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President Rayale
May Reshuffle His Cabinet
Hargeisa, April 10, 2004 (SL Times) – Unconfirmed reports say that
President Rayale may reshuffle his cabinet. The new cabinet is
expected to be smaller than the present one, and will be composed of
18 ministers, 7 vice-ministers and 4 ministers of state.
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INTERIM STATEMENT OF THE
SOMALILAND OBSERVERS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS OF 14 APRIL 2004
Ahmed Hagi Ali Adami
Chairperson: Somaliland National Electoral Commission
Date: 17 April 2004
The Somaliland observer delegation -consisting of 16 participants from
the Somaliland Electoral Commission, the 3 political parties in
Somaliland, women’s formations and members of the Somaliland
Journalist Association- congratulate the people of South Africa.
As an African delegation from the Horn of Africa, which has just
experienced its presidential democratic election (the first since
1968), we are most proud to have been associated with the people of
South Africa. It was a landmark occasion. For the first time since
1994, a Somaliland electoral observer delegation has observed a South
African election and received accreditation as observers from the
South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
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Interview With
The President Of Somaliland
Addis Ababa, March 30, 2004 (WEC) – The
following is the full text of an exclusive interview conducted by
Walta Information Center with Mr. Dahir Rayaleh Kahin, the President
of Somaliland on Tuesday 30th March 2004.
Q: Are you asking for recognition or any
other thing?
A: Recognition and how to establish bilateral agreement. Because
everybody who wants to come to our country says that we are not
recognized. So we have asked the support of the British Government in
this respect.
Q: What about in Belgium?
A: We met the officials of Inter-parliamentary Union, EU Commission,
the House of Senate and Parliament of Belgium. We were talking the
same issue.
Q: What was the response of the European Union?
A: They were very receptive. We will be waiting for the answer. They
have listened to us cautiously and understandably.
Q: Were you satisfied?
A: Yes. I was satisfied; because this was the first time the
international community heard our voice.
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SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
Saturday, 03 April 2004, Cardiff, UK, Mr. Abdirahman Yussuf, Chairman
of Somaliland Geosciences Board today announced that the Somaliland
Geosciences Board in partnership with Somaliland Ministry of Water &
Mineral Resources will be hosting a week long conference/exhibition
during the last week of July 2004 in Hargeisa, Republic of Somaliland.
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Col. Abdillahi
Yusuf's Health, Legal And Political Problems Getting Worse
London, April 10, 2004 (SL Times) – Reports from sources close to the
leader of Majerteenia, Col. Abdillahi Yusuf have said that he is
having serious health problems. News initially reached us that he was
in a coma and was airlifted to a hospital in the United Arab Emirates.
But recently Abdillahi Yusuf denied those reports to the BBC Somali
Service.
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Two Militias On
The Verge Of War In Las Anod
Las Anod, April 10, 2004 (SL Times) – A circular was issued by Col.
Abdillahi Yusuf through Col. Abdirizaq Mahamud Yusuf (Afgadud) which
claims that Mr. Ibrahim Jama Daad was sacked. Mr. Ibrahim Jama Daad
rejected the circular
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Rwandans Mark
1994 Genocide
Annan: Lessons to be learned from Rwanda
By RODRIQUE NGOWI
KIGALI, Rwanda, April 07, 2004 (CP) – Marking the 10-year anniversary
of the Rwandan genocide, President Paul Kagame lashed out at the
international community Wednesday for failing to stop the slaughter,
and pledged that if another genocide should happen, Rwanda would be
the first to send troops to stop it.
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Trial Nears For
Anti-Somali Supremacist
CHICAGO, April 8,2004 (AP) -- A white supremacist leader who organized
an anti-Somali gathering in Lewiston last year is about to be tried in
Illinois for soliciting the murder of a federal judge.
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Desolate Djibouti
By Alan Stanbridge
Djibouti, April 05 2004, (The Sunday Tribune) – The knife was sharp
and the cut was clean. By the time Arafat, the youngest crewmember,
had filleted the barracuda, all that remained was the head and tail
joined by the bare skeleton.
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Family To Sue Over Hospital Desecration
Hugh Muir, April 6, 2004, The Guardian
Relatives of the Muslim woman whose corpse was desecrated with bacon
as it lay in a hospital mortuary are to sue for damages, it emerged
today.
