Assange will struggle to win Senate seat: poll

WikiLeaks Party founder Julian Assange is running for the Australian Senate from inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Photo: PA

Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks Party has generated considerable interest among voters but probably not enough for him to be elected to the Senate, a new poll shows.

Support for Assange and the WikiLeaks Party was highest in Victoria, where 22 per cent of those knowing about him said they would consider voting for him.

This equates to 15 per cent of all Victorians, according to the Fairfax-Nielsen poll.

In a half-Senate election, a candidate needs just over 14 per cent of the vote to be elected, so Assange would win a Senate seat in Victoria without preferences only if every voter considering voting for him actually did.

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Assange is running for a Victorian Senate seat in this year’s election but will be unable to campaign here because he is confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The WikiLeaks founder has been granted political asylum after losing court challenges to prevent him being sent to Sweden to answer sexual assault allegations.

Two polling experts rated the WikiLeaks Party's electoral chances as ‘‘highly unlikely’’.

‘‘I think his candidacy looks credible from these numbers but I still think on those numbers it would be a very big ask to win,’’ said Nielsen pollster John Stirton.

‘‘He’s in the ballpark of the support he needs but he’s got to convert every single one ... and I think that’s highly unlikely.’’

The ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green, said Assange was ‘‘in the mix’’ but only if ‘‘lots of other minor parties’’ gave him their preferences. Assange’s chances on first preferences were ‘‘about nil’’.

Mr Green expects the WikiLeaks Party to win about 3 per cent of the vote nationally and perhaps 4 per cent in Victoria.The WikiLeaks Party stands for ‘‘truthfulness and the free flow of information’’, according to its website. Its 11-person national council includes a mathematician, a scientist, a digital archivist and a social media consultant with the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group.

To win a Senate seat, Assange needs to steal votes from left-leaning parties but the state he is running in – Victoria – is also the state with the most resilient support for Labor and the Greens.

‘‘It’s the one state where Assange doesn’t put a left seat at risk,’’ Mr Green said.

Nationally, 69 per cent of voters say they know ‘‘a lot’’ or ‘‘a little’’ about Assange and WikiLeaks, and of these 19 per cent would consider voting for the party.

This equates to about 13 per cent support across the whole population. So even if every voter that considered voting for WikiLeaks actually did, the party would still need to rely on preferences.

Support for Assange and WikiLeaks was second highest in NSW, with about 14 per cent of the population saying they would consider voting for the party, and lowest in the ACT, with only 5 per cent of the population.

The national poll has a margin of error of 2.6 per cent and the state figures have a margin of error of about 5 per cent.

Dalka Venezuela oo yeeshay Madaxweyne Cusub oo ah Nicolas Maduro.

Guddiga doorashada Venezuela ayaa ku dhawaaqay in ninka shuuciga ah ee Nicolas Maduro uu ku guuleystay doorashadii madaxtinimada cod wax yar ka badan boqolkiiba konton.

Laakiin guusha looga badiyay musharraxa xisbiga mucaaradkahas won the presidential election with just over fifty percent of the Henrique Capriles waxa ay ka yarad boqolkiiba laba, oo ah wax aad uga yar tii uu helay Hugo Chavez ka hor intii aanu dhiman bishii hore.

Kadib markii lagu dhawaaqay, ayaa Mr Maduro oo labisnaa dhar midabada calanka Venezuelan waxa uu sheegay in guushiisu ay ahayd mid sharci ah oo caddaalad ah, isla markaana waxa uu ku baaqay degenaan.
Waxa uu balanqaaday inuu sii wadi doono siyaasadihii Madaxweynihii geeriyooday ee ka horreeyay Hugo Chavez.

Somaliland gets wind in its sails for revamping power sector

The region's antiquated, piecemeal power grid is constraining growth – but a new energy bill may change that

Matthew Newsome and Nicholas Parkinson in Hargeisa

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Engineers erect a wind turbine in Somaliland. Hargeisa wastes nearly 40% of its electricity through technical faults and antiquated materials. Photograph: Edwin Mireri

In 2009, Hassan Ahmed Hussein brought an industrial bread-making machine from abroad to install in his hotel in downtown Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. Hassan's idea was part business, part self-interest. Wholewheat bread is not available in Somaliland, and he envisioned selling it to small-scale vendors.

