President Silanyo Went t Djibouti

Yesterday Somaliland presidnet Ahmed Silanyo Departed to Djibouti to attend a Somali-language concerning meeting where most of the somali speaking countries and regions will gather.

(Somalilandpress) Somaliland President H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) today left the country headed to neighboring Djibouti to attend a conference aimed at safeguarding and developing the Somali language which is been hosted by the Somali Pen .

President Silanyo Speaking to reporters at the V.I.P lounge at the Egal International Airport before his departure revealed that he and his entrounge were headed to Djibouti to attend to safeguard the endangered heritage and develop the Somali language and literature.

President Silanyo told reporters that the two countries enjoys cordial relations; He is expected to meet with leaders of that country and during their stay the Somaliland delegation will hold a series of meetings to  discuss ways of strengthening the already established conducive and cordial diplomatic relations which have created commercial opportunities for both countries.

The Somaliland Delegation consists of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omar, Education Minister Hon Zam Zam Abdi Aden, and the Post and Telecommunications minister Hon Ali Elmi Gelle.

The Somali Pen conference will focus on the need for joint efforts to safeguard the endangered heritage and it expected that Prominent Somali authors, playwrights and poets will discuss on how to find ways to develop the Somali language and its literature collecting oral literature, researching oral tradition and writing on Somali history and literature ,the event will also see commemoration 40years anniversary since the first documentation of the somali language.

 

 

 

 

 

A Misfortune in Somaliland Elections

It was the 6th December, a thursday when the NEC of Somaliland announced the hargeisa results, and in the afternoon/evening of that day a riots erupted the southern section of Hargeisa, where the political organization of Xaqsoor has stronghold and this riots were ongoing till firday.
There were tragedies of lost lives and injuried ones.
This happened because Xaqsoor did not enjoy the results of hargeisa and some other parts of the country, But it was Xaqsoor Alone while three more parties and organizations did not do a rioting althgough the same the same gut with Xaqsoor when it comes to the results.

What was amazing also was the re-announcement of NEC of recounting the Hargeisa district votes. That was another tragedy because this will create an other problem and it will show that there has been mismanagements which can be the starting point for real crisis in Somaliland.

I wonder the Xaqsoor Supporters and its founders who are really so eager to voilently ignate what we have been extingiushing in the last 20 years. a voilent riots that can contribute to a full civil war in Somaliland.

the other amazing thing was the Blue flag of Somalia that some ofthe rioters have shown during thier demonstrations that gives another picture of the Xaqsoor organization.

I hope what has happened in those days will not be repeated as enemies of Somaliland are very happy to see such things.

Riots and Demonstrations shook Hargeisa after the announcement of Hargesia Local Election results

on the 6th December 2012, The national election commision announced the results of the Hargeisa local councils election as the latest since almost all other cities and districts’ results has been known. This created that the supporters of Xaqsoor Political organization start a demonstration against the police and against results comaplaing that the results are not just.
the demonstrations continued since the friday and so far 2- 3 persons died due to the voilent demonstrations. But this morning of Saturday 8 December the situation is Calm

Hypothesis: The Potential Three Political Parties of Somaliland

Although NEC national Electoral Commision did not officially Declare the Latest Election Results But according to the Regional and District results that has been publicly revealed are recommending that Kulmiye, Waddani and UCID are to qualify to be the upcoming Three legitimate political parties for the coming ten years.

 

 

Sadaasha ugu danbaysa Ilaa imika; The laterst Forcast of Somaliland Elections

Saadaasha ugu danbaysa eee Natiijada doorashooyinka Deegaanka ee Somaliland ayaa la saadaalinayaa in ay sheegayso in Saddexda Xisbi waran ee soo baxayaa noqonayaan

1) Kulmiye   la Hubo

2) Waddani  La hubo

3) UCID oo ilaa imika woxoogaa aan la hubin

Inshallah, waanu idin soo wargelin doonaa sida ugu dhakhsaha badan ee aanu u helo warka kama danbaysta ah ee Natiijada doorashada.

ENGLISH

The latest Forcast over the three national political parties who qualifed through the recent somaliland local council elections are

1) Kulmiye  (sure)

2) Waddani and  (sure)

3. UCID (which is surrounds some doubts)

Probably in this week we shall hear the final news and we will make sure to submit to you.

