Riyaale’s government ended in disarray!

Like Orwell's animal farm government, Riyaale's government ended in disarray!

Like Orwell's animal farm government, Riyaale's government ended in disarray!

Riyaale's government of Remnants exceeded George Orwell's animal farm government in cowardice and indecency in their dying days! Many of Riyaale's people jump ship!

The animal farm government did not fight, did not spit on each others face in desperation and frustration in there last days! They just died away!

Riyaale's ministers and cabals started fighting, spit on each others faces and at times engaged each other physically! Vest fighting was reported in their last days! Some people were crying in the back-ground as reported! It is said that it was female voices! And all these happened in the presidential palace!

It all started when Riyaale asked them what to do? One cabal said, "We have to Raid and Rob and Rig the ballot boxes." "How?" asked Riyaale. "The same way we robbed the nation's funds and minerals" replied the cabal!

How they are true of (their culture) what they are! Follies and a bunch of idiots!!

Gorge Orwell's animal Farm started with a dream. A dream of old Major's which was for the animals of England specifically the Manor Farm to rebel against the humans, take over the farm, and live at peace, thereafter.

The second Republic of Somaliland started with a dream. A dream to stand up and repel against the late dictator, Siyad Bare and the unjust treatment he committed against the communities there. They defeated him. That happened with the grace of Allah.

The Somaliland people revolted against the clanistic dictatorial regime of Siyad Bare. The country was liberated, communities reconciled, and they formed a national inclusive government, thanks to SNM, but that did not live longer. Because of internal differences among the SNM leadership,their government did not last longer, and unexpectedly the Remnants some of them allegedly committed crimes against humanity grabbed power with their ignorance and corruption package with them!

The animal farm's dream soon became a reality for the animals of the Manor Farm as they defeated their master, Mr. Jones, in the Battle of Cowshed with their battle cry "Four legs good, two legs bad", and took over the farm which they renamed Animal Farm.

In Somaliland, Remnants dream became a reality and they took over Somaliland in a corrupted clan mythology and methodology as means to achieve their end!

The next leader Riyaale,who allegedly committed crimes against humanity took advantage with Somaliland communities' reconciliation blanket amnesty. He became president of Somaliland. He brought a whole new type of Remnants of Siyad Bare to his government! He broke every rule of decency and development!

On the animal farm side, the farm which was supposed to be equal and free of class had a distinct governing body or "upper class" with the pigs and a distinct "working class" or majority which was everyone, but the pigs. Eventually, the seven commandments which were set forth at the beginning were changed in to one commandment that read "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others". Indeed, the pigs had become like their worst, most hated enemy, the human, and Major's dream and the hard work of the majority of the animals on the farm had been wiped away. In the end the cheating animal farm government ended and did so in disorder!

On the Remnants side headed by Riyaale, the government which was supposed to be a government which services the people and protects the resources and the bonders of the nation turned to a different direction! They created a distinct governing body consist of Remnants of Siyad Barre's regime! That contradicted the commandments which were set by the preceded government and the hopes, anticipations, and aspirations of the people. Riyaale and Awil became more equal than the other Remnants!

In the animal farm the commandment was "two legs bad, four legs good." In Riyaales government it is "Remnants are good, ex- NSS agents better, all others bad"

The animal farm government cheated, lied, betrayed, committed deceit and deception and eventually ended in disorder and disarray! Like wise the Riyaale government cheated, betrayed the trust entrusted upon them! Their deceit and deception bordered out right treason in the highest order!

Riyaale's government consisted of the Remnants and the NSS of Siyad Bare ENDED and did so IN DISARRAY! By, By……………………

Peace, prayer and unity in purpose after all these

Ibrahim M Mead

Rare Haven of Stability in Somalia Faces a Test

Rare Haven of Stability in Somalia Faces a Test

Jehad Nga for The New York Times

 

Enthusiastic crowds gathered last week for an election rally for the opposition Kulmiye Party in Burao, Somaliland. The presidential election is set for Saturday. More Photos »

 

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

 

 

BURAO, Somalia — The rallies usually start early in the morning, before the sunshine hurts.

 

 

Even the biggest towns, like Burao, are desperately poor. More Photos »

 

 

By 8 a.m. on a recent day, thousands of people were packed into Burao's sandy town square, with little boys climbing high into the trees to get a peek at the politicians.

 

"We're going to end corruption!" one of the politicians boomed, holding several microphones at once. "We're going to bring dignity back to the people!"

 

The boys cheered wildly. Wispy militiamen punched bony fists in the air. The politicians' messages were hardly original. But in this corner of Africa, a free and open political rally — led, no less, by opposition leaders who could actually win — is an anomaly apparently worthy of celebration.

 

The crowd that day helped tell a strange truth: that one of the most democratic countries in the Horn of Africa is not really a country at all. It is Somaliland, the northwestern corner of Somalia, which, since the disintegration of the Somali state in 1991, has been on a quixotic mission for recognition as its own separate nation.

 

While so much of Somalia is plagued by relentless violence, this little-known piece of the Somali puzzle is peaceful and organized enough to hold national elections this week, with more than one million registered voters. The campaigns are passionate but fair, say the few Western observers here. The roads are full of battered old Toyotas blasting out slogans from staticky megaphones lashed to the roofs.

 

Somalilanders have pulled off peaceful national elections three times. The last presidential election in 2003 was decided by a wafer-thin margin, around 80 votes at the time of counting, yet there was no violence. Each successful election feeds the hope here that one day the world will reward Somaliland with recognition for carving a functioning, democratic space out of one of the most chaotic countries in the world.

 

But this presidential election, scheduled for Saturday, will be one of the biggest tests yet for Somaliland's budding democracy.

 

The government seems unpopular, partly because Somaliland is still desperately poor, a place where even in the biggest towns, like Burao or the capital, Hargeisa, countless people dwell in bubble-shaped huts made out of cardboard scraps and flattened oil drums. Most independent observers predict the leading opposition party, Kulmiye, which means something akin to "the one who brings people together," will get the most votes.

 

But that does not mean the opposition will necessarily win.

 

In many cases in Africa — Ethiopia in 2005, Kenya in 2007, Zimbabwe in 2008 — right when the opposition appeared poised to win elections, the government seemed to fiddle with the results, forcibly holding on to power and sometimes provoking widespread unrest in the process.

 

"There's probably not going to be many problems with the voting itself, but the day after," said Roble Mohamed, the former editor in chief of one of Somaliland's top Web sites. "That is the question."

 

Many people here worry that if Somaliland's governing party, UDUB, tries to hold on to power illegitimately, the well-armed populace (this is still part of Somalia, after all) will rise up and Somaliland's nearly two decades of peace could disappear in a cloud of gun smoke.

 

"I know this happens in Africa, but it won't happen in Somaliland," promised Said Adani Moge, a spokesman for Somaliland's government. "If we lose, we'll give up power. The most important thing is peace."

 

Easily said, infrequently done. Peaceful transfers of power are a rarity in this neighborhood. In April, Sudan held its first national elections in more than 20 years (the last change of power was a coup), but the voting was widely considered superficial because of widespread intimidation beforehand and the withdrawal of several leading opposition parties from the presidential race.

 

Last month's vote in Ethiopia, in which the governing party and its allies won more than 99 percent of the parliamentary seats, was also tainted by what human rights groups called a campaign of government repression, including the manipulation of American food aid to starve out the opposition.

 

Then there is little Eritrea, along the Red Sea, which has not held a presidential election since the early 1990s, when it won independence. And Djibouti, home to a large American military base, where the president recently pushed to have the Constitution changed so he could run again.

 

South-central Somalia, where a very weak transitional government is struggling to fend off radical Islamist insurgents, is so dangerous that residents must risk insurgents' wrath even to watch the World Cup, never mind holding a vote.

 

So in this volatile region, Somaliland has become a demonstration of the possible, sustaining a one-person one-vote democracy in a poor, conflict-torn place that gets very little help. While the government in south-central Somalia, which barely controls any territory, receives millions of dollars in direct support from the United Nations and the United States, the Somaliland government "doesn't get a penny," Mr. Said said.

 

Because Somaliland is not recognized as an independent country, it is very difficult for the government here to secure international loans, even though it has become a regional model for conflict resolution and democratic-institution building — buzzwords among Western donors.

 

In many respects, Somaliland is already its own country, with its own currency, its own army and navy, its own borders and its own national identity, as evidenced by the countless Somaliland T-shirts and flags everywhere you look. Part of this stems from its distinct colonial history, having been ruled, relatively indirectly, by the British, while the rest of Somalia was colonized by the Italians, who set up a European administration.

 

Italian colonization supplanted local elders, which might have been one reason that much of Somalia plunged into clan-driven chaos after 1991, while Somaliland succeeded in reconciling its clans.

 

Clan is not the prevailing issue in this election. The three presidential candidates (Somaliland's election code says only three political parties can compete, and they take turns campaigning from day to day) are from different clans or subclans. Yet, many voters do not seem to care.

 

In the middle of miles and miles of thorn bush stand two huts about 100 feet apart, one with a green and yellow Kulmiye flag flapping from a stick flagpole, the other with a solid green UDUB flag.

 

Haboon Roble, a shy 20-year-old, explained that she liked UDUB: "They're good. They hold up the house."

 

But about 100 feet away, her uncle, Abdi Rahman Roble, shook his head. "This government hasn't done anything for farmers," he complained. "We can't even get plastic sheets to catch the rain."

