MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Al Shabaab militants have reportedly spitted into groups after they have disagreed a formation of what they called an Islamic government, Sources said on Saturday.
The group was busy for the last two months of forming an “Islamic government” but they disagreed and a prominent group left.
The sources say a group from Hawiye and Digil &Mirifle clans left and united under a new name of Milatu Ibrahim and formed a base in Karan District in north Mogadishu.
The other group led by Ahmed Abdi Godane who is from Isak clan in northern Somali made a base in Dayniile District in the capital.
Most of the foreign militants joined the new group of Milatu Ibrahim. Al Shabaab is fighting against the Somali government and the African Union troops in Mogadishu.
The group is also fighting with Ahlu Sunna Walajama’a religious group in Somalia and also its former ally group Hizbul Islam.
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Saturday, 19 December 2009
Somalia: Fire destroys properties in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) –Fire has destroyed more properties of Somali business people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Saturday.
Eyewitnesses say the fire started at a garage in KM5 area in Mogadishu where patrol tanks were parked.
The tanks and other barrels of patrol began to flame and surrounding business areas burnt completely.
People started to loot business areas, but government soldiers dispersed them with gun fire killing one person and wounding five others.
Wilo Hashi, a businesswoman told reporters that she lost all her properties in the fire. So far, it is not known what caused the fire.
More surrounding buildings including Amira hotel were damaged by the fire. Amira hotel is a home of some government officials.
The area where the fire started is very populated and is under the control of the Somalia government.
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Eyewitnesses say the fire started at a garage in KM5 area in Mogadishu where patrol tanks were parked.
The tanks and other barrels of patrol began to flame and surrounding business areas burnt completely.
People started to loot business areas, but government soldiers dispersed them with gun fire killing one person and wounding five others.
Wilo Hashi, a businesswoman told reporters that she lost all her properties in the fire. So far, it is not known what caused the fire.
More surrounding buildings including Amira hotel were damaged by the fire. Amira hotel is a home of some government officials.
The area where the fire started is very populated and is under the control of the Somalia government.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
From Warlordism to ministerial post, on the easiest way to villa Somalia -editoria
Mareeg.com-The deposed Somali police chief, General Abdi Hassan Awale has officially been
nominated under presidential degree as a minister for water and minerals with
Mohammed Abdullah Omar who was in charge of the ministry of water and minerals will
serve as a minister for higher education ministry where late Pro. Ibrahim Hassan
Adow used to run
In a crucial meeting in Villa Somalia, a presidential palace, the senior officials
of Transitional Federal Government of Somalia have announced the nominations of Abdi
Hassan Awale for the ministry of water and minerals and Mohammed Abdullahi Omaar for
the ministry of higher education to replace pro. Ibrahim Hassan who was brutally
killed in the latest suicide blast at Shamo hotel in Somalia, Mogadishu
The government took a decision to appease supporters of General Awale after there
had been a number of complaints which some of police forces who are loyal and
related to the general fiercely demonstrated their sorry refusal of the removal of
General Abdi who was one of the most prominent warlords in Mogadishu from the post
of Somali police chief.
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia is engaged to fill key ministerial
positions out which Drs. Qamar Adan Ali and Mr. Ahmed Abdullahi Wayel vacated on
3rd September after they had been targeted and murdered in deadly explosion in
Mogadishu, Somalia
By ustaad : Nur Hersi Abdi
Friday, 11 December 2009
Somalia:Racism at the Arab League
UK-LONDON-Mareeg.com-Somalia was a member of the Arab League since 1974, the same year Palestinian PLO joined the League. Somalia is devastated by civil war since 1990’s and continues to hemorrhage. More than 750,000 Somalis lost their lives and more than 3.3 millions are homeless. The organization’s 21 Arab nations with the exception of Djibouti have failed to attempt a single reconciliation effort. The United Nations, European Union, African Union and United States made some effort to get the best possible solution given the circumstances which culminated to the election of moderate leader Sharif Ahmed as president and transitional federal government was formed 9 months ago. To make this effort work, the UN nations appealed financial support and help from donor nations including the Arab League which includes the oil riche nations of Gulf Arab states such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E, Kuwait, Iraq, Algeria, Libya and other influential Arab states such as Egypt . So far the Arab League has delivered only one (1) Million US dollars for the African Union Mission in Somalia and zero dollars for the Somali Transitional Federal Government. Compare this disparity with the money provided by Arab League to rebuilding Gaza in Palestine for the recent Israeli devastation. Saudi Arabia provided one (1) Billion US dollars, Qatar $250 million and Algeria $100 million in addition to more than 7.5 Billion Euros pledged for Palestine by the members of the Arab League and European Union countries. The Arab League provided ten times more relief and donation to Sri Lankan Tamil a Buddhist nation with no connections to the Arab League than Somalia. In fact some Arab League members are being recently discovered to have indirectly funneling money to the Somali Al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam through Eritrea, a terrorist organization toppling the Somali transitional government who carried out the recent suicide bombing that four government ministers and students were killed.
What crime does Somalia committed to deserve such an utter neglect from the Arab League? Why are some Arab League members working against the current Transitional Federal Government when they have failed to organize and sponsor a single reconciliation conference? Why Somali citizens in rich Gulf Arab countries are being deported to war torn country while it is against all international convention relating to the status of refugees. Why the Arab League are not transporting relief aid to millions of displaced refugees suffering in subhuman conditions in Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemeni borders. Where is the relief effort of the Arab League? Why African Union troops are on the ground in Somalia but there is no single Arab country willing to support? Is the Arab League waiting a call from Obama or Hillary Clinton to respond?
The inaction of the Arab League and member countries is shocking when it comes to Somalia a member country that the League can have a positive effect with very little financial support and political support. Somalia has done its share to assist the mission of the Arab League over decades. It is high time for the Arab League to do some soul searching and re-evaluate its conduct and absence in the Somali conflict or is it Somalis are too dark to be a member of this exclusive club? By Ali Osman: ccusmaan@gmail.com
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What crime does Somalia committed to deserve such an utter neglect from the Arab League? Why are some Arab League members working against the current Transitional Federal Government when they have failed to organize and sponsor a single reconciliation conference? Why Somali citizens in rich Gulf Arab countries are being deported to war torn country while it is against all international convention relating to the status of refugees. Why the Arab League are not transporting relief aid to millions of displaced refugees suffering in subhuman conditions in Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemeni borders. Where is the relief effort of the Arab League? Why African Union troops are on the ground in Somalia but there is no single Arab country willing to support? Is the Arab League waiting a call from Obama or Hillary Clinton to respond?
The inaction of the Arab League and member countries is shocking when it comes to Somalia a member country that the League can have a positive effect with very little financial support and political support. Somalia has done its share to assist the mission of the Arab League over decades. It is high time for the Arab League to do some soul searching and re-evaluate its conduct and absence in the Somali conflict or is it Somalis are too dark to be a member of this exclusive club? By Ali Osman: ccusmaan@gmail.com
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somalia:Somali Spy Network Exposed
Mogadishu-somalia(Mareeg.com-An official from AMISOM (African Union Mission for Somalia) and UNSOA (United Nations Support Office for AMISOM) are reportedly under investigation for passing on sensitive information to a Western intelligence agency and South African intelligence, mareeg.com can reveal.
According to intelligence sources inside the African Union, the two individuals, an intelligence analyst from an East African country in AMISOM and a Mr Abdi Hassan a Somali-Tanzanian who works for UNSOA as a Public Information Officer here in Nairobi have reportedly been recruited separately to spy both on AMISOM and Somalis with view of undermining the Djibouti Process and assisting the West in the War on Terror in East Africa.
A source close to the investigation told mareeg.com that a routine counter intelligence operation revealed that a plethora of sensitive information on AMISOM operations and its staff had constantly been passed to the two agencies concerned, Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and South Africa Secret Services (SASS).
"This is very damaging and could potentially harm our efforts to bring peace to Somalia", said an AU intelligence source. When we have UNSOA and Western agencies that are supposed to be our allies assisting us with intelligence matters conducting hostile action against us it’s obvious why we are failing in Somalia" the source went on to say.
mareeg.com has also learnt that the individuals involved in the spy network have been promised foreign citizenship, money and a long-term UN contract by the Western agency. Confidential email communications and pictures of the DIA and SASS handlers have been seen by mareeg.com and there can be no doubt of the intention of the individuals involved but to wilfully conduct hostile action against AMISOM and Somalia. In a recent email communication sent on 24 November from one of the intelligence handlers, it warned one of the suspects not to jeopardize what they were aiming to accomplish. mareeg.com has been promised further information as the investigation progresses. source Mareeg.com
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According to intelligence sources inside the African Union, the two individuals, an intelligence analyst from an East African country in AMISOM and a Mr Abdi Hassan a Somali-Tanzanian who works for UNSOA as a Public Information Officer here in Nairobi have reportedly been recruited separately to spy both on AMISOM and Somalis with view of undermining the Djibouti Process and assisting the West in the War on Terror in East Africa.
A source close to the investigation told mareeg.com that a routine counter intelligence operation revealed that a plethora of sensitive information on AMISOM operations and its staff had constantly been passed to the two agencies concerned, Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and South Africa Secret Services (SASS).
"This is very damaging and could potentially harm our efforts to bring peace to Somalia", said an AU intelligence source. When we have UNSOA and Western agencies that are supposed to be our allies assisting us with intelligence matters conducting hostile action against us it’s obvious why we are failing in Somalia" the source went on to say.
mareeg.com has also learnt that the individuals involved in the spy network have been promised foreign citizenship, money and a long-term UN contract by the Western agency. Confidential email communications and pictures of the DIA and SASS handlers have been seen by mareeg.com and there can be no doubt of the intention of the individuals involved but to wilfully conduct hostile action against AMISOM and Somalia. In a recent email communication sent on 24 November from one of the intelligence handlers, it warned one of the suspects not to jeopardize what they were aiming to accomplish. mareeg.com has been promised further information as the investigation progresses. source Mareeg.com
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Somalia: Ahlu Sunna official says he signed agreement with the government
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—An official from Ahlu Sunna Waljama,a said he had signed an agreement with the Somalia government and Ahlu Sunna supported the government.
Speaking to the reporters in Dhusamareb, the regional capital of Galgadud region in central Somalia, Sheikh Abdiwali Sheikh Mohamed said he met with the Somali Inferior Minister Sheikh Abdulkadir Ali Omar in Mogadishu and signed with the agreement.
“The administration of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a in central Somalia supports the Somali government and that is why we have signed the agreement,” said Sheikh Abdiwali.
A spokesman for the group denied earlier the agreement between the government and the Ahlu Sunna group.
Sheikh Abdiwali said he did not know what forced the spokesman to talk about and deny the agreement between the government and the moderate Islamists.
This shows that there is a disagreement between the Sufi groups in Somalia who are fighting against al shabaab and Hizbul Islam rebels.
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Speaking to the reporters in Dhusamareb, the regional capital of Galgadud region in central Somalia, Sheikh Abdiwali Sheikh Mohamed said he met with the Somali Inferior Minister Sheikh Abdulkadir Ali Omar in Mogadishu and signed with the agreement.
“The administration of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a in central Somalia supports the Somali government and that is why we have signed the agreement,” said Sheikh Abdiwali.
A spokesman for the group denied earlier the agreement between the government and the Ahlu Sunna group.
Sheikh Abdiwali said he did not know what forced the spokesman to talk about and deny the agreement between the government and the moderate Islamists.
This shows that there is a disagreement between the Sufi groups in Somalia who are fighting against al shabaab and Hizbul Islam rebels.
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Friday, 4 December 2009
somalia:Faction from Alshabab condemned deadly attack in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg.com) – the rival political sides of Somalia have unanimously condemned yesterday’s deadly bomb attack targeted to Shamo hotel, just as well decorated graduating ceremony held for Banadir University students continued in the hotel.
More than 25 people were killed and 50 others were injured in the explosion. Most of the people who died in the blast were high officials of the TFG, doctors, professors, student s and journalists who all attended in the graduating ceremony that was going on in the hotel.
TFG president Sharif Sheik Ahmed said that they were very sorry what had happened yesterday pointing out that the explosion was what he described foreign ideology and strongly condemned it and sent his deep condolence to the relatives of the people died in the blast.
Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen had also criticized the bomb attack which resulted in more casualties of deaths, injuries and the loss of the properties.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage known as (Sheik Ali Dere), the spokesman of the Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen has sent condolence to the parents of those who lost their lives in the explosion adding that they were not involved what happened.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the Islamic organization of Hisbul Islam also joined those who sent their condolence messages to the people whose people lost in yesterdays’ bomb attack adding that he was so sorry about it.
Both presidents of the break away republic of Somaliland and semi-autonomous region of Puntland accused those who masterminded the explosion pointing out that it was sorrowful event adding shocked all the Somali people.
The two presidents of Puntland and Somaliland Dahir Rayle Kahin and Abdirahman Mohamud Farole had sent their condolence to the relatives and parents of the people who were killed in the suicide blast which killed more people including ministers, doctors, journalists and students in Shamo hotel as they were attending the graduation ceremony held for Banadir University in Shamo hotel in Mogadishu.
Banadir University was established in 2002 by group of Somali doctors and most of the people who died in the explosion were the student who graduated from it and preparing to take their diplomas after completing the medical faculty of Banadir University in Mogadishu.
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More than 25 people were killed and 50 others were injured in the explosion. Most of the people who died in the blast were high officials of the TFG, doctors, professors, student s and journalists who all attended in the graduating ceremony that was going on in the hotel.
TFG president Sharif Sheik Ahmed said that they were very sorry what had happened yesterday pointing out that the explosion was what he described foreign ideology and strongly condemned it and sent his deep condolence to the relatives of the people died in the blast.
Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen had also criticized the bomb attack which resulted in more casualties of deaths, injuries and the loss of the properties.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage known as (Sheik Ali Dere), the spokesman of the Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen has sent condolence to the parents of those who lost their lives in the explosion adding that they were not involved what happened.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the Islamic organization of Hisbul Islam also joined those who sent their condolence messages to the people whose people lost in yesterdays’ bomb attack adding that he was so sorry about it.
Both presidents of the break away republic of Somaliland and semi-autonomous region of Puntland accused those who masterminded the explosion pointing out that it was sorrowful event adding shocked all the Somali people.
