The fight against corruption will be a central theme of the ongoing 30th AU Summit which is being held in Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday. Source: Hiiraan Online

The Ethiopian government on Tuesday vowed to support African Union's (AU) flagship project dubbed the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). Source: Hiiraan Online

Human Rights Watch Monday has urged Israel to not jail Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers for their refusal to leave for Uganda and Rwanda, pointing they have the right to request protection. Source: Hiiraan Online

The municipality of Gennevilliers, a northern French suburb of Paris, said Tuesday that it would recognize the state of Palestine, citing a 2014 French parliament vote. Source: Hiiraan Online

Migration authorities in Switzerland say Eritreans topped the list of asylum seekers into the country over the course of 2017. Source: Hiiraan Online

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has hailed Donald Trump for speaking "frankly" to Africans, after the US president unleashed a storm by reportedly describing African nations as "shithole countries". Source: Hiiraan Online

LUGHAYA–A truck exploded upon hitting a landmine loaded with illegal immigrants in Lughaya on last Sunday. Lughaya deputy Mayor, Hon. Omar Mohamed Dhimbil confirmed the incident. He said that several members sustained minor injuries. The mayor has further said that 25 illegal immigrants sneaked and boarded a smuggling vessel which left for the war-torn country of Yemen. The mayor stated that most of them were from Hargeisa, Burao, and Borama townships. Police nabbed ten members and are in detention according to law enforcement agencies. Landmine clearance agency staffers arrived at the scene of the incident.Police contacted the parents of apprehended illegal immigrants and will leave for their hometowns.

