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08/10/2002-Somaliland: MPs reportedly tell Mogadishu leaders to keep off The parliamentary committee in charge of political and international cooperation in Somaliland, yesterday [7 October], during a press conference held at Hargeysa's Hotel Ming Sing, termed a statement issued by the Arta group [Somali interim government] through BBC on Saturday [6 October] as that similar to a person asking to be led at a prayer function by an absent prayer leader. The chairman of the committee, Hon Muhammad Muse Diriye, said it was a mistake and totally wrong for the Arta group to stop assuming the plain facts regarding the statehood of Somaliland. "I would advise these men in Mogadishu not to pretend by denying the truth, instead have faith and build for themselves the government that they inherited from Italy," said Mr Diriye, adding that "failure to abandon such crooked mentality by the Arta group and others with a similar view, the Somaliland issue would create further complications and problems that would affect the Horn of Africa region. "I am warning the people in Mogadishu and the international community, if Somaliland is not left alone, the way it is now, and instead got interfered with, a fresh spark of fire would break out and gutter down the Horn of Africa in general"... Source: Somaliland Net web site in Somali 8 Oct 02 |
Oct 11 2002 As the world knows, an IGAD sponsored peace conference is going to be held on the 15th of the October in Eldoret, Kenya, for the warring parties in Somalia, a country that has only known war and civil strife for the past decade. This is the 15th conference trying to establish peace and civil government in Somalia- Somaliland forum and its members from both inside Somaliland and the world over would like to say to the organizers, namely IGAD countries, that we very much to see peace established in Somalia. Having said that, we would like to remind the organizers that Somalia is not the same as Somaliland; it is Somalia that needs peace; it is Somalia that needs a government. Not Somaliland. Somaliland gained its independence from Great Britain on 26 June, 1960, ahead of Somalia's independence from Italy. Subsequently, there was a disastrous unratified, unconstitutional association with Somalia. What followed was domination and oppression by Somalia. From 1981 to 1991, the people of Somaliland braved the tyranny and massacres of the Barre regime of Somalia until they liberated themselves in 1991. It was then Somaliland and Somalia went their separate ways just as Eritrea and Ethiopia went their separate ways in the very same year. Somaliland reestablished itself in its colonial borders and starting rebuilding itself from the rubble to which it has been reduced to by the Barre regime of Somalia. Today, Somaliland is a peaceful country, with a bicameral parliament, a constitution, and a free press. Furthermore, the people of Somaliland have voted in a referendum in May 2001 to the effect that Somaliland is a sovereign country. We ask you not repeat the past mistakes of the 14th previous conferences which invariably tried to confound the real issue, which is Somalia's instability, by trying to coerce Somaliland into the discussions on the pacification of Somalia; this time there should be no place for unqualified representations through the now famous scheme of corralling half a dozen unmandated dubious personalities just to argue that the communities of Somaliland were, somehow, present in the proceedings. Somalia's problems are indeed deep, and it needs all it help it can to get to extricate itself from its problems. But much clarity and sanity can be restored to the proceedings by not confounding the issues of Somalia with the issues of Somaliland. The issues of Somalia are those of a country without a central government and central institutions where many factions are facing each, where fighting is a daily occurrence. The issues of Somaliland are about the strengthening of its young democracy, the upcoming local and legislative elections early next year, and the on-going reconstruction from the massive devastation and destruction it had suffered under Somalia. The people of Somaliland very much welcome the efforts of IGAD countries to help Somalia; at the same time, we ask the organizers not to drag us nto the problems of Somalia, and not to jeopardize our hard-won liberty, peace and democracy. We indeed would like to invite IGAD, as well any other party, including the UN, the European Union, Egypt and other interested parties to to help the people of Somaliland in strengthening their young democracy by providing assistance for the coming elections as well as for the reconstruction. The Somaliland Forum Background: The Somaliland Forum (SLF) is an international organization that brings together Somalilanders from all parts of the world mainly, through the medium of the Internet. The primary objective of the Forum is to work with the Somaliland communities around the world in order to provide some lasting solutions to the needs of the Republic of Somaliland and its people. For more information, Please visit forum's web site at: http://www.somalilandforum.com FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING SPOKESPERSONS: EUROPE: Dahir Abdi Jama - London, U.K. -- Mobile (cell): (44) 07960 173 184 Email: Chair@SomalilandForum.com MIDDLE EAST: Ahmed Hussein Ismail - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mobile: 9665-459-8840 E-mail: ism4_98@yahoo.com Posted by Somaliland Forum . Email: news@somalilandnet.com |
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| 09/10/2002 Somaliland: President appoints new police boss The president of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale Kahin, today relieved Somaliland's police boss and his deputy of their duties. These are Mahmud Shaykh Muhumed Warsame and Si'id Isma'il Ali respectively. The president named Abdiqadir Muse Muhammad as the new police commissioner. The deputy is Muhammad Shir [third name indistinct]. The president praised the replaced police officers highly for their service and said they were replaced because of various shortcomings. He urged the former officers to hand over power to the new heads. Source: Radio Hargeysa in Somali 1700 gmt 9 Oct 02 02/10/2002 Somaliland: President Kahin says no reunification with Somalia I did not expect Egypt which is versed in Somalia's history and represented the Ottoman caliphate, prior to the British colonization of Somaliland, and knew Somalia was the region colonized by the Italians would asks us about a meeting on reconciliation for Somalia, said President Riyale to the Egyptian envoy to Somaliland and Somalia, Salah Halima [as heard] who met the president this morning in his office. The envoy who was accompanied the embassy counsellor told the president that he was on a fact-finding mission. He congratulated Somaliland and said the international community was impressed by the success attained by Somaliland. He added that he would like Somaliland to state it position at the Nairobi talks and that they wanted to provide additional medical and education assistance to Somaliland. President Riyale who looked visibly displeased with the Egyptian position which has not changed, said Somaliland's freedom and the restoration of its independence could not be put in jeopardy and that the country would not talk to warring factions from southern Somalia. He said we are not a province which has broken away from its country. He said Egypt knew that Somaliland and Somalia were two sovereign states which joined in the pursuit of Greater Somalia which was popular in 1963 when the OAU was being created. He said we ask you to remember the recognition granted to us by Egypt on 26 June as Somaliland and to renew it. He said you should not waste time on the matter and that the people of Somaliland had made an irrevocable decision on the matter as expressed by the referendum in which 97 per cent of the people approved the constitution. The president stressed to the envoy that the people were not ready to hear about reunion with southern Somalia and that they were not opposed to have the two remain two brotherly countries, just as Egypt was with Syria when they unified and later separated. The meeting was attended by the minister foreign affairs, Muhammad Si'id Ges and Muhammad Abdi Ismail. Source: Radio Hargeysa in Somali 1700 gmt 2 Oct 02 |
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| Somaliland said to open veterinary office in Kenya The government of Somaliland has announced that it will open a veterinary health office in Nairobi so that its veterinary doctors acquire training. This will ensure that Somaliland livestock is free of Rift Valley fever and to acquire markets. Some Yemeni businessmen are in talks with the Somaliland government on the resumption of livestock exports. Source: Xog-Ogaal web site, Mogadishu, in Somali 10 Oct 02 |