The Results of the Local Council Elections

The Somaliland National Election Commitee NEC is yet to announce the results of the recent local councils election that was held on the 28 November 2012.

The NEC HQ in Hargeisa are recounting the papers again and are due to produce intial results in this week.

Lets wait to hear the new soon.

Who will win in the councils members and who will be the Council members of the 21 Somaliland districts in the upcoming 5 years?

Who will then be the Three political parties for the upcoming 10 years?

these two questions are the the most important ones for this month………………….

 

Opinion: The second Somaliland local council’s elections

The second Somaliland local council’s elections

On the 28^th November 2012, Somaliland went through a historic-day that will be remembered in its history. On that day, the Somalilanders went to the polling stations to elect their local government council members who will be responsible of running the local municipalities of each and every district in the country.

Major Somaliland districts/towns that will elect their own local council members

The people of 21 somaliland districts, among them; Hargeisa, Borama, Baki, Seylac, Lawyacado, Bulaxar, Geiblay, Arabsiyo, Wajale, Baligubadleh, Salahley, Da’arbudhuq, Berbera, Sheikh, Burao, Odweyne, Cainabo, Las-Anod, Cerigavo, El-afweyn, Gar-adag and their surrounding villages plus went to the polling stations to vote and elect their local council members who will rule them in the next upcoming five years.

The transportation between the districts/towns and within each town is reduced to avoid both motivations for election irregularities and accidents.

The long lines of people, queues were been seen on the streets of each districts. Queues of men and women, both young and old were standing under the sun waiting to reach the registration tables and ballot boxes  so that they will cast their vote to the person they want to elect.

What was amazing also was in these queues the people who were standing were voting for the different candidates and they knew themselves, but no violence and quarrels erupted in the long lines of the voting stations.

Can we then say that Somalilnaders have improved their way of thinking?

I am sure that this will not happen in Somalia or in Puntland even in the coming years?

The election started at 6:00 Am (on that day) this morning and finished in the evening around 6:00 PM or if the queues persist around 8:00 PM, as scheduled by the national electoral commission of Somaliland known as NEC.

There were more than two thousand six hundreds local council candidates all over the country from seven political parties (namely: Kulmiye, Dalsan, Rays, Ucid, Xaqsor, Umada and Waddani) while only three hundred and thirty seven will qualify as the won elected-local council members. But what is also interesting is that this election is not only about the winning of the candidates but also only three out of the seven contesting political parties or organizations will either qualify as national political parties.

In the last one month, from the end of October up-to the 26 November there has been an extensive campaign of advertisement conducted by the candidates and the political parties or organizations which went on well in all over the regions and districts.

Somaliland, a role model for the countries in the region

Therefore this is the fifth democratic election that Somaliland has conducted since 2002, and the second Local council’s election, after Somaliland transformed itself from single-party country to multiple party country and all of them completed successfully and without violence.

In east Africa, Somaliland is one of the few countries that have exercised to transform their governing system from single-party system to the multiple party system where the government of both local and central as well as the legislation bodies comes from public election, where the public vote for the person they want to be their representative at all those different levels.

Election Weak-points:

So far this election is ongoing well. But there are two major weak points that will make it not 100% fit

The first point is that people will vote without registration, while the second one is that some people   will vote multiply. Despite these two weaknesses the election has gone well.

Finally I am proud that my small internationally unrecognized country. And lets us wait to hear both the elected candidates and elected parties.

Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame.. is the Somaliland Monitor-blog (caadleef.wordpress.com)  Director/Editor. He is also a junior Political Analyst of Somaliland and World affairs Especially the Horn and Middle-east. He writes opinion and News articles about Somaliland and other world trends in this Blog and other Media Channels and He is a 17 years expert on Somaliland Human Right and Mental Health Resource Person. You can also reach him with his personal Email: caadleef@hotmail.com

 

 

Somaliland Local Councils Election

Congratulations!!!..

Tommorow 28 November 2012, Somalilanders will go to the Polling Stations in All OVer the Six regions of the country to Elect thier Local Councils………

Congratulations for the Somalilanders…

The War on GAZA, Palestine.

From Al-jazeera.com

An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, medics said, with Palestinian security sources confirming they were Hamas fighters.

Saturday’s deaths raised the overall death toll in Gaza to 33 as a relentless Israeli air campaign against Gaza fighters entered its fourth straight day.

