Questions over Sheikh Raed Salah's UK ban

Questions over Sheikh Raed Salah's UK ban

By John Ware BBC News

Sheikh Salah was arrested in London after earlier addressing a crowd in Leicester

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Sheikh Raed Salah, now in custody as he awaits deportation from the UK, is the latest of several clerics and preachers whom the home secretary has banned from entering the country.

The Israeli-Arab sheikh is the thrice-elected mayor of his hometown Um al-Faham, an Arab enclave within Israel, and is leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, which is opposed to the 1993 Oslo peace accords advocating a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Although the Islamic Movement is not banned in Israel, it is closely aligned to Hamas, which is designated in the UK and mainland Europe as a terrorist organisation.

However, that would not have been sufficient for Home Secretary Theresa May to ban the sheikh. Some of those due to host him at his various speaking engagements are themselves open supporters of Hamas.

The Home Office has refused to elaborate on exactly why Sheikh Salah's presence has been judged "not conducive to the public good".

However, before becoming prime minister, David Cameron stressed that it was important to challenge the "extremist mindset" and that he thought a lack of understanding about its make up was "more widespread".

Supporters of the sheikh insist he is opposed to all forms of racism.

Sheikh Salah's Islamic Movement is reported to have mourned the death of Osama Bin Laden, calling him a "martyr" and his killers "Satanic".

While British law entitles such a view to be expressed, it could weigh as a factor in denying entry to a non-British citizen.

Conspiracy theory

Another consideration may have been an article that Sheikh Salah wrote three weeks after the 9/11 attacks, in which he said that unlike Muslim workers in the World Trade Center, Jewish workers had been absent on 9/11.

"Were 4,000 Jewish clerks absent by chance, or was there another reason?" he asked, alluding to a conspiracy theory that is still advanced by some extreme groups that the Israeli secret service Mossad - not al-Qaeda - was behind the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Although similar 9/11 conspiracy theories have been found to be not uncommon within some Islamist groups in Britain, this could also have counted against Sheikh Salah.

He is also reported to have made a speech in February 2007 during a protest in East Jerusalem in which he accused Jews of using children's blood to bake bread.

The Israeli paper Haaretz said that while addressing a 1,000-strong crowd and assembled press, Sheikh Salah said: "We have never allowed ourselves to knead [the dough for] the bread that breaks the fast in the holy month of Ramadan with children's blood.

"Whoever wants a more thorough explanation, let him ask what used to happen to some children in Europe, whose blood was mixed in with the dough of the [Jewish] holy bread."

'Blood libel'

The "blood libel" that Jews murder children to use their blood during religious rituals has been a recurring theme of extremist rhetoric in the Middle East.

Sheikh Salah has been acquitted of charges in connection with rioting that followed the speech. However, sources say charges relating to incitement to racism are still outstanding and are due to be heard next spring.

One of his UK hosts, the London-based Middle East Monitor - a pro-Hamas publication - says he "refutes" this. It says Sheikh Salah has told them that no charges were brought against him "in this regard".

Another of Sheikh Salah's supporters in Britain is the radical Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which has promoted an annual march attended by supporters of the Iranian Hezbollah group and Hamas and which has also given a platform to the extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir group.

The PSC's director Sarah Colbourne says Sheikh Salah is "opposed to all forms of racism", including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

The sheikh had been due to attend a House of Commons meeting on Wednesday evening along with Labour MPs including Jeremy Corbyn, Richard Burden and Yasmin Qureshi.

5 Nin Oo U Dhashy Burco Kana Tirsanaa Shabaabkii Kismaayo Dayaaraduhu ku Duqeeyeen Ayaa Si Arxan Daro Ah Lagu Dilay Hawdka Jubadda Hoose.

5 Nin Oo U Dhashy Burco Kana Tirsanaa Shabaabkii Kismaayo Dayaaraduhu ku Duqeeyeen Ayaa Si Arxan Daro Ah Lagu Dilay Hawdka Jubadda Hoose.  

 
Hawda Kismaayo: Duqayntii cuslayd ee dayaaradaha Reer Galbeedku ku bartilmaamaysteen saldhig ay Shabaab-ku ku la haayeen degaan-ka la yidhaado Qandal oo ku yaal duleedka Kismaanyo ayaa sababay dhimasho badan, dhaawac, barokac iyo Firxad ku habsaday Argagixisada Al-shabaab. Koox ka mid ah dadkii reer Guuraaga ahaa ee ka qaxaayey Duqayntii Qandala ayaa sheegay in ay gacanta ku dhigeen 9 nin oo shan ka mid ahi ay ka soo jeedaan Somaliland (Gobolka Togdheer)

 Afarta kalena ay ka soo kala jeedaan Yemen iyo Pakistan. Nin magaciisa ku sheegay Cabaas Dhaqane oo warbaahinta Jubooyinka u waramay ayaa yidhi sida ay noo sheegeen Raggan la laayey, waxa ahaayeen ciidankii Al-shabaab ee ilaalinaayey saldhigii la duqeeyey, kuwaas jab laxaad leh ku dhacay markii dayaaraduhu duqeeyeen. Nimanku wey soo lumeen oo may garanayn meesha ay ma rayeen iyo degaanka-toona, Markii ay nagu soo baxeen ee ay na arkeen in aanu reer guuraa nahay ayey na amineen nagan codsadeen in aanu cunto iyo cabitaan siino, waxa kale oo ay naga codsadeen in hubka aanu ka iibsano ka dibna gaadhsiino Xadka kenya. Isla markii aanu waraysanay hubkiina gacanta kaga dhignay ayaanu qabqabanay garba-doona u xidhnay.

 Afartii nin ee ka soo jeeday Yemen iyo Pakistan waanu tooganay Shantii Reer Burco-na Gudmo iyo Warmo ayaanu ku dilay. Mar warbaahintu weydiisay Cabaas dhaqane sababta keentay in Shabaabkii Reer Burco ay si arxan daro ah u laayaan, waxa uu ku jawaabay Cabaas sidii ay wax u dili jireen ayaanu u dilay...... Waa kuwii Caruurtayada Qarxin jiray, Gacmaha iyo Lugaha Go'yn jiray ee Ku xidhnaa Ibrahim Afqaan iyo Ina-Godane.  

By: Osman Abdillahi Sool....

Freelance journalist.sooldhuub@hotmail.com 

SOMALIA: Cash transfers "a better aid option"

SOMALIA: Cash transfers "a better aid option"

NAIROBI, 30 June 2011 (IRIN) - As the drought in Somalia [ http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93092 ] intensifies, with an estimated 2.85 million needing aid, more and more relief agencies are looking at the option of cash transfers, saying the system helps beneficiaries by giving them freedom of choice.

 "Cash transfer programming is a very simple concept: give people money so they can buy what they need," Sarah Bailey, a research officer with the Humanitarian Policy Group of the UK's Overseas Development Institute (ODI), told IRIN.

 Cash transfers also stimulate local markets and support local producers, according to officials and beneficiaries. For cash transfer programmes to work, Bailey said, markets need to be working, "but markets are often stronger than we think".

 She said agencies therefore had to understand markets before deciding what assistance to provide, "and cash transfers are only appropriate when the market can absorb the cash injection and people can buy what they need".

 She said agencies should always choose the most appropriate type of assistance for each context: in some cases this would be cash; in others, food aid.

 Insecurity

 Across much of Somalia, conflict, prolonged drought and a series of crop failures have precipitated a humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes.

