Cooperation: 56 fire-fighting vehicles worth €11M for Egypt

By  Italy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ROME, Italy, /African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Italy has donated 56 fire-fighting vehicles to Egypt, worth around 11 million euros in total, as part of Italian Development Cooperation's “commodity aid” programme. The donation was formalised in Cairo at a ceremony with the new Italian Ambassador, Maurizio Massari.

The vehicles, seven of which are small, 46 medium sized and 3 with ladders reaching to over 50 metres in height, were supplied by Iveco and Brescia Antincendi International. The donation also includes spare parts, accessories, technical assistance and a 3-week training course for Egyptian personnel, with one week in Italy and two in Egypt.

Total value: 37 million euros

The vehicles are intended for 10 governorates throughout Egypt and are the latest tranche of the commodity aid programme – worth a total of 37 million euros. The programme combines the supply of equipment with training in sectors such as agriculture, the environment, cultural heritage and health.

Delighted to share our experience with Egypt

“We are proud that Egypt has chosen Italy as a key partner in a sensitive sector such as civil protection”, commented Ambassador Massari. “Civil protection has a long and deeply rooted history in Italy and we are delighted to be sharing our experience with Egypt”, added the Ambassador, who was speaking at the donation ceremony. The event was attended by the Egyptian Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Abu Bakr, who is responsible for Cairo's metropolitan police force and Egypt's civil protection. Massari underscored that Italy views its relationship with Egypt as “strategic and a partnership of equals”.

Xasan Cumar Hoori Cadho ka kacday Qiimayntii iska dhexwaa ayuu Qalinka u qaatay?

  Nin kale isna wuxuu u iman waayay maadaama oo Madaxwaynihii Jamhuuriyadu bixinayo Abaalmarinta oo uu yahay kii Xilka iga qaaday maxaan ka dooni ayaa laga hayaa.

Abaal marinta qorista maqaalada haweenku xiiseeyaan ayaan siinayaa Xasan Cumar Hoori madal il yartu is qabatay oo waliba haween u badan ayaanan ku siinayaa waxanan ku kalsoonahay in uu iga aqbali doono maadaama oo akhristayaashii barnaamijkaagii caanka noqday ee xaawo iyo aadan ay wali joogaan adiguna aad tahay ninkii qori jiray.

Qalinkii Sulieman Ismail Bolaleh  

Waligay intaan noolaa, aragti qof warbaahinta ku soo qoray qalinka uma qaadan, maantana waxa igu kalifay wuxuu maanku diiday oo aan ka dhex arkay sadarada (laymanka) qoraal uu saxaafada shalay ku qoray Xasan Cumar Hoori oo ah aqoon yahan iyo masuul anigu aan ixtiraam farobadan u hayo.

Barnaamujka Qiimee Qofkaaga ee sida dadwaynuhu ka dharagsan yahay dalka ka socday mudada sideeda bilood ah, ayuu ku durayay Xasan Cumar Hoori maqaalkiisa , kaasi oo uu ku sheegay Somaliland Qaran Qof Qiimeeyay! oo uu waliba mudo bil ah Rashiid Sulub ku qiimeeyay.

Marka 2 loo geeyo 2 sidaan u hubo in ay 4 tahay ayaan u hubaa qoraalka Xasan Cumar Hoori in uu yahay mid ka dhashay cadhadii uu ka cadhooday markuu iska dhex waayay liiska 100 ruux ee barnaamujka Qiimee Qofkaagu u aqoonsaday in ay yihiin Haldoorka Somaliland.

been bay noqon lahayd garashadayda i tidhi faalada Xasan Cumar Hoori waa Cadho ka dhalatay iska dhex waaga 100 ruux haddii uu Xasan faaladiisan qori lahaa ka hor intii aan natiijada abaalmarinta barnaamijka qiimee qofkaagu soo bixin.

Sidaan hubo horta mid iguma diidi karo Xasan dhamaan Xayaysiisyada ka socda qaybaha kala duwan ee warbaahinta dalka in dhamaantood laga rabo in dhaqaale lagu helo (profit making) balse Barnaamujka Qiimee Qofkaaga mudo sideed bilood ah ayuu hadh iyo habeen ka socday dhamaan qaybaha kala duwan ee warbaahinta idaacadaha, muqaal, jaraa’idka iyo mareegaha internetka, waxa intaasi sii dheerayd kolba halka uu marayo si joogto ah ayay Rashiid iyo kooxdii hawsha la waday inoogu sheegayaan xataa markii shuruudaha iyo qaabka qiimayntu u soo bixi doonto ay samaynayeen, cid kasta oo talo iyo tusaale ku biirinaysa waxay inoo sheegayeen in ay u baahan yihiin soona dhawaynayaan.

