Top officials of Al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist movement vehemently opposing the Transitional Federal Government, opened a radio station in the central regions of Somalia on Sunday.Sheikh Abukar Zaila’i alias Ibrahim Al-Afghan, a senior Al-Shabaab official and Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Raghe alias Sheikh Ali Dhrere, the spokesman of the movement, attended the opening ceremony in Galgadud region.Al-Shabaab has been at loggerheads in Galgadud region with Ahlu Sunna wal-Jamea, a moderate Islamist group allied with the TFG. The establishment of a powerful FM Radio is hence considered as part and parcel of war of words between the politically opposing sides in Somalia. The new broadcaster is part of a network of stations that Al-Shabaab strategically installed in parts of the vast territories it controls.Some of the privately owned broadcasters in Kismayu and Baidoa, respectively 500 km and 240 km south of Mogadishu and Jowhar, 90 km north of Mogadishu, had been confiscated by Al-Shabaab officials. The one installed in Galgadud must be the forth one, all of them known as Al-Andalus media.Al-Andalus is an Arabic name for Iberian Peninsula, a name given during the long reign of a Muslim Khalipha in the 1st millennium in Southern Europe.Some people suspect that the powerful FM-Radio that can reach as far as Galkayo town in Puntland, 749 km north of Mogadishu, is the same FM System allegedly looted from the Somaliweyn, an independent media in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab militants.The managers of Somaliweyn Radio have repeatedly said that Al-Shabaab had not returned the FM broadcasting system despite pleas. The once popular station in North Mogadishu still remains silent.Observers forecast that the next Al-Andalus station will be fixed in Marka town, 110 south of Mogadishu. The TFG refurbished Mogadishu Radio nine months ago and it has become so powerful that radical Islamist groups opposing the government prohibited people in their areas from listening to it.Meanwhile, heavy clashes between fighters loyal to Al-Shabaab and pro-government forces broke out on Sunday afternoon. Heavy exchange of fire and shelling has caused deaths and injuries. One mortar shell that landed in the government area in the ancient Hamarweyne district hit a Koran Madrasa school, injuring at least 10 children.The most affected districts include Bondhere and Shibs that are both very close to Villa Somalia, the seat of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who is out of the country, visiting Egypt.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
War of words growing in Somalia as Al-Shabaab establishes more radio stations
Top officials of Al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist movement vehemently opposing the Transitional Federal Government, opened a radio station in the central regions of Somalia on Sunday.Sheikh Abukar Zaila’i alias Ibrahim Al-Afghan, a senior Al-Shabaab official and Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Raghe alias Sheikh Ali Dhrere, the spokesman of the movement, attended the opening ceremony in Galgadud region.Al-Shabaab has been at loggerheads in Galgadud region with Ahlu Sunna wal-Jamea, a moderate Islamist group allied with the TFG. The establishment of a powerful FM Radio is hence considered as part and parcel of war of words between the politically opposing sides in Somalia. The new broadcaster is part of a network of stations that Al-Shabaab strategically installed in parts of the vast territories it controls.Some of the privately owned broadcasters in Kismayu and Baidoa, respectively 500 km and 240 km south of Mogadishu and Jowhar, 90 km north of Mogadishu, had been confiscated by Al-Shabaab officials. The one installed in Galgadud must be the forth one, all of them known as Al-Andalus media.Al-Andalus is an Arabic name for Iberian Peninsula, a name given during the long reign of a Muslim Khalipha in the 1st millennium in Southern Europe.Some people suspect that the powerful FM-Radio that can reach as far as Galkayo town in Puntland, 749 km north of Mogadishu, is the same FM System allegedly looted from the Somaliweyn, an independent media in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab militants.The managers of Somaliweyn Radio have repeatedly said that Al-Shabaab had not returned the FM broadcasting system despite pleas. The once popular station in North Mogadishu still remains silent.Observers forecast that the next Al-Andalus station will be fixed in Marka town, 110 south of Mogadishu. The TFG refurbished Mogadishu Radio nine months ago and it has become so powerful that radical Islamist groups opposing the government prohibited people in their areas from listening to it.Meanwhile, heavy clashes between fighters loyal to Al-Shabaab and pro-government forces broke out on Sunday afternoon. Heavy exchange of fire and shelling has caused deaths and injuries. One mortar shell that landed in the government area in the ancient Hamarweyne district hit a Koran Madrasa school, injuring at least 10 children.The most affected districts include Bondhere and Shibs that are both very close to Villa Somalia, the seat of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who is out of the country, visiting Egypt.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979
Sultan Kenadid
.jpg)
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
Somalia
No comments:
Post a Comment