KIGALI, Rwanda — The United Nations World Food Program announced Thursday that it would not give any new contracts to three Somali ( Hawiye )businessmen who have been accused of diverting food aid to Islamist militants and that the agency would welcome an independent investigation into its Somalia operations.For months, World Food Program officials had denied mounting allegations that the contractors they use to haul hundreds of millions of dollars of food into Somalia were stealing some of the food and funneling it to Islamist militants trying to topple Somalia’s weak transitional government.The decision follows a harsh new United Nations report, whose pointed findings were first disclosed in The New York Times this week, that said up to half the food aid to Somalia may be getting diverted. The report also accused Somali officials of selling visas for diplomatic trips to pirates and militants.The World Food Program is the single largest aid agency in Somalia and a lifeline to more than two million Somalis. On Thursday, the program’s executive director, Josette Sheeran, said, “The integrity of our organization is paramount and we will be reviewing and investigating each and every issue raised by this report.” The program also said some of the accusations in the new report “conflicted with operational facts and information.”Somalia has lurched from crisis to crisis since 1991, when the central government collapsed. In the past two days, more than 50 people have been killed and 150 wounded in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in vicious fighting between government forces and the Shabab insurgent group, which controls much of the country.Witnesses said that the insurgents overran government positions on Wednesday, reaching within a mile of the presidential compound. African Union peacekeepers, who are helping protect the embattled government, then jumped into the battle and pushed the insurgents back with tanks.Heavy shelling continued to rock the capital on Thursday. Both sides, in dueling news conferences, claimed victory.Somalia’s state minister of defense, Yusuf Mohamed Siad, known among fighters as White Eyes, said, “We have pushed the Shabab back and the government army is taking new positions at the frontline.”When asked if this fighting was part of an expected major government offensive, Mr. Yusuf said, “No, it’s not the planned government offensive, but soon these terrorist elements will be eliminated.”Ali Mohamoud Raghe, a spokesman for the Shabab, told reporters, “Our fighters launched an offensive against the government positions and reached victories.”The fighting spawned a new exodus of refugees from Mogadishu’s center to the outskirts, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have already fled.“I was shocked when I saw mortars hitting the neighborhood, house by house,” said Safiya Muhudiin, a mother of four. “I had to escape with my kids to a safe location” 
Thursday, March 11, 2010
U.N. to End Some Somalia (hawiye) Contracts, Abdulkadir Eno, Abukar Adani and Mohammed- Deylaf . Three hawiye Thugs, Terrorist financiers
KIGALI, Rwanda — The United Nations World Food Program announced Thursday that it would not give any new contracts to three Somali ( Hawiye )businessmen who have been accused of diverting food aid to Islamist militants and that the agency would welcome an independent investigation into its Somalia operations.For months, World Food Program officials had denied mounting allegations that the contractors they use to haul hundreds of millions of dollars of food into Somalia were stealing some of the food and funneling it to Islamist militants trying to topple Somalia’s weak transitional government.The decision follows a harsh new United Nations report, whose pointed findings were first disclosed in The New York Times this week, that said up to half the food aid to Somalia may be getting diverted. The report also accused Somali officials of selling visas for diplomatic trips to pirates and militants.The World Food Program is the single largest aid agency in Somalia and a lifeline to more than two million Somalis. On Thursday, the program’s executive director, Josette Sheeran, said, “The integrity of our organization is paramount and we will be reviewing and investigating each and every issue raised by this report.” The program also said some of the accusations in the new report “conflicted with operational facts and information.”Somalia has lurched from crisis to crisis since 1991, when the central government collapsed. In the past two days, more than 50 people have been killed and 150 wounded in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in vicious fighting between government forces and the Shabab insurgent group, which controls much of the country.Witnesses said that the insurgents overran government positions on Wednesday, reaching within a mile of the presidential compound. African Union peacekeepers, who are helping protect the embattled government, then jumped into the battle and pushed the insurgents back with tanks.Heavy shelling continued to rock the capital on Thursday. Both sides, in dueling news conferences, claimed victory.Somalia’s state minister of defense, Yusuf Mohamed Siad, known among fighters as White Eyes, said, “We have pushed the Shabab back and the government army is taking new positions at the frontline.”When asked if this fighting was part of an expected major government offensive, Mr. Yusuf said, “No, it’s not the planned government offensive, but soon these terrorist elements will be eliminated.”Ali Mohamoud Raghe, a spokesman for the Shabab, told reporters, “Our fighters launched an offensive against the government positions and reached victories.”The fighting spawned a new exodus of refugees from Mogadishu’s center to the outskirts, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have already fled.“I was shocked when I saw mortars hitting the neighborhood, house by house,” said Safiya Muhudiin, a mother of four. “I had to escape with my kids to a safe location” 
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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979
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Sultanate of Obbia
President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan
Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )
MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
Beautiful handshake
May Allah bless him and give Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan
Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government
The Honourable Ronald Reagan,
When our world changed forever
His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)
Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1963 to 1966, to Italy and the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] in Rome from 1969 to 1973, and to the French Government in Paris from 1974 to 1979.
Dr. Adden Shire Jamac 'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.
Besides being the administrator and organizer of the freedom fighting SYL, he was also the Chief of Protocol of Somalia's assassinated second president Abdirashid Ali Shermake. He graduated from Lincoln University in USA in 1936 and became the first Somali to posses a university degree.
Soomaaliya الصومال Somali Republic
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