SIERRA LEONE: Sexual violence defies new law

SIERRA LEONE: Sexual violence defies new law

FREETOWN, 30 July 2009 (IRIN) - Sierra Leone in 2007 passed innovative laws aimed at reinforcing women's rights and clamping down on sexual violence, but as the government and social services struggle to implement the laws crimes against women remain rampant, officials say.

Up to 67 percent of urban Sierra Leonean women were victims of domestic violence in 2008, Fatu Kargbo, a director in the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs (MSWBCA) told IRIN.

Isha Bangura, director of the police Family Support Unit (FSU) - which receives most domestic abuse reports - said the most common domestic complaint they receive is physical violence.

"Most of the time women and girls are abused by people they know.[The perpetrators] are rarely strangers," said Eunice Whenzle, who heads the Rainbo Centre, a counseling and treatment clinic for raped and battered women in the capital Freetown. "We also see cases of incest," she said.

Rainbo Centre staff in the capital Freetown and in Koidu, Kailahun and Kenema are also seeing an increase in the number of teenage girls pregnant from rape on the rise, Whenzle said.

The 2007 Gender Act included a bill making violence or sexual abuse against women, including within marriage, a criminal act. Government officials and NGOs IRIN spoke with agree the act marks progress, but they could cite no cases where it has been used to successfully prosecute violators.

This is partly because there are so few lawyers or judges. In eastern Sierra Leone's Kailahun district, one magistrate services 360,000 people. He processes eight cases a day and often has to gather his own evidence when police evidence is insufficient, according to Rainbo's annual report.

Too often cases are dismissed before they enter a court at all, says the FSU's Bangura. Rape cases require a medical certificate but this is difficult to obtain in a country with one doctor for every 18,000 people according to the World Health Organization. Referral systems between the police, health services and the courts are often unclear or not standardized, leaving many women confused, according Bangura.

The FSU cannot cope. "My unit is seriously under-resourced to cope with all the gender-based violence," Bangura said. "The basic structures, including equipment to collect accurate data, are insufficient."

Freetown's Rainbo Centre clinic treats and follows up on 70 sexual abuse cases each day, according to Whenzle.

Families usually dissuade women and girls from reporting sexual violence, urging them to settle out of court or turn to "traditional justice", said the MSWBCA's Kargbo; this usually involves a discussion, payment and a ban on future contact.

This fosters impunity, she said. "If punitive action is not taken against violators of the gender act, incidences will continue unchecked."

Coordination

Though lack of capacity remains a barrier, political will is mounting to reduce sexual violence, said FSU director Bangura.

The MSWBCA in 2008 set up a national committee, with NGO and UN agencies participating, to coordinate the fight against sexual violence.

"It [the committee] has been instrumental because it has brought all the other agencies working on gender-based violence together to make sure we're all focusing in the same direction," said the Rainbo Centre's Whenzle.

To date committee members such as the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Rainbo Centre and other NGOs have helped facilitate referrals among police, doctors, lawyers and counselors and trained health workers in examinations for sexual violence and police in how to prosecute cases, said UNICEF's child protection officer in Sierra Leone Rosina Conteh.

But real improvement requires a change in attitudes toward women, who have low status in Sierra Leone society, Whenzle said. With just one in four women able to read or write, many are unaware of their rights, she said. "The traditional perception in domestic [abuse] cases is that women should accept what is happening to them. We are trying to change that."

Many blame violence on the civil war, which was notorious for its rape and attacks on civilians. But the government's Kargbo said it goes back further. "Long before the war, violence [against women] has been the order of the day in both urban and rural areas."

The media, traditional leaders, women's activists, human rights groups and NGOs must work together to change attitudes, she said. "Making the gender law effective cannot happen overnight.it requires a long-term investment to change culturally-engrained practices." She added: "The act took four years to pass through parliament, now we need more time to popularize it."

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Go'aanka ay gaadheen guddida doorashadu iyo xukuumaddu waa sharci-darro

Go'aanka ay ku gaadheen  guddida doorashadu in doorashada lagu galo diiwaan gelin la'aan waa arrin kasoo horjeeda shuruucda iyo distoorka dalka, taasoo ay xeerarka doorashadu dhammaantood dhigayaan in doorashooyinka dalku ay qabsoonto ka dib marka ay qabsoonto tiro koob rasmi ah,  taasoo la sameeyey xeerka diiwaangelinta codbixiyaasha. 
 
Arrintan oo  sababtay in doorashada madaxweynuhu laba jeer dib u dhacdo oo muddada loo kordhiyo madaxweynaha iyo madaxweyne kuxigeenka hadda ku fadhiya kursiga ugu mudan maandeeq, taasoo ay ka biyo diideen asxaabta qaranku dhawr jeerna dalka gelisay khilaaf siyaasadeed oo cakiran, inkastoo markii danbe laga heshiiyey. 
 
Haddaba xeerarka doorashada madaxweynaha ee dhigaaya in doorashada lagu galo diiwaan gelin wuxuu soo baxay 2007kii, isla markaasna waxaa waxka badal lagu sameeyey 2008 ee xeer lambar 37/2007. Waxaana xeerka diiwaangelinta madaxweynuhu saxeexay 23 June 2008, kaasoo dhigaaya in doorashada madaxweynaha lagu galo diiwaangelinta codbixiyaasha, kasoo isagu soo bandhigay jadwalka diiwaangelinta iyo qaabka loo geliyey diiwaangelintaba.  
 
Diiwaangelinta codbixiyaasha Somaliland oo laga shaqaynaayey muddadii laba sanodood ee ugu danbeeyey ayna ku baxday kharash iyo juhdi badani oo ay iska kaashadeen xukuumadda Somaliland, xisbiyada golayaasha qaranka, shacbiga Somaliland iyo bulshada caalamkuba. Waxaana xaqiiq ah in diiwaangelinta ay bulshada Somaliland iyo saaxiibada Somaliland ee deeqda bixshaba ay kaga baxday dhaqaale aad u fara badan oo gaadhaya qiyaas ahaan dhawr iyo toban malyan oo doolarka maraykanka ah.