Somalia is going through one of the most turbulent periods in its conflict-riddled history, having experienced ferocious civil war, drought and famine, state collapse, further today threatened by a ferocious terrorism campaign by the Al-Shabaab terrorist group. There is an international scramble for the country’s resources and its strategic location. Countries from far and near are in a gold rush to get a foothold in the country and some are using tactics that appear to be making the conflict in Somalia worse. So much so, that there have been concerns raised about the little progress made under the struggling peace process and how this could unravel. Somalia sits in a key strategic location in the Horn of Africa. Apart from its untapped mineral resources and underused vast arable land, it has potential to provide a badly needed strategic presence to powers currently jostling for space on the red sea coast and anywhere with proximity to the Bab-al-Mandab strait – a key maritime route and the second busiest waterway in the world. Approximately 23,000 ships pass by Somalia’s waters every year, which means about a trillion dollars of trade transits on its waters. Somalia has never consistently had a natural strategic ally with influence. In the seventies and eighties, the dictatorship in Somalia danced between the United States and the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, a political miscalculation that left a legacy of ruin and political instability. With renewed focus on Somalia, the scramble and competition for the country is now pitting global allies and their proxies, who all have vital strategic interests in Somalia. This is beyond defeating terrorism and piracy off the Horn of the African coast. At one end, you have the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which are widely suspected by many political commentators of having the tacit approval of the United Kingdom Government. At a different end, you have Turkey who appears to have a blossoming relationship with Russia. Additionally, there are neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya who have always dominated the external influence on Somalia, since the civil war began in 1991, to protect its interests against terrorism spill over and manage the dislocation from refugee influx from Somalia into their territories. Yet, it appears that recently, the most obvious and aggressive political spoilers have been the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Following the Gulf crisis in which Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed air sea and land blockades on Qatar, Somalia’s government was formally approached by Saudi Arabia officials to cut ties with Qatar. Surprisingly, the Somali Federal Government took a strategic and brave decision to refuse their offer to take sides and instead offered to mediate between the fellow Arab league members. Displeased by this gesture, the UAE and Saudi Arabia made the decision to embark on a mission to destabilise the Somali Government by directly approaching federal state members to cut ties with Qatar, undermining the fragile Federal Government structure in the war-torn country. They initially started their engagement with the de facto independent but not internationally recognised republic of Somaliland where the UAE convinced the leadership to cut ties with Qatar. Abu Dhabi then went ahead and signed an agreement to establish a military base in Berbera and take over the running of the port there. In Bosaso, in the Semi autonomous North East state of Puntland the UAE has taken over the running of the port of Bosaso, the state’s main source of revenue. They also convinced the administration there to cut ties with Qatar. All of this was done behind the federal government, which is constitutionally the custodian of sensitive state resources such as ports and airports. These unilateral interventions by the UAE have caused turmoil within Somalia as the country faces unprecedented questions about its stability and peace building efforts. The UAE invited Somalia’s five Federal states to Dubai. After the meeting in Dubai, the federal states of Puntland, Hirshabelle and Galmudug released a joint statement supporting the UAE-Saudi Arabia blockade in their dispute with Qatar, further undermining the Federal Government’s position of neutrality. Then, on Sunday the 8th October 2017, the President of Somalia’s Jubaland Federal State, Ahmed Mohamed Islam ‘Madobe’ hosted a conference in Kismayo that was attended by four other regional leaders. This meeting was designed to protest against what they dubbed, “Mogadishu’s lack of consultation in regard to its decision on the Gulf Crisis”. While the meeting was touted as a means by regional leaders to come up with a more unified way of dealing with national interests, many retrospectively saw it as a UAE sponsored event, aimed at undermining the Federal government in Mogadishu and therefore unravelling the political federal structure of Somalia. In the weeks that followed, UAE and Saudi Diplomats went further and decided to sponsor a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Hassan Khayre’s Government. In reaction to the parliamentary motion, Somalia’s security forces recently arrested a former presidential candidate Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, a pro-UAE politician and an outspoken critic of the government. The Government’s security forces clashed with his bodyguards during an overnight raid on his home and, which resulted in the unnecessary death of six young bodyguards and injuring Mr Warsame in the process. From the above events, it is evident that Somalia’s political stability is being directly undermined and hijacked by the UAE and Saudi Arabia with visible aggressive and disruptive tactics designed to pursue their own interests. The tangible peace earned between Somali civil societies in the last two decades are on the brink of being eroded due to the blatant sabotage from these Gulf States, who will stop at nothing to get a stranglehold on Somalia, to shape its politics and policies. Somalia does not deserve a return to civil war. Its people are already suffering from the effects of Al Shabaab’s senseless violence. Thus, The United Nations, African Union, regional organisations and friendly countries should not standby and watch their efforts to establish the little peace get destroyed before their eyes. Should the United Nations Office continue their silence on the aggressive behaviour of the Gulf countries, it will only question the role and purpose of the Office and its special representative in Somalia. The real focus for all should be defeating Al Shabaab once and for all. The Somali troops, African Union peacekeepers and the international community has paid a heavy price in blood and treasure to combat terrorism. Such collective effort must not be wasted by the political interference of irresponsible Gulf States. The will of the people must prevail and Somalia must be allowed to continue to chart its political and strategic course without unhelpful external interference. The Somali Parliament should also refrain from being used as a tool for hire and perform its August role, as it is one of the only few functioning institutions that has been re-established since the collapse of the Somali state. The Somali federal government should also shun its intransigence, largely driven by pro-Qatar individuals in its midst and have dialogue with the fledgling opposition and those who hold a contrary view to its position on the Gulf crisis. The issues are complex and Somalia is at crossroads. Somalia’s politicians must find a political consensus that does not serve outsiders, but one that responds to the aspirations, hope, dignity and sovereignty of Somalia. Abdirachid Fidow Abdirachid Fidow is an advocate for peace and champions marginalised and discriminated groups in Somalia. He is also a member of the Anti-Tribalism Movement which works to tackle, educate and raise awareness about the effects of tribalism in communities. The views expressed in this blog are solely representative of the author and does not represent the views of Somalilandinformer.com. The site endeavours to publish a wide variety of differing views to represent our audiences interests.

