URGENT ALERT: SERIOUS MINORITY RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SOMALILAND

Ku:         Mud. Ali Mohamed Warancade

                Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha JSL

Ku:         Sareeyo Guuto Abdilahi Fadal Iman

                Xarunta Taliska Guud ee Ciidanka Booliska Somaliland

Og:         Warbaahinta Dibad iyo Gudaha

URGENT MINORITY RIGHTS VIOLATION ALERT

WALAACA DIFAACAYAASHA XUQUUQDA AADAMIGA SOMALILAND EE TACADIYADA LIDKA KU AH QAYBAHA BULSHADA SOMALILAND EE LA HAYB SOOCO

Suleiman Ismail Bolaleh

Gudoomiyaha HornWatch

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika ee HORNWATCH, waxay si xoogan uga walaacsan yihiin xadgudubyo baahsan oo isa soo taraya kuwaasi oo lala beegsado qaybaga bulshada Somaliland ugu nugul oo dhaqan ahaan ee la takooro . Gaboodfalada qaylo dhaantani warinayso ayaa isugu jira:

Qudhgooyo (Xaqa Nolosha); Sinnaan la'aanta Muwaadiniinta Dalka (Kala sarreynta iyo takoorka ku salaysan isirka, abtirsiga); Ka Maanacaad Helitaanka Cadaalad iyo Garsoor Dhex ah (Dambiyo Ciqaab ah oo loogu fuliyo Gabooyaha Somaliland Hab aan Xeerka Waafaqsanayn); Haweenka ka soo jeeda beelaha la takooro ayaa la ogaaday in ay la nool yihiin xadgudubyo ka badan 100% kuwa haleela dhigooda ka soo jeeda beelaha aqlabiyada ah.

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika ayaa diiwaangaliyay tan iyo bishii Octobar 2013 labo (2) haween ah oo Gabooye ah qudha lagaga jaray xaafada Daami ee Caasimada Hargeysa, Rabi Naxariistiisa jano haka waraabiyee waxa lagu kala magacaabi jiray Marxuumada Layla Abdi Yusuf 36 sano jir xaaslay ah iyo Muluug Axmed Egeh sano jir 28 xaasley dhashay afar caruur ah.

Dabaaldagii iyo munaasabadihii maalmaha Xuquuqda Aadamiga adduunka ee (25 Nov. - 10 Dec oo kulmisa 16 maalmood ee tacadiyada lidka ku ah haweenka la soo bandhiga iyo xuska 53 guurada aasaaska Baaqa Caalamiga ah ee Xuquuqda Aadamaha Adduunka 10 Dec.1948) oo guud ahaan Jamhuuriyada Somaliland si wayn looga xusay, ayaan hadana mar kali ah la soo hadal qaadain ruux haween ah oo dhalasho ahaan ka soo jeeda qaybaha bulshada Somaliland la takooro ee Gabooyaha oo MAYDKEEDU uu yaalay qolka maydka ee Cusbitaalka Guud ee caasimada Hargeysa, kadib markii 4/12/2013 ay dad rayid ah oo ka tirsan beelaha aqlabiyada dalka ahi ay dhagax qudha kaga jareen, iyadoo dadkii dilayna ay si xor ah u joogaan goobtii ay ku dileen.

Mid ka mid ah 2-da dumar ah oo Gabooyaha ah kuwaasi oo dad shicib ahi kana soo jeeda dadka aqlabiyada ahi dhagax ku dileen oo lagu magacaabo Muluug Axmed Egeh ayaa maydkeedu wuxuu u hoyday Cisbitaalka Guud ee Caasimada Hargeysa mudo 9 habeen ah (4 - 12 December 2013) mudadaasi oo caasimada dalka iyo gobolada kaleba ay ka socdeen xusaska maalmaha caalamiga ah ee Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland, hadana laguma soo hadalqaadin.

Nasiibdarada kale ee jirta ayaa ah iyadoo Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland xogogaal u ahaa 20 kii sano ee Somaliland xoriyadeeda dib ula soo noqotay in Gabooyaha Somaliland ay mar kasta dhibaato wayn kala kulmayeen adeegyada Hay'adaha sharcifulinta iyo Garsoorka oo sida qaalibka ah dhalan gadiya xadgudubyada laga galo beelaha la hayb sooco iyagoo had iyo goor dhibanayaasha Gabooyaha ah ka dhiga dhibgaystayaal, taasi oo ah xadgudub aadaminimo kan ugu xun waxana taasi ka marag kacaysaa in Gabooyaha Somaliland ay  madiidin u yihiin dhaqan takoor  ah oo dhinaca hay'adaha sharci fulinta iyo garsoorka ka haysta. Dilka ugu dambeeyay ee loo gaystay Gabadha Gabooyaha ah 4/12/2013 waxa uu daboolka ka fayday in qaybaha bulshada Somaliland la takooraa ay faquuq iyo cadaalad darada ka haysta dhinaca garsoorka iyo sharciga mid la mid ahna kala kulmaan hawlwadeenada sare ee caafimaadka dalka, tusaale cusbitaalka guud ee caasimada Hargeysana ayaa gabadha Gabooyaha ah ee u dhimatay dhagaxa ay la dhaceen dadka aqlabiyada ahi ku sheegay mid aan u dhiman dhaawaca dhagaxaasi balse ay u dhimatay wadno xanuun!!!.

