The Somaliland National Youth Organisation (SONYO Umbrella) has organized a gathering aimed at discussing ways and means to tackle the rampant unemployment in the country. Save the Children has funded the conference which was held at SONYO’s headquarters in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. Assistant National Planning minister, Hussein Ibrahim Buni, trade & tourism director general, Osman Hussein Warsame and the chairperson of SONYO umbrella Omar Osman Migane, officials from the ministry of labor, Dahabshiil group and other local firms were in attendance.

No one expected that President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” would fall from grace this soon. Not even his ardent supporters. After all, he was the leader we—a desperate nation perpetually yearning for someone to love rather than lead—were romanticizing about after years of misrule. From the day he suddenly burst into the national scene in 2011, Farmaajo captivated the imagination of most Somalis with his fervent nationalism, uprightness and apparent moral fortitude. Our love affair with Farmaajo was heightened by the infamous “Kampala Accord”, which President Musaveni of Uganda brokered to oust Farmaajo as a PM, as part of a grand settlement between then President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a meek schoolteacher whose own meteoric rise to power startled the nation in 2006 before it, too, dissipated, and then Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, arguably Somalia’s most crafty politician known for his double, triple and even quadruple deal-making skills. At the time, Farmaajo garnered tremendous sympathy for he was seen as the pawn in a game of thrones. When he returned to Mogadishu, the public took to the streets to express their outrage at his sudden dismissal, only eight months into his turbulent premiership. What the public didn’t know, however, was that Farmaajo not only accepted a bad deal on his own terms, but, in fact, also installed Abdiweli Gaas as his successor in the hopes of reaping the benefits of his neighbor and friend from Buffalo, New York. Not only did Gaas accuse Farmaajo of stealing millions of dollars in a 2012 UN Monitoring Group report, but he distanced himself from him, confiding to friends that Farmaajo was a “fake”. When Farmaajo returned to his lowly desk job as an “equal opportunity officer” at the Transportation Department of Buffalo, New York, he was deflated beyond imagination. The 8 months of premiership sounded like a surreal experience in his dreams. Unable to readjust to his cubicle job pushing papers in a heap of bureaucracy, he would return to Somalia a year later, in 2012, to run for president. When the votes were counted in the first round, Farmaajo was no longer using a pen a paper to count it, but his bare hands. The grand total was a dismal 14 votes. TV cameras showed him bursting out of the stage, looking rather startled by the mismatch between the huge public support and the miniscule votes—the exact size of the MPs from his clan in the Federal Parliament. What Farmaajo did next was a political invention of epic proportions: he bused hundreds of IDPs into the streets of Mogadishu, hoping that President Hassan Sheikh appoint him a Prime Minister. At one point, celebratory gunfire rang out across the city as rumor spread of the appointment of Farmaajo as PM. President Hassan Sheikh told friends that he never considered Farmaajo for the PM job, because he found his populism ‘nauseating’. History would prove him right. Instead, the President selected Saacid Shirdoon, a businessman known largely as the loving husband of an astute activist named Asha Haji Elmi. Demoralized and embarrassed, Farmaajo, once again, went back to his cubicle job. He would reappear few months later, launching a political party oddly named “TAYO”, as if he was selling used cars. And the people he selected as members all had, unsurprisingly, the quality of a used car. My encounter with Farmaajo I met Farmaajo in Amsterdam soon after he launched his party. He was ‘shopping’ for members. A friend asked me to join him at an event featuring the former PM as a keynote speaker. When the MC called him to the podium, he was sitting hunched and seemed dazed by the smallness of the crowd: 17-19 mostly unemployed recent immigrants. However, he immediately settled into what he’s known best for: populist rant. After listening to him for 30 minutes, I left the room underwhelmed by the lack of substance in his remarks. I told my friend that Farmaajo struck me as a hot air balloon. He could go aloft, rather quickly, but would soon deflate and fall in the ground. My friend was incensed and accused me of, among other things, elitism. He insisted that we meet with Farmaajo in a smaller setting which would facilitate a more substantive discourse. I reluctantly agreed. The next day, I was among few “intellectuals” (I hate the word!) who were given the privilege to meet him. After another lousy performance, I started to ask him probing questions. One simple question I had was: what he would do differently than Hassan Sheikh, in substantive terms? To my dismay, he said he would mobilize the public to defeat Al Shabab in two years, recruit 100,000 young people to what he ominously called “People’s Defense Forces”—a volunteer-based army, and would eradicate corruption. When I challenged him on how he would eradicate corruption, he claimed that he would offer prize money to whistleblowers! As an economist, this led me to ask him how he would raise that money in the first place, to which he responded, rather elementarily yet alarmingly, that “governments always find ways to do things.” His simplistic approach to complex policy and political matters was, on the one hand, naïve per excellence, and, on the other hand, criminal agnosticism. That encounter with Farmaajo stayed with me. I felt incredibly bad for my native country. It was a powerful reminder of what went wrong. For weeks and months, I kept thinking about how people like Farmaajo rise to power without any professional, academic or even political experience. No wonder he had never risen up in his own job in New York despite two decades. Farmaajo as a President I consider myself a distant observer of Somali politics. However, I took a keen interest in Farmaajo’s Administration, partly because he’s the only senior Somali politician I ever met. I carefully listened to his inauguration speech and was, frankly, pleasantly surprised for its substance, though his delivery was dismal. Then again, I watched his keynote speech at the London Conference in May 2017. There again, I was impressed by its specificity and actionable policy orientation. I have also been in touch with my friend who introduced me to him years ago, and who retains a contact within the inner circle of Farmaajo. What he was telling me was reassuring. However, the presidency of Farmaajo