Xasan Cumar Hoori wuxuu is barbar dhigayaa Barnaamujka Qiimee Qofkaaga iyo Hay’adda Noble loo yaqaan & Abaalmarinta Boqor Faysal, Nabadda Africa (APA) ee hay’dda ACCORD, The World Peace Prize Award, Maraykan iyo Oscar ama (Academy Awards, hadduu kolba dhagax rogayo si uu wax u saxo muxuu Xasan Cumar Hoori talooyinkan uu hadda hayo ugu gudbin waayay hawl-wadeenadii Barnaamuka Qiimee Qofkaaga soo waday hawshiisa mudada sideeda bilood ah, Waxan imiki Xasan Cumar Hoori hurdada ka soo kiciyay waa maxay? Sow ma ah cadho ka kacday Iska dhex waa Liiska boqolkii qof.

Arinta kale ee uu hilmaansan yahay Xasan Cumar Hoori ayaa ah, dunida oo dhan Abaal marinada heer dal heer qaaradeed, heer caalami iyo xataa heerar kale oo badan sid heer jaamacadeed heer dugsi heer degmo iwm qaabab kala duwan ayaa loo isticmaalaa qiimayntooda, tusaale ahaan sida kuwa uu ka sheekeeyay Xasan Cumar Hoori waxa la sameeyaa gudi (jury) takhasus u leh mawduuca abaalmarinta lana bidayo in ay dhex u noqon karaan dadka badan ee la kala xulayo. Dhinaca kale waxa jira qiimayn lagu saleeyo kalsoonida dadwaynaha oo cod loo waydiiyo kadibna la waafajiyo shuruudo codbixinta loo loo tirinayo, markaa qiimaynta barnaamujka Qiimee Qofkaagu waxay ahayd nooca kalsoonida dadwaynaha la soo ururinayo ee horta mid ruux kali ahi sida aad adigu ku ribaynayso uu soo xushay ma aha.

Sidoo kale 100 ruux ee Abaalmarimaha helay mid musharax u ahaa barnaamujku majiraan dhamaantood waxay ku ogaadeen in loo codeeyay  oo ay ka mid noqdeen 100 kii qof 2 wiig ka hor munaasibada xaflada lagu gudoonsiinayo xataa waxa ku jiray qaar aan filanaynin in cidiba u codayso sida aniga oo kale, laakiin waxan codayntu dadwaynuhu i xusuusisay in dadkayga wax wanaagsan oon u qabtay ay ii ogyihiin oon u tirsanahay.

Ugu dambayntii waxa uu faaladiisii uu qoray Xasan Cumar Hoori markuu iska dhex waayay liiska boqolka qof waxa uu ku tawaawacay Beesha dhexe ayaa badsatay biladihii, kolayba anigu ma tirinin balse waxan xasuusin lahaa Xasan Cumar Hoori Beeshaada cidhifka Bari sanadka dambeba waynu siin doonaa horta keen mise waxad rabtaa in adiga laguugu wada dhiibo macaa kuwa maqan ee badhan Garoowe joogaan badhna muqdisho joogaan.

Gabogabadii, muslinoow rug sheeg muslinoowna uga qaado ayaa aynu isku afgaranaa, maanta haddii aniga la igu yidhaa muxuu Xasan Cumar Hoori ku soo kordhiyay dalka beentay maaha hadaan idhaahdo barnaamuj Xaawa iyo Aadan la yidhaa oo 2 sanadood maalinta khamiista ku soo bixi jiray wargayska  Jamhuuriya, laakiin raga aan filayay in haldoorka ay ku soo baxaan Xasan kumuu jirin waxan islahaa Xagle Toosiye oo kale wuu soo bixi doonaa, oo Khadar mulkiilaha Ambbasaddor Hotel  waan ka waayay liiska

Intaa aan ku dhaafo Xasan Cumar Hoori iyo faaladiisii cadhadu ka keentayba.

