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  1. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Seven people were wounded by a roadside bomb in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, the police said. Source: Hiiraan Online
  2. NEW YORK, July 2, 2018 /PRNewswire-- UNICEF USA has appointed Somali-American supermodel and activist Halima Aden as the newest UNICEF Ambassador. The announcement follows Aden's travels with UNICEF and UNHCR to Kakuma, the refugee camp in Kenya where she was born. Aden was formally introduced to UNICEF USA via their partnership with Endeavor (formerly WME|IMG). Source: Hiiraan Online
  3. Doc Martens, 28 years old, refugee, Somali, black, Muslim and a cool beard: these are not the facets usually associated with our political system. But, last month, something rather strange happened. Source: Hiiraan Online
  4. Hamburg (Germany): On a football pitch in the heart of Hamburg, several languages could be heard through the drizzle of persistent summer rain. From the sidelines, the coaches shouted instructions in German, while players urged passes in Farsi (Persian). There were snatches of Arabic, and a cheer of “FC Lampedusa St Pauli” when the ball thudded into the net, echoed by the sparse crowd of viewers. I was at a tournament featuring what may be the northern German city’s most unusual football team, composed entirely of refugees. Source: Hiiraan Online
  5. According to the new rules, “ghetto children” will be separated from their families once they turn 1, for at least 25 hours, each week for mandatory lessons in “Danish values.” Source: Hiiraan Online
  6. Former pastoralist Ibrahim Ismail Ige, 39, lives in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa, and earns a living as a grave digger. Source: Hiiraan Online
  7. For Halima Aden, her roster of accomplishments is filled with firsts: Source: Hiiraan Online
  8. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Families who had fled danger and violence overseas were enjoying a 3-year-old’s birthday party in Boise, Idaho, when the unthinkable happened: A man ran up and began chasing and stabbing the children, then turned his knife on the adults who tried to stop him. Source: Hiiraan Online
  9. Like Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s most populous city and one of the fastest growing cities in the world experiences excruciating traffic gridlock that keeps motorists for hours on the roads. Source: Hiiraan Online
  10. Ten Somali students were arrested inTurkey’s southern Mersin province over alleged links to the Fethullahist Terror Organisation (FETO), the group suspected to be behind the coup attempt in 2016, Garowe Online reported yesterday. Source: Hiiraan Online
  11. MOGADISHU, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Somali government on Monday condemned a mortar attack on Sunday in Mogadishu that reportedly left at least five people dead and more than ten others injured. Source: Hiiraan Online
  12. The minster of livestock Mr.Hassan Mohammed Ali (Gafadhi) has toured the coastal plains of the country. Minister Gafadhi is on an inspection tour in Salel province. This is according to Somaliland News Agency (Solnanews.com) reporters accompanying the minister. He said that his visit concern a fact finding mission to see how the fishing community of Selel are fairing. The Livestock and Fishery minister tour the refrigeration plant and the fishery hangar where fish are offloaded from boats. Mr.Gafadhi listened to the propositions of Fair Fishing Company officials; the firm is charged with the running of only cooler plant in the region. In another development the minister met with members of fishing cooperative called Tawakal. He urged them to increase the out of fish stocks in the region. The minister said that his ministry is in the process of developing the maximum benefit of marine resource in the country. Solna
