WAR DEGDEG AH: HALKAN KA AKHRI DACWADA UU MADAXDA WARGEYSKA HUBAAL KU SOO OOGAY XEER ILAALIYAHA GOBOLKA MAROODIJEEX

Hargeysa - Gal-dacwadeed ay Xeer Ilaalinta Somaliland ku soo oogtay Gudoomiyaha Wargayska Hubaal Maxamed Axmed Jaamac (Caloolay) iyo Tifaftiraha Wargeyska Hubaal Xasan Xuseen C/laahi oo nuqul ka mid ah aanu helay hoos ka akhri.

WAR DEGDEG AH: 4 Afar Cadaana Iyo 4 Afar Somali Ah Oo Ku Dhintay Weerarkii Al-Shabaab Ku Qaadeen Xaruunta( UNDP ) Ee Muqdisho:- Daawo Sawirada.

Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha oo sheegay in Saraakiil Ajnabi ah lagu dilay weerarkii UNDP.

Muqdisho - Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha ahna Amniga Qaranka ee Xukuumada Somaliya C/kariin Xuseen Guuleed, ayaa wuxuu soo goor dhow uu soo gaaray Xarunta Hay’adda UNDP ee Magaalada Muqdisho.

Kadib markii Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya ay laayeen raggii hubeysnaa ee maanta weeraray Dhismaha Xaruntaan, ayaa waxaa soo gaaray C/Kariin Xuseen Guuleed.
Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha ayaa wuxuu shir jaraa’id ku qabtay Xarunta la weeraray, isagoo sheegay in weerarkaan lagu dilay Saraakiil Ajnabi iyo Soomaali ah, oo ka wada tirsan Hay’adda UNDP.

Wasiirka ayaa wuxuu kala cadeeyay sida ay isugu jiraan Saraakiisha weerarkaan lagu laayay, isagoo sheegay in afar kamid ah ay Cadaan ahaayeen, halka afar kalana uu sheegay inay Soomaali ahaayeen.

C/kariin Xuseen Guuleed ayaa wuxuu kaloo sheegay in la laayay 7 kamid ah raggii weerarkaan fuliyay, iyadoo qaarkood uu sheegay inay isku qarxiyeen goobtaasi, markii ay rasaasta ka go’day.

Wasiirka ayaa wuxuu ammaan iyo bogaadinba uu u jeediyay Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya, oo ku guuleystay inay weerarkaan soo gaba gabeeyaan, sidoo kalana ay wada dileen dhamaanba raggii weerarka soo qaaday.

Julian Assange says he'll stay in Ecuador embassy, even if Sweden drops case

Julian Assange with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Picture: AP Source: AP

JULIAN Assange says he won't leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London even if Sweden drops its investigation into allegations he sexually assaulted two women.

The WikiLeaks founder made the surprise announcement during an anniversary interview to mark one year since he sought refuge inside the diplomatic mission.

Mr Assange believes the United States has likely already issued a sealed extradition order meaning if he left the embassy he'd be arrested by British police and taken to the US to face charges over WikiLeaks' release of classified documents.

The former hacker has previously suggested a sealed indictment had been issued against him because he was the target of a federal grand jury investigation in the US.

Now he's said a sealed extradition request is probably in place too.

“We know a mechanism of sealed extradition requests also exists between the United States and the United Kingdom and the UK also has a concept of sealed warrants that follow on from sealed extradition requests,” Mr Assange told reporters inside the embassy.


“Therefore if the Swedish government immediately drops their (extradition) request tomorrow I still can't leave this embassy because of the US matter.

“If I walked out the front door I could be arrested in relation to the United States ... right now.”

Mr Assange said he should be able to travel to the airport in a diplomatic car “thus avoiding the possibility of arrest on the back of a sealed extradition request”.

“However we know that the UK police were instructed (in the Sweden case) to break international law and arrest me even if I was in a diplomatic vehicle and had diplomatic immunity.”

Queensland-born Mr Assange insists he won't leave the embassy until the British government guarantees him “safe passage” to South America.

Alternatively he says he'd walk out the front door if he knew the US, as well as Sweden, had dropped its investigation.

But Mr Assange said it was “highly unlikely” the UK would ever publicly say “no” to the US in the matter.

The whistleblower noted in similar cases other political refugees had been stuck in embassies for dozens of years.

However he isn't planning to wait that long.