“Three men died in an Israeli air strike on Maghazi camp in central Gaza,” said emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya.

A Palestinian security source told AFP that all three were from the armed wing of the ruling Hamas movement, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.

Israel expanded its fierce air assault on rocket operations in the Gaza Strip, striking Hamas government and security compounds, tunnels and electricity sources after an unprecedented rocket attack aimed at the holy city of Jerusalem raised the stakes in its violent confrontation with armed Palestinians.

The Israeli military said it did not immediately had an accounting of its various overnight targets.

The widened scope of targets brings the two sides closer to the kind of all-out war they waged four years ago.

Hamas was badly bruised during that confrontation, but has since restocked its arsenal with more and better weapons, and has been under pressure from smaller, more fighters to prove its commitment to armed struggle against Israel.

The attack aimed at Jerusalem on Friday and strikes on the Tel Aviv area twice this week dramatically showcased the fighters’ new capabilities, including a locally made rocket that appears to have taken Israeli defence officials by surprise.

Both areas had remained outside the gunmen’s reach in past rounds of fighting, and their use dramatically escalated the hostilities.

Somaliland President Visited Western Regions

From Somaliland sun.

Several development projects were launched in Dilla and Borame Districts.

The president H.E Ahmed Mahmud Silanyo is visiting the country’s western region of Awdal where he has already undertake several development related projects like opening public infrastructures and ground breaking for others in Dilla and Borame towns.

Residents of the various towns on the way from Hargeisa to Borame received the presidential entourage warmly, mostly with green twigs that symbolize respect.

Before embarking to Borame, the president and his entourage had a stopover at Dilla where he cFirst Lady Amina Weris R mingles with Borame residentsommissioned a 6km tarmac road linking the town with Borame funded by the central government.

The president who thanked Dilla residents for partaking in nation building activities said that that both the regional and central governments are committed to supporting any community fronted projects geared towards poverty alleviation.

Resident’s of Borame the Awdal regional capital city receivewarm welcome from citizens of all agesd the presidential entourage with song and dance before witnessing various activities conducted by the head of state in their town.

President Silanyo official cut the tape to tarmac road which inter-connects several estates of Borame town and funded by the local municipality before he laid the foundation stone at the site of a new Awdal regional state house which shall be utilized in hosting guests of the regional government.

Addressing the thousands of Awdalites who attended the numerous functions the head of state said,

“I thank you very much for the warm welcome accorded my entourage. I am visiting you for the third time in order to acquire first hand information on your achievements Touring Dillaand constraints. As you are also aware my administration is committed to improving livelihoods at all levels and to this effect I hereby reaffirm my determination to see to it that you, Somalilanders, do not suffer at any one given time for what is within reach of the government to provide”

The presidential entourage consists of first lady Amina Sheikh M Jirde, the ministers of the presidency, Education, Labour &Social services, Industry, Public works, Fisheries and Finance as well as the deputy ministers of Education and Information

President Silanyo inaugurated new development projects in Burao and Sheikh

The President H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud yesterday opened a new technical center at Burao in a series of marathon busy schedule.

Hot on the heels of opening a modern highway in Hargeisa the President headed for a busy working tour to Burao in Togdheer to open several tarmacked streets in the town.

Along the way he cut the ribbon in a function of opening an ultra modern hospital at Sheikh (see story below).

The Head of State who was accompanied by the first lady Amina Haji Mohammed Jirde, Minister of Presidency Hon. Hersi Hassan Ali, Hon. Hussein Mohammed, Health, Hon. Ahmed Abdi Habsade of Public Works, Hon. Zamzam Abdi of Education, the Depputy Information  Hon. Abdillahi Mohammed Dahir and Deputy Health Minister Hon. Nimo Qawdan.

He also laid the foundation stone for upcoming new buildings at the Burao paramilitary headquarters.

The President opened the renovated and rehabilitated Burao state lodge and at the same time laid the foundation stone of other new buildings at the sight.

 

Opinion: Doorashooyinka Golaha deegaanka ee Somaliland oo lagu dayaysan yahay.

Waxa beryahan aad u socda ololaha doorashooyinka golayaasha deegaanka ee Somaliland, kuwaas oo ku socda xawli hadana waxaad moodaa in dadku ay haan gun la’ dhaaminayaan.

