Somali government launches own TV station, 1st in conflict-ridden country in 2 decades

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's president inaugurated the country's first government-run TV station in two decades in the war-ravaged capital on Monday.
Islamist militants battling President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed's fragile administration have several radio stations aimed at promoting anti-government messages.
Ahmed called the launch of the new TV station a "very big step." He urged the station's staff to work for unity in Somalia.
In 2009, Ahmed's government began countering Islamist propaganda on its Mogadishu-based radio station. It has since succeeded in denting the Islamists' image.
The country's prime minister, meanwhile, said Monday that the government has asked the U.N. to relocate their Somalia offices from neighbouring Kenya to Mogadishu.
Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said the relocation to Somalia's capital would have a positive impact on the country. Mohamed said he asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ensure a pledge to move the U.N. offices to Mogadishu within 90 days.
Somalia has been mired in conflict since 1991.  AP

President Obama has been praised for his success in the death of Osama bin Laden. However, Do you realize what it takes to execute such a mission. This infographic illustrates the process, from Oval office to battlefield, of how crucial each role plays.

President Obama has been praised for his success in the death of Osama bin Laden. However, many Americans do not realize what it takes to execute such a mission. This infographic illustrates the process, from Oval office to battlefield, of how crucial each role plays.

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Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed give's the U-N 90 days to move from nairobi to muqdisho: Somali PM Mohamed orders UN to return to Mogadishu : Warsaxaafa​deed "Hay’adaha QM waa inay u soo guuraan Muqdisho 90 cisho gudahood"

Somali PM Mohamed orders UN to return to Mogadishu
The prime minister of Somali transitional federal government ordered the United Nations agencies to relocate its offices to Mogadishu, the capital city of the horn of Africa nation.

In a press conference held in the capital, Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed said that the all Un agencies should come to Mogadishu within 90 days.

He said that the UN should witness the deteriorating situation of Somali society and held them directly.

He also pointed out the United Nations should also see the performance and developments Somali government stride in the last few months in its fighting against wha he called Al shabaab militants.

Mohammed called for Augustine Mahiga, the UN envoy to move to Mogadishu and set up his office in the capital of Somalia.

He said that the security in the capital is reliable and dependable as different embassies are right now operating in the capital, adding that if the UN is serous, its agencies should operate in Mogadishu.

The statement of Somali prime minister comes as the cabinet has already boycotted to attend UN organized meeting for Somalia factions.

Warsaxaafadeed

Hay’adaha QM waa inay u soo guuraan Muqdisho 90 cisho gudahood
(Muqdisho – Isniin, 04 April 2011) Maadama Dalka Soomaaliya uu muddo 20 sano ah ku jiray xaalado adag, isla markaana hay’adihii dastuuriga ahaa ay soo mareen marxalado kala duwan ayaa hadda waxaa muuqda ifafaalo horumar oo u baahan in si wadajir ah looga wada shaqeeyo sidii loo sii xoojin lahaa dadaalada socda oo ay ka mid yihiin soo celinta amniga, dib-u-habeynta dhaqaalaha, maamul wanaaga, dib-u-heshiisiinta iyo sidii shacabka somaaliyeed loo gaarsiin lahaa adeegyada muhiimka ah.
Si haddaba loo dardargeliyo horumarka la sameeyey waxaa muhiim ah in dhammaan hay’adaha dastuuriga ah ee DFKMG ah, bulshada soomaaliyeed qeybahooda kala duwan iyo caalamkaba ay kaalin mug leh ka qaataan sidii ummadda soomaaliyeed looga saari lahaa marxalladan adag loona gaarsiin lahaa horumar iyo barwaaqo.
Caqabadaha heeysta ummadda Soomaaliyeed ayaa waxaa ka mid ah hay’adihii Qaramada Midoobey oo aan la joogin shacabka Soomaaliyeed oo aan fadhigoodu aheyn Dalka gudihiisa. Waxaa hubaal ah in haddii hay’adahan uu fadhigoodu noqon lahaa caasimadda Muqdisho in xaaladda dalka uu wax weyn iska bedeli lahaa.
Sidaas daraadeed Xukuumadda FKMG ah iyadoo ka duuleysa waajibaadka ka saaran shacabkeeda iyo sidii loo xaqiijin lahaa in ummadda Soomaaliyeed la gaarsiiyo adeegyada bulshada sida gar-gaarka bani’aadanimo ayaa waxey go’aamisay in dhammaan hay’adaha Qaramada Midoobey ee ku howlan arrimaha Soomaaliya ay u soo guuraan magaalada Muqdisho muddo 90 maalmood ah gudahooda, si ay u sahlanaato in shacabka Soomaaliyeed loo fidiyo gargaarka ay sida deg-dega ah ugu baahanyihiin.
Xukuumadda FKMG ah waxey hubtaa in aysan danta ummadda Soomaaliyeed ku jirin in Nayroobi ay sii joogaan hay’adaha loogu talo galay inay u adeegaan bulshada Soomaaliyeed. Soo guurista hay’adaha QM ee Muqdisho waxey wax badan ka bedeli doontaa xaaladda guud sida amniga, abuurista shaqada, kobcinta dhaqaalaha iyo horumarka guud oo ay bulshadu si weyn ugu baahantahay.
Mar haddii marar badan ay Xoghayaha Guud ee QM Ban Ki-Moon iyo Ergeyga gaarka ah ee Xoghayaha Guud ee QM Augustine Mahiga ay sheegeen inay ka go’antahay in dhammaan hay’adaha QM ay u soo guurayaan Muqdisho, waxaa la joogaa waqtiga laga dhabeyn lahaa ballanqaadyadaas. DFKMG ah waxey ka codsaneysaa QM inay arrinkan siiyaan muhiimada uu leeyahay oo ay muddada 90ka maalmood gudahood ugu soo guuraan.

