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Hadaba waxaa isweydiin mudan in la isweydiiyo, Ninka maamula Harowo.com ee qaylada iyo oohintu ka dhamaatay muxuu shalay ku taageerayay Somaliland oo ay reer Awdal Manfac ku qabeen, Maxaase maanta maqan ee shalay la haystay? Jawaabta su’aashani waa, waxba ismay bedelin aan ka ahayn Kursigii Riyaale oo Siilanyo ku fadhiistay, mooyi haduusan isagu waxkale ogayn.

Waxaa dhacday inaan aragnay in dadkii aadka udifaaci jiray ay maanta yahiin kuwa raba in soomaaliland lagu kala tago madaama waxay taageeri jireeni ay ahayd shaqsiysaad ee aanay ahayn taageero ay hayaan wadan iyo ummadd nabad ku nool oo la baxday Somaliland, waxaana maanta la xag-xaganayaa dadka reer awdal ee dibada jooga inta jiritaanka soomaaliland ogol, inta dhib iyo dheefba la qaybsanaysa walaalahooda Somaliland ee ilaahay wadadejiyay.

Walaalyaal ilaahay majecla Munaafaqnimada iyo isbedbedalka iyo maalinba shaadh la soo baxa, waayo shalay qofka Somaaliland shakhsi ku ahaa waxaan u malaynayaa in dadku fahmayaan oo aanu cidna khaldi karayn ama Awdal State sheegta ama dumarka iyo ciyaalka dabada soo galiya, waxaan idiin sheegayaa inaanay taasi joojinayn Somaaliland taageerada aan uhayno, nabadaa ay dadkayagu ku nool yihiina waxii carqaladaynaya aanaan cidna ujoojinayn iskana qaban doono.

Raga anaga wax inay naga sheegaan rabawna is-cadeeya oo kasoo baxa daaha dabadiisa aad ku dhuumanaysaan, hadaad u malaynaysaan in dadka aad maalinba sidaad rabtaan u hogaamisaan taasi waa wax aan dhacayn khaladbaanad fahamteen wakhtigii baana idiin run sheegay waxaanad qaadan laadihiin runtii, walalaalayaal wado kale oo aan Somaaliland ahayn oo idiin banaani ma jirtee tanaad magac iyo mansaba ku hesheene dadkiina dhinac ka soo raaca

Axmad Garaad
Ottawa Canada

Abstract

“If these organizations are to surviveas viable organizations in the 21st century, they need to convert frombodies that represent tyrannical states into peoples’ bodies.” First of allthey need to be peoples’ membership organizations whereby people of the world areallowed to become members. Now they are organizations where its members includehuge number of unelected tyrants. They became the vanguards of these tyrants.They are the protectors and sustainers of tyrants, despots and criminalkillers. In other wards they become the financial sponsors of tyrants, crooks,and genocidal killers. The former genocidal leaders of Rwanda were members ofthe UN. UN member countries include brutal killers masquerading as leaders suchas Kaddafi, Mubarak, deposed Zhin Al-Abidin of Tunisia, Saddam Hussein, Syria’sAssad, and all the African despots such as Mugabe, the Horn of Africa despots, andmany other potentially genocidal despots. The membership of the UNorganizations is free and no questions are asked as far as the state is not perceivedas an enemy of the west. There was never any accountability of the actions oftyrants and dictators. They love the UN because It gives them their badlyneeded legal seal of legitimacy. Had they  not change and very quickly many nations andtheir people will storm out from these organizations, and be open to  a form new international organizations thatreflect the aspirations of the people of the world. They ignored the DemocraticRepublic of Somaliland who fulfilled all the conditions for an independentsovereign state and beyond. The raging Middle Eastern revolutions willdefinitely shake the UN, other international organizations, and the formercolonial powers to their foundation. With so many countries to be taken over bytheir people, they will never accept the UN in its current status and powerstructure”

The following are excerpts from a newprovocative book written a British scholar called Dan Plesch:

“The war involved many of the same kind ofgrubby compromises and alliances with unsavory governments that would befamiliar to present day observers, who have expressed outrage that deposedLibyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi’s governmentcould secure a seat in the Human Rights Council, or a nuclear outlier likeNorth Korea could get a seat on the U.N. disarmament commission.”

What the book excerpt isasserting is in conjunction with my personal observation and research. Theyhave the habit of striking deals with tyrannical states and leaders.

The worldand particularly the former colonized and later under the yolk ofneo-colonialism in the form of western backed tyrannical regimes appears comingto an end or in its last throes. The massive peoples’ uprisings plaguing theMiddle East, and North Africa is a prelude to a a new world–wide anti-colonialuprising  that is aimed  hat will unshackle themselves from thelayered  imperial networks of controlmechanisms, that were meticulously laid out by the declining colonial powers in1945, following their victory over their other aspiring colonialpower-Nazi-Germany, Fascist Italy and Japan.

“Plesch, for example, cites a decision byEisenhower to permit a cooperation agreement with a leader of the pro-NaziVichy government in France. And in perhaps the most far-reaching war-timeinnovation – the lend-lease program — American factories supplied massiveamounts of material to the British and, more controversially, to JosephStalin’s Red Army.”

This is another example ofthe controversy and shadiness of the founders of the United Nations who stilldominate the organization, despite the seismic structural and power change thathappened since the UN inception in 1845.

The massive network they formed is the so-called UnitedNations, and their affiliated financial organization the so-called World Bank,IMF. The undeclared purpose of forming these organizations was to control theworld militarily, financially and politically. Closely looking into these organizationswill find out they are imperial organization, which are far from serving worldpeace and economical well-being. From their actions, these organizations arevestiges of the colonial era.

The SecurityCouncil which is nominally designed to keep world peace, its resolution arevery sparse, selective, and often the reflection of the veto wielding Europeancolonial powers who posses 4 out of 5 veto power. This organization can onlysurvive and become a viable organization unless it has to go through fundamentalstructural changes where the body changes from a representative of states andoften tyrannical states into peoples’ organization.

There arealso other lackluster regional organizations that basically do nothing, andnominal organization such as the Arab League and the so-called AU who are alsothe prototypes of the United States. They barely criticize despots despitetheir blunders, brutal crackdown and killing of their people. The Arab League isa little bit better than the AU, because it helped out in the Libyan revolutionthat eventually succeeded and toppled Kaddafi. This just happened because atthe time, massive Arab spring demonstrations were going on in Egypt, Libya,Bahrain, and Yemen.

The United Nations and its security council has standby the Rwandagenocide, the carnage in Liberia, former Somalia, Bosnia where the UN Dutchforces permitted Serbs to slaughter more eight thousand men and boys inSrebrenica. They stood by butcher Mugabewhile ravaging the people of Zimbabwe.  They letEritrean war of independence for thirty years, and never made tyrantMengistu Haile Maryam of genocide. In his tormented tenure time, thisuneducated and genocidal butcher has precipitated the intensification of the Eritreanwar of independence which attempted to end with a military solution which wasfailed and eventually ended with the Eritrean independence. As there is nohuman and fairness in this world, Mengist’s brutal was never condemned by TheUN or anybody. For the former colonial powers, their interest supersedeshumanity. They always talk about humanity, but it’s nothing but a lip serviceand hogwash.

In spite of the fact Mengistu has committedso much heinous actions which amount to a war crime and crimes against humanity,stands out for me, is his airstrike of the beautiful Borama, Somaliland, andthe killing of hundreds of innocent elementary students. This is something Iwill neither forget nor forgive, and especially the clannish and illiterateanimal-Siyad Barre’s soldier, who abandoned the few anti-aircraft positions inthe city.  There were rumors going on atthe time along the lines, that he has intentionally abandoned his post, becausethe people of Borama do not belong to his tribe. That person must be pursuedwherever he is today, and make him accountable of being a part of that terriblegenocide against the students. At end of the day genocidal despot Siyad Barrewas equally responsible of that Borama tragedy and the more brutal crackdownagainst Somaliland.

Regardingall those things and many other examples I will elaborate in other articles,The United Nations did nothing about the brutal oppression and genocide aboutthe people of South Sudan.

