There is a similarity between Ethiopia and Somalia. Let us look at the historical facts that happened in the past for the two nations. Ethiopia was a combination of two countries which were Ethiopia and Eritrea. The combinations were created 1952 but ended in 1991. Ethiopia was never colonized, even though Italian fascist invaded and ruled seven years in Second World War. Ethiopia has many diversity community and ethnic background. Ethiopia has different culture, language, religion and creeds. Source: Hiiraan Online

After the unprecedented ouster of former parliament Speaker by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Hassan Kheire in last April, the Federal Parliament of Somalia (FPS=House of the People and Upper House), the lead-institution for domestic accountability, ceased to exercise its mandated oversight over the executive branch of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). Under the double-edge slogan of political stability, leaders of both houses of the FPS have frozen the parliamentary activities to free the executive branch from domestic accountability and transparency. Pro-executive Parliamentarians are receiving special treatments and emoluments for parliament’s paralysis. Lack of domestic accountability and transparency is deepening state failure. Source: Hiiraan Online

At a recent East African Business Forum in a ballroom in south Minneapolis, a man named Jibril Afyare stood to say the city must do something to protect Somali-American businesswomen from landlords who treat them unfairly. Source: Hiiraan Online

While at a gathering at Friendship Hotel in Addis Ababa in two different halls, the supporters and opponents of the administration of the Ethio-Somali Regional State engaged in a clash at the Hotel. Source: Hiiraan Online

Xulka Kurawaatiya Xulka kubbada cagta Kurawaatiya ayaa markii ugu horeysay taariikh gaaray kama dambeynta (Final) dhacdada ugu weyn kubadda cagta adduunka. Xulka Kurawaatiya ayaa soo afjaray rajadii Ingiriisku ka lahaa ku guuleysiga koobka adduunka ee sanadkan 2018, kadib markii uu 2-1 uga adkaaday ciyaar laysku daalay oo qaadatay 120 daqiiqo. Ingiriiska ayaa gool uu dhaliyay Kieran Trippier bilowgii ciyaarta hogaanka ku hayay tan iyo daqiidaqii 68-aad markaas oo goolka barbaraha uu Kurawaatiya u keenay Ivan Perisic. Wixii intaas ka dambeeyay ayaa labada xul mid walba uu raadinayay goolka guusha, balse ciyaarta ayaa wakhtigeedii 90-ka daqiiqo ku soo dhamaatay barbaro 1-1 ah, waxaana lagu daray 30-kii qadiiqo oo dheeriga ahaa. Mario Mandzukic ayaa xulkiisa Kurawaatiya gaarsiiyay kama dambeynta koobka adduunka oo aysan wiligood gaarin, kadib markii uu goolka guusha u dhaliyay qadiiq 109-aad, waxaana halkaas waagu ugu baryay xulka Ingiriiska oo rajo weyn kala haa tartankan. Xulka Kurawaariya oo la yaab ka sameeyay koobka adduunka ee sanadkan 2018 ayaa hadda ciyaarta kama dambeynta (Final) la ciyaari doona xulka Faransiiska. Ciyaarta lagu soo xiri doono koobka adduunka 2018-ka ee Ruuskhu marti galiyay ayaa dhici doonta 15-ka bishan July, waxayna ka dhici doontaa garoonka Luzhniki ee magaalada Moscow. PUNTLAND POST The post Kurawaatiya oo markii ugu horeysay gaartay kama dambeynta koobka adduunka appeared first on Puntland Post.

