2010 Hiiraan Online Persons of the Year

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

 

Hiiraan Online Editorial

Sunday, January 02, 2011

 

Peace has been illusive in Somalia since 1991. Due to the protracted civil war the news from Somalia was always negative. This year alone according to human Rights watch Some 3.75 million people – roughly half of Somalia's remaining population – are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. More than a million people are displaced from their homes within Somalia and tens of thousands fled the country as refugees into neighboring countries.

 

 

 

More people who escaped from the daily shelling and bombardment of civilians by the warring parties in Mogadishu were extended to a welcome mat by both previous and current administration of Somaliland. Opening the gates to thousands of civilians, mostly Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) from the chaos of Southern Somalia has earned Somaliland a championship title in humanitarian. Such a gesture indicates not only a strong commitment in brotherhood, but also a deeper value in human rights protections.

 

 

 

 

The Puntland administration equally played a vital role and deserves the admiration of all Somalis for welcoming IDPs as well as hosting the Somali Regions Soccer Tournament, this is a noble gesture that will build confidence and enhance communities to reconcile through sports.

 

 

 

 

 

There are so many Somalis inside the country and in the Diaspora community who worked tirelessly to alleviate some of the suffering subjected to civilians through aid and development assistance. While we couldn't possibly recognize all of them, we chose two outstanding individuals whose efforts contributed to the welfare of other Somalis last year and who through democracy and good governance are future beacons for other parts of Africa and regions in Somalia to follow suit their great exemplary footsteps.

 

 

 

Somalia had countless of heroes across the various spectrums, but the writers and editors of Hiiraan Online are delighted to split the "Person of the Year" award of 2010 between a former president Dahir Riyale Kahin and the current president of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud aka "Siilaanyo" for the following reasons:

 

 

 

a) The peaceful transfer of power; a rare occurrence in the continent since 1960s when many African countries got their independence from colonial powers, as this is the second time in the history of Somali, the first being in the sixties when the late president Aden Adde transferred power peacefully.

 

 

 

b) Fair and democratic election; on September 30, 2009 the three political parties in Somaliland, the ruling UDUB and the opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID signed a six point Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bring an end to months of political bickering with respect to the upcoming election. Subsequently, Somaliland held a fair and democratic election in (exact date) according to the election monitoring commission and Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Siilaanyo) was declared the new president through fair and democratic process at the ballot box.

 

 

 

Other regional administrations should follow suit and embrace the election modality exercised by the people of Somaliland rather than using clan elders to select the president as in the case of Puntland. Respecting the aspirations of the people is an important milestone that is requisite for any functioning democracy. The last election in Somaliland has demonstrated that regional administrations can deploy their masses to the ballot box and respect the outcome as that instills the necessary political culture that improves the nascent system.

 

Despite the political and social upheavals that mired Somalia and its regional administrations, there has been never without opportunities to make a difference in the lives of the people. Leaders across the country should be brazen by a desire to impact positively on their respective constituents.

 

 

 

Hiiraan Online recognizes President Riyale the person of the year 2010 for conceding defeat and facilitating the peaceful transfer of power to the newly elected president Siilaanyo. Likewise Hiiraan Online recognizes President Ahmed Mohamud (Siilaanyo) the person of the year 2010 for contesting the presidential post through election and ballot box and by not contesting power through force and the barrel of gun.

 

 

 

We, the writers and editors of Hiiraan Online, urge President Siilaanyo to walk that extra mile and work towards uniting the nation by making use of his savvy leadership skills and his newly earned statesmanship status. At the end, no one thrives in a neighborhood that suffers from chronic wars, corruptions and with leaders that are unaccountable to the people. Replicating the strides that Somaliland has made in its security sector is an important step towards a constructive "Siilaanyo Policy" for the rest of the country.

 

 

Please join Hiiraan Online in congratulating both president Riyale and President Siilaanyo.

[Axmed-InaJaad]

is this somalia persons of the year mise somaliland persons of the year?

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Somali persons of the year

[Jacaylbaro]

somalia had countless of heroes across the various spectrums, but the writers and editors of hiiraan online are delighted to split the "person of the year" award of 2010 between a former president dahir riyale kahin and the current president of somaliland ahmed mohamed mohamud aka "siilaanyo"

 

sheegato qadhmuun dheh ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Axmed-InaJaad]

Xaaji Xunjuf;685048 wrote:

 

Hiiraan Online Editorial

Sunday, January 02, 2011

 

Peace has been illusive in Somalia since 1991

. Due to the protracted civil war the news from Somalia was always negative. This year alone according to human Rights watch Some 3.75 million people – roughly half of Somalia's remaining population – are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. More than a million people are displaced from their homes within Somalia and tens of thousands fled the country as refugees into neighboring countries.

 

 

 

More people who escaped from the daily shelling and bombardment of civilians by the warring parties in Mogadishu were extended to a welcome mat by both previous and current administration of Somaliland. Opening the gates to thousands of civilians, mostly Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) from the chaos of Southern Somalia has earned Somaliland a championship title in humanitarian. Such a gesture indicates not only a strong commitment in brotherhood, but also a deeper value in human rights protections.