Reference:

http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com

UN archives in the library of congress

SulemanEgeh: Freelance writer and a senior science instructor.

As Somaliland takes a slide into the unknown, many questions come to the mind of those of us who advocated and still believe in the legitimacy of the Somaliland cause and have a great faith in the ingenuity and wisdom of the people of Somaliland.

Among the questions that race through the mind is whether this downward slope brought about by the Somaliland government’s rush to attend the London Conference on Somalia, will cause it to free fall into the abyss or whether the slide will be due to a temporary misstep after which Somaliland will regain her balance and will continue the journey with her renowned stride.

Is this hasty decision to participate in the London Conference and the unprecedented unanimous support given to Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo’s government by the legislative houses, political parties and some community elders an expression of desperation after twenty years of seeking recognition have came to nothing?  Or is it an attempt to change tactics and to reposition Somaliland’s foreign strategy by adopting a new policy of engagement with the international community and the TFG instead of the standing policy of Somaliland’s successive governments’ that was based on digging in their heels? Is the government’s decision a pre-emptive action aimed at stymieing any attempts by the recently declared mini-states of Awdal and Khaatumo to be heard in the London Conference? Or is it a long and drawn out agenda, carefully crafted with shrewdness and deceit by President Silanyo and his henchmen to scuttle Somaliland’s sovereignty and trade it for a hero’s welcome and posts in Mogadishu?

To save time and space, I will leave most of the above questions open to be answered by time, but I will tackle the last one, speculating on Mr. Silanyo’s perceived intentions and agenda for Somaliland.

A Wounded Ego

Any observer who tracks Ahmed Mohamed Mr. Silanyo’s history will surely surmise that he has never forgiven the SNM Command for removing him from the SNM leadership in 1990 in Baligubadle and denying him to be the hero who announces the victory of the SNM over Siyad Barre.

At the time of Baligubadle Conference, Mr. Silanyo was almost six years at the helm of the SNM and the military regime of Siyad Barre was on the verge of collapse. But when Abdirahman Ahmed Ali (Tuur) was elected to replace him, Mr. Silanyo must have naturally felt cheated. Like any guerrilla leader, Mr. Silanyo would have definitely liked to be the one who celebrates the victory lap, raises Somaliland’s flag and be remembered as the founder of the new country.

It was Mr. Silanyo’s fate to watch Abdirahman Tuur and later Mohamed Ibrahim Egal claim the honor of being recognized as the founders of Somaliland. If someone else was called the founder, he must have told himself, he should carve his own legacy in the people’s psyche by becoming the hero of the reunification of Somaliland with Somalia. If anyone would think this to be a wild claim or a stretch of imagination, let us explore together the political legacy of Mr. Silanyo during the existence of Somaliland.

After leaving Egal’s cabinet, Mr. Silanyo stayed in political wilderness for a while, apparently brooding about his comeback and how he would revenge for his damaged ego.

He probably saw his first chance after Egal’s death, when Mr. Silanyo rushed back to Hargeisa and lobbied to be elected as Rayale’s Vice President. He even met Rayale face-to-face and asked him to nominate him as his vice president. He must have been dumbfounded when Rayale overstepped him and took Ahmed Yusuf Yasin, an unknown figure and a political novice as his Vice President.

The Odyssey Begins: Laying Out the Plan

Thinking that Rayale’s sojourn in the Presidential palace will be short and temporary, Mr. Silanyo formed his own party Kulmiye, pushing aside his clansman Suleiman Mahamoud Adan (Suleyman Gaal), who was the chairman of ASAD Party, by using his SNM credentials. Even at that time people who knew Mr. Silanyo closely made their own interpretations about the name he chose for his party. Kulmiye (unifier) they thought was a signal to where Mr. Silanyo would lead the nation if he was elected.

But the real blow to Mr. Silanyo came when Dahir Rayale Kahin, a non-SNM and a former NSS officer, defeated him in the first Presidential election 2003 on his own turf. This must have caused a permanent dent to Mr. Silanyo’s ego and planted in him the seed for revenge.

He launched a relentless mobilization campaign that went non-stop for almost six years. He used the tribal card, the SNM card and every plausible tactic he could muster to discredit Rayale even at the expense of destroying Somaliland’s image abroad. He rallied the Somaliland diaspora behind him by invoking the memory of the SNM struggle and tribal sentiments.

The Garadag Conference

When the second presidential elections came closer, Mr. Silanyo seemed to have panicked to the extent that he couldn’t trust his party base and instead convened the Garadag Conference of his sub-clan. This was the first time that a Somaliland national leader of his caliber resorted to clan politics. None of the previous three leaders, Abdirahman Tuur, Egal and Rayale, nor even Faisal Ali Waraabe, the leader of UCID, had stooped so low to publicly and exclusively convene their sub-clans and seek their endorsement. The Garadag Conference had converted Mr. Silanyo from a national leader to a tribal chief. His battle cry was: “It is our turn”, but his tacit message was that if he was not elected this time, Somaliland had to prepare for the return of his sub-clan to Mogadishu or what we may retrospectively consider to have meant the creation of Garadag State.

To prove this one doesn’t have to go far. The flight of Dr. Mahmoud Abdillahi Jama Sifir, Mr. Silanyo’s campaign manager during the 2003 election, to Mogadisho after Mr. Silanyo’s defeat was a stark reminder of where Mr. Silanyo would have led Somaliland if he won the election. The unceremonious return of Dr. Sifir to Hargeisa after Mr. Silanyo has won the country’s presidency in July 2010 is another manifestation that Dr. Sifir was only acting as an emissary for Mr. Silanyo in Mogadishu.

Many people were perplexed how Dr. Sifir could just return to Somaliland while the law banning Somaliland politicians who engage in politics in Mogadishu was still in place and many prominent people before him including General Jama Mohamed Ghalib, first police commander of Somaliland after independence and Somali police commander and minister of interior under Siyad Barre, were imprisoned and deported as a result. However under Mr. Silanyo well known unionists such as Osman Kallun, Jama Galib and others have just slipped back into the country without facing any charges. The only interpretation of this development is that these gentlemen probably knew well Silnayo’s stance on the sovereignty of Somaliland.

But while Mr. Silanyo was on one side showing magnanimity and the tolerance of statesmanship to his people and pardoning those politicians who came from Mogadishu, he on the other side denied giving the same treatment to those hailing from Awdal. Two Somali TFG MPs from Borama, Abdoo Shoodhe and Ahmed Huseein (Sitiin) were deported from Awdal, while a number of Borama youth and one of the Awdal diaspora were imprisoned for unfounded suspicions of being members of Awdal State.  If this is not a deliberate act of mockery of justice of Orwellian proportions, I do not know what else to call it.

Another manifestation of Mr. Silanyo’s apparent links to Mogadishu was the sense of relief felt in the South and the congratulatory messages that Mr. Silanyo received from the various political forces and communities in Mogadishu during his campaign and after his election.

A policy of Alienation and Provocation

Mr. Silanyo’s first ministerial cabinet looked like an exclusive club. The Hargeisa humor mill immediately branded it as the government of “Xigtada iyo Xaynka” (relatives and in-laws). The stark absence of Awdal and Sool representation in key cabinet portfolios and senior government posts was another harsh reminder of Mr. Silanyo’s policy of alienation and injustice-induced frustration.

In a further step that reminded people of the tactics of socialist states, Mr. Silanyo launched a sweeping purge of the government’s civilian employees in an apparent step of cleaning the government house of UDUB sympathizers and making place for his own supporters. However, many observers considered this a calculated measure aimed at driving a wedge between the different clans of the community, particularly as the clans on the peripheries have taken the brunt of the civil employee purge.