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika waxay si cad ugu sheegayaan Masuuliyiinta Sare ee Wasaarada Arimaha Gudaha Somaliland Taliyayaasha Ciidamada Booliska iyo Madaxda Cusbitaalka Guud ee Caasimada in tacadiyada sare ku xusan ee ay la bartilmaameedsanayaan qaybaha muwaadiniinta Somaliland ugu jilicda san ee la takooro ay ka dhalan karaa dambiyo aadaminimo iyo xadgudubyo Xuquuqda Aadamiga ah oo laga oogi karo maxkamadaha caalamiga ah ee dhagaraha laga galo aadamaha.

Magaalo Madaxda Gobolka Awdal ee Boorama oo ka mid ahaan jirtay magaalooyinka dhifta ah ee beelaha la takooro ee reer Somaliland ay ku noolaan jireen takoor heerkiisu ka hooseeyo kan magaalooyinka kale ee dalka ayaa iyaduna isku rogtay cadaabtii ifka ee Gabooyaha Somaliland kadib markii 2 sano ka hor wiil beelaha tirada badan ka soo jeedaa oo ALLE haw naxariistee lagu magacaabo Aydiid Cabdiqaadir Cali oo uu dhalay Sarkaal Sare oo ka tirsan dambi Baadhayaasha Booliska Gobolka Awdal oo lagu magacaabo Cabdiqaadir Cali uu jeclaaday gabadh yar oo ka soo jeeda beelaha la takooro ee loo yaqaan Madhibaanka oo lagu magacaabo Malyuun Haybe Jamaac. Markii wiilka qoyskiisu u diideen in uu gabadha Midgaanta ah guursado ayuu isaga laftiisu qudha iska jaray kadib markii uu is qabadsiiyay gaas iyo dab, nasiib daro wiilka aabihii oo ah sarkaal boolis ah waxa uu xabsiga ku guray dad tiro badan oo ka soo jeeda Gabooyaha dega Boorama kuwaasi oo ay ka mid yihin gabartii uu jeclaaday wiilkiisu Malyuun Haybe Jaamac, aabaheed Haybe Jaamac, wiil lagu magacaabo Bedel Cabdi Aaden oo isagu ka soo jeeda qabiil ka mid ah Gabooyaha oo la yiraa Yibir iyo xubno kale oo Gabooye ah.

Xadhigaasi waxa barbar socday weeraro haweenka iyo dhalinyarada qabiilka wiilku ka dhintay ku qaadayeen goobaha ay degan yihiin Gabooyuhu, meelaha ay ku ganacsadaan iyagoo burburinayay miisaska ay hilibka ku iibiyaan, rayiislayaasha, kabotolayaasha iyo meelaha birta ay ku tumaan, taasi oo sababtay in wiigag isxigxiga dadka laga tirada badan yahay ee Gabooyaha Boorama in ay ka soo bixi waayaan guryahooda.

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika ayaa xiligaasi diiwaangaliyay in ka badan 150 ruux oo u badan rag iyo dhalinyaro markii ay nafahoodii u baqeen ka cararay magaalada Boorama iyagoo tagay magaalooyinka Hargeysa ilaa Burco qaarkoodna waxay ka talaabeen xadka u dhexeeya Somaliland iyo Itoobiya iyagoo gaadhay xeryahay qaxootiga Somalida ee ku yaal bariga dalka Itoobiya oo ay maamusho Hay'ada UNHCR.

Bilowgiiba dacwada waxa dambi baadhe ka noqday Aabihii dhalay wiilka dhintay Dambi Baadhe Boolis Mr. Cabdiqaadir Cali Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika ee HornWatch oo si taxadir leh ula socotay geedi socodka dacwada ciqaabta ah ee lidka ku ah 2 wiil ee Gabooyaha ah, ayaa ka marag kacaya in 2-da wiil ee Gabooyaha ahi aanay helin gabi ahaan garsoor dhex ah oo cadaaladeed iyo nidaam baadhiseed oo xaq ku dhisan, Maxkamadayntooda ayaa la xaqiijiyay in ay u dhacday si ka fog nidaamka cadaalada dalka, Xuquuqda Aadamiga, Diinta Islaamka iyo xataa dhaqanka toosan.

Baadhayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga HORNWATCH waxay xogogaal u noqdeen in Qareen ka tirsan Ururka Qareenada Somaliland oo caawimi qaanuun oo lacag la'aan ah ku difaacayay Labada eedaysane markii dad cadhaysani soo weerareen fadhiyadii Maxkamada Gobolka Awdal dacwada oo socota isla markaasina ay dhaawaceen xubno ka mid ah eedaysanayaasha iyo eheladooda oo Maxkamada u yimi dhegaysiga dacwada, ayuu Qareenkii naftiisa u baqay waxanu markiiba joojiyay caawimadii qaanuun ee uu siinayay 2 wiil ee eedaysanayaasha ah iyo qoysaskooda. Sidoo kale Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika waxay baadhitaanka kiiskan ku soo ogaadeen in Gudoomiyihii hore ee ururka Qareenada Somaliland Mr. Maxamed Siciid uu sifo sharciga lafjab ku ah gunadii iyo xubanimadiiba  ururka SOLA uu ka jaray Qareenkii 2aad ee difaacayay eedaysanayaasha Gabooyaha ah oo lagu magacaabo Amiin Sheikh Said Sheikh Hassan kaasi oo caawimo qaanuun oo lacag la'aan ah siinayay isagoo ka tirsanaa Mashruuc ay UNDP maalgaliso oo Ururka Qareenada Somaliland ee SOLA fuliyaan, HORNWATCH ayaa ogaatay in sidaasi uu ka codsaday gudoomiyaha SOLA Gudoomiyaha Maxkamada Racfaanka Gobolka Awdal oo ay qaraabo dhaw yihiin Abdiqadir Ali oo ah Aabaha dhalay wiilka isdilay, isla markaasina ah Garsooraha haatan gacanta ku haya kiiskan oo maraya maxkamada darajada 2aad ee Racfaanka. 