 According to the Food and Agriculture Organization's Somalia Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) [ http://www.fsnau.org/in-focus/fsnau-releases-update-number-people-food-security-crisis-somalia ], most of the 2.85 million Somalis needing aid are in the south-central region, representing 61 percent of the total population in crisis. But the area is largely under the control of Al-Shabab militias, and their perceived hostility to aid agencies means the delivery of food assistance is "extremely limited".

 "The 1.75 million people in crisis in the south include rural, urban and IDPs [internally displaced persons], an increase from 1.4 million in January," FSNAU said in a statement on 28 June.

 The spokesman for the UN Word Food Programme (WFP) in Nairobi, Peter Smerdon, told IRIN the agency's operations remained suspended in the south-central areas of the country under the control of the opposition Al-Shabab. Somalia's internationally-recognised transitional government's authority extends to only parts of the capital, Mogadishu.

 "WFP is providing food assistance [not just general food distributions, but also supplementary feeding, food for education, food for assets, school meals] for now but is exploring the possibility of using cash transfers or vouchers," he said. "WFP is feeding one million Somalis, but under a new emergency operation starting on 1 July will aim to assist 2.65 million people."

 With security considerations affecting aid distributions, cash transfers present a viable alternative. In Somalia cash transfers are mostly through money transfer companies and sometimes via mobile phones.

 Kate Churchill-Smith, programme and communications officer for international NGO Horn Relief, said cash transfers in Somalia, apart from being a flexible and dignified aid tool, also had other benefits.

 "Somalia's pastoralist population, for example, tends to carry a large debt burden," she said. "If the aid community provides vulnerable Somalis with food aid, we are ignoring both their considerable debt repayment needs as well as their water needs. As a result, they may sell their food aid in the market to meet their obligations."

 However, Churchill-Smith said if cash were targeted at the most vulnerable households, "they will use a cash grant to meet their most basic and immediate needs - and this isn't always just food".

 Horn Relief's Sanag Emergency Response Project benefits more than 8,000 households (about 48,000 people), primarily in northeastern Sanag, Sool and Bari regions but also in the central region of Mudug. It also chairs the Cash-Based Response Working Group in Somalia and has, at the request of the Working Group and the Agriculture and Livelihoods Cluster for Somalia, developed guidelines on cash programming [ http://www.hornrelief.org/news.htm ]. The cluster has adopted the guidelines.

 Advantages

 Jawahir Hassan Ali, a mother of seven, told IRIN the food aid she used to receive from relief agencies had not been enough to feed her family and buy other essentials such as medicines and vegetables, much less send her children to school.

 In February 2011, Ali's family was included in a cash transfer programme run by Horn Relief in her home town of Baran, Sanag region. Before she started receiving cash, she sometimes had to sell some of her food, even though it was not enough.

 "I had no choice; I could not even afford a piece of meat or one tomato," Ali said. "Now with the cash I feel like a free woman. Sometimes I even buy shoes for my children, when I have saved enough."

 The cash transfer had made decision-making easier, she said, adding: "I can now decide what is important for my family."

 Inflation debate

 Critics suggest injecting cash into an economy can generate inflation, although Churchill-Smith rejected the notion, saying the amount of cash handed out was small compared with the size of the local economy. "Evidence to date has consistently shown that cash transfers have no inflationary effect on local markets."

 She said many poor households depended on credit to survive, and small businesses unable to repay loans could not order goods or were forced to close. "Traders are then unable to pay off their debts, which is how the chain of credit travels to urban centres. Cash grants act as local cash injections and have been shown to have an extremely positive effect on the local economy."

 All aid assistance has the potential to affect markets. "Cash transfers can cause inflation and food aid can hurt producers by lowering prices," said the ODI's Bailey.

 ah/js/mw[END]

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=93106

HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS PERSIST IN NEW ANTI-TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGIME – UN EXPERT

HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS PERSIST IN NEW ANTI-TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGIME – UN EXPERT
New York, Jun 29 2011  4:10PM
An independent United Nations human rights expert today said that the new procedure adopted by the Security Council on the listing of individuals and organizations under the international sanctions regime against terrorism still fails to address the human rights shortcomings in the process.

The Council, in two resolutions adopted on 17 June, split the sanctions it has imposed on Al-Qaida and those against the Taliban, creating two lists of individuals and organizations so that they can be treated separately.

Sanctions originally created for the Taliban were converted into a global Al Qaida terrorist listing regime, while the Taliban will be covered by resolution 1988 which is based on a territorial limitation and the identification of the situation in Afghanistan as constituting a threat to international peace and security.

In a <"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11191&LangID=E">statement issued in Geneva, Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, said "the Al Qaida sanctions regime under resolution 1989 does not, judged by the letter of the resolution, remedy the human rights shortcomings expressed in relation to the earlier consolidated list."

Judicial challenges to the listings are likely to continue, he said.

"Due to the unsatisfactory level of due process guarantees such as disclosure of information and a right to an effective remedy, the strengthened role of the ombudsperson is unlikely to satisfy national or European courts that the safeguards at the United Nations level are sufficient, so that these courts could allow deference instead of exercising their jurisdiction over the national or European measures for the implementation of the sanctions," said Mr. Scheinin.

However, he added that his assessment may change if Security Council members are prepared to secure the following conditions:<BR>

<LI>Any listing proposal require the submission of the full set of information that is used as the substantive basis for the listing proposal;</LI>

<LI>The person or entity subjected to the listing proposal has the right and practical means to effectively challenge the proposal;</LI>

<LI>The delisting ombudsperson has access to the full set of information used for the listing;</LI>

<LI>The delisting recommendations by the ombudsperson or delisting proposals by the designating State are in practice respected.

"If these conditions are met in the implementation… the Special Rapporteur finds it likely that national or European courts will require listed individuals or entities to exhaust the delisting procedure of the ombudsperson before exercising their jurisdiction in relation to the national or European implementing measures," said Mr. Scheinin.

Jobs:DDG Community Safety Trainee - Somaliland

Jobs:DDG Community Safety Trainee - Somaliland

Written by DDG   

Deadline: 22 July 2011

Job type: Contract     Salary:

Location: Somaliland

Organisation: Danish Refugee Council (DRC) - Denmark

Background
Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a part of Danish Refugee Council (DRC). DDG has operated in Somaliland since 1999 and in South Central Somalia since 2007 clearing mines and other explosive remnants of war. Recognising the widespread proliferation of uncontrolled Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Somalia, DDG expanded its approach to also address the threat from SALW. Respecting the basic need of individuals and communities to maintain ownership and control of their firearms for protection reasons, DDG is expanding Mine Action programme and its Community Safety (CS) Program. DDG's community safety approach encompasses the following elements:

• Strengthening local institutions and enhancing local capacity for addressing safety needs 
• Addressing immediate threats to life and limbs by explosive remnants of war 
• Addressing small arms as a tool of violence 
• Building capacity for conflict management and peace
• Strengthening relationships between security providers and communities

The program is rooted in a participatory process, where DDG assists target communities to assess their safety and security situation, define and prioritize their safety and security needs and identify resources to address these needs. 

Responsibilities
Working closely with the Community Safety Manager, the Trainee will learn the overall function of Community Safety Manager to the point where he/she can take over this role.  This will include advising on all technical aspects of the programme; identifying gaps or areas for development in the programme and proposing effective solutions; and maintaining management oversight on the programme.

