| EU: 50 terror attacks averted |
30 September, 2010
50 terror attacks averted
Germany: Insurer cites Koran to reject claim
| Germany: Insurer cites Koran to reject claim
A Muslim immigrant in Germany who asked his insurance firm to cover the costs of a maid while he recovered from a serious accident had his claim rejected on the grounds that according to his religion, husbands don't do the housework anyway. |
SOMALIA: Spotlight on maternal health risks in rural areas
GALKAYO, 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - Poor education among women and lack of access to health facilities in many rural areas of war-torn Somalia have increased risks surrounding child birth, according to health officials.
"Home delivery and hospital maternity is not the same; when women deliver at home, some traditional midwives use unclean knives, increasing the risk of death even in cases where the process gets completed successfully," said Habiba Isack Adan Hurmo, a doctor in Galkayo, Mudug Region, central Somalia.
According to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), 1,000 women die per 100,000 live births in Somalia, where women have a lifetime risk of dying in childbirth of 1 in 12.
Poor literacy levels and lack of health facilities are the major contributors to high mortality in rural Somali communities, Hurmo said, adding that young pregnant women were at greater risk due to lack of awareness of the need to deliver in hospitals.
Hurmo said: "I have come across rural women who have each had more than eight deliveries at home due to lack of health facilities. In many of the cases the children delivered died. Most pregnant women in rural areas believe in traditional birth delivery, not knowing it may not always be safe. This is made worse when a maternity centre is not located near their homes."
Health officials cite the risks of home-based delivery: excess bleeding, the placenta failing to descend, and disease transmission through handling contaminated blood.
Illiteracy
According to Hurmo, illiteracy in women also considerably increases the risk of death for child-bearing women aged 15 years and above, "especially when living with illiterate men".
According to a September health update [ http://www.who.int/hac/crises/som/sitreps/eha_highlights/en/index.html ] by the UN World Health Organization, a major concern in Somalia's south-central regions is the withdrawal, suspension and scaling-down of operations by key humanitarian agencies, as well as their inability to access many areas because of insecurity.
Mohamed Hussein Eid, a Ministry of Health official in charge of Galmudug Region, said the ministry recently established seven new mother-and-child-care centres in the Hobyo, Elgual and Bandiradley areas in a bid to improve health service delivery and check the areas' high maternal mortality.
Eid said mortality risks were high in infancy and early childhood but women faced a greater risk of dying during their reproductive life than men.
He added that the ministry was committed to boosting health facilities in the region and that it would train more traditional birth attendants to reduce the risks of child delivery at home.
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Dhanxiir
| Dhanxiir Maansha Allaah; Alleylehe wasiirkii Daakhiliga ee afmiishaarka ahaa reer Awdal dejiyey ee ku yidhi 'Walaalayaal wiilkiinii Rayaale intuu askariyar ii soo diray ayuu Mandheera igu tuuray xumaan umaan qaadin, foodkii markii laga helayna aayar buu iska tagay oo reer Awdal may xanaaqin, maantana dad saajin la beddelay u baroorta waad ka saraysaane shaydaanka iska naara." Ninkii Ina Xaashina wali Kalkulatarkiisii buu daba sitaa xaaraan quutayaashii ummadda boobay, walee ragbaa Qaran ka soo baxay, waan garanayey in Siilaanyo aanu dhayal mudaharaadkiida bacadka ugu lugayn jirin. Weger; Adeer; Gaboosahan Mudugaynta xarfaanka ku ah iyo Ina Xaashiggan lacag ilaalinta ku khafiifay igadaa warkoodoo Saylicigii ku-xigeenka ahaa tolkii ma qaan bay ku leeyihiin, mise Kolay Boorama ku yaal ayuu woxogaa yar ka sawiray ilayn waakan Hargeysa isku nabaya ee wejiga siin kari lee. Waxaan u malaynayaa waa la ina caameyee ku-xigeen xiniinyo caddaha baynu u baahanahay, Cajiib. Ilaahayoow adigaa xaal og. |
Jamhuuriya Online |
29 September, 2010
All the lights are red. They are flashing from everywhere."
| EU: "All the lights are red. They are flashing from everywhere." Al Qaeda and its allies are taking aim at Europe, according to U.S. and Western intelligence officials, who say there are indications a terrorist plot is in the offing. The indictment against Mr. Headley states that he was sent by an al Qaeda commander named Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri to scope out Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that in 2005 published cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. The indictment says Kashmiri recommended contacts in Western Europe that could provide Mr. Headley "with money, weapons and manpower for the attack on the newspaper." That network of contacts is still at large, according to U.S. intelligence officials. |
28 September, 2010
Somaliland and Puntland to cooperate on security
HARGEISA, 28 September 2010 (IRIN) - Somaliland and Puntland, once-warring territories in northern Somalia, have unprecedentedly agreed in principle to work together to tackle common security threats.
Troops from both entities have clashed over disputed borderlands in the past. They also differ over the issue of sovereignty: Somaliland unilaterally declared independence in 1991, and Puntland, while asserting a degree of autonomy, recognizes Mogadishu as its own, and Somaliland's, capital.
"You can't choose your neighbours, whether it is a region or state; for this reason, from now on, we are going to work with the Puntland state of Somalia, in terms of security of the [Horn of Africa] region," Somaliland's Interior Minister, Mohamed Abdi Gabose, said on 26 September in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa.
"Of course this does not mean we unite with Puntland or the other conflicted areas. We will discuss the [security] issues later," he said.
"From now on, we [Somaliland] want to work together on security matters because it seems there are anti-peace groups who want to threaten our peace," he said.
The rapprochement follows renewed clashes in July in Galgala, an area on the Puntland side of the border, between Puntland's security forces and troops loyal to Sheikh Mohamed Said Atom, a leader of an insurgency accused of having links to Al-Shabab, the main Islamist group fighting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Atom and Al-Shabab have both denied such links exist.