  13. Waxaa markii ugu horeysay deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya laga soo saaray shidaal ceyriin kadib muddo sanooyin ah oo lagu hayay. Ceelashan oo daboolka laga feeday 28-dii June, ayaa waxaa goobjoog ka ahaa madaxwaynaha dowlad deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar iyo wasiirka macdanta ee dowladda fedaraalka Itoobiya. Warbaahinta dowladda Itoobiya ee lagu magacaabo Fana ayaa mar sii horreysay ka soo xigatay Rai’sul wasaaraha Itoobiya Dr Abiy Axmed in shacabka dalkiisa uu uga hambalyaynayo islamarkana maalintii la soo saari doono 450 barmiil oo shidaal ah. Shidaalka goobtaasi ceegaaga ee ay heshay shirkad laga leeyahay dalka Shiinaha ee lagu magacaabo Poly-GCL ayaa waxaa lagu qiyaasay 6 ilaa 8 Trillion Cubic Feet. Haddaba dad badan waxa ay isweeydiinayaan qoondada dadka deegaanka Soomaalida ay ka heli doonaan shidaalka. Waxaa su’aashaas ka jawaabay madaxweynaha deegaanka Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar oo dadweyne kula hadlayay magaalada Qabri Dahare, isaga oo sheegay in muddo boqol sano laga sheekeyn jiray kaydka shidaalka ee dhulka Soomaalida, balse maanta la xaqiijiyay himiladdii. “Su’aasha ay ka hadlayaan ee ay aad noo weeydiinayaan, waa imisa ayaan leenaya, wixiiba inaga ayaa lehe, imisa aan leenahay waa maxay?” ayuu yiri madaxweynaha oo intaas ku daray “Sharci waxaa jira federaalka oo dhigaya in shidaal haddii uu soo boxo, ama xitaa kheyraad kale in deegaanka uu leeyahay boqolkiiba 40%, federaalkuna wuxuu leeyahay 60%, midda federaalka lafteeda ayaan wax ku leenahay” . Sida uu qabo Ibraahim Sheekh Muxumed, {Ibraahim Dheere}, oo ahaa guddoomiyaha jabhaddii WSLF ee Itoobiya la dagaalami jirtay, in madaxweyne Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar uu ka qeybgalay daahfurka ceelasha shidaalka ay ka dhigantahay isbadal wanaagsan, balse waxa uu intaas ku daray “waxaasa jira caqabado, waxaana ka mid ah ka talogalin la’aanta dadka arramaha kheyraadka, suurtogalna ma ahan in dadka aanan la talogalinin”. Sheekh Ibraahim Dheere ayaa dhanka kale yiri “waa in la xaddidaa qoondo la’isla ogyahay , sidoo kale dadka deegaanka waa in laga shaqo galiyaa mashruuca, hadda waa ku yaryihiin”. Waxa uu xusay in shidaalka uu la iman karo caqabado xagga deegaanka, taasna ay tahay in laga taxadaro. Balse cid kasta kuma faraxsana sida hawsha u socoto, afhayeen u hadlay jabhadda ONLF ayaa sheegay in ay ka hortagayaan in kheyraadkii iyo hantidii dadka lasoo saaro iyada oo aanan dadkii lahaa laga talogalinin, sida uu hadalka u dhigay, kana hortagi doonaan wax kasta oo ay ku qaadataba. Cabdinaasir Saxansoxo BBC Somali, Nairobi
  14. Self styled traditional King Osman Aw Mohammud Burmadow who was recently pardoned by the president following his incarceration at Hargeisa’s main prison, has revealed that he will talk to the press at the end of the month of ‘Shuwwal’. He stated that he will touch on many issues. He was speaking during a pre wedding party attended by many well known politicians such as the leader of the opposition National Party (Wadani) Mr.Hirsi Ali Haji Hassan, former minister of public works and housing Mr.Ali Mohammed Hassan (Marehan) and Member of Parliament Hon.Wabeye. The politicians were all seated in the same row during their meeting, signaling a new political move that they will soon pronounce. “As you can see I have joined by brother Hirsi and Ali Marehan and sooner rather than later you shall come to know my political bearing. I’m not the kind of person to cow because of a conviction.” King Osman said amid large applause from the participants of the gathering. King Osman was sentenced to five years imprisonment a Marodijeeh regional court following his attendance of a Somali traditional coronation ceremony in Armo village situated in Puntland. While there here uttered anti Somaliland sentiment this irked the government of Somaliland hence upon his arrival he was arrested. He was later last month pardoned by the president of Somaliland H.E Musa Bihi Abdi. Horn