The two presidents of Puntland and Somaliland Dahir Rayle Kahin and Abdirahman Mohamud Farole had sent their condolence to the relatives and parents of the people who were killed in the suicide blast which killed more people including ministers, doctors, journalists and students in Shamo hotel as they were attending the graduation ceremony held for Banadir University in Shamo hotel in Mogadishu.
Banadir University was established in 2002 by group of Somali doctors and most of the people who died in the explosion were the student who graduated from it and preparing to take their diplomas after completing the medical faculty of Banadir University in Mogadishu.
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Somalia: Britain condemns Mogadishu suicide attack
NAIROBI (Mareeg)—British government has strongly condemned the suicide attack which killed 21 people including ministers, doctors, and journalists.
Minister for Africa, Baroness Kinnock, expressed shock at the fatal terrorist attack in Mogadishu on Thursday 3 December.
Baroness Kinnock said: “I was very shocked to learn of the terrorist attack at a hotel in Mogadishu today, killing Ministers of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and many innocent civilians.
“The British Government utterly condemns this horrific attack. I offer my condolences to the families of all those who have lost loved ones and to those who have been injured,” the minister said.
“I want to assure the Somali people that the UK and our other international partners continue to support the TFG and the Djibouti process that is seeking to achieve peace and stability for the country and its people.” He added.
Speaking in Nairobi, the British High Commissioner, Mr. Rob Macaire, added:
"If anyone needed proof that the insurgents in Somalia are the enemy of ordinary Somalis, this attack shows it very starkly.
The people attacked were Ministers working on social sectors such as Health and Education, journalists who risk great danger to report the news to the Somali people, and future doctors.
The insurgents have targeted people who are working to improve the lives of ordinary Somalis, and all civilised people will be revolted by their actions."
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Minister for Africa, Baroness Kinnock, expressed shock at the fatal terrorist attack in Mogadishu on Thursday 3 December.
Baroness Kinnock said: “I was very shocked to learn of the terrorist attack at a hotel in Mogadishu today, killing Ministers of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and many innocent civilians.
“The British Government utterly condemns this horrific attack. I offer my condolences to the families of all those who have lost loved ones and to those who have been injured,” the minister said.
“I want to assure the Somali people that the UK and our other international partners continue to support the TFG and the Djibouti process that is seeking to achieve peace and stability for the country and its people.” He added.
Speaking in Nairobi, the British High Commissioner, Mr. Rob Macaire, added:
"If anyone needed proof that the insurgents in Somalia are the enemy of ordinary Somalis, this attack shows it very starkly.
The people attacked were Ministers working on social sectors such as Health and Education, journalists who risk great danger to report the news to the Somali people, and future doctors.
The insurgents have targeted people who are working to improve the lives of ordinary Somalis, and all civilised people will be revolted by their actions."
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Thursday, 3 December 2009
Somalia: AMISOM condemns suicide attack that killed civilians
NAIROBI (Mareeg)—The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has strongly condemned the suicide attack which killed government ministers and journalists in Mogadishu on Thursday, a statement said.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosion inside Hotel Shamo at KM 5 area of Mogadishu during the graduation ceremony of medical students of the Banadir University resulting in the deaths of so far, 19 civilians and injuries of several others.
“AMISOM wishes to state that such inhumane and cowardly act aimed at stalling the peace process will not deter the resolve and determination of the African Union to support the people of Somalia in their quest for peace and reconciliation,” said the statement.
“The African Union Mission in Somalia offers its sincere condolences to President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharrif Sheikh Ahmed, the Government and peace loving people of Somalia for the death and injuries sustained by innocent civilians,” added the statement which Mareeg found a copy of it.
Three government ministers including, health minister, Qamar Aden Ali, Higher Education minister, Professor Ibrahim Hassan Adow, and Education Minister Ahmed Abdullahi Wayel were among those killed in the explosion by the suicide bomber.
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A suicide bomber detonated an explosion inside Hotel Shamo at KM 5 area of Mogadishu during the graduation ceremony of medical students of the Banadir University resulting in the deaths of so far, 19 civilians and injuries of several others.
“AMISOM wishes to state that such inhumane and cowardly act aimed at stalling the peace process will not deter the resolve and determination of the African Union to support the people of Somalia in their quest for peace and reconciliation,” said the statement.
“The African Union Mission in Somalia offers its sincere condolences to President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharrif Sheikh Ahmed, the Government and peace loving people of Somalia for the death and injuries sustained by innocent civilians,” added the statement which Mareeg found a copy of it.
Three government ministers including, health minister, Qamar Aden Ali, Higher Education minister, Professor Ibrahim Hassan Adow, and Education Minister Ahmed Abdullahi Wayel were among those killed in the explosion by the suicide bomber.
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Aid agencies need US$689 million in 2010 to respond to the most serious humanitari
Kenya-(Mareeg.com)2009-11-02
UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Somalia
Early funding “crucial” for Somalia 2010 Humanitarian Appeal Nairobi, 3 December 2009: Aid agencies need US$689 million in 2010 to respond to the most serious humanitarian crisis in 18 years of civil war in Somalia. The Humanitarian Appeal for Somalia was launched today in Nairobi by the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden. Mr. Bowden urged an early response from donors. The 2010 appeal seeks US$689,008,615 million for 174 projects from 14 UN agencies and 57 international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to respond to the most urgent humanitarian needs in Somalia. Somalia continues to face increasingly acute humanitarian needs. However requirements in the 2010 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) are 19 percent less than the 2009 CAP. This is the result of a reassessment of the food aid requirements and a revised estimate of target populations and the scale of rations required. This reduction is also the result of improved coordination structures and rigorous project vetting. In 2010, the CAP will focus on four strategic priorities: providing life-saving humanitarian services; protecting and increasing the social economic and environmental assets; providing vulnerable populations with a minimum package of basic services; and strengthening the protective environment for vulnerable populations particularly women and the youth. Low funding was a concern throughout 2009 as the donor response to humanitarian needs in Somalia was characterised by delays and imbalances between sectors, especially in health, water, sanitation and hygiene. The decline in funding in 2009 will also mean that agencies will be left with little or no carry-over into 2010. Mark Bowden reiterated that, “early funding will be absolutely crucial to provide humanitarian assistance in time” and added that “without strong donor commitment from the first week of 2010 humanitarian assistance for nearly 3.6 million Somalis will be delayed and lives will be at greater risk.” As of 2 December, the Somalia 2009 CAP was 61% funded, having received $516 million out of the $849 requested. Of the $512 million, $215 million is carry-over from 2008. Funding levels vary from sector to sector: Food (75%), Logistics (64%), Nutrition (57%), Enabling Programmes, including the Humanitarian Response Fund and Coordination (45%), WASH (50%), Health (38%), Protection (37%), Education (14%), Agriculture and Livelihoods (33%), and NFI/Shelter (18%). Somalia is facing a peak in its 18 years of humanitarian crisis. The armed conflict, generalized insecurity, extensive internal displacement and drought are the main drivers of the crisis. The year 2010 will not only mark 18 years of conflict for Somalia, but will also herald the first generation of Somali children who will come of age without ever having lived through a single year of peace. Some 3.64 million Somalis are in need of emergency assistance or livelihood support. This is nearly half of the population. Currently, 1 in 5 children under the age of five (285,000 children) are acutely malnourished, while 1 in 20 (70,000) are severely malnourished. The humanitarian crisis has also been worsened by the impact of the global recession. Remittance into Somalia declined by 25 percent due to the increase in unemployment among the Somali Diaspora in the first half of 2009. The global Consolidated Appeal was launched on 30 November 2009 in Geneva by the
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes. Some $7.1 billion total is being sought jointly by aid agencies to meet the most pressing needs of 48 million people worldwide. More
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UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Somalia
Early funding “crucial” for Somalia 2010 Humanitarian Appeal Nairobi, 3 December 2009: Aid agencies need US$689 million in 2010 to respond to the most serious humanitarian crisis in 18 years of civil war in Somalia. The Humanitarian Appeal for Somalia was launched today in Nairobi by the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden. Mr. Bowden urged an early response from donors. The 2010 appeal seeks US$689,008,615 million for 174 projects from 14 UN agencies and 57 international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to respond to the most urgent humanitarian needs in Somalia. Somalia continues to face increasingly acute humanitarian needs. However requirements in the 2010 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) are 19 percent less than the 2009 CAP. This is the result of a reassessment of the food aid requirements and a revised estimate of target populations and the scale of rations required. This reduction is also the result of improved coordination structures and rigorous project vetting. In 2010, the CAP will focus on four strategic priorities: providing life-saving humanitarian services; protecting and increasing the social economic and environmental assets; providing vulnerable populations with a minimum package of basic services; and strengthening the protective environment for vulnerable populations particularly women and the youth. Low funding was a concern throughout 2009 as the donor response to humanitarian needs in Somalia was characterised by delays and imbalances between sectors, especially in health, water, sanitation and hygiene. The decline in funding in 2009 will also mean that agencies will be left with little or no carry-over into 2010. Mark Bowden reiterated that, “early funding will be absolutely crucial to provide humanitarian assistance in time” and added that “without strong donor commitment from the first week of 2010 humanitarian assistance for nearly 3.6 million Somalis will be delayed and lives will be at greater risk.” As of 2 December, the Somalia 2009 CAP was 61% funded, having received $516 million out of the $849 requested. Of the $512 million, $215 million is carry-over from 2008. Funding levels vary from sector to sector: Food (75%), Logistics (64%), Nutrition (57%), Enabling Programmes, including the Humanitarian Response Fund and Coordination (45%), WASH (50%), Health (38%), Protection (37%), Education (14%), Agriculture and Livelihoods (33%), and NFI/Shelter (18%). Somalia is facing a peak in its 18 years of humanitarian crisis. The armed conflict, generalized insecurity, extensive internal displacement and drought are the main drivers of the crisis. The year 2010 will not only mark 18 years of conflict for Somalia, but will also herald the first generation of Somali children who will come of age without ever having lived through a single year of peace. Some 3.64 million Somalis are in need of emergency assistance or livelihood support. This is nearly half of the population. Currently, 1 in 5 children under the age of five (285,000 children) are acutely malnourished, while 1 in 20 (70,000) are severely malnourished. The humanitarian crisis has also been worsened by the impact of the global recession. Remittance into Somalia declined by 25 percent due to the increase in unemployment among the Somali Diaspora in the first half of 2009. The global Consolidated Appeal was launched on 30 November 2009 in Geneva by the
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes. Some $7.1 billion total is being sought jointly by aid agencies to meet the most pressing needs of 48 million people worldwide. More
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Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Somalia: Blast kills civilians in Puntland town
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—At least two civilians have been killed and about twenty five others have been injured in blast that occurred in Bosasso town in Puntland regions in northern east of Somalia, witnesses said on Wednesday.
Witnesses said the blast targeted a cinema in the town where Ethiopian people have been watching film.
Most wounded civilians are Oromo people of Ethiopia where they have been watching the film.
Puntland security forces reached the place and condoned off, but they have not arrested anyone. The wounded people have been taken to the main hospital of Bosasso.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack yet. In February 2008 Oromo people from Ethiopia were also targeted in Bosasso.
On the other hand, another explosion targeted a mosque in Gakayo town in central Somalia overnight.
The bomb targeted a mosque, where officials of Ahlu Sunna Walajama’a were praying.
No casualties about the blast in Galkayo have been reported and there is no word from Ahlu Sunna Walajama’a in the town.
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Somalia: Government and rebels claim victory over fighting in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) – Somali government Islamist rebels have claimed victory over fighting that erupted in Mogadishu early on Tuesday, officials said.
Fighting between government soldiers backed by AU troops took place in Warshadaha Street in Mogadishu on Tuesday.
Dahir Ali Farey, a spokesman for the government soldiers said they defended the insurgent rebels and claimed that they killed four of the rebels in the fighting.
The fighting between the two sides continued about an hour and both rivals exchanged heavy weapons and shelling during the fighting.
Officials for al Shabaab militants, who requested not to be named, also claimed victory over the fighting.
They said the fighting started when the AU troops and the government soldiers made troop movement and added that they took over positions of the soldiers with a short time and killed more soldiers.
The exact casualties of the fighting are unknown and there is no independent news clarifying for they claim of the warring sides in Mogadishu.
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Fighting between government soldiers backed by AU troops took place in Warshadaha Street in Mogadishu on Tuesday.
Dahir Ali Farey, a spokesman for the government soldiers said they defended the insurgent rebels and claimed that they killed four of the rebels in the fighting.
The fighting between the two sides continued about an hour and both rivals exchanged heavy weapons and shelling during the fighting.
Officials for al Shabaab militants, who requested not to be named, also claimed victory over the fighting.
They said the fighting started when the AU troops and the government soldiers made troop movement and added that they took over positions of the soldiers with a short time and killed more soldiers.
The exact casualties of the fighting are unknown and there is no independent news clarifying for they claim of the warring sides in Mogadishu.
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Monday, 30 November 2009
Somalia: One killed in lower Shabelle region
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—One person has been killed and another one has been injured in gun exchange fire between two groups of farmers in Toratorow town in lower Shabelle region, witnesses and officials said on Monday.
The fire exchange came after two men of farmers disputed in land between their farms and the men started to exchange gun fire which killed one civilian and wounded another one.
The district commissioner, Sheikh Hussein Mohamed Nur, said forces from Hizbul Islam reached the area and stopped the fighting.
He added that they were after the men and will bring before a court when they catch them.
The dispute between the farmers in Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia often changes to a fighting which kills more civilians in the area.
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The fire exchange came after two men of farmers disputed in land between their farms and the men started to exchange gun fire which killed one civilian and wounded another one.
The district commissioner, Sheikh Hussein Mohamed Nur, said forces from Hizbul Islam reached the area and stopped the fighting.
He added that they were after the men and will bring before a court when they catch them.
The dispute between the farmers in Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia often changes to a fighting which kills more civilians in the area.
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Somalia: Ethiopian troops seen in central town
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Ethiopian troops have been seen in Galkayo, the regional capital of Mudug region in central Somalia, witnesses said on Monday.
Residents in Galkayo said they have seen Ethiopian troops with three trucks in the north of the town, where Puntland administration controls.
The motive behind the arrival of the Ethiopian troops is not known, but Ethiopian
Intelligence killed three people in Galkayo recently accusing them of being supporters to Ogaden Liberation Front (ONLF) which is fighting against the Ethiopian troops in eastern Ethiopia inhabited by Somalis.
