Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN DAGAARI, Somalia — The global food crisis has arrived at Safia Ali’s hut. She cannot afford rice or wheat or powdered milk anymore. At the same time, a drought has decimated her family’s herd of goats, turning their sole livelihood into a pile of bleached bones and papery skin. The result is that Ms. Safia, a 25-year-old mother of five, has not eaten in a week. Her 1-year-old son is starving too, an adorable, listless boy who doesn’t even respond to a pinch. Somalia — and much of the volatile Horn of Africa, for that matter — was about the last place on earth that needed a food crisis. Even before commodity prices started shooting up around the globe, civil war, displacement and imperiled aid operations had pushed many people here to the brink of famine. But now with food costs spiraling out of reach and the livestock that people live off of dropping dead in the sand, villagers across this sun-blasted landscape say hundreds of people are dying of hunger and thirst. This is what happens, economists say, when the global food crisis meets local chaos. “We’re really in the perfect storm,” said Jeffrey D. Sachs, a Columbia economist and top United Nations adviser, who recently visited neighboring Kenya. There has been a collision of troubles throughout the region: skimpy rainfall, disastrous harvests, soaring food prices, dying livestock, escalating violence, out-of-control inflation, and shrinking food aid because of many of these factors. Across the border in Ethiopia, in the war-racked ****** region, the situation sounds just as dire. In Darfur, the United Nations has had to cut food rations because of a rise in banditry that endangers aid deliveries. Kenya is looking vulnerable, too. A recent headline in one of Kenya’s leading newspapers blared, “25,000 villagers risk starving,” referring to a combination of drought, higher fertilizer and fuel costs and postelection violence that displaced thousands of farmers. “These places aren’t on the brink,” Mr. Sachs said. “They’ve gone over the cliff.” Many Somalis are trying to stave off starvation with a thin gruel made from mashed thorn-tree branches called jerrin. Some village elders said their children were chewing on their own lips and tongues because they had no food. The weather has been merciless — intensely hot days, followed by cruelly clear nights. This week, Saida Mohamed Afrah, another emaciated mother, left her two children under a tree and went scavenging for food and water. When she came back two hours later, her children were dead. She had little to say about the drought. “I just wish my children had died in my lap,” she said. The United Nations has declared a wide swath of central Somalia a humanitarian emergency, the final stage before a full-blown famine. But Christian Balslev-Olesen, the head of Unicef operations in Somalia, said the situation was likely to become a famine in the coming weeks. Famine is defined by several criteria, including malnutrition, mortality, food and water scarcity and destruction of livelihood. Some of those factors, like an acute malnutrition rate of 24 percent in some areas of Somalia, have already soared past emergency thresholds and are closing in on famine range. Mr. Balslev-Olesen said Unicef recently received reports of people dying from hunger and thirst. It is hard to know exactly how many, he said, though local elders have put the number in the mid-hundreds. “We have all the indicators in place for a catastrophe,” Mr. Balslev-Olesen said. “We cannot call it that yet. But I’m very much concerned it’s just a matter of weeks until we have to.” Many people already consider Somalia a catastrophe. It has some of the highest malnutrition rates anywhere in the world — in a good year. The collapse of the central government in 1991 plunged Somalia into a spiral of clan-driven bloodshed that it has yet to pull out of. The era began with a famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people. The consensus now is that all the same elements of the early 1990s — high-intensity conflict, widespread displacement and drought — are lining up again, and at a time of the biggest spike in global food prices in more than 30 years. The United Nations says 2.6 million Somalis need assistance and the number could soon swell to 3.5 million, nearly half the estimated population. If there is excellent rain or a sudden peace, the crisis may ease. But weather projections and even the rosiest political forecasts do not predict that. Whether Somalia slips into a famine may depend on aid, and right now, that does not look so good either. Eleven aid workers have been killed this year, and United Nations officials say Somalia is as complicated — and dangerous — as ever. Beyond the warlord and clan fighting, there is now a budding conflict with Western aid workers. The Bush administration has said that terrorists with Al Qaeda are hiding in Somalia, sheltered by local Islamists, and has gone after them with American airstrikes. But a recent American attack on an Islamist leader in Dusa Marreb, a town in the center of the drought zone, has spawned a wave of revenge threats against Western aid workers. The United Nations and private aid organizations say it is now too dangerous to expand their life-saving work in Dusa Marreb. “We’re in a different contextual environment right now,” said Chris Smoot, the program director for World Vision aid projects in Somalia. He said there were anti-Western “rogue elements that can shut you down, in any shape or form, at any time.” Aid is also a serious problem in the contested ****** region of Ethiopia, across the border from here. A recent report written by a contractor working for the United States Agency for International Development said the drought there was “clearly worsening” and that the response by the Ethiopian government, one of America’s closest allies in Africa, was “absolutely abysmal.” This may be no accident. The Ethiopian government is struggling with an insurgency in the ******, and the report said that “food is clearly being used as a weapon,” with the government starving out rebel areas, while a mysterious warehouse of American-donated food was discovered across the road from an Ethiopian Army base. “The U.S.G.,” meaning the United States government, “cannot in good conscience allow the food operation to continue in its current manifestation,” the report said. “This situation would be absolutely shameful in any other country.” The report was not made public, though a copy was provided to The New York Times. When asked about it, a senior American aid official characterized the report as “just a snapshot and one person’s observations and impressions.” But the senior aid official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said: “We’re not saying there’s not a crisis in the ******. We’re not saying the Ethiopian response has been satisfactory. But some progress has been made. And we need more.” Ethiopian officials declined comment and have denied human rights abuses in the ******. All across this region, one of the poorest of the poor, people are left to the mercies of the desert. In central Somalia, for instance, fewer than five inches of rain have fallen in the past year and a half, aid officials say. The winds are harsh, throats are dry. This area, like much of the Horn of Africa, is too arid for farming. The people here, in lonely outposts like Dagaari, survive by grazing goats, sheep, cattle and camels, selling the animals for money they use to buy food. “But nobody wants a skinny goat,” explained Abdul Kadir Nur, a herder in Dagaari. That was about all he had left after the drought killed 400 of his 450 animals. Not far from the pile of goat bones is a circle of stones. It is the grave of his toddler son. Mr. Abdul Kadir said the boy had died of hunger and that he had been placed in his grave at an angle, “so he can sleep.” He walked a few more steps, his flip-flops digging into the crunchy earth. He arrived at Ms. Safia’s hut, where several people were peering in the doorway, watching her sweat on the dirt floor. The nearest hospital was only a half hour away, but nobody had any money to pay for a ride. “She will most likely die,” an elder said and walked away. Ms. Safia’s son seemed to sense that. He curled up next to his mother while he still could, his face pressed against the damp cloth that covered her. Her ribs moved up and down, up and down, in quick shallow breaths.