  15. Balcad (PP) ─ Kooxda Al-shabaab ayaa maanta ku toogtay deegaan ka tirsan degmada Balcad ee gobolka Shabeellada Dhexe oday 93-jir ah oo ka mid ahaa nabad-doonnada deegaankaas. Al-shabaab ayaa ku eedeysay odaygan inuu ka mid ahaa ergadii wax kasoo xulay xildhibaannada baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya ee hadda jira, Waxaana marxuumka lagu magacaabi jiray, Abshir Nuur Xuseen [Maliis]. Nabad-doonkan ayaa waxaa lagu toogtay deegaanka Gamboole oo ka tirsan degmada Balcad, iyadoo nabaddoonka la dilay uu gacanta ururka Al-shabaab ku jiray muddo saddex bilood ah. Wararka ayaa sheegaya in marxuumka uu deegaanka maanta lagu dliay u tagay sidii wax looga qaban lahaa dacwad la xiriirta muran soo dhex-galay xoolo-dhaqato iyo beeraley gobolka Shabeellada dhexe kuwada nool. Ma ahan markii ugu horreysay oo ay Al-shabaab toogtaan dad waxyaabo kala duwan ay ku eedeeyeen, balse tallaabadan ayaa noqonaysa middii ugu horreysay nooceeda oo ay fuliso Kooxda Al-shabaab. Dhanka kale, Ururka Al-shabaab ayaa looga bartay in nabad-doonnada iyo dadka ee ay ku eedeeyeen inay wax kasoo xuleen xildhibaannada golaha shacabka ee hadda jira ay ku dilaan waddooyinka Muqdisho, balse tani waa mid ka duwan kuwaas. Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Maamulka Hir-shabelle oo halka uu dilku ka dhacay ka taliya, ayaan weli ka hadlin dilka looga geystay nabad-doonkan la sheegay inuu ka mid ahaa ergadii wax kasoo xulay xildhibaanada baarlamaanka Somalia. Ugu dambeyn, Al-shabaab ayaa dhawr jeer dilal u geystay nabaddoonno iyo ergo ka mid ahaa kuwii wax kasoo xulay baarlamaanka Somaaliya, waxaana cabsi weyn ay haystaan ergadii soo xulay xildhibaannada baarlamanaka oo aan haysan ciidammo ka difaaca kooxaha dilalka u geysta. PUNTLAND POST The post Kooxda Al-shabaab oo Nabad-doon Caan ah ku Toogatay Gobolka Shabeellada Dhexe appeared first on Puntland Post.
  16. Gabiley — A form four student called Elmi Daahir Abdillahi who is handicapped because he does not have both hands sat his final Somaliland Secondary Schools Examination in Gabiley. Master Elmi used his legs to write his papers. The exams started on Saturday 30th 2018 in all regions of the country. Speaking to a local television station Saab TV master Elmi said that he does not have any difficulty in adjusting to writing with his Legs. He confirmed that he started school in standard one in Gabiley region of Somaliland and has since been a student up to now that he is sitting for his final examination. He added that examination stealing has become a threat hard working students who have put their time to study honestly. Master Elmi said that in this advent of technology the use of mobile phone as a tool for examination cheating will dent the objectives of national examinations. Horn
  17. Muqdisho (PP) ─ Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Somalia, Xasan Cali Khayre ayaa shir-gudoomiyay kulanka Tubta Siyaasadda loo dhan-yahay oo looga hadlayay daba-galka iyo dhaqan gelinta qodobbadii kasoo baxay shirkii amniga Qaranka ee Baydhabo iyo diyaar garowga shirka Madasha Iskaashiga Soomaaliyeed (Somali partnership forum) ee dhawaan ka dhacaya magaalada Brussels ee dalka Belgium. Wasiir-u-dowlaha xafiiska Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Cabdullaahi Xaamud Maxamed oo ka warbixiyay kulanka ayaa sheegay in ujeedada ugu weyn ee shirka ay aheyd dabagalka iyo dhaqan gelinta qodobadii kasoo baxay Shirkii amniga qaranka Baydhabo lagu qabtay horraantii bishii Juun ee sanadkaan inii uu socdayna la isla gartay in dhammaan hey’adaha iyo wasaaradaha ku shaqada leh in ay guda galaan dhaqan gelinta waxyaabihii lagu heshiiyay. Shirkii amniga Qaranka ee Baydhabo qodobadii kasoo baxay waxaa kamid ahaa in sannadka 2020 dalka ay ka dhacdo doorasho cod iyo qof ah, waxaana intii uu socday Tubta siyaasadda loo dhanyahay uu Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre faray guddiga madaxa bannaan ee doorashooyinka Qaranka in ay si huffan uga shaqeeyaan dhaqan gelinta doorashada, dhawaanna ay ummadda Soomaaliyeed usoo ban-dhigaan hannaanka loo wajahayo doorashada si awoodda dalka loogu celiyo shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Ugu dambeyn, Kulanka Tubta Siyaasadda loo dhan-yahay ayaa sidoo kale looga hadlay u diyaar garwoga shirka Madasha Iskaashiga Soomaaliyeed ee ka dhacaya magaalada Brussels ee dalka Belgium kaas oo ay ka qeyb gelayaan wafdi uu hogaaminayo Madaxweynaha Somalia Maxamed C/llaahi Maxamed (Farmaajo). PUNTLAND POST The post Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre oo shir-guddoomiyay Kulanka Tubta Siyaasadda loo Dhan-yahay appeared first on Puntland Post.