 

He said he was voting for Kulmiye. "But I don't tell anyone how to vote," Mr. Abdi Rahman said. "That's their choice."

 

And like the other adults in the family, he proudly showed off his new plastic voter card, which he usually keeps hidden in a special place in his hut, along with other valuables.

Analysis: Somaliland poll fuels recognition hopes

Analysis: Somaliland poll fuels recognition hopes

HARGEISA, 25 June 2010 (IRIN) - As voters in Somaliland prepared to finally cast their ballots in a tight, oft-delayed presidential election on 26 June, there was one outcome for which almost everybody in the territory, regardless of political or clan affiliation, was rooting.

 Peaceful and well-conducted polls "will lead to international recognition of Somaliland", Mohamedrashid Sheikh Hassan, who is running for vice-president on the opposition Justice and Welfare Party (UCID) ticket, told IRIN.

 "The first task" of whoever wins "is getting international recognition. Everything else follows from there. Without it you cannot have development," said Said Ahmed Hassan, the president of Gollis University in Hargeisa.

 "It is difficult to do business without recognition, so the new government must strive for recognition so as to set up proper financial institutions which will ease a lot of transactions," said trader Khadar Ahmed.

 "My best hope is for a free, fair and transparent poll as the world is watching to see how Somaliland will hold its elections," said Mohamed-Rashid Muhumed Farah, a veteran journalist and chairman of the Saxafi Media Network.

 "If the poll is successful, this will inevitably lead to Somaliland's recognition by the international community," he added.

 Somaliland unilaterally declared its independence in 1991, but, despite its relative stability and the establishment of democratic institutions, it is still considered by the outside world to be part of Somalia.

 There is a degree of foundation for Somalilanders' optimism, according to E.J. Hogendorn, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, who noted that regional powerhouse Ethiopia recently upgraded the status of its consulate in Hargeisa to a "trade office".

 Recognition "is discussed at high levels in European circles, in [the UK's] House of Lords and the European Parliament, for example."

 "But there is a consensus that, if recognition were to occur, an African country would have to take the lead. If a major African state were to recognize Somaliland, pressure on others to do so would be significant, and could lead to a cascading effect," he said.

 Recognition reluctance

 The first international organization to extend recognition would have to be the African Union (AU). But the AU, noted Hogendorn, "is extremely nervous about setting a precedent of recognition for secession".

 Such recognition reluctance exists not only within the AU, but also elsewhere in Somalia, where many regard Somaliland as an integral part of the country.

 This is especially true of the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab, which has publicly called on Somalilanders to stay away from the polls. (The group is suspected of planning attacks designed to either disrupt the ballot or distract media attention from the election.)

 One close observer of the country's political scene said the assumption that a well-run election would boost chances of recognition were "fair" but that any development would likely be "an incremental process, rather than a one-off".

 One reason why these aspirations are unlikely to be satisfied in the immediate future is a fear that recognition would complicate efforts to put an end to the conflict ravaging south and central Somalia.

 A peaceful poll?

 This election was originally scheduled for April 2008. After numerous postponements, a bitter disagreement over the registration process almost degenerated into violence in 2009.

 A number of donor-funded measures, coupled with a sense that chaos would do the recognition cause no good, have helped to reduce the risk of unrest.

 There is a new election commission in place that enjoys the trust of all stakeholders. Political parties campaigned on alternating days so as to minimize confrontation. There has been a huge voter education campaign, involving religious leaders, elders, and NGOs. On election day itself, only polling officials and observers are permitted to travel by vehicle.

 "We are confident everything will go as planned," Commission spokesman Ahmed Hirsi told IRIN on 20 June.

 UCID's Hassan said: "I don't think anyone will try to rig it, but if that happens there are enough observers both local and international to call the culprits to account."

 There is widespread agreement that whoever wins, a clear margin and a graceful concession by the losers would help maintain calm.

 Riyale, who won a 2003 presidential election by a mere 80 votes at the head of the United People's Democratic Party (UDUB), appears ready to go quietly should things not go his way.

 "If UDUB loses, I am 100 percent sure we'll hand over power," his spokesman, Ali Mohamed Yusuf, told IRIN, insisting however that this outcome was unlikely.

 This election will resonate well beyond Somaliland itself, since democratic transitions of power are very rare in the Horn of Africa.

 "The election is carrying a huge burden of hope of Somali people [also in the Horn and the diaspora] for an alternative governance system, to show that another way is possible," said the political observer.

 "The stakes are very high," warned ICG's Hogendorn. "The election is quite likely to be very close and thus vote count will be very much contested. Close elections can prove to be very divisive, problematic and tense."

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Presidential candidates

The incumbent Dahir Riyale Kahin leads the United People's Democratic Party (UDUB). Elevated from the vice-presidency in 2002 on the death of Mohamed Ibrahim Egal. Saw his presidency confirmed in a poll the following year by a margin of just 80 votes.

Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, universally known as Silaanyo, leads the Development and Solidarity Party, or Kulmiye, and is considered the leader of the opposition. Served in various ministerial positions in Somalia before joining the armed opposition to Mohammed Siad Barre's government.

Faisal Ali "Warabe" of the Justice and Welfare party (UCID). An engineer who served as a senior civil servant in Barre's administration. UCID holds the third largest share of seats in the lower house of Somaliland's parliament.

Who's who in Somaliland politics: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86169

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SOMALIA: What Somaliland voters want

SOMALIA: What Somaliland voters want

HARGEISA, 25 June 2010 (IRIN) - Above all else, voters in Somaliland want the outside world to recognize their independence[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89616]. But the electorate has other demands of its next government. Here is a selection:

 Said Ahmed Hassan, president of Gollis University in Hargeisa

 "The new president has to deal with the country's economy. There is enormous poverty, lack of employment opportunities, particularly for the young."

 `Qat', a plant with stimulant properties that is widely chewed in the Horn of Africa "is destroying the fabric of our society. It affects the health; economy and family life of our people. It should be curtailed."

 Hodo Mohamed, internally displaced person (name changed)

 "It seems that our plight has been totally ignored. We hope the new government will help us settle by allocating land to those of us who have been displaced by drought and poverty."

 "Look at how congested our structures [an IDP settlement in Hargesia] are. If a fire was to break out, I dread the outcome, for many of us will surely die. The new government must at least improve our living conditions."

 Khadar Ahmed, businessman

 "People should accept the election verdict no matter who wins. You cannot do business without peace."

 "The incoming government should strengthen business laws. The ministry of commerce has to put in place better laws governing how business is done. If I am going to invest in the country, I need legal protection and security because I could be investing hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars."

 Anonymous businessman

 "The incoming government must ensure it reaches even the grassroots. You cannot have the government only in Hargeisa while in the countryside people have never seen the government, relying only on village elders. In fact the only time they see the government is during election campaigns when politicians traverse the countryside seeking votes."

 Mohamed-Rashid Muhumed Farah, journalist

 "In the course of our interviews with people, many complain of lack of good governance, corruption and that the government has not done much in terms of education and improving infrastructure."

 Amina Abdillahi Ahmed, academic

 "When people hold political office, they tend to stick there, not wanting to leave because Somaliland is a small country with a lot of resources which remain undiscovered. As it is, many people lack proper employment, the government doesn't pay its employees much."

 "People are looking forward to change but I fear the ruling party may not respect the people's verdict."

 "I can say democracy is taking root in Somaliland, although it may not be to Western standards. Slowly by slowly we'll get there. The incoming government must rethink what it can do for the people. It must address communities' needs and identify the gaps such as unemployment that need urgent solutions."

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CODKAAGA KU CIIL BAX...DHAMMAAD IYO DARDAARAN

CODKAAGA KU CIIL BAX...DHAMMAAD IYO DARDAARAN

Ahmed Arwo

Waxay ahayd shan sano iyo dheeraad kolkii taxanaha CODKAAGU YAANU CADOW KUGU NOQON aan bilaabay. Waxay ahyd digniin muhiim ah oo ay ahayd in la hubsado si loo helo barlamaan tayo ah oo meel mariya masiirka ummadda, la xisaabtama xukuumadda. Waxa dhacday in reero loo soo xulay laguna doortay. Waxa dhacday in colkii UDUB halkay xukuumadda ka toosin lahaayeen noqdeen qaar gar iyo gardaraba ku raaca, oo ilooba muhimka ay leedaha la xisaabtanku.

Taasi waxay dhaxalsiisay in golaha Wakiiladu noqdo gole doodo keliya ooyna waxba ka soo bixin, xukuumaddina waxay noqotay gardarro garab og. Waxa soo raacay in xilka ay qabteen mas'uuliin Wasiiro leh, Aagaasimayaal leh, Madax boolis leh, Madax Ciidan leh oo iyana loola dhaqmo si ay u adeegaan xukuumadda ooy marar badan baal maraa xilka loo dhaarshay, iyagoo mas'uuliyaddii qaranku ku soo uruurtay difaaca xaq-darro ee Madaxweyne Riyaale. Awooddii oo dhammi waxay ku uruurtay gacanta Riyaale. Isagoon weli dibinta furin ayey kolka farto dhaqaaqdo wasiiradu kor u boodaan oo midba kan kale ka horarsadaa raaligelin aan weli waxay tahay ayna dhab u fahmin.

