Carbonated TV Monday July 2, 2018By Sidra Javed

According to the new rules, “ghetto
children” will be separated from their families once they turn 1, for at
least 25 hours, each week for mandatory lessons in “Danish values.”

Denmark’s government is introducing
radical news laws to regulate the lives of low-income Muslims living in
“ghettos,” in an effort to protect “Danishness,” according
to a government plan. One of these policies will include separating
babies from their mothers for several hours a day to instill Danish
values in them.
In Denmark, the word “ghetto” describes
a neighborhood with more than 1,000 residents with the following
attributes: over 50 percent of the residents are immigrants from
non-Western countries, at least 40 percent are unemployed and 2.7
percent have criminal convictions.
Many right-leaning political leaders consider these areas as “holes”
in Denmark’s map where Danish language and culture is seemingly lost to
generation after generation of immigrants.
Ads By Google For decades, Denmark has been pushing to integrate immigrants and
conform them to serve a small and homogenous population. About 87
percent of Denmark’s 5.7 million residents are of Danish descents while
the rest are immigrants.  Currently there are 254,000 ghettos scattered
in Denmark. Of the 60,000 people living in the areas, around two-thirds
are from Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Somalia.
According to the new crackdown, “ghetto children” will be separated
from their families once they turn 1 for at least 25 hours each week for
mandatory lessons in “Danish values,” which include learning about
Christmas and Easter. If the parents refuse to comply, their welfare
payments would be stopped.
There are other punitive measures against residents of ghettos as well.
 One of the measures would allow courts to double
the punishment for certain crimes for residents of the ghettos. The
attempt to target the poor population more harshly than Danish elites is
another example of the classist values of the Danish government.
Another policy would impose
4-year prison sentences on parents who forced their children to make
long visits to their country of origin that could damage their Danish
schooling and increase surveillance and monitoring of the ghetto
families.However, some radical proposals, like placing a curfew on “ghetto
children” after 8 p.m. were rejected, but only because it was too
challenging to enforce it. Martin Henriksen, the chairman of
Parliament’s integration committee, actually suggested that young people
in the areas could be fitted with electronic ankle bracelets — just
like during the German Nazi era.
Rokhaia Naassan, a pregnant woman who is fast approaching her delivery date, is angered with the mandatory “preschool” program.
“Nobody should tell me whether or how my daughter should go to
preschool. Or when,” she said. “I’d rather lose my benefits than submit
to force.”She also said her daughter was taught so much about Christmas, she came home demanding presents from Santa Claus.
In fact, activists and left-center politicians believe Danes have
become so desensitized to the plight of the immigrants that they no
longer register the negative nuances of the word “ghetto” and how many
of the measures hark back to the Third Reich’s separation of the Jewish
people.
“We call them ‘ghetto children, ghetto parents,’ it’s so crazy,”
Yildiz Akdogan, a Social Democrat, said. “It is becoming a mainstream
word, which is so dangerous. People who know a little about history, our
European not-so-nice period, we know what the word ‘ghetto’ is
associated with.”
By pushing the story about how much immigrant and refugee families
cost Dane taxpayers, the Danish People’s Party has won many voters away
from the Social Democrats, who have long fought for the Danish welfare
state. However, while trying to protect Danish values, these policies
will undermine equality before the law.
advertisements

• Seven injured by road-side bomb in Somalia's Mogadishu - Reuters
• Halima Aden announced as UNICEF Ambassador - PRNW
• ‘I’ve being getting so much racist shit, but I just focus on the positive’: We spoke to Sheffield’s new Lord Mayor Magid Magid - The Tab
• For refugees in Germany, football Is about bonding and a future -
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Watch Halima Aden Return to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for the First Time - Teen Vogue
• Stabbings at kid’s party echo violence refugee families fled - AP
• Dar, like Nairobi, chokes in traffic! - Citizen
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEM
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Brazil vs Mexico player ratings: Neymar and Philippe Coutinho impress en route to World Cup 2018 quarter-finals - Independent
• Absent parents could have their passports confiscated - Daily Mail
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEMO
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Sophia the robot meets Ethiopian PM - BBC
• Somaliland ambassador in Uganda calls for unity as they fight for recognition - The Observer
• Behind the secret U.S. war in Africa - Politico
• Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation - New YorK Times
• Rift Valley Fever cases hit 80 in Wajir - Daily Nation
• For these 3 women, it's not just Canada Day today - CBC
• Kenya launches global manhunt for 3 suspected drug barons - Xinhua
• Somalia connection in sugar smuggling syndicate revealed - Daily Nation
• Joint trainings key to end violent extremism globally – Uganda Deputy CDF - New Vision
• Qatar Charity launches dispensary in Mogadishu - Gulf Times