Ugu danbeyntii waxaan u mahadcelinayaa bulshada qeybaheeda kala duwan ee taageerada joogtada ah siiyey Dowladda, sida oday dhaqameedyada, dumarka, dhalinyarada iyo qeybaha kale ee bulshada oo shucuurta si joogta ah ugu muujiyey sida ay u taageersanyihiin Dowladooda.
-DHAMAAD-
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Garad Salad HersiPress Officer office of the Prime Minister Mogadishu, Somalia   

Isaaq clan aka somaliland Man Name Mohamed Hersi Terrorism suspect planning to fight in Somalia nailed by Canadian cops

Canadian law enforcement officers arrested a man who allegedly sought to travel to Somalia to join the terrorist group Al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda.

The suspect, 25-year-old Mohamed Hersi, was stopped at Toronto Pearson airport on Tuesday, Canadian police said in a press statement.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said he was bound for Cairo, then Somalia. Hersi appeared in a Brampton, Ontario, courtroom Wednesday and was remanded into custody until Friday when he was formally charged.
Police gave little information about him, only that he is a Canadian citizen and quit his job in preparation for the trip. Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militia trying to overthrow Somalia's transitional government.He planned to join Al-Shabaab, which the US and Canada consider a terror group, and "participate in their terrorist activities," police said.
Hersi was charged under Canadian federal law with attempting to participate in terrorist activity and with providing counsel to a person to participate in such activity, police said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said more information on the suspect will be forthcoming. A U.S. law enforcement official told the Law Enforcement Examiner that an anti-terror police unit began investigating Hersi in October, and arrested him without incident after learning he planned to "travel to Somali to hook up with Al-Shabaab."

Al-Shabaab, which loosely translates to “The Youth,” operates as a terrorist organization whose objective is the violent overthrow of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the ouster of African Union support, and the imposition of Shariah law in Somalia.

 

While Al-Shabaab operates mainly in Somalia and North Africa, there have been suspects captured in the U.S. For example, American law enforcement officers nailed a Somali national after he attempted to blow up an improvised explosive device at a Christmas tree lighting celebration at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon in December 2010.Terrorism suspect planning to fight in Somalia nailed by Canadian cops

 

Secessionist Somaliland is becoming Africa's 'terrorism secret'

 

Is it true that there is relation between Dahabshil and Ahmed Godane’s group al-shabaab ?Connecting the Dots..Terrorist financiers infighting.

Al Shabab leader Ahmed Godane aka Sheik Mokhtar Abu-Zubeyr is From Somaliland
Region of Somalia

 

 

War of Folly in SSC

update on Somalia: Threat of Clan Politics and Colonial Demarcations

For  Somaliland, the war in SSC is not only unnecessary and costly but is also  counterproductive. This war is also very destructive for the people of SSC. And  like the previous wars in Somalia, the end result is predictable: More loss of  life, destruction of property, and further political fragmentation of the  Somalis.

In  the 20 years of claim to independence, Somaliland has achieved very little in  development. Any visitor to Hargeisa immediately notices the debilitated  conditions of its roads. Public services, such as education and health care,  are almost nonexistent. If a school is needed to be built in a certain  community, the application is submitted to a foreign aid agency, instead of the  Somaliland Education Ministry. Anyone in Somaliland who needs a routine medical  diagnosis must travel Addis Ababa, Djibouti or some other foreign city. The  Finance Minister of Somaliland and other dignitaries are among those who have  recently made such a trip. More than 50% of the workforce in Somaliland is  unemployed. The majority of the residents in Hargeisa cannot get running water  in their homes, and those who do, have to wait days for their turn. The taxes  at the port of Berbera are the highest among the Somali ports. As a result,  most of the merchants in Somaliland import goods through the neighbouring port  of Bosaso. This is reason that once bustling city of Berbera has become a ghost  town.   Despite these and many other  challenges faced by the population under the Somaliland administration, the  politicians are eager to spend Somaliland's meager resources on a war of  attrition in the SSC. According to a minister in the current Somaliland  administration, close to 70% of Somaliland's budget is allocated for security.  Presumably, the larger chunk of the security budget is spent on men and armour  to maintain garrisons in SSC. This is pure folly.

The  argument put forward to justify this folly is that bringing SSC under the  Somaliland administration will strengthen Somaliland's quest for international  recognition. Given the recently Somali history, this is madness. The regime of  Siad Barre had far more firepower and resources than Somaliland. Yet it failed  to put down the insurgency that led to its fall. The error that Siad Barre made  was that he tried to solve a political challenge by a military means.  Somaliland is today committing a similar mistake.

The  people in SSC regions do not share the grievances that are the basis for the  secessionist ideology in Somaliland and they are as difficulty to be subjugated  into submission as were those in Hargeisa and Burao in the late 1980s. Somalis  don't like to be ruled by people and regimes they don't like. Therefore,  Somaliland's military campaign in SSC is in effect counterproductive. It will  harden the resolve of those who already oppose Somaliland. Furthermore, the  longer the conflict drags on the more likely that the minority in SSC who  currently support Somaliland will be driven into the opposition camp.  As a consequence, the military campaign in SSC  will achieve nothing other than destruction.

Resolution  of this conflict is good for both Somaliland and SSC. It will allow Somaliland  to spend more of its meager resources on such things as digging more wells to  supply water for residents of its capital. And it is good for the people of  SSC. The SSC regions are among the least developed of the regions of the former  Somali Republic. With this conflict over, the people there can start spending  their resources on development. A negotiated, peaceful settlement, if pursued,  will lead to the best outcome for both parties.

