Tribute to an outstanding peacebuilder: Mohamed Y. Essa “Ilkoasse” assassinated Apr 06.

[General Duke]

 

“I believe that a reward good enough for all derives from good leadership, progress and justice.” Mohamed Yassin Essa, known to all by his nickname “Ilkoasse” (The Red Teeth).

 

Peace, tolerance, justice, and development were the principles that Ilkoasse believed were essential for his society to move forwards. A devoted peacebuilder, his passion was to support the peacebuilding and democratization process in Puntland and further afield. His lifetime hope was to witness his society being able to determine and decide their own future.

 

Ilkoasse was assassinated on the morning of 6th April 2011, in Garowe, the seat of the regional Administration of Puntland, Somalia.

 

“Ilkoasse will remain an inspiration to all those he encountered. Delivering against his ambitions and dreams (riyadiisii) will be taken up by his colleagues around the world.” Abdirahman Abdulle Osman ‘Shuke’, Executive Director – PDRC, Garowe, Puntland

 

Ilkoasse joined the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) militia as a teenager in the 1980s, returning to the North East regions after the collapse of the Somali state in 1991.

 

He became a cameraman working for the emerging leaderships, during what was then the first phase of the Somali civil war. Witnessing the national and regional peace missions as well as the high-level reconciliation initiatives, he journeyed across the region and abroad, gaining exceptional exposure.

 

When the War-Torn Societies’ Project (WSP, later Interpeace) began its work in the North East regions in 1996 with offices in Galkayo, Garowe and Bosaso, Ilkoasse approached the director in his uniquely straightforward fashion and was taken on as a junior staff member.

 

Ilkoasse’s keenness to learn and capacity to grow within the program was quickly noted by the Director of the program, the late Adan Jama Bihi, who arranged a correspondence course in Accounting. Ilkoasse not only demonstrated his ability in accounting but also captured the administrative work of the office and the hearts of the team.

 

A decade later, Ilkoasse had become the Director of Finance and Administration for the Puntland Development Research Center and led the institution to eight consecutive clean audits from KPMG. In addition, Ilkoasse acquired research and analysis skills, a thorough understanding of Participatory Action Research methodology. He was a power house behind the peacebuilding and democratization work of PDRC, Interpeace, and other organisations, making critical contributions on both context and content.

 

Beyond that, Ilkoasse was a peace mobiliser par excellence, able to gain access in all quarters and at all levels, forthright in speaking truth to power (as well as to his friends), and equally at ease with militiamen, civil society, intellectuals, or presidents.

 

Last year, Ilkoasse went to Hargeysa to observe the Somaliland presidential elections and wrote about his experiences. His piece was published to great acclaim in Somaliland papers and read widely in Puntland. His eloquence was honoured by old friends and intellectuals who had watched him grow over the years "Now we see when you take up the pen that you can write too". The article reflects his courage, clarity of vision, and his life mission to support peacebuilding and democratization for the Puntland community and beyond.

 

The murder of Ilkoasse goes into history as a lasting shame and hard lesson for the community and leadership in Puntland and across the Somali region. The negative legacies of the past and present contexts have to be outgrown by individuals, groups, and society in the 21st century for peace and development to emerge and flourish in the Somali region, causes for which Ilkoasse dedicated his life.

 

Ilkoasse’s enthusiasm, optimism, fierce commitment to justice, and joyful passion for life are an inspiration to all who knew and worked with and loved him.

 

Interpeace and its Somali peacebuilding partners, the Puntland Development Research Center, the Center for Research and Dialogue, and the Academy for Peace and Development express their deepest sympathy to Ilkoasse’s family, friends and colleagues.

 

Source: interpeace.org

[Saalax]

AUN. FYI it has already been posted by Peace Action,

 

http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/55094-SOMALIA-Tribute-to-an-outstanding-peacebuilder

[General Duke]

What a loss, may Allah SWT give him peace and to his family and friends strengths in this most difficult of times.

[General Duke]

It deserves to be posted more than once..

[General Duke]

Somalia: Puntland Security Forces Apprehend Suspected Killers After Firefight.

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:55:35 -0400 pm -04:00 -14400

 

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Following deadly shootings on 6 April 2011 in Garowe, the Puntland capital, the government’s security forces identified the killers and launched a massive manhunt day-and-night for the suspected killers that included house searches and tighter checkpoints in the outskirts of the city.

