By Ahmed Abdi Hargeisa—Inflation have peaked following the government’s move to order telecommunication firms not to accept less than hundred U.S as mobile money transfer. Somaliland authority issued a decree banning firms providing Zaad Service to store balances less than 100 U.S dollar but things get worse and inflation stay high. Many people are complaining the rising price of the food and other good in the markets. The government says its move will likely reduce the inflation which held back the economy of Somaliland for the last couple of years.

NAIROBI — For the first time in South African history, a court on Wednesday sentenced a white woman to prison for making racist comments, a judgment that has given some hope that charges of racism will be treated more seriously. Vicki Momberg was sentenced to up to three years in prison for an incident that took place in Johannesburg in February 2016, when she was filmed making derogatory comments toward the black police officers who had responded to her call of a reported robbery. She was convicted last November of four counts of “crimen injuria,” or the use of racially offensive language. In the viral video, Momberg can be heard talking to someone on the phone about the police officers dispatched to the scene. She referred to them as “kaffirs,” an offensive and derogatory term for black South Africans that was used during apartheid, and which lawmakers have in recent years tried to criminalize along with other forms of hate speech. “The kaffirs here in Joburg are terrible,” Momberg said. “I’m so sick of it. I really am.” At one point, an officer approached her. While attempting to speak with Momberg, she yelled, “I don’t care. I do not like a single black in Joburg.” Momberg then made comments about the difference between black South Africans in Johannesburg and Durban, claiming that the former group is “opinionated, they’re arrogant, and they’re just plain-and-simple useless.” She went on to tell the officer, “I am happy for a white person to assist me, or a colored person, or an Indian person. I do not want a black person to assist me.” The exchange continued for several minutes — and the clip broadcast on South African news station Eyewitness News appears to have been edited for time — and reached a peak when Momberg threatened to run black people over with her car and shoot them. “If I see a kaffir, I will drive him over,” she said. “I have a gun — I will shoot everybody.” During her trial last year, state prosecutor Baba Yusuf told the court that Momberg, a real estate agent, had been charged with a similar crime in Durban in 2006. Though the case had been dismissed, in that incident she said at a police station that she only wanted to be assisted by white, colored, or Indian people, but not by black people, a comment that was nearly identical to the one she made in the 2016 video. Momberg’s attorney attempted to use her psychological state — having just been robbed — to explain her behavior, and Momberg said in her testimony last November that she had been “intimidated” by the officers because the person who allegedly robbed her was black. But Pravina Raghoonandan, the magistrate who presided over the case, disagreed with them both in her ruling, stating that Momberg had shown no remorse for her actions. South Africans on Twitter largely supported the sentencing, with many celebrating it as a step in the right direction to combat the deep-rooted racism in the country. Source: – BUZZFEED

OTTAWA — A tearful Amanda Lindhout says she has crippling flashbacks and sometimes wakes up screaming due to her kidnapping ordeal in Somalia. At a sentencing hearing Wednesday for hostage-taker Ali Omar Ader, Lindhout said the sexual assault, beatings and emotional trauma she suffered in captivity filled her with pain and self-loathing. “I was a young woman wanting to rebuild my life,” Lindhout told a hushed courtroom. “But the abuse had made me hate myself.” Ader, a 40-year-old Somalian national, faces up to life in prison after being convicted of hostage-taking late last year. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith ruled that Ader was a “willing participant” in the 2008 kidnapping of Lindhout, who was working as a freelance journalist near Mogadishu at the time. The judge found little to believe in Ader’s testimony, saying it did not support his claim that he was forced into serving as a negotiator and translator on behalf of a gang who threatened to harm him and his family. Lindhout, raised in Red Deer, Alta., and photographer Nigel Brennan of Australia were snatched by armed men while pursuing a story, the beginning of 15 months as hostages. Years after their release, the RCMP lured Ader to Canada on the pretext of signing a lucrative book-publishing deal, leading to his arrest in Ottawa in June 2015. Lindhout said her brutal confinement left her with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, the inability to sustain friendships, insomnia, nightmares, digestive problems and broken teeth. “For years after my release I couldn’t really believe I was free.” Lindhout said she wished good things for Brennan as well as Ader’s wife and five children in Somalia. Brennan also read a victim impact statement, saying he too has suffered from post-traumatic stress, panic attacks and nightmares. Being forced to hear Lindhout’s screams from torture in an adjoining room is “a memory that will mentally stay with me for the rest of my life,” he said. Brennan said his friendship with Lindhout had deteriorated as a result of the horrendous events, and that they had not spoken in almost seven years. Still, Brennan said he no longer had hatred in his heart toward Ader and does not want him to spend his life behind bars. He stressed the importance of forgiveness and urged the judge to “show leniency.” Samir Adam, one of Ader’s lawyers, said a sentence of between 10 to 12 years in prison would be appropriate. Ader read a statement in which he expressed remorse, saying he was human and therefore flawed. “I am sorry, I apologize and ask you for forgiveness,” he said, requesting freedom so he could care for his family in Somalia. Source: – Toronto Star

