Fighting Shabab and the Presence of AMISOM in Somalia

By Pen dr.Ibrahim online
Wednesday October 5, 2022

The recent remarks by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud about the fight against the terrorist group and anti-peace Al-Shabaab came at the right time, although some may argue it is too little too late. While addressing the nation, the president said, “Somalia has only one enemy, and it’s Al-Shabaab”. In this noble struggle against the terrorist group, the president defined the fight against Al-Shabaab and said: “there is no middle ground in the fight with Al-Shabab; you are either a fighter against them or an acquaintance with them”. The president encouraged the nation to pick arms to liberate the country from terrorists. However, the president warned that people

Yoweri Museveni oo sheegay inuu ka fiirsanayo nooca tallaalka feyriska Corona ee uu qaadanayo.

March 15, 2021

Madaxwaynaha dalka Uganda Yoweri Museveni ayaa sheegay in wali ” uu ka fiirsanayo nooca tallaalka feyriska Corona ee uu qaadanayo”.

Hadalkiisa ayaa ku soo beegmaya maalmo uun ka dib markii ay dowladiisa bilawday in shacabka ay siiso tallaalka shirkadda AstraZeneca oo dalkaasi soo gaaray.
Qaar ka mid ah madaxwaynayaasha qaaradda Afrika ayaa goob fagaaro ah ku qaatay tallaalka feyriska Corona si meesha looga saaro shakiga ay shacabka ka qabaan tallalka ee ku aadan badqabka iyo waxtarkiisa.
Khudbad uu xalay ka jeediyay telefishinka, ayuu madaxwayne Museveni ku sheegay in wali uusan qaadan tallaalka sababtoo ah buu yiri “in wali uu taxadar muujinayo”.
Waxaa uu sidoo kale xaqiijiyay in marwada kowaad, Janet Museveni, aysan wali tallaalka qaadan.
” Sababta aanan la ii tallaalin ayaa ah sababtoo ah waxoogaa waan taxadarayaa, midda labaad waxaan ka fikirayaa nooca tallaal ee qaadanayo , ma midka Johnson & Johnson, ma kan Shiinaha mise midka Ruushka,” ayaa yiri Mr Musavani.
Wasiirka caafimaadka Uganda Jane Aceng ayaa bishii aanu soo dhaafnay beenisay warar sheegayay in madaxwaynaha iyo madaxda kale ee ka ag-dhaw si qarsoodi ah loo tallaalay ka hor inta uusan dalka soo gaarin tallaalka.
Waxay ka jawaabaysay warar ay qoreen wargeysyada Daily Monitor ee ka soo baxa Uganda iyo wargeyska Mareykanka ka soo baxa ee Wall Street Journal.
Madaxwayne Musavani ayaa sheegay in wargeyska maxaliga ah ay qasab tahay in uu raalgalin ka bixiyo arrintaasi “oo uu far waawayn bogga hore ku so qoro haddii kale uu dabagal ku sameyn doono “.. Madaxwaynaha dalka Uganda ayaa waxaa uu sidoo kale xaqiijiyay in “toboneeyo qof ” oo ka mid ah shaqaalihiisa uu cudurka ku dhacay, balse uu isaga badqabay.
Dowladda Uganda ayaa qorsheynaysa inay tallaasho 49.6% shacabka dalkaasi taasi oo loo sameynayo dhowr waji.
Dalka Uganda ayaa waxaa la gaarsiiyay 864,000 kuuro oo ah tallaalka kaasi oo qeyb ka ah tallaalka lacag la’aanta ah ee ay daladda Covax ay gaarsiinayso dalalka saboolka ah.
Uganda ayaa waxaa bisha June lagu wadaa in uu soo garo talaal dhan 2,688,000dhoos.

Resignation of President Farmajo Is the Right Option before Somalia Falls Apart

Analysis PenDrIbrahim
6 January 2021

The high level of political antagonism, public agitation, insecurity, and fear for violence afflicting Somalia demand the immediate resignation of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as the right option before Somalia falls apart. The most important task for all Somalis and international Partners is to defuse with urgency the current turmoil that is getting worse by the day.

