HARGEISA– Justice Minister, Hon. Abdiqani Mohamud Ateye on Friday received delegates from US based organization by the name of “The center for justice & accountability” which is engaged in discovering mass graves in Somaliland and else where in the globe. The forensic investigators from the center will conduct investigation into the genocide where thousands of people were killed with no clear motive in Somaliland by the military junta lead by the deceased General Mohamed Siad Bare who was toppled from power in the 1990’s in a revolt carried out by the Somali people. The experts will tour many places in Somaliland during their visit.

A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother’s milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate or misleading marketing of breast milk substitutes. Then the United States delegation, embracing the interests of infant formula manufacturers, upended the deliberations. American officials sought to water down the resolution by removing language that called on governments to “protect, promote and support breast-feeding” and another passage that called on policymakers to restrict the promotion of food products that many experts say can have deleterious effects on young children. When that failed, they turned to threats, according to diplomats and government officials who took part in the discussions. Ecuador, which had planned to introduce the measure, was the first to find itself in the cross hairs. The Americans were blunt: If Ecuador refused to drop the resolution, Washington would unleash punishing trade measures and withdraw crucial military aid. The Ecuadorean government quickly acquiesced. The showdown over the issue was recounted by more than a dozen participants from several countries, many of whom requested anonymity because they feared retaliation from the United States. Health advocates scrambled to find another sponsor for the resolution, but at least a dozen countries, most of them poor nations in Africa and Latin America, backed off, citing fears of retaliation, according to officials from Uruguay, Mexico and the United States. “We were astonished, appalled and also saddened,” said Patti Rundall, the policy director of the British advocacy group Baby Milk Action, who has attended meetings of the assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, since the late 1980s. “What happened was tantamount to blackmail, with the U.S. holding the world hostage and trying to overturn nearly 40 years of consensus on best way to protect infant and young child health,” she said. In the end, the Americans’ efforts were mostly unsuccessful. It was the Russians who ultimately stepped in to introduce the measure — and the Americans did not threaten them. The State Department declined to respond to questions, saying it could not discuss private diplomatic conversations. The Department of Health and Human Services, the lead agency in the effort to modify the resolution, explained the decision to contest the resolution’s wording but said H.H.S. was not involved in threatening Ecuador. “The resolution as originally drafted placed unnecessary hurdles for mothers seeking to provide nutrition to their children,” an H.H.S. spokesman said in an email. “We recognize not all women are able to breast-feed for a variety of reasons. These women should have the choice and access to alternatives for the health of their babies, and not be stigmatized for the ways in which they are able to do so.” The spokesman asked to remain anonymous in order to speak more freely. Although lobbyists from the baby food industry attended the meetings in Geneva, health advocates said they saw no direct evidence that they played a role in Washington’s strong-arm tactics. The $70 billion industry, which is dominated by a handful of American and European companies, has seen sales flatten in wealthy countries in recent years, as more women embrace breast-feeding. Overall, global sales are expected to rise by 4 percent in 2018, according to Euromonitor, with most of that growth occurring in developing nations. The intensity of the administration’s opposition to the breast-feeding resolution stunned public health officials and foreign diplomats, who described it as a marked contrast to the Obama administration, which largely supported W.H.O.’s longstanding policy of encouraging breast-feeding. During the deliberations, some American delegates even suggested the United States might cut its contribution the W.H.O., several negotiators said. Washington is the single largest contributor to the health organization, providing $845 million, or roughly 15 percent of its budget, last year. The confrontation was the latest example of the Trump administration siding with corporate interests on numerous public health and environmental issues. In talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Americans have been pushing for language that would limit the ability of Canada, Mexico and the United States to put warning labels on junk food and sugary beverages, according to a draft of the proposal reviewed by The New York Times. During the same Geneva meeting where the breast-feeding resolution was debated, the United States succeeded in removing statements supporting soda taxes from a document that advises countries grappling with soaring rates of obesity. The Americans also sought, unsuccessfully, to thwart a W.H.O. effort aimed at helping poor countries obtain access to lifesaving medicines. Washington, supporting the pharmaceutical industry, has long resisted calls to modify patent laws as a way of increasing drug availability in the developing world, but health advocates say the Trump administration has ratcheted up its opposition to such efforts. The delegation’s actions in Geneva are in keeping with the tactics of an administration that has been upending alliances and long-established practices across a range of multilateral organizations, from the Paris climate accord to the Iran nuclear deal to Nafta. Ilona Kickbusch, director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, said there was a growing fear that the Trump administration could cause lasting damage to international health institutions like the W.H.O. that have been vital in containing epidemics like Ebola and the rising death toll from diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the developing world. “It’s making everyone very nervous, because if you can’t agree on health multilateralism, what kind of multilateralism can you agree on?” Ms. Kickbusch asked. A Russian delegate said the decision to introduce the breast-feeding resolution was a matter of principle. “We’re not trying to be a hero here, but we feel that it is wrong when a big country tries to push around some very small countries, especially on an issue that is really important for the rest of the world,” said the delegate, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. He said the United States did not directly pressure Moscow to back away from the measure. Nevertheless, the American delegation sought to wear down the other participants through procedural maneuvers in a series of meetings that stretched on for two days, an unexpectedly long period. In the end, the United States was largely unsuccessful. The final resolution preserved most of the original wording, though American negotiators did get language removed that called on the W.H.O. to provide technical support to member states seeking to halt “inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children.” The United States also insisted that the words “evidence-based” accompany references to long-established initiatives that promote breast-feeding, which critics described as a ploy that could be used to undermine programs that provide parents with feeding advice and support. Elisabeth Sterken, director of the Infant Feeding Action Coalition in Canada, said four decades of research have established the importance of breast milk, which provides essential nutrients as well as hormones and antibodies that protect newborns against infectious disease. A 2016 Lancet study found that universal breast-feeding would prevent 800,000 child deaths a year across the globe and yield $300 billion in savings from reduced health care costs and improved economic outcomes for those reared on breast milk. Scientists are loath to carry out double-blind studies that would provide one group with breast milk and another with breast milk substitutes. “This kind of ‘evidence-based’ research would be ethically and morally unacceptable,” Ms. Sterken said. Abbott Laboratories, the Chicago-based company that is one of the biggest players in the $70 billion baby food market, declined to comment. Nestlé, the Switzerland-based food giant with significant operations in the United States, sought to distance itself from the threats against Ecuador and said the company would continue to support the international code on the marketing of breast milk substitutes, which calls on governments to regulate the inappropriate promotion of such products and to encourage breast-feeding. In addition to the trade threats, Todd C. Chapman, the United States ambassador to Ecuador, suggested in meetings with officials in Quito, the Ecuadorean capital, that the Trump administration might also retaliate by withdrawing the military assistance it has been providing in northern Ecuador, a region wracked by violence spilling across the border from Colombia, according to an Ecuadorean government official who took part in the meeting. The United States embassy in Quito declined to make Mr. Chapman available for an interview. “We were shocked because we didn’t understand how such a small matter like breast-feeding could provoke such a dramatic response,” said the Ecuadorean official, who asked not to be identified because she was afraid of losing her job. Source: – The New York Timte