 

 

 

 

The Puntland administration equally played a vital role and deserves the admiration of all Somalis for welcoming IDPs as well as hosting the Somali Regions Soccer Tournament, this is a noble gesture that will build confidence and enhance communities to reconcile through sports.

 

 

 

 

 

There are so many Somalis inside the country and in the Diaspora community who worked tirelessly to alleviate some of the suffering subjected to civilians through aid and development assistance. While we couldn't possibly recognize all of them, we chose two outstanding individuals whose efforts contributed to the welfare of other Somalis last year and who through democracy and good governance are future beacons for other parts of Africa and

regions in Somalia

to follow suit their great exemplary footsteps.

 

 

 

Somalia

had countless of heroes across the various spectrums, but the writers and editors of Hiiraan Online are delighted to split the "Person of the Year" award of 2010 between a former president Dahir Riyale Kahin and the current president of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud aka "Siilaanyo" for the following reasons:

 

 

 

a) The peaceful transfer of power; a rare occurrence in the continent since 1960s when many African countries got their independence from colonial powers, as this is the second time

in the history of Somali

a, the first being in the sixties when the late president Aden Adde transferred power peacefully.

 

 

 

b) Fair and democratic election; on September 30, 2009 the three political parties in Somaliland, the ruling UDUB and the opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID signed a six point Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bring an end to months of political bickering with respect to the upcoming election. Subsequently, Somaliland held a fair and democratic election in (exact date) according to the election monitoring commission and Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Siilaanyo) was declared the new president through fair and democratic process at the ballot box.

 

 

 

Other

regional administrations should

follow suit and embrace the election modality exercised by the people of Somaliland rather than using clan elders to select the president as in the case of Puntland. Respecting the aspirations of the people is an important milestone that is requisite for any functioning democracy.

The last election in Somaliland has demonstrated that regional administrations

can deploy their masses to the ballot box and respect the outcome as that instills the necessary political culture that improves the nascent system.

 

Despite the political and social upheavals that mired Somalia and its regional administrations, there has been never without opportunities to make a difference in the lives of the people. Leaders across the country should be brazen by a desire to impact positively on their respective constituents.

 

 

 

Hiiraan Online recognizes President Riyale the person of the year 2010 for conceding defeat and facilitating the peaceful transfer of power to the newly elected president Siilaanyo. Likewise Hiiraan Online recognizes President Ahmed Mohamud (Siilaanyo) the person of the year 2010 for contesting the presidential post through election and ballot box and by not contesting power through force and the barrel of gun.

 

 

We, the writers and editors of Hiiraan Online, urge President Siilaanyo to walk that extra mile and work towards uniting the nation by making use of his savvy leadership skills and his newly earned statesmanship status. At the end, no one thrives in a neighborhood that suffers from chronic wars, corruptions and with leaders that are unaccountable to the people. Replicating the strides that Somaliland has made in its security sector is an important step towards a constructive "Siilaanyo Policy" for the rest of the country.

 

 

Please join Hiiraan Online in congratulating both president Riyale and President Siilaanyo.

I like what HiiraanOnline is doing, praising northwestern somali's so they stop the separations nonsense.

[Axmed-InaJaad]

Jacaylbaro;685054 wrote:

sheegato qadhmuun dheh ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

maxaa ku xanaajiyay?:D

[Jacaylbaro]

We, the writers and editors of Hiiraan Online, urge President Siilaanyo to walk that extra mile and work towards uniting the nation

You Wish ...............

[Abdirazak_PTL]

HOL is pushing it a bit there with total garbage that is easily refutable. Peaceful transfer of power occured in puntland between cade muse and farole. So its nothing new. The only thing I can give credit for is the one man and one vote system somaliland has done other then that their is nothing else they have achieved, the state itself is not democratic because their is no freedom there. I mean even teams from gabiley tried to come to football tournament but was turned away by their own dictators.

 

Secondly the IDPS in somaliland are lot less then puntland. Its reported somaliland has 35000 idps where-as puntland has 100,000. I have never seen somaliland even do anything for IDPS like job creation, piped water, schooling and so forth however all of this has been done for them in Puntland. Where do u see an IDP in somaliland being trader and owning hotels like this guy here

 

 

I think HOL is just exagerrating or was probably induced by somalilanders to vote them in and in return they give him a girl.

 

But I will not accept that somaliland take cares of IDPS better then puntland because I can bring thousands of pictures and articles from puntland that show the hard work that is being carried out for the IDPS in our state when those funds could easily just go to our rural folks. The fact of the matter is somaliland democracy is simply on paper its not practised except once every 4 years at election time and after which their government returns back sleeping in morgan house, looting air cargo, fining ships $2 million dollars and all sorts of thuggery at the official level. A disgraceful pit of hell if u ask me and the fact of the matter is why would the burco folks be more reliant on bosaso port if somaliland has a future for them? I dont see any puntlanders depedent on somaliland for anything.

 

I think its time I take myself to universal tv and start exposing the truth to the somali people

[Somalina]

[Saalax]

Haji Xandjuf don't let those koonfurians decieve you with their sweet talks. Maanta ba'ad baad isku gashay.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

war wa caadi wa ina amaani karan , amaantooda waan ogalahay laakin Somaliland siyasadeeda ma cid ba loo joojinaya