Time has run out for credible, fruitful, and satisfactory negotiation between President Farmajo and Somali political stakeholders. Thus, the immediate resignation of President Farmajo who is in lame duck period is imperative. All well-wishers of Somalia must unite their voices to appeal to president Farmajo for immediate resignation for the best interest of his country and people.  Caretaker authority should conduct the indirect election within 60-90 days.
After four years of political and security disaster for abusive government, economic decline, high casualties and destructions for the attacks of emboldened terrorist groups, subjugation of the federal member states (FMS) by the federal government (FG), state election frauds, ineffective federal parliament, and strangulation and humiliation of Somaliland state, Somalia is on the verge of complete relapse into civil strife and state collapse. The failure for preparing a timely, credible one person one vote elections and the manipulations of the implementation of the agreed indirect elections all for the political goal of seizing illegally the state power are immediate triggers of civil unrest.
The decline Somalia suffered in the past four years is incalculable and inexcusable. The four-year colossal failure has been exposed during the 2020 annual conference of the Forum for Ideas organized by the Heritage Institute for Policy studies, held in Garowe, Puntland on December 30, 2020 – January 2, 2021.
Apart from the federal and state programs, projects, and activities started in the past and the obligations outlined in the provisional constitution and numerous legal instruments, the UN Security Council (UNSC) provided the elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on February 8, 2017 a roadmap for a successful term in office.   The UNSC issued the presidential statement – S/PRST/2017/3 – on 10 February 2017, first to congratulate president-elect Farmajo, the people of Somalia, the United Nations Mission for Somalia (UNSOM), the African Union Mission (AMISOM) and peacekeeping forces, and the international partners for the successful conclusion of the electoral process and to pay tribute to the outgoing president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for his services and swift and gracious transfer of power. The world watched and applauded the images of three Somali presidents – former, incumbent, and elected one – holding hands up together for celebration after the declaration of the presidential election results.
Secondly, the UNSC statement emphasized “the importance of governing in a spirit of national unity to maintain the momentum towards democratic governance.” It also urged president Farmajo to take active steps to lay the foundations for inclusive and transparent elections in four year time. Other priorities outlined in the UNSC statement were the appointment of cabinet in consultation with the federal parliament, attention to the immediate risk of famine befallen the country at that time, the acceleration of agreement between the FG and FMS on federal security architecture,  good faith cooperation between FG and FMS authorities in order to accelerate peace and state building process, Somali-led constitutional review, comprehensive reconciliation  process that promotes national cohesion and integration at all levels for effective federal political system, respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, increased transparency and accountability of public financial management to advance good governance. Any responsible person understands the focus, expertise, and mobilization efforts required for addressing each task. The statement warned president Farmajo that the months following his election were very important period for Somalia’s future.
Most importantly, the UNSC reminded pointedly President Farmajo that the ultimate goal of all those efforts was “to ensure that public office in Somalia cannot be achieved through harassment, intimidation, corruption, and manipulation.” Please pose for a moment on this goal as benchmark with the four-year experience in Somalia. Finally the UNSC assured president Farmajo’s administration its support for peace, stability, and development.
After three months, on May 11, 2017, delegations from the federal and states governments of Somalia and the International Partners of Somalia met in London to agree on four year cooperation framework engraved into a partnership agreement, a security pact, and an official communiqué. All those documents have formalized the issues mentioned in the UNSC statement.  Unfortunately, all fell on deaf ears because president Farmajo had in mind deleterious secret plan that has ruined the future of Somalia to the point that after four years Somalia is on brink of civil war and state implosion. The guiding tenet of President Farmajo is abuse of stakeholders for personal loyalty.   