was proving to be disastrous. Specifically, I have keenly observed the following: First, the inner circle of the President is deeply troubling. Leaders are, to a large extent, shaped by their aides. Farmaajo is being advised by Fahad Yassin, a notoriously reclusive former journalist with Al Jazeera and current Chief of Staff. I first heard his name in 2009 when he prepared a report about President Sheikh Sharif’s meeting with then American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Instead of focusing on the significance of the first formal meeting between a US Secretary of State and a Somali leader since 1991, Fahad emphasized the “controversy” around an Islamist Sheikh Sharif handshaking with the an infidel woman. When I inquired about him, it turned out that Fahad was a member of Al-Itihad militant group, and had been a fundraiser for Al-Shabaab for years. In addition to Fahad, the president is also advised by Abdirizaq Shole. A deputy of Fahad, Shole is, I’m told by people who know the network very well, an early founder of Takfir in Somalia, the software upon which Al-Shabaab operates. Add that to Ali Yare, Farmaajo’s chief propagandist. When Farmaajo was the PM, Ali Yare was responsible for image building. Before he immigrated to Sweden, Ali Yare was a hardworking day laborer in Dubai, helping Somali businessmen load their merchandize to their boats. His contribution to society is his capacity to ferry IDPs wielding Farmaajo posters to the streets of Mogadishu to produce the false of image of public support—a practice that continues to this day. Then there’s Abdishakur Ali Mire, an MP whose only professional job was a newsreader at one of the London-based Somali channels. None of these people, except Shole, has a formal education. Which leads me to wonder what kind of advice Farmaajo is receiving. People who know Farmaajo very well told me that he’s deeply uncomfortable with people of substance, because they can raise critical questions. They say he gravitates toward individuals who mirror his personality—shallow, timid and populist. Which explains why some of the capable people around him during the first few months of his presidency are no longer there. Second, Farmaajo’s choice for PM was a surprise to virtually everyone. Hassan Khaire was the campaign manager for former President Hassan Sheikh, to whom he was extremely close to. During the presidency of Hassan Sheikh, Khaire was widely known as the “chief troubleshooter”. Ministers, businessmen and virtually anyone who wanted anything from Hassan Sheikh would court Khaire for access. A week before the election, Khaire left Mogadishu for Nairobi, changed his numbers and got married secretly. Hassan Sheikh and his team were baffled by this move from one of their icons in the middle of the battle. Little did they know that Khaire, through his cousin Abdulkarim Gaambe, was double-dipping. (Gaambe is the manager of Jazeera Hotel, which is owned by the cousin of AhmedNur Ali Jimale, the majority shareholder of the largest company in Somalia, Hormuud). Reliable sources indicate that Khaire contributed over $1 million USD to the Farmaajo campaign as a deposit for the premiership job. Until then, he was formally the “Director for Africa” at SOMA OIL, a shady oil company founded in 2013 and financed by a Russian oligarch. The day he was appointed PM, SOMA OIL had conveniently issued a statement, claiming that Khaire had “given-up” his $2 million USD shares. Few people believed that, and most know that SOMA OIL continues to operate, this time under the full protection of the PM and stewardship of his cousin Gaambe. By all accounts, Khaire is following the footsteps of Sharif Hassan as a wheeler and dealer who wines and dines with people of power and resources. However, his performance strikes me as a rabble rouser with perfect showmanship skills. Thirdly, Farmaajo’s claim to moral fortitude was quickly decimated by his decision to hand over Abdulkarem Qalbi-Dhagax, an officer with ONLF—an armed group in Ethiopia. The administration of Farmaajo is the only in the world to recognize ONLF as a terrorist organization, in a desperate attempt to appease Ethiopia (a country he regularly railed against when he was not in office). Even Ethiopia recently rescinded its terrorist label of ONLF. When asked by a BBC journalist about Qalbi-Dhagax, Farmaajo said, shallowly, “the Parliament has decided on this issue”. Indeed, the parliamentary committee formed to investigate faulted the government on both counts: the handing over of a Somali national who fought against our army, and the designation of ONLF as a terrorist organization. Farmajo, of course, conveniently ignored that binding resolution. Now that PM Abiy Ahmed released Qalbi-Dhagax and accorded him a VIP status—a classical Ethiopian move to humiliate Somali leaders—Farmaajo and company are probably having a buyer’s remorse. Down the drain went his fake nationalist credentials, along with any claim to moral fortitude. Fourthly, Farmajao’s handling of the domestic political situation and foreign policy is nothing short of criminal. He attempted, but failed miserably, to dismantle all of the federal member states so that he could install puppets. His “Mogadishu stabilization force” killed five Somali security forces guarding Presidential candidate Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame. Admitting guilt, he has since paid $70,000 to each of the families of the murdered soldiers, and has released AA Warsame from detention after they failed to prove anything wrong. On foreign policy, the claim to neutrality between the warring Gulf nations has quickly buckled under the weight of the Qatari influence in Villa Somalia. Farmaajo receives several million dollars a month from Doha, a slash fund he routinely uses to remove political opponents (Jawaari, et al) and recruit a legion of social media warriors to brandish his appalling image. His recent appointment of a junior inventory officer with Mercy Corps as the country’s Chief Justice will be remembered in the annals of history as the greatest abuse of power in the country. Finally, the dramatic fall of Farmaajo from grace was no surprise to those of us who had an encounter with him. Not only does he lack an iota of leadership quality, but he embodies the most dangerous types of historical leaders. People often forget that Hitler, Mugabe, Netanyahu and Trump are all elected demagogues with a populist message. History will prove that Farmaajo is on his way to become the worst president that Somalia ever had, despite the illustrious image with which he came. His newfound dictatorial tendencies are reminiscent of our recent past, which led to the current state failure. No nation should accept to surrender its hard won gains to a demagogue like Farmaajo. Guled Hagi Hersi Email: guledhhersi@gmail.com ——– Guled is an economist by training and management consultant by trade.