On January 21-23, EUCAP Somalia organised a Workshop on Maritime Law and Crime in Garowe, the capital of the Puntland State of Somalia. The aim of the workshop – the third of this kind organised by the Mission in Puntland – was to further enhance the level of cooperation between judges, prosecutors and police, and to improve their knowledge of maritime security related legislation, both national and international. The twenty-one Somali participants included seven police officers from the Crime Investigation Department (CID), seven prosecutors (four of whom were women), and seven judges, who – between them – hailed from a number of different regions in Puntland (namely, Bosasso, Buhoodle, Galkaio, Qardho, Dhahar, Hayland, and Garowe). Lectures were delivered on subjects such as International and Somali Maritime Law, Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling, and cooperation between police and prosecutors. A session of the workshop was also dedicated to looking at the work of the Joint Maritime Information and Coordination Center (JMICC), a body that was established (although it is not yet fully operational) with the support of EUCAP Somalia in Garowe. The potential of the JMICC to monitor and report on maritime pollution and Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing was discussed during the workshop, and the workshop also carried out case studies on investigation/prosecution of maritime crime and principles of fair trial. Presentations were delivered by a wide range of lecturers from different backgrounds and organisations, including experts from both the EU and UN, and a presentation was also given by the Deputy Dean of Puntland State University.

A Somali-born naturalized U.S. citizen was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for training with terrorists overseas and plotting to orchestrate a terrorist attack on American soil. U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson gave 26-year old Ohioan Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud 22 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, for training with terrorists overseas and returning to the U.S. with the intent to perpetrate an attack, according to a report from the Justice Department. Evidence seized by the FBI indicates that Mohamud planned to kill military officers and other government and military employees. Court documents show Mohamud obtained a U.S. passport and one-way ticket to Greece in 2014, but did not board his connecting flight to Greece and remained instead in Istanbul, from where he crossed the border into Syria. After arriving in Syria, Mohamud trained with the terrorist organization al-Nusrah Front, the Justice Department reports. In addition to training with the group and planning to execute an attack, he also recruited others into the terrorist organization. Daily Caller

