China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the official Xinhua news agency said. Citing the China National Space Administration, Xinhua said the satellite was launched at 5:28 a.m. (2128 GMT Sunday) on a Long March-4C rocket from the Xichang launch center in the southwest of the country. “The launch is a key step for China to realize its goal of being the first country to send a probe to soft-land on and rove the far side of the moon,” Xinhua quoted Zhang Lihua, manager of the relay satellite project, as saying. It said the satellite, known as Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, will settle in an orbit about 455,000 km (282,555 miles) from earth and will be the world’s first communication satellite operating there. China aims to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space power by 2030. It is planning to launch construction of its own manned space station next year. However, while China has insisted its ambitions are purely peaceful, the U.S. Defense Department has accused it of pursuing activities aimed at preventing other nations from using space-based assets during a Source: – Reuters

Each morning, fishermen in the northern Somali port city of Bosaso pull in their catch of tuna, marlin, and more. The waters off northern Somalia are some of the richest in Africa. As businessmen and women on the beach haggle over the shining piles of fresh fish, the daily catch looks like a rich haul. But all is not well here for local fishermen. Many of them complain about larger, foreign boats that enter Somali waters, outfishing the locals. “Now there is illegal fishing, fish stealing, and so on,” explains boat captain Mohammed Elias Abdiqadir. He said such foreign fishing boats come from Iran, while others in Bosaso accused Yemenis of fishing in Somali waters. “We don’t have a powerful government who can stop these illegal fishermen who are creating problems,” said Abdiqadir. Foreign boats in Somali waters have been a problem for years. Some of them operate with no license at all. Others buy permits from Somali authorities, though at times under questionable circumstances. From protectors to pirates. Women slice fresh fish in thin strips to dry for eventual sale as part of a Food and Agriculture Organization program to boost Somalia’s fishing industry, in late March 2018. (J. Patinkin/VOA) A decade ago, Somali fishermen took up arms against the foreign boats, hoping to retake their waters from outsiders, but some of the Somali vigilantes then became pirates, hijacking commercial vessels plying the waters off the Horn of Africa. At one point, pirate gangs were seizing more than 40 vessels per year and holding hundreds of sailors hostage for ransom. An international naval effort has mostly stamped out the pirate menace, and Somalia has started to build fledgling local navies, including the Puntland Maritime Police Force, which patrols the waters off Bosaso. But neither has managed to rid the area of foreign boats. Abdiqani says part of the problem is that the foreign vessels are larger and have better technology than the local crafts, which are mostly small, fiberglass skiffs. “They fish in the deep ocean, and they have long nets and better tools than us,” he said. Until the foreign boats are completely gone, many experts say the threat of a return of piracy will remain, as out-of-work young men seek economic opportunities in criminality. Last year, for instance, pirates launched a string of attacks on commercial vessels off Puntland’s long coastline. Puntland Maritime Police Force on patrol off the coast of Bossaso in northern Somalia in late March, 2018. The PMPF has been tasked with fighting piracy, illegal fishing, and other criminal activity. (J. Patinkin/VOA) Somalia’s fledgling fish industry But the challenges for Somalia’s fishing industry do not only lie offshore. Fishermen use old fishing technology. Bosaso’s port needs more modern facilities to prepare fish in a sanitary environment to export. And there’s yet to be a strong supply chain for exporting Somali fish abroad. But a new program by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization hopes to give these parts of Somalia’s fledgling fishing industry a boost. On the outskirts of Bosaso, women have been trained to process fish meat into a dried fish product to be sold in inland Somalia. The women, dressed in bright yellow aprons, work on sanitary tables, where they butcher fresh fish steaks and slice them into fine strips to dry. Despite attracting flies, the bright sun naturally cures and disinfects the flesh. All the fish the women process have been caught by local youth, who themselves were trained by the FAO in deep-sea fishing techniques, and given larger, better-equipped boats that can reach the most profitable species. The women receive payment, and also get to take home fresh fish each day to feed their families. They also can stay near home to work, instead of searching for employment in the center of Bosaso town. Bossaso port, the economic hub of northern Somalia, in late March 2018. (J. Patinkin/VOA) “This job works for me fine, because my home is here,” explains Daawo Sheikh Mahamoud, who recently started working at the fish processing station. “Before, my kids were neglected and neighbors used to care for them for me, but now I can take care of them while doing the work in the morning.” Michael Savins, an Australian fisheries and boatbuilding expert who designed the program, says it employs more than 100 people, including fishermen at sea and processors on land. He hopes the number will increase to 500 by the end of this year. The idea, he explains, is to employ local Somalis throughout the entire value chain, and eventually start selling Somali fish internationally. “There would be nothing better than the youth from the community catching the fish with good handling and good quality and so forth on board, and landing those fish back into their community for processing,” Savins explained. “Then we’d have a really good benefit, a real holistic approach, for each community, self sustained you might say, with capture, processing, and marketing.” While Somalia struggles to take control of its waters, programs like this one could help keep Somali youth from going back to piracy. A fisherman comes in with his boat to Bossaso’s fishing beach in northern Somalia in late March 2018. (J. Patinkin/VOA)

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Maleeshiyaadka al-Shabaab ayaa shaaciyay inay toogasho ku dileen Sarkaal ka tirsanaa Xafiiska Ra’isul wasaaraha Xukuumada Somalia. Maleeshiyada al-Shabaab ayaa sheegtay in Sarkaalkaasi ay habbeenimadii xalay ku dileen Xaafadda Taleex ee Degmada Hodon. Maleeshiyada ayaa tilmaantay in Sarkaalkaasi uu howlo muhiima ka hayay Xafiiska Ra’isul wasaare Xasan Cali Kheyre, hayeeshee ay khaarijiyeen, sida ay hadalka u dhigeen. Al-shabaab ayaa magaca Sarkaalkan ay dileen ku sheegay Aweys Cabdi Cumar oo ay sheegen in uu ka mid ahaa Xafiiska Ra’isalwasaare Xasan Cali Kheyre. Bogga ay al-Shabaab ku qoraan wararka ayaa lagu baahiyay in Kooxda dilka ka geysata xaafadda Taleex ee Degmada Hodon ay isaga baxsadeen goobta kaddib dilkaas. Dhinaca kale al-Shabaab waxaa ay sheegatay weerar ay ku sheegeen in xalay uu ka dhacay degaanka Ceelasha Biyaha ee Gobolka Shabeellaha hoose. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Each morning, fishermen in the northern Somali port city of Bosaso pull in their catch of tuna, marlin, and more. Source: Hiiraan Online

