Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee dabkii shalay ka kacay xaafad Boosaaso ku taal - Thursday, July 10, 2003 at 12:33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bosaso, (AllPuntland)- 5 qof ayaa ku geeriyootay dadkaloo aan tiradooda la sugina way ku dhaawacmeen magaalada Boosaaso shalay galinkii hore ,ka dib markii uu dab xoogan ka qarxay xaafadda ay dagan yihiin dad ka soo barakacay koonfurta Somaliya iyo Itoobiya oo ku dhow madaxtooyada gobolka Bari. Dabkaan ayaa wararku sheegayaan inuu keenay dab gaaray mid ka mid ah cooshadaha xaafadda Tuulo Eelaay dabadeedna dabaylaha loo yaqaan Fooraha ay sii labo jibaareen dabkii halkaasi ka kacay. Dadka dhintay ayaa sida AllPuntland ay soo gaarsiiyeen dad xog ogaal waxaa ku jiray nin Curyaan ah oo dabku ugu soo galay halkii uu fadhiyay. Gudoomiyaha gobolka Bari , taliyaha ciidanka Booliska iyo masuuliyiin kale ayaa gaaray halka uu dabku ka qarxay waxaana halkaasi la xaqiijiyay inay ku gubteen cooshado iyo guryo kale oo lagu qiyaasay 100 . Gudoomiyaha gobolka Bari Ibraahim Cartan Ismaaciil (Xaaji Bakiin) ayaa sheegay in dadka ka barakacay meesha uu dabku ka dhacay loo fidin doono gar gaar aadaminimo oo deg deg ah Cabdulqaadir C. Cusmaan (Farayaamo) AllPuntland, Somaliya Sawir Qaade Cabdi-fataax jaamac Mire

Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee dabkii shalay ka kacay xaafad Boosaaso ku taal - Thursday, July 10, 2003 at 12:33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bosaso, (AllPuntland)- 5 qof ayaa ku geeriyootay dadkaloo aan tiradooda la sugina way ku dhaawacmeen magaalada Boosaaso shalay galinkii hore ,ka dib markii uu dab xoogan ka qarxay xaafadda ay dagan yihiin dad ka soo barakacay koonfurta Somaliya iyo Itoobiya oo ku dhow madaxtooyada gobolka Bari. Dabkaan ayaa wararku sheegayaan inuu keenay dab gaaray mid ka mid ah cooshadaha xaafadda Tuulo Eelaay dabadeedna dabaylaha loo yaqaan Fooraha ay sii labo jibaareen dabkii halkaasi ka kacay. Dadka dhintay ayaa sida AllPuntland ay soo gaarsiiyeen dad xog ogaal waxaa ku jiray nin Curyaan ah oo dabku ugu soo galay halkii uu fadhiyay. Gudoomiyaha gobolka Bari , taliyaha ciidanka Booliska iyo masuuliyiin kale ayaa gaaray halka uu dabku ka qarxay waxaana halkaasi la xaqiijiyay inay ku gubteen cooshado iyo guryo kale oo lagu qiyaasay 100 . Gudoomiyaha gobolka Bari Ibraahim Cartan Ismaaciil (Xaaji Bakiin) ayaa sheegay in dadka ka barakacay meesha uu dabku ka dhacay loo fidin doono gar gaar aadaminimo oo deg deg ah Cabdulqaadir C. Cusmaan (Farayaamo) AllPuntland, Somaliya Sawir Qaade Cabdi-fataax jaamac Mire

