Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Degmada Afgooye ee Gobolka Shabeelada Hoose ayaa noqotay meel ay ka jirto Xasarad u dhaxeyso Ciidamada Dowladda iyo Kuwa Al-Shabaab, waxaana Degmadaas iyo meelo u dhow dhow ka dhacay dagaalo iyo duqeymo kala duwan. Haddaba Wararka ay Caasimadda Online ka heleyso Magaalada Afgooye iyo meelaha u dhow dhow ayaa sheegayo inay halkaas Kooxda Al-Shabaab ay soo dhoobeen Ciidamo badan si ay uga hor tagaan duulaanka abaabulan ee uga soo socdo Ciidamada Dowladda iyo kuwa AMISOM/. Ciidamadan Shabaab ay soo dhoobeen duleedka Degmada Afgooye ee Gobolka Shabellaha hoose ayaa laga kala keenay Gobolada Galgaduud iyo Shabellaha hoose, sida Saraakiil ka tirsan Dowladda ay xaqiijiyeen kuwaas oo la hadlay Idaacadaha Muqdisho ku yaal. Ujeedka ay Al-Shabaab ka leeyihiin arrintaan ayaa ah inay Culeys Militari saaraan Degmada Afgooye, maadaama halkaasi uu ka socdo dhaqdhaqaaq ciidan oo ay wadaan ciidamada dowladda oo lagu doonayo in Shabaab looga Saaro Gobolkaas. Ciidamo tiro badan oo Shabaab ka tirsan ayaa lagu arkay Beeraha ku yaal duleedka Afgooye, waxayna dadka beeraleeda ah u sheegayaan inaysan cabsanin ayna yihiin Ciidamo ka tirsan Al-Shabaab. Beeraleeda halkaas dagan ayaa dareemay Cabsi xoog leh, maadaama Diyaaradaha dagaalka ee Mareykanka ay maalmihii dambe xoojiyeen duqeymaha ay u geysanayaan Ciidamada Al-Shabaab. Ciidamada Shabaabka ayaa ku lugeynaayay qaab Evantari ah, gaadiidka dagaalka ayaa la sheegay inay uga soo tageen duleedyada fog ee Degmada Afgooye. Sidoo kale waxaa xusid mudan Shabaab in ciidamo badan ay soo dhigeen deegaanka Basra, si ay isaga caabiyaan dhaqdhaqaaqa ciidan ee ay wadaan ciidamada dowladda. Dowladda Somaliya ayaa ku dhawaaqday dagaal ka dhan ah Ururka Shabaab, balse sida muuqata dowladda wax horumar ah kama aysan sameyn dagaalada ka dhanka ah Shabaab. Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa iyadana wado qorsho xoog leh oo ay ku dooneyso inay Al-Shabaab kaga sifeyso Gobolka Shabeelada Hoose oo la aamisan yahay inay tahay halka ay Al-Shabaab kasoo abaabulaan Qaraxyada ay ka fuliyaan Magaalada Muqdisho. Diyaaradaha dagaalka ee Mareykanka ayaa seddex duqeyn ka geystay meelo aan sidaas uga fogeyn degmada Afgooye seddexdii maalin ee lasoo dhaafay, waxayna duqeymahaas noqdeen kuwa joogto ah, iyadoo ay xusid mudan tahay inay khasaaro xoog leh kasoo gaartay dad shacab ah. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Sida ay noo xaqiijiyeen dadka degaanka gobalada Sool,Sanaag, Cayn iyo Haylaan ayeysan maanta qaybo kamida ka qabsoomin doorashadii uu ugu tala galay maamulka Somaliland, halka qaar kalena la geeyey sanaadiiqda doorashada ayna codayntu ka socoto. Magaalooyinka waaweyn ee Gobalada Sanaag, Haylaan iyo Cayn ayaan maanta intooda badan la geyn sanaadiiqda doorashada markii ay halkaasi gaareen ciidamo katirsan Puntland iyo wafuud kala duwan, magaalooyinka aan laga codayn waxaa kamida Badhan, Laasqoray, Dhahar, Xingalool, Buuhoodle, Boocame iyo degaano kale oo hoos taga gobaladaas. Xagee maanta ka socotaa Doorashada Somaliland? Inta badan Gobalka Sool maanta waxaa si caadiya uga socota doorashada Somaliland waxaana kamida degaanada ay maanta dadku codadka ka dhiibanayaan Laascaanood, Taleex, Xudun iyo degaano kale, dhanka gobalka Cayn waxay doorashadu ka socotaa degmooyinka Ceegaag iyo Widh-Widh. Xaalada nabad gelyo Illaa hada lagama soo sheegin doorashada Somaliland guud ahaan wax shaqaaqo ah, mana jirto xiisadii dagaal ee laga baqaayey inay ka qaraxdo gobalada Sool,Sanaag, Cayn iyo Haylaan oo maalmihii u danbeeyey ay ciidamo geynaayeen Puntland iyo Somaliland, iyagoo dhan kalena hanjabaado hawada isku marinaayey. Isku soo wada duubo dadka ku dhaqan gobalada la isku yiraahdo SSC ayaa intooda badan ogolayn kamid ahaanshaha Somaliland walow qaybo kamida oo ay kamid tahay magaalada ugu weyn ee Laascaanood ay Somaliland gacanta ku haysay 10-kii sano ee ugu danbaysay. Faah-faahinta Doorashada Madaxtinimada Somaliland kala soco PUNTLAND POST The post Inta badan gobaladda Sanaag,Haylaan iyo Cayn oo aysan maanta ka qabsoomin doorashada Somaliland appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (Caasimadda Online) – Weli waxaa dhexda kaga jirnaa inaan akhristayaasheena usoo gudbino qeybaha kala duwan ee warbixintii ay soo saartay Kooxda dabagalka Qaramada Midoobey . Haddaba Kooxda dabagalka Qaramada Midoobey ee Soomaaliya iyo Eritrea ayaa ku eedeeyay Ciidamada Kenya ee ku jira howlgalka AMISOM in ay lacag ka qaataan Dhuxusha laga dhoofiyo dekadaha Gobolka Jubada hoose ee Soomaaliya. Ciidamada ayaa lagu dhaliilayaa in ay ka hortagi waayeen in Al-shabaab ay lacag ka sameyso dhoofinta dhuxusha Soomaaliya oo ay horay u mamnuucday Qaramada Midoobey,taas beddelkeedana ay lacag ku leeyihiin dhuxusha la dhoofiyo. Warbixinta Qaramada Midoobey waxaa lagu sheegay in Ciidamada Kenya ay Jawaankii dhuxul ah ee ka dhoofaya Dekadaha Kismaayo iyo Buurgaabo ee Jubada hoose ay ku leeyihiin $2 Doollar,taas oo marka la isku daro Ciidanka Kenya ay ka helaan lacago farabadan. Sidoo kale Warbixinta waxaa ay xustay in Al-shabaab ay $10 Milyan oo Doollarka Mareykanka ay sanadkiiba ka helaan dhuxusha laga dhoofiyo Gobolka Jubada hoose ee ay iyaga ku suganyihiin. Waxaa kale oo ay Guddigu sheegeen in Ciidamada Kenya ee ku sugan Jubada hoose ay xubnaha Guddiga Qaramada Midoobey u diideen in ay baaritaan ka sameeyaan dekadaha Buurgaabo iyo Kismaayo,si ay ula socdaan dhaq dhaqaaqa dhoofka dhuxusha Soomaaliya ee inta badan loo dhoofiyo Waddamada Carabta. Qaramada Midoobey ayaa 5 Sano ka hor mamnuucday dhoofinta dhuxusha Soomaaliya waxaana joojinteeda u xil saaray Ciidamada AMISOM oo inta badan jooga koofurta iyo bartamaha Soomaaliya iyo Ciidamada dowladda Soomaaliya,waxaase warbixintu sheegeysaa in Ciidanka AMISOM iyo dowlad Goboleedyada qaar ay macaash ka sameeyaan dhuxusha halkii ay ahayd in ay dhoofinteeda ka hortagaan. Warbixinta Kooxda dabagalka ee Qaramada Midoobey ayey ku sheegeen in Al-shabaab ay hub iyo Gaadiid culus ka qaateen Saldhiggii Ciidanka Kenya ee degaanka Kulbiyow ee Gobolka Jubada hoose,halkaas oo Hubkii laga qaaday sida ay sheegaan dhowr jeer loo adeegsaday Qaraxyo ka dhacay Muqdisho iyo Gobollada qaar. Laanta baarista Federaalka Mareykanka ee FBI,ayaa sheegtay in Al-shabaab ay isku halleeyaan Hubka ay ka qaataan Saldhigyada AMISOM iyo Ciidamada Dowladda ee ay weerarrada ku qaadaan,halkaas oo ay sheegtay in hubka ay ka furtaan iyo mid kale oo ay gacmahooda ku sameeyeen ay u adeegsadaan qaraxyada khasaaraha badan geysta ee ka dhaca Soomaaliya. Waxaan dhawaan idinla wadaagi doonaa qeybo kale oo ka tirsan Warbixinta ay soo saartay Kooxda dabagalka Qaramada Midoobey oo taaban doonto mowduucyo kala duwan. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Agaasimihii guud iyo xariiriyaha arrimaha bani aadanimada ee Wasaaradda Gargaarka dowladd goboleedka Galmudug Ahmed Wehliye ayaa Xilkaasi iska Casilay Kadib Musuq maasuq Baahsan oo ka jira Galmudug sida uu sheegay. Ahmed Wehlie ayaa tilmaamay in labo sano ku dhawaad oo uu Shaqadaan yahay in aan wax gargaar ah si Nadiif ah loo gaariisin dadka tabaalaysan balse ay farxad u tahay inuu si bilaash ah labo sano in ku dhow ugu Shaqaynayay dadka deegaanka uuna ka faa’iid khibrad iyo waaya aragmigo. Wehlie ayaa Shaqdaan qabtay December 2015-kii waxayna is Casilaadiisa ku soo aaday Xili la baahiyay in gargaarkii Dowladda Turkiga ugu deeqday dan yarta Galmudug in lagu iibinayo Xarumo Ganacsi oo ku yaala Magaladda Cadaado. PUNTLAND POST The post Masuul katirsan Maamulka Gal-Mudug oo is Casilay appeared first on Puntland Post.

