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Chanlder: Si wanaagsan ayaa naloola dhaqmay Laba ruux oo British ah oo ay burcad badeed Soomaaliyeed ku hayaan Soomaaliya ayaa BBC u sheegay in si wanaagsan loola dhaqmay.
Congress-ka oo ka doodaya mooshin Somalia ku saabsan
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Congress-ka oo ka doodaya mooshin Somalia ku saabsan
Mooshinka uu soo bandhigay mudane Donald Payne, ayaa ugu baaqaya maamulka madaxweyne Obama inuu aqoonsi buuxa siiyo dowladda Sh. Sharif.
Waxa qoray Abdirahman Aynte
Washington Arboco, 28 October 2009
Mooshinka uu soo bandhigay mudane Donald Payne, ayaa ugu baaqaya maamulka madaxweyne Obama inuu aqoonsi buuxa siiyo dowladda Sh. Sharif, isla markaana uu safaarad ka furto magaalada Muqdisho, una oggolaado dowladda Sheikh Sharif inay iyana safaarad ka furato magaaladan Washington.
Congress-ka oo ka doodaya mooshin Somalia ku saabsan
Mooshinka uu soo bandhigay mudane Donald Payne, ayaa ugu baaqaya maamulka madaxweyne Obama inuu aqoonsi buuxa siiyo dowladda Sh. Sharif.
Waxa qoray Abdirahman Aynte
Washington Arboco, 28 October 2009
Mooshinka uu soo bandhigay mudane Donald Payne, ayaa ugu baaqaya maamulka madaxweyne Obama inuu aqoonsi buuxa siiyo dowladda Sh. Sharif, isla markaana uu safaarad ka furto magaalada Muqdisho, una oggolaado dowladda Sheikh Sharif inay iyana safaarad ka furato magaaladan Washington.
Puntland oo Qabatay $1.8 milyan Doollar Been Abuur ah
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Puntland oo Qabatay $1.8 milyan Doollar Been Abuur ah
Puntland oo Qabatay $1.8 milyan Doollar Been Abuur ahWaxa qoray Nuux Muuse
Garowe Arboco, 28 October 2009
Doollar Been Abuur ah
Booliiska gobolka Nugaal ee Puntland ayaa sheegay inay ninkaasi qabteen 17-kii bishan oktoobar isaga oo wata laba kartoon oo ay ka buuxdo lacag doollarka Maraykanka ah.
Somaliland: Guddigii doorashada oo la dhaariyay
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Somaliland: Guddigii doorashada oo la dhaariyay
Xubnaha guddiga cusub ee doorashooyinka Somaliland ayaa maanta lagu hor dhaariyey Madaxweyne Rayaale iyo gudoomiyayasha mucaaradka
Waxa qoray Sahra Ciidle Nuur
Hargeysa Arboco, 28 October 2009
Xarunta madaxtooyada Somaliland ee magaalada Hargeysa ayaa maanta lagu dhaariyay 7-da xubnood ee dhawaan loo magacaabay inay noqdaan guddiga doorashada Somaliland.
Dhaartaasi waxaa goobjoog ka ahaa Madaxweyne Daahir Rayaale iyo gudoomiyayaasha labada xisbi ee mucaaradka Kulmiye Axmed Siilaanyo iyo Ucid Faysal Cali Waraabe.
Somaliland: Guddigii doorashada oo la dhaariyay
Xubnaha guddiga cusub ee doorashooyinka Somaliland ayaa maanta lagu hor dhaariyey Madaxweyne Rayaale iyo gudoomiyayasha mucaaradka
Waxa qoray Sahra Ciidle Nuur
Hargeysa Arboco, 28 October 2009
Xarunta madaxtooyada Somaliland ee magaalada Hargeysa ayaa maanta lagu dhaariyay 7-da xubnood ee dhawaan loo magacaabay inay noqdaan guddiga doorashada Somaliland.
Dhaartaasi waxaa goobjoog ka ahaa Madaxweyne Daahir Rayaale iyo gudoomiyayaasha labada xisbi ee mucaaradka Kulmiye Axmed Siilaanyo iyo Ucid Faysal Cali Waraabe.
