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Drug: The Double Edged Knife (Part
11)
Mohamed H. Dahir, (Chairman, Pharmaceutical Association of Somaliland)
What do you know about Aids?
• Aids is caused by the human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• HIV can be spread through sexual intercourse and by sharing needles, syringes and mixing bowls for injecting drugs
• It can also pass from mother to child during pregnancy, if the mother has the virus
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Preliminary Clinical Description of SARS
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a disease of unknown etiology that has been described in patients in Asia, North America, and Europe.
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My Date With Mr. Murungi
Tasha Kosviner
The Scotsman, June 5, 2003
With a smile, Ali told me that it would be the trip of a lifetime. Unforgettable. The room fell silent as he spoke, the men at the tables watched as he spelled out the details of the deal. All I had to do was travel to New York with two suitcases, check into a first-class hotel and wait for the pick-up. I was to be paid a fee and expenses to cover airfares and the hotel. As soon as the consignment was collected, I could do as I liked. "Enjoy yourself," Ali said, smiling again.
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Announcements |
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Abdillahi Gamadeed Jama, Ahmed Gamadeed Jama, Mohamed Gamadeed Jama and all the Gamadeed family members...
Yusuf Abdi Gabobe and his wife Layla Abdillahi Omer...
Abdifatah Mohamoud Aidied and his wife Amina Mohamed Ahmed...
would like to extend their congratulations and best wishes to:
Mr. Omer Abdillahi Yusuf (Son of Raabi) and his wife on the birth of their twin boys, Adam and Essa. |
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| Headlines |
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A Capable Woman Takes Over Foreign Affairs But New Finance Minister Unlikely to Fight Corruption
 Hargeisa (SL Times) - The President of Somaliland Republic, Dahir Rayale Kahin, reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday.
The reshuffle saw the reappointment in their previous positions of Interior Minister Ismail Adan, Defense’s Ismail Omer Adan and Planning’s Axmed Haji Dahir, while Edna Adan formerly Minister of Family Affairs And Social Development was transferred to the ministry of Foreign Affairs to replace Mohamed Saeed Gees who will now assume the position of Minister of Fisheries.
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Somaliland Delegation Visits South Africa, Mozambique and Ethiopia
Hargeisa, 3 June 2003 (Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - At the invitation of the Honourable Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, MP, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Executive Council of the African, the Rt. Hon. Mohamed Said Gees, Foreign Minister of Somaliland, paid an official visit to South Africa from 23 to 1 June 2003.
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Somaliland: Reflections on Democratic Transitions (IRI Washington, DC 20005)
In the fall of last year the International Republican Institute (IRI) conducted a comprehensive political assessment in Somaliland that prompted IRI to begin program activities aimed at supporting the young democracy. Since that time, IRI has conducted political party training, communications training and a campaign school in advance of the presidential elections in April. IRI will continue to support the democratization process through program activities on the ground and a roundtable discussion in Washington to discuss issues relevant to the process.
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The US Planning Executions for Muslim Prisoners in Guantanamo
 San Juan, Puerto Rico (The Charlotte Observer) - Plans for an execution chamber at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba are being studied by the U.S. military as it prepares to bring suspected al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists to trial later this year.
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BAT to Invest Sh 500M in Factory Upgrade
Lucy Ndichu
Nairobi, June 3-9, 2003 (Financial Standard) - British American Tobacco Kenya (BAT) is planning to invest Sh500 million in its Industrial Area-based factory in the next financial year, board Chairman, Evanson Mwaniki, has said.
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Resident Alien: Gaddafi's Son and Our Friends in Africa
Robert Hanks, Independent (London)
Sunday June 1, 2003
The thing to keep in mind about Saif El Islam Alqadhafi is that he doesn't play football - that's his brother, Al-Saadi. Saif's interests are painting, architecture, charitable works - he's the head of the Gaddafi Foundation, Libya's largest charity - and world peace. This last is what brought him to London House on Mecklenburgh Square, a hostel for overseas students, to talk on the subject "Reforming the UN Charter".