How  can a negotiated settlement be reached? There are three possible choices: 1)  Somaliland persuades the people of SSC to join it without change of its current  orientation; 2) Somaliland and SSC part ways; 3) Somaliland changes course and  pursues establishment of inclusive non-secessionist Northern administration.  These all seem hard choices given the prevailing mindset of the politicians,  but the alternative is more bloodshed, suffering, and hatred between the  brotherly peoples. This must not be allowed to go on.

Dr. Mohamed Musa
        E-Mail:mbeddel@yahoo.ca

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Sir culus iyo warbixino murugo leh :British Embassy in Nairobi looking ways to arm secessionist North-West Somalia– Somaliland. In a letter addressed to TFG
Ambassador to Kenya : SNM, USC working together .British ambassador to Kenya advocating removing UN arms embargo on Somalia.What is the true motivation behind all this ? To Destroy somali national sovereignty and territorial
integrity . UK government want to supply arms to One-Clan secessionist Enclave
rebels in Northern Somali province aka somaliland for Injustice War against
Northern Somali Unionist Movement . pro-Somali unity Army ssc

Silanyo Proposes Power-sharing Between SNM and
USC

'7 al-Shabab fighters killed in Somalia'

A report says that at least seven al-Shabab fighters have been killed and several others injured as government forces attacked their base in Somalia's southern town of Dhobley.

The fighting erupted on the outskirts of Dhobley on Sunday and security forces could eventually take control of the town, security official Major Mohamed Farah said, confirming the death toll.
Heavy machine guns, mortars and anti-aircraft guns were used in the exchange of fire that wounded at least 20 people, including civilians, the witnesses said.Fighting has turned more violent since Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced a new offensive on February 23 and said that 17,000 African Union and Somali soldiers will continue to fight to shatter al-Shabab's hold on the capital Mogadishu and other cities.Dozens of government soldiers, opposition fighters and civilians have since been killed and injured on a daily basis, reducing the possibility of reaching a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since   the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration  was overthrown by (usc  group   caydiid ) all Hawiye Clan warlords  with (snm  group)  with  isaaq clan (siilaanyo)  warlors today one clan enclave so call somaliland  northern somalia  in 1991. Lack of coordination among government forces, who are barely trained and seldom get paid, has for long barred the government's promise of a full-scale war against opposition fighters. Fighting, famine and disease have led to the death of nearly one million people in the African country and crushed all government efforts at restoring security.
There are more than 1.4 million internally displaced persons in Somalia. More than 300,000 of them are sheltered in Mogadishu alone.

Silanyo Proposes Power-sharing Between SNM and USC

Cabinet ministers and lawmakers taking assessment tour at recently seized districts. Video of TFG members visiting Gedo region

A high delegation of the Somali government officials are touring some of the district which the Somali government has recently taken from the Islamist faction of Al-Shabab in a deadly battle.

These officials have started their tour from, the first district which the Somali government has ousted from Al-Shabab [Bula-Hawo].

In Bula-Hawo distrcts the officials have met with the commanders of the Somali military officers and those of the moderate Islamist faction of Ahlu-Suunah Waljama who were supporting the Somali government in their win over Al-Shabab fighters. Some of the prominent figures of these Somali government officials are the minister for finance Hon: Hussein Abdi Halane, the state minister for the

ministry of sea and land transportation Hon: Abdirashid Hajji Derow, the deputy minister of the ministry of defense Hon: Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig, some other members of parliament and other high ranking military officers.

The purpose of the tour of the government officials is mainly to assess the areas where the government has recently ousted from the fighters of Al-Shabab , to morally support the government soldiers on the ground and to give significant guidelines to the soldiers.

The deputy minister of the ministry of defense has talked to terror free somalia  over the cable during the first leg of their assessment tour.

“The main objective of our assessment tour is to seriously scrutinize the achievements made by the government soldiers and their commanders in Gedo region, and what they really need in order to advance further in the other regions in the country where the radical so called Islamist is now occupying, and we hope soon Somalia will be Al-Shabab free country” said Hidig.

This will be the first such a high delegation of the Somali government to reach some parts of Gedo region, after the seizure of the Somali government soldiers of 3 strategic district in the region.

Odayaasha dhaqanka Soomaaliye​ed oo maanta ka hor yimid shirka Niarobi, taageerayn​a go’aankii dowladda (SAWIRO)

Shir jaraa’id oo ay maanta ku qabteen xaruntooda magaalada Muqdisho odayaasha dhaqanka ee beelaha Soomaaliyeed ayay kaga hadleen marxaladda kala guurka ah ee dalku marayo, shirka lagu wado inuu ka dhoco magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya iyo muddo kororsiga Dowladda ee halka sano aheyd.

Bayaankan oo uu saxaafada u aqriyay Maxamed Xasan Xaad ayaa ka koobnaa saddex qodob iyagoo ugu horeyntii dowladda Federaalka uga mahadceliyay aqbalaadii ay odayaasha dhaqanka ka aqbaleen in aysan ka qeyb gelin shirka Nairobi ee ay qaban qaabisay Q/midoobay kaasoo loogu magac daray shirka wadatashiga Soomaalida laguna casuumay maamul goboleedyada magac ahaan hoostaga DFKMG iyo urur horay ula midoobay Dowladda Federaalka isla markaana xubno muhiim ah ku leh xukuumada iyo qeybaha kale ee dowladda.

