Putin rules out handing Snowden over to United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin

(Reuters) - A former U.S. spy agency contractor sought by Washington on espionage charges appeared on Wednesday to be still in hiding at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and the national airline said he was not booked on any of its flights over the next three days.

Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong after leaking details of secret U.S. government surveillance programs, then flew on to Moscow on Sunday, evading a U.S. extradition request. President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he was in the transit area of the airport and he had no intention of handing him to Washington.

"They are not flying today and not over the next three days," an Aeroflot representative at the transfer desk at Sheremetyevo said when asked whether Snowden and his legal adviser, Sarah Harrison, were due to fly out on Wednesday.

"They are not in the system."

Snowden has not been seen in public but Russian officials say he is at the airport, awaiting a response to an appeal for asylum in Ecuador. The logical route to be taken - and one for which he at one point had a reservation - would be an Aeroflot flight via Havana.

The choice of alternative flights, while the United States presses other countries not to take him in or to arrest him on arrival, would be limited.

Putin denied Snowden was being interviewed by Russian intelligence and said any U.S. accusations that Moscow was aiding him as "ravings and rubbish".

That prompted a new extradition demand by Washington, which said there was a "clear legal basis" to do so.

The row threatens to further fray ties between the United States and Russia, which have argued over human rights and Putin's treatment of opponents in a year-old third term and have squared off over Syria conflict in the U.N. Security Council.

(Reporting by Alessandra Prentice; Writing by Steve Gutterman)

Somaliland: Unearthing the New Foreign Policy Chief?

Dr. Mohamed Bihi Yonis

The new Somaliland minister of foreign affairs Dr. Mohamed Bihi Yonis now mandated with spearheading the country's foreign policy is a locally unknown entity which might be a negative which is countered by his international standing as well as abilities, skills and knowledge in diplomacy.

Born in 1947, Dr. Mohamed Bihi Yonis holds a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree in political science from Miami University. He has a diploma in education from the Teachers Training College in Hargeisa and Gohrde College in Germany, and a certificate in conflict management from the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution.

In September 2009 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Chairperson Jean Ping appointed Dr. Mohamed Bihi Yonis as Deputy Joint Special Representative for Operations and Management in the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Mr. Yonis succeeded Hocine Medili of Algeria.

Dr. Yonis's prior peacekeeping experience also includes senior-level assignments in field missions, including serving as the Chief Administrative Officer with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) from 2002 to 2006 and the Chief Administrative Officer in the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) from 2001 to 2002. Prior to service in peacekeeping, he worked for the African Development Bank in Côte d'Ivoire in various senior positions, including the Director and Management Adviser to the President of the Bank and the Deputy Director of Human Resources Management.

Dr. Mohamed Bihi Yonis is married to Halima Mumin, with whom he has four children: Safia Yonis, Zacharia Yonis, Fatima Yonis and Ahmed Yonis.

Prof.Jawaari: Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya wuxuu soo dhaweenayaa Wadahadalka Somaliland iyo Federaalka Soomaaliya

Prof.Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari ayaa khudbadiisii xuska 26ka June ku sheegay in loo baahan yahay in dardar lasii geliyo wadahadalka u dhaxeeya Dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Somaliland.

Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu ku talinayaa, in is-dhexgalka iyo isusocodka bulshada, wada xiriirka dhaqaale, ku dhaqanka iyo xormaynta Diinta Islaamka iyo maamusidda xeer-dhaqameedka soomaalida, ilaalinta midnimada dhulka iyo gobannimada umadda soomaaliyeed, wadar ahaantooda waa dhaqammo isku dhafan iskuna dhidibbo aasan, oo xiriiriya bulshada soomaaliyeed oo ay dheer tahay hal luqad ay ku wada xaajoodaan. Waxaan leenahay dhaqan nool oo leh dhiig walaaliya soomaalida oo sinna aan loo kala furfuri Karin, dhul kasta oo ay ku nool yihiin iyo calan kasta oo ay huwan yihiin. Saa daraadeed, dhaqammadaas aan soo tilmaanay waa in ay ka mid ahaadaan qodobbo ka mid ah ajendada geeddisocodka wadaxaajoodkan u bilowday Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Gobollada Soomaaliyeed ee Somaliland.

Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu ku talinaya, in Nuxurka iyo natiijada wadahadalka in ay waafaqsanaadaan ruuxa iyo axkaamta Dastuurka Federaalka sida ku meel gaarka loo ansixiyey iyo Dastuurka kama dambayska ahe, haddi Eebbe idmo, dadweynaha soomaaliyeed sanadka 2015 ku ansixin doono afti dadweyne.

Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu ku talinaya, in Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ay la-tashiga arrimaha wadaxaajoodka ballaarisaa si dadweynaha soomaaliyeed guud ahaan, intii suurtogal ah, uga wadaqaybqaataan, gaar ahaan muwaddiniinta kasoo jeeda degaanada Gobollada Woqooyiga Soomaliyeed ee Somalilandna si buuxda looga qaybgeliyaa..” ayuu khudbadiisa ku sheegay Guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari.

Khudbadiisii oo dhamaystiran hoos ka akhri:

KHUDBADDA GUDDOOMIYAHA GOLAHA SHACBIGA
Mudane Muxammad Sh. Cusmaan Jawari   Mudane Madaxweyne,
Mudane Ra’iisul Wasaare;
Mudane Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Sare ahna Guddoomiyaha Golaha Adeegga Garsoorka;
Mudanyaalka Golaha Shacabka iyo Xubnaha Golaha Wasiirada;
Madaxda Maamulka iyo Maaraynta Hay’adaha Dawladda Hawlwadeennada hawlaha Dawladda 
Madaxda Maaraye ganacsiga iyo Laamaha gaarka 
Muwaadiniinta Sarafta leh
Walaale iyo Walaalow 
Anigoo ku hadlaaya magaca Guddoonka Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed kana wakiil ah dhammaan xubnaha Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliyeed, iga guddooma salaam diiran, qaddarin gaar ah iyo HAMBALYO HAMBALYO HAMBALYO ku aaddab sannadguurda 53-aad iyo habeenkan xusuusta mudan oo gobollo ka mid ah dalkeena hooyo ay xorrobeen.
Hambalyo diiran ayaan u diraya dhammaan shacbiga soomaaliyeed meel kasta oo ay joogaan, waxaanse rabaa in caawa muwaadin kasta in uu qaato daqiidado yar oo kooban oo uu xusuusto farxadda iyo rarrayta iyo hilowga aan isu qabnay 26-kii Juun ilaa 1-dii Luuliyo 1960-kii deedna is weydiiyo: Maxaa ina kala kexeeyey iyo maxaa tala ahoo inoo dan ah. 
Aniga iyo xildhibaanada ila da’da ah iyo kuwa usoo goobjoogay waagaas xorriyada, waxaan isku raacnay in hilowgii ina hayey waagaas maanta mid kasii kulul uu ina hayo, dhammaan xildhibaanadasiday u dhan yihiin, waxay ku mideysan yihiin in midnimo iyo walaaltinimo isugu soo hoyanona ay inoo dan tahay, umaddeena iyo horumarka dalkeenana u roon.
Mudane Madaxweyne, Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu soo dhoweynayaa taageerayaana sii wadidadda wadahadallada dib-u-heshiiska u bilowday Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Gobollada woqooyiga Soomaliyeed ee Somailand;
Inta geeddisocodka wadahadallada socdaan taniyo gunaanadkiisa laga gungaarayo, BFS wuxuu ku talinaya in muwaaddin kasta oo soomaaliyeed heer kastoo maqaamkiisa bulshadeed yahay uu ka  fogaado hadal kasta oo keeni karo xanaf iyo maandhaaf. 
Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu ku talinaya, in is-dhexgalka iyo isusocodka bulshada, wada xiriirka dhaqaale, ku dhaqanka iyo xormaynta Diinta Islaamka iyo maamusidda xeer-dhaqameedka soomaalida, ilaalinta midnimada dhulka iyo gobannimada umadda soomaaliyeed, wadar ahaantooda  waa dhaqammo isku dhafan iskuna dhidibbo aasan, oo xiriiriya bulshada soomaaliyeed oo ay dheer tahay hal luqad ay ku wada xaajoodaan. Waxaan leenahay dhaqan nool oo leh dhiig walaaliya soomaalida oo sinna aan loo kala furfuri Karin, dhul kasta oo ay ku nool yihiin iyo calan kasta oo ay huwan yihiin. Saa daraadeed, dhaqammadaas aan soo tilmaanay waa in ay ka mid ahaadaan qodobbo ka mid ah ajendada geeddisocodka wadaxaajoodkan u bilowday Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Gobollada Soomaaliyeed ee Somaliland.
Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu ku talinaya, in Nuxurka iyo natiijada wadahadalka in ay waafaqsanaadaan ruuxa iyo axkaamta Dastuurka Federaalka sida ku meel gaarka loo ansixiyey iyo Dastuurka kama dambayska ahe, haddi Eebbe idmo, dadweynaha soomaaliyeed  sanadka 2015 ku ansixin doono afti dadweyne.
Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu ku talinaya, in Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ay la-tashiga arrimaha wadaxaajoodka ballaarisaa si dadweynaha soomaaliyeed guud ahaan, intii suurtogal ah, uga wada qaybqaataan, gaar ahaan muwaddiniinta kasoo jeeda degaanada Gobollada Woqooyiga Soomaliyeed ee Somalilandna si buuxda looga qaybgeliyaa. 

