Somali leader wins new boost with high-profile EU visit

[Che -Guevara]

Somalia took a fresh step in its return to the international fold Wednesday with a high-profile EU visit by its leader that comes days after finally winning US recognition.

 

Months after his election, new Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was to meet the European Union's top officials, marking what a senior diplomat said was the African nation's "move from hopelessness to hope."

 

"This visit symbolises a highly significant shift in the way the world sees Somalia and Somalis see the world," said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.

 

"We want to encourage Somalia, say we are with them, that we take them seriously," the source added.

 

At the 27-nation bloc's headquarters in Brussels, Mohamud is to meet successively EU president Herman Van Rompuy, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.

 

Mohamud, a university lecturer, was elected in September after eight years of transitional rule by a corruption-riddled government, bringing hope of an effective central government after more than two decades of chaos and war.

 

Recent months have seen a 17,000-strong African Union force, fighting alongside government forces -- many of them EU-trained -- and Ethiopian soldiers remove Islamist Shehab insurgents from the capital and from key towns.

 

EU support to Somalia in the last years has focused on three fronts, defence, diplomacy and development, a formula that the bloc is likely to try on beleaguered West African state Mali in the coming weeks, as it likewise has been under attack from Islamist fighters.

Last week, EU ministers agreed to extend an EU mission to train soldiers in Somalia for another two years at a cost of around 11 million euros.

 

Launched in 2010 it has trained some 3,000 Somali troops.

 

The EU's anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast, EUNAVFOR, has also been extended until December 2014.

Elections in Somalia have been set for 2016 "but in the meantime we cannot be complacent," an EU official said.

He said next steps for Somalia will necessitate a new deal with its global partners to clear its huge financial arrears and put in place international aid programmes to help establish the government's legitimacy.

 

An international meeting of players involved with he Horn of Africa nation may be held soon.

 

Mohamud's administration too will need to continue extending control over the territory and improving security while easing testy relations with its neighbours.

 

Less than two weeks ago Mogadishu took a crucial step on launching a new era in its ties with the United States, which recognised its government for the first time since 1991.

 

"Today is a milestone. It is not the end of the journey, but it is an important milestone towards that end," said US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton after meeting Mohamud.

 

http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/somali-leader-wins-boost-high-profile-eu-visit-043239444.html

[QansaxMeygaag]

I think this smiley guy plus Shirdoon of the Raajo Party are bringing some hope back...Kudos, albeit an early one. You might say, hope my foot, who eats hope - but it is a very powerful tool to heal a benighted people...

[somalee]

A hopeless nepotist trying to bring back hope that has evaded us for two decades? How great..

[Che -Guevara]

There's no pleasing Somalis!

[QansaxMeygaag]

somalee;914027 wrote:

A hopeless nepotist trying to bring back hope that has evaded us for two decades? How great..

Explain yourself?

 

Nepotist - me or Che or both?

 

The hope is THERE and it is PALPABLE and even Mr Smiley's worst enemies will concede that; so deal with it.

[somalee]

QansaxMeygaag;914031 wrote:

Explain yourself?

 

Nepotist - me or Che or both?

 

The hope is THERE and it is PALPABLE and even Mr Smiley's worst enemies will concede that; so deal with it.

Nepotist is the ''smiley'' president. I don't know anything about you and Che, are you nepotists too?

The president is notoriously known for appointing to office people who are close to him by blood or otherwise. He has an ungodly obsession with his relatives and all Somalis know it. The ''New blood'' party may be literally referring to the blood of his own relatives.

[QansaxMeygaag]

somalee;914034 wrote:

Nepotist is the ''smiley'' president. I don't know anything about you and Che, are you nepotists too?

The president is notoriously known for appointing to office people who are close to him by blood or otherwise. He has an ungodly obsession with his relatives and all Somalis know it. The ''New blood'' party may be literally referring to the blood of his own relatives.

Thanks for the clarification. I have no information about the president's hiring practices - I leave that to the experts on the forum. But good to support what you are saying with evidence, because it is easy to just say what's on our minds...

[walaalkis]

somalee;914034 wrote:

Nepotist is the ''smiley'' president. I don't know anything about you and Che, are you nepotists too?

The president is notoriously known for appointing to office people who are close to him by blood or otherwise. He has an ungodly obsession with his relatives and all Somalis know it. The ''New blood'' party may be literally referring to the blood of his own relatives.

layaab, some people never get satisfied even if they are given the highest honor of somali politics. For your name calling explains it,you have wrong perception and have no experience no prove . Why don't you put suit on and take your community college diploma and apply for goverment job then come back to us and tell us your experience just don't spread none sense.