Tension is high in northern Mandera after six people were killed and two others injured by gunmen who attacked a village in Mandera County. Mandera County Commissioner, Kutswa Olaka who confirmed the attack said heavily armed suspected Gurre militia stormed Dumaal village of Banisa town on Wednesday. “Gurre clan militiamen who crossed the border from Ethiopia killed six people from Dogodia clan including four from same family and seriously wounded two others,” said Kutwa who spoke to the media in Mandera town. According to the local media, fighting between Gurre and Dogodia clans started in Ethiopia where the clans live, before the clashes spilt to Kenya’s side. The latest attack is said to be revenge after suspected Dogodia militiamen killed two men in Ethipia. The leaders and clerics in Mandera County have raised concern over the consistent inter-clan clshes in the county. Religious, politicians, civil society groups headed by Mandera County Governor, Ali Roba on Wednesday evening called on the warring sides to end hostility and embrace peace. Mohamed Osman, a member of Mandera County Assembly urged the security agencies and the government to intervene the situation before it goes out of hand. “I condemn the recurring clashes in the county. The root of the conflict has not been addressed yet. Let the government agencies take their role to quell the clashes that claimed the lives of the innocent people,” said Osman. The attack comes on the heel of last month’s raid on a village near Dhabacity locality where three people were wounded. The two clans who live both Ethiopia and Kenya have been engaging in gun battle in recent years over boundary demarcation.

Waxaa xalay Xarunta Villa Hargeysa ee Muqdisho kulan ku yeeshay Xildhibaano katirsan Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya. Xildhibaanadaan oo sheegay in ay tiradooda ay tahay 120 Mudane ayaa sheegay in uu bur buray Mooshinkii Jawaari laga keenay. Xildhibaanada ayaa cuskaday Qodob Xeer hoosaadka ah islamarkaasina ah in uu dhaafay Muddo Toban bari ah. waxa ay aheyd 18-kii Bishaan markii mooshinka la soo gudbiyay ilaa xiligaan oo ay soo gudubtay muddo toban bari ah. Gudoomiye Jawaari ayeey ugu baaqeen in uu guto hoowshiisa maadaama uu buray mooshinkii laga keenay. Hoos ka Aqriso Qoraalka ay soo saareen Xildhibaanadaasi. Arintaan ayaa baasiin ku sii daartay khilaafkii u dhaxeeyay Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya kaasi oo ku aadanaa Mooshinka laga soo gudbiyay Gudoomiye Jawaari. Hoos ka Daawo Sawirada Xildhibaanadii Kulmay Xasan Maxamed Samatar Cowke Puntland Post Muqdisho The post Xildhibaano sheegay in uu bur buray Mooshinkii Jawaari appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Waxaa cirka isku sii shareeraya khilaafka ka dhashay Mooshinka laga gudbiyay Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka Somalia Maxamed Sheekh Cusmaan Jawaari. Khilaafka ayaa waxaa cirka ku tolay Xildhibaanada garabka kasoo horjeeda Mooshinka ee taabacsan Guddoomiye Jawaari, kadib markii ay asbuuc gudahiisa ay soo saaren qoraalo lagu carqaladeynaayo Mooshinka. Xildhibaanada Jawaari oo marba marka xigta kasii yaraanaya tirada ay yihiin ayaa ku doodaya inay ka fashilin doonaan Mooshinka laga wado Guddoomiyaha. Xildhibaanada Jawaari taabacsan ayaa dhaliisha ugu badan Mooshinka dusha ka saaraya Xukuumada Somalia, waxaana xusid mudan in Mooshin wadayaasha is diiwaan galiyay ay hor boodayaan Wasiiro, Ku-xigeeno iyo Wasiiru dowlayaal farabadan. Waxyaabaha khilaafka cirka ku talay ayaa waxaa kamid ah labadii kulan ee ugu danbeysay oo Villa Hargeysa ay ku yeesheen Xildhibaanada taageersan Jawaari, kuwaa oo ay kasoo saaren qodobo u muuqday mid lagu cadaadinaayo Mooshin wadayaasha. Sidoo kale, Xildhibaanada Mooshinka wada oo saacadihii ugu danbeeyay kulamo ku lahaa magaalada Muqdisho ayaa dhankooda ka beeniyay jiritaanka garabka kale, waxa ayna sheegen in Mooshinka uu yahay aqbal. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaa aad u adag in xal loo helo Mooshinka iminka laga wado Guddoomiye Jawaari, waxaana sii kordhaaya cadadka Mooshin wadayaasha. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Abiyu ahmed Raisal-wasaaraha cusub ee dalka Dr. Abiyu Ahmed ayaa khudbad muhiim ah oo uu doorashadii kadib kajeediyay golaha dhexe ee xibsbiga EPRDF hortiisa wuxuu kusheegay inuu sii xoojinayo jihooyinka siyaasadeed, horumarineed, nabadgalyo, maamul suuban iyo dimuqraadiyadeed ee uyaalay xisbiga EPRDF. Dr. Abiyu Ahmed ayaa carabka ku adkeeyay inuu sigaar ah ulashaqayn doono deegaanka Soomaalida itoobiya gaar ahaan gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Demoqraadiga Shacabka Soomaalida Ethiopia (XDSHSI) ahna afhayeenka baarlamaanka DDSI mudane Maxamedrashiid Isaaq iyo gudoomiye kuxigeenka XDSHSI ahna madaxwaynaha DDSI mudane Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar. Sidoo kale, warbixin uu soo jeediyay xisbiga Ismaamulka Oromiya ee OPDO ayaa waxay ku canbaareeyeen dhibaatooyinkii ka dhacay magaalada Awaday iyo galbeedka Hararge ee deegaanka Oromada iyagoo sheegay inay aad uga xun yihiin. Ugu danbayna hogaaminta XDSHSI oo ay ugu horeeyaan gudoomiyaha iyo gudoomiye kuxigeenka XDSHSI iyo xukuumada deegaankuba waxay goobtaas ugu hambalyeeyeen islamarkaana qoraalkan ugu hambalyaynayaan gudoomiyaha cusub ee xisbiga EPRDF loo doortay oo si bilaa shuruud ah wakhti xaadirkan u ah raisal wasaaraha cusub ee dalka. Puntlandi.com

