MAWQIFKA DIFAACAYAASHA XUQUUQDA AADAMIGA SOMALILAND EE MARXALADA DALKU MARAYO IYO QALALAASAHA GOLAHA WAKIILADA SOMALILAND

Ref: HW/O24/2014 Issued on 11 Feb. 2014

Ku: Guud ahaan Shacabka Somaliland - Gudo iyo Dibadba

Ku: Mudanayaasha Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland - Xarunta Barlamanka

Og: Mudanayaasha Golaha Guurtida Somaliland - Xarunta Barlamanka

Og: Mudane Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud 'Siilaanyo'Madaxwaynaha JSL

Damiirka Aadaminimo iyo kan muwaadinimo ayaa nagu khasbaya in aanu u soo bandhigno Madaxwaynaha, Mudanayaasha Golayaasha Sharci Dajinta iyo Shacabka Somaliland xogaha qarsoon ee ku lamaan qalaasaha ka oogan aqalka hoose ee baarlamaanka Somaliland.

Anagoo ah Difaacayaasha Madaxabanaan ee Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland oo ka kooban qaybaha kala duwan ee ururada bulshada oo ka dhisan guud ahaan gobolada dalka Somaliland.

Anagoo si taxadar badan leh ula socona guud ahaan dhacdooyinka dhaqaale, siyaasadeed iyo bulsho ee dalkeena gudihiisa iyo dibadiisaba ka, isla markaana xogogaal u ah xaalada iyo duruufaha u gaarka ah ee dalkeenu uu la nool yahay dhinaca xidhiidhka caalamiga ah ee hoos taga nidaamka Qaramada Midoobay iyo kuwa qaaradeed ama goboleed (AU, IGAD).

Kuna baraarugsan marxalada haatan dalkeenu marayo, qabyada jirta iyo wuxuu daaran yahay qalalaasaha ka oogan Aqalka Hoose Ee Sharci Dajinta.

Difaacayaasha xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland waxay si xoogan uga walaacsan yihiin in ay ogaadaan ilaa xad heerka Khatarta badan leh ee Qalalaasaha Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland uu si toos ah ugu gaystay mustaqbalka iyo danaha qaran ee dalka Somaliland. Taasi oo ah tan maanta aanu qaylo dhaantan u jeedinayno. Natiijooyinka uga soo baxay baadhitaano ay sameeyeen Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Bulshada Rayidka ah ee Somaliland waxa aanu ku ogaanay in Qalalaasaha Wakiiladu in uu ka gun dheer yahay mid ku kooban tartan dhinaca awooda ah oo u dhexeeya Axsaabta Qaranka

BILOWGA QALALAASAHA WAKIILADA IYO WAREEGII 5AAD EE WADAHADALA SOMALILAND & SOMALIA

Dhinaca Somaliand dhawr arimood ayay kaga kaga duwanaayeen wadahadaladii ugu dambeeyay ee magaalada Istanbul ku dhexmaray ergooyin ka kala socday Somaliland iyo Somalia 16-19 Janaury 2014. Ergada Somaliland waxa aan la soconin Madaxda 2da Xisbi Mucaarid, dhinaca kale xubnaha Ergada Somaliland oo ay ka wada muuqdeen beelaha Somaliland ayaa dhinacyada farsamada iyo diyaargarowgaba ka horumarsanayd marka loo eego wareegyadii hore.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxanu aaminsan nahay in Wadahadalada Somalia iyo Somaliland ay la mid yihiin Wadahadaladii badhtamihii sanadkii 1960 magaalada London ku dhexmaray Boqortooyada Ingiriiska iyo Ergo ka socotay Maxmiyadii Ingiriiska ee Somaliland Protectrate ku waasi oo kala ahaa - RABI NAXARIISTIISA JANO HAKA WARAABIYO DHAMAANTOODE:

Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, Garad Ali Garad Jama, Ahmed Hajji Duale (Keyse), Hajji Ibrahim Nur, U fiirso ergadaasi waxay ka koobnaayeen dhamaan beelaha wada dega dalkeena. Ergadan oo London u tagay in ay soo dhiraandhiriyaan Xoriyad Maxmiyada Somaliland ka hesho gumaysigii Ingriiska, waana ay ku soo guulaysteen.

54 Sanadood waxa haatan Somalia iyo Somaliland u socda wadahadlo la miisaan ah kuwii ergadii beelaha wada leh Somaliland ay 1960kii la galeen boqortooyada Ingiriiska ee Xoriyadii 26 June 1960kii aynu qaadanay sababay.

NASIIBDARADA HAATAN DHACAY MAXAY TAHAY: Wareegii ugu dambeeyay markii uu ka socday Istanbul ergooyinkii Somalia iyo Somalialnd oo miiskii wadahadalka wada fadhiya ayaa Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland ahna Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga mucaaradka ah ee WADANI ayuu hordhigay mooshin dhabarka lagaga tooganayo xubno ka mid ah Ergada u matalaysay dalkeena WADAHADALADA ujeedkoodu yahay Xidhiidhka Mustaqbalka ee Somaliland iyo Somalia. Gudoomiye K/xigeenka Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland ah darwiish/ Mudane Baashe Maxamed Farax oo ka mid ahaa xubnaha ugu miisaanka culus ergada Somaliland marka loo eego dhinaca deegaanka iyo wadajirka midnimada shacabka Somaliland ayuu Gudoomiye Ciro mooshin lagu sadqaynayo golaha wakiilada duuduub kaga ansixiyay.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay u arkaan talaabadaasi Gudoomiyaha Wakiiladu qaaday gantaal lagu naafaynayo karaamada ergada Somaliland iyo mid lagu dhantaalayo midnimada shacabka Somaliland. Anaga (Bulshada rayidka ah ee Somaliland) waxa aanu si xoogan u aaminsanahay miisaanka culus ee Gudoomiye K/xigeenka Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland Mudane Baashe Maxamed Farax uu kulahaa ergada Somaliland in ay la mid ahayd MIISAANKII iyo DOORKII Rabi naxariistiisa jano haka waraabiyee Marxuunkii/Darwiish Garad Ali Garad Jama, uu ku lahaa ergadii 54 sano ka hor bishii May 1960 Mustacmarkii Ingiriis wadahadaladii xoriyada Somaliland ku keentay.

Dhinaca kale, Ergadii ka socotay Xukuumada Federaalka Somalia iyagoo miiskii wadahadalada fadhiya ayaa Dawlada Federaalka Somalia xilal cusub u magacowday qaar ka mid ah ergadoodii oo labo (2) ka mid ah u magacaabeen xilal wasiiro ah. Halka xubno ergada Somaliland kuwii ugu Miisaanka culusaana golaheena wakiiladu ay dhabarka ka tooganayaan.

Talaabadan ayaa noola muuqata mid uu Gudoomiyaha Wakiilada Somaliland ku kala fogaynayo midnimada iyo wadajirka bulshada Somaliland wada leh, isla markaana ah weerar si toos ah uu ugu mijoxaabinayo wadahadalada misiirka dalka Somaliland.