HARGEISA, Somaliland—Hyperinflation and economic isolation have pushed this poor, breakaway republic closer to a virtual milestone than most other countries in the world: a cashless economy. Mobile-money services have taken off over the past decade in Africa; 1 in 10 adults across the continent—about 100 million people—use them. In Kenya, Vodacom Group Ltd.’s groundbreaking service M-Pesa, broadly considered the first major and most successful mobile-money technology platform, counts 26 —- Read the article at the Wall Street Journal

According to reports, the British government discussed Somaliland agenda on the floor of parliament. The Secretary for International Development Penny Mordaunt was quizzed about why Britain is not cooperating with Somaliland which has a historical friendship with Britain that dates back to centuries. The SOLNA report further stated that a British member of parliament whose name was given as Hon.Bob Sterwart who represent South East London Constituency of Beckenham from the Conservative Party. Mr. Stewart asked Secretary Penny Mordaunt why Britain has ignored Somaliland which was earlier known as British Somaliland. He added that has visited Somaliland in person and knows it very well. The British secretary for international development thanked the MP for asking about Somaliland. He revealed that her majesty government assists Somaliland in economic development and humanitarian aid. The British also help Somaliland to maintain her security and fight against terrorism in the region. The secretary revealed that the British government helps Somaliland Electoral Commission with funds for the elections. Hon.Bob Sterwart is a former colonel in the British army and has been in the British parliament since his election in 2010, his amongst the members of the British Parliament that support Somaliland Independence from the rogue Somalia regime. The British government sponsored the international observers that oversaw the November 2017 presidential election of Somaliland and were amongst the governments that confirmed that the elections in Somaliland were free and fair. Solna

Nairobi (Caasimada Online) – Xildhibaano ka tirsan baarlamaanka Somalia iyo Siyaasiyiin aad u dhaliilsan Siyaasada dowlada ayaa maanta magaalada Nairobi kulan kula qaatay Sarkaalka ONLF Cabdikariim Sheekh Muuse Qalbi Dhagax. Xildhibaanadan ayaa waxaa kamid ahaa Mahad Salaad iyo Carte oo waayadan saldhig ka dhigtay magaalada Nairobi ee xarunta dalka Kenya. C/raxmaan C/shakuur ayaa kamid ahaa Siyaasiyiinta mucaaradka ah ee la kulmay Cabdikariim Sheekh Muuse Qalbi Dhagax, waxa ayna dhamaantooda ka mideysan yihiin arbushaada iyo is hortaaga dowladnimada Somalia. Xildhibaanada iyo Siyaasiyiinta la kulmay Cabdikariim Sheekh Muuse Qalbi Dhagax, ayaa dhamaantooda ka siman in Sarkaalka ONLF ay la wadaagan hanaan waliba oo lagu hagarsaaminkaro dowladnimada Somalia, waxa uuna mid waliba ka dhaadhicinayaa siyaasadiisa gaarka ah. Cabdikariim Sheekh Muuse Qalbi Dhagax, waxaa horay ula kulmay Xildhibaan Axmed Fiqi oo Sarkaalka ka dalbaday inuu kusoo biiro mucaaradka maadaama, hase yeeshee waa uu ku fashilmay. Xildhibaanada iyo Siyaasiyiinta maciin biday adeegsiga Qalbi dhagax ayaa kasoo jeeda hal dhinac, halka Xildhibaanada kale ee labada Gole ay yihiin kuwo iska ilaaliyay in afkooda uu sabab u noqdo burbur ku imaada rajada Qaranka Somalia.

Ethiopia’s Somali regional government has forcefully denied allegations of systemic torture at Jijiga Central Prison, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The denial comes on the heels of an in-depth report from Human Rights Watchdocumenting the scope of torture at Jijiga, also known as Jail Ogaden, in the Somali regional capital. “I have seen the report. It’s not true; it’s not based on facts,” Idris Ismail Abdi, the information minister for the Somali Region, told VOA’s Somali Service this week. “It’s not like they [HRW] came here and spoke to people. This is far from the truth, and it’s fabricated,” Abdi said. The HRW report, based on interviews with 70 former prisoners, along with government officials, paints one of the most detailed pictures to date of the pervasive, and often depraved, use of torture in Ethiopian prisons. Hours before HRW published its findings, Ethiopia’s attorney general, Berhanu Tsegaye, announced that all prison heads in the country had been fired “for failing to discharge their responsibilities and respect prisoners’ human rights,” according to state-owned broadcaster Fana Television. That move, and a historic admission last month by Ahmed that the government sanctioned torture in violation of its constitution, could lead to a political confrontation between the federal government and the powerful Somali regional leaders. A Human Rights Watch drawing of a prisoner in Ethiopia’s Jail Ogaden in the country’s Somali region. ‘Absolutely no rule of law’ According to HRW, officials have detained thousands of prisoners at Jail Ogaden, most of whom experience routine abuse and neglect. Many of the prisoners have never been convicted of or even charged with a crime, HRW said. Officials believe that the prisoners either belong to or sympathize with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a prominent opposition group. ONLF has, in years past, fought the Ethiopian Defense Forces, and both groups committed war crimes in 2007 and 2008, according to HRW. On Thursday, the Ethiopian parliament removed ONLF and two other opposition groups from a list of terrorist organizations. Felix Horne is a senior researcher in HRW’s Africa division and wrote the report on Jail Ogaden. He told VOA that, although government torture has been widespread in Ethiopia, the Somali region is unique in its lawlessness. “There is absolutely no rule of law,” Horne said. “Of 70 former detainees we interviewed, only four had ever been to court. And the individuals who are responsible for abuse in Jail Ogaden, and responsible for bigger and broader abuses in the Somali region, are all the way to the highest level.” Horne said that the only way forward is for the prime minister to step in with a federal commission to provide oversight and investigate abuses. That’s within Ahmed’s authority, Horne said, and a necessary step to create lasting change. But it would likely put Ahmed at odds with Abdi Mohamoud Omar, the Somali regional president. Omar, also known as Abdi Illey, oversees the Liyu police, a special force responsible for a range of abuses against Ethiopians, particularly in the Somali region, according to human rights groups. Regional ‘warlord’ Hallelujah Lulie is a security researcher and political analyst at Amani Africa. The Liyu police function as a regional army, Lulie told VOA, and they were established to contain the ONLF, which has posed a longstanding political threat to Abdi Illey’s party. Lulie said that HRW’s findings are not surprising, but the extent of abuses exposed by the report is noteworthy. Dislodging Abdi Illey from power, however, might not be so easy. “His power in unchecked,” Lulie said. “He’s been running the region as a warlord, that I can say for sure,” Lulie added. “He has total control over … the security institutions, the legislative units, all orders of regional government.” Lulie recalled one instance in which six or seven members of Abdi Illey’s cabinet rebelled against him and traveled to Addis Ababa, the capital. Abdi Illey followed them there and hijacked them back to Jijiga, Lulie said. But Horne sees limits to Abdi Illey’s authority. Upcoming elections in 2020 would provide one way to remove him from power, and his authority ultimately stems from the federal government. “Abdi Illey has overseen various abuses. He’s responsible for the Liyu Police, who engaged in many massacres, some of which have been documented by human rights groups. And he can be prosecuted under Ethiopian law for that,” Horne said. In the short term, Horne said, accountability must improve. “One thing that was pretty evident from this this research is that there is grossly inadequate oversight of regional detention facilities. And that needs to change,”