Ciidama amaanka dowladda soomaaliya ayaa xalay degmada wadajir ku qabtay waxyaabaha maanka dooriya sida qamriga xashiishka iyo sido kale hub isugu jiro bastoolado iyo qoryaha AK47-ka. howlgalkaan oo dhacay xalay xili waqti danbe ah ayaa ciidamada amniga degmada wadajir waxey ay ku qadeen ragaas oo mararka qaar geysan jiray dhac sido kale ka ganacsada waxyaabaha manka dooriya. Gudoomiyaha amniga iyo siyaasada gobalka banaadir Maxamed Cabdullaahi Maxamed (Tuulax) ayaaa ugu baaqay kooxaha maandooriyaha isticmaala inay ka waantoobaan falalkaan foosha xun. Maxamed Cabdullaahi Maxamed ayaa sido kale ugu baaqay ciidama amniga iney la socdaan kooxahaasi si looga adkaado iney gudaha magaalada muqdisho ka iibiyaan waxyaanaha maanka dooriya. maalmihii u danbeeyay ayaa guud ahaan dalka waxaa ku soo batay maandooriyaha kuwaasoo ganacsi loo keeno halka kuwa kalena lagu sameeyo dalka, ayna soo bateen soomaalida isticmaasha. PUNTLAND POST The post Muqdisho oo lagu qabtay Waxyaabaha Maanka Dooriya iyo Hub appeared first on Puntland Post.