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethio­pian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed traveled Sunday to Eritrea, once a bitter rival, for an unprecedented summit with its longtime leader, Isaias Afwerki. State Eritrean television showed an Ethio­pian Airlines plane landing at the sparse airport in the Eritrean capital of Asmara, where a brass band was drawn up to greet the prime minister for the first such visit in two decades. The two Horn of Africa neighbors have been sworn enemies for the past 20 years since fighting a brutal ground war from 1998 to 2000 that saw at least 70,000 killed. In the intervening years, the two sides have clashed repeatedly and supported rival rebel movements. Abiy was greeted by Isaias himself at the airport and they strode past the uniformed band and honor guard, occasionally smiling and laughing together — a marked contrast to the Eritrean president’s normally stone faced public appearances. The two men were welcomed by women in traditional dress waving palm fronds as well as rows of officials before they retired to the airport VIP lounge and sat beneath portraits of themselves sipping juice. Before departing from the airport, Abiy waded into the crowd of welcoming women and exchanged hugs. As the convoy of vehicles carrying Abiy passed through downtown Asmara, crowds lined the street and cheered loudly, spilling into the road and slowing the cars to a crawl. The change in relations between the two countries has stunned observers. For the first time in decades, Ethio­pian flags adorned the streets of Asmara and other cities in preparation for Abiy’s visit, according to photos tweeted by Natalie Brown, the U.S. chief of mission in Asmara. The rumored visit was confirmed by Abiy’s chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, on Sunday morning. “Abiy Ahmed has left to Eritrea, Asmara today to further deepen efforts to bring about lasting peace between the people of Ethiopia & Eritrea,” he tweeted. “Our two nations share a history & bond like no other. We can now overcome two decades of mistrust and move in a new direction.” Nearly 30 years ago, the future leaders of the two countries were comrades in the struggle against Ethiopia’s communist dictatorship. But after its overthrow and Eritrea’s declaration of independence, relations soured despite close cultural and linguistic ties. Ethi­o­pia’s new reformist prime minister, Abiy, broke the deadlock between the two countries on June 5 by accepting the 2000 peace agreement that ended the war, which would involve ceding territory still held by Ethi­o­pia. Events moved quickly after that, with Isaias accepting the overtures as a “positive” move and sending a delegation led by his foreign minister to Addis Ababa a week later. Now there has been talk of reopening long-closed air links between the two countries this year. The summit will probably involve negotiations on how to begin the complex process of returning territories to each other and separating populations as well as restoring ties. Under Abiy, Ethi­o­pia appears to be embarking on a new path of reform, but Eritrea has been characterized as one of the most authoritarian states in Africa. For much of the last 20 years, Eritrea has been focused on its conflict with Ethi­o­pia with substantial spending on its military and indefinite mandtory military service that has sent hundreds of thousands Eritreans seeking to immigrate to Europe. The meeting “heralds a new era of peace & cooperation,” Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Meskel tweeted Sunday. In interviews broadcast live on Eritrean state television interviewed, people praised the visit and welcomed peace between the two countries. “Peace is everything,” said an elderly man wearing a turban and sunglasses. Source: – Washington Post