Galkayo is divided between two administrations, Puntland and Galmudug and insecurity has been growing in the town recently.
Puntland works with Ethiopia in pursuing the ONLF fighters who enter in Puntland regions. One of alleged ONLF supporters died in a prison in Bosasso town after Puntland soldiers tortured him.
US congressman Donald Payne accused Puntland of being harassing the people seeking refuge in the north eastern regions under the control of Puntland.
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Residents in Galkayo said they have seen Ethiopian troops with three trucks in the north of the town, where Puntland administration controls.
The motive behind the arrival of the Ethiopian troops is not known, but Ethiopian
Intelligence killed three people in Galkayo recently accusing them of being supporters to Ogaden Liberation Front (ONLF) which is fighting against the Ethiopian troops in eastern Ethiopia inhabited by Somalis.
Galkayo is divided between two administrations, Puntland and Galmudug and insecurity has been growing in the town recently.
Puntland works with Ethiopia in pursuing the ONLF fighters who enter in Puntland regions. One of alleged ONLF supporters died in a prison in Bosasso town after Puntland soldiers tortured him.
US congressman Donald Payne accused Puntland of being harassing the people seeking refuge in the north eastern regions under the control of Puntland.
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Thursday, 23 July 2009
Somalia:Warplanes seen flying over Mogadishu
MOGADISHU(Mareeg)—Warplanes and helicopters have been seen flying over Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Wednesday.
Residents in Hamarweyne and Waberi districts in Mogadishu said they could see a warship anchored near the seaport and several warplanes including helicopters flying in a low level over Mogadishu seaport and the presidential palace.
A warplane has also been reportedly landed in Aden Ade International airport in Mogadishu.
It is not known the country where the ship and the warplanes belong to, but al Shabaab militants had taken over two French agents abducted from their hotel in Mogadishu last Tuesday by Somali gunmen.
France's foreign minister said on Tuesday his country did not rule out sending commandos to try to free two French security advisers held hostage in Somalia.
Bernard Kouchner said the two men were being held separately, apparently by two different militant groups.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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Residents in Hamarweyne and Waberi districts in Mogadishu said they could see a warship anchored near the seaport and several warplanes including helicopters flying in a low level over Mogadishu seaport and the presidential palace.
A warplane has also been reportedly landed in Aden Ade International airport in Mogadishu.
It is not known the country where the ship and the warplanes belong to, but al Shabaab militants had taken over two French agents abducted from their hotel in Mogadishu last Tuesday by Somali gunmen.
France's foreign minister said on Tuesday his country did not rule out sending commandos to try to free two French security advisers held hostage in Somalia.
Bernard Kouchner said the two men were being held separately, apparently by two different militant groups.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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Friday, 10 July 2009
Somalia:Landmine targets government soldiers in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—At least one government soldier has been killed in a landmine and two others have been wounded in the bomb attack in Mogadishu, witnesses said on Friday.
Witnesses said the government soldier died after a remote controlled landmine went off near a checkpoint manned by government soldiers in Wadajir district in Mogadishu.
The body of a Somali government soldier(File photo Mareeg)
Witnesses also said civilians were injured in the blast and the government soldiers opened fire after the blast.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack yet. The government soldiers were reportedly collecting money from buses that travel in the area.
Insurgent groups often attack with hand grenades and remote controlled roadside bombs to the government soldiers in Mogadishu
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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Witnesses said the government soldier died after a remote controlled landmine went off near a checkpoint manned by government soldiers in Wadajir district in Mogadishu.
The body of a Somali government soldier(File photo Mareeg)
Witnesses also said civilians were injured in the blast and the government soldiers opened fire after the blast.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack yet. The government soldiers were reportedly collecting money from buses that travel in the area.
Insurgent groups often attack with hand grenades and remote controlled roadside bombs to the government soldiers in Mogadishu
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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Thursday, 2 July 2009
Somalia:Fighting erupts in Mogadishu again
MOGADISHU(Mareeg)—At least seven people have been killed and more than thirty others have been injured in heavy fighting between government soldiers and allied Hisbul Islam and al Shabaab fighters in Karan district in Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said on Thursday.
At least fifteen people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu on Wednesday afternoon and forty others were injured.
Sheik Muse Abdi Arale, the spokesman of Hisbul Islam rebel group said that they have been attacked and AMSISOM soldiers shelled in the fighting areas.
He claimed that they have taken over the control of Marina, a contested area in Karan district in Mogadishu, but there is no word from the government about his claim.
Ali Muse of Mogadishu’s emergency services said they have taken seventeen injured civilians to hospitals in Mogadishu.
Farhan Arsanyo, a military spokesman for the government claimed that they have killed foreign Jihadists on Wednesday’s fighting and pledged that they will show to the reporters in the capital.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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At least fifteen people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu on Wednesday afternoon and forty others were injured.
Sheik Muse Abdi Arale, the spokesman of Hisbul Islam rebel group said that they have been attacked and AMSISOM soldiers shelled in the fighting areas.
He claimed that they have taken over the control of Marina, a contested area in Karan district in Mogadishu, but there is no word from the government about his claim.
Ali Muse of Mogadishu’s emergency services said they have taken seventeen injured civilians to hospitals in Mogadishu.
Farhan Arsanyo, a military spokesman for the government claimed that they have killed foreign Jihadists on Wednesday’s fighting and pledged that they will show to the reporters in the capital.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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Sunday, 28 June 2009
Somalia:Al Shabaab stones a man to death
NAIROBI(Mareeg)—Masked al Shabaab forces stoned to death a man accused of rape and murder a young girl in front of a crowd in Wanlaweyn town 90 km south of Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said on Sunday.
An Islamic court in Wanlaweyn town of al Shabaab , found Mohamed Mohamoud Abdi guilty of raping and murdering a teenage girl and sentenced to be stoned to death in front of public.
"The criminal raped and killed an 18- year old girl... we sentenced him to be stoned to death according to the Islamic rule," said Shiek Abdulbasid a local judge.
"He was a married man, which is why the court sentenced him to be stoned to death," he added, explaining that a rape conviction only incurs flogging.
Witnesses said more people including al Shabaab officials and clan elders have gathered in the place where the accused man have been stoned to death.
Al Shabaab forces amputated the right hand and the left foot of four men accused of stealing mobile phones and guns on Thursday.
Al Shabaab controls many southern towns including the port towns of Kismayu and Merca.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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An Islamic court in Wanlaweyn town of al Shabaab , found Mohamed Mohamoud Abdi guilty of raping and murdering a teenage girl and sentenced to be stoned to death in front of public.
"The criminal raped and killed an 18- year old girl... we sentenced him to be stoned to death according to the Islamic rule," said Shiek Abdulbasid a local judge.
"He was a married man, which is why the court sentenced him to be stoned to death," he added, explaining that a rape conviction only incurs flogging.
Witnesses said more people including al Shabaab officials and clan elders have gathered in the place where the accused man have been stoned to death.
Al Shabaab forces amputated the right hand and the left foot of four men accused of stealing mobile phones and guns on Thursday.
Al Shabaab controls many southern towns including the port towns of Kismayu and Merca.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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somalia:Somali government seeks Ethiopian military aid
Somalia’s Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) and Ethiopia are discussing
plans to redeploy Ethiopian troops back in the country in order to provide
protection to the TFG against Islamist groups who are trying to oust it,
sources privy with the two parties told Mareeg online on Sunday.
Sources at the Somali embassy in Addis Ababa have confirmed to us that the
TFG deputy prime minister, who is also the minister of finance,
traveled to Addis
Ababa in an unannounced trip and is currently holding talks.
Sharif Hasan Sheikh Adan, the deputy prime minister of the TFG, has met
senior officials of the Ethiopian military after chairing a recent cabinet
meeting in Mogadishu in which ministers in the TFG agreed to seek the
deployment of foreign troops, particularly Ethiopian forces, in the country.
Mareeg tried making contacts with the offices of the Somali president and
prime minister about talks with the Ethiopian military, but both declined to
comment on the issue. Spokesmen at both offices said they do not have the
permission to discuss the matter.
Somalia's embassy in Ethiopia also officially declined to confirm the issue.
However, a Somali diplomat at the embassy who refrained from being named
confirmed that the TFG and Ethiopian military officials were discussing the
deployment of Ethiopian troops in Somalia.
The TFG deputy prime minister and Ethiopian military officials have not yet
finalized their agreement. On the contrary, the TFG has suggested that once
both governments agree on the matter, it will then be tabled before the
Federal Somali Parliament which will endorse the deployment of Ethiopian
troops in the country.
The TFG resorted to the deployment of Ethiopian troops in the country
because of the united opposition groups that are planning to overthrow it.
Armed groups opposed to the TFG have said they will take stern measures
against any foreign force that is deployed in Somalia, adding that they will
engage them in clashes.
Two year ago, the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi, deployed more than
5,000 of his troops in Somalia where they were engaged in fierce fighting by
armed groups opposed to the then government.
It is not yet known whether the Ethiopian government will go ahead and
redeploy its forces in Somalia, although some analysts have suggested that
Ethiopia might just sent its forces in areas bordering Somalia and that it
might not have the capability to once again redeploy its forces in the
(Somali) capital, Mogadishu.
Elsewhere, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi today in his office received and held
talks with deputy prime minister and finance minister of Transitional
Federal Government [TFG] of Somalia, Sharif Hasan.
According to a high ranking official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
who attended the meeting, the two leaders’ discussion mainly focused on the
current general situation in Somalia.
The two leaders' discussion mainly centred on how to reverse the current
security situation in Somalia and Ethiopia's support to the Somalia’s weak
government that is struggling heavy fighting with joint opposition fighters.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Meles said that his country wants to
assist the transitional government in training and capacity building
sectors.
Ethiopia and the transitional government of Somalia also reached an
agreement to annul the danger posed by Al-Shabab in collaboration with the
international community, the foreign affairs official said.
After the meeting, the deputy prime minister and finance minister of the
Somalia transitional government, Sharif Hasan, said that his country wants
to further enhance its bilateral relations with Ethiopia. He also said that
his discussion with Prime Minister Meles had focused on the prevailing
security problem in his country and on the support Ethiopia wants to give to
his country.
By Abdinasir Mohamed
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Mogadishu-Somalia
plans to redeploy Ethiopian troops back in the country in order to provide
protection to the TFG against Islamist groups who are trying to oust it,
sources privy with the two parties told Mareeg online on Sunday.
Sources at the Somali embassy in Addis Ababa have confirmed to us that the
TFG deputy prime minister, who is also the minister of finance,
traveled to Addis
Ababa in an unannounced trip and is currently holding talks.
Sharif Hasan Sheikh Adan, the deputy prime minister of the TFG, has met
senior officials of the Ethiopian military after chairing a recent cabinet
meeting in Mogadishu in which ministers in the TFG agreed to seek the
deployment of foreign troops, particularly Ethiopian forces, in the country.
Mareeg tried making contacts with the offices of the Somali president and
prime minister about talks with the Ethiopian military, but both declined to
comment on the issue. Spokesmen at both offices said they do not have the
permission to discuss the matter.
Somalia's embassy in Ethiopia also officially declined to confirm the issue.
However, a Somali diplomat at the embassy who refrained from being named
confirmed that the TFG and Ethiopian military officials were discussing the
deployment of Ethiopian troops in Somalia.
The TFG deputy prime minister and Ethiopian military officials have not yet
finalized their agreement. On the contrary, the TFG has suggested that once
both governments agree on the matter, it will then be tabled before the
Federal Somali Parliament which will endorse the deployment of Ethiopian
troops in the country.
The TFG resorted to the deployment of Ethiopian troops in the country
because of the united opposition groups that are planning to overthrow it.
Armed groups opposed to the TFG have said they will take stern measures
against any foreign force that is deployed in Somalia, adding that they will
engage them in clashes.
Two year ago, the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi, deployed more than
5,000 of his troops in Somalia where they were engaged in fierce fighting by
armed groups opposed to the then government.
It is not yet known whether the Ethiopian government will go ahead and
redeploy its forces in Somalia, although some analysts have suggested that
Ethiopia might just sent its forces in areas bordering Somalia and that it
might not have the capability to once again redeploy its forces in the
(Somali) capital, Mogadishu.
Elsewhere, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi today in his office received and held
talks with deputy prime minister and finance minister of Transitional
Federal Government [TFG] of Somalia, Sharif Hasan.
According to a high ranking official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
who attended the meeting, the two leaders’ discussion mainly focused on the
current general situation in Somalia.
The two leaders' discussion mainly centred on how to reverse the current
security situation in Somalia and Ethiopia's support to the Somalia’s weak
government that is struggling heavy fighting with joint opposition fighters.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Meles said that his country wants to
assist the transitional government in training and capacity building
sectors.
Ethiopia and the transitional government of Somalia also reached an
agreement to annul the danger posed by Al-Shabab in collaboration with the
international community, the foreign affairs official said.
After the meeting, the deputy prime minister and finance minister of the
Somalia transitional government, Sharif Hasan, said that his country wants
to further enhance its bilateral relations with Ethiopia. He also said that
his discussion with Prime Minister Meles had focused on the prevailing
security problem in his country and on the support Ethiopia wants to give to
his country.
By Abdinasir Mohamed
Email: abdinasir4@gmail.com
Mogadishu-Somalia
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Somalia:AU peacekeepers to launch Somalia 'peace radio'
NAIROBI(Mareeg)—The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will launch a radio station aimed at promoting peace in the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation, a spokesman told AFP Wednesday.
"The planning for this project began last year. AMISOM, the United Nations and the Somali government are all be involved," Ugandan army spokesman Major Felix Kulayigye.
Uganda is the largest troop contributor to the 4,300-strong AMISOM force, which also includes a large Burundian contingent.
Kulayigye, who did not provide an exact date for the launch, said that while all decisions on programming had not yet been finalised, all broadcasts will be "educational, and will be catered to enhancing peace."
He said the station would in broadcast English, Somali and Kiswahili.
AMISOM was deployed in early 2007 but has managed little more than keeping a weak transitional federal government on life support.
It is currently protecting internationally-backed President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in his Mogadishu palace as an alliance of insurgent groups presses on with a six-week-old military offensive to topple him.