March 28, 2018 Hassan A. Keynan* Norway is not a country that could be easily associated with the ugly history and ruinous legacies of European imperialist expansion and colonial conquest across huge swathes of the globe, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is rather known for a raft of benign attributes and rare achievements that have become the envy of the entire world. The country consistently tops global rankings in almost every field or category of assessment. And, of course, the iconic Nobel Prize for Peace. However, change has been the only constant; and it appears that for Norway the adage “better late than never,” has been fully embraced when it comes to the country’s flirtation with the magnetic enterprise of colonialism. One hundred thirty three years after the 1884 Partition of Africa, Norway is today an important player in a new scramble for Africa. And, this time around, the tools, narratives, manpower and infrastructure deployed in the service of the business are very different, although questions remain as to whether the same could be said about the principal motive and expected outcome. Norway’s new colony in Africa is the failed state of Somalia. In the 1990’s I was living and working in Norway, and stories about Somali refugees coming into Norway in droves dominated the headlines. One question repeatedly asked by Norwegian authorities was: Why didn’t the Somalis seek asylum in all the countries between Somalia and Norway? And why were they so determined to zoom their eyes on the tiny, hilly and extremely cold country neighboring the North Pole? I vividly recall a stunned senior immigration officer posing this question to me. Today, the same question can be asked in reverse order. Why has Norway ended up in Somalia in what it appears to be its first colony in Africa? The Norwegian-Somali encounter has its roots in a new phenomenon: The diaspora returning to their countries of origin with a pang. Following the collapse of the authority and institutions of the central government in Somalia in 1991, a large number of Somalis fled the country and sought asylum in many countries across the globe. According to the United Nations Population Division an estimated two million Somali immigrants lived in eighteen countries in 2015. Norway accounts for a small percentage of those, somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000. The Somalis constitute the largest non-western immigrants in Norway. As the situation in Somalia improved, the Somali diaspora began to return to the country slowly but steadily. The majority of the returnees came from Europe, North America and Australia. By 2008, a significant number of the diaspora community became heavily involved in the country’s fissiparous and polarized politics and governance system. All the six Prime Ministers the country has had since 2008 were from the diaspora, as were many of the ministers and members of parliament at federal and state levels. However, The profile and status of the politicians from the diaspora grew exponentially during the last parliamentary and presidential elections. More than a third (100 out of 275) of the members of the 10th Parliament are Somalis holding foreign passports. And nearly 70 percent of those who fulfilled the conditions for the 8 February 2017 presidential election were also of the same ilk. By the time the process of government formation was completed in March, the diaspora had dominated the political landscape on a scale not seen in the history of post-colonial Africa. The President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Parliament , more than half of the ministers in the Federal Government, and the Mayor of Mogadishu are Somalis who pledged loyalty to external powers. The countries represented in the Federal Government include Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Nederland, Sweden, and USA. In terms of numbers the Norwegians in the Federal Government are not the largest diaspora group. However, they occupy two of the top three most powerful positions in the country, and hold some of the biggest and most coveted ministerial portfolios. The most senior Norwegian-Somali in the government is the veteran politician, Mohamed Osman Jawari. Mr. Jawari is the Speaker of the federal parliament. But perhaps the biggest indicator of an emerging Norwegian colony became evident when the Somali-American President appointed the Norwegian-Somali, Hassan Ali Khaire as the Prime Minister of the of the Federal Government of Somalia. Mr. Khaire’s appointment as PM on 23 February 2017 was announced on Twitter, indicating the yawning communication and connection gap between the new hyphenated political elite and ordinary Somalis, the vast majority of whom are illiterate and have no access to Internet. Mr. Khaire was an unknown quantity and a political novice, and his appointment as PM surprised everyone. He fled to Norway in 1991 when he was still a young man, and spent nearly half of his life in Norway. So compared to the older and more experienced Jawari, Norway has had better opportunities to cultivate and profoundly shape and influence the character and mindset of youthful bloke through education, culture, employment, etc. When Prime Minister Hassan Khaire went to the business of appointing ministers, he packed the Council of Ministers with hyphenated Somalis from the diaspora. At least 17 of the 27 members in the Council of Ministers the Prime Minister proposed and the Parliament approved in March last year had roots in and affiliations with external powers. Two of these were Norwegians: the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Education and Culture. Norwegians are in charge of two of the three organs of the Government, the Legislative and the Executive. The third organ, the Judiciary, is not fully functional yet. It can therefore be argued that the possibility of the Norwegians extending their influence to the third and last organ of the Federal Government is quite real. If this comes to pass, the operationalization of Norway’s first colony in Africa would be complete, ushering in a new scramble for Africa. Norway does not have a monopoly on this new colonial enterprise. It has fierce competitors, including the Canada, USA, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Turkey, and Ethiopia. All these countries have interests and enclaves in Somalia with varying degrees of political, diplomatic, and military leverage. But it seems that the stars have aligned for the Norwegian camp following the appointment of the current Prime Minister. On 25 January 2018 the Norwegian dailyDagbladet published a piece on a bilateral meeting between the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, and the Prime of Somalia, Hassan Ali Khaire, during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. The reporter aptly dubbed the meeting Norwegian Meeting, and gave the report the title: Here meet two sitting Norwegian Prime Ministers. The accompanying photo said it all, magnifying the message one thousand times. Somalia has just started the process of moving out of the degrading and deeply humiliating legacy of a failed state. Its institutions are therefore fragile and extremely vulnerable to infiltration, destabilization, corruption, and even takeover by internal usurpers and/or external predators with vested strategic and geopolitical interests. Norwegians who are in charge of this colony have and wield immense executive and legislative powers in a context characterized by lack of accountability, debilitating capacity limitations, and extremely vulnerability to machinations of external actors. How these enormous powers are used or abused and in favor of whom and against whom is therefore a matter of utmost importance. These developments have huge and far-reaching ethical, moral, political, legal and juridical implications for Norway; as it could find itself entangled in awkward, even messy, situations. 1. State capture and corruption: Empirical studies on the impact of the high-flying diaspora on Somali politics and society are scant or completely lacking. The little information that is available indicates that Somalia and ordinary Somalis have not meaningfully benefitted from the ubiquitous diaspora presence either in the form of knowledge and relevant technical expertise and skills, or substantive and sustainable investment, or even new ideas, norms, values, and innovations that could be adapted and replicated in Somalia. What is known to date, largely through critical observations and circumstantial evidence, rather suggest a disturbing trend. The diaspora who returned to the country seem to be engaged in a new and insidious form of state capture in the interest of three main beneficiaries: individual diaspora members, the diaspora as a collective entity as a cabal, and the external actors with which they are affiliated through citizenship or other shared interest in that order. The modus operandi followed by most diaspora individuals seeking or holding public office seems to be: occupy every available space, grab every opportunity, share the spoils among fellow diaspora friends and family members, and coordinate and, at times even, collude with external powers, with the embassies of the countries whose passports they hold being the first port of call. Recently, the President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland accused ‘the young Norwegian boy,’ i.e. Prime Minister Khaire, of interfering in Somaliland’s deal with the Dubai World. If there is one word to describe the rat-infested Federal Government, that word is “corruption”, a corrosive affliction that the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) recently referred to as ‘horrendous.’ 