Dalku waxuu noqday guri qof leeyahay, qabnigii ummaddu sidoo kale. Haddaba kolka xaal halkaas maray ayaan bilaabay taxan kale oo ugu baaqay intii Codkoodu Cadow Ku Noqday inay guntadaan oo waxaan bilaabay CODKAAGA KU CIIL BAX...kaas oon halkan ku soo afmeeraayo manta.

Uma baahnid xusuus fog, oo waxa kaaga filan duruufaha iyo dhacdooyinka ayaamhan taagan. Maxay arkeen tiirarka UDUB ee ka daadanaa markabka sii degaaya. Waa astaan iyo saadaal wacan oo waa dhammaadkii mugda muddada dheer inagu habsaday Insha Allah. 

CAWRALEEY CAGO

Ku xusuuso ..Dhiilkeyga wax yar ayaa dhimman ee koodu wuu madhanyahay..macnahu waa codkaaga waxaan ku iibsanayaa lacagaada. Waxaan kugu karbaashayaa ushaada, waxaan kaa dhigi nin haraaddan oo ceelkiisa aan keli dhaansanaayo, waxaan haystaa rag gacamaha aan u caseeyey aan cid kale aqoon anigi mooyee. Mey noqon oo colkii uu gacamaha u caseeyey intii dareen ku sii hadhay wey garatay inuu markabku degaayo. Waxay la noqotay ka boodoo illeyn naftu orod ayey kugu aamintaa ee yaan laguuga dul iman. Waa Wasiiro cararaaya, waa Xildhibaano Wakiilo oo cararaaya, Waa Xildhibaano Degaan oo cararaaya, Waa tiirarkii xisbiga UDUB oo dhalin leh, oo haween leh, oo waayeel leh, waa salaadiin iyo cuqaal.  

Horaan u idhi Yaa ku hadhay UDUB. Maan filayn in ilaa maalinta doorashada UDUB soo dindimi doonto waxaan filaayey in ay leedhay rag iyo dumar ku adag oo tiro badan, wey jiraan weyse yaryihiin oo waa tan weli soo yaaceysa.

Xusuuso xukuumadda 55ka dhaaftay, xusuuso tayadooda, xusuuso qoraal la,aanta shirkooda, xusuuso ciidanka iyo booliska derejo ka maqantay, mushahar aan helin, xusuuso lacagta qiima jibtay oo dib u noqo oo eeg inta uu joogay koobka shaahu kolkuu xilka la wareegay iyo intuu manta maraayo, xusuuso Sool iyo Sanaag bari iyo inta lacag loo uruuriyey iyo halkay martay.Xusuuso biriij keliya ee Hargeysa lacagtii laga uruuriyey ciyaalo iskuulka ilaa tujaarta iyo halkay martay.

Diid UDUB OO KU DIID ARRIMAHAN:

1. DIID DAACAD LA'AANTA
2. DIID DAYACA
3. DIID DALASIGA
4. DIID DULAYSIGA
5. DIID DULMIGA
6. DIID DAROJO L'AANTA
7. DIID DIBUSOCDNIMADA
8. DIID DIRAA DIREYNTA
9. DIID DIIFTA
10. DIID DUURJOOGTA LA GUMAADAY
11. DIID DARIIQ LA'AANTA
12. DIID DARYEEL LA'AANTA
13. DIID DAMQASHO LA'AANTA
14. DIID XAALKA DEKEDDA BERBERA
15. DIID BALAN BEEN AH
16. DIID LAALUUSH IYO LA-XISAABTAN LA'AAN

Waa ayaan xornimo mid taariikhi ah oo ah ayaantii gumeysigii caddaa ka huleelay dalkeena, waa sharaf kale oo loo huwiyey ayaantaas 26 Juun 2010 waa maalinta masiirka ummadda aad u gurman karto, aad badbaadin karto, aad intaas oo diidmo mudan ee dusha ku qoran aad ka xorreyn karto dalka, Waa mustaqbalkii ummadda, waa adigoo u hura codkaaga, oo ku ciil baxa codkaaga. Sii KULMIYE oo noqo ruux ku dhiirada isbedelka dhabta ah. Ha khasaarin oo ha siin cid aan soo baxayn iyo meel aan jirin. Ha ka seexan oo yaan aamuskaagu inagu keenin UDUB. Ha noqon nin gacantiisa isku gawraca. Isagu gee awoodaada inaad hesho cod buuxa oo isbedel dhalin kara.

Mahad oo dhan Alle ayaa leh,

Waa inoo qormo kale iyo maalinteed, Insha Allah

 

 

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DALKAYGU WACANAA DADKIISU WANAAGSANAA DAWLADIISU WEECSANAA

DALKAYGU WACANAA DADKIISU WANAAGSANAA DAWLADIISU WEECSANAA

 

CODKAAGA KU CIIL BAX QORMADII (35)

 

Ahmed Arwo

 

 

 

Mahad Allaa leh, ILaaha i nabad geeyey dalkii aan muddada dheer ka maqnaa, dal ruuxaygu joogay oo aanan saacadna ka fikir la'aan, dad qalbigeygu la joogay. Waxaan ahaa qof ruux iyo jidhku kala maqanaa. Waxaan noqday qof dhan oo taabtay nolasha dhabta ah ee dadkeyga. Wax cusub ma arag oo dharaar iyo habeenba waan la socday dhib iyo dheef, barwaaqo iyo abaar omas ah, waan la qaybsanaayey dhacdooyinka farxad iyo murugu isagu jira. Intaan ogaa oon waxba ugu kordhin ayaan haddana si dhab ah u taabtay.

 

Waan ogaa samirka, nabad jaceylka, wax wada cunka dadkeyga, waan ogaa shaqo la'aanta, danyarta darxumeysan, dhalinta gidaar jiifka ah, qasriyada madhan ee buulasho hareereeyeen. Waan ogaa quruxda, bilicda, cunta wanaaga huteelada, sooryada guryaha. Waan ogaa in bilicda Maansoor ay agtaal buulasha hortiisa ah. Waan ogaa dadkeyga ku darxumeysan state house iyo dhammaan guryaha bacaha ka sameysan ee aqal Soomaligu qasrigu u yahay. Waa danyar darxumo u dhammaatya, ma haystaan daryeel noocnaba, caafimaad maa kuu, tacliin macnaheedaba ma yaqaaniin, hoyna waa u bac sumaysan. Waa dad samirkii Ayuub leh. Dedaal kuma yara, daacad wey u dhasheen. Waa se la doorshay. Waxa helay dad ay diir , muuqaal iyo magac wadaagaan, dhiig iyo walaalnimo u dheertay, ooy waliba ay u cumaamadeen, kuna noqday goofanayaal aan halka ay qabsadaan ka gu'in, aan dhergin, aan nixin aan lahayn jidh damqada iyo dareen aadminimo.

 

Duhurkii Jimcaha 18 Juun waxaan cagaha la helay dhulkii hooyo iyo Berbera. Madaar u eeg meel quruumihii lagu dagaalay waayeyna wax dhadhaba. Waa qolol iska daa rinji eh aan lahayn talbiis, daaqadahu waa gidaar madhan oo weli sugaya in laga dhigo daaqad. Gudaha waxa ka taagan buuq inta ku jirtaa wey ka badantay ita soo degtey. Waa dad ay ka muuqato dayac dhaqaale darro wax yar ayaa madaarka si rasmi ah uga shaqeeya. Waa dad eryanaaya quud maalmeed. Umay iman inay wax boobaan, umey iman inay tuugsadaan oo sharaftuuda u diiday. Waa inay helaan farsamo quud loo helo aan xaraan iyo ceeb xanbaarsanayn. Dhalinta askartu wey taqaan inay baahi keentay. Wey u naxaan oo  sharciga ayey jiifiyaan si ay dhalintu u gaadho hadafkooda ayna waxba uga hooseen dhadhamo ay ku qaboojiyaan calool ololeysa. Askarta iyo shaqaalaha ee goobta joogaa, darxumadu kama madhan. Waxa ka muuqda diif iyo nolol engegan. Musharkoodu waa qadhiidh aan kafayn baahiyaha asaasiga ah ee nafleyda. Waxay laftoodu dhowraan in ay wax soo gaadhaan. Waa duul xishood iyo khajilsan, sharaf badan bal se baahi

 

Waxa laga dhigay mushaharka shaqaalaha madani iyo ciidanba mid yar oo lagu kalifo inay sharciga jabiyaan. Waxa loo fasaxay laaluush, si ay u noqdaan dar u jilca sarkaalka ka sareeya oo isagu musuq kooda ka badan liishaanta. Ninba ninkuu ka sareeyo ka af weyn. Waxa helay ummadii xukuumad nidaamkii dawliga ahaa qulubaa gedidey. Waxay ka dhigtay askartii duul la kireeyo, oo ciddii doontaa kaxaysato. Sharaftii ciidan wey burburtay. Derejo ma leh, dharku waa duug dhowr meelood jidhku ka muuqdo, kabahu waa sandhal hadday isku noocba noqdaan ninka gashani Alle mahadiyo.  