not for the world

abtiigis, keep you cool man. the sheikh is well respected man and his record shows. i applaud him for his effort and hopfully his good judgement will come threw.

the somaliland circus. . airing tomorrow at eight.

inugu warya-dha is lama dafno. warya marko dahaan ugu jawaba durwa, markasu iska qosla.

^^^ i was concern about the rainfall back home. people are mostly self sufficient and need no aid when drought is not so severe. inshallah thinks will balance out before the rain seasone is over. ma ilaaliyo roobka lakinse waan ku farxa marku roob lobahna da'o.

^^^isage?

ka waran qof muslim isku sheega, kuna farxaa in eey gaalo ku so qulqusho wadan islaam ah. u sacab tuma, ha la arko meesha eey idingayso

an example

Weird democracy and legal system in Ethiopia By Hussein Aden Ali May 17, 2008 The current Ethiopian government made up of mostly former rebels of TPLF gorilla fighters came into power in1991. It’s well known that this organization was closer to socialism that to democracy before they over through Mengistu a socialist himself. To its credit the TPLF immediately realize switching to democracy is more beneficial to them than to hold on to the old socialist idea. In this changing world where the nice words are democracy and good governance you need to adopt, and to make change as they become necessary. To be specific the TPLF implemented their own style of democracy, but what surprised me and force me to write this note is how much they deviated from conventional democracy as it’s known to the rest of the world. To make clear my point I will share with the readers few examples, that make Ethiopia’s current democracy weird compared to the rest of democratic world. We will look in to examples both at federal level and state levels, since the country is divided in to ethnic line states, and we focus on Somali state when we are considering state issues. The Ethiopian parliament at federal level is made up of little more than five hundred members. To your surprise the governing TPLF who holds only 38 seats out of more than 500 will force other ethnic parties who hold seats in palement to join the coalition. A good example is the Oromo party who holds 110 seats, the Amhara party with 87 seats, and the Southern people’s party who holds 97 seats. I could not personally find the rational behind why a party with 110 seats has to join and take order from the party who only hold 38 seats in parliament. The current Ethiopian prime minister comes from the TPLF party which holds only 38 seats in federal parliament. The question we have to ask is how they do it. The answer is very simple, all the parties who have more seats than the TPLF have no choice but to join a coalition known as EPRDF created by the TPLF to cover their dictatorship, and make it look to the rest of the world that these parties who have more seats are joining the coalition freely, and accepting to pick their prime Minster from the TPLF. It’s an deniable realty that they are forced to do so, and they do not have any other choice but to accept the realty on the ground, a dictatorship covered by bogus democracy. At the state level particularly the Somali state the TPLF who are the leaders of the coalition called EPRDF dictates to the Somali state leaders who will join the parliament to represent the Somali Ethiopians both in the state and in federal level. For those of us who live in the democratic world, if a member of parliament is elected, the only way he/she will lose his or her seat is if he loses in election or if he decides to resign. That is not the case in Somali state of Ethiopia. The EPRDF is the only one who decides, who joins or who leave the Somali state of Ethiopia’s Parliament. Any one who wants to check on these facts, it was on the news not long ago that few members of the Somali state parliament are force to leave. The state officialise may say we decided to let these elected officialise go, but the reality is they been told by EPRDF. If we look at the justice side it’s a universal principle that the criminal responsiplity to be Personal, but in Ethiopia particularly in the Somali state it’s different. You will be prosecuted by a crime committed by your father, mother, and uncle or by distance Relative. What is more surprising is that people are forced on daily bases to admit a crime they never committed in a process known as gimgama which the Somali Ethiopian call it gabagabo in Somali language, which is an old style system in which their camel were rounded up to punish those who do not follow the rules of the king. To my understanding the gimgama system is a socialist idea which the TPLF used during their struggle with mengistu. In this process when the person admit a crime he/she never commits in public gathering, they let him/her go, but keep the record and use against him in any subsequent legal process against him. It seems to me despite the clear evidence that the current regime in Ethiopia’s an democratic behaviour they are rewarded by the west for their special interest, ignoring the suffering of Ethiopian population in the hands of dictator covered by a bogus democracy. By Hussein Aden Ali Email: Husseinali25@gmail.com source: wardheernews.com

mixed results so far, mostly below average.

^^jb waxad waydiisay waa qowmiyad ee qabil maaha. markaad adisababa ku noqoto waydee waxa ay amxaaro iyo oromo kayihiin.

^^a sad story indeed. but if you go to somaligalbeed you would see kids playing with the remains of burnt out B10, burnt out tanks, and armored vehicles. i am not kidding if you go to the sorrounding hills around khabridahar you would find empty shells and burn out tanks.

^^^ Apparently ethiopia wasn't looking for a sarifle and hotel worker so these men have been released.