President Farmajo come into power with the deleterious secret plan based on use of brutal force, divide and conquer policy, and use of corruption and patronages to establish “Sultanism” or a system of personal rule mirroring “despotic military regime” rather than establishing “an accountable democratic federal republic of Somalia” as stipulated in the provisional constitution. He surrounded himself with young, vulnerable, inexperienced, unprincipled individuals motivated by exigencies forcing them to show their loyalty in every way necessary in exchange for public position and resources. The respect of the rule of law is disdained.
President Farmajo’s political slogan “peace and life” has been translated into “obedience to the supreme ruler of Somalia – President Farmajo.” The constitution, the democratic norms and values, the declaration of human rights, lessons for peace and state building governance in failed states or divided societies, the traumatic experience of despotic government in Somalia, the numerous resolutions and statements of the UNSC, the agreements with International Partners, and the Islamic teaching for the rulers did not guide President Farmajo in fulfilling his public duties as a leader of poor and vulnerable people and fragile country.
Indeed, President Farmajo has deceitfully worked hard to thwart the fundamental principal of governing in the spirit of harmony, cohesion, integration, and unity. He sabotaged in any way possible the genuine cooperation between FG and FMS, and serious discussion of the electoral model feasible after it became clear that one person one vote election in 2020 was impossible and term extension was unacceptable.  
After months of political chaos and frictions following the meetings of the presidents of the FMS in Dhusamareb, the National Consultative Council (NCC), composed of the FG and FMS endorsed the indirect election model on September 17, 2020 in an acrimonious meeting that took place in Mogadishu. This was a bitter pill for President Farmajo who in revenge decided to scuttle the implementation process by appointing his diehard loyalists to the federal electoral committee and by fomenting civil war in Gedo region. Consequently, the dispute over the partisan committee and Gedo region upheaval halted the implementation of election process because President Farmajo adamantly refused to dismiss the committee for violations of the membership conditions, to stop intervention in Gedo region and  finally to dismiss the director of National Intelligence Services Agency (NISA) Fahad Yassin from office for his blatant involvement in the federal and state elections for violations of the constitution and free and fair election principles. As of today, Somalia has no legitimate representative federal parliament after the constitutional mandate of the parliamentarians ended on December 27, 2020. In the meantime, armed confrontation flared up in Hirshabelle State for dispute over election.   
President Farmajo has never shown the essential leadership qualities of faithfully respecting the constitution and good governance practices, fulfilling and defending the public accountability responsibility, honoring integrity and good judgement for associating himself with diverse, honest, responsible, patriotic, qualified and experienced public servants, negotiating in good faith with state leaders, opponents, and other stakeholders, and honoring faithfully his public commitments, and valuing the calls of the UNSC. For example, he expressed grievance and strong dissatisfaction with the electoral agreement reached collectively behind closed doors at the ceremonies after the conclusions of Dhusamareb and Mogadishu meetings. That attitude is clear and convincing evidence that president Farmajo lacks the leadership qualities of faithful protector and defender of the constitution and faithful negotiator and executor of political bargaining with stakeholders. Donors are considering suspension of aid to Somalia because of human rights violations, especially against free media, public protest, and election integrity.
Before too late, the presidents of the FMS, the civil society, and international partners, former members of the federal parliament, and international partners should request the resignation of president Farmajo before January 15, 2021. That patriotic action will save Somalia from catastrophic future.