Codbixiyaasha SomalilandShacabka Somaliland ayaa saaka hiirtii hore u dareeray goobaha codbixinta Doorashada madaxtinimada Somaliland, iyagoo dooranaya madaxweynii hogaamin lahaa shanta sano ee soo socota. Doorashadatan ayaa waxaa ku tartamaya saddex musharax oo ka kala socda saddexda xisbi ee kala ah Kulmiye oo uu u sharaxanyahay Muuse Biixi Cabdi, Waddani oo uu u sharaxanyahay Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cirro iyo Ucid oo uu u sharaxanyahay Faysal Cali Waraabe. Si looga hortago in Doorashada lagu shubto waxaa codbixin loo isticmaalayaan Aalada casriga ah ee loo yaqaan Iris, taas oo wajiga qofka aqoonsata haddi uu markale soo laabto. Deegaano dhowr ah oo u badan Gobolka Sanaag oo Somaliland u qorsheysay in doorashadu ka dhacdo ayaan laga codeynayn, kadib markii ciidamo iyo masuuliyiin ka tirsan Puntland gaareen. Lixda fiidnimo ee caawa ayaa la xiraayaa goobaha codbixinta Doorashada, iyada oo marka ay soo dhamaato codbixintuna hawada laga saari doono dhamaan baraha ay bulshadu ku xiriirto. Tani waa Doorashadii saddexaad oo qof iyo cod ah oo ka dhacdo Somaliland tan iyo sanadkii 2003. PUNTLAND POST Hargeysa The post Shacabka Somalilnad oo u dareeray Codbixinta Doorashada Madaxtinimada appeared first on Puntland Post.

Warsaxaafadeed ka soo baxay Wasaarada Arimaha Dibada ee Soomaaliya ayaa lagu cambaareeyay Gantaal Kooxaha Xuutiyiintu ay ku dhufteen Magaalada Riyaad ee dalka Sucuudiga. Warsaxaafadeedkaan oo ku Qornaa luuqadaha Arabica iyo Englishka ayeey Wasaarada Arimaha Dibada Soomaaliya ku sheegtay in ay weerarkaasi Cambaareeyneeyso. Hoos ka Aqriso Xasan Maxamed Samatar Cowke Puntland Post Muqdisho The post Dowladda Soomaliya oo Cambaareysay Gantaal Xuutiyiinta ku weerareen Riyadh appeared first on Puntland Post.

Kooxo hubeysan ayaa xalay Magaalada Muqdisho ku dilay Xasan Jaciir oo mid kamid ahaa Odayaashii soo xulay xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Dowladdda Federaalka Soomaliya ee laga soo doortay deeganada Maamulka Hir-shabeelle Dilkaan ayaa ka dhacay gudaha suuqa Bakaaraha ee Magaaladda muqdisho sida ay sheegeen dad Goobjoogayaal ah. Wararka ayaa intaasi ku daraya in Xasan Jaciir oo ahaa Oday dhaqameed uu sanaddii lasoo dhaafay magaalada Jowhar uga qeyb galayay fadhiyadii lagusoo xulayay xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka DFS ee lagasoo doortay dhanka maamulka Hir-shabeelle kaasi oo kajira Gobollada Hiiraan iyo Shabeelaha Dhexe. Sidoo kale Xasan Jaciir ayaa mudooyinkii dambe ku howlanaa diyaarinta rag ilaalo u noqda haweenay xildhibaanad ah oo ka tirsan Baarlamaanka dowladda Federaalka taasi oo lagu magacaabo Qamar Faarax Dhaga weyne oo ah xildhibaanaddii uu isaga soo xulay. Warar lagu baahiyay baraha Al-shaabab ayaa lagu sheegay in rag ka Tirsan Al-shabaab in ay ka dambeeyeen dilka xalay loogu geystay magaaladda muqdisho Xasan Jaciir oo mid kamid ahaa Odayaashii soo xulay xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Dowladdda Federaalka Soomaliya ee lagu soo doortay deeganada Maamulka Hir-shabeelle. PUNTLAND POST The post Mid kamid ahaa Odayaashii soo xulay Xildhibaanada oo lagu toogtay Muqdisho appeared first on Puntland Post.

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Qoraal kasoo baxay dowlada Turkiga ayaa waxaa lagu beeniyay warar sheegaya inuu socdo qorsho ay dowlada ku afduubeyso wadaadka lagu magacaabo fethullah Gulen oo lagu eedeeyay afganbigii dhicisoobay ee dalka Turkiga. Qoraalka oo kasoo baxay Safaarada Turkiga ay ku leedahay magaalada Washington, ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay in warkaasi uu yahay mid aan waxba ka jirin. Turkiga ayaa ku tilmaamay warbixintaas oo ay bahiyeen talafishinka NBC NEWS iyo Jariirada Wall Street mid aan waxba ka jirin oo lagu luminaayo xaqiiqda eedeysanaha. Wargeyska Maraykanka ayaa warbixintiisa ku sheegay in la-taliyihii hore ee ammaanka qaranka Mareykanka Michael Flynn iyo wiilkiisa loo soo bandhigay lacag dhan 15 milyan oo dollar si uu gacan uga gaysto in si qasab ah looga soo qaado Mareykanka dibna loogu soo celiyo Turkiga wadaadka u dhashay dalkaasi. Eedeynta ku saabsan in la maleegayay in Fethullah Gulen,loo gacangaliyo Turkiga ayaa markii ugu horreysay waxa shaaciyay bishii March agaasimihii hore ee CIA James Woolsey. Safaarada ayaa sheegtay in qabashada fethullah Gulen ay dowlada u mari doonto sifo sharci ah, balse waxa ay beenisay inay qaadeyso talaabo sharci darro ah oo heer afduub gaarsiisan. Qoraalka ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay in dowladu ay dooneyso fethullah Gulen, balse aysan diyaar u aheyn in la maro wado khaldan ka hor inta aan lasoo dhiibin wadaadka. Dhinaca kale, Safaaradda Turkiga ee Washington ayaa dowlada Mareykanka ku dhiirri galisay in ay soo wareejiyaan Gulen si maxkamad loo horkeeno eedeymo la xariirta isku daygii afganbiga sanadkii hore. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Wararka naga soo gaarayo magaalada Baydhabo ee xarunta kmg maamulka Koonfur Galbeed ayaa sheegaya in Hogaamiyaha maamulka uu Xildhibaanada u diiday Mushaaraadkooda. Xildhibaanada loo diiday Mushaarka oo kamid ah kuwa saxiixay Mooshinka ka dhanka ah Hogaamiyaha ayaa sheegay in mushaar siintooda lagu xirey ka laabashada mooshin laga keenay Shariif Xasan. Amarka oo la sheegay inuu kasoo baxay Hogaamiyaha maamulka ayaa waxaa la xaqiijiyay in Xildhibaanada maamulka uu mushaaraadkooda ku xiran yahay inay saxiixaan warqad ay uga laabanayaan Mooshinkaasi. Faysal Sheekh Cawad oo kamid ah Xildhibaanada ay arrintaan ku dhacday ayaa sheegay in markii hore loo keenay Mushaarka, balse kadib loo diiday kadib markii uu qaadacay amar ah inuu ka laabto Mooshinka isla markaana saxiixo warqad cadeyn ah. ”Waa arrin aad u foolxun waxaan cadeynayaa in maanta xuquuqdeena lagu xiray saxiixida warqad aan ku cadeyneyno inaan ka laabano Mooshinka aan ka gudbinay Shariif Xasan” Xildhibaan Faysal iyo Xildhibaano kale oo ka tirsan garabka mucaaradka ayaa dowlada Federaalka ah ee Somalia ugu baaqay inay isha ku heyso ficilada taagan ee u muuqaalka eg gumeysiga. Dhinaca kale, Xildhibaanada taageersan Hogaamiye Shariif Xasan ayaa si nadiifa u qaatay Mushaaraadkooda, waxaana xusid mudan in loogu geeyay guryahooda. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online)-Sacad Xariiri oo ku dhawaaqay horraantii bishaan inuu iska casilayo xilka ra’iisal wasaaraha ayaa sheegay in ujeedkiisu ahaa inuu dalkiisa ka bixiyo aragto wanaagsan. Sacad Xariiri oo si weyn uga hadlay markii ugu horreysay go’aankii uu isku cesilay, ayaa waxa uu sheegay inuu ku laabanayo dalkiisa maalmaha soo socda si uu si rasmi ah istiqaaladiisa ugu gudbiyo mas’uuliyiinta Lubnaan. Wareysi uuu la yeeshay telefishinka Al-mustaqbal ee ku yaalla caasimada Riyad Sacudi Carabiya, ayaa Mr Xariiir waxa uu beeniyay wararka sheegaya inuu u dhaqmayo sida nin ku hoos jira maamulka Sacudi Carabiya. Waxa uu sidoo kale sheegay ra’iisal wasaaraha iscasilay in ay suuragal tahay inuu ka laabto go’aanka uu isku casilay. Balse waxa uu sheegay inay taasi ku xiran tahay haddi xisbiga uu taageero dowladda Iran ee Xisbulaah uu ogolaado inuu faraha kala baxo collaada uu ka hurinayo gobolka. Sacad alXariiri ayaa si kadis ah xilkii ra’iisal wasaaraha isaga casilay 4 bishaan Noveember, kaddib bayaan uu ka jeediyay idaacad ku taalla Sacudiga. BBC Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) signed a Document of Understanding (DoU) with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Somalia to promote bilateral academic collaboration and develop cooperation in higher education and other fields of common interest. The DoU was signed by HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed and Somalian Minister for Education, Culture and Higher Education Abdi Dahir Osman. Under the DoU, the two sides agreed to describe the guidelines for future agreements on specific activities by the institutions involved. Areas of cooperation will include development, strengthening and capacity building of higher education of Somalia, technical assistance in establishment of higher education body in Somalia, and assistance in establishment of quality assurance standards in academia in Somalia. The two sides have also agreed to offer assistance to visiting scholars and faculty. On this occasion, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed shared that HEC is making strenuous efforts to increase equitable access to higher education across all regions of Pakistan. He said that HEC has made immense progress with regard to promotion of tertiary education and research culture in the country. The chairman said that the quality of higher education in Pakistan has earned international recognition owing to persistent efforts of HEC. While mentioning HEC’s collaboration with different countries for promotion of higher education and research, he said now HEC is in position to extend its services to other countries, hoping that HEC’s collaboration with Somalia will pave the way for strong higher education system in the brotherly country. News