The technical and development aspects will cover the Community Liaison and M&E sections of the Community Safety Programme, while the management oversight will cover the whole Community Safety Programme (Community Liaison, Education, Safe Gun Device Installation and M&E). 

It is important that the Trainee does not take over the tasks and responsibilities of the national staff or the National Coordinators, but rather monitors and ensures that their tasks and responsibilities are carried out correctly, effectively and efficiently.

Responsibilities and Tasks
To achieve the position's objectives the Trainee will perform the following tasks and undertake the following responsibilities:

Operations
The Trainee will learn to monitor, support and advise on all operational aspects related to the activities in the sections assigned to him/her.

Programme Development
The Trainee is responsible for assisting the Community Safety Manager, the Programme Manager and/or National Coordinators in continuous development of the programme.

Stakeholder relations
The Trainee is responsible for liaison with local authorities, external partners, etc. within his/her assigned areas of responsibility and as coordinated with the Programme Manager and National Coordinators.

Reporting
a. The Trainee is responsible for assisting the National Coordinators within his/her assigned sections in the timely and quality compilation of required reports for their specific sections. 
b. The Trainee is responsible for making regular Field Monitoring visits and reporting on the same.

Admin/HR 
The Trainee is responsible for monitoring various Admin/HR aspects of his/her assigned sections.

Finance 
The Trainee is responsible for monitoring of the financial aspects of the activities in his/her assigned sections.

Other 
Additional tasks as given by the Programme Manager.

Qualifications
• University Degree in Social Sciences, Law, International Development, International Relations or related area
• Minimum 1 year working experience at an international level with humanitarian international NGOs or operational UN agencies 
• Preferably of field experience in conflict affected areas, preferably in Africa in general or Somalia in particular
• Proven experience in project development and management, including budget expenditure, staff management and monitoring and evaluation
• Preferably experience in the area of small arms and/or community based safety programming
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• High degree of computer literacy

Personal competencies
• Leadership skills, including ability to build and motivate a team as well as willingness to deal with conflicts up front
• Political and cultural sensitivity, including ability to adapt well to local cultures
• Proven ability to function well in a volatile and very restricted environment
• Strong liaison and communication skills 
• Ability to resist external pressures 
• Innovative and creative thinking 
• Strong analytical and reporting skills

Conditions
Start date: 1. September 2011 or soon hereafter.

Duty station: Hargeysa, Somaliland with occasional travel to other areas in Somaliland. This is a 'non-family duty station' and the person must be prepared to live and work in an isolated and unstable security environment with limited recreational and social facilities. Accommodation is provided.

Contract: 12 months - with possibilities for extension, subject to funding.

The intention with the trainee position is to build capacity in order to take a role as Community Safety Manager in a DDG programme.

Salary and conditions in accordance with Danish Refugee Council's Terms of Employment for Expatriates, please refer towww.drc.dk under Vacancies. This position is not salaried, but offers Per Diem, inconvenience allowance, and an R&R benefit.

Further information
You are welcome to contact DDG's Regional Director for Horn of Africa Mr Klaus Ljoerring Pedersen on email: klpc@drc.dk for additional information about the vacancy. Please note that applications are not to be sent to Mr. Pedersen.

For information about our work and organisation, please visit our website www.danishdemininggroup.dk
 
Application and CV
Only motivated applications in English that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications sent together with a CV will be considered.

CV-only applications will not be considered.

We only accept applications sent via our online recruitment system on www.drc.dk under Vacancies/Current vacancies/DDG Community Safety Trainee – Somalia. Applications sent directly to Mr. Pedersen will not be considered.

Please forward application in English marked "Trainee Community Safety - DDG" no later than Friday 22. July 2011.

Please contact Anne Oxholm, job@drc.dk , if you have questions to the application process or experience problems with your on-line application.

Maxkamad diiday in Soomaali lagu celiyo Muqdisho

Maxkamad diiday in Soomaali lagu celiyo Muqdisho

BBC Somali

Maxkamadda xuquuqda aadanaha ee Europe, ayaa sheegtay in xaaladda amniga ee magaalada Muqdisho oo aad qatar u ah awgeen ay dowladda Britain jabin doonto xuquuqda aadaha Europe hadii ay dib ugu celiso laba Soomaali magangalyo doon ah oo lagu helay in ay galeen dambiyo waawayn.

Ilaa laba boqol oo tallaabada oo kale ah ayaa UK ay wali go'aan ka gaaraysay.

Labada Soomaalida ah Cabdisamad Cadow Suufi iyo Cabdicasiis Ibraahim Cilmi ayaa qareenka u doodayaa uu sheegay in si xun loogu dhaqmayo ama la dilayo hadii Soomaaliya lagu celiyo.
Xaakimyada maxkamadda ayaa xukmiyay in labada qof dib u celintooda ay noqonaysa in lagu xadgudbay axdiga xuquuqda aadanaha sababtoo ah waxay la kulmi karaan in loola dhaqmo si bini'aadaminimada ka baxsan.

Maxkamaddan ayaa tijaabo u ahayd Soomaali badan oo magangalyo doon ah oo ku sugan Europe oo dhan.
Xaakimyada ayaa u arkay in xaaladda Muqdisho aysan ku badbaadi karin Soomaalida inteeda badan.
Dowladda Britain waxay sheegtay in aysan ku faraxsanayn go'aanka maxkamadda.

Daughters of the brothel - Witness - Al Jazeera English

Daughters of the brothel - Witness - Al Jazeera English: "ndia's handwritten magazines have long fascinated me. But while researching the subject for a blog, I came across one in particular that stood out. Jugnu is a 32-page monthly magazine that has been written and published by the sex workers of the Chaturbhuj-sthan brothel in Bihar, near the border with Nepal, for the past 10 years.

Home to about 10,000 women and children, the whole area - named after the Chaturbhuj-sthan temple, which is located inside - is essentially one large brothel. Historians believe it was first established during the Moghul era. Prostitution has become a family tradition there - passed down from generation to generation.

Intrigued, I contacted the magazine and as more details emerged about this extraordinary publication and the women behind it, I realised that this story was much bigger than a blog."

Ocampo says arresting Gaddafi best option - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Ocampo says arresting Gaddafi best option - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, has said it is time to arrest Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and country's intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi.

Ocampo told Al Jazeera from the Netherlands that arresting Gaddafi is the best option.

His comments came a day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi, accused of crimes against humanity."

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Libyan rebels seize Gaddafi weapons depot - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Libyan rebels seize Gaddafi weapons depot - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "Rebel fighters have managed to capture a significant munitions depot from Libyan government forces in the west of the country, near the town of Zintan.

Tuesday's development is seen as a major victory for the rebels as they make their way to Tripoli, the seat of Muammar Gaddafi's power.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull, reporting from Jadu, a nearby town, said that finding the stash will be an 'enormous morale-booster' for the fighters, who he said have been working with limited weaponry and had been anxiously eyeing the weapons dump."

http://samotalis.blogspot.com/

Egypt protesters clash with police - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Egypt protesters clash with police - Middle East - Al Jazeera English: "Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at around 3,000 protesters, some of whom threw stones, in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The clashes near the interior ministry on Tuesday evening were triggered by family members of the more than 840 people who were killed during the Egyptian uprising in February.

Tahrir Square was the epicentre of the nearly three-week-long uprising that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak.

Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reporting from Cairo said at least eight people had been injured."

