MAHAD ALLEE CODKEENII WEYNU KU CIIDAMINAY

MAHAD ALLEE CODKEENII WEYNU KU CIIDAMINAY

Ahmed Arwo

Ugu horreyn, hanbalyo iyo bogaadin aan la wadaago shacbiweynha Soomaliland, xaakim iyo muwaadinba. Waa sharaf aynu dhammaan wadaagno, si gaar ah aan hanbalyeeyo hoggaamada xisbiyada iyo ururada iyo musharaxiinta: KULMIYE, UCID, XAQSOOR, WADANI, DALSAN, UMMADDA, IYO RAYS, sidoo kale aan hanbalyo gaar ah u tabiyo hawlwadeenada doorashooyinka iyo hay'adaha nabadda

Waxaynu ku jirnaa xili aynu sugayno natiijadii doorashada deegaanka 2012 ee dhacday Arabacdii 28/11/2012. Weynu codeynay badhkeena wey baal mareen sharciga oo wey laba gacmoodiyeen. Qof waliba waxuu u codeeyey si xor ah oo uu kaskii ku doortay xildhibaan uu doorbiday si ay tahayba. Mid aqoon ku codeeyey, mid saaxiibnimo ku codeeyey, mid qabiil ku codeeyey, mid xisbinimo iyo ururnimo ku codeeyey, mid dan gaar ah iyo arrimo shakhsi ku codeeyey. Nin iyo kaskii iyo daacadnimadii.  

Qof waliba wuu ku ciidamiyey codkiisa, waxuu siiyey qofkuu ku doortay caqligiisa iyo dareenkiisa sida ay doonto ha ahaatee. Muwaadin waad gudatay waajibkii dalka kaa saarnaa. Waxaan ku faraxsanay in si lexaad leh loo codeeyey, si nabad ah loo codeeyey, si xilkasnimo ah loo codeeyey. Cod xor ah oo dunidu ka amarag kacday, ayaa dhacay. Doldalool kama madhna, ma se aha wax ka baxsan arrimo ka dhashay diiwaan la'aanta. Waana mid qaladka ka dhashay loo dhan yahay oo leysku raacay. 

Waxa xaqiiq ah in ummaddani gaadhay heer ilbaxnimo siyaasadee oo qoto dheer. Waa dimuquraadiyad xidideysatay. Waxa keliya ee foolxumo kaga timaadaa, waa xulashada murashixiinta oo qabiilisan, waana mid laga kori doono. Waxaa se taas khatarteeda yareeyey, iyadoo beel kasta iyo xataa jifo kastaa musharax  ku leedahay dhammaan ururada iyo xisbiyada, oo aanu jirin xisbi beeli ka madhantay. Waxaad arkeysaa iyagoo ay meel wado joogaan ooy ruux waliba cid wato cidna diidan yahay, haddana ay isku ixtiraamiyaan khilaafka afkaareed iyo xisbi. Ma jiro urur, iyo murashax meel ka caagani. Dariiq kasta iyo goob kasta waa u xor inuu sifo sharci ah ku shiriyo, kuna fidiyo siyaasadiisa iyo afkaartiisa. Dulqaadka dadkeenu waa mid u bisil inay intaas oo kala duwan, kala da'ah kala aqoon ah dhegeystaan iyagoon aflagaado iyo dirir kala hor iman ka ay ugu neceb yihiin siyaasad ahaan.

Waxaad arkeysaa safaf dhaadheer oo cod-bixinta loogu jiray. Dadku waa kala urur, waa kala xildhibaan. Weliba wey is wareysanayaan oo intay sugayaan ayey is weydiinayaan halka uu codka ku ridaayo. Isagoon qofna ka gaban kana gaabin ayuu toos u sheegayaa halkuu rabo inuu qalinka ku duugo. Waa arrin ay ka dhalatay kalsoonida uu ku qabo inayna fikirkiisa xorta ah wax dhib ihi marna kaga imanayn.

Caasimadda Hargeysa waxa iska soo sharaxay tartamayaal matalaaya gobol kasta oo Soomaliland ah bari iyo galbeed. Waa astaan horumar bulsho, iyadoo loo arkey inay Hargeysa mug weyn tahay xarunta kulmisa reer Soomaliland. Waa dimuquraadiyad shaqaynaysa oo muuwaadinku waa u siman yihiin doorashada, mana jirto cid iska hortaagi karta hadduu haysto taageerayaal u codeeya. Waa adi iyo sidaad ku soo hesho taageerayaal goobta aad iska sharaxayso. Sidoo kale ayey degmooyin kalena u noqdeen qaar u furan dhammaan muwaadiniinta. Waa horumar bulsho oo dhab loo qaaday, horreyna u soconaysa.

La tartan, lana baratan, la dood, leys xanaakadee, leys dhaliil, gaashaanbuuro abuurme, qaar kalena burbure. Waxa la soo gaadhay saacaddii imtixaanka, si miyir iyo nabad iyo deganaansho ah ayaa goob kasta oo imtixaanku ka furmay loo agaasimay. Waxa bilaabmay codeentii oo si nabad ah ku bilaabantay kuna dhammaatay. Waa guul dunida wax yari ku naaloodaan. Dal boqolkiiba sideetan shaqo la'day, dal dagaalo sokeeye ka doogsaday oon weli la aqoonsan, dal weli qabiilku xoog ku yahay, haddana ay buuq la'aan iyo sanqadh la'aan ay doorsho ku dhammaato inta la arkaa aad ayey u yartay, Soomaliland se waa u caado.

Waxaad arkeysaa xarumihii ururada iyo xisbiyada oo ay dhooban yihiin taageerayaashii musharaxiintu. Ma laha qaylo iyo buuq. Waxa leys weydaarsanayaa wararkii sanaaduuqda, ruux waliba inta uu ogyahay ayuu kan kale weydaarsanayaa. Hebel intaas ayaan u hayaa, anna hebel intaas ayaan u hayaa. Sidaas ayaa leysu dhaafayaa. Raggani waxay ku tartamayaan kaalinta hore ee xisbiga si ay u noqdaan xildhibaanada guuleysta. Haddana ka dareymimeysid wax xiqdi iyo xumaan ah. Mid waliba walow uu jecel yahay inuu halka hore galo, haddana waxuu ku faraxsan yahay saaxiibkiisa guuleysta. Wey kaftamayaan, iyagoo qoslaayana wey isu haneynayaan. Waa dareen walaalnimo iyo tartan walaalo isjecel. Waa walaal xisbi iyo dad danta guud wadaaga.

Kama dheer dareenkaas kan ka dhexeeya ururadu. Waa leys wareysanayaa, majlis iyo maqaaxiba waa la wado joogaa. Lama kala waji dadbaayo, lamina kala tegaayo. Kii kolba warku soo sheego inuu tirada ku horeeyo ayaa la hanbalyeynayaa. Waxa si is dabo jog ah u dhacaaya mobileka. Kan lala soo hadlaa qarsoodi kama leh dadka ee intuu maqlayba wuu sheegayaa. Kolkaas ayey xigeysaa faalo guud iyagoo eegaaya warkani inuu wax ka bedelo sadaashii ay hore u naaqisheen.

Waxa haddaba jira dad iyagu kol walba isku dayaa inay xaaladda walaalnimo iyo degnaanshaha iyo dulqaadka siyaasadeed u carqaladeeyaan dano gaar ah. Waxay fidiyaan warar is-burinaaya iyagoo kolba cid guusha siinaaya, ummaddana dhex dhigaaya tartan xiqdi iyo xaasid ooy ku bedelaan kii walaalnimo iyo xisbinimo. Waxay kolba meel u raraan eedo guud ahaan la wadaago. Kolka leysla ogolaaday in diiwaangelin la'aan la codeeyo, waa lagu talo galay inay dhacdo celcelini. Waa se mid tartamayaashu dhammaan isla garteen. Waxaynu ku qanacsan yihiin in cid waliba ku celcelisay sidaas darteedna intii kol walba leys dheeraa leys dheer yahay. Waa se xaqiiq jirta in murashixiinta qaar qaladka ku badsanayaan. Ma se aha mid xisbi iyo urur u gaar ah amba codka guud ee xisbi iyo urur wax weyn ka bedeleysa. 