SOMALIA: Five killed as fire sweeps through Bosaso camp Fire at Buulo Elay camp. For larger image--> http://www.irinnews.org/images/originals/20037103.JPG NAIROBI, 10 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - Five people are reported to have been killed when fire swept through a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Bosaso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland. Mukhtar Sa'id of the Bosaso-based Midnimo radio said the fire broke out at the Buulo Elay camp on Wednesday, destroying at least 1,000 dwellings, as well as the personal belongings and household items of some 1,200 families living there. The cause of the fire has not yet been established but Mukhtar told IRIN it was probably caused by cooking fire. He said local officials and aid workers immediately visited the scene to assess the damage and help the victims. The dead included three children, one woman and a disabled man, he added. According to UNICEF-Somalia, initial assessments suggest about half the camp has been razed to the ground and some 600 families are homeless as a result. UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) have both sent in assistance, such as food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans, cooking pots and blankets. Most of the estimated 28,000 IDPs in the Bosaso area come from southern regions of Somalia, fleeing insecurity at home. A UN-appointed independent expert on human rights for Somalia, Dr Ghanim Alnajjar, who visited the Buulo Elay camp last year, said the IDPs were living in "sub-human conditions", which were among the worst he had ever seen. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=35318&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA [ENDS]

SOMALIA: Five killed as fire sweeps through Bosaso camp Fire at Buulo Elay camp. For larger image--> http://www.irinnews.org/images/originals/20037103.JPG NAIROBI, 10 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - Five people are reported to have been killed when fire swept through a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Bosaso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland. Mukhtar Sa'id of the Bosaso-based Midnimo radio said the fire broke out at the Buulo Elay camp on Wednesday, destroying at least 1,000 dwellings, as well as the personal belongings and household items of some 1,200 families living there. The cause of the fire has not yet been established but Mukhtar told IRIN it was probably caused by cooking fire. He said local officials and aid workers immediately visited the scene to assess the damage and help the victims. The dead included three children, one woman and a disabled man, he added. According to UNICEF-Somalia, initial assessments suggest about half the camp has been razed to the ground and some 600 families are homeless as a result. UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) have both sent in assistance, such as food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans, cooking pots and blankets. Most of the estimated 28,000 IDPs in the Bosaso area come from southern regions of Somalia, fleeing insecurity at home. A UN-appointed independent expert on human rights for Somalia, Dr Ghanim Alnajjar, who visited the Buulo Elay camp last year, said the IDPs were living in "sub-human conditions", which were among the worst he had ever seen. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=35318&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA [ENDS]

Kenya Seeks Support for Somalia Peacekeeping Thu July 10, 2003 11:48 AM ET MAPUTO (Reuters) - Kenya appealed on Thursday for international financing for a peacekeeping mission in Somalia to enforce a peace deal it hopes to reach soon in the east African country that recalls bitter memories for U.S. peacekeepers. "We are looking to the international community, to Europe and the United States to dig deep into their pockets to fund the massively important operation," Kenyan Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of an African Union summit in the Mozambique capital Maputo. "You cannot achieve peace in Somalia without an enforcement element," he added. Somalia has been virtually without a government for more than a decade following the ousting of President Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991. Warlords from the main clans have jostled for power ever since and have sliced the country into fiefdoms. Senior officials at the African Union secretariat said Kenya preferred a pan-African force for Somalia after the botched peacekeeping effort in the 1990s by the United Nations. A U.S. attempt to restore order ended in disaster when 18 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of Somali fighters and civilians were killed in a pitched battle in central Mogadishu in October 1993. Kenyan diplomat Bethuel Kiplagat is leading negotiations for a transitional government in Somalia and expects to get all the clan leaders and warlords to sign a pact before the end of July -- his latest deadline. The Somali groups have tentatively agreed to set up a 351-member parliament, comprising representatives from four big clans and one smaller clan. The parliament will elect a speaker who will preside over the election of a transitional president. Musyoka suggested that peacekeepers would go into Somalia under an African Union mandate, but with the full backing of the United Nations. Musyoka said that disarmament of all militia groups, and the demobilization and reintegration of their fighters into ordinary Somali society were the key challenges of a transition government but that was unlikely to happen without peacekeepers. Musyoka said separate talks under the umbrella of the regional east African Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on ending two decades of civil war in Sudan had made substantial progress. He said the African Unions ministerial council had rejected a request by the Sudanese government for the creation of a new South African-led committee to oversee IGAD's work, saying it would slow the momentum already created. "A new committee would send a wrong signal. We do not want to go shopping for solutions, which could delay the process further. The Sudanese people deserve lasting peace and Kenyan mediators are working extra hard to try to achieve this," he said. "We are looking to a deal around August." http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3069318

Originally posted by A.J. Timacaddeh: bari, how is your unlce doing in the doofarey conference. AJT, I find that insulting and would never call Col. Dahiir Riyaale YOUR uncle. Please apologize.

