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Ships warned to against Somalian pirates as monsoon approaches

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Saturday June 9, 2018photij2Navies and marine monitors have warned that Somalian pirates may use the monsoon approaching the Arabian Peninsula as cover for attacks on merchant ships.Choppy seas during the monsoon make it difficult for pirates in their swift, small skiffs, but experts said pirates would test waters in the Gulf of Aden, where weather conditions are not as severe.“Somalian pirates continue to approach ships from time to time to determine the level of hardening security,” said Cyrus Mody, assistant director of the International Maritime Bureau.Hardening refers to razor wire placed across the ship to deter boarding by raiders, high-pressure water hoses and armed guards.“The continued fragile state of Somalia, along with ongoing regional conflicts, continues to be a risk to all merchant and local shipping,” Mr Mody said.He said the bureau continuously broadcasts messages to ships in the region with information and any incidents of Somalian piracy.There have been 66 attacks worldwide up to March, of which two took place in this region. But the number of attacks dropped to 179 last year from 191 in 2016 and 246 in 2015.Two skiffs with armed pirates chased and fired on a tanker in the Gulf of Aden on March 31. They aborted the attack when the guards returned fire. The ship sustained minor damage, the bureau said.The overriding message in the bureau’s piracy report for the first three months of this year to shipowners, masters and crew was that they should not relax security protocols. “Somalian pirates continue to possess the capability and capacity to carry out attacks,” the report said. “It appears they may now be seeking the opportunity.“The threat of these attacks still exists in the waters off the southern Red Sea, Bab Al Mandeb, Gulf of Aden including Yemen and the northern Somalian coast, Arabian Sea, off Oman and off the eastern and southern Somalian coast.“Somalian pirates tend to be well armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, and sometimes use skiffs launched from mother vessels that may be hijacked fishing vessels or dhows, to conduct attacks far from the Somalian coast.”While the number of attacks has reduced significantly because of warships policing international waters, co-operation is crucial.“Inter-monsoon periods are the times when piracy threats can increase,” said Lt Col David Fielder, Royal Marines spokesman with the EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta.“The requirement for vigilance when transiting this area, together with the timely reporting of all suspicious incidents, remains crucial. We request that during an incident, when feasible and without endangering the vessel or her crew, imagery is taken of those involved.“A detailed description of vessels, objects and behaviour observed are vital contributors to the analysis and assessment of the threat. Reports should endeavour to provide as much factual detail as possible and avoid speculating when only limited information is available.”Organisations that work with families of piracy victims also warned that crews are trained.“The pirates will try and push in before the monsoon sets in,” said Chirag Bahri, South Asia director for the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network.“They can get desperate to attack, so training seafarers must continue because they are ones who are directly affected in any attack.“We are advising shipping companies to continue instructions to crew so that they do not lose focus during this time.“They must maintain proper lookouts during bad weather because that is when complacency sets in.”Source: The National
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Kenya's Kakuma camp will host world's first TEDx in a refugee camp

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Saturday June 9, 2018The first ever TEDx event in a refugee camp will be held at the Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya on Saturday June 9.Kakuma is home to over 186 000 refugees from 14 countries and at the TEDx event former and current refugees will come together to share stories of resilience and inspiration with a global audience.Kakuma, a small town in North West, Kenya will receive more than 250 high profile guests at an event that will be streamed all over the world."We want the world to experience the phenomenal lives that the refugees are living' said TEDx Kakuma Camp co-curator Melisa Flemming. "And we hope to change the narrative about refugees. It's no longer a story of surviving but also thriving, there is so much happening here. There is so much talent."Ads By Google Kakuma was set up in the remote Turkana region in 1992 to serve Sudanese refugees and is now home to those displaced by wars across Africa.They mostly come from Somalia, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Uganda and Rwanda, according to the UNHCR.World class stageSpeakers at the event include Pur Biel, the 23-year-old Sudanese runner who arrived in the camp as a child and in 2016 participated in the first Refugee Olympic team, Mercy Aukot, a Sudanese social worker, Aminah Rwimo an international award-winning Congolese film-maker as well as the first hijabi model to grace fashion's top runways, Halima Aden."We have refugee speakers who have never spoken on this kind of a global platform before," said co-organizer Dana Hughes. "They've really started to believe in themselves. It's been incredible to watch them gain confidence to come to the point where they can share their stories on a world-class stage."The speakers will explore the theme 'Thrive,' which is also about how refugees can change, not only their lives, but also the communities in which they live."We chose Kakuma because it is a representation of the old and the new," said Flemming.Saturday's event will be held in a specially-erected tent venue in the forecourt of a Kakuma Camp school.Thirty-eight tonnes of equipment had to be transported to the remote site by a convoy of trucks amid heavy flash floods , UNHCR said.TM & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.
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  • UN: 1.25 million Somali children face acute malnourishment after floods - Xinhua
  • Landlocked Ethiopia May Establish Naval Base at Kenyan Port - Bloomberg
  • Ships warned to against Somalian pirates as monsoon approaches - The National
  • Somali Government Signs up to Western Indian Ocean Ecosystem Initiative - UNDP