Guusha aynu ku kasbanay ammaanta iyo qadarinta caalamka, aanu ku wadno ooynu ku qanacno natiijada ka soo bixi doonta Guddiga Doorashada, waxa u banana cidda qalad tirsanaysa inay marto dhabada sharciga ah ee ayna isku qaadin meel qaloocan oo nabadeena wax yeesha. Waan hubaa in shacbigeenu u bisil yahay, siday cidda dar jiidha uga hadhaan, kuna soo dabaalaan dariiqa wanaaga iyo wada-jirka.

Waa inagoo guusha aynu gaadhnay ilaashana, qaladaadka dhacay daris ku qaadana. Himmiladeenuna waa horumar, nabad iyo wadajir. 

Mahad oo dhan Allaa leh.

Axmed Xasan Carwo

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Tribalism: Somalia and Somalilands political disease

Tribalism: Somalia and Somalilands political disease

Looking back at Somalia in the 1960's tribes was influential but no way near as influential as it is today. The big tribes, Hawiye and Darod, were always going for Presidency in Somalia simply because of their size and sheer dominance, not because what they can bring to Somalia and their political experience. It was once rumoured that when the British left Somaliland in 1960, they had advised Somali leaders to give important and decisive roles to the Muse Carre sub clan, who originate from the Isaaq Tribe. This was completely ignored by the 'big tribes' and they began to isolate the Isaaq tribe. Amongst other isolated tribes was the Gadabursi (Samaroon) tribe who were barely recognised by the rest of Somalia. With all this tribalism happening in the 1960s and onwards, separation and violence in tribalism was inevitable.

The Isaaq Tribe who originate from North Western Somalia, now known as Somaliland, are the third biggest tribe in Somalia. They settle in large urban areas like Hargeisa, Burco and Berbera. They worked very closely with the British Colonists in the 1920-60's to make a better and more peaceful Somaliland, which was eventually successful before joining alliance with the Somali Republic. The areas which they settled in was never recognised and developed by the Somali Government. Instead it was seen as an area that should be completely ignored because the Isaaq people live there. It only took the Isaaq people a few years to regret joining alliance with the Somali Republic because they never knew they were going to be isolated like this.

The Hawiye tribe, who have most of its people in Southern Somalia, are the second biggest tribe in Somalia.  They settle in large urban areas like Kismayo, Mogadishu and Barawa. They have been the most dominant tribe in Somalia in the last 60-70 years and hold the most prestigious roles in the government today. Five of the last eleven presidents of Somalia have been from the Hawiye tribe, which demonstrates their authority within Somalia.

The Darod tribe, who reside from so many different parts of Somalia and even parts of Ethiopia, are the largest tribe in Somalia. They hold all of Ogedania (Eastern Ethiopia) which belong to the Darod clan, Ogaden. They also hold Puntland, an autonomous state in Somalia which is occupied by the Majerteen, Warsangeli and Dhulbahante clans. They occupy the biggest regions in Somalia, Sanaag, Sool, Mudug, Bari and parts of Cayn. The most recognised and probably the most hated man in Somalia, Siad Barre, comes from the Darod sub-clan, Marexaan.

If you look closely each and every single self independent state in Somalia is based on the most popular tribe and/or clan. Puntland for example, majority of its inhabitants are Darod who live North-East Somalia and do not have a good relationship with its neighbours, Somaliland, who is mainly Isaaq inhabited. Then you look at Somalia, which is mainly occupied by the Hawiye tribe.

The reason why Somaliland broke away from the rest of Somalia is completely understandable and unquestionable, but Puntland's reason for claiming self-independence is utterly shambolic and this is why tribalism is becoming a cancer in Somalia. Not very long ago, people from the region of Awdal were looking to claim self-independence from Somaliland calling itself 'Awdalland'. They consist of the Gadabursi tribe and believe they are being treated unfairly by Somaliland so they believe it's clever and right to try and break away from a country that's developing extremely fast. These moves by tribes needs to be identified and sorted out as soon as possible because this can have dramatic effects on Somaliland and Somalia very soon.

Somaliland broke away from the rest of war ravaged Somalia as early as the 1990s and started to get itself together and form a new country which is what its people wanted at the time and still want. Somaliland broke away from the rest of war-torn Somalia for many different reasons but the main one is how the people from that region were treated by past governments of Somalia. Siad Barre worked hard on ruining the lives of Isaaq people and killing them off, this has had a huge impact on Somalia today. One thing people cannot do is compare Somaliland's self-independence to Puntland's one. Somaliland's reason to break-away is very deep and has emotionally detached reasons. Somaliland now uses Puntland as a buffer zone from Somalia.

From as early as the 19th century, tribalism existed in Somalia with the Dervish State, led by Muhammed Abdullah Hassan. He was known to many around the world as an iconic leader for Somali people and led them to fight off the British colonists. But the people of Somalia know that he was an extremely tribalist leader who only recruited people from his tribe and isolated the rest. This shambolic behaviour has been ignited again by the people of Somalia in the 21st century which really starts to raise attentiveness on how Somali's are towards each other.

Tribalism has been an illness and disease that has lived in the Somali culture for more than a century, but what people from Somalia and Somaliland do not understand is that this nauseating culture in which we embrace is only killing our people and making us hate one another. All you have to do is look at Puntland and what Awdalland tried to do to see what decades of tribalism has done to Somali people, it's quite literally separated all of Somalia. Now people within Somalia want to be self-independent because of their tribes and the numbers within which they have and this will lead to people claiming their tribal names over what they really are: SOMALI'S.

One way of killing off tribalism is Somaliland encouraging other tribes such as Hawiye to become politically involved in Somaliland's government and help make decisions. If this happens then there will be a balance in Somaliland and maybe there might be a spread in different tribes occupying Somaliland. But at the moment, each tribe sit in their own 'Country' which will lead to future wars over boarder line controversies. Hopefully this catastrophic and cancerous culture will soon die and Somali people can live peacefully amongst each another. But in the mean time, all we see is tribalism going to a new level in the next decade or so.

 

Allin Nuh

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-4: WAA DHARAARTII MUWAADINKA

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-4: WAA DHARAARTII   MUWAADINKA

Ahmed Arwo

Waa dharaartii balanka, waa ayaan shacbigu midida daabkeeda hayo, waa maalintaad masiirka iyo mustaqbalka Soomaliland ee siyaasadeed aad ka go'aan gaadhi lahayd. Waa maalin codka muwaadinku siman yahay, aqoonyahan iyo qof aan wax qorin, rag iyo dumar, waayeel iyo dhalinyaro, maal-qabeen iyo danyare, reer magaal iyo reer miyi. Sidoo kale waxa sharaxan rag iyo dumar isagu jira dhalinyaro iyo waayeel, khibrad iyo aqoonna aad u kala durugsan. Wey u siman yihiin oo sharcibaa u fasaxay tartanka iyo doorashada.

Ugu horreyn aan sida ugu hawl yar idiinku iftiimiyo habka xildhibaanada loo dooranaayo ee ay ku soo baxayaan.

XISBIGA BOQOLKIIBA 20 HELA CODKU, WAXUU HELAYAA ISLA BOQOLKIIBA 20 TIRADA XILDHIBAANADA.

Waxa la tirinayaa degmo kasta cododka xisbi/ urur waliba ka helay. Waxa la helayaa isugeynta xisbi/urur waxaana loo qaybinayaa tirada guud ee degmada ka cod bixisay waxaana lagu dhufanayaa 100. Waxa la helayaa boqolkiiba inta uu xisbigu/ururku ka helay tirada guud ee degmada.

Matal xisbi/urur ayaa Hargeysa ka helay 20% ( Boqolkiiba 20) tirada guud ee codka degmada. Waxuuna helayaa isla 20% tirada guud ee xildhibaanada. Sidaas darteed waxuu helayaa 5 xildhibaan oo ah 20% xildhibaanada sida uu codka degmadan u helay 20%. Shanta xildhibaan waxay noqonayaan shanta isla xisbiga/ururka ugu codka badan.

Qaabkani waa isla qaabkii loo kala saaray xildhibaanada golaha wakiilada.

