Somali troops 'enter Mogadishu'

Government troops in Somalia have entered areas of Mogadishu, hours after Islamist forces abandoned the capital city, Somalia's prime minister says.

"We are in Mogadishu," Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi said. "We are co-ordinating our forces to take control of Mogadishu."

The transitional government's forces, backed by Ethiopian troops, reached the city's outskirts earlier on Thursday.

It is not clear whether the Ethiopians will remain outside Mogadishu.
Eyewitnesses say Somali troops were cheered by crowds, but some residents condemned the Ethiopian presence.

As the Union of Islamic Courts withdrew its fighters, Somalia's clan militias began reasserting their presence - raising fears of a return to the clan warfare which racked the city for years before the Islamists brought a measure of security.

The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan, in the city, says clan militiamen seized key buildings - like the airport and old presidential palace.

Residents in the north of the city have reported cars and mobile phones being stolen. Rising insecurity has forced most businesses to stop trading, our correspondent says.

Prime Minister Gedi is in the township of Afgoye, 20km (12 miles) west of Mogadishu, where he was to meet elders from the capital.

Transitional government spokesperson Abdirahman Dinari told the BBC that the majority of the forces poised to retake Mogadishu were Somali, not Ethiopian.

He added: "I would like to assure all the Somali people that we cannot accommodate any warlord who wants to destabilise the country.

"The government is committed to restore law and order and to implement institutions. We want to restore peace, law and order."

Meanwhile, in Ethiopia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said: "We will act on the basis of the advice of the transitional government and in consultation with the elders of Mogadishu but at the moment we are not in Mogadishu, we are just outside.

He added: "Our mission in Somalia is very very limited... we are not there to reconstruct Somalia economically, politically or otherwise. We are there to remove the threat of the Islamic Courts militia on Somalia and Ethiopia."

Defiant

Islamic fighters have fled towards the port city of Kismayo, their last remaining stronghold, 300 miles (500km) to the south.

A senior UIC official Omar Idris said the retreat was "not the end".
He told the BBC: "We know what happened in Iraq... I think this is very, very early to say that the Islamic Court forces were defeated."

Meanwhile, a UIC delegation has been in Nairobi, meeting Kenyan officials and Western diplomats.

At the weekend Ethiopia began a major offensive to support the weak government against the UIC - which previously held much of central and southern Somalia.

The conflict has killed hundreds of people. The head of the International Red Cross Somalia delegation said it was "extremely concerned about civilians caught up in the fighting".

The African Union has called for Ethiopian forces to leave Somalia.

However the UN Security Council has failed to agree on a statement calling for the withdrawal of all foreign forces.

Hardline elements

The UIC has its roots in the north of Mogadishu.

Courts administering Islamic law restored order in a city bedevilled by anarchy since the overthrow of former President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.

The UIC assumed control of the whole capital in June, driving warlords out and rapidly extending their influence to much of southern Somalia - with the exception of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional Somali government.

That body, set up in 2004 after talks between Somali factions, has been unable to meet in the capital because of opposition first from warlords, then from the UIC.

Almost all Somalis are Muslim and after years of lawlessness, many were happy to have some kind of law and order under the UIC.

But some are wary of the hardline elements among the UIC and do not want to be cut off from the rest of the world.

The UIC have staged public executions and floggings of people they have found guilty of crimes such as murder and selling drugs.

UIC leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys is accused by both Ethiopia and the US of having links to al-Qaeda - charges he denies.

Courtesy of: bbc.com

Qiimahii timo-jarka oo cirka isku shareeray

(Waridaad)Ka dib markii ay ciidamaddii Cabdillahi Yusuf iyo Xabashidu ay la wareegeen Jawhar una soo ruqaansadeen Balcad ayaa maleeshiyaddii maxaakiimtu u kala dheereeyeen dukaanaddii jeega xiiradda ee magaaladda Muqdishu.

Waxaa laga soo warinayaa inay magaaladdii Muqdhishi hadda gashay marxalad adag kuna abuurtay dadkii rayidka ahaa cabsi badan, ka dib markii ay maxaakiimtii ku wareejiyeen hubkii qabaayilkii ay hore uga qabsadeen, dhacii iyo fawdadiina dib u soo noolaatay, sidda la filayona ay dib u soo rogaal celin doonaan, isbahaysigii la dagaalanka argagixisadda ee uu Qanyar Afrax hormoodka ka ahaa.

Wakhtigan hadda la joogo waxaa magaaladda laga soo warinayaa inay hugii maxaakiimtu ku labisnaayeen iyo cumaamadihii ay laliyeen, iyagoo u kala dheeraynaya goobaha timaha layskaga xiiro, si ay dadka ugu dhax milmaan, iyagoo ka cabsi qaba in laga jaro waxii ay gaysteen mudaddii yarayd ee ay Xamar ka talinayeen.