Nin gole ka cadhooday Siigo Yaraa ayay maahmaahi tidhaahdaa, waxan shalay idhahayga saaray rag waawayn oo kolay aan anigu u han waynaa oo ku leh, anigu abaalmarina qaadan maayo oo waayo? Qaar waxay iigu jawaabeen Daahir Rayaale iyo C/laahi Ciro ayaa ku jira nin kale  oo waliba culimo ahi markuu meeshii yimid iee uu liiskii akhriyay ayuu iska baxay waxana igu maqaalo ah Xirsi markuu ku arkay Liiska ayuu qaatay go’aankaasi in uu iskaga tago abaal marinta. 

Nin kale isna wuxuu u iman waayay maadaama oo Madaxwaynihii Jamhuuriyadu bixinayo Abaalmarinta oo uu yahay kii Xilka iga qaaday maxaan ka dooni ayaa laga hayaa.

Nasiibdarada jirtaa ee Somaliland haystaa ayaa waxay tahay mid bisayl badani ka maqan yahay, qaaciido aasaasi ah ayaa tidhaahda hogaanka dal yeeshaa wuxuu noqdaa hadba sida wadciga dadka dalkaasi yahay.

Haddaad aragto ruux ruux kale ku kacsan oo xataa dantii guud ee uu kula waday uga tagaya ruuxaasi

dartii, markaasi kaasi lama odhan karo waa ruux dhamaystiran, haldoornimadana markeedii hore ayaa lagula khaldamay Ilaahaybaase seejiyay.

Waxan hadalkayga kaga baxayaa Abaal marinta qorista maqaalada haweenku xiiseeyaan ayaan siinayaa Xasan Cumar Hoori madal il yartu is qabatay oo waliba haween u badan ayaanan ku siinayaa waxanan ku kalsoonahay in uu iga aqbali doono maadaama oo akhristayaashii barnaamijkaagii caanka noqday ee xaawo iyo aadan ay wali joogaan adiguna aad tahay ninkii qori jiray.

Qalinkii Sulieman Ismail Bolaleh  

SALEEBAAN XUQUUQ OO KU GUULAYSTAY ABAALMARINTA 2DA QARNI EE KA SHAQAYNTA DANTA GUUD EE XUQUUQDA AADAMAHA BARNAAMUJKA QIIMEE QOFKAAGA

Mr. Suleiman Ismail Bolaleh, (Saleban Xuquuq) Somaliland Prominent Human Rights Defender win the Highly Commended HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD for his 22 years human rights protection and promotion commitment and dedication

Djibouti Holds Its First Televised Political Debate

Last night was the first televised political debate in Djibouti. It took place between candidates of various parties standing for the legislative election to take place on Friday this week. It was the first of three debates between the leaders of the various parties which make up the three political coalitions.

The election is the first to be held under the new system which allow for majority list voting in the first round but allows for 20 percent proportional representation which means the opposition will provide some MPs in the Assembly for the first time.

The three main political coalitions held election rallies over the weekend. The opposition Union for National Salvation (USN) coalition, formerly the Holy Union for Change, held a rally in Balbala led by Ismail Gedi Hared. Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, leader of the ruling Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) coalition, presented candidates to supporters wearing green near the Gouled Stadium.

The centrist Centre for Unified Democrats (CDU) led by Omar Elmi Khaireh met at the municipal stadium in Farah Had. Meanwhile on Monday the Independent National Electoral Commission inspected the electoral materials including ballot papers and envelopes and the indelible ink which will be distributed to the voting centers and polling stations.

Good governance in Somalia?

PressTVGlobalNews· Published on Feb 20, 2013

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton recently announced that America wanted "an open, transparent dialogue about what more we can do to help the people of Somalia realize their own dream".

The head of Somalia's transitional government, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomes the move. In light of the Western named "war on terrorism" and the big push against al-Shabab using African Union forces from Uganda and Burundi, it seems that Western forces might be ready to openly resume business after a 20 year gap.

The African Union has been keen for the UN to take charge of the situation in Somalia, but after the disastrous US Operation Restore Hope mission in 1992, there was little appetite for such a fight. With South Somalia getting UN food relief for the first time in 4 years, there is the ongoing concern about al-Shabab and what the future holds regarding their activities.