Afgooye (Caasimada Online)-Wareegto kasoo baxday Xafiiska Hogaamiyaha maamulka Koonfur Galbeed ee Somalia Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan ayaa waxaa lagu magacaabay Gudoomiyaha cusub ee gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose. Wareegtada magacaabista oo soo baxday shalay oo Taariikhdu ay ku beegneyd 20-ka May 2018-ka ayaa waxaa Guddoomiyaha cusub ee gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose loogu magacaabay Maxamed Ibraahim Barre. Hogaamiye Shariif Xasan ayaa sheegay in magacaabistan ay timid kadib markii uu dhageystay talo soo jeedinta Wasiirka arrimaha gudaha iyo dowladaha hoose ee maamulka Koonfur Galbeed. Sheekh Shariif ayaa sidoo kale Guddoomiyihii hore ee gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose Ibraahim Aadan Cali (Najax) oo laga qaaday xilka u magacaabay Wasiiru Dowlaha Madaxtooyada maamulka Koonfur Galbeed Soomaaliya.

China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the official Xinhua news agency said. Source: Hiiraan Online

Nairobi (Caasimada Online) – Hoggaamiyaha kooxda Al-Shabaa, Axmed Cumar oo loo yaqaan Abu Cubeydah ayaa aad u xanuunsanaya, taasi oo kooxda ka dhex dhalisay loolan ku saabsan cidda qabaneysa hoggaanka. Sida ay sheegeen ilo-sirdoon oo lagu kalsoon yahay, Abu Cubeydah oo hoggaanka kooxan qabtay 2014, ayaa hadda sariir saaran oo tacbaan ah, inkasta oo ay jirto in kooxda ay shalay baahisay cod la sheegay inuu soo duubay, oo aan la ogeyn waqtiga dhab ahaan loo duubay. Inkasta oo wararka qaara y sheegaya in si xun loogu dhaawacay weerar qorsheysan, ayaa haddana ilo lagu kalsoon yahay ay xaqiijinayaan in uu ka xannuunsan yahay kilyaha. Abu Cubeydah oo markii hore ka jiranaa hal killi, ayaa hadda la sheegayaa in laba killi ay aad uga liitaan, uuna la xarbinayo noloshiisa. Ilo-wareedyada ayaa sheegaya in Abu Cubeydah uu xanuunsanaa lixdii bilood ee ugu dambeysay, balse kooxda ay aad ugu dadaaleyso inay muujiyaan inuu wax dhibaato ah qabin. Lama yaqaan halka uu Axmed Cumar hadda ku sugan yahay. Wararka qaar ayaa sheegaya inuun joogo degmada Jilib, halka kuwa kale ay ku warramayaan inuu gobolka Gedo ku dhex dhuumanayo. Kooxda al-Shabaab ayaa lagu warramay in qarash badan uu uga baxayo dawada hoggaamiyahooda, taasi oo kooxda wiiqday awood ahaan inay fuliso howlgallo badan billihii ugu dambeeyey xilli ay dhaqaale ahaan liidato. Ilo-wareedyada ayaa sheegay in xaaladdiisa ay aad u liidato, ayna mareyso heer ay ku xigeenadiisa iyo golaha shuurada kooxda ka doodaan cidda beddeli doonta, taasina ay hoggaamisay muran xooggan iyo loolan adag. Waxaa dhowaan idiin soo gudbin doonaa Insha Allah, magacyada saddexda nin ee isku haysata hoggaanka kooxda. Warbixintan waxaa dabaacday hay’adda Terrorism Monitor Caasimada Online Xafiiska Naiorobi Caasimada@live.com