  18. Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Jug culus ayaa goordhow laga maqlay magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimada Somalia, waxaana jugta daba socday rasaas goosgoos ah. Jugta oo inta badan laga wada maqlay degmooyinka Gobolka Banaadir ayaa la xaqiijiyay inay ka dhalatay Miino lagu aasay Isgooska Banaadir ee magaalada Muqdisho. Dad goobjoogayaal ah ayaa soo sheegaya in miinada ay qaraxday xili goobta ay aheyd mid aad u mashquul badan, waxaana ka dhashay khasaaro kala duwan. Goobjoogayaasha ayaa sheegaya in ilaa afar qof ay ku dhaawacmeen Qaraxa, kuwaa oo xiliga Qaraxa maraayay goobta lagu aasay oo aheyd dhinaca laamiga. Dadka ku dhaawacmay Qaraxa ayaa waxaa ku jiray arday dhiganeysay Jaamacad ku taalay Isgooska gaar ahaan wadada gasha Isbitaal Digfeer waxaana dhammaan dhaawacyada goobta ka qaaday ciidamada amaanka. Dad ku nafwaayay ayaa sidoo kale lasoo sheegayaa Qaraxa oo aad u xooganaa, wallow tirada ay tahay mid aan sugneyn. Goobta uu hadda ka dhacay Qaraxa ayaa marar kala duwan waxaa ka dhacay Qaraxyo kala duwan oo ka dhashay miinada nooca lagu xiro gaadiidka. Dhinaca kale, Qaraxaani ayaa noqonaaya kii afaraad oo ilaa saaka ka dhacay Muqdisho, waxaana xusid mudan in laba kamid ah Qaraxyada uu ka dhashay miino lagu xiray gawaari. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com
  19. Xulka BrazilXulka kubadda cagta dalka Brazil ayaa u soo baxay wareega siddeed dhammaadka (Quarter Finals) koobka adduunka ee sanadkan 2018-ka, kadib markii ay 2-0 ugu awood sheegteen xulka Mexico. Ciyaarta oo ahayd mid xiiso badan ayaa Brazil la timi goolasha qeybtii danbe ee ciyaarta, waxaana u kala dhaliyay daqiiqadihii 51-aad iyo 88-aad Neymar iyo Roberto Firmino. Xulka Brazil ayaa siddeed dhammaadka (Quarter Finals) la ciyaari doona midkoood xulalka Belgium iyo Japan oo caawa wada ciyaari doona. Brazil ayaa koobka adduunka horey u soo qaaday 5 jeer, oo ay ugu dambeysay sanadkii 2002, waxayna hadda kamid tahay xulalka loo saadaalin karo in ay ku guuleystaan koobkan. Koobka adduunka ee 2018 oo hadda ka socda dalka Russia ayaa ilaa hadda waxaa siddeed dhammaadka u soo baxay xulalka France, Uruguay, Russia, Croatia iyo Brazil. PUNTLAND POST The post Brazil oo u soo baxday siddeed dhammaadka koobka adduunka appeared first on Puntland Post.