C/naasir Maxamuud Aw Xuseen & Xariir Maxamuud Dool oo uu maamulka S/land u gacan galiyay Itoobiya Beerdhiga 16.05.2008 18:58 Maamulka Soomaaliland ayay ciidamadiisa Booliiska ee magaalada Hargeyga waxa ay maalinimadii Isniinta ahayd ee la soo dhaafay waxa ay magaalada ka qabteen 2 nin oo sida la xaqiijiyay ka soo jeeda gobolka Soomaali galbeed in mudo ahna ka shaqeysan jiray magaalada. Labada nin ee ay qabteen ciidamada Booliiska magaalada Hargeysa ayaa lagu kala magacaabi jiray C/naasir Maxamuud Aw Xuseen iyo Xariir Maxamuud Dool kuwaas oo sanadihii la soo dhafay magaalada ku sugnaa. Ilo xog ogaal ah oo ku sugan magaalada Hargeysa ayaa Beerdhiga u xaqiijiyay in C/naasir Maxamuud Aw Xuseen la qabtay sacaadu markey ahayd 2:00 duhirnimo halka Xariir Maxamuud Dool isna la qabtay ka dib salaadii duhur ee Isniintii laga soo gudbay. Ilahaas ayaa sidoo kale sheegay in 2 nin loo sii qaaday dhanka magaalada Jig jiga oo ay hada ku sugan yihiin , waxayna dhinac kale ilahaasi sheegeen in qaar ka mid wax garadka la qaraabada ahaa 2 nin ay maamulka Somaliland u tageen kalana hadleen xaalada 2 nin balse maamulku uu si cad ugu sheegay in 2 nin ay ka soo codsatay Itoobiya isla markaana ay iyagu fuliyeen howshii loo diray. Ilahaas ayaa sidoo kale xaqiijiyay in 2 nin markii la qabtay kadib ay magaalada ku sugnaayeen wakhti kooban wax yar ka dibna loo sii qaaday dhanka Jig jiga oo ay wakhti xaadirkan ku sugan yihiin. C/naasir Maxamuud ayaa ahaa nin ka shaqeeya Hotel la seexdo oo lagu magacaabo “Baane” oo uu lahaa Suldaan Cali Baane wuxuuna ahaa sida ay ilo xog ogaal ahi noo sheegeen nin ka shaqeeya hotelka sanadihii la soo dhaafay. Sidoo kale Xariir Maxamuud Dool ayaa isna sarifle ka ahaa Suuqa weyn ee sarifka lacagaha qalaad ee Hargeysa wuxuuna halkaa ku sugaan mudooyinkii la soo dhaafay. 2 nin ee uu maamulka Soomaaliland u gacan galiyay Itoobiya ayaa ka soo jeeda gobolka Somali galbeed gaar ahaa degmada Awaare oo ay dagaan qabiil ka mid ah qabaa’ilka daga deegaankaasi. Ilaa iyo hadda ma jiraan wax fal dambiyeed ah oo uu maamulka Somaliland ku heysto 2 nin marka laga tago in ay Itoobiya ka soo codsatay sidaana ay ugu dhiibeen moyee. Ma ahan markii ugu horeysay ee uu maamulka Soomaliland u gacan galiyo dad ka soo geeda Soomaali galbeed gumeysiga Itoobiya waxayna dhacadadani qeyb ka noqneysaa falal dhowr ahaa oo uu maamulka Soomaaliland kula kacay dad Soomaali ah. Maamulka Soomaliland ka arimiya ayaa lagu sheegaa inuu xiriir hoose la leeyahay xukuumada ka arimisa Addis Ababa waxaana mar sii horaysay hadal ka soo baxay dhanka maamulka Soomaaliland lagu xusay in ay Itoobiya la soo galeen in ay u gacan galiyaan dadka ay Itobiya ka soo codsato. 2 maamul ee kala ah Puntland iyo Soomaliland ayaa la dhihi karaa waxa ay tafa xeydasho ugu jiraan sidii midba midka kale uu uga soke mari lahaa xiriirka uu la leeyahay Itoobiya, balse waxa ay dad badani is waydiin karaan dadka la dhiibayo ma maamuladaas ayay dambi ka galeen maxaysa kaga duwan yihiin dadka walaalahood ah ee maamuladaas ku hoos nool. www.Beerdhiga.com

^^^IA they won't separate. i can understand your wish but why start pessimastic talk like that.