Mudane Madaxweyne, iyo walaalyaal, Soomaalida waa dad yar tiro ahaan, degaan ahaanse waa dal ballaran oo ina wada deeqa, dadka soomaaliyeedna waa mid wadaaga waxyaabo maguuraan ah oo siinaya midnimo asal ah (natural unity/unita’ naturale), inkastoo muddooyinkan dambe aad laysugu diray, laysugu dilay loona kala dilay, iyadoo aad loogu buunbuuniyey waxyaabaha yaryar ee kala qaybiya, lagana indhasaabay arrimaha waaweyn ee mideeya, midnimadaas asalka ah oo keeneysa in run ahaantii ayan jirin baahi  lagama maarmaan ah oo loo qabo kala goynta shacbiga iyo kala qooqoobidda dalka iyo kala daadin bulshadeed.

Aan wada hadalno waa aan heshiino – Mudane Madaxweyne Mudane R/Wasaare, wadahadalkan inoo bilowday yuusan hakan … geed dheer iyo geed gaaban ku kastaba aan u wada fuulno, gogol nabadeed kasta, goob kasta lagu fidiyo aan u galno, shacbiga soomaaliyeed wuxuu inaga filayaa inaan nabad iyo walaaltinimo umaddeena isugu soo hoohino oo kuna midowno. Wadahadalku ha noqdo mid walaaltinimo ee yuusan noqon una muuqan mid weel iyo waalid ka tarjumaya.

Waxaabaha fara ku tiriska ah oo aan ku kala tagsan nahay ha noo dambeyaan oo arrimaha badan aan ku heshiis nahay aan ku midowno. Wadajir aan uga baxno gudcurkan dhowr iyo labaatankan sano inagu habsaday. Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliyeed wuxuu idinla diyaar yahay in aan tageero buuxdo idinku siiyo oo weliba aan idinla hawlgalno.   
Shacbiga Soomaaliyeedna waxaan xusuusinayaa in Baarlamaan iyo xukuumad keligood aanay howshan iyo wada xaajoodkan fulin Karin. Gobbanimada Jumhuuriyadda, Alaahu SWT ka sokow, shacbigaa leh, ajiga loo adeegayo waa shacbiga. Hay’adaha Dawladda ma aha wax kale ee waa addimaha u adeega rabitaanka Shacabka. Saa daraadeed. 
Waaa waajib muwaaddin kasta u xilsaaran in midnimada iyo difaaca dalkeena loo wada guntado, Gobannimada iyo sugidda ammaanka umaddeenana u wada duubano. 
Ugu dambayentii waxaa Allahu swt ka baryeynaa in quluubteena isu soo wada dumo, dhaahaa wixii dhexdeena ah oo aan isku maandhaafnayna in uu si san, warsan iyo si suuban noogu islaaxiyo.

Waxaan Allahu swt ka baryeynaa inuu inaga dhigo kuwii dhallinteena dhaxal wanaagsan u reeba, oo adduunyadooda ku dhaqdaan aakhiradoodana uga tabaasheystaan. Barbaarteenana inuu xilqaadiyaal suuban oo barakeysan inooga dhigo inta dhunsanna inoo soo hanuuniya… aamiin! Aamiin!

Allahayow amiin! 
Mar kale Hambalyo iyo isu soo hoyad wanaagsan
Wassalaamu Calaykum wa RaxmatuLlahi wa Barakaatuh

Somaliland: Crown Hotel to Sue Somtel for Absconding 300 Persons Lunch Booking Plus Damages

Luncheon meant for Sportsmen donated to the Mentally Ill and IDP's after invitees fail to appear.

By: Yusuf M Hasan

HARGEISA – Patients at the Hargeisa Mental Hospital and State House IDP camp residents partook to a kingly meal courtesy of the Crown Hotel Management.

The $10 meal a plate good fortune befell the patients and Internally displaced persons-IDP's after 300 guests hosted by Somtel Telecommunicate Hargeisa based hotel as per agreed between 12.30 to 1.30 pm on Monday .

"We were forced to donate the luncheon to the Hargeisa hospital for the mentally ill and state house IDP camp around 2pm after the intended guests failed to appear" said Osman Hindi the hotel's proprietor.
According to the Crown hotel proprietor arrangements which were entered on upon by the hotel and officials from Somtel were put to gear in the early morning with purchase of various items as per the order and staff embarking on preparations.