“We don't intend to leave the situation to fate,” he said.

Mr Assange said the UK's position could be challenged in the International Court of Justice even though the process would be expensive and could take years.

Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino met with Assange this week.

The minister said Mr Assange told him he was strong enough to remain in the embassy “for five years ... rather than face legal proceedings in the US”.

“For us this is a matter of principle and if you act on principle you have all the time in the world,” Mr Patino said.

Mr Assange walked into the Ecuadorean embassy on June 19, 2012, and was granted political asylum two months later on August 16.

AAP

WAR DEGDEG AH: QARAX LAXAADLE OO ISMIIDAAMIN AH IYO DAGAAL NAF HURID AH OO SAAKA LALA BEEGSADAY XARUNTA UNDP MUQDISHO

Kooxdan dablayda ah ayaa ka hor intii aanay weerarka ku soo qaadin xarunta waxa ay qarax laxaad leh oo ay u adeegsadeen gaadhi ay ka buuxiyeen walxaha qarxa la beegsadeen afaafka hore ee laga galo xaruntan, waxaanay qaraxa ka dib dagaal kala hor tageen ilaaladda xarunta UNDP.


Muqdisho  - Rag hubaysan ayaa goor dhaweyd waxa ay weerar balaadhan ku soo qaadeen xarunta UNDP ee Qaramadoobay ay ku leedahay Magaaladda Muqdisho ee Xarunta Dalka Somalia.

Kooxdan dablayda ah ayaa ka hor intii aanay weerarka ku soo qaadin xarunta waxa ay qarax laxaad leh oo ay u adeegsadeen gaadhi ay ka buuxiyeen walxaha qarxa la beegsadeen afaafka hore ee laga galo xaruntan, waxaanay qaraxa ka dib dagaal kala hor tageen ilaaladda xarunta UNDP.

Ciidam adda Dawladda Somalia iyo kuwa AMISOM ayaa goobta soo gaadhay, waxaanay gaadh ka qabteen islaxarunta uu dagaalku ka dhex qarxay ee UNDP, kuwaas oo hubka noocyadiisa kala duwan ridaya.

Ilaa hadda si rasmi ah looma oga Khasaaraha Dhabta ah ee ka dhashay weerarkaasi, balse waxa ay ilo xog-ogaal ahi u xaqiijiyeen in  uu jiro khasaare labadda dhinacba soo kala gaadhay.

MAGACAABISTA WARBAAHINTU HADAL HAYSO EE XILKA XEER ILAALIYAHA GUUD CID UGU HABOON AADAN AXMED MUSE MA JIRTO

Maalmihii u dambeeyay warbaahinta Somaliland ayaa baahinaysay in Madaxwayne Siilaanyo damacsan yahay in uu buuxiyo Xilka Xeer Ilaaliyaha Guud, kadib markii muwaadinkii uu u magacaabay mudo dheer ku maqnaa dalka Ingiriiska oo uu dano shaqsi ah u tagay. Xilka Xeer Ilaaliyaha Guud ayaa Halbowle u ah hawsha dhinaca Ilaalinta Xeerarka iyo Garsoorka Dalka, waana xil aanu Qaranku ka maarmi karin dayacnaanta intaasi le’eg waxanu u baahan yahay xilkan oo kale in uu helo masuul aqoon ahaan, hawlkarnimo, wadaninimo isku darsday.

Baaxda Xilka Xeer Ilaaliyaha Guud ee Qaranka iyo Baahida Somaliland u qabto in xilkani helo masuul hanan awgeed, waxan Madaxwayne Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud ‘Siilaanyo’ aan u soo jeedin lahaa in uu Xilkaasi u magacaabo Shaqsi maanta la oran karo waa kan aqoon ahaan, waayo aragnimo ahaan iyo hawlkarnimo intaba leh ee dalka ku sugan kaasi oo waliba ah masuulka udub dhexaadka u ahaa hawl socodsiinta xafiiska Xeer Ilaaliyaha Guud 20 sanadood ee ugu dambeeyay Masuulkan oo ah Aden Axmed Muse, haddii xilkan loo magacaabona la hubo in Qaranku kaga nasan doono.