Joint Statement 11 May 2008 ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Western Somali Democratic Party (WSDP) Affirming that successive Ethiopian regimes have maintained a policy of denying the Somali people of ****** of their legitimate rights for self-determination. Having witnessed the genocidal policies of the TPLF regime including extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrest, burning of villages and other war crimes committed against our people including those who reside in Canbuule, Gadhmalu,Cundhufo, Harmukaale, Dhuure, Mooyaale , Hudeed and other central districts. Noting the long standing animosity the TPLF regime holds toward ethnic Somalis in general throughout the Horn of Africa as demonstrated by war crimes committed by the TPLF regime in Somalia in general and Mogadishu in particular. Following extensive discussions held in and outside of our country which began in 2006 resulting in a comprehensive understanding aimed unifying the struggle for the Self-Determination of the Somali people of ******, the ONLF and the WSDP have resolved as follows. 1. To unify the WSDP and the ONLF into one political organization retaining the name of the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) 2. To increase the role of ethnic Somalis in the struggle both inside and outside of our country. 3. To augment the role of civil society in all aspects of the struggle. 4. To safeguard the territorial integrity of our country. 5. To intensify the armed struggle in order to realize full self-determination and freedom for ethnic Somalis. The leaders of the ONLF and WSDP call upon all ethnic Somalis to participate in the struggle for the liberation of our country in order to finally bring to an end the suppression of the Somali people of ****** ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Western Somali Democratic Party (WSDP)