Sidoo kale, bayaanka ayay odayaashu ku taageereen muddadii halka sano aheyd ee ay xukuumada Federaalka KMG ah ee Soomaaliya ay go’aamisay in loogu daro dhamaan hay’addaha Dastuuriga ah ee dowladda, si loo dhameystiro howlaha qabyada ah ee ka haray mudada kala guurka ah.
“Beesha Caalamka waxaan ugu baaqeynaa in dadka Soomaaliyeed ay ku taageeraan danahooda balse aysan u aqrin waxa ay iyagu soo abaabuleen oo ay ka leeyihiin dano gaar ah” ayuu yiri Nabadoon Xaad oo xusay in xalka Soomaaliya uusan ku jirin shir dibaddaha lagu qabto balse loo baahan yahay shir kasta oo la qabanayo in lagu qabto dalka gudihiisa go’aan ka gaaristiisana loo madaxbaneeyo Soomaalida.

Axmed Diiriye Cali oo isna ka hadlay goobta ayaa eedeyn u jeediyay wakiilka gaarka ah ee Q/midoobay u qaabilsan Soomaaliya Dr. Augostine Mahiga oo uu sheegay inuu uga baxay balan ay ku soo wada galeen isaga iyo odayaasha dhaqanka dalka Jabuuti taasoo aheyd in shir kasta oo looga hadlayo danaha Soomaaliya inuu ka dhoco dalka gudihiisa isla markaana ay qeyb ka noqdaan dadka hogaamiyeyaasha u ah ummadda Soomaaliyeed.
Dhanka kale, odayaasha dhaqanka Soomaaliyeed waxay shacabka ugu baaqeen inay ka soo qeybgalaan isu soo baxyo ballaaran oo ka dhici doona gobolada dalka iyo caasimadda Muqdisho kuwaasoo lagu muujinayo diidamada shirka Nairobi.
Maxamed Xuseen Ugaas
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"Ahla Sunna is distrusted because it gets military support from Ethiopia" http://is.gd/OHrKLN, so do Puntland, Somaliland, & Galmudug

Somalia’s high court judge sworn in Mogadishu :Warsaxaafa​deed shirka golaha Wasiirada 02.04.2011

MOGADISHU (tf.sf) – Somalia’s high court judge was on Sunday sworn one after he was nominated.

After well organized ceremony held in Villa Somalia marking the nomination of Aydid Abdullahi Ilka Hanaf as the chief of Somali Supreme Court, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the president of Somalia and Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed better known as Farmajo, the prime minister have attended the ceremony.

At the opening the ceremony, Abdullahi Abyan Nur, Somalia’s justice minister have sworn the new high court chief.

Mohammed, the premier, who spoke at the occasion, said that Somali cabinet ministers chose Ilka Hanaf as Somalia’s high court judge after more deliberations and discussions.

For his part, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the leader of the country urged the chief of high court to live up his national duties and keep the justice.

Warsaxaafadeed

(Muqdisho - Sabti, 02 April 2011)-----Shiraan caadi aheyn oo ay Golaha Wasiiradu yeesheen maanta oo uu shir-guddoominayeyRa’iisul Wasaaraha Somalia Mudane Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ayaa waxaa loogahadlay arrimo dhowr ah oo ay ka mid yihiin marxaladda kala guurka ah iyomagacaabista Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Sare.

Kadib markii Wasiirka Garsoorka, caddaaladda iyo arrimaha Diinta uu soo hordhigaygolaha qorshe ku saabsan dib-u-habeyn logu sameynayo Garsoorka dalka, islamarkaana lagu howlgelinayo maxkamadihii dalka ayuu u soo gudbiyey taariikhnololeedka shaqsiga buuxiyey dhammaan shuruudihii looga baahnaa GuddoomiyahaMaxkamada Sare. Dood dheer ka dib Golahu waxuu isku raacay in loo magacaaboxilka Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Sare Avv.Ceydiid Cabdullahi Ilka Xanaf.

Ra’iisulWasaaraha ayaa sheegay in Xilligan kala guurka ah loo baahanyahay wadajir, iyowadashaqeyn dhammaan hay’adaha dastuuriga ah iyo sidii Dowladdu ay udardargelin laheyd howlaha muhiimka ah ee loo hayo shacabka soomaaliyeed sida sugiddaamniga, iyo wadatashiga dhammaan qeybaha kala duwan ee bulshada oo ay ku jiraanmaamul goboleedyada iyo Somalida Qurbo joogta ah.

Dooddheer ka dib golahu waxuu sidoo kale isku raacay in la sameeyo guddiyadan hoosku xusan si loo dardargeliyo howlaha muhiimka ah isla markaana si habsami leh loogagudbo marxalladan kala guurka ah. Guddiyaddaas oo kala ah:

Guddiga     Siyaasadda iyo la shaqeynta bulshada caalamka;
Guddiga     Difaaca Qaranka iyo sugidda amniga;
Guddiga     arrimaha Baarlamaanka;
Guddiga     ururinta dhaqaalaha Difaaca Qaranka iyo
Guddiga     Abaabulka bulshada soomaaliyeed ee dalka gudihiisa iyo qurbojoogta     soomaaliyeed.
          
-DHAMAAD-

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Garad Salad Hersi Press Officer office of the Prime Minister         

Forces allied with Somalia’s government drive Islamist militants out of town near Kenya also 3 killed, injured Al Shabaab Fighters Brought to Kismayo10 wounded in Mogadishu fighting

update on Somalia's civil war : A bloody border

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A commander allied with Somalia’s government says pro-government forces captured a town near Kenya from al-Qaida-linked militants after hours of fighting.
Abdikafi Farah of the Ras Kabmoni Group that is allied with the fragile Somali government says hundreds of pro-government fighters forced al-Shabab militants to flee Dobley town early Sunday.
Pro-government troops have made gains against Islamist militants in southern Somalia in recent weeks. The troops forced the militants to abandon several western towns and strategic places in Mogadishu.
Dobley’s capture is part of an offensive aimed at ending militants’ lock on much of the country’s southern and central regions.
Somalia has been mired in violence since 1991. AP

3 killed, 10 wounded in Mogadishu fighting

MOGADISHU – At least 3 people were killed and 10 others injured after heavy fighting and shelling between Somali government forces supported militarily by AMISOM forces and Al shabaab fighters rocked parts of Mogadishu on Sunday night.