Taladu waxay ka go'daa codbixiyaha ooy tahay inuu qiimeeyo oo uu si wacan uga baaraandego aqoonta, khibradda iyo akhlaaqda cidda uu dooranaayo. Waa shaqaale uu diranaayo. Sidaas awgeed waxa loo bahan yahay inaad ciddaad hawsha u diranayso oo dhan walba ka eegto.

Waxaynu ognahay in haddaad direwal rabto inaad shaqaaleysiiso amba dabaakh inaad u dooreyso cidda xirfaddaas taqaan, derewal leysan leh oo khibrad iyo tijaabo galay, iyo dabaakh la tijaabiyey. U dhiibimeysid baabuurkaaga ruux aan wadida aqoon u lahayn. Miyeyna ka miisaan weynayn inaad degaankaaga u gacan geliso ruux aan xilkaad u dhiibeyso aqoonteed lahayn, khibrad lahayn, akhlaaqdeed lahayn. Ka digtoonow oo yeyna qoys iyo qabiil ku indho tirin. Ka jog oo ha noqon ruux dhandhan-raac ah. Ha noqon ruux mustaqbalka ubadkiisa jaad iyo sacab-laab siista.

Tu kale oo ka culus ayaa u baahan inaad diiradda saarto. Waa aayaha siyaasadeed ee tobanka sano ee soo socda. Waxa codkaagu raad ku yeelan doonaa seddexda xisbi qaran ee keli ku noqonaaya siyaasadda dalkeena muddo 10 sano ah. Waa waqti dheer oo aad u durugsan. Ha eegin keliya tartanka gudaha ee xildhibaanada. Barbar dhig xisbiga oo u fiirso khibradda iyo waayaha xisbiyada iyo ururada.

Waxa hubaal ah in xisbiga KULMIYE yahay kan keliya ee tijaabo kasta ka soo baxay mid guul-darro iyo mid guul ah, mid mucaarid iyo mid muxaafid. Waxaynu ognay in labadii xisbi ee kale midna meesha ka baxay waa UDUB'e, kan kalena waa UCID oo u xuub-siibatay New UCID. Taasi waxay ka dhigeysaa KULMIYE xisbiga keliye ee horumar siyaasadeed gaadhay, dhaliyeyna dimuquraadiyad heerka ugu sareeya, waa guusha iyagoo mucaarid Afrikaan ah ku guuleysta doorashada Madaxtooyada. Waxa xigtay inay iyagoo labada xisbi mucaarid UDUB iyo UCID diidan yihiin si badheedh ah uu u furay tartanka Ururrada ee hadda socda. Dan xisbi ugumey jirin laakiin waxay u liqeen danta guud iyo oofinta balan-qaadkii ay ummadda u galeen. Waana mid muwaadin kaga baahan inaad qiimeyso.

Ku dar waxqabadka labada sano iyo badhka ee xukuumadda dhexe gaadhay iyadoo ayna gacanta ugu jirin golayaasha deegaanku. Haddaba maxaad fileysaa kolka aad u codeyso KULMIYE eed codkaaga ku ciidamiso, sow ma aha hubaal in wax qabadka xukuumadda dhexe iyo tan deegaanku is caawinmaayaan. Sow xoojinmeyso awoodda xukuumaddeena oo maraysa xili xasaasi ah oo loo baahan yahay in ay shacbigu muujiyaan kalsooni buuxda ooy hoggaanka dalka ku qabaan. Ha iloobin inay furantay wada-hadalkii Soomaliya oo ay tahay inaad miisaankeeda siiso. Bulshada caalamka u muuji kalsoonida aynu ku qabno xukuumadeena, si gorgortankeenu u noqdo mid waafi ah.

Dooro aqoonta, wax qabadka, midnimada, iska jir ururo cimri gaaban oo magacooda aynu bilo haynay. Ururo aan lahayn xidid iyo cudud dhexe. Magaalo kasta iyo degmo kasta u door maayarka ugu habboon. Waa xil weyn oo u baahan aqoon iyo khibrad. Ha ilduufin ee dhab u dhugo taariikh nololeedka murashaxiinta. Cidda xilka u qalanta waad ogaan haddaad waqti yar siiso inaad qiimeyso tartamayaasha. Waxa kuu caddaan ciddaad mustaqbalka ubadkaaga u dhiiban karto.

U codee aqoonta, u code khibradda, u codee cidda la tijaabiyey. Ha ku khamaarin masiirka ummadda toban sano oo soo socda. Waa muddo dheer ee yeelo caqliga iyo degnaanshaha aad wanaagga ka soocdo xumaanta. Ruux aadan bakhaarkaaga, amba maqaaxidaada aadan ku aaminteen how gacan gelin masiira ummadda.

Waa codeenta oo nabad iyo degnaansho inoogu dhacda, waa iyadoo cidda hesha loo haneeyo, kan dhacana la yidhaa mar kale iyo mustaqbal wacan. Waano dabadeed, waa adi iyo damiirkaa.

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI

Axmed Xasan Carwo

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CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-3; QUDBADAAN AWDAL KA JEEDIYEY

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-3; QUDBADAAN AWDAL KA JEEDIYEY

Ahmed Arwo

Goobtu waa Baki, waa Arbaca 21/11/2012 saacaddu waxay u janjeedhsantay 3 dii galabnimo.Dadku waxay diyaargaroobeen iyagoo u soo baxay dhoolatuskii KULMIYE ee u dambeeyey, subax hore, haddana daal iyo hiifta haysa waxay ku iloobeen soo dhoweynta madaxdooda. Waa dad qiimeeya oo maamuusa intay xilka u dhiibteen. Taas macnaheedu ma aha qaladka ayey ku raacaan amba ka aamusaan. Waxay dhaliisha iyo tabashada ku sheegaan garnaqsi cad oo fool ka fool ah.

Haddaba salaan dabadeed waxaan u ambabaxay hadal qiimeyn iyo qadarin ah iyo weedho tusaalayn ah anigoo dib u milicsaday taariikhda Soomaliland oo ay reer Awdal hormoodnimadooda ku hantiyeen bilad dahab ah iyo dhigaal ma goorta ah.

"....... Awdal waa gobal aqoon iyo ilbaxnimo dheer dhaxlay, taas oo ay ka marag kacayso taariikhda Soomaliland halka ay kaga jiraan. Waa gobalkii u guntaday ee maal iyo maskaxba u huray inuu damiyo colaadii doqoniimo ee dhexmartay beelihii SNM. Waxay Awdal fidisay gogashii nabadda ooy maal, nool iyo moodba ay ku bixisay ooyna dhidibada u aastay qaranimada Soomaliland 1993dii kolkii cahdiga beelaha Soomaliland u dhan yihiin min Ceelaayo ilaa Looyacaddo, min Boohodle ilaa Berbera, Hargeysa iyo Hadaaftimo,Badhan iyo Boorame, Burco ilaa Baki, lagu sexeexay dhismaha Qaranka iyo Dawladda Soomaliland. Waa mid ay magaca  iyo maamuuskeeda Awdal ku keliyeysatay, waana mid taariikhda loogu qoray khad dahab ah.

...Waxay Awdal mar kale nasiib u yeelatay inay tahay Gobalka keliya ee ilaa 1993kii oo ku dhow 20 sano haysa hoggaanka dalkeena ugu sareeya ooy intaas ku jireen rag Awdal ka soo jeedaa Madaxtooyada. Weli ilaa xiligaas Hargeysa iyo weliba gobalkeeda weyn ee Maroodijeex marna fursad uma helin ay ku hantaan kuraastaas dalka ugu sareysa. Waxa iyana xusid mudan in Awdal ay mar kale heshay magac iyo maamuus ma guurta ah. Waa gobalka uu u dhashay Madaxweynihii ugu horeeyey ee doorasho xor ah lagu doorto.

Ilaa xiligaas Awdal waxay ahayd gobal muxaafid ah oo u hiiliya dawladda iyo Madaxtooyada mar walba hoyga u noqotay nin reer Awdal ah. Waana mid ay nasiib iyo caqli wacani keentay. Waa arrin caadi ah in Siyaasigu jecel yahay inuu taageero ka helo gobalka uu ka soo jeedo dunidoo dhan. Umana cuntanto guul uu meel kale ka helo, hadduu ku guul-daraysto gobalkiisa. Maanta Madaxweyne Xigeen Cabdiraxmaan Cabdilaahi Saylici waa kan waana hoggaamiye reer Awdal ah, waxaan filayaa sida caadada idiin ahayd inaydun u hiilin doontaan, ood magaciisa kor u qaadi doontaan, ood ka dhigi doontaan KULMIYE xisbi Awdal kow fog ka ah oon la soo eegan. Taas oo kale ayaa laga filayaa Gobalka Togdheer ee Madaxweynahu ka soo jeedo. Waa xil labadeena gobal u gaar ah, leydinkana filaayo inaydun cod culus oo Madxtooyada ka farxiya leydinka helo.