Aadan Axmed Muse, 40kii sanadood ee u dambeeyay waxa uu noloshiisa ku dhamaystay hawlfulinta Xafiiska Guud Xeer Ilaalinta laga soo bilaabo bilowgii todobaataneeyadii ayuu shaqadan bilaabay ilaa maantana uu gacanta ku hayaa, dhaqan uma aha in uu shaqada kaga maqnaado dano shaqsi ah waligiina fasax shaqadiisa kama uu qaadan.

Sidaasi awgeed, Mudane Madaxwayne inkastoo aanaan isku beel ahayn Aaden Axmed Muse, haddii aad isaga u magacwdo xilka Xafiiska Xeer Ilaaliyaha Guud, waxad taasi markhaati u noqon doontaa sida aad dalkaaga iyo dadkii ku doortayba lexejeclada ugu leedahay.

Aqoonyahan Hassan H. Daud
 

London UK

Walter Lee Williams, former USC professor, is 500th person to be added to FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list

(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON-- Walter Lee Williams, a former University of Southern California professor, became the 500th person named to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list Monday.

Walter Lee Williams is the 500th person to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list on Monday.

Of the 500 fugitives who have been named to the list, 469 have been apprehended or located, according to the FBI. Of those, 155 fugitives were located with the help pf the public.

Williams is wanted for allegedly sexually exploiting children and traveling abroad to engage in sex acts with minors.

Williams has traveled to the Philippines and is believed to have lived in Indonesia, Polynesia and Thailand.

Also named to the list Monday was the 499th person, Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara, accused of murdering 26-year-old Wanda Barton in front of her 4-year-old stepson in Lake Charles, La. in 2008. The FBI believes that Guevara raped Barton before stabbing her to death.

The FBI believes Guevara is currently in Mexico but said that there is a possibility that he returned to the US using falsified documents.

Guevara was indicted by a grand jury in April 2008 on charges of second-degree murder, aggravated rape and aggravated burglary


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Taliban Step Toward Afghan Peace Talks Is Hailed by U.S.

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Mohammed Naim, left, a spokesman for the Taliban, announced the opening of an office in Qatar on Tuesday to start talks on ending the 12-year-old war in Afghanistan.

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ALISSA J. RUBIN

WASHINGTON — A potential breakthrough in the effort to open Afghan peace negotiations appeared imminent on Tuesday when the Taliban announced the opening of a political office in Qatar and said they were willing to talk. American and Afghan officials said they would travel to the Persian Gulf emirate to meet insurgent negotiators within days.

If the talks begin, they would be a huge step in peace efforts that have been locked in an impasse for more than 18 months. American officials have long pushed for such talks, believing them crucial to stabilizing Afghanistan after the 2014 Western military withdrawal. But the process has been marked by false starts and seemingly unnavigable obstacles, including questions about who was actually empowered to speak for the Taliban’s secretive leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar.

President Obama called the Taliban’s announcement “an important first step toward reconciliation,” but cautioned that it was only “a very early step.”

“We anticipate there will be a lot of bumps in the road," Mr. Obama said at a meeting with President François Hollande of France at the Group of 8 summit meeting in Northern Ireland.

There has already been one bump: The plan that appeared to coming to fruition on Tuesday was the same proposal that the Taliban refused to move on more than a year ago, accusing the United States of negotiating in bad faith.

The insurgents did not say what prompted their apparent reversal. But talks in Qatar would be the first formal negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan, which began when American forces entered the country to rout Al Qaeda in 2001.

The war has since broadened into wide-ranging campaign against the Taliban and its allies. Yet even top American generals maintained that it could not be won on the battlefield, and American diplomats have engaged in nearly three years of secret meetings and working through diplomatic back channels to lay the groundwork for talks to begin.

Tuesday’s announcement appeared to signal that the Taliban had overcome resistance encountered at one time or another from nearly every quarter: President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, the exiled Taliban leadership, the Taliban’s patrons in Pakistan, and critics in the United States who have reacted coolly to what they perceive as talking to terrorists.

A pair of Afghan mullahs in black turbans made the Taliban announcement in a televised address broadcast from Doha, the capital of Qatar. The Taliban’s political and military goals “are limited to Afghanistan,” said Muhammad Naim, the Taliban spokesman who read the statement.

The Taliban “would not allow anyone to threaten the security of other countries from the soil of Afghanistan,” Mr. Naim added, and seeks “a political and peaceful solution” to the conflict.

American officials had long insisted that the Taliban make both pledges before talks start. The first element, in particular, is vital — it represents the beginning of what is hoped will become a public break with Al Qaeda, which the Taliban sheltered before the Sept. 11 attacks, the officials said.