While the writing was on the wall for all to see, it needed someone like Faisal Ali Waraabe, Chairman of UCID Party, to say it bluntly:

” Dalkii Qaylo ayaa ka yeedhaysa la leeyahay Eexasho Xoog ah ayaa jirta oo shaqooyinkii iyo dhaqaalihii midna looma sinna , Qabyaaladiina geeso ayey yeelatay waa in aynu geesaha ka jaraa, Beelaha iyo gobolada cabanaaya ee ay ka mid tahay Awdal iyo Laascaanood ay ka mid tahay waa in awooda dalka qaybtooda la siiyaa oo maaha in la isku koobooo in ay qolo qudhi qadato awooda sare..” Faysal Cali Waraabe (Source: Togaherer.com)

Faisal did not hide his fears that such injustice and lack of inclusive government could lead to the collapse of Somaliland:

“…waxaan idiin sheegaya in ay ahayd waxani waxyaalihii ay Somaliya ku burburtay in awoodii dalka ay reero kaliyi burbursaden Wadadii aynu ka dagaalanay ee cadaalad darada ahay in aynu marno maaha…” Faysal Waraabe. (Source: Togaherer.com)

But instead of rectifying these obvious injustices and addressing the genuine grievances of the peripheral communities, Mr. Silanyo has slapped them in the face again by removing all Somaliland’s representatives (ambassadors) and appointing new ones who in contrary to tradition did not include a single person from the Sool and Awdal regions.

Even when Mr. Silanyo sacked the country’s Chief Justice many people assumed that the position should go to the people of Sool who unlike those in Awdal were not represented in any key position in the country’s government organs. However, it surprised no one but those uninitiated in Mr. Silanyo’s policy of “segregate and provoke sedition” when he ignored the popular demand and had filled the post with one of his own people, thus further widening the fault line between his government and the people of Sool.

Cheerleader Opposition

What is astoundingly confusing and eerily suspicious is how Mr. Silanyo managed to silence all types of opposition from the clans of the central regions. Somaliland opposition on both the political and communal level used to be robust and highly critical of all previous governments.

The late President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal met tough opposition from both the political establishment and the people. He even survived a parliament impeachment by one single vote. This was the man who was the first Prime Minister of Somaliland after Independence, the last elected Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, the father of the new Somaliland and one of the most charismatic statesmen that Somaliland and Somalia have ever produced. But this brilliant leadership record and his skillful management of clan politics did not spare Egal from being the butt of a stiff opposition from political novices at the time such as Suleiman Mahmoud Aden (Sulieman Gaal) and others who gave him a tough time to fight for his political survival.

Dahir Rayale also did not enjoy a peaceful time in office as Mr. Silayo himself and the forces he mobilized have exercised no less than scorched earth tactics to intimidate him, incite hatred against him and eventually oust him.

But after coming to power, all opposition forces have suddenly become emasculated. The Somaliland Forum, the Diaspora group that was extremely vocal against Egal and Rayale and portrayed itself as the vanguard of Somaliland’s nationalism had suddenly fallen silent. The torrent of media outlets that peaked due to their gung-ho opposition to Rayale had laid down their gauntlets as many of them have been rewarded for their efforts with government posts and other favors. And the only few media people who dared to monitor the government’s wrong doings have been intimidated, gagged and at times beaten and ruthlessly incarcerated in dozens (Source: Guardian).

As a measure of counterbalance, Mr. Silanyo has extended the coverage of the official national TV and has opened a branch of it in the UK to use it as his mouthpiece and populate it with his former media cronies.

This is the leader that made freedom of speech a hallmark of his political philosophy and never failed to assail Rayale government for its treatment of the media and freedom of expression.

Plagued by internal conflicts, the two main opposition parties have ended up in disarray and many people point fingers at a hidden government hand in paralyzing them. This explains what happened to Faisal Ali Waraabe, the only vocal and bold opposition voice heard today.

Prominent community elders and respected religious clerics who dared to criticize Mr. Silanyo’s government such as Boqor Raabi were imprisoned or summoned to police for investigation. (Source: Somaliland.org). Only Boqor Osman Aw Mahamoud Buurmadow who currently resides outside the country remains a formidable opposition figure.

Lambasting Mr. Silanyo’s nervousness about criticism and his government’s heavy-handedness in dealing with freedom of speech and the disappearance of the role of the opposition, Hassan Essa Jama, Somaliland’s former Vice President and a highly respected intellectual and SNM veteran, said:

“…Immika labada maamul ee kala dambeeyey  midna mabuu digiigixanayn (kii hore), kuwana haddaad dhinacooda jalleecdo oo aad xiix tidhaa adigoo cunnaha bannaysanaaya dhagaxu wuu kugu yaallaa. Waxaa la yidhi mayd maxaa ugu dambeeyey iyo kaa la sii sido, waxaa markhaati ka ah Faysal  Cali  Waraabe, Faysal waa ninka mucaaradada Somaliland  ku keliyeystay sannadka iyo badhka maamulakani jiray, laba saddex eray oo uu meelahaa ka yidhi saska laga qaaday markhaati ayaad ka tihiin ee aan loo  kala hadhin ee cid xaal bixisay aanay jirin ee cid ladqabe ka gashay aanay jirin ee rag iyo dumar la isu soo raacay…”

Elucidating the role of the opposition that Mr. Silanyo’s government wants to eradicate, Jama said:

“Mucaaridnimadu waa xil qaran. Mucaaridka iyo muxaafidku waa labada lugood ee qaranimadu ku taagan tahay. Haddii labada mid uun xanuun soo galo ummaddu waa dhutinaysaa. Markaa labaduba waxa loo baahan yahay in ay caafimaad qabaan si ay qaranimadu u sii waarto.”(Source: Ogaal News)

In an apparent disdain of the unwarranted cheerleading of the opposition and the public for government officials in every occasion, Mohamed Ibrahim Hadrawi, the renowned poet, admonished the youth in riding such a despicable trend by saying:

“Dhallinyaroy mid fadlakum sacabku waxba ma macneeyo ee sacabka iska daaya; Wallaahi waxba ma macneeyo oo waa jahli ee sacabka innaga daaya. Qofku wuxuu goobta u yimaad ma aha in uu sacabiyo ee waa inuu waxa la leeyahay wax uun kala baxo meesha..”

Gladdened by the truth of Hadrawi’s statement, Hassan Essa Jama added:

“…Waan u muusoobay oo waxaan idhi Ilaahayow yaa qodobkaa fahamsiiya siyaasiyiinta sacabka jecel. Siyaad Barre maan arag anigu oo aad baa loogu sacabin jiray baa la yidhi; oo isagaa xataa isu sacabin jiray marka loo sacabinayo….malaha Hadraawow sacabkii waad ka haqab-beeshee, waxaan aqaan qolooyin wali u jeellan oo aad ugu baahan…” (Source: Jamhuuriya)

This is indeed an unhealthy political environment; a country without checks and balances, without dissention, a country where the houses of parliament and opposition leaders just rubber- stamp the president’s dictates cannot claim to have a functioning democracy.

The majority of Silnayo’s cabinet members are expatriates whose only aim is presumably to get quick and tax-free cash to pay their mortgages in their adopted countries. They have no interest in rocking the boat and spoiling their newly-found fame and fortunes. It is again Faisal Ali Waraabe who illustrates the rampant corruption practices taking place in Mr. Silanyo’s government:

“..Wakhtigii dawladii Rayaale waxaynu maqli jiray musuqmaasuq jira, musuqmaasuqaasi wuxuu ahaa wax la wada arkayo oo aan dhaafsiisnayn mid xooga-xada iyo ku Guri ka dhista dalka, taasi saleelo ayey ahayd maanta Tan Siilaanyo waxa iskugu yimid niman xatooyatada iyo musuqmaasuqu heerku gaadhay Mortgages (Caymisyo) guryo lagaga iibsanayo Yurub iyo Maraykanka dee xogaagii aynu haysanay ma in danyarta loogu shaqeeyo ayuu noqon, mise in Mortgageka (Caymisyo) Guryaha Yurub iyo Maraykanka lagu bixiyo..” (Source: Qaran News)

Undoing Somaliland’s Hard Won Gains

One of Mr. Silanyo’s loyal Ministers who used to be a die-hard critic of the Rayale administration confided to me recently that he was surprised to learn that Rayale’s industrious Foreign Minister Abdillahi Duale had elevated Somaliland’s international standing to the extent that the country was on the verge of gaining recognition.