Maanta waxa la galayaa doorasho aan ku koobnayn golaha deegaanka. Waa mid culays weyn leh. Waxa doorashada degaanka la socda in doorashadan lagu soo saaro seddex xisbi qaran oo muddo 10 sano ah dalkan ku keliyeysanaaya siyaasadiisa. Arrintani waxay u baahantay in la eego culayskeeda. Waxa furmay wada-hadal lala galaayo Soomaliya. Taasi waxay waajib ka dhigaysaa in la helo xukuumad xoog leh oo wadata awoodda dadweynaha. Waxa loo baahan yahay iyadoo Madaxweyne Xigeenku idiinka warami doono wax-qabadka xukuumadda iyo barnaamajkeeda, in la helo Golayaasha deegaanka ee la jaan qaadi lahaa, iyo kuwii ku taageeri lahaa ictiraaf doonka iyo in la helo mawqif adag oo mideysan oo lala tago madasha wada-hadalka.

Maanta waxa tartamaaya dhab ahaan hal xisbi iyo lix urur. Seddexdii xisbi, ayaandarro UDUB wey socotay, UCIDna waxay noqotay laba urur New UCID iyo Wadani. Waxa manta aynu haynaa KULMIYE oo xisbi qaran ah ooy hoggaanka u hayaan rag taariikhda dalkan qiimo weyn ku leh, una soo joogay marxalado macaan iyo qadhaadhba leh. Waa xisbi tuula kasta iyo magaalo kasta ku leh cid ku abtirsata. Waa xisbi fac weyn oon u baahnayn tijaabo. Ma tahay inagoo marxaladdan maraynaa xasaasiga ah inaynu masiirkeena u dhiibno ururo qof qof laga garanaayo oo muddo bilo ah jiray, magacyo aynu maqalnay dhowr bilood. Ma filaayo in caqliga fayoobi arrintan iloobi doono, kolka uu codeynaayo.

Waxaan idin leeyahay qiimeeya culayska ay doorashadani leedahay, ka fakira xiligan aynu marayno iyo baahida loo qabo in la helo wadajir maamul iyo xoojinta xukuumadda dhexe. Ka ilaali inaynu galno marxalad muran oo golayaasha deegaanka ka dhasha kolka ururada dhowaan dhalatka ahi si tafaariiq ah ay xildhibaanada u helaan. Sii cod weyn oo KULMIYE ku hoggaamiyo Awdal. Taasi waa mid gobalada kalena aan ka filaayo sidaas oo kale. Aragtida fogee oo eeg tobanka sano ee soo socda xisbiga aad masiirka ummadda u dhiibanayso, ha ku koobnaan xildhibaan, qoys iyo qabiil....Awdal ha noolaato, Soomaliland ha noolaato.."

Waa inoo mar kale iyo idinkoo CODKIINA KU CIIDAMIYA, kuna doorta cidda horumar bulsho, dhaqaale iyo dhaqan idiin keeni karta. Ka kor siyaasadda ma-dhaleyska ah een daaradda dhaafsanayn. Dhugo meel dheer, fogee hiigsigaaga, u hiili mustaqbalka dadkaaga iyo dalkaaga.

Mahad oo dhan Alle ayaa leh,

Axmed Xasan Carwo

samotalis@gmail.com

http://samotalis.blogspot.com/

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-2 SOCDAALKEYGII AWDAL

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-2 SOCDAALKEYGII AWDAL

Ahmed Arwo

Waxay ahayd casar gaab isniineed xiligaan  la safaray wafdiga Madaxweyne Xigeenka Mudane Cabdirahman Saylici oo u ambabaxay gobalada galbeedka. Waxaanu galnay maqrib dabadeed magaalada Boorame anagoo sii marnay dariiq dheer oo laami ah bal se u baahan dayac tir iyo dhammeystir ay ka muuqato hawl qabyo ah oo socota oo hareeraha ay tuulantay ciid iyo dhaxii dhismaha. Waa jid laami ah oo bilaha soo socda si wacan u dhoweyn doonaa safarka Hargeysa iyo Boorame. Habeenkaas salaan iyo is wareysi mas'uul iyo odayada bulshada oo koox koox ah ayey ahayd. Subaxii salaasadana waxaa bilaabmay is-aragii rasmiga ahaa ee wafdiga iyo xukuumadda gobalka. Waxa wafdiga ku wehelinaaya Madaxweyne Xigeenka Wasiirada Gobalka: Wasiirka Dib-u-dejinta, Wasiirka Shaqada iyo Arrimaha Bulshada, Wasiirka Beeraha, iyo Wasiir Xigeenka Wasaaradda Waxbarashada, iyo aniga oo ah La-taliyaha Madaxweynaha ee Dhaqaaalaha, Ganacsiga iyo Maalgashiga.  

Xiligii shaqadu kolkay dhammaatay, waxa bilaanmay hawshii xisbi xaakimka ee KULMIYE oo berrito oo Arbaca ah leh bandhigii ugu dambeeyey ololahooda. Waxa Isagu yimid maamulkii degmooyinka gobalka sida Boorame, Lughaya, Boon iyo Baki. Waxa gubaabo iyo talooyin hawl-gal ah leysla qaatay dhammaan ergooyinkii iyo hoggaamadii xisbiga ee demooyinka. Waxaana ambabaxay mas'uulintii xisbiga ee ka yimid degmooyinka ka baxsan Boorame. Waxa leysla qaatay in berrito la muujiyo cududa iyo awoodda xisbi ee  gobalka iyadoo la dhowraayo sharciga iyo nabadda guud.

Waa balankii iyo maalintii iyo goobtii dhoolatuska KULMIYE iyo kheyriyadda. Waa goob ilyartu is qabatay, waxa loo joogaa si xarogo leh waa tageerayaal buux dhaafshay banaankii weynaa.Waa 21 musharax. Raggu waa labaatan ay weheliso gabadh qayb libaax ka qaadatay bandhigan awoodeed. Waxa sinmay boodhadh muujinaaya sawirka iyo lambarka musharaxa waa min 301 ilaa 321. Waxa socda dhalinyaro ku labisan dharka hidaha iyo dhaqanka iyo dhar labada midab ee KULMIYE ka kooban, huruud iyo cagaar. Qurux gooni ah iyo midab lamaan oo isku habboon. Waxa socda koox bigil garaacaysa oo si wacan isula jaan qaaday oo noqday koox baan boy ah oo uu goobta keenay musharax. Waxa isna soo galay awr iyo daayeer wata sawirka iyo lambarka mushar.

Kolkay buuxdhaaftay kheyriyaddu waxa xidhmay jidadkii iyo goob kasta oo banana, ayey mas'uuliinta amnigu dalbeen in xafladda la bilaabo si loo fududeeyo culayska saran magaalada. Waxa la gartay in khudbadahu gaabtaan oon laba ruux wax ka badani ayna wafdiga ka hadal. Waxa hadlay Badhasaabka iyo Mayorka oo soo dhoweyn iyo warbixinba akhriyey. Madaxweyne xigeenka ayaa madasha soo xidhay isagoo ka hadlay qiimaha doorashadani leedahay iyadoo loo baahan yahay in dawladda hoose iyo tan dhexe isla jaan qaadaan oo loo baahan yahay in KULMIYE ku guuleesto doorashada si uu hoggaanka degmooyinku u noqdaan qaar mataaneeya xukuumadda dhexe.

Nasasho yar ka dib dhaanka lama furin ee waa geedi kale iyo dhanka degmada Baki. Waa dariiq xun oo jar iyo buur ah. Mid xiq iyo dhug badan ay weheliso boodh iyo habaas meeshaan aan lahayn dhagaxa. Waxaanu gudubnay Dhuuso Qadhmuune iyo Toddoba Karmood. Waxaad arkaysaa bahida halkan taalaa inay tahay jid iyo jid iyo jid.