 

Dariiqii cagta saarnay. Waa barwaaqo iyo mahad Alle meel waliba waa cagaar, waxa se wadnaha ku qabanaaya kidhkidh iyo hubaqlayn. Waa jid aan mitirna fayoobeyn, godood iyo bacaad aan karkar lahyn, waa kantaroolada oo calanka sharafta badan kaaramada ka qaaday. Kow kuma qornaa kalmedu tawxeed, dhammaan wey goo'goan-yiihiin. Waa astaan ku tilmaamaysa tamarta xukuumadda, xataa birta kontroolku waa amba mid daxal rudhay oo taabashadeedu cudur tahay, amba waa caleen yar oo la soo jaray. Dariiqa ilaa Hargeysa waa tuulooyin dadku iska-faraxsan yahay bal se nolashooda ay ka muuqato rafaad ay wax badan qabitameen.

 

Waxay ahayd maalin UDUB ololaynayso. Waxa anigoon Hargeysa gaadhin i horyimid markhaati cad oo fal danbiyeed doorasho ah. Waa baabuurtii xukuumadda gaar ahaan kuwa Dekedda Berbera oo raxanraxan ah uuna hormood u yahay Agaasimaha Guud. Waxa labada dhinac laga tuurayaa jawaano qaad ah, waxa kale oo kolkii aan is-taagnay naloo sheegay inay ilaa xalay lacag qaybinayeen. Waxa amakaag igu riday sida loo qabitimay iyo habacsanaanta ummadda. Waa iska caadi..waxay ka mid tahay ereyada aad wax badan maqlayso. Waxa markiiba maankeygu sajilay cinwanka maqaalkan...Dal wacan, dad wanaagsan iyo xukuumad weecsan. Waxa xukuumaddu ka leexatay marinkii xilkeedu tilmaamaayey. Lacagta danyarta, dibjirka, geeljiraha, adhi-raaca, lo-jirka, dilalka, baalashlaha, caanodiiqda, bacadlaha, biyoolaha, timirlaha, taajirka, shaqaalaha, sheikh, shariif iyo ruux kasta oo dalkan degan iyo mid soo cago-dhigtaba laga qaaday ayaa laga dhigay mid dano gaar ah oo danbi cad ah lagu galo.

 

Muwaadinku ma oga inuu shilin kasta oo uu wax ku iibsadaa qayb ka mid ihi tahay cashuur. Ma jiro qof nool oo aan cashuurta laga qaadini, waxaana looga qaadaa in loogu shaqeeyo. Laakiin waxay noqotaa mid loo isticmaalo si kale. Waa xukuumad weecsan oo marinkii loo igmaday baal-martay. Lacagta waxa loo adeegsadaa sidii dadka maskaxda looga addoonsan lahaa iyo sifooyin xaaraan ah.

 

Hargeysa ayaan soo gaadhay anigoo aad u faraxsan inaan dadkeygii ehel, qaraabo iyo asxaaba la kulmo. Jawigu waa wacan yahay. Baabuur iyo dad isku haysta marin yar oo dhagax iyo ciidi ku weheliso, ayaa ah waxa ugu xun ee indhahaaga iyo jidhkaaguba dareemaayo. Kidh-kidh aan kala joogsi lahayn oo beerku ku hiqleynaayo. Wey fiday ooy darafyada dhaaftay, waa la dhisaty qof iyo itaalkii, mid qasri aloosa, mid buul ka hordhista, mid sandaqad dhadhabta. Mansha Alla masaajiddu waa buux, makarafoonka wacdiga diimeed ma yara, haddana dhaqanka dadku waa ka durugsan yahay asluubta suuban. Been dul iyo hoos ah, balan la,aan, markhaati aan sax ahayn, laba-wajinimo, isku-dir, nifaaq la joogtaystay, ooy intaba u sal tahay laaluushka iyo xukuumad weecsan oo marinkii ka luntay.

 

Bilicda magaaladu waa dhaawac sakaraad ku dhow. Nalku waa teel-teel, nuurkiisu waa daciif, jidad la'aan lumisa waqti badan oo shaqo, dhaqaale badan oo baabuur burbur leh, oo halis dadka dariiqa ay maraan baabuurtu ugu tegtay dhe. Biyo yaraan joogta ah, Hargeysa oo intey leegtay la ogyahay ayaa waxay leedahay biriij keliya oo isku xidha labadeeda daamood. Kii lacagta ilaa caruurta laga guray waa mid aan fari ka qodnayn, kolkaad aragtana aad xusuusan balamadii is-dabo-joogay eey Wasiiradu meel walba ka akhriyeen. Si gaar ah waxaan u xusuustaa Wasiirka Hawlaha Guud oo ku baaqay inay Wasaarad ahaan dhammayn doonaan intaan sanadkii hore dhammaan.

 

Inagoon soo koobi Karin dareenkeyga farxadda iyo murugada isagu jira bal se ay farxaddu u badantay dhinaca shacbiga, anigoon idinka waramin dadka ku dhibaataysan state-house iyo meelo kale oo la mid ah, aan u jeesto dardaan iyo nuxurka weedhayda. Waxa muuqata in dadka maskaxda laga addonsaday., oo kuwa ugu dhibatada badani yihiin kuwa loo adeegsanaayo joogtaynta dhibta haysata. Waa dad u dhiibaaya mindidii lagu qali lahaa kii qalaayey..

 

Aan qodobo kooban ku gudbiyo fariin muhiim ah;

 

Miyaad jeceshay inaad cimrigaaga ku noolaato, ku dhasho ood ku barbaariso ubadkaaga buul bac ah, nolosha reer State-house ma tahay mid ay rabaan inay wax ka badalaan. Ma tahay wax habboon inaad mustaqbalkaaga siisato qadhiidh iyo quud maalmeed.

Haddaad tahay dhalinyaro shaqo la' ma rabtaa inaad ka korto baryo, qadoodi iyo silica an rajo lahayn

Haddaad waxbaratay, ma rabtaa in la tixgeliyo aqoontaada, sinnaan iyo cadaalad lagugu shaqaaleeyo. Rajo-xumida badaha saaxiibadaa ku dhinteen ma rabtaa inaad ka badbaado.

 Shaqaale dawladeed haddaad tahay, ma rabtaa inaad maskaxdaada u madaxbanaanaatid, inaad adiguu fikirkaaga u xor ah shaqada dawladdana haysid. Ma rabtaa inaad hesho mushahar kaaga filnaada duliga iyo dambiga laaluushka. Ma rabtaa inaad soo ceshoto karaamadada iyo tan qoyskaaga. Ma rabtaa inaad mushaharkaaga heshid xiligeeda.

Haddaad Bolis tahay amba Ciidanka ma rabtaa sharaf iyo maamuuskii ciidan lahaa, derejo garbaha kuu sudhan, direes bilicsan, badhan iyo kabo baalashaysan oo kolkaad laafyooto dhalintu ku daawato. Ma rabtaa mushahar kaa xoreeya in sida mihnadaha xun laguu kireysto.Sarkaal iyo askar leh xarumo lagu barbaariyo ubadkooda iyo agoontooda, lagu daryeelo caafimaadkooda.

Haddaad tahay ganacsade taajir weyn ah, bacadle iyo mid bacaad fadhiyaba, ma rabtaa ganacsi xor ah oon takoor lahayn, ma rabtaa cashuurta lagaa qaado oo dalka wax loogu qabto, adigoo hela jidad laamiyeysan, biyo aan gu'in, dhakhtaro casri ah, iyo waxbarsho ubadkaagu ka haqab beelaan.

Intaasba waxa ka weyn, ma rabtaa cadaalad, xoriyad af iyo mid dhaqdhaqaaq ah. Inaan xadhig iyo hanjabaad midna laguula iman muwaadin, inaan cidi ku xidhi Karin, albaabka gurigaagana lala bixi Karin, ma rabtaa in la baa'biiyo xukunka degdega ah iyo dulmigiisa. Ma rabtaa saxaafad xor ah oo idaacad iyo TV leh  dalkoo dhan gaadha.

 

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DALKAYGU WACANAA DADKIISU WANAAGSANAA DAWLADIISU WEECSANAA

DALKAYGU WACANAA DADKIISU WANAAGSANAA DAWLADIISU WEECSANAA

CODKAAGA KU CIIL BAX QORMADII (35)

Ahmed Arwo

Mahad Allaa leh, ILaaha i nabad geeyey dalkii aan muddada dheer ka maqnaa, dal ruuxaygu joogay oo aanan saacadna ka fikir la'aan, dad qalbigeygu la joogay. Waxaan ahaa qof ruux iyo jidhku kala maqanaa. Waxaan noqday qof dhan oo taabtay nolasha dhabta ah ee dadkeyga. Wax cusub ma arag oo dharaar iyo habeenba waan la socday dhib iyo dheef, barwaaqo iyo abaar omas ah, waan la qaybsanaayey dhacdooyinka farxad iyo murugu isagu jira. Intaan ogaa oon waxba ugu kordhin ayaan haddana si dhab ah u taabtay.

Waan ogaa samirka, nabad jaceylka, wax wada cunka dadkeyga, waan ogaa shaqo la'aanta, danyarta darxumeysan, dhalinta gidaar jiifka ah, qasriyada madhan ee buulasho hareereeyeen. Waan ogaa quruxda, bilicda, cunta wanaaga huteelada, sooryada guryaha. Waan ogaa in bilicda Maansoor ay agtaal buulasha hortiisa ah. Waan ogaa dadkeyga ku darxumeysan state house iyo dhammaan guryaha bacaha ka sameysan ee aqal Soomaligu qasrigu u yahay. Waa danyar darxumo u dhammaatya, ma haystaan daryeel noocnaba, caafimaad maa kuu, tacliin macnaheedaba ma yaqaaniin, hoyna waa u bac sumaysan. Waa dad samirkii Ayuub leh. Dedaal kuma yara, daacad wey u dhasheen. Waa se la doorshay. Waxa helay dad ay diir , muuqaal iyo magac wadaagaan, dhiig iyo walaalnimo u dheertay, ooy waliba ay u cumaamadeen, kuna noqday goofanayaal aan halka ay qabsadaan ka gu'in, aan dhergin, aan nixin aan lahayn jidh damqada iyo dareen aadminimo.