Monday July 2, 2018FC Lampedusa St Pauli is a team made up entirely of refugees, who have found a place they can call home on the football field.Players of FC Lampedusa St Pauli with two of their coaches. Credit: Taran N. KhanHamburg (Germany): On a football pitch in the heart
of Hamburg, several languages could be heard through the drizzle of
persistent summer rain. From the sidelines, the coaches shouted
instructions in German, while players urged passes in Farsi (Persian).
There were snatches of Arabic, and a cheer of “FC Lampedusa St Pauli”
when the ball thudded into the net, echoed by the sparse crowd of
viewers. I was at a tournament featuring what may be the northern German
city’s most unusual football team, composed entirely of refugees.
The team’s name draws from the events of 2013, when around 300 people
arrived in Hamburg from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Many were of
West African origin, fleeing the war in Libya. Not all were welcome, and
the authorities made attempts to deport them. But around 80 people
found shelter and support in the proudly punk locality of St Pauli. “The
football team came up almost by accident, because many people used to
play back in their countries,” says Nico, one of the team’s coaches.
They had the help of popular professional team FC St Pauli, known for
its trenchant anti-fascist, anti-racist views. (The club’s jerseys
declare ‘Love Football. Hate Fascism.’) By 2014, FC Lampedusa had hit
the fields, with a slogan that said it all: ‘Here to play. Here to
stay.’
Ads By Google The club is now formally affiliated with FC St Pauli, retaining its
original name even as members have changed and grown in geographical
range. In the match that I watched, the players on the field had made
their way to Hamburg from the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea
and Somalia. The tournament was a series of friendly matches with other
teams associated with FC St Pauli.  In the grey gloom of the day, the
team’s red and yellow kits offered a welcome splash of colour.
Now something of a city fixture, FCLSP offers a view of what it is
like to be an asylum seeker in Germany in the aftermath of the “refugee
crisis” of 2015. The friendly playoffs I watched were unfolding in the
backdrop of forced deportations of refugees to countries that had been
deemed safe to return, including Afghanistan. The rising relevance of
the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing party, has been
squarely pegged on Germany’s acceptance of close to a million refugees.
Most recently, Chancellor Angela Merkel has been under attack from her
interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over her immigration policy. All of
this makes it a charged time to be playing football in a refugee team.
Additionally, there is the disappointment of Germany’s shock exit
from the FIFA World Cup. “It was my choice to support them because I
live here now, I like the culture and you become integrated,” said
Fernando, 40, who came to Hamburg to escape the violence in his native
Colombia. Mahdi, 18, who hails from Afghanistan, also spent a sleepless
night after the upset. “They were the champions, they should have gone
further.” But like his friends, he found reasons to continue watching
the matches. For Simon, 18, from Eritrea, it was time to cheer the
player he had styled himself after. “He is the big Neymar of Brazil, I
am the small Neymar of FC Lampedusa,” he grinned, showing off his
haircut. Barring these preferences for teams and players, for most of
the young men I met, football was one of the rare spaces in their lives
free of borders and barriers.
The small field, where the team played the semi-final of the friendly
tournament, lies in the shadow of the FC St Pauli stadium, between a
Second World War-era bunker and a former slaughterhouse turned shopping
mall. For Rexhep, 24, this is one of the places in Hamburg where he
feels most at home. He discovered the team through a friend in the
refugee camp, where he arrived from Kosovo in 2015. “It made me really
happy to come here and be able to laugh and play with my friends,” he
said. “It is a place where I can forget everything and be free.” For
others like Mootu, 20, who survived the difficult journey to Germany
from Somalia, the team provided a network for finding his way into his
new home. “I learned German through football,” he laughed. “I heard and
repeated the words for off-side and penalty and goal.” In the past three
years, the team has played in various anti-racist tournaments.As the game heats up, language is the first barrier to fall away.
Fernando called out to his friends in a medley that mixed German with
Arabic and Persian endearments and exhortations. “I even taught my
Spanish friend in Barcelona to say ‘habibi‘,” he says. It was
easy for him to learn from his friends, because “We are all joined by
football. It is a universal language”. The oldest member of the team,
Fernando, has been playing for FCLSP for three years and holds a job
making deliveries for an organic coffee brand. Many of the younger boys
go to school. Like Simon, who is due to finish classes in a few days.
Once the result is out, he will “Maybe study more, maybe work.” He would
like to be an auto mechanic, he said, but didn’t know what the future
holds. For both Simon and Fernando, despite the differences in their
lives, football is an important part of the future they would like to
make for themselves in Germany.
“There is no divide of religion or language here, or where you are
from,” explained Rexhep, referring to the playing field. “We are like
brothers, like a family.” For him and many others, football is where
they find respite from the pressures of their lives, and being away from
their loved ones. “What is football in my life? It is happiness, ” he
says.
For Hagar, one of the coaches present on the field, the very
existence of the club is a triumph. “We are like a bubble against
politics, a kind of family, in our own world.” But over  the years, the
team has witnessed changes that reflect the shifts in the lives of its
players, and in attitudes and policies around asylum seekers. Some have
been caused by players who stopped coming as they pursued studies or
jobs. Others have been caused by unhappier circumstances. “Some of our
players were deported, others left on their own before they were forced
to go,” says Nico. When this happened, the entire team went to say
goodbye. “We try to stay in touch, and send money so they can play
football wherever they are,” she added. “We try to talk about these
stories so that people understand how big the impact is, not only on
those who leave but those who are left behind, who get frustrated about
their uncertain future.”
And then there are more recent arrivals like Armin, a 17-year-old
Kurdish player who joined the team six months ago. “There will be people
who come to Germany from elsewhere and who will not be able to join a
regular football team when they don’t know the streets, or the
language,” said Hagar. “There will be a need for this kind of group that
says ‘Everyone is welcome’.”
Nico and Hagar are part of the five-member coaching team that is
composed only of women. All of them have a long history of playing
together too, as part of the first women’s team of FC St Pauli, in the
1990s. So when they were asked to help build the team of asylum seekers,
they agreed. “We knew we could do it, because we had already done it
once,” says Hagar. Having only women as trainers has not caused any
trouble with the players. “But other male coaches often have ideas or
suggestions for us,” she adds dryly. As a response, they have come up
with an inviolable rule: “Shut up and play football.”
This  training seemed to have paid off on that wet afternoon, as the
team powered through the tournament. The rain continued to fall in fine
sheets, and despite a hard fight, the Lampedusa team met with stiff
opposition, and eventually lost the final. The other players marched
into the pavilion, but Simon sat dejected on the grass. Finally, one of
his opponents  from the winning side helped him up. He smiled, shook
hands and looked at the sky. “Tomorrow,” he said, the word both a
promise and a prayer.
Only the first names of players and coaches have been used on their request.
Taran N. Khan is an independent journalist based in Mumbai. She is currently in Germany as a Robert Bosch Stiftung Media Ambassador.
advertisements

• Seven injured by road-side bomb in Somalia's Mogadishu - Reuters
• Halima Aden announced as UNICEF Ambassador - PRNW
• ‘I’ve being getting so much racist shit, but I just focus on the positive’: We spoke to Sheffield’s new Lord Mayor Magid Magid - The Tab
• Denmark’s crackdown against Muslims will separate toddlers from moms - Carbonated TV
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Watch Halima Aden Return to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for the First Time - Teen Vogue
• Stabbings at kid’s party echo violence refugee families fled - AP
• Dar, like Nairobi, chokes in traffic! - Citizen
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEM
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Brazil vs Mexico player ratings: Neymar and Philippe Coutinho impress en route to World Cup 2018 quarter-finals - Independent
• Absent parents could have their passports confiscated - Daily Mail
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEMO
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Sophia the robot meets Ethiopian PM - BBC
• Somaliland ambassador in Uganda calls for unity as they fight for recognition - The Observer
• Behind the secret U.S. war in Africa - Politico
• Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation - New YorK Times
• Rift Valley Fever cases hit 80 in Wajir - Daily Nation
• For these 3 women, it's not just Canada Day today - CBC
• Kenya launches global manhunt for 3 suspected drug barons - Xinhua
• Somalia connection in sugar smuggling syndicate revealed - Daily Nation
• Joint trainings key to end violent extremism globally – Uganda Deputy CDF - New Vision
• Qatar Charity launches dispensary in Mogadishu - Gulf Times

The Tab Monday July 2, 2018
‘Everyone’s in suits and briefcases, I’m just rocking up to work in shorts and a snapback’

Doc Martens, 28 years old, refugee, Somali, black, Muslim and a cool
beard: these are not the facets usually associated with our political
system. But, last month, something rather strange happened.
The charismatic Magid Magid became Sheffield’s newest Lord Mayor. His
hip inauguration photo has gone viral online and every major media
organisation has been after him.
Many know him as Lord Magid or Magic Magid, but I know him as "man
like Magid, jheeeeeez". Magid and I are old uni friends, our telephone
conversation begins with a mix of Patwah slang, Arabic phrases and
standard English: "Salum Wa Alaykum Mo, long time, how's it going bro?"

I've prepared questions for this interview, but, before I can ask
them, Magid tells me about the problems he's been having with
journalists. One made him out to be arrogant, but throughout the
interview he says she was "so nice, she came across as lovely and
genuine." I laugh and warn him some journalists can be slimy.
Magid quickly makes our conversation positive again and stresses he's
resisted the temptation to tweet this journalist out: "I'm not a
negative person, I don’t like to bring negative vibes. I've being
getting so much racist shit, but I just focus on the positive. I'm just
gonna ignore it. Lesson learned."
Suddenly I realize I haven't even congratulated my friend on becoming
the Lord Mayor of Sheffield: "Well done, mashallah, it’s sick seeing
what you've done. You’ve smashed it wallah." He thanks me in Arabic and
English: "Jazākallāh , much appreciated bro".From Somalia to Sheffield
Ads By Google Copying facts about Magid's biography from other articles would be
lazy journalism, I tell him. He laughs and starts telling me an
interesting biography, much of it even new to me.