"The entire staff worked extra hard thus ensure the country's sports cream who had just completed competition at the national sports championships were given the best service possible"


Osman Hindi Crown Hotel owner

Working tirelessly and having closed the door to its usual lunch customers the hotel management and staff started fidgeting at 12.30 pm when not a member of the host company of Somtel had contacted or visited the hotel to inquire on progress.

"On contacting the senior Somtel officer who had made the arrangements only for him to inform me that he was in Berbera on business"

Armed with this turn of events Mr. Hindi was surprised after contacting another senior Somtel official who informed him that he was busy at a function the company was hosting for sportsmen at the Mansoor hotel.

"With confirmation that the sumptuous luncheon was not to be eaten by the persons the hotel management decided to donate it to patients at the city's mental Hospital and IDP camp because it would have gone to waste" Said Mr. Hindi

After distributing the food the now irate crown management decided to follow up the issue with Somtel who informed that the change of venue was as due to security fears of the youth and sports minister.

"Somtel told me that the change of venue from Crown to Mansoor hotel emanated from the Sports minister who offered to pay the cost difference" said the crown operator.

Mr. Hindi says he now wants Somtel to pay not only for its failure to fulfill its contractual arrangements but other damages including loss of hotel credibility.

"If Somtel had informed us of the change of plans in time we would not be in the position we find ourselves" added Osman Hindi

The Crown owner who says he is in good terms with Somtel company at both a personal and professional level and thus sympathetic to the intrusion of the Telecommunication giants affairs by a government minister intent on gaining mileage by politicizing commercial activities is open to negotiations.

In this context the Hotel management is willing to defer legal charges if at the onset Somtel apologizes for its conduct and agrees to out of court negotiations as per the best route of solving the impasse.

"As for the minister of youth and sports Mr. Ali Saeed Raygal a public apology is the only remedy and nothing else"

The Crown hotel management says they are mostly aggrieved by the minister's insinuations that the Crown hotel smack within the center of the capital city of Somaliland is insecure for him while not an incident of terrorism has ever occurred within its compound.

They are also incensed at the attachment of the hotel to insecurity by a senior official of the government, none the less a minister, of the very administration that is mandated with citizens protection.

Contact with the sports minister initiated by the hotel proprietor ended in a deadlock as the minister says he was not involved in the choice of venue and neither did he term the Crown hotel an insecure place unworthy of hosting such a meeting.

Although Somalilandsun could not access Somtel officials directly, it is privy to third party discussion s with a senior official who apart from informing that Crown Hotel was the company's preferred venue of the luncheon also revealed that the change to Mansoor hotel was at the behest of the sports minister.


Hospital staff and visitors help with food distribution

While all are free to choose where to dine or host guests the big question is why the Crown hotel management wasn't informed in time and who will bear the cost of luncheon which was feasted on by the neediest?
At the same the nomadic way of making deals in the country makes it difficult for Crown hotel to present documentary proof of the deal with Somtel though again the nomadic way, read handshake, manner shall prevail as usual.

According to one of the coaches invited the purpose of the meeting at Crown later changed to /Mansoor hotel was to facilitate the awarding of the Dahabshil/Somtel company donated car meant for the top goal scorer in the football championship at the just concluded National sports Tournament held in Hargeisa from 2nd to 21st June with 13 regions competing.

The brand new crown vehicle plate # SL 49597 which has remained at the hands of the company three days after the tournament came to an end was submitted to the ministry of sports during the Mansoor hotel meet, thus the ministry's decision on ultimate winner since three players each with 4 goals are in contention.

Xasan Ciise oo Saluugay Sedka Saaxiibadii uu Siiyayay Madaxweyne Siilaanyo

War Saxaafadeed uu Saxaafada u qaybiyay goor dhawayd Gudoomiyihii Ururkii Xaqsoor ee ku hadhay tartankii doorashadii Golayaasha Deegaanka ee Somaliland ka qabsoontay Sanadkii Tagay Xasan Ciise ayaa u dhignaa sida tan:

 

WARSAXAAFADEED

Wadahadaladii u dhexeeyey Xaqsoor iyo xukumada waxaa ka baxay  dhinacii xukumada.

