Warsaxaafadeed: Imaatinka Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Kulmiye Iyo Wafdigiisa

Warsaxaafadeed:
Imaatinka Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Kulmiye Iyo Wafdigiisa
January 6, 2010

Waxa madaarka madaarka wayn ee Washington-Dulles Airport ka soo degaya maalinta Jimcaha ee Taariikhdu tahay 8-da bishan Jan wafdi ka socda xisbiga Kulmiye oo uu hogaaminayo Gudoomiyaha xisbiga Kulmiye mudane Axmed Maxamed Maxamud ( Siilaanyo) iyo marwadisa marwo Amina Sheekh Maxamed Jirde. Waxaa kale oo isna ka tirsan wafdiga gudoomiyaha, xoghayaha arimaha dibada ee xisbiga Kulmiye Dr Maxamed Cabdillahi Cumar oo isna habeenimada Khamiista ku soo beegan magaalada Washington.

Mudane Axmed Siilaanyo oo martiqaad rasmi ah ka helay dawlada Maraykanka ayaa mudada uu joogo dalkan Markaynka kulamo kala duwan la yeelan doona wasaarada arimaha dibada ee dawlada Maraykan, wakiilo ka tirsan aqalka koongreska, madaxda hay’adaha samafalka, saaxiibada Maraykanka ah ee daneeya qaranimada Somaliland iyo jaaliyadaha reer Somaliland ee ku daqan dalkan Maraykanka. Gudoomiyuhu mudada uu jooga dalkan Maraykanka waxaa uu booqan doona magaalada Washingon/Verginia ka sokow gobolada Minsoota ,Ohio iyo gobolada la dariska ah oo halkaa uu kula kulmi doono jaaliyadaha reer Somalind ee degan goboladaas.

Gudida Fulinta Ee Xisbiga Kulmiye
Waqooyiga Maraykan
Wixii Faahfaahin ah Kala xidhiidh mykulmiye@kulmiye. org

For Immediate Release: Kulmiye Delegation will arrive Washington DC
January 6, 2010

Chairman Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo is leading a Kulmiye delegation that will arrive at Washington-Dulles International Airport on Friday morning January 8, 2010. The delegation includes Chairman Ahmed Silanyo, His wife Amina Mohamed, and Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi Omar, Foreign Secretary for Kulmiye.

Chairman Ahmed and the delegation have meetings US government scheduled with the State Department, members of the US Congress, Washington Think-thank organizations that support democracy in the Horn of Africa and are friends of Somaliland, and Somaliland Communities. The delegation will visit the Somaliland Communities in Ohio and Minnesota during the trip. The delegation will be in the US for two weeks.

Kulmiye - North American Executive Committee
mykulmiye@kulmiye. org

Warsaxaafadeed Ku Waajahan Labada Wariye Ee Xaqdarada U Xidhan Oo Uu Saaray Ururka Somaliland Canadian Congress

Ururka Somaliland Canadian Congress waxa ay si wayn u canbaareynayaan xadhiga xaqdarada labada Suxufi ee Idaacada Radio Horyaal, md Maxamed Cismaan Mire (Sayid) iyo Axmed Saleebaan Dhuxul oo ciidan boolis ahi ku soo weerareen xafiskoodii iyaga oo shaqadoodii saxaafadeed ku guda jiraill hada ku xidhan xarunta CID-da.

Xadhigan xaqdarada ah ee labada Wariye wuxuu si cad u baal marsan yahay xeerka Saxaadadda Somaliland ee Golaha wakiiladu Ansaxieen sanadkii 2004. Xeerka Saxaafadda Somaliland ee 2004 ay ansixiyeen Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland waxa uu si aan mugdi lahayn u Mamnuucayaa in Suxufi shaqadiisii gudanaya oo ku jira la iska xidho, xadhigaas suxufiintuna waxaa uu xad-gudub ku yahay Xuquuqda warbaahinta, Cabudhin la cabudhinayo saxaafada madaxa bannaan waana mid baal marsan sharcigii golaha wakiilada Somaliland oo dejiyay saxaafada dalka sanadkii 2004.