Members of the Somali-Canadian community discuss the issue of gang violence at a recent town hall meeting hosted by VOA’s Somali Service, in Toronto, Canada. The Somali community that settled in Canada says poverty and a lack of access to jobs and academic opportunities are some of the factors behind deadly gang violence that has taken a toll on its youth. More than two dozen young Somali men have died in Alberta because of such violence in the past decade, with gang activity spreading to Toronto as well, officials say. The Somali-Canadian population discussed the issue of gang-related deaths recently at a town hall forum hosted in Toronto by VOA’s Somali Service. In attendance at the town hall were an Islamic preacher, a woman who lost a son to violence, and two people representing youth and parents in the community. More than 200 people attended, including parents, relatives and friends of the victims of gang violence. In 1991, a large number of Somalis fleeing war in their east African country settled in a group of residential towers in northwest Toronto. Cultural challenges The community has struggled to integrate into Canadian life, but several speakers said the largest impediments are cultural challenges, as well as poverty and a lack of opportunities for Somali youth, panel members said. Habiba Aden, a cofounder of a Somali group called Positive Change, lost her 26-year-old son Warsame Ali in a double homicide in September 2012 in Toronto. She said she believes cultural challenges and a loss of identity are major issues driving young Somalis toward gang activity. “Our sons lack paternal role model, and they do not speak their mother language, which forces them struggle with identity crisis,” Aden said. In Canada, “mothers take the leading role of the family while still struggling with raising more than half a dozen kids. They do not get the same help and cultural co-parenting they would get back home from other family members,” Aden said. She said she believes those challenges lead families to be less physically affectionate with one another, and eventually drive their sons to outside influences. Sidiq Ali Hashi, the youth representative on the panel said Somali youth are affected by the socioeconomic status of the community coupled with the influence of the poor neighborhoods they live in. “I think the reason is the environment where the Somali child is being raised. He grows up in the worst poverty-ridden neighborhoods of Toronto,” Hashi said. He said the neighborhoods where Somali youth live lack investments and good schools. Because of these challenges, some students drop out of school and fall in with drug dealers and gangs, Hashi said. Canada, parents blamed Panelist Sheikh Saeed Rageah, a religious scholar and Imam, said the education system in Canada has failed Somali youth, calling the schools “systematic racism.” “The education system in this country was designed to segregate us. When the Somali-Muslim child joins the school, he or she is labeled as a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD), which deprives them their rights for a fair teaching and homework support,” Rageah said. However, Saeed Mohamed Mohamud, a parent representative on the panel, said blame belonged not with Canada’s education system but with parents. “Whatever it is, I think the system in this country was not designed for Somalis. It has been the same since we came here. But I would put the primary blame on a bad parenting of many members within the community,” Mohamud said. “I am a parent. I always see young boys who went to school in the morning, and when they come out hanging out the streets of Toronto with their backpacks. Where are the parents of these boys?” Some family members had questions for Toronto police, saying many of the homicide cases of slain Somalis remain unsolved. Toronto police officials said about 40 percent of gang shootings in the city occur in the Toronto neighborhood where Somalis reside. “We have issues with regards to gang members, drug trade, poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of recreational facilities, inadequate … housing. We have issues with families themselves and the culture that is brought into the community,” Toronto police Superintendent Mario Di Tommaso told VOA. Di Tommaso said the gangs in Toronto, including those within the Somali community, are based on race, gender and ethnicity. Community involvement He said the Toronto police have spent resources to investigate the gang-related shootings and homicides, but he said some blame lies within the community and its lack of reporting such activity. “We will have many situations where the community at large, not necessarily the Somali community, will make observations, will witnesses something, and they are reluctant to call the police,” Di Tommaso said. “When that happens, you have a proliferation of crimes within that community, which breeds fear. “We need more witnesses from the community so that we can advance to our investigations,” he added. At least one parent, Mohamud agreed to a point. He said the community was not happy with how the police and law enforcement agencies handled cases involving the Somali youth, saying, “We have a right that government investigates and tells us who killed our kids, but we also need to collaborate with the law enforcement agencies as well.” Abdirahman Yabarow, chief of VOA’s Somali Service, said the forum was designed to give the Somali-Canadian community a chance to explore, brainstorm and find solutions behind the violence that is affecting their youth. At the conclusion of the two-hour discussion, panelists proposed an organization aimed at gathering and making available resources for the community. They also urged those in the audience to unite against the influences that are pushing the Somali youth to drug- and gang-related crimes. VOA

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Kooxda Al-Shabaab ayaa sii wadda inay dhaqaale ka hesho canshuurta sharci darrada ah ee ay ka qaado ganacsatada Soomaaliyeed, sida lagu sheegay warbixin ay soo saartay kooxda kormeerka cunqabateynta hubka ee Soomaaliya iyo Eritrea ee UN Monitoring Group. Kooxdan ayaa sheegtay inay wareysiyo ay la yeelatay ganacsatada Muqdisho lagu ogaaday in canshuurta Al-Shabaab ay bishii ka qaado ganacsatada ay u dhaxeyso 10 dollar oo laga qaado kuwa yaryar, illaa 70 kun oo dollar oo ay bixiyaan shirkadaha waa weyn. Warbixinta ayaa sidoo kale lagu sheegay in digniintii ay dowladda soo saartay 23-kii July ee sanadkan ee uga digtay ganacsatada inay lacag siiyaan Al-Shabaab ay u muuqato mid ku dhaceysa dhego aan wax maqal, sababtuna ay tahay awood yariada hay’adaha amniga dowladda. Waxa ay sidoo kale warbixintu sheegtay in Al-Shabaab ay si xooggan isugu haleyso kuna tiirsan tahay canshuurta ay saarto wax soo saarka beeraha, xoolaha iyo ganacsiga. Shabaab ayaa sidoo kale lacag ka qaadata baabuurta ay jidka u gasho, oo ay ku jiraan kuwa u socda Kenya, ayada oo mararka qaar halkii baabuur ee xamuul ah laga qaado 1000 dollar, ayada oo baabuurta la siiyo warqad caddeeneysa inay lacagta bixiyeen, si aan mar labaad meel kale lacag looga qaadin. Lacagta ay Al-Shabaab ka qaado ganacstada ayaa loogu yeeraa, cudur daarna looga dhigaa inay tahay Zako. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho caasimada@live.com

Asmara (Caasimada Online) – Koox khuboro ah oo ka tiran QM ayaa sadeed sano kadib caddeeyey inan wax caddeyn ah loo heli karin taageerada la sheego in Eritrea ay siiso kooxda Al-Shabaab ee dalka Soomaaliya. Warbixin ka kooban 60 bog, oo ay soo saartay kooxda kormeerka cunqabateynta hubka ee Soomaaliya iyo Eritrea ee UN Monitoring Group, ayaa sidaas darteed weydiisatay golaha ammaanka ee QM in xayiraadda hubka laga qaado Eritrea. “In kasta oo ay jirto eedeynta ah in Eritrea ay Al-Shabaab taageerto, haddana illaa hadda eedeyntaas wax caddeyn ah waa loo la’yahay” ayaa lagu yiri warbixinta. “Maadaama kooxda kormeerka cunqabateynta hubka ee Soomaaliya iyo Eritrea ee UN Monitoring Group ay awoodi weysay inay caddeyn u hesho taageerada Eritrea ee Al-Shabaab muddo afar sano oo xiriir ah oo aan raadineynay, waxaana golaha ammaanka ugu baaqeyna inuu xayiraadda ka qaado Eritrea” ayaa lagu yiri warbiixnta. Eedeynta ku saabsan in Eritrea ay taageerto Al-Shabaab, ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay qaraarkii golaha ammaanka ee QM uu soo saaray 2009, ee tirsigiisu ahaa 1907, kaasi oo xayiraadda saaray Eritrea. Qaraarkaasi ayaa waxaa ka dambeeyey dowladda Mareykanka oo Eitrea ku eedeysay inau taageero siiso Al-Shabaab oo xiriir la leh Al-Qacida. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Nairobi Caasimada@live.com