Magid tells me he was born in Somalia and came to Sheffield aged
five. He left a war-torn country for a rough Sheffield neighbourhood:
''I live in the hood, grew up in the ends, a social housing estate.
Wensley estate."
I went to school with boys from London's hoods, so know about
London's 'ends'. But I wonder what Sheffield's ghettos are like, so I
ask Magid about this estate. He says: "There is gun violence, crime, all
of that, like you'd have in any other socially deprived community in
England." He adds that a lot of his childhood friends got up to no good.
"Some are in prison, some of them are not alive anymore. It's just how
it was."
Grades wise, Magid did well, but not enough to please his mum. "I got
good GCSEs but my mum was never happy. Unless your getting straight As,
ethnic parents are never really happy."
He eventually went to the University of Hull to study Aquatic
Zoology, with a desire to immerse himself into university life. But this
immersion was not stereotypical, he explains. Whilst other male uni
students pursued girls in clubs, he went out "just to have a good time".
"When people see you're having a good time, they wanna be around that
good vibes. When you give out good energy, people wanna be around that
good energy, that’s how I used to attract people."
"That’s what I still do today, as a councillor, everyone's in suits
and briefcases, I'm just rocking up to work in shorts and a snapback, I
don’t give a shit. I think that attitude of staying true to myself, not
caring about what people think, has garnered me a lot of support and
fans."

During university Magid created an MMA society, which led to him to
run for Students' Union Presidency after being pleaded to do so. He won
the presidency, but Magid humbly explains to me this was down to his
clever use of social media, something "nobody was using at the time." He
continued being clever with social media after uni; he ran a digital
marketing business with two friends. He later left this to join a
housing charity in Sheffield.
UKIP and anti-migration rhetoric were growing at the time, inspiring
Magid to get involved in politics. Through YouTube videos and the BBC's
Daily Politics, he taught himself politics. He joined the Green Party
for their honesty and "bottom-up approach to politics versus a top down
approach".
Facts wise, Magid's told me everything preceding becoming Lord Mayor.
With my prepared questions ready, I tell him our 'interview' can now
officially begin.How Magid became mayor
The first thing I ask is fundamental: "How did you become Lord Mayor?"

Magid answers slowly and humbly, ''I achieved this through so many
other people, this is as much of a success about so many other people,
as it is about me, whether that be my mother who made so many
sacrifices, or my friends who gave me a lot of skills, or my teachers.
"It would be a lie if I said I got this through hard work. Hard work
is not everything, if hard work was everything, every fucking woman in
Africa who works hard would amount to amazing things. You need
opportunity, you need good people around you''. I could hear the passion
in his voice.
I next ask Magid for a summary of his politics. After about a minute spent mulling over his answer, he says:
"Standing up for social justice and equality. More importantly, just
trying to re-distribute the wealth between the rich and the poor.
Keeping the NHS free, free education, re-nationalising the railways,
getting rid of Trident, and more importantly, treating people as human
beings not as numbers."
Silence floats back again, Magid then passionately adds he wants to
"highlight the fact that asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants enrich
our lives. Immigrants make Britain great, and I think our difference is
what makes us unique and amazing."
After answering Magid asks, anxiously, if that was eloquent enough.
"If you can put that in a nice eloquent way, that’s pretty much what I’m
trying to say". I tell Magid his words were eloquent, and in secret I'm
smiling and nodding to his words.

'I want the country to be talking about Sheffield'
''What do you plan to do with your power?'' is my next question.
He tells me he has two main focuses. The first is young people; he'll
support local initiatives run for young people and empower young people
to participate in their community. "You don’t have to be a politician,
you don’t have to be an MP, you don’t have to be a councillor, or a Lord
Mayor, to make a real positive contribution to your community."
His second focus is culture. "Sheffield has amazing culture, sports,
music and arts. I want to be able to champion that, so I’m going to be
creating Poet Laureate for Sheffield. I want to put Sheffield on the
map, I want everyone around the country to be talking about Sheffield."
My next question is my most difficult: "What do you plan to do about
Sheffield’s plight of homeless people?" He sighs and admits that’s a
tough question; I admit it’s a question my editor gave me.
Magid tells me he will support Sheffield's local charities: "My whole
point is to make sure they’re fully supported to do their job." He adds
that homelessness is very complicated and he’s no expert on it, so the
best thing he can do is "support the amazing charities that actually do
the great work."
'I was like rah, this picture needs to be the baddest picture I can think of' The previous question was particular to Sheffield, but my next
question is something everyone in the country wants answered. Magid's inauguration photograph
was a piece of historical art. I ask him for 'the story behind that
picture.' He tells me he was inspired after seeing ex-Lord Mayors'
pictures. "I was like rah, this picture needs to be the baddest picture I
can think of."
To achieve this, Magid searched for a photographer reflecting his politics. He found a guy called Chris Saunders.
Magid instructed Chris to create a picture which "had a bit of that
tradition" but also a message of "wanting to do things differently." If
you’ve seen the picture, you’ll understand this.
After Chris had taken a few standard pictures, and when security were
not watching Magid, he had a eureka moment. "I thought to myself, rah,
I’m gonna do like, you know Nas’s StiIllmatic front cover? It’s
basically him doing a similar squat, that’s an album I was listening to
that day. So I kinda just went into a straight squat, I fell so
comfortably into it, and took that picture before security came, because
it was a massive health safety and hazard. There's a massive drop."
Traditionally, Lord Mayor pictures are done by a photographer the
council uses each year. So Magid’s photographic stunt caused a backlash:
"I was kind of breaking the rules and not conforming." Hearing this is
hilarious and reveals Magid’s fun side, something I promised Magid I
would convey in the interview.
Bringing gun fingers to local government
"As one ethnic minority to another, what’s your favourite Grime dance
move?" I ask, "bro, it has to be-" I interrupt: "The gun finger?"

