Maraykanka Oo Ka Digay Suurta-galnimadda Weeraro Aragagixiso Oo Lagu Bar-timaameedsaddo Kenya Iyo Muwaadiniinta Maraykanka Ah Ee Ku Sugan Gudaha Kenya Oo Feejignaan La Geliyay

Washington - Dawladda dalka Mareykanka ayaa ka digtay suurta-galnimadda weerarro argagixiso oo lagu bar-tilmaameedsado danaha xarumaha gaarka ah ee uu wadanka Maraykanka uu ku leeyahay dalka Kenya, sidaana waxa lagu shaaciyay warbixin ay soo saartay waaxdda arrimaha Dibadda Maraykanka u qaabilsan ammaanka dibadda.

 

War-bixintan digniinta ah waxa lagu sheegay in Urruradda  ka soo hor-jeeda dannaha reer galbeedka ee Xarakadda Al-Shabaab  iyo kooxdda mitidka ah ee ka jirta gudaha dalka Kenya ee lagu magacaabo Al-Hijra, ay maleegayaan in ay bar-timaameeedsadaan xarumaha khaaska ah ee uu Maraykanku ku leeyahay gudaha wadanka Kenya.

Sidoo kale, war-bixintani waxa ay ugu baaqday muwaadiniinta Maraykanka ee ku sugan gudaha Kenya gaar ahaan caasimadda Kenya ee Nairobi iyo magaalo xeebeedka dekadda ah ee istaraatijiga ah Mombasa, in ay muujiyaan feejignaan dheeraad ah oo heerkeedu aad u sareeyo, waxaanay war-bixintu kula talisay Muwaadiniinteeddaa in aanay tagin goobaha muhiimka ah ee ay dadku isugu yimaadaan sida Xarumaha ganacsiga ee laga dukaamaysto, Huteelada, Baararka, iyo Kiniisadahaba.

Digniintan ay soo saartay dawladda Maraykanku waxa ay ku lug leedahay weerarkii dhawaan lagu qaaday xaruntii ganacsiga ee Westgate Mall, ee ku taalay badhtamaha caasimada Kenya ee Nairobi oo ay ku dhinteen in ka badan Todoba iyo Lixdan qof.

Somaliland: Establishing State of the Art Neurology Services, Kayd’s “raison d’etre.”

Essa Kayd is a native of Somaliland, a country in the Horn of Africa with a population of around 4 million people. He returned in 2009, after having been out of Somaliland for 29 years, and began the process of establishing a neurology hospital. This week, Essa will return once again to continue his mission, his "raison d'etre."

Essa Kayd center in lab coat with a patient and family members in Somaliland.

By Essa Kayd, Supervisor of Neurology and EMG for BWH

Four years ago, I returned to Somaliland to take my aunt for surgery and my nephew to receive care after he experienced some fainting spells.

The closest country where this could be done was Ethiopia, which borders Somaliland. We took a plane to get there, rented a hotel room, hired an interpreter and left everybody behind.

I was determined to have my aunt treated and operated on as safely as possible. After her surgery was successfully completed, it was my nephew's turn to see a neurologist. There, I met more patients from Somaliland and surrounding countries. The neurologist is among very few specialists in the whole continent, and neurological disorders including neuro-infectious diseases are a common cause of disability and death.

I looked carefully around the waiting room and noticed the dear prices that a minimum procedure would cost patients – in terms of time, money, and having to leave their families for a time.

I decided that I wanted to bring neurology to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, to make it more accessible to these people.

We started with a one-room clinic located in the Edna Aden Hospital, a maternity hospital in Somaliland.

Because of the high volume of patients suffering from stroke, epilepsy and neuro-infectious diseases, I knew we needed more. I have used my own financial resources to turn this one-room clinic into a facility, where most of the common neurology disorders are treated.

We had created 29 more jobs, including nurses, technicians, lab technicians, physical therapy aides, and local doctors. I contacted general practitioners, residents and neurologists in nearby countries and trained technicians to perform EEGs and EKGs. In addition, the graduates of Khyber Medical College in Pakistan were willing to work on a volunteer basis at the hospital, and last year, we had a continuous flow of general practitioners, residents and neurologists from Pakistan on a visiting basis.