"Of course the [Somaliland] government has its worries when it comes to the Galgala war because if these groups win or fail, either way it is not good for Somaliland because if they win they may try to enlarge their presence deeper in Somaliland," said Gabose.
Hargeisa is faced with another security concern - an armed group claiming to be fighting to liberate - and which is named after - the Somaliland border regions Sool, Sanag and Cayn [http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=89941]. The group rejects the legitimacy of Somaliland's government and sovereignty and says it has set up its own administration.
Increased engagement
Puntland Information Minister Abdihakim Ahmed Guled said of Gabose's statements: "We welcome the openness of the new government in Somaliland and its aim to solve the problems in peace and negotiations.
"On our side, we are happy to hear that the Somaliland government is ready to work with us on security matters because at this time, there are new groups in the region who are killing Muslim people in mosques. These groups have in the past carried out suicide attacks in Hargeisa as well as in Puntland's port of Bosasso."
Meanwhile, there have been international moves to increase engagement with both Somaliland and Puntland, most notably by the United States, which plans to send more diplomats and aid workers there.
"We think that both of these parts of Somalia have been zones of relative political and civil stability, and we think they will, in fact, be a bulwark against extremism and radicalism that might emerge from the south," Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnny Carson said on 24 September.
The US has stressed, however, that this initiative does not mark the beginning of a process to recognize Somaliland's independence.
Commenting on the US move, Sally Healy, an associate fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, told IRIN: "Both territories are quite effectively administered by authorities that are hostile to Al-Shabab and the spread of extremism in Somalia. Their strategic position is important in terms of the security threats emanating from the Gulf of Aden.
"They have important and influential diaspora communities in the west. So it makes a lot of sense for the US to do business with them instead of putting all their eggs in the TFG basket, which remains extremely fragile."
Siilaanyo oo Caawa ka Noqday Magacaabistii Shalay ee Guray Gabaray inuu Noqdo Abaanduulaha Ciidamada
Hargeysa (Waaheen)- Warar aanu ka helnay ilo lagu kalsoon yahay yaa shaaca ka qaaday inuu caawa Madaxweyne Siilaanyo si deg-deg ah uga noqday Abaanduulihii Ciidamada Xeebta Galbeed oo uu shalay uun u magacaabay Guray Gabaray.
Ka noqoshada Madaxweyne Siilaanyo ee xilkaas ayaa waxay ka dhalatay kadib markii caawa Salaadiinta Gobolka Awdal Madaxweynaha ugu hanjabeen hadii uu ka noqon waayo iskubedelkii shalay uu ku sameeyay Saraakiisha Ciidamadda Xeebta Galbeed inay qaadi doonaan Mudaharaado balaadhan oo ay kaga soo horjeedaan Xukuumaddiisa.
Warkani muu sheegin waxa uu Madaxweyne Siilaanyo ka yeelay bedelkii uu ku sameeyay Taliyihii Ciidamadda Galbeed Mr: Xudhuun oo ay sheegeen isna inuu ka noqdo balse waxa uu sheegay inuu jiro dhaqdhaqaaq farabadan oo ay caawa wadaan masuuliyiinta Sare ee Xukuumaddu oo ay doonayaan inay kaga hortagaan Hanjabaadaasi rrer Boorame.
Sidoo kale waxa caawa hadheeyay Xukuumadda Axmed Siilaanyo daminta Olole kale oo kaga socda Goboladda Bari gaar ahaana magaaladda Ceerigaabo oo iyana la sheegay inuu ka jiro dhaqdhaqaaq lagu diidan yahay xayiraada ay manta Xukuumadda Siilaanyo ku soo rogtay Guddoomiyihii hore ee Baanka C/raxmaan Ducaale kaasoo la sheegay inay Ergo loo saaray daminta hawshaasi kulan la yeelatay caawa Madaxweyne Siilaanyo.
Waaheen
Tageero ku socota dhamaan salaadiinta Awdal iyo Salal
Waxaanu taageero udiraynaa dhamaan salaadiinta Awdal iyo Salel ee ku dhaqan Soomaaliland anga oo ah jaliyada Awdal iyo Salel ee ku dhaqan dalka CANADA GOBOLLKA ALBERTA CAASIMADIISA EDMONTON
Waxaanu aad ugu faraxsanahay salaadiintaada Awdal mawqifka cad ee ayiska taageen badalaada JENERAAL XUDHUUN
.Waa la badalikaraa jananciidan laakiin waxaan diidanahay dhacdadii dhawaan kadhacday xeebahaha gobolka SALAL
taas oo aanu diidanahay in loo aaneeyo JANANKA XUDHUUN.
SACIID XAAJI DAAHIR
AXMAD GARAAD
SUL CABDIRAHMAAN ARBE
DR XASAN JAAMAC MUXUMAD
FUAAD AF MADAW
IDIRIS TAABII
ODAY CABDI NUUR
CUMAR SHEEKH
MAXAMAD CISMAAN DHUIIRANE
MAXAMAD DHAGJAR
CABDIRASAAQ CALI
CABDI GAAFANE
CABDIRAH MAAN XAAJI ABUUBAKAR
CUMAR YARE
CAWIL XIRSI
SHEEKH MUSTAFE NUUR
CABDOO YUUSUF BAKAAL
MAXAMUUD JAAMAC MUXUMAD
CABDISAMAD LO DOON
QALIB NUUR
FAATAX CISMAAN
AABO NUUR SICIID CISMAAN
CABDI RAXMAAN CUMAR
CABDI AW DAAHI CILMI
FARXAAN NUUR
DAAHIR CISMAAN
WALAALAYAAL WAXAANU TAAGEERADAAYADA NAF IYO MAALBA LAGARABTAAGANAHAY SALAADIINTAAYADA
AFHAYEENKA JALIYADA AWDAL OYO SALAL EDMONTO CANADA
AXMAD GARAAD
Salaadiin reer Awdal oo Digniino Culus u Jeediyey Xukuummada Axmed Siilaanyo
Boorame (Yool/Hadhwanaag)- Abaabulka Banaan bax balaadhan oo lagaga soo horjeedo xukuumada cusub ee Somaliland, ayaa caawa ka socda Magaalada Boorame, kaasi oo lagu waddo in laga dhigo barri magaaladaasi, waxaana banaan baxan lagu diidan yahay Tallaabo la sheegay in xukuumaddu xilkii kaga qaaday Taliyihii Ciidanka Qaranka ee gobolada Awdal iyo Salal Maxamed Xudhuun.