Landlocked Ethiopia May Establish Naval Base at Kenyan Port

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Saturday June 9, 2018Ethiopia, landlocked since the secession of Eritrea a quarter century ago, may consider building a naval base in neighboring Kenya to strengthen its military capabilities, the head of the state shipping company said.The facility could form part of a port the Kenyan government is building at Lamu, said Roba Megerssa Akawak, chief executive officer of the state-owned Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise. The 390 billion-shilling ($3.87 billion) harbor near the border with Somalia is part of the so-called Lapsset project, a transport corridor that envisions linking Ethiopia and South Sudan to Kenya.Ads By Google Information Minister Ahmed Shide said he was unaware of any discussions between the two countries, Ethiopia’s interest in Lamu is mainly economic and that Roba isn’t in a position to have knowledge about talks with Kenya’s government. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s call last month for the establishment of a naval force was “a future possibility,” the information minister said. “We can only give information when we know the future plan.”Abiy secured an agreement with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta last month to develop land at Lamu for “logistical facilitation.” The country relies on Djibouti and Sudan for access to the sea.Somaliland PortLast year, Ethiopia agreed to take a share in a joint venture with DP World Ltd. to administer a port at Berbera, in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland in northern Somalia, which will host a United Arab Emirates military airport and a naval base.“Countries cooperate in naval activities and Ethiopia should really consider this,” Roba said in an interview in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa Wednesday. “The decision by the government to have naval interests in cooperation with other countries or of its own is very important and crucial and timely.”A navy would be useful not only in protecting ESLSE’s fleet of 11 civilian vessels, which sail to the Indian subcontinent, the Far East and the Black Sea, but in protecting the “very volatile” Red Sea area where Ethiopia has other economic interests “and there are conflicting political interests,” Roba said.Neighboring Djibouti, through which 90 percent of Ethiopia’s inbound trade is channeled, may be unsuitable for an Ethiopian naval facility because it already hosts facilities for global powers including the largest U.S. military base in Africa and the first such overseas post for China’s armed forces, Roba said.‘Efficient’ LocationDjibouti is “controlled by naval forces that surround the area,” he said. “We are afraid perhaps in the future that even Djibouti may not have its own say to really decide on its own fate. This is quite a threat to Ethiopia.”Roba considers Lamu “an efficient” location to host an Ethiopian base. “The distance from inland Ethiopia will be countered by other benefits,” he said, without elaborating.Ethiopia disbanded its navy in 1996, three years after Eritrea gained independence after a three-decade war. The secession deprived Ethiopia of 2,234 kilometers (1,388 miles) of coastline. In 2015, the government adopted a logistics strategy to use multiple ports in the region to improve its external trade.Kenyan Transport Principal Secretary Paul Maringa said he wasn’t able to comment because he doesn’t have details of the discussions with the Ethiopian government.
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  • UN: 1.25 million Somali children face acute malnourishment after floods - Xinhua
  • Kenya's Kakuma camp will host world's first TEDx in a refugee camp - CNN
  • Ships warned to against Somalian pirates as monsoon approaches - The National
  • Somali Government Signs up to Western Indian Ocean Ecosystem Initiative - UNDP

Kuraas maran oo lagu xusay dadkii ku dhintay diyaaraddii lasoo ridey ee Malaysia

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298 kursi ayaa la saaray ubaxyo gudduudan, waxayna dadka codsanayeen in ay caddaalad helaan dadkaas.