2. Scramble for oil and gas reserves in Somalia: The collapse of Somalia in 1991 and the protracted period of failed state syndrome have inspired a huge and sustained rush of oil exploration ventures in Somalia, involving, among other actors, big western oil companies. In the past, two Norwegian oil companies featured in the hunt for potentially lucrative oil deals in Somalia. The first is DNO, which, according to its website, ‘is Norway’s oldest oil company and the first to list on the Oslo Stock Exchange.’ In addition, DNO markets itself as being ‘a nimble and successful operator, even in challenging environments.’ The second is the Norwegian giant Statoil. Both have been previously implicated in controversial transactions involving oil exploration in Somalia. DNO had been accused of obtaining licenses for exploring oil in locations and under circumstances mired in messy jurisdictional and security entanglements. Statoil’s name has come up in the maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya, a case that involves issues connected with oil, and is currently in the hands of the International Court of Justice (ICC). In a report submitted to the UN Security Council in June 2013, Norway was accused of backing both sides in what appeared to be a cynical move to ensure that Norway’s oil interests prevail regardless of which of the two parties wins or looses. Norway encouraged and urged the fragile Somali government to implement an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off its coast; an action that would have led to ‘a modification in Somalia’s maritime boundary in favour of Kenya.’ At the same time, Norway was secretly negotiating with Kenya for an exploration license on a block within the EEZ claimed by Somalia. The UN report warned that such behavior amounted to condoning ‘non-transparent practices’ that could threaten ‘peace and security’ in fragile Somalia. Norway’s name also popped in a 2016 bribery investigation of Soma Oil and Gas Holdings Limit, which involved a Norwegian national described as the company’s East Africa Director and minority shareholder. That Norwegian national is now the Prime Minister of Somalia. It is important to note that Norway and Norwegian companies have vehemently denied any wrongdoing. And the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) had not been able to take the case against the former Soma Oil and Gas official to its logical conclusion. However, that was then. Now the political landscape in Somalia has dramatically changed in a direction favoring Norwegian agendas and interests. 3. Humanitarian and development aid for Somalia: In the recent past, Norway had reportedly adopted a strategy that used its development aid to Somalia ‘as a cover for its commercial interests.’ According to a report by the SEMG, Norway’s involvement in a $30 million Special Financing Facility Fund for Somalia was a case in appoint as it appeared to be largely aimed at promoting and underpinning its strategic interests in the failed state. Following Mr. Khaire’s appointment as Prime Minister, Norway has begun to feature in Somali affairs more frequently and more prominently. Norwegian entities like the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), have suddenly acquired a new, elevated status and stature in the country. Prime Minister Khaire and the Norwegian colleagues he appointed as senior ministers all graduated from and owe their careers to NRC. In addition, former NRC employees are reported to wield a great deal of influence in the Office of the Prime Minister. In the field of education, a key priority for Somalia, NRC seems to have emerged as an influential player, with junior staff employed or seconded by NRC reportedly playing a critical role, largely due to the fact that they have access to the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Education. In the case of one UN agency with a huge mandate and a lead role in education, all matters relating to education in Somalia have been delegated to a junior officer seconded by NRC. Given the powerful positions occupied by Norwegians in the current Federal Government of Somalia, one cannot entirely rule out the possibility of Norwegian entities pursing their agenda and interests even more aggressively. 4. Gross human rights violations: The Federal Government of Somalia led by the Norwegian nationals have displayed dangerous propensities for authoritarian tendencies and errors of judgment; and has been implicated in serious offences, even crimes. These include abuse of authority and gross violation of human rights. Two incidents have attracted enormous attention worldwide, and caused a great deal of unease and concern among Somalis inside and outside the country. The first relates to the to the illegal and violent arrest of Abdikarin Sheikh Muse and his extraordinary rendition to Ethiopia on 27 August 2017. The Executive Branch of the Federal Government led by the Prime Minister was not only involved in this ugly crime, but also tried first to cover it up and when it could not concocted a fictitious case against the victim. Mr. Abdikarim is a Somali citizen who fought for and was injured defending his country from Ethiopia, a historical enemy of the Somali nation. Yet the Prime minister and his government had, in a matter of minutes, stripped him of his citizenship, declared him a terrorist, and handed him over to Ethiopia in the most egregious and shameful manner imaginable. The sight of a Norwegian national, who was also a former senior officer of the Norwegian Refugee Council, kidnaping a Somali hero from his own country and delivering him into the hands of his enemy, was a spectacle to behold. The crime committed against Abdikarim stunned the nation, forcing a parliamentary inquiry. The findings of the parliamentary committee declared, clearly and unequivocally, that Mr. Abdikarim’s arrest and rendition were unlawful and that the case against him was fabricated. Yet, Prime Minister Khaire and the Council of Ministers who were quick and eager to humiliate and malign an innocent Somali citizen, remain silent in the face of the parliament’s categorical verdict. They could not even offer a word of apology. Mr. Muse is now languishing in prison in a country known for gross human rights violations against its own citizens. Mr. Muse’s family, young children and relatives wait for and deserve justice. The second case concerns threats and deadly crackdown against opposition politicians and political parties. For example, security forces raided the house of a senior opposition politician and leader of a political party, Mr. Abdirahman A. Warsame, at midnight on 17 December last year, killing 6 of his body guards and injuring and arresting him. Mr. Warsame was a candidate in the 8 February presidential election. The Government threw a raft of accusations against Mr. Warsame, including treason. Shortly afterwards, a court dismissed the case against the politician and released him. A similar incident took place in the house of Senator Abdi Qaybdid; and the government is yet to explain or account for what happened. In addition, Mr. Khaire’s government pressured the Parliament to lift the immunity of two MPs known for their critical stance against the executive branch. Once again, the Government’s case against the two MPs was summarily dismissed. 5. The plight of Somali refugees and migrants in Norway: Is the Norwegian government planning to use Somalia as a penal colony? Norway is currently under the leadership of a right wing political party in coalition with an extremist anti-immigrant party. A key priority of the ruling coalition has been to crack down on immigration and immigrants; with the Somalis in Norway apparently bearing the brunt of the aggressive anti-immigrant measures underway in Norway. In fact the sizable Somali community is presently in the throes of confusion, apprehension and fear. The Norwegian government’s intention is not only to curtail or completely stop new refugees or immigrants coming to the country. It is rather to remove those who are already in the country, including thousands who have already been granted legal residence and even citizenship. Norway has previously coordinated with officials of the Somali government, with a view to soliciting their cooperation and consent in the repatriation of Somali immigrants back to their country of origin. Now that Norwegian nationals hold the reigns of power in Somalia, one can only imagine what could happen. Some Somalis argue that the primary motive of the current Norwegian government is to use and promote Somalia as a form of penal colony. Given the fact that Norway has spectacularly failed in successfully integrating its large Somali immigrant community, such accusation cannot be entirely dismissed. These cases and possibly more could end up being litigated in jurisdictions outside Somalia, including the International Court of Justice. Norway has wonderful qualities and a beautiful history untainted by colonialism and other forms of aggression and exploitation. However, Norway is not perfect, and its politicians, particularly those currently in power, are not saints. It has so far kept conveniently silent about its connections with and intentions in Somalia. But surely, the time will come when the truth will be revealed.