"It has to be the gun finger, but not any gun finger, because you see
some people with sloppy gun fingers, kinda bent gun fingers. They need
to be solid stiff gun fingers."
I tell Magid those words are newsworthy, and ask if these dance moves
will be deployed in Sheffield Council’s Christmas party. Magid tells me
there's no Council Christmas party, but tells me a secret.
"I’m gonna get local grime artists to come and perform at the full
council meeting in the chamber. It will look mad because everybody's
gonna be in suits, and there’s gonna be old people, with grime artists,
it’s gonna be hilarious bro."
Using grime in politics is a smart idea. I compliment it, which
quickly sinks into a tangent talk about grime. Not anyone can be an
effective grime MC, I tell Magid. "You need to have the theatrics: the
right voice, charisma and good camera presence." I admit to Magid I’m
more talented behind the camera than on it, whereas he has a clear
camera charisma.
When I stop my Theatre Studies analysis of grime, Magid preaches
fatherly to me: "You know Mo, those roles are easily reversed. Legit.
Louis Theroux is weird, at the start of his career he must have had so
many setbacks, but look where he is now. There’s always an audience,
you're not gonna be everyone’s cup of tea. And you know what with me
bro, in my role as Lord Mayor, there’s bare people that hate me, but you
know what, I can’t please everybody. So I'm staying true to myself."
His words sink into me, and a short silence arises. "But anyways let’s continue this interview," he says.'My DMs are looking healthy'
I then ask him my cheekiest question on the list. "What are the chicks saying, now that your Lord Mayor?"
"You know what it is Mo, my DMs are looking healthy." I immediately
laugh and shout, "Yo, did you prepare that line?" Magid says: "Nah, nah,
nah, they're popping, real healthy at the moment!’
'You can't expect the Arctic Monkeys to still be talking about going on a night out in Sheffield'
"Arctic Monkey's new album, masterpiece or rubbish?" Magid tells me
it’s neither, defending Arctic Monkeys from the standard hipster
criticism musicians receive for changing.
"You can’t expect them at their age to be talking about going on a
night out in Sheffield and getting pissed, people change. I expected
them to be different. Sometimes people don’t like different, that’s why
people are slagging them off. I admire the courage they’ve taken to be
this different, but it's not my cup of tea."
'Be yourself'
As cheeky as my cheeky questions are, I don’t have a lot, so I
quickly create a final question. Hesitantly, I ask Magid – because I’m
not even confident about the value of this question –"What’s the secret to getting a girl to like you?"
Magid quickly fires back: "I'm trying to think of an interesting
answer, because the cliché is, be yourself." These words resonate with
me, so I interrupt Magid to argue his answer is interesting. I point out
how his message of 'being yourself and giving off good vibes' has
echoed throughout our interview.
Magid then softly tells me, "Legit, wallah, that was my technique."
He recalls how, in university, he saw guys upset after a failed night of
'pulling'.
"You're already setting yourself up to fail, so I used to go out and
first of all think about myself, have an amazing time. I used to dance a
lot, I’d have a great time, and girls and guys, they liked the positive
energy, and they’d come and dance with me."
My questions are now finished, so I stop being a journalist, and chat
to Magid as a friend. I suggest a few grime acts he should use for his
event. Quite quickly though, I sense he has to shoot off.
Our time has ended. I tell him he's welcome to hit me up in London,
he says I'm welcome in Sheffield. We say goodbye in a mixture of slang,
Arabic and standard English: "Safe for this interview", "no worries
bro.""Alekum Salum.""Happy Ramadan, and well done again."
After the phone call ends, I look at the duration of my call, just
under two hours. The time's around 9pm. "My evening's fucking finished",
I think, but there's a smile on my face.
The secret beneath Magic Magid's magic was not that much of a secret.
"Be yourself", "'stay true to yourself'", "our difference makes us
unique and amazing."

advertisements

• Seven injured by road-side bomb in Somalia's Mogadishu - Reuters
• Halima Aden announced as UNICEF Ambassador - PRNW
• For refugees in Germany, football Is about bonding and a future -
• Denmark’s crackdown against Muslims will separate toddlers from moms - Carbonated TV
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Watch Halima Aden Return to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for the First Time - Teen Vogue
• Stabbings at kid’s party echo violence refugee families fled - AP
• Dar, like Nairobi, chokes in traffic! - Citizen
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEM
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Brazil vs Mexico player ratings: Neymar and Philippe Coutinho impress en route to World Cup 2018 quarter-finals - Independent
• Absent parents could have their passports confiscated - Daily Mail
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEMO
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Sophia the robot meets Ethiopian PM - BBC
• Somaliland ambassador in Uganda calls for unity as they fight for recognition - The Observer
• Behind the secret U.S. war in Africa - Politico
• Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation - New YorK Times
• Rift Valley Fever cases hit 80 in Wajir - Daily Nation
• For these 3 women, it's not just Canada Day today - CBC
• Kenya launches global manhunt for 3 suspected drug barons - Xinhua
• Somalia connection in sugar smuggling syndicate revealed - Daily Nation
• Joint trainings key to end violent extremism globally – Uganda Deputy CDF - New Vision
• Qatar Charity launches dispensary in Mogadishu - Gulf Times

PR NewsWire Monday July 2, 2018NEW YORK, July 2, 2018 /PRNewswire-- UNICEF USA has
appointed Somali-American supermodel and activist Halima Aden as the
newest UNICEF Ambassador. The announcement follows Aden's travels with
UNICEF and UNHCR to Kakuma, the refugee camp in Kenya where she was
born. Aden was formally introduced to UNICEF USA via their partnership
with Endeavor (formerly WME|IMG).As a UNICEF Ambassador, Halima
will use her voice to engage young people across the U.S. to support
UNICEF's mission to put children first. She will bring awareness to
programs that save and protect children's lives and use her platforms to
advocate for children's rights. As a refugee herself, she uniquely
understands the needs, along with the hopes and dreams, of the 30
million children around the world who have been forcibly displaced by
conflict."Partnering with UNICEF has been a lifelong dream and is
my proudest accomplishment to-date," said UNICEF Ambassador Halima
Aden. "I've seen the organization's incredible, impactful work for
children first-hand. When I was young, UNICEF gave me an education,
empowering myself, my family and our community in the process. It's an
honor to have this platform with UNICEF USA and I look forward to
advocating for children around the world, just as others advocated for
me."Ads By Google In
September 2017, Aden traveled to Mexico with UNICEF NextGen to view
UNICEF's programs to support migrant and refugee children at the border
of Guatemala and see ongoing recovery efforts from the 2017 earthquakes.
In March 2018, Aden inspired students at UNICEF USA's Annual Summit in
Washington D.C. by speaking on the Women's Empowerment and Leadership
panel session.This June, she joined TedX, UNHCR and UNICEF for
the first-ever TedX conference from a refugee camp. Aden shared her
personal story to thousands of refugees and emphasized, "Although the
children here [in Kakuma] may be refugees, first and foremost they are
children. They deserve every opportunity to flourish, to hope, to dream,
to be successful.""To know Halima Aden is to know a fiercely
passionate, intelligent and motivated young woman who pours her heart
and soul into everything she does," said Caryl M. Stern, President &
CEO of UNICEF USA. "Her story is one of resilience and triumph and we
are honored to officially welcome her to the UNICEF family where she
will advocate on behalf of the world's most vulnerable children.""In
Halima's first meeting with us, she shared a long-standing dream of
returning to Kakuma to help those who are experiencing what she once
did. We believe that by connecting clients within the Endeavor network
like Halima to partners such as UNICEF USA, we can bring often-neglected
stories to new audiences in ways that drive real action. Halima
becoming a UNICEF Ambassador is a full-circle moment, and we could not
be more proud of the journey she has already begun to embark upon," said
Tascha Rudder, Executive Director of the Endeavor Foundation.As a
UNICEF Ambassador, Aden joins a list celebrities who advocate for
children's rights on behalf of UNICEF including the late Audrey Hepburn,
Selena Gomez, P!NK, Alyssa Milano and Téa Leoni among others.Aden
was born in Kakuma refugee camp and lived there until the age of seven.
She and her family then relocated to the United States where she became
the first woman to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant in a
hijab. Following the pageant, she attracted national media attention and
became the first hijab-wearing model to be signed with IMG Models. She
has since appeared on the covers of BRITISH VOGUE, ALLURE and TEEN
VOGUE, among others.About UNICEF The United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to put
children first. UNICEF has helped save more children's lives than any
other humanitarian organization, by providing health care and
immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education,
emergency relief and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's
work through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.
Together, we are working toward the day when no children die from
preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood. For
more information, visit www.unicefusa.org.
advertisements