Shan Suldaan oo ka mid ah Madax dhaqameedka Gobolada Awdal iyo Salal ayaa caawa shir jaraa'id oo ay ku qabteen magaalada Boorame waxay xukuumada cusub ku eedeeyeen inay dalka burburinayso. Waxaanay si kulul u cambaareeyeen talaabada xukuumadu ku bedashay Sarkaalkaasi oo ay sheegeen inaan la aqbali Karin oo uu yahay go'aan cadaalad darro ah.
Suldaan C/Raxmaan Jaamac Dhawal, oo ugu horrayn ka hadlay shirkaasi jaraa'id wuxuu naqdiyay eriga Maxamed Xudhuun waxaanu yidhi "Maxamed Xudhuun, waa sarkal ka soo jeeda gobolada Awdal iyo Salal waa nin daacad ah oo shaqadiisa ka adag. Waxaan cambaaraynayaa tallaabada xilkii lagaga qaaday, waxaan qabaa in xukuumadu u raacday Taliyaha Ciidanka Qaranka Nuux Taani, oo ay si shakhsi ah isu hayeen Maxamed Xudhuun. Waxaan leeyahay ma qaadan karno arrintaasi in qofka wax aanu ku jirin la marmariyo."
Suldaan C/Raxmaan Jaamac Dhawal waxa kale oo uu ku dooday in xukuumada cusubi doonayso inay bedesho Taliyeyaashii qeybaha iyo saldhigyada gobolada Awdal ee ay soo magacowday dhawaan waxaanu xukuumadan ku eedeeyay inay faro gelin iyo cadaadis ku hayso bulshada gobolkiisa ka soo jeeda.
"Markii horeba waxaanu u dul qaadanaynay oo aanu dadka dajinaynay saamiga shacbiga gobolka Awdal iyo Salal laga siiyay xukuumadan cusub oo ah mid aad u yar oo ah wixii ay xaqa u lahaayeen, haddii xukuumaddu daloolinayso doonidan la wada saaran yahay. Markaa Anaguna dhinacayaga ayaanu ka daloolinaynaa,"ayuu ku tiraabay Suldaan C/Raxmaan Jaamac Dhawal.
Suldaankaasi wuxuu sheegay in guddidii Madaxweyne Siilaanyo u magacabay baadhista dhacdadii Maleeshiyada ONLF lagaga soo dejiyay xeebaha Galbeedka Somaliland, ay sheegeen in saraakiisha ciidamada iyo maamuleyaasha Ha'yadaha dawliga ahi aanay shaqo ku lahayn dhacdadaasi. Waxaanu xukuumada ku eedeeyay inay cadaalad darro ku bedashay Taliyihii ciidanka qaranka ee gobolada Awdal iyo Salal.
Suldaan Ibraahim Jaamac Samatar, oo ka hadlay halkaasi ayaa sheegay in shacbiga gobolada Awdal iyo Salal aanay xukuumada cusub ka yeelaynin in faro gelin iyo cadaadis badan lagu sameeyo dadweynaha goboladaasi.waxaanu si kulul u cambaareeyay wax ugu yeedhay xaq-darrada lagu sameeyay Maxamed Xudhuun, oo uu ammaanay kaalintii uu ka soo qaatay adkaynta nabadgelyada dalka gaar ahaan xiligii doorashadii madaxtooyada.
Suldaan Muuse Cali Dugsiiye, oo isna cambaareeyay in xilka laga qaado Maxamed Xudhuun. Waxaanu dawlada u soo jeediyay inay ka noqoto arrintaasi oo uu ku adkaystay inaanay shacbiga reer Awdal liqi doonin.
"Sidaan la socono nimankii ONLF ee ka soo degay xeebaha galbeedka dalka, looma nisbayn karo shacbiga gobolada Awdal iyo Salal, waxay ahayd dhacdo fool xun oo aanu cambaareynayno oo argagixiso. Waxay la mid ahayd dhacdooyinkii argagixiso ee ka dhacay Hargeysa xaruntii madaxtooyada meelo kale oo ka mid ah Somaliland.,"ayuu yidhi Suldaan Muuse.
Suldaan Xasan Xaddi Baadde, ayaa ka sakow cambaareynta xil ka qaadista sarkaalkaasi wuxuu xukuumada cusub ku eedeeyay in aanay waxba ka qaban wax uu ugu yeedhay kooxdii fulisay gawricii dhawr qof oo aqoon yahano iyo Ganacsato iskugu jiray oo ka soo jeeday gobolka Awdal, oo lagu dilay jidka u dhaxeeya Magaalooyinka Boorame iyo Kala Baydh.
"Waxa magaalada Hargeysa ku sugan oo aanay xukuumadani waxba ka qaban kooxdii gowracday dadkii aan waxba galabsan ee Ganacsatada iyo Aqoon yahanka iskugu jiray ee lagu dilay jidka degmada Kalabaydh ee Gabilay.arrintaasi waa nasiib darro inay dawlada cusubi daawato oo ay waxba ka qaban waydo,"ayuu yidhi Suldaan Xasan Xadi.