Illa hada wax dambi ah oo lagu soo oogay ma jiraan labada suxufi, hadaanu nahay hadaba Ururka Somaliland Canadian Congress waxaanu ka dalbaynaa xukuumada in ay xoriyadoodii si dhakhso ah ugu soo celiso agaasimaha Idaacada Horyaal md Maxamed Mire Sayid iyo Tafatiraha guud md Axmed Saleebaan Dhuxul oo u xidhan si xaqdaro ah.

Somaliland Canadian Congress waxay uga digayaan xukuumadda isku day kasta oo lid ku ah xoriyatul qawlka madaxbanaanida saxaafada xorta ah ee dastuuka qaranku jideeyay ama fasaxayba, waxaa kale oo aanu xukuumada uga digaynaa inay ka fogaato khalkhal gelinta xiligan ay ka wado dalka oo ay tahay xiligii looga diyaar garawbaayay ololaha doorashada madaxtooyada ee ku beegan 27 bisha julay 2009

Saxaafada madaxa banaan waxa ay ku amaanan tahay oo loo qirayaa inay door sharaf leh ku leedahay dhismaha nabadgalyada iyo geedi socodka dimoqraadiyada Somaliland isla markaana ay tahay mid ka mid ah tiirarka ugu muhiimsan ee dhidibada u taagay ilaa imikana ku hawlan adkaynta nabada sidoo kalena ay marag muujin ku filan u tahay inay Somaliland ka jirto ku dhaqanka hanaanka dimoqraadiyadu.

ALLA Mahad Leh

Maxamud Raghe
Gudoomiye
somalilandcanadiancongress@gmail.com

Labada Wariye Idaacada Horaal Oo Kala Ah Agaasimaha Idaacada Md Maxamed Mire Sayid Iyo Md Axmed Saleeban Dhuxul Waan Si Dhakhso Ah Loo Sii Daayaa

Somaliland Canadian Congress

Somalilandlandcanadiancongress@gmail.com
Toronto, Canada

Ururaka Somaliland CanadianCongress waxa ay si wayn u canbaareynayaan xadhiga xaqdarada labada Suxufi ee Idaacada Radio Horyaal, md Maxamed Cismaan Mire (Sayid) iyo Axmed Saleebaan Dhuxul oo ciidan boolis ahi ku soo weerareen xafiskoodii iyaga oo shaqadoodii saxaafadeed ku guda jiraill hada ku xidhan xarunta CID-da.

xadhigan xaqdarada ah ee labada Wariye wuxuu si cad u baal marsan yahay xeerka Saxaadadda Somaliland ee Golaha wakiiladu Ansaxieen sanadkii 2004. Xeerka Saxaafadda Somaliland ee 2004 ay ansixiyeen Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland waxa uu si aan mugdi lahayn u Mamnuucayaa in Suxufi shaqadiisii gudanaya oo ku jira la iska xidho, xadhigaas suxufiintuna waxaa uu xad-gudub ku yahay Xuquuqda warbaahinta, Cabudhin la cabudhinayo saxaafada madaxa bannaan waana mid baal marsan sharcigii golaha wakiilada Somaliland oo dejiyay saxaafada dalka sanadkii 2004.

Illa hada wax dambi ah oo lagu soo oogay ma jiraan labada suxufi, hadaanu nahay hadaba Ururka Somaliland Canadian Congress waxaanu ka dalbaynaa xukuumada in ay xoriyadoodii si dhakhso ah ugu soo celiso agaasimaha Idaacada Horyaal md Maxamed Mire Sayid iyo Tafatiraha guud md Axmed Saleebaan Dhuxul oo u xidhan si xaqdaro ah.