[somalee]

walaalkis;914042 wrote:

layaab, some people never get satisfied even if they are given the highest honor of somali politics. For your name calling explains it,you have wrong perception and have no experience no prove . Why don't you put suit on and take your community college diploma and apply for goverment job then come back to us and tell us your experience just don't spread none sense.

Utter garbage! You are making huge assumptions about me. Community college? Lol. Highest political post? You are also making an assumption about my qabiil here? Unbelievable!

[Che -Guevara]

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo la kulmay Madaxda Midowga Yurub

 

Arbaco, January 30, 2013(HOL): Sidii aad la socoteen waxaa maalmihii aynu ka soo gudubnay ku sugnaa magaalada Brussels ee dalka Belgium madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Shiikh Maxamuud iyo Wafdi uu hoggaaminayo, kaasi oo martiqaad ka helay Madaxda sare ee Midowga Yurub.

 

Madaxweynaha ayaa waxaa uu xarunta Midowga Yurub kula kulmay Madaxweynaha Golaha Midowga Yurub Mr.Herman Van Rompuy, kaasi oo madaxweynaha si diirran ugu soo dhaweeyay xarunta Midowga Yurub. Labada Mas’uul ayaa ka wada hadlay xiriirka Soomaaliya iyo Midowga Yurub iyo bogga cusub ee Soomaaliya u furmay kaddib dhowr iyo labaatan sano oo dhibaato iyo dowlado ku meel-gaar ah ahaa.

 

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Shiikh Maxamuud waxaa uu sidoo kale xarunta Midowga Yurub kula kulmay Guddoomiyaha Guddiga reer Yurub Jose Manuel Barroso, kaasi oo ay kulankooda iskula soo qaadeen arrimo ay ka mid ahaayeen xiriirka labada dhinac, xaaladda Soomaaliya, mustaqbalka Soomaaliya iyo wada shaqeyn dhexmarta labada dhinac.

 

Guddoomiyaha Guddiga reer Yurub Jose Manuel Barroso oo kulanka kaddib saxaafadda la hadlay ayaa sheegay in Soomaaliya uu u furmay bog cusub oo ay dadka Soomaaliyeed aayahooda uga tashanayaan, wuxuuna caddeeyay in intii uu socday kulankii ay madaxweynaha Soomaaliya yeesheen ay isla garteen muhiimadda joogteynta dowlad laga wada qeybgalay oo ku shaqeysa la-xisaabtan iyo cadcaddaan, sidoo kalena la xushmeeyo xuquuqda aadanaha iyo xorriyatul-qowlka. Jose Manuel Barroso waxaa uu hadalkiisa ku sii daray in ay Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ka wada hadleen sida uu Midowga Yurub ku caawin karo si loogu guuleysto arrimahaas.

 

Midowga Yurub ayaa wuxuu yahay deeq-bixiyaha ugu weyn ee kaalmeeya Soomaaliya, wuxuuna Soomaaliya ku bixiyay nus Bilyan Doollar tan iyo sanadkii 2008. Sidoo kalena Midowga Yurub wuxuu sanadkan kaliya bixiyay lacag dhan 60 Milyan oo EURO, taasi oo uu ku bixiyay dhinaca kaalmada bani’aadannimo.

 

Guddoomiyaha Guddiga reer Yurub Jose Manuel Barroso wuxuu ku carrabka ku adkeeyay in uu si weyn ugu faraxsanaa in uu la kulmo, isla markaana uu dhegeysto hadalka madaxweynaha Soomaaliya iyo doonistiisa ku aaddan soo celinta dowladnimadii Soomaaliya, wuxuuna hoosta ka xariiqay in madaxweynaha uu u muujiyay in ay ka go’an tahay in ay dalka Soomaaliya horay u sii wadaan, isla markaana ay ka saaraan marxaladdii dowlad la’aaneed ee uu soo maray dalka Soomaaliya.

 

Wuxuu hadalkiisa ku sii daray Jose Manuel Barroso in dadka Soomaaliyeed ay u qalmaan xasillooni, nabad iyo dowlad ka shaqeysa oo soo celisa adeegyadii bulshada, taasi oo ay la mid ah tan heystaan dadka ku nool dalalka caalamka.

 

Ugu dambeyntiina Guddoomiyaha Guddiga reer Yurub Jose Manuel Barroso waxaa uu soo caddeeyay in Midowga Yurub uu sii wadi doono taageerada uu siinayo Soomaaliya si loogu guuleysto mustaqbal siyaasadeed oo deggan.

 

Casuumadda uu Midowga Yurub u fidiyay Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ayaa waxaa ka horreysay casuumaad ay dowladda mareykanka u fidisay madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, waxaana aqalka cad ee mareykanka ku kulmay madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Shiikh Maxamuud iyo Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Barack Obama. Kulanka labada madaxweyne kaddibna dowladda mareykanka waxay ku dhawaaqday in ay aqoonsi buuxa siineyso Dowladda Soomaaliya.