Commander of the African Union forces in Hiiraan province in central Somalia, General Osman Subagle has said that al-Shabab has no military capabilities any longer in Somalia. The African Union mission in Somalia is combined troops from Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti and Kenya and together with Somali forces; the mission is reported to have successfully dislodged al-Shabab from many urban areas in south and central Somalia including the capital city, Mogadishu.

HORNWATCH condemns inn the strongest possible terms the Killing of one of a leading and Great Somali Islamic Scholar in Garowe.

Somali people had missed one of the best religious leaders of the country  ...................Said the Chairman of HORNWATCH Mr. Suleiman Xuquuq

Late Sheekh Cabdiqaadir Nur Faarax 'Gacamay'

HornWatch National Human Rights Organization based in Hargeisa the capital city of the republic of Somaliland condemn in the strongest possible terms the Killing of one of a leading and Great Somali Islamic Scholar in Garowe.

It is shocking and un acceptable assassination of Sheikh Abdiqadir Nur Farah “Ga’amey”, was killed while praying in a mosque.

HornWatch knows well that Shiekh Abdulqadir Nur Farah "Ga'mey" was a well-respected Islamic scholar, an old man at the age above of 70, a scholar who has devoted almost all of his lifetime in a mission to spread the true meaning of Islam: which is peace, benevolence and patience among nations.

Hornwatch send its condolence all Somali people particularly his family members and friends.

The killing of Sheikh Gacamay suggest how failed by the regional state authorities in Puntlant to protect the unarmed civilian against terrorist attacks which occur on daily basis in Puntland.

Suleiman ismail Bolaleh

Chairman

Hornwatch

Warbaahinta Qaraabada Hogaamiyaha Al Shabaab Ahmed Abdi Godane oo Dagaal Dhinaca Saxaafada ah oo Yool Habaabin ah ku Haysa Somaliland

Source:http://homesecuritywatch.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/warbaahinta-qaraabada-hogaamiyaha-al-shabaab-ahmed-abdi-godane-oo-dagaal-dhinaca-saxaafada-ah-oo-yool-habaabin-ah-ku-haysa-somaliland/

Dalka Ingiriiska ayaa soo saaray digniin nooceeda ah tii ugu horaysay ee uu muwaadiniintiiisa ku wargalinayo in si degdeg ah ay uga baxaan muwaadiniintiisa ku sugan dalka Somaliland, maadaama oo ay ka jirto Somaliland khatar la xaqiijiyay oo amaanka dadka reer galbeedka ah ee ku sugan Somaliland ku soo foole.

Daraasad iyo baadhitaan ilaa hadda Socda oo HomeSecurityWatch samaysay oo ku saabsan Khataraha amni ee la sheegay in ay Somaliland ka jiraan, baadhitaankan oo ay naga caawiyaan dad ku sugan magaalooyinka, tuulooyinka iyo dhulka miyiga ah ee Somaliland ayaa diirada lagu saaray xarakooyinka dhinaca diinta ee kala duwan ee ka jira Somaliland, wararka ay qoraan warbaahinta iyo afkaarta mulkiilayaasha warbaahinta qoraalka, muqaal araga raadiyaha, mareegaha iyo baraha internetka iyo xidhiidhada ka dhaxayn kara warbaahinta Somaliland iyo kooxaha xag jirka ah iyo siyaabaha kala duwan ee ay kooxaha xagjirka ahi u adeegsadaan ama u adeegsan karaan warbaahinta Somaliland,

Dhinaca kale, xogaha baadhitaanadan qaarkood waxa laga helay hay’adaha qaabilsan dhinaca amaanka ee ururada caalami ah oo aan noo fasixin in aanu halkan ku magacawno

Xogaha Warbixinta baadhitaanka oo si taxane ah ugu soo bixi doona afka soomaaliga ayaa waxa qayb yar maanta diirada lagu saaray.

Warbaahinta ay Leeyihiin Qaraabada Hogaamiyaha Al Shabaab oo Dagaal Dhinaca Saxaafada ah Ku Haya Madaxda Somaliland.

Waxa la hubiyay in Hogaamiyaha Al Shabaab Axmed Abdi Godane, uu taageero balaadhan ka helay qabiilka uu ka soo jeedo oo dega caasimada Somaliland ee Hargeysa markii uu fulinayay qaraxyadii Octobar 2008 lagu qaaday xafiiska UNDP, Safaarada Ethiopia ee Hargeisa iyo Xarunta Madaxtooyada, kuwaasi oo ay ku dhinteen in ka badan 30 ruux badankoodu ahaa rayid, tiro kale oo badanina ku dhaawacantay.