Maxkamada Gobolka Awdal ee dacwada qaadayay, ciidanka Booliska ee baadhayay kiiskan, dhamaantood waxay la safteen Dambi Baadhaha Booliksa ah ee Wiilkiisu isdilay Mr. Cabdiqaadir Cali maadaama oo ay isku beel ka soo wada jeedaan.

Baadhayaasha xadgudubyada ee HornWatch waxa kale oo ay baadhitaan qoto dheer ku ogaadeen in maragyadii ogaa in wiilka dhintay isagu is dilay oo ay ka mid yihiin dukaankii gaasta uu ka iibsaday, meheradii uu Mobilkiisa u dhiibtay iyo dad arkayay markii uu gaasta iyo dabka is qabadsiiyay dhamaantood waxay u safreen dhinaca Itoobiya oo ay ku maqnaayeen mudadii dacwada socotay difaaca eedaysanayaasha iyadoo horena loo sii siiyay lacagta aya ku noolaan karayeen.

Maxkamadda Gobolka Awdal ayaa iyadoo iska indho tiraysa sharciga iyo qanuunka waxay dil toogasho ah ku xukuntay labo wiil oo arday ah oo ka soojeedaha midgaha reer boorama gaar ahaan MADHIBAAN iyo Yibraha.

Kiiskan ayaa waxa uu si ba'an u saameeyay dhinacyada amaanka iyo nolosha guud ahaan Gabooyaha dega magaalada Boorama iyadoo in ka badan 100 rag ah oo in la dilo ka baqay ay ka qaxeen guryahoodii meheradahoodii oo kala ahaa timojarayaal, hiliblayaal, kabotolayaal iyo tumaalo kuwaasi oo amaan u raadsaday magaalooyinka kale ee Somaliland gaar ahaan Hargeysa iyo Burco, halka qaar kalena ay ka talaabeen xadka u dhexeeya Somaliland iyo Itoobiya iyagoo magangalyo waydiistay Hay'ada Qaxootiga Adduunka ee gacanta ku haysta xeryaha qaxootiga Soomaalida ee ku yaal bariga dalka Itoobiya.

Gabood falada iyo tacadiyada ay la nool yihiin bulshada lagu takooro gudaha dalka Somaliland codkooda cidina ma maqasho iyaguna malaha awoodii ay ku soo bandhigi lahaayeen, faqriga iyo saboolnimada qotada dheer ee haysta awgeed iyo iyagoo aan talo iyo tusaale midna ka odhan karin arimaha saameeya noloshooda iyo mustaqbalkooda toona.

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika oo isku dayay in ay ogaadaan sababta ay cid uuni uga hadli wayday tacadiyada baahsan ee ay la nool yihiin qaybaha bulshada Somaliland ee latakooro ayaa waxay ogaadeen xogo naxdin leh,

F Xukuumada Somaliland ayaa magacawday saraakiil sarsare oo ka soo jeeda beelaha la hayb sooco waxa ka mid ah

F hal xubin oo ku jirta golaha Wasiirada, inkastoo magac ahaan mooyee aanu ahayn nin ka war haya waayaha iyo duruufaha adag ee dhaqan dhaqaale oo ay la nool yihiin beelaha uu ka soo jeedo ee la hayb soocaa,

F La taliyaha Gaarka ah ee Madaxwaynaha dhinaca arimaha beelaha laga la hayb sooco yahay,

F Xubin ka mid ah Gudida Komishanka Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland, iyo

F hal sarkaal oo ku jira Ciidamadanka Asluubta

F Sidoo kale waxa Duqa Caasimada Somaliland dhawaan u magacaabay Gudoomiyaha Deg. Axmed Macalin Haruun Mr. Abdilahi Hassan Digaale oo ka hor xilkan ka mid ahaa dadka sida wayn ugu ololeeya Xuquuqda Bulshada Somaliland ee la Takooro.

Saraakiisha ugu jirta bulshada Somaliland ee la takooro dawlada ayaa iyagu sameeya talaabo kasta oo ay ku cabudhinayaan dadkooda dulman waxana ay aaminsan yihiin haddii tacadiyadaasi banaanka u soo baxaan amase iyaguba ka hadlaan in ay waayayaan xilalka sarsare ee ay ku qaataan mushahaarooyin fiican.

Dhinaca kale, habdhaqan fool xun ayaa dishooday badi hogaamiye dhaqameedka beelaha la hayb-sooco, kaasi oo midkastaaba kan kale ka soo horjeedo oo buranayo.

Haweenka Beelaha La takooro haddii aad u dhabo gasho nolosha iyo waayahooda waxad ogaanaysaa in ay boqoljeer ka tacadi iyo xadgubub badan yihin tacadiyada haleela haweenka beelaha aqlabiyada ah oo ah kuwa inta ugu badan laga maqlo warbaahinta .

