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Toronto (Bederwanaag) July 28, 2010 - As and the Chair of the Canada-Somaliland Friendship Group, I want to extend to you my best wishes as you begin your work as the fourth President of the Republic of Somaliland. I have long been an observer of the Republic of Somaliland. I visited Somaliland in 2002 and returned in April 2003, as an international observer for the Presidential Election. On both occasions, I had the opportunity to meet with you as well as in the United Kingdom. I was pleased to speak with you during the 2005 Somaliland Policy and Reconstruction Institute (SOPRI) conference in Los Angeles, California.

Madaxweyne Axmed M. Maxamuud Oo Magacaabay Golihiisa Wasiirada

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 28, 2010 - Madaxweyne Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud ayaa maanta ku dhawaaqay golaha wasiirada ee xukuumadiisa.Golahaas oo ka kooban 20 Wasiir iyo 6 Wasiir Xigeen, oo ay ku jireen 3 haween ah oo laba ka mid ahi ay yihiin Wasiiro, midina Wasiir Xigeen. Waxa golaha ka muuqan xubno dhowr ah oo muddo dheer ka tirsanaa xisbiga KULMIYE, iyadoo wajiyaal cusub oo badanina

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, Former Kenyan minister calls for recognition of Somaliland

Ndairobi (Bederwanaag) July 27, 2010 - Nairobi (Bederwanaag) July 27, 2010 - Text of commentary entitled “Need to re-think our policy towards Somalia” by Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, former Kenyan minister published by Kenyan privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website on 18 July; subheading as published. In the recent past, two events have occurred in lands far apart which force Kenya to re-think its policy towards Somalia. First, the people of Somaliland, the self-declared autonomous region formerly called British Somaliland, held a very credible election last month which was won by the opposition.

\hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 24, 2010 - Wasiirka Warfaafinta oo ay weheliyaan tiro wasiiro ah,guddoomiye ku-xigeenka Baarlamaanka Jabuuti,Ganacsato Xildhibaano iyo Ganacasato ayaa maanta gelinkii danbe waxa Hargeysa ku soo dhaweeyay Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibedda Cabdilaahi Maxamed Ducaale,wasiirka Arrimaha Guddaha Cabdilaahi Ismail Cali Xoghayaha Arrimaha Dibadda xisbiga talada ku wareegaya ee Kulmiye Maxamed Cabdilaahi Cumar iyo Duqa Magaalada Hargeysa Inj Xuseen Maxamuud Jiciir.

Fort McMurray (Bederwanaag) July 24, 2010 - Waxaanu halkan idiinku soo tebinaynaa hees cusb oo amaan iyo ducaba iskugu jirta. Heestaas oo halku-dhigeedu yahay "Hargeisaay Ma Nabadbaa” Heestan midhaheeda sida la sheegay waxa sameyay Ismaacill Yuusuf Cabdi "Jiheeye". Hadaba ma laysweydiiyay waxa heesta hoosta kaga ladhano? Waxa kaga ladhani waa ninkii Soomaalilaand nacaybkeeda u banbaxay ee baxsiga ku jooga Djabouti, Mohamed Abdillahi Sangub (who is a marder case suspect, a fugitive and a molester". Hadaba su’aashu waxa weeye heesta ma wax buu ka sameeyay? Ma in uu ku soo dhuunto ayuu rabaa? Mise ragbaa jecel in ay dooha Herer keenaan danbiile Sangub? Mise cid kale oo heesta ka jiibisa ayaa laga waayay carrigeena? Anna Waxaan leeyahay " Hoobay Hellayoo Hadee Sangubow Helleyoo - Hoobay Hellayoo Alla Herer way ku sugaysaa Hellayoo. Wixii kale waa layskaga iman e Daawada heesta?

London (Bederwanaag) Julu 23, 2010 - Ask people what they know about Somalia and most will probably start talking about pirates, terrorists, and Black Hawk Down. Not many would think to mention democracy or free elections as well, but they should. Last month, Somaliland -- an impoverished sliver of territory that has maintained de facto independence from Somalia since 1991 -- held elections that put the democratic pretenses of its neighbors in the Horn of Africa to shame.

Fort McMurray (Bederwanaag) July 22, 2010 - Hhees cusub oo midhaheeda, laxankeeda iyo muusigeedaba uu leeyhay Fanaanka Sir Mohamoud Omer Abdi. Waa hees si hufan loo soo agaasimay, taas oo halkudhigeedu yahay "Waa hambalyo ku socoto Madaxweynahan helee haye lagu yidhiyo na hogaamiyee". Runtii waa hees isku-dheelitiran munaasibadeedana leh.