Duhurkii Jimcaha 18 Juun waxaan cagaha la helay dhulkii hooyo iyo Berbera. Madaar u eeg meel quruumihii lagu dagaalay waayeyna wax dhadhaba. Waa qolol iska daa rinji eh aan lahayn talbiis, daaqadahu waa gidaar madhan oo weli sugaya in laga dhigo daaqad. Gudaha waxa ka taagan buuq inta ku jirtaa wey ka badantay ita soo degtey. Waa dad ay ka muuqato dayac dhaqaale darro wax yar ayaa madaarka si rasmi ah uga shaqeeya. Waa dad eryanaaya quud maalmeed. Umay iman inay wax boobaan, umey iman inay tuugsadaan oo sharaftuuda u diiday. Waa inay helaan farsamo quud loo helo aan xaraan iyo ceeb xanbaarsanayn. Dhalinta askartu wey taqaan inay baahi keentay. Wey u naxaan oo  sharciga ayey jiifiyaan si ay dhalintu u gaadho hadafkooda ayna waxba uga hooseen dhadhamo ay ku qaboojiyaan calool ololeysa. Askarta iyo shaqaalaha ee goobta joogaa, darxumadu kama madhan. Waxa ka muuqda diif iyo nolol engegan. Musharkoodu waa qadhiidh aan kafayn baahiyaha asaasiga ah ee nafleyda. Waxay laftoodu dhowraan in ay wax soo gaadhaan. Waa duul xishood iyo khajilsan, sharaf badan bal se baahi

Waxa laga dhigay mushaharka shaqaalaha madani iyo ciidanba mid yar oo lagu kalifo inay sharciga jabiyaan. Waxa loo fasaxay laaluush, si ay u noqdaan dar u jilca sarkaalka ka sareeya oo isagu musuq kooda ka badan liishaanta. Ninba ninkuu ka sareeyo ka af weyn. Waxa helay ummadii xukuumad nidaamkii dawliga ahaa qulubaa gedidey. Waxay ka dhigtay askartii duul la kireeyo, oo ciddii doontaa kaxaysato. Sharaftii ciidan wey burburtay. Derejo ma leh, dharku waa duug dhowr meelood jidhku ka muuqdo, kabahu waa sandhal hadday isku noocba noqdaan ninka gashani Alle mahadiyo.  

Dariiqii cagta saarnay. Waa barwaaqo iyo mahad Alle meel waliba waa cagaar, waxa se wadnaha ku qabanaaya kidhkidh iyo hubaqlayn. Waa jid aan mitirna fayoobeyn, godood iyo bacaad aan karkar lahyn, waa kantaroolada oo calanka sharafta badan kaaramada ka qaaday. Kow kuma qornaa kalmedu tawxeed, dhammaan wey goo'goan-yiihiin. Waa astaan ku tilmaamaysa tamarta xukuumadda, xataa birta kontroolku waa amba mid daxal rudhay oo taabashadeedu cudur tahay, amba waa caleen yar oo la soo jaray. Dariiqa ilaa Hargeysa waa tuulooyin dadku iska-faraxsan yahay bal se nolashooda ay ka muuqato rafaad ay wax badan qabitameen.

Waxay ahayd maalin UDUB ololaynayso. Waxa anigoon Hargeysa gaadhin i horyimid markhaati cad oo fal danbiyeed doorasho ah. Waa baabuurtii xukuumadda gaar ahaan kuwa Dekedda Berbera oo raxanraxan ah uuna hormood u yahay Agaasimaha Guud. Waxa labada dhinac laga tuurayaa jawaano qaad ah, waxa kale oo kolkii aan is-taagnay naloo sheegay inay ilaa xalay lacag qaybinayeen. Waxa amakaag igu riday sida loo qabitimay iyo habacsanaanta ummadda. Waa iska caadi..waxay ka mid tahay ereyada aad wax badan maqlayso. Waxa markiiba maankeygu sajilay cinwanka maqaalkan...Dal wacan, dad wanaagsan iyo xukuumad weecsan. Waxa xukuumaddu ka leexatay marinkii xilkeedu tilmaamaayey. Lacagta danyarta, dibjirka, geeljiraha, adhi-raaca, lo-jirka, dilalka, baalashlaha, caanodiiqda, bacadlaha, biyoolaha, timirlaha, taajirka, shaqaalaha, sheikh, shariif iyo ruux kasta oo dalkan degan iyo mid soo cago-dhigtaba laga qaaday ayaa laga dhigay mid dano gaar ah oo danbi cad ah lagu galo.

Muwaadinku ma oga inuu shilin kasta oo uu wax ku iibsadaa qayb ka mid ihi tahay cashuur. Ma jiro qof nool oo aan cashuurta laga qaadini, waxaana looga qaadaa in loogu shaqeeyo. Laakiin waxay noqotaa mid loo isticmaalo si kale. Waa xukuumad weecsan oo marinkii loo igmaday baal-martay. Lacagta waxa loo adeegsadaa sidii dadka maskaxda looga addoonsan lahaa iyo sifooyin xaaraan ah.

Hargeysa ayaan soo gaadhay anigoo aad u faraxsan inaan dadkeygii ehel, qaraabo iyo asxaaba la kulmo. Jawigu waa wacan yahay. Baabuur iyo dad isku haysta marin yar oo dhagax iyo ciidi ku weheliso, ayaa ah waxa ugu xun ee indhahaaga iyo jidhkaaguba dareemaayo. Kidh-kidh aan kala joogsi lahayn oo beerku ku hiqleynaayo. Wey fiday ooy darafyada dhaaftay, waa la dhisaty qof iyo itaalkii, mid qasri aloosa, mid buul ka hordhista, mid sandaqad dhadhabta. Mansha Alla masaajiddu waa buux, makarafoonka wacdiga diimeed ma yara, haddana dhaqanka dadku waa ka durugsan yahay asluubta suuban. Been dul iyo hoos ah, balan la,aan, markhaati aan sax ahayn, laba-wajinimo, isku-dir, nifaaq la joogtaystay, ooy intaba u sal tahay laaluushka iyo xukuumad weecsan oo marinkii ka luntay.

Bilicda magaaladu waa dhaawac sakaraad ku dhow. Nalku waa teel-teel, nuurkiisu waa daciif, jidad la'aan lumisa waqti badan oo shaqo, dhaqaale badan oo baabuur burbur leh, oo halis dadka dariiqa ay maraan baabuurtu ugu tegtay dhe. Biyo yaraan joogta ah, Hargeysa oo intey leegtay la ogyahay ayaa waxay leedahay biriij keliya oo isku xidha labadeeda daamood. Kii lacagta ilaa caruurta laga guray waa mid aan fari ka qodnayn, kolkaad aragtana aad xusuusan balamadii is-dabo-joogay eey Wasiiradu meel walba ka akhriyeen. Si gaar ah waxaan u xusuustaa Wasiirka Hawlaha Guud oo ku baaqay inay Wasaarad ahaan dhammayn doonaan intaan sanadkii hore dhammaan.

Inagoon soo koobi Karin dareenkeyga farxadda iyo murugada isagu jira bal se ay farxaddu u badantay dhinaca shacbiga, anigoon idinka waramin dadka ku dhibaataysan state-house iyo meelo kale oo la mid ah, aan u jeesto dardaan iyo nuxurka weedhayda. Waxa muuqata in dadka maskaxda laga addonsaday., oo kuwa ugu dhibatada badani yihiin kuwa loo adeegsanaayo joogtaynta dhibta haysata. Waa dad u dhiibaaya mindidii lagu qali lahaa kii qalaayey..