Source: AFP
"The planning for this project began last year. AMISOM, the United Nations and the Somali government are all be involved," Ugandan army spokesman Major Felix Kulayigye.
Uganda is the largest troop contributor to the 4,300-strong AMISOM force, which also includes a large Burundian contingent.
Kulayigye, who did not provide an exact date for the launch, said that while all decisions on programming had not yet been finalised, all broadcasts will be "educational, and will be catered to enhancing peace."
He said the station would in broadcast English, Somali and Kiswahili.
AMISOM was deployed in early 2007 but has managed little more than keeping a weak transitional federal government on life support.
It is currently protecting internationally-backed President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in his Mogadishu palace as an alliance of insurgent groups presses on with a six-week-old military offensive to topple him.
Source: AFP
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Somalia:Al Shabaab says they will attack Nairobi
KISMAYU(Mareeg)—Al Shabaab administrators in the port town of Kismayu have threatened on Sunday that they would attack the tall buildings in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
Sheik Hassan Yacqub Ali, the spokesman of al Shabaab administrators in Kismayu said they would confront any intervention from the Kenyan military and added that they would attack the tall buildings in Nairobi.
“ If you attack us(Kenya), we will launch suicide attacks in Nairobi and we will destroy the tall, glass buildings in Nairobi,” said sheik Hassan Yacqub Ali.
Kenyan troops were deployed in several border towns on Saturday. The speaker of the Somali parliament Aden Mohamed Nor requested from neighboring countries to send troops to Somalia on Saturday and the cabinet endorsed the decision.
Sheik Yacqub has also accused the aid agencies of being igniting the wars in Somalia and added that they were spies.
Separately, the spokesman of al Shabaab Sheik Ali Mohamoud Rageh said they would fight against any foreign troops that come in Somalia.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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Seven people killed in middle Shabelle region
JOWHAR(Mareeg)—Reports from Jowhar town, the regional capital of Middle Shabelle region say seven people were killed in the region in revenge clashes between rival clans.
Witnesses said on Sunday at least seven people were killed in Wardhagah and Bulo Habley villages by clan militias.
The rival clan militias have made retaliatory attacks and killed three civilians in Bulo Habley village near Jowhar on Saturday evening.
Clan elders have started mediation efforts between the rival clan militias who have been fighting in the region recently.
Middle Shabelle Region is under the control of al Shabaab militants who are fighting against the Somali, fragile government.
The inter clan clashes are often caused by pastoral land dispute and water wells in the region.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
Witnesses said on Sunday at least seven people were killed in Wardhagah and Bulo Habley villages by clan militias.
The rival clan militias have made retaliatory attacks and killed three civilians in Bulo Habley village near Jowhar on Saturday evening.
Clan elders have started mediation efforts between the rival clan militias who have been fighting in the region recently.
Middle Shabelle Region is under the control of al Shabaab militants who are fighting against the Somali, fragile government.
The inter clan clashes are often caused by pastoral land dispute and water wells in the region.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
More Ethiopian troops reach border town
NAIROBI (Mareeg)—More Ethiopian troops have reached in Balanbal, a Somali border town in Galgadud region in central Somalia, witnesses said on Sunday.
Resident said more Ethiopian troops with armoured vehicles have reached in Balabal town, where the Ethiopian troops had a base recently.
Witnesses in Hiraan and Galgaduud regions in central Somalia say the Ethiopian troops were making troop movement in the regions recently.
On the other hand, more Ethiopian troops have reached in Kalaber, a key junction about 20 km north of Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiraan region.
The move comes as the Somali government sought military aid from neighboring countries and the international community.
The cabinet declared a state of emergency yesterday and the Parliament speaker asked neighbouring countries to send troops to help the government.
The Ethiopian troops withdrew from Somalia in mid January in 2009 after two years of ill fated occupation.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
Resident said more Ethiopian troops with armoured vehicles have reached in Balabal town, where the Ethiopian troops had a base recently.
Witnesses in Hiraan and Galgaduud regions in central Somalia say the Ethiopian troops were making troop movement in the regions recently.
On the other hand, more Ethiopian troops have reached in Kalaber, a key junction about 20 km north of Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiraan region.
The move comes as the Somali government sought military aid from neighboring countries and the international community.
The cabinet declared a state of emergency yesterday and the Parliament speaker asked neighbouring countries to send troops to help the government.
The Ethiopian troops withdrew from Somalia in mid January in 2009 after two years of ill fated occupation.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
Opposition leader vows fighting against foreign troops
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Somalia’s opposition leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys has vowed fighting against any foreign troops that come in Somalia on Sunday.
On Saturday Somali parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur urged neighbouring countries including Ethiopia to intervene as he admitted that the rebels have weakened the ability of the Somali government.
The leader of Hizbul Islam rebel group, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, said they would confront the foreign troops that the Somali government demanded.
He added that the Somali government could not represent the people of Somalia and accused of being working for foreign interests.
Sheik Aweys said that the parliament has already demanded foreign military aid and again demanded but he said that they would fight the foreign troops that are currently in the country and those due to arrive in Somalia.
The Somali government accused the rebels of being harboring foreign fighters from al Qaeda and other foreign countries.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
On Saturday Somali parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur urged neighbouring countries including Ethiopia to intervene as he admitted that the rebels have weakened the ability of the Somali government.
The leader of Hizbul Islam rebel group, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, said they would confront the foreign troops that the Somali government demanded.
He added that the Somali government could not represent the people of Somalia and accused of being working for foreign interests.
Sheik Aweys said that the parliament has already demanded foreign military aid and again demanded but he said that they would fight the foreign troops that are currently in the country and those due to arrive in Somalia.
The Somali government accused the rebels of being harboring foreign fighters from al Qaeda and other foreign countries.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
Ethiopia rejects Somali request
ADDIS ABABA (Mareeg)—Ethiopia has refused a request by Somalia for military support to fight insurgents, saying such an intervention would need an international mandate.
The Somali authorities have been battling Islamist insurgents who control much of the country.
The speaker of Somalia's parliament had earlier urged neighbouring countries to send troops within 24 hours.
Ethiopian troops helped topple an Islamist movement in Somalia in 2006, but were withdrawn earlier this year.
On Saturday Somali parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur urged neighbouring Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Yemen to intervene as fierce fighting continued for a second day in the capital Mogadishu.
But Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon said that an international mandate was needed for such an intervention.
He added that the international community, not just Somalia's neighbours, should assist its transitional government.
Assassinations
Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991. Its UN-backed transitional government controls only parts of Mogadishu, but little of the rest of the country.
There are some 4,300 African Union troops deployed in Mogadishu, but they lack any mandate to pursue the insurgents.
Pro-government forces have been fighting radical Islamist guerrillas in the capital since 7 May.
On Friday, gunmen killed Mohamed Hussein Addow, an MP who represented the Karan district where fighting has been particularly intense in recent days.
It was the third killing of a high-profile public figure in as many days.
Somalia's security minister - an outspoken critic of the militant Islamist group al-Shabab - was killed in a suicide attack in the northern town of Beledweyne, and Mogadishu's police commander was also killed this week.
Militant groups including al-Shabab, which is accused of links to al-Qaeda, have been trying to topple Somalia's government for three years.
Some four million people in Somalia - or about one-third of the population - need food aid, according to aid agencies.
Source: BBC
The Somali authorities have been battling Islamist insurgents who control much of the country.
The speaker of Somalia's parliament had earlier urged neighbouring countries to send troops within 24 hours.
Ethiopian troops helped topple an Islamist movement in Somalia in 2006, but were withdrawn earlier this year.
On Saturday Somali parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur urged neighbouring Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Yemen to intervene as fierce fighting continued for a second day in the capital Mogadishu.
But Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon said that an international mandate was needed for such an intervention.
He added that the international community, not just Somalia's neighbours, should assist its transitional government.
Assassinations
Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991. Its UN-backed transitional government controls only parts of Mogadishu, but little of the rest of the country.
There are some 4,300 African Union troops deployed in Mogadishu, but they lack any mandate to pursue the insurgents.
Pro-government forces have been fighting radical Islamist guerrillas in the capital since 7 May.
On Friday, gunmen killed Mohamed Hussein Addow, an MP who represented the Karan district where fighting has been particularly intense in recent days.
It was the third killing of a high-profile public figure in as many days.
Somalia's security minister - an outspoken critic of the militant Islamist group al-Shabab - was killed in a suicide attack in the northern town of Beledweyne, and Mogadishu's police commander was also killed this week.
Militant groups including al-Shabab, which is accused of links to al-Qaeda, have been trying to topple Somalia's government for three years.
Some four million people in Somalia - or about one-third of the population - need food aid, according to aid agencies.
Source: BBC
Sunday, 14 June 2009
somalia:Fresh fighting break out in Mogadishu.Report
MOGADISHU (Mareeg ) – at least three government soldiers have been
killed and several others have been wounded after heavy fighting
between government soldiers started near Ex-control Afgoi checkpoint
in south of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, witnesses said on Sunday.
It is unclear the reason of the fighting but residents said that the
fighting broke out when more government vehicles leading a convoy
carrying food for the internally displaced people in the outskirts of
Mogadishu clashed with other government forces in Ex-control Afgoi
checkpoint in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Locals said that at least three of the warring government soldiers
died in the fighting and injured more others as the fighting is
currently continuing in Mogadishu which both sides are using heavy
gunfire in the fighting.
The sound of heavy gunfire could be heard in and around the capital
and there is no comment from the officials of the transitional
government of Somalia. Mareeg.com
We shall keep updating you any further more about the fighting as soon
as possible.
killed and several others have been wounded after heavy fighting
between government soldiers started near Ex-control Afgoi checkpoint
in south of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, witnesses said on Sunday.
It is unclear the reason of the fighting but residents said that the
fighting broke out when more government vehicles leading a convoy
carrying food for the internally displaced people in the outskirts of
Mogadishu clashed with other government forces in Ex-control Afgoi
checkpoint in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Locals said that at least three of the warring government soldiers
died in the fighting and injured more others as the fighting is
currently continuing in Mogadishu which both sides are using heavy
gunfire in the fighting.
The sound of heavy gunfire could be heard in and around the capital
and there is no comment from the officials of the transitional
government of Somalia. Mareeg.com
We shall keep updating you any further more about the fighting as soon
as possible.
Saturday, 13 June 2009
somalia:Islamists warn Gov attack on their stronghold region
DOLOW ( Mareeg ) – Mohamed Ibrahim Indabur, head of the interior affairs for Hisbul Islam organization in Gedo region has warned fighting against the Islamist forces which members of the transitional government are organizing in Dolow town in the region.
Mr. Indabur accused the transitional government officials for creating insecurity situations in the region saying that the Islamist forces will never accept such that action.
The head of the interior affairs of Hisbul Islam organization in Gedo region denounced the transitional government members with Ethiopian troops for planning to attack parts of the region which the Islamist forces are controlling now calling for the people in the region to be ready for what he called Jihad (Islamic War).
Mr. Ibrahim Indabur expressed concern about the possibility of fighting that starts between the two sides pointing out that it is a situation that needs to be protected anymore.
The statement of the Islamic administration comes as some of the government members said earlier that they were they were amassing soldiers in parts of the region to attack against the Islamist fighters who are manning most of Gedo region.
Mr. Indabur accused the transitional government officials for creating insecurity situations in the region saying that the Islamist forces will never accept such that action.
The head of the interior affairs of Hisbul Islam organization in Gedo region denounced the transitional government members with Ethiopian troops for planning to attack parts of the region which the Islamist forces are controlling now calling for the people in the region to be ready for what he called Jihad (Islamic War).
Mr. Ibrahim Indabur expressed concern about the possibility of fighting that starts between the two sides pointing out that it is a situation that needs to be protected anymore.
The statement of the Islamic administration comes as some of the government members said earlier that they were they were amassing soldiers in parts of the region to attack against the Islamist fighters who are manning most of Gedo region.
Somali government unhappy with international community in delaying contribution m
CAIRO (Mareeg) – the transitional government of Somalia has denounced the international community on Saturday for delaying to give the contribution money which was collected for the TFG in the Belgian capital Brussels.
Abdirahman Aden Ibbi, the deputy prime minister of transitional government of Somalia said in a meeting held in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday that the international community did not offer the contribution money which was promised for the Somali government in the conference in Brussels.
“The international community promised $256 million for the Somali government and the government did not get that amount of money so far. So they are too late for handing over that money to the transitional government of Somalia,” the deputy PM said
The deputy prime minister reiterated and suggested for the international community to quicken supporting that contribution money to the transitional government of Somalia as soon as possible.
On the other hand Mr. Ibbi suggested for the Arab league that the international community needs military support from the league to take part the peacekeeping mission in Somalia and protect the pirate attacks against the international ships traveling in the Somali water.
The deputy prime minister of Somalia said lastly that the African Union troops AMISOM are in Somalia for the peacekeeping mission adding that they will be in the country until the Somali government takes over the control of whole the country. Mareeg.com
Abdirahman Aden Ibbi, the deputy prime minister of transitional government of Somalia said in a meeting held in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday that the international community did not offer the contribution money which was promised for the Somali government in the conference in Brussels.
“The international community promised $256 million for the Somali government and the government did not get that amount of money so far. So they are too late for handing over that money to the transitional government of Somalia,” the deputy PM said
The deputy prime minister reiterated and suggested for the international community to quicken supporting that contribution money to the transitional government of Somalia as soon as possible.
On the other hand Mr. Ibbi suggested for the Arab league that the international community needs military support from the league to take part the peacekeeping mission in Somalia and protect the pirate attacks against the international ships traveling in the Somali water.
The deputy prime minister of Somalia said lastly that the African Union troops AMISOM are in Somalia for the peacekeeping mission adding that they will be in the country until the Somali government takes over the control of whole the country. Mareeg.com
somalia:Two Radio journalists seriously beaten by islamist in Bardhere town
Mareeg.com- The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ today expresses its alarm over aggressive attacks against two broadcast journalists in southwestern Somalia.
Mr Omar Abdirahman Mohamoud (Jaajaa) and Ms Sahra Ali Mohamoud, who work for privately owned Markabley Radio as reporter and newscaster respectively, were seriously beaten Thursday evening (11 June) by four masked Al-Shabab militias soon after they left the station, according to the journalists in Bardhere. The two journalists ran on foot from in an attempt to escape their attackers, but were chased and beaten severely with baseball bats. They were able to evade their attackers and are now hiding in the town.