• Seven injured by road-side bomb in Somalia's Mogadishu - Reuters
• ‘I’ve being getting so much racist shit, but I just focus on the positive’: We spoke to Sheffield’s new Lord Mayor Magid Magid - The Tab
• For refugees in Germany, football Is about bonding and a future -
• Denmark’s crackdown against Muslims will separate toddlers from moms - Carbonated TV
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Watch Halima Aden Return to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for the First Time - Teen Vogue
• Stabbings at kid’s party echo violence refugee families fled - AP
• Dar, like Nairobi, chokes in traffic! - Citizen
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEM
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Brazil vs Mexico player ratings: Neymar and Philippe Coutinho impress en route to World Cup 2018 quarter-finals - Independent
• Absent parents could have their passports confiscated - Daily Mail
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEMO
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Sophia the robot meets Ethiopian PM - BBC
• Somaliland ambassador in Uganda calls for unity as they fight for recognition - The Observer
• Behind the secret U.S. war in Africa - Politico
• Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation - New YorK Times
• Rift Valley Fever cases hit 80 in Wajir - Daily Nation
• For these 3 women, it's not just Canada Day today - CBC
• Kenya launches global manhunt for 3 suspected drug barons - Xinhua
• Somalia connection in sugar smuggling syndicate revealed - Daily Nation
• Joint trainings key to end violent extremism globally – Uganda Deputy CDF - New Vision
• Qatar Charity launches dispensary in Mogadishu - Gulf Times

Monday, July 02, 2018
Google MAPS

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Seven people were wounded by a roadside bomb in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, the police said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Islamist group al Shabaab carries out frequent bombings in their bid to topple the western-backed government.
The bomb had been placed at Mogadishu's Benadir junction, police officer major Abdullahi Hussein told Reuters.
Ads By Google "The bomb injured seven pedestrians. There were no vehicles passing there by that time," he said.
The injured were taken to hospital, said Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Amin Ambulances emergency service that transported them.
Somalia has been engulfed by violence and lawlessness since the toppling of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in early 1990s. Al Shabaab wants to install its own government based on its strict interpretation of Islamic law.
The group's campaign of violence typically targets the military and African Union-mandated peace keeping force AMISOM although the militants are also accused of targeting civilians, something they deny.
On Sunday, four civilians died in Mogadishu in mortar attacks that were claimed by al Shabaab. (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
advertisements

Monday July 2, 2018

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Seven people were wounded by a roadside bomb in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, the police said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Islamist group al Shabaab carries out frequent bombings in their bid to topple the western-backed government.
The bomb had been placed at Mogadishu's Benadir junction, police officer major Abdullahi Hussein told Reuters.
"The bomb ... injured seven pedestrians. There were no vehicles passing there by that time," he said.
Ads By Google The injured were taken to hospital, said Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Amin Ambulances emergency service that transported them.
Somalia has been engulfed by violence and lawlessness since the toppling of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in early 1990s. Al Shabaab wants to install its own government based on its strict interpretation of Islamic law.
The group's campaign of violence typically targets the military and African Union-mandated peace keeping force AMISOM although the militants are also accused of targeting civilians, something they deny.
On Sunday, four civilians died in Mogadishu in mortar attacks that were claimed by al Shabaab. (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
advertisements

• Halima Aden announced as UNICEF Ambassador - PRNW
• ‘I’ve being getting so much racist shit, but I just focus on the positive’: We spoke to Sheffield’s new Lord Mayor Magid Magid - The Tab
• For refugees in Germany, football Is about bonding and a future -
• Denmark’s crackdown against Muslims will separate toddlers from moms - Carbonated TV
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Watch Halima Aden Return to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for the First Time - Teen Vogue
• Stabbings at kid’s party echo violence refugee families fled - AP
• Dar, like Nairobi, chokes in traffic! - Citizen
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEM
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Brazil vs Mexico player ratings: Neymar and Philippe Coutinho impress en route to World Cup 2018 quarter-finals - Independent
• Absent parents could have their passports confiscated - Daily Mail
• 10 Somali students arrested in Turkey - MEMO
• Somalia condemns mortar attack that left 5 dead in Mogadishu - Xinhua
• Sophia the robot meets Ethiopian PM - BBC
• Somaliland ambassador in Uganda calls for unity as they fight for recognition - The Observer
• Behind the secret U.S. war in Africa - Politico
• Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation - New YorK Times
• Rift Valley Fever cases hit 80 in Wajir - Daily Nation
• For these 3 women, it's not just Canada Day today - CBC
• Kenya launches global manhunt for 3 suspected drug barons - Xinhua
• Somalia connection in sugar smuggling syndicate revealed - Daily Nation
• Joint trainings key to end violent extremism globally – Uganda Deputy CDF - New Vision
• Qatar Charity launches dispensary in Mogadishu - Gulf Times

Sida uu BBC u sheegay Dr. C/risaaq C/laahi Aw Yuusuf, qoyska oo ka kooban 9 xubnood ayaa habeennimadii 30ka Juun cabay wax loo malaynayo inay ahaayeen caano ay ku sumoobeen. Baaritaan intaa dhaafsiisan ayuu sheegay in lagu sii samayn doono, oo sheybaar loo diri doono.

Madaxweynaha Maraykanka D. Trump ayaa sheegay in Maraykanku aanu hadda qorsheyneyn in talaabo ka qaado Ururka Ganacsiga Adduunka (WTO), hase yeeshee, uu u digayo, isaga oo yiri “Haddii aad si wanaagsan noola dhaqmi waydaan, isla waxaad nagu sameyseen ayaan sameynaynaa.”

Kooxaha samata bixinta ayaa ku hawlan sidii ay 12 wiil iyo tababarahoodii kubadda cagta u soo saari lahaayeen, kuwaasoo la helay ayagoo nool oo ku dhex jira bohol ay biyo ka buuxaan, dalka Thailand.

ABC6 News Tuesday July 3, 2018Rochester’s Class of 2018 had the highest number of graduating Somali-American students in the community.They celebrated with an event on Saturday that included spoken word performances, informational sessions with local colleges, and a visit from Rochester’s Mayor.Recent graduate Munira Alimire will be heading to Stanford this September to study Public Policy. She is a second generation Somali American."It was a crazy moment to know that I'm going to be doing everything my community dreamed of me doing," said Munira.Ads By Google She is one of 94 Somali American students who graduated from Rochester high schools this year."Usually we have few numbers. As you know the Somali population increases year after year. This year we had 94. Surprisingly, amazingly," said Founder and Executive Director of Somalia Rebuild Organization Omar Nur.That’s why he wanted to recognize the accomplishment with an event on Saturday.The celebration held at Rochester Stem Academy focused on continuing education. Representatives from Winona State University, RCTC and RSU spoke to students about future opportunities.  Omar hopes this reminds students of the importance of education. "We believe education helps themselves, their family and our community," said Omar.That’s why he wanted to recognize the accomplishment with an event on Saturday.The celebration held at Rochester Stem Academy focused on continuing education. Representatives from Winona State University, RCTC and RSU spoke to students about future opportunities.  Omar hopes this reminds students of the importance of education. "We believe education helps themselves, their family and our community," said Omar.He wants other students to see real-life examples of success."If my sister or my neighbor did that, I can do it," said Omar.Munira hopes she can be that person for her little sisters and younger student in the community."It's when you see somebody who looks like you or somebody who has come from a similar background as yourself that you realize you're able to do these things," said Munira.He wants other students to see real-life examples of success."If my sister or my neighbor did that, I can do it," said Omar.Munira hopes she can be that person for her little sisters and younger student in the community."It's when you see somebody who looks like you or somebody who has come from a similar background as yourself that you realize you're able to do these things," said Munira.
advertisements

• AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police officers on security maintenance - AMISOM
• Ethiopian Airlines gets its first Boeing 737 MAX - Trade Arabia
• Dubai “port” could change land-locked Africa - CAJ News
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Illegal sugar: Economic terrorism - The Star

Tuesday July 3, 2018The bulk of the contraband sugar impounded in the country is smuggled through the Somalia border, we can report. According to a June 2017 FDD report, Kenya imports $1.2 billion worth of sugar from Somalia. [FDD is the US-based think tank Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.] The report cites an International Business Times report dated June 4, 2014. That, from a country that does not own a single sugar mill.At current world market prices of $349 (Sh35,179 ) per tonne, that is 3.45 million tonnes of sugar. However, at the current domestic price of Sh76,000 a tonne, we import 1.58 million tonnes of sugar a year from Somalia.Local analysts doubt whether Kenya can absorb all this sugar. The demand is about one million tonnes a year. Analysts however say this could be the total value of all contraband from Somalia, including low-volume but high-value goods such as electronics, apparel and textiles. Sugar could form perhaps 10 to 20 per cent of the contraband, which will come to 50,000-100,000 tonnes. “If all contraband from Somalia was sugar only, then all other importers [would] have closed shop,” a source said. “The millers would also have closed.”Ads By Google Regardless of the quantity smuggled into the country, the sugar and other contraband goods are not taxed and do not originate from the preferential countries. The sugar for instance originates from Brazil and is transshipped from Dubai into the Port of Kismayo and other ports in al Shabaab-controlled areas in Somalia, a report says.The contraband, including sugar, is then loaded onto Kenya-registered trucks (or so they appear) and smuggled into Kenya through the Dadaab refugee camp. The report, an analysis of al Shabaab’s sources of finance, says contraband exports, including sugar, are the major source of financing for the terror group.Reuters, in a June 2015 report, said 35 trucks laden with sugar and rice among other contraband enter the Dadaab refugee camp every week — an average of five trucks daily. An unknown number also enter Wajir every week, said the Reuters report. The trucks are taxed $1,025 (Sh103,319 ) per truck by al Shabaab. Corrupt Kenyan police officers ask for $600 (Sh60,479 ) per truck to allow them to enter Kenya.[Security and defence forces deny involvement.]Since the Kenya-Somalia border is officially closed to freight and passenger traffic, there are no Customs checks. The contraband therefore finds its way into the market without being taxed in Kenya or being inspected.This explains why the bulk of the sugar so far impounded by government agencies is concentrated in areas near the border with Somalia such as Isiolo, Kitui, Meru and Eastleigh in Nairobi, ‘the little Mogadishu’.The UN estimates that al Shabaab makes anything up to $18 million (Sh1.8 billion) a year from contraband taxes. At a rate of $1,500 (Sh151,199 ) a truck, we are talking about 122,000 truck-trips a year. This works out to 334 truck-trips a day. Of course all the contraband does not finds its way to Kenya. Some of it is sold in Somalia.If we work with 10 truck-trips a day, the smugglers make 3,640 trips a year. At $600 (Sh60,479 ) a truck, the corrupt cops make $2.184 million (Sh218.4 million) a year to endanger Kenyan lives.According to health sources, sugar never expires although it is good to use within two years of production. However, unhygienic handling and storage could contaminate it. The sugar in the country is alleged to be contaminated with mercury and copper. This could be as a result of poor handling and storage, especially during transport and repackaging.Dirty sugar is increasingly finding its way into the market, suggesting poor handling at the repackaging stage. For avoidance of doubt, the sugar samples should be taken elsewhere for testing to confirm the level of contamination and the contaminants.The sugar may not even be toxic to humans, although some reports suggest that weapons could also be hidden in the sugar bags, thus contaminating it. But it is toxic to the economy in three ways; the smugglers do not pay taxes and two, it kills our sugar sector and three, it funds enemy fighters. This is commodity terrorism.The report, Al Shabaab Financial Assessment, by the FDD blames Kenya’s high tariff on imported sugar for the rampant smuggling. The high tariffs are magnate for smugglers, who make a killing. The world market price per tonne of sugar is $349 (Sh35,179) per tonne, while the local ex-factory price is $760 (Sh76,607). This gap is an incentive for smugglers to cash in.Without credible border controls and with alleged complicity of KDF as well as the alleged involvement of powerful individuals in government, smuggling of contraband will remain a thorn in the flesh for Kenya. And, al Shabaab will not be effectively neutralised. That is why al Shabaab, which relies heavily on sugar taxes to finance its operations, has Kenya as its dumping ground. Charcoal, its former lifeline, has been drained by restrictions, especially by the interim authorities in Jubbaland, southern Somalia.Contraband barons linked to al Shabaab, says the FDD report, are exempt from paying the tax. But they also finance the terror group by sharing profits, which are transferred through the hawala system. This system leaves no paper trail to identify sources or destinations or even the amounts transferred.Most of the barons, reports say, are based in Kenya among the Somali diaspora. Kenya has thus become the lifeline for al Shabaab, a terror group it is fighting to neutralise in Somalia. The report calls for tough action against the smugglers regardless of their status. Making smuggling expensive in the same way drug trafficking was destroyed is one way of dealing with the vice. And it’s urgent, Kenyans say.
advertisements

• AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police officers on security maintenance - AMISOM
• Ethiopian Airlines gets its first Boeing 737 MAX - Trade Arabia
• Dubai “port” could change land-locked Africa - CAJ News
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• 2018 Graduation Class Achieves Highest Number of Somali-American Graduates - ABC6 News

Tuesday July 3, 2018Former pastoralist Ibrahim Ismail Ige, 39, lives in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa, and earns a living as a grave digger.It is a far cry from the life he used to lead, when he had a large herd of 60 camels and 200 goats in the rural areas.  His whole family depended on livestock for a living.But the harsh drought that hit Somalia in 2016 turned his village, Dobo-bariyale, on the southern border with Ethiopia, into a desert.  All the animals died and the family moved to Nasa-Hablood 1 IDP camp, east of Hargeisa, where they live now.“I never thought my income would be tied to the death of people,” Ibrahim told Radio Ergo.Ads By Google Ibrahim learnt all about grave digging in the early part of 2017. Now it takes him three days to complete a grave and he sells the space for $40. It is a decent amount to support his 12-member family. Still, Ibrahim is sad that he has not been able to continue the proud pastoralist tradition that he inherited along with his livestock from his father.“If I got my camels back I would not choose the city over the rural lifestyle.  Keeping livestock is prestigious and a respectable man’s job.  I would go back to the previous life any day, I was leading a very good life,” Ibrahim said.Drought has brought to huge numbers of Somali pastoralists unemployment, food scarcity, displacement, and the stress of getting accustomed to a new life in the urban areas.  Many have had to accept that they can no longer build their lives around livestock.Abdi Haashi Keynaan, 65, a former pastoralist and father of 20 children from his four wives, owned 700 goats in Galgadud region of central Somalia. His entire herd was wiped out in the drought.Abdi’s family migrated to Adado town in 2016, and settled in Karama IDP camp. He started repairing shoes, earning $2-3 a day, which provided an important lifeline for his large family. They cook one meal to share together when they all come back home in the evening.Despite working every hour he can, Abdi cannot make enough from shoe repairs to support his family. Sixteen of his children are of school age but do not go to school as he cannot pay the fees.Abdi said he was able to provide enough for his children before and that he would love to go back to the rural lifestyle if he could get some more livestock. He enjoyed his life much better then.Across Somalia, from north to south, destitute former herders have been displaced from the rural areas and turned to new trades or casual jobs. Abdi Deero Muhumed, 58, is working as a watchman at Al-Shifa Hospital in Bardera, Gedo region.  He earns $100 a month that takes care of his family living in Habaal-Cadey camp. He lost his 200 goats and 50 camels in Daar village, 30 km north of Bardera, after five years of drought.The odd jobs that pastoralists have picked up have been a relief for their families. But many are a burden to relatives, who have let them move in to share their homes.Abdisamad Mohamed Abdullahi, a professor of social sciences at the University of Hargeisa, sees the exodus of former herders to the urban areas as very damaging to the country’s economically important livestock sector.He said it is vital that governmental authorities take strong measures to mitigate against future droughts, by planning for alternative water supplies including constructing water catchments and wells. This would enable pastoralists to move their livestock during drought and preserve their herds.
advertisements

• AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police officers on security maintenance - AMISOM
• Ethiopian Airlines gets its first Boeing 737 MAX - Trade Arabia
• Dubai “port” could change land-locked Africa - CAJ News
• Illegal sugar: Economic terrorism - The Star
• 2018 Graduation Class Achieves Highest Number of Somali-American Graduates - ABC6 News

Tuesday July 3, 2018 ETHIOPIA is to develop a container dock that will handle imports and exports for the region, even though it no longer has access to the sea.The plan is a brainchild of Dubai firm DP World who run harbours around the globe including Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, Libya and Mozambique.In 1991, at the end of a 30-year war, Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia, taking with it the entire coastline. Former dictator, HaileMariam Mengistu, fled Addis Ababa and was granted exile in Harare where he continues to enjoy protection.With more than 100m people, Ethiopia is the world’s most-populous land-locked state and relies on neighbouring Djibouti via a newChinese-built railway.However, Addis is working to develop a container dock at Berbera in Somaliland. Berbera will also be managed by DP World. So could Zambia, Chad or Mali build dryland hubs?Eddie Cross, a member of parliament with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), believes Zimbabwe would be ideal.“We think of ourselves as being a long way from the sea, but Zambia has far greater distances. So does a town like Kasane in eastern Botswana or the Caprivi region in Namibia,” Mr Cross said.Cross previously served as chief executive for the Beira Corridor Group.Mutare on the Zimbabwe border with Mozambique was developed as a hub for trade from the Indian Ocean while Bulawayo has rail links south to Cape Town and north to the DRC.But he said the plan needed investors.“These things work best when private companies take the lead and, for now, I fear the climate in Zimbabwe is difficult. We all want to see a flow of capital, but we need a real democracy where property rights are guaranteed,” he said.“Geography makes us ideal because we have five neighbours.”However, there are lessons from the Ethiopian experience. Relations with Eritrea remain tense though there have been talks in recent weeks onnormalising the border.Ads By Google Somaliland is not recognised as a sovereign state but has operated as one for almost 30 years and has recently enjoyed a surge of investment.But it was Ethiopia’s reliance on Djibouti that came under the spotlightearlier this year when president Ismaïl Guelleh signed a decree to end DP World’s contract for the harbour near the capital, Djibouti City.In June, DP World said it would not consider an out-of-court settlement and is suing to have the contract reinstated.Mr Guelleh insists the firm had not fulfilled its obligations, a claim denied by the company.It was after this fracas that Addis Ababa announced plans to also use Berbera, while talks with Eritrea could open a third route to the coast.In 1976, Mozambique closed its ports to Rhodesia and it was reliance on South Africa that gave prime minister John Vorster leverage in forcing Ian Smith to accept black majority rule.“Any country is better served when it has multiple routes to the sea,” Mr Cross said. “But being landlocked doesn’t mean you can’t be successful. Just look at Austria or Switzerland, even Rwanda.”The dispute between Djibouti and DP World will be heard in a London court, and comes as Congress has questioned the viability of a US military base in the country given Mr Guelleh’s power to terminate contracts by decree.Africa has more land-locked states than any other continent.
advertisements

• AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police officers on security maintenance - AMISOM
• Ethiopian Airlines gets its first Boeing 737 MAX - Trade Arabia
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Illegal sugar: Economic terrorism - The Star
• 2018 Graduation Class Achieves Highest Number of Somali-American Graduates - ABC6 News

Muqdisho ( Sh. M. Network)-Halkan ka Dhageyso Warka Subax ee Idaacadda Shabelle.
Hoos riix si aad u Dhageysato:-

http://radioshabelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Warka-Subax-Shabelle-030718.mp3
The post Dhageyso:-Warka Subax Ee Idaacadda Shabelle appeared first on Shabelle.

Trade Arabia Tuesday July 3, 2018Flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest and fastest-growing commercial airline, has taken delivery of the first of 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets.With the MAX, Ethiopian will be able to achieve a double-digit improvement in fuel efficiency and provide passengers with a more comfortable experience, Boeing said in a statement.  "We are glad to include the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the latest in Boeing's single-aisle series, in our young and modern fleet of over 100 aircraft with an average age of less than five years," said Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam.Ads By Google "The Boeing 737 MAX 8 features the new Boeing sky interior, highlighted by modern sculpted sidewalls and window reveals, LED lighting that enhance the sense of spaciousness ultimately boosting our customers' experience. Since it is more fuel efficient than the current 737-NG, it has less carbon emission to the environment.“As a customer-centric airline with a high adaptability to emerging technologies, Ethiopian has been pioneering latest-technology aircraft into Africa throughout its 72-year history. In line with the airline's growth targets under Vision 2025, we will keep on investing in further expansion of our fleet in acquiring the latest aircraft the industry has to offer,” he added.The 737 MAX is the fastest-selling airplane in Boeing history, accumulating more than 4,500 orders to date from 99 customers worldwide.The 737 MAX families incorporates the latest technology CFM International LEAP-1B engines, Advanced Technology winglets, the Boeing Sky Interior, large flight deck displays, and other improvements to deliver the highest efficiency, reliability and passenger comfort in the single-aisle market.In Ethiopian's configuration, its 737 MAX 8 will seat 160 passengers."Ethiopian Airlines continues to fly at the forefront of Africa's commercial aviation industry by operating the most advanced airplanes," said Marty Bentrott, Boeing Sales vice president for Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Central Asia & Africa."We are honoured by Ethiopian's continuing confidence in Boeing airplanes and we look forward to growing our five-decade long partnership."With this delivery, Ethiopian's fleet of Boeing airplanes grows to 73 jets, including the 787 Dreamliner, 777, 737 MAX, and the 757 and 767. – TradeArabia News Service
advertisements

• AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police officers on security maintenance - AMISOM
• Dubai “port” could change land-locked Africa - CAJ News
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Illegal sugar: Economic terrorism - The Star
• 2018 Graduation Class Achieves Highest Number of Somali-American Graduates - ABC6 News