It is no secret that Somaliland had many regional and international friends during the Rayale-Duale period. Somaliland had enjoyed robust and close relations with Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa and beyond. As a veteran Minister, Abdillahi Duale had travelled wide and far during his long service and he established warm ties with many of his African counterparts and senior personalities of the African Union. This is why Somaliland was allowed as an observer in many regional conferences. A friendly, suave and gregarious personality, Duale had also built a pool of international academics and diplomats who actively advocated and campaigned for the cause of Somaliland. Dualeh did this without compromising the sovereignty of Somaliland in anyway. He is also known to be one of the few ministers who did not use his government post for personal gain.

Mr. Silanyo government has squandered all that effort to the extent that Somaliland’s ties with Ethiopia have become untenable and most if not all the international activists for Somaliland have disappeared.

The stability and security of the country, two factors that attracted great admiration for Somaliland had also suffered as the rate of criminal acts, clan conflicts and homicides have increased while the country has become a refuge for Al Shabab returnees who escaped from the Ethiopian push into Southern Somalia. Extremist elements that were kept under the government’s radar during Egal and Rayale’s administrations have become emboldened under Mr. Silanyo. The only explanation in my opinion for dismantling of Somaliland’s gains and allowing the security to loosen was to create a situation of heightened urgency to show Somaliland as a soft target for international terrorism as a pretext to invite foreign intervention and eventual return to the fold of the failed Somali union.

How Garadag “State” begotten Awdal and Khaatumo “States”

Instead of dissipating the image that Somaliland is a one clan-based entity as claimed by anti-Somaliland forces, Mr. Silanyo reinforced this concept by forming a government of Xigto iyo xidid. He deliberately avoided including people from Awdal & Salal in his appointed ambassadors, key ministries, police, military and intelligence commanders and the Chief Justice of the country. Even in his foreign trips he takes with him his close relatives. This is not an honest oversight but a shrewd calculation aimed at instigating sedition among the clans in the peripheries and pushing them to convene their own Garadag-style clan conferences to design their own future.

Unlike the policies of Egal and Rayale who saw the damage that any retrospective reading of history could do to the peaceful co-existence and harmony of the communities and hence avoided to invoke the memories of the civil war, Mr. Silanyo’s revial of the Mujahid vs Faqash rhetoric and his proposal of building monuments for the SNM fighters was another attempt to provoke the people of Awdal and Sool and to re-ignite in them old feelings of resentment, domination and fear.

Finally, the declaration of these peripheral states came as a result of Mr. Silanyo’s own doing. And in a strange coincidence the London Conference on Somalia has come to Mr. Silanyo as an extra bonus and appears to have quickly acted to capitalize on it in line with spirit of the Somali proverb: “Meel aan doonayey roob igu eri” or Rain has forced me to a place I wished to be. Mr. Silanyo’s media machinery has quickly moved in to mitigate any resistance by the people by using buzzwords such as: “we have been in a container for so long and it is time that we have to present our case to the world.” Perplexed by the weird mood of the people of Hargeisa, a young brother of mine has summed up the situation in a satirized email he sent me from Hargeisa, saying: “ Reer Hargeisa waxa galay saar lagaga soo tumi jiray Muqdisho…”

The Buuhoodle Fighting

It is also worth mentioning here that while “Awdal State” remains a peaceful and Diaspora youth-driven facbeook initiative with little reality on the ground despite hitching on domestic and negotiable grievances,  the Buuhoodle war on “Khaatumo State” is a dangerous development that puts the peace and stability of the region in great jeopardy.

One cannot miss the role of Dr. Ali Khalif Galaydh who must have convinced himself that the only way he could return to the political scene is to follow Mr. Silanyo’s footsteps and go back to his clan constituency for endorsement and blessing. It was indeed a tragedy to see Dr. Galaydh trading his academic cloak for clan chieftainship and his professorship mantle for a militia commander uniform.

With the exception of unfortunate incidents and grave political differences, the people of Sool have lived in a relative peace with their brethren in Somaliland over the last 20 years. They did this despite many of the Sool people had never accepted the Somaliland secession. It is therefore painful to see a man of Dr. Galaydh’s status who at one time lobbed for a leadership position in Somaliland to use the brotherly people’s blood as a ticket to get a seat in the London Conference.

Dr. Galaydh was expected to play a bigger role. To be a man above the tribal fray, a peace-maker, an agent for communal harmony and a giant academic who understood more than anyone else that the root causes of all clan conflicts in Africa were nothing more than a rivalry on dwindling resources and sometimes on empty nomadic pride.

Both Mr. Silanyo and Dr. Glaydh are committing grave crimes in pitting the two brotherly communities against each other in such an internecine and meaningless war. Neither the sovereignty of Somaliland nor the unity of Somalia is worth wasting the life of the youth and destroying the livelihood of communities while both men have their homes and families tugged in peaceful places abroad.

In the internet age of the 21^st century when the youth of the world are competing on education and driving world economy on their revolutionary innovation, it is a crime to kill our youth on hollow nationalism and sloganeering of yesteryears and for personal ego boosting. And for those who expect miracles from the London Conference, here is the first reality check for them; the Buuhoodle war is one of its first fruits.

London Conference: A virgin Defiled

In reference to the London Conference, it is important to note that despite the euphoria and the media hype surrounding it; the day after the London Conference ends, the reality of Somalia will still be the same. A country under siege, a country under International Trusteeship; a country occupied by Ethiopian, Kenyan, Ugandan, and other African forces. Al Shabab will still be a dominant force and piracy will still be rife in the Somali seas and beyond. The TFG leaders will still be bickering over the spoils of the London Conference. The situation of Somalia will unfortunately remain business as usual as it always has over the last 20 years with only one difference. This time the Somalis will have little say more than any time before in running the affairs of their own country or deciding the future of their people.

On the contrary, if Mr. Silanyo’s agenda is not thwarted by vigilant Somalilanders, Somaliland will wake up with a different reality. It will no more be the “Best Kept Secret of Africa”, the fabled oasis of peace and stability. The chaos in Mogadishu will spill over to it. The beautiful virgin will wake up the next morning to find herself defiled, disgraced and disheveled. All that she could hear in her disoriented mental state will be the harsh words that any raped and dishonored Somali virgin detests to hear “Ha la asturo” or let us help her to hide her disgrace, meaning that Mr. Silanyo will put Somaliland before an insurmountable fait accompli: Either she has to live in disgrace as a pariah forever or she has to accept a forced marriage”. A diabolical plan made in hell. I hope President Silanyo proves me wrong, damn wrong, and Somaliland thrives under his stewardship. Let his history be the judge.

Bashir Goth

February 9, 2012

Source: http://hanua.blogspot.com/

The men were sleeping in their restaurant when fifteen armed men arrived. The shooters separated intogroups. According to Abiib Aw Axmed Caateeye who was present during the shooting, the shooters went inside the restaurant and purposely shot overhead so that one of the sleepingpersons would take his sheets off, exposing his head. Abiib got up to escape and collided withone of the assailants. The assailant’s gun fell out of his hands and Abiib ran away. He said, “When the person was recognized and his clan identified, he was shot in the head.”A man of the Cabdiraxman Sacad clan who was sleeping that night in the same room as the victims, and several others belonging to other clans outside of Gadabuursi lineage wereescorted to safety by the marauders. Non-Gadabuursi villagers had left the area the day before—after receiving information about the killing that was supposed to take place that day.Two of the killers were identified by a witness as Daahir Cali Ducaale of Jibri Abokor,  sub-lineage of Xareed and sub-sub- lineage of Dhabar. The second killer, Carab Cali Ismaaciil came from the same lineage. According to a second witness who did not identify himself said that, it can verify that the Army commander of Somaliland, General Nuux Ismaaciil Taani organized this clan militia to kill these men. His statement was based on the fact that the shells of the bullets used in the killings came from the Somaliland armory. Nuux Taani also is a cousin of the twomen who participated in the killing. They both belong to the sub-lineage of Dhabar/Xareed/Jibri Abokor. The witness stated that General Taani runs both the National army and the clan militia believed to be terrorizing people in the village of Seemaal.When the message reached Suldaan Saleebaan Cali Ismail that several of his kinsmen weredead in Seemaal village, he addressed his people and the people of Somaliland. He said, both“enemy and camel caravans only come from the direction you expect” (Col iyo dhaanba halkii lag eegayo ayey ka yimaadaan). He pointed out that General Taani, the “man who lives on thehill” is behind these crimes. The elder also believes that the other men behind the crime include Muuse Cabdi Biixi, the Kulmiye political party head; Abiib Diiriye Nuur (Timocad), advisor to President Siilaanyo; the Reer Nuur elders who assured people with the so called peace between Reer Nuur and Reer Xareed; and those who came to Borama recently to erect a monument of peace dedicated to what local citizens view as the history of the Somali National Movement monument.