Daladaha Ururada Bulshada Rayidka ah ee haweenka ugu waawayn dalka dhamaantood waxa iska leh Haweenka ka soo jeeda qaybaha bulshada ee aqlabiyada ah, waxayna ku guuldaraysteen in ay dalahooda samafal ku soo daraan ururada haweenka iyo hablaha qaybaha bulshada ugu jilicdsan ee la takooro tusaale (NAGAAD WOMEN UMBRELLA) oo ururada xubnaha ka ahi tirobadan yihiin hadana hal urur oo ka soo jeeda ururada haweenka la takooro ee Somaliland kuma jiro, halka Gabooyaha Somaliland ay leeyihiin kaliya labo (2) urur samafal bulsho oo aad u yar isla markaasina aan ka helin wax gacan qabasho ah oo la taaban karo Hay'adaha Samafalka Caalamiga ah, Qaramada Midoobay iyo guud ahaan beesha caalamka. Maadaama Daladaha waawayn ee haweenka Somaliland aanay u war haynin tacadiyada iyo gaboodfalada argagaxa leh ee ay la nool yihiin haweenka ka soo jeeda qaybaha bulshada Somaliland ee la takooraa, had iyo goor kuma soo hadal qaadaan marka ay xusayaan maalmaha caalamiga ah ee Tacadiyada Lidka ku ah Xuquuqda Haweenka.

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika ee HornWatch waxay ugu baaqaysaa:

1.      Xukuumada Somaliland in Gudi Heer Qaran ah oo ay xubno ka yihiin Komishanka Xuquuqda Aadamiga Qaranka iyo Difaacyaasha Xuquuqda Dadka Laga Tirada Badan Yahay ee Somaliland ay Saarto Dilalka Soo noqnoqday ee lala bartilmaameedsanayo Haweenka Beelaha la Takooro iyo tacadiyada ka haysta dhinaca garsoorka iyo cadaalada dalka.

2.      Xukuumada Somaliland waxanu si xushmad leh ugu sheegaynaa in la macaamilka falalka tacadiyada lidka ku ah kuwa laga tirada badan yahay ee la takooro ee reer Somaliland ay ka fiican tahay:

a.      in xukuumadu curiso Qorshaha Qaran ee Badbaadada (QQB) muwaadiniinta dhaqan ahaan la takooro, samaynta qorshahaasi waa in lagala tashadaa dadka la takooro laftigooda iyo hay'adaha caalamiga ah ee takhasuska u leh ilaalinta iyo horumarinta bulshooyinka laga tirada badan yahay ee la faquuqo si ay xukuumadeena u siiyaan xeeldheerayaal caalami ah oo waayo aragnimo dheer u leh mawduucan samaynta qorshaha QQB 

3.      Gudoomiyaha Maxkamada Sare iyo Guud ahaan Hay'adaha Garsoorka Somaliland waxanu ugu baaqaynaa in sida ugu dhaqsaha badan xaalado dhinaca garsoorka ah iyo amaanka ah dartood looga soo wareejiyo Maxkamadaynta 2 dhibane ee Gabooyaha ah oo sifo sharci daro ah maxkamada Gobolka Awdal ugu xukuntay Dil Toogasho ah, iyadoo Guud ahaan madaxda Garsoorka, Cadaalada Somaliland iyo sidoo kale Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland iyo Ururka Qareenada Somaliland xogogaal u yihiin in aanay suurtogal ahayn in labadaasi dhibane garsoor dhex ah oo cadaalad ah ku heli karin gobolka Awdal sidaasi darteed waxanu ku baaqaynaa in Maxkamadayntooda loo soo wareejiyo Caasimada Dalka si loogu indho bato.

4.      Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha Somaliland, Taliyaha Booliska iyo Hogaamada Booliska waxa aanu ugu baaqayanaa in ay sida ugu dhaqsaha badan gacanta loogu soo dhigo dadka gaystay dilalka iyo tacadiyada lala bartilmaameedsaday beelaha laga la hayb sooco yahay, Waxa Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland ka digayaan in la marin habaabiyo baadhitaanada dadka loo hayo iyo kuwa aan wali loo soo qaban dilalka loo gaystay haweenka Gabooyaha si sharciga loogala baxsado, taasi oo dhacda aalaaba marka hay'adaha sharci fulinta oo 99% ka soo jeeda beelaha tiradabadan

5.      Haddii Madaxda Sare ee Hay'adaha SharciFulinta Somaliland iyo Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha Somaliland ka baaqsadaan sharci horkeenida dadkii dilay haweenka Gabooyaha Somaliland taasi waxay sababi doontaa in dacwado iyaga lidku ah aanu u gudbino beesha caalamka iyo garsoorka adduunka.

Fiiro Gaar ah:

Waxa xafiiska HornWach aad ka heli kartaa macluumaad ku saabsan labada dhibane taariikh nololeedkoodii iyo iska hor imaado ka dhacay xaafada daami kadib markii dadkii dilay dhiban iyo qabaa'ilkoodu ku weerareen xaafadaha ay degan yihiin dadka Gabooyaha ahi labadii habeen ee 12/13 Dec. 2013 iyagoo dadkaasi gubay tiraba 3 aqal oo 2 buulal yihiin midina sandaqad oo ay leeyihiin Gabooyahu halka aqalo kale oo ay leeyihiina daaqadaha muraayadaha ah laga jajabiyay. Ciidamada Booliska Somaliland ayaa iska hor imaadadaasi ku xidhxidhay 30 ruux oo ka soo jeeda dadka aqlabiyada ah ee weerarada ku haya Gabooyaha Somaliland iyo 18 ka soo jeeda beelaha Gabooyaha. Xaalada xaafada Daami xalay way deganayd waxana xukuumadu guud ahaan dariiqyada dhex mara xaafadaasi dhigtay ciidamo kuwa amaanka ka tirsan oo aad u hubaysan watana gadiid, talaabadaasi oo ah mid ay difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland soo dhawaynayaan

Signed by:

Suleiman Ismail Bolalah - Gudoomiyaha HORNWATCH

SOMALILAND: Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland

 By: Daniel Hastings

Abaarso, (SM) -I had heard about mesh networking before I arrived in Somaliland, but had never been in the position to actually build a mesh network. When I accepted the position as ICT instructor at Abaarso School of Science and Technology in Abaarso, Somaliland, I figured this may be my chance.