Xogta taasi ka sii yaab badan ee aanu shacabka u sheegayno ayaa ah mid ka dhexmuuqata wax ka bedelka xeer hoosaadka iyo isku shaadhaynta gudi hoosaadyada Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland, isagoo awoodahiisa u gaarka ah isticmaalaya Gudoomiyaha Wakiilada Somaliland wuxuu u magacaabay gudiga ugu miisaanka culus gudi hoosaadyada golaha wakiilada gaar ahaan gudoomiyaha gudida joogtada ah Xildhibaan Mahdi Buubaa oo xubin qoyskiisa ka tirsani Ismail Buubaa ka mid yahay Ashkhaasta faro-ku-tiriska ah ee Dalka iyo Umada iyo Distoorka Somalilandba KHIYAAMEEYAY hadh iyo habeena DHAGARAHA u soo maleega. Inkasta oo ay labo shaqsi ay kala yihiin loona nisbaykarin Gudoomiyaha cusub ee Gudida Joogtada ah uu u magacaabay Abdirahman Ciro Gudida Joogtada ah, hadana amaanada amaanka Qaranku (National Interest) mar kasta waa in ay ku jiraan gacmo aamin ah.

FARIINTA DHAQDHAQAAQYADA DIMUQURAADIYADA SOMALILAND U DIRAYAAN GUDOOMIYAHA GUDIDA JOOGTADA AH EE GOLAHA GUURTIDA

Anagoo u hayna ixtiraam farobadan kuna dabo taagana amaanada culus iyo kaalinta wax ku oolka ah ee Golaha Guurtidu kaga jiro dhismaha Qaranka Somaliland, waxanu si buuxda u taageersanahay ergada Guurtida ee uu hogaaminayo Aabaha Nabada Somaliland Mud.  Xaaji Abdikariim Xuseen waxana aanu EEBE uga baryaynaa in uu ku guuleeyo. 

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay aaminsan yihiin in ergada golaha guurtida ee khilaafka golaha wakiilada gacanta ku haysaa in ay awoodooda isugu geeyaan sidii Golaha wakiilada Somaliland ugu sii shaqayn lahaa nidaamka dimuquraadiga ah ee uu ku dhisan yahay isla markaasina lagu soo doortay. Talaabo kasta oo lagu muquuniyo tirada badan (Majority) waxay dhaawac halis ah ku tahay nidaamka dimuquraadiyada ee dalkeena iyo distoorkeenu jideeyay.

DHAQAN KU CUSUB DALKA: RAG KU BAAQAYA IN UU DHIIG KU DAADAN DOONO DALKA

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay xogogaal u noqdeen rag Muqdisho dhexdeedana todobaado ka hor kaga jiray olole ay ku rabaan xilal in ay u magacawdo Xukuumada Federaalka Somalia, markii ay ku soo hugoobeena maalmahan u dambeeyay Caasimada Somaliland Shirar Jaraa'id ku qabanayay oo ku goodiyay in dhiig sokeeyo ay ku daadan doono.

Falalka noocaasi ah dhaliisheeda waxa iska leh Xukuumada Madaxwayne Siilanyo gaar ahaan Wasaarada Arimaha Gudaha iyo hay'adaha sharci fulinta.

KHATARO HORLEH OO SOO FOODSAARAY GEEDISOCODKA DIMUQURAADIYADA SOMALILAND

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay bulshada caalamka iyo dalalka ka taageera dimuquraadiyada dalkayaga Somaliland la socodsiinayaan werwerka aanu ka qabno dhaqdhaqaaqyo dhinaca siyaasada Somaliland ku soo xoogaysanaya kuwaasi oo aanu u aragno caqabadaha ugu waawayn ee mustaqbalka dhow iyo kan fogba ka hor imanaya  geedi socodka nidaamka dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxana ka mid ah: 

Koox la baxday Madasha Wadatashiga iyo Toosinta Qaranka oo ay xubno ka yihiin Rag ay Mujaahidiin ay u yaqaanaan beelaha dhexe ee Somaliland ayaa qaarkood ay Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland ku diiwaangaliyeen dhagaysiyo dacwado argagixiso oo Maxkamadaha Somaliland ka garnaqayeen laguna soo bandhigay cadaymo muujinaya shir qarsoodi ah oo dhexmaray xubin muhiim ah oo ka tirsan Madasha Wadatashiga Qaranka iyo wakiilo dhinaca Mirataniga ah oo ka tirsan Xarakada Alshabaab ujeedkooduna ahaa Inqilaab lagu afgabiyayo xukuumadii tan maanta jirta ka horaysay oo shacabka Somaliland si dimuquraadidga ah ay u soo doorteen, iyadoo tan iyo markii ay xogtaasi soo baxday aanay cida ay khusaysay si cad uga hadlin ama u beenin.

Soo galintaanka Siyaasada dalka kooxo Islaamiyiin ah oo reer Somaliland ah kuna suntanaa Golihii Maxaakiimta Islaamiga oo horaantii iyo badhtamihii sanadkii 2006 qabsaday badi koonfurta iyo badhtamaha Somaliland, xogtan oo waafaqaysa xog kale oo ku jirtay warbixin ay qoreen koox ka tirsan Kormeerayaasha Caalamiga ah ee Doorashadii ugu dambaysay ee Golaha Deegaanka Somaliland kuwaasi oo kormeer hordhac ah oo ay ku qiimayn ah ku yimi dalka ka hor doorashadii golayaasha Deegaanka ee dabayaaqadii sanadkii hore dalka ka qabsoontay.

Warbixintaasi waxay hoosta ka xariiqday in urur siyaasadeedkii kali ahaa ee islaamiga ahaa oo doorashii deegaanka ku hadhay uu la midoobay XISBIGA WADANI.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland ayaa diiwaangaliyay badhtamihii sanadkii 2006 ashkhaas iyo kooxo isugu jiray ururada diinta ee xagjirka ah iyo hogaamiye dhaqameedyo ay samaysteen ayaa dalka ka waday dhaqdhaqaaqyo xoog u abaabulan oo ku baaqaya in isku xukunka shareecada islaamka lagaga dhaqmo Somaliland dadkaasi oo shirar abaabulan u qabanayay beelaha Somaliland iyagoo dalka ka kiciyay duufaano khalkhal galiyay nidaamka kala dambaynta iyo ku dhaqankii distoorka Dimuqraadiga ah kuwaasi oo haatan ka mid ah Xisbiga WADANI.

SAAMAYNTA XUN EE NIDAAMKA DAWLADNIMO & DOORASHOOYINKA UU KU LEEYAHAY KHILAAFKA XISBIGA KULMIYE DHEXDIISU

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay u arkaan mushkilad qaran khilaafka ka jira gudaha xisbul xaakimka Somaliland ee KULMIYE ilaa xad waxanu dareensanahay in khilaafka Xisbiga KULMIYE uu caqab wayn ku yahay socodsiinta hawlaha qaran ee ay Xukuumada dalku qaranka u hayso iyadoo dalku marayo marxalad xaasaasi ah oo u baahan in nidaamka dawladnimo uu si buuxda u shaqeeyo ayaa khilaafka KULMIYE oo gaadha in uu markasta dibada iyo warbaahinta u soo baxo taasi oo curyaamin karta habsami u socodka hawlaha qaranka.

Sidoo kale waxa uu gaadhay in uu markii ugu horaysay Khilaafka Xisbiga KULMIYE fursado siiyo cadowga Somaliland iyo in Wakiiladii Somaliland meel mariyaan Mooshino dhabarjab ku ah qaranimada Somaliland.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay ugu baaqayaan Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga KULMIYE Mud. Muuse Biixi Cabdi iyo Madaxwaynaha Somaliland Mud. Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud 'Siilaanyo" in ay sida ugu dhaqsaha badan u qaadaan talaabooyin degdeg ah oo lagu soo afjarayo Khilaafka Xisbiga KULMIYE ragaadiyay oo haddii xal kama dambays ah ay u heli waayaan saamayn fool xun ku leh qaranka Somaliland.