On June 16, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the 9th Circuit’s nationwide injunction against the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This ruling marks Trump’s first court victory since he issued the original travel ban back in January 2017. Source: Hiiraan Online

GARISSA, Kenya, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan security officers have launched a manhunt for al-Shabab militants who attacked a police camp in northeast Garissa county near the Somalia border on Tuesday, injuring three police officers. Source: Hiiraan Online

Nairobi (HOL) - The European Union has released €89 million (nearly $105 million) in humanitarian aid to Somalia just days ahead of the Somali Partnership Forum co-hosted by the EU. Source: Hiiraan Online

Thousands of Bosnian Muslims gathered in Srebrenica on Wednesday to mark the 23rd anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II and attend the funeral for 35 recently identified victims. Source: Hiiraan Online

MOSCOW — Mario Mandzukic ran and ran and ran until he had almost nothing left. Source: Hiiraan Online

HARGEISA– The President of Somaliland His Excellency Musa Bihi Abdi leading a high powered delegation is due to embark on an official working visit to the neighboring country of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government has extended an official invitation to Somaliland president, Hon. Bihi and is due to hold bilateral talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali and the foreign minister. The government of Somaliland has not spoken of the visit that the Head of State is due to pay to Ethiopia and the date that the president will travel is not also clear. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the president is expected to visit Ethiopia next week.

Somaliland’s head of state H.E Musa Bihi Abdi has met with veteran politician Ismael Bubaa in his office at the presidential mansion. The veteran politician is a member of the opposition National Party (Wadani). The two veteran politicians decided to put their political differences aside and work together to anked the president for inviting for the meeting and said he will do whatever in his power to narrow the political difference and concentrate in national building. The opposition politician was once in the political oblivion following his rendezvous with the rogue Somalia regime. He was pardoned by president Silanyo who allowed him to set foot in Somaliland after many years of exile abroad. Solna

No one can deny that Somaliland is a democracy. A democracy that is operational in highly sensitive and war thorn region generally characterized as unstable. Despite being unrecognized, Somalilanders installed in hardship a democratic form of government. Now that is at risk, not because a coup happened, but democracy has been hijacked. The president of Somaliland, a former military commander under Siad Barre regime and a rebel fighter, came into power in 2017 disputed presidential election. His party controls both houses of the Parliament, the judiciary and the military. Apart from the state apparatus, the main civil society organizations, networks and umbrellas are under his command as well. In a political arrangement built on a clan system, the civil society organizations are led by individuals who belong to the clan of the president and are politically his supporters. When the judiciary and the civil society organizations whom their main responsibilities are to protect the citizens are aligned with the government in a clan-based scheme, obviously democracy and peace are in danger. Belonging to a clan does not mean automatic loyalty. My argument is not to claim that every person who belongs to the clan of the president is his devotee. That is not the case, and any argument solely based on that is very wrong. What I mean is that these people are given positions in a prearranged system intended to give the president a domination by marginalizing other communities. This is a sensitive matter in a clan-based society. Below table shows the clan affiliation of leading government authorities and civil society leaders of the country: Name Position Clan 1 Muse Behi Abdi President of Somaliland Gabiley Clan 2 Adam Haji Ali Ahmed Chief Justice Gabiley Clan 3 Nouh Ismail Tani The head of the military Gabiley Clan 4 Anwar Warsame The chairman of Somaliland Non-state Actors Forum (SONSAF) Gabiley Clan 5 Nafisa Yousuf Executive director of Nagaad Women Umbrella Gabiley Clan 6 Mohamoud Abdi Jama Chairman of Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) Gabiley Clan 7 Mohamed Mohamoud Hashi Chairman of Somaliland Lawyers Association (SOLLA) Gabiley Clan These are a few examples showing a control of one clan in the judiciary, the military and the civil society organizations.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Qoraal kasoo baxay Xafiiska Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya Maxamed Mursal Sheekh C/raxmaan ayaa waxaa lagu wargaliyay xildhibaanada Golaha Shacabka baarlamaanka Somalia. Warqada kasoo baxday Xafiiska Guddoomiyaha ayaa waxaa Xildhibaanada lagu wargeliyay in kalfadhigii Saddexaad ee Baarlamaanka uu xirmay 10-kii bishan July oo shalay ku beegneyd. Warqada fasaxa ee xildhibaanada Golaha Shacabka ayaa waxaa la ogeysiiyay Golaha Wasiirada Soomaaliya, Guddoomiyaha Golaha Aqalka Sare iyo Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed C/laahi Maxamed. Shalay ayay qorshaha aheyd in Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Maxamed C/laahi Maxamed (Farmaajo) uu soo xiro kalfadhiga Saddexaad ee Golaha Shacabka, balse wuxuu u baaqday safar uu Madaxweynaha ugu maqnaa dalka Turkiga. Gudoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka Maxamed Mursal Sheekh C/raxmaan ayaa xildhibaanada u rajeeyay nasiino wanaagsan, waxaana xildhibaanada ay soo laabanayaan 10-ka September 2018, sida ku cad warqada ka soo baxday xafiiskiisa.