The hospital consists of three outpatient departments, 27 patient rooms furnished with beds donated by Brigham and Women's Hospital, a well-equipped laboratory and pharmacy.

In 2012, about 15,000 patients visited the hospital for treatment and disease management. The hospital is maintaining its registry and follows the patients to provide them long term care in the best possible way.

Despite the sky high efforts, there is still a need of persistent improvement in the hospital to fulfill the needs of the large population of Somaliland. I hope that our committed work, sincere efforts and the cooperation of Brigham and Women's Hospital will fill all the gaps and deficiencies and will make the Hargiesa Neurology Hospital a greater hospital for the people of Somaliland.

I am thankful to everyone from our BWH Neurology Department who relieved me from my duty at BWH while I was working in Somaliland, especially Drs. Amato and Samuels, and Tim Lynch. Thanks to BWH environmental services who donated some used beds and tables.

Building something that lasts and has a major impact on the community has always been my dream and ma raison d'etre (reason for being).

Source: BWH Global Health Hub

About Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital is world-renowned in virtually every area of adult medicine. As a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, our leadership in patient quality and safety, development of state-of-the-art treatments and technologies, and robust research programs have improved the health of people around the world. BWH's mission of advancing the health of the world's underserved is exemplified by the Division of Global Health Equity, which works closely with Partners In Health. The Division, with its Global Health Residency Program, supports the education of residents who train in some of the world's most impoverished areas, such as Haiti, Rwanda, and Losotho, as they learn to deliver medical care in challenging circumstances.

Madaxweynaha Puntland oo isku Magacaabay Awood uu ku Muquunin Karo Mucaaradkiisa iyo C/raxmaan Uur-bayte oo Somaliland u soo doontay Ciidan Beeleedkiisii

Garowe(Somalia) - Madaxweynaha Puntland ayaa magacaabay guddi ka tirsan maamulkiisa oo sugaya Amaanka Puntland mudada ay doorashada Madaxtinimadu ka dhacayso maamul goboleedkiisa Puntland oo ay xilligan Loolan adagi ku dhex marayo isaga iyo Musharaxiin badan oo la tartamaysa.

Guddida uu Madaxweyne Farroole hormoodka ka yahay ayaa xilligan u muuqda in uu ugu talogalay in uu ku samaysto awood uu ku muquuniyo musharixiinta la tartamaysa, kuwaas oo ay ciidankiisa gaarka ahi qaarkood ku weerareen guryihii ay ka deganaayeen Garowe isla markaana ka qaateen Hub iyo gaadiid ay lahaayeen.

Guddida madaxweyne Farroole magacawday ayaa kala ah Wasiirkiisa Amniga, wasiirkiisa Maaliyadda iyo Sadexda Taliye Ciidan, waxaanu Digreetada uu ku magacaabay oo uu isagu guddoomiye u noqon doono ku sheegay in ay qaadayaan masuuliyadda Amaan ee Puntland mudada Doorashada.

Dhinaca kale, warar hordhac ah oo naga soo gaadhaya deegaamada Maamulkaasi ayaa sheegaya in xiisad kacsani ka dhalatay arrintan magacaabista iyo Doorashada lafteedaba, waxaanay wararku sheegayaan in ay jiraan dhaqdhaqaaqyo muujinaya in dagaalo lagu hoobtay ka dhacaan Puntland, kuwaasoo xataa laga cabsi qabo kooxda Al-shabaab in ay qayb ka noqoto maadaama aanay ogolayn Doorashada dhacaysa.

Sidoo kale, xiisadaha colaadeed ee la filayo in ay ka dhacaan Maamulka Puntland darteed ayaa la filayaa musharaxiinta ku tartamaysa madaxtinimada maamulkaasi in ay adeegsadaan Ciidan beeleedyo difaaca maadaama Farroole samaystay awood dheeraad ah ka hor doorashada.