Gaarisa (Caasimadda Online) – Wargeyska The Istandard ee kasoo baxa wadanka Kenya ayaa sheegay in mid ka mid ah saraakiisha booliska wadankaas uu istoogtay kadib markii ay Dowladu ka diiday codsiyo dhowr ah oo ku aadanaa in laga wareegiyo gobolka Gaarisa oo kamid ah dhulka NFD ee ay Kenya ka taliso. Wargeyska ayaa sheegay in sarkaalka istoogtay uu muddo 3 sano ah ka shaqaynayay gobolka NFD, kadibna uu ka codsaday dowlada Kenya in loo wareejiyo gobol aanan Gaarisa ahayn, balse dowlada ayaa codsigiisii diiday, waxaana mar kale lagu soo qoray inuu ka hawgalo saldhig boolis oo ku yaalla Magaalada Ijaara ee isla Gaarisa, saldhigaas oo hada kahor ay Al-Shabaab weerar ku qaadeen. Sarkaalka Booliska ah oo ka naxay shaqada cusub ee lagu soo qoray ayuu wargeysku sheegay inuu xabad afka iskaga dhuftay maalintii Talaadada ahayd ee lasoo dhaafay, isla goobtiina uu ku nafbaxay. Inta aanu isdilin ayuu Sarkaalka Kenyaatiga ah waxaa uu reebay warqad qoraal ah oo uu ku sheegayo inuu aad uga xumaaday in halkii uu ka sugaayay in laga wareejiyo gobolka Gaarisa ee ay weerarada Al-Shabaab ku batteen, taas badalkeeda loosoo wareejiyay saldhig muddo dhowr biloow kahor weerar lagu soo qaaday. Saraakiisha booliska Kenya ee gobolka NFD oo la hadlay saxaafada ayaa sheegay inay baaritaan ku sameynayaan sababaha keenay in sarkaalkani uu naftiisa dilo. Wargeyska The Istaandar ee qoray warbixinta ayaa sheegay in arintaan ay qayb ka tahay dhacdooyin dhowr ah oo xilliyadii dambe kusoo noq-noqonayay gobolka. Dhawaan ayay ahayd markii 12 katirsan milatariga wadanka Kenya ay ku dhinteen qarax culus oo lagula beegsaday duleedka Magaalada Dhoobleey, xilli ay ka yimaadeen dhanka deegaanka Libooyo ee gobolka NFD ayna kusoo wajahnaayeen gudaha Soomaaliya, waxaana dhimashadaan u dambeysey ay walaac iyo buuq badan ka dhalisay gudaha wadanka Kenya. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur oo ah Siyaasi ay siyaasadiisa ku dhisan tahay wax eedeyn ayaa siyaasadeeyey roobabkii iyo raxmaddii Alle ka timid ee habeen hore ka da’ay Magaalada Caasimadda ah ee Muqdisho. Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur ayaa dowladda ku eedeeyey inaysan lacagtii canshuurta aheyd ee laga qaaday dadka Muqdisho loogu adeegin, isagoo xusay inay Muqdisho u baahan tahay in Bulaacado biyaha qaado loo sameeyo. Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur ayaa hadalkaan ku sheegay qoraal uu soo dhigay Bartiisa Facebook oo u qornaa sidaan: Siyaasigaan oo inta badan ka fiiriyo tallaabooyinka dowladda dhanka Negative-ka ayaan ku fakarin inay Soomaaliya weli tahay wadan soo korayo isla markaasna aan awood u laheyn inuu sameysto Bulaacado, maadaama aysan dowladda heysan Dhaqaale ku filan isla markaasna ay ku tiirsan tahay kaalmada dowladaha Shisheeye. Waxaa xusid mudan in Wadamo Soomaaliya ka hormarsan ay marar badan ka dhaceen roobab iyo fatahaad qaado Guryo iyo Baabuur isla markaasna ay dowladda xakameyn weyso. Dalka Soomaaliya ayaa ku jiro dowladaha ugu awoodda yar adduunka, maadaama ay hadda kasoo kabaneyso dagaalo Sokeeye, Abaar iyo Khilaaf Siyaasadeed oo soo jiitamayey muddo aad u badan. Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa waxaa heysto culeys ka weyn arrintaan sida amniga iyo dadka oo u dhimanayo Gaajo. Sidoo kale dowladda ayaa ku mashquulsan sidii Al-Shabaab looga badbaadin lahaa Dhiigga Ummadda Soomaaliya. Nolosha Bulshada waxa ugu horreeyo ee haddana ugu muhiimsan ah ayaa ah in la helo amni, Soomaaliyana weli ma aysan helin amni buuxda oo la isku haleyn karo. Halkii ay aheyd inuu Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur u tacsiyeeyo dadka Dhibaatada ku dhacday isla markaasna uu ku baaqo in wax loo qabto ayuu bilaabay inuu uga faa’ideysto loolankiisa siyaasadeed ee ka dhanka ah dowladda Soomaaliya taasoo ay dad badan ku tilmaameyn inay tahay tallaabo aan laga fiirsan. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Naiorobi Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Shiikh Xasan Daahir aweys oo hore u ahaan jiray hoggaamiyihii xisbul Islaam ayaa ka hadlay fikirka uu ka qabo dadka labada Baasaboor leh. Shiikh Xasan Daahir oo hadda Xabsi guri ugu jiro dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa markii ugu horeysay barnaamij yar kasoo duubay dadka Soomaaliyeed ee labada Baasaboor leh. Shiikh Xasan ayaa si gaar ah usoo qaatay Amiino Muuse Wehliye oo uu sheegay inay Assey u qaaday dalka Soomaaliya iyo sidii nabadgalyo iyo dowlad looga heli lahaa. Farriin cod ah oo uu soo diray ayuu Sheekh Xasan Aweys ayuu ku sheegay in qofka labada baasaboor leh ee u dhaartay maslaxadda dalal kale inay fulin karaan oo kaliya maslaxadda dalalka ay dhaarteen. Waa farriintii labaad oo uu Xasan Daahir aweys soo duubo muddo hal bil gudahood, wuxuuna farriintii middaan ka horeysay kaga hadlay Xarakada Al-Shabaab. Haddaba halkaan hoose ka dhageyso hadalka kasoo yeeray Xasan Daahir. https://www.caasimada.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pmLqXREP7t2z.128.mp3