Ethiopia: 7 Qof oo ay cidamada Dawladu ku dileen tulada Mudha e deg. Qabribayax iyo 2 Qof oo ay Somaliland u soo dhibtay Itobiya05/13/08 Jijiga(Kilil5)---Wararka aanu ka helayno Degmada Qabribayax ayaa sheegaya in tuulada Mudha oo wax yar uun kaga began dhanka galbeed degmada qabri bayax ay ciidamada dawladu ku dileen 7 qof oo shacaba. Todobadan qof ayaa la sheegayaa inay 5 ay kasoo jeedo Beesha Abaskuul ee dagta aagaas halka labada kalena ay ahaayeen maalin guur ********. Shantan qof ee isku beesha ah ayaa la sheegayaa inay sadex kamid ahi walaalo ahaayeen. Lama garanaayo ilaa hada sababta ay ciidamada dawladu u laayeen dadkan shacabka ah balse wararka halkaas naga soo gaadhayaa waxay tibaaxayaan in ciidamadu ay hawlgal ugu bexeen agaas iyadoo dhawaan lagu dilay mid kamida ciidamada booliska. Ciidamada ayaa la sheegayaa inay goor subaxa ay rasaas ooda kaga qaadeen dadkan shacabka ah oo u badnaa beeralay halkaasna ay rasaastii ku dishay todobadan qof. Warar kale oo aanu iyagana ka helayno xuduudka uu deegaanku la wadaago jamuuriyada Somaliland ayaa sheegaya in 2 dhalin yaro ah oo u dashay deegaanka ay dawlada Somaliland u soo dhiibtay ciidamada dawladan itoobiya. Labadan nin mid kamidi ahaa Inan la yaal ayaa ka shaqaysanaayay caasimada wadankaas ee Hargaysa. Mid kamida ayaa la sheegayaa inuu ahaa Sarifle halka kakalena uu lahaa Huteel Jiifa. Lama garanaayo sababta kadambaysa soo dhiibida labadan qof balse waxaa la filayaa in lagu tuhmay inay xidhiidh la leeyihiin jabhadaha mucaaradka. Waxaa dhawr bilood ka hor ay dawlada Somaliland sidoo kale soo gudbisay 11 nin oo u dhashay deegaankan oo hawlo kala duwan u joogay dalkaas balse markii wax dambi ah lagu waayay dib loo siidaayay. Kilil5 Online these actions are against the ideals of the Somali people, the universal declaration of the human rights, the international covenant of civil and political rights, the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention Against Torture, and most importantly the rights of the Muslim on another Muslim when his oppressed and driven out of his homeland. by disregarding such reprehensible tactics the populations that reside in these region risk alienating the people of Somaligalbeed and encouraging further human rights abuse against themselves and those who come to them as guests. additionally these action will only embolden the apatite for those who profiteer from human beings and will certainly compromise the freedoms of the people of Somaliland and lead to mini police state that serve the whims of the Ethiopian secret services. Extraordinary rendition such as these will subvert the atmosphere of mutual cooperation that exist between the people of Somaliland and Somaligalbeed and lead tribal wars and unnecessary unrest and the erosion of the Somali culture that dictates the honor, protection and safe passage of the traveler and neighbor. The people of Somaliland need to stand against these injustices and proclaim these actions are done against their consent and their believe as