Ilo wareedyo u dhuun daloola dhaqdhaqaaqa ka socda Maamulka Puntland iyo musharaxiinta ku Loolamaysa ayaa waaheen u xaqiijiyey arrimahaas dartood in uu C/raxmaan Uur-bayte oo ka mid ah musharaxiinta u taagan jagada Madaxweyne ku-xigeenka Puntland doraad ka soo degay madaarka Hargeysa isagoo kasoo kicitimay dalka imaaraadka Carabta oo uu dhawaan uga safray dhinaca hargeysa.

Ilo wareedyada Socdaalkiisa u dhuun daloola ayaa sheegaya in imaanshihiisa xilligani la xidhiidho cabsi uu ka qaaday in uu ka dego Garoowe maadaama xiligan Farroole ku hayo dagaal culus, waxaana la filayaa in Uur-bayte wado qorshe marka horeba uu damacsanaa oo uu ugu talogalay marxaladan in uu ku hawl galo, taasoo ah in uu saad iyo sahayba ka helo Somaliland isla markaana uu hore usii kaxaysto Ciidan Beeleed illaa Lix boqol oo Askari ahaa oo uu Somaliland dhawr bilood ka hor kula shuraakoobay.

Ma cada Qorshahan in ay Somaliland kula socoto iyo inkale hase yeeshee Uur-bayte wuxuu wakhti xaadirkan u muuqdaa in uu ku talo galay inuu fujisto Xanjadiisii uu ku sii dhitaystay Fiqi Fuliye, wallow ilo wareedyo Reer Fiqi Fuliye ahi waaheen u sheegeen in uu af-ka dhulka dari doono oo aanu ka heli doonin Ciidan Beeleedka uu ku xisaabtamayo deegaankii uu dhigtay oo wax badani iska bedeleen kadib khilaaf ka dhex qarxay Uur-bayte iyo saraakiishii Ciidankaas hogaaminaysey kuwaas oo kala badh ciidankii ku xereeyey Xero ciidamada Somaliland leeyihiin.

Si kasta ha ahaatee Somaliland waxa kaga soo fool leh khatarta ka dhalan karta Doorashada Puntland arrimo saamayn doona dhinaca Amaanka oo loo baahan yahay in la iska mooso.

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Says Smartphones Used 'To Spy On Muslim People'

BY DAHIR JIBRIL,

Mogadishu — In a move that further prevents residents of Somalia's Lower Shabelle region from accessing news and information, al-Shabaab is intimidating people who use smartphones, saying the hi-tech mobile devices could be used for spying.

The militants began their intimidation campaign October 10th, shortly after US commandos stormed a beach house in Barawe, targeting al-Shabaab commander Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, who goes by the alias Ikrima.

Al-Shabaab operatives have since been asking residents gathered at public places and business establishments in the towns of Barawe, Bulo Burde and El Bur what kind of mobile phones they use. The militants interrogate anyone who possesses a smartphone, such as the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Blackberry devices, local residents told Sabahi.

Compared with regular mobile phones, smartphones allow users to surf the Internet, send and receive e-mails, and play videos.

Whenever they catch someone with a modern smartphone, al-Shabaab members will inspect the device, said Hassan Farah, a 35-year-old pharmacy owner in Barawe.

"About four young men came into my pharmacy and saw my Samsung Galaxy phone while it was charging," Farah told Sabahi. "They ordered me to hand over the phone and immediately began searching my text messages, while asking me unnecessary questions about how I acquired the phone or if I send text messages abroad. I answered them with the answer they liked and told them I do not communicate with anyone outside the country."

The militants instructed Farah to never to use his phone again, threatening severe punishment if he is caught with it.

"When I asked them why I was being ordered to stop using it, they told me that smartphones are used to spy on Muslim people," he said. "I was really surprised."

Now, instead of his Galaxy, Farah said he uses a cheap mobile phone to avoid the prospect of a harsh punishment for using his smartphone.

Al-Shabaab's smartphone intimidation campaign preceded its ban on watching television in Barawe. Al-Shabaab ordered Barawe residents on October 28th to turn over their televisions and satellite dishes, justifying the ban by saying watching television undermines Islamic principles.