Guriga lagu soo diyaariyay guri ay leeyihiin qaraabada Hogaamiyahay Al Shabaab  Axmed Abdi Godane oo ku yaala xaafada Half London, gurigaasi oo waardiyaha joogaa uu ahaa qabiilka uu ka soo jeedo Godane,

isku xidhaha dhinaca Maaliyada ee hawlgalka qaraxyada oo lagu magacaabo Cabdilaahi Gaab waxa ay qaraabo yihiin Godane,

Xaaska iyo caruurta uu dhalay Godane ayaa loo dhoofiyay dalka Iimaaraadka Carabta bil ka hor qaraxyada iyadoo taasi lagu macneeyay in Gadane ka baqayay in laga aar goosto qaraxyada kadib caruurtiisa iyo ooridiida dadka ambabixinayay waxay ahaayeen qaraabada Godane,

Xataa waxa la shaqeeyay Godane shaqaalaha ka hawl gala Madaxtooyada Somaliland ee ay isku qabiilka yihiin Godane kuwaasi oo siinayay xogo dhinaca sirdoonka ah iyo qaar dhinaca farsamada ah

Dabcan wax lala yaabo maaha in dalka Ingiriiska iyo Maraykanku haatan digniino amaan daro oo Somaliland ku wajahan marka lagu xisaabtamo arimahan hoos ku qoran.

Gunaanad hay’adaha amaanka shisheeye soo saareen ayaa tibaaxaysay in kooxaha xagjirka ah ee Alshabaab si wayn uga faa’iidaysatay Guuldaradii uu Ururka Xaqsoor kala kulmay doorashadii golayaasha deegaanka oo uu diiday in uu aqoonsan waayo natiijadii kama dambaynta ahaa ee Komishanka Doorashooyinku ku dhawaaqeen.

iyadoo xaafada laga soo weeararay xafiiska UNDP, safaarada Ethiopia iyo xarunta Madaxtooyadu ahayd xaafada ay dagaan qabiilka Axmed Abdi Godane,

Sidoo kale dadka xidhiidhinta iyo isku duwida hawlgalkaasi lahaa iyo maalgaliyayaashuba waxay ka soo jeedaan qabiilka Axmed Abdi Godane ee ku nool Caasimada Somaliland, iyadoo xataa wiilashii watay baabuurta miinaysan qaarkood la hubiyay in ay qaraabadiisa ahaayeen.

Intaasi marka lagu daro mucaaridada fog ee taageerayaasha ururka Xaqsoor oo ee caasimada Somaliland ay 100% yihiin qabiilka hogaamiyaha Al Shabaab Axmed Abdi Godane isla markaasina ay dib ugu soo noqdeen Hargeysa dagaal yahan farobadan oo ka soo jeeda beesha Godane kuwaasi oo qaarkood leeyihiin waanu isa soo dhiibanay qaar kalena ay dhuumasho ku yimaadeen.

Warbaahinta Hadhwanaag iyo Baligubadle ayaa xiliyadan ay dagaal yahan badan oo Godane reerkiisa ahi ay Hargeysa ku soo laabteen waxay qaadeen olole jahwareerin ah oo ay ku sheegayaan madaxda Somaliland qaarkood in ay yihiin Alshabaab, tusaale waxay si gaar ah u bartilmaameedsadaan Wasiirka Madaxtooyada Somaliland Xirsi Xaaji Xasan labadan mareegood ee Hadhwanaagnews.com iyo Baligubadle waxa mulkigooda leh ehelka Axmed Abdi Godane xogo dhinaca wardoonka ah oo dalka gudihiisa iyo dibadiisa ah oo la isku halayn karaa ayaa ifitiiminaaya in si toos ah ama si dadban mid ahaan uu Axmed Abdi Godane u isticmaalo Hadhwanaagnews. iyo Baligubadle, ololaha balaadhan ee labadan mareegood kaga faafinayaan wararka ra’yi caamka lagu luminayo laguma weeraro wasiirada ka soo jeeda beesha Godane. Waxana ka muuqanaysa xidhiidho dhinaca niyada ah oo ay iskaga dhowyihiin  Alshabaab iyo Beesha Godane.