I knew that the Open Technology Institute (OTI) had been developing a mesh firmware called Commotion, suitable for remote locations. Upon arriving in Somaliland I decided that building a mesh network using Commotion would be one of my top priorities.

It seemed like building a mesh network could be a difficult process. I experimented in the past with other firmware on a variety of routers, but found the configuration to be too time-consuming and difficult to set up.

I knew Commotion ran on Ubiquti hardware, designed for rough outdoor environments like Somaliland. Unfortunately, finding Ubiquti routers in Somaliland -- for that matter, getting anything into Somaliland -- is no easy task.

Somaliland is an independent autonomous region of Somalia, and is an area that is safe compared to the southern regions of Somalia.

While not internationally recognized as a country, Somaliland has its own currency, government, and military.

The analogy I like to use when it comes to traveling to Somaliland is no different than that of getting to Hogwarts. Instead of running head first into an imaginary platform at the train station, you have to land in Dubai, catch a flight that leaves only once a week and then travel across a desert on one of the worst-built roads you can imagine.

While back in the US this past summer I contacted OTI and found that they would be able to provide me with the proper equipment to run and set up a mesh network using Commotion. I was so excited about the possibility of actually getting all of the equipment into Somaliland that I carefully packed everything into my carry-on.

Before I go any further, I should explain my level of experience with building networks. My only experience with networking had been taking a class at a community college in San Francisco and spending the last year troubleshooting our Internet problems at school. However, Commotion is built in such a way that little if any advanced configuration is necessary to set up a mesh network.

I first began building my network by identifying where I wanted access points on campus and mapping out distances between each spot. Having a good line of sight between each node was extremely important. Luckily we have a lot of high guard and water towers on campus so placing nodes was not an issue.

One minor problem with placing nodes in towers was that I had to ensure a reliable power source was within range of the node. If all my nodes were solar-powered, I would not have had to worry about running any cable at all!

I next had to "flash" each router, which means loading the Commotion firmware on to each Ubiquti device. I had experience flashing firmware onto routers before but had never "meshed" wireless nodes together. To help with this I referred to the configuration examples on Commotion's website, which I found extremely helpful. Open source software has been known to be tricky to configure and maintain but it certainly does not have to be. Commotion has proved this to be more than true.

While building the network, I made sure to include students as much as I could. I assembled together a computer club of my top ICT students to discuss and teach the basics of mesh networking, how to flash firmware onto routers, and how to add a node to the network. Together we ran cable and climbed water towers to place the nodes in their proper places. We also had to place some nodes in the guard towers which often times, the guards would unplug accidentally. Students trained the guards on the difference between the LAN and PoE ports as well as the importance of keeping the PoE cable plugged in at all times. A few weeks after school we put up the last two nodes for the girls' dorms and the boys' dorms.

Local Applications and Limited Bandwidth

Somaliland is currently the only country in Africa that lacks fiber optic access -- cables are laid but access is not predicted to be available until 2014. Somaliland receives its Internet connection via microwaves across the desert from Djibouti. All of the IP address ranges in Somaliland will tell you that you are in Djibouti. The distant gateway connectivity, not to mention unreliable ISPs, equates to some seriously slow Internet.

A lack of consistent access to the Internet is an ICT instructor's nightmare. Not being able to teach the most current technologies can be frustrating, and it also hampers sharing files with students.

Mesh networking is described as a "peer to peer network:" I wanted to use the full sense of the term and make file sharing among my students easy and manageable. In order to solve this communication problem I decided to rely less on the outside Internet and rely more on local applications installed on our servers.

I found the solution to our inconsistent and slow Internet by installing OwnCloud, an open source alternative to Dropbox, on our local server. Now students could share homework assignments with me and other teachers without having to rely on the Internet at all.

Creating a Self-Sufficient Network

As well as the network worked and as much fun as setting it up was, I cannot call this project successful until I can come back to Somaliland a year from now and see the same nodes in place running the same network.

I used a few methods to make sure this would be the case. I was careful to document every aspect of the project and create detailed guides for teachers and future network administrators on everything from how to find your IP address on the network to how to ping a node, which is important for isolating a potential problem on the network. Even though mesh networks are "self-healing", they are not perfect and still have their quirks.

Having all of the knowledge centered in one place with one staff member will only set an organization up for failure, so I've made sure to give a series of small trainings to the entire staff.

The more transparent you are about how the network works, the more likely the technology will last.

I repeatedly told my students that some of the greatest makers and technologists of our time were self-taught. The excellent support community centered around open source software makes projects such as Commotion sustainable.

There is a good chance that if a problem arises, someone else already had that issue or someone in another community across the globe is working on a solution to that problem.