Aan qodobo kooban ku gudbiyo fariin muhiim ah;

1. Miyaad jeceshay inaad cimrigaaga ku noolaato, ku dhasho ood ku barbaariso ubadkaaga buul bac ah, nolosha reer State-house ma tahay mid ay rabaan inay wax ka badalaan. Ma tahay wax habboon inaad mustaqbalkaaga siisato qadhiidh iyo quud maalmeed.
2. Haddaad tahay dhalinyaro shaqo la' ma rabtaa inaad ka korto baryo, qadoodi iyo silica an rajo lahayn
3. Haddaad waxbaratay, ma rabtaa in la tixgeliyo aqoontaada, sinnaan iyo cadaalad lagugu shaqaaleeyo. Rajo-xumida badaha saaxiibadaa ku dhinteen ma rabtaa inaad ka badbaado.
4.  Shaqaale dawladeed haddaad tahay, ma rabtaa inaad maskaxdaada u madaxbanaanaatid, inaad adiguu fikirkaaga u xor ah shaqada dawladdana haysid. Ma rabtaa inaad hesho mushahar kaaga filnaada duliga iyo dambiga laaluushka. Ma rabtaa inaad soo ceshoto karaamadada iyo tan qoyskaaga. Ma rabtaa inaad mushaharkaaga heshid xiligeeda.
5. Haddaad Bolis tahay amba Ciidanka ma rabtaa sharaf iyo maamuuskii ciidan lahaa, derejo garbaha kuu sudhan, direes bilicsan, badhan iyo kabo baalashaysan oo kolkaad laafyooto dhalintu ku daawato. Ma rabtaa mushahar kaa xoreeya in sida mihnadaha xun laguu kireysto.Sarkaal iyo askar leh xarumo lagu barbaariyo ubadkooda iyo agoontooda, lagu daryeelo caafimaadkooda.
6. Haddaad tahay ganacsade taajir weyn ah, bacadle iyo mid bacaad fadhiyaba, ma rabtaa ganacsi xor ah oon takoor lahayn, ma rabtaa cashuurta lagaa qaado oo dalka wax loogu qabto, adigoo hela jidad laamiyeysan, biyo aan gu'in, dhakhtaro casri ah, iyo waxbarsho ubadkaagu ka haqab beelaan.
7. Intaasba waxa ka weyn, ma rabtaa cadaalad, xoriyad af iyo mid dhaqdhaqaaq ah. Inaan xadhig iyo hanjabaad midna laguula iman muwaadin, inaan cidi ku xidhi Karin, albaabka gurigaagana lala bixi Karin, ma rabtaa in la baa'biiyo xukunka degdega ah iyo dulmigiisa. Ma rabtaa saxaafad xor ah oo idaacad iyo TV leh  dalkoo dhan gaadha.

Intaas oo dhan waxaad ku gaadhi waa adiguu CODKAAGA KU CIIL BAXA. Waa adigoo Xukuumadda weecsan ku bedela xukuumad kuu adeegta. Diid laaluushka mustaqbalkaaga lagu iibsanaayo. Diid inaad kaadhka aqoonsigaaga ee muujinaaya jinsiyadaada iyo nasabkaaga inaad iibiso. U kac oo u codee KULMIYE...KUNNA UU KU SIINE AHOW KULMIYE..SIDAAD U GAADHO MUSTAQBAL IFAAYA.

Masiirka ummadda weeyee codkaaga ha khasaarin, ha la seexan, ha siin CID AAN SOO BAXAYN, oo ha soo saarin CIDDAAD KA CARARTAY...CODKA KHASAARAA WAA MID TAAGEERO U AH UDUB IYO DULMI JOOGTA AH.  

Mahad oo dhan Alle ayaa leh,

Waa inoo qormo kale iyo maalinteed, Insha Allah

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KENYA-SOMALIA: Fatuma Mohamoud*, "No one believed he was abused"

KENYA-SOMALIA: Fatuma Mohamoud*, "No one believed he was abused"

KAKUMA, 24 June 2010 (IRIN) - Ahmed Mohamoud* seems like a typical eight-year old boy. He is dressed in jeans and sneakers and wears a hat of the New Orleans Saints, the team that won the US Super Bowl this year. Mohamed fled from the Hawiye area of Banadir region, not far from Mogadishu, with his parents. IRIN met Ahmed in Kakuma, northwestern Kenya, where his mother Fatuma agreed to tell IRIN their story.

 "We arrived in Kenya in January 2009. We were first in Dadaab [refugee camp in northeastern Kenya]. After some time we were relocated to Kakuma. Mohamed, who is my only son, started going to the madrasa [Islamic school] inside the camp and not too far from our home here.

 "He loved it and always said his dream was to teach the Koran to others. In May 2009, Ahmed was coming back home from the madrasa when he met one of his neighbours in the street.

 "The man walked with Ahmed and when they were close to his house, he asked the kid to join him for a tea. The kid walked into the house with the man. After drinking tea, the man asked Ahmed if he wanted to see some toys he had in his room. The kid agreed and when they were sitting on the bed, he started touching him and later abused him.

 "Ahmed went home that day but did not mention anything of what had happened to me or his father. The following day, he went back to the madrasa and again met the man on his way back home.

 "The same abuse scenario went on for a week. Ahmed came home every day but never gave us a reason to think that there was something wrong with him - until one night, I heard him screaming and crying. I ran to his room and he told me he had pains in the abdomen and anus.

 "I took him immediately to the camp clinic and after visiting my son, the doctor came to me with tons of questions about who the child had been with, who his friends were, and where his father was. When I asked him what was going on, he told me Ahmed had been sodomized. I could not believe my ears. My only child, my seven-year-old boy, had gone through this and I had suspected nothing.

 "He gave me a medical report and told me I had to talk to the police. In the meantime Ahmed walked out of the room where he was with the doctor. He could not look me in the eyes. Ahmed came closer to me and, still avoiding eye contact, hugged me by the waist saying, `Mum, are you upset with me now?'

 "At that moment I could not hold whatever was in me any longer. I could not... The pain was too intense and I just burst into tears. I know I shouldn't have, not in front of my son, not at that moment, but I couldn't help it.

 "Ahmed and I went to speak to the police, to whom we showed the medical report. The man was detained for 15 days and after that, released on bail. You could not believe my disappointment when I passed him while walking near my house. I hoped Ahmed would never have to see him again. But there he was.

 "Ever since the news spread in the community, Ahmed could no longer go to the madrasa. People in the street started making fun of him, humiliating him and calling him a liar. No one believed he was abused. They all thought he made all this up. So after three or four times when he came home crying, I decided he should not go there any more. The thing is that not only can he not go to the madrasa but basically he cannot leave the house. We are constantly threatened, get jerry cans thrown at us and are spat upon. Ahmed has no friends; nobody talks to him other than the counsellor who comes to see him every week.

 "The authorities have asked us if we want to move to a different community but if we did, things would not change; people would still know, and the stigma would follow us.

 "After a year, the case is still wending its way through the legal system. My son's childhood has been ruined and his dreams spoiled but I hope at least justice will be done."

 *Not their real names

 cp/am/cb

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Dhanxiir iyo Wasiirada Waaga intuu baryayo sugi waayay ee u .....

Dhanxiir iyo Wasiirada Waaga intuu baryayo sugi waayay ee u ..... Waaryaadhaheen, tii UDUB ahayd haragii beri horuu ka hooree, hadda jiidhkii baa gurmaya, bal eeg wasiiradan xalay u guday KULMIYE ee sugi kari waayey inta waagu ka beryayo, mise tallow toobadii siyaasadeed baa ka xidhmaysay oo nafla caari baa haysay, cajiib, meesha cidi kumay hadhine magacii UDUB-tuna wuu sii wasakhoobayaaye tallow Aw Rayaale xalay muxuu ku baryey, Cawil-na waxbaa lagaga sheeg sheegayee!!! Weger; Adeer; UDUB noole kuuma joogtee waxaad ka warantaa weriyeyaashan kolba mid la leeyahay dalka ka baxa ee waa maxay farta ku godani, ilayn waatanoo maantana waxaan maqlayaaa koox BBC-da ah ayaa waraaqo loo jaree, ilaahayoow falfaliidhka UDUB naga badbaadi oo doorasho khayr qabtaa noo dhacdaa.

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SOMALI MIGRANT KILLED IN GUN BATTLE BETWEEN YEMENI FORCES AND SMUGGLERS – UN AGENCY

OMALI MIGRANT KILLED IN GUN BATTLE BETWEEN YEMENI FORCES AND SMUGGLERS – UN AGENCY
New York, Jun 22 2010 11:10AM
The United Nations refugee agency is working with the Yemeni Government to gain access to a group of Africans who were detained following a weekend incident in which one man was killed and two women were seriously wounded during a gun battle between the army and smugglers.

The Somali man and the two non-Somali women were among a group of African migrants that had just arrived in Yemen and were being boarded onto trucks bound for neighbouring Saudi Arabia, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The gun battle occurred on Sunday afternoon in Al Sabiel, which lies some 200 kilometres west of Aden and is the main entry point in Yemen for migrants crossing the Red Sea.

"According to survivors, military vehicles surrounded a smuggling convoy in the process of boarding passengers from the Horn of Africa. Shooting broke out when the smugglers tried to escape," UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards told a news conference in Geneva.

Currently, some 51 non-Somalis are in detention pending further investigation, while another Somali is reported missing and presumed to have fled. The army has handed over five Somali males to UNHCR's partner, the Yemeni Red Crescent, and they are being assisted at the Bab al Mandab transit centre.

The survivors told UNHCR that they were among passengers from a smuggling boat carrying some 60 Africans from the Horn of Africa that departed from Djibouti on Sunday and reached Yemen's coast later the same day.

According to the agency, nearly 19,260 people from the Horn of Africa have reached the shores of Yemen this year after fleeing their homes due to war, poverty, famine and drought.
Jun 22 2010 11:10AM

Prophet Muhammad - 19: A perfect management

Prophet Muhammad - 19: A perfect management

By ADIL SALAHI

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was an ordinary human being who was chosen by God to deliver His final message to mankind. As Islam is not merely a religious faith that governs only the relation between man and God, but rather a complete way of life that seeks to regulate all aspects of human life, the Prophet's role gave him the leadership of the Muslim community in every respect. He was the religious, social, military and political leader of the all Muslims.

In other words, he combined both the religious and the secular leadership. In doing so, he set the regulation of people's affairs at a new level, making clear that appropriate religious and moral values must govern all aspects of life.