Shirkada Dahabshiil Oo Maanta Si Rasmi Ah Xadhiga Uga Jartay Adeeg-lacageedka Casriga Ah Ee Loo Yaqaan “E-Cash”
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Shirkada Dahabshiil Oo Maanta Si Rasmi Ah Xadhiga Uga Jartay Adeeg-lacageedka Casriga Ah Ee Loo Yaqaan “E-Cash”
Shirkada Dahabshiil Oo Maanta Si Rasmi Ah Xadhiga Uga Jartay Adeeg-lacageedka Casriga Ah Ee Loo Yaqaan “E-Cash” Hargeysa (Oodweynenews)- Shirkadda Xawaalada Dahabshiil, ayaa maanta si rasmi ah ugu dhawaaqday inay furtay adeeg-lacageedka casriga ah ee loo yaqaan ‘E-cash’, kaas oo u sahlaya macaamiisha shirkadu inay lacagtooda Kaadh ku shuban karaan, isla markaana ay u adeegsan karaan guud ahaan adeegyada kala duwan ee wax-iibsigu ka mid yahay iyo weliba Depit Card-ka.
Xabsiga Magaalada Boosaaso oo ay ka dhacdey fadeexadii Abu Ghuraib oo kale
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Xabsiga Magaalada Boosaaso oo ay ka dhacdey fadeexadii Abu Ghuraib oo kale
Sunday, 25 October 2009 16:06
Maamul Goboleedka Bariga Soomaaliya ee Puntland ayaa beryahan wadey falgalo ka dhan ah Shacabka Ogadeniya ee ka soo barakacay xasuuqa ay Itoobiya ka wado Ogadeniya. Falgaladan oo maamulka Puntland ugu adeegayo Xukumada Itoobiya.
Xabsiga Magaalada Boosaaso oo ay ka dhacdey fadeexadii Abu Ghuraib oo kale
Sunday, 25 October 2009 16:06
Maamul Goboleedka Bariga Soomaaliya ee Puntland ayaa beryahan wadey falgalo ka dhan ah Shacabka Ogadeniya ee ka soo barakacay xasuuqa ay Itoobiya ka wado Ogadeniya. Falgaladan oo maamulka Puntland ugu adeegayo Xukumada Itoobiya.
Kenya drought leaves 4m needing handouts
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By Mike Pflanz in Nairobi
Published: 4:56PM BST 22 Sep 2009
Three failed rainy seasons have left up to four million Kenyans needing food handouts and trucked-in water as the latest in a series of droughts sweeps through the Horn of Africa.
As many as 19 million people are currently affected by the lack of rain in Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Harvests have failed in many places and food prices have increased by as much as 130 per cent.
Close to the town of Elwak in northern Kenya, water tankers arrive only every four of five days and when they appear there are fierce fights over the precious few litres given to each family.
As the drought deepens, community elders predict that further bloodshed at water delivery points is inevitable.
Already, the escalating struggle for survival between people and animals has resulted in at least two babies being snatched by starving hyaenas which prowl the perimeter of Elwak's makeshift camps at dusk.
"My month-old baby boy was taken by hyaenas two weeks ago – somebody found his body 10 miles away from here a few days later," Habiba Malim, 49, a former nomad, told Christian Aid researchers during a recent visit.
"The hyaenas are emaciated and attracted by the water in the open tarpaulins, so even though we light small fires to keep them away after dark, we can't stop them altogether." Despite a small amount of basic food supplies starting to trickle in from the UN's World Food Program and other aid agencies, Habiba, like many others, is now only managing to eat one tiny, uncooked meal each day.
"We have very little food or clean water to drink or to cook with and I genuinely fear for my life and that of my remaining eight children.
"This is even worse than the drought we had in 2005 and if the rains don't come soon I don't know what will happen to us," she added.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ambassadorship, Anyone?
Ambassadorship, Anyone?
Written by Benjamin Joffe-Walt
Published Thursday, August 27, 2009
They spend their lives living in places like Rome, Paris, Buenos Aires and Beijing. They spend their days shaking hands and smiling, and their evenings drinking wine with influential folk from all walks of life. They eat regularly at the best restaurants a country has to offer... The life of an ambassador - regular parties, good pay, superb benefits - is seductive to many.
But Israeli diplomats seem to have found one exception to the rule: Eritrea.