I would like to give my sincere gratitude to the Commotion Wireless Project for the support they gave me along with providing me with necessary tools to build this network. Not only did the students at Abaarso School get extremely enthused about mesh networking and learn the meaning of community technology, but now another small part of a country that, technically, does not even exist is more connected to the rest of the world.

Source: New America Foundation

Hogaanka Sare ee Ciidanka Booliska Somaliland oo Eedo Culus u Jeediyay Wargeyska HUBAAL "Wuxuu Caadeystay Baahinta Warar Khatar Ku Ah Nabadgelyada Dalka Oo Been-Abuura

"Wargeyska HUBAAL waxa uu noqday boog umadda ku dhex jirta, oo aad moodo inay qaranimada Somaliland ay dhan ka tahay, oo fadeexado iyo ceebo aanu dalkani lahayn ayey u baahinaysa caalamka,"Taliye Kuxigeenka Ciidaanka Booliska Somaliland Cabdiraxmaan Liibaan Axmed (Fooxle)

Hargeysa - Taliyaha Ciidaanka Booliska Somaliland Sareeye Guuto Cabdilaahi Fadal Iimaan Iyo Taliye Kuxigeenka Ciidaanka Booliska Cabdiraxmaan Liibaan Axmed (Foole) ayaa si wada-jira u beeniyey war uu daabacay Wargeyska Hubaal,kaas oo sheegayey inuu khilaaf soo kala dhexgalay hogaanka bileyska,isla markaana waxay si isku mida ugu eedeeyeen Wargeyska HUBAAL inuu caadeystay baahinta warar khatar ku ah nabadgelyadda Somaliland oo been-abuura oo aan sal iyo raad-toona lahayn.

Taliye Fadal iyo kuxigeen Fooxle waxay sidaa ku sheegeen Shirjaraa´id oo ay maanta si wada-jira ugu qabteen Xarunta taliska

Ugu horeyn, Taliye Kuxigeenka Ciidaanka Booliska Somaliland Cabdiraxmaan Liibaan Axmed (Fooxle) oo halkaasi ka hadlay ayaa waxa uu yidhi "Waxaan doonayaa inaan halkan ka cadeeyo Wargeyska Hubaal caddadii maanta ee 362 oo ciwaankiisu ahaa "Khilaaf Is-bahaysi u qeybiyey hoggaanka Booliska",warkaas waa war aan sal iyo raad-toona lahayn,Cabdilaahi Fadal Iimaan oo ah Taliyaha Ciidaanka booliska Somaliland aniguna (Fooxle) aan ahay Taliye kuxigeenka,waxa nagga dhaxeeya saaxibtinimo, walaaltinimo iyo taliyenimo,waanan u mideysanahay hawsha qaranka,gebigayaguba waxaanu nahay toban hogaan, oo tobankayaga hoggaan-ba ma nihin dad kala qeybsamaya ee waxaanu nahay inta isugu jecel ee wada socota ee isugu midka ayaanu nahay".

"Hoggaanka hawlaha, hoggaanka Saadka,hoggaanka birmadka,hoggaanka Ciidaanka,hoggaanka qorsheynta,hoggaanka wacyigelinta, mid aan laabtayada ku jirin ma jirro oo waxaanu nahay dad isku duuban,warkaas uu qorey Wargeyska Hubaalna waxba kama jiraan,Wargeyska Hubaal waxa uu noqday boog umadda ku dhex jirta, oo aad moodo inay qaranimada Somaliland ay dhan ka tahay, oo fadeexado iyo ceebo aanu dalkani lahayn ayey u baahinaysa caalamka,laakin wixii nagga dhaxeeya waa sharci, oo sharciga ciddina nagga furfuri-meyso oo sharciga ayaanu horkeenaynaa oo aanu ku xisaabtamaynaa". Ayuu yidhi Taliye Kuxigeenka Ciidaanka Booliska Somaliland Fooxle.

Taliyaha Ciidaanka Booliska Sareeye Guuto Cabdilaahi Fadal Ii moo isna halkaasi ka hadlay ayaa waxa uu yidhi "Waxaan saaka idinku yeedhay Beryahan-ba waxa uu Wargeyska Hubaal qorayey warar been abuura oo aan sal iyo raad-toona lahayn, oo arrimaha Ciidaanka booliska Somaliland ku saabsan,isla markaana nabadgelyada khal-khalgelin kara,waxaan idiin bayaaminayaa inuu Wargeyska Hubaal caado ka dhigtay arrin khatar ku ah nabadgelyada oo been ah,isla markaana uu warar beena uu bileyska kaga sheegayo ay jiraan,"

Isaga oo hadalkiisa sii watana waxa uu yidhi "Tusaale hadaan u soo qaado caddadkii 321 ku soo baxay Wargeyska Hubaal 26/10/2013 ee ciwaankiisu ahaa "Taliyaha Ciidaanka Booliska iyo hay´ada UNDP waxay isku khilaafeen sarkaal tuhun argagixiso loo xidhay oo uu yidhi Taliyuhu ku celiya hay´ada", warkaas wax allaaliyo wax ka jirey muujirin,ee waxa uu ahaa been abuur sal iyo raad toona lahayn,waana arrimaha ka mamnuuca inay saxaafaddu ka hadasho arrimaha Ciidaanka,

Sidoo kale,Wax ka jiraa ma jiro, waa war been abuura oo sal iyo raad-toona lahayn warkii ku soo baxay caddadkii 357 ee Wargeyska Hubaal,kaas oo ciwaankiisu ahaa"Rag laga shakiyey oo xabsiga loo taxaabay iyo Sarkaal SPU-da ka tirsan oo lagu magacaabo Maxamed Cabdi Aadan oo lagu toogtay Xaafada Siinay", waxaanan aaminsanay inuu u-jeedo gaara ka lahaa oo uu khal-khal ku gelinayo nabadgelyada,isla markaana bulshada reer Somaliland ugu sheegayo wax aan jirin".

