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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Thursday, 7 May 2009
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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