Anti-smartphone campaign shows al-Shabaab 'ignorance'

Residents of Bulo Burde and El Bur, two other towns still under militant control, said they were frightened when they heard that al-Shabaab was targeting people who carry smartphones.

"When we found out that al-Shabaab views as a spy anyone with an expensive smartphone, such as the Blackberry phone I used, I decided to put it away in my clothing bag [at home]," said "Sahra", a mother of six who requested a pseudonym because she was too afraid to publish her real name. "I now use a phone that I bought for $20 to avoid problems from al-Shabaab."

"I am very scared and I cannot mention all the problems al-Shabaab is inflicting upon us," she told Sabahi. "I always ask myself if they are listening to people's phones because this group is trying to get everything through force and they want to know everything."

Sahra said al-Shabaab's anti-smartphone intimidation was "a nuisance and a way to disturb the public".

"A person who wants to spy on al-Shabaab can use any other kind of phone, but I think it is their ignorance that has brought them to that conclusion," she said.

Meanwhile, Mumin Gabow, a 60-year-old traditional elder from El Bur, said he was angry about al-Shabaab's anti-smartphone campaign.

"First, I am an old man and I do not use these phones that al-Shabaab is allegedly banning people from using, claiming the phones are used for spying," Gabow told Sabahi. "But I am very sad about it because it is good for a human being to use any kind of phone he desires. The most important reason to carry a phone is to speak on it, and in my opinion, I think al-Shabaab is using any kind of lie to destroy the progress people have made."

Gabow called on the Somali government to rescue the people of El Bur from the problems inflicted on them by al-Shabaab.

"Speaking on behalf of the elders of El Bur, I am asking the government's forces to come to El Bur as soon as possible and clear out the al-Shabaab terrorists who are causing immense harm to the people," he said.

Source: sabahi

U.S. military faces Africa cuts, sees Somalia, Mali successes

A United States Marine stands by his post in front of the Pentagon in Washington February 29, 2012.

CREDIT: REUTERS/GARY CAMERON

BY PETER APPS

(Reuters) - U.S. military forces in Africa may lose well over a tenth - or some $40 million - from their 2014 budget, the U.S. Africa Command said on Thursday, although it saw success against militants in Somalia and Mali.

The bulk of such cuts will fall on headquarters and training programs, AFRICOM commander General David Rodriguez said, most likely forcing smaller exercises.

The size of AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, is to be reduced by some 20 percent.

The planned cuts are part of broader across-the-board U.S. spending restrictions dubbed "sequestration" and imposed after Congress failed to agree deficit reduction measures.

AFRICOM - set up in 2007 to coordinate U.S. military activity on the continent - retains some 5,000 troops in Africa at any time, primarily in Djibouti. Much of their focus is on building local military capability and training forces for missions such as the African Union mission AMISOM in Somalia and its U.N. counterpart in Mali.

"The budget is going to be reduced ... although I would expect that the number of places where we have exercises will remain approximately the same," Rodriguez told a press briefing in London.

"We've had to reduce the size of some of these exercises and change the nature of some ... to involve fewer troops."

After the September 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, however, Rodriguez said AFRICOM and the State Department had stepped up security at some embassies and improved its information sharing and emergency protocols.

Rodriguez said he believed AMISOM had begun to push back Islamist al Shabaab militants in Somalia and that U.N. forces in Mali had significantly disrupted al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Analysts say French and Chadian troops did much of the work in curbing AQIM before the mission became part of a U.N. peacekeeping force in June, and operations now still primarily involve French and Malian troops.

Rodriguez said the just over 100 special forces operators supporting regional militaries in the hunt for Ugandan former Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony had also markedly reduced LRA operations, even if Kony himself remained elusive.

OCCASIONAL DIRECT ACTION IN SOMALIA

Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea remained a serious worry, Rodriguez said, with U.S. forces working to train local navies and coastguards. AFRICOM was also working on training and information-sharing with Nigeria's military as it battles a growing insurgency by Islamist group Boko Haram.

Despite rumors to the contrary, however, he said Washington had no plans to deploy troops or drones in Nigeria despite listing Boko Haram as a banned terror group.