In this op-ed, Najma Sharif discusses culture site “Araweelo Abroad” and its importance to the Somali diaspora in an age of increased Black Muslim scrutiny. Queen Araweelo, an ancient Somali queen, is immortalized by the tongues of Somali matriarchs. Mothers pass down the story of Araweelo to their daughters as a way of empowering them; Araweelo defied gender roles, and actively advocated for women’s liberation. A contentious figure in Somali folklore, some even debate that she existed. But even if she only existed via word of mouth, her story and her reign is special to Somali women. The Somali word “Araweelo” tends to be used as an insult by men, but for Somali women, it’s embraced and associated with the feminist folktale of Queen Araweelo’s story. So it’s only fitting that her story would serve as the inspiration for the name of Araweelo Abroad, an online Somali publication run by Ifrah Ahmed and Sagal Abdulle, that describes itself as a “cyber-homecoming” for all Somali women across the diaspora. Araweelo Abroad is a digital community for Somali women scattered across the globe to be open and unapologetic about who they are. Helmed by Somali editors that understand their perspectives in a world where the Black Muslim experience is heavily scrutinized, it’s a necessary endeavor — especially since storytelling is an integral aspect of Somali culture, and Araweelo Abroad showcases this with photo essays, poems and personal essays. It is a meeting place for Somali women of the diaspora who are looking for a community that does not shun them for talking about anything “taboo” and it allows Somali women to reclaim and define their own narratives. It all began on Tumblr a little over three years ago when Ifrah, who was 22 years old at the time, was studying law and Sagal, who was 23, was studying for her BA in literature with the hopes of working as an editor in publishing decided to expand their presence on their dashboards into something tangible for the Somalis creating content online. Ifrah and Sagal are cousins, with the Atlantic Ocean separating them and a six hour time difference between, but it was imperative for them to make this work. After making a call for submissions on their respective personal blogs, it was only a matter of time before they were getting tons of emails from Somali girls across the globe. Both Ifrah and Sagal were really active with Somali “reer” Tumblr (reer translates to family in Somali). But however nice reer Tumblr was, the little family we created online was in desperate need of seeing themselves off the dashboard before these networks dissolved. Which is where Araweelo came in. On the need to create this publication, Ifrah tells me: “I didn’t see myself represented anywhere. Where were the Somali girls who were writers? Went to punk shows? Made visual art or music? Nothing in pop culture or literature seemed to strike to the core of my identities and experiences.” Once Ifrah thought this void of lack of representation needed to filled, she hit up her cousin, Sagal, who was in the process of moving away from London to a smaller city in England, making it imperative for her to have a place to celebrate life — a place of belonging that is not beholden to catering to any audience outside of Somali women. 30 seconds.mp4 2 from Sagal Abdulle on Vimeo. When Araweelo Abroad launched in 2014, it was as mythic and as cathartic as hearing the story of the woman that this publication was named after. Sagal told me over email that “the endless months we spent creating this platform has been one of the most grueling and rewarding things we’ve done.” This platform was unique to Somalis, in a way that forums and the scattered presences of Somalis on social media weren’t. It’s a cultural hub with academics, visual artists, beauty gurus and regular Somalis alike that grants Somali women the ability to control every aspect of their narrative with an unmitigated realness. Araweelo Abroad does not exist to legitimize the experience of Somalis in the diaspora, instead it allows multiple women to define their experiences and it evinces the existence of Somalis in the diaspora. Araweelo Abroad takes care of and has satisfied so many Somali women’s appetites for a platform that catered to them. In a sense, Araweelo Abroad was the mother of Somali magazine/zine culture, they gave birth to and reimagined Somali existence by uploading it to the web. There isn’t a topic they’ve shied away from — from grief, to sex, to cellular memory and trauma. But the intention of Araweelo Abroad isn’t merely representation. Araweelo Abroad is a publication that documents and accounts for the complexity of the Somali, Black, Muslim diasporic experiences. Somalis exist at the intersection of Blackness, Muslimhood and migration; CVE, Muslim watchlists impact the lives of Somalis, along with the inner-surveillance in our community. And though Somali online existence can be seen as part of that larger Black cyber existence, Somalis are particularly hyper in/visible, existing in a limbo, both impacted by how Black Twitter has been infiltrated by Russian bots, and privy to watchlists that monitor the online movements of Muslims. The line between needing to be seen and being watched is a thin one, and this reality is at the heart of online and offline existence for Somalis in the diaspora. This majority of the interactions between Somalis happen in group chats — due to this IRL and URL panoptic surveillance Araweelo Abroad seeks to come out of the shadows and emerge as a tangible safe space for Somali women to merely exist as is. That said, as other Somali zines and magazines emerge out of the many pockets of Somali online existence, the lurking white and non-Muslim, non-Black gaze imposes its presence on this kind of cultural production. Indie Black Muslim creatives tend to create and produce art without feeling pressured to conform or cater to certain audiences, which is defiant in the face of brands that harness diversity only to capitalize off it. The pressure to be marketable and accessible to those that may not understand these realities is there, but in a world where representation is just glorified tokenization, these kind of spaces offer marginalized people an unexpected respite from the looming oversight of those that other unintentionally or intentionally them. As much as social media has held brands accountable for the lack of diversity, and people have seen gains from Rihanna being deliberately inclusive in her makeup line, it is important to note that a lot of people may just want a space where they belong and feel welcomed. Documenting the existence of Somali women isn’t inherently radical, and it doesn’t need to be. It doesn’t need to be political either. To merely exist without the need to be more is far more interesting than inflicting on oneself with the need to make a statement of some sort. With the blatant erasure of Somalis in every space, I ask myself: what will matter in the end, the historical record of Black Muslim online existence, or the impact Black Muslims left behind? Similar to folklore, digital existence can be infinite and Araweelo Abroad has shown that there is something freeing about using online spaces to create never-ending universes and utopias that look Somali, Black and Muslim. For us, by us. By Najma Sharif