 

Haddaba arrintu iyadoo caynkaas ah baa guddida doorashada qaranka ayaa  dhawaan intay la shir albaabadu u xidhan yahay laqaateen madaxweynaha muddadiisii sharciga ahaa ee la doortay ay dhammaatay ayey ku dhawaaqeen inay go'aamiyeen in doorashada lagu galo diiwaangelin la'aan, iyadoo aan lawada tashan dhinacyada kalee ay khusayso. Arrintaasna xaq uma laha inay guddida doorashadu qaataan go'aano kasoo horjeeda shuruucda dalka. Waxaanay ahayd in guddida doorashada qaranku inay la shiraan oo latashadaan waxa laga yeelayo natiijada diiwaangelinta xisbiyada qaranka ee ay khusayso arrintani.
 
Waxaanay u muuqdaan guddida doorashada qaranku inay fashilmeen iyadaan lagaadhin doorashadiiba, oo ay ku dhaqaaqeen go'aan dhinac ka raran oo u yeedhiyey madaxweynaha hadda talada hayaa.
 
Waxaana iska cad in guddida doorashada qaranku ay dhegaha ka furaysteen talo soo jeedinta ay soo jeediyeen xisbiyada qaranka ee UCID iyo KULMIYE oo iyagu sheegay iyagoo xeeranaya xeerarka dalka u yaal iyo masiirka ummadda inay ku kalsoon yihiin natiijada kasoo baxday diiwaangelinta doorashada oo soo saareen guddida doorashada iyo hay'adda inaga caawisa diiwaangelinta ee Inter Peace kadib markii ay kala shaandheeyeen oo sheegeen inay tahay hal malyan iyo boqol kun oo wax la'. Waxaana khabiirka Maraykanka ah ee Inter peace kala taliya arrimaha diiwaangelinta uu sheegay inay natiijada kasoo baxday serverka kala shaandhaynaayey diiwaangelinta ay tahay mid fiican oo la aqbali karo laguna geli karo doorashada.
 
Waxaanay u muuqdaan guddida in guddida doorashada qaranka ay u yeedhiyeen xisbiga talada haya ee UDUB iyo xukuumadeeda isku dhafani. Haddaba guddida doorashada qaranka oo awalba lagu dhaliili jiray inay yihiin kuwo taag daran oo aan gudan karin waajibaadka iyo hawsha balaadhan ee saaran, baa haddana u muuqda kuwa aan lagu kalsoonaan karin oo dhex dhexaad u ahayn xisbiyada tartamaya oo intay labada xisbi ee mucaaridka ah dhawaaqoodii iyo taladoodii baal mareen, dabadeedna qaatay go'aan dhinac u xaglinaya oo aan waafaqsanayn xeerarka doorashada iyo shuruucda dalka toona.  
 
Haddaba Kooxyar oo qudhi xaq uma laha inay diidaan natiijada diiwaangelinta oo ay yidhaahdaan waxba ka socon maayaan wixii lagu soo tabcaayey, caqliga saliimka ahina wuxuu kusiinayaa in natiijo qabyi ahi ama haddii xitaa aanay wada sax ahayn ay ka fiican tahay in diiwaangelin la'aan iyo fowdo lagu galo doorashada soo socota. Mana cadda sababta xukuumaddu ku daafadaysay natiijada ee ay u doonayso in doorashada lagu galo bilaa diiwaangelin la'aan ma waxay doonaysaa inay wax boobto iyo si cad oo badheedh ah ugu shubato doorashada soo socota.  
 
Ugu danbayn guddida doorashadu qaranku  waxay ku joogaan oo ku shaqeeyaan shuruucda dalka. kama sarrreyaan sharciga iyo distoorka dalka. Markaas xaq uma laha inay daafadeeyaan diiiwaangelinta oo ah hanti ay iska leedahay Somaliland.  go'aanka ay ku sheegeen in doorashada lagu galo bilaa diiwaangelina xaq uma laha waa mid ka baxsan awoodooda. Go'aan kasta oo kasoo horjeeda shuruucda dalka u yaalana waa mid waxba kama jiraan ah, intaanay go'aanka gaadhina waa inay horta eegaan inuu go'aankeedu waafaqsan yahay xeerarka u yaalla dalka.
 
Haddii go'aanka guddida doorashada la qaatana, waxay noqonaysaa in dib loogu noqdo xeerarka doorashada oo wax ka badal lagu sameeyo, kasoo dibu dhac ku keeni karta doorashada madaxweynaha iyo kuxigeenkiisa oo la qorsheeyey inay qabsoonto 27th September 2009, taasoo ku tusaysa in xukuumadda madaxweyne Riyaale aanay marnaba diyaarka u ahayn inay dalka ka dhacdo doorasho xor oo xalaala ah, laakiin usii weel culanayso sidii ay usamayn lahayd doorasho ku salaysan foodo iyo kushubasho taasoo aanay ahayn wax ay aqbali karaan ummaddii dooratay ee muddada laba sano ee marba doorashada dib loogu dhigaayey sababta looga dhigi jirayna la odhan jiray serverkii baa xun, ama diiwaangelin halla sameeyo, iyo mar layidhaahdo natiijadii baa lasugayaa.    

 Waxaanan usoo jeedinayaa guddida doorashada qaranku inay ka noqoto go'aankaas aan danta u ahayn qaranka oo raacaan, isla markaas ay go'aanada ay qaadanayaan  ku saleeyaan shuruucda dalka u yaalla.

 Macasalaama,

Cabdi Cabdillahi Xasan,

London, UK

 

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Dr. Gaboose Oo Cambaareeyey Talaabadii Komishanku

Dr. Gaboose Oo Cambaareeyey Talaabadii Komishanku Ku Laalay Diiwaangelintii Codbixiyeyaasha In Lagu Galo  Doorashada

 

Hargeysa, July 30, 2009 (Haatuf) - Madaxa ololaha doorashada Xisbiga KULMIYE ee Gobolada Bariga Somaliland Dr. Maxamed Cabdi Gaboose ayaa cambaareeyey tallaabadii Komishanka doorashooyinku ay ku sheegeen in doorashada madaxtooyada lagu galo diiwaangelin la'aan.