  20. Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuummadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Cali Khayre ayaa shir-gudoomiyay kulanka Tubta siyaasadda loo dhanyahay oo looga hadlayay dabagalka iyo dhaqan gelinta qodobbadii kasoo baxay shirkii amniga Qaranka ee Baydhabo iyo diyaar garowga shirka Madasha Iskaashiga Soomaaliyeed (Somali partnership forum) ee dhawaan ka dhacaya magaalada Brussels ee dalka Belgium. Wasiiru dawlaha xafiiska Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Cabdullaahi Xaamud Maxamed oo ka warbixiyay kulanka ayaa sheegay in ujeedada ugu weyn ee shirka ay aheyd dabagalka iyo dhaqan gelinta qodobadii kasoo baxay Shirkii amniga qaranka Baydhabo lagu qabtay horraantii bishii Juun ee sanadkaan inii uu socdayna la isla gartay in dhammaan hey’adaha iyo wasaaradaha ku shaqada leh in ay guda galaan dhaqan gelinta waxyaabihii lagu heshiiyay. shirkii amniga Qaranka ee Baydhabo qodobadii kasoo baxay waxaa kamid ahaa in sannadka 2020 dalka ay ka dhacdo doorasho cod iyo qof ah, waxaana intii uu socday Tubta siyaasadda loo dhanyahay uu Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre faray guddiga madaxa bannaan ee doorashooyinka Qaranka in ay si huffan uga shaqeeyaan dhaqan gelinta doorashada, dhawaanna ay ummadda Soomaaliyeed usoo ban-dhigaan hannaanka loo wajahayo doorashada si awoodda dalka loogu celiyo shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Kulanka Tubta siyaasadda loo dhanyahay ayaa sidoo kale looga hadlay u diyaar garwoga shirka Madasha Iskaashiga Soomaaliyeed ee ka dhacaya magaalada Brussels ee dalka Belgium kaas oo ay ka qeyb gelayaan wafdi uu hogaaminayo Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed Cabdullaahi Maxamed (Farmaajo) —-DHAMMAAD—
  21. Brazil advanced to the World Cup quarter finals after a Neymar-inspired victory over a plucky Mexican side. Mexico were the dominant team in the first half, with their winger Hirving Lozano one of the breakout talents of the tournament. Source: Hiiraan Online
  22. Qatar Charity’s (QC) office in Somalia, in co-operation with the Benadir Regional Administration opened a dispensary in Wadjer, an impoverished neighbourhood in Mogadishu. Nearly 93,000 needy people are expected to benefit from the health services. Most residents of the area are poor and suffer from the lack of basic health services, as they are not able to afford the costs of private hospitals, QC said in a statement. The 300sq m dispensary is expected to provide the required health services, mostly for children, women and elderly. The opening ceremony was attended by a number of Somali ministers and local figures, including Abdurahman Yarisow, governor and mayor of Mogadishu, who lauded the Qatari donations that contribute to helping the needy. The ceremony was also attended by Osman Mohamed Abdi, deputy minister of ports and marine resources, who noted the importance of the development and relief projects implemented by QC for the benefit of the Somali people. In February, QC’s office in Somalia handed over three ambulances to hospitals in Mogadishu to support the country’s health services. The ambulance donation came at a time when many hospitals in Somalia were suffering from a severe shortage in the patient transport services, especially for urgent cases, as many vehicles were not designed to provide first aid, which had maximised the risk to the lives of many patients. In March, QC interacted with the operation of mobile health clinics in Somalia, especially in the southern provinces, which are still ongoing in the field. Medical convoys provide primary health services to the displaced and the poor, especially mothers and children under the age of five. So far, around 27,300 people have benefited from this project. At the end of last year, QC’s office in Somalia handed over medicines and medical supplies to the Mogadishu City Hospital as part of the emergency relief project for the victims of the bombing to minimise the serious impact of the accident. As Somalia was facing a worsening humanitarian situation at the beginning of 2017, due to the drought, which caused an increase in the number of displaced persons from 1.1mn to 2.1mn in a few months, QC launched a relief intervention for the displaced in the camps. The number of beneficiaries reached more than 27,975 persons in six provinces of Somalia through the operation of 15 medical convoys. Source: – Gulf Times