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EASTERN AFRICA: Severe food crisis hits region

NAIROBI, 28 June 2011 (IRIN) - Eastern Africa is experiencing what has been described as the "most severe food crisis in the world today", with at least 10 million people affected in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). 

Somalia is one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, with deaths reported in some areas amid alarming malnutrition levels. 

"We are no longer on the verge of a humanitarian disaster; we are in the middle of it now. It is happening and no one is helping," Isaq Ahmed, the chairman of the Mubarak Relief and Development Organization (MURDO), a local NGO working in the Lower Shebelle region of Somalia, told IRIN on 28 June. 

He said: "In the three districts of Qoryoley, Kurtunwarey and Sablale [in Lower Shebelle] our estimate is that some 5,000 families [30,000 people] have been seriously affected by the current drought." 

Ahmed said those who can are seeking survival in Mogadishu. 

"Those remaining in the area are the ones who cannot even afford transport to Mogadishu," he said, adding that a number of people had died due to a combination of hunger and related diseases. 

"Most of those who died were children, the elderly, and lactating and pregnant mothers," he said. 

Up to eight people a day were being buried in Lower Shabelle, according to Sultan Sayidali Hassanow Aliyow Ibirow, a senior traditional elder in Lower Shabelle. Most of them were cattle herders who had lost everything. 

"Three years of little or no rain have led to this disaster. People have not recovered from their previous losses [but] now we have an even worse drought," he said. 

Driest season since 1950 

In many pastoral zones, this is the driest season on record since 1950, according to OCHA. 

Drought conditions in Somalia have had regional implications, with refugees flowing into Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti. 

An aid worker in Mogadishu, who preferred anonymity, told IRIN the number of people from the Bay, Bakol and Lower Shabelle regions coming into displaced persons camps in the Afgooye corridor has been increasing in recent months. "I would not say it is a flood yet but it is a steady stream and they are coming every single day." 

Nearly every child or parent we have spoken to says they are not just fleeing fighting in Somalia - the drought and food crisis are equally perilous to them now

According to Save the Children, children arriving from Somalia in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya are exhausted, malnourished and severely dehydrated. 

"Nearly every child or parent we have spoken to says they are not just fleeing fighting in Somalia - the drought and food crisis are equally perilous to them now,” said Catherine Fitzgibbon, Save the Children's Kenya programme director. 

Experts are warning that the situation could get worse in the short term if the delayed and poor rains cause the current crop to fail. 

In Ethiopia, the estimated number of people in need of emergency food and non-food assistance was revised upwards from 2.8 million to 3.2 million. Nearly two thirds of the requirements were in the southern Somali and Oromia regions as well as in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region, where shortages of water and food were recorded. Cereal prices there have continued to rise, with inflation rates close to 30 percent recorded in April. 

According to the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group, a regional forum, the rate of Somali refugees arriving in southern Ethiopia has jumped from 5,000 per month to more than 30,000 in the second week of June. Among new arrivals to the two camps in the Dolo Ado area, the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate is 45 percent, way beyond the 15 percent emergency threshold set by the World Health Organisation. 

In Djibouti, poor rains from March to May of this year hurt pastoral household food security and sent food prices shooting up. The average price of wheat flour increased by 17 percent between January and February 2011, to US$620 per ton, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Information and Early Warning System, GIEWS. 

Kenya 

In Kenya, rising inflation rates have also adversely affected poor households’ ability to buy food. Prices of the main staple, maize, have tripled from about 1,300 shillings (US$14.4) in January to 4,500 ($50) for a 90kg bag. 

Recently, the government announced the removal of tax on imported maize in a bid to cushion consumers. But millers say rising global maize prices mean the measure will have little impact on the commodity's prices locally. 

"The problem has been compounded by the fact that the Kenyan shilling has been on a free-fall, trading at an all-time low [about 90 shillings to the US dollar] not experienced in the country for almost two decades. I do not see the cost of maize dropping any time soon," said a miller who requested anonymity. 

The recent March to May “long rains” in Kenya were poor for the second or third successive season in most rangelands and cropping lowlands, with many of these areas receiving 10-50 percent of normal rains, noted the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET). 

The consequences include declining water and pasture, and subsequent livestock deaths. In the predominantly pastoralist north, a low milk supply has contributed to malnutrition levels soaring above 35 percent. The GAM rate in northwestern Turkana has hit 37.4 percent, the highest ever in the district. 

Nationally, at least 3.2 million people are currently food insecure - up from a projection of 2.4 and 1.6 million in April and January, respectively. 

Even in Kenya’s coastal region, thousands are food insecure, says the Kenya Red Cross Society’s (KRCS) region manager, Gerald Bombe. 

“There is a need to import maize and distribute food and water to the hardest hit areas,” added Kevin Lunani, a local leader in the coastal Kisauni region. 

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Theme (s): Food Security, Health & Nutrition, Migration, Natural Disasters, Refugees/IDPs,
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]

RURAL AZERBAIJANIS TO RECEIVE BOOST FROM UN LOAN AGREEMENT

RURAL AZERBAIJANIS TO RECEIVE BOOST FROM UN LOAN AGREEMENT
New York, Jun 28 2011  1:10PM
The United Nations agency tasked with helping efforts to overcome rural poverty announced today that it will give a loan of almost $20 million to Azerbaijan to fund a project aimed at generating income for farmers and boosting the country's food security.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which signed an agreement at its Rome headquarters for the $19.35-million loan, <"http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2011/43.htm">said it was part of a total investment of $87 million by the UN agency in Azerbaijan.

The project is designed to assist more than 50,000 households in four districts in the country's northern and central regions – Agdash, Yevlakh, Sheki and Oguz – to increase their agricultural productivity and raise their incomes.

The lowland areas of the districts are expected to particularly benefit from the project through improved irrigation water delivery, IFAD said in a press statement.

Under the project, farmer support teams will be set up to encourage farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchanges, rural producers will have better access to credit, and the rural poor will gain a chance to improve their skills in crop production and livestock husbandry.

MEANING OF BASMALA

SERENITY FOUNTAIN (HUZUR PINARI)

www.serenityfountain.org For your questions about Islamic knowledge: serenity.fountain@gmail.com 28 June 2011 / 26 Rajab 1432 MEANING OF BASMALA     Our Prophet (sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam) has declared, "When the teacher says Basmala [1] to the child and the child repeats it, Allahu ta'ala has a voucher written down lest the child and his parents and his teacher go to Hell. " Abdullah ibni Mas'ud (radi-Allahu 'anh) says, "He who wants to escape from the 19 angels who will torment him in the next world, should say the Basmala. " The Basmala consists of 19 letters.     It is the Basmala that was written first in the Lawh-i mahfuz [2]. It is the Basmala that descended to Hadrat [3] Adam first. Muslims will pass the Sirat with the help of the Basmala. The Basmala is the signature on the invitation to Paradise. Here the meaning of the Basmala is "I am able to write this book with the aid of Allahu ta'ala who has done favours to every being by creating it, by keeping it in existence and by protecting it against annihilation. The 'arifs knew Him as the ilah. Beings found food through His mercy. Sinners are saved from Hell through His pitying. "     Allahu ta'ala has begun the Qur'an al-Karim with these three names of His because man has three states, namely his state in the world, in the grave, and in the Hereafter. If man worships Allahu ta'ala, He facilitates his works in the world, pities him in the grave, and forgives his sins in the Hereafter. GLOSSARY [1] Basmala: the phrase "Bismi'illahi 'r-rahmani 'r-rahim" (In the Name of Allahu ta'ala the Compassionate, the Merciful). [2] Lawh-i Mahfuz In pre-eternity, Allahu ta'ala knew everything that would happen in the world. He explains His knowledge of eternity and His eternal Word to angels at a place called Lawh-i mahfuz. Angels do what they learn from the Lawh-i mahfuz. [3] Hadrat: title of respect used before the names of great people like and Islamic scholars. A person with equal earnings on two [successive] days has suffered a loss. A Muslim must make progress every day. Hadith-i-sharif 'One should carefully choose whom to love, and share the love accordingly' 'What is important is whom you are with, not who you are.' 'Kalam-i kibar, kibar-i kalamast.' (The words of the superiors are the superior words.) www.serenityfountain.org www.huzurpinari.com www.cocukpinari.com www.islamvetoplum.com (Our websites are updated daily.)