Dr. Maxamed Cabdi Gaboose ayaa sheegay inaanay waxba ka jirin warar sheegayey in xisbiga kulmiye dhexdiisa uu khilaaf ka jiro, sidaana waxa uu ku sheegay Dr. Gaboose shir jaraa'id oo uu shalay ku qabtay Hargeysa, isaga oo ka hadlaya Digtoorku arimahaana waxa uu yidhi:- "Waxaan idiin xaqiijinayaa in aan xisbiga KULMIYE gudihiisa wax loolan ah, wax khilaaf ah iyo is haysasho ah oo ka dhex socdaa in aannu jirin, waxaannu ku aragnaa shabakada Qarannews loolan iyo waxan baa ka dhex jira KULMIYE, waxaas oo dhami waxa weeyi xisbigaas culus ee ay u muuqato guushu inay u soo hoyatay oo dadkii iyo dareenkii la jaanqaaday in dadka la geliyo khalkhal."

Dr. Gaboose wuxuu sheegay in caalamku Somaliland la doonayo dimuqraadiyad wanaagsan waxaanu yidhi "Waddammada reer galbeedka oo ay gaar ahaan hoggaaminayaan dalalka Maraykanka iyo Ingiriisku waxay Somaliland ku wadeen dariiqa dimuqraadiyadda, xasiloonida iyo maamul-wanaaga inay caalamka u muujiyaan in waxa hareeraheena iyo dunida badhkeed ka dhacaya aynu kaga duwanahay, si markaa qadarintaasi ay u dhasho xaqa ictiraaf doonka.

 

"Waxaynu galnay doorashooyin u baahan saddex arrimood oo kala ah dhaqaalaha lagu qabanayo, farsadamada doorasho xor iyo xalaal ah loo galo iyo in bulshada caalamku ictiraafaan wixii halkaa ka dhacay si ay ugu gudbiyaan caalamka intiisa kale in aynu nahay ummad u socota himiladeeda ee aan ahayn danta shakhsiga iyo kursi jacaylku mid uu kala weyn yahay himiladooda,"ayuu  yidhi Dr Gaboose, waxaanu intaasi ku daray, "Go'aanka Komishanku, wuxuu ahaa mid halis ku ah dalka waa ayaan darro weyn in Jaamac Sweden oo ah nin mutacalin ah oo Hay'adaha la soo shaqeeyey uu qaado tallaabo dalka wax u dhimaysa, taas oo waxyeelaysa karaamada iyo jiritaanka dalka. waxa kale oo intaasi ka sii xumayd inuu aflagaado u geysto InterPeace iyo deeqbixiyeyaasha caalamka."

 

Dr. Gaboose wuxuu ku dooday haddii doorasho aan diiwaangelin lahayn la galo in aanay beesha caalamku u soo dirayn wax goob joogeyaal caalami ah, waxaanu yidhi "Markaasi waxa soo baxaysa doorasho madow iyo natiijo madow haddii aanay goob joogeyaal caalami ahi iman."

Maxamed Cabdi Gaboose wuxuu Madaxweyne Rayaale ugu baaqay inuu dalka badbaadiyo oo uu ka hawl galo sidii dib looga noqon lahaa Go'aanka Komishanka doorashooyinku soo saareen ee ay ku laaleen Server-kii iyo diiwaan-gelintii Codbixiyeyaasha.

 "Xisbiga dhexdiisu wuu doodi karaa, aaraada waa lagu kala gedisnaan karaa, balse wax khilaaf ah oo na dhex yaala Xisbiga KULMIYE dhexdiisa ma jiro,"ayuu yidhi Dr. Gaboose oo wax laga weydiiyay warar sheegayay in xisbigaasi isku khilaafay go'aanka ay ka gaadhayaan qaraarka Komishanka doorashooyinka.

SOMALIA: Hope for calm as government takes over Beletweyne

SOMALIA: Hope for calm as government takes over Beletweyne

BELETWEYNE, 31 July 2009 (IRIN) - A week after government forces took control of Beletweyne in central Somalia's Hiiraan Region, residents and internally displaced people (IDPs) hope the prevailing calm will enable them to resume normal life.

"We are really hoping for peace and stability so as to go back to our homes," Sagal Ahmed, 18, an IDP in Jowhar, Middle Shabelle region, told IRIN on 30 July. "I delivered my baby as I fled fighting [in Mogadishu] on 26 July when heavy gunfire erupted in our camp between opposition forces and government. Since our displacement, the drought has made food scarce and the insecurity has affected the ability of aid agencies to reach us."

When President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed declared emergency law on 21 June, a section of Beletweyne was under the control of Al-Shabab, an Islamist opposition militia, while the government controlled the remainder.

Beletweyne residents have expressed hope for real peace since the government took full control of the town on 26 July.

"If the struggle for control of the town between the government and the Al-Shabab finally ends, then we do have a chance of accessing services such as healthcare and humanitarian assistance," a Beletweyne resident said.

According to Ali Mohamed Gedi, Beletweyne's police commissioner, a 6pm-6am curfew has been imposed on the town to restore security.

"The local people are happy about the curfew," Gedi said. "We have a good opportunity [to restore security] because the people of Hiiraan need peace and government institutions. We will lift the curfew when we are satisfied that the town's stability can be guaranteed."

Gedi added that the curfew was not affecting emergency services such as getting the sick and pregnant women to hospital.

Although business is returning to normal in the town, the government's regional and administrative offices have not reopened since they closed in 1991 following the ouster of then President Siad Barre.

On 12 July, Al-Shabab suffered a major military setback in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when they lost significant territory to government troops.

Mogadishu has been a battleground for government troops and Al-Shabab, which controls much of the south and centre of the country.

Since fighting between the government forces and the militia group escalated in early May, more than 200,000 Somalis have fled their homes, according to the UN.

Water shortages

IDPs from 47 camps on the Afgoye corridor near Mogadishu have held demonstrations since 2 July to protest against an alleged plan by two NGOs to discontinue water provision to the camps.

The displaced - most of whom fled Mogadishu over the past three years and sought refuge in Elasha Biyaha, Hawa Abdi and Lafole IDP settlements - appealed to the Centre for Education and Development (CED) and Oxfam Novib to continue water supplies.

The demonstrations followed reports that the two NGOs were planning to discontinue water supplies because of financial constraints. The IDPs were also reacting to claims that Oxfam had halted its financial support to CED, which has rehabilitated water wells in several centres in Elasha, Hawa Abdi and Heile areas.