He baked bread for four months before coming to the unfortunate conclusion that the machine wasn't cost effective. Electricity in Somaliland is too expensive. While the rest of the world pays an average $0.15-0.30 per kilowatt hour, Hargeisa's residents pay $1 per kWh.

He abandoned the bakery and, in 2009, bought a diesel generator, poles, wires and transformers to start his own power company, Iftin, which rapidly gained nearly 2,000 customers in a catchment area of 10,000 residents. He has since merged his power stations with the city's largest provider, KAAH, and now serves more than 4,500 people on the same grid.

Hassan is not the only local power provider. There is little government support for power generation (pdf), and many of Hargeisa's wealthy residents import diesel generators to power homes and businesses. The independent providers depend on the price of diesel and Middle East exporters.

When Somalia collapsed in 1991, wires, poles and generators in Hargeisa were taken over by the emerging Somaliland government. The new government had no money to invest in the power grid, so independent providers began to appear. As a result, a system whereby neighbours pay neighbours for electricity has gone unchecked.

Somaliland rates are high due to a disjointed network of independent providers that have their own grid and use unreliable, dilapidated equipment. Somaliland's minister of energy, Hussein Abdi Dualeh, says the city loses nearly 40% of its electricity due to technical problems and antiquated materials.

"Hargeisa's streets look like a plate of spaghetti. And then you add in theft and illegal connections, and these power providers are barely breaking even," says Dualeh. "We need a legal framework to govern the sector – we need an electricity law."

The ministry of mining, energy and water resources is finalising a draft bill designed to regulate and standardise the sector, to be submitted to parliament for review this year. The legislation was drawn up in 2011 by the energy ministry with input from suppliers as well as technical experts provided by USAid Partnership for Economic Growth.

A functioning electricity act is part of the partnership programme's goal to strengthen private business and the investment climate. In 2011, when the programme carried out an initial assessment, most business owners – particularly small-scale industries – cited electricity rates and services as a constraint to growth. High overhead costs give local businesses fewer opportunities to compete with imports, and as a result few products are produced in Somaliland.

The new law is expected to consolidate the grids in Hargeisa, standardise infrastructure and establish safety standards.

"Nobody can guarantee that the new law will reduce rates, but it will make the sector more efficient. We believe that inefficiency is one of the reasons that rates are so high," says Suleiman Mohamed, chief of party at the partnership programme. "Investors will be more confident to invest in a place where there is a law and accountability with legal systems."

Hargeisa's streets are lined with kiosks and small merchants who pay independent providers about $10 a month for one 100W lightbulb. There are no switches and the bulb burns all day and night unless somebody removes it.

"We have an inefficient, unreliable and prohibitively expensive power supply. How can you expect businesses that require a reliable electricity supply to succeed?" says Mohamed.

The energy sector has begun looking at wind and solar power as alternative sources of energy. "Renewable energy needs to be considered. Somaliland has more than 340 days of sun and some of the fastest wind in the world," says Dualeh.

In May, the partnership programme hosted Somaliland's first wind power investment workshop, which gathered members of the business community, government officials and investors from the diaspora. The programme used satellite imagery to create wind maps to demonstrate the country's wind power potential. Participants calculated the differences between diesel and wind energy in terms of generation costs and revenues.

Last year, the programme began working with the energy and aviation ministries to establish a five-turbine pilot windfarm with an installed capacity of 100kW. The programme will also erect four 25-40 metre-high monitoring stations to collect data, an essential first step towards wind investments.

"If we can harness the wind, we could supplement our power supply with an economical alternative. It's not out of reach – we just need to find the right partnership," says Dualeh.

Hassan welcomes the pilot. "In Somaliland, there are no financial services to invest in equipment or expansion. If we had the means, we would be putting our capital into wind."