ANOTHER NINE HISTORIC SITES ADDED TO UN WORLD HERITAGE LIST

ANOTHER NINE HISTORIC SITES ADDED TO UN WORLD HERITAGE LIST
New York, Jun 27 2011 6:10PM
Nine historic sites in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia have been
added to the World Heritage List, the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today.

UNESCO said the newest entrants are: the ancient villages of northern Syria;
the cultural sites of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates; the Persian Garden
in Iran, the cultural landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana in Spain; the
pile dwellings in the European Alps; Selimiye Mosque in Turkey; the Konso
cultural landscape in Ethiopia; Fort Jesus in Kenya; and the citadel of the
Ho Dynasty in Viet Nam.

A total of 35 nominated sites are being reviewed by the World Heritage
Committee, which is holding its 35th session at UNESCO's headquarters in
Paris, to determine whether they should be added to the
<"http://whc.unesco.org/en/list">World Heritage List.

In a press statement UNESCO said the 40 ancient villages of northern Syria
provide testimony to rural life in late antiquity and during the Byzantine
period.

The United Arab Emirates' cultural sites of Al Ain constitute a serial
property that testifies to sedentary human occupation of a desert region
since the neolithic period with vestiges of many prehistoric cultures,
including circular stone tombs from about 2500 BC.

The Persian Garden includes nine gardens in as many provinces of Iran. They
exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that adapted to different
climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the
times of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC.

In the cultural landscape of Serra de Tramuntana, on the Spanish island of
Mallorca, millennia of agriculture in an environment with scarce resources
has transformed the terrain and displays an articulated network of devices
for the management of water.

The pile dwellings which are spread through the Alps in Switzerland,
Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia encompass the remains of
prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements built from around
5000 BC to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands.

The 16th-century Selimiye Mosque, which dominates the skyline of the former
Ottoman capital of Edirne, is considered to be the most harmonious example
of Ottoman architecture of the time.

The Konso cultural landscape is comprised of 55 square kilometres of arid
stone-walled terraces and fortified settlements that is an example of a
living cultural tradition stretching back more than 400 years.

Fort Jesus, built by the Portuguese in 1593, is a well preserved example of
16th century Portuguese military fortification and a landmark in the history
of this type of construction.

The 14th-century Ho Dynasty citadel, built according to feng shui
principles, testifies to the flowering of neo-Confucianism in late 14th
century Viet Nam and its spread to other parts of East Asia.

EMPOWERING WOMEN HELPS FIGHT POVERTY AND OTHER SOCIAL ILLS, UN OFFICIAL STRESSES

Subject: EMPOWERING WOMEN HELPS FIGHT POVERTY AND OTHER SOCIAL ILLS, UN
OFFICIAL STRESSES

EMPOWERING WOMEN HELPS FIGHT POVERTY AND OTHER SOCIAL ILLS, UN OFFICIAL
STRESSES
New York, Jun 27 2011 6:10PM
Empowering women and advancing their rights is not only the right thing to
do but it can lead to progress on a range of issues, including the fight
against poverty, hunger and violence, the head of the United Nations agency
tasked with promoting women's rights said today.

"Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment is not solely a plea for
justice or for fulfilling human rights commitments. It is both of those
things, but also so much more," Michelle Bachelet said in her opening
<"http://www.unwomen.org/2011/06/introductory-statement-by-michelle-bachelet
-at-the-annual-session-of-the-un-women-executive-board/">statement to the
annual session of the Executive Board of the UN Entity for Gender Equality
and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

"Where we fail to capitalize on the potential and talents of one half of the
population, we also squander the potential to reduce poverty, hunger,
disease, environmental degradation and violence," she stated.

"The evidence base for this is growing," added Ms. Bachelet, the Executive
Director of UN Women and former Chilean President.

She noted that in a recent report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) estimates that closing the gender productivity gap arising from
unequal access of women to productive resources would reduce the number of
undernourished people by 12 to 17 per cent. That translates into 100 to 150
million fewer people living in hunger.

Countries, she added, are beginning to count the cost of domestic violence
to health and in lost workplace productivity, which in the United States
reaches $5.8 billion each year.

"In today's world, can we afford not to increase investment in eliminating
gender discrimination when it has the potential to yield such high returns?

"UN Women's good fortune is that it comes into being at a time when
countries and businesses are asking this question, and rethinking their
investment strategies," she stated. "Our challenge now is to meet the rising
demands and expectations."

Ms. Bachelet has identified six priorities for the new agency, including
ending violence against women, ensuring their full participation in conflict
resolution and enhancing their economic empowerment.

"Our overarching vision is that every country in the world, at whatever
level of development, has access to the technical expertise and support
needed to advance gender equality in line with their national priorities."

UN Women was established last year by the General Assembly to oversee the
world body's programmes aimed at promoting women's rights and their full
participation in global affairs.

It is the merger of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division
for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on
Gender Issues, and the UN International Research and Training Institute for
the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW).

26-ka Juun Waa Maalintii Aynu Ka Madax Bannaanaanay Mustacmaradihii Ingiriiska iyo UDUB.

26-ka Juun Waa Maalintii Aynu  Ka Madax Bannaanaanay Mustacmaradihii  Ingiriiska iyo  UDUB.

 

Mustacmaradii shisheeye ee Ingiriiska iyo mustacmaradii sokeeye ee dawladdii UDUB,  haba kala hadaf iyo himilo iyo hubqaad  duwanaadeene, waxay hadana iskaga mid ahaayeen inay labadooduba ku dhisnaayeen habdhaqanka ah 'qaybi oo xukun', 'maskax gumaysi, iyo maal gumaysi'. Waa mahad Allee, labadoodaba isu maalin ayaa laga madax bannaanaaday, waana maanta oo kale 26ka Juun.

 

Haddii aynu ku horrayno maanta oo  kale 51 sanadood ka hor waxa gobolada woqooyi galbeed ee Soomaaliya (British Somaliland) laga taagay calankii xorriyadda Soomaaliyeed. Waana maalintii ugu horreysay ee dal soomaaliyeed oo xor ah laga dul qotomiyo calan soomaaliyeed oo xor ah.  Sida qaaibka ah, waa maalin mug iyo miisaan weyn ku leh guud ahaanba mujtamaca Soomaaliyeed meel kasta oo ay adduunka ka joognaaba, gaar ahaan dadka reer Somaliland.  Maalintaasi dadkii jiray ee walina jooga ama nool ayay ku haboon tahay inay ka warammaan sida uu ahaa jawigooda iyo dareenkooduba, iyagaanan u dhaafayaa inay ka faaloodaan maadaama an anigu wakhtigaasi jirinba.