Landlocked Ethiopia wants to make the re-opening of two roads connecting it to two of Eritrea’s Red Sea ports a priority in the two nations’ reconciliation process, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. In a move that ended a 20-year military stand-off, the Horn of African neighbors agreed on Monday to open embassies, develop ports and resume flights. The historic reconciliation could transform politics and security in the volatile Horn region, which lies along one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. Ethiopian government spokesman Ahmed Shide said on Wednesday that the reopening of two critical roads leading to the ports of Assab in Eritrea’s south and Massawa in the north would benefit the whole region. “The unfolding developments will not only benefit our peoples, but the entire Horn of Africa region will be a part of these developments,” Shide was quoted as saying in an interview published on the Eritrean information ministry’s website. Also on Wednesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s chief of staff wrote on Twitter that Ethiopian and Eritrean passport holders would be able to travel to the other country and obtain visas on arrival. The changes are sweeping away years of hostility and raising hopes in both countries for a lucrative peace dividend. Access to the ports of Assab and Massawa could greatly help Ethiopia’s push to boost their exports and increase hard currency earnings, analysts say. The country of 100 million is heavily dependent on ports in tiny neighbor Djibouti, but since Abiy took office, has also negotiated access to a port in Sudan. Source: – Reuters

President of Ethiopia’s Somali regional state has reportedly ordered the release of all political prisoners held in the region’s notorious jail facility. According to Harun Maruf, a Voice Of America journalist who extensively covers the Horn of Africa region said Abdi Mohamud Omar, known as Abdi Illey released detainees including opponents and former security officials. Other journalists stressed that relatives of the inmates had queued at the premises of Jail Ogaden officially known as Jijiga Central Prison. The current move comes on the back of a scathing report on Jail Ogaden released by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to probe widespread rights abuses routinely carried out on inmates. The 88-page report asserted that “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 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.” Barely a week ago, Ethiopia’s Attorney General fired heads of prisons in the country, accusing them of failing to respect prisoners’ human rights in the discharge of their duties. State broadcaster Fana BC reported at the time that Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye called on their replacements to respect and protect human rights in accordance with the constitution. “Those responsible for the abuse of human rights will face justice after the necessary investigations are completed,” he said. Reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on record to have said that the state had in the past sanctioned torture of political opponents in a move he described as unconstitutional. Mass release of political prisoners – regional and federal level Ethiopia’s federal government has released thousands of political prisoners since the beginning of the year as part of reforms to open up the democratic space and revert to constitutionalism in the country. Regional administrations especially Oromia, Amhara and Tigray, have all released political prisoners as part of the process of increasing political inclusion. The notorious Maekelawi detention and investigation center was closed in April this year. The former prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn had announced in December last year that that the Maekelawi prison would be converted into a museum, and that a new center compliant with the national parliament’s guidelines on human rights and international standards would replace it. Human rights activists and organisations have for a long time accused the Ethiopian government of torturing and mistreating its political opponents, who in the past have been detained en masse during periods of turmoil like the state of emergencies instituted in 2016 and early this year. Source: – Africanewss