Today, most people throughout the world suggest that religion should not interfere with politics or economics, or even with social relations. When we look at what this means in practice we find that people accept that politicians lie, misrepresent facts and try to deceive others and their own population. Even in the most liberal democracies people accept much of this as normal. The scandal of members' expenses in the British Parliament is a clear example that self-interest is acceptable justification for unethical behavior.

The Prophet laid the foundation of a system of management that showed great insight and looked at the interests of the community and ensured that friendly relations should prevail within it. Wherever a group of people needs to work together, either for themselves or for society, someone should be chosen as a head of the group. This would ensure that they would stick together and that their work would be mutually complementary and without duplication.

How many people should be in the group to need to have someone acting as its chief? The Prophet made this very clear. He said: "When three people travel together, they should appoint one of them as their head." This will ensure that the group will have someone responsible for keeping them together, so that none is left out at some point on the way because the others wanted to move on. If they face a problem on the way, they are in it together. Without someone taking this responsibility, anyone of them facing a problem might find himself alone while the others move on.

The Prophet sent out many expeditions, some very small. Indeed one of them consisted of only eight people. Others included several hundred men. In all cases he appointed a commander. He gave the commander clear instructions with regard to the treatment of his men and the mission they were undertaking. He set very high standards in the treatment of opponents. No plundering was allowed. No one should be fought except an enemy who is out to fight Muslims. Even with enemies, no religious person, elderly man, woman or child should be killed in any circumstances.

What were the criteria the Prophet applied in choosing such commanders? The two basic criteria were ability and love. No one was given a command by the Prophet unless he had the qualities that make him able to handle the job in hand very efficiently. Moreover, he must be known to love his fellow Muslims, keen to ensure their welfare. He must also be acceptable to them. With regard to the first criterion, the Prophet said: "Whoever appoints someone as head of a group of ten people, knowing that among them there is a better one to lead them, betrays God, His messenger and the Muslim community." Even in worship, the leader must be acceptable to the congregation. The Prophet says: "Anyone who leads a congregation when they dislike him, his prayer does not go beyond his ears." If prayer is unacceptable because the imam is disliked by the congregation, then this applies in an even greater measure to all situations.

The Collapse of UDUB and the Seismic Paradigm Shift Sweeping Somaliland

The Collapse of UDUB and the Seismic Paradigm Shift Sweeping Somaliland

"people often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true, Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote-a very different thing."  Walter H. Judd

"After this president election, Somaliland recognition is no longer a request, it is an earned right which the world must endorse."
 The clouds of change for the better is hanging over Somaliland. The celestial bodies are showing the smell of a huge Kulmiye victory. Somalilanders are showing their tremendous thirsty for a peaceful transfer of power. Kulmiye's long struggle to effect change in the country is finally on the very verge of bearing fruit. Kulmiye is becoming the new kid on the block. Somaliland presidential election fever is moving in all cylinders. Kulmiye party is emerging as the leading party in the country. UCID seems also to be taking the 2nd slot, and UDUB party is taking a distant third position. In the election rallies thousands of people are turning out to support Kulmiye party. Kulmiye party supporters are coming out with huge energy, enthusiasm and excitement. During their presidential rallies through the country, they are coming out in the thousands waving Somaliland and kulmiye flags, election paraphernalia, and slogans. Some of the Kulmiye supporters draw elections slogans on their faces and some of them wear clothes decorated with Kulmiye insignia. The world is watching this great election contest with great enthusiasm. Last week many UDUB officials jump the ship and hastily joined Kulmiye. Kulmiye membership growth for the last month is unprecedented. Everyday a new Somaliland group are leaving UDUB and joining Kulmiye. Nobody may know the exact outcome of the election, but if what were are seeing the last few weeks is a guide, Kulmiye party may be heeding to a landslide victory. The day president Rayaale may have wish if he would have resigned long time ago is around the corner. What is happening in Somaliland is a great example for all the Horn and all of Africa for the matter. 

The presidential contest is taking place as it happens in the established democracies of the west. Somalilanders have shown their maturity and the transition from fragmental tribal society to a cohesive and pluralistic society is in full swing. The overwhelming Kulmiye support in Awdal, Salel and Gabiley speaks to a sign of political maturity. The time people vote for somebody simply because of his/her tribal affiliation is over. A new dawn is casting a bright day light in Somaliland. Following the successful holding of the coming 26 June elections, Somaliland will embark in an irreversible and irrevocable route where the so-called international community is forced to succumb to Somaliland demands for full recognition for their hard won sovereignty. Somaliland recognition is no longer a request it is an earned right which the world must endorse. With two successful presidential elections under her belt,  Somaliland will start a new dawn.   

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson

Saylicpress Editorial

AFRICA: World Cup HIV campaigns

AFRICA: World Cup HIV campaigns

NAIROBI, 17 June 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - The 2010 FIFA World Cup is underway in South Africa and HIV/AIDS campaigners are taking advantage of the international focus on Africa to raise awareness about HIV. IRIN/PlusNews lists some of the campaigns running during the month-long tournament from 11 June to 11 July.

 Give AIDS the Red Card [http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/FeatureStories/archive/2010/20100607_WorldCap.asp]

 National football team captains, including South Africa, Nigeria and France, have thrown their weight behind a UNAIDS campaign to prevent mothers from dying and babies from becoming infected with HIV. According to UNAIDS, almost 80 babies become infected with HIV during the 90-minute length of a single football match.

 Brothers for Life [http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=89329]

 International soccer superstars like Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi are joining this South African campaign, which encourages men to take a stand against gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. The campaign promotes a national HIV testing drive on television, radio and outdoor advertising, launched by President Jacob Zuma in April.

 Public Viewing in Africa [http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/csr/ForTheNextGeneration/contentslist/dreamgoal2010/publicviewing]

 Technology giant Sony is partnering with the UN Development Programme and the Japan International Cooperation Agency to bring 20 World Cup matches to poor communities in Cameroon and Ghana, and offering HIV counselling and testing at the same time.

 The World Cup in My Village

 A pilot project by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Children's Radio Foundation and other community partners, to give young people access to World Cup matches in areas of Rwanda and Zambia where there is no electricity or broadcasting service.

 Besides watching football, young people will be encouraged to participate in soccer games, educational activities promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, and other community events. They will also be able to share their experiences with a wider audience through the use of flip cameras, laptops and recording devices.

 South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Condom Distribution Initiative [http://www.sabcoha.org/fifa-world-cup-2010/fifa-world-cup-2010.html]

 The initiative, in conjunction with the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa and other partners, will distribute condoms on a large scale to hotels and bed-and-breakfast accommodation, to be placed in more than 18,000 rooms.

 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Blog: Extra Time [http://msf.ca/blogs/extratime]

 While the world focuses on football, the international medical charity's blog will remind people that the AIDS pandemic is far from over, and give MSF doctors, nurses, lay counsellors, football supporters and those living with HIV/AIDS the opportunity speak out about the pandemic.

 The organization compared the diminished donor funding to fight HIVAIDS to "having the referee blow his whistle to stop the World Cup final match halfway through", and is encouraging the world to take a stand in support of universal access to treatment and care for all people living with HIV/AIDS.

 Africa Goal Campaign [http://www.africagoal.com]

 A team of volunteers are driving from Kenya through Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland to South Africa, projecting live matches to poor communities along the way. Before every game, the team will show HIV and AIDS awareness videos selected to ensure that they are target specific and culturally sensitive.

 Kenya World Cup Testing Drive "Jitambue Leo" (discover yourself today, in Swahili)

 The National AIDS and Sexually transmitted infections Control Programme (NASCOP) plans to set up at least three screens showing live World Cup matches in every rural constituency in Kenya, during which NASCOP and partners will offer HIV testing and counselling. Jitambue Leo hopes to test at least 33,000 people per day on the 33 days of the World Cup.

 Football for Hope [http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/worldwideprograms/footballforhope/20centres2010/index.html]

 The official campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, aimed at creating 20 Football for Hope centres in disadvantaged communities across Africa to promote public health, education and football, and empower young people to protect themselves against the virus.

 One of the centres is located in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha, which has one of the country's highest HIV and TB burdens; other centres are located in Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and Katutura in the Namibian capital, Windhoek.

 kr/kn/he

SOMALIA: Children in Somaliland deserve more - officials

SOMALIA: Children in Somaliland deserve more - officials

 

HARGESIA, 17 June 2010 (IRIN) - Children with disabilities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are a forgotten lot, often not factored into the country's education, livelihood and health policies, child rights activists said on 16 June, during a ceremony marking the Day of the African Child.

 

 "The physical environment [access to buildings such as schools and hospitals], attitudes of people and lack of public awareness and sensitization are the real barriers to the development of these children and not their impairments," Ali Jama Hassan, the Disability Action Network (DAN), the largest NGO working with children with physical and/or psychological disabilities.

 

 This year's theme for the Day of the African Child is "Planning and Budgeting for the Well being of the Child: A Collective Responsibility".

 

 Speaking to IRIN at the DAN offices where activities to mark the day were held, Hassan said despite the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, Somaliland children with disabilities were not considered a priority, especially at the policy-making and funding allocation levels.

 

 "Policies on children with disabilities are not a priority in the country, be it in education, in health or livelihood support," Hassan said. "Some of the change we are looking for the mainstreaming of the needs of children with disabilities in education, healthcare and in livelihood."