1987-ki illaa waqtigan aannu joogno ayuu Turkigu raadinayaa inuu kamid noqdo midowga Yurub walina ma naasa-cadda in qoyska lagu daro si ay quud iyo qaaraan ula wadaago. Haddii midowga lagu darana faa,iidooyin badan ayuu helayaa oo xag dhaqaale iyo xag awood diblomaasiyadeedba leh. Reer Yurub oo aan xoolahooda been-been lagu cunin, ayaa daraasad ka diyaariyey dhibaatada u imaan karto haddii Turki ku biro midowgooda. Natiijadi daraasadda waxaa ugu mhuiimsan odobadan. 1-Tiro badnaan ay la socoto Muslinimo: Turki hadda waa 75milyan, 2050-ka wuxuu noqon doonaa 91 milyan sidaana wuxuu ku noqonayaa wadanka ugu badan midowga Yurub, wuxuu yeelanayaa kuraasta ugu badan ee baarlamaanka midowga Yurub sidaana uu ka mid noqdo xubnaha ugu firfircoon barlamaanka. Waxayna qabaan cabsi ah maadamaa Turki muslim yahay inuu awood sharciyeed uu ku yeesho midowga Yurubna uu markaa ku qasbanaado udoodida arimaha islaamka oo uu difaaco qadiyadaha mulimiinta. 2- Cabsi dhaqaale: waxay qabaan in hadii lagu daro dad badan oo Turki ah ay u socdaalaan wadamada Yurub oo shaqada ay ku cariiriyaan dadka kale maadaama ay ka shaqaalo jaban yihiin, badeecada Turki soo saaro oo ay ka baqayaan in ay ku fatahaan suuqyada Yurub, sidoo kale in shirkadaha ree Yurub ay si weyn u maalgashadaan wadanka Turkiga sidaana uu ku noqdo suuqa Yurub ugu weyn maadamaa uu haysto 75 milyan oo halmeel wada dagan. 3-Dood xagga juqraafiga ah: Dalka Turkiga boqolkiiba 97 waxa uu ka tirsan yahay qaaradda Aasiya marka in boqolkiiba 3 uu yurubnimo ku helo inaysan sharci ahayn ayay ku doodayaan. 4- Cabsi dhinaca diinta iyo dhaqanka ah: Taariihkda, diinta, iyo hiddaha Turkiga waxa ay ku arooraan bartamaha Aasiya iyo Bariga Dhexe oo dadkoodu isaga dhow yihiin dadyow kasta oo dunida ku nool oo hiddo iyo dhaqan aysan dadyowga ree Yurun aysan la wadaagin. Sidoo kale wax badan oo ka dhexeeyo ree Yurub inaysan la wadaagin waaya aragnimada iyo sooyaalka taariikheed ee ay kamid yihiin dhaxalka dhaqan iyo aqooneed ee ay kala hareen casriyadii la baxay Ilayska iyo kor-ukaca, dhibaatadii iyo xanuunka ay wadaagaan dalalka hada midowga Yurub ku jiro ee kasoo gaartay dagaalkii labaad ee aduunka oo sabab u ahaaba dhalashada fikirka midnimada Yurub. Dadka Turkigana ay yihiin Muslim hidde iyo dhaqan ahaan si buuxda uga duwan dadka Yurub oo iyaga dhaqankoodu ku arooro Kiristaan. Waxaa intaas dheer, marka taariikhda Turkiga dib loo raaco, xiriirka ka dhexeeyo Yurub iyo Turkiga wuxuu ku aroora kuwii bilowday waqtigii dawladda Cusmaaniyiinta ee ay inta cudud ciidan ku qabsatay, muddo dheerna ay wadamo badan oo ree Yurub ah maamulaysay taasina ay ree Yurub ku reebtay boog aan wali bogsan. Waxay xeeldheerayaasha Ree Yurub ee cilmi-baarista sameeyay warka kusoo hooriyeen: In aanayba Turki isku cid ahayn. Waxaan ka qaadanaynaa cashirkaan in noloshu ubaahan tahay qorshayn ka duwan mida aan hadda ku noolahay oo la mid ah dad saaran doon aan lahayn naakhuude, dadka saarana aysan aqoon, darawal la’aanta ha joogtee, meel ay u socdeen markii horeba, arinkeenuna uu yahay bal waxa uu waa la baryo aan dhawrno. Sidoo kale waxaan ka fahmaynaa, aduunka inaan lagu eegin maanta waxa taagan ee la qorsheeyo sanado badan waxa soo socdo. Waxaan la yaabay in daraasadda ree Yurub ay qorshaha ku darsadeen Waxa 50sano kadib imaanayo. Waxaa kale oo baraarujin mudan sida reer Yurub uga fakerayaan ilaalinta dhaqankooda iyo diintooda oo ah sababta ugu muhiimsan ee ay Turki ood-afada isaga saareen. Waxaan aragnaa in aqoonyahkeenna ay cajabiso afkaarta dhaqan-dhaqaale ee ree galbeedka iyagoo ku doodayo Yurub waxay horumar ku gaartay inay diin iyo dhaqan meel iska dhigeen danahoodana aqoonsadeen. Sidaa awgeed waxaad arkaysaa in marka diin lasoo qaado, dhaqanka in lagu fara adaygo aad ka hadasho, ree galbeedku inay wax khaldayaan oo dahankeenna duullaan ku yihiin aad usheegto in lagugu tuhmo mintidnimo iyo mayal-adayk. Bal u fiirso waa ree Yurub waa raggaa hada aduunka haysto, waa 28 waddan waxa ayna ka baqayaan hal waddan hadii ay wax ku darsadaan waxa uga imanayo. Waxay walaac ka qabaan diintooda, dhaqankooda, iyo dhaqaalahooda inay wax soo gaaraan. Ugu danbayn waa in aqoonyahankeennu gartaa in aqoontu qiimo ku leedahay dhaqanka iyo diinta, waxa aqoonta loo yeeshana ay tahay in lagu ilaaliyo danaha dadkaada iyo qaayasoorkooda. Aqoon lagu dumiyay aasaaska jiritaankaada maahan mid qiimo leh. Horumar baabiyo sooyaalkaadi iyo taariikhdaadina horumar maahan. Taasina waa sababta ay reer Yurub si walba oo ay noloshooda u hormariyeen ay wali ugu faanaan inay yihiin kiristaan. W/Q: Maxamed Ibraahim Xasan

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Madaxwaynaha dalka Turkiga Recep Tayyip Erdoğan oo Telefashinka dowlada kala hadlaayay dadweynaha ayaa weerar dadban ku qaaday amiirka dhaxal sugaha Sucuudiga. Erdogan waxa uu sheegay in marka diinta loo weecdo ay maalmahaani soo ifbaxayeen amiiro ka tirsan sacuudiga oo is laheysiinaaya diinta islaamka. Waxa uu Erdogan u sheegay inuusan amiirka dhaxal sugaha Sucuudiga laheyn diinta Islaamka, balse ay tahay mid qof waliba oo muslim ah ay mas’uuliyad ka saaran tahay isla markaana laga doonaayo sida uu u ilaalin lahaa diinta. Erdogan waxa uu tilmaamay in dowladaha islaamka laga doonaayo in arrimaha ku xeeran maslaxadooda Siyaasadeed ay ka weeciyaan waxyaabaha khuseeya diinta suuban, maadaama uu farqi u dhexeeyo. Madaxweyne Erdogan ayaa sheegay in fikradda ah in ay jirto diinta islaamka mid dhexdhexaad ah iyo mid aan habooneyn ay tahay wax ay reer galbeedka abuureen si ay u wiiqaan iimaanka dadka islaamka ah. Amiirka dhaxal sugaha sacuudiga oo ka hadlayay shirkii maalgashiga ee lagu qabtay magaalada Riyadh, ayuu bin Salman wacad ku maray in uu ku soo celin doono Sacuudi Carabiya waxa loogu yeero (Islaam qunyar socod ah). Sidoo kale, Erdogaan oo sifeynaayay ereyga qunyar socod ‘moderate Islam’ ayaa waxa uu sheegay inay reer galbeedka iska leeyihiin. Erdogan waxa uu yiri ma jiro mid dhexdhexaad ah ama asal ah, Islaamku waa mid ujeedada isticmaalka ereyadaas waa in la wiiqo Islaamka. Sidoo kale, Erdogaan oo kusii fogaanayay erayada amiirka dhaxal sugaha ah ayaa yiri “waxaa laga yaabaa in qofku ku sharaxayo fikraddan islamka in ay u maleeyeen in ay iyaga iska leeyihiin diinta. maya, maaha mid adiga aad leedahay” ayuu yiri Erdogan. Dhinaca kale, Erdogaan ayaa madaxda dalalka Islaamka ah ku booriyay inay kala qaadan danaha Siyaasada iyo howlaha diiniga ah, maadaama diintu tahay mid muqadas ah, isla markaana khasab ah in la adeegsado ama lagu dhaqmo. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Muqdisho (Caasimada Online) – Hogaamiyaha maamulka Jubbaland Axmed Madoobe oo ka hadlaayay amni darida ka jirta dalka iyo duulaanka ay qorsheyneyso dowlada Somalia, ayaa sheegay inay muhiim tahay in laga hortago amni darida weli taagan. Axmed Madoobe, waxa uu sheegay in dalka uu leeyahay ciidamo aad u xoogan, balse la doonayo in la dhameystiro xuquuqda ciidamada si ay ula dagaalamaan cadowga. Waxa uu Axmed Madoobe tilmaamay inay la socdaan in ciidamadu aysan heysan wax xuquuq ah, hase ahaatee waxa uu garwaaqsaday inay adag tahay in ciidamo ceynkaasi ah ay la dagaalamaan cadow, balse waxa uu rajo ka muujiyay in ciidamadu ay u dhabar adeegi doonaan difaaca dalka iyo dadkooda. Sidoo kale, Axmed Madoobe waxa uu Madaxda ugu sareysa Qaranka uga digay hal arrin oo ah inay ka dhabeyn waayan hanjabaadii aheyd inay qaadayaan duulaan ka dhan ah Alshabaab oo ay kula soo noqonayaan deegaanada ka maqan gacanta dowlada. Dhinaca kale, waxa uu Axmed Madoobe soo jeediyay in la dadajiyo duulaanka ka hor inta aysan maleeshiyaadka ku mashquulin amniga goobaha ay gacanta ku heyso dowlada. Caasimada Online Xafiiska Muqdisho Caasimada@live.com