Dagaalka ganacsiga oo noqday mowduuca ugu saameynta badan shirka G7

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Kala qeeybsanaanta u dhaxeysa Donald Trump iyo hogaamiyeasha kale ee G7-ka ayaa cirka isku sii shareertay.

Dhageyso:-Warka Subax Ee Idaacadda Shabelle

Muxuu yahay ujeedka ay Soomaaliya ciyaartooy ugu dirtay Koobka Adduunka?

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Soomaaliya waligeed kama aysan qeybgalin ciyaaraha adduunka, balse waa markii koowaad oo ciyaartooy Soomaali ah ay si rasmi ah qeyb uga noqonayso ciyaaro qeyb ka ah koobka adduunka.

Weerar lagu dilay Askar Mareykan ah Oo ka dhacay duleedka Kismaayo

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Kismaayo ( Sh. M. Network )-Dagaalyahanno ka tirsan Xarakada Al Shabaab ayaa lagu soo warramayaa in saacadihii la soo dhaafay weerar ay ku qaadeen Ciidamo Mareykan ah, kuwa Kenya iyo Ciidamada Jubbaland oo howlgallo ka waday duleedka magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta gobolka Jubbada Hoose.
Al Shabaab oo ka hadlay weerarkaasi ayaa waxa ay sheegeen in ay ku qaadeen Ciidamadaasi, xilli ay ku sugnaayeen deegaanka Baarsanguuni ee gobolkaasi.
Waxaana ay tilmaameen in weerarkaasi ay ku dileen ugu yaraan 1 Askari oo Mareykan ah, sidoo kalena ay kuy dhaawaceen 4 kale, sida ay ku baahiyeen barahooda Internet-ka.
Ma jiro weli wax war ah oo ka soo baxay taliska Mareykanka AFRICOM oo ku aadan weerarkaasi.
Maalmihii dambe Ciidamada huwanta ayaa howlgallo ballaaran ka waday deegaano ka tirsan gobollada Jubbooyinka ee koonfurta Soomaaliya.
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Askari ka tirsanaa Ciidamada DFS Oo lagu dilay Afgooye

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Afgooye ( Sh. M.Network )-
Kooxo ku hubeysnaa Bastoolado ayaa xalay fiidkii hore askari ka tirsanaa Ciidamada dowladda ku dilay gudaha degmada Afgooye ee gobolka Sh/ Hoose.
Dilka askarigaasi ayaa la sheegay in uu ka dhacay Suuq qaadka lagu iibiyo oo ku yaalla degmadaasi.
Dad goobjoogayaal ah ayaa sheegay in askariga lagu dhuftay dhowr  xabadood, islamarkaana uu goobta ku geeriyooday.
Raggii ka dambeeyay dilkaasi ayaa lagu soo warramayaa in ay goobta isaga baxsadeen dilka kadib.
Ciidamo ka tirsan kuwa ammaanka ayaa goobta uu dilku ka dhacay gaaray, iyagoona howlgallo tiro dad ah lagu soo qab qabtay ka sameeyay halkaasi.
Maamulka degmada Afgooye oo aan la xariirnay ayaa ka gaabsaday in ay faah faahin ka bixiyaan dilka askarigaasi.
Muddooyinkii dambe waxaa sii kordhayay falalka amaan dari ee ka dhaca Afgooye, iyadoonaa siyaabo kala duwan askar loogu dilay gudaha magaaladaasi.
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Boondheere Oo xalay ka adkaatay dhiggeeda Hodan