Is it the time to print a new currency for Somalia?

Somali version

 

August 04 2020 – The Federal Government is planning to print a new currency for Somalia. In early June 2018, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia introduced the design of 5,000 and 10,000 Somali Shillings. A press conference held by the governor of the Central Bank of Somalia in late June 2018 further elucidated the division of the currency. The governor stated that the currency will consist of 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 Somali Shillings.
There is broad consensus that the Somalia currency needs reform for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the current Somali Shilling lacks the basic characteristics of a currency. The shilling is not divisible — currently, Somalia has only 1,000 shilling notes (23,000 Somali Shilling is equivalent to 1 USD). And it is not easily portable because of its lower value. For instance, $50 equivalent Somali Shilling is 1,250,000, which is hard to carry in one’s pocket. Because of this indivisibility and lack of portability, the economy of Somalia is dollarized (with the support of mobile money). As a result, the 1,000 shilling note is increasingly obsolete, and unless it is collected and changed to a new currency, it could disappear in years. Second, monetary policy is not centralized as stipulated in Somalia provisional federal constitution. Some regional states and businessmen have their own printing presses and the Federal Government has no control of the money flow. Third, the dollarized economy is a huge burden to the poor families and small-scale businesses because they cannot afford to buy basic commodities in dollars. For these reasons, printing a new currency that is difficult to counterfeit is important for Somalia.
Fundamental challenges
When Somalia appealed for international support to print a new currency, Sudan paid the cost and printed billions of a new currency for Somalia in 2011. However, Somalis and the international financial institutions – International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank – challenged the injection of the currency to the markets, and the currency was not transferred to Somalia.
Although the recent results of the Staff-Monitored Program of the IMF are encouraging, many of the challenges that made the new currency plan futile in 2011 remain. The challenges that the new currency faces include political, security and bureaucratic predicaments.
First, a successful change of a currency requires political consensus and agreement. Given the current frosty relations between the Federal Government and regional states, some regional states — particularly those with their own printing press — could boycott the Federal Government’s decision to print a new currency. This could deepen the political crisis.
Somaliland, which declared its independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991, also has its own Somaliland Shillings, a central bank, and a functioning financial system. Without agreement on the status of Somaliland in a federal Somalia, the new currency will not be used in Somaliland. It could also mean a tacit approval of Somaliland independence. These political realities would be a major challenge for the introduction of the new currency.
Second, security would be another obstacle for the new currency. The Federal Government does not control the whole country. The new currency would likely not be permitted in areas controlled by al-Shabaab, and they may well threaten the businesses and the general public against using the new currency as they did in Beledweyne in July last year when a counterfeit currency entered the market.
Third, the capacity of the Central Bank of Somalia remains weak. The human, legal and material resources of the Central Bank are limited. The bank is yet to show a capacity to regulate and manage commercial banks. The fact that the Ministry of Finance is taking an active role is also an indication of the capacity of the Central Bank. The Bank has no branches in the regions and does not have control of the currency circulation across the country.
Fourth, printing a new Somali currency requires investment. Millions of dollars are required (the estimation is around $50 million) to be invested in the printing of sufficient currency. The entire 2018 federal government budget is $274 million. Somalia cannot afford it. Even if resources are secured for printing the new currency, a further investment would likely be necessary for mitigating the potential inflationary risks of the injection of the currency to the markets.
What should be done?
The Federal Government of Somalia should be commended for its efforts to fix the monetary challenges. However, the decision to print a new currency should not be taken hastily. The incumbent Federal Government authorities should prioritize three things.
First, the government should strengthen and empower the Central Bank of Somalia. Building the reputation and credibility of the Central Bank should be prioritized. A strong and able Central Bank with a clear monetary policy and capacity to deliver would help the government secure the trust of the public. Furthermore, a capable Central Bank would be able to regulate the use of mobile money and limit the transactions that can be made with mobile money.
Second, the government has to show that it can handle security, and can enforce its decisions and policies across the country. A Federal Government whose presence and writ cannot reach beyond major cities should not inject a new currency, or risk creating parallel currencies that could further destabilize the economy. Improving security and strengthening relations between federal and regional security forces should be a prerequisite for currency reform.
Finally, the Federal Government should prioritize political settlement with the regional states and Somaliland. Concluding a comprehensive constitutional review process — see our commentary on the constitutional review process— would represent a good first step in this direction.
PenDrIbrahim “ Somalia Civic Nation ‘’

HASSAN KHAIRE: A PORTRAIT OF A CON ARTIST

HASSAN KHAIRE: A PORTRAIT OF A CON ARTIST

February 25, 2019

A narcissist who always demanded a praise from his underlings. Failure to do so meant midnight sacking letters for an unspecified corruption.

A few months ago while on a business trip to Oslo, I met a Norwegian humanitarian professional who used to work for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an international NGO renowned for its impressive work. She asked me if I had known Hassan Ali Khaire, the Prime Minister of Somalia. I admitted that I never met him in person.

Hassan A Kheyre

Impegno comune nella lotta alla fame

 

Impegno comune nella lotta alla fame
Rafforzata la collaborazione tra Fao e Unione Europea

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ROMA, 5. Rafforzare la resilienza delle comunità alle crisi alimentari, affrontare i cambiamenti climatici, migliorare l’uso delle risorse naturali, investire in agricoltura e migliorare i sistemi nutrizionali e alimentari. So- no questi gli obiettivi che Unione europea e Fao (Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l’alimentazione e l’agricoltura) si sono prefissati per i prossimi due anni, ribadendo il loro impegno ad affrontare problemi a li- vello mondiale come l’aumento della fame, la necessità di portare prospe- rità e pace e la costruzione di un fu- turo più sostenibile per tutti.

Anti – Corruption Suggestion Box “ Corruption is a true enemy to development. “

UAE denounces seizure of cash and plane in Somalia

UAE denounces seizure of cash and plane in Somalia

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DUBAI (April 10, 2018) – The United Arab Emirates denounced on Tuesday the seizure by Somali security staff of several million dollars from one of its civilian aircraft at Mogadishu airport this week.

