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The Reporter Wednesday July 11, 2018By Dawit EndeshawWhile
at a gathering at Friendship Hotel in Addis Ababa in two different
halls, the supporters and opponents of the administration of the
Ethio-Somali Regional State engaged in a clash at the Hotel.
Ads By Google Both groups gathered at Friendship Hotel to hold meetings in two different halls, despite ending in a clash.
As witnessed by The Reporter both groups
had entered into their rooms on the first and second floors. But,
because of the allegation from the supporters that the opponents tried
to take their pictures without their consent, the two groups engaged in a
fight injuring one named Ibrahim Abdulkadir on his eyes.
According to Ibrahim, he was attacked for opposing the regional administration.
Finally, the clash was controlled by the
involvement of the Addis Ababa and Federal Police officers. Both groups
were then made to leave the hotel.
Wednesday July 11, 2018By Adam BelzMpls. council asked for feasibility study in 2017. Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï [email protected] - July 23, 2017, Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame talks about the Damond shooting, along with members of the East African community.At a recent East African
Business Forum in a ballroom in south Minneapolis, a man named Jibril
Afyare stood to say the city must do something to protect
Somali-American businesswomen from landlords who treat them unfairly.
“They are abused and taken advantage of,” Afyare said. “We need to step in and rescue these poor, poor, poor women.”
Minneapolis
Council Member Abdi Warsame, who was at the June forum along with Mayor
Jacob Frey, had proposed a solution to those grievances during his 2017
re-election campaign: creating a new mall for East African business
owners that could compete with the two dominant business centers, Karmel
Square and the 24 Mall.
There’s
been little movement on the mall since then. When Warsame took the
microphone at the forum in late June, he didn’t mention it. Instead, he
focused on the general need for Somali businesspeople to own their own
real estate.
“We want
to move away from the lack of ownership,” Warsame said. “You get a
certain comfort and a certain confidence when you own your own space.”
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call for a new mall dominated his successful re-election campaign last
year and earned him the vigorous opposition of Basim Sabri, owner of
Karmel Square, a warren of stalls and storefronts in an old machine shop
and a second, four-story building full of clothing shops, hair salons,
henna shops, restaurants and even a mosque.
While
Sabri has no trouble renting stalls in his property, Warsame and others
say he charges high rents for substandard space occupied mostly by
Somali-American businesswomen.
At
Warsame’s urging, the city identified a city-owned vacant 1.5 acre lot
at 2600 Minnehaha Av. as a potential spot for a new mall, and in August
the City Council asked city staff to study the feasibility of a mall there.
Since then, nothing has been announced.
The staff
member in charge of the feasibility study, senior project coordinator
Mark Garner, did not respond to requests for comment through a city
spokeswoman.
There has been no public update on the study since the council asked for it more than 10 months ago.
Warsame
said after the East African Business Forum that he didn’t want to
distract from the event by bringing up the mall or Sabri.
“We wanted
to focus on the point of the forum, which was connecting entrepreneurs
to the city,” Warsame said. “We will have an event like that for the
mall once we figure everything out.”
Sabri, who
has long invited the city to build a mall, said he treats his tenants
well and that managing a mall is more difficult than people realize.
“I try as
much as I can to treat people in general with fairness — in particular
my tenants,” Sabri said. “I don’t think anybody has given the Somali
community and the immigrant community the opportunities I have given. If
you find it, you call me.”
He said all of his tenants have leases, the majority of them month to month.
Sabri said
Warsame’s promise to build a mall was a “campaign slogan,” and that
it’s “easy to talk the talk, but it’s not easy to walk the walk.”
“It’s easy
to open a mall tomorrow, but can you keep it running?” Sabri said. “You
have no idea how many sinks get clogged a day, how many faucets get
broken, how many light fixtures go out.”
Sabri, who is 60, also said he is working with his lawyer on a way to transfer ownership of Karmel Square to the tenants.
The site
the city is eyeing for a “public market” is the last vacant land in the
Seward Place Industrial Business Park. The city’s department of
Community Planning and Economic Development put out a request for
proposals in February 2014 looking for light industrial development, but
so far nothing has worked out.
“We’re
still in the phase where we are looking at options, and everybody’s
committed to doing it,” Warsame said. “The idea is for it to operate
like a condo association, where all the stores are owners.”
He said he hopes the feasibility study will be complete in a couple of months.