ERIGAVO– 27 people have have been admitted at clinic in Xin Galol district after reportedly drinking contaminated milk during a wedding ceremony. Speaking on phone after visiting the victims, Sanaag regional governor Hon. Mohamed Ahmed Alin alias “Timbaro” has confirmed the report. Mr. Timbaro said that on last Wednesday night that they heard about the 27 people who got ill after drinking poisoned milk while attending a wedding ceremony. Sanaag’s provincial commissioner has said that an emergency medical team dispatched to the district to provide medical attention to the victims. He said that once they drank the milk at the ceremony then they started complaining of diarrhea, and further stated that they drank while they did not know a snake fell in. Mr. Timbaro, Sanaag’s regional governor went on to say that all 27 people have been cured and are in good health at the moment as far as their condition is concerned. He stated that there are no individuals who are either in a critical condition or has been pronounced dead.In addition, the governor has asserted that they distributed food rations families impacted by the recent drought that hit the region. More than 800 families in Gar Adag have received the food aid while 1000 families in El Afwein also benefited the food aid donated by Al Khar Foundation which is a humanitarian organization based in the UAE.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – War goordhow nasoo gaaray ayaa sheegaya in ciidamada Xasilinta Muqdisho ay gacanta ku dhigeen nin watay Indha-shareer. Ciidamada ayaa ninkaasi kala dagay gaari raaxo oo uu la socday xili ay marayeen wadada Makka Al-Mukarama ee magaalada Muqdisho. Ciidamada Xasilinta ayaa sidoo kale la wareegay gaariga iyo dad kale oo la socday, waxa ayna arrintaani dhacday xili gaariga uu ku jiray safka barista gaadiidka raaxada. Ciidamada ayaa markii hore si gaara uga shakiyay gaariga iyadoo ay xusid mudan tahay in ninka indha-shareerka watay uu lahaa gar aad u weyn. Mid kamid ah dadkii goobjoogayaasha ahaa ayaa yiri “Ciidamada ayaa baaritaan kawaday wadada waxa ay wadaha gaariga ku amreen inuu joojiyo gaariga kadib ninka indha-shareerka watay ayey fareen inuu kor u qaado indha-shareerka waxa uuna noqday nin garweyn lahaa oo watay Indha-shareerka” “Ciidamada waxa ay sidoo kale wateen dad kale oo la socday gaariga balse aan indha-shareer wada waxa ayna wateen gaariga iyo dadkii la socday” Dhacdadaani ayaa ka dhacday Isgooska Xaaji baasto ee wadada Makka Al-Mukarama, waxa ayna cabsi galisay dadka ku sugnaa goobta. Dhinaca kale, maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab kuwooda ku sugan magaalada Muqdisho ayaa inta badan isku muuqaal ekeysiiya haweenka daboolan, sababo la xiriira cabsida ay ka qabaan ciidamada amaanka. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Madaxweynaha Somalia, Maxamed Cabdullaahi Farmaajo oo booqasho ku jooga dalka Jabuuti ayaa maanta gaaray Magaalada Carta oo ah magaaladii marti galisay shirkii dib-u-heshiinta Soomaaliya ee lagu yagleelay Dowladdii kumeel gaarka ahayd sanadkii 2000. Madaxweynaha oo safar dhanka dhulka ah ku tagay Carta ayaa waxaa halkaasi kusoo dhaweeyay Wasiirro iyo Xildhibaanno ka tirsan Dowladda Jabuuti, waxgaradka magaalada iyo qeybaha kala duwan ee bulshada Carta. Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa uga mahadceliyay shacabka Carta martigalintii ay u sameeyeen ergadii Soomaaliyeed ee ka qeyb qaadatay dhismaha dowladnimada Soomaaliya, wuxuuna sheegay in dadka Soomaaliyeed ay abaal weyn uga hayaan hiilka walaaltinimo ee ay dowladda iyo shacabka Jabuuti u fidiyeen walaalahooda Soomaaliyeed. “Magaaladan waxay quluubta shacabka Soomaaliyeed uga taallaa meel wayn. Waa magaalo soo celisay rajadii shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Waa magaalo astaan u noqotay Soomaalinimo iyo deeqsinimo,” ayuu Farmaajo ku yiri hadal uu jeediyay. Isagoo sii hadlaya ayuu ku daray. “Waxaan guud ahaan reer Jabuuti iyo gaar ahaan reer Carta uga mahadcelinaynaa sidii niyadsamida lahayd ee ay shacabka Soomaaliyeed u garab istaageen xilli adduunyada oo idil ay kasii jeesatay.” Sidoo kale, Madaxweynaha Somalia ayaa caawa ku hoyan magaalada Carta si uu kulamo gooni gooni ah ula yeesho qeybaha kala duwan ee bulshada magaaladan. Ugu dambeyn, Soo dhaweynta Madaxweynaha DF ee Carta waxaa ka qayb-qaatay Wasiirro ka tirsan Dowladda Jabuuti oo kala ah Wasiirka Difaaca Mudane Cali Xasan Bahdoon, Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha Mudane Xasan Cumar, Wasiirka Waxbarashada iyo Cilmi Baarista Mudane Mustafe Maxamed, Wasiirka Gaadiidka iyo Qalabeynta, Maxamed Cabdulqaadir, Wasiirka Dhaqanka iyo Diinta Mudane Muumin Xasan Barre iyo Safiirka Jabuuti ee Somalia, Aadam Xasan Aadam (Beleloo). PUNTLAND POST The post Madaxweynaha Somalia oo Booqday Magaalo Taariikh u leh Ummadada Soomaaliyeed appeared first on Puntland Post.