Soomaaliya waxay Soo martay colaado fara badan ,laga soo bilaabo 1990 kii kadib markii ay meesha ka baday dawladii dhexe ee military ga ahayd oo iyada lafteeda ay rideen dagaalo kaga yimi gobolada qaar. xiligaas waxa laga joogaa 27 sano oo ilaa iyo hada xal buuxa looma helin nabadeynta dalka iyadoo hadba weji yeelanaysay sida ,Hogaamiye-kooxeedyo,Maxaakiim,Alshabaab, hadana ay Daacish soo ifbaxday. Hadaba sidee dalka loo nabadeyn karaa 1) Dib u heshiisiin dhab ah: sidaynu ognahay dagaalkii sokeeye wuxuu dhexmaray beelaha Soomaaliyeed ilaa reer reer jafi jafi wuu saameeyey sida darteed waa in laysa soo hor fadhiisiyaa cid alaale iyo cidii wax kala taba naysa looma dhameeya hadii ay hanti kala haystaana loo kala Ceshaa. 2)Dhisida Ciidan qaran: Dhisida Ciidan Qaran waa ugu mihiimsan iyadoo ciidan kaas laga keenayo 18 ka gobol ee Soomaaliya la iskuna la iskuna dhafayo ciidan kaas. 3)Hanuuninta Bulshada: waa in Bulshada lagu hanuuniyaa wadaniyada, bulshada Soomaaliyeed 70% waa dhalinyaro kuwaas oo badan kood dhashay wixii ka danbeeyey 1990 kii mana fahansana wadaniyadu waxay tahay sidaa darteed waa lagama maar maan in la baro wadanitada. 4)Hub ka dhigista shacabka: hubka dhigista shacabku tiir kale oo muhiimad u leh Nabada waxaa marag ma doonto ah in qaar ka mid ah Hogaamiye kooxeedyadii ay hub ku dhex wataan Magaalada Muqdisho , waa in hubka laga dhigaa dadkaas aan hore u sheegnay. 5)Ku wareejinta gacan dawlada Ciidamada ay dawladaha shisheeye tababarka siinayaan: waxaad maalin walba maqashaa intaas oo askari ayaa waxa tabaabaray dawlada hebel, Ciidamadaas oo ka amar qaata dawladihii tababaray Sida kuwa Ethiopia ay tababarto oo mesha ay joogaan ay ciidamada Ethiopia ka baxaan iyana ka baxa. Hada waxa jira kuwo Emirate ku tababareen oo ay mushahar siiso Safaarada Emirate ka ee Soomaaliya kana amar qaata. waana in la xadidaa ciidamaas shisheeyuhu tababarka tababarka tababarka siinayo.. W/Q: Mohamed Abdirizak Gaandi email:mohamed.abdirizak17@gmail.com

Waxaan qormadi kowaad si kooban ooga hadalnay dhibaatooyinka haysto waxbarashada adduunka iyo sida caruur badan loo hafro. Tii xigtay waxaan ku eegnay meelaha uu farqiga balaaran ka jiro iyo sababaha qaar ka mid ah. Middaan waxaan ku eegi doonnaa mid ka mid xalalka ay warbixinti Bankiga Adduunku soo jeedisay oo ah Qiimayn (measurement/assessment). Maxay u jirtaa dhibaatada haysato waxbarashada adduunka? Maxaa keenay in ilmo afar sano iyo ka badan fasal fadhiyay wali u yahay ummi? Maxay bahda waxbarashadu mushkiladahaan xal ugu la’yihiin? Mid ka mid ah sababaha ugu weyn waa inta badan waddamada adduunku aysan lahayn nidaam lagu ogaado kan waxbaranayo iyo kaan baranayn. 121 dal oo xog-raadin lagu sameeyay, hal-sadexaad (40 dal) kaliya ayaa yeeshay keyd-xogeedka (data centre) waxbarashada dugsiayada hoose/dhexe. Si tani loo xalliyo, inkastoo aysan ku filnayn inay baabi’iso dhibka oo dhan, waa in helaa nidaam qiimayn oo sugan. Nidaamyada adduunka ka jiro hadda waxay soo gudbiyaan is-diiwaangalinta laakiin masoo gudbiyaan barashada. Maxaa yeelay barashadu kuma jirto xogta la hayo. Sidoo kale, tayada barashadu xisaabta uguma jirto siyaasiyiinta iyo shaqaalahooda . Taasi waxaad ka dheehan kartaa qaabka siyaasiyiintu ooga hadlaan waxbarashada. Waxay had iyo jeer cabbiraan tirada ee ma sheegaan tayada iyo barashada. Waxaad maqashaa siyaasiga oo leh waxaan dhisi iskoollo badan, fasallo ayaan kordhin, caruur badan ayaan iskool geyn, intaas oo macallin ayaan howl galin, waxaan kordhin mushaarka macallimiinta, laakiin maqli maysid iyagoo marna tilmaamayo waxa la barto iyo tayada waxbarashada (innaga booska siyaasiyiinta xagga ballanqaadka waxaa noo fadhiyo hayadaha samafalka). Haddii aysan jirin qiimayn sugan oo dadkoo dhan u furan, waligeed la ogaan mahayo tayada waxbarasho, siyaasiyiintuna sidaas ayay dadka u harowsan. Cilmi-baaris lagu sameeyay Kiinya ayaa tusisay in in ka yar kala bar ardayda dhigato fasallada afraad ay ka shaqayn karaan xisaabta ay ku qaateen casharada, saas oo ay tahay, sadex-meelood labo (2/3) waalidiintu waxay aaminsanyihiin in dowladdu waxbarsho tayo badan siiso warasadooda. Sabatu way iska caddahay; xogta kaliya ay helaan waxaa siiyo siyaasiyiinta. Si taasi looga gudbo loona ogaado gunta barashada waa in la sameeyaa qiimayn dhowr lakab ah. Qiimayn fasal: qiimayntaan waxaa samayn macalimiinta waxayna ka caawin inay ogaadaan ardayga fariidka fahamada badan ah iyo kan culaysku ku jiro ee u baahan gacan-qabasho. Waxaa badan in arday u dhashay fahmo culays uu qabbiro mid faahin ah si fududna meelo sare ku gaari lahaa. Baaritaan lagu sameeyay iskoollo ku yaal Delhi (Hindiya) ayaa laga helay fasal ay wada fadhiyaan arday qaarkood u qalanto lixaad, qaarna shanaad hadana isku cashar qaadanayo. Tani lagama wado kii dammiin loo arko ha la tuuro fariidkuna horay ha u socdo ee waxaa looga jeedaa caruurta ayaan la isu dabrin ee mid walba wax uu qaadi karo ha la siiyo iyagoo isla fadhiyo. Qiimaynta ceynkaan ah waxay anfici kan fahamada yar in ka badan kan famada badan waayo wuxuu heli gacan qabasho iyo taakulayn uusan heleen markii aan xogtiisa la hayn. Haddii iskoolladu qiimaynta ceynkaan ah sameeyaan, waxaa dhici inay si wacan u maareeyaan tas’hiilaadka ay heli karaan iyo inay xogta la wadaagaan waalidiinta si ay cawimaad dheeraad ah u siiyaan warasadooda. Qiimayn Dagmo: qiimayntaan waxay noqon mid lagu sameeyo iskoollada heer dagmo. Natiijada soo baxdo ayaa noqonayso midda go’aaminayso martadiisa. Tallaabadaan abuuri mayso tartan fayow oo iskoollada dhexdooda ah kaliya, balse sidoo kale waxay fursad doorasho siin waalidiinta oo warasadooda gaysan iskoolka qiimaha leh. hadda waxaan iskoollada ku dooranna qof aan qaraabo nahay ayaa macalin ka ah iyo qolo aan isku caqiido nahay ayaa maamusho. Sidoo kale, haddii ay jirto cid dhaqaale ku taageerto sida dowlad ama hayad, waxaa lagula xisaabtami waxqabadkooda. Haddii aysan waalidiintu hayn xogtaan lama xisaabtami karaan iskoolladooda, waxayna u haysan in kuwoodu aduunka ugu sarreeyaan. Baaritaan lagu sameeyay Yugaandha ayaa tilmaamay in sadex-afraad (¾) waalidiintu ku qanacsanyihiin tayada iskoolladooda iyadoo rubuc (¼) kaliya caruurta dhigato fasalka afraad ay ka shaqayn karaan xisaabta lagu qaato fasalka labaad. Qiimayn heer qaran ah: middaan aad ayay muhiim u tahay. Waa qiimaynta lagu jaangooyo miisaaniyadda dowladdu ku bixinayso waxbarashada iyo gobollada loo badinayo. Waa midda lagu dajiyo baahida waxbarsho ee uu dalku qabo iyo meelaha u baahan in xoogga la saaro. Waa midda tusayso in madaxdu fuliyeen ballanqaadyadoodi iyo in kale (innaga booska dowladda waxaa noo joogo hayadaha samafalka ciddii doontaba ha lahaatee). Waa midda adduunku arko laguna qiimeeyo heerka uu waddaankaas kaga jiro waxbarshada adduunka. Haddii aysan jirin wax xog heer qaran ah oo waddan laga hayo laguma daro qiimaynta adduunka. Waa sababta aadan marnaba ugu arkayn dalkeenna marki laga hadlayo martabooyinka waxbarasho ee caalamka. Haddaba soo tan dalkoo dhan imtixaanno laga qaado? Qiimaynta iyo imtixaannada hadda la qaado waa kuwo loo naqshadeeyay in caruurta lagu ciqaabo ama lagu abaal mariyo. Waxay kala saaraan ilmaha dhacay iyo kan baasay ee ma eegaan sababaha. Sidaa darteed waligeed wax lagama barto, waayo eedda waxaa la saaraa ardayda iyo waalidiintood. Canugii dhaco isagaa dadaali waayay ama waalidkii ayaa la haray oo aan siin wixii taageero uu u baahnaa ayaa lagu doodaa. Ma jirto cid hoos u dhugato sababta dhacniinka keentay iyo cidda ka masuulka ah. Ma jirto cid horay usii qiimaysay si loo ogaado baahidiisa iyo kartidiisa waxbarsho. Sidaa awgeed waxaa loo baahanyahay mid taasi ka duwan oo ujeedkeedu yahay cashar barasho iyo hagaajin. Intaas waxaa dheer ma jirto meel dhexe oo lagu kaydiyo imtixaanada la qaado lamana martabeeyo iskoollada ee waxaa lasoo qoraa kaliya ardaydu sideey u kala korreeyeen. Dabcan waxaa la iswaydiin karaa sida waalidiintu xogta ku heli maadaama aysan intooda badan wax akhrin? Jawaabtu ma cusla. Muhiim maahan in waalid walba warqarwarqad u arko warbixinnada soo baxo ee waxaa muhiim in inuu ogaado meesha wax marayaan. Taasi waxay ka ogaan karaan idaacadaha dalka. Marki la daabaco warbixin cusub iyo martabaynta iskoollada waxaa caadiyan laga sii daayaa dhamaan inta idaacad ah, dadkeennuna waa ku fiicanyahay war dhagaysiga sidaa darteed waxba seegi mahayaan. Dalkeennu ma yeelan karaa nidaam caynkaan ah waqtigaan? Nafta looma been sheego, waanadana waaqiciga ayaa lagu dhisaa. Duruufaha siyaasadeed, kuwa amni iyo kuwa dhaqaale ee hadda dalkeennu ku jiro dartood suura gal maahan inuu hadda yeesho qiimayn heer dagmo, gobal ama mid qaran ah. Laakiin waxaa sahlan in la sameeyo mid fasal, iyadaana hadda noogu daran oo caruurta u dan ah. Haddii maamulayaasha iyo madaxda iskoolladu ilaahay ka baqaan iskuna dayaan inay hagaajiyaan tayada iskoolka ay gacanta ku hayaan way samayn karaan, qiimayn fasal fasal ahna way u sahlantahay waqti iyo qarash dheeraad ahba ha u baahaatee. Waxaan kusoo xirayaa qormadaan, dhammaanteen masuuliyad ayaa innaga saaran in caruurteenu hesho waxbarsho tayo leh. Maahan inaan cid gooni ah ku hallayno mana ahan inaan ku aaminno macalimiinta iskoollada iyo maamulayaasha kaliya. Waalidiinta waxaa saaran inay booqdaan iskoollada ay warasadoodu dhigato, waxbixinna waydiistaan. Macalimiinta iyo milkiilayaasha iskoolada waxaa saaran inay xalaal ka dhigtaan kasabkooda oo ay hafaryada ka daayaan caruurta. Wixii tabar loo waayo cidna uma haysato laakiin eedda joogtada ah ee caruurta iyo waalidiinta la saaro qayb ha qaateen isbadalna ha isku dayeen. W/Q: Ibrahim Aden Shire Kala soco: https://ibrahim-shire.blogspot.co.uk/ Ishire86@gmail.com