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More Charged Over Sahal
Murder
Ottawa, April 7, 2004 (CFRA) – Police have charged five more people as part
of their investigation into last summer's murder of Bashir Sahal.
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Urgently Needed
Initiatives
President Rayale's visit to the United Kingdom was a big success. The
president needs to build on that success by taking some necessary
domestic and foreign initiatives. On the domestic front, the first
priority should be in the area of security. It is now clear that
Somaliland is being targeted by al-Qaida and radical Islamic
fundamentalists. It is also clear that some Somalilanders are part of
this evil campaign, which has so far targeted foreigners in
Somaliland, but which, if left unchecked may go beyond those targets.
Somaliland's government must come up with a strategy for disrupting,
dismantling and destroying these terror networks.
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Protecting Mandeeq By All Means Necessary
By Hassan Mogeh Hirsi, California, USA
The saying goes, when everything else
fails hug your teddy! And when your government fails you, turn to your
tradition and culture. If we search our history, we will find the
answer: the traditional Somali “Illaalo force” or “Scout corps”. By
implementing this traditional volunteer police force, we could achieve
our goal with minimal financial burden to the country. This type of
force will require discipline with the goal and mission of doing civil
service. True discipline and consistent application would accomplish
our goal, the goal of cleaning Somaliland out of terror, returning its
peace and tranquility.
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Stability In The
Horn Of Africa: Strategic Security For The World
Egypt today, for example, favors the former Ethiopian territory of
Eritrea, now an independent state, and encourages its hostility toward
Ethiopia. Equally, it works to ensure that the Arab League and African
Union do not recognize the sovereignty of Somaliland
An Address by HIH Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie to
Florida International University
April 8, 2004
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Abdulrasaaq Haji
Hussein Favored Dictatorship Over Democracy
By Shirwac Jama, Somalia
As Prime Minister, Mr. Abdulrasaaq Haji
Hussien in his revengeful nature continued to adopt divisive policies
such as firing 100 senior government employees without proper cause
and replacing them with his political cronies. Abdulrasaaq Haji
Hussein’s disapproval ratings in his own party (SYL) led to President
Aden Abdulle to lose his second term bid by landslide majority to the
slained President Abdulrashiid Ali Sharmarke in 1967.
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You Are Right Mr.
President About A Wrong!
By A. Mohamed Ali Hashi, Dhimbiil
President Rayale, I am happy to hear that during the press conference
in London, in a trip that represents Somaliland first substantive
foray into diplomacy and the pursuit of Somaliland’s recognition that
you publicly accepted and acknowledged that the Cabinet was too large.
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Jamhuuriya
On-Line Version: A Mouthpiece For S/Land Enemies
By Ahmed Ali Aden, Birmingham, UK
Jamhuuriya was one of the frontline if it was not the best of
newspapers of Somaliland which made habit to defend the country from
the propaganda of the enemy since its first publication in 1991 or in
1992.
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Anti-Patriotism
And Moral Corruption; A Troubling Trend In Somaliland
By Ahmed Hassan Ali
I am deeply troubled by the growing tendency to smear the character of
any loyal citizen, who dares speak out about our leader's failures, as
"qaran-dumis" anti-Somaliland.
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The Fall Of The
BBC Somali Service
By A. A. Awaleh, London, UK
It is alarming to see the BBC Somali service of today is like a third
world dictator's broadcasting station.
Strangely enough, the BBCsomali radio and its website are controlled
by two cousins of Abdulqasim Salad Hassan who infiltrated the BBC
during his short period as a leading Somali warlord, or as he calls
himself Somalia's TNG President. The two cousins in control at the BBC
Somali are are Yusuf Garad and Mohamed Mohamoud Ade.
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Abdi Qays Wins An
International Award
Stockholm, Sweden, April 10, 2004 (SL Times) – Abdi Adan Qays, the
highly gifted poet, playerwright, songwriter, singer and musician is
touring Scandinavia to collect the award he won during an
international poetry festival.
A poem he wrote during his long imprisonment by the late Somali
dictator, Siyad Barre, won the first prize from a competition of 500
international poems.
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