The United States will continue to take its own occasional direct action in Somalia, he said. Although it rarely comments on specifics, Washington has been widely suspected of being behind several drone strikes on al Qaeda and al Shabaab.

In October, U.S. special forces carried out an unsuccessful raid on an al Shabaab leader dubbed "Ikrinna" and suspected of plotting a host of attacks on Western and other targets.

It was not clear whether or not he was involved in the attack the previous month on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall that killed 67 and was claimed by the Somali group.

"The effort in Somalia has dislocated al Shabaab," Rodriguez said, adding that the group had been pushed from the capital Mogadishu in some other areas.

"AMISOM have to keep the pressure up - and that's just the military picture. A model of things have to be done as well." That included making Somalia's transitional government more effective, he said.

In Mali, where Washington has also provided airlift and intelligence to French, U.N. and Malian troops, Rodriguez said AQIM fighters had been dispersed and less effective, even though their overall numbers had likely not fallen.

Despite an upsurge in fighting between Mozambique's government and the RENAMO opposition, Rodriguez said AFRICOM had no plans to increase support to the Mozambican military.

(Editing by Mark Heinrich)

New trial denied in SD Somali terror case

By Kristina Davis

SAN DIEGO — In one of the first public legal tests to the National Security Agency’s massive warrantless surveillance program, a federal San Diego judge on Thursday denied a new trial to four Somali men convicted of aiding terrorists and upheld the legality of the secret evidence that ensnared them.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller ruled against the defense’s assertions that the NSA’s collection of evidence violated the men’s Fourth Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure. He also decided that evidence involving the NSA’s program will remain under seal and not be released to defense attorneys — even those cleared for classified information — because it doesn’t meet the “need to know” requirement.

Defense attorney Joshua Dratel called the ruling “disappointing” and said it will be appealed to a higher court.

“We feel strongly about our position, obviously the judge didn’t agree,” Dratel said.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the judge’s order.

The case is being closely watched as one of the few NSA criminal cases being challenged in open court, and Thursday’s ruling in favor of the NSA program will likely set the stage for similar legal battles that are brewing amid growing debate.

In another case in Colorado, the government last month gave public notice for the first time that it will be using evidence obtained from the NSA’s warrantless surveillance for the prosecution. Jamshid Muhtorov is charged with providing support to an Uzbek terror organization.

Besides the basic question over the constitutionality of the mass collection of data, the San Diego case broached other issues, such as: How much control are intelligence agencies exerting over prosecutions with the information they do — and don’t — provide? How can the other side put up a fair defense if they aren’t allowed access to the same information? And how much privacy should we expect when it comes to our phones?

This case was built on 1,800 intercepted phone calls that documented the efforts by the men to raise funds for al-Shabab, a terrorist organization in their war-torn home country of Somalia.

Basaaly Moalin, the lead defendant, was a San Diego cabdriver who led the fundraising drive and was the point of contact for al-Shabab. Many conversations were recorded between Moalin and a man in Somalia who prosecutors identified as an al-Shabab leader.

Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud used his influence as a imam in a City Heights mosque to solicit funds from others in the community. Issa Doreh worked at a money transfer business the men used, and Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud was an Orange County cabdriver who helped raise money.

The four men were found guilty in February of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization for raising $10,900 for al-Shabab in 2007 and 2008.

The jury found that the phone conversations revealed the men knew they were dealing with a known terrorist organization and that the funds would be used to carry out violence overseas.

The defense was aware that the wiretap for the many recorded phone calls was approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in proceedings that remain classified.

Source: UT San Diego

Hay’adda Xuquuqda Aadamaha Ee Human Rights Watch Oo Canbaaraysay Falal Ciidamada Shisheeye Ee Ku Sugan Somalia Kula Kacaan Haweenka

Hay’adda Xuquuqda Aadamaha Ee Human Rights Watch Oo Canbaaraysay Falal Ciidamada Shisheeye Ee Ku Sugan Somalia Kula Kacaan Haweenka.