Sidoo kale, waxa isaguna halkaasi ka hadlay oo xukuumada dhaliilo u soo jeediyay Suldaan San-buurad.
Dhinaca kale, Shabakada Wararka ee Hadhwanaag News, oo caawa khadka Telefoonka kula xidhiidhay dhawr qof oo madax banaan oo ka mid ah bulshada ku dhaqan xaafado kala duwan oo magaalada Boorame ahi, waxay dhammaantood ii xaqiijiyeen inuu magaalada Boorame ka socdo olale xoog weyn oo lagu agaasimayo mudaharaadkii u balaadhnaa oo ay doonayaan inay dareenkooda ku muujiyaan kalsoonida ay u hayaan xukuumada isla markaana ay kaga soo horjeedaan xilka qaadista Sarkaalkaasi oo ay u arkaan cadaalad darro.
Qaar ka mid ah qaban qaabiyeyaasha mudaharaadkan ayaa dhalinyarada xaafadaha magaalada ku wacyi gelinayay inay arroorta aanay tagin iskuulada iyo jaamacadaha oo ay u soo diyaar garoobaan mudaharaad dawlada Madaxweyne Axmed Siilaanyo loogu gudbinayo wax ay ugu yeedheen farriin cad.
Ma jiro illaa imika war ka soo baxay xukuumada oo lagu sheegay in xilkii laga qaaday Taliyihii Ciidanka qaranka ee gobolada Awdal iyo Salal, hase yeeshee waxa la sheegay in la bedalay sarkaalkaasi iyo Ku Xigeenkiisiiba.
Yool/Hadhwanaag
27 September, 2010
President Obama to the UN: Do as I Say, Not as I Do!
President Obama to the UN: Do as I Say, Not as I Do!
Heritage.org (blog)
Such growth, noted the President, must promote “good governance and democracy; the rule of law and equal administration of justice; transparent institutions ...
Mystery over Somalia 'air raid'
| Residents of the Somali town of Merca say they witnessed an exchange of fire between a helicopter and Islamist militants - but the reports have not been confirmed. |
Corruption must not taint PK relief funds
I was responsible for looking after one of the largest disaster programmes in the Maldives following the tsunami.
I was one of the members in the decision making body of Action Aid International of a 30 million pound Tsunami Rehabilitation and Reconstruction multi-country programme in Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Indonesia and Somaliland.
Immediately after tsunami, I went with UNDP teams, Oxfam, Red Cross and other disaster teams to conduct initial disaster assessments. It was a time consuming, trying process to assess the damage done by the tsunami and identify the needs of people.
No group of people, community or country wanted the same things. It was hectic, tiring and required extensive development to help the survivors.
I wonder why the PK Relief fund is deliberating and has announced it will be sending a there member team to Pakistan. They were careful to announce that they will not spend money from the PK Relief funds for the visit, but in same breath they said that they will raise funds for the visit to Pakistan.
This sounds same thing to me – they will be using the name of the PK Relief fund to raise funds, which is akin to spending PK Relief money. I think this is a waste of resources and energy as the money should be donated to the Government of Pakistan.
Providing disaster relief is a technical and difficult task, and requires experts to conduct a disaster assessment. The processes require conducting an assessment of the damage, identifying the needs of the people as well as the infrastructure.
It's futile to think that a team who has no knowledge and understanding of the country, the extent of damage, the culture and the people can decided on what or where to donate.
The best experts will be the Government of Pakistan or the international parties who are already on the ground in Pakistan evaluating the situation of the floods, such as the UN, Pakistan Red Crescent, Pakistan Action Aid or others. Another possibility is through the Maldivian High Commission based in Pakistan – all these agencies are based in Pakistan and would have firsthand knowledge.
Maldives do not require a team from PK Relief Fund to go to Pakistan.
What PK Fund should plan is how to keep track of how the fund is being spent. Monitor and request whether the funding has reached to the neediest. PK fund can make the Government of Pakistan accountable through good governance and monitoring mechanisms.
Publish the information received from Government of Pakistan and international stakeholders, making it accessible to the citizens of the Maldives at regular intervals, after donating the funds.
I would advise the PK Relief not send a team to Pakistan and hand over the money to the Ambassador of Pakistan. I would also request a public outcry against this proposed action by the PK relief fund Committee, for contemplating such disastrous action on behalf of the Maldivians who donated the funds without expert knowledge of the issue.
Minivan News
ICC is building on Kibaki security chiefs
International Criminal Court has given the State a breakdown of secret high-levels security meetings whose minutes it wants given as part of its investigations on the masterminds of post-election killings.
News of the unrelenting pressure from ICC for the minutes of such sensitive units as the National Security Intelligence Service and security committees in the hotspot districts and provinces broke ahead of Tuesday's landmark meeting by the Cabinet sub-committee on the Hague-related matters.
The ministers who form the focal point of State's interaction with ICC meet in the morning to deliberate on how the Government will co-operate with Chief Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo's investigators, whose office is expected to indict two prominent Kenyans in December.
Sources told The Standard the sub-committee, headed by Internal Security Minister Prof George Saitoti, will discuss the requests ICC has forwarded to the Government.The sources also disclosed that Lands Minister James Orengo who is a member of the committee has already written a lengthy letter to his colleagues urging them to support the release of "all" information the team wants.
The sources revealed Orengo was of the view all matters touching on security operations during the post-election violence should be handed over to Ocampo, in order for the Kenyan cases to move forward.
This appeared to contradict Attorney General Amos Wako's earlier claim that the ICC's "blanket demand" for the minutes of the meetings was prejudicial to Kenya's "national security interests". Other members of the sub-committee are Cabinet Ministers Mutula Kilonzo (Justice), Otieno Kajwang (Immigration), Amason Kingi (Fisheries) and Moses Wetangula (Foreign Affairs) and Wako.