Muslim population. Embarrassing this administration for these abominable actions and revealing that they are acting against the rule of law is one method to preventing or discouraging the profiteering of human beings. I am sure the people of Somaliland aren't any less honorable then the people of Puntland who today stood up to save there honor and dignity by preventing further kidnapping of the innocent people that reside amongst them. Kudos to the ulama and people of puntland. check below. Ciidamada P/Land ee ku sugan gegida dayuuradaha ee magaalada Boosaaso ayaa xoog kaga kaxeystay madaarka magaalada Boosaaso shan nin oo diyaarad kaga yimid dhanka Jabuuti kuna socday magaalada Boosaaso. Ciidamada raggan afduubay oo amar ka heystay ku xigeenka Cadde Muuse oo lagu magacaabo Xasan Daahir Af-qudhac ayaa isla judhiiba raggaas shanta ah ula dhaqaaqay dhanka magaalada Garoowe oo ay ku sugan yihiin saraakiil xabashi ah oo loo maleynayo iney halkaa u joogaan gacan ku dhigista ciddii maamulku uga soo afduubo gobollada Puntland. Qaar ka mid ah waxgaradka, culamaa’uddiinka iyo acyaanta ku sugan Boosaaso ayaa dadaal adag u galay sidii ay raggaas uga badbaadin lahaayeen gacanta ciidamada puntland, iyagoo waxgaradka iyo culimaa'uddiinkaas wacad ku maray inay kalsoonida kala laabanayaan maamulka Puntland isla markaana ku dhawaaqayaan in aysan Puntland ka jirin kala dambeyn iyo maamul toona haddii raggaas xabashida loo dhiibo. Ilo xogogaal ah oo kamid ah qeybaha bulshada ee arrintaa kala xiriiray maamulka P/land ayaa Beerdhiga u xaqiijiyey in raggan laga qabtay gegida dayuuradaha Boosaaso abaaraha duhurnimadii Talaadada, isla galabkiina loola carraabay dhinaca Garoowe halkaas oo ay ku sugan yihiin saraakiil Itoobiyaan ah oo halkaa u jooga howlo ay kamid tahay afduubidda dadka socotada ah iyo shacabka ku dhaqan gobollada lagu magacaabo Puntland. Xasan Daahir Af-qudhac, oo ah ninka amarka ku bixiyey afduubka raggaas shanta ah ayaa ku andacooday in raggaas ay khatar ku ahaayeen amniga iyo xasilloonida Puntland sidaas aawadeedna ku adkeystay in uu u gacan gelinayo saraakiisha gumeysiga xabashida ee fadhigoodu yahay magaalada Garoowe. Xasan Daahir Af-qudhac ayaanan haba yaraatee soo bandhigin wax caddeymo ah oo la cuskan karo, tilmaamayana in raggaasi ay khalkhalinayeen amniga gobollada Puntland. Dhinaca kale dadaallo ay sameeyeen waxgaradka, culamaa’uddiinka iyo acyaanta magaalada Boosaaso ayaa ku guuleystay inay raggaas si dirqi ah dib ooga soo dhigaan ciidamadii la aaday magaalada Garoowe, iyagoo ay ragggaasi haatan ku sugan yihiin magaalada Qardho, laguna wado in isla berriba dib loogu soo celiyo Boosaaso. Waa markii saddexaad muddo qiyaasta saddex usbuuc gudahood ah oo isku day ceynkan oo kale ah uu maamulka Puntland ugu gacan galinayo ciidamada xabashida, rag deegaan ahaan iyo dhalasho ahaanba kasoo wada jeeda beelaha dega gobolka S/Galbeed ee xabashidu gumeysato, isuguna jiray qaar soo maciinsaday gobollada Puntlnd halkaana muddo degganaa iyo qaar halkaa socoto ku ahaa. www.Beerdhiga.com