Somaliland Canadian Congress waxay uga digayaan xukuumadda isku day kasta oo lid ku ah xoriyatul qawlka madaxbanaanida saxaafada xorta ah ee dastuuka qaranku jideeyay ama fasaxayba, waxaa kale oo aanu xukuumada uga digaynaa inay ka fogaato khalkhal gelinta xiligan ay ka wado dalka oo ay tahay xiligii looga diyaar garawbaayay ololaha doorashada madaxtooyada ee ku beegan 27 bisha julay 2009

Saxaafada madaxa banaan waxa ay ku amaanan tahay oo loo qirayaa inay door sharaf leh ku leedahay dhismaha nabadgalyada iyo geedi socodka dimoqraadiyada Somaliland isla markaana ay tahay mid ka mid ah tiirarka ugu muhiimsan ee dhidibada u taagay ilaa imikana ku hawlan adkaynta nabada sidoo kalena ay marag muujin ku filan u tahay inay Somaliland ka jirto ku dhaqanka hanaanka dimoqraadiyadu.

ALLA Mahad Leh

Maxamud Raghe

Gudoomiye

War in Somalia: Protecting Somaliland's Peace Should Be a Priority By Nicole Stremlau

Nicole Stremlau

Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford

War in Somalia: Protecting Somaliland's Peace Should Be a Priority

The war in Somalia has entered a new phase. Even by Mogadishu's standards, in recent days the fighting has been intense. More than 100 people have been killed. The al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), supported by the international community, are engaged in a violent power struggle. The dynamics are fluctuating by the day but al-Shabaab, along with other Jihadist movements such as Hisbul Islam, controls most of the territory in south-central Somalia and they are preparing for a final push to seize the presidential palace.

This turn of events is not surprising. Only recently, the very same day rich countries were opening their pockets in Brussels to prop up the weak TFG, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys landed in Mogadishu. As the leader of al-Shabaab and a former colleague-turned competitor of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the arrival of Aweys was significant. He pledged war and has delivered on it. Once in Mogadishu, Aweys addressed crowds in calling the African Union troops "bacteria" that must leave Somalia. Foreign troops in Somalia have always been a point of contention and deeply unpopular. But the reality is that without them the TFG cannot survive. Brushing off overtures from President Sharif for dialogue, al-Shabaab appears to be looking for a military victory.

In the coming days the international community will certainly be considering what options it has. These appear relatively limited -- the US has little appetite for intervening and al-Shabaab gave the Ethiopian military such a serious fight that they too do not look eager to invade again.

The concerns widely discussed about the current crisis in Pakistan, particularly as to whether the government is viable and can withstand the Taliban being within 100 km of the capital, are amplified in Somalia. In Somalia, foreign and local fighters, some of who have trained in Afghanistan, actually do control all but a few streets in the capital. There are reports that al-Shabaab is set to be provided with additional reinforcements of foreign and local jihadists in the coming days.

Somaliland, the un-recognized peaceful and politically stable northwestern region of Somalia, must also consider its own security. Somaliland rightly prides itself on being an oasis of peace in a violent region. In September 2009 they will be holding their third presidential elections which, building on the 2003 elections, appear set to be competitive and free. After years of fighting for independence and after years of watching their brothers in the south slaughter themselves, Somalilanders do not take their accomplishment of peace lightly. Unfortunately, they may have already been pulled into this war.

Somalilanders know al-Shabaab's wrath well. They have been the victims of its impeccable timing -- the October 29th suicide bombers that that struck the presidency, UNDP and the Ethiopian embassy coincided with an international meeting for the TFG in Nairobi. A crucial part of the leadership of al-Shabaab currently hails from Somaliland and the October bombings were partly a response to internal criticism suggesting that that they should bring their own clans and land into the war. Al-Shabaab has a presence in Somaliland and events in the south make al-Shabaab sympathizers bolder.

The Somaliland government will certainly be asking difficult questions in the coming days. Should Somaliland forge new security relations with Puntland, the autonomous region to the east? This appears to be happening to some degree, but what would a more dynamic alliance look like?

These are very real and complicated dilemmas for Somaliland and are issues they will be grappling with in the coming days and months. Domestically there will be new debates as now-marginalized politicians that have lost out in President Sharif's government look for influence. Somaliland has so far managed to successfully build its own democracy and state without intervention, largely because a local and organic peace process was allowed to flourish without external engineering.

At this critical juncture a chance remains for the international community to act to at least preserve and protect the one island of hope -- a peaceful, democratic and independent Somaliland that could become a beachhead for extending peace with justice in the region. But Somaliland should be realistic -- the international community will allow Somaliland to fail. Somalilanders have rightly prided themselves on succeeding without international intervention but they may yet face one of their greatest tests.