Fort McMurray (Bederwanaag) July 21, 2010 - War-bixin: Duuliyeyaashii Shisheeye iyo kuwii Soomaalida sheeganayay ee qaybta libaax ka qaatay xasuuqii loo gaystay dadka reer Somaliland. Taariikhdu waxbay hagtaa, dadkuna wuu haybiyaa… Dhacdo kasta oo dunida ka dhacdaa raad ayey ka tagtaa, siiba dhacdooyinka murgada leh ee ay ka mid yihiin Xasuuqa iyo dil wadareedka lagu bartilmaamaysto Isir iyo Qoomiyad gaara oo aan waxba galabsan. Sida caadiga ah wax kasta oo la qariyaa ma qarsoomaan, wakhti kasta ha qaadatee wax badan ayaa la ogaadaa marka muddo ka soo wareegto.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 20, 2010 - Gudidii loo xilaaray Ilaalinta Hantida Ummada oo uu hor kacayay Gudoomiyahoodii, Mudane Cabdirahman Cabdiqaadir, ayaa shir jaraa'id oo ay maanta qabteen kaga xog-waramay inay soo gabaganeeyeen hawshii loo igmaday ee ahayd diiwaan-gelinta, baadhitaanka iyo sugida hantidii ay ummdadu lahayd ee mas'uuliyiintii xaaraan-cunka badnayd ay booba yaa wadani kaga dhigeen hantidii qaranka, iyadoo iyaguna qaar kale oo iimaan-laaweyaal ahi oo ku sifoobay inagu tuugtii tuugta sii tuugaysan-jirtay. Daawo Video-gan

Doha (Bederwanaag) July 17, 2010 - Once again Rageh Oomar of Al-Jazeera English Channel is reporting the new observable fact on the issue of the young American men of Somali ethnic whom left their homes in Minneapolis to return to Somalia and fight alongside a militant group called Al-Shabab.

Ottawa (Bederwanaag) July 12, 2010 - Having broken away from a failed state, Somaliland is now a success story. But the west won’t recognise it. In Africa this past week a completely peaceful presidential election was held. International observers said it met all the western standards for a free election. What’s more, the incumbent president fully accepted the result the minute it was announced and handed over power to his successor and bitter political rival – and on accepting his victory, the president-elect thanked and congratulated the outgoing president for his services to his country.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 10, 2010 - Guddidii uu Madaxweyenaha cusubi u saaray inay ka soo talo-bixiniyaan qaab dhismeedka dawlada cusub, ayaa waxay ku taliyeen in tirada Wasaaraduhu ay ku haboon tahay in ay noqdaan 15 Wasaaradaarood, isla markaana waxa soo bandhigeen Hay’adaha iyo Guddidayada dawliga ah ee ay filayaan in uu dalku u baahanyahay.

Toronto (Bederwanaag) July 9, 2010 - The Executive Committee of the Kulmiye Party, Canada Branch are hereby pleased to invite its supporters and the Somaliland community alike to join and celebrate with us the commemoration ceremony for the occasions of Somaliland independence day, the successful free and fair presidential election that was held in Somaliland on June 26, 2010 and the historic subsequent victory for the Kulmiye Party as well. For more information about the locality of the event, direction and timing, please click the link.

HARGEISA - TO QUOTE one of my more knowledgeable colleagues: “Elections are funny things. Highly technical and procedural exercises that are yet filled with emotion and rhetoric.” During Britain’s recent election, emotion ran short. In Somaliland, it is present in spades. An election in a bit of Somalia, the world’s most failed state, is something to get emotional about. The streets of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s ramshackle and dusty capital, are a carnival. The streets of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s ramshackle and dusty capital, are a carnival. I am here in the north-west of what is still officially Somalia as part of a team of international observers, invited by Somaliland’s electoral commission, for the final week of the de facto state’s presidential election, to (they hope) verify the process, and, if so, help strengthen Somaliland’s long campaign for official recognition

Fort McMurray (Bederwanaag) July 8, 2010 - Last week, Somalis marked the fiftieth anniversary of their achievement of independence from colonial rule. The contrasting manner in which two parts of the onetime Somali Democratic Republic observed the milestone give a telling indication not only of current realities on the ground in the Horn of Africa, but also the prospects for security and stability in that critical sub-region. It should be recalled that historically “Somalia” was never a unified political entity. Traditionally among the Somali, social and political identity was rooted in patrilineal descent (tol) meticulously memorialized in genealogies (abtirsiinyo, “reckoning of ancestors”), which determined each individual’s exact place in society.