They all received copies of ICC correspondence, alongside Kenya's envoy to The Hague, Prof Ruthie Rono.
Responding to Wako's demand to drop "blanket demands" and be specific on the minutes it wants, the ICC wrote back on September 24 outlining the particulars of the records it is seeking, as well as the dates and places the meetings took place.
Shoot-to-kill orders
The request letter comes with complete titles, meaning ICC already is privy to the discussions by President Kibaki's security chiefs and top public servants at the Office of the President during the heady period between December 2007 and March 2008.
The court, from the letter's focus on such documents as the internal regulations of the Administration Police, is keen on getting to the bottom of who gave the shoot-to-kill orders that saw 400 unarmed youths killed by State security personnel.
Further to its earlier letter, ICC wrote to Saitoti on September 22, again seeking facilitation of a meeting between its investigators and Provincial Commissioners and Police Chiefs from four provinces.
In the letters signed by ICC's Head of International Cooperation Mr Amady Ba, the court says it was to interview the PCs and PPOs — most likely on where the uncompromising and selective orders they received in the field came from — on Tuesday (yesterday) through to Tuesday next week. Each province's PC and PPO appear before the ICC team for two consecutive days.
ICC's request for specific minutes gives clearer indication they already are privy to their contents based on the documentations received from Justice Phillip Waki, but wish to corroborate the same as they continue with their investigations.
It also appears to have its radar on some top security aides at the time, by virtue of their official positions.
The court could be interested in what was decided at the security meetings that brought together the then Internal security Minister John Michuki, Police Commissioner Maj-Gen (Rtd) Hussein Ali, Chief of General Staff Gen. Jeremiah Kianga, Director General of NSIS Michael Gichangi, Internal Security PS Francis Kimemia, AP Commandant Kinuthia Mbugua and the Head of Public Service Mr Francis Muthaura, among others.
The court explained the minutes and some specific documents sought by Ocampo's office, "are deemed relevant in order to consider further request from the Government."
"Such information is necessary to assist us in developing as full a picture as possible of the violent events during this period, and the contextual and local background against which they took place, reiterated Ba.
Saitoti chairs the Cabinet sub committee, and was sent the letter because Wako had in his letter told ICC he would be away till September 29. Wako had indicated meetings of the National Security Advisory Committee cover a wide range of issues, which were unrelated to the investigations by the ICC, and asked the Court to specify the minutes they wanted.
The committee's sittings are chaired by the Vice President, who at the time in question was Mr Moody Awori.
This unusually highly guarded group brings together top security chiefs, such as the Chief of General Staff, the Police Commissioner, Director General of National Security Intelligence Service, Internal Security, Defence, Foreign Ministers, and their Permanent Secretaries.
The request appeared to be a key plank in the two cases ICC last week reconfirmed it would be commencing against four to six Kenyans in December.
Amady noted they were in the process of completing the collection of materials from the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence Report, in accordance with recommendation made by Justice Philip Waki.
"We believe the documents requested are likely to include significant information collected at the time of the events by a network of well-placed sources," said Amady.
Sources told The Standard last evening that the Central PPOs had been summoned to Nairobi. The PCs and PPOs lined up for interviews with ICC are from Nyanza, Nairobi, Coast, Rift Valley and Western. But Wako had in an earlier letter to ICC bluntly said the interviews must be restricted to PCs and PPOs "still in Government service".
In further correspondence, with Saitoti, Ba confirmed another assessment mission from the Court's Staff Security Section is expected in Kenya from October 12-20. They will visit the Rift Valley.
Security threat
It also emerged that 40 General Service Unit drivers will be attached to the ICC investigators. ICC is now seeking for minutes of 2007, minuted as 32/2007, Minutes 16/2007 and minutes of meetings held between January to March 2008.
They also want bi-annual security threat assessments for the second half of 2007, and the first half of 2008, and a special report on proscribed groups (like Mungiki) prepared in the context of the issues surrounding the 2007 elections. They also want Flashpoints/Hotspots reports covering several weeks from December 14 2007 to the last week in March 2008.
Also included in the list are security briefs for Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley, Central, and Nairobi Provinces from December 1 to March 31
The Hague expressed direct interest on the security discussions at the Ministry of Internal Security and Provincial Administration.
It asked for "all deployment orders for the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU), and General Service Unit for the same period."
ICC also asked for minutes of provincial-level meetings chaired by PCs, at which PPOs brief on security matters.
Italy: Muslims appeal to president over 'discrimination' in north
| Italy: Muslims appeal to president over 'discrimination' in north Muslims in Italy have written to the country's president Giorgio Napolitano claiming their constitutional rights are being violated by the anti-immigrant policies of the Northern League party. |
Tribute to Humanitarian and Early Somali Women’s Rights Advocate
May her soul rest in peace.Truly we belong to Allah and truly to Him shall we return.
On Tuesday 21 of September 2010, we buried a giant humanitarian, a scholar and a pillar of women empowerment in Somaliland. Sakin was so kind to all creatures large and small, she adopted a blind dog. She was munificent to the poor and the weak. She was passionate to female education, their health and overall development. She spent her entire life in curing and caring the sick and the frail. That noble duty took her to three major continents: Africa, Asia and Europe, where she served in some of the largest and famous hospitals worldwide.
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26 September, 2010
Hoos U Dhaca Sarifka Dollarka Oo Saamayn Ku Yeeshay Dadka Lacagaha Dibeda Looga Soo Diro
Hargeysa, September 26, 2010 (Haatuf) – Sarifka Dollarka Suuqyada Magaalada Hargeysa ayaa maalinba maalinta ka dambaysa hoos u sii dhacaya, kaas oo samaayn ku yeeshay dadka lacagaha dollarka loo soo diro iyo maceeshada quutal daruuriga oo uu iyadana saamayn ku yeeshay.