Melbourne (PP) ─ Iyadoo dhawaan ay kooxda Al-shabaab soo saartay go’aan ay kaga mamnuucday deegaannada ay maamusho isticmaalaha bacaha ayaa waxaa go’aankaas soo dhaweeyay Ra’isul wasaarihii hore ee dalka Australia Tony Abbott. Tony Abbott, ayaa sheegay in go’aankaasi uu yahay mid wanaagsan, isgaoo qiray in bacaha ay khatar ku yihiin dadka iyo xoolaha, sidaas daraadeedna uu go’aankan yahay mid qayb ka qaadanaya ilaalinta deegaanka. “Ururka Al-shabaab ma jecleysan inay sii jiran, laakiinse waxaan aad u soo dhaweynayaa go’aanka ay deegaanadooda uga mamnuucayaan isticmaalka bacaha oo khatar ku ah deegaanka iyo noolaha,” ayuu yri Mr. Abbott. Sidoo kale, hoggamiyahan hore ayaa sheegay in bacaha ay khatar halis ah ku hayaan Deegaannada laga isticmaalo, wuxuuna horay u soo jeediyey in bacaha laga mamnuuco magaalada Woolworths ee dalka Australia. Ra’isul wasaarihii hore ee Dalka Australia ayaa xusay in ka badan 3.9 billion oo baco ah lagu adeegto sannad kasta laga isticmaalo qaybo ka mid ah gobollada dalka Australia. Ugu dambeyn, Go’aanka kasoo baxay kooxda Al-shabaab ee isticmaalka baca lagu mamnuucay ayaa noqday mid lala yaabay, iyadoo dad intooda badna ay soo dhaweeyeen, si wax looga qabto dhibaatooyinka ay bacuhu u geystaan deegaanka iyo noolaha. PUNTLAND POST The post Dowladda Australia oo Taageertay go’aan ka soo baxay Ururka Al-shabaab ee Soomaaliya appeared first on Puntland Post.

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, will carry out an official visit to the United States on July 28-29, official sources reported today. Deputy Foreign Minister, Birtukan Ayano, announced Ahmed’s visit, during which he will meet with U.S. senior officials and representatives of the large community of the Ethiopian diaspora based in North America. Ayano stated that the high level meetings will be held under an atmosphere of respect and mutual understanding, seeking ways of cooperation to benefit both countries. Nonetheless, experts warned of the need to remain alert, since Washington is directing a historic projection of usurpation of resources and interference in Africa, whose isolated aid has marked elements of interest. It is known by everyone, or evaded by those who do not want to warn it, that the approach to Addis Ababa was always based on a strategic nuance in the Horn of Africa region; even, the supposed contribution to the normalization of relations with Eritrea is not as healthy as it seems, said Alemayehu Kassa, a researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies. For Kassa, these ‘efforts to reconcile’ the enemies have behind the scenes a hope of control over the area, which in the end seeks to dominate the Gulf of Aden and secure attacks against Yemen. Source: – Prensa Latina

Ethiopia on Friday inaugurated a 458-km 230-Kilo Volts (KV) electricity transmission line that will traport electricity from Alamata in the north to Legetafo in central Ethiopia near the capital city Ansddis Ababa. The transmission line was built jointly by two Chinese firms, including Sichuan Electric Power Transmission and Transformation Construction Limited (SPTTC) and Jiangsu ETERN company Limited. Speaking to Xinhua, Li Xiaodong, Project Manager of SPTTC, said the project will help Ethiopian consumers receive reliable power supply. “The transmission line financed by the World Bank started in November 2017 and was completed in eight months with safety, efficiency and quality”, Li said. “This project built at a bid price of 20 million U.S. dollars will benefit local people,” he further said. Girma Zeleke, Transmission, Substation, Rehabilitation and Upgrading Project Manager of Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP) on his part, said the 230 KV electricity transmission line built by the two Chinese firms is a first of its kind as it will work alongside another nearby 230 KV transmission line, helping end sporadic power cuts in Addis Ababa and other major cities. Ephrem Desalegn, Assistant Manager of Sichuan Electric Power Transmission and Transformation Construction Limited, said he’s seen a steady increase in salary and job promotion, ever since he was first employed by the company five years ago. “When I entered the company, I was first hired as a foreman, since then I have been able to learn job skills and learn to speak Chinese language”, said Desalegn. “I have learned how to work with diligence and hard work, with quality and efficiency from my five years’ work experience with my Chinese superiors”, he said.8 Source: – Xinhua