Reports say that the fighting erupted after Al shabaab fighters waged a coordinated attacks different government and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu.

Most of the clashes have jolted the districts of Hodan and Howlwadag in the center of the capital city, Mogadishu.

Some of the bombardment exchanges are said to have landed far away from battle zones.

injured Al Shabaab Fighters Brought to Kismayo

Kismayo — Dozens of injured Al shabaab fighters from Dholey town, where fighting between Somali forces and Al shabaab took place one day ago, were brought to Kismayo town, about 500 KM south of Mogadishu.
Sources confirmed Shabelle Media Network that the wounded Al shabaab fighters were admitted medical facilities at the center of Kismayo town.
The number of the wounded is said were seven, three of them were high ranking Al shabaab officials.

Also, Hassan Abdurrahman Gumarey, an Al shabaab official was confirmed dead in the fighting that on Sunday rocked the border town of Dhabley.
Some reports suggested that during the battle, aerial strikes on were targeted Al shabaab officials, killing number of Al shabaab military officers.
Raskamboni fighters claimed that they have killed 35 of Al shabaab fighters killed in Dhabley battles

Al Shabaab confiscates relief agency headquarters in southern Somalia

Abdi Hajji Hussein - AHN News Correspondent

Marka, Somalia (AHN) - More fighters loyal to al Qaeda's surrogate in the Horn of Africa have stormed and confiscated the headquarters of several relief agencies, which opted to weather-out operating in southern Somalia despite a ban from al Shabaab.

A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, told All Headline News from Marka, a town about 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of Mogadishu, that al Shabaab militants looted equipment such as cars and computers belonging to World Concern and Water for Life (WFL) as well as several local relief organizations. The witness believed no aid workers fell into the hands of the hard-line Islamic terror group, but said local residents are outraged.

Hundreds of local residents in Marka and villages nearby expressed how they are sorry for militants' looting, taking to the streets to protest.

Mohammed Abdi Adam, the director of Water for Life is still missing after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in July 2008, while traveling in the lower Shabelle region.

"WFL helped Somali needy people in the region and set up free of charge schools to support poor children who can't afford to pay tuition fees while in education," Hassan Yasin, 56, told AHN.

Mr. Yasin said that hundreds of poor children in the region will miss their opportunity to continue education as the country hasn't had an effective functioning central government and WFL was forced to desert Somalia.

Since 2010, al Shabaab has banned more than 20 international aid agencies from operating south-central Somalia.

Somalia´s foreign minister kicks out UN and UNCHR scumbags (Warsaxaafadeed)“Persona Non Grata”

press release translation English
Mogadishu (tf.sf) The ministry of foreign affairs of the transitional federal government of Somalia has issued banning on two senior officials of the United Nations offices from the country.A letter from office of the foreign ministry said that the two officials are named as; – Scott Campbell, head of UNHCHR for Africa field operations, and Sandra Beidas, head of the human rights section for the UN Political Office for Somalia [UNPOS].
“The ministry of foreign affairs.. has the honor to convey Mr. Scott Campell and Ms. Sandra
Beidas Persona Non-Grata from Henceforth”, the letter said.“The UN Human rights committee did not accomplish all the agreements concerning the rights of  Somali people and rebuild of the rights and legal agencies. Also there are individuals who have become blockage to our effort on how we could succeed on protecting human rights”, the foreign ministry statement completed.
Sahra Mohamed Ali Samatar, the state minister of the office of Somalia prime minister
also said in a press statement the prime minister hails the Decision.“Our country is strong, we need to demonstrate our nationhood and our ability and also protect hurdles in our front face”, she said speaking
to media.
“On behalf of the office of the prime minister we support the decision and we can not permit the pair function in our country”, Sahra
added.The banning of the two United Nations officials came when the
cabinet hold very crucial meeting in the capital, Mogadishu as Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed was chairing.The government also boycotted UN especial envoy’s proposed agenda on political dialogue which will be held in Nairobi next week.
original reporting  somali
Warsaxaafadeed
Muqdisho,April, 02.2011------Anigooah wasiirudowlaha xafiiska Ra’iisal wasaaraha isla markaana ah u qaybsanahaxukuumadda Soomaaliya arrimaha xuquuqda aadanaha, waxaan halkaan ku xusayaa inay lagama maarmaan tahay in wadankeena uu yeesho awoodii uu ku ilaalin lahaaxuquuqda aadanaha si aan u dhowrno dhamaan xuquuqda muwaadiniinta Soomaaliyeed.
Waxaan halkan uga mahadcelinayaa dadka nagucaawinayaa sidii aan guul uga gaari laheyn arrimaaha dhowrista xaquuqdaaadanaha, hase ahaatee waxaa jiraa shaqsiyaad doonaya in ay is hortaagaan sidiiaan oga guul gaari laheyn dadaalkeena ku wajahan dhowrista xaquuqda aadanaha.
Caqbadaha na hortaagan waxaa ka mid ah inguddiga caalamiga ee xuquuqda aadanaha in uu san fulinin balan qaadyadii kuaadanaa xoojinta iyo dib-udhiska hay’adaha dhowra xaquuqda aadanaha iyo kuwasharciga qaabilsan sida maxkamadaha, sharci dijiyaaasha, Nabadsugida,waxbarashada iyo wacyigalinta dadwaynaynaha.
Sidaasi owgeed, waxaan halkan ku taageerayaa go’aankaka soo baxay Wasaaradda Arrimaha dibadda “PersonaNon Grata”, kaasoo ay kaga mamnuuceen inay soo galaan gudaha dalkaSoomaaliya isla markaana aysan wax shaqo ah fulin karin Mr. Scott Cambell oo ah madaxa Afrikada bari iyo koofurta eexafiiska sarre xaquuqda aadanaha ee Qaramada midoobay (Office High Commissionerfor Human Rights –OHCHR-) iyo Mrs.Sandara Beidas oo iyadana ah wakiilka Qaramada midoobay ee xuquuqdaaadanaha isla markaan ah madaxa qaybta xaquuqul insaanka ee xafiiska siyaasaddaQ/midoobay ee Soomaaliya (UNPOS) laguna wargaliyay dhamaan hay’adaha ku shaqadaleh socdaalka “Persona non Grata” sidaa darteed ayaa wasaaradda arimaha dibaddaay “Note Verabal” ugu dirtay hay’adahaQ/midoobay oo ay ka wakiil tahay UNPOS.
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Somali transitional government needs new mandate:AMISOM official Ugandan Gen. Nathan Mugisha Agree With It somali pm farmaajo one year