DIIWAANGALINTA MUWAADINIINTA IYO TAN CODBIXIYAYAASHU LABO ISKU CADOW AH.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland oo ka faaiidaysanaya waayo aragnimadii Somaliland ka heshay diiwaangalintii muwaadinimada iyo tii codbixiyayaasha oo hore hal mar looga wada qabtay dalkeena taasi oo fashilaad ku dhamaatay.

Isla markaasina anagoo og muhiimada aan la qiyaasi karin oo ay dalka Somaliland u leedahay sugida diiwaangalinta muwaadiniinta u dhalatay dalka oo si habsami ah u qabsoonta kana wada hirgasha dhamaan deegaanada Jamhuuriyada Somaliland.

Xogogaalna u ah Kaalinta wax ku oolka ah ee suurtogalinta diiwaangalinta muwaadiniinta Somaliland ay u leedahay dhinacyada dhaqaalaha, amaanka iyo horumarka arimaha bulshada caafimaadka, waxbarashada iyo maalgashiga

Waxanu ugu baaqaynaa Xukuumada Somaliland, Xisbiyada Siyaasada, Dalalka iyo Ururada caalamiga ah ee inaga taageera hawshan, golayaasha qaranka iyo dhamaan muwaadiniinta Somaliland in loo hawlgalo sidii ay u kala madaxbanaan lahaayeen Diiwaangalinta Muwaadiniinta iyo Diiwaangalinta Codbixiyayaashu, oo haddii hal mar la wada qabto sida ay dhawaan dhinacyada arimahani khuseeyaan ku heshiiyeen aan lagu guulaysan doonin in la sameeyo diiwaangalimo sax ah oo muwaadinimo iyo mid codbixiyeyaal.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay waxay rumaysan yihiin in Axsaabta Siyaasada Somaliland aanay danaynaynin Ahmiyad Culus ee diiwaangalinta Muwaadiniintu u leedahay dalka iyo dadka Somaliland balse taasi lidigeeda ay danaynayaan kaliya sidii doorsho ay talada dalka ugula wareegi lahaayeen.

Hadii hal mar la wada qabto Diiwaangalinta Muwaadiniinta iyo tan Codbixiyayaasha Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga iyo Dhaqdhaqaaqyada Dimuquraadiyada Somaliland waxay ka digayaan in natiijo la aamini karo oo saxi ahi ka soo baxaynin sababtoo ah waxanu aaminsahay in xamaasad iyo olole gobalaysi, deegaan iyo mid qabyaaladeedba xisbiyada Siyaasada Somaliland galin doonaan hawshaasi sidaana tacab wakhti iyo miisaaniyad badani kaga khasaari doonto Qaranka Somaliland.

Suleiman ismail Bolaleh

Afhayeenka Difaacayaasha Madaxabanaan Ee Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland

xuquuq@gmail.com, hornwatch@yahoo.com

Somalia: All Your Internet Are Belong To Us

UN investigators accuse the Somali government officials of selling weapons and ammo to anyone who will pay, including al Shabaab.  The most frequent customers were clan militias of clans corrupt officials  belong to. In 2013 the UN eased the arms embargo on Somalia so the government could arm newly trained troops. But like all other aid provided to Somalia, there were always some Somalis in charge who would steal some, often a lot, of that aid.  Corruption remains the biggest problem in Somalia, followed by tribalism and Islamic terrorism.

Currently Uganda has some 8,000 peacekeepers in Somalia. This includes six battalions of infantry plus support troops. The peacekeepers serve for a year and many troops have been to Somalia more than once. But it is dangerous, with each unit suffering up to ten percent casualties (dead and wounded) while in Somalia. Because of that the army has had a hard time obtaining sufficient qualified personnel each year. To obtain the required number of troops the army has been recalling former and retired soldiers as well as the best men from local defense militias (which protect villages against bandits and tribal raiding parties). This year about a third of the peacekeepers will be from these sources. These men are probably only to going to do this once, in part for the adventure and in part for the money (over a thousand dollars a month, which is a lot if you are already drawing a pension or living out in the bush). Uganda has had peacekeepers in Somalia since 2007. While Uganda does not border Somalia, it does Kenya and like Kenya is largely Christian with a Moslem minority (12 percent of the population) that has been harboring Islamic terrorists.

Since 2011 the number of people dependent on food aid has declined 80 percent to about 800,000.  Al Shabaab is no longer a major factor in keeping aid out but the pervasive corruption continues to make it difficult to get the food and other aid to those who need it most.

February 13, 2014: An al Shabaab car bomb went off when a UN convoy was passing, killing seven and wounding 15. The car bomb was placed just outside the outer ring of security keeping the Islamic terrorists out of the airport itself.

February 12, 2014: Kenya announced it was looking for a Somali man (Omar Khalid) who was believed to be an al Shabaab leader in charge of planning terror attacks in Uganda. Elsewhere in Kenya 70 men arrested during a February 2nd raid on a Mombasa mosque were accused of belonging to al Shabaab. The courts released 21 other mosque suspects for being minors and 33 adults for lack of evidence.

February 10, 2014:  Two al Shabaab bombs went off in Mogadishu, killing one person and wounding several others. Some 300 kilometers north of Mogadishu an al Shabaab car bomb went off while it was being fitted with explosives. This left eight of the Islamic terrorists dead and at least five badly wounded. It was later discovered that the car bomb was intended for an attack on the nearby town of Beledewyne, which is controlled by government troops and peacekeepers.

Al Shabaab gave Internet providers 15 days to shut down all landline Internet service in the country. The Islamic terrorist group already banned Internet access via cell phones in January. Most Internet providers have complied with the cell phone Internet ban. This is extortion, with the Islamic terrorists basically threatening to attack the Internet providers and their customers if Internet access is not shut down. There are about 130,000 Internet users in Somalia. High speed landline (including fiber optic) Internet service is concentrated in Mogadishu, where it’s easier to block al Shabaab activities so the new ban might not take.

Al Shabaab attempts to expand their influence are being blocked. For example, after four weeks of work Congolese soldiers found and captured, near the Congo-Uganda border, the major base of an Islamic terrorist group the ADF-NALU (Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda). The Ugandan government thanked the Congolese government and explained that the ADF-NALU was allied with al Shabaab and trying to work with the Somali Islamic terrorists in making terror attacks inside Uganda.

February 9, 2014:  An American UAV missile attack on an al Shabaab gathering killed 30 of the Islamic terrorists, including four known leaders. But the main target, supreme leader Abu Mukhtar al Zubayr (also known as Ahmed Abdi Godane) departed the target area less than a minute before the missiles struck. The U.S. is offering a $7 million reward for help that gets Zubayr captured or killed. That brought in the tip that led to this attack. A January 26th missile attack where Zubayr was also the main target missed (by not much) him. In any event the $7 million reward is working in Somalia because there are a lot of tips, many of them good, on Zubayr.

February 7, 2014: In the south (Hagar, a village near Kismayo) peacekeepers and government troops made a surprise attack and killed seven of the al Shabaab men in the village. Other Islamic terrorists fled and the village was no longer a base for al Shabaab. Peace keepers have been sweeping through the countryside regularly this year to find and eliminate al Shabaab presence in villages and towns.