  23. Kenyan police on Sunday sought help from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) for the arrest of three suspected drug barons who are believed to have sneaked out of the country in June. Coast Regional Police Commander Noah Mwivanda said the trio suspected to be cocaine traffickers escaped from a neighboring country in mid June. Mwivanda told journalists in Mombasa that they have sought the assistance of Interpol to arrest and bring the three to Kenya for face the rule of law. “The three suspects have been classified. They may run today but will not escape forever. This is a business that we are committed to ending,” he warned. Mwivanda said the three are suspected to have sneaked into one of the neighboring countries. He added that the suspected drug barons, believed to be trading in cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs, hail from Mombasa. The East African nation has lately sustained a crackdown on drug trafficking activities since the January 2017 extradition of the notorious Akasha brothers — Baktash and Ibrahim — to the United States where they are facing charges alongside Vicky Goswami (Indian) and Hussein Gulam (Pakistani). Anti-narcotics police officers say most of the drug traffickers have also been avoiding airports for roads, which are poorly manned to traffic the drugs. Most of the narcotics that are seized are cocaine and heroin. Statistics show police at the airport seized drugs valued more than 10 million U.S. dollars every year alone. Most of those arrested were passengers who were on transit. President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed an immediate crackdown on drugs, dealers and their dens at the Coast. Surce:- Xinhua
  24. Ten Somali students were arrested inTurkey’s southern Mersin province over alleged links to the Fethullahist Terror Organisation (FETO), the group suspected to be behind the coup attempt in 2016, Garowe Online reported yesterday. The students were arrested alongside six others – three from Djibouti, two from Guinea and one from Syria – in a string of counter-terrorism raids executed by the Turkish authorities. Seven other suspects are still at large. The students were studying at Mersin University, but no other information is known about them. Some 41 other suspects, including on-duty Turkish soldiers ,were arrested over the same alleged links to FETO. The arrests come as the Kirikkale Public Prosector’s Office issued an arrest warrant for the soldiers. The counter-terrorism operation took place across 13 provinces, including Bursa, Sirnak and Kayseri. Turkish authorities believe FETO’s leader Fetullah Gulen directed the defeated coup in July 2016, where 251 people were killed and some 2,200 were injured. The Turkish government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the group of attempting to infiltrate government institutions, including the police, military and judiciary to overthrow the state. Last week, Erdogan won more than half the votes in Turkey’s presidential election. Source: – MEMO
  25. The Ambassador of the breakaway Somaliland in Uganda, Hemse Abdul said it’s high time, that the international community recognised Somaliland as an independent state to allow them deal with their problems effectively. “We need to strongly unite for the welfare of our nation, peaceful coexistence and defence in a united voice as one wherever we are in the world,” Abdul said. He praised what he called a flourishing relationship with Uganda that has allowed them settle in peacefully. Majority of Somalis from Somaliland living in Uganda are students studying from different institutions. Others are businessmen who have lived in Uganda for a long time including others who were born here. Somaliland, which is located in the horn of Africa; celebrates two independence days in a year – one in May and the other in June. They gained their independence from the British protectorate of North Ireland on June 26 1960 but were later amalgamated with neighbouring Somalia. However after the fall of long-time dictator Said Barre that saw Somalia plunge into a long civil war in 1991 Somaliland broke away and declared independence on May 18. “Due to various political and social issues the fruits of the reunion didn’t turn out positively, people of Somaliland suffered systematic discrimination, injustice, characterised with massive killings. We couldn’t continue with the marriage,” Hamse said. He adds that the position to dissolve the reunion and regain their independence, 27 years ago has seen unprecedented levels of improvement in peace and stability, private sector development, human rights infrastructure development among others. The ultimate objective for the past 27 years of the sparsely populated nation of four million people has been getting international recognition and Hemsi says it will remain so until they acquire it. Source: – The Observer