ON THE AGENDA: Ten key questions from Haiti to Somaliland

By Tim Large

A Haitian girl walks through a camp for people displaced by the January 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Swoan Parker

By Tim Large

Editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation news services

Here are just a few of the questions our correspondents will be asking this week as they report on humanitarian issues, women’s rights, climate change, corruption and social innovation for our AlertNet and TrustLaw news services.

Remember that from April 24, you’ll find all such stories on a single platform – our new trust.org website, which will roll AlertNet, TrustLaw, TrustMedia and our other services into one. So no more jumping back and forth between sites.

Q. How much longer for Haiti’s homeless?

The number of homeless earthquake survivors living in camps sprawled across Port-au-Prince has declined by nearly 80 percent from a peak of 1.5 million people, according to the latest figures from the International Organisation for Migration. But 320,000 Haitians who lost their homes in the quake more than three years ago still live in tent and tarpaulin camps in and around the capital, while almost 67,000 households “still have no prospect of moving out” of the makeshift settlements, the IOM says. Reporting for AlertNet, Anastasia Moloney will be looking at what if anything can be done for those whose lives remain upside-down.

Q. Why do 55 million people in India’s Maharashtra state face hunger?

Two years of low rainfall and a history of poor management of water resources have left dams empty, farmland parched and cattle emaciated. Not to mention up to 55 million people at risk of food insecurity. Nita Bhalla will be exploring the environmental and human factors behind this underreported catastrophe in a state with the largest number of dams in the country and more than its fair share of thirsty golf courses.

Q. How is Britain leading the way in tackling statelessness?

The answer is simple – by taking the landmark step of allowing stateless people living on the margins of society to legalise their presence in the country. An estimated 12-15 million people worldwide are stateless, meaning they lack even the most basic rights. Statelessness exacerbates poverty, increases social tensions, breaks up families and destroys children’s futures. Emma Batha will have the story.

Q. How are British taxpayers helping to displace half a million Kenyans and Ethiopians?

The answer boils down to the construction of a controversial dam that activists say is likely to uproot hundreds of thousands from their homes, exacerbate hunger and fuel conflict. The dam project is linked to a forcible resettlement programme that Survival International says is 'bankrolled' by British taxpayers. Katy Migiro has the story.

Q. As the plight of women worsens in Somalia, what progress is there in neighbouring Somaliland?

Katy Migiro will be pouring over UNICEF's latest survey on women and children in Somaliland and Puntland for evidence of progress in tackling issues such as female genital mutilation, child labour and women's literacy. Somaliland has been relatively peaceful since it broke away from Somalia, a country racked by decades of civil war. We’ll be keen to see how far that peace has translated into better lives for women and children.

Q. Did someone mention global mental health?

The World Health Organisation is due to adopt its first ever global action plan on mental health at its assembly in Geneva next month. Katie Nguyen will be interviewing a WHO policymaker on the significance of the plan, why it's being launched now, why mental health continues to be a neglected area of health and whether there's any hope of mental health being included in post-2015 development goals.

Q. Is Nairobi set to become the world’s latest tax haven?

The Kenyan government plans to create the Nairobi International Financial Centre, a regional hub for financial services along the lines of the City of London, which critics say risks becoming a tax haven. It is working with a British firm to set the development up. Katy Migiro will be exploring whether the centre really will enable the corrupt to hide illicit funds and evade taxes.

Q. Why do 400,000 “rape kits” remain untested in the United States?

A “rape kit” is used to collect DNA evidence from the body of a victim of sexual assault. It forms key police evidence. In the United States, the government estimates there is a backlog of some 400,000 “untested” rape kits in police and crime storage facilities. Lisa Anderson has an interview with Julie Smolyansky, founder of a campaign to end that backlog.

Q. How to end to poverty and other modest questions

Every spring, thousands of policymakers, activists, academics, business folks and journalists descend on Washington for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. It’s a jamboree focusing on more issues than you can shake a white paper at, from international development to the global economy. Stella Dawson will be there. Among other things, she’ll be asking what strategies the new president of the World Bank is pursuing in a budget-constrained, post-financial crisis environment and what impact the bank’s anti-corruption programme has had on reducing graft. Expect interviews, stories and blogs a-plenty.