Hoos u dhacan ku yimid lacagta dollarka ayay dad badani u aanaynayaan in Kaashkii Shiling-ka Somaliland uu aad ugu yaraaday suuqyada ganacsiga ee Hargeysa, taas oo dad badani ay aaminsan yihiin in arintani ay ka timid dhinaca xukuumadda oo qaar ka mid shaqaalaha dawlada mushaharooyinkii ay bilihii tagay ku qaateen dollar, isla markaana Wasiirka cusubi uu sameeyey laba khasnadood oo ay ku kala dhacaan dollarka iyo Shiling Somaliland.
Si kastaba ha ahaatee si aanu wax uga ogaano qiimaha Maceeshada ee hadda iyo Saamaynta uu suuqa ku yeeshay hoos u dhaca lacagta dollarka Maraykanku ayaa waxa aanu wax ka weydiinay Ganacsade Bakhaar ku haysta suuqa Hargeysa, kaas oo magacsiia la yidhaa Maxamed Iidaan.
Ugu horayn Maxamed Iidaan oo ka waramaya saamaynta hoos u dhaca dollarku uu ku yeeshay wax iibsigii suuqyada iyo maceeshada quutal daruuriga ayaa waxa uu yidhi "Saamayn wuu ku yeeshay oo badeecadii ayaa Somaliland ahaan ku korodhay, xataa dadkii suuqa ee Macaamiisha ayaa yaraaday ee wax iibsanayey, masalan halkii $10-ka uu ka ahaa 65,000Sl/shiling imikana $10-ka waxa uu noqonayaa 59,000Sl/shiling, markaa 6,000 ayaa ka dhex baxday $10-kii dollar, markaa $100 dollar $10 ayaa is dhimay, dadkiina way ka yabaalsan yihiin oo marka ay lacagtii soo sarifaan Khudradii waa ku qaali markaa dadkii way ka cabanayaan".
Mr. Maxamed Iidaan isaga oo hadalkiisa sii wata waxa uu intaa ku daray oo uu yidhi "Sarifkan dollarka ee hoos u dhacay saamayn ayuu ku yeeshay dadka shacabka ah, balse Anaga ganacsato ahaan wax saamayn ah oo uu nagu yeelanayaa ma jirto oo imika daasadaa caanaha waxa aanu siinaa $13.5 waxa ku kordhay ma jiraan intii sarifku dollarku hoos u dhacay 13.5kii ayuun baanu siinaa, sarifka qofkii dollar ayuu sitaa oo dollar loo soo diraa ama dollar ayuu ku shaqeeyaa dollarkii marka uu sarifo dee $100-ba $10 baa ka go'aya, $100-kii la siin jiray 670,000 imika waxa lagu sarifayaa $100-kii dollar 590,000Sl/shiling".
Sonkor: Kiishka $41.2
Bariiska: Oomaar $29, Maaweel $27, Fartaag $32
Daqiiq: Masar $25.8, Deero $25.8, Cuman $26.3, Rubi $25.7
Baasta: Maaweel $10.2, Altima ama Uutima $8.5, Basta Makarone Golda $10, Maweel $10.5.
Saliid 20Lt $21.2 "
Sidoo kale waxa aanu isagana dhinaca sarifka wax ka weydiinay Sarifle Maxamed Muxumed Yuusuf, kaas oo isna sarifle ku haysta suuqa magaalada Hargeysa waxaanu yidhi "Dhawr arimoodbaa horta ayaan ku salayn karnaa hoos u dhaca ku yimid dollarka, waa mida koobaade horta marka uu bilaabmo ganacsiga Adhiga Carafadu sida qaalibka ah hoos ayuu u dhacaa, ta kale horta xagii dawladdu waatan Kaashkii aad u xaraysay markaa Bangigii Kaash kama soo baxo, markaa anigu taas ayaan u sababayn karaa, xataa wasaaradaha qaar dad badan oo dollar sita ayaanu u sarifnay oo mushaharkii dollar lagu siiyey, markaa badeecaduna inay la socoto oo ay jabto ayaa fiicnaan lahayd.
Hanti Dhawrka Guud Oo Ku Guda Jira Hawlgalo Ay Ku Baadhayaan Hanti Laga Lunsaday Qaranka
Hargeysa, September 26, 2010 (Haatuf) - Hanti-dhawrka Guud ee Qaranka ayaa labadii Maalmood ee u dambeeyay ku guda jira hawlgal ay ku baadhayaan hay'addaha dawladda qaar ka mid ah, isla markaana u yeedhay masuuliyiin xukuumaddii hore ee Rayaale ka tirsanaa, kuwaas oo lagu tuhunsan yahay inay lunsadeen hanti qaranku leeyahay.
Hay'adahan ayaa waxa ka mid ah Wasaarada waxbarashada gobolka Maroodi-jeex, Hawlaha guud iyo TV-ga qaranka.
Sida ay Haatuf u xaqiijiyeen ilo lagu kalsoon yahay oo ku dhawdhaw Wasaarada Waxbarashada gobolka Maroodi-jeex ayaa sheegay in Hanti-dhawrku qaranku ay maalmahan u dambeeyey hawlgalo baadhitaan ugu yeedheen agaasimihii maamulka Lacagta Xasan Maxamuud, ahaana Xisaabiyihii Iyo qasnajigii TV-ga Qaranka, Injineer ka tirsan wasaarada Hawlaha guud iyo Maareeyihii hore ee hay'ada waddooyinka oo la sheegay inay hanti dhawrka guud Su'aalo ka weydiinayaan hanti qaran oo ay masuul ka ahaayeen oo la tuhunsan in la musuqmaasuqay.