Al Shabaab ayaa lagu yaqaanaa in lacag adag oo xad dhaaf in ay u isticmaalaan fursadaha noocan oo kale ah.

Nasiibdarada jirtaa waxay tahay, iyadoo cida kali ah ee suurto galisay in si dhib yar baabuur miinaysan loo galiyo Madaxtooyada Somaliland ay ahaayeen sidii dhacday 2008 dad ka soo jeeda qabiilka Ahmed Abdi Godane oo shaqaale ka ahaa Madaxtooyada, ayaa wali fursadii oo kale ay muuqataa wakhtigan xaadirka ah, waxan taasi Home Security Watch xog ururiyayaasheeda Hargeysa ku sugani ay xaqiijiyeen in qaar ka tirsan shaqaalaha madaxtooyada Somaliland oo ka soo jeeda beesha Ahmed Abdi Godane ay xog ku saabsan isgaadhsiinta Madaxtooyada bixiyeen balse markan si ka duwan sidii 2008 u isticmaaleen iyagoo cidii ay siiyeen oo isugu jirta rag iyo haween fariimo aan caadi ahayn uga soo dirayeen mudo madaxda ugu saraysa dalka.

Tani waxay ka mid tahay arimaha werwerkooda leh ee ka jira dhinaca Somaliland

Wadamada daneeya Somaliland ayaa iyaguna ka xun in ay ogaadaan in wardoonka Alshabaab xoog ku leeyihiin Somaliland gudaheeda.

Wararka u eeg Yool Habaabinta ee mareegaha Hadhwanaagnews.com iyo Baligubadle faafinayaan ayaa u muuqda qaar maro saaraya khatarta muuqata ee wali Somaliland ka imanaysa kooxda xagjirka ah ee Al Shabaab. 90% waxay labadan mareegood isku dayaan in ay Al Shabaab ku sheegaan madaxda Somaliland oo uu ku jiro madaxwayne si dimuquraadi ah loo soo doortay iyo wasiirkiisa madaxtooyada iyagoo labadan mareegood diirada ka weeciya khatarta dalka Somaliland kaga imanaysa Kooxda Alshabaab oo uu hogaamiyo nin mulkiilayaasha iyo tafatirayaasha mareegahan la ah qaraabo dhow. Home Security Watch ayaa ka heshay xarumaha warqabadkeeda ee Hargeysa Uganda Muqdisho Gaalkacayo iy Bu’aale ku kala sugan in labadan mareegood helaan xogo sir ah oo kooxda Al Shabaab leedahay balse wali waxa aan noo cadaanin sida ay xogahaasi  u isticmaalaan mareegahani.

Talo Soo Jeedimo:

Ku: Xukuumada Somaliland

Waa in Xukuumada Somaliland sida ugu dhaqsaha badan taxadir uga yeelataa shirarka saxaafadeed ee ay ka soo qaybgalayaan warbaahintu waxana suurtogal ah in dad is miidaaminayaa oo magaca warbaahinta dalka isticmaalayaa fursad u noqdaan shir saxaafadeed.

Juquraafi ahaan iyo dhacdooyinka ka jira wadamada la dariska ah Somaliland gaar ahaan dalka Somalia ayaa khasab ka dhigaya in siyaasad gaar ah ka yeelato xukuumada Somaliland warbaahinta madaxabanaan ee dalka oo galangal badan u leh madaxda dalka, haya’adah Qaramada Midoobay iyo kuwa samafalka caalamiga ahba.

Brutal Crime in Garowe - Killing Our Great Cleric in Between Prostration

opinion

Nairobi — Shiekh Abdulqadir Nur Farah "Ga'mey" had all characteristics that anyone could love and respect him for. He was a well respected Islamic scholar, an old man at the age of 70, a cleric who has devoted almost all of his lifetime in a mission to spread the true meaning of Islam: which is peace, benevolence and patience among nations.

But all those nice credentials have been disrespected and ignored by the poisonous, brutal and barbaric ideology spearheaded by the ruthless Somali group of Al shabab after one its maniac men ran into the mosque where the great Somali scholar, our beloved cleric was performing a prayer, just in the middle of the most sacred time in Islam which is when a believer simply closes all other factors in his life, just to pray to Allah and that brainwashed criminal shot the Shiekh while he was in between Sujud to Allah inside his prayer.