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Wednesday July 11, 2018By Mohamud M UlusoAfter the unprecedented ouster of former parliament Speaker by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Hassan Kheire in last April, the Federal Parliament of Somalia (FPS=House of the People and Upper House), the lead-institution for domestic accountability, ceased to exercise its mandated oversight over the executive branch of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). Under the double-edge slogan of political stability, leaders of both houses of the FPS have frozen the parliamentary activities to free the executive branch from domestic accountability and transparency. Pro-executive Parliamentarians are receiving special treatments and emoluments for parliament’s paralysis. Lack of domestic accountability and transparency is deepening state failure.As a last resort, under the Mutual Accountability Framework, the executive branch of the FGS faces foreign (donor) accountability to account for its performance in the past 6 months in the upcoming meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum (HLPF) planned to take place on July 16-17, 2018 at Brussels, Belgium. Large delegation from the federal government (FGS), probably including President Farmajo, the federal member states (FMS), the civil society, the media, and the business community will attend the Brussels meeting. On July 16, the international Partners will meet with Somali senior officials, while the following day they will meet with the Ministers for past performance review and action plan for the next 6-12 months. However, the consensus is that foreign accountability can’t be remedy for the lack of domestic accountability and transparency.Ads By Google The meeting will focus on the progress made in inclusive politics, security reform, economic recovery; and resilience, recovery, and humanitarian assistance. Justice and security reform along with the political roadmap for 2020 elections, the transition plan (euphemism for AMISOM Restructuring), and the level of aid needed will get special attention. While the review and finalization of the Provisional Constitution is mired into chaotic process expected to continue beyond 2019, the acceptance of 2014 census is in limbo, the separation of jurisdiction between FGS and Benadir Administrations is on hold, the boundaries between FMS and districts within FMS are not demarcated, there is a push for resource and power sharing between FGS and FMS and the transition from 4.5 clan formula to universal suffrage for political representation. Observers and readers could imagine the quality of leadership, level of capacity, resources, transparency, dedications, and legal framework needed, but nowhere near, to address those issues related to statebuilding goals without creating new crisis, obstacles, and polarization.The federal government hastily organizes meetings in Mogadishu few days before Brussels meeting. Undoubtedly, the participants of those meetings, particularly members of the federal parliament, the representatives of FMS, the civil society, private sector, and the media, have not been given the time, opportunity, and confidence to study and debate the briefings or expert papers for meaningful contributions. This fits the pattern of the working of the federal government pointed out by recent study of Vanda Felbab-Brown on “The Limits of Punishment: Transitional Justice and Violent Extremism - Somalia Case Study” in which the author says that the federal government works ad hoc without very much thought about policy and legal specifications. The Somalia case study assesses the deficiencies of the military actions of the international community and the Somali government against Al Shabab, the web of problems and injustices related to the handling of Al Shabab defectors and the communities under Al Shabab rule, and offers radical recommendations. Apparently, the President and the Prime Minister are either unprepared or unconcerned on what entails to lead responsibly and judiciously a failed state struggling to resurrect and retake the path for peace and democratic system of governance with imperfect federal system in partnership with generous but distrustful international community. Both leaders are having great difficult in translating the cardinal principals of public participation in public policy discussions, rule of law, and respect of human rights into effective governance practices that strengthen public confidence in statebuilding goals. Their approach ignores available knowledge about statebuilding and democracy and emulates the footsteps for state controlled economy of the collapsed military dictatorship. In anticipation of the Brussels meeting, the European Parliament has issued comprehensive resolution that recalls the root causes of Somalia’s crisis and exhorts the FGS, the European Union, and the international community to work together to accomplish the objectives of statebuilding and peacebuilding, consisting in “the development of strong institutions governed by the rule of law and able to provide basic services, security, freedom of expression and freedom of association. The resolution emphatically urges the reform of the National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA) with credible oversight mechanism and the establishment of Independent judiciary system, and independent investigative and accountable institutions. It makes clear that unfailing respect of human rights is necessary precondition for tackling Security Reform in Somalia. Demobilization of the paramilitary force “Xasilinta” (Mogadishu stability force) is high priority. The silence of UN Mission in Somalia over the illegitimacy of paramilitary “Xasilinta” and NISA forces is appalling. In cooperation with the international community, the Somali leaders should know that the leaders of donor countries are recipients of updated briefings on the leaders and inner working of the fragile states. For example, in the Policy Brief of Fragility Study Group on “Fragility and Security Sector Reform”, written by Rachel Kleinfeld, in September 2016 for the incoming Administration of President Donald Trump, contains the following passages:“In fragile states, leaders are often eager to receive U.S. training and equipment- not to address violent threats, but to consolidate power, increase prestige or enhance their wealth. Without truly aligned goals, no amount of training, assistance, and equipment can overcome this basic political dynamic…… State fragility however is primarily an issue of political legitimacy. No amount of capacity building can redress governance failures…… State fragility stems from governments that provide extreme privilege and impunity to elites at the expense of other citizens. This governance style, which requires the politicization of security agencies, is a hallmark of fragile states……The United States cannot reform countries that do not wish to change.”This explains why the US administration suspended aid to Somali National Army. Similarly, despite commitment and strong desire, the International partners have been hesitant for almost a year to provide financial support for the security sector reform because of blatant human rights violations and ineptitude of the federal government.In the past few days, the approaching meeting brought host of unfavorable issues at the forefront. They include the chaos surrounding the review and completion of the Provisional Constitution pushed to the end of 2019, the dispute over the Renewal of the Special Arrangement for Somaliland, the vehement objection of AMISOM forces Contributing Countries to the drawdown of their forces decided by the UN Security Council, the FGS purchase of arms from Djibouti, the human rights violations committed by the FGS, the destructive involvement of the rival countries Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in the internal politics of Somalia, the tensions between the FGS and FMS, and the Tukaraq clash between forces of Somaliland and Puntland regions. These issues could overshadow the meeting.On June 9, 2018, on behalf of the FGS, the Minister of National Planning, Investment and Economic Cooperation, Ambassador Gamal M Hassan wrote a letter to Somalia Donor Group in which he rejected the Renewal of the Special Arrangement for Somaliland for 2018-2020. On June 13, the Donor Group sent a bombshell letter (reply) to the Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Gulaid who is from Somaliland, requesting his concurrence for the Renewal of the Special Arrangement with Somaliland. No reference was made to the Minister’s letter. This should be a memorable lesson for all.Recently, the media reported the Somali Government purchase of arms from Djibouti in violation of the UN Security Council arms embargo. The destination of the arms is still unknown but the public opinion supports the presumption that the arms were destined to new paramilitary force under the control of Prime Minister Hassan Kheire. This undermines public confidence in federal government. The Somali people suffer from the attacks, killings, and explosions of Al Shabab. However, they loath to support or work with the federal government mainly for incompetence, corruption, and dishonesty.The Tukaraq clash is an emblematic for the confusion around the statebuilding in Somalia. Hawiye Elder Abukar Omar Addani speaking about Tukaraq clash said, “we need to know if Tukaraq hostility is “clash between Darod and Dir clans” or “conflict between “federal Government of Somalia and Republic of Somaliland.” His questioning of the clash sheds light on the conflicting views towards the federal system in Somalia. This also matches the view expressed in a draft paper of the federal government on reconciliation which argues that “a genuine truth and reconciliation process has not yet taken place. The result is that the destruction of the Somali people’s bonds, unity, nationalism and affinity remain unattended except in some regions such as Somaliland and Puntland.” The Somali Government should get its act together and lead Somalia to the right path. Demagoguery, banquets, dances, and foreign visits cannot accomplish the quality of leadership or workload needed in statebuilding, governance, and public policy development. Effective transparency and domestic accountability are mechanism for peace, legitimacy, political stability, and progress. Mr. Mohamud M Uluso[email protected]
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Wednesday July 11, 2018By Osman Awad
There
is a similarity between Ethiopia and Somalia. Let us look at the historical
facts that happened in the past for the two nations. Ethiopia was a combination
of two countries which were Ethiopia and Eritrea. The combinations were created
1952 but ended in 1991. Ethiopia was never colonized, even though Italian
fascist invaded and ruled seven years in Second World War. Ethiopia has many
diversity community and ethnic background. Ethiopia has different culture,
language, religion and creeds.