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Muqdisho ( Sh. M. Network )-Degmooyinka Boondheere iyo Hodan ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa xalay ku baratamay tartan aqooneedka faca weyn ee Shabelle.
Labada degmo oo u soo gudbay wareega 8 dhamaada ee tartanka ayaa xalay soo bandhigay tartan xiiso badan.
Hayeeshee waxa ay guushu raacday taratamayaasha degmada Boondheere oo xalay ka adkaaday dhiggooda degmada Hodan ee gobolka Banaadir.
Boondheere ayaa la timid dhibco gaaraya 10 Dhicoodm halka Hodana ay keensatay 10 buundo.
Sidaasina waxaa tartanka gabi ahaan isaga hartay Hodan, iyadoona degmada Boonddhere ay u soo gudubtay wareega 4 dhamaadka ee tartanka.
Hodan waa degmadii labaad oo wareegan 8 dhamaadka ku harta., iyadoona Habeen hore tartanka ay isaga hartay degmada Dayniile ee gobolka Banaadir.
Tartanka ayaa maraya meel xiiso badan, waxaana wareegan isugu soo haray illaa iyo 6 degmo oo ka wada tirsan gobolka Banaadir.
Caawa waxaa tartanka bisha barakeysanm ee Ramadaan ku ballasan degmooyinka Warta Nabadda iyoKaxda oo ee gobolka Banaadir.
Taaba gelinta sanadkan tartan aqooneedka Shabelle waa Jaamacadda Jobkey, halka Su’aal diyaarintuna uu yahay Adult Commercial Secondary School
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R/W Kheyre oo Booqday xarunta isgaarsiinta Jabuuti iyo Dekadda Dooraale

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Muqdisho ( Sh. Ra’iisul Wasaaraha xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Cali Khayre iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo oo maalmahaan joogay Jabuuti ayaa booqday xarunta isgaarsiinta dalkaas iyo Dekadda Dooraale.
Wasiirka Warfaafinta iyo isgaarsiinta Jabuuti, Mudane Cabdi Youssouf Sougueh iyo masuuliyiin kale ayaa wafdiga Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre geeyay xarunta Isgaarsiinta iyo Dekadda Dooraale waxa uuna Ra’iisul Wasaare Khayre ku bogaadiyay reer Jabuuti iskutashiga ballaaran ee ay sameeyeen, isaga oo ka codsaday in walaalahooda Soomaaliya ay kala shaqeeyaan arrimaha Dekaddaha iyo Isgaarsiinta.
Ra’iisul wasaare Khayre ayaa ammaanay horumarka ballaaran ee Dowladda Jabuuti ka samaysay dhinaca horumarinta adeegyada la xiriira xargaha Fiber optic-ga waxa uuna boosta ka xariiqay in Soomaaliya ay wax badan ka faa’iideysan doonto khibradda dawladda Jabuuti
Wasiirka arimaha Dibadda, Mudane Axmed Ciise Cawad, Wasiirka Boostadda iyo Isgaarsiinta, Eng. Cabdi Canshuur Xasan, Wasiir Dawlaha Wasaaradda Gaashaandhiga, Mudane Maxamed Cali Xagaa iyo mus’uuliyiin kale ayaa kamid ah wafdiga Ra’iisul wasaare Khayre ee maalmahaan ku sugnaa Jabuuti.
Ra’iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya ayaa intii uu kusugnaa Jabuuti waxa uu la kulmay madaxweynaha iyo Ra’iisul wasaaraha dalkaasi oo ay ka wada hadleen arima badan oo khuseeyaa labada dal iyo guud ahaan gobalka.
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Howlgallo ballaaran Oo laga sameeyay duleedka Xudur

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Xudur ( Sh. M. Network )-Ciidamada maamulka K/ Galbeed iyo kuwa Itoobiya ayaa xalay howlgallo ballaaran ka sameeyay duleedka degmada Xudur ee xarunta gobolka Bakool.
Howlgallada oo ahaa kuwa qorsheysan ayaa waxa ay Ciidamadu ka sameeyeen deegaano iyo tuulooyin hoos yimaada degmadaasi.
Saraakiil ka tirsan Ciidamada Koonfur Galbeed oo la hadlay Shabelle ayaa sheegay in u jeedka howlgalladaasi ay yihiin sidii Al Shabaab looga saari lahaa deegaanadaasi.
Howgalladan ayaa ku soo beegmaya, xilli dhawaan Al Shabaab weeraro xoogan ay ka fuliyeen deegaano ka tirsan gobollada Baay iyo Bakool ee koonfurta Soomaaliya.
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US commando killed, four wounded in Somalia attack

