Archive for August, 2009

Somaliland Presidential Guardsman Made “Death Threats” Against Lawmakers

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HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- A member of Somaliland presidential guard had made death threats against Mohamed Nur Arrale and Ali Hassan Mohamed in the presence of the head of Intelligence and head of the presidential guard yesterday, lawmakers told the press.

The lawmakers were in the parliament when the death threats were made against them. It is not clear until now why the death threats were made against the two. Read more »

Duullaanka Ku Socda Baarlamaanka Somaliland

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Soo geliddii Ciidamada ee Golaha Baarlamaanka Somaliland waxay i xusuusisay inqilaabkii uu hoggaaminayey Maxamed Siyaad Barre ee ay ciidamadu albaabada ugu laabeen.Baarlamaankii sida dimuqraadiga ah lagu soo doortay

Xildhibaan Cabdiraxman Yusuf Cartan

Sabtidii 29kii Ogost 2009: Waxan Joognaa Hargeysa. Taariikhdu  waa 2009-08-29, waa maalin Sabti ah waana Read more »

Somaliland Police In Show Of Force As Angry People Pour Into Parliament

Outside Somaliland parliament [Aug. 29,2009]

Kulmiye.org- Hundred of angry but peaceful protesters have poured into the surroundings of the parliament in Hargeisa today following the intervention of yesterday’s parliamentary session by police who had claimed they were “acting under direct orders of the president”. Read more »

An open letter to SOMALILAND All-Party Parliamentary Group. Wesminister Parliament London, U.K

Dear Friends of Somaliland,

Somaliland is sleep walking into self-destruction. There is no other culprit but its President. It needs a quick unreserved salvation. It calls for its friends to help shake its leadership into sense, to bring President Riyaale to come back to rule of the law. Media is cracked, political activities denied, while the ruling party is singing and dancing all alone and with the meager wealth of this nation. Read more »

Armed Policemen Enter Parliament To Aid MPs of Somaliland’s Ruling Party

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HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- Around two hundred armed policemen entered Somaliland’s parliament to force the Speaker of the House to allow six legislators of the ruling party, UDUB, to attend and participate in today’s parliamentary session although the legislators were disciplined and given 3 day suspension from attending sessions.

The Speaker of the House abruptly ended today’s business when the armed policemen aiding the six legislators walked into the building of the lower house of parliament.  The legislative leadership and other members of the parliament came out of the building and protested against the police’s unwarranted intrusion into the parliament. Read more »

Shacbiga Somaliland: Waxaaa Waajib ku ah inay Difaacaan Baarlamaankooda


Madaxweyne Daahir Rayaale Kaahin oo imika u muuqda  in lasoo gaadhay maalmihii u danbeeyay ee cimrriga xukuumadiisu ayaa go’aansaday inuu burburiyo Qaranimadii iyo Xorriyadii Somaliland ee lagu soo waraabiyay dhiigii daahirka ahaa ee kumanaanka kun ee geesi ay naftooda u waayeen si  dalkoodu uu u noqdo mid lagu dhaqmo sharciga, isla markaasna ay bulshada Read more »

Guddoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada oo Shaaca ka Qaaday in Weerar Culus oo Lagu soo Qaaday Hay’adii Sharci Dejinta

http://www.longlivesomaliland.com/IMAGES/cabdiraxmaan-cirro-1.jpg“Isku shaandhaynta guddida joogatada ahi ansixin ugama baahna golaha.. wixii hanti ahaa ee mudanayaashu burburiyeena waa laga magdhabi doonaa oo lagama saamaxayo”

Md. Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi (Cirro)

Hargeysa (Jam)- Guddoomiyaha Golaha Wakiillada Md. Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi (Cirro), ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in weerar culus lagu soo qaaday golaha, kaas oo la doonayo in lagu dumiyo golihii sharci dejinta dalka. Read more »

Our own three wise men

Our three wise men!
Warning: this is not about Christianity or the Christ and no

attempt of converting you is hidden here. The three wise men is a biblical story about 3 Kings (Magi) from the East who are said to have visited Jesus (Nabi Ciise) after his birth. My story, although it borrows analogy from this old Christian Read more »

Tartanka Quraanka Kariimka ah ee Bisha Ramadaan oo ka bilaabmay Hargeysa

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Hargeysa (Somaliland.Org)- Tartanka Quraanka Kariimka ah ee sanadkiiba mar la qabto Bisha Ramadaan, ayaa shalay ka bilaabmay Masaajiddada Cali Mataan iyo Rusheeye ee Magaalada Hargeysa. Read more »

Political wars of attrition, By Ahmed Haji Noor

Political wars of attrition

Rayaale has so far been winning the battle of political attrition in Somaliland

Actually, Somaliland’s battle of political attrition does not fit with the classical definition of attrition tactics which assumes the existence of two, more or less, equal parts in a conflict. In the case of Somaliland politics, attrition tactics remain to be the prime tool of Rayaale and Read more »