Taliyaha Ciidaanka Booliska Somaliland Sareeya Guuto Cabdilaahi Fadal Iimaan waxa uu been abuur aan sal iyo raad-toona lahayn ku tilmaamay inuu khilaaf soo kala dhexgalay isaga iyo Taliye kuxigeenka,waxaanu yidhi   "Wargeyska Hubaal caddadkii maanta ee 362 oo ciwaankiisu ahaa "Khilaaf Is-bahaysi u qeybiyey hoggaanka Booliska",kaas oo uu ku sheegay inuu Taliyaha iyo Taliye kuxigeenka uu khilaaf u dhaxeeyo, taas oo ah war been abuura oo sal iyo raad-toona lahayn, waayo Taliye kuxigeenku waakan dhinacayga fadhiya ee idiin waramay".

"Bileysku waa sharci ku nool, waxaanan nahay ciidan oo Ciidaankuna waxa uu leeyahay Taliye oo taliyuhuna ma kala qeybsami karo,waxa uu socday ilaa saldhigyada,waxa kale oo caadeystay inuu yidhaahdo isaga oo ku gabanaya waxaan ka soo xigtay Website hebel oo waxa uu maanta yidhi waxaan ka soo xigtay Website la yidhaahdo Dhameys,taas isaga ayaa looga fadhiya haddii uu Dhameys ka soo xigtay iyo haddi uu sameystayba arrimahaasi waxay noqdeen arrimo khatar ku ah nabadgelyada, maadama uu Ciidaankii nabadgelyada wax ka sheegayo,waxaas uu ka sheegayana waa wax aan sal iyo raad-toona lahayn. Joornaalada kale arrimaha Ciidaanka,haday yihiin bileys iyo haday yihiin military, haday yihiin asluub waxba kama sheegaan,laakin hubaal caado ayey ka dhigatay inay wax aan jirin ka sheegaan Ciidaanka booliska,arrintaasina sharciga ayaan la tiigsan doona".Ayuu yidhi Taliye Cabdilaahi Fadal Iimaan.

Twenty years on, Malaysian sacrifices in Somalia still remembered

Muqdisho battle 1993

BY TAN YI LIANG

PETALING JAYA: It has been twenty years, and the United States still remembers the Malaysian Armed Forces' role in helping the US Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, 10th Mountain Regiment and 160th Special Operations Air Regiment escape from the First Battle of Mogadishu.

In a statement issued after visiting the Malaysian Peacekeeping Centre at Telok Kemang near Port Dickson to mark its successful achievement of full training capability, Tom Kelly, the acting assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, said the United States owed a debt of honour to the Malaysian Armed Forces for putting their lives on the line to rescue their soldiers.

"The deeds of Malaysia will be remembered forever and the United States offers a million thank-yous for the brave actions of the Malaysian Armed Forces to rescue our soldiers in the incident twenty years ago. One Malaysian was killed and nine were wounded during the rescue operation in Mogadishu,” said Kelly.

The battle, immortalised in Ridley Scott’s movie Black Hawk Down and Mark Bowden’s book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War saw a Malaysian, Corporal Mat Aznan Awang killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his Condor armoured personnel carrier during the fighting which ran from Oct 3 to Oct 4, 1993.

Aznan was awarded the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa medal and promoted to Corporal posthumously.

Nine other Malaysians were wounded during the fighting in which the Royal Malay Regiment were involved.

The omission of these losses in the movie caused outrage in Malaysia when it was released in local cinemas in January 2002.

The commander of the Malaysian forces in the 1993 incident, Brigadier-General Abdul Latif Ahmad commented that Scott’s movie depicted the Malaysians involved as “mere bus drivers to ferry them out.”

Aside from the Malaysian casualties, one one Pakistani soldier was killed and two were wounded.

Both nations were part of the United Nations Operation in Somalia II, which was in Mogadishu during the battle which began as an American operation to capture the leaders of the Habr Gidr clan, led by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

The operation, led by Major General William F. Garrison ended up as the US Army’s bloodiest battle since the Vietnam War at that time, with 18 killed, 73 wounded and one captured by Somali militia.

It is estimated that 800 members of the Somali militia were killed during the battle.

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, a Somali-Canadian economist, named Prime Minister of Somalia

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, New Somali PM

By Stewart Bell

A Somali-Canadian economist was named prime minister of Somalia on Thursday, a key position in a government under pressure to rebuild, curb corruption and subdue armed Islamists.

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, 54, studied economics at the University of Ottawa and worked at the Bank of Canada but left a decade ago and has been at the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia since 2010.

Although he has no political experience, Mr. Ahmed was chosen for the position by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. He must still be confirmed by a parliament plagued by infighting.

“I hope that I will fulfill the duties I am entrusted with, and if parliament approves my nomination, I will swiftly name a high calibre cabinet,” Mr. Ahmed said, according to the AFP wire service.

“I hope that I will fulfill the duties I am entrusted with Mr. Ahmed is not the country’s first Somali-Canadian prime minister. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, a Carleton University graduate, held the post from 2009 to 2010, when he resigned. The notoriously fractious country has had six prime ministers in six years.