The United Kingdom has come to the rescue of African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), donating 49 pieces of heavy equipment worth $7.4 million to help in clearing the main supply routes in the war-torn country. Amisom Force Commander Lt Gen Jim Owoyesigire received the equipment which includes tractor trucks, bulldozers, backhoe and front end loaders, forklifts and module dump tippers, to be used by the contingents from Uganda, Kenya and Burundi. The machinery will also be deployed in the mission enabling unit, which is based in Mogadishu. While handing over the equipment, the United Kingdom ambassador to Somalia, David Concar, said his government is committed to supporting Amisom in its efforts to stabilise Somalia. “What we are doing today, transferring 5.6 millions pounds worth of equipment is, we hope, going to make a difference to the ability of Amisom to clear roads and supply routes and to press ahead with stabilising Somalia,” said Mr Concar. The mission, which is implementing the transition plan to hand over the full security mandate to local security agencies, however, remains starved of equipment to deploy in airborne combat. The Force Commander said the equipment will come in handy as the 21,000 strong Amisom force tries to push Al Shabaab from the key areas that the Somali terrorist group still occupies. Air assets However, Amisom commanders and leaders of the five combat troop contributing countries – Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti – have long decried the mission’s lack of airborne force multipliers – military jargon for equipment like combat helicopters. “Amisom doesn’t have air assets and it’s one of the biggest challenges for the mission,” said a source who spoke to The EastAfrican off the record. Moreover, even for the recently donated ground-based non-combat equipment, the Ethiopian, Djiboutian and a multinational force of Amisom did not receive any, despite operating in areas like Jubbaland, which officials and intelligence reports reveal has the biggest Al Shabaab presence. Despite being over run by Al Shabaab, it is not clear why the multinational force deployed in parts of Jubbaland — and indeed the Ethiopian and Djiboutian contingents — did not receive any equipment to enable them to clear supply routes. But sources at the mission said that the donations by different countries that support the mission are made to all sector commanders dependent on their needs as assessed by the commanders. Due to bad roads and floods cutting off some supply routes, delivery of reinforcement troops and supplies to these areas often attracts attacks by ambush and improvised explosive devices mounted by Al Shabaab. In May, the Commander of the Ugandan contingent Brig Gen Paul Lokech told journalists in Mogadishu that the mission was keen to overcome this challenge, and was exploring water and air transport as options to deliver supplies to distant bases. But the reality is that Amisom remains starved of air assets both for combat and delivery of troops and supplies. UN’s contributions The United Nations-backed peacekeeping force uses equipment — ammunition and other military hardware — that is owned by each of the contingents, and replaced by the UN when it is destroyed on mission. But this is not always straightforward; Uganda, for instance, burnt its fingers in 2012 when three of its four helicopters crashed on Mount Kenya enroute to Somalia as force multipliers to support the mission. They have never been replaced. Uganda contingent commander Brig Gen Lokech received 14 of the machines donated by the UK and pledged to use the equipment to make the transition process a success. “We know with this equipment, we can improve our operations capability and it will also help us, jointly with the Somalis to meet the requirement of phase one of our transition,” Brig Lokech said. The Kenyan and Burundian contingents of Amisom received 12 machines each, while the Mogadishu-based mission enabling unit got 11. At the beginning of last month, the UK government — which supports Amisom in training in logistics, medical and heavy engineering capabilities, among other things —also donated 30 night vision goggles and 600 protective glasses to the peacekeeping force, to support night activities on the front line. Last year, the UN Security Council approved the gradual reduction of Amisom troops and transfer of security responsibilities to the Somali National Army and other security forces. Amisom landed the first boots on Somali land in 2007, and the force currently controls over 80 per cent of the country, but still faces a resilient from the fighters. Source: The EastAfrican

The recent reports that Amhara regional state leaders and people have “the rejected the federal system” must be a wake-up call for Ethiopians. The response of the Ethiopian Federal Government to this trend is laudable, not a weak response to forces bent on reviving feudalism or ethnic supremacy in Ethiopia. When EPRD came to power in May 1991 it had persuaded its alliance of opposition groups to pragmatically adopt ethnic federalism for Ethiopia. This choice was partly based on bitter political experience under Emperor Haile Selassie and Mengistu Haile Mariam — one was a feudal monarch who justified his reign scripturally; the other was a brutal dictatorship, who in his last year in power described the opposition as “fundamentalists”. Both regimes had one thing in common: their policies caused famines in Ethiopia several times. Contrary to the accusation that EPRDF honed ethnic identities at the expense of the national identity of Ethiopians, Ethiopia adopted a developmental state not on a whim but by fusing national political experience under successive regimes, and theoretical postulations based on the experience of other nations that embarked on developmental state journey before the phrase became fashionable in the academia. The phenomenal economic growth in Ethiopia enabled many citizens to improve their living standards. Economic policies of Ethiopia under EPRD are not perfect; they can be improved on the basis of empirical studies, not knee-jerk reaction. Paying attention to the country’s recent economic history will serve EPRDF under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed well. In Globalization and Its Discontents, the Nobel Laureate, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University, shares the story about the challenge the late Meles Zenawi faced as a result of IMF pressure to open up “financial markets to Western competition but also to divide its largest bank into several pieces.” . There may be wealth creation opportunities in privatisation but for a country recovering from break-up ( Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia in 1993) and a long civil war, development agenda for a multi-ethnic society demands of leaders to tread carefully without resorting to failed statist policies. The economic growth Ethiopia has registered since 1991 is viewed by many analysts as a vindication of the ruling party’s economic deliberations. When Professor Stiglitz visited Ethiopia in 1997 per capita income of the country was US$ 110. According to the World Bank Ethiopia’s per capita income is $783. “Ethiopia’s government aims to reach lower-middle-income status by 2025.” Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed faces two challenges: economic and political. The economic challenge is less about changing EPRDF economic policies but more about the urge to dilute the developmental state. There is no a guarantee that diluting developmental state policies will yield any positive results without bringing into existence rent-seeking elites Meles Zenawi feared might hijack the State for personal enrichment. Abiy Ahmed in pensive mood Ethnic violence poses more of a threat to the Ethiopian polity than economic challenges do. Through ethnic federalism EPRDF introduced elections that made it win more than 90% of votes. Pronounced ethnic identities of Amharas and Oromos will test the resolve of Abiy Ahmed. Their campaigning for reform risk being viewed as a plot to reap the benefit of demographic advantage to rule Ethiopia, particularly when demonstrators target Ethiopians from other ethnic groups . Politics based on ethnic identities cannot be a foundation for state-building in a country with a history political oppression and ethnic supremacy of one group over others. Politicised ethnic identities trump citizenship rights. How Abiy Ahmed handles those contradictions will determine the direction Ethiopia will take in the coming months and years. Abiy Ahmed should not break with the EPRDF tradition of discussing policies. Ensuring harmony of ethnicities and promoting equality are corner-stones of a modern state. More than anything else Abiy Ahmed should keep in mind that the onus to propose changes also lies with the forces advocating change. Advocating abolition of the federal system or waving Derg flag shows that pro-reform camp lacks the vision to move Ethiopia forward. Ethiopia needs a national conversation about deepening citizen rights and preventing ethnicity-driven civil war. The release of prisoners and the lilting of terrorist designation on OLF, ONLF and Ginbot 7 presents with Ethiopia’s pro-reform elites with an opportunity to craft policies that will build on positive aspects of EPRDF government and address shortcomings of the party that has been ruling Ethiopia since 1991. Liban Ahmad Libahm@icloud.com The post Ethnic Hostilities Test Abiy Ahmed’s Resolve and Vision appeared first on Puntland Post.