The UAE said it was sending the money to the Somali army to support its operations against Islamist militants, and a government minister said internal Somali politics appeared to lie behind the incident in which the aircraft was also temporarily seized.

About $9.6 million in cash was taken from the plane that had landed from the UAE, Somali police and government sources had said.

10 Balanqaad Oo Ka Beenoobay Madaxwayne Farmaajo!!

10 Balanqaad Oo Ka Beenoobay Madaxwayne Farmaajo!!
On Apr 11, 2018

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Ballanqaadyada Beenoobay Ee Madaxweyne Farmaajo, ayaa ahaa kuwa ugu badan ee baraha bulshada la isla waday.

Farmaajo ayaa kusoo galay doorashada balanqaadyo been isku baddalay ugu dambeyn, haddaba shabakadda wararka ee IGU SAWIR waxa ay kuusoo gudbineysaa 10 ballanqaad oo Farmaajo uu sameeyay, kuwaas oo aan dhaqan gelin.

Fiirso qarashka ku baxay safarkii Madaxweyne Farmaajo

Boobka lagu hayo hantida Qaranka. Fiirso qarashka ku baxay safarkii Madaxweyne Farmaajo

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January 24, 2018 News -Warqad ka soo baxday xafiiska Madaxweynaha oo uu ku saxiixan yahay Agaasime ku xigeenka Cabdirsaq Shoolle ayaa lagu soo bandhigay qarashkii ku baxay safarkii Madaxweyne Farmaajo uu ku maray gobolada dalka, gaar ahaan Puntland iyo Galmudug.

Qarashka ku baxay safarka ayaa ah adduun dhan $1.5 (Hal Milyan iyo Bar) doollarka Mareykanka ah. Waa nasiib darro iyo amakaag in lacag intaas la eg lagu sheego in aay ku baxday safarkii madaxweynaha.

Cabdirasaq Shoolle ayeey u ijaarneyd diyaaraddi waday madaxweyne Farmaajo, waxaana uu soo dallacday lacag gaareysa nus malyuun doollar. Weli taariikhda Soomaaliya ma soo marin dowlad ka musuqmaasuq badan midda hadda jirta ee Madaxweynaha ka yahay Maxamed Cabdullahi Farmaajo.

Ma jirto baarlamaan iyo ha’ayado kale oo ku dhaca in aay la xisaabtamaan kooxda Villa Soomaaliya. IQRA:Waxaa sidoo kale saakay safar seddex maalmood ah saakay u kicitamay RW Kheyre isagoo hore u qaatay sahay safar oo dhan $500 kun oo doollarka Mareykanka ah.

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Madaxda Dawladdaan Maxay Beenta iyo Maarin-Habinta ku jeceshahay?!!!

Waa Maxay sababta dawladda Fedraalka madaxdeeda ay u jecel yihiin inay shacbiga marin habaabiyaan. Dunida ma joogto markii inta aad been sheegto ay soo daag jirtay goorta la ogaanayo. Bal idinku qiimeeya xaqiiqooyinkan is daba jooga oo is burrinaya. R/Wasaare Kheyre marka kowaad lama casuumin inuu shirka forumka ka qeybgalo ee waxaa uu u tagay inuu agagaarka goobta shirka ka helo cid uu la hadlo oo uu isku soo sawiro.

Tan kale waxaa uu u tagay inuu shirar iska caadi ah oo kolba salaan ah uu la qaato madaxda Somaliya daneynaysa. Waxaasa intaas uga muhiimsan SOMA OIL and GAS oo madaxdeeda ay halkaas imanayaan maadaama uu xaaskiisa saamiyadiisii uu ku wareejiyey. Marka R/Wasaaraha uma tagin dalka Swizerland hawllo qaran. Mana aha markii ugu horreysay ee ay Somalia halkaan tagaan sida ku cad sawiradda twitter ito qoraallada la socda. Dhinaca kale waxaa uu sahay safar u qaatay Nus Milyan sida xanta lagu helayo, lana daba joogo caddeymaheeda. Nus Milyan iyo Qaaran baahan iyo Danahaaga u bax isma qabato lasa arki doonee!!