Prostration or Sajud is the part of the Salat where the worshiper puts his forehead on the ground in a total submission to Allah.

Islam has clearly stated so many times that the mosque which is Allah's house is the safest place on earth where one can seek refuge when there is a danger and in the holy Koran Allah has clearly stated that killing someone intentionally is one of the most hatred deeds a mankind can commit but all that message has been denied by this unscrupulous group in Somalia which is notorious in distorting our beloved and nice religion of Islam and all its messages.

Shiekh Abulqadir Nur Farah was a gifted Islamic scholar who was bestowed with abroad knowledge of the Islamic religion by Allah so with his knowledge in Islam, he didn't keep silence of the brutality of Alshabab which was wreaking havoc largely in southern Somalia.

He regularly gave speeches based on Islam in which he warned the devious and disrespect in the ideology of Al shabab and that was infuriating them (Al shabab).

Al shabab corruptibly woos and brainwashes young Somali men and foreign Jihad-minded enthusiasts, who have no clue whatsoever about what is happening in Somalia, with the idea that there is ongoing Islamic holy war in Somalia and the group's so called evil leaders indoctrinate the young Somali boys to kill all those who find foul with their crooked ideology which has no place in our Islamic faith which is purely kindness and tolerance.

Let me mark my words very clearly and concisely, there is no religious war in Somalia and the Somalis are 100% tired of war and anarchy and they have no appetite for violence of any type any longer after long years of tribal infighting and whatever this group says about Somalia is a naked lie and dangerous bluff so let no one be fooled into it. If one needs paradise, Allah has given clear guidelines on it in his holy Koran so read it well and you get the key to paradise without shedding your blood and that of others at all.

The late Shiekh Abdulqadir Farah in Garowe is a long list of Somali religious scholars, academics, activists which this damned group killed either in suicide bombing or assassinations when they raised their voices against its ill intentions but how the group assassinated Shiekh Abdulqadir Nur Farah was the most brutal and at the most unexpected way, just inside a prayer particularly in Sajud or prostration, which is when the Muslim believer puts his/her forehead on ground for Allah, the most powerful and most merciful so this killing should be the last a wake-up for the Somali people to rise up and fight against the scandal and lies the group is committing in the disguise of name as Somalis and in our religion as Islam.

That killing in Garowe should be the beginning of the end of Al shabab and its poison inside Somalia and beyond.

Minnesota congressman arrives in Somalia's capital for rare visit by US politician

Associated Press - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, left, and US Congressman
Keith Ellison give a joint press conference at Mogadishu airport, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2013. Ellison said Tuesday that his visit to Mogadishu fulfills a request from his constituents with ties

By Associated Press,


MOGADISHU, Somalia — A U.S. congressman visited Somalia’s capital on Tuesday, the first visit in years by a member of Congress to what until recently was considered one of the world’s most dangerous cities.

Keith Ellison, a Democrat from Minnesota, said his visit to Mogadishu fulfilled a request from his constituents with ties to Somalia. Minnesota has one of the largest populations of Somali-Americans in the U.S.

Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, noted that the U.S. government in mid-January recognized the Somali government for the first time since the country fell into anarchy in 1991.

“We’ve seen 20 years of warlordism, 20 years of terrorism, of refugees streaming across the border into every neighboring country, piracy in the gulf,” Ellison told The Associated Press in a phone interview from neighboring Kenya.

“But a stable Somalia will bring this all to an end, and I think we need to be a part of the solution. I’m telling you, investing money in Somalia is sending good money after good. We should now see Somalia as a trading partner and a partner of educational exchanges.”

Ellison was greeted by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The president said that Ellison’s visit was a big day for Somalia.

Mogadishu has experienced about 18 months of relative peace, after the August 2011 ouster of the Islamic extremists of al-Shabab from the capital by African Union forces. Following the advice of security advisers, Ellison did not travel beyond Mogadishu’s airport complex, the most secure part of the city, but he said he wished he had been able to and hopes to on a future trip. He said he never felt in any danger.

One of the issues Ellison met with Somali officials about was the financial remittances often sent by Somalis in the U.S. back to family members in Somalia. Such remittances have become harder to make over fears that people sending money could be accused of aiding a terrorist organization such as al-Shabab.