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An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said.
The attack occurred in Jubaland, where a large force comprising about 800 Somali, Kenyan and US troops were working to clear a large area of Al-Qaeda-aligned Al-Shabaab fighters.
The multinational force “came under mortar and small-arms fire at approximately 2:45 pm Mogadishu time (1145 GMT), killing one US service member and injuring four US service members and one partner force member,” the US military’s Africa Command said in a statement.
A military official told AFP the dead American was a special operations command, but further details were not being released pending notification of next of kin.
US President Donald Trump offered his condolences via Twitter.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the families of our serviceman who was killed and his fellow servicemen who were wounded in Somolia. They are truly all HEROES,” Trump tweeted, misspelling the name of the country in which the attack took place.
The mission’s objectives were to “clear Shabaab from contested areas, liberate villages from Shabaab control and establish a permanent combat outpost designed to increase the span of federal government of Somalia security and governance,” Africa Command said.
“The US provided advice, assistance and aerial surveillance during the mission.”
More than 500 American forces are partnering with African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali national security forces in counterterrorism operations, and have conducted frequent raids and drone strikes on Al-Shabaab training camps throughout Somalia.
Last year, a Navy SEAL was killed in a nighttime attack in Somalia, marking the first US military combat death there since the infamous “Black Hawk Down” events of 1993, when 18 American servicemen died in the Battle of Mogadishu.
Since 2007, Al-Shabaab has been fighting to overthrow the internationally backed government in Somalia.
 
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Southwest State forces begin military operation near Hudur town

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The security forces of Somalia’s southern Federal State of Southwest have launched a massive military operation in the rural areas around Hudur, the regional capital of Bakool on Saturday.
The local officials who spoke to Radio Shabelle on condition of anonymity said the ongoing operation was aimed at wiping out the Al-Shabaab militants from their remaining pockets in the city’s outskirts.
The move came following series of Al-Shabaab attacks on military bases belonging to Somali and AMISOM troops in Bay and Bakol regions in the past few weeks, which led to the heavy casualties.
The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab has been pushed out of its main strongholds in Somalia, including Mogadishu in 2011, but, the group maintains to stage deadly car bombings and attacks in the country.
On Friday, Al-Shabaab has attacked American forces near Kismayo city, the interim seat of Jubbaland, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding four others.
 
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Barn. Dhacdooyinka Toddobaadka

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Barnaamijka Dhacdooyinka ee toddobaadkan waxaan idiinku soo gudbinaynaa qoddobo ay ka mid yihiin shirkii Amniga Qaranka ee Somalia iyo geeridii Alle ha u naxariistee wariye Maxamed Aadan Terra oo magaalada London ku geeriyooday


US Embassy warns of 'imminent attacks' in Mozambique

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Saturday June 9, 2018By Joe SterlingA Mozambican woman walks in the small fishing town of Palma, envisioned as a center for liquefied natural gas development, in February 2017. (CNN) -- The US Embassy in Mozambique has
warned of "imminent attacks" against government and commercial centers
in a northern province of the Eastern African nation and urged US
citizens to leave the area.The warning, issued Friday, applies to
the Palma district of Cabo Delgado province, where a string of
beheadings reportedly occurred last month. The government envisions the
region as being a major industrial center for mining and the development
of liquified natural gas."In light of information pointing to
the likelihood of imminent attacks on government and commercial centers
in the district headquarters of Palma, Cabo Delgado Province in the
coming days, we strongly advise American citizens in the district
headquarters of Palma to consider departing the area immediately," the
US Embassy said. Ads By Google "Those who elect to remain in Palma district are
strongly advised to avoid travel to the district headquarters and to
postpone visits to both government offices and retail locations,
including markets." Americans with planned travel to the district
"are strongly advised to postpone such travel," the embassy said. It
urged Americans to avoid the area, monitor local media for updates, be
aware of their surroundings and review their security plans.According
to the Mozambique News Agency, "unidentified criminals, believed to be
Islamic fundamentalists, decapitated ten people" on May 27. The assaults
took place "against two villages in the Palma district." Police said
attackers wielding machetes beheaded people, including two teen boys.Locals
call the group Al-Shabaab, or the "youth." Authorities are not linking
it to the Somali terror group of the same name, however.In March,
one person in the province was killed and homes were torched, the news
agency said. Officials believe the Al-Shabaab group carried out the
assault and believe the same group has been carrying out armed
operations against the government since October.
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Creating an enduring constitution for Somalia: a roadmap for the review process