As
I mentioned earlier, Ethiopia and Eritrea were separated, and Eritrea became an
Italian colony whereas Ethiopia enjoyed the partition of Africa. After the
defeat of the Italian colonial army, in 1942, Eritrea came under the
administrated by the British Military Administration until 1952. Unfortunately,
the United Nation General Assembly forced Eritrea to become a federal state
with Ethiopia against the wish of the Eritrean people. In addition, in 1962,
the king of Ethiopia dissolved the Eritrea parliament. After 30 years of
struggle, Eritrea gained its independence in 1991 after defeated the
communistic regime of the Ethiopia.
Since
1890 the Eritrea was colonized by the Italian government and was ruled until
the Second World War. After Italy was defeated in the Second World War, the
British took over and ruled Eritrea since 1952. Same as Ethiopia, Eritrea has
many diverse society and ethnic groups. The boundaries of the present-day was
created by colonizers that called the partition of Africa or scramble for
Africa.
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Africa as well other continents, the ethnic division of the neighboring
countries has always been the issue. Boundaries of the Africa countries have
been the biggest peace obstacle between Africa nations. For almost 20 years,
Ethiopia and Eritrea had a border clash that killed more than 300,000 solders
with very short period.
The
Prime Minister of the Ethiopia has made a landmark and new vision. Not only has
he reached a historical milestone, but it is brilliant and unbelievable
movement that achieved one of the African leaders. He simply accepts the
reality and convince his people by creating a peace and tranquility between
Ethiopia and Eritrea. To end hostile environment between two country, Ethiopia and
Eritrea is wonderful idea.
Prime
Minister Ahmed Abiy is a good example on the leadership behavior in Africa and
particularly in horn of Africa. He initiated the peace, development, democracy
and open minded. He started a new chapter and new opportunities that never existed
in the horn of Africa. Peace is the key of the human life. The population of
the Horn Africa have been starved for peace. Without peace there is no possible
to accomplish of education, business, heath and development that is the
reality.
The
Horn of Africa leaders have to wake up and understand the reality. There is no
point that the President of Djibouti has been President for life. Eritrea
president to decide whether he wants to allow a multiparty system or to resign.
South Sudan leaders have no option, but they must accept the peace or to quit
politics and let them South Sudan people to decide their destiny. The President
of Sudan must have accepted to vacant the seat of the presidential, because he
has been the president of the country more than 24 years. Since the President
Daniel Arap Moi resigned, Kenya has been practiced full-fledged democracy. The
whole of the Horn of Africa leader must have accepted to vacant the office, or
they must have follow up their new role model leader, the Prime Minister of
Ethiopia Ahmed Abiy.
Somalia Issue
Always
there is an opportunity, the President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has a gold
chance to solve the Somalia problem and act like new prime minister of
Ethiopia, Ahmed Abiy. The major problem of the Somalia is the issue of
Somaliland. If that problem solved, Somalia will be free from chaotic and
devastating that have been facing more than 27 years. The issue of terrorist is
easy to tackle, the issue of the regional states is easily manageable, and
tribal threats will be minimized.
Historical facts
After
Somaliland declared withdrawal from the union with Somalia, African countries
have accused Somaliland of deliberately breaking the African union declaration
about inherited borders from the colonies. Most of the people do not know the
history of the unification of the Somali nation, Somalia was an Italian colony
and gained its independence from Italy on July 1, 1960. Somaliland gained its
independence on June 26, 1960 from Great Britain that had protected it for more
than 70 years. After gaining independence, Somaliland unified with Italian
Somalia. Though Somaliland and Somalia were united under one government, they
operated as two separate countries, with different legal, administrative, and
educational systems. However, this apparent unification concealed deep
institutional and historical divisions, as the process of unification was
itself quickly and chaotically performed. Signs of Southern political and
economic dominance in the newly formed state emerged early on, as the Act of
Union mandated a unitary, centralized government, not the federal system
preferred by Somaliland leaders. Centralization continued under the autocratic
regime of Mohamed Siad Barre, Somalia’s leader from 1969 to 1991.
Somalia’s
problems are basic with western political style; Somali society has not shared
the same values, historical based politics, norms, customs and political
culture and vice versa. Somaliland’s political culture is basic with
Westminster political style that carries out historically based, widely
shared-beliefs, feelings, values that outline and serve as a link between citizens
and governments. In contrast, Somalia’s political culture is basic with the
Italian political system.
Scholars
have proven that the Somali people cannot share the same interest as well as
ever make up a single political unity party due to their historical
differences. Before the colonial era, the ruler of Somalia was the sultan of
Zanzibar. As the historians mentioned, 1892 The Sultan of Zanzibar had given up
the ports of Barva, Merca, Mogadishu, and Warsheikh directly to Italy for a
term of 25 years for an annual rent of 160,000 rupees. The Italians were free
to profit from the coast, but it still remained the property of the Sultan of
Zanzibar. In contrast, 1866 Khedive Ismail Pasha, the ruler of Egypt, claimed
that Somaliland was part of the Red Sea coastal area that the Turkish Ottoman
Empire transferred to his jurisdiction.