"Yeah that’s right. As weird as that might seem to some folks, dirrin is where this one will be settled". not so long as you have ethiopians or their represenatives on the dirrin. ethiopians don't subscribe to you phlasophy of dirrin problem solving, they rather order and demand then compromise and reconcile. simple as that, take the ethiopians and their representative out of your equation and you phlosophy may have a chance otherwise forget it.

Waxaa dhawr bilood ka hor ay dawlada Somaliland sidoo kale soo gudbisay 11 nin oo u dhashay deegaankan oo hawlo kala duwan u joogay dalkaas balse markii wax dambi ah lagu waayay dib loo siidaayay. total of 13 innocent people.

Ethiopia: 7 Qof oo ay cidamada Dawladu ku dileen tulada Mudha e deg. Qabribayax iyo 2 Qof oo ay Somaliland u soo dhibtay Itobiya05/13/08 Jijiga(Kilil5)---Wararka aanu ka helayno Degmada Qabribayax ayaa sheegaya in tuulada Mudha oo wax yar uun kaga began dhanka galbeed degmada qabri bayax ay ciidamada dawladu ku dileen 7 qof oo shacaba. Todobadan qof ayaa la sheegayaa inay 5 ay kasoo jeedo Beesha Abaskuul ee dagta aagaas halka labada kalena ay ahaayeen maalin guur ********. Shantan qof ee isku beesha ah ayaa la sheegayaa inay sadex kamid ahi walaalo ahaayeen. Lama garanaayo ilaa hada sababta ay ciidamada dawladu u laayeen dadkan shacabka ah balse wararka halkaas naga soo gaadhayaa waxay tibaaxayaan in ciidamadu ay hawlgal ugu bexeen agaas iyadoo dhawaan lagu dilay mid kamida ciidamada booliska. Ciidamada ayaa la sheegayaa inay goor subaxa ay rasaas ooda kaga qaadeen dadkan shacabka ah oo u badnaa beeralay halkaasna ay rasaastii ku dishay todobadan qof. Warar kale oo aanu iyagana ka helayno xuduudka uu deegaanku la wadaago jamuuriyada Somaliland ayaa sheegaya in 2 dhalin yaro ah oo u dashay deegaanka ay dawlada Somaliland u soo dhiibtay ciidamada dawladan itoobiya. Labadan nin mid kamidi ahaa Inan la yaal ayaa ka shaqaysanaayay caasimada wadankaas ee Hargaysa. Mid kamida ayaa la sheegayaa inuu ahaa Sarifle halka kakalena uu lahaa Huteel Jiifa. Lama garanaayo sababta kadambaysa soo dhiibida labadan qof balse waxaa la filayaa in lagu tuhmay inay xidhiidh la leeyihiin jabhadaha mucaaradka. Waxaa dhawr bilood ka hor ay dawlada Somaliland sidoo kale soo gudbisay 11 nin oo u dhashay deegaankan oo hawlo kala duwan u joogay dalkaas balse markii wax dambi ah lagu waayay dib loo siidaayay. Kilil5 Online