Ka dib marKii uu gudigii laba geesoodka ahaa ee wadahadalada ku jiray uu isla soo qaaday qodobo guud ayaa  ururka xaqsoor ku dhawaaaqay inay diyaar u yihiin wareegii labaad ee loogu geli lahaa tafaasiisha qodobada guud, hadii laga helo dhinaca xukuumada.  Iyada aanay xukuumadu kasoo jawaaabin soo jeedintaas ayay imika magacowday Wasiir iyo Wasiiru dawle ka tirsanaa hogaanka xaqsoor iyaga oon magacaabistooda waxba ka waydiin hogaankii ururka.

 

Shicibka Somaliland waxaan u sheegaynaa in ururka xaqsoor daacadnimo ku galay wadahadaladaas.  Waxaan ogolaanay inaanu la hadalo xukumada ka dib markii ay iyagu ku taliyeen inaanu wadahadalo yeelano.   Waxaanu sidaas u yeelnay anaka oo dadka iyo dalka la jecel isafgarad iyo horumar iyo anaka oo ka cararaynay in naloo sawiro urur gar-maqaate ah.  Waxa se noo muuqatay inaanay xukumadu daacad ka ahayn wadahadalada.   Imika xukumadu talaaabadan, magacaabida waxay ku cadaysay  inay ka maarantay heshiis dhamaystiran ooy la gasho ururka xaqsoor.

Waxaanu halkan ku cadaynaynaa  mar kale, inaan Xaqsoor cidi uga lexejeclo badnayn Somaliland oonu sidii hore iyo si kasii wanaaagsan ugu sii shaqayndoono midnimada, sharafta, cadaalada iyo xaqsoorka iyo horumarka dadka iyo dalka qaaliga ah ee Somaliland.

Xasan Ciise Jaamac
Gudoomiyaha  ururka Xaqsoor

Dhagaysiga Dacwadda Lidka ku ah Madaxda Wargeyska Hubaal Oo Ka Bilaabantay Maxkamadda Gobolka Maroodijeex

Maxkamadda Gobolka Maroodi-jeex ayaa shalay markii ugu horaysay dhagaysatay Dacwad ay Xukuumadda Somaliland ku soo Oogtay Wargeyska Hubaal oo ay xayiraadi saarantahay, iyadoo dhagaysiga Dacwadan ay goob joog ahaayeen oo kali ah Qareenada Wargeyska Difaacaya iyo Xeer ilaalinta Dacwada Oogaysa.

 

Fadhiga ay shalay Maxkamaddu ka yeelatay Dacwadan oo ahaa kii ugu horeeyay ee uu Garsooraha Kiiska ku qorani dhagaystay tan iyo maalintii Xeer ilaalintu ka dalbatay Xayiraada Wargeyskaasi saaran ayaa lagu dhagaystay Eeda Xeer ilaalintu ku oogayso wargeyska, iyagoo Qareenada Wargeyska u doodayaa ku tilmaameen dhamaan Eedaymaha Xukuumadda oo ah saddex Eedaymood oo is barkan qaar sharciga baalmarsan.

 

Garsooraha Dacwada gacanka ku haya Cismaan Fanax oo labada dhinacba dhagaystay ayaa fadhi danbe u qabtay dhagaysiga Dacwadan oo uu u mudeeyay 27-ka bishan, taasoo si rasmi ah dacwada loo guda geli doono.

Waa kuma Wasiirka cusub ee Arrimaha Dibeda Somaliland Mr. Maxamed Biixi Yoonis

Dr.Maxamed Biixi Yoonis wuxuu ku dhashay magaalada Hargeysa sanadkii 1947-kii, hadda waa 66 sanno jir wuxuu leeyahay seddex caruur ah.

Dr. Mohamed Bihi Yonis

Wakhtigan xaadirka ah Maxamed Biix Yoonis waa Ergaygii Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsana gobolka Darfur ahaana madaxii barnaamijka Midawga Afrika iyo Qaramada Midoobay ee UNMID ee gobolka Darfur. 

Dr. Maxamed Biixi Yoonis waa shaqsiga haatan ugu darajo sareeya dadka ku hadla afka Soomaaliga ee ka hawlgala ama ka tirsan Qaramada Midoobay marka laga reebo Cabdiraxiim Caabi Faarax oo mar noqday ku xigeenkii xoghayaha guud ee Qaramada Midoobay,  ayaa la filayaa inuu horaanta bisha July ee soo socota uu ku soo guryo laabto magaalo madaxda Somaliland ee Hargeysa.

Maxamed Biixi Yoonis oo hadda ku sugna magaalada Newyork ee dalka maraykanka oo uu kaga qayb gallaayey shirka madaxda haayadaha iyo danjirayaasha  qaramada midoobay ayaa wararka ku dhawi tibaaxayaan inuu nasasho ka galli doono dhawaan laba xil oo uu hayey qaramada midoobay iyo ururka midawga Afrika isla markaana la filayo inuu ku laabto caasimadda Somaliland ee Hargeysa.