UNHCR, Mon 7 Jul 2003 Somali social worker Hawa Aden stands in front of a girls' school and community centre being built with UNHCR's help. © UNHCR/K.McKinsey GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) – Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labeled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached against them in the local mosque. They've been bombed, had their car destroyed and part of their compound torn down by angry local residents. Their "crime"? Hawa and the other women who run the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development are educating girls and women, trying to empower Puntland women, and fighting against female genital mutilation, as well as agitating for peace in a country long wracked by war. After four years in business, the centre, partially funded by UNHCR, is winning small victories in its uphill battle in a deeply traditional society. "They used to call me a witch before, now they call me 'aunt'," Hawa says with a smile. In the north-east part of the county called Puntland, Hawa is fighting to improve the very low status of women in Somali society. Ironically, since civil war broke out in the country following the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, women have become the chief breadwinners of their families, but their economic, social and political standing remains low. Many Somali men are unemployed, their government and other white-collar jobs having disappeared with the civil war. Women have opened teashops, or sell produce in the market – jobs men would not deign to do – and earn the small sums that enable their families to scrape by. "During the war, women were the ones who shouldered all the responsibility, not only for the immediate family, but for the whole extended family," says Hawa, sitting in a garden in the Galkayo Education Centre, a haven whose tranquility these days belies its turbulent history. "Until today, women are the ones who shoulder all the responsibilities, but there's little recognition. "Women have absolutely no status in decision-making," she continues. "Women are excluded from economic participation. No one gives them loans. It's okay for them to sell tomatoes and charcoal, but no one will be happy to see a woman in an executive office." She's optimistic that the lessons girls learn in the classrooms of the centre – peace education and the fight against female genital mutilation, for example, are woven into standard classroom subjects – will pay future dividends. But at the same time, she's impatient. "I don't want to wait 20 years," Hawa says. "I want improvement today for those who should participate" in the economic and political life of the country. Her centre is one of a number of organizations UNHCR supports in Puntland that are trying to improve the lives of women. In Bossaso, one UNHCR partner, the Somalia Reunification Women's Union, works for economic and political empowerment of women to help raise their social status. In Gardo, a town south of Bossaso, UNHCR helps fund GARWODO, the Gardo Women's Development Organization. "We are empowering women through education, child care, literacy for all women, and income-generating activities," explains Sahra Farah Mahamoud, one of the leaders of the group. "All of this is preparatory work for our future political involvement." Simone Wolken, UNHCR Representative for Somalia, is full of admiration for the women of the country. "Either in Somalia, or in exile, they held families together and did everything to help their families survive, despite war and destruction. They never gave up." Now, she believes, they are coming into their own. "Despite the many challenges, in peaceful areas like Puntland, women can now make their mark in reconciliation and reconstruction," says Wolken. "Education and awareness of rights are cornerstones in this regard, and UNHCR is doing all it can to support this." Economist Dahir Mohamed Ismail, a consultant to another UNHCR partner in Gardo, Ecological Preservation Association, feels strongly that "women are the best asset we have. The men only chew; they don't contribute anything to society," he adds, referring to the widespread Somali habit of chewing qat, a natural amphetamine that puts many male Somalis into a stupor and robs them of ambition and the will to work.. "We believe anything being given to Somali people should be through the women," says Dahir. "Otherwise it goes straight to the qat market." Abdullahi F. Ali, a 57-year-old Somali man who recently returned to farm in Gardo after 30 years in the United States, was struck by the way Somali women have stepped up to do any job that can support their families, while the men remain idle. "Without women, this country would be nothing," he says emphatically. "Women are saving society." Back in Galkayo, that's the type of sentiment that keeps Hawa and her colleagues at the Education Centre for Peace and Development going. "The centre has many challenges," she says. "But we are determined. We are committed to really continue, to be patient and not run away. We keep saying: women have a right to participate politically."

