Thursday, May 29, 2014

Life in Worcester far different from homeland in Somaliland



WORCESTER — Nineteen-year-old Deqa Abdirahman Aden likes politics, and, after completing her studies in the United States, she said she would like to someday return home to Somaliland to run for public office.  However, raised in an African societal and religious culture that drastically limits opportunities for women, she recognizes that career option probably won't be available to her.  Only two women have ever risen to national ministerial posts in Somaliland, and Ms. Aden said there will probably never be a female president in her lifetime.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Wrangle splits Somaliland Ruling Party as President Siilaanyo seeks re-election



HARGEISA, Somalia May 26, 2013 (Garowe Online)-Prominent figures within Somaliland Ruling Party of Kulmiye are at the loggerheads as President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Siilaanyo is seeking re-election ahead of the region's general elections by 2015, Garowe Online reports.
The magnitude of the dispute emerged after President Siilaanyo on Saturday sacked his Commerce Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omar by presidential decree-a move related to wrangle over the next candidate for Somaliland presidency.
The Chairman of Kulmiye party Musse Bihi Abdi- army veteran who served as air force pilot in Siyad Barre regime in 1970s and the current Somaliland President disagreed on their candidacy, with Musse Bihi Abdi announcing that he would vie for the separatist administration's top political job.

Podcast: Independent media silenced in Somaliland



It's been a month and a half since two independent newspapers were shut down in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland. On 7 April 2014, police occupied the offices of Haatuf newspaper and its sister publication, The Somaliland Times, in the capital, Hargeisa.
The closures came shortly after the newspapers had published articles that allegedly insulted government officials, and soon snowballed into the arrest of Yusuf Abdi Gabobe, chairman of the Haatuf Media Network, and Ahmed Ali, chief editor of the network.
These events have not occurred in a vacuum. In the past few years, authorities in Somaliland have increasingly cracked down on media outlets that criticise the authorities, or report on sensitive issues such as corruption.

 
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Provoker and Professor of Hostility: Ali Khalif Galayr Did It Again




The politician-in-exile, the provoker and professor of hostility, Ali Khalif Galayr once again reiterated his intention of brewing and preaching hostility in the Eastern part of Somaliland.
Ali Khalif Galayr who was in Kala-baydh, a small town in the east of Las Anod – the Capital of Sool Region – has spoken to the residents in that area and encouraged them to pick up arms and fight with Somaliland forces, the same power that brought the peace and brotherhood among the communities therein.
“As long as Las Anod is occupied (by Somaliland), the power and prestige of your local civic authority in Kala-baydh will always remain challenged. You might say to me if you are not trying to free Las Anod let us enjoy our peace and quiet and don’t keep reminding us her again and again. But if we don’t do that, I am afraid that Las Anod would be probably forgotten. They are not here only for engaging wars, toting guns, and causing hatred to harass the people in the region but also they are here in Las Anod to erase our legacy and destroy our future” he said, while trying to manipulate their emotions to fill hatred and violence.   

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Militants Attack Somalia’s Parliament



MOGADISHU, Somalia — Militants attacked Somalia’s Parliament building on Saturday, with a bomber detonating a car filled with explosives at the building’s entrance followed by several other explosions and an assault by gunmen, witnesses and Somali officials said. At least 15 people, mostly assailants, were killed, and more than a dozen guards were wounded, an official said. The assailants were repelled by members of the Somali security forces and the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia, known as Amisom. Witnesses said that after the car bomber struck the African Union and Somali troops who were guarding an entrance to the Parliament building, a gun battle erupted as militants stormed the building, where a session of Parliament was underway. Read Full Article

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