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Madaxweynaha dalka Kenya Uhurro Kenyaatta ayaa lagu wadaa inuu magacaabo Guddi ka shaqeyn doona sida ciidamadiisa looga saari lahaa dalka Somalia. Guddiga uu magacaabi doono Madaxweyne Kenyatta ayaa ka koobnaan doona Khubaro ciidan iyo caawiyayaal laga soo dhex xuli doono aqalka looga arrimiyo dalkaas. Khubarada dhanka ciidan ee qeybta ka noqon doona Guddiga ayaa waxaa ka dhex muuqan doona Saraakiil iminka qeyb ka ah Taliska AMISOM qeybtiisa Somalia. Madaxweyne Uhurro Kenyatta ayaa sheegay inay aqbali doonaan talaabo waliba oo laga maarmi waayo, waxa uuna carab ***** inay ixtiraami doonaan go’aan kasoo baxay Golaha Amaanka QM ee soo saaray xiliga ciidamada Kenya laga saarayo Somalia. Qaramadda Midoobey ayaa shaacisay in Ciidamada dowladda Kenya ee ku sugan Koonfurta Soomaaliya in ay dalkooda dib ugu laaban doonaan,islamarkaana arintaasi ay qeyb ka tahay qorshaha dhimista Ciidamada Midowga Afrika ee ka howlgalla Gudaha Soomaaliya. Ciidamada Difaaca Kenya (KDF) ayaa qorsheynaya in ay ka baxaan Soomaaliya muddo laba sano ah ka dib sida ku cad wakhtiyada ay soo diyaarisay Golaha Ammaanka ee Qaramada Midoobay. Sida laga soo xigtay Qaraarkii Golaha Ammaanka ee Qaramada Midoobay ee 2372 (2017), ciidamada Kenya ayaa Soomaaliya ka baxaya bisha Disembar 2020-ka. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Taliyaha Guud ee ciidamada Kenya ayaa sheegay in lagu wargeliyay in laba sano gudahood ay kaga baxaan Gudaha Soomaaliya, islamarkaana ay dalkooda iyo Xuduudooda ay dib ugu laabtaan. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Wasiirka Amniga Gudaha Somalia, Maxamad Ducaale Isloow, ayaa ku baaqay in ciidamada Xasilinta Muqdisho ay si wanaagsan ula dhaqmaan dadka shacabka ah. Wasiir Ducaale, waxa uu sheegay inay jiraan shaqsiyaad doonaaya inay ku dheelan sumcada ciidamada iyo shacabka ee wada shaqeynta ka dhexeyso, hase ahaatee waxa uu ku baaqay in ciidamada ay mar waliba sii wanaajiyaan la dhaqanka shacabka. ‘’Ciidamadu waa inay ogaadan wanaaga shacabka Askarigu ma shaqeynkaro haddii uusan ku dhex nooleyn shacab wanaagsan’’ Wasiir Ducaale, waxa uu tilmaamay in xiliyada qaar ay dhacdo in ciidamada ay si xun ula dhaqmaan dadka shacabka ah, hase ahaatee ay diyaar u yihiin inay la xisaabtamaan askari waliba oo fal danbiyeed geysta. Wasiir Ducaale, waxa uu sheegay in dhibaato waliba oo ay geystaan ciidamada ay kula xisaabtami doonaan Taliyayaasha iyo Saraakiisha maamusha ciidamada falka geysta. ‘’Sharciga ayaa ka sareeya cid waliba dhacdo waliba oo uu geysto askari waxa uu u mari doonaa sharciga, waxaana kala xisaabtami doonaa Saraakiisha nooga mas’uulka ah’’ Sidoo kale, Wasiir Ducaale, ayaa dadka shacabka ah ka codsaday inay la shaqeeyan ciidamada amaanka si looga hortago dhibaatooyinka ay maleegayaan maleeshiyaadka al-Shabaab. Haddalka Wasiir Ducaale, ayaa kusoo beegmaaya xili magaalada Muqdisho ay ka jiraan cabsiyo ku aadan in maleeshiyaadka al-Shabaab ay geystaan weeraro ay ku daadinayaan dhiiga dadka sooman ee ku jira maalmaha cibaadada. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Hargeysa(Caasimada Online) – Guddoomiyaha xisbiga mucaaradka ah ee Somaliland ee Waddani Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi (Cirro), ayaa shaaca ka qaaday inuu fashil kusii si qaayo Hogaamiyaha Somaliland Muuse Biixi. Cirro, ayaa sheegay in Muuse Biixi uu saaxada Somaliland lasoo galay colaad abuur waxa uuna ku baaqay inuu ka fiirsado talaabooyinka uu qaadayo. Guddoomiye Cirro, waxa uu tilmaamay in waayadaani ay la fajacsanaayen go’aanka uu maamulka talada hayo ilaha dhaqaale ugu gacan galiyay Dowlada Imaaraadka, iyadoo taa ay iminka usii raacday in dhalinyarada dhiigooda lagu daadiyo dagaal. Maamulka uu horboodayo Muuse Biixi ayuu sheegay inaanu laheyn muuqaal dhameysankara mudada uga harsan wakhtiga, sababo la xiriira ad adeeg iyo in culeysyo aan horay u jirin lasaaro shacabka oo marba mid la dhigaayo Jeelka. “Anigu waxa muuqda un’baan sheegayaa waxaan oran lahaa Biixi haka shaqeeyo danaha guud, Somaliland uma baahna colaad iyo in ilaha dhaqaale la hoos geeyo dalal shisheeye” Guddoomiyaha xisbiga mucaaradka ah ee Somaliland ee Waddani Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi (Cirro), waxa uu sheegay inuu aad uga xun yahay inaanu arag latashiyada maamulka Muuse Biixi, waxa uuna cadeeyay in xiligan Somaliland ay u baahan tahay keliya in masiirka lagala tashto waxgaradka. Sidoo kale, Cirro ayaa ku taliyay in maamulka Muuse Biixi uu la imaado isbedel dhanka habdhaqanka ah, waxa uuna carab ***** inaanu awood lagu maamuli Karin Somaliland. Haddalka Guddoomiyaha xisbiga mucaaradka ah ee Somaliland ee Waddani Cabdiraxmaan Cirro, ayaa kusoo beegmaaya iyadoo maamulka Somaliland uu dagaal kula jiro maamulka Puntland, halka waxgaradka deegaanada Somaliland loo xiro xoriyatul qoolka. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Hargeysa Caasimada@live.com

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Isse Awad, has said that there is no ongoing negotiation with Kenya over the maritime boundary dispute. Source: Hiiraan Online

AWDAL — At least 22 people have been killed, and others are still missing after heavy rains from tropical cyclone hit the Horn of Africa. At least 15 were killed in Awdal region in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, according to regional governor Abdirahman Ahmed Ali, while another person was killed in the town of Berbera in Sahil region. Ali said the report is still preliminary and the death toll could rise as they try to reach remote areas of the region affected by the rains. Most of the victims are believed to be swept away by the flash floods, residents said. Residents in Baki town of Awdal region say they recorded four deaths, three of them swept away by floods while the fourth person died after a house collapsed. Mohamed Aw Ahmed Ateye is the head of the district council in Baki town. “There is a huge loss of lives and destruction of properties,” he told VOA Somali. Ateye reported the collapse of 41 homes in the town, while another 30 homes were destroyed in Harirad town. He also said 140 farms were destroyed. “The floods destroyed the crop, farm equipment and bridges were swept away after 17 hours of rains,” he said. In Mogadishu, officials confirmed the death of at least six people and more than 300 homes are underwater in the capital. According to United Nations, heavy rains continue to fall across Somalia and the Ethiopian highlands. It says 772,500 people have been affected by flooding in Somalia with more than 229,000 displaced. Hashim Omar Goth contributed to this report from Awdal.