Nurto Islow Madey, a mother of five and an IDP at the Jimale Camp in Elasha, said the move would greatly affect people with large families like hers as accessing water was already difficult for most displaced.

Madey's husband was killed when a mortar fell on their Mogadishu home in April, leaving her the family's sole provider.

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Alarm over Somalia's child soldiers

For years, warlords have conscripted children to fight in bitter conflicts over money, power and land. The BBC Somali service's Mohamed Mohamed reveals widespread alarm that the practice is now becoming entrenched in Somalia. Children man checkpoints and administer lashings in Mogadishu Children as young as eight years old are going missing. Some are drugged, others brainwashed and some paid $50 (£30) for every month they fight. Most people are frightened to speak openly, but those who can afford it are sending their children out of the country to safety. An elderly man who did not want to be named publicly told how his 15-year-old son had vanished. He said he had looked everywhere for his boy, and even asked the militant Islamist group al-Shabab whether they had seen him. They said they had not, but he later found out that al-Shabab had convinced the boy to join their jihad so "he would go to heaven if he died". Children as shields "After a long search I found out that my son is being held in a training camp on the outskirts of Baidoa," he said. "They are using our children as a shield. But the children of people who claim to be leaders are not in the camps. They are not fighting. "Al-Shabab only use children from the poor as fighters."  The boy stops public transport and checks if there are men and women passengers sharing the seats. If he finds them, he tells them to get off the bus and flogs them  Mogadishu resident A Mogadishu resident says he has seen 10-year-old children on street corners in Mogadishu armed with AK47s. "A child of about 12 years old, armed with a gun and a whip works at a crossroads in Mogadishu's Bakara market," he says. "The boy stops public transport and checks if there are men and women passengers sharing the seats. "If he finds them, he tells them to get off the bus and flogs them in public while other members of al-Shabab sit under roadside trees nearby." Trained by foreigners Hundreds of Somali youngsters are recruited and trained in camps in southern Somalia by al-Shabab, according to a senior police officer. Meeting al-Shabab Somali justice, Islamist-style "The people involved in training children are foreigners who speak English or Arabic and they use translators to help them," says Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Barise. "They are from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Chechnya and other countries." He said a few months ago, the police caught a small bus carrying teenagers at a police checkpoint outside Mogadishu. The children were from villages and towns in Lower Juba and they had been transported by al-Shabab. In their inquiries, he said they had found that some of the children had been threatened while others were brainwashed into believing that they would go to paradise if they took part in what was described as the defence of Somalia and Islam. "Some of the children said that a Pakistani trainer used to spike their drinks with something," he said. He also said some of the street children in Mogadishu are recruited as they are the most vulnerable, because there is no family to look after them. American jihadists Even Somalis who live overseas are not safe from the child recruitment effort of the Islamists. In the US state of Minnesota, some young men from the Somali community have been recruited to fight with al-Shabab, and have been killed. Children are brainwashed, threatened, drugged or paid to fight In October last year, at least one of them, Shirwa Mohamed, carried out a suicide attack against security services in Bosasso in north-eastern Somalia. Omar Jamal, a community leader in Minnesota, blames local jihadists' influence on young people. "They were targeting young, vulnerable boys at colleges and universities to indoctrinate them and tell them to join and fight the jihad," he says. "Some of them were provided with cash and Somali passports and they were persuaded to join this global jihadist ideology and they fall for it. "We want this to come to an end and we want the US government to investigate." Meanwhile, the FBI is already looking into how and why these Somali youngsters choose to leave a comfortable life in the US for the dangerous conditions in Somalia. A worker for a children's rights group in Somalia says that, while using children as soldiers is not new, the scale, number and age of those involved is worrying. Parents try to stop their children from being recruited - but the lack of schools or other activities as well as, in some cases, peer pressure makes it difficult. BBC

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AFRICA: Male circumcision slowly taking off

CAPE TOWN, 23 July 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - The World Health Organization endorsed male circumcision (MC) as an HIV-prevention measure two years ago, but implementation of large-scale male circumcision programmes has been relatively slow.

 Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where the need is greatest, have only started drafting policies and strategies to roll out programmes in the past year.

 UNAIDS calculated that one HIV infection is averted for every five to 15 male circumcisions, and designed a tool to help countries plan large-scale male circumcision programmes. Catherine Hankins of UNAIDS explained it to delegates at the 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.

 After punching in surveillance data on HIV prevalence and sexual behaviours, and expenditure on performing male circumcisions, including the cost of facilities, drugs, surgical supplies and staff salaries, countries can calculate the cost of a national male circumcision programme, and how many men they would need to reach to achieve the desired results within a chosen time-frame.

 In terms of the model, Namibia calculated that a national roll-out costing 823 million Namibian dollars (about US$107.5 million) would result in cost savings of 5 billion Namibian dollars (about US$653 million), based on the number of infections averted.

 Much of the work on male circumcision is still taking place at the three sites where the clinical trials took place: South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. The Rakai Health Sciences Programme in Kalisizo, Rakai District, Uganda, is carrying out post-trial research on the long-term effects of male circumcision on HIV incidence and behaviour.

 Around 3,000 men per year are being circumcised there, with funding from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and Dr Godfrey Kigozi of the Rakai programme reported that "demand is still overwhelming".

 Slow progress

 The Bophelo Pele Male Circumcision Project at Orange Farm, outside Johannesburg, the site of the South African trial, is still the only facility in the country that offers free male circumcision for HIV prevention.

 Dirk Taljaard, the project manager, told delegates that the programme aimed to circumcise 50 percent of young men in the township over a five-year period.

 He noted that one surgeon assisted by five nurses can perform between six and 10 circumcisions every hour at a cost of about R350 (U$45) per procedure, and training nurses to carry out the surgery would mean more men could be circumcised, but South Africa does not allow nurses to perform the operation.

 Outreach activities to educate households in Orange Farm about male circumcision include door-to-door campaigns, talks at schools and churches, radio spots, and referrals from clinics that treat patients for sexually transmitted infections.

 Men can proceed with the surgery if they give their informed consent after group and individual counselling sessions that include the offer of HIV testing and information on safe sex, and if they test HIV positive and have a CD4 count above 200, which means their immune systems have sufficient strength.

 A significant additional benefit of the programme has been the large numbers of young men it has reached with voluntary HIV counselling and testing. "It gives us an excellent opportunity to engage them about safe sex and HIV, which is very important even if they decide not to be circumcised," said Taljaard.