 Waxaanu istaagnay Bakidii Hore oo ah hadda tuulo yar, kolkii aanu la kulnay dad is abaabulay oo u soo baxay inay wafdiga qaabilaan. Bariido salaan iyo wergelin kooban ka dib, waxa loo dhaqaaqay laba jiho, aniga iyo Wasiir Xigeenka Waxbarashada waxa naloo diray inaanu toos u tegno Baki oo dadku ilaa saaka ay sugayeen wafdiga. Wafdiga inta kale ee Madaxweyne Xigeenku hoggaaminayo waxay u dhaqaaqeen inay sii maraan Ruqi oo ay kula kulmeen taageerayaasha KULMIYE oo maalintoodii ugu dambeysay  muujiyey awood ayna cidi ku labayn.

2.30pm ayaa wafdigu ku soo dhammaaday Baki. Waxa mar keliya isla oogsaday mashxarad, caleen rux iyo sacab soo dhoweyn. Waxay iloobeen daalkii hayey, waxay iloobeen inay ilaa 10kii subaxnimo jidka tumnaayeen, waxay iloobeen wax kasta oon ahayn soo-dhowseyn iyo damaashaad. Waxa muuqday jaceylka loo qabo hoggaanka dalka iyo xisbi xaakimka. Waxa goobta ku dhan murashaxiintii oon cidi ka maqnayn, hoggaanka golaha degaanka iyo maamulka xisbiga ee heer degmo. Waxa bilaamay khudbadihii oo dabcan ay maamulka degmada oo uu hor kacaayo mayarku akhriyey soo dhoweyn iyo taageerada bulshada ee xukuumadda iyo xisbul xaakimka oo uu mayorku ka soo jeedo. Waxa ereyo kooban oo dheerigelin iyo taageero doon ah akhriyey Wasiirka Beeraha. Waxa la soo gaadhay xiligii aan hadli lahaa iyo meeshaan marin lahaa warbixin, talo, iyo tusaalayn.

 Waxaan qudbadayda dib ugu dhigi doonaa maqaalka kan xiga. Waxa madasha soo xidhay Madaxweyne xigeenka oo tusaaleeyey sida barnaamajkii Kulmiye wax loogu qabtay, sida Kulmiye u rabo in la helo Gole degaan oo la wadaaga siyaasadda horumarka dalka iyo in laga digtoonaado in siyaasadda dalka ee tobanka sano ee soo socda ay ku kaliyeystaan dad aan khibrad iyo waayo-aragnimo midna lahayn. Hogaankan la tijaabiyey ee Kulmiye ayey danta guud ku jirtaa...ayuu ku soo gunaanaday Maxaweyne xigeenku.  

Qiimeyn iyo Qadarin

Waxa ii muuqatay in Awdal tahay gobol wagarad iyo waayeel u taliyo. Dad aqoon iyo shaqo aaminsan, dad jecel horumarka, wadajirka iyo midnimada Soomaliland. Dad siyaasadda ka aaminsan dimuquraadiyadda dhabta ah, ku qiimeeya siyaasiga wax qabadka iyo aqoontiisa. Garaadka bulsho ee koray  waa mid laasimay inuu mahadiyo wax qabadka muuqda, waxa uu tabaayana sheegta. Waxa ii cadaatay awoodda xisbiga KULMIYE gobolka ku leeyahay oon cidi tiigsan karin. Xisbi kow aad u sareeye ka ah Awdal. Waxaan aqoonsaday in reer Awdal rabaan wax-qabad, kuna qancayn in inta KULMIYE qaban karo inayna ururo yar yar oo dhowaan dhalad ihi qaban Karin.

Waxa reer Awdal ka dhab ah taageerada xisbiga KUlmiye, waxayna ku muujin doonaan maalinta Arbacada ee 28ka bishan November. Waa mid aan ku kalsoonay oo dhab loo arki doono. Cod khasaara ha yaraado. Codkiina muwaadin sida Awdal ku Ciidamiya oo ku doorta waxqabadka iyo horumarka.

Codkaaga ku ciidami oo ka ilaali inuu noqdo cod cidla ku dhacay iyo mid ciil iyo cadho kugu reebaa.

Waa guusha iyo Kulmiye, si golayaasha degaanadu ay ula jaan qaadaan barnaamajka Kulmiye ee Xukuumadda Dhexe. Mataanee cududaada oo ciirso awoodda iyo himmilada xukuumadda dhexe.

Waa inoo mar kale iyo CODKAAGA OOD KU CIIDIMISO.

Axmed Xasan Carwo

samotalis@gmail.com

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-1

CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI-1

Ahmed Arwo

Waa ayaan kale iyo doorasho, waa aayo-ka-talin iyo go'aan qaadasho. Waxa dhammaaday toban sano oo Golaha deegaanku jiray. Golaha waxa loo doortay xilka inay hayaan 5 sano, wey laban laabantay. Waxa ina soo maray 5 sano oo ka baxsan muddada aynu xilka ugu dhiibanay. Waxa muddadaas tobanka sano ah Golayaasha deegaanka haystay xisbigii UDUB oon cidi taraxin. Waa la arkay dhib iyo dheef waxa ay lahaayeen. Garashada labada dhinac, xildhibaanada iyo dadweynha,  waxa ka markhaati ah in Golaha caasimadda 25kii xildhibaan ayna iska soo sharixin laba nin mooyee.Waxa se mudan muwaadin inaad eegto mustaqbalka adoon iloobeyn waayaha ku soo maray iyo wadciga taagan.

Waxa aad aragtay waxqabadka xukuumadda dhexe ee xisbiga KULMIYE hogaanka u qabtay muddo laba sano iyo badh madax la galaysa. Ha noqon qof dhegaha wax ku qaata oo keliya oo abriiqa iyo carooga danaystuhu yaanu dariiqa kaa leexin. Insha wax ku eeg maankana wax ku qiimee. Jaanta islamay helin xukuumadda dhexe iyo Golayaasha deegaanka oo UDUBAYSANI, waayo meelna xisbiga Kulmiye hoggaanka degaanada muu hayn. Waa carqalad culeyskeeda lahayd, waa mid loo baahan yahay inaynu ka gudubno oo aynu helno xiligan xasaasiga ah inay Golayaashu isla jaan-qaadaan. Xiligani uma baahnin muran iyo waqti ku luma in muwaadinka lagu majaro habaabiyo dacaayad iyo arrimo yaryar oon sakaaro ka biiqsan. Ma aha in leynoo jeexo dariiqyo yar yar oo badan oon midna meel u ku dhammaado aynaan garanayn. Aan iska jirno inaynu dhaanka u rarno meel aan sahan wacan lahayn, iyo dhabbo inoo kaxeeya meel oodan ah.

Isha fur oo maankaaga ku qiimee marxaladaha ku soo maray. Dib u jaleec maamulada degaankaaga waxa ragaadiyey. U fiirso inay aqooni ku yareed, in daacadi teel-teel ahayd, in la-xisaabtan iyo dareen mas'uuliyadeed ka maqnayd. Xusuuso in hoggaanka ay haysay UDUB, KUlMIYENA MEESHA KA MAQNAA.

Isha fur oo ha noqon ruux dhegaha laga hago. Dhugo oo daymo waxqabadka xukuumadda Kulmiye, taas ku salee codkaaga oo KU CIIDAMI CODKAAGA. Ku gargaar aayaha ubadkaaga, u hiili magaaladaada iyo degaankaaga.

 U code waxqabadka, yaanu codkaagu ku dhicin cidla iyo meel madhan. Waxa socda qorshaha Xukuumadda Dhexe diyaarisay oo 30 sano ah, waa mid u baahan in Golayaasha degaanku garab galaan ooy ka soo baxaan mas'uuliyadda qorshahaas ka saran. Waa mid haddaad KULMIYE u doorto degaanka si hawl yar ay isla garab geli doonaan labada Gole. Waa isla baabuur keliya oo labadiisa taayir ee hor waxay u dhaqaai doonaan sidey yihiin isla mid keliya. Ka ilaali dhowr xildhibaan oo noqda cudur dirir iyo dagaal Golaha kula dhex jira, oon lahayn qorshe iyo hiigsi dheer, kuwo waaya URURKOODII iyo qaar xisbi daciif ah ka joogo oon lahayn hoggaan muuqda iyo himmilo xisbi. Waxay u eekaanayaan dar dantooda gaarka u shaqaysta oon lahyn dabar xidha.