The message to the Reer Nuur clan was that you cannot fight a government militia with ten boys. Suldaan Saleebaan asked for three days so that he couldaddress the issue with Siilaanyo, the current president of Somaliland. He asked his people tostay put and promised that on the fourth day he would head to the mountain himself. He agreed to do whatever was necessary even if it meant they all died. Suldaan Saleebaanconcluded his remarks by demanding that General Taani be removed from his position.The pugnacious General denied the accusations. He said that the victims were his maternal cousins and part of his kinship, so the finger should not be pointed at him. He felt the elders ofAwdal should restrain themselves. He noted that if it were alleged that he committed this crime, the country has agencies that are responsible for investigating. However, a Sultan whoclaims to be the chief of all chiefs in Somaliland, Maxamed Suldaan Abdilqaadir said there was a man currently detained for these crimes whose name is Sheekh Maxamuud Raage. He statedthat he was told by General Taani and Abiib Diiriye Nuur, advisor to President Siilaanyo, not tomake a peace deal with the clans. These men must be interviewed about their involvement inthis issue. The Sultan also said that Maxamuud Raage must be further questioned about this issue, noting that the two men have pressured and incited his clan not to make a peacefulagreement in reference to the crimes of 2009.President Ahmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo) dispatched his military commander, GeneralTaani; Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdillahi Omar, Interior Minister Mohamed Nuur Caraale, and Chief of Police Saqadhi Dubbad to the town of Gabiley to meet with some of the elders of Gabiley.

The very same General who accompanied the delegation to Gabiley has been found to be behind the crimes. In fact the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Abdillahi Omar and a clan relative of General Taani held a conference with their elders and extended clan members. When the meeting was complete Omar held a press conference assuring Gabiley that everybody would be working together to arrest the culprits. The main perpetrator was right there in the meeting! The outcome of the meeting was that the President would announce the resignation of his general after two individuals who were part of the fifteen that conducted the crime were arrested and said that General Taani ordered the killings of Seemaal.

The President forced him to resign, but allegedly General Taani indignantly tore up the letter ordering him tostep down. The General who was the main orchestrator of this violence may even now be planning toorganize additional clan-based guerrilla warfare. Resignation alone is not acceptable. General Taani must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The criminal investigation must proceedwith a public hearing to question him and the others who collectively planned these crimes. Thethirteen remaining individuals who were ordered by Taani to conduct this violence must bearrested and be brought in to give testimony. The charges against them include using a national army and weapons to orchestrate ethnic crimes with state assets. The criminal investigations must also include his lower ranking officials who were responsible for the releaseof ammunition from the armory. Independent investigators must be dispatched to Seemaal tocollect further evidence and testimony from families and individuals evacuated from the areaprior to the crime. It is essential to determine the extent to which they collaborated withTaani’s clan militia. A neutral force consisting of all clans must be brought in to keep peace. The entire unit that was under Taani’s leadership must be disbanded and removed from the Seemaal area.Prominent party members of Kulmiye, the ruling party, and Reer Xareed clan elders face seriouscharges. The highest officials of the state are involved in such crimes. Because this crimeinvolved members of state institutions and extended family members, an independentcommission should take jurisdiction of this conflict. All regional clan representatives, intellectuals, and civil servants of Awdal must resign and return home to chart their own course of action without Somaliland assistance or intervention. No amount of blood money (mag) isacceptable when the state is involved in the crime and continues to appoint former guerrillafighters to positions of authority, which seriously undermines stability and security. General Maxamed Xassan Cabdillahi (Jidhif), former Somali National Movement (SNM) leader and head of the Red Flag (Calan Cas) Unit has been appointed to be the head of the Military of Somaliland. The new general comes from the clan of Dalal, Jibri Abokor lineage. The likelihood of General Maxamed remaining neutral between Jibri Abokor and the Reer Nuur lineage is highly questionable. The appointment s of generals is carried out unilaterally by the president. There is no consultation with the Guurti (House of Elders) and the Guriga Wakiiladda (House ofRepresentatives). His appointment will not be conducive to the safety and security of Gabiley and the Awdal region, especially in areas where clan real estate is mixed and requires a careful balance of leadership, and the impartial administration of justice. It requires an individual that brings no baggage from the era of the civil war, and must exclude those who were on the frontline, those who were responsible for the destruction of peace, and those who createdenmity among the people.Two things must be avoided in Gabiley and the area bordering the Awdal region: (1)appointment of a clan adversary, and (2) the creation of militias that are prominently from one family. The best approach would be to assign a civilian administrator, an individual who is neither Isaaq nor Gadabuursi. This administrator would be impartial in the future relations ofthe clan families, able to fairly resolve the long standing disputes over farming, wells, politicalpositions; and the balancing of civil servants, military, police, courts and all other facets of the country.

Finally the people of Awdal should be treated as shareholders in the state, not simplyfigureheads appointed as window dressing. If the shareholding arrangement is not beneficialto the interest of the people of Awdal, then each group will have to withdraw its share and take it somewhere else where they will gain more safety and security for their own people. Many of the elders and intellectuals have chosen to be with Somaliland, but without genuinerepresentation and ownership of their land, safety and security, it will not be possible tomaintain peace and stability. Somaliland should be shareholder, not a family entity that tries towin supporters from other clans through bribes and rewards of ministerial positions. The sharing and allocation of all state resources and positions must be undertaken with fairness, fullconsultation, integrity and good citizenship.

Jaafar M. Sh. Jama

As a relative of the victims, I can understand that the first thing that comes to the afflicted community’s mind is to take things into their own hand and revenge. In the absence of an effective government, revenge and retaliation were once the only nuclear deterrents that the Somalis knew. Not to retaliate for your dead ones was and can still be considered as a sign of weakness if not sheer cowardice in the Somali context. Men of peace, particularly at times of heightened tensions are looked down as wimps, while belligerent men who rally the clan behind the Tollaayeey and Aabbahay Goblan banners are seen as heroes.

It is not easy to control one’s emotions in the face of such calamity, and the easiest, most emotionally immature choice is to take the gun and revenge; because anyone, even a child or idiot, can grab a gun and kill people, but not everyone can take the most difficult route and snatch peace out of the jaws of death. The gun-toting war hero can win a battle at the cost of dozens even thousands of lives lost but the peace hero wins victory by sparing equally as many lives from imminent death. Aggressive violence and war come easy but at a high cost. One should look at what is at stake in a war; death and destruction. Yes, one might believe they are living in dignity and some can argue that death is sometimes better than living in indignity, but in cases like that of Kalabadydh and Seemal it is the murderer who lives with indignity and not the living relatives of the victims.  Cowardly terrorists who sneak in under the cover of darkness and cold-bloodedly murder innocent sleeping people and travelers are devoid of all dignity. They are indeed a shame on the community they hail from and it’s the duty of their community and the families they came from to do what’s right, allow and support our police department to thoroughly investigate this act of violence and hand over any suspected parties for judicial judgment. But to answer their heinous act by killing other innocent people is equally abhorring no matter how honorable it might look in tribal traditions.

My intention of writing this short piece is therefore to commend the Gadabursi Community for trading the empty pride one feels in taking revenge and killing to the real pride and dignity that comes with being peace heroes rather than war heroes in dealing with the Kalabadydh daylight murder. I would also like to call upon them again this time to resort to their renowned wisdom and tradition of taking the dignified but difficult route to peace in dealing with the Seemaal killings. It is quoted of Somaliland’s former President Rayaale to have said: “Dagaal Ducaan Ka Doortay…” ( I rather choose prayers over war…) As despicable and wimpy as that might look to the bellicose psyche of the Somalis, it indeed reflects a moral high ground and the epitome of wisdom and intellectual maturity.