Doorashadii ugu horaysay ee deegaanada ee weligood ka qabsooma Somaliland waxay dhaceen 2002 taas oo ka dhigaysa in ay xildhibaanada imika la bedelayaa (ama dib loo dooranayo) ay xilka hayeen muddo toban sanno ah, una dhiganta laba xilli-doorasho (term). Doorashadaas hore ee 2002-dii ayaa dad badani ka qoomameeyeen kadib markii ay ka waayeen kartidii iyo waxqabadkii looga baahnaa xlidhibaanadii ay doorteen.

Doorashadan dhacaysa 27k November 2012 ayaa u muuqata cod kale oo lagu loofarayo oo ay ku loofarayaan kuwa codaynaya ee cid walba leh ee ah bulshada. Waayo waxaad moodaa in masraxa ololaha doorashadu aanu ahayn kii haboonaa.

Waa maxay ololaha doorashadu:

Waxa suuqyada magaalooyinka si saxmad iyo buux-dhaaf leh uga socda waxa loogu yeedho ololaha doorashada golayaasha deegaanada ee degmoyinka Somaliland.

Waxa aan is wayiiyay waa maxay Olole doorasho? Jawaabta su’aashani waxay soo baxday waa: soo bandhigida iyo ka warbixinta uu ka sheekeeyo tartamaha doorashadu qaabka uu u doonayo in uu wax ugu qabto bulshada uu ka doonayo codka si ay u siiyaan cod-kooda ama ugu codeeyaan.

Hadaba ta ka jirta manta Somaliland maaha taasi. Waa olole ah durbaan tumis iyo guul wadayn aan lahay xisaabtan ay dadku ku xisaabtamayaan codadkooda. Waa olole aad moodo in ay dhalinta ka qayb qaadanaysaa ay ciyaarayso/maadaynayso aanay ka dhab ahayn oo marmarka qaarkoodna aad moodayso Damaashaad ciyaar la kala badiyay (guusha yaaleh,.. Hebel baa leh). Waa olole aan Tartamayaashu la hadlayn dadka una sheegayn waxa ay doonayaan in ay qabtaan, waxa ay kaga duwan yihiin kuwa ay bedelayaan .  Arinkan aynu ka hadlayno waxa tusaale ugu filan go’aankii Gudida Anshaxa doorashooyinku ay kaga mamnuuceen taageerayaasha axsaabta in ay fagaarayaasha yimaadaan.

Dad badan oo wax garad ah ayaa yaaban sidayda oo dayaysan kuwaas oo ku mashquulsan helida jawaabta su’aashan, Waar waa maxay sidani?. Jawaabtu waa mid aan runtii cadayn oo aan weliba lahayn jawaab macquul ah oo laga dhaadhicin karo inta caqliga isticmaalaysa.

Waa maxay sababta ay dadku u dayaysan yihiin?

Ka dib markii aan in badan ka fikiray oo is waydiiyay sababaha dabada ka wada in sidan loo dayaysnaado ayaa waxa ay kuu soo baxaysaa jawaabta odhanaysa: dadka ayaa ka raali ah in ay iska sii dayaysnaadaan. Maxaa hadaba dadka ku qasbaya in ay u dul qaataan sidan?

Dadka waxa ku qasbaya waa dhaqankooda iyo caadadooda aan ku dhisnayn Cilmi iyo caqli midna, waa dhaqanka ku dhisan: “xaarna ha ahaadee inaadeerkay ha fuulo meesha”

Hadana sidaas maaha ee aynu is waydiino, waar inaadeerkaaba ha fuulo’e miyaan la helayn inaadeer karti iyo wax qabad leh oo u qalma in la doorto. Haa waa la heli karaa oo dad badan oo wanaagsan ayaa inaga buuxa oo ku jira beel walba. Markaas mee dadkii saaxibul caqliga ahaa?

Dadka saaxibul caqliga ah lama heli karo lamina garan karo. Oo waayo?

Jawaabtu waa Dadku islama yaqaanaan qofka kiisa wanaagsan iyo kiisa liita.sidaas darteed dadku ma garanayaan doorashada iyo ololaha doorashada wanaagsan iyo ka aan fiicnayn.

Taas ayaa keenaysa in sidan dadkeena aanay waxba uga meel oolin ama aanay jirin qiyaas ay ku cabiraan qofka ay dooranayaan.