Maxamed Biixi Yoonis ayaa ah diblomaasi heer sare ah oo u dhashay Somaliland, wuxuu waxbarashadiisii hoose iyo dhexe ku dhamaystay magaalada Hargeysa, isagoo shahaadada Diploma ka qaatay dugsigii tababarka macalmiinta ee Hargeysa.

Sannadahii 1970-naadkii ayuu waxbarasho sare u tagay dalka maraykanka isagoo shahaado sare ka qaatay jaamacadda Harvard University oo uu ku bartay cilmiga siyaasadda iyo dhaqaalaha, wuxuuna isla jaamacadda Harvard University ee dalka maraykanka ka qaatay cilmiga maamulka bulshada, siyaasadda iyo xidhiidhka caalamig ah.

Maxamed Biixi Yoonis wuxuu noqday madaxii maalgelinta ee Baanka horumarinta Afrika, sannadkii 1999-kii ayaa loo magacaabay agaasimahii fullinta ee hawlgalkii  qaramada midoobay ee Lebnon iyo Israel, wuxuuna madax ka noqday xafiiskii qaramada midoobay ee magaalada Televiv ee caasimadda dalka Israel, wuxuu sidoo kale noqday danjirahii xoghayaha qaramada midoobay ee Lebnaan iyo Israel.

Sannadkii 2002-dii wuxuu noqday madaxii haayadda u qaabilsan qaramada midoobay hawlaha nabadaynta iyo xallinta khilaafaadka beriga dhexe (Israel iyo carabta) UNTSO (United Nation Truce Supervision Organisation), isagoo badanka  waxaana sannadkii 2006-dii loo magacaabay ku xigeenka danjiraha qaramada midoobay u qaabilsan gobolka Darfur, isagoo laba sanno ka dibna noqday ergayga Midawga Afrika iyo Qaramda midoobay iyo ku xigeenka barnaamijka UNMID ee maamulka haayadaha qaramada midoobay ee gobolka Darfur.

Wuxuu leeyahay ku dhawaad 25 Sannadood oo khibrad diblomaasiyadeed, isagoo badanka loo diri jiray goobaha ugu xasaasisan uguna adag dunida, sida Darfur, Israel, Beriga Dhexe iyo Latin Amerika, sida xogo ay Halbeegnews iftiiminayso tibaaxayaan waxaa la filaayey inuu dhawaan noqdo ku xigeenka xoghayaha guud ee qaramada midoobay ama madaxa guud ee haayadda UNDP balse wuxuu ka door biday inuu shaqada caalamiga ah ka nasto oo uu dib ugu laabto Somaliland.

Nelson Mandela in critical condition days before Obama visit

(CNN) -- Throughout the night, crowds of people stood outside the hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated, and among the balloons, posters and cards early Tuesday were dozens of news crews and broadcast vans.

More than 40 vehicles crowded the parking spaces outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, the South African Press Association reported. Generators hummed and the area was brightly lit for the news organizations doing regular live broadcasts.

Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela left the hospital Monday night, SAPA reported. Other family members, including ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and daughters Zindzi Mandela-Motlhajwa and Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, left earlier in the day.

Government officials paid visits as well.

Mandela's wife, Graca Machel, spends every night at the hospital, where the former president has been since June 8 for a recurring lung infection. Previously, authorities had described his condition as serious but stable.

But over the weekend, his health took a turn for the worse, with the South African president's office saying he was in critical condition.
 
The whole world prays for one man 

"The doctors are doing everything possible to ensure his well-being and comfort," President Jacob Zuma told the nation Monday.

The former president's health will not affect U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to the country this week, Zuma said, according to the press association.

Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail over the years and has not appeared in public since South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010.

Outside the hospital Monday, a security wall was awash with get-well cards, balloons, flowers, cards and paintings, the press association reported.

Ready for the spiritual realm

For Mandela's family, these are very personal times -- times to be cherished as the end nears.

"I believe he is at peace," said Makaziwe Mandela, who was born in 1953 to Mandela's first wife, Evelyn.

"All we do every day is take one day at a time and pray to the good Lord," Makaziwe told CNN's Robyn Curnow.

"All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth. ... He is at peace with himself. He has given so much to the world."

Opinion: A white South African's memories of Mandela
In and out of hospital

The anti-apartheid hero has been in and out of the hospital in recent years.

His history of lung problems dates to when he was a political prisoner on Robben Island during the apartheid era, and he has battled respiratory infections since.