I say this while demanding justice for the victims slaughtered in Seemaal. We all demand justice for him and those before them. The Sultans of Awdal have unequivocally said this. The Sultans of Gabiley and Hargeisa have said it. The opposition and government political leaders have said it. The wise men and women of Somaliland have said it.

Justice should be done and done quickly and the government should keep its promises to apprehend the murderers and bring them before a court of law. Safeguarding the security of its citizens is one of the fundamental and national responsibilities of the government. These recurring, cowardly and terrorist acts are a threat not only to the national security but will also destroy the bond and cohesion between the community and will in turn cause a great damage to the reputation and image that Somaliland has built over the years as a peaceful oasis.

The steps the government has taken so far and the unanimous condemnation and shock expressed by the different quarters of the Somaliland community are all welcome and highly reassuring, but it is the sole responsibility of the government to turn its words into action and bring the criminals of the Kalabaydh and Seemaal to justice. This should be a matter of national priority for the government and it should devote all its resources to that cause instead of using live ammunition on peaceful demonstrators and arresting and imprisoning community leaders for exercising their right for free speech.

Bashir Goth

Email: bsogoth@yahoo.com

Source: http://hanua.blogspot.com/

“Qabiilku Naxariis Ma Leh, Qabiil Dawlad Kuu Sheegtayna Waa Lagu Baaba’aa” (Jeneraal Yusuf Tallan- Dec.1999)

Wadhaf News-December 7, 2011: Dhacdadii lagula kacay dad guryahoogii nabad ku jiifa habeenkii bishu ahayd 5tii December 2011 ee gacan dhagaraysan ku mirtay saddex muwaadin Tuulada Seemaal, wuxay ka turjumayaa dhaqan waxashnimo oo la caadaystay, aadamuhuna u dul qaadan Karin. Cambaarayn ka sokow waa wax la nacdalo kuwii fuliyay, kuwii ka dambeeyay iyo kuwa ka gaabsanaaya inay wax ka qabtaan.

Ka hadlimaayo oo waa laga wada dharagsan yahay sifaha xawayaanimo ee dhagarqabeyaashu u dileen saddexda muwaadin ee kale ah:

Ismaaciil Muxumed Caateeye
Dayib Maal Axmed
Cumar Dayib Maal ( Waxaa dhaley Marxuunka labaad)

Waxaan Mujaahidiinta saddexda ah Ilaahay uga baryaynaa inuu Jannadiisii ka waraabiyo, anagoo tacsi tiiraanyo iyo murugo weyn leh u gudbinaynaa qoysaskii, eheladii iyo dhamaan dadka reer Awdal gaar ahaan dadka Degmada Baki iyo Tuulada Seemaal ee Saddexda Marxuun ka baxeen, waxaanan Raxmaanka uga baryaynaa inuu samir iyo iimaan buuxa ka siiyo shuhadadaa xaq darada lagu diley.

Dhacdadan oon ahayn mid curad ah waxay markhaati ka tahay jiritaan la’aanta nabadgelyo inkastoo taniyo 1991kii dad aaminsanaayeen in nabad laga yagleelay Somaliland. Dhacdadan oo salka ku haysa tii la midka ahyd ee dhacdey 11/07/2009 oo lagu xasuuqay dad safar ahaa. Dhacdadaa laba sano ka hor la sameeyay oon wax xal ah loo helin ayaa sahashay in maantana tii mid la mid ah isla dadkii dhagarta hore u gaystay ku mireen dad guryahoogii jiifay.

Maamulkii hore ee Somaliland dhacdada hore wax uu ka qabtay ma jirin wax baadhitaan ahna lama furin, kuwii laga galayna sidii umusha ayay degdeg u ilaaween dhagartii laga galey. Waxqabla’antaana  Cid masuul ciidan ah ama boolis ah oo loo nisbeeyay ma jirin, wax siyaasi ah oo dusha laga saarayna ma jirin balse waxaa cad in eeda ay iska leeyihiin siyaasiintii markaa joogtay iyo dadkii ay ka dhasheen dadkii la gowracay. Siyaasiintu maaha kuwa beesha dhexe oo kaliya balse waxaa ku jira kuwa Awdal oo uu ugu horeeyo Rayaale oo maamulkiisii xal u waayay dhacdadii jidgooyada. Dhaqanku soo ma ahayn haddii dawlad wax kuu qaban waydo in ninkii wax tabayaa inuu isagu dantiisa ku tooso oo uu dul tago cidduu tuhmayo? Maxaa diiday ama diidanaa? Waa su’aalo mudan in laga jawaabo…

Maamul cusub ayaa ka dhashay Somaliland balse madaxda ciidanku iyo booliskuba waa kuwii dhacdadii hore maareeyay ee wax kiisa ah furi waayay, inkastoy dhacdad hore ku riixi karaan amar ay ka waayeen dhinaca Madaxtooyada. ( Waxaan ognahay in dadkii ka fakadey dad qalatada ee markhaatiga ahaa boolisku waraysanin una diideen in wax wareysiya saxaafada siiyaan).

Dhacdadan maantu waxay u eegtahay in la go’aansadey oo la qorsheeyay in si joogto ah loo fuliyo hawlo argagixiso leh oo keena in dadka degganka ku nool ka qaxaan dhulkooda damacu dul saaran yahay, qorsheyaashaa oo dadka maleegay shaadh ciidan ama mid dawladeed huwan yihiin.

Mashkuladuna waxa weeyi marka falalkaas dhagaraysan la fuliyo dadkii dhibta loo gaystay waxaa loo lulaa calan dowladeed oo loola tagaa ereyo ku guubaabinaaya in dawladu wax qaban doonto si ay u joojiyaan inay aargoostaan. Balanqaadkaas dawladu wuxuu noqdaa hal bacaad lagu lisay. Su’aashu waxa weeyi ilaa gormay socon doontaa farsamadaa dhinac qudha lagu dulmayaa?

Aqliga saliimka ah ma garan waayin in Maamulka Soomaliland yahay mid cadaalada ka fog taniyo maalintii Boorama lagu yagleelay. Ciidanka dawlada lagu sheegaa waa ciidan beeleed, qaab-dhismeedkiisana waa la hayaa iyo madaxda guutooyinka oo dhamaantood reer qudha ka soo wada jeeda.

Taliyaha Ciidanka oo cidna ka qarsoonayn inay isku qoys yihiin ragga dhagartii hore iyo tan Seemaal fuliyay inuu ilaa maanta madax ka ahaado ciidan dawlad lagu sheegaayo waa qayral-sharci, waxayna ku muujinaysaa in la kala fog yahay, wax xal ahna lagu talo galin. Waana halka su’aasha wayni ka taagan tahay.

Haddii Maamulka Somaliland rabo inuu hab dawladeed wax u maareeyo, talaabada ugu horeysaa maahaa mid la laba-labeeyo, balsewaa qodob xaq ah:

Waa inuu si degdeg ah xilka uuga qaadaa ninka ciidanka haysta, dacwadna lagu furaa. Waayo isagoo ah taliyaha ciidanka ma garan waayin inuu dawlada farta ugu fiiqo nimanka ilma-adeeradiiya ee gacmaha dhiiga ku leh. Siduu markaa masuuliyadaa u haynkaraa? Xaqiiqadaas mayna tusaale u ahayn inuu xagga sharciga laftiisu yahay dambiile?

Taa marka la helo waa in ciidanka qaab dhismeedkiisa dib loogu noqdo oo taliska ciidanka ay ka mid noqdaan dadka Somaliland wada dagaa. Haddan taasi iman Karin, arrintu way cadahay, waana mid ku khaysbaysa dadka dhagarta laga galay inay tashadaan, naftooda iyo maalkoodana daafacdaan.

