Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Somalia set to get more peacekeepers, East African Leaders Pledge Urgent Military Help for Somalia
The Inter-governmental Authority on Development member countries yesterday agreed to immediately deploy 2,000 troops to restore sanity in Mogadishu under siege by Al Shabab militants.
President Museveni and his counterparts of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan, which constitute the regional IGAD bloc, agreed to work with the United Nations to raise additional 20, 000 troops to be deployed throughout the restive country.
Somalia has had no functional government since the early 1990s.
The leaders tasked the African Union Commission to mobilise the requisite resources, logistics and equipment for express deployment to quell renewed militancy there, according to a communiqué issued last night after emergency talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
There was no mention of where the expected new troops will come from.
Currently, the AU peacekeeping contingent, whose main contributors are Uganda and Burundi, has about 4,500 troops on the ground --- and are struggling to overcome the Al Shabab, a self-declared Al Qaeda affiliate.
Two of more than 3,000 Ugandan soldiers, deployed there under African Union mandate to strengthen President Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Sheriff’s wobbly government, were killed last week.
Maj. Barigye Ba-Hoku, the spokesperson for the AU force, AMISOM, said the troops were on Thursday trying to reclaim areas lost to the radicals in past months when they came under “unwarranted” attack.
An AU military tank went up in flames moments after it developed “technical fault” during the skirmishes in Shibishi and Karani Abdul Aziz districts, he said in statement e-mailed to this newspaper.
Threat to region
At yesterday’s meeting, the regional political executives committed to “give unwavering support and assistance to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in the struggle against extremist and terrorist groups.”
They, according to the communiqué, observed the Somalia situation poses “serious threats” to the peace and stability of its citizens, the region and the international community. Analysts say a lawless Somalia will turn into a merchant for illegal weapons yet a proliferation of small arms across porous borders in the East African region raises the possibility for inter-connected criminal activities.
The heads of states and governments, convening in Addis Ababa for the 15th extra-ordinary summit, appreciated and urged for more international financial, material and technical support to Somalia. “They appreciated the commitment by the leaders of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and urged the Transitional Federal Institutions, to enhance their cohesion and unity in the face of enormous challenges faced by Somalia,” the communiqué read in part. Sheikh Sherif Ahmed’s regime is already plagued by infighting, which further undermines efforts to consolidate peace and dapper its image as a government in charge of the country.
The regional leaders called on the international community to intensify assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons and victims of violence there and urged AU member states that have not contributed troops, to render material and financial support to Somalia.
Many African countries, among them Nigeria, initially offered to send their soldiers to Mogadishu but spiraling violence in Mogadishu forced them to backtrack amid concerns there is no peace there to watch over.
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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
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Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
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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
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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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