In this op-ed, Najma Sharif discusses culture site "Araweelo Abroad" and its importance to the Somali diaspora in an age of increased Black Muslim scrutiny. Source: Hiiraan Online

Four people have been killed and six others wounded in a remote-controlled improvised explosive device explosion near the Somali capital on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. Source: Hiiraan Online

A Somali asylum seeker charged with assaulting a Canadian border guard last April has been deported — but it wasn't those charges that had him removed. Source: Hiiraan Online

Mogadishu (HOL) - Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Tuesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Source: Hiiraan Online

On June 5, 2014, about 50 heavily armed militants stormed Mpeketoni Town in Lamu County and killed 60 people, the massacre was then linked to Jaysh Ayman, a faction of Al-Shabaab operating in Boni Forest. Source: Hiiraan Online

Tension in East Africa is rising after Ethiopia's prime minister this weekend rejected Egypt's suggestion the World Bank arbitrate ongoing disagreements over the construction of a dam on the Nile River. Source: Hiiraan Online

Dozens of civilians have been killed and wounded in Somalia as US-led airstrikes against Islamist militants increase to unprecedented levels, a Guardian investigation has found, raising fears that Washington’s actions could bolster support for extremists. Source: Hiiraan Online

MOGADISHU - (HOL)—The German Government announced on Tuesday its commitment of €23.4 million, channelled through the World Bank via the Multi-Partner Fund (MPF), to support infrastructure work in Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