TIMELINE - Tensions between Sudan and Chad (Reuters) - Sudan has accused neighbouring Chad of backing rebels who attacked the capital Khartoum at the weekend and has cut diplomatic relations. Here is a chronology of recent Chad-Sudan tensions: Jan/Feb 2004 - Thousands of refugees from Sudan's Darfur region arrive in Chad fleeing government bombings and raids by Arab Janjaweed militias. April 9 - Chad brokers a ceasefire between the Sudanese government and two Darfur rebel groups. April 11, 2005 - Chad suspends mediation, accusing Sudan of supporting Chadian rebels. It returns to mediation after promises from Khartoum that it would act against the rebels. December 18 - Chad says its forces killed about 300 rebels after they launched a failed offensive on the border town of Adre. Sudan denies involvement. Feb 8, 2006 - Chad and Sudan agree to put an end to their dispute at a meeting in Libya. April 13 - Chad government forces fight off attack by rebels on the capital N'Djamena. Several hundred people killed. Deby breaks diplomatic relations with Sudan the next day. Aug 8 - Chadian President Idriss Deby and Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir agree to restore ties. Feb 1, 2007 - Rebels fighting to overthrow Deby launch an attack on Adre, before being beaten back. Feb 22 - At a conference in Libya, leaders of Sudan and Chad pledge to redouble efforts to end border violence. May 3 - Sudan and Chad sign a Saudi-brokered reconciliation deal in Riyadh. Oct 25 - Chad and four Sudan-based Chadian rebel groups sign a "definitive peace accord" in Libya. At least two groups later abandoned the accord. Feb 3, 2008 - Deby beats back rebels who got as far as the presidential palace in an attempt to oust him. Former colonial power France rallies behind Deby. March 13 - Sudanese and Chadian leaders sign non-aggression deal in Senegal however Chadian rebels dismiss the peace pact the next day. May 10 - Rebels make a lightning advance from the western Darfur region to attack Khartoum. About 65 people are believed to have been killed in the attacks. May 11 - Sudan accuses Chad of backing the rebels and cuts diplomatic relations. Chad denies involvement.

Fifa say Sudan, Chad game is on There was violence in Omdurman over the weekend Fifa say that Sudan's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Chad will go ahead as scheduled on 31 May. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir broke off diplomatic relations with Chad after an attack on Khartoum at the weekend. He blames Chad for backing the rebel group from Darfur which carried out the attack. But football's world governing body insists that this will not affect the match, to be played in Omdurman. "Preparations for this match are on track," said Fifa spokesman Nicolas Maingot said. "We are in contact with the Sudan Football Association who are hosting the game." Sudan and Chad are Group 10 of the joint 2010 World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers, along with Mali and Congo.

^^^adeer isdaji. no one is disputing if the tabliiq are on the right path or not. they are unarmed organization in a country awash with guns. they are the weekest link not because of there aqiidah or conduct but because they simply don't have anything to defend themselves with as an organization.

NEWS MIDDLE EAST Ahmadinejad rejects Saudi charges Prince Saud al-Faisal accused Iran of backing Hezbollah[AFP] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has said that the comments by the Saudi foreign minister that Tehran interfered in the recent crisis in Lebanon are false and made in anger. Ahmadinejad was reacting on Tuesday to Prince Saud al-Faisal's comments that Iran's support for Hezbollah's 'coup' in Lebanon will affect Tehran's relations with Arab and Islamic nations. The Iranian president said that al-Faisal was not following the orders of Saudi King Abdullah with his remarks. "Iran is the only country not interfering in Lebanon," he told a news conference. Earlier on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia had blamed Iran for Hezbollah's routing of the Western-backed government supporters in Lebanon. Lebanon has suffered from almost a week of clashes between supporters of the Western-backed government and the opposition Hezbollah movement, backed by Iran and Syria. At least 54 people have died in the battles and scores more have been injured. Hezbollah has overpowered supporters of the government in Beirut and hills to the east. Nuclear 'proposals' Ahmadinejad also said that Iran will soon put forward new proposals to resolve its dispute with the West over its nuclear programme. "We have prepared a package which will soon be offered." However, he said that no incentives offered by the West would persuade Iran to abandon its right to develop its nuclear programme. Iran says that the programme is to create nuclear power, whereas the West fears that its real aim is to develop nuclear weapons.