Hay’adda  xuquuqda Aadamaha ee Human Rights Watch ayaa warbixin soo saartay kaga hadashay tacadiyaadka ay maleeshiyaadka Dowladda Federaalka iyo\mas’uuliyiinteeda kula kacayaan haweenka Soomaaliyeed.

Warsaxaafadeed kasoo baxay Hay’addaa ayaa lagu xaqiijiyay in saraakiil iyo ciidamo katirsan dowladda Xasan Sheekh ay hablaha Muqdisho u qafaalaan ciidanka AMISOM ee xeryaha ku sugan, kuwaas oo tacadiyo iyo kufsi faraxumayn ah u geysta hablaha.


Hay’adda ayaa tusaale usoo qaadatay gabadh bishii Augst ee sanadkan ay ciidanka AMISOM ay ku kufsadeen xerada Maslax ee duleedka xaafadda Suuqa Xoolaha,kadibna iyadoo dhaawac weyni soo gaadhay ay soo fasaxeen.

Qoraalka kasoo baxay HRW ayaa lagu canbaareeyay  gobood fallada foosha xun ee DF-ka kula kacayso shacabka Muqdisho waxayna tusaale usoo qaadatay in ciidan hubeysan ay Jidh-dileen gabadh dhakhtarad ah oo daweysay haweenayda la kufsaday sidoo kale waxaa warbixinta lagu xaqiijiyay in Dowladda Xasan Sheekh ay handaday wariyihii wareysiga ka qaaday haweenayda lakufsaday.

Canbaaraynta Hay’adda Human Rights Wach ayaa marar hore warbixino ay kasoo saartay Xaalada Bulshada Somalia ee magaalada Muqdisho oo ay ku sugan yihiin ciidamo shisheeye aan waxba iska bedelin, iyadoo canbaarayn sidan oo kale ahna Hay’adda Human Rights Watch u jeedisay dhawr jeer Ciidamada dawlada Kenya oo ay sheegtay in ay tacadiyo iyo gabood falo ka dhan ah xuquuqda Aadamaha kula kacaan qoxootiga Soomaalida ah eek u sugan xeryaha Kenya, kuwaas oo haweenka ku nool qaarkood loo geysto gabood falo ka dhan ah xuquuqda aadamaha.

Source: HRW

Last of Somali pirates sentenced in murders of Americans

NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) – The last of the Somali pirates convicted of killing four Americans aboard a yacht sailing off the Horn of Africa in 2011 have been sentenced in federal court to multiple life sentences, authorities said on Thursday.

Prosecutors originally sought the death penalty, but the jury that found the men guilty in July of piracy, hijacking and murder recommended life sentences instead.

The victims were retiree Scott Adam, 70, of Marina del Rey, California, with his wife Jean Adam, and two friends, Phyllis Macay and Robert Riggle of Seattle. They were sailing around the world distributing Bibles.

Pirates boarded the yacht on February 18, 2011. Prosecutors said the hijackers intended to take their hostages to Somalia and hold them for ransom.

After getting a distress signal from the craft, the U.S. Navy dispatched vessels to the Americans’ aid.

After four days, during which negotiations between the Navy and the pirates broke down, the pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade toward one of the Navy vessels, the USS Sterett.

Gunfire broke out on the yacht, and Navy SEALs went aboard in an unsuccessful attempt to save the hostages. They died on February 22, 2011.

In U.S. District Court, Abukar Osman Beyle, 33, and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar, 31, and Ahmed Muse Salad, 27, were each given 21 life prison sentences, plus 30 years, this week, according to a statement from Dana Boente, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

“The multiple, consecutive life sentences imposed today send a clear message that piracy, hostage-taking, and murder on the high seas will not be tolerated,” Boente said in the statement.

Besides the three Somali men sentenced this week, 11 others who were captured aboard the sailboat have pleaded guilty and are serving life sentences as well.

(Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Ken Wills)

Source: Reuters

Madaxweynaha Somaliland oo Saaka U Kicitimay Berbera iyo Markab dagaal oo Joog Berbera oo uu Qaddo ku dul leeyahay

Hargeysa - Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland Mudane Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siillanyo) Ayaa Saaka u Kicitimay Magaalada Berbera ee Gobolka Saxiil, u jeeda Socdaalkiisa ayaa Waxa lagu sheegay in ay tahay in uu Shir kula yeelanayo Madax iyo Saraakiil ka Socda Dawlada Ingiiriiska oo Fuushan Markab dagaal oo ay leeyihiin Ciidamada Dalka ee Ingiriiska, iyada oo isla maanta madaxweynuhu Qaado ku dul leeyahayMarkabkaasi dagaal oo muddo 2 Todobaad aha Tagnaa Duleedka Dekeda Berbera, Waftigan ayaa waxa saaka Magalalda Hargeysa ka qaaday Diyaarad khaas ah oo Dalwada ingiirku u soo dirtay iyada oo madaxweynaha safarkaasi ku wahelinayee Taliyaasha ciidamada Qaranka, Booliska, Asluubta, Iyo Taliyaha Ciidanka Badda. 

Dhanka kale wararka naga soo gaadhay ayaa sheegay in iyana tababar lo soo xidhayo Qaarka mid ah Ciidamada badda ee Somaliland oo ay Muddo Labba Todobaad in ka badan ay Tababarayeen Ciidamadaasi kuwaasi oo lagu tababaray markabka dushiisa. Markabkan ayaa la sheegay in uu ka Mid yahay Markabada Dagaalka ee Ilaaliyaha Badda Cas. 
 
Source: waaheen.com

'Worse than hell' in typhoon-ravaged Philippines

By Andrew Stevens, Paula Hancocks and Holly Yan,

Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) -- No food. No water. Houses and buildings torn to pieces. Bodies scattered on the streets. Hospitals overrun with patients. Medical supplies running out.

As Typhoon Haiyan barreled across the South China Sea on Sunday, getting set to bring more destruction to Vietnam, many Filipinos grappled with devastation on a level they'd never seen before.

The Philippine Red Cross estimated at least 1,200 people were killed by Haiyan, but the full death toll could be significantly higher as officials make their way to remote, nearly inaccessible places pummeled by the storm.

Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez told CNN it is "entirely possible" that 10,000 people may have died in the storm in Leyte province.

"People here were convinced that it looked like a tsunami," Romualdez told CNN.

"I have not spoken to anyone who has not lost someone, a relative close to them. We are looking for as many as we can," he said.

'This is really, really bad, worse than hell'

Carrying all they could from their devastated lives, a steady stream of typhoon victims kept arriving at Tacloban airport, looking for food, water and escape.

Magina Fernandez is among them. She lost her home and business. And she is desperate to leave on the next military plane.

She made an anguished plea for help.

"Get international help to come here now -- not tomorrow, now," she said. "This is really, really like bad, bad, worse than hell, worse than hell."

She directed some of her anger at Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, who on Sunday toured some of the areas hardest hit by the typhoon, including Tacloban.

Many of the people in the city, population 200,000, are angry at the authorities' slow response to the disaster.

Aquino told CNN's Paula Hancocks that there was a breakdown, especially at the local government level.

"They are necessary first responders, and too many of them were also affected and did not report for work," he explained, saying that contributed to the slow delivery.

Aquino said the government will coordinate with the local units and put more people to work.

Complicating the search efforts is the lack of electricity in many parts of the storm's path.

The northern part of Bogo, in the central Philippines, suffered a blackout Sunday, and authorities said it will take months to restore power.

Children among the most affected victims

As the full impact of the typhoon is assessed, children are expected to be among the most affected.

Typhoon survivors desperate for help
Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts
Typhoon Haiyan one of the biggest ever

Some 1.7 million children are believed to be living in the areas in the typhoon's path, according to UNICEF.

"UNICEF's first priorities are focused on life-saving interventions -- getting essential medicines, nutrition supplies, safe water and hygiene supplies to children and families," said UNICEF's representative in the Philippines, Tomoo Hozumi, in a statement.

"This is not the first natural disaster to strike the Philippines recently, following the earthquake in Bohol three weeks ago, so we know how vital it is to reach children quickly."