In the late 1980s, people of Somaliland origin living in the south (Somalia) especially in Mogadishu were mostly civil servants, businessmen, traders, students etc. They were often subjected to subjugation, discrimination and harassment as they were alleged to belong to the SNM or have a family member defected to the opposition organisation. A historical date is the 17th of July 1987 when a massacre of a total of more than 50 people (others reported 48) of innocent civilians (civil servants, traders and students etc.) all of northern origin took place at Gezira beach, nearby Mogadishu. The victims were rounded up in late evening (the 11th hour) in house to house search and under the bed/cupboard operation. They were swooped from their homes in Bulo-Huubey constituency, west of Mogadishu. All were picked up or snatched by virtue of being belonged to specific clans of the people of the North. It was purely an act of ethnic cleansing. From behind the scene, the operation was reportedly directed by Brigadier-General Maslah, a son of the president, but the operation was disguised as it was headed by one Colonel Ibrahim Ali Barre (Anjeeh). This was one of the worst atrocities committed by the regime. The names of the victims are: 1.Ibrahim Hussein Gelle; 2.Ibrahim H Abdillahi Dirie (Businessman); 3.Mohamed Ismail Ahmed; 4.Yussuf Mohamed Handulle (USAID employee); 5.Abdulwahab Farah Ahmed (student); 6.Mohamed Mohamoud Abdi (Businessman); 7. Hassan Aw Nur Barud (Businessman); 8. Abdi Osman Dubad (Trader); 10.Mohamoud Bacadle (Civil servant); 11.Daud Sh. Ibrahim; 12.Farah Ismail Awale (Student); 13.Dahir Mohamed Jama Warfa (Trader); 14.Dayib Abdi Burale (Trader); 15.Hussein Omer Hussein (Trader); 16.Saed Mohamed Mumin (assistant Professor, Somali National University); 17. Musa Abdi Gas (Businessman); 18. Abdi Barre Osman (university Graduate); 19. Barre Osman Abdi (Trade); 20. Ali Aw Muhumed Mohamed Burale (Trader); 21. Yussuf Abdillahi Roble (Doctor Graduate); 22. Ali Mohamed Abdi (Student); 23. Abdi Mohamed Abdi(Technician); 24.Ahmed Yassin Omer Jama (Businessman); 25. Mohamed Abdi Hassan (Businessman); 26. Ibrahim Hassan Egeh (Technician); 28.Abdi Muhumed Daud (Businessman); 29.Jama Mohamed Abdi (Trader); 30. Ahmed Hassan Elmi (Dheereeye) (Sportsman); 31.Rashid Mohamed Osman; 32. Mohamed Bashe Abdillahi Hebaan (Trader); 33.Abdirahman Ahmed Dhimbiil (Civil Servant); 34. Hussein Mohamed Farah (Civil servant); 35. Abdirahman Mohamed Osman (Beledi) (T; rader); 36.Abdirrizak Aideed Mohamed (student); 37. Hussein Osman Jama (Student); 38. Khadar Mohamed Ahmed (Student); 39. Bihi Ibrahim Ahmed (Student); 40. Hassan Nur Hersi (Student); 41. Abokor Mohamed Yussuf (Trader); 42. Hassan Guure Abdi (Trader); 43.Khadar Nur Jama (Trader); 44. Mohamed Osman Jama (Trader); 45.Hassan Abdi Muhumed (Businessman); 46. Mataan Abdi Habashi (Student); 47.Fuad Abdillahi Ibrahim; 48. Hussein Abdi Aden (Businessman); 49. Saed Nur Musa (Businessman); 50. Abdirahman Mohamed Bihi (Businessman); 51. Abdifatah Ahmed Jiir (Student); 52. Ali Mohamed Dirie (Civil Servant); 53. Jama Aden (Barosin) (civil Servant); 54. Hussein Kheyre Abdi (Civil Servant); 55. Warsame Dugsiye Raydal (Businessman); 56. Mohamed Abdillahi Warsame (Trader). This list is in accordance with Abdirizak Fadal (www.ramaasnews.com website) and Dr Ahmed H Omer Askar’s book ‘Xeebta Dhiigga’ by (Haan Associates 1988). Dr Ahmed is currently the director of the Hargeisa Hospital Group. Fadal’s report confirm in an interview with the only single survivor, Omer Muse Mire. Some other sources still report a total of 47 people. The survivor’s name does not appear in the list but he probably has changed the name when he went abroad. Other sources add the names like: Ali Aw Muhumed Mohamed (Burale), Mohamed Muse Mohamed, Yusuf Abdillahi Roble, Muhidin Maa’allin Ahmed and Sadiq sh Ahmed. Many families lost loved ones. For instance, Sado Mohamoud Abdi (who now lives in Buroa) lost nine relatives altogether (4 brothers, 4 cousins and a nephew). Hussein (Jamal) Muhumed Abdi lost 7 relatives. In fact, Sado recalls how the soldiers forced into their home at around 11.00 pm on one Monday evening while family members were asleep. She vividly recalls that it was Colonel Anjeeh (Canheex) himself who was the commander. He was the one who was giving the orders to the soldiers yelling to them to beat the detainees with rifle butts and bayonets. She was beaten up. In interview she showed the permanent scars in her body. On another occasion she and 24 and other women went together in search of their missing family members after the operation the day after, they were threatened by soldiers guarding the site of massacre. Colonel Anjeh gave the orders to take the detainees to the beach to be executed. The one survivor provided details of his ordeal as interviewed by (Abdirizak Fadal) of Ramaas News (Omar Muse Mire, the survivor’s, details is available elsewhere (the author’s forthcoming book Rebirth of Somaliland). On the evening of 17 July 1989 military soldiers appeared all corners of the streets in Buulo Xuubay residential area. Around 1.00 am on 18 July 1989, violent knocks on front doors of families from the North were heard. According to the information provided by the survivor soldiers began climbing the wall of his home and eventually broke searching the rooms of the house. Almost similar activities happened in other houses. People were then gathered in open space. They were made to sit in squatting posture whilst soldiers were continuously hitting them with rifle butts. Some were even receiving burns from cigarette butts by the soldiers. After a while the mass of people were loaded on a big military truck, ‘Pegassu’ type, and driven westwards to the Gezira beach, about 13 miles south west of Mogadishu. They were escorted by another military vehicle (Braun Type). They were off-loaded at the peach and ordered to sit in squat postures on top of a big sand dune in groups of 5’s with their hands on their heads. After a brief period and arguments between the perpetrators, the soldiers were given the order to open fire at them which continued for few minutes after which the soldiers came around finishing off with more shots on those who were still kicking from ‘rogor mortis’ and others alive or were struggling to die. The survivor was hit lightly and hid in the heap of falling bodies on top of him unknowingly spared of the shots. He was left for dead. At the crack of dawn the survivor ran off the site to the beach, washed and jogged home informing relatives of what happened. These are some of the gruel robust and hard evidences that are clearly indicative of the government atrocities and commitment to clan cleansing and eradication of a large section of the society simply because they belonged to specific clans of the Somali people who were alleged to support and belong to the SNM. According to an interview with Colonel Ibrahim Anjeh by Ramas News, he claimed that he was neither at the scene nor funnily he claims that he did not know where Jazira was!!!. He claims the main culprits as General Deria Hersi and General Mohamed-Nur Hassan (Dhega Ba’ayr). Colonel Ibrahim Ali Bare (Anjeeh), currently lives outside Somalia. He is one of the culprits in the genocide and mass murder of the people of the north in the south whose offence was merely to belong to a specific clan. Colonel Bare (Anjeh) is now living abroad. He was reported to have resided in different countries (Kenya, Syria and Saudi Arabia). Most recently, however, he has been reported to be in the Netherlands. By Dr. Hussein Nur