“Together, they fulfill the requirement for the Taliban to open a political office in Doha for the purposes of negotiation with the Afghan government,” a senior Obama administration official said.

Along with getting the Taliban to disown international terrorist groups, the ultimate goal of the talks, from a Western and Afghan government point of view, is to persuade the Taliban to disarm and accept the Afghan Constitution. While Western officials have in the past suggested that the Constitution can be changed, the Obama administration on Tuesday stressed that accepting the current charter’s “protections for women and minorities” was considered a condition of any eventual peace deal.

In the shorter term, American officials said that American envoys are to meet later this week with Taliban representatives in Qatar, and then members of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, which is to represent the government in talks, are to travel to the Persian Gulf emirate to sit down with the insurgents.

But the first meetings will probably feature little more than an exchange of agendas, another senior administration official said, cautioning against expectations for the talks to yield substantive results any time soon.

“There is no guarantee that this will happen quickly, if at all,” the official said.

Talks between the United States and the Taliban “can help advance the process, but the core of it is going to be negotiations among Afghans and the level of trust on both sides is extremely low, as one would expect,” the official said. “So it is going to be a long hard process if indeed it advances significantly at all.”

President Karzai of referred to the impending opening of the Taliban office earlier in comments at a ceremony celebrating the transfer of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces from the American-led multinational forces in Afghanistan.

“Peace is the desire of the people of Afghanistan,” Mr. Karzai said at a Kabul news conference after the ceremony. “Peace is a hope that the people of Afghanistan make sacrifices for every day.”

While he signaled his acceptance of the office’s opening, he made it clear that he wanted any talks moved to Afghanistan as soon as possible. The Taliban have insisted on holding talks on neutral ground outside Afghanistan and Pakistan, where much of the Taliban leadership currently lives.

American officials said they, too, wanted to see the office the talks eventually moved to Afghanistan. But “it’s not going to be possible in the near future,” said one of the administration officials.

Mr. Karzai’s concern is that the Taliban will use the office as a forum to try to re-establish their political legitimacy, especially in international circles, rather than confining the office to peace talks.

His concerns did not appear unfounded. The Taliban, in its statement on Tuesday, offered an expansive view of the role to be played by the Qatar office. The office would allow the Taliban “to improve its relations with countries around the world through understanding and talks,” as well as help it establish contact with the United Nations and aid groups, and yo talk to the media.

Meeting Afghans was qualified with the rejoinder “if needed.”

The insurgents offered little clarity on why they were now willing to open the office and begin talks with the United States and the government of Mr. Karzai, who they have for years derided as an American puppet.
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Matthew Rosenberg reported from Washington, and Alissa J. Rubin from Kabul, Afghanistan. Jackie Calmes contributed reporting from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

West African Piracy Exceeds Somali Attacks, Report Says

By ALAN COWELL

LONDON — In a marked shift in patterns of maritime piracy, three leading organizations reported Tuesday that in 2012, for the first time, the number of ships and sailors attacked off West Africa exceeded those assaulted by pirates based in Somalia, on Africa’s east coast.

The report, published in London, suggested that while sailors attacked in the Gulf of Guinea in the west spent far less time in captivity than those held in Somalia, they were at risk of much greater violence.

The 50-page document by the three organizations — the International Maritime Bureau, Oceans Beyond Piracy and the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Program — also concluded that West African pirates were motivated by a quest for quick profits from selling hijacked cargoes of refined oil, while Somali pirates sought lucrative ransoms and held captives for much longer periods.

Perhaps the most striking statistic was that in 2012, Somali pirate attacks — recently the bane of shipping in the Indian Ocean — dropped by almost 80 percent from a year earlier, with 851 seafarers fired upon, compared with 3,863 in 2011. West African pirates attacked 966 sailors in 2012, the figures show.

“The year 2012 marked the first time since the surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia that the reported number of both ships and seafarers attacked in the Gulf of Guinea surpassed that of the Gulf of Aden and of the western Indian Ocean,” the report said.

But it underscored various trends in the nature of piracy that troubled seafarers, making them particularly fearful of being seized in West African waters, where five hostages were killed in 2012, compared with no fatalities from Somali pirate attacks.

