Who translates for these dudes?

[Fabregas]

Somalia: Two Government Troops Battled in the Capital

 

TFG troops stationed at Howlwadaag Junction have clashes in them selves in several minutes on Sunday.

 

The clash comes after the soldiers have disputed with extortion money they took from the civilian vehicles use that traffic circle.

 

Furthermore the military forces have seized from the police AK47 rifle which a police soldiers has run away it's also reportedly the police troops have walked off to Hodan army Base they settled in the pas t.

 

Ahead of the battle there has been noisy remotely controlled land mine explosion were embattled on a soldiers at Howlwadag intersection, one soldiers wounded in the blast reportedly as well the soldiers have opened a fire after the vociferously heard explosion occurred although its unidentified the casualty of the bullet they opened.

 

This clash between two forces in the government comes as the last week similar skirmishing flanked by the TFG troops occurred in ********* district of lower shabelle region which caused a heavy damage of the two scuffled sides

[Armchair Politician]

They're running out of journalists in Mogadishu. The articles are suffering as a result.

[Allamagan]

^

[Som@li]

, from which site?

[Fabregas]

Its from allfrica.com but the source is Shabelle. I noticed their English translations are weak and some western organisations just copy n paste word 4 word because shabelle is the main source they get info bout somalia in english......

 

ap, u can easily translate a somali article over the net, no?

[Allamagan]

How about this and I quote: "Mohamed Dhere told reporters not to enter his ocean"

[Armchair Politician]

All Afro-Asiatic languages (Somali, Arabic, Amhara, etc) are extremely difficult for Europeans to learn and understand, because it is a very subtle language, and was not a major economic or diplomatic focus for most of the 20th century. This combined with a very low demand for translation work in Somalia due to its relative economic and diplomatic isolation has led to a virtual lack of any translation services available to news organizations.

 

During the UIC rise and fall, journalism did not suffer because Somalia was full of very eloquent Somali journalists who were free to do their jobs across the country, and were fully fluent in Somali and English. These journalists began to be viewed as a threat to the Powers That Be earlier this year. After the killings, arrests and intimidation of the last 12 months, only the bravest journalists, or those with the strongest clan affiliations remain in Somalia, and their English is often severely lacking.

[General Duke]

^^^During the Clan Courts era journalist were killed in broad daylight. Remmeber the Swedish Cameraman and the BBC reporter?

 

Dont tell fairytales adeer.

[Armchair Politician]

The killing of Martin Adler was condemned by the UIC, and the killer was caught and executed. He was killed because he was Swedish, not because he was a journalist, due to Abdi Qeybdiid's war crimes charges in Sweden. Abdi has since become chief of police in Mogadishu, and oddly enough the murder of journalists has skyrocketed. Coincidence?

 

Where is the condemnation for the dozens of journalists killed and hundreds wrongfully imprisoned, harassed and intimidated by the warlord Mohamed Dhere, the TFG's strongman in Mogadishu? Why have the killers of the journalists under TFG rule not been brought to justice? The TFG's silence is deafening on this issue.

[Armchair Politician]

Let us take a trip down memory lane shall we?

 

"BBC 19 Oct 2005 Somali anger over Swedish arrest The biggest demonstration was in the capital, Mogadishu There have been demonstrations in Somalia's capital in protest at the arrest in Sweden of a Somali colonel. Col Abdi Qeybdid was in Sweden to attend an international conference when he was detained at the weekend for alleged involvement in war crimes. Under Swedish law, its courts can try suspects for genocide committed abroad. Col Qeybdid has been appointed as Somalia's police chief by one faction of the split government based in the capital, Mogadishu. President Abdullahi Yusuf has made Jowhar, 90km north of Mogadishu, his temporary capital as he says Mogadishu is unsafe. But the speaker of parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, has set up operations in the capital, along with former Mogadishu warlords who are now members of the new government. Angry The BBC's Hassan Barise in Mogadishu says thousands of people and heavily armed militia gathered at a parade ground to protest about the arrest on Sunday. The angry crowd was then addressed by cabinet ministers. There has been serious armed confrontations, and we can say that Abdi Qeybdid was not the worst Mohamed Ibrahim Habsadeh "The government of Sweden should release [Col Qeybdid] as soon as possible and apologise for their wrong-doing," Homeland Security Minister Mohamed Qanyareh Afrah said. Sweden would not be able to deliver justice as they don't understand Somalis "and their differences", he said. Our correspondent says the Mogadishu faction accuse their opponents in Jowhar of being behind the arrest. Another speaker, Mohamed Ibrahim Habsadeh - who controls Baidoa town, said the arrest would not help reconciliation efforts. He urged the international community to understand that many Somalis had become embroiled in the last 14 years of conflict. "There has been serious armed confrontations, and we can say that Abdi Qeybdid was not the worst," he said. Col Qeybdid was a commander of troops loyal to the late warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed, who fought US American peacekeepers in Mogadishu in the early 1990s. The Jowhar-based government does not recognise Col Qeybdid as Somalia's head of police and has appointed another man, Ali Madobeh, to the role. This indicates the seriousness of the political differences between the two sides, our correspondent says. Somalia has been without a functioning national government for 14 years and a transitional parliament and government, sworn in last year, has failed to end the anarchy."

[Juje]

Originally posted by General Duke:

^^^During the Clan Courts era journalist were killed in broad daylight. Remmeber the Swedish Cameraman and the BBC reporter?

No one is holier than thou - yes the Swedish was one 'very' unfortunate incident. As for the BBC , it was not 'Wadado' era.

Now since you raised this issue mind giving us the tally for TFG era - and hey you can include 'xuubsireed' heis a 'saxaafi' after all innit?

[wacdaraha_aduunka]

This is from todays reporting from shabelle...

 

Somalia: Exchanged Gunfire Mass Rally in Central Region

 

 

 

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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

 

16 January 2008

Posted to the web 16 January 2008

 

 

Reports from Galkayo town central Somalia say eardrum bullet barrages could be in the city also is the provincial capital of Mudug region central Somalia.

 

The fighting comes after the police in the town attempted to get rid of road blocks were laid at a toll road in the city by angry people those were protesting against insecurity situations and high inflation in the town.

 

 

The soldiers and the angered people have exchanged bullets which no causalities were still reported besides several business sites have been shattered by angry people and the bullet hums could still be heard in the town.

 

We shall update you as soon as we have the latest news on this incident.

 

Somali government convicts a people against the law" spokesman said

 

U guys figure out the wrong parts..

[Chimera]

This also happens to me when i use 'page translator' on non-English language websites, sometimes it's a real mess but looooool@ the bullet they opened

[Ducaysane]

the bullet they opened

This reminds me the Somali guy when asked if he is married. He said No I opened my wife two years ago.

[Dhubad.]

loooool@I opened my wife two years ago. What about the one who said I don't drink cigarette any more