Apparently the Jewish State has been struggling to find a diplomat willing to serve as the country's ambassador to the East African nation for over a year.
"It's not clear to me what's going on," Tesfamariam Tekeste, Eritrea's ambassador to Israel, told The Media Line. "For the last one or two years Israel has been without an ambassador. The Israelis are telling me they can't find someone but I can't understand why."
Tekeste said that while the absence of an ambassador was not good for the two countries' "cordial relationship", it was up to Israel how to proceed.
"We want to maintain our relationship and an ambassador will help, but this is up to the Israeli government," the ambassador said. "If they want to appoint someone they are welcome. If they want to close the embassy they are welcome.
The ambassador said he had been offended by the depiction of Eritrea in an Israeli newspaper's report on the vacancy.
"No food, no water, no electricity - it's rubbish what I read in the newspaper," Tekeste said. "it's ridiculous these kinds of reports. The reality is far from that."
Israeli Foreign Ministry officials said it was a challenge finding people willing to serve in countries like Eritrea
"This is just a circumstantial thing," Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, told The Media Line. "It’s always difficult to find people for hardship countries and Eritrea is a hardship country, believe me. When you wake up every morning and you don't know if you'll have electricity or water, that's a hardship country."
"It's not just about finding qualified candidates," Palmor stressed. "This is not the army and you can't force an ambassadorship on anyone. Their families need to agree and there are so many aspects that need to be taken care of: provisions for your children's education, employment for the spouse, etc."
Shlomo Aronson, professor of politics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, suggested the absence may be due to a lack of qualified personnel, not a lack of diplomats interested in serving in Eritrea.
"The main job of an Israeli ambassador is talking to the people, not the government," he told The Media Line. "You cannot count on too many people who speak Swahili, or a local language in a country with 250 tribes and just as many languages."
Aronson said the majority of appointments were based on professional qualifications.
"The Foreign Minister, in this case Avigdor Lieberman, has the right to appoint a few people to some positions, especially the ambassador to the U.S., U.N., Germany, France and Great Britain," he said. "But the rest of the ambassadorships are all staffed by career diplomats so the decisions are to a large extent professional and depend on linguistic skills, experience and availability."
Insiders say the time between an ambassador’s position being vacated to the time the position is filled can be quite long.
When an ambassador position opens up, the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s procedure is to open an internal tender for all qualified ministry employees.
If there is no suitable or available candidate for the position, as is the case with Eritrea, the position can be opened to all Israeli civil servants from various ministries.
Applications are then reviewed by an appointment committee, which makes a list of recommendations to the government.
Upon government approval the candidate is sent to the host government, which also needs to confirm the appointment.
Only then can the new ambassador start preparing for going abroad.
On arrival in the host country the ambassador has to present a letter of credentials from the Israeli president, after which they can start working as ambassador.
Requests for comment from the Israeli embassy in Asmara, Eritrea, were refused.
By Mike Pflanz in Nairobi
Published: 4:56PM BST 22 Sep 2009
Three failed rainy seasons have left up to four million Kenyans needing food handouts and trucked-in water as the latest in a series of droughts sweeps through the Horn of Africa.
As many as 19 million people are currently affected by the lack of rain in Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Harvests have failed in many places and food prices have increased by as much as 130 per cent.
Close to the town of Elwak in northern Kenya, water tankers arrive only every four of five days and when they appear there are fierce fights over the precious few litres given to each family.
As the drought deepens, community elders predict that further bloodshed at water delivery points is inevitable.
Already, the escalating struggle for survival between people and animals has resulted in at least two babies being snatched by starving hyaenas which prowl the perimeter of Elwak's makeshift camps at dusk.
"My month-old baby boy was taken by hyaenas two weeks ago – somebody found his body 10 miles away from here a few days later," Habiba Malim, 49, a former nomad, told Christian Aid researchers during a recent visit.
"The hyaenas are emaciated and attracted by the water in the open tarpaulins, so even though we light small fires to keep them away after dark, we can't stop them altogether." Despite a small amount of basic food supplies starting to trickle in from the UN's World Food Program and other aid agencies, Habiba, like many others, is now only managing to eat one tiny, uncooked meal each day.
"We have very little food or clean water to drink or to cook with and I genuinely fear for my life and that of my remaining eight children.
