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The Vanishing Trees of Hargeysa

The importance of trees seems apparent when one tries to imagine a world without them. (Eebbow meel aan Hadh lahayn hanna Joojin)!. O Allah! Let us not sojourn in a treeless place!. Cleaner air and water, food for our tables and thoughts, as well as inspiration for our senses are but a few things given to us by trees. If nothing else, they give us an excuse to sit, close our eyes, and listen to the winds rustle though their leaves. Here is a summary of the benefits of trees:

In The “War On Terror” Somaliland ‎Must Fight On Two Fronts

Law enforcement officials in Somaliland started ratcheting up pressure on Islamic extremists in Somaliland territory with a new sweep to round up radical clerics suspected of having links to Islamic extremists in southern Somalia . At least six or more suspects arrested recently, were accused of plotting to kill local leaders and disrupt recent parliamentary elections.‎

Somaliland: The Oasis Of ‎Democracy In A Troubled Region

It was May 3rd, 2001 when the late president of Somaliland Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal passed away as he was undergoing medical examination in a hospital in South Africa . As soon as the death of the president was confirmed, the leaders of the two legislative houses in Somaliland met to decide their country’s destiny. In a rare event in Africa and particularly in a region devastated by civil wars, political turmoil’s and widespread upheavals, the then vice president Mr. Dahir Rayale Kahin was sworn in as Egal’s successor - ‎

Rayale Paints Himself In A Corner‎

In politics, timing of issues matters a lot and a true politician who is worth his salt ought to know what issues to raise, when to raise it, and where to raise it or its proper venue in order that that issue may have the desired effect or maximum impact. In addition, a politician needs to understand who his audience is as well as to be conversant of the issue he is trying to convey to others.  

Congratulations To The Two Women MPs

The President Has Lost The Plot

Somaliland President Spoke; For ‎The Record, Enough Is Enough!‎

Stop Railroading Of The New Mps ‎In Somaliland

By Stefan Simanowitz

"Although Keys did not defeat Blair at the ballot box, his campaign has not stopped. The Labour government is now facing a series of legal challenges launched by the families of British soldiers killed in the Iraq war. Lawyers acting on behalf of ten families and anti-war organizations recently presented evidence to the International Criminal Court that Britain had committed war crimes in its participation in the Iraq war."

London , October 26 2005 (Media Monitoring Network) – One of the most dramatic moments of the recent British general election occurred in the early hours of May 6th, when Reg Keys, a retired paramedic, stood at a podium in front of an ashen-faced Tony Blair and read out the names of six British soldiers killed in Iraq . Among the names was that of Tom Keys, a 21-year old military policeman, and Reg’s son.

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EXCESS BAGGAGE‎‎

London , UK , October 26, 2005 (THE GUARDIAN) – The plastic carrier bag is useful, ubiquitous and, to its growing band of enemies around the world, an environmental scourge and symbol of our throwaway society. Each year, humanity gets through something like a trillion carrier bags, which together weigh approximately 5m tones and use about 50m barrels of oil to produce. Yet they are used on average for 20 minutes, after which, say the critics, the bag survives as rubbish for a further 1,000 years.

Ethiopia: International Relations And Defense

10/25/2005 EIU ViewsWire Ethiopia

COUNTRY BACKGROUND

FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT

The dispute with Eritrea

After taking power in 1991, the EPRDF government assumed a leading role in regional relations. Several regional diplomatic initiatives were conducted in conjunction with the TPLF's erstwhile rebel allies, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). These included negotiations over the Sudanese and Somali conflicts, notably within the context of the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD; see Regional overview: Membership of regional organizations). However, the Eritrean-Ethiopian diplomatic alliance came to an abrupt end in May 1998, when a trade and border disagreement escalated rapidly into a full-scale war.

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