 

Balse, muhiimada mawduucan ayaa waxay tahay, in sidoo kale maanta oo  kale hal sano ka hor, dal weynaha Somaliland ay ka dhacday doorashadii madaxtooyada. Maalintaasi oo shaqsiyan si aad ah iigu dheerayd iina taabaaatay ayaan jeclahay inaan hadal kooban ka jeediyo sida dareenkayga iyo shucuurtaydu ahaayeen.

 

 Maalintaasi (26/06/10) wuxu maankayga iyo miyirkayguba ku maqnaa dhaq-dhaqaaqa iyo dhacdooyinka doorasho ee ka socday dalka Somaliland, gaar ahaan gobolka Awdal.  Salaadii subax markii an tukaday, waxan ku ducaystay  Ilaahoow isbadal isbadal isbadal khayr leh oo  ku yimaada dalka Somaliland. Marnaba niyada iyo nafsadaba ma siin karaynin in shan sanadood oo kale ay na  hor taagnaato xukumadii fadhiidka ahayd ee UDUB, waxana igu beernaa sasmo an ka qabay soo noqodkeeda.

 

Habeekii ka horreeyay maalinta doorashada runtii indho isuma qaban, sidii aniguba an ku jiro doorashada oo kale ayaan u taagnaa, una tig-tignaa. Telefoonada ayaan iska daba dirayay iyo emailada oo an kolba qof weydiinayay sida ay saadaashu tahay. Dadka an dhawr eer la hadlayna waxa ka mid ahaa Mudane Cali Xaamud Jibriil, oo isagu qurba joogta Awdal-UK uga wakiil ahaa xisbiga KULMIYE, doorashadana qayb libaax ka qaatay, ahaanna garabka midig ee Mudane C/Raxmaan Saylici.

 

Markii saacada dalka Ingiriisku abaaraysay ilaa iyo 11-kii subaxnimo ee isla maalintaas doorashada ayaan is haysan kari waayay oo waxan khadka telefoonka mar kale ku celiyay Mudane Cali Xaamud Jibriil, oo an weydiiyay sida ay wax u dhacayaan.  Cali isaga oo aad u deg-degsan oo ad mooddo inuu ordayo, oo la eryanayo ama wax eryanayo ayuu iila hadlay,  isagoo i leh,, 'waxa bilaabantay saacadihii wax is daba marinta, oo meeyarkii  Awdal ayaa bilaabay inuu wax is daba marayo, isagaan ku daba jirnaaye,  igu soo celi mar kale'.  Hadalkaas wixii ka danbeeyay telefoonkii Cali wuu xidhmay, dib danbana  isuma maqal ilaa dhawr cisho ka dib.   Isla Saacado yar kadib telefoonaasi, ayaa waxa laygu war galiyay in Cali la af-duubay, dhalinyaro kalana la xidhay. Waxanan is odhan karaa inaan malaha ahaaba qofii ugu danbeeyay ee la hadla cali oo faro ba'as lagu hayo, inkasta oo dhawr cisho kadib an is maqalnay inuu badqabana an ogaaday..!

 

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxa lasoo gaadhay maalintii ku xigtay doorashada oo ahayd 27ka Juun, durbadiiba waxa saxaafadda laysla dhex maray in xisbiyadu is bar-bar yaacayaan oo an laka roonayn. Telefoonadii iyo emailadii ayaan halkii kasii waday, oo Burco ilaa iyo Boorama dadka intii an ka aqaanay an kolba qof waraystaa. Isla maalintaas waxa ii cadaatay in xisbiga talada hayay uu gacan sare ku helay Awdal balse ku hoobtay gobolada kale ee dalka Somaliland.  Waxan sidaa daraadeed la hadlay mudane C/Raxmaan Cabdilaahi Ismaaciil (Saylici), oo an ugu hambalyeeyay guusha KULMIYE ka gaadhay  dalka Somaliland, iyo inuu isagu noqday Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Somaliland, anigoo isla markaana uga tacsiyeeyay guul darada KULMIYE kala  kulmay Awdal, inkasta oo aanay taasi ahayn guul darro dhab ahayd, oo xaq darro badani gobolkaas ka dhacday.

 

Bil-xaqiiqatan, maalintaasi 26-ka June, waxan ku ducaystay UDUB oo tegta iyo KULMIYE oo yimaada, waxan sii qoray qorlaalo badan oo an ku xardhay websiteka HiilDa.com, kuwaasi oo an ku farriyay in KULMIYE la saaro, UDUB-na la siibo, anigoo lahaa, 'Sarreeye ma nuqsaamoow an siduu yahay eegnee KULMIYE saar, UDUB-na siib' iyo UDUB tegtaye u tacsiyeeya'..iwm..!. Ducadaydaas iyo saadaashaydaasina waxay noqotay mid layga aqbalay aniga iyo intii ila midka ahaydba. Ku dhawaaqidii natiijada doorashada iyo dhismihii xukumada cusub ayaa iyaguna isu daba xigay, kuwaasi  oo iyaga laftarkoodu lahaa xiiso iyo xamaasad gooniya, oo an kusoo dhawaynay, 'waabaa beryay bilicsan iyo maanta waa maalin weyn'.

 

Si kastaba ha ahaatee  UDUB-taan ka ducaysanay  inay naga tegto, way naga tegtay, KULMIYahaan u ducaysanay inuu yimaadana  wuu noo  yimiday, oo waa sanad jir, isbadal siyaasadeed oo qaro weynina wuu ku qayuursaday qarankii Somaliland, qoob-ka-tuur iyo qodxo qarsoonina ma yara. Balse Allaa og saadaasha mustaqbalka fog iyo siday waayuhu noqon doonaane, aynu eegno  aayaha, qalbigana farax u sii sheeg..!

 

Waa Mahad Allee, Madaxeen Bannaan.

 

 

Abdiqani Ateyeh (HiilDan)

Coventry-UK

hiildanyare@yahoo.com

 

SOMALIA: Fishermen driven from the sea by illegal trawlers

SOMALIA: Fishermen driven from the sea by illegal trawlers

NAIROBI, 27 June 2011 (IRIN) - More than two years after Somali officials announced plans to regulate fishing in the country's troubled waters, illegal trawlers continue to operate while local fisherman suffer attacks and depleted catches.

 The fishermen are not only losing a way of life but their lives, according to Somali fishermen.

 "We are not only being denied our fish but our lives are also in danger," said Mohamed Abdirahman, a member of Bosasso fishing cooperative, in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia.

 "Early this year we lost five members after their boat was run over by a big ship and I can tell you it was no accident," said Abdirahman.

 Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa, at 3,330km, with major landing sites in Kismayo, Mogadishu, Merka and Brava in the south, and Eil, Bargal, Bolimog, Las Korey and Berbera, and Bosasso in the north. It also has large fish species, including tuna, mackerel; as well as smaller ones such as sardines.

 Mohamed Moalim Hassan, Somalia's minister of fisheries, told IRIN the interim government was trying to establish the country's internationally recognized maritime boundaries and enact laws to regulate fishing in its waters.

 "We are in the process of establishing the maritime zone of the republic of Somalia in accordance with the Law of the Seas," he said.

 Hassan said any foreign vessel currently fishing in Somalia's territorial waters did not have a legal license from the government. "They are doing so illegally."

 Boiling water

 According to Abdirahman, some of the foreign trawlers spray Somali fishermen with boiling water from cannons. He said many members of his cooperative were no longer venturing far from the coastline.