 The programme also revealed widespread confusion among men about the difference between traditional initiation rites and medical circumcision: 45 percent believed they were circumcised when they in fact had intact foreskins; 19 percent of these men tested HIV-positive, compared to 9.5 percent who actually were circumcised.

 The finding emphasizes the need for culturally sensitive information delivery about the procedure, followed by individual pre- and post-surgery counselling. "Without political backing and will, male circumcision will have very limited impact," said Taljaard.

 The South African and Ugandan governments are both drafting policies on male circumcision, while other countries, including Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Swaziland, are at various stages of implementation.

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Abwaan Hadraawi oo si Mug & Miisaan Leh u Naqdiyay Madaxtooyada Somaliland

Hargeysa, Oktoobar 12, 2007 (Geeska)- "Masuuliyada ugu weyn ee dalka iyo dadku waxay saaran tahay madaxweynaha iyo golihiisa wasiirada, xaajo cad iyo xisaabtanna way danbeeyaan haddii la noolaado." Sidaas waxa yidhi Abwaanka caanka ah ee Maxamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadraawi) oo shalay xaruntaGeeska Afrika ee Hargeysa khadka Isgaadhsiinta ee Internetka ku soo gaadhsiiyay qormo dheer, isaga oo jooga magaalada Burco.

Abwaan Hadraawi, waxa uu qormadiisa kaga hadlayaa arrimo badan oo ay ugu horrayso ergadii dhexdhexaadinta ee dhawaan ku guulaystay in ay suuliso khilaaf siyaasadeed ba'an oo si weyn uga dhex oogmay goleyaasha xukuumadda iyo asxaabta siyaasadda, tallooyin uu u jeediyay Madaxweyne Daahir Rayaale Kaahin iyo arrimo kale oo xiiso badan. Waxa uu qoraalkaas Abwaan Hadraawi oo dhammaystirani u dhignaa sidan:

"Sida laga warqabo waxaa dhawaan magaalada Hargeysa laga aloosay abaabul ku wajahan dhexdhexaadinta dhinacyadii isku maandhaafay talada dalka. Gaar ahaan goleyaasha, mucaaradka iyo muxaafidka ama axsaabta siyaasiga ah iyo madaxtooyada. Waxa laysku deyey in dhinacyada is haya ee isu iman kari waayey ama iyagu heshiin kari waayeen la isu soo jiido, khilaafka iyo waxay isku hayaanna loo kuurgalo ama lala ogaado, si yuhuun, niyadsami wada shaqayni ka dhalato loo helo. Taas oo maslaxad u noqon lahayd dalka iyo dadka. Dhexdhexaadintaas rag baa iyagu isu xilsaaray, ummadduna way ku garab taagnayd. Guddida dhexaadintu waxay ku dheeraatay dhabbadhabbayn iyo inay dhinac walba kol ama laba ama saddex goor gooni ula kulanto si ay u ogaato dareenka dhinac walba ka jira iyo waxa dhinac walba xal u arko. Dhinacyadii is hayey waxay muujiyeen dareen xanbaarsan yididiilo, waxay ballan qaadeen in dhinac waliba fuliyo waxa guddida dhexdhexaadintu soo garato. 

Ka dibna waxaa suuragashay in madaxtooyada, golaha wakiilada, golaha guurtida, labada xisbi siyaasi (UCID iyo KULMIYE) laysa soo hor fadhiisiyo. Hawshaa iyada ah qaybtii macnaha weyn yeelan lahayd laguma guulaysan. 

Anigoo ka mid ahaa Guddida isu xil saartay waawaan raadinta waan ka warqabay in qalad meelo badan iyo siyaabo badan u jiro. Laakiin waxaan muddadii dhexdhexaadinta ku baraarugay in khaladka ugu weyni ka jiro madaxtooyada. Madaxtooyadu waxay ahayd inay noqoto waddo xaadhan oo loo sii maro sixidda khaladada jira. sidaan filayo khaladka madaxtooyada ka jiraa kulligii salka kuma hayo badheedh iyo qab qab dhaafay. Waxaa ii baxay in madaxtooyada aqoon la`aani ka jirto oo aanay kaba warqabin hannaanka dawladnimo iyo macnaha ay xanbaarsan yihiin ereyada dawladnimo iyo madaxtooyo. Waxaan ogaaday in aragtida madaxtooyada ka jirtaa aanay dhaafsiisnayn, tuducan gabayga ah:

Garashadu hadday ruux la tahay       suu u garanaayo 
Garaadkiisu suu qabo           haddii loola garan waayo 
Gardarruu u qaataa         ninkii yidhi gaaraadkiis.

Labada magac, dawladnimo iyo madaxtooyo waxaa haboon in si xeeldheer loo faaqido, ka dibna iyadoo qoraal ah lagu dhejiyo kursiga madaxweynaha hortiisa, balse iminka aan isku koobo dhawrkan qodob ee hoga tusaalaha ah. 