According to journalists in Bardhere, during the beatings the militia attackers were over heard saying: “These are bad guys, so called journalists, we have to take an action.” After the attacks the militias went on to say: “The other journalists should have to leave the town.”
In addition to the beating of the journalists, the journalists of the region are fully censored and are not allowed to interview government officials, according to journalists in Bardhere. The beatings of these two journalists in Bardhere came less than a week when the director of Shabelle media network was brutally gunned down inside Bakara market by armed men.There is now tense and fear among the ranks of the Somali journalists while many of them decided to suspend their duties soon after the killing of Mr, Hirabe because of fear and threats passed to them by the armed groups in Mogadishu.One of these journalists resigned has famously said that Somalia has turned into the republic of fear for journalists and he told there are armed groups who want to police the mentality of the journalists Somali journalists face deadly risks in their country like targeted killings, threats and detenation. Mareeg.com
Mr Omar Abdirahman Mohamoud (Jaajaa) and Ms Sahra Ali Mohamoud, who work for privately owned Markabley Radio as reporter and newscaster respectively, were seriously beaten Thursday evening (11 June) by four masked Al-Shabab militias soon after they left the station, according to the journalists in Bardhere. The two journalists ran on foot from in an attempt to escape their attackers, but were chased and beaten severely with baseball bats. They were able to evade their attackers and are now hiding in the town.
According to journalists in Bardhere, during the beatings the militia attackers were over heard saying: “These are bad guys, so called journalists, we have to take an action.” After the attacks the militias went on to say: “The other journalists should have to leave the town.”
In addition to the beating of the journalists, the journalists of the region are fully censored and are not allowed to interview government officials, according to journalists in Bardhere. The beatings of these two journalists in Bardhere came less than a week when the director of Shabelle media network was brutally gunned down inside Bakara market by armed men.There is now tense and fear among the ranks of the Somali journalists while many of them decided to suspend their duties soon after the killing of Mr, Hirabe because of fear and threats passed to them by the armed groups in Mogadishu.One of these journalists resigned has famously said that Somalia has turned into the republic of fear for journalists and he told there are armed groups who want to police the mentality of the journalists Somali journalists face deadly risks in their country like targeted killings, threats and detenation. Mareeg.com
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Militia loyal to Aweys warn local Media journalists against interviewing Gov offi
Mareeg.com-2009-06-10-After Somali journalists on Tuesday went on strike to protest the recent assassination of a colleague and demanded protection from the international community, the militia hardliner Islamist cleric Sheikh Aweys have threatened to target any radio station journalists who hold sensitive interviews with the Gov officials, sources in their ranks . “They decided to target the journalists who interview Gov officials accusing our group” a fighter with Hizbul Islam led by Aweys . “We know they work with the Christians” he added angrily. Around 15 Mogadishu-based journalists held a press conference, two days after the director of private radio Shabelle, Mokhtar Mohamed Hirabe, was assassinated in broad daylight in the capital. "In addition to the direct threats against us, we cannot work impartially at this time and send correct information to society, so we are temporarily suspending our journalism activities," the group said in a statement. "We know the impact this decision can have on society and the free flow of information but we are obliged to stop working in Mogadishu in order to save our lives," Shabelle editor Abdirahman Yusuf explained. "We are in danger, so we call on the international community to protect Somali journalists," the statement read. Hirabe was the third Radio Shabelle journalist to suffer a fatal attack since the start of 2009, the fifth journalist killed this year. Somalia is one of the world's dangerous countries for journalists. Media houses have been routinely shut down by the authorities and many reporters, Somali and foreign, have been kidnapped by armed groups. Two freelance journalists, an Australian and a Canadian kidnapped near the capital nine months ago, are still being held. The security situation has been particularly volatile in recent weeks, with an offensive by insurgent groups bent on toppling internationally-backed President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and a counter-attack by government forces. In addition Somali president sheriff held meeting with protesting journalists today and promised them that his government will provide safe accommodations while they are in Mogadishu as well some help with travel expenses outside Somalia.
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Human Rights Violations Escalate in War-torn Mogadishu
NAIROBI, 9 June 2009: UNICEF and UNHCR are gravely concerned over the extent to which civilians are being affected by the escalating violence in Mogadishu and the human rights violations being committed by the parties to the conflict. Many Somali civilians and media describe the recent violence which erupted in Mogadishu on May 7, generated by fighting between Government-allied forces and armed opposition groups, as the most devastating in the last few years. Reported bombing of civilian residences and public places has forced an estimated 117,000 people to flee their homes in Mogadishu during the past four weeks alone.
The majority of the displaced are women and children, many fleeing with very few belongings, and having to endure extremely difficult circumstances. Women are particularly vulnerable with reports of rape and sexual exploitation during their flight and in places of refuge – risks that are exacerbated by the limited humanitarian assistance available. More than 200 people were reportedly killed in the last month alone, the majority of whom civilians. Reports from hospitals indicate that some 700 people were wounded in the clashes. Reports received from NGO partners supporting a hospital in Dayniile indicate that of the 218 wounded people treated in that hospital, 81 of them were women and children under the age of 14, including a six-month old baby.
The manner in which civilians are being victimized by this conflict is unacceptable. War Crimes and crimes against humanity are committed with impunity on a daily basis by the parties to this protracted and violent conflict. Reports indicate that people desperate to flee are stuck in their residences for days, waiting for a lull in the fighting to be able to ‘safely escape’ from Mogadishu, with no access to food, water or any basic service. A hospital in Yaaqshiid district was unable to operate temporarily due to fears for the safety of its medical staff, limiting access to medical care for wounded civilians.
“Yet again, parties to the conflict in Mogadishu fight with no regard for the safety of civilians in clear violation of international humanitarian and human rights principles” stated Mr. Guillermo Bettocchi, the UNHCR Representative for Somalia, today in response to the fighting. “The international community must intervene to end this self-perpetuating culture of impunity, including by establishing a credible and independent process to investigate and eventually prosecute those responsible for the apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity that Somali civilians have and continue to be exposed to.” added Mr. Bettocchi.
Countless families have allegedly been separated due to the conflict. There is no safe place for children in Mogadishu in the current situation. Children are being killed and maimed in their own homes, in schools, and on the residential streets of the city. The events of May have worsened a pattern of indiscriminate violence that has seen at least 34 schools temporarily occupied by armed groups since the beginning of the year, and at least six schools raided or shelled in the last twelve months.
Children are also threatened by the systematic and widespread recruitment into forces of all sides of the conflict currently taking place in Somalia. Adolescent boys are particularly targeted. Orphaned, separated, abandoned or destitute children are especially vulnerable.
“Parties to the conflict must realize that the main victims are their own children, who are being killed, maimed or displaced by the fighting, some even recruited to take part in the fighting,” said Ms. Hannan Sulieman, Acting UNICEF Representative to Somalia. “Recruitment of children is in contravention of international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and use of children under 15 years old in combat is a war crime with legal consequences for the perpetrators”.
UNHCR and UNICEF call on all those involved in the conflict in Somalia to put an end to the grave human rights violations being committed on a daily basis against civilians
Monday, 8 June 2009
Somalia:Sheik Aweys says I have not been injured
Mogadishu(Mareeg)—Somalia’s opposition leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys said on Monday that he was not injured in fighting between Islamist rivals in central Somalia and he added that he was not attended in that fighting.
“I think this is propaganda released by defeated factions in the fighting that took place in Wabho village in central Somalia,” said Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys.
This comes as there have been rumors in the country that Sheik Aweys was badly injured or dead in central Somalia.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of Hizbul Islam insurgent group held a press conference in his house in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
He vowed that his group will continue the fighting against the Somali, fragile government until the African Union troops leave the country.
He said the fighting that is continuing in Mogadishu is planned in New York referring to the United Nations.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
gentlemannor@gmail.com
Monday, 1 June 2009
Somalia:Government soldiers killed in a roadside bomb in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (Mareeg) – At least five government soldiers have been killed and six others including civilians have been injured after a roadside bomb targeted to a vehicle that government soldiers were traveling near K4 junction Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said on Monday.
Residents said that the explosion was a remote controlled roadside bomb that occurred near K4 junction and targeted destroyed the vehicle killing five government soldiers and wounding five others including passers by civilians in the area.
High rank police officer told Mareeg that senior government officials were traveling
in the vehicle at the time of the bomb attack.
More government troops arrived at the scene where the explosion occurred and dispersed the people of the area.
There is no immediate claim of responsibility, but such attacks are blamed to the Islamist rebels fighting against the government.
Farah Ahmed Mohamed
amfarah10@gmail.com
Residents said that the explosion was a remote controlled roadside bomb that occurred near K4 junction and targeted destroyed the vehicle killing five government soldiers and wounding five others including passers by civilians in the area.
High rank police officer told Mareeg that senior government officials were traveling
in the vehicle at the time of the bomb attack.
More government troops arrived at the scene where the explosion occurred and dispersed the people of the area.
There is no immediate claim of responsibility, but such attacks are blamed to the Islamist rebels fighting against the government.
Farah Ahmed Mohamed
amfarah10@gmail.com
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Somalia:Fighting between government soldiers and Islamists erupts in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (Mareeg)—At least two civilians have been killed and nine others have been wounded in fighting between government soldiers and Islamist rebels that has erupted in Siinay neighborhood in north Mogadishu, witnesses said on Sunday.
The two sides have used heavy machine guns in the fighting and the sound of mortar shelling and artillery fire could be heard in parts of Mogadishu.
Residents said government soldiers have attacked bases of rebel Islamist forces in Siinay and the fighting sparked near by areas in the neighborhood.
The government has not officially talked about the fighting and there is no word from the rebels fighting with the government.
By Farah Ahmed Mohamed
amfarah10@gmail.com
The two sides have used heavy machine guns in the fighting and the sound of mortar shelling and artillery fire could be heard in parts of Mogadishu.
Residents said government soldiers have attacked bases of rebel Islamist forces in Siinay and the fighting sparked near by areas in the neighborhood.
The government has not officially talked about the fighting and there is no word from the rebels fighting with the government.
By Farah Ahmed Mohamed
amfarah10@gmail.com
Somalia:Tension arises in Hiraan region
Mogadishu (Mareeg)—Tension has arisen in Hiraan region in central Somalia after Ethiopian troops in the region has started movement and search operations, witnesses told Mareeg media on Sunday.
The Ethiopian troops have recently crossed into Somalia and were deployed in Kalabeyr key junction which is about 20 Kilometers north of Beldeweyne city in central Somalia.
They have reportedly stopped the circulation of the traffic and the people in the area but the movements have restarted when they have ended their operations.
The Ethiopian troops reached in kalabeyr on 20 May 2009 and made several search operations in the area but they have not arrested anyone.
Separately, sources from Hiraan region in central Somalia say the security minister of the Somali government, Col. Omar Hashi Aden, with about 3000 Somali soldiers from Ethiopia is heading to Beledweyne.
Col. Hashi said he was planning to eradicate the Islamist rebels from central Somalia.
The Islamist rebels who are fighting against the fragile government control part of Beledweyne and fighting could erupt in the town if the minister and his troops reach in the town.
Reports also suggest that more Somali soldiers who were trained in Ethiopia are heading to rebel strong hold in south and central Somalia.
By Farah Ahmed Mohamed
The Ethiopian troops have recently crossed into Somalia and were deployed in Kalabeyr key junction which is about 20 Kilometers north of Beldeweyne city in central Somalia.
They have reportedly stopped the circulation of the traffic and the people in the area but the movements have restarted when they have ended their operations.
The Ethiopian troops reached in kalabeyr on 20 May 2009 and made several search operations in the area but they have not arrested anyone.
Separately, sources from Hiraan region in central Somalia say the security minister of the Somali government, Col. Omar Hashi Aden, with about 3000 Somali soldiers from Ethiopia is heading to Beledweyne.
Col. Hashi said he was planning to eradicate the Islamist rebels from central Somalia.
The Islamist rebels who are fighting against the fragile government control part of Beledweyne and fighting could erupt in the town if the minister and his troops reach in the town.
Reports also suggest that more Somali soldiers who were trained in Ethiopia are heading to rebel strong hold in south and central Somalia.
By Farah Ahmed Mohamed
Somalia:Government rejects the idea of creation International court
New York (Mareeg)--Somalia’s fragile government has rejected the idea of creation international tribunal to try Somali prates.
The Netherlands proposed Friday the creation of an international tribunal to try Somali pirates.
Mohamed Abdulhahi Omaar, Somalia’s foreign minister said that his government did not request the creation of international tribunal and the most countries in the world were not satisfied of the idea.
Omaar said they have requested the suspected Somali pirates to be tried in Kenya temporarily until Somali government builds its court.
The minister disclosed that there were foreign ships fishing illegally and dumping toxic wastes in the coast of Somalia.
He attended a conference that took place in New York which was discussed the problems of the piracy and how they could be dealt on land.
Farah Ahmed Mohamed
The Netherlands proposed Friday the creation of an international tribunal to try Somali pirates.
Mohamed Abdulhahi Omaar, Somalia’s foreign minister said that his government did not request the creation of international tribunal and the most countries in the world were not satisfied of the idea.
Omaar said they have requested the suspected Somali pirates to be tried in Kenya temporarily until Somali government builds its court.
The minister disclosed that there were foreign ships fishing illegally and dumping toxic wastes in the coast of Somalia.
He attended a conference that took place in New York which was discussed the problems of the piracy and how they could be dealt on land.
Farah Ahmed Mohamed
Monday, 25 May 2009
Somalia:Government Denies Hard-Line Insurgent Claims
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)--Somalia's new government has sharply denied the administration is unraveling with increasing attacks by hard-line Islamic insurgents in the capital, Mogadishu. President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government also denied reports that it is losing control to the insurgents including al-Shabab.
The new administration has also vowed to take absolute control of the city after the presidential palace and Africa Union peacekeepers came under insurgent attacks. Al-Shabab, with strong ties to al-Qaeda, has refused to recognize the new administration, promising to overthrow the government through violence.
Government spokesman Abdi Kadir Walayo told VOA that the new administration would defend the country with its last breath.
"The government is nearly three months old and is performing well. And as an insider, I have not seen the government is struggling. The government is firm and is standing as a rock," Walayo said.
He said despite increasing insurgent attacks, the new administration would succeed where previous governments have faltered.