Four of 12 Thai schoolboys were rescued from a flooded cave on Sunday as divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to free the children and their soccer coach who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks, officials said. Source: Hiiraan Online

A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. Source: Hiiraan Online

At least four boys have been brought above ground, rescuers say, although local media have put it at six. Source: Hiiraan Online

The United Kingdom has come to the rescue of African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), donating 49 pieces of heavy equipment worth $7.4 million to help in clearing the main supply routes in the war-torn country. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Wasiirkii hore ee Amniga ee Xukuumaddii hore C/risaaq Cumar Maxamed ahna Xildhibaan ka tirsan Golaha Shacabka ayaa sheegay in loo baahan yahay in isla xisaabtan uu yimaado, sida ay ku suura gashay weerarkii shalay lagu qaaday xarunta Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha iyo Amniga ee Otto Otto. Xildhibaan C/risaaq Cumar ayaa su’aal ka keenay in iyadoo magaalada jidadkeeda la soo xiray, isla markaana ciidamo badan la dhigay waddooyinka sida ay ku soo mareen baabuur qarax iyo rag hubeysan oo ay ku tageen meelihii amniga halbowlaha u aheyd. “Tani waxay cadeyneysa inaysan wax macno ah lahayn jid la xiro iyo in dadka isu socodkooda la xayiro” ayuu yiri Wasiirkii hore ee Amniga oo soo jeediyay in baaritaan lagu sameeyo wixii shalay ka dhacay Muqdisho oo aan laga aamusin, isla markaana ay cid mas’uuliyadeeda qaadato. “Dhibaatada Soomaalida heysata waxba dhacaya lama baarayo, lagamana daba tagayo, qof kasta in Mas’uuliyadiisa in la saaro loo baahan yahay, intaas meel ayay soo mareen in meesha amniga halbowlaha aheyd in la weeraro waa in cid mas’uuliyadeeda qaadataa..” ayuu yiri C/risaaq Cumar Maxamed oo ka mida xildhibaannada ku kacsan dowladda ay hoggaamiyaan madaxweyne Farmaajo iyo Ra’iisal wasaare Kheyre. Wuxuu sharci darro ku tilmaamay jiritaanka ciidamada Xasilinta, isagoo sheegay inay dhibaatooyin ay u geysteen dadka shacabka ah, wuxuuna si cad u sheegay in ciidamada xasilinta aan la ogeyn cidda u taliso iyo cid looga dacwoodo, wax sharci ahna aysan ku dhisneyn. Xildhibaan C/rasaaq Cumar Maxamed ayaa ku dooday in maalmihii lasoo dhaafay Muqdisho ay qaraxyadu ka yaraadeen taasina aysan ku imaan waddooyin la xiray iyo ciidamo la keenay magaalada balse ay ku timid taliska Mareykanka ee ARFICOM oo kordhiyey duqeymaha dhinaca cirka ah ee talisku ka geysanayo saldhigyada Shabaabka. Weerarkii shalay ka dhacay xarunta Otto Otto ayaa waxaa isugu jiray qaraxyo iyo mid toos ah, kaasoo ay ku dhinteen dad ka badan 10 ruux, halka tiro intaas ka badan ku dhaawacmeen, waxaana mas’uuliyadda weerarkaas sheegatay Al-Shabaab. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Deegaanka Tukaraq ee Gobolka Sool waxaa maanta soo gaarey wafti uu hogaaminayo Gudoomiyaha Baarlamanka Somaliland, waxaana ka mid ahaa waftigiisa Prof Axmed Ismaaciil Samatar oo ka mid ah aqoonyahanada caanka ee dalka Soomaaliya Axmed Ismaaciil Samatar oo warbaahinta kula hadlay Aaga difaaca ciidanka Somaliland ayaa ku baaqay nabad, wallow uu sheegay inay labo qaran ama dal yihiin Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya,iyadoona hadalkiisu tilmaam cad ka bixinayo isbedel mowqif oo ku yimid Prof Samatar oo 2012-kii ka mid ahaa musharaxiintii ku tartamay madaxtinimada dalka gaar ahaan kursiga Madaxweynaha doorashadii uu ku guulaystey Madaxweynihii horre ee Soomaaliya Xasan Sheikh Maxamuud. Deegaanka Tukaraq weli waxaa isku horfadhiya ciidamo farabadan oo kala taabacsan Puntland iyo Somaliland,waxaana xilli kasta laga dhex filan karaa labada dhinac dagaal ka dhexqarxa madaama aysan muuqan waanwaan xoog leh oo loogu jiro heshiisiinta Somaliland iyo Puntland. Daawo. Abshir Dhiirane PUNTLAND POST The post Prof Samatar “Soomaaliya iyo Somaliland waa labo dal labo qaran” appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga Qaranka, C/casiis Ibraahim Cali [Xildhibaan] ayaa weerar afka ku Qaaday Madaxda Dowladda iyo Xukuumadda Federaalka Somalia, isagoo su’aal ka keenay sababta ay ku suura gashay in gaari qarax ah uu soo gudbo goob qad cagaaran ah. Mudane Xildhibaan ayaa sheegay in loo baahan yahay in isla xisaabtan dhab uu yimaado, balse isla xisaabtanka aanu noqon mid afka ah. “Sidee suuro-gal ku noqotay in shalay Qarax uu dhaco, sidee Baabuurka uu ku yimid meeshaiyadoo magaalada qad-cagaaran uu ka jiro, ma arkin hoggaamiye fuliya balan-qaadka shacabka, hadana maalin kasta aad u sacbisaan,” ayuu yiri C/casiis Xildhibaan. Afhayeenka ayaa hadalkiisa ku daray in mar walba la doorto Madax tuugo ah oo boorso wadata oo ka adeeganeysa shacabka, isla markaana aanay jirin qof isku casilaya xil uu gudan waayay. Dhanka kale, Afhayeenka ayaa sheegay in kooxda Al-shabaab ay dhibaato ku hayso shacabka Soomaaliyeed, isla markaana ay mar magaalada ka fuliyaan weerarro ay dhiig badan ku daadiiyaan. Ugu dambeyn, Weerarkii ismiidaaminta iyo tooska isugu jiray ee ay Kooxda Al-shabaab shalay ka geysteen Muqdisho ayaa waxaa ku dhintay in ku dhaw 20-qof, iyadoo ay ku dhaawacmeen tiro kale oo aad u fara badan. Haddaba, halkan hoose ka DAAWO hadalka Afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga Qaranka DF; PUNTLAND POST The post Afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga Qaranka oo Weerar afka ku qaaday Madaxda Dowladda appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuummadda Somaila, Xasan Cali Khayre oo maanta kormeer hawleed ku tegay wasaaradda Maaliyadda ayaa kulan la qaatay wasiir Dr. Cabdiraxmaan Ducaale Bayle oo uu kala hadlay dar-dar gelinta shaqada wasaaradda iyo qorshaha kobcinta dhaqaalaha dalka. Wasiirka Maaliyadda Somalia, Dr. Cabdiraxmaan Ducaale Beyle ayaa intii kulanku socday waxa uu Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre uga warbixiyay horumarka ballaaran ee dhanka maaliyadda laga gaaray iyo meesha ay marayaan arrimaha cafinta deymaha lagu leeyahay Soomaaliya. Ra’iisul Wasaaraha ayaa wasiirka faray in uu laba jibbaaro dadaalka ay wado ee qorshaha cafinta deymaha lagu leeyahay dalka si loo xaqiijiyo hadafka guud ee ah Soomaaliya in ay dhaqaalaha ka gaarto horumar la taaban karo. Kormeerka ayaa qeyb ka ahaa howlaha kor-joogteynta ee Ra’iisul wasaaruhu kula socdo shaqooyinka wasaaradaha xukuumadda iyo hey’adaha kale ee dawladda, qorshahaas oo ku salaysan isla xisaabtan, hufnaan iyo daah-furnaan, si mar walba loola socdo hadba horumarrada la gaaray iyo dar-dar gelinta howlaha hor-tebinta leh ee wasaaradaha iyo hay’adaha dawladda u yaalla. Ugu dambeyn, Cafinta deynta waxa ay Soomaaliya u horseedaysaa horumar dhan walba ah iyo maal-gelin ay dalka ku samaystaan dalalka adduunka taas oo soo kordhinaysa shaqo abuur iyo in laga dhabeeyo himilada ummadda Soomaaliyeed. PUNTLAND POST The post Kulan Xasaasi ah oo Muqdisho ku dhex-maray RW Khayre iyo Wasiirka Maaliyadda Somalia appeared first on Puntland Post.