February 6, 2014: The largest provider in the country (Hormuud) relented after a month of threats from al Shabaab and shut down Internet access for its cell phone customers. January 24 was the deadline al Shabaab set for Somali cell phone service providers to shut down Internet (and email) access. In southern Somalia only one provider complied at first. Al Shabaab is checking people’s phones at roadblocks and taking phones and sometimes detaining the owners of those whose phones can still receive data. The government had asked the cell phone providers not to comply. Al Shabaab said it was imposing the ban to limit American spying on their members. For years al Shabaab condemned the use of cell phones that could access the Internet because it was un-Islamic (access to porn and the like) but never went this far to enforce the prohibition (mainly because so many of their own members used the Internet, sometimes for Islamic terrorism related matter). Al Shabaab had issued its order on the January 9th.

February 4, 2014: For the second day in a row al Shabaab mortar shells were fired at the presidential palace and nearby government buildings in Mogadishu. All the shells missed their intended target, but some caused casualties and at least twelve civilians have been wounded. The government went to the area where the firing apparently took place and arrested several dozen suspects.

February 3, 2014: A Kenyan court has accused four Somali men of carrying out the January 16th bombing of Nairobi airport (the largest in the country). 

February 2, 2014: In Mombasa, Kenya police raided a mosque believed to be an al Shabaab base and recruiting center and arrested 129 suspected Islamic terrorists. Police found weapons and al Shabaab documents and literature.  Some Somalis living in the largely Somali neighborhood rioted for several days after the raid. The mosque that was raided has long hosted Islamic radical preachers who approved of and encouraged Islamic terrorism.

February 1, 2014: In Kismayo a clan militia, aided by al Shabaab gunmen, fought the local government forces. At least five people were killed and many more wounded before the attack was repulsed. Southern Somalia is now an autonomous region called Juba and some of the clans are angry that they did not get as much power in the new government as they thought they deserved.

January 27, 2014: In Mogadishu an explosion at an army base left five soldiers dead.

Source: strategypage.com

Africa in the News: Nigeria Tracks Down Lost Oil Money, Somalia Loses Support from Turkey, and South Sudan Parties Warned on Cease-Fire Violations

Nigeria Looks for Lost Oil Money While President Goodluck Jonathan Prepares for Re-election

As noted by the Financial Times, Nigerian Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi provided pages of data, expert opinions and evidence in the form of contracts in a memo outlining the theft of government oil revenues. 

Sanusi’s memo to the Nigerian Senate Committee on Finance has prompted an audit of fuel subsidy payments. The minister of finance, minister of oil and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have already been queried by the Senate Committee.

Political analysts wonder how these allegations will impact current President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 election campaign.  The president is still working on stabilizing the north and preventing attacks by terrorist groups Boko Haram and Ansaru.   Meanwhile, he has also gone into full election preparation mode, with the sacking of four more ministers deemed unsupportive of his re-election goals.  Jonathan also announced stronger attention to energy sector reforms this week, which are estimated to require $900 billion over 30 years.

Somalia Loses Donor Support from Turkey

Turkey removed direct budgetary support to the Somali government this week.  Turkey was formerly Somalia’s largest donor and reportedly provided Somalia’s central bank with $4.5 million per month in cash payments.  The assistance was halted after a graft scandal was revealed when the current central bank governor resigned to avoid being pressured into corruption after only seven weeks on the job.  Western donors are now in a quandary on whether or not to support the Somali government in order to keep al-Shabab at bay.  Attacks from the organization continued this week: A car bomb outside the Mogadishu airport killed five people.

South Sudan Government and Rebels Warned About Violating the Cessation Agreement

The U.S. State Department made a statement over the weekend expressing concern about reports of violence on both sides of the current civil conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. statement provides a strong suggestion that anti-government and government forces comply with withdrawals of troops, and with U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also issued statements of concern and warning to the newly independent nation. These statements came ahead of the International Governmental Authority on Development’s talks that resumed in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.

Oil Governance and the State of the Kenyan Economy are Highlighted by the Africa Growth Initiative

Next week, AGI partners with Oxfam America to host a panel discussion about managing resources in economies with new oil and gas discoveries, e.g., Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique.  The event is private, but a webcast is available and Twitter discussion highly encouraged using #AfricaOilGas.
In addition to covering East Africa’s oil and gas boom, AGI and its partner think tank the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis will host a discussion on the state of the Kenyan economy.  The conversation will center on KIPPRA’s fifth annual report on the topic. The event will also be webcast and the twitter hashtag is #KenyaEconomy. 

Somalia: Women Shouldn’t Live in Fear of Rape

 Many women and girls in Mogadishu live in constant fear of rape. The Somali government’s public commitments have not materialized into better protection for women and support for victims.Liesl Gerntholtz, women’s rights director        

A Somali woman walks alone in central Mogadishu.

© 2013 Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch

New Cabinet Should Implement 5-Point Plan To Curtail Sexual Violence

(Nairobi) – Somalia’s new cabinet should urgently adopt meaningful reforms to confront rampant sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Over the past year, women and girls endured high levels of rape and sexual abuse, including by government soldiers, in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

“Many women and girls in Mogadishu live in constant fear of rape,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, women’s rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The Somali government’s public commitments have not materialized into better protection for women and support for victims.”

The 72-page report, “‘Here, Rape is Normal’: A Five-Point Plan to Curtail Sexual Violence in Somalia,” provides a roadmap for the government and its international donors to establish a comprehensive strategy to reduce rape, provide survivors with immediate and urgent assistance, and develop a long-term approach to end these abuses. The report focuses on improving prevention, increasing access to emergency health services, ensuring justice, legal and policy reform, and promoting women’s equality.

For the report, Human Rights Watch interviewed 27 women in Mogadishu who survived rape, with some of them experiencing assaults by multiple perpetrators on more than one occasion. All the cases took place since August 2012 when the new Somali Federal Government took office.

The incidents occurred in the Benadir region, which includes Mogadishu, an area primarily under government control and where resources have been invested to improve security and rebuild government institutions, including the judiciary and health services.

Armed assailants, including members of state security forces, have sexually assaulted, raped, shot, and stabbed numerous women and girls. Women and girls displaced by war and famine from their homes throughout the country are particularly vulnerable to abuse both inside internally displaced persons camps and as they walk to market, tend to their fields, or forage for firewood, Human Rights Watch said.

Lack of justice for sexual violence remains the norm in Somalia, Human Rights Watch said. Shamso (all names are pseudonyms for security), 34, who was gang-raped in her makeshift home in a displaced persons camp, described to Human Rights Watch the pervasive climate of impunity that fuels the abuse: “They took turns. The men didn’t hurry because mostly women live in the camp and are no threat to them. During the attack, one of them told me, ‘You can tell anyone that we did this, we’re not scared.”

The United Nations (UN) reported nearly 800 cases of sexual and gender-based violence in Mogadishu alone for the first six months of 2013, although the actual number is likely much higher. Many victims will not report rape and sexual assault because they lack confidence in the justice system, are unaware of available health and justice services or cannot access them, and fear reprisal and stigma. When Human Rights Watch asked one survivor why she did not report being raped, she shrugged: “Rape is a frequent occurrence in Somalia. Here, rape is normal.”

According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), about one-third of victims of sexual violence in Somalia are children under 18 years of age.

While the government has pledged to “comprehensively” address sexual violence “as a matter of priority,” these commitments have thus far brought about little, if any, change. The new government needs to take urgent and concrete steps to address the pervasive problem of rape, particularly among displaced communities, Human Rights Watch said.

The government response'

In early February 2014, Human Rights Watch met with various government officials in Mogadishu, including the new minister of women and human rights development and members of the president’s policy unit, who reaffirmed the government’s commitment to combatting sexual violence. In particular, the officials said they would be revising the government’s draft national gender policy to include specific provisions to address sexual and gender-based violence.