"This is even worse than the drought we had in 2005 and if the rains don't come soon I don't know what will happen to us," she added.
Posted by Medeshi at 4:08 PM 0 comments
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ambassadorship, Anyone?
Ambassadorship, Anyone?
Written by Benjamin Joffe-Walt
Published Thursday, August 27, 2009
They spend their lives living in places like Rome, Paris, Buenos Aires and Beijing. They spend their days shaking hands and smiling, and their evenings drinking wine with influential folk from all walks of life. They eat regularly at the best restaurants a country has to offer... The life of an ambassador - regular parties, good pay, superb benefits - is seductive to many.
But Israeli diplomats seem to have found one exception to the rule: Eritrea.
Apparently the Jewish State has been struggling to find a diplomat willing to serve as the country's ambassador to the East African nation for over a year.
"It's not clear to me what's going on," Tesfamariam Tekeste, Eritrea's ambassador to Israel, told The Media Line. "For the last one or two years Israel has been without an ambassador. The Israelis are telling me they can't find someone but I can't understand why."
Tekeste said that while the absence of an ambassador was not good for the two countries' "cordial relationship", it was up to Israel how to proceed.
"We want to maintain our relationship and an ambassador will help, but this is up to the Israeli government," the ambassador said. "If they want to appoint someone they are welcome. If they want to close the embassy they are welcome.
The ambassador said he had been offended by the depiction of Eritrea in an Israeli newspaper's report on the vacancy.
"No food, no water, no electricity - it's rubbish what I read in the newspaper," Tekeste said. "it's ridiculous these kinds of reports. The reality is far from that."
Israeli Foreign Ministry officials said it was a challenge finding people willing to serve in countries like Eritrea
"This is just a circumstantial thing," Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, told The Media Line. "It’s always difficult to find people for hardship countries and Eritrea is a hardship country, believe me. When you wake up every morning and you don't know if you'll have electricity or water, that's a hardship country."
"It's not just about finding qualified candidates," Palmor stressed. "This is not the army and you can't force an ambassadorship on anyone. Their families need to agree and there are so many aspects that need to be taken care of: provisions for your children's education, employment for the spouse, etc."
Shlomo Aronson, professor of politics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, suggested the absence may be due to a lack of qualified personnel, not a lack of diplomats interested in serving in Eritrea.
"The main job of an Israeli ambassador is talking to the people, not the government," he told The Media Line. "You cannot count on too many people who speak Swahili, or a local language in a country with 250 tribes and just as many languages."
Aronson said the majority of appointments were based on professional qualifications.
"The Foreign Minister, in this case Avigdor Lieberman, has the right to appoint a few people to some positions, especially the ambassador to the U.S., U.N., Germany, France and Great Britain," he said. "But the rest of the ambassadorships are all staffed by career diplomats so the decisions are to a large extent professional and depend on linguistic skills, experience and availability."
Insiders say the time between an ambassador’s position being vacated to the time the position is filled can be quite long.
When an ambassador position opens up, the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s procedure is to open an internal tender for all qualified ministry employees.
If there is no suitable or available candidate for the position, as is the case with Eritrea, the position can be opened to all Israeli civil servants from various ministries.
Applications are then reviewed by an appointment committee, which makes a list of recommendations to the government.
Upon government approval the candidate is sent to the host government, which also needs to confirm the appointment.
Only then can the new ambassador start preparing for going abroad.
On arrival in the host country the ambassador has to present a letter of credentials from the Israeli president, after which they can start working as ambassador.
Requests for comment from the Israeli embassy in Asmara, Eritrea, were refused.