Somaliland’s retired and well known professor, Hon. Ahmed Ismail Samatar visits defense forces stationed in the front lines in Tuka Raq today. The professor is accompanied by government officials handed over to Somaliland defense forces 50 livestock. This is the first visit that the professor embarked to defense forces in the front lines and is also expected to pay visit to other parts of Sool region. Tuka Raq is the is point of contention between Somaliland and Puntland. The two armies are stationed in their bases and there is a high possibility that a fight may erupt any time.

HARGEISA–A high level delegation mainly from Somaliland’s religious leaders have left today for El Afweyn in order to bring an end to the protracted inter-clan fighting that has been raging in the town for quite some time where many people were killed with no clear motive. More than 100 intellectuals from Somaliland and from all walks of life are in the delegation. Prominent local imams in Somaliland including the Sheikh Mohamed Omar Dirir, Sheikh Mohamed Ali Gadhle Sheikh Mohamud Sufu Mohamud and Sheikh Abdilahi Sheikh Ali Jawhar are part of the high powered delegates. Somaliland government officials are also in the delegation headed by the home affairs minister, Mohamed Kahin Ahmed. The incumbent president Hon. Musa Bihi Abdi announced recently that a delegation from all Somaliland sects are tasked to resolve the ethnic clashes and said that they will leave for the town of El Afweyn in a bid to end the hostilities between the two brotherly clans that are fighting in the town. Somaliland VP His Excellency Abdirahman Sayli’i is off to El Afweyn in order to be part and parcel of the delegation tasked to find the long standing animosity to an end once and for all.