Human Rights Watch called on the Federal Government of Somalia to take serious measures to prevent security force personnel and others from committing sexual violence and to hold perpetrators accountable. As a top priority, the government should take all necessary actions to ensure victims who report sexual abuse do not face retaliation by government security forces and intelligence services, as occurred in three high-profile cases in 2013.

“Somalia’s government faces daunting challenges given the scope of the abuse and the extensive measures needed to address it,” Gerntholtz said. “So instead of targeting victims who dare to speak out, the government should focus on prosecuting perpetrators, including members of the security forces.”

Years of conflict have left Somali medical services and the justice system, including police and the courts, profoundly ill-equipped to support and assist victims of sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said. As a result, women and young girls face what the UN’s independent expert on human rights in Somalia refers to as “double victimization” – first the rape or sexual assault itself, then failure of the authorities to provide effective justice or medical and social support.

Maryam, a 37-year-old single mother who was gang-raped in her makeshift shelter, was the only survivor Human Rights Watch interviewed who attempted to file a police report. The police officers at the station humiliated her after she bled from injuries sustained during the rape.

“Before they let me go, they told me I had to wash the floor where I was bleeding,” she said. “I sat down, they gave me a brush and I cleaned the floor.” She never returned to the police station to pursue the case or report a second gang rape three months later.

Other women described the continuing economic impact that rapes have on their lives and how the government and donor community could help. “The challenge for women in Somalia is not just the violence,” said Sahra, who was stabbed and raped in July while collecting firewood. “Now the manual labor that I did before I was raped, I am not strong enough to do it anymore. We need more programs that give us capital to start an alternative business.”

Human Rights Watch called on Somalia’s government to take a number of crucial steps.

These include deploying a sufficient number of competent, trained police, including female officers, to provide security for displaced communities; ensuring that health and social services can provide adequate psychological, social, economic, and medical support to women and girls recovering from violence; and promoting gender equality through education, women’s political, social, and economic equality, and women’s political participation.

The challenges that the government faces are enormous and will need the help of the international community, Human Rights Watch said.

International donors have pressed the Federal Government of Somalia, including through the Somali Compact endorsed in September, to give priority to women’s rights. Donors have leverage and need to make it clear that supporting both short and long-term measures to address sexual violence against women is crucial for Somalia’s development.

“Donor countries should press Somalia’s government to ensure that the plight of rape survivors is a priority of reform efforts,” Gerntholtz said. “And then the donors need to step forward and help make those reforms happen.”

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Ciidamada Qaranka Somaliland oo is hortaagay in Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Puntland uu booqasho ku tago Buuhoodle.

Ciidamo ka tirsan Somaliland oo aad u hubaysan ayaa la sheegayaa in ay isa soo dhoobeen Deegaano ka tirsan gobolka Sool qaasatan Deegaanada Hawdka oo ay ka mid tahay Dharkayn-geenyo iyo Karin- Dabayl- wayn si ay u hakiyaan Socdaal la sheegay in Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Puntland Mudane C/Xakiim Cabdulaahi uu ku doonayay in uu ku tago Degmada Buuhoodle ee Caasimada Gobolka Cayn.

Maamulka Somaliland horay ayeey uga digeen Dowladda Puntland in ay soo farageliso Deegaanada Somaliland gacanta ku hayso, halka Faysal Cali Waraabe oo ah Gudoomiyaha Ucid ee Ururada Somaliland ka tirsan uu iclaamiyay Dagaal ka dhan ah Madaxda Puntland isaga oo sheegay in uu tuute xiran doono hadii Puntland ay soo haweysato Deegaanada Somaliland sida uu hadalka u dhigay.

Sidoo kale Ciidamo Khaatumo ayaa isaga baxay Deegaanka Karin Dabayl Wayn oo Somaliland qabsatay sida wararka sheegayaan waxayna ciidamadaas u dhaqaaqeen dhanka taleex halkaasi oo ah Xarunta Maamul Goboleedka Khaatumo.

Wax war ah kama soo bixin dhanka Somaliland sidoo kale iyana wax war ah kama aysan oran arintan Puntland ee la xiriirta Ciidankan lasoo dhoobay hawdka Gobolka Sool, waxayse arintan kusoo beegmaysaa iyadoo horay Madaxweynaha Puntland uu u sheegay in Laascaanood aan faataxo lagu qabsan Faataxana lagu soo celin doonin taasi oo u muuqatay in uu Mudane Gaas iclaaminayo Dagaal ka dhan ah Somaliland taasi oo dhalisay In Maamulka Somaliland ay iyana is difaacaan Ciidanna kusoo daadiyaan meelo u dhaw Caasimada Puntland.

KHILAAFKA SIYAASADEED BAARLAMAANKA SOMALILAND WUXUU QIIMAYN U YAHAY AWOODA HABSAMI U SOCODKIISA

Xubno ka tirsan Golaha Wakiilada ee gobolka Somaliland ayay noqotay in laga saaro gudaha baarlamaanka bishan Februray 10-keedii, kadib markii khilaafkii uu isu badalay gacan ka hadal. Kor, Golaha wakiilada oo isu yimid September 2012. [Barkhad Dahir/Sabahi]

Waxaa qoray Barkhad Daahir oo Hargeysa jooga

Arin ku bilaabatay dood siyaasadeed oo si habsami ah ku socotay oo looga hadlayay isbadalada lagu samynayo Golaha Wakiilada ee gobalka Somaliland ayaa isu badashay khilaaf dheer oo kulul oo u dhaxeeya labada dhinac ee iska soo horjeeda, taas oo sababtay in la joojiyo shaqadii baarlamaanka ilaa iyo Axada soo socoda (Februray 16-keeda).

Khilaafkan ayaa bilawday January 27-deedii, kadib markii Golaha Wakiiladu uu ansaxiyay sharci wax ka badalaya axdiga baarlamaanka oo ah midii ugu horaysay ee la sameeyo ilaa iyo 2005-tii.

Sharcigan, iyo isbadalo kale, ayaa hoos u dhigaya awooda labada ku xigeen ee afhayeenka baarlamaanka taa soo hoos ugu dhigaysa tirada codadka loo bahaan yahay in shaqada laga qaado oo markii hore ahayd 55 hadana ka dhigaysa 42, iyada oo aan waxba laga badalin aqlabiyadii ahayd saddex meelood labadood ee loo baahnaa in afhayeenka shaqada lagaga qaado.

Sharcigan cusub ayaa sidoo kale waajibiyay in ku xigeenada afhayeenka baarlamaanku ay fadhiistaan meel ka hoosaysa afhayeenka, meeshana ka saaray wadaaga ay sadexdan hogaamiye wadaagaan ee ah Shirgudoon.

Badalkan axdi-hoosaadka la badalyo iyo habkan cusub ee hogaaminimada ayaa ah dadaal looga goleeyahay in lala jaan-qaado sharciyada kale ee baarlamaanka aduunka, Ibraahim Mahdi Buuba, oo ah xildhibaan, ahna gudoomiyaha gudi-hoosaadka joogtada ah ee aqalka hoose ayaa sidaas sheegay.

In kasta oo isbadalaas ay aqbaleen inta badan xildhibaanadu, oo ay sideed xildhibaan kaliya ay arintan ka soo horjeesteen sida uu Buubaa sheegay, ayaa hadana mooshin kale, oo soo jeediyay isbadalo kale oo axdi-hoosaadka lagu samaynayo uu buuq ka dhex dhaliyay golaha sharcidajinta markii iyaga loo soo bandhigay maalintii Axadii (February 9-keedii).