Remittances foster social life necessity for Somali Emigrants By Dr Shacabi from California

by: Dr. Shacabi, California, USA

After leaving their country for better lives abroad, Somalian emigrants often send money to their native country as remittances. The impact of these funds are staggering, but they are better channeled in Compliance with following the guidelines of USA Patriot ACT and FinCen Money Transfer rules and regulations.
The physical disconnection of millions of Somali emigrants from homes, families and friends in search of better lives abroad is partly bridged by a financial connection. It’s a simple formula. Developed countries attract migrant workers, and migrant workers send home money as remittances.
It is believed that far larger amounts are transferred officially through Somali Money Transfer Companies. Somali Emigrants does not have central government for the last 19 years and the whole financial industries and the banking system has collapsed on the aftermath of Somali wars and lack of functioning government. Currently, there are no banks operating near their home towns where they send remittances so in many transition countries, like Somalia most remittances enter through Hawal system or Money Transfer System.
The big question facing governments and central banks today is how to further improve the impact of these huge inflows of money on their economies. To address this subject, the Somali Communities with the help of Somali Money Transfer Companies and their Lawyers recently arranged a seminar, on remittances around the globe. The event attracted Somali Communities and the owners of Somali Hawala Companies in the United States, in order to share views and experience with senior staff from International Financial Institutions,representatives from the USA and the Somali Money Transfer Management and Staff-Members.
It is becoming clear that remittances are a crucial part of the wider model for developing economies, therefore taking an active role in promoting the awareness of remittances, improving ways to better channel these funds, and building on lessons learned from different countries to make better use of money transfers in the future is important.
Remittances are one of the most important sources of finance for developing nations and therefore we must establish an environment that can enhance their impact on the overall development process. One way to do this is to improve legislation and regulation to gain people’s trust, and to ensure predictable and safe money transfers. By developing more formal routes for money transfers, countries can help integrate these funds in the wider economy.
Some of the biggest recipients of remittances are people living in poorer, more rural areas, people with little knowledge or access to banking systems. It is a question of educating people in diaspora to Create Islamic banks, especially those who lives in Minneapolis and Columbus since there are a large Somali population by demanding and educating their elected officials to pass a law of establishing Islamic banks and this is one of their rights and Islamic beliefs to have an alternative of interest banks to non-Interest Banking system. This will help Muslim communities and Somali emigrants to open an account, and banks using the opportunity of remittances to offer specifically tailored products.Once Islamic Banks established in Western Countries such as United States and Europe, banks must reach out more through extended branches or agencies. Currently, there is an Islamic bank in Great Britain and they have a huge success of serving Muslim Communities.
Encouraging beneficiaries to use local Islamic banks will help strengthen the banking sector, expand credit availability and new products in transition countries. There is also an upside for those sending money. With transfer fees often very high, encouraging a more formal means can create a more competitive environment.
It is a win-win situation,. Islamic Banks and the economy will benefit, and new customers can benefit from products they were never aware existed such as non-interest on savings, or leveraging money for non-interest mortgages or loans to start a business.
The Somali Money Transfer Companies are looking at opportunities in directing remittance flows more effectively. The Bank could, for example, work with local banks to help develop new remittance-based products while addressing barriers to bank use such as high administration costs; it could also help banks establish international networks to benefit senders and receivers of remittances.
It is obvious that remittances are an asset not yet being used properly, It is a question of creativity and innovation to better manage the flow of these resources. This way they can further benefit individuals and economies alike.
Recently, the Law Enforcement has done routine investigations on some of the Somali Money Transfer locations in Minneapolis and Columbus and this was due to the issue of Piracy and missing some young Somali's. Somalians need to be vigilant and continue as they have shown before to be a law abiding citizens and follow the rules and the regulations in the foreign countries that they are residing. As far as the Money Transfer Companies,they need to continue on having and keeping the computer data records, knowing their customers, Identify them by asking their IDS and follow the USA Patriot ACT and FinCen Compliance.