Q. Could Colombia’s rebel landmine-layers become part of the clean-up squad?

Colombia has more landmine victims than any other country apart from Afghanistan. Most of these explosives were laid by the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) during its nearly 50-year war against the government. Now the country’s leading anti-mines NGO, the Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines, is calling on the FARC to get involved in demining operations. Will they bite? Anastasia Moloney is looking into it.

For the answers to last week’s key questions, see What we learned: Ten things we didn’t know till now. And don’t miss our special coverage of last week's Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford.

Madaxweynaha Turkiga oo Warbixin Xiiso leh ku oo ku Saabsan Wadahadaladii Somalia iyo Somaliland ku Qoray bartiisa Internetka

Madaxweynaha Turkiga Cabdullah Gu

Barta Intenet-ka Madaxweynaha Turkiga Cabdullah Gul ayaa ka qortey warbixin xiiso leh kulamadii madaxweynayaasha iyo muhiimada heshiiskii la gaadhey.

Degelka Internetku waxa ay qoraalkaasi ku bilowdey sidan: “ Madaxweynaha dalka Turkiga Cabdullah Guul ayaa madaxweynaha Somaliland Axmed Silanyo iyo madaxweynaha Soomaaliya kulan kula yeeshey xarunta madaxtooyada dalkiisa ee la yidhaa Çankaya.

Warkan oo aan ka helay barta internet-ka Madaxweybne Guul oo warbixin ka qortey dadaalka uu u galey gacan ka geysashada dhibaatada u dhexeysa Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya waxa uu sheegey in saddexda Madaxweyne intii ay ku jireen kulankooda oo uu martigeliyay Turkigu waxa ay carrabka ku adkeeyeen muhiimada uu leeyahay warmurtiyeedka Ankara “Ankara Communiqué.”

Saddexda madaxweyne waxa ay ka wada xaajoodeen sida wax looga qaban karayo karayo waxyaabaha taagan ee u dhexeeya Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya, waxaaney dib u eegeen xidhiidhka Afrika iyo Turki oo si weyn waqti u helay sannadahan danbe, islamarkaana loola tacaali karayo arrimaha kale ee gobolka , iyada oo muddadii saddexda madaxweyne wada hadlayeen uu isna weheliyay wasiirka arrimaha dibadda Turkiga Ahmet Davuto?lu.

Warku waxa kale oo uu sheegay in uu kulanka saddexda madaxweyne Gül, madaxweyne Xasan Sh. Maxamuud iyo Madaxweyne Axmed Siilanyo uu yahay tallaabadii ugu horeysey ee loo qaado xagga xal u helida dhibaatooyinka jira ee u dhexeeya laba dal oo Afrika ah oo loo marayo wadahadal iyo niyad wanaag. Waxaanu xusayaa in ay taa awgeed uu u leeyahay muhiimad weyn warmurtiyeedkaa Ankara “Ankara Communiqué”, ee ay wada saxeexdeen dawladaha Somalia and Somaliland

Barta Gul waxa ay qoraakeeda intaa raacisey in Saddexda Madaxweyne ay iftiimiyeen in gacan ka geysashada Turkiga ee geedisocodka wadahadallada Soomaaliya iyo Somaliland sii socon doonto, waxaaney islagarteen in iyana lagu qabto kulan kale oo saddex geesood ah Istanbuul muddo sagaashan cisho gudahood ah.”

World sea piracy falls 35 percent in first quarter of 2013, but more attacks in Gulf of Guinea

By Associated Press,

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep pirates away from Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Monday.

The International Maritime Bureau said 66 attacks were recorded worldwide in the first three months, down from 102 in the same period last year. Four vessels were hijacked with 75 crew members taken hostage and one killed during the period, according to data compiled by the London-based bureau’s piracy reporting center in Malaysia.