 

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ayaa socdaalkiisa Belgium kaddib waxaa uu booqan doonaa dalka Britain oo uu madaxdiisa sidoo kale ka helay casuumaad. Inta uu London ku sugan yahay madaxweyaha waxaa uu la hadli doonaa Soomaalida ku nool UK. Safarka Britain kaddibna waxaa uu madaxweynaha u amba bixi doonaa magaalada Qaahira ee dalka Masar, halkaasi oo uu kaga qeybgeli doono shir ay halkaas ku leeyihiin dalalka Islaamka.

 

Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online

sxiis@hiiraan.com

[Che -Guevara]

[Che -Guevara]

[Che -Guevara]

Somalia: EU pledges “New Deal” for Somalia in leader’s first visit

 

The EU has funnelled some 600 million euros into Somalia over the last five years as part of a three-pronged approach of defence, diplomacy and developmen By: AFP

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Somalia’s new leader secured promises of an economic and political “New Deal” during his first European Union visit Wednesday, two weeks after the nation’s government formally won US recognition.

 

Taking the Horn of Africa nation one more step forward in its return to the international fold after two decades of conflict, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the support of top European Union officials on the first of a two-day stop in Brussels.

 

On Thursday he meets with the EU’s 27 foreign ministers before going on to London.

 

“We agreed to enhance relations between Somalia and the EU,” said European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso. “We believe there is a real commitment to go forward.”

 

Hailing “a new era” in ties, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced the EU would host a global conference in the autumn to “come up with a New Deal for Somalia that will help deliver political, security and development support.”

 

“Somalia has come a long way,” said Ashton, pointing to a 95 percent drop in piracy off the Somalia coast and the beating back over the past two years of Islamist Shehab insurgents.

 

The EU has funnelled some 600 million euros into Somalia over the last five years as part of a three-pronged approach of defence, diplomacy and development, a winning formula likely to be tried in the coming weeks in beleaguered west African state Mali, which has likewise come under attack from Islamist fighters.

 

But Mohamud said his nation needed to move from being a country “in relief” to one in recovery.

 

“Somalia is where Europe was in 1945,” Mohamud said. “Everything is zero, everything has to be started from scratch. And we cannot do it alone.

 

“We need the support of the whole international community and in particular the support of the European Union.”

 

“We need engagement that looks like the Marshall Plan,” he said referring to the US-funded plan to rebuild Europe after World War II.

 

EU president Herman Van Rompuy said Mohamud’s visit, his first to Europe, came as Somalia was on a “path to transforming and taking its rightful place in the community of nations.”

 

A university lecturer, Mohamud was elected in September after eight years of transitional rule by a corruption-riddled government, raising hopes of an effective central government after more than two decades of chaos and war.

 

Recent months have seen a 17,000-strong African Union force, fighting alongside government forces — many of them EU-trained — and Ethiopian soldiers remove Shehab insurgents from the capital and from key towns.

 

Last week, the bloc extended an EU mission to train Somali soldiers for another two years at a cost of around 11 million euros. Launched in 2010 it has trained some 3,000 Somali troops.

 

The EU’s anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast, EUNAVFOR, has also been extended until December 2014, and the EUCAP Nestor mission assists Somalia and other countries to improve maritime security.

 

A senior EU official said the visit “symbolises a highly significant shift in the way the world sees Somalia and Somalia sees the world”.

 

“We want to encourage Somalia, say we are with them, that we take them seriously,” he added.

 

Next steps will necessitate Somalia doing a deal with its global partners to clear its huge financial arrears and put in place international aid programmes to help establish the government’s legitimacy.

 

Mohamud’s administration is working also to continue extending control over the territory and improve security while easing testy relations with its neighbours.

 

Two weeks ago Mogadishu cleared a crucial diplomatic barrier when the United States recognised its government for the first time since 1991.

 

Source: AFP

[QansaxMeygaag]

@Che, I see you are rubbing it in Somalee's face...almost like take that, and that, and that! A virtual slug-fest?

[somalee]

QansaxMeygaag;914342 wrote:

@Che, I see you are rubbing it in Somalee's face...almost like take that, and that, and that! A virtual slug-fest?

, I do not oppose the president and I wish him and his team success. Sincerely. I was only trying to point out the irony in expecting so much from an utter and shameless nepotist, and how that tells a lot about the current state of Somalia and the lack of better leadership. About Che's posts, this is not news to me, I knew the schedule of the president and the places he'd visit even before he left Villa Somalia for the AU summit.

 

 

http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/69546-Qosolka-Madaxweynaha