Wararka laga helayo Aaga Tukaraq oo ay isku horfadhiyaan ciidamada Somaliland iyo Puntland oo maalmo ka hor halkaas dagaal culus ku dhexmarey ayaa sheegaya galinkii dambe ee maanta cutub ka tirsan ciidamada Puntland inay ku qabteen gaari booyad ah iyo saddex askari oo ka tirsan ciidanka Somailand. Qaar ka mid ah saraakiisha ciidanka Puntland oo telefonka kula hadlay Warbaahinta PUNTLAND POST ayaa sheegay inay qeyb ka mid ah ciidamadoodu gacanta ku dhigeen baabuur nooca biyaha lagu dhaansado iyo askartii la socdey. Qabashada maxaabiistan iyo gaariga ay la socdeen ayaa timid ka gadaal markey si khalad ah uga soo dul dhaceen mid ka mid ah fariisimaha ciidanka Puntland ka samaystay agagaarka tuuladda Tukaraq ee gobolka Sool. Dhinaca kale ma jiro war kasoo baxay saraakiisha ciidanka Somaliland wallow aysan ahayn markii ugu horeysay oo ciidanka Puntland qabto gadiid ay leeyihiin ciidamada Somaliland ee ku sugan aaga Tukaraq. Jawiga Tukoraq ayaa u muuqda mid ku jira xaalad dagaal oo xilli kasta la filan karo dagaal labaad oo ka dhex qarxa labada ciidan ee isku horfadhiya. Aaga Tukaraq PUNTLAND POST The post Tukaraq: Puntland oo qabatay gaari iyo askar ka tirsan Somaliland appeared first on Puntland Post.

FILE – A screengrab of a Al-Shabaab produced video shows leader Ahmed Umar, who is also known as Abu Ubaidah or Ahmed Diriye The secretive head of al-Shabaab is reportedly critically ill, giving rise to speculation that the Somali Islamist group is re-organizing itself ahead of his possible demise. Ahmed Umar has been emir of the al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa for nearly four years, but now reportedly bedridden for more than six months, the installation of a new leader could be imminent (Daily Nation, April 20; Tuko, April 23). Splits Within the Shura Details of Umar’s ailment are scarce. While it is possible he was badly injured in an attack, a Mogadishu-based source familiar with the militant group’s activities told the Terrorism Monitorthat Umar is suffering from a serious kidney problem that affected first one and now both kidneys, and has left him fighting for his life. Umar’s current location is unclear, but some reports say he is in the town of Jilib, in southern Somalia, where al-Shabaab maintains a stronghold. Others indicate the ailing leader may have fled to an undisclosed hideout in Gedo region, near the Kenyan border, following intensified bombardment by international forces (Daily Nation, December 14, 2017; Mareeg, December 7, 2017). Since the advent of Umar’s illness, the group has acted to save its leader’s life, paying doctors and providing costly treatments that are depleting the group’s financial resources. A consequence of this has been a failure to release funds to pay its fighters at battlefronts in parts of southern Somalia (Tuko, April 23).Umar’s condition is allegedly causing concern among the group’s top leadership, at a time when al-Shabaab is pinned down by troops with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Sources say the situation is so critical that Umar’s deputies in the Shura, al-Shabaab’s executive council, have been meeting to discuss his possible succession. That has led to heated exchanges, splitting the council into different factions (Tuko, April 23). At the moment, the Shura, which has a mandate to make important decisions regarding targets, finances and the group’s ideological direction, is composed of eight members, among them Umar’s deputies Mahan Karate, who heads the Amniyat, al-Shabaab’s intelligence wing, Maalim Osman, the infantry commander, and Ali Dheere, the group’s spokesman. It is believed the three do not see eye to eye on the matter of succession. The deputies are concerned that a leadership vacuum would result in reduced operational capacity and the further loss of territory. Under Umar, the group has lost key areas and strategic towns in southern Somalia, which are crucial to revenue collection, recruitment and arms replenishment. It has also faced a split, with key leaders defecting to the government (The Star, July 1, 2017). Controversial Rise to Power A ruthless hardliner, Umar—who is also known as Abu Ubaidah or Ahmed Diriye—took over as al-Shabaab’s leader on September 6, 2014, replacing the former supreme leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike on September 1, 2014 (Daily Nation, September 5, 2014). Prior to this, Umar was a little-known cleric, an alleged member of the Amniyat, the secret intelligence group Godane formed to expose and eliminate dissident within the group. He was allegedly a close confidant of the late leader, who attempted to shape al-Shabaab into a regional jihadist group, and is believed to have participated in the bloody purge of dissenters ordered by Godane. FILE – The Emir of the Somalia-based Islamist group al Shabaab Ahmad Umar alias Abu Ubaidah aka Ahmed Diriye addresses the press in undated photo. Umar is believed to be in his mid-40s and was known to be a hardliner within the movement (WardheerNews, September 10, 2014). He was born in the Kalafe area of the Ogaden region before moving to southern Somalia, where he helped establish Islamic schools. He also served as al-Shabaab’s governor for the Bay and Bakool regions (Somali Current, September 6). His ascendancy to al-Shabaab leadership was controversial. The Shura’s decision to appoint him following Godane’s death had not been unanimous, and it was clear that some Shura members disliked him and considered him uneducated (Intelligence Brief, June 20, 2016). While analysts expected Umar to instigate a fresh wave of violence, an uncomfortable silence followed the weeks and months after his appointment. This sparked speculation that the poorly educated cleric lacked the leadership skills to re-energize al-Shabaab (Sabahi, October 31, 2014). However, after nearly four years at the helm, his death would leave the militant group in a precarious situation with no obvious successor. Possible candidates include Mahad Karate, who the Shura by-passed when they picked Umar in 2014, Ali Mohammud Rage, alias Ali Dheere, and Hussein Ali Fiidow. Possible Successors Karate (a.k.a. Abdirahman Warsame) is al-Shabaab’s deputy leader and continues to play a key role within the Amniyat. Like Umar, he is believed to be in his 40s. He hails from the Eyr sub-clan of the Habar Girir, an influential clan that was the backbone of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), from which al-Shabaab splintered. The U.S government designated Karate a terrorist in 2015 and put a $5 million bounty on his head. He allegedly played a key role in the 2015 Garissa University attack, in which 148 students were killed (The Standard, November 11, 2015). In 2016, Karate, whose name is spelled variously as Mahad Mohammed Karatey or Mahat Karetey, was erroneously reported to have been killed in a strike by the Kenyan military (New Vision, February 18, 2016). Sources describe Karate as battle-hardened and a religious hardliner, factors that boost his chances. He also worked as a deputy to Godane and now Umar, and both leaders came to trust him. The other significant militant in the race is Rage, who is from the Mogadishu Clan Mursande clan and, like Karate, is a deputy emir for al-Shabaab. There was speculation that he too had been killed in a Kenyan–Somali commando operation in 2014 (Terror free Somalia, March 6, 2014). Months later, the rumors were disproved. Hussein Ali Fiidow, a deputy who oversees al-Shabaab’s governorates, is another possible successor. Fiidow is thought to be in charge of the group’s finance and administration. He is influential and a rival to Umar. With the high number of recent defections to the government, some al-Shabaab members suspect that Fiidow is plotting a coup against Umar (Daily Nation December 14, 2017). He is thought to have recently attempted to eliminate the leader, forcing Umar to flee with his supporters (Mareeg, December 7, 2017). An Opportunity to Strike With Umar potentially incapacitated, it appears a leadership change within al-Shabaab is likely. While the group faces significant challenges that constrain its operations, the loss of strategic territory, the death of its commanders through airstrikes, defections and reduced revenue sources, a change of leadership could revitalize what remains one of Africa’s deadliest militant groups. That may mean increased attacks in Somalia as any new leader seeks to prove himself, with attacks potentially spreading to other East African nations—a growing al-Shabaab presence already exists in Kenya’s Boni forest. However, a change in leadership will also open a window of opportunity for international forces, which may be able to capitalize on the period of confusion and division that a leadership change will inevitably bring.