Devastation leads to desperation

It wasn't the storm's 250-kph (155-mph) gusts that caused most of the damage -- it was a mammoth storm surge that reached up to 5 meters (16 feet) high.

Nearly half a million people were forced out of their homes, and now thousands have no homes to return to, the National Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

In Tacloban, the increasingly desperate search for food and water has led to looting. National police and the military sent reinforcements to the coastal city Sunday to prevent such thefts. News video showed people breaking into grocery stores and cash machines in the city, where there had been little evidence of authority since midday Friday.

Another desperate scene played out in the city's only functioning hospital. Doctors couldn't admit any more wounded victims -- there wasn't enough room. Some of the injured lay in the hospital's cramped hallways seeking treatment.

"We haven't anything left to help people with," one of the doctors said. "We have to get supplies in immediately."

Interactive map of the storm

Aid groups struggle to reach those suffering

The Philippine Red Cross succeeded in getting its assessment team into Tacloban, but had not managed to get its main team of aid workers and equipment to the city, said its chairman, Richard Gordon.

"We really are having access problems," he said.

The city's airport was shut to commercial flights, and it would be three days before a land route was open, so organizers were considering chartering a boat for the trip, which will take 1½ to 2 days, he said. "It really is an awful, awful situation."

World Food Programme spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said the U.N. group was gearing up its global resources to send enough food to feed 120,000 people.

"These high-energy biscuits will keep them alive," she said.

She noted that much of the country's infrastructure -- roads, bridges, airports, ports -- may have been destroyed or damaged and that the government could use help with logistics.

Most of Cebu province couldn't be contacted by landlines, cell phones or radio, Dennis Chiong, operations officer for the province's disaster risk and emergency management, said Saturday.

One inaccessible town, Daanbantayan, has more than 3,000 residents who "badly need food, water and shelter because most of the houses there are damaged due to the storm," Chiong said.

In the town of Santa Fe in Cebu province, officials could not determine the number of fatalities because roads were washed out and phone services down.

Luescher pleaded for financial support from the international community and directed those wishing to donate to wfp.org/typhoon.

"Those are families like you and me, and they just need our help right now," she said.

Philippines gets more than its share of disasters

Catastrophic destruction

The destruction across the islands was catastrophic and widespread. For a time, storm clouds covered the entire Philippines, stretching 1,120 miles (1800 kilometers) -- the distance between Florida and Canada -- and tropical storm-force winds covered an area the size of Germany.

Veteran storm chaser James Reynolds said Haiyan was "without a doubt the most catastrophic event I've witnessed before my eyes."

"During the height of the storm, the scream of the wind was deafening," said Reynolds, who hunkered down in a solidly built hotel.

"We could hear just thunderous crashes of debris flying through the air. At some points, you could feel the whole hotel, which was made of solid concrete, shaking."

Vietnam braces for hit

The massive losses in the Philippines have put much of Vietnam on edge. The Vietnam Red Cross said it had helped authorities evacuate 100,000 people, including elderly residents and orphans, as the typhoon neared.

Midday Sunday, Haiyan was plowing through the South China Sea with sustained winds of 160 kph (100 mph) and gusts of 195 kph (120 mph). It was expected to slam into Vietnam by Monday morning.

By that time, the typhoon could weaken to a tropical storm. But it's still expected to cause heavy rain and flooding in Hanoi, the Red Cross said. Forecasters predicted up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of rain for parts of northern Vietnam near the border with China by Monday night.

With the latest projected storm path, the designated disaster area could grow from nine provinces to 15, the Vietnam Red Cross said.

An enormous blow

Haiyan may be the strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history, but meteorologists said it will take further analysis to confirm whether it set a record.

The typhoon was 3.5 times more forceful than Hurricane Katrina, which hit the United States 2005.

But Haiyan's wrath has caused much more than tremendous loss of life and epic destruction -- it's also ruined the livelihoods of many survivors.

"This disaster on such a scale will probably have us working for the next year," said Sandra Bulling, international communications officer for the aid agency CARE. "Fishermen have lost their boats. Crops are devastated. This is really the basic income of many people."