On Sunday, embarked maritime security guards aboard a bulker repelled a pirate attack in the high-risk area off Somalia. Maritime security contractor LSS-SAPU reported that the cement carrier NACC Valbella was transiting 90 nm south of Mukallah, Yemen when it was approached by a pirate mother ship. The LSS security unit on board the Valbella lit warning flares, in keeping with their rules of engagement, then fired warning shots. The attacking vessel opened fire, and the guards fired another volley of warning shots. The pirates then abandoned their attack and veered away. The Valbella did not suffer material damage and no injuries were reported. Somali pirates repatriated On Friday, Indian authorities deported 41 Somali pirates who were arrested in Indian waters in 2011. The Somali government arranged a charter flight to bring them back to their homeland. The convicted pirates were among a group of 120 Somalis arrested during the peak of the East Africa piracy epidemic. Most of them were captured by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard off the southwestern coast of India, over 1,000 nm to the east of Somali waters. In a series of actions from January to March 2011, Indian units deterred ongoing attacks on merchant shipping near the Lakshadweep Islands, capturing scores of pirates and freeing more than 50 hostages aboard pirate mother ships. These pirates were taken to the Indian mainland and imprisoned pending trial. Three died in jail, and last year, the remaining 117 suspects were sentenced to time served followed by deportation. All are scheduled to be sent back to Somalia by the end of next month. “Another 76 will be released in two batches on February 15 and 23 and will be sent back to their home country,” said lawyer Vishwajeet Singh, their appointed representative, speaking to the Mumbai Mirror. “The offenders have been given a lesson that in India there is rule of law and that the offenders are brought to justice,” special public prosecutor Ranjeet Sangle told the Times of India at the time of the sentencing. “From 2011, since the pirates were arrested, the entire piracy operation in the western waters of India has come down.” Maritime

