Among the litany of booby traps left by the Bush administration for the Obama team, Somalia could be one of the most complicated and bizarre.
The crisis there is also an opportunity, however, as one of the main obstacles to all-party peace talks was the Bush administration’s cynical and unrealistic refusal to talk to the most powerful insurgent groups in Somalia because of their alleged association with terrorism.
(Financial Times) - More than 400 Somali politicians will today meet in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa’s smallest country, to implement the provisions of a nascent peace deal and select a new president.
NAIROBI (AFP) — The United States welcomed moderate Islamist cleric Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s election as Somali president Saturday and vowed to support his efforts to restore stability in the Horn of Africa nation. In a statement issued by its embassy in Nairobi, the US government congratulated the former opposition leader on his victory.
Mucaaridka Somaliland iyo qaar ka mid ah mareegaha wararka ayaa u midoobay inay muran iyo khilaaf galiyaan ergooyinka isugu yimi magaalada hargeysa ee ka qayb galaya shirweynaha 2aad ee UDUB iyaga oo ku soo tuura ama soo galiya mareegahooda maqaalo been abuur ah oo magac dil Xisbiga UDUB iyo Maamulkiisa ay uga jeedaan.
Wararka ku dhow dhow Gudoomiyaha KULMIYE Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilaanyo, ayaa sheegaya in Cabdilaahi Dirwal is sharaxaadiisa uu ka danbeeyo Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga KULMIYE isagoo u adeegsanaya magaca UDUB-NIMO ee uu sheeganayo Cabdillaahi DIrwal.
Madaxweynaha Somaliland Mudane Daahir Rayaale Kaahin ayaa maanta istiqaalad ka aqbalay Wasiirul dawlaha Wasaaradda Hawlaha Guud, Gaadiidka iyo Guryaynta Aadan Maxamed Diiriye oo Maanta istiqaalad u gudbiyay Madaxweynaha.
Aniga oo ah Oday Barkhad Cumar X.Khayre ahna muwaadin reer Somaliland oo degen Boorama, waxaan hambalyo u dirayaa Xidiga Geeska Afrika M/weynaha Jamhuriyada Jabuuti, waxaanan ugu hambalyaynayaa sida weyn ee uu iskaga xilsaaray dhismaha Dawladnimo ee Soomaaliya, Shirka ka socda jabuutina ha noqdo mid dadkaas soomaliyeed ee colaadu saamaysay u noqda maslaxad iyo nolol cusub.
Waxan hambayo iyo bogaadin u diraynaa C/raxmaan X.Axmed Yaasiin X. Iimaan iyo Sucaad Abubakar C/raxmaan oo aqal-galkoodu 23-01-09 ka dhacay magaalada Jig-jiga,waxan ilaahay uga baryaynaa inuu ka dhigo qoys barwaaqo, isku waara ubad kheyr qabana kala siiyo Aamiin Aamiin.
Dhamaan dadka hoos ku qoran waxay hambalyo u dirayaan Carooska Bashiir Sh. Xaamud Sh. Axmed iyo Amaal Axmed Cismaan oo meherkoodu ka dhacay Hutelka RAYS ee magaalada Boorama, taariikhdu markay ahayd 29 Jan.2009, waxay leeyihiin noqda kuwii isku raaga ee Ubad khayr qabana kala hela, Guurkiinu guur khayrle, Guriguunu guri barwaaqo.
If Axmed Silaanyo loses, the country will get on with its business. I can’t think of many things more useless than finger-pointing among themselves. Our fragile nation has real problems to deal with. Personally, I’ll be very disappointed if Silaanyo wins, but I’ll be cheered by the fact that the country will have a substantially better leader than it does right now.
Historical Distortions: The story of Queen Ebla Awad (Araweelo) is one of the most controversial in Somali society. Since almost all Somali stories are oral and not written, it is impossible to prove their authenticity. When these stories were first told, most Somalis were nomads who did not know how to write and read.

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, 44, won a majority of the votes when the Somali parliament elected a new president on January 31. He is the former leader of Somalia’s ousted Islamic Courts Union, which waged a bitter war against the country’s weak transitional government.

DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Moderate opposition Islamist leader Shaikh Sharif Ahmed won the Somali presidency on Saturday in a parliamentary vote in Djibouti under a U.N.-brokered plan to forge a unity government and end war.
Hargaysa (Qarannews) -Xisbiyada mucaaridka ah ee Somaliland ee Kulmiye iyo UCID, ayaa heshiis qarsoodi ah ku gaadhay in la dar dar galiyo hawlaha diwaan galinta isla markaasna aan la baadhin ama dib loo eegin cidii is diwaan galisay laba jeer iyo wax ka badanba.
DJIBOUTI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Presidential candidates were seeking to persuade lawmakers meeting in Djibouti on Thursday that they can bring stability to a nation riven by feuding militias, rival Islamist insurgents and killing.

Halkan waxan maanta idiinku soo gudbinaynaa xog aan kasoo ururinay in ka badan 45 gudoomiye goobeed iyo ku-xigeenadoodii oo kasoo kala jeeda gobolada dalka. Gudoomiyuhu waa masuulka ugu sareeya goobta diwaangalintu ka socoto, shaqadiisuna waa inuu isku xidho komishanka guud iyo midka gobolka, Gudoomiye ku-xigeenkuna waa qofka wada shaqada aaladda komputerka.
In a time when Somaliland has started to perfect its nod of someone coping to the challenges ahead and appears to burnish its home-grown democracy by harnessing own ability to succeed in voter registration for its upcoming presidential election, Clan-politics’ intrigues has given vent to proselytizing “Censorship” over supposedly “voter registration” in certain SL regions.
The core philosophy of Kulmiye Party is “strengthening peace and unity of the people and interconnecting together all regions of the country”. This philosophy is one of the basic principles of the party. Has this principle been worked?

Hargeysa (Jam) - Kalfadhiga 4aad ee shirarka Golaha Dhexe ee xisbiga mucaaradka ah UCID oo shalay ka furmay hoteelka Maansoor ee magaalada Hargeysa, ayaa si rasmi ah loogu doortay murrashaxiinta Madaxweynaha iyo ku-xigeenkiisa uga qaybgeli doona tartanka doorashada madaxtooyada Somaliland ee soo fool leh.
January 29, 2009
Taageereyaasha Madaxweyne Rayaale ee Degmada Axmed Dhagax Oo Isugu Soo Baxay Dhoola-Tuskii Ugu Balaadhnaa
(Ramaasnews) - Taageereyaasha Musharaxnimada Madaxweynaha ee Xisbiga UDUB dhexdiisa ee Madaxweyne Daahir Rayaale Kaahin ee Degmada Axmed Dhagax, ayaa maanta isugu soo baxay dhoola tuskii ugu balaadhnaa ee ay ku taageerayaan Madaxweynaha Somaliland.