Poets, writers and bloggers have recently been on the receiving end of political crackdowns in the self-declared independent state of Somaliland. Surges often occur around elections, and most recently due to assertive nationalist rhetoric ramped up by Somaliland and Somalia and regional insecurity. Source: Hiiraan Online

There is empirical evidence which indicates that the few tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic machines that have been installed in Somaliland, particularly the Genexpert Machines, are not operating to their full capacity. The average ratio of GeneXpert machine to the population is one machine serving a population of over 700,000 people and in some areas it is one machine serving a population of over 800,000 people. Findings of an empirical study indicate that GeneXpert machines in Somaliland do not operate to full capacity due to long periods of downtime which are occasioned by machine breakdowns because of erratic service and maintenance schedules; and or due to the absence of the necessary utilities, such as electricity, and supplies, such as cartridges, that are required in order for the machines to function. A major reason why erratic service and maintenance of machines occurs and why the insufficient provision of supplies has to do with insufficient funding provided for TB healthcare services. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH): Although 72% of households in Somaliland live within thirty kilometres from a health facility, utilisation is limited due to poor infrastructure, inadequate medicines and other health supplies, the shortage and low motivation of human resources. Somalilands travel long distances seeking TB /HIV diagnostic services because most of the lower level health facilities – health centre Is, health centre IIs and health centre IIIs – are equipped, if at all, with obsolete light microscopes used to diagnose TB by the smear microscopy technique. The first national TB Survey that was conducted by MOH in 2015, moreover, found that: Smear microscopy, the main TB diagnostic test in the country, misses about 60% of the cases. A finding which led the MOH to conclude that: There is a need to update the country’s TB /HIV screening and diagnostic algorithms. It is doubtful that the MOH in 2017, two years after the national TB Survey was conducted, has achieved significant change in upgrading TB diagnostic machines at lower level health facilities. It is highly likely that TB/HIV machines in Somaliland are not fully utilised and worse still they remain too few for a country with such a high TB burden. By Hussein Abdi Rageh Email: Husseinrageh0@gmail/cadaad_11@yahoo.com Phone NO: 252 63 4757880

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga Xukuumadda Soomaaliya C/casiis Xildibaan ayaa afka furtay isagoo is weydiiyey sida ay ku dhici karto in weerarkii shalay oo kale uu dhaco iyadoo wadooyinka xiran yihiin, dadkuna mari la’ yahay. Afhayeenka ayaa weerar ku qaaday madaxda dowladda isagoo ku sheegay in mar kasta la doorto tuugo boorso wadata oo aanu jirin qof isku casilaya xil uu gudan waayay, wuxuuna intaas ku daray in 11 bilood oo uu aha afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga aanu mushaar qaadan, isla markaana uu leeyahay 13 caruur “Sidee suura gal ku noqotay in shalay Qarax uu dhaco, sidee baabuurka uu ku yimid meeshaiyadoo magaalada qad cagaaran uu ka jiro, ma arkin Hoggaamiye fuliya balan-qaadka shacabka, hadana maalin kasta aad u sacbisaan”ayuu yiri C/casiis Xildhibaan. Waxaa uu sheegay in mar walba la doorto Madax tuugo ah oo boorso wadata oo ka adeeganeysa shacabka, isla markaana aanay jirin qof isku casilaya xil uu gudan waayay. Afhayeenka C/Casiis Xildhibaan oo ku faanay inuu heysto dhalasho ingiriis ah oo haddii ay wax ka dhacaan uu ka dhoofayo garoonka Muqdisho, isla markaana ay caruurteydiisa biileyso Boqoradda Ingiriiska. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Poets, writers and bloggers have recently been on the receiving end of political crackdowns in the self-declared independent state of Somaliland. Surges often occur around elections, and most recently due to assertive nationalist rhetoric ramped up by Somaliland and Somalia and regional insecurity. Somaliland declared itself an independent state in 1991 after the collapse of the Somali following the overthrow of military dictator Siad Barre. The international community regard Somaliland as an autonomous region of Somalia. They don’t recognise it as an official state. The arrest earlier this year in Somaliland of Naima Qorane (27) highlights the fragility of the situation between Somaliland and Somalia. Although a Somalilander, the poet is a rare outspoken activist for unity between the two regions. Much of her poetry addresses the lost unity of Somalia. Qorane also holds a Somali passport and lives in Mogadishu. Her arrest in Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa, followed reports of death threats due to her “Somalia Unity” cause. Three months later, she was found guilty of bringing the nation or the state into contempt. Qorane was sentenced to three years in prison. There was an international outcry about her deplorable detention conditions as well as allegations of maltreatment. Following the media coverage, and appeals by her father, she was released on 7 May by presidential pardon. Nacima Abwaan Qorane‏ @NacimaAbwaan May 11 They released me on May 7/2018!! Alhamdulilaaah. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your help, prayers, reaching out to different entities and make the plea of Naciima to go worldwide. Naciima Abwaan Qorane Hargeisa In both Somaliland and Somalia arrests of dissenters have surged since 2017, as new administrations seek to consolidate authority. In Somalia key opposition figures report assassination attempts in a tense political and security environment. Deteriorating relations Arrests surge amid deteriorating relations between Somaliland and Somalia. This is due in part to increased bilateral engagement and foreign investment in both countries. Somaliland, with a 3.5-million population, has all the trappings of a state. It has a fully functioning army, government, and foreign investment is coming in. But the lack of formal international recognition leaves it increasingly insecure in relation to the larger Somalia, which has a population of 10.8 million, and has secured sizeable aid flows since 2012. The 2017 electionof Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” Mohamed in Somalia and renewal of the aid compact has pushed the country to assert its territorial claims as the government seeks to consolidate authority and spearhead state-led reconstruction. The two regions’ conflict over irreconcilable visions of the state and new alliances have increased hardline policies. New administrations on both sides have seized these in order to build internal legitimacy given the zero-sum nature of politics. Accusation and counter accusation Somaliland often accuses Somalia of interfering in its internal political affairs. It claims that Somalia uses Somalilanders in Mogadishu to mobilise dissent back home. Qorane’s case was therefore not that unusual, but the harsh sentencing was. Somaliland’s new president, Muse Bihi Abdi has responded with increasingly heavy-handed tactics towards political dissent. TV journalist, Mohamed Digaale was arrested in February 2018 for interviewing the newly-elected Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. On April 16, author Mohamed Kayse Mohamoud was sentenced to 18 months for “insulting the President’s honour”. Mohamoud referred to Abdi as a “local” president. Ten days later a traditional elder Osman Burmadow was sentenced to five years for attending a ceremony in neighbouring Puntland. Like Somaliland, Puntland is also a self-declared independent state. It’s in northeast region of Somalia. Unlike Qorane, they were detained for much longer. Hardline policy Qorane’s arrest and imprisonment indicates a more hardline policy by Somaliland towards cross-border movements to and from Mogadishu. The restrictions will have political as well as financial implications for the small state. Somalilanders frequently travel for business and employment. A hardening of boundaries also risks further marginalising key groups that support (conditionally) Somaliland’s national agenda. It will reinforce the growing perception that politics in the region is not consensual. In the immediate term, this doesn’t bode well for talks with Somalia. Armed conflict in the disputed region between Somaliland and Puntland has worsened. Somaliland had suspended talks with Somalia in March after it rejected a USD$422 million port agreement. The deal was signed between Ethiopia, Somaliland and DP World, a United Arab Emirates logistics port company. The agreement included plans for a UAE military base in Somaliland’s Berbera port regionally. The indefinite postponement of talks is not unusual. Since commencing in 2013, talks have been frequently postponed over the slightest provocation. Signal to dissenters In Somaliland, Qorane’s arrest was both a signal to political dissenters and a cautionary message to Somalia. It also served in Somaliland to unify the people behind the national agenda in a period of transition while justifying the suspension of rights and dialogue. This is a common political tactic used in times of political crisis. As relations worsen between Somaliland and Somalia, both administrations are becoming less tolerant of ambiguity regarding territorial and national allegiances. This has implications in the immediate term for conflict as well as prospects for more constructive engagement. The Conversation