"Although the insurgents are fighting the government is ready to defend itself. The government is trying to minimize the casualties of the civilians," he said.
Walayo said there are indications that non-Somalis have been engaging in insurgent activities aimed to destabilize President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government.
"You know the presence of foreign fighters in Mogadishu is something no secret. Some officials from the insurgents openly stated that there are foreigners fighting along their side, and they are people who came from (other) parts of the world," Walayo said.
Meanwhile, the government also said that hundreds of foreign fighters affiliated with the al-Qaeda organization are taking part in the battles that the government forces are fighting against Islamist rebels who seek to overthrow the government and do not recognize its legitimacy.
This comes after a recent instruction by the leader of al-Qaeda. Osama bin Ladin told supporters in Somalia to overthrow President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government and assassinate him.
Walayo said despite bin Laden's calls to overthrow the new Somali administration, the government would defend the country and restore peace and stability.
"This country belongs to Somalis, and the Somali government is ready to fight until the last drop of blood to defend its country," Walayo said.
He dismissed the terrorist call as unfounded and an affront to the ordinary, well-meaning Somali.
"Bin Laden is not (a) Somali and he has nothing to do with Somalia. And the valiant Somali people are ready to defend their country," he said.
Walayo said President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government is open to negotiations with those who are opposed to the administration.
"The government's policies are based on the process started from Djibouti… and was based on reconciliation and accommodation of those who were not part of that process," Walayo said.
He said although it wants to negotiate with all Somalis to find a solution to the country's woes, the administration would not coerce anybody in the process.
"The government's doors are open, (but) there is an English saying, you can bring the horse to the water, but you cannot force it to drink…," he said.
Meanwhile, a suicide car bomber struck a camp for the Somali security forces in the south of the capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people including six police officers, and wounded several others.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack which comes as insurgent fighters and Somali government forces have been engaged in two weeks of intense clashes which left almost 150 people dead and nearly 500 others wounded, most of them civilians caught in the crossfire. Nearly 50,000 others were displaced from their homes in Mogadishu as a result of the renewed fighting.
Source: VOA
The new administration has also vowed to take absolute control of the city after the presidential palace and Africa Union peacekeepers came under insurgent attacks. Al-Shabab, with strong ties to al-Qaeda, has refused to recognize the new administration, promising to overthrow the government through violence.
Government spokesman Abdi Kadir Walayo told VOA that the new administration would defend the country with its last breath.
"The government is nearly three months old and is performing well. And as an insider, I have not seen the government is struggling. The government is firm and is standing as a rock," Walayo said.
He said despite increasing insurgent attacks, the new administration would succeed where previous governments have faltered.
"Although the insurgents are fighting the government is ready to defend itself. The government is trying to minimize the casualties of the civilians," he said.
Walayo said there are indications that non-Somalis have been engaging in insurgent activities aimed to destabilize President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government.
"You know the presence of foreign fighters in Mogadishu is something no secret. Some officials from the insurgents openly stated that there are foreigners fighting along their side, and they are people who came from (other) parts of the world," Walayo said.
Meanwhile, the government also said that hundreds of foreign fighters affiliated with the al-Qaeda organization are taking part in the battles that the government forces are fighting against Islamist rebels who seek to overthrow the government and do not recognize its legitimacy.
This comes after a recent instruction by the leader of al-Qaeda. Osama bin Ladin told supporters in Somalia to overthrow President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government and assassinate him.
Walayo said despite bin Laden's calls to overthrow the new Somali administration, the government would defend the country and restore peace and stability.
"This country belongs to Somalis, and the Somali government is ready to fight until the last drop of blood to defend its country," Walayo said.
He dismissed the terrorist call as unfounded and an affront to the ordinary, well-meaning Somali.
"Bin Laden is not (a) Somali and he has nothing to do with Somalia. And the valiant Somali people are ready to defend their country," he said.
Walayo said President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government is open to negotiations with those who are opposed to the administration.
"The government's policies are based on the process started from Djibouti… and was based on reconciliation and accommodation of those who were not part of that process," Walayo said.
He said although it wants to negotiate with all Somalis to find a solution to the country's woes, the administration would not coerce anybody in the process.
"The government's doors are open, (but) there is an English saying, you can bring the horse to the water, but you cannot force it to drink…," he said.
Meanwhile, a suicide car bomber struck a camp for the Somali security forces in the south of the capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people including six police officers, and wounded several others.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack which comes as insurgent fighters and Somali government forces have been engaged in two weeks of intense clashes which left almost 150 people dead and nearly 500 others wounded, most of them civilians caught in the crossfire. Nearly 50,000 others were displaced from their homes in Mogadishu as a result of the renewed fighting.
Source: VOA
Somalia:Al-Shabaab behind suicide attack
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Al-Shabaab militants said Monday they were behind the suicide that targeted a camp of the Somali military on Sunday.
A suicide bomber targeted Somali military camp near Mogadishu port on Sunday and killed at least four government soldiers and wounded eight others in Mogadishu.
Sheik Hussein Ali fidow, the head of policy and regions of al-Shabaab who held a press conference said their organization was behind the suicide attack.
Sheik Hussein denied that the attacker was a foreigner and described the name of the attacker as Abdulkadir Hassan Mohamed and added that he was a young Somali man.
He claimed that they inflicted heavy casualties to the Somali military that were in the camp at the time of the attack.
The information minister of the Somali government Farhan Ali Mohamoud, accused Hisbul Islam and al-Shabab of being behind the suicide attack.The minister disclosed that a suicide attack failed on 18 of May.
Farah, Ahmed Mohamed
amsomalia@mareeg.com
A suicide bomber targeted Somali military camp near Mogadishu port on Sunday and killed at least four government soldiers and wounded eight others in Mogadishu.
Sheik Hussein Ali fidow, the head of policy and regions of al-Shabaab who held a press conference said their organization was behind the suicide attack.
Sheik Hussein denied that the attacker was a foreigner and described the name of the attacker as Abdulkadir Hassan Mohamed and added that he was a young Somali man.
He claimed that they inflicted heavy casualties to the Somali military that were in the camp at the time of the attack.
The information minister of the Somali government Farhan Ali Mohamoud, accused Hisbul Islam and al-Shabab of being behind the suicide attack.The minister disclosed that a suicide attack failed on 18 of May.
Farah, Ahmed Mohamed
amsomalia@mareeg.com
Somalia:President demands to defend Somalia from invading foreigners
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed demanded from the world to defend Somalia what he called invading enemies from outside Somalia.
The president held a press conference in Villa Somalia, Somali presidential palace and said foreigners were fighting along the rebels who are fighting to topple his fragile government.
“I would like to tell the world and the Somali people that there are foreigners in the country who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and want to make Somalia like those countries,” said president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has welcomed what he called for re-liberation efforts in central Somalia, referring to Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a who is fighting against al-Shabaab in central Somalia towns.
The president also welcomed the decision by IGAD foreign ministers who called for the UN to impose sanctions on Eritrea and block the airports and the ports of areas under the control of Islamist rebels.
By Farah, Ahmed Mohamed
amsomalia@mareeg.com
The president held a press conference in Villa Somalia, Somali presidential palace and said foreigners were fighting along the rebels who are fighting to topple his fragile government.
“I would like to tell the world and the Somali people that there are foreigners in the country who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and want to make Somalia like those countries,” said president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has welcomed what he called for re-liberation efforts in central Somalia, referring to Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a who is fighting against al-Shabaab in central Somalia towns.
The president also welcomed the decision by IGAD foreign ministers who called for the UN to impose sanctions on Eritrea and block the airports and the ports of areas under the control of Islamist rebels.
By Farah, Ahmed Mohamed
amsomalia@mareeg.com
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Somalia: Islamists forms administration in Jowhar
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Al-Shabab militants who captured Jowhar, the provincial capital of Middle Shabelle Region in Southern Somalia formed an “Islamic administration” in the town, officials said on Wednesday.
Al-Shabab seized Sunday the strategic town from pro government Islamic Courts Union who have been controlling it for months.
Jowhar is the home town of the beleaguered president of Somalia, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who leads the weak government that controls few blocks of Mogadishu.
Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, the Shabab head of Banadir region said they formed the administration after they consulted with the clerics, businessmen, and the intellectuals of the town.
He said that al-Shabab appointed Sheik Abdirahman Hassan Hussein as the head of Middle Shabelle Region. Sheik Hussein is also as al-Shabab official.
The new al-shabab administrator requested fro the people in Jowhar to work with his administration.
The militants control large areas of south and central Somali including the third largest city in Somalia, Kismayo.
By Farah, Ahmed Mohamed
Al-Shabab seized Sunday the strategic town from pro government Islamic Courts Union who have been controlling it for months.
Jowhar is the home town of the beleaguered president of Somalia, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who leads the weak government that controls few blocks of Mogadishu.
Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, the Shabab head of Banadir region said they formed the administration after they consulted with the clerics, businessmen, and the intellectuals of the town.
He said that al-Shabab appointed Sheik Abdirahman Hassan Hussein as the head of Middle Shabelle Region. Sheik Hussein is also as al-Shabab official.
The new al-shabab administrator requested fro the people in Jowhar to work with his administration.
The militants control large areas of south and central Somali including the third largest city in Somalia, Kismayo.
By Farah, Ahmed Mohamed
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Somalia: Al-Shabab to attack presidential palace
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—The Somali Islamist movement of al-Shabab is going to launch a big offensive to the presidential palace to overthrow the fledgling government, sources told Mareeg on Tuesday.
The move comes as thousands of civilians fled from the capital, and it is unpredictable what will happen to the remaining civilians in Mogadishu if the plan puts on practice.
Sources say Somali officials of al-Shabab suggested a plan to attack and capture the presidential palace but the Shabab foreign officials said it is good to use artillery at first to weaken the power of the government soldiers and the AU troops who are defending the president and his staff.
Sheik Hussein Ali Fidow, the head of policy and regions of al-Shabab confirmed that foreign fighters are fighting along them and he warned against the people to describe expatriates.
The Shabab officials had a meeting in a house in the corner district of Deyniile in Mogadishu and decided to launch a big offensive to dislodge the fragile government from the country.
Residents said that at least 18 battle wagons from Kismayu have reached in Mogadishu on Tuesday to participate the fighting against the government.
The Islamists are making reinforcement from Gedo, Bay, and Bakol regions in southern Somalia to overthrow the UN-recognized government and establish an Islamic state in Somalia.
The African Union troops are defending some key areas in Mogadishu like the presidential palace, the port, and the airport.
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Somalia: Al-Shabab to disarm key Islamist leader-source
Mareeg.com-2009-05-11-here is emerging new sudden difference over power between the radical Islamist
groups of Al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam that jointly captured most of the Somalia
capital Mogadishu in heavy battle with the pro-government moderate Islamists,
reports say on Monday.
The disparity came when the Hizbul Islam fighters loyal to Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys,
the prime Islamist rebel leader confiscated all the weapons of Yusuf Mohamed Siad
Indha-Adde that supporting the government during the latest war in the capital..
Reports confirmed to Waagacusub Media that senior Al-Shabab commanders made
telephone contact with Aweys ordering him to hand over all the arms that his men
seized in the battle and join their group within 48 hours.
He insisted that he will not give his weapons to Al-Shabab and said these are the
arms by the Mujahideens to fight.
If this continues to its acceleration it will cause war between Al-Shabab and Hizbul
Islam.
Earlier, Aweys suggested to form an a new name of Islamic organization in which all
the Islamist groups can unite but the proposal was met a total rejection by
Al-Shabab.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on the US list of terrorists, has been living in
exile in Eritrea for two years and returned to Somalia last month to strengthen the
rebellion against the government led Sharif Sheik Ahmed..
Al-Shabab and its foreign militants linking to the international terror network of
Al-Qaeda committed gross human violations in Somalia during what they called ‘The
Jihad war’.
By Dahir Abdulle Alasow
dahiralasow@yahoo.com
groups of Al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam that jointly captured most of the Somalia
capital Mogadishu in heavy battle with the pro-government moderate Islamists,
reports say on Monday.
The disparity came when the Hizbul Islam fighters loyal to Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys,
the prime Islamist rebel leader confiscated all the weapons of Yusuf Mohamed Siad
Indha-Adde that supporting the government during the latest war in the capital..
Reports confirmed to Waagacusub Media that senior Al-Shabab commanders made
telephone contact with Aweys ordering him to hand over all the arms that his men
seized in the battle and join their group within 48 hours.
He insisted that he will not give his weapons to Al-Shabab and said these are the
arms by the Mujahideens to fight.
If this continues to its acceleration it will cause war between Al-Shabab and Hizbul
Islam.
Earlier, Aweys suggested to form an a new name of Islamic organization in which all
the Islamist groups can unite but the proposal was met a total rejection by
Al-Shabab.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on the US list of terrorists, has been living in
exile in Eritrea for two years and returned to Somalia last month to strengthen the
rebellion against the government led Sharif Sheik Ahmed..
Al-Shabab and its foreign militants linking to the international terror network of
Al-Qaeda committed gross human violations in Somalia during what they called ‘The
Jihad war’.
By Dahir Abdulle Alasow
dahiralasow@yahoo.com
Somalia: Abu Mansur Al-Imriki seen in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Witnesses said they saw several foreign fighters fighting a long al-shabab including the man who has been seen his pictures in videos that the Shabab broadcasted earlier.
The residents in Towfiq area said they saw the American Islamist fighters, Amu Mansor Al-Imriki, standing in Towfiq junction.
Ali Dhere, an al-shabab official who was speaking to BBC Somali service said Muslims could not be classified as Black and white and he neither confirmed nor denied that foreigners were fighting a long their side.
Abu Mansur Al-Imriki
The information minister of the Somali government Farhan Ali Mohamoud accused al-shabab that foreigners was the driving force behind them.
"This war is led by foreign fighters who want to take control of Somalia," he said. "They waged a full attack on government positions and this is what they had planned in order to overthrow the government."
Thousands of residents, with belongings on their heads or strapped on their backs, were seen fleeing their homes. Others found themselves trapped amid the fighting.
But the situation of Mogadishu has returned to normalcy on Monday.
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The residents in Towfiq area said they saw the American Islamist fighters, Amu Mansor Al-Imriki, standing in Towfiq junction.