 "We stay close to the coast, maybe two miles from the shore, to avoid the military ships and the big foreign fishing vessels," he said, adding they were catching less and less fish.

 Mohamed Farah Aden, Puntland's minister of fisheries, told IRIN Somali fishermen had become victims of pirates, foreign fishing trawlers and the international navies.

 "Our information is that fishermen were killed, or had their fishing gear taken or destroyed by all three," Aden said.

 Abdullahi Nur Hassan, a fisherman in the southern port city of Kismayo, told IRIN on 22 June: "Many of my friends have quit fishing because they are afraid of falling victim to these big ships [foreign trawlers], pirates or military ships."

 Hassan said foreign vessels had rammed their boats and taken their fishing nets on numerous occasions. "It is daylight robbery but they are getting away with it," he said.

 NATO forces, as well as those from other countries, such as Russia, India and China, continue to police Somalia's coastline.

 Hassan said he wished the naval forces would also protect them from the foreign fishing vessels.

 Danger of piracy

 Piracy off Somalia's coast has made life doubly dangerous for fishermen, who have been kidnapped and held for days so that pirates can use their boats, said Hassan.

 Gangs of pirates steal boats and engines, and are driving some fishermen out of business, according to an Oceans Beyond Piracy report. [ http://oceansbeyondpiracy.org/cost-of-piracy/human-cost-somali-piracy ]

 "Armed security teams have opened fire on fisherman believing them to be pirates because they were holding AK47s," said Wing Commander Paddy O'Kennedy, outgoing spokesman for the European Union Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR). "What they didn't know, because their training hadn't been that good, is that everyone out there carries AK-47s or else their fish will be pinched."

 According to the report, there is no documentation on Somali fishermen killed by private security companies or armed guards who mistake them for pirates.

 However, Hassan, the Kismayo fisherman, said the international military response to piracy sometimes wrongly targeted fishermen.

 "We are getting hit from all sides," he said. "We are not only targeted by these foreign fishing vessels but we also fall victim to the military ships, which don't differentiate between pirates and fishermen."

 Mohamed Abshir Waldo, a consultant based in Mombasa, said: "It appears that as far as the naval forces are concerned any Somali on the sea is a pirate."

 However, Cmdr Harrie Harrison, EU NAVFOR spokesman, denied this claim. "There is no policy of deliberate interaction with any Somali vessel that isn't showing deliberate signs of piracy," he said.

 Sixteen-foot climbing ladders and boarding equipment, taken together with guns on display, make it easy to distinguish between fishermen and pirates, according to Harrison.

 "It all adds up in the way that if a policeman came across someone late at night with a balaclava and a wrecking ball, he'd say this guy isn't just walking home from the pub," he said. "I can assure you that vessels are not picked upon simply because of their size."

 Harrison added there were very few Somali fishing vessels out at sea where the naval forces patrolled.

 Somalia's industrial fishing fleet, which only came into existence in the early 1970s with Soviet support, has been moribund for years, its ships in Aden Harbour in Yemen. The sector currently consists of small vessels for subsistence fishing and small-scale commercial operators

 Illegal fishing, dumping

 But, according to Mombasa-based consultant Waldo, fishermen have no way of standing up to illegal trawlers and ships dumping toxic, nuclear or other waste without being labelled pirates by military forces.

 Illegal fishing and dumping by foreign vessels was the original impetus for bands of fishermen to become pirates. According to the Oceans Beyond Piracy report, these problems have never been adequately addressed.

 Waldo said Somali elders asked for NATO assistance in combating the illegal fishing and dumping, but were told there was no mandate for that. He said some rich nations turned a blind eye as hundreds of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing vessels plundered Somalia's maritime wealth and dumped toxic and nuclear waste.

 Aden said some of the foreign vessels illegally fishing in Somali waters were owned by the some of the same countries patrolling its shores. "So you can say that [foreign trawlers] have found protection." He added, "the problem is no one is protecting our people."

 Aden said the Puntland authorities had raised the issue with the international forces patrolling the Somali coast but "we have no tangible response."

 Despite the fact that most piracy proceeds are spent in the local economy, many Somalis suffer under the shadow economy created by piracy, according to a May report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

 The report said Somali communities "bear a considerable brunt of the effects of piracy. There are numerous reports about the extensive inflation in the cost of basic goods following successful piracy attacks. This false economy has led to dramatic price increases."

 These distortions send prices up four-fold, and hurt regular Somalis who can no longer afford basic goods. "They even affect marriage costs since families expect higher dowries," said UNODC.

TOGAHERER oo Codbaahiyaha la Dhex martay Madaxdii iyo Marti sharaftii Xalay ka Qayb gashay Xafladda Madaxtooyada,

TOGAHERER oo Codbaahiyaha la Dhex martay Madaxdii iyo Marti sharaftii Xalay ka Qayb gashay Xafladda Madaxtooyada, Dareenkoodana wax ka weydiisay.
posted by: Keefkeef Xasan

TOGAHERER  oo Codbaahiyaha la Dhex martay Marti sharaftii Xalay ka Qayb gashay Xafladda Madaxtooyada, Dareenkoodana wax ka weydiisay.

DHEGEYSO: Hogaamiyaasha Xisbiyada+Wasiirrada Xukuumadda+ Aqoonyahanka+Madax dhaqameedka+Haweenka  iyo Martida Kale. Waxa inoo Daadihinaya Weriye Bidaar

Warqabadka Shabakada Togaherer

Xafiiska Hargeysa, Somaliland

togaherer@gmail.com

TogaHerer News Network » Kudbadihii Kala Duwanaa Riwaayadii iyo Sawiro Aad u Qurux badan Oo Aanu Xalay idiinka Soo Qaadnay Xafladii Ka Dhacday Madaxtooyada Somaliland

TogaHerer News Network » Kudbadihii Kala Duwanaa Riwaayadii iyo Sawiro Aad u Qurux badan Oo Aanu Xalay idiinka Soo Qaadnay Xafladii Ka Dhacday Madaxtooyada Somaliland

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Somali Bantu refugees farm for a better life

Somali Bantu refugees farm for a better life: "CATAWBA -- Cucumbers were new to them. So were the orderly rectangular beds, the mesh plant supports, the black plastic and straw mulch to keep the weeds down.
In the beginning, it all looked so ridiculous and strange, especially the flowers. They wondered: Why bother growing something you can't eat?"

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26/June/2010: Waxaanu U Shaqaynnay Sida Birta! Xuska Amintii Is-beddelka!.

26/June/2010: Waxaanu U Shaqaynnay Sida Birta! Xuska Amintii Is-beddelka!.

26/June 1960, waa maalin u suntan ummadda Somaliland meel kasta oo ay joogan. Waa milaygii aynu xorriyadda ka qaaddanay Ingiriiska. Waa kolkii ay majaraha siyaasadeed hayeen ururradii SNL, USP iyo NUF. Waa xilligii il-duufkii qarnigu dhacay, ee aynu si bilaa shuruud ah ku wareejinnay wax ugu wayn wax ay ummadi hannayso, oo ah aayatiin dawladnimo iyo madax-bannaani. Taas aan waa laga dheregsan yahay ee aan u soo laabto 26/June/2010 oo ahayd ayaantii la qabtay doorashada uu ku guuleystay Xisbiga KULMIYE iyo sidii taariikhda gashay ee ay u shaqeeyeen ardayda jaamacaduhu.