1	Madaxtooyadu waa huga, hoyga iyo haybadda umadda
2	Waxay astaan u tahay macnaha iyo milgaha dawladnimo
3	Waa halbowlaha iyo xididada dhiigga is dhaafdhaafiya ee marba dhan u talowsha.
4	Madaxtooyadu waa barta laga ilaasho, lagana saxo khaladka soo dhexgala hay'adaha dawladda
5	Waa majaraha iyo majiiraha geeddi socodka qaranimo lagu jiheeyo.
6	Waa muraayad gudaha iyo dibaddaba ku wajahan oo ummad qaranimadeeda laga daawado. Wufuudda caalamka debeda ka timaada mar walba socodkoodu wuxuu ku salaysan yahay war doon. War raadintooda waxay ku horreeyaan madaxtooyada sida la wada ogyahay. Marka horeba waxay indhaha ku dhuftaan Madaxweynaha iyo xafiiskiisa. Inta aan arrimaha rasmiga ah loo daadegin haasaawaha hordhaca ah ayay  fekrad kaga qaataan madaweynaha. Marka rasmiga la gudo galo waxay u fiirsadaan abaarta madaxweynaha, arrinta uu ka hadlayo iyo habka iyo hannaanka uu uga hadlayo.  Haddii madaxweynahaas kalsoonidu ka lunto su'aalo iska soo horjeeda yay ku weeraraan. Markaasay marba si u hor cararaan. Hadday gawaan raac, marin hababin ama buunbuunin ka dareemaan waxaa u caado ah inay buruud shiilaan oo ay duurxul dhaliilihiisa ugu sheegaan. Runta ay qiimayntooda ku salaynayaan waxay kala soo dhex baxaan beenta uu ku gabado. Hadba waxay madaxtooyada kala kulanto ayaa dadka iyo dalka faa`iido ama khasaare u ah.
7	Marin habaabinta, buunbuuninta iyo beenta madaxtooyo sheegto ayaa lagala soo dhex baxaa runta iyo xaqiiqda dalkaas ka jirta
8	Sida lagu yaqaanno madaxtinimadu waxay leedahay milgo, asluub iyo astaan  ilaalisa haybada kursiga iyo xilkaas madhaafaanka ah.
9	Waxaa madaxtinimada lagu yaqaan is dhawrid iyo afgobaadsi iyo had iyo jeer abbaar sugan oo qorqoran.
10	Erey kasta oo ninka ummadda u caleemasaarani yidhaahdaa waa rasmi. Kefed iyo miisaan buu saaran yahay, wixii qadafa ama meel kadhaca lagama aqbalo.
11	Ninka madaxda ah hadalkiisu waa in aanu ku milmin hasaasaha iyo haloosiga suuqa dhex qaadaya.
12	Madaxtinimadu inta badan kama jawaabto wax kasta oo iyada wax ka sheegaya, haddii ay ka jawaabtana waxay kaga jawaabtaa hab iyo hannaan aan madax bannaanayn. Iyo weliba hubsiimo si degan loo yidhaahdo.
13	Madaxtinimadu ma beeniso mana dadafayso, muran ma geliso wixii gar ku ah. Haddii sidaas lagu barto waa dhalliil wayn oo lafa jab ah. Dhinaca kalena garashadu waxa ay ina bartay in aan run mutuxan xadhko caabiyaa jirin.
14	Madaxtinimada erey kasta oo lagu yidhaahdaa kama hadliyo oo dareenkeeda ma shido
15	Jawaabta Madaxweyne bixiyaa ma haboona inay marwalba noqoto maya iyo ma jirto
16	Madaxtooyada iyo kursiga madhaafaanka ah nuxurka iyo dhadhankaa ka luma hadday wax walba ka jawaabto, ama arimaha si fudayd ku jiro u gasho.
17	Marwalba qofka Madaxtooyada wax ka sheegaa ma khaldana, canbaarayn iyo caardumina uma jeedo, dhaliilaha runta ahna laguma horjoogsan karo ereyo afdhabaandhab ah iyo weliba dardaar werin aan cidna lagu didin karayn.
18	Madaxtooyadu iska mooska dhaliilaha loo soo jeediyo waxay u yeelataa wasiirro, kuxigeenno iyo af-hayeenno iyo cid Madaxweynaha uga fara dhuudhuuban oo arrimahaas ka hadasha.
19	Ma aha in marin laga dhigto in qofkasta oo hadla Madaxtooyadu boodhka ku liqdo si ay iyadu gar iyo gardarro u guulaysato.
20	Macne kuma jiro in Madaxweynuhu noqdo keeb la yuurur runta ka indha qarsada.
21	Qaranimadu halis bay ku jirtaa haddii ninka u bokhrani caado ka dhigto, anafo iyo aar goosi ama qaado cudurka la yidhaahdo kal didan oo uu arrin kasta laalo si mar walba loo sii kala  fogaado.

Sidaan marar badan u idhi madaxtinimadu:

tooghayn iyo feejignaan bay leedahay, 
odoros iyo awaal deyis bay leedahay,
sabir iyo dulqaad bay leedahay, 
tasaamux iyo tanaasul bay leedahay,
Isla daydayid iyo maxay dantu ku jirtaa bay leedahay,
Siday nolol iyo nabad gelyo ku jiri kartaa bay leedahay,
In lafaha laguro xarragana aan laga tegin bay leedahay,
Dugsi iyo daar gobanimo bay leedahay
Xishmo iyo is xaqdhawr bay leedahay
Xirib iyo xeer ilaalin bay leedahay
Cadaalad iyo garsoor la dugsaday leedahay
Erey la dhaafiyo dib u dhigashay leedahay
Dugaal iyo damal la hadhsaday leedahay
Digtoonaan iyo daymo fog bay leedahay
Intaas iyo in ka badan bay leedahay.

Hadal sal buu leeyahay, biyo gororka sheekada iyo ujeeddo aan maqaalkan uga gol leeyahay, waa in madaxtooyada digtooni iyo aqoon siyaasi ahi ka jirto oo aanay indhaha shacabka iyo indhaha caalamka maro xuub caaro ah (khafiif ah) ka hagoogan. Waxaan madaxweynaha mar kale ka codsanayaa in ragga miisaanka leh ee Qaran si niyadsamiyi ku jirto u sii daayo. Waxaan ogahay in madaxweynuhu sidaa yeeli karo isagoo aan geed ku xoqosho iyo cudur daarro keenin mar haddii hannaanka dalku ku socdaa yahay qarba-boosh, xeer jajab, gola ka fuul iyo la jiifiyaana banaan, la joojiyaana banaan. Waxaan mar kale madaxweynaha u soo jeedinayaa in raggaas si xushmad leh loo sii daayo oo aan xorriyaddooda lagu sii dhegin, xaquuqda siyaasiga ahna aan waxba lagu gudbin.

Madaxweyne, waxaan kugu baraarujinayaa inaad qodabadan hoga tusaalaha ah dhinaca wanaagsan iska taagto si aad u ogaato inaan adiga kula jiro oo aanan kaa soo horjeedin. 
Madaxweyne aniga hay Jawaabin ee qaranimada kuu yeedhaysa u jawaab.