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Saturday June 9, 2018by: Somali Public AgendaWomen adorned in Somali flags celebrate Somalia’s Independence Day at
Konis stadium in Mogadishu on July 1, 2013, markiing 53
years since the Southern regions of Somalia gained independence from
Italy and joined with the Northern region of Somaliland to create
Somalia. AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES.The process of drafting a federal constitution for Somalia dates back
to 2004 when a Federal Charter and a federal system of governance were
adopted in Kenya. The Transitional Charter mandated the formation of an
independent commission that would prepare a new federal constitution in
two and half years. However, the commission was only formed two years
later, in 2006, by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) president,
Abdullahi Yusuf.
The Independent Federal Constitution Commission (IFCC) produced the
first draft constitution in July 2010. An additional 9-member Committee
of Experts (CoE) was established alongside the IFCC in 2011, and the two
commissions organized constitution conferences in Garowe (twice) and
Gaalkacyo, and presented a Harmonized Draft Constitution in April 2012
to the six signatories of the 2011 Roadmap – TFG leaders President
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister Abdiweli M. Ali, Speaker
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Puntland President Abdirahman M Farole,
Galmudug President Mohamed Ahmed Alin and Abdulkadir Moallim Nur of Ahlu
Sunna Wal Jamaaca.
However, a Technical Review Committee formed by the signatories
revisited the constitution in Addis Ababa and Nairobi without the
presence of IFCC and CoE members, and the signatories endorsed the
constitution. Many Somalis believe that the current 2012 Provisional
Constitution is the product of the Addis Ababa and Nairobi review
meetings. The IFCC and CoE were subsequently dissolved by a decree and
the protocol establishing the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), among
others, was signed in Nairobi. On August 2012, 825 Constituent Assembly
endorsed the 2012 Provisional Constitution.
Ads By Google As many issues were left unresolved, a new phase of a constitutional
review started in 2012. The provisional constitution mandated a
parliamentary oversight committee and an independent review commission
to finalize the constitution. The Independent Constitutional Review and
Implementation Commission (ICRIC) – which was formed in June 2014 — and
the parliamentary Oversight Committee fell short of expectations for
various reasons including insufficient resources, a limited timeframe,
political instability and absenteeism of its members. The two
commissions, however, hastily reviewed the constitution in the last
months of the mandate of the 9th parliament [2016] and
submitted to parliament a revised version which included options on some
of the more contentious issues. The Parliament, in turn, delegated the
mandate of finalizing the constitution to the current 10th parliament.
Contested and technical issues
The content of the constitution which is under review is divided into
two main categories: technical review and contested political issues.
Parliamentary review is sufficient for the resolution of the technical
issues. The parliament, especially the oversight committee with the
support of the ICRIC, should prioritize reviewing the technical issues
thoroughly.
The second category of the review process involves the contested and
unresolved political issues. The practice of a federal system in Somalia
requires prior consent and agreement on a number of political issues.
These include the powers and responsibilities of the federal government
and regional states, the share of fiscal and natural resources, the judiciary model,
the status of Mogadishu, the powers of the president and prime
minister, and the representations and mandates of the two chambers of
the federal parliament.
The review commissions cannot decide these matters without a prior
consent of the political stakeholders. Agreement over these contested
issues is the most complex and difficult part of the constitutional
review. There has not been a clear platform for initiating the
discussion on these issues. The role of different institutions intended
to spearhead the review process could not be agreed upon by the relevant
entities.
Overlapping institutions
Although the constitution mandates the Oversight Committee and ICRIC
to review the Provisional Constitution, there are many existing
institutions responsible for constitutional affairs at both federal and
state levels. The federal government has three constitution entities:
the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, the Independent Constitutional
Review and Implementation Commission, and the parliamentary Oversight
Committee.
There have been numerous clashes and deadlocks between the Ministry
of Constitutional Affairs and the constitution review commissions over
their respective mandates and roles in the review process, which has
resulted in delays. The commissions and the Ministry separately
organized a number of consultation conferences in Mogadishu and the
regional capitals. Notwithstanding that a Memorandum of Understanding