Horn, Those kinds of comments are not even worth replying to. Salam

SOMALIA: Medical workers halt work in Mogadishu NAIROBI, 7 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - Hundreds of medical workers in the capital, Mogadishu, held a one-day work stoppage on Sunday to protest against the killing of a prominent doctor in the city last week, one of the organizers told IRIN on Monday. Dr Husayn Muhammad Nur, one of the best eye specialists in Mogadishu, and younger brother of faction leader Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, was gunned down in front of his clinic by unidentified gunmen on 3 July. The work stoppage was called by the Somali Medical Association (SMA) and supported by all civil society organisations, including groups from the education sector, religious organisations and the business community, association member Dr Abdullahi Farah Aseyr said. According to Aseyr, "all hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities" in the capital were closed for the day. He said the stoppage affected "all routine work" and that only emergency cases were being treated. Aseyr stressed that insecurity in the city, in particular the targeting of medical staff, was undermining their work. "We have had medical staff abducted and some maimed or killed," he said. The aim of the strike was to encourage the residents of Mogadishu to take a stand against lawlessness and rampant crime, and to "make them understand that doctors and other professionals are resources Somalia can ill afford to lose". It was also intended to put pressure on the various factions to take responsibility for what happens in areas under their control. "We want them to understand that this lawlessness cannot go on, and they must find a way to set up an all-inclusive administration capable of halting the current crime wave," he said. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1990, over 27 doctors and some 50 other health professionals have been killed, while many more have left the country.

KENYA-SOMALIA: Flight ban lifted NAIROBI, 8 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - The ban, imposed by the Kenyan government, on flights to and from Somalia was lifted on Tuesday. "The government has reassessed the situation and is satisfied that enough security measures have been put in place," Kenya's internal security minister, Chris Murungaru, said in a statement. Since the ban was imposed, the Kenyan government had put in place "appropriate security measures to ensure the safety of both passengers and cargo", he said. A spokesman in the Office of the President, Kaunda Douglas, told IRIN that new surveillance equipment had been purchased and that inspections of all cargo and passengers had been significantly increased. "If there were any oversights before, there is a much deeper scrutiny of what is going out and coming in," he said. He added that the Civil Aviation Authority had installed better surveillance to prevent any aircraft from landing illegally on air strips outside of the country's legitimate airports. The Kenyan government suspended all flights to and from Somalia on 19 June after the US warned of a possible imminent attack on its embassy in Nairobi. US ambassador Johnnie Carson said Kenya had not done enough to track down terrorist suspects. "The problem we see here, quite honestly, is that we believe there are al-Qaeda terrorists in Kenya and some of them are Kenyan citizens," Carson told Nation TV. International aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres said the ban was "severely hampering" the provision of humanitarian assistance to Somalia, most of which is transported by air from Wilson Airport in Nairobi. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=35263&SelectRegion=East_Africa,%20Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=KENYA-SOMALIA

Not worth replying.

SOL Rules 1)Qabiil: absolutely no qabiil talk. Not even a mention of any qabiil name. No qabiil discussion of any kind.

Originally posted by Che-Guevara: If i pointed out the fact that Pland is dominated by one ethnic, how is that being Anti-Pland. Why don't you refer to 'Somaliland' by the ONE dominant clan. I'm sure all the Anti-Somalia camp would jump on you as being anti-'Somaliland'. Please stop using clan names since that is against SOL rules and insulting to Puntland/'Somaliland'.