President Uhuru Kenyatta held a meeting with General Thomas Waldhauser, the US-Africa Command Commander Wednesday morning where they discussed regional security including the situation in Somalia and South Sudan. During the meeting, President Kenyatta who has been at the forefront in the efforts to restore peace and stability in the two East African countries told General Waldhauser that Kenya is firmly committed to the cause of finding peace in Somalia, an aspiration that has in the past been negated by lack of adequate capacity, and proper military commands. Political turmoil in South Sudan, said President Kenyatta, has been made worse by unwarranted fear and mistrust between supporters of President Salva Kiir and Dr Riek Machar. President Kenyatta however said hope to restore stability in both countries is not lost and partner-states working towards peace in the region will remain committed to the cause. “We shall give it everything we can. But it is not going to be easy”, President Kenyatta said in reference to South Sudan. President Kenyatta said Somalia faces further challenges of mistrust and internal politics between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and regional governments. “The deteriorating relationships between the TFG and the regional governments is of major concern to us,” said President Kenyatta adding that the conflict is a major security threat to Kenya and the region. He called for structures that will enable the TFG to work with the regional governments. The President counselled that for peace and stability to be restored in Somalia, its leadership needs to refocus its attention and energies into addressing issues that cause national divisions and avoid being drawn into partisan distractions. On his part, General Waldhauser underlined the need for Somalia to strengthen its leadership structures adding that the instability is partly due to indirect interference from certain Gulf countries. “We are ready to continue assisting the country so long as the federal government is willing to accept our support”, said Gen Waldhauser who called for neutrality from the Gulf countries that are extending their differences to the Horn of Africa nation. “The differences and clashes in these Arabian countries are playing out in Somalia. We call for their neutrality”, said the top Us military officer. The General said the US will continue its training programmes for the Somalia National Army (SNA) with the expectation that the Federal Government will work on the requisite structures for the trained personnel to operate effectively. Turning to the situation in South Sudan, President Kenyatta said there is need to make both President Kiir and Machar to truly appreciate the benefits of working together. The President said that the IGAD partner states are committed to keeping pressure on the two leaders to work together for the benefit of the people of South Sudan. President Kenyatta regretted that the South Sudan problem had taken an ethnic dimension between supporters of the two leaders. Gen Waldhauser said the US is committed to continued partnership with Kenya and lauded President Kenyatta’s upbeat economic agenda. Responding to a question raised by the military leader, President Kenyatta said he Big 4 Agenda aims at creating social harmony among Kenyans to create a favourable environment for wealth and job creation through manufacturing, affordable housing, universal healthcare and food security. President Kenyatta further said that the aim of his government is to establish an irreversible trajectory of growth and development that is totally dependent on robust institutions. General Waldhauser was accompanied to the meeting held at State House Nairobi by Brigadier General James Craig, the US Horn of Africa Commander and US Ambassador Robert Godec.