The Voice Of Somaliland: Jul 7, 2008

Monday, July 07, 2008

2 Persons have died and 11 were injured as a result of riots in Hargeisa

(Waridaad)-2 persons died and 11 were injured as a result of riots in hargiesa, the Capital of Somaliland today.The riot started today with in the vicinity of Hargeisa Airport and later spread to the main market of the city.

Police along with military reinforcements were used to quell the demonstrators.The demonstrations started as a protest of removal of a water rig that was digging water wells at the south of the city. The government tried to move the rig to Boorame , the birth place of President Dahir Riyaale, before the completion of its project in Toon, South of Hargeisa .

The demonstrators claimed that it was unfair to move this Rig before it completed its project at the water holes at Toon

Somaliland: Peace and business oasis

(Waridaad)-Despite a tarnished image due to years of unrest and political instability, some parts of former united Somalia have emerged as business oases and are presenting conducive conditions for foreign and domestic investments.......Watch Rashid Noor reporting from Hargeisa

War Deg Deg Ah:Magaaladii Hargeisa Oo Ay Iminka Ka Socdaan Mudaharaad Isu Rogay Xabad

(Waridaad)-Magaalada Hargeisa ayaa wakhtigan xaadirka ahi ka socdaa mudaharaad isu rogay xabada ka dib markii Kooxo dhallinyaro ah iyo qaar ka mid ah dadweynaha Xaafadaha Koonfur bari ee magaalada Hargeysa ay is hortaageen Riig ceelasha lagu qudo oo dowladdu ku waday in Boorame loo diro. Riigaasi oo dawladu leedahay, ayaa hawl ceelqodaal ah ka wadey deegaanka Too nee Koonfurta magaalada Hargeysa.

Gaadhiga oo Riigga ah ayaa la sheegay inuu shalay galabtii si lama filaan ah qalabkiisii uga soo laalaabtay deegaanka tuulada Uubaale oo uu ka qodayey Ceel loogu talagalay inuu waraabiyo xaafadaha Koonfureed ee magaalada Hargeysa, kadib markii sida wararku sheegayaan xukuumaddu amar ku bixisay in Riiggaas la geeyo Boorame.

Ilaa iminak lama garanay khasaaraha dhimasho iyo dhaawaca ee xiisadan socotaa keentay, wixiise faah faahina dib ayaan idinkula soo socod siin doonaa.

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Wefti ka socda Deeqbixiyayaasha oo kulamo la yeeshay Komishanka Doorashooyinka iyo Axsaabta Somaliland

(Waridaad)-Wefti ka socda Deeqbixiyayaasha Somaliland ka caawinaya Doorashooyinka soo socda ayaa shalay booqasho ku yimi dalka, waxayna kulamo la yeelanayaan Komishanka, Axsaabta, xukuumadda iyo hay’ado kale......Kuji halkan

The New Somaliland Press & Publications Bill 2007

The Somaliland Government has recently sent to the House of Representatives a new Bill on press and publications. The provisions of this bill (based almost entirely on the Yemen Law No: 25 of 1990 on the Press & Publications) run contrary to international norms relating to freedom of expression and the independence of the press and are not in line with the Somaliland constitution.
The considerable powers given to the Minister of Information (and other ministers) include even deciding on appeals from anyone whose writings have been turned down for publication by a newspaper’s editor (Article 46). These ministerial powers over the press and publishers/printers/distributors etc, the compulsory registration of all press and publication activities, including the practice of the profession of journalism, and the extensive criminal sanctions which add to the existing array of criminal offences in the 1962 Somali Penal Code contrast sharply with the current Somaliland Press Law (2004), which contains no criminal sanctions and is based on codes of conduct. Unfortunately the Somaliland Government has repeatedly made clear its dissatisfaction with the current press Law and has used the Penal Code and extra-judicial powers to detain and imprison journalists. It is no surprise, therefore, that the Somaliland Government is not putting forward amendments of the current Press Law, but is now proposing its wholesale replacement by this new Bill which introduces considerable criminal sanctions, such as fines and imprisonment (Article 99) for the infringement of its numerous provisions, as well as prohibition of continued practice of journalism or publication or even circulation of printed materials; confiscation of property, including printing presses (Article 101) and seizure of printed materials (Article 102)..........Full Text

The Isaq Somali Diaspora And‎ Poll-Tax Agitation In Kenya, 1936-41‎

Poll-tax agitation has been a fairly common phenomenon in Africa. On most occasions it has involved little ‎more than vocalized protest. In a few instances, however, it has led to resistance that has been both serious ‎and violent; the earliest example of the latter is probably to be found in the widespread Fante uprisings that ‎occurred immediately after the introduction of the Gold Coast Poll Tax Ordinance of 1852; a later example is ‎the Natal uprising of 1906 which has been attributed in large measure to the introduction of poll tax at the ‎end of the previous year. Yet the agitation by the Isaq Somali in Kenya did not follow either of these two ‎patterns. In several respects it was a highly unusual movement: first, the Isaq were campaigning to pay higher ‎taxation; secondly, in order to secure their aims they attempted to mobilize the whole Isaq diaspora, so that ‎Somali in Uganda, Tanganyika, British Somaliland and Britain were all involved in this agitation, (see map )‎.....Read the rest

The "Letter-of-Death" by General "Morgan" January 23, 1987

(Waridaad) - Following is the famous "Letter-of-Death" as translated into English by Mohamoud Sheikh Ahmed Musa, former President of the Supreme Court, including his explanatory notes as footnotes:1
The report is addressed to the President of the SDR, the Minister of Defence, and the Minister of Interior. The latter, Major-General Ahmed Suleiman Abdalla, is also a son-in-law of the President, and Third Deputy Prime Minister. Since President Barre is also the Minister of Defence -- the previous holder of that portfolio, General Mohamed Ali Samatar, having been promoted Prime Minister on January 30, 1987 -- the report is seemingly confined to family members. This would explain its extreme frankness in specifying certain clans as targets for implemented and recommended punitive action.
The target is the Isaaq Clan Family. The term "clan family" was first coined by Professor I.M. Lewis, Professor Social Anthropology at the London School Economics, to describe the collective name for each of the several major divisions to which Somali clans traditionally divide themselves. The Isaaq clan family sub-divides into four main clans.
Top Secret.......Read the rest