Guddiga la baxay badbaadada golaha Shacabka ayaa soo saaray go’aamo soo saarey ay shaaciyeen inuu buray mooshinkii laga soo gudbiyay guddoomiye Jawaari. Halkaan hoose ka akhriso.

OTTAWA — A tearful Amanda Lindhout says she has crippling flashbacks and sometimes wakes up screaming due to her kidnapping ordeal in Somalia. Source: Hiiraan Online

NAIROBI — For the first time in South African history, a court on Wednesday sentenced a white woman to prison for making racist comments, a judgment that has given some hope that charges of racism will be treated more seriously. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Wasiirka Dhalinyarada iyo Ciyaaraha Xukuumada Somalia Khadiijo Maxamed Diiriye ahna Xildhibaan ka tirsan Golaha Shacabka ayaa si adag uga jawaabtay qoraal ay soo saaren Xildhibaanada taageersan Guddoomiye Jawaari ee iyagu sheegay inuu burburay Mooshinka. Khadiijo Maxamed Diiriye, ayaa waxba kama jiraan ku tilmaantay go’aankii ay xalay soo saareen xildhibaaanada la magac baxay gudiga badbaadada Baarlamaanka ee ahaa in uu bur buray mooshinkii Jawaari. Khadiijo Maxamed Diiriye oo la hadashay warbaahinta ayaa tiri “Waxaan u arkaa horay u soco dib u soco maxaa daal la kororsaday jahwareerka ayay ka mid tahay iyo marin habaabinta shuruucda dalka u yaalo lagu samayen doono’’ Waxa ay intaa ku dartay Khadiijo ‘’Waxan kuu sheegayaa in sharciga uu cid walba ka sareeyo, balse waxaa iigu yaab badan xildhibaanka dhahaya Mooshinka daqiiqad ayuu ku jabay isna sidee ayuu Xildhibaan ku yahay’’ ayay tiri xildhibaanad Khadiijo Maxamed Diiriye Waxa ay intaa raacisay ‘’Mooshinka oo burburaa waxa ay ka dhigan tahay baarlamaanka oo la kala diraa, Xildhibaanada Mooshinka diidan waxaan u sheegeynaa in baaqii ay soo saaren uu iyaga dhaawici doono’’ Si kastaba ha ahaatee, haddalka Khadiijo Maxamed Diiriye ayaa kusoo beegmaaya xili Xildhibaanada taageersan Jawaari ay diideen Mooshinka, isla markaana sheegen inuu burburay. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Ciidamada dowlada Federalka ah ee Somalia ayaa gacanta kusoo dhigay Hub la sheegay in maleeshiyaadka al-Shabaab ay u adeegsanayeen falalka amni darro. Howlgalka lagu soo qabqabtay Hubka ayaa waxa uu Xalay ka dhacay qeybo ka mid ah xaafadaha degmada Wadajir waxa ay ku soo qabteen waxyaabaha Maanka Dooriya oo isugu jira Xashiish, Qamri. Hubka ay ciidamada soo qabteen ayaa ka koobnaa laba qori iyo Laba Bastoolad, kuwaasi oo si sharci daro ah loogu heystay gudaha degmada, mararka qaarna lagu dhibaateyn jiray shacabka. Goobta lagu soo bandhigay Hubka iyo maan dooriyaha ayaa waxaa ku sugnaa Guddoomiye ku-xigeenka Koowaad ee dhanka siyaasadda iyo amniga Maamulka Gobolka Gobolka Banaadir Maxamed C/laahi Maxamed (Tuulax) iyo saraakiil Ciidan. Waxa ay sheegen in Howlgalka uu ahaa mid qorsheysan, isla markaana lagu doonayay in lagu soo qabto waxyaabaha ka baxsan amniga.