update on Somalia: Government Extends Its Mandate for One
Year

 

MOGADISHU (tf.sf) – TheAfrican Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force commander said Friday he sees no way of managing Somalia’spolitical transition other than by extending the mandate of the transitional government (TFG).

“I don’t see any other alternative than that,” Ugandan Gen.Nathan Mugisha said, referring to a one year extension of the TFG’s mandate.“There is no other option, unfortunately.”

“We cannot interrupt the efforts toward pacification.Stabilization has started … we need partners on the other side, AMISOM can notdo this job alone without the TFG,” he said in an interview at the force’s  base.

 

The mandates of the transitional government and Parliament were both supposed to end in August after an earlier two-year extension. Themandate of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmad was also supposed to end in August.

“The TFG is doing a good job, but they’re facing a lot of challenges, political, security, financial. They have done their best,” Mugisha said.

“The extremists are now disorganized,” he said, referring tothe Al-Qaeda-affiliated rebels, Al-Shabaab, who still control nearly all of south and central Somalia and a large part of the capital.

“They are disadvantaged,” the force commander said,referring to gains made by the government forces and AMISOM over the past month. “Once you disrupt the TFG, then you disempower AMISOM and you’re playing the game of Al-Shabaab.”

Meanwhile, Kenyahas expressed concern over the instability in Somalia as cross-border raids byinsurgents increase and a steady influx of refugees cross the porous frontier.

“Kenya is concerned about the fluid and unpredictable situation in Somalia,”President Mwai Kibaki said during a meeting with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon lateThursday. “I look forward to the U.N. Security Council playing its rightful role in ending the protracted internal strife in Somalia for the sake of millions of innocent people.”

Source: AFP

Somali PM says he needs one more year

"Ahla Sunna is distrusted because it gets military support from Ethiopia" http://is.gd/OHrKLN, so do Puntland, Somaliland, & Galmudug

Heartache: Al Shabaab's top 'official' admits more failures, defeat

Al Qaeda's Somali arm is in a world of hurt or something. No wonder they are recruiting stupid Canadian chicks, they are running out of child soldiers
Via AHN

An al Shabaab top official on Friday admitted that his group has suffered countless losses fighting with Somalia’s internationally recognized government. The admission comes as the Somali government started anti-militant operations and vowed it will decimate al Shabaab.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, an al Shabaab official, said Somali troops and African Union peacekeepers are well equipped and trained and that facilitates them to defeat the hard-line group in Mogadishu’s recent battles.
Aweys mentioned most of their attacks are right now turned into guerrilla attacks or hit and run attacks as their fighters can’t tolerate the excessive and heavy bombardments Somali army backed by AMISOM forces use during combats.

Wish to hell the American traitor Omar Hammami (aka Abu Monsour Al-Amriki) was one of those heavy losses.

Watch your six Hammami, watch your six.. via jawa

Al Shabaab orders Somali school to pay monthly "contribution" Al-Qaida Links al-shabaab Imposes Jihad Tax on school children

Al Shabaab militants, the al Qaeda proxy in Somalia, have ordered Somali teachers and their school children to pay a monthly contribution to help finance the group’s combat operations against the United Nations-backed government and African Union peacekeepers in the capital.
During a meeting with school principals in the Elasha Biyaha neighborhood outside the capital on Friday, militants declared Somali students must pay one dollar and as well as every teacher must pay 10% of their salary at the end of every month.
“The holy war in Somalia will continue and every Somali must take part in the war that means if you cannot come to the battle zone you have to contribute money to the holly war,” senior al Shabaab leader Sheik Fu’ad Mohamed Qalaf told school principals.
A Somali school teacher who demanded anonymity because of security reasons told All Headlines News that the latest order from al Shabaab cannot be met because of the amount of money they are demanding.
“We live in a very poor situation because the monthly salary we take doesn’t even cover the whole needs of our families and most of the students we have don’t pay school fees because they include orphans and some from poorer families so how they can be able to pay one dollar per month,” the anonymous teacher told AHN on Saturday.
For the past several months al Shabaab have been suffering from economical problems and that is because most of the big companies whom they used to take money by force moved from the militant hotbed Bakaara market to the government controlled- side of the capital.
Last month, al Shabaab ordered business owners in the Elasha Biyaha neighborhood to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash as contribution to their ongoing conflict against the central government. Elasha Biyaha is home to more than 1.5 million people who fled from their homes in the capital Mogadishu.AHN