Considered the founding father of South Africa's democracy, Mandela became an international figure while enduring 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid, the country's system of racial segregation.

South Africa's governing African National Congress noted "with concern" Sunday the change in Mandela's health.

"The African National Congress joins the presidency in calling upon all of us to keep President Mandela, his family and his medical team in our thoughts and prayers during this trying time," it said.
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A Nobel laureate

In 1993, Mandela and then-South African President F.W. de Klerk jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The iconic leader was elected the nation's first black president a year later, serving only one term, as he had promised.

Even as he has faded from the spotlight, he remains popular and is considered a hero of democracy in the nation. Last year, South Africa launched a new batch of banknotes with a picture of a smiling Mandela on the front.

His impact extends far beyond South Africa. After he left office, he mediated conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.

Word of his worsening health drew global expressions of concern.

"We have seen the latest reports from the South African government that former President Mandela is in critical condition," Caitlin Hayden, a U.S. National Security Council spokeswoman, said in a statement Sunday. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and the people of South Africa."

South Africa: Following Nelson Mandela

Xasan Daahir Aweys oo ka baxsaday Baraawe iyo dagaalkii Al-shabaab oo sii xoogaystay

Waxa uu tegay Reerkooda si uu u helo Ciidan uu ku weeraro Al-shabaabta degan Xarardheere

Ilo Lagu kalsoonaan Karo ayaa Shabelle u sheegay in Sheekh Xasan Daahir Aweys oo mar ahaa Hoggaamiyihii Ururka Xisbul Islaam ee Ku biiray Al Shabaab uu dooni uga baxsaday Degmada Baraawe ee Gobolka Sh/hoose , isagoo shalay gaadhay Deegaanka Faax ee u dhow Degmada Xarar-dheere ee Gobolka Mudug.

Ilahaasi ayaa waxa ay intaasi ku darayaan in sababta baxsashada Sh Xasan Daahir Aweys lagu tilmaamay Khilaaf sii xoogeystay oo ka dhex aloosan Saraakiisha Shabaab dhexdooda.

Doonida Sheekh Xasan Daahir Aweys uu ka raacay Degmada Baraawe ayaa la sheegay in ay halkaasi ka qaaday fiidnimadii Habeen hore, waxaana la xaqiijiyay in Doonidii qaaday Xasan Daahir Aweys ay Ciladowday kadibna ay doonyo kale halkaasi ka qaadeen , shalayna uu gaadhay Deegaanka Faax ee Gobolka Mudug, waxaana wararku ay intaasi ku darayaan in Gaadiid Tikniko ah iyo Qalab uu ku lahaa Degmada Baraawe ay la wareegeen Al Shabaabka ku sugan Degmadaasi.

Ilo kale oo iyana ku sugan Deegaanka Faax ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in ay suuragal tahay in Ciidamo uu Hoggaaminayo Sh. Xasan Daahir Aweys ay Weeraraan Degmada Xarardheere oo ay ku suganyihiin Ciidamo kale oo ka tirsan Ururka Al Shabaab.

Degmada Baraawe oo ay ka arrimayaan Ururka Al Shabaab ayaa Maalmihii u dambeeyey waxaa ka taagnaa Xiisad xoogan oo u dhexeysa Kooxaha ka wada tirsan Ururkaasi Al Shabaab iyadoo dhawaan dagaal  Magaaladaasi ku dhexmaray Ciidamo kawada  tirsan Al Shabaab uu geystay Khasaare dhimasho iyo dhaawac ah oo dadka ku dhintay dagaalkaasi ay ka mid yihiin Ajaanib ka tirsanayd Ururka Al Shabaab.

Source: Shabeelle

Somalia: Lights and shadows (Kenya's Daily Nation Interviews Matt Bryden)

PHOTO | COURTESY Veteran Somalia watcher and former co-ordinator of the UN Monitoring Group for Eritrea and Somalia, Matt Bryden.   NATION MEDIA GROUP

By RASHID ABDI

Ongoing efforts to build a lasting peace in Somalia represent one of the greatest challenges facing the Horn of Africa with implications for all of Somalia’s neighbours and countries further afield. How has the government performed so far?

Veteran Somalia watcher and former co-ordinator of the UN Monitoring Group for Eritrea and Somalia, Matt Bryden, spoke to Sunday Nation correspondent Rashid Abdi on this issue and the question of the deadlock over Jubaland, which has become a hot-button issue in Mogadishu and Kismayu.

Q: How would you rate the government’s overall performance in the last 11 months?

A: I think the government came in with a great deal of goodwill and optimism and has set out a very ambitious programme. And one of the problems in setting out such an ambitious programme is that it has, obviously, not been able to meet all of those expectations.