Isha fur oo eeg raga sharaxan. Ha u daymo la'aan aqoonta, ha se iloobin tan ka weyn ee ah khibradda. Dhalin iyo waayeel, rag iyo dumar intaba waa mid Golaha looga baahan yahay si ay u matalaan dhammaan shacbi weynaha degaanka, waxaad se ku salaysaa kala doorashadooda laba arrin. Tan koowaad waa xisbiga musharaxa, waayo ma jirto ruux keligii buur ahi. Waxa waxqabadku ku imanayaa waa wadjirka xubnaha iyo xisbiga ay ka soo jeedaa. Ma yahay xisbi wax-qaban kara, ma yahay mid xukuumadda dhexe la shaqayn kara. Tan labaad waa  aqoontooda iyo khibradooda. Nin hadda dugsi ka soo baxay oon hawlba gelin iyo nin aqoontiisa ay weheliso khibrad baaxad weyni kala mudan.

Waxa la marayaa marxalad kala-guur ah, mid qiime weyn ummadeena halganka qadhaadh u soo gashay gobanimadooda ugu fadhida. Waa xili loo tafo-xaytay ictiraafka iyo ka mid noqoshada bulshada caalamka. Waxa bilow ah wada hadal lala galaayo Soomaliya. Waa arrimo u baahan in dalka ka jirto xukuumad xoog badan oo sharciga fulin karta xiligan adag, xukuumad golayaasha oo dhami isku hadaf iyo barnaamaj ay noqdaan. Waa tilmaan kooban tani bal se maqaal kale ayaan ku eegi xidhiidhka tooska ah ee ka dhexeeya doorashada golayaasha deegaanka iyo siyaasadda arrimaha debedda ee dalkeen.

Dhinaca kale waxaynu odorosi doonaa wax-qabadka KULMIYE ee xykuumadda dhexe iyo barnaamajkeeda Golayaasha deegaanka. Waxaynu si cilmiyeysan u caddayn doonaa sida lambarka loo siiyey wax-qabadka xukuumadda iyo waxa lagu cabiray. Waxa hubaal ah in wax badan la qabtay, bal se intaas wax ka badan la qaban karaayey, meelaha qaar gaabis ka jiro, meelo kalana u baahanyihiin in culays ka hadda ka badan la saaro. Waa adduunyo oo kolna ku-tala-gal aadmi ma noqdo mid boqolkiiba boqol hagaaga, mid qof, iyo qoys, mid maamul iyo mid ganacsi midnaba. Horumarku waa adoo is-qiimeeya, qaladka saxa, gul-daloolada gufeeya, dib u eega tiirarka qorshaa, deedna dhaqaajiya ka-midho-dhalinta qorshaha. Isna ma noqon doono mid boqolkiiba boqol sax ah, waa mid taas ka dhigayso arrin joogta ah qiimeynta iyo dib u eegidda. Qiimeynta barnaamaj waxa habboon inay la socoto dib-u-eegid cidda hawsha wada iyo xilkooda.

Muwaadin isha ka shaqaysii in ka badan inta dhegto hawl gasho, maankana ku shiil adoo keli ah oo haysta waxaad soo aragtay iyo waxaad maqashay iyo waxaad doonayso. Ka dheerow inaad noqoto aalad nin danno gaar ah lihi ku shaqaysto.

Tan iyo xili kale CODKAAGA KU CIIDAMI. Ka fogee in codkaagu ku dhaco cidla iyo meel madhan. Hiigsigaaga fogee oo faca soo socda u qorshee nolol wacan. Ha ka bakheylin in ubadkaagu ku noolaadaan nolol taada ka wacan.

Mahad Alle iyo nabad iyo Doorasho Xalaal ah.

Axmed Xasan Carwo

samotalis@gmail.com

WATER: Enough in the Nile to share, little to waste

WATER: Enough in the Nile to share, little to waste

ADDIS ABABA, 16 November 2012 (IRIN) - As Ethiopia's massive dam-building plans continue to cause disquiet in downstream Egypt, new research suggests there is sufficient water in the Nile for all 10 countries it flows through, and that poverty there could be significantly eased as long as access by small-scale farmers is boosted.

"We would argue that physically there is enough water in the Nile for all the riparian countries," said Simon Langan, head of the East Africa and Nile Basin office of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), at the Addis Ababa launch of The Nile River Basin: Water, Agriculture, Governance and Livelihoods [ http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/24746 ] published by the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food [ http://www.waterandfood.org/ ].

"What we really need to do is make sure that there is access to this water. Poverty rates are about 17 percent in Egypt but for five of the upstream riparian countries it is more like 50 percent. So, this access to water is very important," he added.

According to a media advisory promoting the book, the Nile "has enough water to supply dams and irrigate parched agriculture in all 10 countries - but policymakers risk turning the poor into water `have-nots' if they don't enact inclusive water management policies."

While better seeds and tools play a key role in boosting agricultural productivity, access to water is even more important, said one of the book's editors, Seleshi Bekele, senior water resources and climate specialist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa.

"The higher water access you have the less the poverty profile... This is not only in comparison between Egypt and upstream countries: within Ethiopia itself, 22 percent less poor were observed in those communities who have access to water," he said.

Access "means that girls can go to school, instead of fetching water from distance that could take hours," he added.

Smallholder farmers, who rely on rainwater to irrigate their crops, could similarly benefit from policies that give them greater access to water in the Nile basin.

The book calls for investment to adopt agricultural water management (AWM) policies, which include irrigation and rainwater collection, so that water-scarce parts of the region are able to grow enough food.

Bekele says improved AWM, seen as key to economic growth, food security and poverty reduction, must be better integrated into the region's agricultural policies.

"It is tempting for these governments to focus on large-scale irrigation schemes, such as existing schemes in Sudan and Egypt, but more attention must also be paid to smaller, on-farm water management approaches that make use of rainwater and stored water resources such as aquifers," he added.

According to IWMI's Langan, "There is enough for the current need, 5.6 million hectares irrigated. The plan to expand to 10 or 11 million hectares. there are questions if there is enough water to do that if we use the water in the same method we do now under the same management."

Call for greater cooperation

The experts also called for greater cooperation among governments of the basin countries.

Egypt and Sudan are still not on board the Nile River Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) [ http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/documents/regionaldocs/Nile_River_Basin_Cooperative_Framework_2010.pdf ] signed, after years of fruitless negotiations with Cairo, by six other riparian countries in 2010 in a move to revise the terms of colonial treaties that awarded Egypt and Sudan control over the bulk of the river's waters. The six states particularly object to the veto one treaty gives Egypt over upstream Nile projects.

"The CFA makes it clear that no state will exercise hegemony over the Nile waters and their allocation, or claim exclusive rights," Nile expert and author Seifulaziz Milas wrote in a recent article published on the African Arguments website [ http://africanarguments.org/2012/10/03/ethiopia-nile-waters-diplomacy-and-the-renaissance-dam-%E2%80%93-by-seifulaziz-milas/ ].

"The launching of the CFA in May 2010 was a shock to Cairo, which had previously thought it could be blocked. The shock was all the greater as in the same week that the CFA was launched, Ethiopia's [now late] prime minister inaugurated the Tana-Beles Project on the Beles river, a tributary of the Blue Nile," he added.

Concern over new Ethiopian dam

More recently, Cairo has expressed concern that Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - due for completion in 2015 - would reduce flow into Egypt, 95 percent of whose water comes from the Nile. Addis Ababa says Egypt's 55.5 billion annual cubic metres of Nile water would not be affected. A panel of international experts is due to deliver its findings on the dam's impact in May 2013.

"Today, as in years past, utilization of the Nile remains strikingly inequitable," Ethiopia's Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a recent statement [ http://www.mfa.gov.et/weekHornAfrica/morewha.php?wi=596#596 ].