NAIROBI, KENYA — Two months ago, Kote Adi fled Moyale, Ethiopia, after government soldiers there opened fire on civilians, killing at least nine. Kote and his pregnant wife found shelter in a tent in northeastern Kenya’s Dambala Fachana refugee camp, but weeks of heavy rain have displaced them again. “Our plastic shelters were flooded with water,” said Kote Adi, who is settling into a new tent site on higher ground. Hardship and uncertainty haunt him and thousands of others who’ve left Moyale, a market town straddling the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, and its surroundings in Ethiopia’s Oromia region for safety in Kenya. Some are staying with relatives and friends, or in makeshift camps scattered across the normally arid Marsabit County. Temporary security Roughly 3,350 of them, including Kote Adi, have found at least temporary security by registering with the United Nations as refugees at Dambala Fachana. Lacking most of their belongings and normal routines, vulnerable to food shortages and illness, they have no idea when they might be able to safely go home. Political and ethnic rifts keep them away. Ethiopia’s government blamed the March 10 civilian deaths on faulty intelligence, saying soldiers had been deployed to subdue militants from the nationalist Oromo Liberation Front. The Oromia region has been a hotbed of unrest, with ethnic Oromos long complaining of underrepresentation in government and lack of economic opportunities. Nearly three years of their mass anti-government protests led Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to step down in mid-February. With Oromia native Abdiya Ahmed Ali’s April 2 installation as prime minister, some of the displaced ethnic Oromos made their way home to Moyale. Some discovered their dwellings had been looted. “When I went back, the door was broken. … None of my stuff was there,” Abdiya Gelma told VOA in a phone interview, ticking off missing items including her bed, kitchen utensils and a rug. Now she and her child are staying with relatives. Military presence Returnees also found an intensified military presence, Abdiya Gelma and several others told VOA. She said she saw security troops beating a youth who displayed the Oromo Liberation Front’s red-and-green flag. Moyale remains tense after more rounds of violence. A grenade exploded at a bus station April 17, killing at least three people. Gunfire broke out May 6 between Oromo and Garre ethnic groups, provoked by the Ethiopian Somali Region’s paramilitary force firing on a local police station, a resident told the Addis Standard. That regional force is part of the federal Command Post that has implemented a national state of emergency since then-prime minister Desalegn’s resignation Feb. 15. The border town “is so volatile. Our neighbors who went back to Moyale are coming back again” to Dambala Fachana, refugee Kote Adi told VOA. Plastic tents sprout on bare ground at Dambala Fachana, intended as a temporary refugee camp in northern Kenya. With recent heavy rains, some refugees have been moved to higher ground. (D. Gelmo/VOA) Staying put for now He and Nagelle Kote are staying put in the camp for now, Kote Adi said. Nagelle is his second wife; his other wife and their seven children, along with his mother, remain in Yabelo, an Ethiopian city about 210 kilometers northwest of Moyale. “I wasn’t able to contact my family there because of road closures and [poor] phone connections,” Kote Adi said, adding that he and Nagelle escaped Moyale on foot. Now he and Nagelle have an infant daughter, Tiya. She’s among at least 20 newborns in the camp, her father said. More than 600 pregnant women were among the 9,700 asylum seekers arriving in northern Kenya from Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the U.N. Refugee Agency reported in mid-March. Kote Adi operated a cattle-trading business just outside Moyale; now he has become a day laborer. He earns 100 shillings a day, but spends up to 60 shillings on the round-trip travel to a construction site two hours away. “It is the only way I can help my wife,” Kote Adi said, explaining that the extra money goes toward supplementing the rice, maize, sugar and milk rations provided by aid organizations such as the UN, its World Food Program and the Kenya Red Cross. Heavy rains, flooding, mosquitoes Conditions have become more challenging with recent heavy rains, which give rise to flooding, more mosquitoes and higher risks of malaria and water-borne ailments. “The area we live in is [near] a forest infested with mosquitoes, where you hear lions roaring all night,” Kote Adi said. Ethiopian asylum seekers’ tents are seen at the Somare refugee camp on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border near the town of Moyale, Kenya, March 27, 2018. He estimated his was among 31 households affected by flooding. Yvonne Ndege, a U.N. Refugee Agency spokeswoman, did not give VOA a number but said in an email that heavy rains affected “few refugee families” among the nearly 1,400 households registered with the camp. All were transferred to higher ground. Ndege added that relief workers were taking “precautionary measures to improve sanitation and hygiene.” Emergency funds have been “diverted from other refugee operations in Kenya” home to Dadaab and its five camps, another UNHCR spokeswoman, Rose Ogola, said an email to VOA. She said U.N. agencies, along with NGOs, were assessing humanitarian needs, developing a budget and would seek donations. These would support an estimated 5,000 asylum seekers at Dambala Fachana and also the Somare camp near Moyale for six months. Other helping hands Meanwhile, local volunteers such as Abdiya Golicha, a Marsabit County resident, are trying to assist the displaced in and around Dambala Fachana. She has repeatedly visited the camp with donations. At first, “the kids didn’t even have shoes or clothing. We bought these for them,” Abdiya Golicha told VOA. She said local residents provided food and other basics until aid agencies could get set up. Volunteers also helped erect the plastic tents that shelter the displaced. “We received them respectfully, because we are one people,” Abdiya Golicha said. “We speak the same language, although we’re divided by a [national] border.” Abdiya Golicha, wearing pink, lives in northern Kenya’s Marsabit County and volunteers to help Ethiopian refugees at the Dambala Fachana camp. (D. Gelmo/VOA) VOA Horn of Africa Service’s Dawit Gelmo reported from Nairobi and from the Dambala Fachana refugee camp, with Sora Halake and Tigist Geme contributing from Washington. VOA Swahili Service’s Hubbah Abdi also contributed to this report. Source: VOA