Sidoo kale hanti dhawrka guud ee qaranku waxa uu gacanta ku hayaa laba gaadhi oo mid ka mid ah noociisu yahay Landcruser, kaas oo W/waxbarashada gobolku lahayd, isla markaana sifo sharci daro ah loo isticmaalay, warar ku dhawdhaw Wasaarada Waxbarashada ee gobolku ayaa sheegayaa in gaadhigan oo Lambar Gt- ah marna lagu xidhay marna inta laga furo Lambar shicib lagu xidho. Halka gaadhiga kale oo noociisu yahay Xaajiyad uu wadan jiray madaxa gaadiidka wasaarada waxbarashada oo magaciisa la yidhaahdo Cabdi-dheer ayaa ilo wareedyadaasi intaa ku darayaan in hanti dhawrku Su'aalo ka weydiinayo maadaama uu yahay masuulkii gaadiidka waxbarashada dalka in gadiid ka mid ahaa gaadiidkaasi sifooyin kala duwan oo sharci daro ah loo isticmaalay, baabuurtaas oo la sheegay in tiradoodu ahayd dhawr iyo sodon gaadhi oo wasaarada waxbarashada gobolada dalka loo iibiiyey xiligii xukuumaddii hore ayay ka joogaan hadda dhawr gaadhi, intii kalena noqdeen wax geerashyo la iska dhigay oo cadilmay markii hore, isla markaana geerashyadii laga sii fadhataysatay iyo kuwo sifo aan sharciga waafaqsanayn loo isticmaalay. Labadan gaadhi ee midna uu watay madaxa gaadiidka wasaarada waxbarashada ee xaajida ah iyo ka Lancruser-ka ayaa labadaasina hadda ay gacanta ku hayaan Hanti-dhawrka guud.
"Waxa wasaaradaha waxbarashada gobolada loo iibiyey xilligii xukumaddii hore ee Rayaale gaadiid dhawr iyo sodon baabuur ah, waxa ilaa imika baabuurtaas ka hadhay laba baabuur oo hanti-dhawrku hayo oo waxbarashada gobolkan Hargeysa gudoonkeedu wadan jiray mid ka mid ah oo marna Lambar shicib lagu xidhi jiray marna Nambar T-G ah lagu xidho oo guri la dhigi jiray, ka kalena waa nooc Xaajiyad ah uu wadan jiray madaxa gaadiidka Wasaarada waxbarashada, ta kale labada gaadhi imika ayaad indhihiina ku soo arki kartaan waxay yaalaan xarunta Hanti dhawrka guud, Xubno ka tirsan Hanti-dhawrka ayaa dhawr cishaba ku jira baadhitaanka musuqmaasuq baahsan oo ka dhacay Wasaarada waxbarashada gobolka." Sidaa waxa yidhi Mid ka mid ah hawlwadeenada waxbarashada oo ka cudur daartay in magaciisa la shaaciyo,
25 September, 2010
SOMALI LEADER TELLS UN OF HIS GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS TO RESTORE STABILITY DESPITE VIOLENCE
New York, Sep 25 2010 2:10PM
Somalia's President told the General Assembly today that the transitional Government he heads is striving to restore State institutions and provide services to the people despite the violence perpetrated by insurgents, and urged the United Nations to act decisively against groups engaging in acts of terrorism.
President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said his Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been able to make some progress in the impoverished and violence-wracked Horn of Africa country, which has not had a functioning national government since 1991.
The TFG has recruited competent staff to distribute food to internally displaced persons (IDPs), created jobs for the youth, prepared a draft constitution and trained members of the security forces.
It was also re-establishing the judiciary and addressing disputes through a democratic process, he said.
His administration had reconciled with some of the armed opposition groups, the President said, but the largest insurgency, Al-Shabaab, which he described as a terrorist organization, continued to engage in brutal violence that has claimed the lives of large numbers of people.
"I call upon the UN Security Security Council to pass a strong resolution with a view to deterring the spread of Al Qaeda terrorists and their home-grown affiliates such as Al-Shabaab.
"Furthermore, I call upon Member States to continue with their support to the TFG to enable it to provide the direly needed services to the Somali people and in its efforts that aim at stabilizing Somalia," Mr. Ahmed said.
On Thursday participants at a UN mini-summit issued a communiqué in which they called on the TFG to end its internal differences and deliver basic services while also urging the international community to do much more to support efforts to bring peace to Somalia.
Today the President drew the General Assembly's attention to the problem of the dumping toxic waste in Somali's territorial waters and said illegal fishing off the country's coast contributed to the rise of the problem of sea piracy now rampant along East Africa's Indian Ocean coast.
Mr. Ahmed urged the international community to help rehabilitate some of his country's critical State institutions such as the judicial system, as wells as education and the health infrastructure.
"I would like to emphasize the gravity of the current political and economic situation, and that unfulfilled promises will not, in any, assist Somalia out of the current condition. Therefore, I appeal to this august body and all individual member nations who pledged to help Somalia to fulfil their promises," he added.
Sep 25 2010 2:10PM
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IN THE MEMORY OF SAKIN JIRDE HUSSIEN
IN THE MEMORY OF SAKIN JIRDE HUSSIEN
May her soul rest in peace
Ahmed Arwo
On Tuesday 21 of September 2010, we buried a giant humanitarian, a scholar and a pillar of wo men empowerment in Somaliland. Sakin was so kind to all creatures large and small, she adopted a blind dog. She was munificent to the poor and the weak. She was passionate to female education, their health and overall development. She spent her entire life in curing and caring the sick and the frail. That noble duty took her to three major continents: Africa, Asia and Europe, whe re she served in some of the largest and famous hospitals worldwide.
Sakin was among the first girls educated in Somaliland. She started her education after Quranic Madras, in 1953 at Buroa Girls Boarding School. She showed great endurance and persistence to survive against a barrage of criticism and refutation from society at large, that venerated neg ative attitude towards women and their affairs. She passed all potential impediments with the most important help she needed at the time. Her father Jirde Hussien, a prominent businessman with foresight, was not among those who saw girl education un-Islamic; on the contrary he fought for women's right to education in all fronts. War of ideas is won by convincing the enemy of better future. That is just how Sakin, her father and fellow progressive citizens secured wome n's education in Somaliland.