Miyayanaan odhan Karin dadku ma garanayaan waxay doonayaan!!!!…

This Op-ed Article is been published in Somalilandtoday. We refered it because of the significance of such story of Fosia in somaliland and Somalia issue.

First of all, I am shocked with Somaliland people and government mindset and response for this issue, rather than Fosia haji Aden’s appointment to foreign minister of Somalia; I have not come across one single person from the people or the government or article talking about the motives or reasons behind this appointment One thing we good at is to criticize, we have a tendency of finding errors and flaws by forgetting the issue behind whatever the talk was about.

If I come back to the point, I will say that, Fosia is no different from 60 MPs somalilanders that are in Somalia right now and in fact was there for last two decades and also those of us who held high positions for the last 22 years, this has not effected Somaliland in anyway and will not effect in anyway. Fosia is the first women who has crossed the line or border, where hundreds of Somaliland men have already escaped by crossing the border. Let us not criticize Fosia alone, Fosia is just a person, like any other.

Fosia has done good things in Somaliland by building a university and she had very high expectations for becoming Somaliland president, what went wrong is beyond my comprehension, she was a role model for our girls and women in general. We need to find the root cause which is causing the people to cross and go to the people who have murdered our people indiscriminately. Let us come back to reality now and point out what I think the motives are, the motive is an obvious, they knew Fosia is upset of her failure to form a party in Somaliland just few weeks back, they think appointing Fosia as foreign minister will damage Somaliland reputation, recognition etc. No it will not.

Secondly If they want to promote Somali women’s roles in their government, why on earth did they not choose someone of their own as there are many highly educated women in Somalia. Once again the motives for this appointment of Fosia can be a number of things, don’t know how you see it.. Just read the following statement made by the prime minister of Somali: “After long discussions and consultations, I have named my cabinet which consists of only 10 members. Among them is a female foreign affairs minister for the first time in Somali history,” the prime minister said. What do you think this discussion and consultation was about.

I think there was one main discussion as to how to destabilize Somaliland by appointing Fosia for the foreign minister, and the fact that they think the world governments and countries will say that Somaliland have a bigger role in Somalia. What you think? No it wills not, one person or 100 people cannot anything to 5 million people. The question that I was asking myself this morning was how come it’s always our role models who do or does the unexpected. We have a tendency of forgetting our pain and genocide caused by these people. Somaliland government should take drastic measures for these people who crossing the border. We are forgetting tens of thousands of somalilanders that were murdered by the so-called Somali officers, our bodies and skeletons are still found today, in fact it was only found last week when international investigators with the help of Somaliland government, found bodies tied or bound together, buried in mass graves, with bullet from machine guns through the back of their heads, we are forgetting the 45’000 men, women and children who were murdered in the capital Hargeisa alone when MiG jets bombed the city indiscriminately.

I will conclude my article with this, both house of elders and the house of parliament should sit as soon as possible to talk about this issue of people crossing the border and what will their punishment be. Two messages to Somaliland and Somalia The first message is for Somaliland. I will say not less than 20 years in prison for those who cross the border. That is my view and opinion. What you think. I think this will minimize the number of people going there. Message to Somalia No matter what you do or who you choose from Somaliland, it will not change anything at all, will not change what we think of you, it will not change who we are, and even if you choose our Silaanyo as president of Somalia, Somaliland will be Somaliland until the doomsday..

I rest my case. Comment on this issue as much as you can Regards, Ahmed Jama. Aymjama@hotmail.co.uk Aymjama@hotmail.co.uk London United Kingdom

Obama Won the American Election

The incumbent president of the US won the election that took place yesterday in the US. He has been reelected as the president of the US in second term. Romney Lost.

The Show of Yesterday Was RAYS and Today is WADDANI

Yesterday The Somaliland Local elections campaign experienced a huge rally by RAYS political organization. It was Friday morning when the RAYS sympathizers gathered to the streets to show their force and number and it was unpredicted to see such number of persons in Hargeisa and other big cities of Somaliland.
Today Is one of the largest Show Days of the Local councils election Days and its is the sixth Day and it’s the day of Waddani. Today we shall hear a lot of loud speakers signing with the common national sing of “waddaniga Dhabta ah ALLOW Dhowr”.
Waddani Political organization will show us today how many supporters are there in the big Somaliland cities.