Ra’iisul Wasaare Ku-xigeenka xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Mahdi Maxamed Guuleed (Khadar), ayaa maanta shir-gudoomiyay kulan ay Muqdisho ku yeesheen Guddiga Qaran ee Gurmadka Fatahaadaha iyo Beesha caalamka kaas oo looga hadlay sidii loo dar-dar gelin lahaa howlaha gurmadka ee lagu badbaadinayo dadka ay saameeyeen fatahaaduhu. Kulanka waxaa goob joog ka ahaa wasiirka arimaha gudaha oo xubin ka ah guddiga qaran ee gurmadka fatahaadaha, xubna ka socda Qaramada midoobay, safiirka Ingiriiska ee Soomaaliya, isku dubba Ridaha gargaarka Soomaaliya, ururada Caalamiga ah ee aan dowliga aheyn iyo masuuliyiin ka socota maamul Gobaleedyada. “Saaka waxaa noo qabsoomay shir heer sare ah oo ay isugu yimaadeen Guddiga Qaran ee Gurmadka Fatahaadaha, bulshada rayidka ah iyo Beesha caalamka. Waxaa looga hadlay sidii loo sii wadi halaa howlaha ay guddigu hayaan. Guul ayuu kusoo dhamaaday”, ayuu yiri Ra’iisul wasaare kuxigeenku. Shirka oo lagu soo bandhigay dhibaatooyinka ay fatahaaduhu geesteen iyo deegaannada ugu daran ee ay waxyeeleeyeen ayaa intii uu socday waxaa leesta gartay in ay muhiim tahay in la sameeyo qorsha looga hor tegayo soo noqnoqshada dhibaatooyinka nuucaan oo kale ah.

When news circulated on Tuesday that Marvel was going to bring a Pakistani-American 16-year-old girl, Kamala Khan (aka Ms Marvel), into its much-loved cinema universe, I was pleased on a number of counts. I was pleased for myself, to now have a reference for when people ask me how to spell my name, other than “like Genghis”. I was pleased for all my Pakistani actor friends who finally have parts to audition for that aren’t “wife of terrorist No 3” (a speaking part, no less, with three-dimensional lines saying something more than “I love Allah” or “shall I make dinner?”). Source: Hiiraan Online

AWDAL — At least 22 people have been killed, and others are still missing after heavy rains from tropical cyclone hit the Horn of Africa. Source: Hiiraan Online