A long-delayed presidential poll in a country that does not officially exist

- Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 4, 2010 - SINCE 1991 Somalia has routinely been labelled “the world’s most failed state”. Yet its north-west bit, Somaliland, once a British protectorate that merged with Italian Somalia to form unified Somalia in 1960, actually feels like a proper country. Although poor and underdeveloped, it is free of the south’s scourges, such as piracy, warring militias and Islamist extremism. The streets of Hargeisa, the dusty and tumbledown capital, hum with construction work and mobile-phone chatter.

A congratulatory note to H.E. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Siilaanyol, President elect of Somaliland A Congratulatory note to H.E. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Siilaanyo

Fort McMurray (Bederwanaag) June 26, 2010 - Your Excellency, I write to congratulate you on your election as President of Somaliland. I send you all the good wishes for the exercise of your new mandate and I pray God's blessing on you, your government and the people of Somaliland. Our people, indeed, and the whole world will be watching closely to see how you, as the new President of Somaliland, will deal with the recognition issue and extreme poverty facing the people of Somaliland. I am aware of the scant resources your government has at its disposal, and I hope and pray that your administration will honour its commitments and pledges to support your efforts to overcome poverty, unemployment, radicalism and above all dismantling the wide spread mistrust, tribalism and corruption in our country.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 1, 2010 - Komishanka Doorashooyinka Qaranka ayaa si rasmi ah ugu dhawaaqay natiijadii doorashada dalka ka dhacday maalintii Sabtida ee 26 June, 2010. Waxa Komishanku ku dhawaaqeen natiijada doorashada xaflad ay ku qabteen hotelka Maansoor ee magaalada Hargeysa. Waxa Komishanku caddeeyeen in musharxiinta Madaxweynaha iyo Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Silanyo) iyo Cabdiraxmaan Cabdilaahi Ismaaciil (Saylici) ay ku guulaysteen codadka ugu badan oo noqonaya 266,906 cod, halka xisbiga UDUB ka helay 178,881 cod, xisbiga UCID-na 92489. Tirrooyinkaas oo u kala dhigma 49.59%, 33.23% iyo 17.18%.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) July 1, 2010 - Waxa maanta si habsami ah oo geesinimo ku jirto ay Gudida Doorashooinku u soo gabagabeeyeen loolankii doorasho ee ka dhex-aloosnaa saddexda Xusbi Qaran ee Kulmiye, UDUB iyo UCID. Hadaba sidii ay ku ballanqaadeen Komishanku waxay shaaca ka cadeeyeen oo ay si geesinimo leh ugu dhawaaqeen sidii ay saddexda Xisbi wax u kala haleen iyagoo cadeeyay inMadaxweynaha jagada Madaxweynaha ee Soomaalilaand uu ku guulaystay Mdne Ahmed Mohamoud Siilaanyo. Halkan ka daawada sidii ay xafladu u dhacday.

Somaliland Holds Credible Presidential Election

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) June 29, 2020 - IRI found that Somaliland’s election was peaceful without major incident and generally met international standards. Hundreds of thousands of Somalilanders turned out to vote in their fourth election, and although wanting international recognition, did not wait to continue to build their nascent democracy. The international community should credit such democratic progress and the example it sets for others. As stated previously, the June 26 election went smoothly; however, Election Day is only one part of a larger and longer four part process, which includes the pre-election environment, pre-election administration, Election Day voting, and vote counting and post-election adjudication resulting in acceptance of legitimate results.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) June 28, 2010 - Waxa maanta warsaxaafadeed ay Xaruntooda ku qabteen Gudida Komishanka Doorashooyinka Qaranku, kaga xog-warameen hawsha tirinta iyo kala shaadhaynta codadka. Waxaa halkaa ka hadlay Mudane Ciise Yuusuf Maxamed (Xamari), oo ah Gudoomiyaha Gudida Doorashooyinka Qaranka oo si guud uga xog-waramay sida ay hawsha tirada cododku u socoto, ilaa hada waxa u qabsoomay iyo sida ay hawshaa balaadhan u soo gabagabaynayaan, iyadoo bii yidhi "aanu natiijada kama dambaysta ah soo saari doonto kolka ay howshu noo wada dhamaato."