Shirkii u socday Madaxweynaha Puntland Gaas, Madaxweyne ku Xigeenka puntland Camey, Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Puntland Axmed Cali Xaashi iyo xubno Baarlamaanka Puntland katirsan ayaa burbur ku dhamaaday maanta. Madaxweyne Gaas ayaa intii uu Moqdisho ku maqnaa waxaa shiray xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Puntland ee kasoo jeeda Sool iyo Sanaag, waxayna Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Puntland iyo Madaxweyne ku-xigeenka Puntland Eng. Camey kula heshiiyeen in Baarlamaanku amar soo saaro kadibna Camey fuliyo oo dhulka ay matalaan xoreystaan wax doorasho Somaliland ahina aanay ka dhicin. Madaxweyne Gaas markuu Moqdisho kasoo noqday ayaa loo sheegay in go’aankii Baarlamaanka la fulinayo oo ay tahay lagama maarmaan. Madaxweyne Gaas ayaa ka soo horjeestay arintaas. Baarlamaanka Puntland ayaa balan qaaday haddaan go’aankoodii ku aadanaa Somaliland doorashooyinkeeda la fulin in Xukuumada iyo Madaxweyne Gaas ay ridayaan. Xaalad qasnaan iyo Jahwareer ayaa maanta ka taagan Madaxtooyada Puntland, xilli ay Somaliland bilaabayso doorashooyinkeedii. Xigasho: Widhwidh.com