 

On Thursday (7 April 2011), security forces surrounded the suspected killers hiding out at a location approximately 40km southwest of Garowe. One individual believed to be an organizer was killed and three others were apprehended after security forces responded to gunfire.

 

The arrested individuals include one killer and two accomplices. The government has launched an investigation into the killings and it is believed that the violence is related to revenge killings.

 

Mr. Mohamed Yasin (Ilkacase) was killed along with two bodyguards (Mr. Mohamud Mohamed Awad and Mr. Mohamed Barre Ali), who were members of Puntland security forces. Mr. Mohamed Yasin was an activist who worked for many years at the Puntland Development and Research Center (PDRC) in Garowe.

 

The Puntland Government sends its deepest condolences to the families of the deceased who lost their loved ones in a senseless act of killing.

 

Communications Office

The Puntland Presidency

Puntland State of Somalia

E-mail: info@puntland-gov.net

Web: www.puntland-gov.net

[General Duke]

Qaddarin iyo xusuus: Warbixin ay noloshii Ilkacase ka qortay hay’adda Interpeace.

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:05:05 -0400 pm -04:00 -14400

 

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Nabad, dulqaad, caddaalad, iyo horumar jacayl ayaa aas aas u ahaa mabaadii’da qofnimo ee uu Eebbe ha u naxariistee Maxamed Yaasiin Ciise oo loo yaqiin Ilkacase, oo Arbacadii ay bisha April ahayd 6da shirqool maleegan lagula dilay magaalada Garowe ee xarunta Puntland.

 

Qoraalkan oo dheeraa ayaa ay warbixintu sidoo kale ay ku sheegtay in uu Eebbe ha u naxariistee Ilkacase uu u ololayn jiray nabadda, iyo dimuqraadiyadda, isla markaana yididiilladii noloshiisa ay ku sii maragkacayso sida ay bulshadiisu uga go’aan gaadhaan mustaqbalkooda.

 

Ilkacase wuxuu ku hadhi doonaa, laabaha intii uu u dabranaa, riyadisiina waxaa sii ambaqaadi doona saaxiibbadiisa dunida oo dhan jooga, sidaana waxaa yidhi madaxa hay’adda Cilmi Baadhista Puntland PDRC C/raxmaan Cabdulle Cusmaan Shuuke.

 

 

 

Maxamed Yaasiin Ciise Ilkacase waxa uu ku biiray jabhaddii SSDF siddeetamaadkii, waxana uu gobollada waqooyi bari dib ugu soo noqday sannadkii 1991kii markii ay dowladdii Soomaaliya burburtay.

 

Markaana waxa uu noqday Kamarad duube, si gaar ah diiradda u saarayay soo saarkiisana ku bandhigayay dadaallada guud ee nabadda dalka iyo gaar ahaan tan gobolka, sida shirarkii nabadda ee dib u heshiisiinta Soomaalida, waxa uu mudadaas Ilkacase socdaallo ku tagay qaybo kala duwan oo dalka ah iyo dibaddab, isagoo ka heley afkaar horumarsan, taasina caannimo dheeraad ah ayaa uu ka sii dhaxlay.

 

Markii ay Interpeace xafiisyo ka furatay gobolladii waqooyi bari gaar ahaanna magaalooyinka Gaalkacyo, Garowe, iyo Bosaso sannadkii 1996dii waxa uu Eebbe ha u naxariistee Ilkacase qarka u istaagay agaasinka hawlaha hay’addaas ee Puntland, taasoo sabab ay u ahayd hufnaantiisii qofnimo, waxana loo qaatay shaqaale hoose

 

Balse dulqaadkiisii iyo danayntiisii qofnimo waxa ay ku qaadday in uu si dhaqso ah u dhiso aqoontiisii hawshaas aaddanayd, ilkacase kuma aanuu koobin dib u habayntiisii aqooneed xisaabaadka oo lagu qaadanayay qaabka tabinta fog, balse wuxuu hore ugu dhaqaaqay hawsha maamulka iyo quluubtaa saaxiibadii ay shaqo wadaagga ahaayeen.

 

Toban sano kaddib Ilkacase waxa uu noqday agaasimaha maamulka iyo xisaabaadka ee hay’adda cilmi baadhista iyo horumarinta Puntland ee PDRC, waxana uu si durugsan ugu xeel wacnaaday xirfadda cilmi baadhista iyo taxliilinta, waxa uu ahaa Eebbe ha u naxariistee Ilkacase hoyga awoodeed ee hawlaha nabad yagleelidda iyo dimuqraadiyadda ee PDRC, interpeace iyo ururo kale oo maxalli ah, hawlahaas uu hayay oo adkaa haddana ilkacase waxa uu ku faraxsanaa shaqada uu hayay.