Houston (CNN) -- As ballots were being counted in Somaliland, a breakaway republic in northwest Somalia, officials said an observer from the electoral commission was killed. The former British colony held a presidential election Saturday. Voters lined up at polling stations under tight security; more than 1 million had registered to cast their ballots, according to Ise Yusuf Mohamed, chairman of the electoral commission. Mohamed said Sunday the polling was peaceful, but acknowledged small outbreaks of violence, including the killing of the observer near the town of Lasa Anod. The observer's identity and further details were not given, and it was unclear whether the slaying took place Saturday or Sunday.

CNN (Bederwanaag) June 27, 2010 - A polarized Somalia marked its 50th anniversary of freedom from colonial rule Saturday with bullets on one end of the country and ballots on the other. The northwestern region of Somaliland, a former British colony, held a presidential election, while the president of the Transitional Federal Government in the south, a former Italian colony, gave a solemn address in the face of a continuing Islamist insurgency and nearly two decades as a failed state.

Burco (Somaliland) June 26, 2010 - The rallies usually start early in the morning, before the sunshine hurts. By 8 a.m. on a recent day, thousands of people were packed into Burao’s sandy town square, with little boys climbing high into the trees to get a peek at the politicians. “We’re going to end corruption!” one of the politicians boomed, holding several microphones at once. “We’re going to bring dignity back to the people!” The boys cheered wildly.Wispy militiamen punched bony fists in the air. The politicians’ messages were hardly original.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) June 27, 2010 - Somalia - Voters in Somaliland queued for hours and thronged polling stations Saturday for the second presidential election held in the self-declared republic, in a peaceful exercise in governance not seen for decades in the country's anarchic south. Voters and candidates said they hope this vote will award Somaliland the international recognition it seeks. The three men vying to become president of the region have all promised to seek international recognition for the autonomous region.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) June 25, 2010 - Jun 26 - The self-proclaimed state of Somaliland closed its borders Saturday as voters chose their president amid fears Islamists from neighbouring Somalia could try to disrupt the polls. The northern territory has been more stable than Somalia since it broke away in 1991 but a message warning voters to stay home by the leader of the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab movement drew draconian security measures. "All our country's forces are locking the borders. Movements and transport inside Somaliland are also forbidden except for those authorised by the national election commission (NEC)," police chief Mohamed Saqadi Dubad said.

Hargeisa (Bederwanaag) June 25, 2010 - The international mission to observe Somaliland’s long-delayed presidential election on 26 June 2010, led by UK based development agency Progressio, the Development Planning Unit at University College London and Somaliland Focus (UK) notes that good progress is being made towards holding the scheduled vote this Saturday. The first teams of observers left the mission’s base in Hargeisa for Somaliland’s regions on 24 and 25 June. Country-wide, all teams are expected to commence observation of the vote on the morning of 26 June.

Doha (Bederwanaag) June 24, 2010 - Waa dood dhexmartay Dr. Mohamed A. Omer iyo Elmi Afyare iyo A. Samatar oo ah laba macallin oo ka kala dhiga laba jaamicadood oo ku kala yaala Doha, Qatar iyo Miniopplis Menesota. Dr. Mohamed A. Omer oo ah Xoghayaha Arimaha Dibada ee Xisbiga Kulmiye ayaa si xarago leh ku difaacay qadiyada gooni-isutaaga ee Soomaalilaand. Waxaase nasiib darro ah Prof. Samatar oo Soomaalilaand ka soo jeeda oo hadana hadalkiisa iyo fikirkiisuba u muuqday xaasidnimo iyo nacayb uu u qabo dalkiisa, waase yeelkadii Daawasho Wacan.

Doha (Bederwanaag) June 23, 2010 - Televishanka Al-Jazeera ee fadhigiisu yahay magaalada Doha ee Dalka Qatar, ayaa warbixin ka soo diyaariyay habsami-usocodka doorashada jagada madaxweynaha ee dalka Somaliland. Hadaba waxbixintaas oo uu soo diyaariyay weriye Mohamed Addow oo ka tirsan TV-ga Al-Jazeera. Runtii waa barnaamig xiiso badan waxaanad ka daawan kartaan mareegtan Bederwanaag News Online oo had iyo goor idiin soo xusha barnaamijyada ka warama dalkeena ee ay baahiyaan idaacada, telefishanada iyo jaraa'idka adduunku..

Madaxweyne Axmed M. Maxamuud Oo Magacaabay Golihiisa Wasiirada

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, Former Kenyan minister calls for recognition of Somaliland

A long-delayed presidential poll in a country that does not officially exist

Somaliland Holds Credible Presidential Election