The bureau said five attacks were reported off Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, including one hijacking. That is down sharply from 36 cases a year ago, thanks to beefed-up naval patrols led by the U.S. and increased security measures on ships transiting the region. In the year 2010, 49 vessels were hijacked off Somalia and more than 1,000 crew members were taken hostage.
Sea piracy plunged to its lowest level in five years in 2012. A total of 297 attacks were recorded worldwide, down sharply from 439 in 2011.

At the same time, piracy is becoming a greater concern in the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa. The bureau reported 15 attacks in the gulf, including three hijackings.

It said Nigeria accounted for 11 attacks with pirates hijacking a vessel with 15 crew members. It said a crew member of a chemical tanker was killed when the vessel was fired upon at Lagos. Another three incidents were reported in Ivory Coast, with two fuel tankers hijacked, it said.

Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has escalated from low-level armed robberies to hijackings and cargo thefts and kidnappings. Last year, London-based Lloyd’s Market Association — an umbrella group of insurers — listed oil-rich Nigeria, neighboring Benin and nearby waters in the same risk category as Somalia.

The bureau praised naval forces for quick action that led to the prompt release of a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and in another case, the capture of 12 pirates after the targeted vessel foiled an attack.

Outside of African waters, Indonesia recorded 25 incidents, but there were mainly low-level thefts.
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Ex-York U student may have been involved in Somalia attack

Somali and Canadian security forces are probing whether a former York University student was part of a team of suicide bombers who attacked Mogadishu court.

FEISAL OMAR / REUTERS

A Somali woman runs to safety near the scene of a blast in Mogadishu April 14, 2013. Two car bombs exploded outside the law courts and gunmen stormed the building.

By: Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter,

Somali and Canadian security forces are probing whether a former York University student was part of a team of suicide bombers who attacked Mogadishu on Sunday, shattering the capital’s calm and killing and injuring dozens.

Intelligence, police and government sources in Mogadishu and Ottawa told the Star that they were investigating reports that Mahad Ali Dhore was one of the nine Al Shabab militants who stormed the capital’s courthouse Sunday as part of the well-co-ordinated attack, which included a separate car bomb targeting Turkish aid workers.

Dhore’s family could not be reached for comment Sunday and there was no official confirmation of his participation. Somali officials are seeking forensic evidence to determine if the Canadian was involved.

It was the worst attack in the capital since the Al Qaeda-aligned Shabab was forced to abandon Mogadishu in August 2011.

News of Dhore’s potential involvement puts Canada once again at the forefront of discussions on so-called “homegrown terrorism.”

The RCMP confirmed earlier this month that two Canadians were involved in January’s four-day siege at an Algerian gas plant that killed 37 hostages. Ali Medlej and Xristos Katsiroubas were killed when Algerian troops stormed the compound, their remains identified by DNA.

Mujahid “Ryan” Enderi, one of their friends from London, Ont., is now the subject of an international manhunt, and a fourth Londoner, Aaron Yoon, is reportedly serving a two-year sentence in a Mauritanian prison on a terrorism conviction.

The problem of Al Qaeda organizations luring Western recruits is not new or unique to Canada, and Dhore’s disappearance nearly four years ago, with at least four others, made headlines.

Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

Somali soldiers carry a wounded civilian from the entrance of Mogadishu’s court complex after being injured during a siege by militants.

Dhore’s cousin told the Star in a November 2009 interview that the 25-year-old had left his Markham home with his aunt to visit an ailing grandmother in Nairobi, but then disappeared while in Kenya. The cousin said she was baffled, saying “there had been nothing in his behaviour that would have worried us.”
 

Dhore had been studying math and history at York University but decided to take a break just before he left Canada, his relatives said. A friend of his family said he contacted his sister in the years since, telling her he had gotten married, had children and was living in Somalia.

Shortly after the midday attack Sunday, the Shabab praised its “martyrs,” boasting of the attacks on Twitter:

“Above all, today’s operations ought to drive this unambiguous message home: there is no safe haven for apostates in Mogadishu!”

Shabab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamed Rage claimed that only five suicide attackers died and vowed more attacks. “This was a holy action which targeted non-believers who were in a meeting within the court complex. We will continue until Somalia is liberated from invaders,” he said, as quoted by the AFP news agency.

Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon condemned the violence, writing on Twitter: “There is nothing Islamic in killing innocent Somalis. It is a tragedy for everyone affected.”

According to witnesses, the assault began around noon Sunday when a suicide bomber blew up the gate leading to the court compound. That began a two-hour gun battle between the attackers, wearing vests packed with explosives, and security forces. Dozens of court officials and civilians hid throughout the courthouse and tried to climb out windows to safety.

Later in the day, a car bomb detonated on the road leading to the airport as a vehicle carrying Turkish citizens passed.

Somalia’s Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled said that six of the nine militants who attacked the court complex detonated suicide vests, according to The Associated Press. Three others were shot dead during the assault, he said. He said he couldn’t provide an overall death toll that included government officials and civilians. Reports varied from a dozen dead to as many as 34, with dozens more injured.

Somali sources confirmed that two of the country’s most prominent lawyers, Mohamed Mohamud Afra and Abdikarim Hassan Gorod, were among the dead. Afrah was the head of the Somali Lawyers Association and Gorod had recently defended a Somali journalist who was thrown in jail after interviewing a woman who was raped by government forces.

While the attack shocked the capital, there had been warnings. Britain’s Foreign Office issued an alert April 6 stating that it believed “terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Mogadishu.”

Somalia supreme court attack kills at least 20

Militants fire guns and set off explosions during suspected Al-Shabaab assault on main court buildings in Mogadishu

Somalia supreme court attack – women walk past the site of the deadly blast in Mogadishu. Photograph: Omar Faruk/Reuters

At least 20 people were killed in Mogadishu after al-Shabaab extremists stormed the Somali capital's main court buildings, firing guns and setting off explosions during clashes with security forces.

The assault was the most serious in the capital since the Islamist group was forced out in 2011.

The attack on the supreme court triggered a gunfight with police and armed forces. Two explosions were heard and gunmen, many wearing explosives-laden vests, climbed on to the roof and fired shots.

A police officer, Hassan Abdulahi, said he saw five bodies at the entrance to the court. All nine extremist were killed, he said, adding that the militants had taken an unknown number of hostages, while other government workers and civilians on the premises hid.

Soldiers carry a wounded civilian from the court. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

Hours after the siege, a suicide car bomber rammed a vehicle carrying Turkish citizens.

On Friday, the Foreign Office released a travel warning for Somalia that warned of a high threat of terrorism. "We continue to believe terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Mogadishu," it said.

On a Twitter feed believed to belong to the militants, al-Shabaab appeared to take responsibilty for the attack. A post said five militants from the "Martyrdom Brigade" took part in the "daring" raid.

The Somali prime minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon, said the "pointless and pathetic act" would have no effect on the country's commitment to progress.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said: "I want the terrorist to know that our country, Somalia, is moving, and will keep moving forward, and will not be prevented to achieve the ultimate noble goal, a peaceful and stable Somalia, by a few desperate terrorists."

 

A car is engulfed by flames near the scene of the attack. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters

The court complex is a confusing maze of buildings and rooms, allowing for plenty of places to hide but also for many places for gunmen to take hostages. The armed men forced their way inside the complex and immediately set off an explosion, said Yusuf Abdi, who was near the court when the attack happened.

About two hours after the assault began, survivors of the attack began coming out of the buildings. Some were crying and others held their head in their hands.

"I never expected to make it out alive today," said Halima Geddi, who had taken cover behind a wall. "There is no peace. No one protects us. I came to see my boy who was supposed to be tried here."

Most militant attacks in Mogadishu are blamed on fighters from Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida-linked rebel group that ruled the city from 2006 until August 2011, when African Union and government forces pushed them out of the city.

Since then extremists have launched suicide bombings on the capital every few weeks. Despite those intermittent attacks, Mogadishu is generally considered more peaceful than most of the previous seven years.