Mooshinkan, oo ay taageerayaan in ka badan 50 wakiil oo ka soo jeeda xisbiga Kulmiye ee Madaxwaynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Siilaanyo, ayaa soo bandhigay yaraynta tirada codadka loo baahan yahay in xilka looga qaado sadaxda afhayeen kana dhigaya 42.

Markii mooshankan la soo bandhigay ayay buuq iyo qalaaste ka dhex abuurtay baarlamaanka, taas oo ugu danbaystii keentay in ay gacmaha isula tagaan dhawr xildhibaan. Booliiska ayaa ugu danbaytii soo dhex galay gacan ka hadalka kala danbayntiina soo celiyay.

Faragalin 'sharcidaro ah' oo ah arimaha baarlamaanka

Afhayeenka Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdullahi, isla markaana ah hogaamiyaha xisbiga mucaaradka Wadani, ayaa maamulka Siilaanyo si toos ah ugu eedeeyay in ay u soo faragalinayaan arimaha baarlamaanka ayna ku xad-gudbayaan madax banaanida sadexda laamood ee dawladda.

Sida Buubaa oo xubin ka ah xisbiga Wadani sheegayo, ayaa wakiilo ka soo jeeda xisbiga talada haya loogu yeedhay in ay ku kulmaan guriga madaxweyne ku xigeenka usbuucii hore si ay mooshinkan u diyaariyaan. Madaxweyne Ku xigeenka Cabdiraxmaan Cabdullahi Saylaci iyo lix wasiir oo ay ku jiraan wasiirka madaxtooyada, ayaa halkaas joogay, ayuu yidhi.

“Intii aan Baarlamaanka madaxda ka ahaa [ilaa iyo 2005-tii], taariikhda waa markii koowaad ee nin Wasiir ahi intuu guri ama makhaayad fadhiisto, xildhibaano u yeedho, kana saxeexo mooshin uu wato,” Cabdullahi ayaa sidaas yidhi Axadii isaga oo shir jaraa'id ku qabtay xafiiskiisa. "[Dawlada] ayaa samaysay wax walba oo ay qorshaheeda ku fulinayso. Tani waa faragalin waana sharci daro," Buubaa ayaa sidaas sheegay.

Siilaanyo iyo Wasiirkiisa Madaxtooyada Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan ayaan si khaas ah eedaymahan ama khilaafka baarlamaanka ka jira faalo uga bixin. Isaga oo wariyayaasha kula hadlaya Garoonka hargaysa ayaa Siilaanyo yidhi, "Dawlada shaqo ayaa u taala baarlamaankana shaqo ayaa u taala. Dawladdu waxay diyaar u tahay in ay shaqadeeda qabsato."Xisbiyada UCID iyo Waddani, iyo sidoo kale Madashada Wadatashiga iyo Toosinta, taas oo ah gole ay isugu yimaadaan siyaasiyiinta madaxbanaan ee mucaaradka ah, ayaa sidoo kale dawladda ku eedeeyay in ay ka danbaysay qalalaasaha baarlamaanka.

Xataa dawladdu waxay ku soo faragalisay in ay laaluush siiso xildhibanada si ay waxa ay doonayso ay baarlamaanka dhaxdiisa uga fuliso, Buubaa ayaa sidaas sheegay. "Doonitaanka [dawladda] ayaa ah in ay baarlamaanka ka curyaamiso in uu shaqadiisa ka soo baxo, taas oo ah in ay u kuurgalo dawladda uuna la xisaabtamo," ayuu u sheegay Sabahi. "Waxay kale oo doonayaan in afhayeenka ay jagadiisa ka qaadaan kaas oo ay u malaynayaan in sumcad fiican uu xisbiga oo hogaamiyo u soo jiidayo haddii uu shaqo fiican ka qabto baarlamaanka, taas oo xiliga doorashooyinka khatar ku ah [xisbiga talada haya]."

Mooshinka lagu yaraynayo tirada codadka loo baahan yahay si afhayeenka jagada looga qaado ayaa wadada u xaadhaysa in si sahal ah shaqada looga qaado, Maxamed Cumar Cabdi, oo ah tifatiraha wargayska madaxa banaan ee Jamhuuriya ayaa sidaas sheegay. Ilaa iyo sanadkii 2005, ayay tani tahay markii ugu horaysay ee khilaafka baarlamaanku uu halkaas gaadho, ayuu u sheegay Sabahi.

"Inkasta oo ay mooshinkan keeneen xubno dawladda taageersan, wakiillo ka soo jeeda Waddani oo afhayeenka taageeraya ayaa ku goodiyey in ay keenayaan mooshin madaxwaynaha ka dhan ah," Cabdi ayaa sidaas sheegay. "Arrintani waa mid khilaafkan sii xumaysay."

Haddii aan arrintan si dhakhso ah loo xalinin, waxaa laga yaaba in ay dhaliso khilaafaad hoose, Cabdi ayaa sidaas yidhi.

"Waxaa laga yaabaa shacabka daggan gobollo kala gaddisan in ay labada dhinac kala taageeraan, khilaafkuna uu qabiil isu baddalo," ayuu yidhi. "Maaddaama uusan ammaanka waddanku adkayn, ayaa waxaa jira cabsi wayn oo ah in khilaafkan uu ka sii gudbo baarlamaanka iyo kuwa hadda talada haya, oo uu u sii gudbo in shacabka uu kala qaybiyo."

Saxaafadda maxalliga ah ayaa horraantii usbuucan sheegay in dhalinyaro taageeraya afhayeenka baarlamaanka ay qaybo Hargaysa ah ku mudaaharadaeen, tiro dad ah oo ka soo jeeda qabiilka afhayeenka baarlamaankana la qabtay kadibna la sii dayaay.

Dadaallo khilaafka lagu xalinayo

Wafdi ka socda Golaha Guurtida, oo ah aqalka sare ee baarlamaanka, ayaa codsaday hal usbuuc oo hakin ah si xal loo gaadho.

Kooxdaas ayaa waxaa horkacaya guddoomiyaha guddi hoosaadka joogtada ah ee aqalka hoose ahna oday dhaqameedka ugu da'da wayn Somaliland Xaaji Cabdikariim Xuseen Yuusuf, oo loo yaqaano Cabdi Waraabe, waxaa kale oo qayb ka ah guddoomiyaha Akaadeemiyada Nabadda iyo Horumarinta Cabdiraxmaan Aw Cali faarax

"Waxaan baarlamaanka ka codsanaynaa in ay qaataan toddobo maalmood si aan khilaafkan u xalino, baarlamaankuna si wadajir ah ugu shaqeeyo," Cabdi Waraabe ayaa sidaas yidhi isaga oo hadal u jeediyay aqalka hoose kana digay cawaaqib xumada arrintani ay keeni karto.

Xubnihii labada dhinac ee iska soo horjeeday oo kulankaas baarlamaanka joogay ayaa aqbalay usbuucan hakad galinta ah, Cabdulaahi ayaa sidaas u sheegay Sabahi, isaga oo intaas ku daray in uu diyaar u yahay xalinta khilaafka iyada oo la fiirinayo xasilloonida siyaasadeed ee Somaliland.

"Labada dhinac waxay aqbaleen guddiga, waxayna na waydiisteen in aan siino fursad ay ku wada hadlaan iyagu ... shaqaduna hadda meel fiican ayay maraysaa mana rabo in aan ka hor dhaco," Ku-xigeenka Afhayeenka Golaha Guurtida Saaciid Jamaac Cali, oo xubin ka ah 14-ka xubnood ee wafdiga dhexdhexaadinta, ayaa saxaafadda u sheegay kadib markii dhismaha baarlamaanka ku kulmeen Talaadadii.

