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The Economist, a global social affairs magazine, reported in its latest issue on the research carried out by a Stanford University academic, Nicholas Eubank which suggested that Somaliland’s success is down to the fact that it receives no direct international aid as a non recognised State. Instead, Eubank argues, Somaliland authorities have to rely on locally collected tax revenues in order to survive and this has made Somaliland a more democratic place in that it has made the government more inclusive, representative and accountable as the public have some real leverage. Supporters of aid in Africa as a means of development would surely be angry with this latest research as it flies in the face of all their past arguments. Aid to Africa is usually distributed by national governments as well as International Financial Institutions (IFI’s) like the IMF and World Bank in the form of loans. The idea is that upon receiving these loans good hearted, public centred government than use it to build their nations infrastructure, human capital and health care systems and so forth. However, what is rarely discussed openly by advocates of Aid are the crippling Neo-Liberal, free market economic conditions that are usually attached to it. The IMF and World Bank are notorious for forcing privatisation and whole sale public sector reforms on developing countries at times when they least need it and are prepared for it. In addition, with the requirement to open up developing nations economies to speculators and private investors, the developing countries are not given a fair platform to trade globally in order to repay the debt in the future which consequently traps them in a vicious cycle of poverty and aid dependency. READ FULL ARTICLE

I was recruited as a soldier in 1967. I never thought Somalis would ruin their own country and destroy people's property. Back then my salary was only 120 Somali shillings and with this I could feed my family well and save some cash in the central bank. Only 25 cents was enough to dine at a restaurant. Now we don't have coins or notes of less than 1,000 shillings. See how illiterate Somalis have spoilt our life? The worst moment in my life was the Somali-Ethiopian war in 1977, which lasted eight months. At that time, Somalia was called the lion of Africa. We had jets and T-55 tanks. Somalis had courage and dignity. We captured many towns from the mighty Ethiopians. Thousands of soldiers from both sides died, although Ethiopians died the most. As we neared Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, after capturing its highlands, Russian planes began unloading tanks to fight us. Fighting escalated and we were in hell. Our commanders were ordered to shoot any Somali soldier who turned back. We had to fight to the death. Anwar Sadat, Libya’s president, called our president, Mohamed Siad Barre, to warn him that we would be overrun by troops from Russia, Yemen and Cuba. Barre ordered us to back to Somalia and we finally had a chance to run for our lives. I appeared like a ghost to my family. When they hadn't heard from me for eight months, they carried out my funeral ceremony. They never thought I was alive. My wife, kids and I hugged and shared tears of happiness in 1978. I was by then a captain. READ FULL STORY

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Who is Somalia's Legitimate president

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Telescom is a telecom operator based in Somaliland. It has announced the launch of its third-generation network in the autonomous region, according to sources. High speed mobile broadband and videocalling are the highlights of the 3G network unveiled. According to Telesom managing director Mohamd Salah Abdi, their 3G network service in Somaliland will facilitate video and audio streaming, video chat and high speed internet service for customers. In addition, it will offer advanced mobile broadband services to not only Telesom consumers but also to the business community in Somaliland.

Somaliland-based operator Telesom has introduced a 3G network in the autonomous region, SomalilandPress reports. Telesom offers services on the 3G network such as mobile broadband and video calling. Telesom was also the first to launch a mobile banking offer in the area, with the ZAAD service started in late 2009. In February 2010 it followed with the inauguration of the country's first solar power site.

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On July 9, the world welcomed the independence of South Sudan and marked one of the more significant events in international geopolitics -- the creation of a new country. If, as expected, the new state is admitted for U.N. membership this week, it will become the body's 193rd member. South Sudan's independence has caused some excited announcements that we are witnessing a "wave of self-determination" in the world, as Parag Khanna put it on this website in January. With entities like Palestine, South Ossetia, Somaliland, and Darfur pushing for sovereignty, Khanna writes, "Within a few decades, we could easily have 300 states in the world." Writing at the Atlantic, journalist G. Pascal Zachary sees South Sudanese independence as evidence that "the process of Africans inventing and discovering their own political boundaries has finally begun, after some 50 years of waiting." READ MORE . . . . . . .

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The Foreign Secretary has been bimbling around the Horn of Africa, mainly to turn up at the jamboree that was the Independence day celebrations of Southern Sudan. He also says here that he met the President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohammed Mohamoud. As he says it is one of the "Islands of stability and order" in the area. So why on earth is he celebrating the Independence of Southern Sudan, which does not fulfil;l; the criteria set by the African Union for sovereign state status (the pre colonial borders) and failing to do so for Somaliland? Britain should take the lead, if we accept, as we do the remarkable and peaceful existence of Somaliland over the past 20 years, why on earth do we not go the extra mile to support their accession to the Commonwealth. After all as a former British protectorate they have more right to be there than Mozambique or Rwanda? The England Expects

BOSASSO (RBC) Sources in Bosasso town told RBC Radio that heavy explosion has been heard on Thursday at Sugure village, at 20 KM southwest of Bosasso, the commercial hub of Somalia’s semi-autonamous state of Puntland . The explosion was reportedly a land mine targeted to Puntland forces convoy from Bosasso. Heavy gun fire has been heard at the scene shortly after the blast, sources told RBC Radio. The real casualty of the explosion is unclear yet and there is comment from Puntland officials in the area. Sugure village is only few kilometers away from Galgala Mountains where Puntland security forces fought against Islamist rebels months ago. RBC Radio

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The Kenyan peace activist, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, has died from injuries sustained in a recent car accident. Abdi won a Right Livelihood Award for "showing in diverse ethnic and cultural situations how religious and other differences can be reconciled, even after violent conflict, and knitted together through a cooperative process that leads to peace and development." Democracy Now! spoke to her at a gathering of Right Livelihood winners in Germany last year. Dekha Ibrahim Abdi: "But many years ago, 1993, we started a peace movement, following the inter-community clashes that started in the northeast of Kenya but spread in the border areas. And much of our work was to start sort of a way in which state and non-state actors can collaborate and build peace together—people from differences, either clan differences, political differences, religious differences, but trying to find ways in which people can share public assets, can share the public space, can work together, but looking at diversity not as a problem, but as a strength."

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