The current, internationally backed government that was formed in August, 2012, faces some major challenges, notably the need for order and economic development in a nation that has been lawless and isolated for two decades.

In addition to confronting Al-Shabab, an armed Islamist group aligned with al-Qaeda that wants to impose its authoritarian version of Islamic law on Somalis, the government has a significant corruption problem.

“I’m hoping that the naming of a new prime minister will herald the beginning of real work by this government,” said Toronto lawyer Ahmed Hussen, who heads the Canadian Somali Congress.

He said corruption and impunity had to end and human rights abuses needed to be addressed, particularly the country’s rape epidemic. The arrest of women who complain of rape also continued, he said.

“So those are the issues that we hope this new prime minister will deal with but I am skeptical. I don’t have a lot of faith in this administration,” he said. “I don’t think a new prime minister will really do much.”

According to a resumé posted on the Somali news website mareeg.com, Mr. Ahmed served as director-general of the livestock marketing and health agencies in Somalia before the previous regime collapsed in 1991.

He arrived in Canada in 1998 and earned a Master’s degree in economics from the U of O, as well as a computer programming diploma from Algonquin College. He worked as an international trade and development analyst before leaving in 2003 to work for the African Union in Nairobi.

Once and for all this has to be eradicated

Canada is home to the world’s largest ethnic Somali diaspora. Encouraged by a new sense of security in the capital Mogadishu, many have returned to start businesses, work for humanitarian agencies or serve in government.

But while African Union forces have beaten back Al-Shabab, some believe the government has backed off in recent months, allowing the Islamists to regroup.

The resurgence has been underscored by several bombings, including one on Nov. 8 that injured a Somali-Canadian member of the Somali parliament, Sooyaan Abdi Warsame. Four gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Sept. 21 and massacred 67 people. A Canada Border Services Agency officer posted in Kenya was among the dead.

“We feel a little bit now that we are more secure than before,” Abdurahman Adan Ibrahim, a Somali MP and former Deputy Prime Minister, told the National Post in a recent interview. “In a sense, yes, they have been defeated but at the same time it looks like they are coming back .… Once and for all this has to be eradicated.”

A New York Police Department report on the Westgate attack said Al-Shabab had recruited “radicalized” members of the Somali diaspora from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia and Sweden. “The fear is that these trained individuals could also be used to conduct attacks on U.S. soil or against U.S. interests overseas,” it said.

Source: National Post

Political parties announce date for vote on Catalonia independence

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Referendum is set for November 9, 2014, pro-independence parties say
• "The vote will not be held," Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon responds
• Madrid says nation's constitution doesn't allow regions to unilaterally break away
• There have been mass demonstrations in favor of self-determinatio

Spokesman for Catalan regional president Artur Mas speaks during a press conference on December 12, 2014 in Barcelona.

By Al Goodman, CNN

Madrid (CNN) -- Pro-independence parties in Catalonia defied the Spanish government Thursday by announcing in Barcelona that they plan to hold a referendum in November on whether the wealthy northeast region should be independent.

Madrid staunchly opposes the referendum and Catalan independence, and a Spanish government official rejected the announcement.

"The vote will not be held," Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon told reporters Thursday in the hallways of Spain's parliament.

Even supporters admit that there is much to be done before the vote can take place on November 9, 2014.

"We expect to open negotiations with Madrid. The Spanish state can't be blind about it," said Joan Maria Pique, a top aide and spokesman for Catalan regional president Artur Mas, who had a prominent role Thursday when his Convergence and Union party announced the plan with three other parties.

They had previously said only that the vote would be sometime in late 2014. And they also announced the two-part referendum question:

Do you want Catalonia to become a state? And if the voter answers yes, then comes this: Do you want that state to be independent?

That's a different formula from the single question that Scottish voters are due to get on September 18: Should Scotland be an independent country?"

Pique said the two-part question in Catalonia was the result of negotiations among the four pro-independence parties, but he noted that Great Britain has agreed to allow the Scottish vote on self-determination, while Spain has not followed suit yet for Catalonia.

The Spanish government says that Catalonia, with 7.5 million people, already has broad home-rule powers, including its own parliament, police force and control over education and health.

And Madrid insists that the Spanish Constitution does not allow any of Spain's 17 regions to unilaterally break away, even one like Catalonia that has its own flag and language.

The four pro-independence Catalan parties hold a majority in the Catalan regional parliament. There have been mass demonstrations in favor of self-determination on the past two Catalan national days on September 11. This year, hundreds of thousands of people formed a human chain -- from northern Catalonia, at the French border, to its southern border with the Valencia region -- to drive home the point.

Last year on September 11, an estimated 1.5 million people demonstrated in Barcelona, the regional capital and Spain's second-largest city, for self-determination.

Various opinion polls show a very large majority of Catalans want the right of self-determination. But if independence makes it to the ballot, polls show the result could be tighter, with some predicting a victory in the 50% range.

READ: September 2013: Catalans to link up in human chain today in their call for secession from Spain

DJIBOUTI: Ganacsade Jama Omar oo lagu Maxkamaddaynayo Djibouti

Warkan hoos ku qoran waxa daabacay Wargeyska Afka Dheer ee Indian Ocean Newsletter oo ka soo baxa magaalo madaxda Faransiiska ee Paris 

The businessman from Somaliland Djama Omar Saïd, who was arrested in Djibouti for “cigarette smuggling” on 4 November and then released a few days later on the 10th of November (>LOI nº1367), is due to appear in court on 15 December.  (...)

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