"Ethiopia, which contributes over 85 percent of the river's flow, makes no use of it; Egypt, which contributes nothing, continues to argue in favour of its continued status as primary beneficiary. Egypt still justifies this lopsided allocation of use on the basis of obsolete colonial treaties that Ethiopia neither signed nor supported. With all notions of fairness and law in its favour, it is no surprise that Ethiopian governments, past and present, have refused to accept the Egyptian position," the statement added.

Despite the heated rhetoric, major conflict over the Nile is avoidable, according to Bekele.

"I don't think there is any reason to go to war... there is a way to manage the water, in fact to enhance cooperation and to bring more regional integration, for example through power trade and agriculture productivity, " he said.

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Briefing: Ethiopia's Muslim protests

Briefing: Ethiopia's Muslim protests

ADDIS ABABA, 15 November 2012 (IRIN) - Tensions have been simmering over several months between Muslims and the government, with thousands holding demonstrations in protest at the government's alleged interference in religious affairs; the government has blamed the protests on a small group of extremists.

Around 60 percent of Ethiopia's 84 million people are Christians; Muslims make up about one-third of the population, according to official figures. Religion-related clashes have been rare in the country, but unrest over the past several months has led to several deaths and dozens of arrests. IRIN looks at the causes of, and fallout from, the protests.

What sparked the protests?

The leaders of the protests, which began in December 2011, accuse the Ethiopian government of trying to impose the al-Ahbash Islamic sect on the country's Muslim community, which traditionally practises the Sufi form of Islam. Al-Ahbash beliefs are an interpretation of Islam combining elements of Sunni Islam and Sufism; its teachings are popular in Lebanon. Said to be first taught by Ethiopian scholar Abdullah al-Harari, the Ethiopian Al-Ahbash teachings are moderate, advocating Islamic pluralism, while opposing political activism.

In December 2011, the state moved to dismiss the administration of the Awoliya religious school in Addis Ababa. In July, police dispersed an overnight meeting at the school on the eve of an African Union heads of state summit, and arrested several protesters and organizers of the meeting, which police officials said did not have a permit.

Those behind the meeting, an "Arbitration Committee" of 17 led by prominent religious scholars, said they wanted to dialogue with the government but insisted they would continue legitimate protests to oppose its continued interference in the administration of the religious school and the election of members of the country's supreme Islamic Council.

They accuse the government of dictating elections to the council, which concluded [ http://www.mfa.gov.et/news/more.php?newsid=1370 ] on 5 November, and favour the Al-Ahbash Muslim sect.

Temam Ababulga, a lawyer representing activists who led the protests - some of them are currently behind bars - says they are appealing to a federal court to cancel the election and its outcome, on the grounds that the elections were not conducted in accordance with the council's by-laws.

"The opposition to Ahbash at this time is not theological. the protesters oppose... that the regime is sponsoring the movement, providing finance, logistical support and allowing it to use both the Islamic Council and the state institution in its proselytization," said Jawar Mohammed, an Ethiopian analyst now studying at Columbia University in the USA.

"Ahbash has been in Ethiopia since the 1990s and has peacefully coexisted with the rest of Islamic revival movements," he added. "The confrontation came only after the government invited the leading figures from Lebanon and started aggressive re-indoctrination campaign."

What is the government's response?

The government denies that it is violating the country's constitution by meddling in religious affairs. Addressing parliament on 16 October, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said: "The government is not and would not interfere in the affairs of any religion in the country."

At the height of the protests in mid-April, then Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died in August, told parliament that "a few extremists are working to erode the age-old tradition of tolerance between traditional Sufi Muslims and Christians in Ethiopia," and stressed that they would not be tolerated by the government.

"The government... has made a number of efforts to encourage engagement with the protesters and has, for example, also done all it can to support the matter of elections for the Islamic Council," said a statement [ http://www.mfa.gov.et/weekHornAfrica/morewha.php?wi=684 ] by the government in response to Amnesty International's allegations.

"It is true that some members of a `protesters committee' have been arrested following violent protests, but it is completely misleading to suggest that this `committee' had been `chosen to represent the Muslim community's grievances to the government'. This `committee' was not chosen nor elected by anyone... It was, in sum, a small, self-appointed committee of protesters whose support in the community at large, as the recent election clearly demonstrated, was minimal."

Increasing Islamic militancy in the region - Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania have all witnessed increased Islamist activity - is of concern to the Ethiopian authorities, who say they are facing growing threats evident from the discovery of the first Al-Qaeda cell in the country; 11 people have been in an on-going trial, suspected of being members of an Al-Qaeda cell and accused of planning terrorist attacks.

What are rights groups saying?

The USA has added its voice to accusations that Ethiopia has been interfering in the religious affairs of its Islamic population and wrongfully arresting people. Addis Ababa has on several occasions rejected these charges.

"Since July 2011, the Ethiopian government has sought to force a change in the sect of Islam practiced nationwide and has punished clergy and laity who have resisted," an 8 November press statement [ http://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/whats-new-at-uscirf/3860-press-statement-uscirf-deeply-concerned-by-emerging-religious-freedom-violations-in-ethiopia.html ] by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom - a bipartisan federal government body - said. "Muslims throughout Ethiopia have been arrested during peaceful protests."

Amnesty International [ http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR25/016/2012/en/f77e6342-5d69-4ed9-b595-c23fd2e3cb3d/afr250162012en.html ] has also accused the Ethiopian authorities of "committing human rights violations in response to the ongoing Muslim protest movement in the country". The organization said the police was using "excessive force" against peaceful demonstrators.

Human Rights Watch says it is deeply concerned that Ethiopia's government has repeatedly used terrorism-related prosecutions to clamp down on lawful freedom of speech and assembly.

"Many of these trials have been politically motivated and marred by serious due process violations," Laetitia Bader, a Human Rights Watch researcher on Ethiopia, told IRIN via email. "The Muslim leaders and others, should be immediately released unless the government can produce credible evidence of unlawful activity. The fact that many of the detainees have been in detention for over three months without charge does raise questions about the existence of such evidence."

Rights groups also say journalists covering the protests are being increasingly harassed. In October, police briefly detained Marthe Van Der Wolf, a reporter with the Voice of America as she was covering one of the protests at the Anwar Mosque, and according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), told to erase her recorded interviews.

"Ethiopian authorities should halt their harassment of journalists covering the country's Muslim community and their intimidation of citizens who have tried to speak to reporters about sensitive religious, ethnic, and political issues," CPJ said in an October statement. [ http://www.cpj.org/2012/10/ethiopia-briefly-detains-voice-of-america-correspo.php ]

The government denies violently suppressing the protests, and says "one or two of the protests were extremely violent (with police killed)."

Activists and rights groups are concerned about references to "terrorism" in the charges. "The charges contain similar allegations used to prosecute dissident journalists and opposition leaders in the past few years... the leaders of the Muslim protest are just the latest victims of the regime's war against dissenting voices," said Jawar Mohammed.

"In fact, many of the Muslim scholars and spiritual leaders being accused of such conspiracy to create an Islamic state have written and publicly spoken advocating against any form of extremism, emphasizing that Ethiopia is a multi-faith country where secular state is indispensable for co-existence," he added. "The irony is that these Muslim leaders, many of them, are followers of the Sufi tradition and have a proven track record of actively fighting against infiltration of the community by extremist elements."

What is the extent of the protests and violence?

The demonstrations have continued for close to a year, and show no signs of abating. During Eid Al Adha celebrations in late October, tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets to celebrate the holiday; after the prayers, they staged protests. "We have nothing to kill for. but we have Islam to die for," read some of the protesters' banners.

The arrest of an Imam in the Oromia region back in April led to clashes that left four dead, while the country's federal police clashed with protesters at Addis Ababa's Grand Anwar mosque on 21 July.

In October, in the Amhara Region, three civilians and one police officer were killed when protesters stormed a police station where a religious leader was jailed, said Communication Affairs State Minister Shimeles Kemal. On 29 October, federal prosecutors charged the jailed activists and others with terrorism; a group of 29 people are accused of aiming to establish an Islamic state, undermining the country's secular constitution.

How might resentments play out?

In a report [ http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/africa/horn-of-africa/ethiopia-eritrea/b089-ethiopia-after-meles ] released shortly after Meles's death, the think tank International Crisis Group warned that the new government would find it difficult to deal with grievances in the absence of "any meaningful domestic political opposition".