Nairobi (Caasimada Online)-Dowlada Kenya ayaa mar kale Musaafurisay Miguna Miguna oo ka tirsan mucaaradka Kenya, kadib markii lagu eedeeyay inuu ka talaabay xadka Siyaasada. Miguna Miguna, oo lagu murunsan yahay dhalashadiisa ayaa markale dalka laga masaafuriyay, waxa ayna dowladu ku eedeyneysaa inuu ka weecday xeerka Siyaasada Mucaaradka. Masaafurintaas ayaana timid iyadoo la iska dhago tiray amarro ay maxkamado soo saareen, waxa uuna Siyaasigaani ku adeegayaa inuusan ka dhamaan doonin dalkiisa Kenya. Galinkii hore Arbacadii maxkamad ayaa mas’uuliyiin sare oo Kenyan ah u qabsatay in ay diideen amar maxkamadeed oo ahaa in la sii daayo Miguna. Qareenka Miguna ayaa xaqiijiyay in uu dalka ka baxay isaga oo raacay diyaaradda Emirates oo Nairobi ka duulaysay, halkaas oo uu ku xirnaa tan iyo Isniintii. Ninkan mucaaradka ah ee aan hadalka la gaban ayaa la xiray ka dib markii uu damcay in uu dalka dib ugu soo laabto isaga oo Canada ka yimid, halkaas oo loo masaafuriyay bishii hore. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, dowlada Uhurro Kenyatta ayaa doorashada kadib lasoo baxday awoodo ay ku cadaadineyso mucaaradka dalka, waxaana marka la eego eryinta ugu sahlanaaday Miguna Miguna oo heysta dhalasho Canada ah. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Nairobi Caasimada@live.com

NAIROBI (HOL) - Tension is high in northern Mandera after six people were killed and two others injured by gunmen who attacked a village in Mandera County. Source: Hiiraan Online

A Minneapolis FBI agent who started his career with the agency as an intern in 2000 has been charged with leaking classified information to the news website The Intercept. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Iyadoo Taliye ku-xigeenka Sirdoonka Kenya Nuuradiin Xaaji uu maalmo un ka hor sheegay in dhismaha maamulka Jubbaland ay ka lahaayen qorsho lagu ilaalinaayo amniga Kenya, ayaa waxaa arrintaas si kulul uga jawaabay Xildhibaano ka tirsan dowlada. Sanator Cabdullahi Sheekh Ismaaciil (Fartaag), oo kamid ah aqalka Sare ee dalka ayaa sheegay in Taliye ku-xigeenka Sirdoonka Kenya Nuuradiin Xaaji uu ka been sheegay xaqiiqda. Fartaag, waxa uu sheegay in warka kasoo yeeray Nuuradiin Xaaji uu yahay mid aan waxba ka jirin, isla markaana uu yahay mas’uul doonaaya inuu danqiyo nabaro hore. Fartaag, waxa uu tilmaamay in dhismaha Jubbaland aysan aheyn mid ku xirnaa danaha Kenya, hase ahaatee sharaf dhaca intaa la’eg ay usoo hoyaneyso madaxda iminka heysa talada Jubbaland oo iyagu dhankaa u janjeera. Waxa uu Fartaag tilmaamay in gobolada Jubbooyinka ay dhacdo dhul Soomaaliyeed, sidaa aawgeed ay ka fiirsan doonaan haddalka qarsoodiga ahaa ee kasoo yeeray Taliye ku-xigeenka Sirdoonka Kenya Nuuradiin Xaaji. Nuqul kamid ah haddalka Fartaag ayaa ahaa ‘’Runtii warkaas waa mid aan waxba ka jirin Jubbaland waxa ay ka mid tahay dowlad Goboleedyad dalka ka jira’’ ‘’Hadalka Nuuradiin waa mid aan xiliga la sheegayay laga fiirsan waxaanse leeyahay hurdada ayuu naga toosiyay hadalkaaga’’ Sidoo kale, Xildhibaan Sadiiq Warfaa oo ka mid ah Xildhibaanada baarlamaanka Somalia ayaa sheegay in hadalka Nuuraddiin uu yahay mid uusan ku hadlin qof mas’uul ah. Waxa uu Xildhibaan Sadiiq sheegay in hadalada ceynkaas ah uu u baahan yahay in laga fiirsado, waxa uuna ku baaqay in dowlada Kenya ay dib u daraaseyso haddalka Nuuradiin Xaaji. Dowladda Somalia ayuu sheegay inay casharo ka baran doonto haddalka sirta ahaa ee kasoo yeeray Taliye ku-xigeenka Sirdoonka Kenya Nuuradiin Xaaji, waxa uuna cod dheer ku sheegay inaanu dowlada aqbali doonin talaabo kasta oo ay Kenya ku dooneyso dhul Soomaaliyeed. Haddalada kasoo kala yeeray labada Xildhibaan iyo Taliye Xigeenka Sirdoonka Kenya, ayaa kusoo beegmaaya xili maamulka Jubbaland uu si toosa uga tallo iyo tusaalo qaato dowlada Kenya. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Xildhibaanno ka trisan golaha shacabka oo la baxay guddiga badbaadinta golaha shacabka, oo xalay shir jaraa’id ku qabtay Villa Hargeysa ayaa sheegay in uu buray mooshinkii guddoomiye Jawaari. Xildhibaanadan oo ah taageerayaasha Jawaari ayaa haddaba qodobada ay soo saareen waxaa ugu weyaa:- In uu buray mooshinkii Jawaari oo uuna ku e kaa 28 bishan. In berri laga bilaabo shaqadiisa uu wadan doono guddoomiye Jawaari in ciidamada amniga ay ammniga sugaan ra’iisulwasaare Kheyre uu qaadi doono mas’uuliyadda xasilooni darro timaada Hoos ka aqri qodobada oo dhameystiran:-