 

Somaliland iyo Qaadhaan bixiyayaasha oo berri ku kulmaya Addis ababa

Wasiirka Wasaaradda Qorshaynta Qaranka Sacad Cali Shire

Wasiirka Wasaaradda Qorshaynta Qaranka Sacad Cali Shire iyo Wasiiru dawlaha Wasaaradda Maaliyadda Cismaan C/laahi Saxardiid ayaa manta u dhoofaya Dalka Itoobiya caasimadiisa Addis ababa halkaas oo ay kaga qayb geli doonaan shir ay la yeelanayaan qaar ka mid ah dalalka Qaadhaan bixiyayaasha ah.

Shirkan ayay labada dhinac kaga wada hadli doonaan Sanduuqa Horumarka ee ay Dalalkaasi Somaliland u sameeyeen ee ay ugu magac dareen Somaliland Trust Fund, kaasoo ay sanadkan soo marin doonaan wixii mucaawino ah ee ay Somaliland siinayaan.

Sanduuqa Somaliland Trust Fund ayaa noqonaya kii ugu horeeyay ee ay Qadhaan bixiyayaashu ku soo ridaan mucaanidii ay horeSomaliland u siin jireen oo ahayd mid kooban, hase yeeshee qorshaha loo dajiyay waxa uu noqon doonaa mid Horumarineed oo wax ka tara baahiyaha Bulsho.

Sida ku cad siyaasadda Miisaaniyadda Qaranka ee sanadkan dhaqaalaha Sanduuqan lagu soo rido waxa uu noqon doonaa mid toos u gala Dakhliga Dawladda isla markaana waxalagu darayaa Miisaaniyadda qaranka.
“waa in Wasaaradda Qorshayntu soo gudbiso lacagta Sanduuqa horumarinta Somaliland (Somaliland Trust Fund), si loo raaciyo Miisaaniyadda 2013.

Sidoo kale, isla Siyaasadda Miisaaniyadda waxa lagu sheegay in Deeqaha Tooska ah iyo kuwa dadban-ba waxaay ka muuqan doonaan Miisaaniyadda “waa in deeqaha tooska ah ee Caalamiga ah ee Dawladda la siiyo ay ka muuqdaan Miisaaniyadda Dawladda Dhexe. Sidoo kale, deeqaha Caalamiga ah ee dadban waa in lifaaq loo raaciyaa Miisaaniyaddaqaranka, si loo ogaado dhamaan Dakhliga dalka soo gala nooc kasta oo uu yahay.

Dhinaca kale Wasiiradan oo uu wehelin doono Wasiirka Wasaaradda Macdanta, Tamarta iyo Biyaha ayaa shirka kadib u duuli doona Dalka Maraykanka halkaas oo ay kaga biiri doonaan weftiga Madaxweynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Maxamud Siilaanyo.

Position Paper Somaliland and Somalia Ankara Communiqu- TAAGEERADA GO’AAMADA BAYAANKA ANKARA

HORNWATCH Index:   S/land /0212/13                                          

Ku: Warbaahinta Gudo iyo dibadba

Taar: 15 April 2013

UJEEDO:          TAAGEERADA GO’AAMADA BAYAANKA ANKARA (Ankara Communiqué)

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland waxay soo dhawaynayaan go’aamada shalay ka soo baxay wada-hadaladii u dhexeeyay madaxda labada dal ee Somaliland iyo Somalia, wadahadaladan oo uu marti galiyay Madaxwaynaha dalka Turkiga, oo si rasmi ah uga socday magaalooyinka Stanbul iyo Ankara 11 – 13 April 2013.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland, waxay hambalyaynayaan soona dhawaynayaan hogaaminta khibradeed siyaasadeed iyo go’aan qaadashada Madaxwaynaha Somaliland, xukuumadiisa iyo masuuliyiinta uu u xushay ka qaybgalka wadahadalada Turkiga ee metalaya qaranka Somaliland. Madaxwaynaha Somaliland iyo masuuliyiinta uu u xushay shirka Turkigu waxay muujiyeen bisayl iyo siyaasadeed oo ka turjumaysa rabitaanka shacbiga Somaliland iyo geedi socodka halganka loogu jiro ka midho dhalinta qaran madaxbanaan oo caalamku aqoonsan yahay, go’aanada ka soo baxay wadahadalada Turkiga ee ay wada yeesheen Somaliland iyo Somalia waa qaar u horseedi kara shacabka labada dal iyo guud ahaan manadaqada Geeska Afrika xasilooni iyo deganaansho, sidoo kale bilowga is afgaradka labada dal ee Somalia iyo Somaliland in ay ka wada shaqeeyaan danaha labadooda dal iyo horumarintiisa.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika waxay soo dhawaynayaan in ay labada dal ee Somaliland iyo Somalia aqoonsadaan muhimada ay leedahay iskaashiga xoogan oo ay ka yeeshaan dhinaca Nabadgalyada iyo Sirdoonka, sababta oo ah amaan darada ka dhacda labada dal midkood waa mid khusaysa kan kalana, sidaasi darteed wadaaga labada dale ee ku aadan dhinaca fursadaha tababarada iyo qalabaynta hay’adaha ugu xil saaran labada dal dhinaca amaanku waa mid leh muhimad gaar wakhtigan xaasaasiga ah. 