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| Peace Talks |
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EC Condemns Violations of Ceasefire
Nairobi, June 6, 2003 (IRIN) - The EC delegation in Kenya has condemned violations of the cessation of hostilities agreement signed by the parties at the ongoing Somali peace talks in Kenya.
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Fact-Finding Mission Ends Tour
Nairobi, 3 Jun 2003 (IRIN) - A fact-finding mission from the African Union (AU) and the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), sent to look into the security situation in the country, has arrived back in neighbouring Kenya.
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Kenyan Envoy Sees New Somali Govt by June 18
William Maclean and Nicholas Kotch
Nairobi, June 3 (Reuters) - If optimism is the mark of a diplomat, Bethuel Kiplagat is a true professional.
The veteran Kenyan negotiator, mediating Somalia's 14th bid to make peace in a decade, said on Tuesday he expected warring factions to wrap up seven months of talks by forming an interim government in two weeks' time.
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| Editorial
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Recognition and Citizens’ Rights
Somaliland is a country that came into existence as a result of huge human rights violations that were committed against its citizens under the regime of Somalia’s former dictator, Siyad Barre. Since the purpose of Somaliland’s restoration as an independent free state is the protection of its people from a repetition of the great suffering they had experienced under Barre’s dictatorship, Somalilanders couldn’t be blamed if they guard their human rights closely and are sensitive to any potential abuse by their own government, or by the perpetrators of past crimes who are still on the loose in Somalia.
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The Positive Approach Of UDUB
After the elections of 14 April, the united and democratic alliance of the people (UDUB) chose a positive approach of what was happening. We saw this is effective in creating peace and happiness for the people of Somaliland.
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A Reply to Mr. Faisal Ali Warabe
Osman A. Egal
31st May 2003
It is most unfortunate that Mr. Faisal Ali Warabe should present himself as the sole champion and defender of Somaliland, its institutions and constitution. It s also most unfortunate that he should expect the people of Somaliland to believe him and trust that he will defend them against the very men who spent the best years of their lives in a struggle with the evil regime of Siyad Barre.
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Respecting Human Rights is the Law of the Land
Ali Gulaid, CPA
The human rights the Rayaale administration is violating and the civil liberties it is eroding, which Africa Right has recently catalogued and released, has infuriated few in the diaspora. On the other hand, a disturbing analysis of Somaliland’s budget (use of resources) that revealed fiscal irresponsibility, abuse of power, gross mismanagement, deliberate waste of meager resources and misplaced priorities, was received without furor - as if systematic corruption is a birthright.
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Unlearned Lessons of History and Human Rights Abuses?
Dahir A. Jama, London, England
African Right's report on the human rights abuses in Somaliland is a wake up call for all Somalilanders. The arrests of SNM veterans without due process, the siege of the elders in Gabiley, curfews and the everyday and ongoing harassment of opposition members are what we fought against, and what we never expected to see again. Taken together, these are all terrible reminders of past ugly times.
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Does the Public Understand Democracy?
Rhoda A. Rageh
A month after the evaporation of a nation’s dream, a month after serious injury was inflicted upon the idea of democratic process, no resolution has been reached on the course of action against the most blatant public crimes committed by an incumbent government whose evil actions are intensifying.
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Cesspool of Illogicality
Who won the war of liberation of Somaliland? The Faqash or Somaliland? I am sure everyone will say ‘of course Somaliland won the war. I mean, everybody knows this’. But wait a minute. Look at Somaliland, what do you see? You see those who were with the Faqash till the last minute occupying the highest offices of the land. Rayale is the President, Qaybe is the Speaker of the Parliament and H. Abdi Waraabe who was an acolyte of Gaani and then Morgan is a senior member of the Guurti.
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US Brings Somalia-Like Chaos to Iraq
Richard O’Mara
The Baltimore Sun, June 2003
Baltimore, 1 June 2003 (Arab News) - There are no police. Nobody makes anything. People grow no gardens. You can’t telephone anywhere, send or receive a letter. No electricity runs through the lines above the streets. The underground cables have been dug up, the copper sold off.
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