Pirates attack UAE ship in Arabian Sea: statement

ABU DHABI — An Abu Dhabi-owned ship has come under attack from pirates in the Arabian Sea while sailing from Australia to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, state news agency WAM said Saturday.
The bulk carrier MV Arrilah-I, was attacked in the early hours of Friday, WAM said quoting a statement by the Abu Dhabi government-owned operator.
"We have been assured that all crew members are safe and in good health. Company management is monitoring the situation closely in coordination with relevant government authorities," it said, without specifying clearly that the vessel had been hijacked.
The statement also did not specify where the ship was in the Arabian Sea when the attack happened.
M.V. Arrilah-I is a "37,000 metric tonne deadweight, Handy Size Bulk Carrier", according to the statement,
It is owned by Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company (ADNATCO) and National Gas Shipping Company (NGSCO) which are subsidiaries of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC, and own and operate a fleet of carriers for transporting LNG, petroleum products and sulfur.
They are also involved in the marine transportation of petroleum products, ship bunkering and the bulk transportation of sulphur.  AFP

Somalia conflict, refugees a concern, Kenya tells UN

update on Dadaab refugee camps: 20 years of living in crisis

NAIROBI, April 1 (Reuters) - Kenya has expressed concernover the instability in Somalia as cross-border raids byinsurgents increase and a steady influx of refugees cross theporous frontier.
Fighting between Somali government troops and al ShabaabIslamist insurgents has forced hundreds of thousands to flee thelawless Horn of Africa nation, with Kenya hosting more than500,000 in several camps.
"Kenya is concerned about the fluid and unpredictablesituation in Somalia," President Mwai Kibaki said during ameeting with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon late on Thursday.
"I look forward to the U.N. Security Council playing itsrightful role in ending the protracted internal strife inSomalia for the sake of millions of innocent people," Kibakisaid.
Ban is in Kenya to launch a progress report on the fightagainst HIV and AIDS, as well as for talks with Kenyan and U.N.officials.
Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels have been fightingSomalia's interim government since 2007, and have beenthreatening to attack Kenya in retaliation for its support ofthe administration.
Kenyan security officials said on Wednesday they repelled anattack on a police station by al Shabaab fighters who weretrying to steal arms, the latest in a series of attacks alongthe frontier.
Al Shabaab controls large swathes of central and southernSomalia, which has not had an effective central government sincethe 1991 overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
But government troops and allied militia have been fightingback for control of some towns.
In the latest push, government troops backed by fightersfrom the pro-government Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca group attacked andretook control of Dobley town in the south early on Friday.
"We have been hearing heavy shelling and gunfire since 5 am,"town resident Daud Ali told Reuters by phone as fighting raged.
"Both sides are indiscriminate while firing. We are forcedto move inside (our homes) since the Kenya side is a no-go zonefor us," he said. (Editing by Helen Nyambura and Louise Ireland)

Somalia's civil war : A bloody border

IN THE past few months a force of the African Union (AU), consisting mainly of Ugandans and Burundians, has gained ground in Mogadishu, Somalia’s battered capital, pushing the rebels of the Shabab, the jihadist movement linked to al-Qaeda, back to the fringes of the city. That offensive may, however, be faltering, following the death in battle of a score of Burundian soldiers and rising tension between the AU forces and those of Somalia’s transitional government.
Lately the war has also intensified to the west and south of Mogadishu, which was previously under Shabab control. Fighters of Ahla Sunna Waljama, a Sufi group which has been fighting the Shabab in central Somalia, say they have taken control of several towns close to the border with Kenya and Ethiopia. As a result, thousands of Somalis have fled across the porous border into Kenya, which now hosts 260,000 registered Somali refugees, along with hundreds of thousands of unregistered ones.
The Shabab says it is still in charge of the south and south-west. It has asserted its authority in some border towns by lopping off limbs or even the heads of men they accuse of fighting against them. The Shabab has also accused Kenya’s government of sending its forces into Somalia to help the feeble but internationally recognised transitional government. Sensitive to the views of Kenya’s 2m-plus ethnic Somalis, who favour a policy of non-intervention, Kenyan officials deny such direct involvement.
Most of the recently displaced Somalis have taken shelter in and around the Kenyan town of Mandera. Kenya says it has arrested a number of Shabab fighters in the town, including some non-Somali jihadists. Mandera’s elders are worried that the violence may be spilling over into Kenya. They express particular hostility to the reported presence of Ethiopian agents in the town. But Mandera has long been a regional hub for the sale of cattle, camels and general trade; the border with Ethiopia and Somalia is only a walk away. Safaricom, a Kenyan telecoms firm, says Mandera has the busiest mobile-phone traffic in the country.
The Shabab may be more resilient than the AU and Western countries would like. Some Somalis originally welcomed it for bringing order and for weaning locals off foreign aid. Moreover, Ahla Sunna is distrusted because it gets military support from Ethiopia, the Somalis’ ancient enemy. No single group looks capable of securing permanent control of the border. But the Shabab is on the defensive.The Economist Newspaper

Somali PM says he needs one more year

MOGADISHU (AFP) – Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed insists that he needs one more year to rid the country of an Al Qaeda affiliated Islamic insurgency and establish a stable government in war-torn Somalia.
The fragile transitional government under Mohamed owes its survival to the backing of the international community and only governs a few districts of the capital, relying heavily on the 9,000-strong African Union Mission (AMISOM) to do so.
Shebab Islamic militants control virtually all of south and central Somalia and a large part of the capital.
But in mid-February pro-government forces launched a huge offensive on several fronts, including in Mogadishu, where they have reported good progress.
"With AMISOM's help we're gaining ground every day," Mohamed said in an interview Thursday.
He said he needs about a year to finish the job and that is why his government, due to step down in August, announced on Monday that it will continue in power for another 12 months.
"We were only appointed recently... We still need some more time to defeat the Shebab. That is our priority," said Mohamed, who was appointed in November 2010.