Waxa aan ka mid ahaa boqollaal arday oo ka tirsan Jaamacadda Hargeysa oo ka hawl-galay goobihii codaynta ee Gobolka Togdheer. 23/06/2010, abbaaro 05:00 galabnimo ayay kolonyo basas ah oo ardaydu saaran tahay ay u ambabaxeen dhanka magaalada Burco, halkaas oo aanu gaadhnay saq-badhkii. Waa markii u horreysay ee aan Burco dhaayahayga ku arko, cagahayga aan Togdheer ku dul tallaabsado. Waxa ay basaski na dhigeen meel caan noo noqotay, waa "SIIROOGA BURCO". Hal-hays waxa noo noqotay "Halkee ayaad joogtaa?" iyo "SIIROOGII". Hudheello iyo guryo la seexdo ayaanu gabbalkaa dumay raadsannay.

Subaxnimadii danbe waxa aanu aadnay Xarunta Wasaaradda Waxbarashada Gobolka Togdheer ee Burco iyo Dugsiga Sheekh Bashiir si aanu u hubinno goobaha aanu ku kala qorannahay. Kolkii uu qof kastaaba ogaaday halka uu ka shaqaynayo, waxa ay ardayda badhkood geeddi labaad ku tageen tuulooyin iyo degmooyin ka baxsan Burco, sida Qori-lugud, Dindinta iwm, oo in ay ka shaqeeyaan biligoodu ku beegay.

Waxa aan ka mid ahaa ardaydii nasiibka u heshay in ay Burco ka shaqeeyaan, goobta la igu qoray oo ahayd Xaafadda Madiina, una diiwaangashanayd Xaafadda Gabooyaha ayaanu galabnimadii 25/June/2011 tagnay si aanu u habnayno rugta codaynta, waxa noo yimi askartii ilaalada ahayd. Dadweynaha xaafadduna si maamuus leh ayaa nooga taakuleeyeen nidaaminta rugta codaynta.

Goobta oo dadka ka diiwaan-gashani ay badnaayeen, waxa dadka codaynaya loo kala jebiyay laba qaybood. Xilka aan hayay waxa uu Xog-haye. Markii aan goobta soo galayay ee aan arkay safka dheer iyo boqollaalka qof ee isugaya in aan baadho magacyadooda, suulkana aan u saaro foomka codaynta, sidaasna ay ugu gudbaan marxaladaha kale ee codaynta. Waxa Aan is-idhi "sidee ayaad muwaadiniintaa illaa xalay safka ku jiray ugu wada adeegi doontaa, oo ay dhammaantood inta aan wakhtigu dhicin u wada codayn doonaan? Ma iska laabataa meesha hawl baa ka soo fool lehe?". Calool-adayg waa Alle wehelkii. Shaqadii waxa aanu bilawnay 6dii Subaxnimo, waxa ugu horreyn codeeyay shaqaalihii goobta. 7dii subaxnimona waxa bilaabmay codaynta dadweynaha.

Dadka jilicsan sida waayeelka, ummulaha iyo naafada si gaar ah ayaa loogu oggolaaday codaynta, oo safka ma ay galin. Xog-hayuhu waa ka hubiya magacyada, waa shaqadii ugu adkayd ee doorashada laga qabto. Waayo kumannaan magac ayaad baadhaysaa. Magacyada oo si qaldan loo qoray xilligii diiwaan-galinta ayaa lur badan horseedday. Tusaale ahaan magac qudha ayaa siyaabo kala gaar ah loo qoray, sida CAASHA iyo CASHA. Waxa laga yaabaa in ay boqolaal qof u dhexeeyeen labadaas qof ee isku magaca ah.

Mashquul badanaa!. Culayska shaqada awgeed waxa aan waayay fursad aan madaxa ku qaado. Alleylehe waxaan hakad 10 daqiiqo ah galnay Salaaddii Duhur, si aanu faralka u tukanno, una qadayno. Xawaaraha waanu kordhinnay. Hawl fudaydin ayaan baadhista magacyada ku sameeyay. Dadka goobta labaad ku qoran ee noo soo gala, warqad ayaanu siinnay, si aanay saf labaad u gelin. Dad meelo kale iska diiwaan-galiyayna, goobihiinnii ku laabta ayaanu nidhi.Waa dharaartii shaqada ugu culus ama adage e bilaa jaaniska ah aan qabtay. Gacan-fudaydka aanu samanay waxa uu sahlay in dhammaan codbixiyeyaasha goobta ka qorani ay codeeyaan, safkina dhammaado abaaro 04:00 galabnimo, halka goobtii aanu isku dhawayn laga codaynayay illaa bacdal maqrib!. Intaas waxa dheer codadka aanu diiwaan-galinnay waa ay ka badnaayeen goobo badan oo illaa habeenka shaqadu ka socotay. Gefafka naga yimaadda dadka xaafadda deggan oo aan badnayd, dul lagu qaado ayaanu lahayn.

Goobta waxa nagu soo booqday Xuseen Aw Jaamac Jibriil "Xagar", oo Burco uga shaqeeya Laanta Afka Soomaaliga ee BBC-da, magaciisa ma uu noo sheegin. Isaga oo Xagar guddoomiyihii goobtayada waraysi ka qaadaya ayaan codkiisa gartay, waanan salaamay. Xidhitaankii rugtana waxa tirinta codadka na la hubiyay goob-joogayaal Caalami ah oo ka socda dalka Ingiriiska, oo ay hormood ka tahay Marwo Faadumo Siciid.

Codadkii ka soo baxay Goobtaas oo dhammaa 555 cod, waxa ay natiijadoodu noqotay ugu dhawaan sidan
Kulmiye: 445 Cod
· UDUB: 83 cod
· UCID: 22 cod
· Codadka xumaaday: 5 cod

26/June/2010: Waxaanu U Shaqaynay Sida Birta!, micnaheedu waa shaqadii u adkayd ee aan qabanno ee na loo dhaariyay aniga iyo arday kale oo badan. Waa ta horseedday hannaanka maamul-wareejinta ee dalka. Waa shaqadii aanu u gudannay sidii ugu daacadsanayd, ugu caddaalad badnayd, ugu dulqaad badnayd, ugu degdegga badnayd, uguna suurto-gal ahayd. Qaranka ayaanu u adeegnay. Xisbiga KULMIYE ee doorashadan ku gacan-sarreeyay sida aanu dalka ugu shaqaynnay in uu qaranka ugu shaqeeyo ayaa mar kasta guubaabadu tahay. Horena madaxda KULMIYE waa noo sharfeen oo munaasibad gaar ah oo Jaamacadda Hargeysa lagu qabtay waa noogu yimaaddeen.

Waxaa kuman goor ammaan iyo bogaadin mudan Madaxweyne Daahir Rayaale Kaahin iyo Xisbiga UDUB oo si milgo leh u aqbalay natiijadii doorashada, marka laga reebo laba nin oo aanan magacaabayn. UCID iyo Faysal Cali Waraabe mar walba tanaasulka iyo waddaniyadda waa ku caan-baxeen. Komiishankuna waxa uu mudan yahay billad geesi aan abid duugoobin. Adayga aanu muujinnay, dhagaxa wuu ka darnaa, birta ayuu la mid ahaa!.

Siciid Maxamuud Gahayr "Hargeysaawi"
Tell: 4428604
Email: saedmgahair@hotmail.com
Hargeysa, Somaliland.