 

 Ettie Higgins, the chief of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) field office in Hargesia, told IRIN the situation of children in Somaliland remained critical.

 

 "There are several thousand children living in Somaliland with physical and psychological disabilities - but only very limited facilities are available to cater for their needs," she said. "For example, deaf children come from as far as Mogadishu [Somalia's capital] to attend Hargeisa School for the Deaf, since these facilities are unavailable."

 

 Higgins said the Day of the African Child was a celebration of all children on the African continent.  "It is an opportunity for Somali communities, families, parents, local administrations, non-governmental organizations, donors and international organizations to come together and act on their collective responsibility to put the best interests of the child first."

 

 Somalia's infant and maternal mortality rates are amongst the world's highest, with the main causes of death being diarrhoeal diseases, malaria and respiratory infections, Higgins said.

 

 "Access to basic services such as primary education, proper healthcare, and safe drinking water is still a challenge in many areas," she said. "In such an environment, children living with disabilities are often further marginalised by communities in the effort to just sustain lives, and their special needs are not addressed, and they are not given the opportunity to contribute to society."

 

 This sense of responsibility, Higgins said, should be engrained in various planning and budgeting initiatives for the welfare of Somali children, "and this especially should also include those children most marginalised - including orphans and vulnerable children, as well as those living with disabilities."

 

 Regarding discrimination of people with disabilities, Hassan told IRIN Somaliland's constitution denies people with physical or psychological disabilities the right to run for public office, "a clause we have been fighting to have removed from the books".

 

 

 Hassan said: "We are hopeful that the next government [after 26 June presidential elections] will remove this clause from the constitution."

 

 According to DAN, children with disabilities include those with physical impairments such as wheelchair users; those with psychosocial conditions; those with intellectual impairments or learning disabilities as well as the deaf and the blind.

 

 Accurate data on the number of children with disabilities in Somaliland are lacking but DAN estimates that at least 10 percent of children in the country have some form of disability.

 

 In the context of Somaliland, the numbers of children with disabilities is growing as people who had been refugees in neighbouring countries return home and more Somalis who  get displaced by violence and insecurity in south-central Somalia migrate to Somaliland, according to DAN.

 

 "The basic services they need for social and economic inclusion are not yet available.An immediate action is required to mainstream development programmes aimed at them," DAN said.

 

 Hodan Mohammed, 30, mother of two - one of whom is blind and disabled - told IRIN she was attending the Day of the African Child ceremony in the hope that her child will in future be treated as any other so-called normal child.

 

 "DAN has been helping me to train my daughter to sit and stand but I need more support to explore the possibility of my child being able to see," she said. "Unfortunately, I am a widow and my family can barely afford to feed me feed my children let alone foot the bill for specialized treatment outside of Somaliland."

 

 Js-ah/

Somaliland: Co-ordinators of international election observers give cautiously positive assessment for the holding of election

  Co-ordinators of international election observers give cautiously
positive assessment for the holding of election

International development agency Progressio, the Development Planning
Unit at UCL and Somaliland Focus (UK) welcome the good progress being
made toward the holding of Somaliland's long-delayed presidential
elections on the scheduled date of 26 June 2010.

The three organisations, whose advance mission is now established in
Hargeisa, were invited in January 2009 by Somaliland's National
Electoral Commission (NEC) to act as coordinators of the international
observation mission for presidential elections in the
internationally-unrecognised Republic of Somaliland.

Given past difficulties, recent months have seen rapid progress
towards a free and fair election. The election looks set to take place
on the scheduled date. This is a clear indication of the effectiveness
of the new NEC, put in place after the parties agreed to a revised
timetable for elections.

Since campaigning started in early June, there have been no major
campaign-related incidents of violence. The agreement between the
three parties to hold rallies on separate days appears to be holding.
In security terms, an incident involving alleged political Islamists
in the town of Burco in early June regrettably resulted in the death
of a member of Somaliland's police force. This has given cause for
concern in the context of threats to disrupt the election, but also
demonstrates the preparedness of the Somaliland population and police.

 There are outstanding logistical issues to be resolved around the
security of observers, which are essential for the mission to proceed,
but we look forward to a speedy resolution of these. Michael Walls, a
joint co-ordinator, said "we hope to have around 70 international
observers from a wide variety of countries, along with 800 local
counterparts. Naturally, we are actively monitoring the security
situation in order to ensure that a balance is maintained between the
widest possible coverage of the poll and the personal security of the
observation teams."

His colleague, Dr Steve Kibble, said "we are encouraged by the
overwhelming desire of the people of Somaliland to see a peaceful
election, recognised as such both nationally and internationally. At
this stage, we expect that such an outcome can be achieved."

Notes to Editors

1.      For further information or to arrange an interview with a
member of the coordination team, contact Conrad Heine in Somaliland,
tel +252 2 409 5464 or by email at conradheine@gmail.com

2.      Somaliland's Presidential elections have been repeatedly
delayed. The poll has previously been scheduled for March/April 2008,
December 2008, March 2009 and September 2009.

 3.      Somaliland is situated in Somalia's northwest. It declared
unilateral independence from the failed Somali state in 1991 and has
since been a haven of relative peace whilst violence and instability
has characterised Somalia, its capital Mogadishu and more recently the
Gulf of Aden.

4.      Progressio's involvement in the mission follows its leadership
of the international monitoring team for Somaliland's inaugural
parliamentary elections in 2005, judged by observers as "basically
free and fair".

5.      Progressio is an international charity with Catholic roots
that enables poor communities to solve their own problems through
support from skilled workers. And we lobby decision-makers to change
policies that keep people poor. For further information, see:
www.progressio.org.uk

SOMALIA: Disabled children in Somaliland "must come first"

SOMALIA:  Disabled children in Somaliland "must come first"

HARGESIA, 17 June 2010 (IRIN) - Children with disabilities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are a forgotten lot, often not factored into the country's education, livelihood and health policies, child rights activists said on 16 June, during a ceremony marking the Day of the African Child.

 "The physical environment [access to buildings such as schools and hospitals], attitudes of people and lack of public awareness and sensitization are the real barriers to the development of these children and not their impairments," Ali Jama Hassan, the Disability Action Network (DAN), the largest NGO working with children with physical and/or psychological disabilities.

 This year's theme for the Day of the African Child is "Planning and Budgeting for the Well being of the Child: A Collective Responsibility".

 Speaking to IRIN at the DAN offices where activities to mark the day were held, Hassan said despite the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, Somaliland children with disabilities were not considered a priority, especially at the policy-making and funding allocation levels.

 "Policies on children with disabilities are not a priority in the country, be it in education, in health or livelihood support," Hassan said. "Some of the change we are looking for the mainstreaming of the needs of children with disabilities in education, healthcare and in livelihood."

 Ettie Higgins, the chief of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) field office in Hargesia, told IRIN the situation of children in Somaliland remained critical.

 "There are several thousand children living in Somaliland with physical and psychological disabilities - but only very limited facilities are available to cater for their needs," she said. "For example, deaf children come from as far as Mogadishu [Somalia's capital] to attend Hargeisa School for the Deaf, since these facilities are unavailable."

 Higgins said the Day of the African Child was a celebration of all children on the African continent.  "It is an opportunity for Somali communities, families, parents, local administrations, non-governmental organizations, donors and international organizations to come together and act on their collective responsibility to put the best interests of the child first."

 Somalia's infant and maternal mortality rates are amongst the world's highest, with the main causes of death being diarrhoeal diseases, malaria and respiratory infections, Higgins said.

 "Access to basic services such as primary education, proper healthcare, and safe drinking water is still a challenge in many areas," she said. "In such an environment, children living with disabilities are often further marginalised by communities in the effort to just sustain lives, and their special needs are not addressed, and they are not given the opportunity to contribute to society."

 This sense of responsibility, Higgins said, should be engrained in various planning and budgeting initiatives for the welfare of Somali children, "and this especially should also include those children most marginalised - including orphans and vulnerable children, as well as those living with disabilities."

 Regarding discrimination of people with disabilities, Hassan told IRIN Somaliland's constitution denies people with physical or psychological disabilities the right to run for public office, "a clause we have been fighting to have removed from the books".


 Hassan said: "We are hopeful that the next government [after 26 June presidential elections] will remove this clause from the constitution."

 According to DAN, children with disabilities include those with physical impairments such as wheelchair users; those with psychosocial conditions; those with intellectual impairments or learning disabilities as well as the deaf and the blind.

 Accurate data on the number of children with disabilities in Somaliland are lacking but DAN estimates that at least 10 percent of children in the country have some form of disability.

 In the context of Somaliland, the numbers of children with disabilities is growing as people who had been refugees in neighbouring countries return home and more Somalis who  get displaced by violence and insecurity in south-central Somalia migrate to Somaliland, according to DAN.

 "The basic services they need for social and economic inclusion are not yet available.An immediate action is required to mainstream development programmes aimed at them," DAN said.

 Hodan Mohammed, 30, mother of two - one of whom is blind and disabled - told IRIN she was attending the Day of the African Child ceremony in the hope that her child will in future be treated as any other so-called normal child.

 "DAN has been helping me to train my daughter to sit and stand but I need more support to explore the possibility of my child being able to see," she said. "Unfortunately, I am a widow and my family can barely afford to feed me feed my children let alone foot the bill for specialized treatment outside of Somaliland."

 Js-ah/

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