was recently [2018] signed by the three federal-level constitution
institutions, the rift among the institutions is not genuinely resolved.
Furthermore, there are state-level interests to be considered.
Regional states – Puntland, Jubaland, SouthWest, Galmudug, and
Hirshabelle – all have ministries responsible for constitutional
matters. Accommodating all these overlapping institutions is going to be
challenging. In mid-May, for example, Jubaland refused to take part the launch of the National Constitutional Convention in Mogadishu.
Somali ownership
Another major challenge that could explain in part why Somalia is yet
to have a permanent constitution is that the constitution-making and
review processes were funded primarily by international donors. Millions
of dollars were spent on the Provisional Constitution since the process
began more than a decade ago.
The lack of Somali policymakers’ interest in investing in the federal
constitution combined with the international community’s determination
to contribute to the design of it, has ensured that the review process
remains an endless mission. Indeed, the creation of many constitution
institutions and the conflict among them can be partly explained by the
continuing availability of donor funds for the process.
It is, however, to be commended that the current federal government
has for the first time allocated funds — $3 million this year — from the
national budget for the constitution review process. If disbursed and
managed properly, the government budget would be sufficient for the
review. Financial support and involvement of the international community
should continue and perhaps be aligned with the later stages of the
review process, — the public outreach and nationwide plebiscite.
Roadmap for the constitutional review process
Somali citizens need a constitution that responds to their political,
economic and social interests. The constitution-making and review
process has dragged on long enough and continues to present an obstacle
to the building of state institutions and the delivery of better social
services to the public.
To ensure that the results of the Somali constitution review
processes endure, five steps have to be taken seriously by the relevant
stakeholders.
First, the parliamentary Oversight Committee and the ICRIC should
prioritize reviewing the technical issues of the constitution, which
make up the majority of the matters which need to be resolved. Most of
these technical issues have previously been examined in detail, and it
should not be difficult to produce a second revision and assessment for
parliamentary review and approval.  If the technical issues were
addressed, it might provide the momentum to move forward with
recommendations on the more contentious political issues.
Second, the incumbent Council of Ministers of the Federal Government
of Somalia should reach out the key political stakeholders including the
leaders of the federal states, politicians and interest groups for
discussing the contentious political issues. A national forum could be
launched for this purpose, with subcommittees to deliberate on such
issues as the powers of the president and prime minister, the powers of
the two chambers of the federal parliament, the responsibilities and
powers of the federal government and states, the share of fiscal
resources, the judiciary model, the share of natural resources and the
status of Mogadishu. Each of these issues should be discussed and agreed
by the political stakeholders in a specified timeframe. The
constitution commissions could then prepare summary statements in the
form of constitutional articles for presentation to the public.
Third, once the technical issues are fixed and the contentious issues
are agreed upon by the political stakeholders, the harmonized draft
constitution should be presented to the public, both to educate them and
to seek their input. This is the stage where the Ministry of
Constitutional Affairs and the regional constitution ministers would
take a leading role. A vigorous public outreach program and creative
methods to record and synthesize the public voice should be designed in
advance.
Fourth, the draft constitution — with the input of the public —
should be presented to the two chambers of Parliament for their
temporary approval. It would remain as a draft until a nationwide
plebiscite was held that would give the constitution more legitimacy.
However, it would be much better than the current blurred provisional
constitution.
Finally, a national constitutional plebiscite would depend on two
things: (i) an answer to the Somaliland question, and (ii) the state of
security of the country. However, this important exercise would give
more legitimacy to a constitution that was reviewed in an inclusive
process.
Given the planned 2020-21 elections and the need to establish
properly functioning institutions, the constitutional review roadmap
outlined here require committed leadership whose sole interest is to
produce a constitution that responds to the interests of the general
public and gains its approval in a legitimate and inclusive process.Somali (http://somalipublicagenda.com/sida-dastuur-waara-loogu-sameyn-karo-soomaaliya/ )
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