"The solution was to prolong the government's mandate until August 2012... for here on the ground we are still at war," against the Shebab, said Mohamed, whose offices at Villa Somalia are just a few hundred metres (yards) from the frontline.
By then he expects to have finished "restoring security to Mogadishu and probably kicking the Shebab out of the rest of the south of the country."
Then authorities will be in a position to draw up a draft constitution and a new law on political parties, he said, adding "we will establish good governance and put in place a transparent system and we will revamp public services and foster national reconciliation."
The mandates of the government and the parliament were both supposed to end in August after an earlier two-year extension. The mandate of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who was elected by parliament in early 2009, was also supposed to end in August.
Aides to Sharif say the extension of the government's mandate automatically entails a prolongation of the presidential mandate.
Parliament decided unilaterally in early February to prolong its mandate by three years, drawing criticism from the international community that thinks the achievements to date of Somalia's 550 lawmakers have been meagre.
Mohamed was appointed to replace Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke who quit after a protacted dispute with Sharif that paralysed Somalia's institutions for several months.
"Our soldiers and our public servants have been paid for the past three months and that hadn't happened for the past 20 years," he said.
"Look at the town, the people who are coming back," he said, mentioning renewed commercial activity in the government-held zone in Mogadishu as well as work carried out by the municipal authorities, such as street lighting, road repair and rubbish collection.
"If we leave now before we finish our task, I am convinced the Shebab will be the ones who benefit," he said.
"Things move forward only slowly. I can't achieve miracles. I need more time."

Somali terrorists lure Toronto women

Two Somali-Canadian women who vanished from Toronto in early January travelled to Somalia and are believed to have joined Al Shabaab, say community members who fear the increasing appeal of this outlawed terrorist group among youth.
“No one knows what happened . . . how they were brainwashed,” said Mohamed Gilao of Dejinta Beesha, a Rexdale-based organization that helps Somali-Canadians.
“It’s very, very worrying.”
It is the first known case of women being recruited by Al Shabaab in North America, sending shock waves through Toronto’s Somali community.
Their disappearance is particularly troubling for those still reeling from news of the Tuesday night arrest of Mohamed Hersi, 25, at Pearson airport before boarding a flight for Cairo.
Police allege he planned to make his way to Somalia to join Shabaab. The Scarborough man, facing terror-related charges, is scheduled to appear in a Brampton court Friday to set a bail hearing.
It has long been believed that Shabaab was targeting only young men to take up arms with the Islamist youth militia.
In the United States, two Somali-born American women were indicted in 2010 for their alleged role in a fundraising scheme for the group. While fundraising efforts were focused in the U.S., they also allegedly solicited funds in Canada.
The Toronto women, believed to be good friends, are between the ages of 18 and 20. They disappeared from their west-end homes one morning in January, leaving behind unsuspecting families.
The two later emailed saying they were in Somalia, recalled a community member who knows both families and did not want his name disclosed. “They told their parents they were fine and not to look for them. Their parents are devastated. . . . They don’t know what to do.”
He said the two families had no indication their daughters were being radicalized. “They never saw it coming. Now they are very worried for the other kids, too.”
The women have since emailed their families a few times, but have never called, said another member of the Somali community.
Both women lived with their families and are believed to have been born in Canada. One was a student at the University of Toronto; it’s not clear where the other studied.
An uncle of one missing woman confirmed she was missing but did not want to talk about it.
Omar Jamal, who works with the UN’s Somali mission in New York and is well-known among the Somali diaspora in the U.S. and Canada, said women are more susceptible to indoctrination than men.
“We are slowly starting to realize that,” a shocked Jamal said in an interview. “I think the Shabaab is now targeting girls because they are believed to be more dedicated.”
In the U.S., women are still being used to collect funds from the Somali community, he added.
Back in Toronto, Canada’s spy agency has reportedly been questioning members of the community for the past couple of months about the missing women.
But the Canadian Security Intelligence Service would not comment on their disappearance or how many others they suspect have joined the ranks of the Shabaab.
“We are actively engaged in investigating security threats to Canada and Canadian interests, including the threat posed by radicalization and terrorism,” said agency spokesperson Tahera Mufti. “However, we will not publicly discuss specific operational activities or interests.”
The women are among the latest in a growing number of local youth suspected to have been recruited by the Al Qaeda-inspired movement.
Others from Toronto include a group of six young men who vanished in late 2009. Of the so-called Somali Six, Mohammed Elmi Ibrahim of Scarborough, died in battle about a year ago.
Ahmed Hussen, president of the Canadian Somali Congress, also says another man, who is about 20, fought with Shabaab between the ages of 16 to 18 but has since returned and is living in the Dixon Rd. neighbourhood known as Little Mogadishu.
Police allege Hersi, the University of Toronto science graduate arrested at the airport, also planned to take up arms.
In September, a tip about Hersi’s online activity reportedly came from his employer, a security company.
The tip was entered into the RCMP’s suspicious incident reporting system, a database which collects information on incidents involving critical infrastructure or national security.
Toronto police worked with the RCMP’s National Security Enforcement Team on Project Severe. Members of the Somali community “played a key role in providing intelligence” that helped with the case, said Hussen.
“It’s good the community is taking this very seriously and waking up to the danger of this kind of activity,” said Hussen, adding he was “deeply saddened but not surprised” by news of Hersi’s arrest.
“We’d been hearing about all these disappearances and investigations but no one had been arrested.”
The Shabaab, which is fighting the government, is often called Somalia’s Taliban. Its increasingly savvy online presence has been blamed as a possible reason for the disappearance of the young Canadians in 2009.
Somali community leaders fear other young people will be targeted as long as they feel alienated in this country, and embraced by another. Toronto star

Somali woman in terror money case to stay in jail