Ali Dhere, an al-shabab official who was speaking to BBC Somali service said Muslims could not be classified as Black and white and he neither confirmed nor denied that foreigners were fighting a long their side.
Abu Mansur Al-Imriki
The information minister of the Somali government Farhan Ali Mohamoud accused al-shabab that foreigners was the driving force behind them.
"This war is led by foreign fighters who want to take control of Somalia," he said. "They waged a full attack on government positions and this is what they had planned in order to overthrow the government."
Thousands of residents, with belongings on their heads or strapped on their backs, were seen fleeing their homes. Others found themselves trapped amid the fighting.
But the situation of Mogadishu has returned to normalcy on Monday.
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Sunday, 10 May 2009
Somalia: At least ten dead in Mogadishu clashes as fighting is ongoing
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) — At least ten civilians were killed in clashes Sunday between Islamist fighters backing the Somali government and a hardline Islamist group, officials and witnesses said.
About thirty people were also wounded in the fighting in Mogadishu's Yaqshid and Wardhigley districts.
The latest fighting erupted after a car of a Somali lawmaker was exploded in front of Wardhigley police station where the rebel group Hizbul Islam controls.
"The Islamist militia from Hizbul-Islam group attacked pro-government Islamic forces and heavy fighting erupted killing around five people in Yaqshid district in north Mogadishu," a resident said.
Witnesses said they a mortar shell landed on a house in Gedja’ayl neighborhood in Mogadishu and killed a civilian woman. This mortar has also wounded three civilians.
"I saw the bodies of two civilians near Fagah junction. Seven others were injured in a teashop after a mortar shell struck the building," said witness khalif.
On Saturday, at least eight people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between the pro-government forces and another group of Islamist fighters.
A senior official at Mogadishu's Medina hospital said around 120 people had been taken in for treatment in the past three days.
Hardline Islamist militia in the capital has in recent days intensified attacks against government targets.
Some Islamist fighters have joined the government of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a moderate Islamist leader elected president in January.
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Thursday, 7 May 2009
Somalia: Islamist faction to join the government
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—One of the Islamist factions that oppose to the Somali government is to work with the Somali government after its leaders met with the president and the prime minister late on Wednesday.
Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad known as Indho Ade who leads one of the Islamist rebels met with Somalia’s president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke late on Wednesday in the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
Mr. Indho Ade said he held lonng talk d with the president and the prime minister about the security issues in the capital.
Sheik Yusuf Indho Ade (file)
Asked about if he will join to the government he replied that he will work with the government if it fulfills its promises about the implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
The Hisbul Islam faction, the wing that Indho Ade leads declared that they will work with the government if it endorses the Islamic Sharia.
Sources from presidential aids say the president and the Islamist leader will jointly hold press conference in the presidential palace.
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Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad known as Indho Ade who leads one of the Islamist rebels met with Somalia’s president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke late on Wednesday in the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
Mr. Indho Ade said he held lonng talk d with the president and the prime minister about the security issues in the capital.
Sheik Yusuf Indho Ade (file)
Asked about if he will join to the government he replied that he will work with the government if it fulfills its promises about the implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
The Hisbul Islam faction, the wing that Indho Ade leads declared that they will work with the government if it endorses the Islamic Sharia.
Sources from presidential aids say the president and the Islamist leader will jointly hold press conference in the presidential palace.
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Somalia: Issayas Afeworki says he does not recognize Somali government
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Eritrea’s President Issayas Afeworki said he did not recognize the Somali government led by president Sharif Sheik Ahmed and that it was not his policy to intervene Somali internal affairs.
He said that Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed was once based in Asmara and added that he deceived his friends after he moved to another base, referring to Djibouti.
Speaking to the reporters in Asmara, Issayas Afeworki said it was not his policy and civilization to meddle in Somalia’s affairs.
The Somali government accused Eritrea of sending arms shipments to Somali rebels and called for the International community to stop “the meddling of Eritrea.”
Afawerki Said" I would rather recognise“Puntland and Somaliland instead of Somali government led by sheriff "
“This government is not different from the Transitional National Government led by Abdikasim Salad Hassan and the federal government led by Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, they all collapsed because of Ethiopia’s intervention,” Afeworki said.
He said that his government did not recognize the Somali government and added that the current government is the same as the administrations of Somaliland and Puntland.
Analysts say Eritrea is playing a proxy war in Somalia and wants Somalia to be chaos so as Ethiopia becomes busy with fighting Somali insurgents.
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He said that Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed was once based in Asmara and added that he deceived his friends after he moved to another base, referring to Djibouti.
Speaking to the reporters in Asmara, Issayas Afeworki said it was not his policy and civilization to meddle in Somalia’s affairs.
The Somali government accused Eritrea of sending arms shipments to Somali rebels and called for the International community to stop “the meddling of Eritrea.”
Afawerki Said" I would rather recognise“Puntland and Somaliland instead of Somali government led by sheriff "
“This government is not different from the Transitional National Government led by Abdikasim Salad Hassan and the federal government led by Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, they all collapsed because of Ethiopia’s intervention,” Afeworki said.
He said that his government did not recognize the Somali government and added that the current government is the same as the administrations of Somaliland and Puntland.
Analysts say Eritrea is playing a proxy war in Somalia and wants Somalia to be chaos so as Ethiopia becomes busy with fighting Somali insurgents.
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Somalia: Heavy Fighting between Islamists is underway in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) – Heavy fighting between al-Shabab and the Islamic Courts Union is underway in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Thursday.
The fighting started after an officer from al-Shabab escaped assassination attempt. Two of his security guards were killed in the incident.
Fighters from al-Shabab attacked bases of the Islamic Courts Union forces and the fighting is still going on.
Sources confirmed that a battle wagon mounted with anti-aircraft machine gun was captured from al-Shabab.
There have been hunt down missions between the Islamists since the Islamic Courts Union accused al-Shabab of being behind the assassination of senior Islamic Courts officials.
The Islamic Courts Union works with the Somali government while al-shabab opposes and vowed fighting against it.
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The fighting started after an officer from al-Shabab escaped assassination attempt. Two of his security guards were killed in the incident.
Fighters from al-Shabab attacked bases of the Islamic Courts Union forces and the fighting is still going on.
Sources confirmed that a battle wagon mounted with anti-aircraft machine gun was captured from al-Shabab.
There have been hunt down missions between the Islamists since the Islamic Courts Union accused al-Shabab of being behind the assassination of senior Islamic Courts officials.
The Islamic Courts Union works with the Somali government while al-shabab opposes and vowed fighting against it.
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Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Somalia: pirates hijack German-owned ship
NAIROBI, Kenya (Mareeg) — A U.S. Navy spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a German-owned ship with its 11 Romanian crew members in the Gulf of Aden.
Lt. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet, says the ship was seized Tuesday afternoon in an area 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Yemen.
The new seizure brings to 19 the number of ships being held by Somali pirates.
Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program said Wednesday the crew are unhurt.
Piracy has become perhaps the biggest money-maker in Somalia because the pirates almost always get paid.
Their wealth is all the more shocking in light of Somalia's deep poverty. There has been no effective central government in nearly 20 years, plunging the arid country into chaos.
Source: AP
Lt. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet, says the ship was seized Tuesday afternoon in an area 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Yemen.
The new seizure brings to 19 the number of ships being held by Somali pirates.
Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program said Wednesday the crew are unhurt.
Piracy has become perhaps the biggest money-maker in Somalia because the pirates almost always get paid.
Their wealth is all the more shocking in light of Somalia's deep poverty. There has been no effective central government in nearly 20 years, plunging the arid country into chaos.
Source: AP
Somalia: AU says peacekeeper killed in Somalia
MOGADISHU(Mareeg)—An African Union peacekeeper was killed in Somalia's war-wracked capital, the bloc said Wednesday, condemning it as a "cowardly act."
The soldier from the AU's Burundian contingent was killed Tuesday in Mogadishu by unidentified armed attackers, it said in a statement, but did not say how he died.
AU commission chief Jean Ping "strongly condemns the killing... of a soldier from the Burundian contingent of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)," the statement said.
"This cowardly act, perpetrated by armed elements bent on undermining the peace and reconciliation process, will in no way deter the AU from pursuing its efforts and support to the Somali people and parties in their quest for lasting peace and reconciliation."
The AU peacekeepers are the sole foreign force in Somalia after the pullout of Ethiopian soldiers earlier this year following an ill-fated two-year intervention.
The AU soldiers have been repeatedly targetted by hardline Islamist militia in Mogadishu.
In February, 11 Burundian soldiers were killed in the deadliest single attack against the force in the war-riven Somali capital.
Source: AFP
The soldier from the AU's Burundian contingent was killed Tuesday in Mogadishu by unidentified armed attackers, it said in a statement, but did not say how he died.
AU commission chief Jean Ping "strongly condemns the killing... of a soldier from the Burundian contingent of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)," the statement said.
"This cowardly act, perpetrated by armed elements bent on undermining the peace and reconciliation process, will in no way deter the AU from pursuing its efforts and support to the Somali people and parties in their quest for lasting peace and reconciliation."
The AU peacekeepers are the sole foreign force in Somalia after the pullout of Ethiopian soldiers earlier this year following an ill-fated two-year intervention.
The AU soldiers have been repeatedly targetted by hardline Islamist militia in Mogadishu.
In February, 11 Burundian soldiers were killed in the deadliest single attack against the force in the war-riven Somali capital.
Source: AFP
Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a condemns “desecration of graves”
MOGADISHU(Mareeg)—Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a Islamic organization has condemned Wednesday the destruction of graves by al-Shabab Islamists and described as desecration of graves buried in great Sheiks.
Al-Shabab destroyed many graves in southern Somalia on Tuesday. Sheik Hassan Yacqub, the spokesman of the Islamist administrators in Kismayo said they will continue the destructions of graves until they eliminate what he called “graves that some people warship”.
Sheik Abdirisak Al-Ashari, a spokesperson for Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a organization in central Somalia strongly condemned the acts by the Shabab and called for the Somali people to defend them.
He said that the Islamic religion reached in Somalia its earliest times and added that al-Shabab came up with a new harsh version of Islam.
The desecration of graves was one of the main issues that forced the Sufi adherents to take up arms and fight against al-shabab.
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Al-Shabab destroyed many graves in southern Somalia on Tuesday. Sheik Hassan Yacqub, the spokesman of the Islamist administrators in Kismayo said they will continue the destructions of graves until they eliminate what he called “graves that some people warship”.
Sheik Abdirisak Al-Ashari, a spokesperson for Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a organization in central Somalia strongly condemned the acts by the Shabab and called for the Somali people to defend them.
He said that the Islamic religion reached in Somalia its earliest times and added that al-Shabab came up with a new harsh version of Islam.
The desecration of graves was one of the main issues that forced the Sufi adherents to take up arms and fight against al-shabab.
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Somalia: Islamist faction smuggling arms shipments in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU(Mareeg)— The Islamist group known as Hisbul Islam, one of the Islamist rebels that are fighting against the Somali government and the African Union troops have reportedly imported weapons from Eritrea and the arms shipments reached in Mogadishu overnight, witnesses said on Wednesday.
Residents in Lower Shabelle region said they saw nine armored vehicles and four artillery machine guns being driven into the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Somali government accused Eritrea that it had sent two flights of arms shipments into Somalia and called for the International community to stop the meddling of Eritrea in Somali internal affairs.
But Eritrea denied the accusations and said it did not recognize the Somali government.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of the opposition rejected to sit and talk with his old friend president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, until the AU troops leave the country.
There is no word from Hisbul Islam about arms shipments but they had denied on Monday that Eritrea sent weapons to them.
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Residents in Lower Shabelle region said they saw nine armored vehicles and four artillery machine guns being driven into the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Somali government accused Eritrea that it had sent two flights of arms shipments into Somalia and called for the International community to stop the meddling of Eritrea in Somali internal affairs.
But Eritrea denied the accusations and said it did not recognize the Somali government.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of the opposition rejected to sit and talk with his old friend president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, until the AU troops leave the country.
There is no word from Hisbul Islam about arms shipments but they had denied on Monday that Eritrea sent weapons to them.
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Somalia: Islamists defend Eritrea
MOHADISHU (Mareeg) – one of Somalia’s Islamist groups defended Eritrea Tuesday and denied that Eritrea imported weapons to Somalia.
Abdukadir Haji Mohamud, an assistant chairman of the Asmara based wing, the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, denied that Eritrea deployed illegal weapons in Somalia.
Somali government accused Eritrea on Sunday of being importing weapons to Somalia and that two flights from Eritrea landed in Belli Dogle airport in Lower Shabelle Region, but Eritrea denied the accusations.
Haji said the statement from the Somali government that Eritrean t imported weapons into southern Somalia in the past recent days was false adding that they the government did not have any evidence for its accusations against Eritrea
Somali government accused Eritrea on Sunday of being importing weapons to Somalia and that two flights from Eritrea landed in Belli Dogle airport in Lower Shabelle Region, but Eritrea denied the accusations.
Witnesses in Lower Shabelle region said Tuesday they saw weapons including artillery being driven to Mogadishu.
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Abdukadir Haji Mohamud, an assistant chairman of the Asmara based wing, the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, denied that Eritrea deployed illegal weapons in Somalia.
Somali government accused Eritrea on Sunday of being importing weapons to Somalia and that two flights from Eritrea landed in Belli Dogle airport in Lower Shabelle Region, but Eritrea denied the accusations.
Haji said the statement from the Somali government that Eritrean t imported weapons into southern Somalia in the past recent days was false adding that they the government did not have any evidence for its accusations against Eritrea
Somali government accused Eritrea on Sunday of being importing weapons to Somalia and that two flights from Eritrea landed in Belli Dogle airport in Lower Shabelle Region, but Eritrea denied the accusations.
Witnesses in Lower Shabelle region said Tuesday they saw weapons including artillery being driven to Mogadishu.
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Monday, 4 May 2009
Somalia: Opposition leader says he will not talk to president
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) – Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the opposition leader of the Asmara based Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia said late on Sunday he would not meet Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed , and vowed to continue fighting against the AU troops and the government.
“I will not meet Sheik Sharif because he wants the International Community and we are against the International community,” said Mr. Aweys after he held meeting in Mogadishu with clan elders in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed had said he would welcome negotiations with Aweys, his former partner in the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which ruled the capital and most of southern Somalia until Ethiopian troops ousted them in 2007.