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MedeshiPirate humour rules Wall StreetAndrew Willis,
November 21, 2008Argggg, Maties! Here's what shell-shocked financiers are laughing at on Wall Street Friday morning in a phony Bloomberg story:Somali Pirates in Discussions to Acquire CitigroupBy Andreas Hippin November 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Somali pirates, renegade Somalis known for hijacking ships for ransom in the Gulf of Aden, are negotiating a purchase of Citigroup.The pirates would buy Citigroup with new debt and their existing cash stockpiles, earned most recently from hijacking numerous ships, including most recently a $200 million Saudi Arabian oil tanker. The Somali pirates are offering up to $0.10 per share for Citigroup, pirate spokesman Sugule Ali said earlier today. The negotiations have entered the final stage, Ali said."You may not like our price, but we are not in the business of paying for things. Be happy we are in the mood tooffer the shareholders anything," said Ali.The pirates will finance part of the purchase by selling new Pirate Ransom Backed Securities. The PRBS's are backed by the cash flows from future ransom payments from hijackings in the Gulf of Aden. Moody's and S&P have already issued their top investment grade ratings for the PRBS's.Head pirate, Ubu Kalid Shandu, said: "We need a bank so that we have a place to keep all of our ransom money. Thankfully, the dislocations in the capital markets has allowed us to purchase Citigroupat an attractive valuation and to take advantage of TARP capital to grow the business even faster."Shandu added, "We don't call ourselves pirates. We are coastguards and this will just allow us to guard our coasts better."*CITI IN TALKS WITH SOMALI PIRATES FOR POSSIBLE CAPITAL INFUSION*WILL REQUIRE ALL CITI EMPLOYEES TO WEAR PATCH OVER ONE EYE*SOMALIAN PIRATES APPLY TO BECOME BANK TO ACCESS TARP*PAULSON: TARP PIRATE EQUITY IS AN `INVESTMENT,' WILL PAY OFF*KASHKARI SAYS `SOMALI PIRATES ARE 'FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND' '
*Moody's upgrade Somali Pirates to AAA*HUD SAYS SOMALI DHOW FORECLOSURE PROGRAM HAD `VERY LOW' PARTICPATION*SOMALI PIRATES IN DISCUSSION TO ACQUIRE CITIBANK*FED OFFICIALS: AGGRESSIVE EASING WOULD CUT SOMALI PIRATE RISK* FED AGREED OCT. 29 TO TAKE `WHATEVER STEPS' NEEDED FOR SOMALI PIRATE
MedeshiPirate humour rules Wall StreetAndrew Willis,
November 21, 2008Argggg, Maties! Here's what shell-shocked financiers are laughing at on Wall Street Friday morning in a phony Bloomberg story:Somali Pirates in Discussions to Acquire CitigroupBy Andreas Hippin November 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Somali pirates, renegade Somalis known for hijacking ships for ransom in the Gulf of Aden, are negotiating a purchase of Citigroup.The pirates would buy Citigroup with new debt and their existing cash stockpiles, earned most recently from hijacking numerous ships, including most recently a $200 million Saudi Arabian oil tanker. The Somali pirates are offering up to $0.10 per share for Citigroup, pirate spokesman Sugule Ali said earlier today. The negotiations have entered the final stage, Ali said."You may not like our price, but we are not in the business of paying for things. Be happy we are in the mood tooffer the shareholders anything," said Ali.The pirates will finance part of the purchase by selling new Pirate Ransom Backed Securities. The PRBS's are backed by the cash flows from future ransom payments from hijackings in the Gulf of Aden. Moody's and S&P have already issued their top investment grade ratings for the PRBS's.Head pirate, Ubu Kalid Shandu, said: "We need a bank so that we have a place to keep all of our ransom money. Thankfully, the dislocations in the capital markets has allowed us to purchase Citigroupat an attractive valuation and to take advantage of TARP capital to grow the business even faster."Shandu added, "We don't call ourselves pirates. We are coastguards and this will just allow us to guard our coasts better."*CITI IN TALKS WITH SOMALI PIRATES FOR POSSIBLE CAPITAL INFUSION*WILL REQUIRE ALL CITI EMPLOYEES TO WEAR PATCH OVER ONE EYE*SOMALIAN PIRATES APPLY TO BECOME BANK TO ACCESS TARP*PAULSON: TARP PIRATE EQUITY IS AN `INVESTMENT,' WILL PAY OFF*KASHKARI SAYS `SOMALI PIRATES ARE 'FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND' '
*Moody's upgrade Somali Pirates to AAA*HUD SAYS SOMALI DHOW FORECLOSURE PROGRAM HAD `VERY LOW' PARTICPATION*SOMALI PIRATES IN DISCUSSION TO ACQUIRE CITIBANK*FED OFFICIALS: AGGRESSIVE EASING WOULD CUT SOMALI PIRATE RISK* FED AGREED OCT. 29 TO TAKE `WHATEVER STEPS' NEEDED FOR SOMALI PIRATE
Somali diplomat gives up Kenyan passport
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Somali diplomat gives up Kenyan passport
Somali diplomat gives up Kenyan passport
By NATION Reporter Posted Wednesday, May 20 2009
A Kenyan passport issued to Mr Hassan Sheikh Aden Issak has been withdrawn. Immigration and Registration of Persons minister Otieno Kajwang’ said the Somali diplomat had become a Kenyan citizen by registration when he was issued the passport.