Ellison said he thinks he made “real progress” on the problem. He said he also got a better grip on how to handle refugee issues and Somalia’s security needs.

Ellison said that being Muslim gives him an advantage in a Muslim country like Somalia because he knows religious greetings and customs, but that it wasn’t a major factor in his trip there or in his meetings.

Somalia has seen great political progress over the last year, including voting in a new interim constitution, and electing a new president and parliament. International supporters say Mohamud’s government is a step toward moving the country out of its failed-state status, but that much more remains to be done in a country bloodied by two decades of war.

In one sign that should give Mogadishu residents hope, Ellison said he met with Somali business leaders who grew up in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. who have returned to help Somalia rebuild. He said that fact communicated great optimism for the future of the country.

“It feels great to be a part of the story of the new Somalia,” Ellison said. “They’re handling their business politically. They’re trying to handle their business economically. They need a little help, but the alternative is what? Twenty more years of refugees spilling into Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda? Twenty more years of piracy? Twenty more years of al-Shabab? People are saying no. They’ve had enough.”

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Jason Straziuso reported from Nairobi, Kenya.

Islamist assault on In Amenas takes Sahel crisis to another level

Coming only days after France committed troops and its air force to overturning dramatic advances made by Islamist militants in Mali, the 16 January attack on a gas production facility at In Amenas, in south-eastern Algeria, underlined the security threat and political volatility that now blight the Saharan/Sahel region. Never during the 1990s conflict with radical Islam did a major Algerian hydrocarbons facility face such attack. Sahel politics were a localised affair in which players such as Major General Mohammed ‘Tewfik’ Medienne’s Algerian military security apparatus and veteran Tuareg leader Iyad ag Ghali largely knew where they stood. But the fallout from Captain Amadou Sanogo’s coup d’état in Mali last March and subsequent collapse of Bamako’s control over the north has triggered an international crisis.

While talk of ‘Islamic terrorism’ dominates the narrative, this crisis is rooted in the region’s structural weaknesses. As the African Energy Atlas 2012 observed, the Sahel region has become prey “to an unfolding crisis in which political battles… and communal tensions… are being exacerbated by economic crisis as desertification overtakes ever more pastoral communities”. As the rise of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria violently testified, this crisis was finding new expression as traditional elites lost authority. Meanwhile, the availability of arms and fighters, as materiel supplied to the Libyan rebellion that overthrew the late Muammar Qadhafi found its way into wider circulation, amplified the region’s diverse crises. Mali’s army was not fit for purpose, and was outgunned by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and associated groups.

The extent of the Sahel’s crisis was underlined by the speed with which President François Hollande reversed France’s previous reserve at intervention, dispatching troops from other African bases and trying to rescue a hostage in Somalia – who might be used as a pawn in the struggle.

Algeria had previously opposed international military intervention in Mali, but it too has been sucked in as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his generals lost control of events in their old fief. Now the conflict threatens to spread not just into other Sahel states – with Mauritania and Niger already in the front line – but also into Algeria and potentially other Maghreb countries.

As African Energy went to press, news media were reporting that at least one foreign worker had been killed and several others kidnapped by jihadists escaping French military assaults which began in northern Mali on 11 January. UK ambassador Martyn Roper tweeted: “We can confirm that British nationals are caught up in a terrorist incident in In Amenas. Continuing to work closely with local authorities.”

The field, near the border with Libya, is operated by a joint venture of BP, Norway’s Statoil and Algerian state company Sonatrach. Mauritania’s ANI news agency, known for its access to jihadist spokesmen across the region, said Islamist fighters were holding the foreigners. The Irish government said a national had been abducted; five Japanese workers with JGC Corporation were said to be among the detainees. Jihadist groups in northern Mali had warned Algeria not to co-operate, but one month after Hollande’s ‘historic’ visit to Algiers, it opened its airspace to French jets.

Several local sources said the attack was orchestrated by Al-Mouakioune Bi Dam (The Blood Signatories), a recently created group involving legendary trans-Sahel smuggler and former AQIM leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar. A spokesman claimed the group had achieved full control of the In Amenas base, where it claimed to hold around 300 people, of whom 41 were said to be foreign. The number of pawns being played in the Sahel has just gone up, adding to the complications. The conflict is entering a new phase, which is unlikely to be resolved by bombing alone, or within the immediate future.