He called upon the various Islamist groups to fight what he called their common enemy.
The spokesman of Hawiye Clan Elders Ahmed Derie Ali said they tried to persuade Sheik Aweys to stop the fighting and support the peace reconciliation but he rejected.
He added that they would continue to tell Sheik Aweys to support the peace.
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Somalia: Opposition leader says he will not talk to president
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) – Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the opposition leader of the Asmara based Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia said late on Sunday he would not meet Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed , and vowed to continue fighting against the AU troops and the government.
“I will not meet Sheik Sharif because he wants the International Community and we are against the International community,” said Mr. Aweys after he held meeting in Mogadishu with clan elders in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed had said he would welcome negotiations with Aweys, his former partner in the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which ruled the capital and most of southern Somalia until Ethiopian troops ousted them in 2007.
He called upon the various Islamist groups to fight what he called their common enemy.
The spokesman of Hawiye Clan Elders Ahmed Derie Ali said they tried to persuade Sheik Aweys to stop the fighting and support the peace reconciliation but he rejected.
He added that they would continue to tell Sheik Aweys to support the peace.
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Sunday, 3 May 2009
Somalia:Journalists commemorate World Press Freedom Day
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—A ceremony which was commemorating on May 3, of World Press Freedom has been held in Mogadishu on Sunday.
The ceremony was organized by the National Union of Somali journalists (NUSOJ) and government officials attended it.
The deputy speaker of the Somali parliament Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalha, who spoke in the ceremony has called for the journalists to take part the rebuilding of the country.
NUSOJ secretary Abdirahman Omar Dalmar, said that the year 2009 started with sorrow to the Somali journalists. Shabelle’s reporter Hassan Mayow Hassan was killed in Afgoye town in lower Shabelle region 1 January 2009.
Said Tahliil Ahmed, the director of Horn Afrik radio was killed in Mogadishu 4 February 2009.
On the other hand, the information minister of the Somali government Fahan Ali Mohamud, who attended in the ceremony disbanded the council of Somali journalists and said that a new independent council of Somali journalists will be formed and the job of the formed council ended.
The minister said the council has done a lot during its term, but he added that they could not keep abreast with the new media.
Sharif Moalim Mohamed, the chairman of the Somali Council held a press conference and said that the minister for information could not disband their council.
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Thursday, 23 April 2009
Somalia:Sheik Aways arrives in Mogadishu for the first time since 2 yrs
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)--Sheik Hassan Dahir Aways, the chairman of a wing from the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia has arrived in Mogadishu on Thursday for the first time since two years, officials said.
Ismial Haji Adow a spokesman of his group confirmed that Aways from Asmara, Eritrea landed in 50km airport in Lower Shabelle Region and was escorted to the capital Mogadishu.
Sheik Aways in Mogadishu(file)
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aways was the leader of the Islamic Courts Union Council before they were routed by the Ethiopian troops in December, 2006 since then he lived exile in Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea.
The arrival of the opposition leader comes as tension is high in the capital where Islamist rivals are facing each other.
He is expected to talk to the media in Mogadishu today later today.
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Somalia: Pirates say they kill French and U.S. citizens
MOGADISHU (Mareeg) - Somali pirates on Tuesday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed a 53-year-old American captain.
Jamac Siad one of the pirate members based at Harardhere coastal town in central Somalia said they are determined to kill the Americans and the French.
Jamac accused the Americans of committing inhuman acts after they killed their colleagues badly while they were negotiating with them as he said.
The Navy Seals late Sunday rescued freighter Capt. Richard Phillips, who had been held by pirates on a lifeboat that drifted in the Indian Ocean for five days.
"We are not pirates, we are young teenagers who stood up to defend their coastal areas from foreign ships that are dumping toxic waste to Somalia’s coast,” said Jamac Siad.
“In the future, we will behead Americans and French,” he added.
A Somali parliamentarian, Ahmed Bile said he was very shocked by the American actions.
He said it was not good to kill three people for the sake of one man. He added that the Americans could find other ways of solving the problems of piracy.
He warned that such killings would spark further violence in Somalia’s coast.
Pirates currently hold more than a dozen foreign ships, most moored along the Horn of Africa nation's long coast, with about 230 foreign sailors from Russia to the Philippines.
The American rescue followed a similar operation Friday carried out by French navy commandos, who stormed a pirate-held sailboat, the Tanit, in a shootout at sea that killed two pirates and freed four French hostages. The French owner of the vessel was also killed in the assault.
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Thursday, 9 April 2009
United Nations Betrayed and maltreated the Somali Nation in 1963 Charter
The United Nations Betrayed and maltreated the Somali Nation and the Horn by Recognising the Defeating OAU Charter of 1963: Is the UN honestly serious now?The origin of the crisis on the Horn of Africa Region stems from the fact that the United Nations made a most serious injustice and a betrayal by recognising the regional charter of the OAU at least an article of which (see 3.3 below blue in italics) below) not only violates but defeats at least an article of the United Nations Charter (see 1.2 below blue in italics). Article 1.2 of the UN entitles self-determination to all colonised peoples (the Somali Nation included) while article 3.3 of the OAU Charter demands respect for the territorial integrity of member states BEFORE the territories of Africa were corrected back to how they were BEFORE colonialism and more strange enough at a time when a file/agenda was open on the UN desk for the re-unification and independence of the Somali nation bringing all the five parts into which Europeans (France, Italy and UK) divided the nation under one flag and rule. The Somalis made a more suicidal mistake in taking membership of the very conspiracy against them, the OAU charter which adopted the colonial borders and thus legalised and perpetuated their being divided in second class status.If the UN is now serious about the peace and justice it is talking about and the negotiations and reconciliations, there is no isolated Solution to "a Somali political problem" but there is only ONE SOLUTION TO HORN AFRICA REGION: THE RE-OPENING OF THE ILLEGALLY CLOSED FILE STATED ABOVE, RE-UNITING THE SOMALI NATION UNDER ONE FEDERAL RULE AND LEADING THE REGION INTO A "PROSPERITY COMMON MARKET" IN WHIH NON FEELS NEITHER INJUSTICE NOR LAND-LOCKEDNESS.A NEED FOR A SOMALO-PHONE CONFERENCE FOR A SOMALO-PHONE PUBLIC PETITION TO THE UN TO RE-OPEN THE SOMALI UNITY AND FREEDOM FILE AT THE UN – UNJUSTIFIABLY CLOSED BY THE UNITED NATION!Sooner or later the Somali masses will have to think one more time and make a choice: SPEAK UNITED FOR THEIR RIGHTS OR REMAININ SECOND-CLASS STATUS IN MISERY UNIFORMLY. Since nonof them is in better life or is more free than the other any where they have to work together to change their status in this world in which the weak and divided is not counted at all. It is therefore an urgent need that the speakers of the Somali language (all Somalis) should start conferences and forums at Somalo-phone level. The media that speaks Somali ( websits, TVs, Radios, Publications, etc.) and communities abroad ought to start these forums/conferences and as soon as possible formulate in UNITY a public petition to the UN demanding the re-opening of their file which was closed illegally under the pretext that Africans have adopted colonialism and colonial borders and dominations.As far as an approach currently applicable is concerned a ROAD MAP IS INDICATED BELOW IF THE WORLD IS HONESTLY SERIOUS ABOUT JUSTICE ON THE HORN OF AFRICA.United Nations Charter, Preamble, Chapter One
Article 1
The Purposes of the United Nations are:
To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
2.To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace; 3.To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and 4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends. Charter of the OAU from 1963, PrinciplesArticle IIIThe Member States, in pursuit of the purposes stated in Article II solemnly affirm and declare their adherence to the following principles:1. The sovereign equality of all Member States.2. Non-interference in the internal affairs of States.3. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each State and for its inalienable right to independent existence.A Road Map for Peace and Prosperity for the Masses of the Horn of Africa RegionA MISSION OF 4+4 WOULD HIGHLY PROBABLY MANAGE TO SOLVE THE HORN OF AFRICAN CRISIS, ALLAH WILLING:4 to blame: UK, France, Italy & UN plus 4 helpers: OIC, Saudia, The Vatican & USAHoping that the United Nations Envoy to Somalia and the related Horn Crisis visits the Somali Websites l would like to contribute the following to his data and opinion collection on the the strife-torn nation of Somalia with which the European colonialists (UK, France and Italy ) messed up with most in Africa as they divided it into five parts and when they left placed parts of Somalia under nearby Christian communities instead of delivering to the administration of that part of Somalia declared independent, current Somalia, which is only the Eastern part the Somali nation. In most simple terms (and l hope the new UN envoy Ahmedou Ould Abdalla is aware of ): those three European Countries are responsible of the messy hell now prevailing on the horn - all communities - and they should sort it out with the help of the Vatican, the moslem World League, Saudia Arabia, USA and the United Nations: (3 colonizers plus the UN which illegally closed the Somali Nation Re-unification file in 1963 after OAU illegally adapted the colonial borders = 4 + 4 helpers). This would lead the region into a prosperity common market in which none feels neither injustice nor landlockedness after the Somali nation is re-unified.The Horn conflict is more religious than plotical and thus should religious leaders give a hand and the regional OAU charter could not over-rule the global UN charter entitling self-determination and union for the Somali nation. UN and OAU probably violated Human Rights and related Laws.A more detailed statement is given below. HORN COMMON MARKET IS BETTER THAN LIFE HORN COMMON MISERIES!!!Urgent needs: Role playing by the region's next of keens: the Islamic League, the Vatican and a change in President Qadafi's approach (sorting before union: justice first then cooperation)
After seventeen years of civil war and the fact that the current path doesn't look encouraging, l suggest that the citizens of the Horn Region and others interested in the betterment of those suffering masses give more time and other resources to the depth, the causes of and solutions to the current disaster on the Horn of Africa, specially in what is known as Somalia from where we have been watching horrifying sights in the latest news reports as well as the overall common miseries.
1- Depth, Cause and responsibility partners: No matter who will laugh, l have to say that the responsibility of what is happening in Somalia, the miseries that exist in the nearby communities as well as my being kidnapped in nearly twenty years rests on the shoulders of all Muslims in particular, the rest of the international community and the United Nations who all SIGNED AND/ OR RECOGNIZED THE SO CALLED "CHARTER OF ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY" which legalized and perpetuated the division of the Somali Nation into five parts by the European Colonialists, at a time when the file/case for the re-unification of that nation and the delimitation of its borders was open at the United Nation ( 1963).
A) Somalis were wrong to take membership of the OAU, let alone signing such atrocity against them;
B) Moslems on the continent (Arabs and more) were wrong to sign and had to advice against and warn the Somalis about it;
C) Muslims in general were wrong to recognize such enslaving conspiracy cover-coded : charter;
D) and the United Nations contradicted with itself by accepting to be over-ruled by a new and only a regional organization and thereby closing up the then on-desk/open Somali re-unification-and-border-case.
Such act has enslaved not the Somalis only but also the masses of the region in general and made servants to other continents that had and still have their own schemes against the entire continent – preventing the Africans from exploiting their much needed natural resources by plotting them into never ending conflicts and more.
It is now time the masses should take their freedom from those other continents and seek to work for a Horn Region Common market in African Union instead of life common miseries. And the following is the way to get there:
2- The Solution: The only solution is that the United Nations gets back to where it was right last: RE-OPEN THE SOMALI FILE IT CLOSED ILLEGALLY, RE-UNIFY THE SOMALI NATION, LEAD THE REGION TO AN UNCONDITIONED REGIONAL COMMON MARKET AND COOPERATION AND THUS REMOVE THE PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM BEING "LAND-LOCKED" WHICH NOW ALLEGEDLY LEADS SOME COMMUNITIES TO INVADE OTHERS FOR SEA ACCESS AND OTHER ILLUTIONS DESIGNED AND SUPPORTED BY THE CONSPIRING CONTINENTS. And while on this point the following role takings are necessary;
A) The Islamic league ought to indicate for all concerned that the league cares for the region and its masses and that the league advices PRESIDENT MU'AMAR AL QADAFI OF LIBYA that he , using his reputation and capital, first sorts out the mess left by the European Colonizers on the continent, deliver each territory to whom it belonged to before the mess-making colonialists and then create a legitimate share company with legitimate shares (African Union) which is in the interest of all Africans and probably the world at large depending on its would-be structure;
B) The Vatican which has now been voicing their concern and interest ought to remind the masses of the region and their administrations who all claim that they all believe in one God, the Almighty Allah, that only and only that Almighty Allah determines who is settled where on earth and none other power and who should have access to the sea and who should be landlocked, and that a believer in God should be satisfied with His administration and may not try to acquire any sea nor ocean by his own force which too was given to him by the Almighty. This would then lead to a prosperous regional common market feeling neither injustices nor land-lockednesses.
AND THIS TO HAPPEN, MOSLIMS SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD -- ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF ISLAAMIC NATIONS. IT IS AN INTOLERABLE MATTER TO SEE THAT THE LEAGUE OF CHRISTIAN NATIONS SOLVES PROBLEMS FOR THE LEAGUE OF ISLAAIC NATIONS AS IF THEY WERE UNEXISTENT AT ALL. Many people see the sole assignment of IGAD (East African Members of OAU) to help the Somalis as an illogical, malicious and offending act because of the distrust among the masses of the region – it sounds to them like: those in whose interest and safety we have demolished you and your nation take care of you! How come? Any Moslem who is not satisfied with the current business-ways of the Somalis should anyway remember that the Somali territory is an asset of the Moslem Nation (MAALU UMMAH MUSLIMAH) and has to be liberated in full and defended, beginning with formation of forces to intervene the current crisis.
Non-Muslims in the world are undeniably interested in that land so much that they eliminate and even kidnap a life-kidnap anyone who utters a word about, which is what they have done to me and the rest of the world, except few, either supports or simply watches, proving the term "human rights" to be a mere talk and crime cover! One of the results is that now it is unsafe to work for the Somali Nation honestly since its citizens will be your first enemies even before their enemies knock you down!
It is most urgently needed that the following Arab and Muslim summits take this matter as a priority agenda in parallel with the Palestinian and similar urgent issues like my being a life-hostage as a result of the above expressions in the past twenty seven years.
Abdurrahmand Hussein Mohamed (BBA)
Dubai
Mobile: 971557328 573, email: amiirdaljire@hotmail.com
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