The Six-Pillar Strategy is very broad, and it requires much greater capacity than the government possesses. Most of the objectives the government has set for itself will not be realised in the near-term or even in the medium-term. These objectives will require years (to achieve).

So, there is disillusionment. There is criticism that the government has failed to meet those objectives.

More importantly though, I think the government has lost track of some of its core responsibilities under the provisional constitution. The Somali Federal Government’s (SFG) predecessors — the Transitional Federal Governments that have succeeded each other over few years since 2000 — all failed to accomplish any of the tasks required to set up a stable government.

The constitution is incomplete; the structure of the state is not complete; there is no electoral system yet in place. And so with little more than 36 months remaining in its term of office, it is incumbent upon the SFG to complete all of these tasks.

If you consider that it will take at least 12 months — more realistically 18 — to prepare and conduct elections and a constitutional referendum, then we have 18 months remaining in which the government must complete the groundwork. And unless it is able to focus on those tasks with laser-like concentration, then the SFG is going to reach the end of its term of office without having done what it needs to do under the constitution.

Q: Running out of time, perhaps, but isn’t there a sense too the government may be also complicating matters for itself by fighting over issues that, arguably, distract it from concentrating on those more critical core objectives you have just outlined? I am thinking here of Jubaland? What in your view would be the best way to resolve the Jubaland deadlock?

A: The Jubaland issue has become, unexpectedly, the issue on which this government has chosen to fight for its platform, for its agenda and for its term of office. It is an extremely dangerous and divisive issue for a number of reasons.

The Jubaland dispute revives the clan-based narrative of Hawiye-Darood contestation that fuelled horrific violence in the early days of the civil war. And it involves geopolitical competition between those that believe the government of Somalia should be more closely tied to Igad and the African Union and those that believe the government should look towards the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Conference as well as new, non-traditional international partners — which is generating serious friction within the Igad region.

But most importantly, Jubaland is a distraction. The government cannot afford the time and energy to become embroiled in a battle over Jubaland, and I believe it should avoid becoming party to one. The Federal Government has the opportunity to rise above this and to leave such disputes over federalism to the Independent Boundaries and Federation Commission that is to be established by Parliament.

On the other hand, the Jubaland initiative which, to some extent, represents the desire of the people of southern Somalia to have their own regional government is, without question, incomplete, and is based on only one of several legitimate, but very different, interpretations of the federal constitution.

What is needed is a dialogue where the Federal Government can engage with the Jubaland authorities to find ways to enlarge participation in the government that has been recently declared, to discuss the distribution of powers and responsibilities between Mogadishu and Kismayo, and to insist that the final structure of any Jubaland administration will be ultimately resolved under the auspices of an independent and credible boundaries and federation commission.

I think if the Jubaland leadership would agree to enlarge their political base and to accept that the commission will ultimately be able to modify whatever has been agreed before the end of the SFG’s term of office, and before the federal constitution is ratified, then I believe we would be on our way to finding the middle ground.

Q: The Somalia-Somaliland dialogue has been mooted for a while now and preparations are under way for a new round of talks despite the recent ill-tempered row over airspace and aviation issues. How do you assess overall prospects and what would be the outcome?

A: The dialogue between the SFG and before it the TFG and Somaliland is a very positive step. This is the first time a government in Mogadishu and an administration in Hargeisa have recognised one another as parties to a dispute and that they have something to discuss. The fact that the ice has been broken and they are talking to each other is a very important development.

However, it is extremely difficult and the greatest risk in this dialogue is trying to move too fast and arriving inadvertently at a point of disagreement, rupture and recriminations.

So, it is very important that these talks proceed, initially, on a technical basis, exploring common ground, where they look primarily at those issues that are of mutual concern — principally security, airspace, maritime space, commerce, economic issues and the movement of people and goods. These are the kind of things that are happening anyway, but could be formally agreed and codified between them.

When it comes to political issues between them, there is a dichotomy — a diabolical paradox. Both governments see themselves as constitutionally bound to uphold the rule of law.

For Somaliland, that is respect for the declaration of independence in 1991. For the SFG, that is respect for the unity and territorial integrity of Somalia, which is recognised by the AU, the UN and the broader international community. For either of these authorities to shift from those positions would be political suicide. And so neither is able to engage in a political dialogue that leads to an unfavourable predetermined outcome, one way or another.

I think the only way they are going to be able to talk about final status is if the outcome remains open, because peaceful resolution of the unity issue can only be achieved through mutual consent — not coercion.

Source: Daily Nation