Kurashiki, with a population of just under 500,000, has been hit hardest by the torrential rains that pounded some parts of western Japan, causing the highest death toll since 2014. Source: Hiiraan Online

Human Rights Centre expresses concern over the selection process of the new members of the National Human Rights Commission. On 3rd July 2018, the president of Somaliland Muse Behi Abdi has nominated seven new members for the National Human Rights Commission. Human Rights Centre has closely observed the selection process to monitor that the composition of the institution is made in accordance with the National Human Rights Commission Act and Paris Principles. The process was not transparent and was not carried out in accordance with the Act and Paris Principles. We are disturbed by lack of transparency and disregard of the procedure and requirements laid down by the Act and Paris Principles. Independent national human rights institutions play a significant role in the promotion and protection of human rights. Recommendations we call on the President of the Republic of Somaliland Muse Behi Abdi to reconsider his nominations and apply the National Human Rights Commission Act and Paris Principles in order to form an independent and impartial institution. The process has to be carried out according to the Act and in a transparent manner. We call on the House of Representatives to apply the National Human Rights Act and Paris Principles. Contact: Guleid Ahmed Jama Chairperson of Human Rights Centre Email: hrcsomaliland@gmail.com Twitter: @GuleidJ

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Waa saraakiil ajnabi ah oo si weyn u qalabeysan, waxaa loogu yeeraa khabiiro qaraxyada ku takhasusay, mid waliba wuxuu ku raran yahay qalab ciidan iyo jaakado rasaastu karin, waxaana lagu arkaa inta badan goobaha ay ka dhacaan qaraxyada ee is-miidaamiyeyaashu Shabaabka naftooda ku haligaan Dan kama gelin dadka dhintay, naxariis uma hayaan, mana gargaaraan dadka dhaawacmay, haddana iyagaa ugu horeeya goobta, shaqadoodu maaha ammaanka iyo nabadgelyada dadka iyo dalka Soomaaliyeed, mana aha Soomaali laakiin shaqo weyn ayaa ka soo gashay qaraxyada iyo is-qarxiyeyaasha ay ugaarsadaan jirkooda…!!!. Waxay leeyihiin ciidamo Soomaali ah oo la shaqeeya oo mararka qaarkood howshaas ay dowladahooda u soo dirsadeen gacan ka siiya ama u qabta, siiba meelaha halistooda badan tahay, ciidamadaasi Soomaalida ah waxaa mushaarka siiya dalalka ay ka socdaan saraakiishaas ajnabiga ah ee ugaarsata jirka is-miidaamiyeyaasha. Dadka aan ka hadlayo waa saraakiil caddaan ah oo kaliya lagu arko meeshii uu Muqdisho qarax ka dhaco ee la isku miidaamiyo, waxaana la keenaa isla marki qaraxyadu dhacaan, waxayna qaataan qeybo ka mida jirka is-miidaamiyeyaasha Alshabaab ee is qarxiya si ay baaritaan ugu diraan, una aqoonsadaan. Waxay ka socdaan hay’adaha sirdoonka iyo dembi baarista dalalka reer galbeedka, waxaana ugu badan Mareykanka, Ingiriiska, Holland iyo dalal kale oo Yurub ah, dhexdooda xiriir wada shaqeyn ayay leeyihiin waxayna dalalkooda u hayaan howl adag oo ah inay aqoonsadaan qof waliba oo is qarxiyay si loo hubiyo inuu ka mid yahay liiska xubnaha dalalkooda ku tuhunsan yihiin argagixisada ay baadi goobayaan. Liiska ay hayaan Hay’adaha Sirdoonka dowladaha reer Galbeedka waxaa marba laga saaraa qofkii ay aqoonsadaan saraakhiishan meydadka la daba dhigay ee qaabilsan hubinta jirka meydadka ay baaritaanka u qaataan kadibna ka hubiyaan hide sidaha DNA-da ee dadka lagu aqoonsado. Waxay dalalkooda u hayaan howl qaran, waxayna ammaanka dalalkooda ka sugayaan gudaha Soomaaliya, halka ciidamadeena ay saraakiishaasi waardiye ka yihiin oo howshooda u fududeeyaan si ka badan gudashada xilkooda ahaa inay ka shaqeeyaan nabadgelyada dadkooda. Marka aad aragto qaabka loo ilaaliyo saraakiisha danahooda qaran iyo ammaankooda dadkooda u jooga Muqdisho, waxaa cad inay ka muhiimsan yihiin muwaadiniinta dalka ay joogaan, waana dhibaato weyn oo marka aad ogaato ay kuu soo baxeyso heerka qiimaha qofka Soomaalida ahi taagan yahay. Waxaa la yaab leh in warbixinta iyo caddeymaha ay ururiyaan aysan la wadaagin dowladda Soomaaliay iyo Hay’adaheeda amniga sida uu sheegay taliyihii hore ee NISA C/llaahi Sanbaloolshe, waana shaqo xanuun leh oo ka dhex socota dhiigga badan ee ka daadanaya dadka Soomaalida. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya ee shalay galay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha ayaa biliqeystay qalabkii yaalay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha. Sida uu Caasimadda Online u sheegay mid kamid ah Shaqaalaha Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha isla markaasna kamid ahaa dadkii laga qaatay qalabka ayaa sheegay inay Ciidamada Dowladda ku dhaqaaqeen tallaabo laga xumaado. Wuxuu sheegay inay Ciidamada Dowladda Qaateen Computeradii Wasaaradda yaalay iyo moobeeladii ay ka carareen Shaqaalihii dowladda. ” Ciidamada Dowladda ayaa qaatay inta badan Computeradii yaalay Wasaaradda gaar ahaan Laptobyadii, sidoo kale waxay qaateen dhammaan moobeeladii ay shaqaalaha ka carareen intii uu socday dagaalka” ayuu yiri mid kamid ah Shaqaalaha Wasaaradda. Ciidamada Dowladda ayaa Shalay galay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha kadib markii maleeshiyo ka tirsan Al-shabaab ay gudaha u galeen xarunta iyagoo ugu dambeyn ku guuleystay inay dileen Maleeshiyadii. Arrintaan biliqada ah ayaa mar kasta ka dhacdo goobaha ay Al-Shabaab soo wareeraan waxaana jiro ciidamo meelahaas u tago kaliya sidii ay xoolo uso oqaadan lahaayeen. Madaxda Dowladda Soomaaliya iyo Saraakiisha ciidamada weli ma aysan ka hadlin arrintaan foosha xun ee ka dhacday Wasaaradda dhexdeeda. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdiaho (Caasimada Online)-Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya Maxamed Cabdullaahi Farmaajo ayaa lagu wadaa inuu u kictamo magaalada Istanbuul ee dalka Turkiga. Madaxweyne Farmaajo oo booqasho ku joogay dalka Jabouti ayaa u sii gudbaya dalka Turkiga si uu uga qeyb galo Caleemo saarka Madaxweynaha Turkiga. Safarka Madaxweyne Farmaajo ee dalka Turkiga ayaa ku qotoma ka qeybgalka Munaasabada Caleemo saarka iyo dhaarinta Madaxweyne Recep Tayyib Erdogan. Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa kamid ah Madaxweynayaasha dalalka carbeed ee casuumaada ka helay Erdogan waxaana la filayaa in maalinta Berrito ah ay ka dhacdo dalka Turkiga,waxana ka qeybgeli doona madax badan oo ka mid ah saaxiibada dalka turkiga. Sidoo kale, Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa la filayaa in caleemasaarka dhigiisa Turkiga uu ka jeediyo Khudbad dardaaran ah oo ku saleysnaan doonta gudashada mas’uuliyada saaran. Dhinaca kale, Erdogan ayaa marti galiyay ku dhawaad lix Madaxweyne oo afrikan ah kuwaa oo siyaasad ahaan aad ugu dhow. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

HARGEISA– Haatuf newspaper operations which has been banned from operating in Somaliland is granted to operate legally in the country on Sunday by regional appellate court in Hargeisa. The newspaper was granted a new license to resume its operations which has been banned for four years. A court in Hargeisa ordered the suspension of the operations of the newspaper and revoked its license after it was accused of publishing false news stories. The chairman of Haatuf Newspaper, Hon. Yusuf Abdi Gabobe has welcomed the lifting of the ban of the newspaper in a press conference held in Hargeisa. Mr. Gabobe said that justice has been done today which we felt we have been looking for. The regional appellate court has lifted the ban on the newspaper which was in place since April 2014. Mr. Gabobe told BBC Somali services that the ban was also impacted on the English and Arabic versions of the newspaper. The chairman told that he asked the court a compensation for the destruction of newspaper equipment. He dismissed that his paper committed an act of defamation but covered stories on widespread corruption and power abuse during Silanyo’s government. He said that his paper will write corruptions committed in the future. It is not yet clear the date set for the newspaper to be published.