Ethiopia’s Somali regional government has forcefully denied allegations of systemic torture at Jijiga Central Prison, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The denial comes on the heels of an in-depth report from Human Rights Watch documenting the scope of torture at Jijiga, also known as Jail Ogaden, in the Somali regional capital. “I have seen the report. It’s not true; it’s not based on facts,” Idris Ismail Abdi, the information minister for the Somali Region, told VOA’s Somali Service this week. “It’s not like they [HRW] came here and spoke to people. This is far from the truth, and it’s fabricated,” Abdi said. The HRW report, based on interviews with 70 former prisoners, along with government officials, paints one of the most detailed pictures to date of the pervasive, and often depraved, use of torture in Ethiopian prisons. Hours before HRW published its findings, Ethiopia’s attorney general, Berhanu Tsegaye, announced that all prison heads in the country had been fired “for failing to discharge their responsibilities and respect prisoners’ human rights,” according to state-owned broadcaster Fana Television. That move, and a historic admission last month by Ahmed that the government sanctioned torture in violation of its constitution, could lead to a political confrontation between the federal government and the powerful Somali regional leaders. ‘Absolutely no rule of law’ According to HRW, officials have detained thousands of prisoners at Jail Ogaden, most of whom experience routine abuse and neglect. Many of the prisoners have never been convicted of or even charged with a crime, HRW said. Officials believe that the prisoners either belong to or sympathize with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a prominent opposition group. ONLF has, in years past, fought the Ethiopian Defense Forces, and both groups committed war crimes in 2007 and 2008, according to HRW. On Thursday, the Ethiopian parliament removed ONLF and two other opposition groups from a list of terrorist organizations. Felix Horne is a senior researcher in HRW’s Africa division and wrote the report on Jail Ogaden. He told VOA that, although government torture has been widespread in Ethiopia, the Somali region is unique in its lawlessness. “There is absolutely no rule of law,” Horne said. “Of 70 former detainees we interviewed, only four had ever been to court. And the individuals who are responsible for abuse in Jail Ogaden, and responsible for bigger and broader abuses in the Somali region, are all the way to the highest level.” Horne said that the only way forward is for the prime minister to step in with a federal commission to provide oversight and investigate abuses. That’s within Ahmed’s authority, Horne said, and a necessary step to create lasting change. But it would likely put Ahmed at odds with Abdi Mohamoud Omar, the Somali regional president. Omar, also known as Abdi Illey, oversees the Liyu police, a special force responsible for a range of abuses against Ethiopians, particularly in the Somali region, according to human rights groups. Regional ‘warlord’ Hallelujah Lulie is a security researcher and political analyst at Amani Africa. The Liyu police function as a regional army, Lulie told VOA, and they were established to contain the ONLF, which has posed a longstanding political threat to Abdi Illey’s party. Lulie said that HRW’s findings are not surprising, but the extent of abuses exposed by the report is noteworthy. Dislodging Abdi Illey from power, however, might not be so easy. “His power in unchecked,” Lulie said. “He’s been running the region as a warlord, that I can say for sure,” Lulie added. “He has total control over … the security institutions, the legislative units, all orders of regional government.” Lulie recalled one instance in which six or seven members of Abdi Illey’s cabinet rebelled against him and traveled to Addis Ababa, the capital. Abdi Illey followed them there and hijacked them back to Jijiga, Lulie said. But Horne sees limits to Abdi Illey’s authority. Upcoming elections in 2020 would provide one way to remove him from power, and his authority ultimately stems from the federal government. “Abdi Illey has overseen various abuses. He’s responsible for the Liyu Police, who engaged in many massacres, some of which have been documented by human rights groups. And he can be prosecuted under Ethiopian law for that,” Horne said. In the short term, Horne said, accountability must improve. “One thing that was pretty evident from this this research is that there is grossly inadequate oversight of regional detention facilities. And that needs to change,” Horne said. Source: VOA

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Ra’isul wasaaraha Xukuumada Somalia Xasan Cali Kheyre ayaa markii ugu horeysay shaaciyay in dalka ay kusoo kordhayaan shaqsiyaadka afku dhiiglaha ah. Kheyre waxa uu sheegay in dhinacyada afku dhiiglayaasha ay ka hortagi doonaan maadaama ay halis ku hayaan degnaanshiyaha dalka. Waxa uu Ra’isul wasaare Kheyre mar kale ku celshay inay laali doonaan dhammaan dhaqamada xun oo uu kamid yahay Musuq-maasuqa, waxa uuna kuwa ku caanbaxay Musuqa ku sheegay inay yihiin afku dhiiglayaal. Ra’isul wasaare Kheyre waxa uu sheegay inay la dagaalamayaan shaqsiyaadka ku sifoobay Musuqa iyo Khilaafka waxa uuna tilmaamay inaan loo dulqaadin karin in laaluush la qaato amaba la barbaariyo af ku dhiigle. Waxa uu sheegay in Soomaaliya ay horay u socoto, lana aqbali doonin, wax kasta oo dib u dhigaya, isagoo ku tilmaamay kuwa wada musuq-maaasuqa inay doonayaan in dib ay u dhigaan dalka. Kheyre waxa uu sheegay in maamulkiisa uusan u turi doonin xitaa shaqsiyaadka xilka u haya dowlada ee ku sifoobay Musuqa, Laaluushka iyo inuu noqdo afku dhiigle, sida uu hadalka u dhigay. Sidoo kale, waxa uu Kheyre cadeeyay in Mowqifka dowladiisa uu yahay in la ciribtiro dhammaan kuwa caadada ka dhigtay qalqal galinta dalka. Dhinaca kale, mas’uuliyiinta kale ee xilalka u haya dowlada ayuu ugu baaqay in xili hore ay ka fogaadan haddii ay jirto musuqa iyo laaluush ay wali gacanta kula jiraan. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Friday July 6, 201Ethiopia on Friday inaugurated a 458-km 230-Kilo Volts (KV) electricity transmission line that will traport electricity from Alamata in the north to Legetafo in central Ethiopia near the capital city Ansddis Ababa. Source: Hiiraan Online