Dawlad wax la yidhaa ma jirto mar haddii muwaadinku ku aaminayn naftiisa. Naftiisa iyo xoriyadiisa haddii dawladu difaaci waydo waxaa waajib ku ah muwaadinka inuu dawlada kala noqdo kalsoonidiisa una halgamo sidii naftiisa iyo maalkiisa isagu u difaaci lahaa, waana qodob ku cad xeerarka dawliga ah iyo Shareecadda Islaamka. Maanta Awdal waa jidka u banaan haddii isbadal baaxad leh Maamulka Somaliland dadka ku qancin waayo.

Xalku kuma koobna dadkii fal dhagareedkan iyo kii hore galey oo maxkamad la keeno, xalku wuxuu ku jiraa isbadal salbalaadhan oo ciidanka beelaysan ka dhigi  ciidan ummadu isku aaminto oo ay iska dhex aragto, waxaana ugu horeeya ninka taliyaha ah oo xilka laga qaado laguna furo dacwad xaq ah.

Dadka reer Awdalna mid gaar ah iyaa hortaal oo ah cashar wayn: Dhowrkii bilood ee u dambeeyay arrimihii micno darada ahaa ee muujiyay foolxumadiina waxaad galiseen dadaal badan oo dhinac walba ah, waxaana ka soo baxay ceeb aan horey loo arag.  Quwadii iyo xusul-duubkii aad galiseen soo meel kuma haboonayn? Doqooniimo kugu raagtaybaan, cidi dabiibayne, aan xisaabtano.

Wadhaf News

About two thousand men, women and children are fleeing from the villages of Gargaara, Garbo Dadar, Carawayn, Cadaad, Xamarta, Xooray, Cali Xaydh; and many other villages scattered along the mountains of Buuraha Madow, Buuraha Xog Faras and Buuraha Wooble in the region of Awdal and Selel.

The prolonged drought has resulted in the depletion of ground water and foliage for livestock, making it almost impossible to farm. The roads are rough and it takes days to reach the outskirts of urban centers like Baki and Borama where people go in hopes ofreceiving food and shelter. The villagers who end up in these makeshift spaces are increasingdaily while conditions continue to look bleak. The outcry of these people has been heard and limited assistance provided, but only by people among the Diaspora who have done their best to answer the appeal. Emergency food supplies, shelter and medicine need to reach these families immediately before there is a complete, far-ranging spread of the emerging famine. Non- governmental organizations and the United Nations Office for Somalia must take action to prevent further deterioration within the emerging camps of the displaced people. The Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) website and IRIN Somali Radio Station must live up to their mission statement, which is to provide media attention to whatever is otherwise “uncovered, misunderstood, or ignored.” Unfortunately, these media outlets have failed to report on the large and growing influx of families from the Awdal and Selel regions of Northern Somalia (Somaliland). I urge the UN office in Nairobi to immediately send food aid, water, tarps for shelter, as well as supplies and person power for the construction of sanitary facilities. The crisis has gone far beyond local capacity and resources to meet the increasing needs. The needs of the hungry arethreatening to swallow up this region. I urge the United Nations Office of Somalia to provide large amounts of food aid, to assist in the establishment of feeding centers and basic health services, including immunizations for children; clean, potable water; shelter for misplaced families; veterinary care, including inoculation of the few remaining animals; and assistance in relocating and reestablishing these communities so they can return to their livelihood.Please write to the United Nations organizations and offices whose addresses appear below to appeal for help in halting starvation in Somalia, and to help this new influx of refugees byproviding access to food, water, shelter, medical supplies and veterinary assistance so their lives can return to normal.Public Information OfficeUnited Nations Political Office for Somalia P.O. Box 48246 00100, GPO Nairobi, Kenya. Fax: 254-20762-2697 or 6816 Email: unpos_pio@un.org Website: http://www.unpos.unmissions.org

Part V: Somaliland Educational Series – Background Information: Brief History of world education

It is concrete fact thata concrete fact that western intellectual history always begins with theancient Greeks. The Greeks that educated the Romans and, after a long darkage, it was the records of these same Greeks, kept and studied by the Muslimand Jewish scholars as well as Christian monks that educated Europe once again.

There other amazingcivilizations such as the Phoenician (Al-Finiiqiyiin), or the Carthaginian(Carthage-Al-Qardaaj), Empires who were authoritarian and centralizedcivilizations. Unlike the Phoenician and Carthaginians, the Greeks weredemocratic and much more decentralized states. Their city states such asSparta, Athens, Macedonia and others were more democratic.

Buddhism by itself wasthough a sophisticated philosophy but it was an oral philosophy for a very longtime. The Phoenicians and the Hebrews also wrote alphabets, which was prettymuch composed of drawings. The Phoenician writings or alphabet also was made upof drawings. The drawings represent words. The Phoenicians have passed theiralphabet to the Greeks, who made a lot of improvements on the drawings, whichwere mostly consonants instead of words. The Greeks improved on the idea andadded vowels. In ancient Greek city states and before the invention of the alphabet,writing was the main stay of the upper class only. In the case of thePhoenicians reading was an exclusive exercise for the merchant class only.

The Greeks, on the otherhand, were divided into many small city-states, each one unique for its ownright. They were fiercely independent, always bickering and often fightingbetween themselves. In general terms, disagreement seem to be disadvantageous,but when it comes to diversity and even conflict, It can be invigorating.Consider that when Greece was finally united under Macedonian rule, the flurryof intellectual activity slowed.  And when the Romans took over, it becameentirely extinct. Metaphysic was the first philosophy of the ancient Greeks. Itdeals with, ‘What is the world made up”, what is the ultimate substance of allreality.”

The Greeks were thefirst people who developed metaphysics which was one of the early philosophies.It means “true” reality (noumenon) of course under the apparent reality(phenomenon). The Greeks have made huge contribution to world education. Theircontribution was multifaceted and voluminous. They played a big role inscience, mathematics, philosophy and warfare. The Greek language is the basiclanguage for science and mathematics. The Majority of root words in science,and mathematics are of a Greek origin. Early philosophies such as morality,idealism, ethics, metaphysics, empiricism, logic and rationalism were alsostarted by the Greeks.

The renaissance inEurope or the reawakening was an era where people have made great emphasis oneducation, art, philosophy, science and mathematics. The renaissance also madeuse of the works of the great philosophers such as Aristotle, Pluto,Socrates, and many others. This huge thrust forward for Europe has pavedthe way for the preeminent 16th century Europe science pioneerssuch as Sir Isaac Newton, Gel olio, Archimedes, Caprinicous, Priestley,Mendeleev, Schwann and others. These scientists also lead into thelegendary scientists of the 20th century, such Warren Heisenberg (The uncertainty principle) Albert Einstein (Relativity-E=MC2 E. stands for energy, Mass-stands formass, and C is the speed of light squared). Max Plank was one ofthe preeminent scientists who discovered the revolutionary quantum mechanics that has almostmade the three years old Newtonian classical physics obsolete. Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming discoveredantibiotics.  Several discoveries were also made towards the understandingof the microscope, bacteria, viruses and other disease causing agents. Theatom was well understood by discovering the sub atomic particles such as theprotons, neutrons, and electrons. Theelectrons were discovered by a British chemist J-J. Thomson in 1896, protonswere discovered by Ernest Rutherford in 1908, and the neutrons werediscovered by James Chadwick. Following those discoveries the limitlesspower of the atom was harnessed by a process called nuclear fission wherebyradioactive atom’s nucleus was split whereby the gigantic or energy insideits nucleus is unleashed. Organ transplantation and blood transfusions alsobecame a routine phenomenon. The departed 20th century was a century of greatdiscoveries.

