'Best chance' for Somalia peace as Fall visitis Mogadishu: PICS

[General Duke]

'Best chance' for Somalia peace

 

 

Francois Fall (l) said it was important to see President Yusuf in the capital

The UN envoy to Somalia has urged the country not to waste "the best opportunity for peace for 16 years" after visiting the president.

Francois Fall urged President Abdullahi Yusuf to set up an inclusive government following the ousting of an Islamist group from the capital, Mogadishu.

 

Meanwhile, the sacked speaker of parliament has said he fears Mr Yusuf could become a dictator.

 

Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan was impeached after several rows with the president.

 

Mr Fall, surrounded by tight security as he arrived in Mogadishu, held talks with President Yusuf concerning the plans to send an African peacekeeping force to Somalia, to replace the Ethiopian troops who helped drive out the Union of Islamic Courts.

 

Mr Yusuf arrived in Mogadishu last week for the first time since being elected president at peace talks in 2004.

 

POSSIBLE PEACEKEEPERS

8,000-strong force proposed

Uganda: 1,500 troops offered, subject to parliamentary approval

Tanzania: Considering

Nigeria: Considering

Rwanda: Considering

South Africa: Considering but forces stretched

 

 

Somali viewpoints

Profile: Ousted speaker

 

Somalia has not had a functioning national government since Siad Barre was toppled in 1991.

 

"I want to congratulate you. To see the president in Villa Somalia [the presidential palace] is a very important step," Mr Fall told the president.

 

"There has been a lot of crime, a lot of devastation, but if you look back and say: 'This man killed my son or husband,' you will never be reconciled in this country," the envoy said.

 

'Rule by force'

 

The US has also urged reconciliation in Somalia and said the vote by MPs to impeach the speaker of parliament was likely to have a negative impact on dialogue.

 

Mr Adan was sacked for holding unauthorised talks with the Islamists while they controlled much of southern Somalia last year.

 

 

The government is trying to restore order

 

 

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"There is a dictatorship risk and some of the elements are already in place, such as the emergency legislation [passed by parliament last weekend]," he told Reuters news agency in Rome.

 

"The president believes he can rule by force... He will try to rule the country alone, with the help of Ethiopian troops," he warned.

 

Mr Adan had fallen out with both the interim president and the prime minister over recent developments in Somalia.

 

"The symbol of the president and the prime minister combining to push him out is counter to that spirit of reconciliation," US assistant secretary of state for African affairs Jendayi Frazer said.

 

The Ethiopians say they want to leave Somalia by the end of the month and regional diplomats are trying to muster enough troops for an 8,000-strong African force for Somalia.

 

So far only Uganda has agreed to provide peacekeepers

[General Duke]

 

 

[General Duke]

Muqdisho: Warbixin ku saabsan kulamadii dhex maray Madaxweynaha, Francios Fall iyo ururada bulshada rayidka.

 

Khamiis, January 18, 2007

 

Muqdisho(AllPuntland)- Ergayga gaarka ee Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan arrimaha dalka Soomaaliya Mr. Francios Fall oo maanta soo gaaray magaalada Muqdisho ayaa kulamo kala duwan la yeeshay Madaxweynaha dowladda Federaalka KMG ah ee Soomaaliya iyo qeybaha kala duwan ee ururada bulshada rayidka.

 

Kulan saacad qaatay oo dhex maray Madaxweynaha iyo Francios Fall kana dhacay xarunta madaxtooyada Villa Somalia ayaa waxay ugu wada hadleen arimaha dib u heshiisiinta dalka Soomaaliya sidii loo sii amba qaadi lahaa iyo ciidamada shisheeye ee Afrika ka imaanaya iyo xil ka qaadistii guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka Shariiif Xasan Sh. Aadan.

 

Francios Fall ayaa waxaa uu soo dhoweeyay soo guurista ay dowladda u soo guurtay caasimada dalka Soomaaliya iyo dhismaha ay maamulka gobolka banaadir, mar uu ka hadlayey xaalada nabadgelyo ayuu sheegay in xiligan ay wanaagsan tahay hase ahaatee uu ka horyimid in dalka ay sii joogaan ciidamada Itoobiyaanka balse inta laga keenayo dalka oo ciidamada Afrikaanka ay badalayaan loo baahan yahay in ay sii joogaan dalka kadibna ay ka baxayaan.