Guddiyada labada dhinac ka socda ayaa si rasmi ah wadahadalkii u bilaabay Arbacadii, Buubaa, oo xubin ka ah wafdiga ayaa sidaas yidhi.

Source: sabahi

Daawo Afhayeenka Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland Mr. Suleiman Xuquuq oo Eedo Culus Huwiyay Gudoomiyaha Wakiilada Somaliland & Baaqa Jaaliyadaha Somaliland ee Ingiriiska SSE

Wareegga Labaad ee Hawlgal Khubaro Caalami ah ku Baadhayaan Xabaalo-wadareedyada Xasquuqii Somaliland oo la Bilaabay

Wareegga labaad ee hawlgal khubaro ajaanib ahi ku baadhayaan xasuuqii nidaamkii Siyaad Barre ee Soomaaliya ka gaystay Somaliland sannadihii sideetamaadkii, ayaa laga bilaabay xabaalo-wadareedyo ku yaal xaafadda Badhka ee degmada Axmed Dhagax ee Koonfurta magaalada Hargeysa.

Baadhitaankan oo ay samaynayaan khubaro ka socota hay’ad magaceeda la yidhaa EPAF oo ku takhasusay baadhitaannada xasuuqyada caalamka ka dhaca iyo dadka sida wadajirka ah loo laayo, taas oo xukuumadda Somaliland heshiis kula gashay inay muddo shan sannadood ah baadhitaan ku sameeyaan xasuuqii Somaliland uu ka gaystay Taliskii Siyaad Barre, kuwaas oo wejigii hore ee baadhitaankooda ku sameeyey laba xabaal-wadareed oo ku yaal xaafadda Badhka ee Hargeysa sannadkii 2012-dii oo ay ka soo sareen lafaha 38 qof oo ku jiray, waxaannay si rasmi ah wareegga labaad ee baadhitaankooda u bilaabeen shalay.

Bilowga wareegga labaad ee baadhitaanka oo lagaga dhawaaqay xaflad lagu qabtay shalay goobta ay ku taal xabaal-wadareedka saddexaad ee hawlgalkan, waxa ka qaybgalay Wasiirrada Wasaaradaha Caddaaladda iyo Shaqada iyo Arrimaha Bulshada – Md. Xuseen Axmed Caydiid iyo Maxamuud Axmed Barre (Garaad), madaxda xafiiska baadhitaanka xasuuqa Somaliland, culimo ka socday Wasaaradda Diinta iyo Awqaafta Somaliland iyo khubarada baadhitaanka fulinaysa.

Guddoomiyaha Xafiiska Baadhista Xasuuqa Somaliland Mr. Khadar Axmed Like oo ugu horreyn halkaasi ka hadlay, ayaa sheegay in wareeggan labaad ee baadhintan ay samaynayaan khubarada ka socda hay’adda EPAF laga fulin doono xabaashii saddexaad ee ay ku jiraan dadkii xasuuqa loo gaystay, isla markaana ay hayaan warbixintii labadii xabaal-wadareed ee hore.


Wasiirka Wasaaradda Cadaalada Md. Xuseen Axmed Caydiid, ayaa isna sheegay in ujeeddada baadhitaankani tahay sidii adduunku u ogaan lahaayeen xaqiiqda dhabta ee xasuuqii Somaliland loo gaystay oo ah mid aannu shaki ku jirin.

“Hawlgalkan oo laga fulinayo xabaal-wadareedkan ka mid ah kuwa badan oo Hargeysa ku yaal, kana sii mid ah uun xabaal-wadareedyo fara badan oo guud ahaan dalka ku jira, in khubaradan nooga timi caalamku inay baadhaan oo ay xaqiijiyaan sababtii dadkaasi u dhinteen,” ayuu yidhi Wasiir Xuseen.

Sidoo kale, Wasiirka Wasaaradda Shaqada iyo Arrimaha Bulshada Md. Maxamuud Axmed Barre (Garaad), ayaa isna ka warramay dhacdooyin uu goob-joog u ahaa oo lagu xasuuqay dad badan oo Somaliland u dhashay, isagoo sheegay in si gaar ah loola bartilmaameedsanayey beel ka mid ah kuwa Somaliland

Qaar ka mid ah culimada waaweyn ee Somaliland oo iyaguna halkaasi ka hadlay ayaa sheegay in sida diinta Islaamku dhigayso dadka la xasuuqay xaq u leeyihiin in si sharaf leh loo aaso, iyagoo halkaasina uga duceeyey maytida ku jira xabaal-wadareedyada baadhitaanka laga samaysanayo.

Morocco: Abuse of Sub-Saharan Migrants

Nador, Morocco, November 2012 – A migrant from Mali lying down in a cave used as shelter. In the forests and mountains that surround Nador, groups of Sub-Saharan African migrants survive and wait for the right moment to attempt to cross the border between Morocco and the city of Melilla, a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s north coast.       © 2012 Gianfranco Tripodo/contrasto/Redux

Nador, Morocco, November 2012 – A migrant from Mali lying down in a cave used as shelter. In the forests and mountains that surround Nador, groups of Sub-Saharan African migrants survive and wait for the right moment to attempt to cross the border between Morocco and the city of Melilla, a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s north coast.

© 2012 Gianfranco Tripodo/contrasto/Redux

Ill-Treatment Persists in Moroccan, Spanish Border Operations Despite Rabat’s Reforms

Moroccan security forces commonly beat, otherwise abuse, and sometimes steal from sub-Saharan migrants in the northeastern part of the country, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. These abuses persist despite some improvements in the treatment of migrants since the government announced a new migration and asylum policy in September 2013. Since that time, the practice of summarily expelling migrants at the border with Algeria appears to have stopped.

The 79-page report, “Abused and Expelled: Ill-Treatment of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco,” found that these abuses occurred as the security forces took custody of sub-Saharan migrants who had tried unsuccessfully to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla, or – prior to September 2013 – as they were rounding up migrants without any semblance of due process to expel them toAlgeria. However, research in late January and early February 2014 in Oujda, Nador, and Rabat indicates that Moroccan security forces are still using violence against migrants expelled from Melilla.

“Morocco should make clear to its security forces that migrants have rights,” said Bill Frelick, refugee program director at Human Rights Watch. “Morocco needs to call a halt to beatings and other abuse of migrants.”  

Spanish security forces also use excessive force when they summarily expel migrants from Melilla, Human Rights Watch found. Spain should stop all summary returns to Morocco at the Melilla border, and suspend forcible returns to Morocco of migrants reaching Melilla until Morocco demonstrates that they are no longer at risk of beatings and other abuses upon their return and that their rights are protected.

Morocco’s new migration and asylum policy is based on recommendations by the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and endorsed by King Mohammed VI. The reforms include granting legal residency to migrants whom the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has determined to be refugees. Once processed by the newly reactivated National Office for Refugees and Stateless Persons, the refugees obtain resident cards that give them the right to work and receive certain social services.

Morocco has also put into place an “exceptional” regularization procedure through 2014 to allow undocumented migrants who meet certain criteria to apply for a one-year renewable residency. It is unclear how many of the 25,000 sub-Saharan migrants estimated to be in Morocco will meet the criteria. A brief informal survey indicated that few of those living in makeshift camps in Nador and Oujda would qualify.

The government told Human Rights Watch that it is also drafting new laws on asylum, human trafficking, and migration.