To
find out a permanent peace in Somalia, it is an inevitable to acknowledge the current
president Somalia Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to recognize Somaliland
sovereignty. At the same time, come to common ground. The success and failed
for both countries (Somalia and Somaliland). As Somalis, the reconciliation
must come from within their border and not imposed by a foreign entity. Each society
in the world has its own unique way of solving their own conflicts through
their values, culture, customs and their laws.
Recommendation
A
reciprocated relationship between the two nations needs to be reached. The two
nations (Somalia and Somaliland) should live peacefully and exchange ideas on
improving each other’s political and economic institutions for the sake of the
Somali people in the region. The current politicians of the two countries
should work to set up an atmosphere that can help lay the groundwork for future
generations to work together and strengthen stability in the horn of Africa.
• Respect each other’s differences and
ensure the existence of the borders that each country inherited from its
colonizer (namely Italy and Britain).
• The promotion of peace, stability and
well-being of their two nations
• The two nations should provide security
and justice with freedom
• The two countries should work together
to create a social market economy that leads to social progress and creates
jobs for the youths.
Respect the existence of
the borders that each country inherited from the colony
Respect
the borders and admit the two nations their voluntary unifications in 1960 with
dignity. Accepting in living with differences, agree the aim of unification of
two nations, which was behind the creation of the great Somalia, that combine
five Somali ethnic backgrounds that lived in the horn of Africa; the Somali
Regional Government Ethiopia, Djibouti and Northern Frontier District of Kenya.
Now the time has come to face reality, Djibouti has rejected the united greater
Somali ideal after it took its independence from France in 1977, the Somali
Regional Government of Ethiopia were choosing to be apart of Ethiopia in 1991
after the ousted Ethiopian president dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, and
Northern Frontier District Kenya had chosen to be apart of Kenya.
Somalia
must accept the reality that reuniting the greater Somali regions under one
flag is a mirage and instead should respect the borders created by the
colonizers. The leaders in the African union made the decision to keep the
borders drawn by former colonizers to avoid troublesome conflict amongst
themselves. Somaliland’s withdrawal from the unity with Somalia is based on the
claim that it has taken back its own sovereignty drawn up decades ago by the
colonizers.
The promotion of peace,
stability and well-being
The
warlords who contributed to armed clashes and instability in Somalia over the
past decade ended by the overtaking of the Islamic courts. The Islamic court
captured the capital of the country, and the warlords and their militia were
ousted from the capital. The forces of the Islamic courts flexed their muscles
and expanded to many areas after they defeated the warlords in Mogadishu. The
Islamic court captured most of the region in Somalia including the South-West
region, central Shabel region and central regions. Since the dictator Siad
Barre fled the country, it was a first time that stability and peace prevailed
in the capital of the Somalia. The Islamic courts succeeded in eliminating
Somalia’s notorious warlords.
Since
1991 until now, Somalia has not seen any peace. Even though 30,000 of the
African Union Mission (AMISOM) currently supports the weak government and the
major cities are under the control of AMISOM and Somali Army. The terrorist
group Al Shabab governs most of the country particularly the rural areas. To
establish peace and stability in Somalia, it needs help from Somaliland.
Somaliland successfully eliminated the radical Islamists in its territory by
using a traditional peace process. Somaliland used their culture and old-style
customary laws. It solved the problem and accomplished it without any outside
assistance.
In
the last 26 years, Somalia’s government failed to restore peace in its country.
They could not even establish the real peace in the capital, Mogadishu. Every
week there are couple of explosions making death and despair common in Somalia.
The current government in Somalia can easily recognize Somaliland as a sort of
de facto country as other neighbour countries already have done so. Therefore,
if Somalia recognizes Somaliland it can potentially become partner in helping
Somalia to achieve peace. Both of them can work together bilaterally to
eliminate the terrorist groups and other militia groups operating within the
Somali peninsula. Somaliland has tremendous experiences in how to adequately
fight the terrorism, as it has completely eradicated Islamic extremism
activities inside its borders.
Almost
60 per cent of the Somali population are nomadic, they regularly travel with
their livestock and move from one place to another for the purpose of herding
their livestock. The nomadic lifestyle is dependent on shifting and
transporting livestock based on fluctuations in the weather.
The
nomadic Somalis of both Somalia and Somaliland have no care for the concept of
borders, as they move their animals across borders for food and greener
pasteur’s to feed them. Even though nomads are largely self-sufficient, the
governments are not able to control their movements. Neither Somalia nor
Somaliland could survive without the nomads, because 60 to 65 per cent of their
GDP is dependent of the nomadic livestock. Those governments depend on the
money and sales generated by these nomads, which significantly affects the
economy of the wider nation.
Instead
of hiring the militants to police the movement of the nomadic herders, the
governments should provide security and allow them to move freely across the
borders of each nation. This free movements of people should not be limited to
the nomadic herders, but also extended to citizens of both countries. The
citizens of both nations should also have allowed to conduct business freely
across each other borders, akin to a free trade zone. Since such free movements
of individuals across both borders will require security, it should be the
responsibility of each nation to ensure adequate policing and safety concerns
are addressed within their borders.
Give
a right to everyone in all Somalis members states such as Djibouti, Somalia,
Somali regional government Ethiopia and Somaliland to live, work and make
business in any other country. Allow them to apply for permanent residency
across these Somali nations as well. The exact details and regulations can be
negotiated by each country respectively before reaching an agreement. The
governments can deport the criminals or people deemed a danger to national
security, in addition, each respective country can impose limited restrictions in
regard to migrants.
Unemployment and the
social market economy
The
two countries are working together to endorse social market economy aimed at
social progress and creating full employment for the youths. The citizens of
the two nations need prosperity, social development, economic well-being, and
human development. The two nations need to put their differences aside, and
come together in peace and harmony. To achieve tangible developments in the
economy, the two nations and their leaders will have to create an environment
that can benefit both their populations like a free trade zone.
The
leaders would need to set up an intergovernmental organization that can promote
the economic integration of its two-member countries and at the same time
benefit through trade other countries in the horn Africa. The two countries
have enough resources such as agriculture, fishery, livestock, and natural
resources.