 

Eebbe ha u naxariistee Ilkacase waxa uu ahaa abaabule nabadeed, oo ay addinkiisa iyo afkiisuba si aan gabbasho iyo cabsi lahayn u gaadhayeen, maamul, shicib, cuqaal, madaxweynayaal, iyo xataa maleeshiyaad, hawlahaas uu hayayna run iyo kalsooni ayaa ku dheehnaa.

 

Sannadkii hore waxa uu Ilkacase tagay magaalada Hargeysa, si uu kormeero doorashooyinkii madaxtinnimo ee Somaliland, waxana uu ka qoray khirbraddiisii, maqaalkaasina waxa noqday mid laga jeclaystay Somaliland, oo wargeysyda Hargeysa ka soo baxa ay aad u daabeceen, isla Puntland-na maqaalkaas si badan ayaa looga akhristay, qeexnaantaas Ilkacasena waxa ay farxad glisay saaxiibbadiis, iyo aqoonyahankaba, kuwaas oo qiray horumarka la xaqiiqsan karayay ee uu marxuum Ilkacase 10 sano sameeyey, falcelisyadii qormadaas qaarkoodna waxa ay tilmaameen sida uu qalinka Ilkacase hubanti qaab hufnaan ah u higsanayay qormooyin tallaabo dheereeya.

 

Qormadiisu waxa kale oo ay tusmo u ahayd, sida uu Maxamed Yaasiin Ciise Ilkacase waxqabadkiisa ugu taageerayay nabad, iyo dimoqraaddiyad ka dhex hirgasha bulshada Puntland, iyo Soomaalida inteeda kaleba.

 

Dilka xaqarrada ah ee Eebbe ha u naxariistee Ilkacase waxa uu taariikhda ku galayaa dhammaadkii Xishoodka, waxana ay darsi adag u tahay bulshada iyo hoggaanka Putland, iyo guud ahaanba gobollada Soomaaliyeed, waxana ay raadreeb xun ku tahay dhaqanka xilli tagay iyo gooraha la joogaba, cawaaqib darrana waa mid ku reebi karta shaqsi, koox, iyo bulshaba qarnigan 21-aad taasoo utun ku ahaan karta nabadda iyo dimuqraaddiyadda, sida falxumadii uu noloshiisa ku waayay Eebbe ha u naxariistee Maxamed Yaasiin Ilkacase.

 

Hiigsigiisii, kalsooni iyo sammo wax u araggiisii, dulqaadkiisii, iyo naxariis badnidiisii, iyo waa sababta damaqa xanuunka leh ee geeridiisu ay ku reebtay cid kasta oo ay isla shaqeeyeen, taqaannay, oo jecleyd.

 

Interpeice iyo saaxiibadeeda nabadda ay ka wada shaqeeyaan, xarunta horumarinta iyo cilmibaadhidda Puntland, ee PDRC, xarunta cilmid baadhidda iyo wadatashiga ee CRD, iyo akadeemiyadda nabadda iyo horumarka oo ay xarumohoodu kala yihiin Garowe, Muqdisho iyo Hargeysa, waxa ay dareen naxdin anfariir, qalbi damqasho, iyo argagax badan kaga xun yihiin dilkii naxdinta lahaa loo gaystay Maxamed Yaasiin Ilkacase oo ahaa agaasimaha maamulka iyo xisaabaadka ee PDRC, waxana ay tacsi tiiraanyo leh u dirayaan ehelladii iyo asaxaabtii uu ka baxay Eebbe ha u naxariistee Maxamed yaasiin Ilkacase.Dhammaan milkiilayaasha, maamulka, iyo shaqaalaha idaacadda Daljirna tacsi murugo leh waxa ay gaadhsiinayaa dhammaan ehelladii, asaxiibtii, intii aqoonta u lahayd, gaar ahaan shacabka reer Puntland, iyo guud ummadda Soomaaliyeed, waxana aan Alle uga baryaynaa marxuumkaasi in uu jannadiisii fardowsa ka waraabiyo.

 

Waxa tarjumay Adam Shardi.

[Somalina]

AUN marxuum Ilkacase.

We lost another great Somali.