Madaxa Shirkada DP World ee Soomaaliland ayaa Maanta waxa uu kormeer ku tagay halka laga dhisayo Bakhaarada ay Itoobiya ku keydsaneyso Shixnadaha uga soo dega Dekada Bebera. Kormeerka ayaa waxaa ku wehlinayey maareeyaha Dekada Magaalada Berbera,waxana Bakhaaradaas laga dhisayaa ama ay ku yaallaan magaalada Wajaale ee Xuduudka Ethiopia iyo Somaliland. Ethiopia ayaa dhawaan saami dhan 19% ku yeelatay maalgashiga Dekedda magaalada Berbera,iyada oo heshiiskii Saddezxx geesoodka ahaa ee dhex maray Soomaaliland, Itoobiya iyo Shirkada DP World uu xiisad ka dhex dhaliyey Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Maamulka Soomaaliland.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Sida aan wararkeena hore ku sheegnay waxaa caawa Xarunta Villa Hargeysa ee magaalada Muqdisho ka socda kulamo gooni gooni ah oo looga arrinsanayo sidii loo xalin lahaa khilaafka u dhaxeeya golaha shacabka. Waxaa xiligaan Xarunta Villa Hargeysa ku sugan hoggaanka labada aqal ee Baarlamaanka Federaalka, waxaana socda isku daygii ugu dambeeyay ee xalinta khilaafka golaha shacabka. Xalinta Khilaafka ayaa waxaa kaalin weyn ka qaadanaaya Guddoonka Golaha Aqalka Sare ee baarlamaanka iyo Xildhibaano ka tirsan Golaha, kuwaa oo ahmiyad gaara siinaaya isku soo dhawaanshiyaha Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka iyo Xildhibaanada Mooshinka wada. Khilaafka golaha Shacabka ayaa waxaa uu soo bilowday 14 bishaan Maarso welina wax xal ah lagama gaarin, waxaase la filayaa in caawa uu kulankaan socda kasoo baxo mowqif cad. Haddaba Golaha aqalka sare ayaa xooga saaraya xalinta Khilaafka taagan, waxayaabaha laga filan karo waxaa ka mid ah in la helo: 1-Mudeynta mooshinka oo labada dhinac ay ku qanacsanyihiin ee khilaafka golaha shacabka. 2-Mudeynta golaha shacabka iyo xallinta khilaafka in loomaro sida uu qabo Dastuurka qaranka iyo xeer-hoosaadka golaha shacabka. 3-In codbixinta mooshinka ay u dhacdo si qarsoodi ah. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka Somalia Jawaari, ayaa weli ku adkeysanaaya in codeynta Mooshinka ay ka dhacdo Garoonka Aadan Cadde. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-War goordhow nasoo gaaray ayaa sheegaya in caawa uu magaalada Muqdisho kulan aan caadi aheyn uga socdo Guddoonka labada Aqal ee baarlamaanka Somalia. Kulanka oo ka duwan kuwii hore ayaa waxaa lasoo sheegayaa inuu ka socdo Xarunta Villa Hargeysa ee Magaalada Muqdisho. Kulanka caawa socda oo ay goobjoog ka yihiin labada Guddoomiye Maxamed Sheekh Cusmaan Jawaari iyo Cabdi Xaashi Cabdullaahi ayaa waxaa diirada lagu saarayaa khilaafka ka dhashay Mooshinka Jawaari ee heerka xun maraaya. Guddoomiyaha Golaha Aqalka Sare iyo Xubnaha ka tirsan golihiisa ee qeybta ka ah kulanka ayaa xooga saaraya si xal looga gaaro khilaafka oo saameyn ku yeeshay shaqooyinka baarlamaanka. Guddoomiye Cabdi Xaashi Cabdullaahi ayaa Jawaari ku cadaadinaaya inuu qaboojiyo dagaalka afka ah ee uu kula jiro Xukuumada Somalia, waxa uuna ka dalbanayaa inuu muujiyo tanaasul. Magaalada Muqdisho waxaa ka socda hardankii ugu danbeeyay ee loogu jiro Mooshinka laga gudbiyay Maxamed Sheekh Cismaan (Jawaari). Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaan la ogeyn waxa kasoo bixi doona kulanka caawa Villa Hargeysa uga socda guddoonka labada Gole ee baarlamaanka Somalia, waxa uuna kusoo beegmayaa xili ay maalmo yar ka harsan tahay xiliga cod qaadista. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali police say at least three people are wounded after a bomb attached to their vehicle exploded near the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the capital, Mogadishu. Source: Hiiraan Online

Mogadishu (HOL) - The Southwest state Assembly leadership has offered their condolences to the people of the state over the death of Ruqiya Hassan Abshir who was killed last night in Mogadishu. Source: Hiiraan Online

A couple from Somalia have been accused of keeping their four children at home and trying to brainwash them with videos of Muslim extremism, a UK High Court judge has said. Source: Hiiraan Online