Qof kasta oo dareeen wadaniya leh waxaa kashiisa lulaya werwer ku saabsan xaaladda dalka iyo dadku ku sugan yihiin. Haddii culayskaas dadka saarani  sii foondhaafo waxaa la filaaba waa in xaajaba faraha ka baxdo, waana masuuliyad aan berrito laga baxsanayn ama aan si fudud lays kaga leexin karayn. Nin kasta oo masuul ah waxa uu isu min guuriyey iyo malihiisu waa been hadii masuuliyada uu hayaa ay lunto. Masuuliyada ugu weyn ee dalka iyo dadku waxay saaran tahay Madaxweynaha iyo Golihiisa Wasiirada, xaajo cad iyo xisaabtana way danbeeyaan haddii la noolaado. 

Dhiillada aan  guud ahaan umadda ku baraarujinayaa waxa weeye sida ay u sii gurmayso iyo sida ay u baraad la`dahay waa kaaf iyo kala dheeri. Arrintu halka ay ka fadhidaa waa kaalinta hogaaminta iyo shacabka oo aan meelaba ka soo gelin talada dalka.

Qofba wuxuu ku dagan yahay 
Halkuu daacad kaga hadho 
Nin kastoo dardaro kulul 
dabar lagu ceshaa jira 
Diin kastuu la soo shiro 
Dacwad baa ka furan kale 
Dunta Bili nin lagu xidhay 
Dabin loogu yimi bahal 
Haddii aano loo dilo 
Doqoniimo ugu filan 
Cirka sare nin degeshaday 
Dayixiyo marmari jirey 
Xiddigaha la deriska ah 
Markuu hoos u soo dego 
Dhulku wuu dir soocaa.

U danbayn, maansadan waafaqsan dulucda ujeedada iyo xaaladda jirta, waxay ka hadlaysaa xeerka nolosha iyo waajib gudashada Bani`aadamka korkiisa la saaray iyo haddii waajibkaa la gudan waayo guul-darrada imanaysa. 

Maansadan soo socota magaceeda waxaa la yidhaahdaa:
                         SARDHO KULUL

1. Marka hore salaantii
2. Socotada u meel tiil
3. Marka xiga sideedii
4. Duni iyo su'aasheed
5. Labadeeda sooyaal 
6. Sidig nirig wadaagtiyo
7. Isa saaran maahee
8. Samo xumo hor joogiyo
9. Laba kala sokeeyoo
10. Kala seeran weeyaan,
    
    
11. Haddaan suubban loo deyn
12. Sumaddeeda dhalashada
13. Kala sooca labadaas
14. Duni lagula saayirin
15. Sinji doorinteedaan
16. Runta laga sal gaadheyn 
    
    
17. Haddii fool sawaabkiyo
18. Lagu wado far iyo suul
19. Waxa Aadmi soli kara
20. In siyaasad lagu furo
    
21. in sabaansab lagu furo
22. Nin ku seexday waa yaab
23. Xaqu waa sunniyo faral
    
24. Marna waa sir iyo caad
25. Misna waa sal iyo baar
26. Camalkaa sed lagu xidhay
27. Qofba saami mudan yahay,
28. In sinnaanta laga dhigo
29. Kala soof in gudashada
30. Qofba dhinac ku sare kaco
31. Rabbi waa Samaalee
32. In samaan u xilashada
33. Samihiisa lagu helo
34. Samo samo la dhaafishiyo
35. Sare iyo tu hoosiyo
36. Isa sudhan ha noqotaa
37. Sababuhu u dhacayaan
    
    
38. Noloshuna ka samirkiyo
39. Ha sabbayso maahee
40. Sifo lagu daryeeliyo
41. Suxul lagu ilaashiyo
42. Sacab lagu horjoogiyo
43. Suntan malab ka luliddaa
44. Hiyi lagu sarbeebaa 
    
    
45. Sebennada xujeynta ah
46. Wakhtiyada saboolka ah
47. Qofku inu sarriigtiyo
48. Inu saanta raransado
49. Sabirkaw dhexeeyoo
50. Sado waxay macaantahay
51. Marka loo sid tiriyoo
52. Qofba saakadiisaa
53. Ku sargo'an runtiisee
54. Waxan suuro geli Karin
55. In yaqiinta lagu sugo
56. Marba xadhig la soohiyo
57. Haddaan seeto loo hayn
58. Naftu way sawaxantaa
59. Hadday saar ku nool tahay
60. Marka saabku madhan yahay
61. Saxarkay ka gubataa
62. Subaxday gurracantahay
63. Haddba surin qalloociyo
64. Salawgay ku dhacantaa
65. Marba suun in lagu xidho
66. Laga jiro su'aalaha
67. Sal fudaydku weheshado
68. Cishadeeda lagu simo
69. Sooryaadeedu waa taas
    
    
70. Duni iyo sureerkeed
71. Iyo sawrac guurkeed
72. Sabo lagu negaadiyo
73. Sumbbo aan dab lagu shidan
74. Hadba kay ku sugan tahay
75. Innagaa ka sahanoo
76. Dabinkiyo sursuuraha
77. Ha ku socoto maahee
78. Haddii suurka loo tumo
79. Saymaheeda meel yaal
80. Innagaa ku Soconoo
81. Qof sansaanka muuqdiyo
82. Sadarada akhriyayaa
83. Belo saadin maayee
84. Sanqadh buu ka digayaa
85. Selel lagu dareemee
86. Hadba taan la sidan Karin
87. Sahal lagama yeeshee
88. Ku saliya Rasuulkii.
    
89. Run-saluugga fara badan
90. Suruc baa ka beermoo
91. Kol hadday ku sabayaan
92. Col sariirta diidiyo
93. Saqda dhexe fal-gunudadu
94. Talo kuuma sarinsana
95. Siduu doono yeeloow
96. Kol haddaanad suurayn
97. Sababaha lurkaaga ah
98. Runi kuuma saafnee,
99. Sannadaha cimrigu galo
100. God sagaal jir lagu dedo
101. In siddeetan lagu qodo
102. Ka sadqayso weeyee
103. Kol hadday ku seegeen
104. Saddexdii ammaanood
105. Sayidnimadu sheekiyo
106. Iska sidasho maahee
107. Sidaad doonto yeelkaa
     
     
108. Sixir baa hor kacayee
109. Kol haddii mugdigu simay
     
110. Sumuc loogu mala deyey
111. Soddonkeeda maalmood
112. Sahwi iyo xanuun tahay
113. Ninka lihi ka saahiday
114. Culimada safkeediyo
115. Weliyada sancayntiyo
116. Nin siraata yeelkii.