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Wararka naga soo gaaraya deegaanada maamulka Puntland ayaa sheegaya in maamulka uu is hortaag ku sameeyay Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Maamulka Soomaaliland Ciise Axmed Yuusuf iyo Ciidamo uu watay. Maamulka Puntland ayaa Wasiirka iyo Ilaaladiisa u diiday inay galaan Magalada Badhan ee Gobolkaasi Sanaag, waxaana lasoo sheegayaa inay u dhigteen jid gooyooyin lama gudbaan ah. Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Maamulka Soomaaliland Ciise Axmed ee loo diiday inuu galo Magalada Badhan, ayaa maalmahaani ku sugnaa magaalada Hadaaftimo, halkaa oo uu kulamo kula qaadanaayay Saraakiisha iyo waxgaradka deegaanka. Ciidamada Puntland ayaa Wasiirka iyo Ilaaladiisa u diiday inay galaan Magalada Badhan, waxaana halkaa ka dhacay israsaaseyn muddo kooban soctay oo u dhexeysay ciidamada Puntland iyo Ilaalada Wasiirka gaashandhiga Somaliland. Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Maamulka Soomaaliland Ciise Axmed, ayaa deegaan ahaan kasoo jeeda Magalada Badhan oo loo diiday gali taankeeda. Sidoo kale, ciidamada Daraawiishta Puntland ayaa ku adkeysanaaya in uusan Magaaladaas geli Karin, Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Maamulka Soomaaliland Ciise Axmed. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Puntland ayaa ka cabsi qabta in Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Soomaaliland uu abaabul Dagaal ka sameeyo Magalada Badhan, waana sababta loogu diiday galitaanka magaalada. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Duqa Muqdisho ahna Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Banaadir Cabdiraxmaan Cumar Cusmaan (Eng. Yarisow) ayaa ka warbixiey xaaladda saameynta roobabkii xalay ilaa iyo maanta ka da’ayey caasimadda Muqdisho. Guddoomiye Yarisow ayaa sheegay in 6 qof ay ku geeriyoodeen isla markaasna 301 guri ay biyo galeen halka qaar kalana ay dumeen. Duqa Muqdisho oo war-saxaafadeed ku qabtay xafiiskiisa ayaa yiri “Roobabkii ka da’ayey caasimadda tan iyo xalay oo ahaa nimco rabbaani ah ayaa saameyn ku yeeshay naf iyo maalba. Maamulka Gobolka Banaadir ayaa tan iyo xalay waday gurmad oo dadkii saameynta ku yeelatay la geeyey goobo isla markaasna loo diyaariyey raashin iyo hoy.” Eng. Yarisow ayaa sheegay inuu warbixin xaalada ka siiyey Madaxweynaha JFS Mudane Maxamed Cabdullahi Maxamed, Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Mudane Xasan Cali Khayre, Wasiirka Amniga iyo Taliyeyaasha ciidanka Qaranka. Ka dibna Madaxda Qaranka ay fareen in gurmadka la labolaabo, iyadoo ciidamada loo diyaariyey inay kaalin ka qaataan gurmadka. Guddoomiye Yarisow ayaa sheegay in Maamulka G/Banaadir ay wadaan gurmad joogta ah sida biyaha oo laga dhuuqayo goobaha ay fariisteen, dadka loo diyaariyey hooy iyo raashin iyo in dhowaan la guda gali doono nadaafada caasimada si laamiyada burburay loo dayactiro. Ugu danbeyntii Guddoomiye Yarisow ayaa shacabka ugu mahadceliyey doorkooda ku aadan gurmadka kana codsaday in dadka tabaaleysan loo gurmado. PUNTLNAD POST The post Lix qof oo ku geeriyooday roobab mahiigaan ah oo ka da’ay Muqdisho appeared first on Puntland Post.

Beledweyne (Caasimadda Online) – Taliyaha Guutada 52–aad ee Ciidanka xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed, Janaraal. Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Tareedisho) ayaa sheegay inay dileen Malleeshiyaad badan oo ka tirsanaa nabad diidka Al-Shabaab. Jeneraal;Tareedisho oo u warramayay warbaahinta Qaranka Soomaaliyeed ayaa sidoo kale Sheegey inay howl-aggaladii ugu dambeeyay ee ay ka fuliyeen Gobolka Hiiraan ay ku dileen 168 xubnood oo ka tirsanaa Malleeshiyaadka argagixisada ee Al-Shabab degaanno badanna ay ka saareen. Weerarrada lagu baacsanayo Al-qaaciddada oo socda tan iyo Bishii Maarso ee Sanadkan oo ahaa kuwo qorshaysan ayaa waxaa lagaga fara maroojiyay Argagixisada degaanno badan oo ay ka mid yihiin, Mubaax, Ceel Cali Axmed, Yasooman iyo Tuulooyin kale. Waxaa sidoo kale halkaasi lagu gaarsiiyay nabad diidka Al-Shabaab qasaara xooggan, iyadoo dhammaan goobihii laga saaray laga furtay Hub iyo Gaadiid dagaal, iyadoo ay Ciidamada xoogguna ku raad joogaan firxadkooda. Jeneraal; Tareedisho ayaa sheegay inay Ciidamadu haatan niyad fiican u hayaan dagaalka ay kula jiraan kooxda Al-Shabaab maaddaama ay taakulayn buuxda ka haystaan Dowladda dhexe iyo Shacabka ku dhaqan degaannada ay imminka ku dhuumaalaystaan, Geed kasta iyo goob walba oo ay tagaanna ay uga daba tagi doonaan kana saari doonaan. Hadalka taliyaha marka lagasoo tago ayaa weli Al-Shabaab dhankooda kama hadlin warka kazoo baxay taliska ciidanka xoogga dalka Soomaaliya ee Gobolka Hiiraan. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Boorame (Caasimadda Onli9ne) – Guddoomiyaha gobolka Awdal Cabdiraxmaan Axmed Cali ayaa sheegay in ay dhinteen 15 ruux kaddib roobab wata dabley xooggan oo saacadihii ugu danbeeyay ka da’ay qeybo ka mid ah gobolka. Dadka dhintay ayuu sheegay guddoomiyaha in intooda badan ay ku sugnaayeen deegaannada Lughaya iyo Baki oo ka wada tirsan isla gobolka Awdal. Guddoomiyaha ayaa sidoo kale sheegay in ay jiraan deegaano kale oo ay ka da`een Roobabka xoogan weaxaana degmooyinkaas ka mid Lughaya iyo Baki. Waxaa kaloo jira sida guddoomiyuhu uu tilmaamay in dhibaato intaas ka badan ay geysteen oo daadadka ay burburiyeen guryo badan sidoo kalane ay ku dhinteen Xoolo badan. Waxaa soconaya gurmad ay wadaan Somaliland iyo hay’adaha caalamiga ah, iyadoo haatan la bilaabay in gargaar la gaarsiiyay dadweynaha khasaaruhu ka soo gaaray roobabka iyo daadadka. Roobabka ayaa sidoo kale laga soo sheegaya in ay wax yeelo ka geysteen deegaanno ka tirsan Puntland oo ay ku dileen dad iyo xoolaba. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com