To
fully capitalize on the aforementioned resources will require open-minded progressive
leaders that have the guts, vision and capability see the vision through.
Unemployment
rate is markedly high in Somalia, while Somaliland has lower unemployment rate,
although both nations have huge unemployment rates among youths. Hundreds of
thousands of youths every year immigrate to overseas. To tackle this problem
and other problems too, policies will need to be initiated to ensure the free
movement of youth, goods, services and investments. Job creation is the only
strategy that can not only reduce the unemployment rate, but also help to
minimize youth migration to the western world.
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European soccer expert picks Sunday's 2018 World Cup final
Wednesday July 11, 2018
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By Aisha MiganeWednesday, July 11, 2018
No one can deny that Somaliland is a democracy. A democracy that is operational in highly sensitive and war thorn region generally characterized as unstable.
Despite being unrecognized, Somalilanders installed in hardship a democratic form of government.
Now that is at risk, not because a coup happened, but democracy has been hijacked.
The president of Somaliland, a former military commander under Siad Barre regime and a rebel fighter, came into power in 2017 disputed presidential election.
His party controls both houses of the Parliament, the judiciary and the military.
Ads By Google Apart from the state apparatus, the main civil society organizations, networks and umbrellas are under his command as well. In a political arrangement built on a clan system, the civil society organizations are led by individuals who belong to the clan of the president and are politically his supporters.
When the judiciary and the civil society organizations whom their main responsibilities are to protect the citizens are aligned with the government in a clan-based scheme, obviously democracy and peace are in danger.
Belonging to a clan does not mean automatic loyalty. My argument is not to claim that every person who belongs to the clan of the president is his devotee. That is not the case, and any argument solely based on that is very wrong. What I mean is that these people are given positions in a prearranged system intended to give the president a domination by marginalizing other communities.
This is a sensitive matter in a clan-based society.
Below table shows the clan affiliation of leading government authorities and civil society leaders of the country:
Name
Position
Clan
1
Muse Behi Abdi
President of Somaliland
Habar Awal
2
Adam Haji Ali Ahmed
Chief Justice
Habar Awal
3
Nouh Ismail Tani
The head of the military
Habar Awal
4
Anwar Warsame
The chairman of Somaliland Non-state Actors Forum (SONSAF)
Habar Awal
5
Nafisa Yousuf
Executive director of Nagaad Women Umbrella
Habar Awal
6
Mohamoud Abdi Jama
Chairman of Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA)
Habar Awal
7
Mohamed Mohamoud Hashi
Chairman of Somaliland Lawyers Association (SOLLA)
Habar Awal
These are a few examples showing a control of one clan in the judiciary, the military and the civil society organizations.
Aisha Migane[email protected]
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Mahmud Dahir AweisWednesday, July 11, 2018
Xaalka dalka Soomaaliya wuxuu marayaa meel aad iyo aad u adag dhinac walba. Cidna kama qarsoona heerka aadka u hooseeya ee amni iyo nololeed, gaar ahaan koonfurta iyo bartamaha Soomaaliya. Waxaa muuqata in xaalku maalinba maalinta ka dambaysa ka sii darayo oo qof waliba oo Ku nool koonfurta, gaar ahaan magaalada muqdisho, naftiisa iyo maalkiisuba xilli walba bartilmaameed yihiin ama noqon karaan.
Amni xumida waxaa ka dhashay horumar la'aan dhinac walba oo nolosha taabanaya sida dhaqaalaha, siyaasadda, iyo arrimaha bulshada.
Sida la wada ogyahay, jaahwareer badan kadib waxay beesha caalamku garowsatay in ay lagama maarmaan tahay in Somaliya loo dhiso haykal dowladeed si caalamku ugala xiriiro arrimaha somaliya. Waxay beesha caalamku Soomaaliya ku bixisay kharash aad u farabadan oo gaaraya balaayiin dollar. Lacagtasi waxaa loogu talogalay, sida qorshuhu ahaa, in lagu dhiso hay'adaha duwaliga ah si dadku u helaan adeegyo noloshooda wax ka badala, hoosna u dhiga geeddi- wadareedka ay dadku dalka kaga cararayaan.
Hase ahaatee hurumarka laga gaaray arimahaas waa kuwo aad iyo aad u yar. Waxaana la oran karaa xaalku aad ayuu u cakiranyahay, waaana lagama maarmaan in la raadiyo xal siyaasadeed oo baajin kara in dhiig kale sii qubto, la barakiciyo dad barmagaydo ah, Lana baabi'iyo hantida shacabka soomaaliyeed.
Beesha caalamku waxay Soomaalida ku wargalisay in ciidanka AMISOM baxayaan waqti aan dheerayn, mana muuqato in somalidu isu diyaarisay in ay la wareegto masu'uuliyadda amniga dalka. Iskabadaa in Somalidu amni la wareegtee, AMISOM ayaa baajisay in dhiig Ku daato ismariwaagii iyo xarig jiidkii dhexmaray xukuumadda iyo golaha shacabka, taasi oo muujisay dhicisnimada dowladnimada Soomaaliya.
Waxaan qarsoonayn in qaybaha Kala duwan ee maamulka federaalku,fulinta iyo sharcidejinta, hawada isu marinayaan dhambaallo laga dhadhansankaro caadifad qabali ah.
Waxaa caado noqotay in labada dhinac ee maamulka federaalku had iyo jeer hadallo hanjabaad ah isugu duurxulaan iyagoo aan marna ka dhowrsan adeegsiga erayo kicin iyo isugu jira xasarad abuur, kuwaasi soo si aan la dhayalsan Karin u soo nooleeyay dhacdooyin hore u dhacay oo ay dadku indhawaalahanba saamayntooda ka soo kabanayeen.
Ismariwaagu kuma eka mamulka federaalka ee waxaa Iyana meelo dalka ka mid ah ka bilowday colaado ka dhex taagan maamulada dalka ka Jira sida dagaalka Somaliland iyo Puntland ee ka socda deegaanka tuko-raq. Waxaa sidaasi si la mid ah ismariwaa ka taaganyahay madaxda maamulka Galmudug oo isna u muuqda mid gabi ka laalaada oo faraha ka sii baxaya.