This seems to be political posturing on the part of the TNG leader C/Qasim. Is he still running for President? Isn't the prime minister the head of the TNG government? Who has the last say PM or TNG president?

TNG Prime Minister Rejects the President’s Decision July 07, 2003. HornAfrik, Mogadishu, Somalia. The prime minister of the transitional national government of Somalia Hassan Abshir Farah and the speaker of the transitional assembly Abdalla Derow Isak have strongly rejected today the decision taken by the TNG president to disapproval the latest agreement signed by the Somali political leaders at the peace conference in Kenya. Speaking in a joint press conference in Nairobi, the speaker and the prime minister told reports that they were the TNG official delegates at the peace talks. Earlier, the president Abdikasim Salad Hassan had rejected the new agreement that aimed at forming a federal government to rule four years. The president described the agreement as an attempt to divide the country into rival states. On the issue of federalism, Mr. Hassan described it as premature. Mr. Hassan warned that he and his delegation will walk out the conference unless their complaints were immediately addressed. In the latest development the acting prime minister of the TNG who is currently in Mogadishu supported the president’s decision. This however exposed the bitter rift within the transitional authority. Last month, the speaker declared himself Somali’s new president after accusing the president of violating the national constitution. The Somali peace talks have been continuing in Kenya for the last eight months to establish an effective government after 13 years of anarchy and clan based ware fare.

Somali peace talks in Nairobi plunges into confusion July 06, 2003. HornAfrik, Mogadishu, Somalia. As the Somalia delegates at the peace conference in Kenya signed a historic agreement yesterday to form a federal government to lead the country for the next four years, some main faction leaders have today disapproved the agreement. Muse Sudi Yalahow, one of Mogadishu’s main faction leaders who currently staying out of the peace conference described the agreement as unacceptable. Speaking with the reports in his compound in Mogadishu on Sunday, Mr. Yalahow said that important leaders were staying out of the agreement. Although the prime minister of the transitional government of Somalia, Hassan Abshir Farah has signed yesterday’s agreement, the TNG president Abdikasim Salat Hassan is expected to reject it. The leaders of the Jubba Valley alliance which controls Kismayo town in lower Jubba region also expressed dissatisfaction with the new agreement. Analysts believe that rapid change in the peace process was part of Somalia’s mercurial politics. Delegates at the meeting have also agreed yesterday to form a parliament of 351 members who will be selected by the political leaders who signed the cease fire deal in Kenya in October last year. Some sources say that the TNG was against that part of the agreement. The Kenyan-sponsored Somali talks have been continuing for the eight month in efforts to end 13 years of anarchy in Somalia.

Originally posted by LANDER: pal talk, you know this ain't the jokes forum right? lol@Lander Paltalk, when does the 'Shock and Awe' campaign begin?

Originally posted by A.J. Timacadeh: what i have always wondered is how southerners expect somaliland to re-unite with them. the somaliland people would NEVER re-unite with southern somalia. Your 'nationalism' is misplaced. As Gediid said, every 'Somaliland' leader/government dreams of Somaliweyn. It's just a matter of having a stable government in the rest of Somalia. They will work on a powersharing agreement and of course Waqoyi-Galbeed will form a federal region within Somalia. the only way that they can be brought back is by force. you need to murder close to three million somalilanders and only then the land of somaliland will belong to the southerners. because they will never get the people of somaliland back. VERY misplaced 'nationalism'. Somali lands belong to all Somalis. If you think it will result in a war your sadly mistaken. Insha'Allah all Somalis will be reunited peacefully.

Arabs, in general, are a bunch of racist and disgusting people. And who try to emulate westerners/white people to a fault. They are nothing to look upto. Anyone who has been to the MidEast can attest to that...

guraad, Thanks. I'll try to add more. Mobb, I'll see if I can pictures of those areas. I found some pictures of rural Bari, Puntland from Scerdo.com. Later.