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Waxaa xeebaha magaalada Muqdisho lagu la’ yahay Doonyo ay la socdeen kaluumeysato dhowr ah oo ka howlgali jiray Xeebta liido ee magaalada Muqdisho. Kaluumeysatada Xeebaha ayaa shaqo joojin sameeyay, kadib markii Xeebaha ay ka dhaceen dabeylo xoogan oo sababay inay degaan ilaa Seddex doon oo xiligaa ku howlanaa Kaluumeysi. Doonyaha degay ee la la’ yahay ayaa sababay geerida 9 ruux oo ilaa iyo hadda aan lagu heyn nolol, waxaana sidoo kale jira Kuluumeysato laga soo badbaadiyay badda. Mid kamid ah Kaluumeysatada oo magaciisa lagu sheegay C/qaadir Xundubey, ayaa sheegay in weli la la’ yahay Seddexda Doon iyo Sagaalka ruux, waxa uuna deyr ka muujiyay shaqooyinkooda kaluumeysi. Waxa uu sheegay inaysan garankarin meel kale oo ay u shaqo tagaan sidaa aawgeed ay xiliyada qaar isku dayaan inay ka faa’iideystaan badda subaxyadii hore. Arrintaan ayaa kusoo beegmeysa xili todobaadyadii ugu dambeeyay xeebaha Muqdisho ay ka dhacayeen dabeylo fara badan, waxaana ay saameyn ku yeesheen dad badan oo Kalluumeysato ay u badan yihiin. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com The post Doonyo iyo Kaluumeysatadii saarnaa oo lagu la’yahay Xeebaha magaalada Muqdisho + Tirada appeared first on Caasimada Online.

WardheerNews recently published an opinion piece The Perils of Arrogance and Clan Chauvinism that made sweeping and quite deceptive statement on Sanaag Region, painting it as either occupied or part of the secessionist sphere of control. “Having put their relative military might to the test by occupying all the unionist regions in the north —except for Buuhoodle district,” Osman concludes unequivocally. Source: Hiiraan Online

Wasaaradda Hawlaha Guud iyo Guryeynta Dowladda Puntland ayaa magaalada Gaalkacyo ku qabatay shir ku saabsan wada tashiga xeerka maareynta dhulka magaalooyinka,waxaana ka qeybgalay dhamaan xaafadaha magaalada,Dowlada hoose,Laamaha Amniga, Nabadoonada iyo Bulshada qeybaheeda kala duwan. Shirkaan oo ay goobjoog u ahaayeen khuburo isugu jira masuuliyiin xilal horey uga soo qabtey Dowladda Puntland sida Madaxweyne kuxigeenkii horre Maxamed Cali Yuusuf Gaagaab,Saraakiil ka socota hay,addaha bahwadaagta la ah Wasaaradda iyo Injineero ayaa lagu gorfeeyay xeer maareynta dhulka magaalooyinka Puntland iyo Sidii loogu nashqadeyn lahaa magaalada wadooyin waaweyn. Injineer Cabdulaahi Maxamed Wacane oo ka tirsan Wasaaradda Hawlaha Guud iyo Guryeynta Dowladda Puntland ayaa sheegay kulankani inuu daba socdo shirar horey Wasaaraddu ugu qabatey magaalooyin ay ka mid tahay caasimadda Puntland ee magaalada Garowe, wuxuuna sheegay qorshaha mustaqbalka dhaw inuu yahay taabogalinta barnaamijkan oo wax weyn ka tari doona nidaamka magaalooyinka waaweyn ee Puntland. Dhinaca kale waxaa ka hadlay shirkaan, Masuuliyiin ka socda Dowladda hoose ee magaalada Gaalkacyo, Qaar ka mid ah Odoyaasha dhaqanka iyo Siyaasiin horey xilal uga soo qabtey Xukuumadda Puntland, kuwaas oo dhamaantood sharaxay muhiimiyadda barnaamijkani uu u leeyahay dadka iyo dalkaba. Abshir Dhiirane PUNTLAND POST The post Kulan ku saabsan xeerka maareynta dhulka oo lagu qabtey Gaalkacyo appeared first on Puntland Post.

DHUSA-MAREB(HOL)- Adado town which has been the interim administrative capital of Galmudug state since its inception will continue hosting Galmudug assembly, Somali President said Tuesday. Source: Hiiraan Online