Waxaa iyana hadda dadkii dhooban yahiin jidka afgooye ee soo gala magaaladda Muqdishu oo dadkii ku dhawaaqayaan erayo ah soo dhawaadda. In kastoo dadka qaarkii ay aad uga xun yahiin ciidamadda xabashida ah ee soo galaysa magaaladda.

Waa markii ugu horaysay taariikhda Soomaliyeed in ay ciidamo xabashi ahi la wareegto magaalo ka mid ah magaalooyinka waaweeyn ee Somaliyeed. Taasoo loo aanaynayo inay hormood ka yihiin ummadd damiirkii Soomaliyeed dhuuni iyo xukun ka doortay kuna soo hogaamiyey cadowgii koowaad ee ummadani abidkeed lahayd. Taasoo noqonaysa mid baal madow ka gali doonta taariikhdii ummadda Soomaliyeed.

Haddaba su'aasha taalaa waxay tahay, ma dhacday in qolo loo qabtay inay ummad u taliyaan, u taliyaan? Dawaladda Empigati ma u soo wareegi doontaa Muqdishu? Cabdillahi Yusuf ma aamini doonaa inuu Xamar soo caga dhigto? Maleesiyadda Puntland ma soo geli karaan magaaladda Xamar? Mar labaad Muqdishu diyaar ma u tahay inay u taliyaan hadhaagii Afweyne?

Su'aalahaa waxaan u daayey dadka.

Ahmed Quick
Ottawa-Canada
waridaad.saraar@gmail.com

Ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka iyo Xabashida oo kasoo dhaqaaqay degmada Afgooye

(Waridaad) Muqdisho:- Ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka iyo Xabashida oo saaka la wareegay gacan ku heynta degmada Afgooye ayaa hada usoo gudbay dhinaca Jaamacada Lafoole ee u dhaxeysa Afgooye iyo Muqdisho.Dowlada Federaalka ayaa sheegtay in ciidamada Itoobiya ee la socda kuwa Soomaaliya, aysan geli doonin caasimada dalka Soomaaliya ee Muqdisho.

Ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka iyo Xabashida oo ku hubeysan gaadiidka dagaalka ayaa hada ku jiheysan magaalada Muqdisho, ayadoo afhayeenka DFKMG Mr.Diinaari uu sheegay in ciidamada Dowlada ay amniga sugi doonaan.Xaalada magaalada Muqdisho ayaa kacsan kadib markii ay soo baxeen maleeshiyaad iyadoo maleeshiyooyinkii maxaakiimta isu rogeen kuwo qabiil, waxaana jira amni xumo iyo dhac laga sheegayo qeybo kamid ah degmooyinka Muqdisho ay ka kooban tahay.
Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Prof.Cali Maxamed Geedi ayaa sheegay in uu cuqaasha iyo nabadoonada beelaha ay sugaan amniga inta ay Dowlada ciidamadeeda soo gaarayaan magaalada

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Magaalada Muqdisho oo qeybo kamid ah la wareegeen maleeshiyooyin Hubeysan

(Waridaad)-Muqdisho:- Magaalada Muqdisho ayey caawa ka bilowdeen xiisado iyo fawdo dhinaca amniga ah, ayadoo ay soo baxeen maleeshiyooyin la wareegay xaafado kamid ah magaalada.

Deegaanada iyo isgosyada Siinaay, Baar Ubax, Black Sea iyo KM 4 lagu arkayey maleeshiyooyin hubeysan oo aan cidna ka amar qaadan.Arrintan ayaa timid kadib markii ay halkaasi ka baxeen maleeshiyooyinkii maxaakiimta oo baneeyey qeybo kamid ah magaalada Muqdisho.

Deegaanka Siinaay ayaa maanta waxaa dib uga bilwoday gadida qaadka oo ay horey u mamnuuceen maxaakiimta ka talineysay magaalada Muqdisho 6dii bilood ee lasoo dhaafay.

Dhacdooyinkan ayaa soo baxay xili ay xoogaga Maxaakiimta uu burbur xoogleh kasoo gaaray weeraro ay ku qaadeen xarunta Dowlada Federaalka ee Baydhabo iyo dhinaca magaalada Bandiiradley iyadoo ay hada deegaano ku dhaw dhaw ay soo fariisteen ciidamadii Dowlada Federaalka, maleeshiyooyin taageersan iyo Ciidamo ka yimid dalka Itoobiya.

Maxaakiimta oo awoodooda si weyn wax uga bedalmeen ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in ay dagaalo xeelad cusub ah kula dagaalami doonaan ciidamada kasoo horjeeda, ayagoo sheegay in ay mintidi doonaan inta ay dhibic dhiig ah ku jirto, waa suu maanta sheegay Xoghayaha Guud ee Golaha Shuurada Maxamuud Ibraahim Suuley.