However, Sheikh Aden was appointed a diplomat when the Somali government was installed. “We realised he had a Kenyan passport when his name registered in our systems when he returned to the country, and withdrew it. He had not even renounced his Kenyan citizenship,” Mr Kajwang’ said.
Dual citizenship
The minister told the Nation in his Nyayo House office in Nairobi that Sheikh Aden’s children had also become Kenyan citizens. He said since the law currently does not allow dual citizenship, his ministry usually confiscates Kenyan passports.Mr Kajwang’ said his ministry also discovered a number of Somalis who had acquired genuine Kenyan travel documents as they were just about to board a plane to their destinations. “We refused them exit after we realised they were not Kenyans but Somalis from Somaliland.” Somaliland is an autonomous region in Somalia.
The minister said his ministry was facing challenges using birth certificates and national IDs as primary documents for the issuance of national passports. Following reforms in the ministry, Mr Kajwang’ said, it now took three days for one to renew a passport, and 14 days for fresh applicants to acquire one.
He said it took 20 days for applicants in Nairobi to acquire national ID cards, 30 days for those living in non-border areas and 40 days for those coming from border regions. The minister regretted that many eligible Kenyans were yet to apply for national IDs even though there was no backlog.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Somali diplomat gives up Kenyan passport
Somali diplomat gives up Kenyan passport
By NATION Reporter Posted Wednesday, May 20 2009
A Kenyan passport issued to Mr Hassan Sheikh Aden Issak has been withdrawn. Immigration and Registration of Persons minister Otieno Kajwang’ said the Somali diplomat had become a Kenyan citizen by registration when he was issued the passport.
However, Sheikh Aden was appointed a diplomat when the Somali government was installed. “We realised he had a Kenyan passport when his name registered in our systems when he returned to the country, and withdrew it. He had not even renounced his Kenyan citizenship,” Mr Kajwang’ said.
Dual citizenship
The minister told the Nation in his Nyayo House office in Nairobi that Sheikh Aden’s children had also become Kenyan citizens. He said since the law currently does not allow dual citizenship, his ministry usually confiscates Kenyan passports.Mr Kajwang’ said his ministry also discovered a number of Somalis who had acquired genuine Kenyan travel documents as they were just about to board a plane to their destinations. “We refused them exit after we realised they were not Kenyans but Somalis from Somaliland.” Somaliland is an autonomous region in Somalia.
The minister said his ministry was facing challenges using birth certificates and national IDs as primary documents for the issuance of national passports. Following reforms in the ministry, Mr Kajwang’ said, it now took three days for one to renew a passport, and 14 days for fresh applicants to acquire one.
He said it took 20 days for applicants in Nairobi to acquire national ID cards, 30 days for those living in non-border areas and 40 days for those coming from border regions. The minister regretted that many eligible Kenyans were yet to apply for national IDs even though there was no backlog.
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Somali football team to get teenagers off the Cambridge Estate
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Somali football team to get teenagers off the Cambridge Estate
18th May 2009
By David Lindsell »
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Somali teenagers have started a five-a-side football team to keep them out of trouble and improve their footballing skills.
The 16 to 25 year olds approached Somali community organisers asking them to help set up a club.
The project is set to be awarded £750 by Kingston Town Centre councillors this week toward pitch hire, coaching, publicity and football equipment.
Organiser Mohammed Ali said: "They hang around the Cambridge Estate and we feel that we have to keep them off the estates and give them something to do.
"They are good players. Some have experience but the others are getting healthy through it. They do like to show off their skills."
The 54-year-old said his legs would no longer stretch to training with the team on Saturday afternoons at Kingsmeadow but he hoped to build a squad of 22 players for an 11-a-side team.