"Resentments would likely continue to be turned into ethnic and religious channels, thus undermining stability and, in the worst case of civil war, even survival of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith state," the authors said.

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Somaliland: 17 Universities Registered Nationwide

Somaliland: 17 Universities Registered Nationwide

Monday, 12 November 2012 19:08

UB is the only institution offering Vet Medicine courseBy: Yusuf M Hasan HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – Media houses have been disallowed from advertising for unregistered universities. The ministry of education has instructed bosses of all media houses to coordinate with the department of higher education in order to ensure that they only post advertisement for registered universities. A press statement released by the Director General of Higher Education Mr Kadar Ahmed Diriye, the ministry of education informed that despite the multitude of universities operating in the country only 17 are registered. The DG said that the ministry has a policy on higher education that is geared towards ensuring the quality of education as well as the institution itself which is established through registration. Said he,DG Khadar Ahmed says only 17 universities registered "The education ministry is only able to monitor those institutions of higher learning which are duly registered and licensed" The ministry which reiterated the importance of media houses cooperation named the following institutions of higher learning that are duly registered and which media houses are allowed to advertise for, No Name of Institution and Location 1. Amoud University Borame 2. University of Hargeisa 3. Gollis University with Campuses in Burao, Berbera & Hargeisa 4. Admas University College Hargeisa 5. Burao University BuraoHargeisa University has highest Graduates annual 6. Nugal University Las-Anod 7. Eelo American University Borame 8. International Horn University Hargeisa 9. Addis Ababa Medical College Hargeisa 10. Tima'ade University Gabile 11. Hope University Hargeisa 12. Sanaag University Erigavo 13. Abaarso Tech University Hargeisa 14. Alpha University College Hargeisa 15. New Generation University College Hargeisa 16. Edna University Hospital Hargeisa 17. Bader College While this is the first time for the ministry of education to publicize such a list it is imperative that the government act expeditiously as pertains to the other many universities where thousands of Somaliland youths are currently pursuing their studies. The quality of education offered by both the registered and unregistered universities as well as the instructors need proper monitoring by the ministry's Commission of Higher education thus ensure that we do not produce graduates who are academically half-baked. Despite the fact that all the regions have at least one university thus ease of access to higher education, the courses offered remain suspect considering that we are graduation over 2000 fresh jobseekers of whom approximately 10% are absorbed by the local market with the rest left to waste time in coffee houses or endanger their lives while pursuing illegal immigration in the Sahara desert. Of the 10% who manage to find jobs immediately around 5% are science based graduates mostly medicine while the rest are business and administration graduates. With these figures it is obvious that the ministry needs a rethink on how to entice more Somalilanders in the pursuit of science based studies and decrease the over 75% that pursue business and administration thus an overflow. It has become fashionable for citizens to complain that expaAmoud is the oldest & only University offering post-graduate studiestriates are occupying positions which rightfully belong to locals but what is not mentioned is that the expatriates are here because their particular skills are not available in the country because the multitude of institutions are in competition to provide business administration and ICT courses only. We need polytechnics that provide not necessarily degrees but diplomas and certificates in studies pertaining to Nutrition, Mechanics, Draughtsmanship, Clinical officers, Plumbing, Electronics, Accountancy, Secretarial, etc. these are the jobs that drive a nation forward. Meanwhile why is the Marine University in Berbera not registered not to mention Lucy University and Somaliland University of Science & Technology-SUTECH both in Hargeisa? What of the very suspicious one year old SAVANAH University in Burao which has also opened a medical facility that employs expatriates only both as medics and tutors? Share this post

Somaliland Journalists: New Media Law Ends Freedom of Press in Somalila

Somaliland Journalists: New Media Law Ends Freedom of Press in Somaliland

Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:10

SOLJA claims the new law contradicts Somaliland's constitutionBy: Staff Writer HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) - The Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) is worried that the recently passed law for the National Intelligence Agency by the two houses of the Somaliland parliament may have a negative impact on the freedom of Somaliland's independent media. In a statement released on November 6, 2012,SOLJA calls on Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo to amend article 7 paragraph 11 of the new law, which states that NIA has the right to censor the media equipments. SOlJA's Chairman Hassan Mohamed Yusuf believes that this will give a chance the NIA to censor the independent media, which is opposite to the Somaliland national constitution as well as the Somaliland press law, which the president promised to implement during his campaign in the election in 2010. SOLA also claims that more than 100,000 Somalilanders have lost their lives to have a freedom of speech and self determination. ''If the president of Somaliland signs this law accepting the censorship, he will be remembered the man who burried the freedom of speech after twenty years of independence.'' SOLAJA calls on countries friendly to Somaliland, as well as human rights organizations in the world, and independent media watch dog organizations to encourage the president of Somaliland to amend this law of censorship.

Somalia: M/s Fozia Appointed Deputy Prime Minister

Somalia: M/s Fozia Appointed Deputy Prime Minister

A beaming Fozia Yusuf Haji Aden asumes PM office in MogadishuBy: Yusuf M Hasan MOGADISHU (Somalilandsun) – A new administration has been inaugurated in Somalia The prime minister of Somalia Abdi-Farah Shirdoon 'Saeed' has announced a 10 member cabinet of ministers that includes the first woman to hold the post of deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs. The ten ministerial appointments are: 1. M/s Fozia Yusuf Haji Aden –Deputy Prime minister and minister of foreign affairs. 2. Abdilahi Abyan Nuur- Minister of Justice and religious endowment. 3. Abdihakim Haji Mahmud Fiqi- Minister of Defence 4. Abdikarin Hussein Guleid – Minister of Interior and National Security. 5. Mahmud Hasan Suleiman- Minister of Finance and Planning 6. Abdilahi Ilmooge Hirsi- Minister of Broadcasting and Information 7. Abdirizaq Omar Mohamed – Minister of Natural Resources 8. Muhdin Mohamed Kalmoye – Minister of Public works and Reconstruction 9. Maryan Qasim – Minister of Development and social Welfare 10. Mahmud Ahmed Hasan – Minister of Commerce and Industry. This cabinet of ministers which is also very small as compared to past ones and includes two women happens to be mainly composed of new faces thus a sure sign that president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud is intent on a complete facelift. This intent was originally discerned by the president's appointment of Prime Minister Shirdoon who is himself a new face in the country's political and public administration scene. The appointment of interest here is that of M/s Fozia Yusuf as deputy premier and foreign affairs ministers. While she is the first woman to hold those posts in the history of Somalia she also happens to be originally from Somaliland where her political designs were nabbed after her NDB party was denied approval to contest imminent local council elections.

Somaliland: No lip service on Sovereignty, forces, logos, emblems ironic

Editorial Somaliland Press

Yes, it is truly so far so good for the directions and steps taken by Somaliland Forces, especially the police sectors.
We indeed have gone a long way since the Ina-Gurey days. However what is upper most in the minds of real patriots, as concerns our security apparatus, is the fact surrounding the emblems and logos of our forces.

Is it not quite shocking that as day in day out, month after month, year after year, and up-to now, two decades later, when we see a new flag or uniform (belts), we only see the sickly Somalia regime's security forces' dressing logos and emblems! Is it not the main thing our parliamentarians, ministers or forces commanders should have long ago dealt with, and seriously at that?

How then can we be held serious and not seen as to be giving lip service to our re-assertion of independence? How then can we top up and seal the last cork of our jubilation if not by discarding the most sensitive logos of the former Somalia regimes?

Why should the old emblems be a cross to carry whence it ain't ours?

If we changed the money, national flag, passport and national emblem, why not those of the logos of our security forces?

Does it cost more money to paint our police vehicles with new logos? With all respect due and with all senses and nerves of unblemished real patriotism, we ask the departments concerned to see and deem this matter as the national security one it is and, please, to do the necessary.

Ironically, one look at the caps, belts and vehicles of our security forces and the mind races back to the dark ages hence renders teeth to grind with charging.

On the other hand we stand by the forces in commemorating and celebrating their 19^th year auspicious occasion since re-establishment.

At the same time we commend them on the noble work they do tirelessly with stark patriotism without grumbling.

In the same breathe we call upon members of the public and the government at large to help them such their tasks may be eased.
Wouldn't their morale be boosted a thousand folds with new logos and emblems?

Yes, we believe so.

By M.A EGGE