More and more people in Somalia are giving their girls the name Istanbul, inspired by Turkey’s most populous city, as Turks continue forging strong ties and sending aid to Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

In Germany and France, the authorities thwarted terrorists’ plots to attack with the deadly poison ricin. In eastern Syria, the Islamic State continued its retreat under stepped-up assaults by Kurdish militia and Iraqi pilots. And extremists in Yemen, Somalia and Libya were targeted by American airstrikes. Source: Hiiraan Online

Washington (Caasimada Online) – Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Donald Trump ayaa canshuur 25% ah kusoo rogay in ka badan 800 oo ah badaceedo ay China soo saarto. Canshuurtan ayaa dhaqan gashay jimcihii, markii saacadda ay hal daqiiqo dhaaftay 12-kii aroornimo, xilliga Washington. Dhaqan-gelinta canshuurta Trump ayaa si rasmi ah u billaabeysa dagaalka ganacsiga ee Mareykanka iyo Shiinaha oo muddo laga digayey inuu dhaawici doono dhaqaalaha dalalka dunida oo idil. Beijing ayaa ka digtay inay si xooggan uga aargudan doonto canshuurtan la saaray alaabha ay sameyso, oo gaareysa 34 bilyan oo dollar. Afhayeenka wasaaradda ganacsiga China, Gao Feng ayaa weriyayaasha u sheegay khamiistii in China aysan ridi doonin xabadda koowaad, hase yeeshee aysan u furnaan doonin wax aan ka ahayn inay difaacdo danta China iyo dadkeeda. Gao waxa uu sheegay in China aysan madaxa hoorsan doonin, oo aysan aqbali doonin in loo hanjabo oo la rakaateeyo. Madaxweyne Trump ayaa ku hanjabay in 450 bilyan oo dollar oo canshuur dheeri ah uu saari doono badeecadaha China, haddii Beijing ay ka dhabeyso ballanqaadkeeda ah inay canshuurto alaabta Mareykanka uu sameeyo. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Minneapolis caasimada@live.com

Sri Lanka Navy has rescued three Somali fishermen who were stranded in a drifting vessel in the deep sea off the Southern coast. Source: Hiiraan Online

Ethiopia’s Somali regional government has forcefully denied allegations of systemic torture at Jijiga Central Prison, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Source: Hiiraan Online