Dr. Shacabi
California, USA
email: shacabi@yahoo.com

Somaliland Showdown and first call for solving the Political crisis!!!

By: Dr. Shacabi, California, USA

I would like to express my cordial gratitude and greetings to all Somaliland communities in Diaspora as well as all other Somaliland individuals and group members for taking the time to initiate and make it possible to have an open communication to help our country and our people at this sadden and dark moment of the history of Somaliland due to the wrong and ill-advised decision of Somaliland House of Elders extended the Riyale government another six months while his legal presidential term has been expired on April 6, 2008. The Somaliland Commission has previously extended the election time up to May 31, 2009 moving from the original date set on March 31, 2009.

In my previous Article named Somaliland needs Reconciliation and new date of Presidential elections.I tried to shed some light on how it is imperative to have all three political parties to sit down professionally and honestly and save the Somaliland Country and their citizens. I am glad to hear that all three political parties will be having a private discussions on this coming Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Somaliland Presidential palace. This is commendable and first step towards mutual respect and understanding the benefit of reconciliation and putting everything first the unity of Somaliland and bringing back to government institutions the structure of democratic process.

Let us be optimistic that all three political Party Leaders will reach a concrete and sensible agreement. But what if it goes the other way around. In my humble opinion, this discussion will not be an easy one, but it is a first step and it will clarify again who is the fault person and who is the genuine and honest leader(s) who are willing to accept what is best for the country and their citizens and not looking for individual gain.

It is clear that Somaliland has many patriotic and national actors who carry responsibility and exercises authority have to respect the same values as a mutual undertaking. I have tried to make the point that the requirements of good governance should not be addressed to one side in relationship but rather be a shared commitment based on mutuality. I want also to stress that in development policy discussions good governance, although definitely related to human rights, does not have the dignity and worth of the human beings as its central focus, but rather the creation of conditions which are favorable to the efficient use of resources. Obviously there is nothing wrong in this particular focus, but we are well advised not to equate the fashionable concept of good governance with the more holistic notion human rights.

There are five aspects to sustainable human development-all effecting the lives of poor and vulnerable.
1. Empowerment 2. Co-operation 3. Equity 4. Sustainability 5. Security.

What, then, is governance? and what is good governance?

The challenge for all socities is to create a system of governance that promotes, supports and sustainable human development-especially for the poorest and most marginal. But the search for a clearly articulated concepts of governance has just begun. Governance can be seen as the exercises of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. It comprises the mechanisms, process and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences. Good governance is, among other things, partionatory, transparent and accountable. It is also effective and equitable. And it promotes the rule of law. Good governance ensures that political, social and economic priorities are based on broad consensus in society and that the voices of the poorest and most vulnerable are heard in decision-making over the allocation of development resources.

Governance has three legs: Economic, political and administrative.

Economic governance includes decision-making process that affect a country’s economic activities and its relationship with other economies. It clearly has major implications for equity, poverty and quality of life. Political governance is the process of decision-making to formulate policy and Administrative governance is the system of policy implementation. Encompassing all three, good governance defines the process and structures that guide political and socio-economic relationships.

Governance also encompasses the state, but it transcends the state by including the private sector and civil society organizations. What constitutes the state is widely debated. Here, the state is defined to include political and public sector institutions.

The key question that needs to be address here, is What is United Nation’s primary objective interest lies in Somaliland?
The answer is very puzzling, you know why, their primary interest lies in how effectively the state serves the needs of its people. Yet, we as a nation and a country still waiting at least an Emergency recognition. We somalilanders need to do more in order to sell our democratic principles and sustainability to the rest of the World. Having an honest, on-time and ethical Presidential elections following the Municipality and Parliamentarian elections will be the key ingredients of helping our developments and recognition.


Regards,
Dr. Mohamed Osman Nur (Shacabi),
California. ,USA

I haven’t finished (you) off Somaliland yet, so I need extensions!

Ibrahim Mead

Political analyst

Ottawa, Canada

I haven’t finished (you) off Somaliland yet, so I need extensions!

I haven’t finished the job! To finish Somaliland that is, so I need extensions!