While the Kingston Somali football team goes from strength to strength, the national team has struggled in recent years because of the ongoing civil war. Their star striker Ayub Daud plays for Juventus but the Somalis are forced to play all their games away from home.
The Kingston Somali Community Association was set up in December 2006 with an office in the United Reformed Church offering advice and assistance.
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Somali football team to get teenagers off the Cambridge Estate
18th May 2009
By David Lindsell »
Medeshi
Somali teenagers have started a five-a-side football team to keep them out of trouble and improve their footballing skills.
The 16 to 25 year olds approached Somali community organisers asking them to help set up a club.
The project is set to be awarded £750 by Kingston Town Centre councillors this week toward pitch hire, coaching, publicity and football equipment.
Organiser Mohammed Ali said: "They hang around the Cambridge Estate and we feel that we have to keep them off the estates and give them something to do.
"They are good players. Some have experience but the others are getting healthy through it. They do like to show off their skills."
The 54-year-old said his legs would no longer stretch to training with the team on Saturday afternoons at Kingsmeadow but he hoped to build a squad of 22 players for an 11-a-side team.
While the Kingston Somali football team goes from strength to strength, the national team has struggled in recent years because of the ongoing civil war. Their star striker Ayub Daud plays for Juventus but the Somalis are forced to play all their games away from home.
The Kingston Somali Community Association was set up in December 2006 with an office in the United Reformed Church offering advice and assistance.
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Somaliland clans in ceasefire over disputed farmland
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Somaliland clans in ceasefire over disputed farmland
KALABAIDH, 20 May 2009 - Two clans in Somaliland's Elberdale farmland in Gabiley region, who have fought intermittently in the past five months over disputed farmland, have agreed a ceasefire, a mediator said.
(Photo: Abdirahman Warsame, a member of the mediation committee seeking to reconcile the two clans)
Abdirahman Warsame, a member of the Somaliland's Guurti mediation committee, told IRIN on 17 May that 25 elders from each clan had sworn to end fighting and to reconcile the two clans.
However, talks aimed at resolving the dispute, which started in mid-April between the Hared and the Nour clans, are ongoing in Kalabait.
The government sent military and police troops to Elberdale last month in a bid to stop the fighting.
On 14 May, elders visited patients admitted to hospital in Gabiley and Dila areas who had been injured in previous fighting over the Elberdale farmland.
"We went to Gabiley Hospital and to Dila Hospital to see all those who were injured in the conflict; we also ascertained the number of those who have died," Aden Elabe, one of the elders, told IRIN.
Elabe said the team of elders also visited areas where farmers from Elberdale had fled, such as Geed Diqsi, Jaldhabaha, Satile and Da'walay, to reassure them the conflict would be resolved.
However, local officials have expressed concern over farmers missing the present planting season.
Elabe Mohamoud Hufane, the mayor of Dila district in Awdal region, said: "This is the season when farmers grow sorghum and maize but here in Dila district, we have more than 120 families who fled the conflict in early April and are yet to return to their farms in Burdi and Geed Diqsi areas."
Abdirahman Warsame, a member of the Somaliland's Guurti mediation committee, told IRIN on 17 May that 25 elders from each clan had sworn to end fighting and to reconcile the two clans.
However, talks aimed at resolving the dispute, which started in mid-April between the Hared and the Nour clans, are ongoing in Kalabait.
The government sent military and police troops to Elberdale last month in a bid to stop the fighting.
On 14 May, elders visited patients admitted to hospital in Gabiley and Dila areas who had been injured in previous fighting over the Elberdale farmland.
"We went to Gabiley Hospital and to Dila Hospital to see all those who were injured in the conflict; we also ascertained the number of those who have died," Aden Elabe, one of the elders, told IRIN.
Elabe said the team of elders also visited areas where farmers from Elberdale had fled, such as Geed Diqsi, Jaldhabaha, Satile and Da'walay, to reassure them the conflict would be resolved.
However, local officials have expressed concern over farmers missing the present planting season.
Elabe Mohamoud Hufane, the mayor of Dila district in Awdal region, said: "This is the season when farmers grow sorghum and maize but here in Dila district, we have more than 120 families who fled the conflict in early April and are yet to return to their farms in Burdi and Geed Diqsi areas."
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