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Waxaa maanta magaalada Muqdisho lagu qabtay kulan lagu wareejinaayay qeybtii ugu horeysay ee howlaha dib u-eegista Dastuurka dalka. Waxaa kulanka goobjoog ka ahaa Xildhibaanada guddiga la socodka Dastuurka ee labada aqal ee Baarlaamaanka,Gudoomiyaha Aqalka sare iyo wasiirka Dastuurka. Maxamed Daahir Afrax oo ah Gudoomiyaha Gudiga Dibu eegista Dastuurka ayaa sheegay in Guddiga uu bilaabay dadajinta howlaha loo igmaday ee dastuurka. Waxa uu yiri “Waxaa leygu wareejiyay qeybtii ugu horeysay ee dib u-eegista labaad ee cutubyada Dastuurka Qeybtaas oo ah shanta cutub ee ugu horeysa Dastuurka KMG” Senator Xuseen Sheekh Maxamuud oo ah Xoghayaha Guddiga Dib u eegista Dastuurka ee labada Aqal ee Baarlamaanka Somalia ayaa si kulul uga hadlay faragelin uu sheegay in lagu hayo shaqadii loo Igmaday Guddigooda. Waxa uu sheegay Senatorka in loo Gacan dhaafay Howshii loo xil saartay Guddiga, Isagoo dhinaca kalena sheegay ineysan Jirin cid wax ka qabaneysa Cabashadooda oo mudooyinkanba soo taagneyd, dhowr jeerna ay Gaarsiiyeen Cida ay quseyso. Xoghayaha Guddiga Dib u eegista Dastuurka Baarlamaanka labadiisa Aqal, ayaa sidoo kale sheegay ineysan lamid eheyn Xukuumadaha Heer Federal iyo Dowlad Goboleed, balse iyagu ay yihiin Guddi Shaqo loo dirsaday islamar ahaantaasina aaney heysan wixii ay ku shaqeyn lahaayeen. Si Kastaba, Guddigan uu Gudoomiyaha u yahay Senator Cabdi Xasan Cawaale Qeybdiid ayaa dhowr jeer oo hore soo bandhigay Caqabado Shaqadooda heysta, iyadoo wali loo dhag raaricin la’yahay. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Jigjiga (Caasimada Online) – Madaxweynaha Dawlad Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya ayaa ballan qaaday in la sii dayn doono maxaabiista ku xiran Xabsiga Dhexe ee Jigjiga oo ku magac dheer “Jeel Ogaadeen”, wuxuuna sheegay in masaajid loo badali doono. Isbedelada Cusub ee Ra’iisul Wasaare Abiy Axmed ayaa sababtay in ay isku-soo dhawaadaan Ururka ONLF iyo dowladda Itoobiya oo mudo Sanado ah wada dagaalamayey,waxana sidoo kale Xabsiyo ku yaalla dowlad deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya laga siidaayey Boqolaal ruux oo ay ku jiraan dad ka tirsanaa Jabhada ONLF. Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar Madaxweynaha Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya oo daba socda qorshaha isku-soo dhawaasha iyo isbedelada ka jira dalka Itoobiya ayaa shaaciyey in lasiideyn doono dadka ku xiran Xabsiga dhexe ee Magalada Jigjiga kaas oo loo yaqaano “Jeel Ogaadeen”,. Warbixinta ka kooban 88 bog islamarkaana ay dhawaan soo saartay hay’adda u dooda xuquuqda aadanaha ee Human Rights Watch ayaa ku eedeeynaysa tacadiyo saraakiisha Itoobiya iyo booliiska deegaanka ee loo yaqaano Liyuu ay ka geysteen “jeel ogaadeeniya” . Inta badan maxaabiista ayaa xabsiga la dhigay iyaga oo aan wax maxkmad ah la soo taagin sida ku cad warbixinta. Hay’adda Human Rights Watch ayaa warbixinteeda ku sheegtay in inta badan dadka lagu xiro xabsiga “jeeyl Ogaadeeniya” ay yihiin kuwa lala xiriiriyo in ay ka tirsan yihiin jabhadda ONLF oo ah mucaarad dalkaasi laga mamnuucay. Tallaabada lagu siideynayo dadka ku xiran Xabsiga dhexe ee Magalada Jigjiga iyo isbedelada Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Itoobiya Abiy Axmed ayaa waxaa aad u soo dhaweeyey dadka ku nool dowlad deegaanka soomaalida Itoobiya iyo meelahaa ka baxsan intaba. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Addis-Ababa Caasimada@live.com

Single mother Hawo Osman Abdi and her nine children have been sleeping outside under a tree for several days and night since running away from their home in Aad, in central Somalia’s Galmudug state, after conflict erupted between local people and Al-Shabab fighters. Source: Hiiraan Online

President Uhuru Kenyatta held a meeting with General Thomas Waldhauser, the US-Africa Command Commander Wednesday morning where they discussed regional security including the situation in Somalia and South Sudan. Source: Hiiraan Online

President of Ethiopia’s Somali regional state has reportedly ordered the release of all political prisoners held in the region’s notorious jail facility. Source: Hiiraan Online

Landlocked Ethiopia wants to make the re-opening of two roads connecting it to two of Eritrea’s Red Sea ports a priority in the two nations’ reconciliation process, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. Source: Hiiraan Online

he surprising sounds of a late evening in Mogadishu: surf on the beach, laughs of revellers, clinking of cups and glasses, oaths of harassed waiters and the soft melodies of the oud of Aweys Kabanle. Source: Hiiraan Online