The Human Rights Watch report is based on interviews with 67 sub-Saharan migrants in and around the cities of Oujda and Nador in November and December 2012. Human Rights Watch also interviewed officials, international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations and included in the report the government’s responses to written questions. In January and February 2014 Human Rights Watch interviewed an additional 14 migrants in Nador, Oujda, and Rabat.

Sub-Saharan African migrants leave their countries because of poverty; family and social problems; political upheaval and civil conflict; and, in some cases, fear of persecution. Many in northeast Morocco aim to reach Europe. Many of the migrants interviewed for this report lived in makeshift shelters outside of larger cities, surviving on meager resources, and in constant fear of police raids.

In December 2011, according to reports by nongovernmental organizations, Moroccan authorities stepped up the practice of raiding unofficial migrant camps in forested areas outside of Oujda and Nador. Gendarmes and Moroccan Auxiliary Forces destroyed migrants’ shelters and sometimes stole their valuables during these raids, migrants told Human Rights Watch. The security forces arrested male migrants, bused them to the Algerian border, and ordered them to keep walking, bypassing the administrative and judicial due process requirements for deportations under international and national law.

“Nicolas,” 39, from Cameroon, described being shoved toward Algeria as security forces yelled “Yallah! [Let’s go!].” “They treated me really badly, they kicked me so much that I am peeing blood as a result,” he said. Names of migrants interviewed were changed for their protection.

Interviews Human Rights Watch conducted in northeast Morocco in January 2014 with migrants and nongovernmental organizations working locally said that the summary expulsions to the border with Algeria had ceased and that police raids on migrants living in and around Oujda had eased since October 2013. However, police are still conducting raids in the Nador area. Migrants described raids that occurred as recently as January 29, 2014, when police destroyed makeshift migrant encampments and arrested and beat people trying to reach Melilla. Authorities rounding up migrants in Nador in recent months bused them to Rabat and other coastal cities, rather than to the Algerian border, as previously, migrants and nongovernmental groups told Human Rights Watch.

In relation to the expulsions documented in the report, the Moroccan government told Human Rights Watch that it did not expel people but rather carried out lawful “returns to the border.” However, the Moroccan-Algerian border remains formally closed, and migrants told Human Rights Watch that Moroccan security officers took them to isolated locations and used force or the threat of force to coerce them to walk toward Algeria.

Expelled migrants who encountered Algerian security forces faced additional abuses. Migrants said that some Algerian border authorities forced them back into Morocco, sometimes violently, after robbing them of their valuables.

Each expelled migrant interviewed who had managed to return to Oujda or Nador described expulsions that ignored basic due process requirements.

Article 23 of Morocco’s immigration law provides for the right to request a lawyer or an interpreter prior to expulsion. Article 22 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, to which Morocco is a party, provides for an expulsion decision in writing and the opportunity to challenge that decision.

While noting positive features of Morocco’s new migration policy, Human Rights Watch remains concerned by new reports of police violence against migrants near the border with Melilla. The Moroccan government should ensure, as part of its reforms, that the security forces refrain from using excessive force toward migrants and respect the due process rights of every migrant they take into custody.

The Spanish government should stop summarily returning migrants who enter Melilla to Morocco. Spanish law requires security and border forces to follow deportation procedures in removing migrants who enter Spain illegally. These returns also violate international and European Union (EU) law, which prohibit countries from forcibly returning anyone to a place where they would face a real risk of being subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. Spanish authorities should also ensure diligent investigations of allegations of excessive use of force by its own forces and exert pressure on Morocco to end the use of unwarranted force against migrants.

Human Rights Watch examined the treatment of migrants in Morocco in relation to the EU’s avowed goal of controlling its borders through the help of third countries neighboring the EU. Morocco and the EU have embraced a joint policy of preventing undocumented migration toward the EU, through financial cooperation, for example. Human Rights Watch urged the EU to ensure that it does not provide support for any programs or Moroccan forces that violate the rights of migrants as guaranteed by international human rights law.

“Morocco has apparently stopped dumping migrants at the Algerian border, but that’s not enough,” Frelick said. “Morocco needs firm procedures to make sure that the migrants’ due process rights are respected and to allow them to apply for asylum.”

For details about the January 2014 interviews, please see below. 

Additional information from 2014 interviews 
Two Human Rights Watch researchers conducted  individual interviews with nine migrants in Gourougou, Nador and five in Rabat. All of those interviewed were men – ten from Cameroon, two from Mali, and two from Gabon. Names of the migrants were changed for their protection.

In interviews with Human Rights Watch in Nador on January 29 and 30, and in Rabat on February 3, migrants said that security forces still frequently carry out raids on their camps in Gourougou, the forested mountain outside of Nador, overlooking Melilla, during which they destroy and burn migrants’ property and makeshift shelters.

Nador is a jumping-off point for many migrants trying to reach Melilla, either by inflatable boat or by climbing the fences surrounding it in large groups, sometimes several hundred migrants at once. Migrants who managed to enter Melilla said that Spain’s Guardia Civil summarily removed most of them and handed them over to Moroccan border patrols at the border. They said Moroccan authorities frequently beat the border crossers, including children, who were in their effective custody, and not resisting or attempting to flee.

At the Melilla border
Human Rights Watch interviewed five migrants in Rabat, who said that during an attempt to scale the Melilla perimeter fence in the early hours of February 2, the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Moroccan Auxiliary Forces employed excessive force against them.

Joseph, 31, from Cameroon, who limped and had a swollen eye, said:

We went toward the fence to go into Melilla and we tried to get in. A few of us managed to enter Melilla but the Guardia Civil stopped us. They hit us with clubs. They hit us very hard for 5 to 10 minutes. They handcuffed us [with plastic restraints], and then they opened the gate in the fence and handed us over to the [Moroccan] Auxiliary Forces.

The Auxiliary Forces hit us with clubs. While they hit us, they also searched us. They stole 250 dirhams [US$30] from me along with my mobile phone. They made us lie face down on the ground, still handcuffed. We stayed on the ground for an hour while they hit us. They hit me on the eye with a stick. They only stopped hitting us when more senior officers came.

Martin, 22, from Cameroon, said:

We arrived to the fence and sirens started wailing… I could see my friends who were inside [Melilla]. TheGuardia Civil hit my friends with big sticks. Not police clubs, but sticks. They hit you until you faint… I retreated back to the Moroccan side. When I came back down, they [Moroccan Auxiliary Forces] hit me. They handcuffed me, and then made me lie down on the ground, face down. They searched me and stole my money, my phone, and even my shoes.

William, 24, from Cameroon, said:

In the night of December 24 [2013], there were 15 of us advancing toward the fence. As we were coming toward the fence, the Alit [Moroccan Auxiliary Forces] saw us and started throwing rocks and sticks at us. Nine Alits grabbed us; they took me to a hidden corner and hit me and other migrants there for 30 to 40 minutes, and then they took us to the commissariat. I was able to go to the hospital instead. I got medical attention for my injuries and came back the next day to Gourougou, with the help of NGOs [nongovernmental organizations].

Ahmed, 22, from Cameroon, was also part of this group:

We were all intercepted and arrested at the first fence. My feet were bleeding from the barbed wire and the auxiliary forces arrested me. They attached my hands behind my back with a cord and beat me everywhere on my body with batons. Some of them were jumping on my back to force me to lie on my stomach. At 8 a.m. they drove us to the police station in Nador. They didn’t ask us to provide any documents. They only asked us, as always, our names and nationality. They refused to take me to the hospital although I was bleeding. In the evening, they drove us in a bus to the bus station of Rabat.

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