years after our independence — Djibouti is far from achieving the dream of freedom, dignity and development. We are poorer now than we were in 1977, we are deeply deprived of freedom and the respect for our basic human dignity remains lacking. Despite our lucrative geostrategic location, our beneficial port access, and the millions of dollars in aid our government has received, we are a beleaguered people. Djibouti remains in this unacceptable and unsustainable situation because of a long-ruling regime that confiscates our land, our resources and our dignity with brazen impunity. Our creative energy and our ability to make progress has been systematically stifled. We are in this situation because the ruling regime has turned Djibouti into a family business, a mafia state that gains little outside attention. Indeed, more than 41 years after our Independence, my country — full of latent potential and resources — has become an open prison, a prison encircled by the embassies and burgeoning military bases of some of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world. Djibouti is less than 9 000 square miles, but we have operational military bases run by the United States, France, Japan, Italy and China. Blinded by short-term “security” concerns, these competing powers are turning a blind eye to the abuses taking place in Djibouti, often in their full view. READ MORE: Djibouti’s greatest threat may come from within These world powers make the cold and calculated assumption that ‘Djibouti is stable’. On behalf of my impoverished and abused fellow citizens, I have to ask: stability for whom? And stability for how long? Daher Ahmed Farah is a novelist and politician. He is the head of the Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development, Djibouti’s main opposition party. Daher Ahmed Farah Daher Ahmed Farah, also known as DAF, is a novelist and politician. He is the head of the Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development, Djibouti’s main opposition party.

Xeelladaha ay qaar ka mid ah dadka dawarsada adeegsadaan ayaa ah kuwo aan si fudud lagu ogaan Karin, maadaama uu qof kasta oo wax haysta u beer debco haddii ay arkaan dad masaakiin oo ka dhex tuugsanaya Xaafadaha iyo Suuqyadda. Laakiin, Caasimadda dalka Uganda ee Kampala waxaa dhawaan lagu qabtay Darwarsade been ah “A fake beggar”. Hadal ka soo baxay Boliska magaalladda Kampala ayaa sheegay inay qabteen Dawarsade Beenaale ah, kaasi oo lacag weydiisan jirey dadka aan ka shakanin ee jidka maraya. Saraakiisha Saldhigga Boliska ee Min Price Police waxay maalintii Isniintii ee la soo dhaafay gacanta ku dhigeen Ninkaasi oo iska dhigi jirey inay Gacan ka go’an tahay. Isagoo mid ka mid ah gacantiisa ku duubi jirey wax u muuqday dhar u muuqaal ek Faashad, si uu isaga dhigo inuu Gacameey yahay. Ninkaasi oo magaciisa lagu sheegay Shafik Bakulu Mpagi waxay Boliska qabteen, kadib, markii uu u soo fara muuqay qof Saaxiib dhow la ahaa, kaasi oo arkay saaxiibkiisa oo ka dawarsanaya halka laga galo Suuqa Mukwano Arcade ee magaalladda Kampala. Boliskii waxay tageen halkii Ninkaasi loogu tilmaamay, waxayna ku amreen inuu gacantiisa ka furo dharka uu ku duubay, waxaana la ogaaday inuusan Gacameey ahayn. Dadkii ku soo xoomay goobtaasi waxay naxdin ka qaadeen xeelladda uu ninkaasi ku dawarsan jirey. Boliska waxay sheegeen inuu Shafik Bakulu Mpagi haatan ku xiran yahay Saldhigga Boliska ee Mini Price Police Station, laguna soo oogay inuu shacabka khiyaani jirey. WQ: Ustaad Nuradin

On Saturday, June 23, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in the famous Meskel Square, located at the heart of the capital city Addis Ababa. Citizen groups and human rights activists had organized the event to show support for Ethiopia’s reformist leader, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — to recognize Ahmed’s commitment for democratic reforms and encourage implementation. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Hogaanka Al Shabaab markii hore wuxuu ku dhisnaa in meesha laga saaro qabiilka sidoo kalena bulshada Soomaaliyeed la mideeyo sidoo kalena gabi ahaanba hogaamiyaasha qabiilada la ciribtiro. Laakiin Al Shabaab si dhaqsi ah waxay ku ogaadeen in sida Soomaalida daacad ugu tahay qabiilka aad u qoto dheer tahay sidaa darteed aragtidii hore oo ay qabiilada ka qabeen wey badaleen. Kadib Al Shabaab waxay bilaabeen inay kaaba qabiilada qaar soo dhaweestaan ayagoo hadafkooda ahaa inay danahooda gaarka ah ku fulistaan laakiin markii dambe fikrada Shabaabka gudihiisa ayay saameyn ku yeesheen hogaamiyaasha qabiilada. Waxayna Shabaab kaga faa’iideestaan soo dhaweynta ay qabiilada soo dhaweesteen hogaamiyaashooda inay askar ku helaan iyo dhul ay maamulaan si toos ama si dadban. Al -Shabaab si xeelad ku dheehan ayay duqowda qabiilada u adeegsadaan si ay shacabka ku maamulaan, canshuurta ku aruursadaan, hubka ku helaan sidoo kalena muranada bulshada ka dhex jiraan wey xaliyaan. Qaybta Shabaabka u qaabilsan la shaqeynta iyo maamulida kaaba qabiilada waxaa u xil saaran Hussein Ali Fidow wuxuuna kursi ku leeyahay gudiga fulinta iyo tala soo jeedinta Shabaabka sar sare. Kaliya kaabada qabiilada qaar ee Shabaab u dhaga nugul ayaa lagu daray golaha sare ee Hussein Ali Fidow la shaqeeyaan taasi oo ka dhigan in Shabaabka si siman qabiilada ula dhaqmin. Sidoo kale qabiilada qaar ayaa lagu badiyaa maamulida gobolada qaar si loo caburiyo qabiilada aan la dhacsaneyn maamulka iyo siyaasada Shabaabka. Shabaabka si isku mid ah oo cadaalad ah ulama dhaqmaan qabiilada tusaale ahaan dhamaan qabiilada kale Shabaab waxay ku qasabtaa oo ay amar kaga dhigtaa inay ciidamo Shabaab siiyaan haddii kale shareecada waxa ay ka qabto lagu qaadayo, balse qabiilka Habargidir/Mogadishu Clan ee gobolka Mudug dagaan amarka Shabaab lama dul dhigin. Sidoo kalena ciidanka qarsoon ee dharka cad Amniyaat ee Shabaab u qaabilsan dilalka qarsheesan iyo kuwa gaadmada ah hawl galo yar ayay ka fuliyaan dhulalka Habargidir dagaan. Sababtana waxay tahay in Shabaabka gobolada Habargidir dagaan ay aad ugu yar yihiin awood ahaan sidaa darteed haatan Shabaab waxay wadaan qorshe ay xiriir wanaagsan uga dhex abuuranayaan kaaba qabiilada deeganadaas. Balse midaas waxay sababtay in kalsooni daro dhex imaado hogaamiyaasha Shabaab iyo xubnaha sare sare, weliba taasi waxaa banaanka soo dhigay sarkaalkii hore Shabaab uga talin jiray Jubada dhexe oo cadeeyay in qabiilka Darood lagu dulmiyay magaalada Kunyabarow kadib markii 19-maxbuus ah uu hayay 16-ka mid ah la ogaaday inay Daarood yihiin. Sidoo kale hogaamiye kale oo Amniyaat-ka ka tirsanaa isagana wuxuu sheegay in Guruubkaas uu isaga baxay kadib markii uu ogaaday garbaha ugu muhiimsan Amniyaat la wareegeen qabiilada Murusade, Habargidir, iyo Duduble. Haddaba waxaan idiin bilaabeynaa Maanta musalsal ka kooban shan qeyb taasoo aan uga hadli doono sida ay qeybaha ay Al-Shabaab ka kooban tahay loogu qeybiyey beelaha Soomaaliyeed, wuxuuna musalsalka ka koobnaan doonaa Shantaan qeyb ee hoos kaaga muuqato: Sida ay beelaha u qeybsadeen 220 Mas’uul ee ugu sareyso Sida ay beelaha u qeybadeen 10 xubin ee Golaha Shuurada Shabaab Sida ay beelaha u qeybsadeen Mas’uuliyiinta Amniyaadka Sida ay beelaha u qeybsadeen Mas’uuliyiinta Jabhadda Qeybta Koowaad: Sida ay beelaha u qeybsadeen 220 Mas’uul ee ugu sarreeya Waxaa muuqato in Beesha Mogadishu Clan ay ugu badan tahay Liiska 220 Mas’uul ee ugu sareyso Al-Shabaab qeybaha kala duwan haddii ay ahaan laheyd – Heer Maamul, Heer Degmo – Heer Gobol iyo heer madax sare, waxaana liiskaan dhammaan kasoo muuqday beelaha kala duwan ee Soomaaliyeed. Beelaha kasoo muuqday liiskaan ayaa xataa waxaa ku jiro kuwa dago gelinka Shanaad ee Itoobiya Maamusho iyo kuwa dago deegaanada Woqooyi Bari Kenya. Hey’adaha amaanka waxaa si buuxda gacanta ugu hayo xubno kasoo jeedo Beesha Mogadishu Clan, waxaana xusid mudan in beelaha kale qeyb laga siiyey jagooyinka hogaamineed si loo ilaaliyo muuqaalka tilmaamayo inay Shabaab ku wada jiraan beelaha dhan. Haddaba halkaan hoose ka arag sawirkaan muujinayo sida beelaha u qeybsadeen 220 Mas’uul ee ugu sareyso ee ugu sareyso Shabaab. La soco qeybta xigta oo aan berri Inshaa Allah kusoo qaadan doono: Sida ay beelaha u qeybadeen 10 xubin ee Golaha Shuurada Shabaab Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho caasimada@live.com