Waxaa intaa dheer, in dhulka badankiisii ka maqanyahay gacanta maamulka dowladda federaalka. Waxaa iyana meesha ku jirta in aan dadka la diiwaan galin lana samayn aqoonsi qaran si dadku isugu diyaariyaan doorashada 2020. Ma muuqato in ay Soomaaliya ka dhici karto doorasho qof iyo cod ah 2020, taasi oo mugdi sii galinaysaa hannaanka geeddi- socodka dhismaha dowladnimada Soomaaliya.
Haddaba, Si dalka nabad loogu soo dabbaalo, waxaa lagama maarmaan ah in la raadiyo xal nabadeed oo lagu soo afjro colaadda ragaadisay nolosha dadka soomaaliyeed. Colaadda ugu saamaynta badani waa tan dhextaal maamulka Federaalka iyo ururka Al- Shabab waana tan hortaagan hirgalinta mashaariic muhiim u ah nolosha dadka soomaliyeed. Cidna kama qarsoona in xukuumadihii isaga dambeeyay maamulka dalku Ku guuldaraysteen xal amni oo lagu badbaadin Karo dadka soomaaliyeed.
Waxaa in la ishaaro mudan in qarnigii dhamaaday iyo Kan socdaba dagaallo waqti dheer socday oo dhexmaray duwal iyo jabhado kuwaasi oo aad ugu kala fogaa xagga caqiidada iyo fikirka siyaasiga ah intaba ugu danbayntii wada hadal lagu xalliyey loolankoodii kagadaal markii beesha caalumku soo faragalisay .Waxaana tusaale loo soo qaadan karaa: dagaaladii ka dhacay Jaziiradda Aceh ee dalka Indonesia, waqooyiga Ireland , Colombia, Lubnan, iyo waliba heshiiskii Oslo ee PLO iyo Esraa`el. Waxaan kaloo maanta aragnaa wadahadallada u bilaabmay una socda wadamada Maraykanka iyo Waqooyiga Kuuriya.
Waxaa kale oo tusaale noqon kara wadahadallo hore u dhexmaray xukuumadda Afganistan iyo ururka Taliban wada hadaladaas oo sababay hoos udhac ku yimid iskahorimaadyadii u dhexeeyey dowladda iyo Taliban; Waliba sida warbixinaddda qaar ku qoran ururka Taliban wuxuu ogolaaday in ay nabad galiyaan wixii mashaariic horumarineed ah ee laga fulinayo dhulka ay ka howlgalaan.
Si loo hubiyo in wadahadalku mirodhal noqdo waa in laga qayb galiyaa cid waliba oo saamayn ku yeelan karta arrimaha Somaliya sida:
1- Culimada Soomaaliyeed iyo Culimada kale ee caalamka islamka sida Xaramaynka iyo Azhar.
2- Duubabka Soomaalida
3- Dowladda Maraykanka
4- Dowladaha Carabta sida Sucuudiga, Masar iyo Emaratka carabta
5-Turkey
6- Midowga Yurub iyo dowladda U.K
7- Dowladaha gobolka gaar ahaan kuwa ciidamadu ka joogaan Soomaaliya.
Dadaaladaas waa in ay barbar socotaa in xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ay garwaaqsato masu'uuliyadda sida gaarka ah uga saaran samatabixinta, ilaalinta , iyo iskuwadista danaha isdiidan ee dadka soomaaliyed, waana in maanka lagu hayaa in dadka soomaaliyeed yihiin isma hurto aan marna kala maarmi karin. Sidaasi si la mid ah waa in wakiilada shacabka eek a ra`yiga duwan golaha fulintu ka fogaadaan wixii sii adkayn kara xaalka cakiran ee dalku marayo ayna muujiyaan taxaddar dheeraad ah. Waana lagama maarmaan in wixii aan la huri doonin hadda la yeelo ee la dhuuxo oraahda soomaaliyeed "colka waraf malagu dayay?" oo dulucdeedu tahay in wax waliba oo suurogal ah la isku dayo si looga gudbo xaalka adag ee lagu jiro .
Waxaan rajaynayaa in wadahadal lala furo ururka Al-shabab uu horseedi doono nabad waarta oo ka dhalata gayiga Soomaaliyeed. Taariikhda ayaa ina baraysa in marxalad kasta oo aad u cakiran xal loo heli karo hadii si cilmiyaysan looga fekero loona galo. Dadaaladaa waxa ka dhalan doonta, idan Alle, in Somaliya noqoto meel nabadi ka jirto, hannaan dowladnimona ka hirgalo, soona jiidata maalgashi caalami oo lagu soo saaro khayraadka dahan ee Soomaaliya. Waxaan kaloo rajaynayaa in Soomaaliya aysan sii ahaan doonin meel adduunka qaxooti u dirta ee ay qayb weyn oo firfircoon ka noqondoonto bahweynta caalamka, dadka Soomaaliyeedna ku noolaadan dhulkooda iyagoo diintooda iyo dadnimadoodu u dhowrantahay.