In translation that is what Riyaale is saying to the people of Somaliland who paid blood and treasure for Somaliland! People don’t seem to understand that or they are in a delusional state of mind!

With out questioning the intent, the judgement, integrity, honesty or their level of understanding the seriousness of the issue in question, the self appointed group of Somalilanders said, “they want to mediate between Riyaale and the opposition! The question is: Mediate what?

Mediate between wrong and right? Between evil and good? How would any body mediate that? That shows we did not get it! I think this is an exercise in futility!

In my opinion, evil must not be condoned but must be confronted and defeated. On the other hand good must be supported and condoned

. The opposition party missed the point by accepting to meet Riyaale whom they said he is not president any more. To meet him in a place he lives by force under (president) a title he holds trans-constitutionally is another mistake! They were supposed to meet the guy in a neutral place as a candidate of a party with full understanding that they are meeting an evil! They missed the whole point there!

Evil and good run in a parallel universe. Mediating between the two different worlds is mockery and mind-boggling exercise! Mediating between some one who wants more time as to finish off Somaliland and others saying NO., Let us salvage what is left of Somaliland is like mediating between wrong and right and between evil and good, and that is absurd and beyond the logic!

Riyaale is not a Somaliland believer! He has no emotional bond with Somaliland.

Even though he was made president he chose not to be a believer with out him saying that he doesn’t! His actions, inactions and reactions show that clearly!

Riyaale has no moral authority to run Somaliland any more! He never had one ever!

Riyaale has no legal authority to call him self-president of Somaliland any more! . His term of office has expired over a year ago! Now he is in the midst of criminal activity creating clan wars! Re: what is happening between Borama and Gabiley Regions!

Riyaale and his Moneyman must be treated as war instigators, with past crimes, thus dealt as such.

In a simple translation, what Riyaale is saying is this: “ I need even more (time) extensions to complete the job! That is to finish off Somaliland!” surprise? But that is what he is precisely doing, and that was what he did during his term in office!

The “calf worshipers”-the Guurti, the cabals, the clan traders, the hoodlums and the goons bowed and said, “sure”! But they don’t know the consequences of their actions!

He damaged the national psyche!

He demeaned the national prestige and integrity!

He disgraced the national institutions one after the other!

He created, otherwise enhanced a culture of corruption, unseen in anywhere!

He redirected the moral campus of Somaliland to the wrong direction!

He confused the honest people who “wrongly” trusted him with lies and hypocrisy!

The first requirement for a (Muslim) believer to perform his or her prayers is ‘intent’ (Niya) first and foremost to pray for Allah and Allah alone. The rest is a process…

In Somaliland a none believer leads the believers in their prayers, and that is Riyaale!

Riyaale and crew crippled each and every national institution with no exception – the presidency included!

They turned the national institutions in to a moral less agencies that serve Riyaale and crew! The said institutions no more serve the people! They even cause them harm in more ways than we think, like the police used to beat, subjugate or shoot the citizens and the national leaders of Somaliland!

The national institutions are either left out for dead, like the House of Representatives or work for the corrupted crew running Somaliland wrong like the judiciary and the Guurti!

The chairman of the House of Representatives is a Riyaale helper against the nation in a way attributed to his weakness, gutlessness and ignorance of the job entrusted upon him! He may not know that he does that job for Riyaale! He may not realize that, but he does indeed! However he doesn’t mean it! But it doesn’t make a difference!

If the chairman knows his job he would have saved the country from Riyaale and gang, but unfortunately he doesn’t! The question is why is he there then?

The author is not talking the Guurti side, because they are an illegitimate body for (bribery) money!

Although surprises are not short in Somaliland these days, I was wondering what the second self hired so-called mediating group are mediating? Are they mediating between the good and the evil, between the wrong and the right or what?

I think the right course for any conscionable person or persons to go is not to entertain the evil represented by Riyaale but to support the good Represented by the people represented here by the opposition and the moral sectors of the nation!

The right course is to confront and defeat the evil and support the good and save the country. There is no neutrality in this. Only hypocrites play that role!

However peace

Ibrahim Mead