Tuesday July 3, 2018The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will step up the training and mentoring of Somali police officers during the transition period to prepare them for handover of security responsibilities.Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo, said the trainings will be done in all the federal states to empower Somali police officers to take charge of the country’s security.Speaking during the closing ceremony of a six-day in-Mission training course on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), for AMISOM Police officers, on Sunday, Ms. Alalo urged the participants to ensure the objective of establishing a  strong and professional police force in Somalia is realized.“Whatever you have learnt from here, we expect you to get it out to our counterparts, the Somalis, who you are mandated to build their capacity,” Ms. Alalo stated at the function attended by other senior AMISOM Police officers, among them, Daniel Ali Gwambal, AMISOM Police Coordinator for Operations, and the Acting AMISOM Police Training Coordinator, Leon Ngulube.Ads By Google The refresher course, the fourth this year, is aimed at improving the knowledge of officers on SGBV matters to help Somalia tackle the crime. More than 100 police officers have undergone the training this year.Ms. Alalo noted that proper training and mentoring of the Somali Police Force (SPF) is crucial, adding that it will enable AMISOM handover security responsibility to competent officers.“This training comes at the right time when we are talking about the transition. We must ensure that we have the right people who can deliver. The right people who can bring out the information. The right people who can guide the Somali police about professional policing,” Ms. Alalo observed.During the training, the officers were taken through a number of topics which included AU Instruments and Conventions, police activities in Somalia, introduction to international humanitarian law, Somali legal system, forms and types of SGBV and traumatic effects and prevention of SGBV.Ms. Alalo urged the participants, comprising personnel from the Formed Police Units (FPU) and Individual Police Officers (IPOs), to share with their colleagues and Somali police counterparts the knowledge acquired from the training.
advertisements

• Ethiopian Airlines gets its first Boeing 737 MAX - Trade Arabia
• Dubai “port” could change land-locked Africa - CAJ News
• From herding camels to digging graves – demise of a proud Somali pastoralist - Radio Ergo
• Illegal sugar: Economic terrorism - The Star
• 2018 Graduation Class Achieves Highest Number of Somali-American Graduates - ABC6 News

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, today held talks with members of Somalia’s Federal Parliament.
The closed-door discussions, held at the parliament building, in Mogadishu, focused on security, protocol and ways of strengthening relations between the federal parliament and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
“We discussed matters related to security and protocol. We are now reading from the same page. We are happy and satisfied with the mutual explanation. From now we will work very well with each other,” Ambassador Madeira said.
The Upper House Speaker, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, who received the SRCC, thanked AMISOM peacekeepers for the sacrifice made in stabilizing the country, adding that their efforts had brought positive gains to the people of Somalia.
“We are very grateful and aware of the efforts and sacrifice of AMISOM peacekeepers and the role they play to secure Somalia and we are very happy to receive you [the SRCC],” said the Upper House Speaker.
Ambassador Madeira reiterated AMISOM’s respect for the leadership and people of Somalia, adding that the AU Mission will continue working closely with the government and federal parliament in bringing lasting peace and security to the Horn of Africa country.
The meeting was also attended by the 1st Deputy Speaker, Abshir Mohamed Ahmed Bukhaari, 2nd Deputy Speaker, Mowlid Hussein Guhaad, and the Secretary-General of the Upper House, Ali Mohamed Jamaa.
“It has been an immense honour for the Speaker of the Upper House, and his two deputies accompanied by members of the Upper House security committee to hold a very fruitful discussion with the Head of AMISOM, the agreement is to make the relationship a permanent one and to work together for the country,” said Mr. Jamaa.
The post AU Special Representative holds talks with Somalia’s Senate leadership appeared first on Shabelle.

Muqdisho ( Sh. M. Network )-Duqa Muqdisho Ahna Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Banaadir Mudane Cabdiraxmaan Cumar Cismaan (Eng. Yarisow) ayaa maanta soo saaray wareegto dib loogala noqday, isla markaana lagu baabi’iyey dhammaan heshiisyadii lagu bixiyey dhulka Jardiinooyinka.
Guddoomiyaha Gobalka Banaadir, ahna Duqa Magaalada Muqdisho. Markuu Arkay heshiisyadii lagu bixiyay dhulka jardiinooyinka ah ee ku yaal Isgoysyada Waddooyinka Laamiga ah ee Magaalada Muqdisho; isla markaasna uu hubsaday in heshiisyada loo maray hab khilaafsan shuruucda dalka, Madaama goobahaasi ay yihiin dhul Dan/Guud ah oo ka dhexeeya Bulshoweynta Soomaaliyeed ee ku nool Gobalka Banaadir;
Markuu hubsaday in lacagaha kirada ah ee dhulkaas lagu kireeyay ay yihiin Kuwo aad u hooseeya oo qiimo ahaan aan u qalmin dhulkaas Jardiinooyinka ah iyo sidoo kale muddada heshiiyada oo nidaam ahaan xad dhaaf ah iyo in goobahaas bixintooda lala baal maray habka toosan ee lagu maamulo hantida Dawladda oo ah in lagu bixiyo qandaras;
Isagoo waajib ahaan ay ugu muuqatay in ay lagama maarmaan tahay in dib loo soo celiyo billicda Magaalada iyo hantida Ummadda ka dhexysa.
Wuxuu Soo Saaray Xeerkan:
Qodobka 1aad.
Laga billaabo maalinta Xeerkan la Saxiixo, waxaa dib looga noqday, isla markaana baabi’yay dhamaan heshiisyadii lagu bixiyay dhulka Jardiinooyinka ah ee ku yaal Isgoysyada Waddooyinka Laamiga ah ee Magaalada Muqdisho, maadaama goobahaasi ay yihiin dhul Dan/guud ah oo loogu tala galay in Dadweynaha Soomaaliyeed ay ku nastaan, waqtiyada fasaxa ay ka yihiin shaqadooda, isla markaana jardiinooyinku ay ka mid yihiin adeegyada ugu muhimsan dhanka aragtida guud iyo dib u soo cellinta billicda Magaalada Muqdisho;
Qodobka 2aad.
Ganacsatada Go’aankani sida tooska u quseeyo, waxaa la farayaa in muddo 30 maalmood gudohood ah ay ku banneeyaan ama ay kala baxaan wax allaale iyo agab shaqo ah ee u dhex yaal dhismooyinka dhulka Jardiinooyinka ah ee kor ku tilmaaman, maadaama qorshe ahaan lagu tala jiro in hatidaas dib loogu soo celiyo gacanta Maamulka D/Hoose ee Xamar, waxeyna muddadu ka billaabaneysaa maalinta Xeerkan la Saxiixo;
Qodobka 3aad.
Cid allaale iyo Ciddii Xeerkan jabisa ama u hogaansami weyda fulintiisa, waxaa laga qaadi doona tillaabo sharci ah oo arrimahooda waafaqsan, haddii ay jirto cid wax ka qabta amarkan, waxay waqtiga fullinta ka hor kala xiriiri karaan Maamulka Sare ee Gobalka Banadir iyo D/Hoose ee Xamar.
The post Duqa Muqdisho Oo baabi’iyey heshiiyadii lagu bixiyey Jardiinooyinka appeared first on Shabelle.

Dadka ree Uganda ayaa ka cabanaya canshuurta lagu soo rogay baraha bulshada.

Ra’iisul wasaarihii hore ee dalka Malaysia Najib Razak, ayaa maanta la xiray ayada oo lala xiriirinayo fadeexad musuq-maasuq oo balaayin dollar ah.