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Dhinaca kale, ururka SRAJ ee Caddaaladda iyo Siyaasadda ee Gobolka Soomaalida ayaa sheegay in tirada la sii daayey ay aad uga yar tahay ta maamulka sheegay, walina ay jiraan dad xabsiga magaalada Jigjiga ku xiran
Thursday July 12, 2018Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented a number of health projects in Somalia during the first half of 2018.The implementation has come as part of its development intervention in the field of health, which is based on the integration of the curative and preventive aspects, QC has said in a statement.QC’s health interventions focus on countries that lack sufficient primary health care services and suffer from the spread of infectious and endemic diseases and high mortality rates, especially child and maternal mortality. “QC’s interventions aim to contribute to improving health services in suchcountries,” the statement notes.Qatar Charity implements various health and medical projects in Somalia, such as building health clinics, organising medical caravans for disaster relief and providing first aid, giving priority to the neediest areas and people.The organisation implements these health projects in co-ordination with the Somali Ministry of Health and Mogadishu University.During the current year, QC has implemented the Shifa clinic project in Yakhshid district of Mogadishu, which was opened in May and is run by medical college students of Mogadishu University to provide basic services to the poor and displaced in the region.The 600sq m clinic consists of 11 rooms, a waiting area, an outpatient clinic, a maternity room, patient rooms, a pharmacy, a doctor’s room and a laboratory. It provides health services, medical consultations and free medicines to patients.The clinic operates at its maximum capacity and receives daily more than 80 cases, as it is located at the northern end of Yakhchid district, where more than 150,000 people live.Also, QC has built a dispensary in the Wadjer neighbourhood of capital Mogadishu, which was opened at the end of last month. The 300sq m dispensary consisting of six rooms and a waiting area provides primary health services and maternity services as well as nutrition services for children under the age of five.According to a statement of the CESVI office in Somalia, every day, as many as 120 people will benefit from the services of the dispensary as it is located in an impoverished neighbourhood, where around 93,000 people live, most of whom cannot afford the cost of private hospitals.Qatar Charity is also working on the construction of many health centres and clinics. The Elesha Biyaha dispensary is expected to be opened soon in Lower Shabelle region, which is a heavily populated area where there is no public hospital that provides the required health services to the local people.Other five multi-service centres will be constructed in Kismayo, Baidoa, Dusamareb and Middle Shabelle during the second half of this year until the beginning of next year.In July and August, medical convoys will be despatched to camps in capital Mogadishu, which will provide free health services for the displaced. Each convoy is expected to provide medical services and consultations for 80 people, in addition to holding regular meetings with the displaced to provide instructions on public health and health education.
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Thursday July 12, 2018Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Wednesday held talks with foreign ministers of Palestine, Somalia, Mauritania, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya respectively.During the talks with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki, Wang said China will continue to firmly support the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights, and the Palestine issue should not and will not be marginalized.He said Palestine's right to self-determination cannot be traded, nor their pursuit of independent statehood as well as their principles and dignity.Malki said Palestine is ready to deepen pragmatic cooperation with China under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.Palestine hopes China will play a greater role in promoting the early resumption of the peace process in the Middle East and the realization of the two-state solution, he said.During the talks with Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, Wang said China will always support Somalia's efforts to safeguard its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and will support the Somali government in advancing the political process, promoting social reconciliation and improving governance ability.China is willing to support Somalia's peaceful reconstruction within its capabilities, Wang said.Awad said Somalia has always firmly adhered to the one-China policy. He said his country actively supports the Belt and Road Initiative and hopes to enhance cooperation with China in areas including infrastructural construction, agriculture, fishery, human resources development and capability-building.During his talks with Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania, Wang said China is willing to enhance the Belt and Road construction so as to upgrade China-Mauritania cooperation.Ads By Google Ahmed said Mauritania attaches great importance to relations with China, adheres to the one-China policy and always supports China's efforts to safeguard its core interests.Mauritania backs the Belt and Road Initiative and would like to make the best use of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to enhance cooperation with China in areas including infrastructural construction, agriculture and fishery, said Ahmed.During his meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui, Wang called on both sides to implement the results of the CASCF and prepare for the FOCAC Beijing Summit to be held in September.He also encouraged both countries to strengthen cooperation under the Belt and Road framework, dig up both sides' potentials and continue to advance cooperation on major projects.Jhinaoui said Tunisia hopes to become a key pivot of the Belt and Road Initiative in North Africa.The two countries signed a MOU on the Belt and Road Initiative after the talks.During his meeting with Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yamani, Wang said China supports Yemen's efforts to safeguard national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.China backs Yemen's legitimate government and a political solution to the issue of Yemen, he said, adding that China will continue to provide assistance to Yemen within its capability, especially to help Yemen address the humanitarian crisis.Al-Yamani said Yemen looks forward to seeing China continue to play an important role on the issue of Yemen and welcomes China's active participation in its reconstruction process.During his talks with Mohammed Sayala, Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya, Wang said China is willing to keep making efforts to promote the political settlement of the Libya issue, expressing the hope that the North African country will return to the track to peace, stability and rule of law at an early date.Sayala said Libya hopes China will actively participate in the country's reconstruction process and welcomes more Chinese investment in Libya.The two sides also signed a MOU on the Belt and Road Initiative.All the foreign ministers were here to attend the eighth ministerial meeting of CASCF held Tuesday in Beijing.
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Opposition parties decry move they say won't help province's youth
Thursday July 12, 2018
Premier Doug Ford's government will switch Ontario back to its former sex-ed curriculum, his education minister announced Wednesday. (Tijana Martin/Canadian Press)
Ontario's education minister says the sex-ed curriculum taught to children in the coming school year will be an older version, not the controversial updated program brought in by the previous government.
Lisa Thompson said Wednesday ministry staff are working to inform school boards of the decision to revert to the curriculum that was in place before 2015.
Thompson said the ministry will be moving quickly to consult parents on how to update the curriculum, and details on that process will be coming soon.
Premier Doug Ford promised to repeal and replace the controversial sex-ed curriculum when he ran for the Progressive Conservative leadership and repeated the pledge during the spring election.
The new curriculum sparked controversy, particularly among social conservatives, when the Liberal government introduced it.
It was the first time the curriculum had been updated since 1998 and included warnings about online bullying and sexting, but protesters zeroed in on discussions of same-sex marriage, gender identity and masturbation.
Opposition calls plan 'disappointing'The PC Party's plans sparked immediate reaction.
Tanya Granic Allen, who ran unsuccessfully against Ford for the PC leadership on a platform focused on getting rid of the new sex-ed curriculum, tweeted simply: "Great work!"
Granic Allen had hoped to run as an MPP, but was dumped by the PC party over comments she'd made in the past that Ford called "irresponsible."