In West Africa, the report said, hostages were held for an average of four days, while the average period of captivity involving Somali pirates was 11 months. Some of the 589 hostages held in 2012 had been in captivity for more than two years.

The report said its findings indicated that fewer pirate groups were operating from bases in Somalia because of increased patrols by international navies and more effective security measures on ships.

“Other factors may include better organized shore-based policing and advances by the new Somali federal government and its supporters, which are driving pirates out of their traditional operating areas,” the report said.

But, the report said, those Somali pirates still in business were more effective in boarding vessels, so that the success rate of pirate attacks improved even though the total number dropped.

“These statistics may also indicate that pirates have learned to fire upon and attack only the more vulnerable vessels; for example, vessels that do not carry armed guards” or take other antipiracy measures, the report said.

Off West Africa, it said, there is a much higher boarding rate than off the coast of Somalia, partly because vessels tend to be attacked “while at anchor, drifting or conducting ship-to-ship transfers of refined products cargo.”

Only one-third of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea were directed at ships “actively in transit,” the report said. “In contrast, attacks off Somalia almost always occur while they are under way.”

Kaija Hurlburt, the lead author of the report, said in a telephone interview that she believed that the shifting pattern of attacks would become more marked as assaults decreased further in Somalia and increased in West Africa.

She attributed the growing number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea in part to legal difficulties limiting the presence of armed guards on ships in territorial waters, where most piracy and armed robbery of ships takes place. By contrast, Somali pirates tend to strike on the high seas, where the combination of armed guards and other onboard security measures and the presence of international navies is a more forceful deterrent.

Egypt, Ethiopia agree to further talks

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks on the impact of an Ethiopian dam to quell tensions between the two countries, the foreign ministers of both nations said on Tuesday.

“We agreed that we will start immediately on consultations at both the technical level… and the political level,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr told reporters, after meetings in Addis Ababa with his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom.

The countries have been embroiled in a heated row after Ethiopia began diverting the Blue Nile River last month for the construction of the 6000 MW Grand Renaissance Dam.

Concerned over how the dam could impact downstream water levels, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi warned that “all options are open” over its construction.

But Amr and Tedros said that relations between the countries remain “brotherly” and that they will continue talks on the impact of the dam.

Amr said that previous statements had been made “in the heat of the moment.”

“Both ministers stressed the need to continue the dialogue and communication with each other,” they said in a joint statement.

“We have two options, either to swim or sink together. I think Ethiopia chooses, and so does Egypt, to swim together,” Tedros said.


An international panel has issued a report outlining the dam’s impact on water levels.

The report has not been made public, but Ethiopia has said the report confirms that the impact on water levels are minimal.

Controversial treaty

“[We agreed to] ask for further studies to ascertain the effects of the dam, not only the safety of the dam, the environmental effects, but also the effects of the dam on the downstream countries,” Amr said, adding that consultations involve Sudan as well as Ethiopia and Egypt.

Egypt relies on the Nile River for 86% of its water, and has said the construction of the dam is a security concern.

Ethiopia’s parliament ratified a controversial treaty last week ensuring its access to Nile water resources, replacing a colonial-era agreement that granted Egypt and Sudan the majority of water rights.

The new deal allows upstream countries to implement irrigation and hydropower projects without first seeking Egypt’s approval.

Ethiopia is building the $4.2bn Grand Renaissance Dam in order to generate electricity for export to neighbouring countries, including Kenya and Djibouti.

Set to be complete in 2017, it is slated to become Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam and is being funded entirely from internal resources.

The Blue Nile joins the White Nile in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to form the Nile, which then flows through Egypt.

Source:News24

Ethiopia-Kenya Transmission Line Project to Commence in September

Ethiopian Business News - Infrastructure 

 

Construction work on the 1,068km long Kenya-Ethiopia transmission line project will commence in September 2013.

The Eastern Electricity Highway Project which cost USD 1.26 billion is expected to provide cheap power to Kenya from Ethiopia's hydro-electric plants.

Kenya Association of Manufacturers CEO,  Betty Maina said the lower electricity costs would result in reduced production costs for companies and cost of living for workers.

"There are many investors who want to venture into Kenya but they are put off by the high cost of electricity. As a result, they flee to neighboring countries," Maina added.

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company and Ethiopian Electric Power will implement the project, while German engineering firm Lahmeyer International will supervise the project. The project is scheduled to be completed in September 2018.
 
Source: Walta