The above informative summary clearly and stepby step puts into perspective the origins of western civilization, where itstarted, the events that contributed or gave rise to its start, and how it waseventually spread to all over Europe and beyond. In the same token here inSomaliland a similar phenomenon took place. The ancient civilizations startedin one spot but eventually spread to all parts of Somaliland. The peopleresiding in this part of the world have a deep history in terms of politics,military, religion, sophism/mysticism, and education. Our people were alwaysvery conservative and devote Muslims who are practitioners of all the tenants Zuliaand the teaching of Islam. Vivid and concrete witness of our deep religiosityis the numerous tombs for so many great religious scholars and educatorsthroughout the landscape of our land. The cluster of tombs for famous religiousscholars, military commanders kings, imams and other rulers. In its longhistory, and within the span of one thousand plus years, there were about 32government dynasties that ruled Zeila. More intriguing and complex than Zeilais its ancient twin the other holy city of Harrar also in its long s ruled by asuccession of 18 dynasties. Zeila was the center of enlightenment education,religion, commerce, foreign contact, folklore, music and cuisine. Though theonce resurgent ay empire ceased to exist long time ago, the legacy of thesecivilizations can be seen today in Borma, Lughaya, Hargeisa, Gabiley, Berbera,Burao, and in other smaller hamlets, villages and beyond. The intellectual curiosity,the great love of education, the deep sentiments for civic engagement andself-sufficiency can be traced backs its roots to the Zeila civilization.
Pre-colonial era

From the he 14th hundreds to the 18th centurywhen the European colonial powers came to Somaliland, education was basicallyan Islamic oriented education ranging from all subjects such as science,mathematics, astronomy, Islamic education, Arabic and the like. In the majorcities of the Ifat empire which later became Adel empire ( Imbaraa-DooriyatAl-Adal, which means the empire of justice). The twin cities of Zeila andHarrar once called the cities of light were two great centers of education,where students used come for education, enlightenment and guidance from partsof the Horn of Africa and beyond. For further education the graduates of theInstitutes of higher learning from Zeila and Harrar used to go to the greatAl-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, the Levantine region (Bilaad-Alshaam), andthe Arabian Peninsula (Mecca and Medina). The students from Zeila used to havetheir special and exclusive hostel in Al-Azhar University. ( MasabiihAl-Absaar)

I am encouraging the young generation to go outthere and dig for their proud, deep civilization shich is out there tobe discovered. The best places to find that illustrious civilization is inZeila, Sa’adin, Ceebat, old Amoud, Darbiyada and many other places, Istanbul,Turkey, AL-Azhar University archives, and from the Portuguese militaryarchives.  Almost all of huge Zeila archive were stolen or burned bythe Abyssinians during their multiple aggressions against Zeila,Ifat, and the Adel empires. The Adel Empire and its voluminous and illustrioushistory. The reason Zeila became the target by Portuguese, British, and theFrench was due to its great enlightenment, knowledge, greatness, education,culture and leadership.

Education in the Second Somaliland Republic, the Independence era

Education have has made huge progress and a fastleap forward for the last 29 years, following the struggle for independence.Somaliland education have shown huge progress in all levels of education, be itthe K-12, Quaranic schools, or the college education. The childrengoing to Somaliland schools have exponentially grown. Mult

pile elementary, middle, and high schools were builteverywhere around the country. Currently there are about ten Universities andseveral technical, electronic, and computer colleges. The breakdown of Somaliland Universities are as follows: Borama two, Hargeisa more than five, Burao one, Berbera one, Eirgavo one, and Las Anod one. By  any  education standards, the concentrations of Somaliland Universities is very high. This shows Somaliland’s superfluous devotion, enthusiasm, and thirsty for education. This is a still rapidly growing sector in Somaliland.

In conclusions Somaliland is a Somaliland Universities are as follows:  nation that has a very long, rich, and illustrioushistory of education. The education in this country goes back more than one thousand years. it wentthrough multiple stages, situations, and challenges.

Thefast paced education in all levels going on in Somaliland is not something thatstarted from a vacuum. It came from pre-existing full-fledged education that hasall its levels.

Suleiman Egeh, a freelance writer, and a senior scienceinstructor

Waxaan la kulmay wakhti uu u sucdo siminaar madaxwaynayaasha kilimada ethopiya  ,oo ka mid yahay  mudane cabdi maxamad, oo loogu qabtay caasidamada Itoobiya adisabas,waxaan  shir qabtay uu kula hadlayo ardayda jaamacadah ,ka dhigata adisababa ee  udhashay, Ithoobiya madaxwaynaha kilinka shanaad  mudane  cabdi maxamed cumar , wuxuu kala hadlay sadex arimood:

1)   waxaa uu ka dalhay tayanta ardayda waxa barashad

2) kobcinta ganacsiga iyo dhaqaalaha

3)   nabadgalyo oo la xoojiyo an tahay asaaska nolasha fiican

4) war bixin sanduuq talo bixin

wuxuu xukumaa madax waynahu sagaal gobal, wuxu magacaabay dagmooyin  cusub gadaal ayaan ka soo  sheegi  waxa lagu noqdo gob al hadii ilaahay yidhaa

1)  waxaa loo baahan tahay   dad tiro badan in uu leeyahay
2)   dhaqaale  in uu is bixin kalo gobalku
3)   soohdin  xad entee ku fadhiyaa  imasa maagalo tuulo iyuu xukumi karaa,
Waxaa la ii sheegay  magaalad awbare in ay leedahay  sadexdaa qodab , waxaa jiraa gobadalad qaar u magacaabay  madaxwaynuhu sida  qalaafe   in ay ka dadbadan tahay awbare,   markaa ku dhacay dacwadii  ay odayadu wadeen  muasharaxa  cabdirashiid  ugaas rooble, mayaanayn ahayn, meeshii uu xooga saarilahaa gobalkan, meeshii uu ka ahaa musharaxa ugaaska abiihii ee uu ka talinay miyaanu ahayn, isna wa ugaas samaroon markuu Ithoobiya jooga, maxaa dhacay oo saylac iyo  lughaya yaala - Xeebaha meelo ka mid ah waxaa wada dagaan, ciise iyo samaroon; Dalka dhinaca bariga iyo galbeedka Gebilay waan wada daganahay, sida reermaxamed iyo reer xareed , reer nuur iyo reer xareed; Bahabar Muuse iyo Jibril Abokor.

Markaa wuxuu musharaxa ugaasku rabaa dad nabad kuwada nool  in fitno dhexdhigo, mise dad la haysto ayuu xoraynayaa?  Waxaa looga baahan yahay,kilinka shanaad in gobal ka raadiyo kuwan ,hadhaw ayuu xorayn,mida kale waxaa nahay dad muslim ah been isku sheegno maaha, waxaa jira magaalad sheeddheer waxaa laga furay meel qaxooti, dadka qaar looma ogala siiba wadaadada waxaa yidha waxaa xakunta UNHCR oo yadaa waxsiisa markaa ,waxaa laga furay school  diinta  masiixiga lagu barto – waliba  waxaa la ii sheegay in joogaan 20 qof oo gaaloobay, baahi awgeed, waxaa la ii sheegay, wiil yar oo Xariirad ku nool oo  gadabuursi ah, oo abiihii u yimaado, oo yidhaa ninkaa cad ee wax isiinaya ayaa  aabo ii ah dadka dibada jooja ee muslinka ah waxaan leehay waxaa, la inoo waydaartay dalkii, waxaa tagay baki, xamarta, waxaa ka shaqeeya hayda kirstan oo la  yidhaqaan Hargaysa  waxaan hajka isku soo raacnayn nin wadaad oo aad u cadhaysan wuxuu   waxaa la qaybiyaa caagag firii si  sinadu ,u badato, waxaa ku yaal kilaabyo aan Canada ku oolin, waxaa dawladu waxba kama qaban karto, waa haydaha waxaa ku caaweeyaa ayey yidhaahdaan.

Waa badhi hebal, waa xafladii so dhawaynt shaqaale, waa xalafii xafiis cusub waa waxaa lagu mashquuliyey,  waxaan sheegi maaha  been waxaa joogaa xaj maxaa ka heliyaa ,dad muslinka ahaw indhaha fara ama haw kilinshanaad ama  Somalilnd ama somaliya dadku waxay badi uwad shaqeeyaan waa hay’ado markaa waxaa u daran wax ay cunaan.

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1)  gobalka jigjiga  waxay xakuntaa  1-kebribayah 2) awbare 3)harshin 4)babli 5) gursuum

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asalaamu calaykum waraxmatulaahi wa barkaat