Somaliland’s presidential elections next week offer the self-declared Horn of Africa nation an opportunity to re-examine its foreign policy. Until now, it has sought to engage all its neighbours – except Somalia. But the nation seems keen to take sides in conflicts in the Middle East. Somaliland needs to engage, but not to create opponents in, the international system. After delays, on November 13 Somaliland will elect its fifth president since 1991 when it declared independence from Somalia. One month later, the new president will be sworn and inaugurated in the presidential palace, according to the constitution of Somaliland. A recent report published by Mohamed Farah Hersi from the Academy of Peace and Development (APD) and Omar S. Mahmood from the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) mentioned that the 2017 presidential election ‘could strengthen Somaliland’s bid for recognition’ while it solidifies ‘the nation’s democratic credentials’. Still a de facto state in terms of international law, Somaliland is struggling to gain a de jure status in order to receive a seat in the United Nations and other important international and regional bodies including the African Union. During the last 26 years, Somaliland has been peaceful in a region of instability, terror, piracy, chaos and violence. Somaliland has conducted a new foreign policy of engagement with the neighbouring countries, although relations with Somalia were all time ‘low’ due to the fact that Somaliland declared independence, while Somalia claims that Somaliland is still part and parcel of Somalia. The ruling party presidential candidate Musa Bihi recently argued that Somaliland’s neighbourins are separated into ‘allies and adversaries’. Somaliland-Ethiopia relations in terms of security will remain after the election; trade relations will be boosted as the two countries will sign new trade deals. Omar S. Mahmood from the Institute of Security Studies recently mentioned in an interview that as Berbera is developed, the economies of Somaliland and Ethiopia will be more ‘linked’ and this can provide a strong ‘basis for cooperation’. Ethiopian interdependence with Somaliland can in turn be ‘leveraged’ by Somaliland and potentially may receive support within IGAD and AU for Somaliland’s recognition, Mahmood argued. Although there is a trade deficit that needs to be addressed, in general Ethiopians are interested in maintaining a good cooperation with Somaliland. Recently, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn met with the presidential candidates in order to discuss relations between the two states, the future relations after the election, and also some regional issues that matter to both countries. While Ethiopia sees Somaliland as an important ally in terms of security and trade, Somaliland is thinking about a new approach to its relations with Ethiopia, especially in terms of trade. The UCID party presented a new policy of creating a trade deal between the two countries in the ‘first hundred days’ of their presidency if elected. Although there is on going talk on trade, there is no doubt that the security relations between Somaliland and Ethiopia will even grow stronger, based on the interest of the two countries and as regional challenges increase. For Djibouti, the two countries now enjoy good cooperation in terms of security since Djibouti suffered a horrible terrorist attack in 2014. Djibouti also has good trade links with Somaliland, although analysts disagree about the extent of the trade relations. Kulmiye and Waddani both agree that they will work closely with Djibouti in matters of security and trade, while UCID argue that they will work to build the confidence of Djibouti in their trade relations with Somaliland. Djibouti is not happy about the deals between Somaliland and the UAE in terms of developing the Berbera port as it seems to them a potential economic challenge in the future. The next government in Somaliland must focus on security cooperation with Djibouti while creating a ‘united front and common understanding’ about the importance of the relations between the two states, as Mahmood, again, pointed out. As a potential competitor, there is no doubt that relations between the two states will suffer if the leaders of the two states don’t focus on their common interest rather than their differences. On Somalia, the issue is different. Relations between Somaliland and Somalia are all-time hostile. President Silanyo announced a new policy of engagement (seeking cooperation and promoting reconciliation is the foundation of this policy), but the new policy has failed as Somalia hasn’t implemented the agreements reached. Before President Silanyo, President Rayale was a hardliner when it came to relations with Somalia. His foreign minister Abdilahi Dualeh recently mentioned that their government was ‘not against a dialogue with Somalia’ but they believe that there is ‘not a possible way to reach a deal’ with Somalia. Future relations between Somaliland and Somalia were discussed in a recent debate between the presidential candidates, while the ruling party candidate Muse Bihi, a hardliner, took a fanatical stand on Somalia. He presented his policy towards the neighbouring countries and mentioned that he is ready for a dialogue that the international community ‘is mediating’, not ‘facilitating’. A totally different stand from President Silanyo’s policy towards Somalia, which he was negotiating while seeking a ‘facilitating role’ from the world. Although all the candidates agree that the dialogue has failed, the UCID candidate presented a new policy; a new ‘interventionist policy’ which will be a win-win for both Somaliland and Somalia as the party thinks. Faisal Ali Warabe said he would work with Somalia to gain peace and stability while creating allies in the political circles of Somalia within two years. Although it is a new strategy, it will need time to discuss and examine its future. But it seems impossible for Somaliland and Somalia to agree in two years. Abdirahman Irro from Waddani Party agreed that the dialogue has failed, but needs to resume under ‘possible conditions’. Beyond the region, there is a need for a new approach towards the Gulf Peninsula and the Middle East in general. The Middle East is in an unstable situation. While efforts of the international coalition to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq are doubled, there is a geopolitical challenge between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which some refer to as ‘the Cold War in the Middle East’, and this has affected a number of countries most notably Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Africa has also become a new ‘competing arena’ for the Saudis and the Iranians as Gerald M. Feierstein, a former US Ambassador and director of Gulf affairs at the Middle East Institute, stated. While the Arab countries were clearly against the independence of Somaliland since 1991, President Silanyo tried to engage with the Arab countries by asking them to support Somaliland economically. This resulted in the Kuwaiti investment of Hargeisa and Berbera airports while the UAE and Somaliland recently signed an agreement in order to invest Berbera Port. These new projects have shifted Somaliland’s policy towards the Middle East from a position of ‘non-alignment’ to alignment with the Arab countries. For example, in 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition attacked Yemen in order to support the internationally recognized government of Hadi, President Silanyo announced in a speech to parliament that Somaliland is ‘fully aligned’ with the Saudi-led coalition, instead of encouraging different factions in Yemen to negotiate. Yemen is one of the victims of the geopolitical rivalry between the Riyadh and Tehran. Furthermore, after the Gulf Crisis erupted, the government of Somaliland stated its position to ‘fully support the AQT position towards Qatar’. These new moves are not welcomed by observers as they argue it may not be a good idea for a non-recognized state to create new foes, but to take a neutral position and engage both sides in the conflict, rather than siding with one. As Ambassador David Shinn, a former US ambassador to Ethiopia and an adjunct Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, noted in our recent interview, Somaliland has to make ‘every effort’ possible to ‘avoid taking sides’ in the Gulf conflicts. He listed the Yemen Civil War and the Saudi-Iranian rivalry. He said that Somaliland has to encourage ‘foreign investment’ from the states across the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but also warned that aligning politically with one or more countries in the region could prove to be ‘short-sighted’ a couple of years from now. Shinn described the Middle Eastern powers’ interest in Africa as ‘transitory’. Omar S. Mahmood, from the Institute for Security Studies, recently stated in an interview that Middle East conflicts, in general, are ‘internal’, and there will be ‘little benefit’ for Somaliland to pick sides on the conflict. Alternatively, Somaliland is in a need of designing a new foreign policy that clearly safeguards its national interest. In order to maintain a good cooperation with the international community, Somaliland should be ‘more transparent’ than it is now, especially with the deals signed by the government as Mahmood reported. Besides the new foreign policy, Somaliland should set up a new policy of engaging the world in general, particularly the powerful states of Europe, US and Asia. The world is in a new, unpredictable order which combines new challenges and opportunities and these need to be considered. At this stage, Somaliland needs to engage, not to create opponents in the international system. * YACQUB ISMAIL from Somaliland is a student of politics and economics at the University of Bristol. He can be reached on Twitter @yacqubismial, or email: yacqubismial@gmail.com.

Conrad Heine, Media Coordinator, International Election Observation Mission to Somaliland Q: Could you please introduce your team and your observation mission? International Observers: The international election observation mission (EOM) has been invited by Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) and is funded by the British government. The EOM will conduct its observation activities in accordance with the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, emphasising the impartiality and independence of that observation. The EOM is led by the Development Planning Unit (DPU) at University College London (UCL), and Somaliland Focus UK. This EOM marks the fourth election in Somaliland observed and reported on by DPU and Somaliland Focus since 2005. Q: How many international observers are working in this observing Mission and where from? International Observers: 60 observers from 27 countries including: Argentina,Austria,Brazil,Canada,Denmark,Egypt,Ethiopia,Finland,Germany,Ireland,ItalyMalaysia,Netherlands,New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa,Spain,Uganda,UK,USA,Sweden,Switzerland,Zambia,Kenya,Estonia,Sudan. Q: What is the selection process of the international observing members? International Observers: The observers were selected by a process advertised openly around relevant organisations and networks, and via social media. Observers have been selected with a mix of election observation experience, Somaliland experience, and other relevant skills, with a good balance in terms of countries of origin and gender. Q: There are 1,642 polling stations across the country and the international observers are only 60 in number, how are planning to reach the polling stations? International Observers :We have observers in all six regions. We hope to cover as many polling stations as possible with our 30 teams (of two observers each team), including rural areas, but will obviously need to strike a balance – it would be a poor use of time to spend hours driving to a single rural polling station when we could otherwise observe several closer to a town. The observation is a snapshot, not an exhaustive and complete exercise. Q: You have been here for the last two or three elections of Somaliland what was the experience and outcome of those elections? International Observers :I have observed three elections before this personally – 2005, 2010, 2012. The outcomes of those observations are here in the official reports: Do you favor to having new observers in each election of the vice versa? International Observers : We have people in this mission who have observed before in Somaliland, and many who have not. It is great to have continuity, but also very good to have new skills on board and fresh perspectives. All team members have something valuable to offer the observation. Q: How does the observation task is carried about; Pre-election, during the election, Post-election? International Observers : There is much detail, but broadly, the core team comes to observe the campaign, meet stakeholders etc, and develop techniques for the observation. Then the main team arrives for orientation and training before polling day itself and is deployed to the various regions. They observe and report back to the core team who compile the reports and reach conclusions in stages – after polling day, the aftermath, reaching of results, reaction to results, etc. Q: How are the assessments made? International Observers : The observers fill out forms developed for this observation process and report back – assessments are made by a complex and detailed methodology by the core team. There is too much detail to describe more than briefly, but I think safe to say it is a rigorous process. Q: What are your views on the legislative electoral process? International Observers : We cannot comment on this at this stage – as we are observing the process of the election as a whole. We are strictly impartial and such views are for our final report. Q: The shortcomings pinpointed by the observers during the last election included attempts at double voting. Do you see the registration of voters as a prerequisite for voting? International Observers : We are yet to judge and have to see how it works on polling day, but can certainly say that the voter registration process is an attempt to address some of the problems of past polls. See the official report on the registration process below, which is co-authored by the mission chief, Dr Michael Walls: Q: With who does the observing mission cooperate? International Observers : In Somaliland we are helped by many stakeholders – civil society, media, security, etc – as we plan our mission and inform ourselves. Our official invitation is from the National Electoral Commission and they accredit observers – but it must be stressed our finding are independent of NEC and any of Somaliland’s authorities. Our impartiality and independence is fundamental to our mission. Q: When will the finalized report publish? International Observers : The final report should publish by mid-2018, all going well and to plan. Q: What is your finale message to Somaliland Political Parties, Electoral Commission, People of Somaliland and International Community? International Observers : I can only speak personally here, and to Somaliland in general. I say to Somaliland: enjoy this process, and make it a peaceful and positive one. Somaliland has taken great democratic steps and I hope this will continue. I am always pleased to be in Somaliland and I consider it an honour to be invited to serve on the observation team. Horn Diplomat

