Twenty long years have elapsed since the one-clan secessionist state called “Somaliland” was declared unilaterally in Burao in 1991 under the blazing guns of the then victorious SNM fighters, following the collapse of the Somali state led by the late Mohamed Siyad Barre. The real objective behind the creation of this phantom state that would [...]
The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required a combined $1.2 trillion [...]
Politics this week Nov 26th 2011 Big protests erupted in Cairo and other cities, with calls for the generals who have run Egypt since Hosni Mubarak’s fall in February to hand over to civilians. Some 40 people were killed by the security forces. The ruling military council said that parliamentary elections due to begin on [...]
Whatever the actual political motivations of this new effort, military force is unlikely to solve Somalia’s Problems When political leaders call for the application of military force, it is always useful to assess the intended political and military objectives. Quite often, those objectives are reactionary, ephemeral, or unachievable given the resources committed and the political [...]
PTI Nov 26, 2011, 06.56AM IST Tags:Malaria parasites|malaria WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered that malaria parasites hide in the spleen, a key breakthrough which they claim may pave the way for new drugs and vaccines for the disease. Traditionally, it was believed the parasite’s development in the body was restricted to the [...]
Human Rights Watch Terrorist Attacks Do Not Justify Heavy Handed Response (Nairobi) – The Kenyan police and military should stop using illegal mass-round-ups and beatings as a substitute for proper police investigative work, Human Rights Watch said today. Attacks by suspected al-Shabaab sympathizers on the military and civilians inside Kenya do not justify violating the [...]
Today’s Zaman November 28, 2011 The Turkish deputy prime minister attended groundbreaking ceremonies in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday for hospitals to be constructed by Turkey, the Anatolia news agency has reported. Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ participated in ceremonies marking the start of construction of three hospitals by two Turkish charities and [...]
‘I hope to revisit Malta as a tourist’ – migrant Malta Times November 29, 2011 A group of 152 migrants left for Germany this morning in what Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici described as ‘solidarity in action’. Most of the migrants, who hailed from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea, arrived in Malta from Libya last [...]
Updated: Nov. 25, 2011 For a generation, Somalia has been aeffective central government byword for the suffering of a failed state. It has been without an since 1991, when the former government was toppled by clan militias that later turned on each other. Since 2006, the country has faced an insurgency led by Al Shabab, one [...]
the Ethiopian government should cease using its overly broad anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On November 23, 2011, the trial of 24 people charged with terrorism offenses on November 10 will continue. Those charged include six journalists and two members of the opposition Unity [...]
Pakistan has cooperated secretly with the U.S. on several war-fighting missions in an odd-couple alliance that also sees factions in Islamabad backing the fiercest American enemy. The uneasy relationship is being put to the test again, as Pakistan accused NATO on Saturday of unleashing a helicopter strike on a Pakistan army border outpost and said [...]
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Atlanta(Buhodlepost): Guddiga dhaqaala uruurinta ayaa ku guuldaraysatay Wilaayadda ka dib markii dadkii Teleconference lagu Xidhiidhinayey ay diideen inay la hadlaan. Mudane Cali Cige, ayaa dhowr jeer ku celceshay waar telephonadiinii waa aragnaaye hadla! Sida oo kale waxay guuldaro [...]
Dadweynuhu waxay ka yaaban yihiin dhacdooyinka guracan ee iyo qaabka maroorsan ee guddiga G6 ay caadaysteen kuna saabsan habmaamulka shirka khaatumo II. Aqoonyahanadda isu xilsaaray, waxay ku tilmaameen, badbaadinta beesha SSC waxaa aad u kala gedisan ujeedadda ay ku dhawaaqeen iyo qaabka ay wax u fulinayaan. Aqoonyahanadda waxaa lagu kari layahayn in ay garwaaqsadaan ama [...]
The best of friends from SSC region can’t agree on an order for tea in their own restaurants. So, naturally you do not expect them to agree on a single political goal and strategy. That is not unique to them if you ask me. Somalis and Somali clans are divided. One good thing I see [...]
Maamulka Axmed Siilaanyo ayaa la filayaa in todobaadyo gudahood heshiis rasmi ah la saxeexato shariikad laga leeyahay dalka ingiriiska oo la yidhaahdo Ophir Energy si ay usoo saarto Batroolka ku duugan carrada Somaliland, heshiiskani ayaa horudhaciisa waxaa ansixiyey golaha Wasiiradda Somaliland shirkii ugu danbeeyey ee ay ku yeesheen xarunta Madaxtooyada Somaliland Sida Wasiirka Macdanta [...]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is intensifying its campaign against an al-Qaida affiliate inSomalia by boosting the number of proxy forces in the war-torn country, expanding drone operations and strengthening military partnerships throughout the region. In many ways, the American role in the long-running conflict inSomaliais shaping up as the opposite of the wars [...]
Annagoo Taleex naal, jahaad taladi soo qaadnay Toddobaatan boqol oo Darwiish, togatay neef doorka Sayidkeennu tii uu na yidhi, torog ku heensaynnay Wareegada waxay uga tawalin, yaan wax kaa tegine Sibraar caana geel loo tabcaday, talax ku sii maallay Misna tawlka qaalmaha niniyo, tulud u soo saarray Ilaahay ha tabantaabiyee, noogu tacab khayrka Shakadaha intuu [...]
Waxaan Caliyow dhagaystay waraysigii aad siisay mareegaha Xargaga iyo Horufadhi. Runtii si buuxda oo faahfaahsan ayaad waraysigaas uga hadashay, adiga iyo weriyayaasha noo soo gudbiyeyna waanu idiinka mahadcelinaynaa. Waraysigaaga waxaad kaga hadashay haddii aan soo koobo inta qoraalkayga khusaysa waa in: 1.Shirkii Khaatumo 2 qabsoomayo waqtiga December 19, 2011 oo ah waqtiga ay u qabteen [...]
By Hassan M. Abukar November 07, 2011 An amputated leg or an amputated spirit When two people get married, they do so thinking that they will stay toghether for a long time. But since humans are not perfect, things happen that could lead to discord and, in many times, bitter divorce. The following are [...]
ALLAA mahad leh Nabad gelyo iyo Naxariisina Nebigiisii Suubanaa korkiisa ha ahaato. Burburka dalkii iyo dadkii ka dhacay labaataneeyadii sano ee ugu danbaysay , beesha Jaamacsiyaad ee dhulbahante waxaa u dheer burbur xaga madax dhaqameed kii iyo talada ah. Waxaa qurbaha iska abaabulay niman isku magacaabay ( gudiga fulinta ee Jaaliyada dibeda) ah oo dhaqankii [...]