Abwaan Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame Hadraawi

WHAT THEY AID

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.
- Buck Henry

Q & A ON ISLAM: He is going through a financial crisis and lives in a western country with his parents, and ......

He is going through a financial crisis and lives in a western country with his parents, and he feels embarrassed to ask them to go back to their homeland

Both my parents and sisters lived in their own apartment back home in Algeria. I live in London and Recently I have bought a new appartement and both my parents and sisters have moved into it and are living there since. they have left the old appartement to my two other brothes. Now time have changed and I have found myself in a new difficult financial situation and alos getting old.my question is can I ask my parents to move back to theire own appartement whicg they still own and is occupied by my 2 brothers, their wives and kids. My objectives are to sell the appartement or to get married and live in it with my wife. this has not been eazy for me at all as I am living in guilt.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: 

We appreciate your keenness to honour your parents and your fear of falling into sin with regard to the way you interact with them. We ask Allaah to increase your reward and to help you to do that which pleases Him. 

Secondly: 

Undoubtedly it is very difficult to tell your parents that you need to ask them to leave your house and go back to their country whilst you remain in the house, especially if the reason is your marriage and bringing your wife to take their place. We appreciate that and empathise with it. But there is another option which you did not mention, and we think that it is the option that is in accordance with sharee'ah and is appropriate in your situation. It is that you should sell your house in London and go back with your parents to your original homeland, and marry a pious Muslim woman, and buy or rent a house which will be sufficient for you, your parents and your wife. 

There are a number of benefits in this solution: 

1.     Leaving the land of kufr in which you are living and to which you have brought your parents to live.

2.     Not hurting your parents by making them leave your house.

3.     Marrying a woman who is of the same religion and country as yourself.

4.     Bringing the family together in one place and not causing it to be separated.

5.     Leaving your brothers in their parents' house and not making them leave it. 

This is what we think is the best choice for you and for all your family. But if you reject it and insist on staying in that country, then we feel compelled to advise you of the other option, which is the lesser of the two evils: you should sell your house and then spend its price on two things: 

1.     Sending your parents back to their country and renovating and expanding their house so that it will be big enough for them.

2.     Marrying a woman who is religiously committed and keeping yourself chaste, and living in rented accommodation until Allaah makes things easier for you. 

If you want to marry a Christian woman, then see the answer to question number 2527, in which are listed the conditions of marriage to a woman of the People of the Book. 

We advise you to think about the Islamic ruling on your staying in that country; perhaps you will respond to our advice and leave that land for the sake of Allaah, for you have the promise that Allaah will compensate you with something better than it. 

It was narrated that Abu Qataadah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: "You will never give up a thing for the sake of Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, but Allaah will replace it for you with something that is better for you than it." Narrated by Ahmad (22565); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Hijaab al-Mar'ah al-Muslimah, p. 47. Also classed as saheeh by the commentators on Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (23074).  

In the answers to many questions we have discussed the issue of settling in kaafir countries and the negative consequences that result from that, as well as the conditions that must be met by a person if he settles for a legitimate shar'i reason that makes it permissible for him to settle there. See the answers to questions number 11793, 14235, 27211. 

And Allaah knows best.

Islam Q&A

Press Release: Democratisation Programme Steering Committee

(USAID, DfID (UK), EC, Norway, SIDA (Sweden), Denmark, Switzerland)

Nairobi, 31 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) — The donors congratulate the Somaliland people on the production of a Voter List on 27 July 2009, which is now ready and available. This represents the culmination of enormous effort by the stakeholders and an important opportunity for the Somaliland people.

The donors recognise that the production of the Voter List, as positively evaluated by an independent U.S. company, provides a credible basis for the holding of free and fair elections. The production of the Voter List is mandated by the relevant Somaliland electoral laws and in line with the consensual agreements between the political parties.

The donors regret the announcement by the chair of the National Electoral Commission on the BBC Somali Service on 28 July 2009 of an intention to hold the presidential elections without the Voter List, which, if carried forward, would represent a significant loss for the Somaliland people – as well as for Somaliland's democratisation process.

The donors urge all Somaliland stakeholders to draw on the long-standing Somaliland tradition of consensual decision-making and capacity for leadership in order to reconcile any differences and prepare for the holding of credible, free and fair presidential elections.

Nairobi, 29 July 2009

Published by: Qalinle

SABC AFRICA Interviews former Somaliland Forum Mr. Jamal Ali Hussein

SABC AFRICA Interviews former Somaliland Forum Mr. Jamal Ali Hussein

30 July 2009 | News

SABC AFRICA Interviews former Somaliland Forum Mr. Jamal Ali Hussein
 
 Somaliland is an oasis of peace and democratic country in the troubled area of Horn of Africa, it's scheduled to host its second presidential elections on 27th September 2009, its neigbours Ethiopia and Djibouti had troubles border relations with Eritrea, but Somaliland remains the success story in Africa

 
Jamal Ali Hussein recently on business trip in South Africa saw a need to further engage the world about issues relating to Somaliland in social, political and economic sense and in no order of importance, Jamal Ali Hussein former chairperson of Somaliland forum and the CEO of Citibank Ivory Coast.
 
In his interview with SABC Africa, Jamal beautifully distinguishes the difference between peaceful Somaliland and war torn Somalia, he further explains to the audience about Somaliland and  issues such as the question of recognition, how Somaliland has supported the Somalis who lives inside Somaliland  and how Somaliland could be stablising factor in horn of Africa.
 
Indeed Jamaal's views (in this interview and the invaluable time we had with him during his visit to South Africa), has certainly changed how I and many other colleagues think of the challenges which we face as a nation in self realization and a nation in transition from a bad history to being a prime example of peace and stability in the horn of Africa. His presence has reminded myself and many Somalilanders in Diaspora that we are indeed a nation in transition and we have so much to do while in overseas and while at home. That is so because we share the common humanity and history and it with such small battles that we are once again in position of strength and hope.
 
It's with such interviews, debates, conferences held on Somaliland's name that the reality of Somaliland is presented clearer to the international community.
 
Well done comrade Jamal
 
Attached here is the you tube of SABC Africa interview with Jamal Ali Hussein.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XKymTYro7U&feature=email
 
Long Live Somaliland.
 
Saeed Furaa
 
Freelance Journalist
 
South Africa