Ciidanka Maraykanka ayaa sheegay in diyaaradahooda drones-ka ay saddex weerar ka fuliyeen Soomaaliya 24 saac ee la soo dhaafay,iyagoo sare u qaaday ol-olahooda ka dhanka ah mintidiinta xagjirka ah ee Al-shabaab iyo Daacish. Af-hayeen u hadashay Taliska Ciidanka maraykanka ee Afrika ayaa caawo Wakaaladda Wararka AP u sheegtay in saddexda weerar ee ay qaadeen drones-ka ay ku dhinteen xubno ka tirsan dagaallamayaasha xagjirka,waxayn intaasi raacisay in sannadkaan 26 weerar oo dhanka cirka Maraykanku ka fuliyey Soomaaliya. Duqeymahan u dambeeyey ayaa lala kaashaday dowladda Soomaaliya,sida ay tilmaantay Af-hayeenka. Weerarkii ugu horreeyey ayaa galabnimadii Sabtida 4:30PM ka dhacay degaanka Gaduud oo qiyaastii 250 mile koonfur galbeed kaga beegan caasimadda Soomaaliya ee Muqdisho,waxaana ku dhintay dagaallame ka tirsan Al-shabaab. Duqeyntaas ayaa timid kadib markii Al-shabaab weerareen kolonyo ciidamo Maraykan iyo Somali ah. Af-hayeenka ayaa tiri’waxaan qiimeynay inaan halkaas wax rayid ah ka dhoweyn”,iyadoo raacisay”waxaan qaadaynaa dhammaan tallaabooyinka ku habboon si aan u hubin inaan khasaare gaarin rayidka iyo burbur,waxaana ilaalinaynaa xeerarka dagaalka”. weerarka labaad ee lagu beegsaday Al-shabaab,ayaa laga fuliyey gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose degaan qiyaastii 50mile galbeed uga beegan caasimadda Soomaaliya ee Muqdisho, subaxnimadii Axadda 3a.m. Al-shabaab oo ah, urur xagjir ah oo dilaaya,ayaa lagu eedeeyey qaraxii weynaa ee gaariga ee Muqdisho ka dhacay bishii hore,kaasoo ay ku dhinten in ka badan 350 ruux.Weerarkaas ayaa ahaa kii ugu xumaa ee soo mara Soomaaliya iyo mid kamid ah weeraradii ugu darnaa ee caalamka ka dhacay muddo sannado ah. Weerarka saddexaad oo lagu beegsaday Daacish,ayaa laga fuliyey Puntland subaxnimadii Axadda 9.00a.m,wuxuuna ahaa kii labaad ee Maraykanku la’ beegsado Daacishta Soomaaliya,iyadoo bilowgii bishaan kii ugu horreeyey lagu duqeeyey. Ururka Daacish ayaa labadii sano ee la soo dhaafay ka jiray Soomaaliya,waxaana tiro kamid ah dagaal-yahannadeedu ay horay uga soo goosteen Al-shabaab. Xigasho/Wakaaladda Wararka Associated Press PUNTLAND POST Cabdiraxmaan Ciise Cumar The post War deg deg:Diyaaradaha drones-ka Maraykanka oo duqeyn ka fuliyey Puntland. appeared first on Puntland Post.

CAIRO: There are fears that a unilateral attempt by Ethiopia to begin filling a huge new dam on the Nile will lead to the failure of technical discussions with Egypt and Sudan. Disagreements between Ethiopia and Egypt on filling the reservoir and generating power within a few months on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which will be the largest in Africa, could not be resolved during the Tripartite National Technical Committee’s meeting, which brought together the Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian ministers of water and was held in Addis Ababa on Oct. 19. The day before the meeting, Ethiopia’s Communication and Information Technology Minister Debretsion Gebremichael announced that the construction of the dam had reached 62 percent and generating power would start this Ethiopian year and before construction is complete. The new Ethiopian year started on Sept. 11 and ends in October 2018. “The remaining 38 percent of the construction will be done while the dam is generating hydroelectric power,” Gebremichael had told the Ethiopian News Agency. Considering the slow pace at which the French consulting firms BRL and Artelia are preparing technical studies, it is speculated that before Ethiopia begins storing the Nile’s water in the dam, studies necessary for reaching a final agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the rules of filling and operating the dam will be completed. If no agreement takes place between the three countries, Ethiopia’s next step would be considered a clear violation of the tripartite Declaration of Principles on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Khartoum on March 23, 2015. “Any unilateral attempt made by Ethiopia to initiate filling the dam would lead to the failure of the current technical discussions between the three countries,” said Dr. Ayman Shabana, professor of political science at the Institute of African Studies, Cairo University. However, Hani Raslan, an expert on the Nile basin and Sudanese affairs at Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, believes the declaration of principles does not provide a legally binding framework for Ethiopia since it obliges the three countries only to “respect” the terms and not “adhere” to them. “Respect can mean a different thing for each country,” he said. “There are also controversial terms in the declaration of principles, especially the one that says filling the GERD reservoir is linked to completing joint technical studies,” he added, explaining that Ethiopia adopted “an elusive interpretation of this term.” “Ethiopia has named two phases of the filling process: ‘The first filling,’ which it targets during the current stage in order to start generating power, and ‘the complete filling,’ which means filling the dam reservoir to its full capacity of 74 billion cubic meters,” he continued, “And it only associates the completion of technical studies and the filling and operation rules with the complete filling and not the first filling.” Frozen negotiations Egypt is increasingly concerned about Ethiopia’s intention to start storing water in the GERD reservoir before completing the technical studies and reaching a final agreement on filling and operation rules. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed what he called the “frozen negotiations” of the tripartite technical committee. During a meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart, Workneh Gebeyehu, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21, Shoukry complained of the delay in issuing technical studies on the dam’s impact on Egypt and Sudan. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi also pointed out the urgency of the speedy implementation of the declaration of principles on Ethiopia’s dam in his speech to the General Assembly on Sept. 19. Shoukri explained that the reason behind the “slowdown” of issuing technical studies on the dam’s impact was the presence of obstacles that none of the three countries could overcome at technical or political levels. “These obstacles are a threat to the foundations of the Declaration of Principles agreement,” he said in an interview with Al-Ahram newspaper, published on Oct. 4. He then added: “Not completing the technical studies prior to completing the dam’s construction and launching the filling process would make everyone suspect negotiations are being stalled to impede the report’s issuance.” In spite of this, unofficial Egyptian sources acquainted with water management suggested that, to avoid the discussions failing, Egypt agree to the first filling of the GERD reservoir under three conditions: First, the filling must be for trial purposes and not part of the actual filling process that leads to the dam’s official operation. Second, the target water level of the first filling must be only enough for operating the two turbines installed by Ethiopia at the dam’s lower part, provided filling stops immediately after reaching this level and is resumed only after the completion of technical studies and reaching a final tripartite agreement on the rules of filling and operation. Egyptian sources estimated the amount of water needed for this purpose would be around 15 billion cubic meters. Third, the first filling must be completed over two years, according to the same unofficial Egyptian sources, and not one year or less as planned by Ethiopia. Dr. Shabana, of the Institute of African Studies at Cairo University, agrees with the above insight, stressing that “any step taken by Ethiopia toward initiating the filling process must be for trial purposes only and in full coordination with Egypt, as required by the declaration of principles.” In Raslan’s opinion, Egypt currently lacks the tools for pressuring Ethiopia, which means it has to accept Ethiopia’s unilateral filling approach. He also pointed out that the time at which the Ethiopian government announced its unilateral intention to start filling the GERD reservoir, which coincided with the tripartite technical committee’s meeting in Addis Ababa, confirms Ethiopia’s approach of refusing legal commitment as well as negotiations about its construction of GERD and development of its filling and operation rules. “Ethiopia refused to discuss the matter. Instead, it unilaterally announced it,” he said. “In practice, Ethiopia does not respect the declaration of principles nor the technical discussions, but uses them as a façade to show goodwill and an alleged desire to cooperate with Egypt and Sudan and not harm them,” he continued. “Ethiopia’s ultimate and strategic goal is to completely and unilaterally control the Nile’s revenue, which is 48-50 billion cubic meters of water annually and accounts for most of Egypt’s annual allocation of the Nile’s water.” Arab News sought a comment on this information from the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, but the ministry’s spokesperson declined to comment. Technical committee Technical matters associated with the best mechanism for filling and operating the Renaissance Dam without affecting the two downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, are still being debated after the Tripartite National Technical Committee, composed of 12 experts from Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, held 16 rounds of negotiations, the latest of which was on Oct. 15 in Addis Ababa, to reach an agreement on the initial technical report submitted by the two French consulting firms, BRL and Artelia, in late March 2017. On Sept. 20, 2016 in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the three countries signed the contracts for the technical studies with the two French firms, marking the preparation for a technical file on the Renaissance Dam and its effect on downstream countries. The studies were supposed to be finalized by the two French firms last August according to the time frame of 11 months defined by the declaration of principles agreement, followed by the Khartoum Document, which was signed by the three countries’ foreign ministers in December 2015, in addition to a period of four months dedicated for the technical committee’s members to reach consensus on how to implement the studies’ outcomes. “Ethiopia’s strategy is to either impose its views during the technical discussions or withdraw from all agreements and restart negotiations from scratch,” Raslan said. “Faced with this approach, Egypt had no decisive negotiation strategy and relied instead on successive concessions in hopes of mellowing Ethiopia, which never happened.” Egypt’s Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati predicted earlier that Ethiopia would start storing water in the GERD reservoir next year. On Sept. 28, 2017, Misr News Agency quoted the minister saying: “The impact of the Renaissance Dam has not yet been experienced because the flow of water into Egypt is no different from that experienced during previous years, but it is very likely that part of the dam will be filled next year.” He also stressed the importance of consensus on the method of filling and operating the dam. In a press statement published on Oct. 18, 2017, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said that Egypt confirmed no water had been stored behind GERD this year and nothing was impeding the flow of water into the country until now. The press statement was released a day after an Egyptian delegation, headed by Abdel Ati, on Oct. 17 visited the dam in Benishangul, which is 20 km from the Sudanese border, and “the visit was the first of its kind for an Egyptian government official.” Complete filling In addition to the dispute over Ethiopia’s intention to start the unilateral filling of the GERD reservoir as part of what it calls “the first filling,” what Ethiopia calls “the complete filling” poses a greater danger, said Hani Raslan, Nile basin and Sudanese affairs expert. “Ethiopia insists on filling the reservoir within three years, which will deprive Egypt of around 25 billion cubic meters of water every year — almost half of its annual allocation of the Nile’s water,” Raslan explained. “Egypt, on the other hand, demanded filling the reservoir over a period of nine years.” “If we take into account the annual loss of water caused by leakage and evaporation, the complete filling is expected to drain almost 90 billion cubic meters of water, not 74 billion cubic meters, which represents the final storage volume,” he added. In the context of a strategic approach supported by several international and regional parties to reshape and strengthen Ethiopia’s influence and turn it into the greatest power in East Africa and the Nile basin, Addis Ababa has plans to export hydroelectric power. Arab News