Once more Sakin broke another glass ceiling. She was among the first Somaliland women to go abroad for further education. She went to U.K early 60's and earned a degree in nursing. She came back and served her nation at Hargeysa Group Hospital. Years later she was deployed to Digfer Hospital in Mogadishu to the role of Head Nurse.
With political deterioration in Somalia, early seventies she was among the first emigrants that went to the Middle East. She was employed as Director of Nursing in the largest Libyan Hospital in Tripoli. During her stay in Libya Sakin applied and successfully became an International Senior Staff within World Health Organization (WHO). In that capacity she spent number of years in DR of Congo. Latter on and most of the following twenty years, she was in employment with vario us senior managerial positions within Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.
"Colka ninka soo arkay iyo kan looga sheekeeyaa, isku si ugama baqaan" meaning: "The one that experiences war or conflict and the one who hears about it will have different fears"
Sakin couldn't stay away from her country when it was crying blood. She came on fact finding m ission in 1993 and was touched by the state of the nation, a country destroyed by its government beyond recognition. She saw in person the lamentable state the only hospital in the capital city was. That left a permanent picture in her mind. Equipped with painful truth, she amalgamat ed her effort to whistle around the world and mostly within humanitarian circles, the misery and mayhem her people were experiencing. She raised awareness of dire condition Somalilanders w ere in.
Finally, and with proper preparation, she decided to settle her home town and took all her know ledge, experience and wealth to contribute to re-construction of an annihilated society. The physical destruction of infra-structure is nothing compared to the physiological, negative impact it implanted into the social well-being of its people. Trauma, stress, and victimization, contributed to ever-increasing mental disease. The fractured family unit by death, disease and separation, has its impact of family life, and social safety.
Sakin, joined Hargeysa Health Board from its inception, with special interest in Pharmacy and management of prescriptions. She devoted much of her responsibility to mental health issues, and ever increasing orphanage in Hargeysa. She was first to volunteer in any field needed. With extra sense of duty, she campaigned to improve ambulance and transportation problems. She initiated and appealed community large fund-raising to enhance ambulance shortage in Hargeysa with triumph.
Let me throw light on personal aspect of her principles in life and her thoughts about Somaliland. Being my first cousin, (Habarwadaag) I had the honour of debating with her about social and political life of our country. She never hide her despair of political process in one aspect only that of clan influence on political decision making. She told me the only reason she didn't engage in politics is her rejection to go into clan platform. She said" How can one reconcile his clan support and his duty to the country". A question hard to answer .It is a hurdle we have to break in-order to build a fair society where rule of the law is the norm and where citizens are equal regardless of clan, gender and age.
On another front, she believed that hard work, honesty and persistence are essential to succe ss in any profession. She once quoted Theodore Roosevelt who said:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or wh ere the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actu ally in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again … who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly."
That quotation was in response to my political debate, when she visited me last year in Cardiff. My cousin told me frankly, to go straight and play frontline politics. Hence influencing me to come home and dirty my hands in real Somaliland politics. I did just that thanks to her.
Sakin believed Somaliland is again at momentous cross roads. "It is fifty years late, but not too late, because what else can a people or a nation do, but to take up the fallen standards and persevere. They should take up the difficult long journey of slowly building civil institutions of imp erfect political situation, to attain an internal cohesion and become a nation at peace with itself and its neighbors." She said the day she passed away.
That left me in tears. She was so coherent, so pensive and to me she was just getting better. It was precisely 2.00 pm on Monday 20th September, when she told me so many things in her life from childhood to her deep thoughts about future. I learned lately that good people regain their posture physically and mentally to pay farewell to their relatives and friends.
Life is complex and beyond our understanding. Looking forward for another session with my de ar cousin, I left her home, never to return her alive I was phoned at 9.15 pm same Monday 20, the September that Sakin passed away peacefully at 9.00 pm, without pain. That reminded me how kindness and charity reduce pain of death: It is narrated by Anas bin Malik that the Proph et (SAW), said: Verily charity appeases the wrath of Allah and eases the sufferings of death. (Tirmidhi)
Sakin left us but her legacy of dedication to nation building, striving for better life to all our citizens, seeking without reservation to establish a fair society where justice is for all, equality in total, no gender discrimination, nor clan superiority is lifelong struggle incumbent upon us all. That vision is the torch she passed over to the young generations of this beloved country.
'O Allah! Forgive Sakin; raise her station among those who are rightly-guided; O Lord of the Wo rlds! Forgive her and us, make her grave spacious, and put light therein for her."
Let me remind myself, her relatives and friends, that charity will help her in the Day of Judgm ent. Donate on her behalf to her causes. Let us remember what our prophet said about charity:
The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) taught that three things continue to benefit a [believing] perso n even after death - charity which he had given (which continues to benefit others), beneficial knowledge which he had left behind (i.e. authored or taught), and supplication on his behalf by a righteous child (Narrated by Saheeh Muslim).
May Allah bless Sakin Jirde's soul, may He enlarge and light up her grave, may he bestow her the highest of all paradises, Janatul Fardows. May Allah guide us, her relatives and friends to give charity on her account.
*But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour (i.e. the Day of Judgment) will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [God is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent fro m Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register - That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision. But those who strive against our verses [seeking] to cause failure (i.e. to undermine their credibility) - for them will be a pain ful punishment of foul nature. * (Quran, 34:3-5)
Sakin rests in grave No. 1322 of Xeedho, (Heedho) cemetery, Hargeysa, a garden opened to Janatul Fardows, Insha Allah.
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