Guud ahaan Go’aanada ku xardhan baaqa Ankara ee 7 qodob ahi waa fariin culus oo Somaliland u dirtay beesha caalamka iyo shirka dhawaan ku qabsoomaya dalka boqortooyada Ingiriiska, kaasi oo si cad ugu sheegaya in dalka Somaliland uu gaar ka yahay dalka Somalia.

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland, waxay la dhacsan yihiin heshiisyada dhawaan xukuumada Madaxwayne Siilaanyo la gashay hay’adaha ugu saamaynta badan caalamka marka laga hadlayo dhinaca hogaamiyayaasha caalamka iyo golayaasha lagu sargooyo siyaasada dunida. Talaabadan  waxa aanu u aragnaa mid wax wayn ka tari doonta arimo farobadan sida Maalgashiga Caalamiga ah, helitaanka gargaar aadaminimo, iyo mashaariic horumarineed marka laga yimaado fursadaha siyaasadeed ee ay hay’adaha noocan ahi keeni karaan. Sidaasi darteed, Somaliland shillinka ku baxaa waa mid faa’iido badan soo galinayana dalka

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland, waxay xogogaal u yihiin in aanay ahayn qaar lagu khasaaray Safarada xidhiidhka ah ee aan nasashada lahayn ee Madaxwaynaha Somaliland uu hadh iyo habeen ugu jiro danta iyo maslaxada Qaranka Somaliland, isagoo isaga dab qaadaya Hargeysa, Addis Ababa, Iimaaraadka iyo Turkiga oo qaarkood uu ku labo jeer noqonayo,  waxay tani muujinaysaa sida ay uga go’an tahay xaqiijinta iyo hirgalinta masiirka shacabka soo doortay, waxay muujinaysaa sida ay uga go’an tahay gaadhsiinta dalka iyo shacabkiisa horumar dhaqaale caafimaad waxbarasho, waxa kale oo ay muujinaysaa sida ay uga go’an tahay in Dalka Somaliland helo aqoonsi caalami ah.

Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland waxay ka maragfurayaan in mudo ahba dadka iyo xooluhuba waxay ka cabayeen Ceelashii dalka bari iyo galbeedba uu ka qoday Madaxwayne Siilaanyo mudadii koobnayd ee uu talada dalka hayay.

Sidoo kale waxaanu soo dhawaynaynaa una mahadnaqaynaa Madaxwaynaha dalka Turkiga Abdallah Gul iyo xukuumadiisa oo suurtogaliyay qabsoomida wadahadalada dalkiisa ku dhex maray hogaamiyayaasha labada dal ee Somalialnd iyo Somalia.

Ugu dambayntii waxanu soo dhawaynayanaa niyadsami iyo masuuliyad ay muujiyeen Madaxwaynaha xukuumada Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya Mud. Xasan Sheekh iyo masuuliyiintii xukuumadiisa uga qaybgalay Wadohadalada labada dal ee Somalia iyo Somaliland ku wada yeesheen dalka Turkiga. 

Suleiman Ismail Bolaleh

Afhayeenka Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Somaliland