Jabuuti (PP) ─ Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed C/llaahi Farmaajo ayaa u jooga dalka Jabuuti ka Qayb-galka Shirka Madasha iskaashiga Afrika iyo Shiinaha. Farmaajo iyo wafdigiisa waxaa Garoonka Diyaaradaha kusoo dhaweeyay Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Jamhuuriyadda aan walaalaha nahay ee Jabuuti Mudane Cabdiqaadir Kaamil Maxamed iyo Diblomaasiyiin ka tirsan Safaaradda Soomaaliya ee dalkaas. Shirkan oo soconaya inta u dhaxaysa 5-7 bishan Luuliyo ayaa looga wada xaajoonaya hirgelinta ganacsiga xorta ah ee Qaaradda Afrika, xoojinta maalgashiga, kobcinta kaabayaasha dhaqaalaha iyo xaqiijinta hiigsiga horumarineed ee 2030-ka ee ajendaha caalamiga ah. Dhanka kale, Madaxweyne Farmaajo ayaa ka qayb galay saaka furitaanka Aaga Caalamiga ah ee Ganacsiga Xorta ah ee Jabuuti iyada oo ay munaasabaddaasi goobjoog ka ahaayeen Madaxweynaha martida loo yahay Mudane Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle, Madaxweynaha Rwanda, Madaxweynaha Suudaan, Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Itoobiya iyo Guddoomiyaha Midowga. Madaxweynaha oo khudbad kooban jeediyay ayaa sheegay in furitaanka Aagan ka Caagan Canshuuraha ee Jabuuti ay ka turjumeyso in dalkan uu u diyaar garoobay tartanka ka socda caalamka ee lagu xoojinayo kobcinta iyo isdhex galka dhaqaalaha adduunka iyo kan gobolka. “Hawshan waxaa galay waqti badan, shaqo badan, aragti fog iyo hoggaan wanaagsan oo uu hormuud u yahay walaalkeen Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle taasoo iyadana ku timid wadashaqeynta shacabka iyo Dowladda Jabuuti,” ayuu yiri Madaxweynaha. Ugu dambeyn, Safarka Madaxweynaha waxaa ku wehliya Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda, Axmed Ciise Cawad, Wasiirka Maaliyadda C/raxmaan Ducaale Bayle, Wasiirka Ganacsiga iyo Warshahada Maxamed Cabdi Xayir Maareeye, Wasiir-u-dowlaha Difaaca, Maxamed Cali Xagaa iyo La-taliyaha Arrimaha Dibadda ee Madaxweynaha, Balal Cusmaan. PUNTLAND POST The post Madaxweyne Farmaajo oo Jabuuti uga Qayb-galaya shir muhiimad gaar ah u leh Afrika appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Shir wadajir ah oo u dhaxeeyay Hay’adaha u xilsaaran Siyaasadda dalka iyo Guddiga Farsamo ee Wadaxaajoodka Arrimaha Federaalka oo ay soo qabanqaabisay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dastuurka ayaa ku soo gabagaboobay magaalada Muqdisho. Intii uu socday shirka ayaa waxaa looga hadlay arrimaha Dastuurka, Federaaleynta dalka, Doorashooyinka, Hanaanka Cadaaladda ee Federaalka iyo Awood Qeybsiga. Khubaro ka kala timid dalka gudihiisa iyo dibadiisa ayaa ka doodeen arimihiima uu ku saabsanaa shirka. Wasiirka Arrimaha Dastuurka Mudane Cabdiraxmaan Xoosh Jibriil oo gaba-gabada shirka ka hadlay ayaa ka mahadnaqay talooyinka ay soo jeediyeen khubarada. “Waxaan doonayaa inaan u mahadceliyo aqoonyahanada ka soo qeybgaleen shirkan oo runtii soo jeediyeen talooyin wanaagsan oo ku saabsan arimihii looga hadlay shirka ee uu ka mid ahaa Dastuurka,” ayuu yiri Wasiir Xoosh. Ugu dambayn, Waxaa kulanka soo xiray Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha, Cabdi Maxamed Sabriye isagoo uga mahadceliyay Wasaaraddda Arrimaha Dastuurka doorkeeda qabanqaabineed ee shirka. PUNTLAND POST The post Shirkii Wasaaradda Dastuurka iyo Hay’adaha ku shaqada leh siyaasadda oo soo Xirmay appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (PP) ─ Ra’isul Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Xasan Cali Kheyre ayaa mar kale ku Celiyay in ay laali doonaan dhammaan dhaqamada xun oo uu kamid yahay Musuq-maasuqa. Kheyre waxa uu sheegay inay la dagaalamayaan shaqsiyaadka ku sifoobay Musuqa iyo Khilaafka waxa uuna tilmaamay inaan loo dulqaadin Karin in laaluush la qaato. Sidoo kale, Wuxuu sheegay in Somalia ay horay u socoto lana aqbali doonin, wax kasta oo dib u dhigaya, isagoo ku tilmaamay kuwa musuqmaaasuqa wada inay doonayaan in dib ay u dhigaan dalka. Ra’iisul Wasaaruhu wuxuu tilmaamay inaan laga raali noqonayn shaqsiyaad ka tirsan dowladda oo ku mashquula qaadashada Laaluushka, kuwaasoo uu sheegay inay ka sifeyn doonaan xarumaha dowladda. Dhanka kale, hadalka Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Somalia ayaa imaanaya iyadoo ay jiraan hadallo badan oo la isla dhex-marayo, kuwaasoo sheegaya inay jiraan kooxo ku sifoobay musuq-maasuqa oo ku mashquulsan laaluus inay hantida dowladda lunsadaan. Ugu dambeyn, Somaila ayaa lagu tiriyaa dalalka ugu musuq-maasuqa badan caalamka, waxaana xusid mudan in xukuumadda Ra’isul Wasaare Khayre ay kal hore ansixisay, xeerka la dagaalanka Musuq-maasuqa. http://puntlandpost.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DHAGEYSO_Xasan_Khayre_Hadlal.mp3 PUNTLAND POST The post Ra’iisul Wasaaraha DF oo sheegay inay jiraan kooxo caadeystay laaluusha iyo inay si… appeared first on Puntland Post.

The European Parliament has condemned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia for cutting financial support to Somalia for its neutrality on a rift between a Saudi-led quartet and Qatar. The Belgium-based parliament said in a resolution passed on Wednesday that Somalia has “sought to remain neutral” on the ongoing crisis, but was in turn “deprived of regular budgetary support payments by Saudi Arabia and the UAE”. “In terms of the wider confrontation between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, on the one hand, and Qatar, on the other, the Federal Government of Somalia has sought to remain neutral; whereas, in retaliation, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have ceased their regular budgetary support payments to Somalia, which further weakens the government’s ability to pay the security forces,” the resolution reads. The statement called on “the UAE to cease forthwith all acts of destabilization in Somalia and respect Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”. Somalia is highly dependent on trade from Saudi Arabia and imports many UAE products. Last month, an Emirati plane was grounded in the African country for several hours after UAE officials refused to allow the search of a luggage which Somalia officials had described as “suspicious”. Accordingly, the Emirati military trainers who were on board the plane were held for hours at Bosaso International Airport in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland, as they refused to allow security forces to check their suspiciously “heavy” luggage. In an earlier incident, the Somali federal government had confiscated nearly $10 million from a UAE Royal Jet at the Mogadishu International Airport. Following the incident, the UAE ended its military training program in Somalia, which started in 2014. Tensions between Somalia and the UAE emerged in March after the Dubai-based DP World granted a 19-percent stake to Ethiopia in the Berbera port in breakaway Somaliland, which Somalia has not recognized as independent. Under that deal, the UAE builds a military base in the Berbera port and trains the soldiers of the breakaway Somali region. Mogadishu censured the agreement as a violation of international law. Somalia’s internationally-backed government is reportedly planning to file a legal complaint against the UAE for setting up the military base. Somaliland is located along the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait across from Yemen, where the UAE has been waging a devastating war as part of a Saudi-led coalition. Relations between Somalia and the UAE first soured last year when Mogadishu refused to take sides with the Saudi regime and the UAE in their diplomatic dispute with Qatar. Last June, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates abruptly cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and imposed an economic embargo on the country, accusing it of supporting terrorism, a claim Doha strongly rejected. Press Tv

The ministry of energy & minerals particularly the energy department in conjunction with Geel organization jointly organized and held in Hargeisa on Wednesday, a one day seminar on harnessing wind energy. ministry staffers particularly the energy department, university students, local and international organization engaged in harnessing wind energy and local power firms were in attendance. Hon. Lawrence Harper, is an American citizen by birth was the senior wind energy expert who provided lectures on how to harness and manage wind energy in Somaliland.