Somali leaders agree on a transitional government and parliament Somali leaders attending a peace conference in Nairobi say they've agreed to establish a federal government which will rule the Horn of Africa country for the next four years. One of the main sticking points was the size of the parliament, which will now have 351 seats. Parliament will appoint a prime minister and he will appoint three deputy prime ministers and other cabinet ministers. The conference noted that delegates will first consult with clan elders in their communities. The latest accord is seen as a major breakthrough in efforts by the international community to restore peace in war-torn Somalia, which has not had a recognised government for more than a decade. http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,4789_W_912700,00.html

Somalis agree government-BBC Political leaders at the Somali peace talks in Kenya have agreed to establish a federal government to govern anarchy-plagued Somalia for the next four years. Delegates at the talks also agreed to form a transitional parliament of 351 members, which will appoint the federal president, who in turn will name a new prime minister. International observers described the agreement as a historic step for Somalia which has been engulfed in fighting between powerful warlords since the overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in January 1991. A transitional national government (TNG) was set up in August 2000 but it only controls a part of the capital, Mogadishu. 'Lasting peace' More than 300 delegates representing the TNG, Somali armed factions and political groups attended what is known as the second phase of the Somali peace talks. The talks began last October when more than 20 faction leaders had agreed a ceasefire accord, but were later bogged down by a number of disputes. On Saturday, the delegates agreed that members of the transitional assembly would be largely selected by the signatories of the ceasefire deal. "This agreement will bring lasting peace to Somalia," said warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid, chairman of the Somali Restoration and Reconciliation Council (SRRC). Although no date was given for the creation of the new government, a mediator at the talks told the BBC that it was expected to be in place by the end of the month. The delegates also said the transitional government would start urgent talks with Somaliland which broke away form Somalia in 1991. More than a dozen attempts to broker peace in Somalia since then have failed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3048076.stm

05 Jul 2003 18:38:17 GMT Somali peace talks resolve key issues - mediators NAIROBI, July 5 (Reuters) - Somali delegates at peace talks made a "major breakthrough" in efforts to form a new government to reunite the fractured country on Saturday when they agreed on the size of a parliament, mediators said. Rows between Somalia's warring factions over the size of a new parliament have delayed the setting up of a new interim government in the Horn of Africa country, plunged into chaos by rival clan-based warlords more than a decade ago. Mediators said delegates at the talks in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi -- Somalia's 14th peace initiative in 10 years -- had agreed to form a 351-member parliament. The size of the assembly had been a key sticking point. Participants agreed that the assembly, to be known as the Transitional Parliament, would have a duration of four years and have its members selected by political leaders who signed a peace deal in Kenya in October. Leaders officially invited by mediators will also participate in the process. Mediators said the agreement would pave the way for establishing a government to reunite the country of seven million people, saying the selection of members of the new parliament should begin soon. "The government that will be formed will focus on reconciliation and peace-building. Regions that are having peace now should be strengthened," said Kenya's chief negotiator at the talks, Bethuel Kiplagat, in a statement. Mediators said delegates had agreed to set up a federal system to reunite Somalia -- currently carved into rival fiefdoms by warlords -- with a president elected by parliament. A prime minister will be appointed by the president for what will be known as the Transitional Federal Government of The Republic of Somalia. The premier will form the government. The peace talks began last October, bringing more factions together than ever before. Many previous attempts to end the conflict have failed, defeated by wrangling between rival clans. The new government is supposed to take over from a previous Transitional National Government (TNG), set up in 2000 to try restore some stability. The TNG, whose term expires in early August, only controls parts of the capital Mogadishu and pockets of territory elsewhere, underscoring the difficulties of reuniting Somalia.

lol@Mob_Deep Now I know what they were complaining about! P.S. The first pic didn't show up because of quotations marks: http://www.ruunkinet.com/DOOFAAR001.jpg"

Guraad, Thanks for the pix. Keep lookin' for newer ones I found a couple of pictures from RadioGalkayo.com Hope you don't mind me posting them here...