 

Mar uu ka hadlayey in ciidamada imaanaya dalka ay yihiin kuwo ku gooban Afrika oo kaliya ayuu sheegay in Qaramada Midoobay ciidamo ka socda ay qeyb ka noqon doonaan si ay ugu qeyb qaataan xasilinta amniga dalka.

 

Fall ayaa sheegay in hey'addaha Qaramada Midoobay ay dhawaan u soo guuri doonaan caasimada Muqdisho si ay howlahooda dib ugu bilaabaan Muqdisho, iyadoo uu sheegay in xiligan aysan jirin sabab ay u sii joogaan Nayroobi.

Kulanka Madaxweynaha kadib ayuu Francios Fall waxaa uu kulan mudo qaatay uu la yeeshay ururada bulshada rayidka , isagoo ku booriyay in ay nabada ka shaqeeyaan, wuxuuna ku booriyay in ay ka shaqeeyaan sidii dowladda ay u noqon laheyd mid cagaheeda isku taagta.

 

Ergayga Qarammada u qaabilsan arrimaha Soomaaliya Danjire Fall ayaa u duulay dhanka dalka Ethiopia halkaasoo lagu wado inuu kaga qaybgalo kulan looga hadlayo arrimaha Soomaaliya oo beri ka furmaya Adis Ababa.

 

Cali Sandheere

AllPuntland, Muqdisho

[RedSea]

Best chance was missed and not pending still...bless the ICU.

[Taako Man]

Peace shall inshallah prevail. The warlords are disarming. The gov't is asserting its control. Ethiopia is leaving, AU troops are coming inshallah. The President is talking to all parties. The prime minister is functioning well with bringing in his banadir constituency.

 

PROGRESS IS A SLOW PROCESS, BUT THINGS SEEM TO BE MOVING ALONG.

[General Duke]

^^^Change is in the air, the fakery of the clan courts who in six months could not even make an admin for Mogadishu, today we have a nationaly recognised government in control of the whole country bar, the secessionist traingle. This is a historic moment and one that all the Somali people welcome.

[RedSea]

^Oh my this was still yet to come,of all things you have today denied the fact that Muqdisho was in better state than any time during the civil wars,during the Transitional so called government,including the current chunk.

 

Nationaly recognised is all you got? how good is that if you dont 'have trust from your own populace.We all know that Xamar is in chaos today,and will never get back to peace,because the same thugs that were chased out have returned to "rule" and bring peace,what moronic way to look at things.

 

So yeah keep sugar coating it, the reality on the ground will remain a choas.

 

As for SL, hmmm, remeber when the TFG was stuck in Baydhabo, you were being very polite and actually spelled out somaliland's name,today,one can sense your attitude change due to the two Xabashi tanks...Africans will always be Africans.

[Taako Man]

^ Xamar is not in chaos. If it were the President and Prime minister would be on a spear.

 

The only people barking are seccestionist, Ayatollah Castro, SNM Mujahid Sea, and the likes of you are wanting somalia to be in utter failure. government has disarmed the warlords and have expanded control from The depths of Toghdeer region to that of Jubbada hoose.

[General Duke]

^^^Saxib there is no millitary intention with regards to the secesionist triangle or Somaliland.

 

As for Mogadishu, it took four months of blood letting betwen them and the warlords in which hundreds died before the clan courts were able to take over the city, and then they did not built and adminstration for it, thats a fact.

 

The TFG has been there for a few weeks it has put in place an adminstration including all the main clans, it has opened up the police stations and will built up each of the 15 districts of the capital. This is a great news, dont you agree?

 

As for my attitude, Somalialand poses no danger to the TFG in any sense, its like fearing Djibouti which we dont.

[Taako Man]

How can Somalia fear tiny djibouti let alone a 50x50 clan triangle?

 

Dialogue is the final solution. The people of Somalia are moving forward.

[General Duke]

Indeed, they know whats coming thus all the prayers to keep the south in its former state.