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said she finds the decision "disappointing," adding the curriculum needed to be updated to cover a range of topics facing youth today.
Instead, she said, the government is taking an approach that is "not the right direction for the kids of this province."
Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner accused Ford's government of "declaring war on modern life," by going back to a curriculum that was written in the early days of the internet.
Schreiner said the move amounts to taking away key tools from teachers and called it inappropriate.
Brittany Smith of the advocacy group Leadnow, which petitioned to keep the revised curriculum, called Ford's move "ideologically driven" and "pure politics."
"He's really making this decision to appease the religious right and far-right factions of his base who helped him get elected," Smith told CBC Toronto.
"This is a cynical political decision of his, and children across Ontario are being made to pay the price."
At least one outspoken critic of the Liberals' curriculum wants to know what the PCs plan to do next.
Farina Siddiqui of Mississauga, Ont., kept her two daughters home from school to protest the curriculum.
She concedes that the 1998 curriculum needed "revisions."
But, she says, changes "should be widely consulted with community leaders, with parents, with faith leaders, with educators and with the experts."
Smith and other supporters of the now-scrapped curriculum say it was the result of careful and thorough consultation.
Repair funds needed
Thompson also said the ministry is looking into how to replace a $100-million fund earmarked for school repairs that was cut earlier this month.
The money was to be paid out from revenues of the cap-and-trade system, which Ford began dismantling almost immediately after taking office, as he had promised.
Thompson said the government will try to find internal sources to replace the funding, which was announced in April and cut earlier this month, surprising school boards that had just begun to spend the money.
With files from CBC News
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Thursday July 12, 2018The US is set to scale back aid to African military units fighting terrorism, as it realigns its defence strategy to compete with more traditional threats from China and Russia.The shift comes despite a growing terrorist threat on the continent that has led to an increased American presence, resulting in attacks on US forces in Niger and Somalia that have left six US service members dead since early 2017. Militants last month even penetrated the headquarters of a military task force in Mali.American counterterrorism aid to sub-Saharan Africa — a category that covers 46 countries — increased dramatically in recent years as the terrorist threat expanded on the continent, rising to $954m in fiscal years 2015-18 from $327m in fiscal years 2011-14, according to Security Assistance Monitor, which analyses US security spending.Ads By Google But under the Trump administration’s new defence strategy, that is all likely to change."In accordance with the national defence strategy, we’re going to see a shift in resources from dealing with violent extremist organisations first and foremost, to empowering our allies and partners to deal with some of the new ‘old’ threats," Greg Pollock, the US acting deputy assistant secretary of defence for security co-operation, said in an interview.Barely mentionedThe most recent national defence strategy report, unveiled in early 2018 by Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, cautions about the return to an era of "great power" conflict with adversaries such as China and Russia. Africa is mentioned only once in the unclassified summary of the strategy, in a section about strengthening alliances and attracting new partners.The shift means America’s allies in Africa find themselves in an all-too-familiar place."They had this brief period where some types of military assets were more available to them," said Alice Hunt Friend, an Africa security specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "But it’s not going to be unusual or unfamiliar to folks in the Africa-US security space to work with a reduction in resources because that’s just where Africa has fallen on the priority list."That is not to say the anti-terrorism campaign in Africa — from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria to Islamic State offshoots in Niger — is being abandoned.The American military has more than 7,000 personnel deployed across Africa, including 800 troops in Niger, where four US troops were killed in an ambush last year. In central Niger, the US is spending more than $100m on a drone base to help target terrorists.Separately, the Pentagon will also send more than $100m in aid to seven countries in Africa as part of a program to support the forces it sees as best able to combat a growing list of terror groups, according to a Pentagon document obtained by Bloomberg.The bulk of the support, about $70m, will go to Uganda, with nations including Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania and Nigeria getting the rest. The money will go towards training and materiel, including Humvees, weapons and drones.But to bring Washington’s military aid programmes in line with the vision spelled out in the national defence strategy, the Defence Department is preparing to increase aid to countries in Europe and in the domain of the newly re-christened Indo-Pacific command. Some of that will come by putting fewer resources into Africa.Those plans are being made even as President Donald Trump has been critical of the Nato alliance and accused allies of not paying enough for their defence.Russian meddlingFor the Pentagon, it’s a question of risk: what can the department afford to sacrifice in the near term, in order to ensure it stays on top of evolving threats, particularly from countries that are intent on challenging the US’s historic military advantage.Russia’s continued meddling in Ukraine has worried America’s Nato allies, while China has showed renewed aggressiveness in the South China Sea."There’s no doubt that there will continue to be risks associated with terrorist groups in Africa," Pollock said. "We need to balance those risks against the risks of longer term strategic loss of position in the Pacific and Europe."Pollock said the Pentagon would not initiate a "precipitous decline" in aid to countries in Africa but would work to gradually realign its spending with the guidance of the new national defence strategy.According to Friend, this means spending on military aid in Africa will fall back to 2014 levels, even though the underlying causes of the security crises on the continent will remain largely unaddressed.Niger ambushIn the meantime, US troops have continued to find themselves in harm’s way.In October 2017, militants associated with Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ambushed Nigerien and American troops outside the village of Tongo Tongo. Reinforcements, backed by two French jets, dispersed the militants but not before four American soldiers were killed and others wounded.An American soldier was killed in Somalia last month in an attack carried out by al-Shabaab, a Somali extremist group. Four other American soldiers were wounded in the strike.While some members of Congress — including South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham — have voiced support for an expanded military role on the continent, the Pentagon has signalled it is willing to reduce the number of special operations troops there to preserve forces for other parts of the world.A review of the number and character of special operations deployments could result in a 50% reduction in their presence in Africa, according to a June 4 report by the New York Times.The shift in strategy underscores the difficult nature of the problems that have been developing in the region over the last several years, according to Friend."This is just going to roil regardless of our presence because most of this is fundamentally about politics and economics," she said. "But if we were to pull out and the French were to pull out … that could make it hard for these governments to stay in power."
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