Tag Archives: Transitional Federal Government
By Gwynne Dyer, Special to QMI Agence There have been no elections in Somalia since 1967 and there won’t be any this year, either. But the country has a new parliament (appointed on the advice of clan elders) that has … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, AMISOM, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, United Nations Security Council
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A rainbow of passports shines through the homogenized Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport. The chaotic atmosphere is synthesized by the lingering image of the deep blue Indian Ocean. With broken Somali, and eighteen years of age, I find myself rolling … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, smali news, Somali, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government, United States
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By Mohamud M Uluso, analysis The disintegration of Somalia into feuding armed clans, some headed by warlords, still remains the biggest problem in rebuilding the nation The setting up of local public administration in the regions of Gedo, Lower Jubba … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Court Union, Mogadishu, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government
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After 20 years of sliding backwards, Somalia has taken a step in the right direction. Together with international efforts and adoption of a new federal constitution by the 825-member Assembly of Somali Elders, the country has renewed hopes for … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, somali news, somali peace, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government
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November 25, 2012 by benim
At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in double bomb attacks, which rocked port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. The first bomb went off on Sunday morning near an administrative building where at least 15 … read more »
By Osman Hassan As desperate and downtrodden people, blighted by decades of deprivation under a failed State, we the Somalis are understandably prone to instant euphoria and escapism the moment we sense relief from our predicament is over the horizon. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, List of Presidents of Somalia, sheikh, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland, Transitional Federal Government
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Foreign Minister must serve the nation and avoid behaving like the previous transitional authority. Any tribal or territorial dispute must be left alone for our traditional elders and the ministry of Interior. We must not favor one tribal entity over … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged British Empire, Foreign minister, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland, Transitional Federal Government
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Mohamud M Uluso Somalia adopted a UN-drafted Provisional Constitution, formed a new national parliament representing the entire population of the country and elected a national leadership for ending 12 years of a chaotic transition period and established a permanent, representative … read more »
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has congratulated Somalia on its transition of government, speaking in Washington-”What has been accomplished has exceeded what many thought was possible. And it’s taken a lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifice, first … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged African Union, al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Crisis Group, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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Is the poster child of failed states finally getting its act together? After the twin suicide attacks that killed 14 people in Mogadishu last week and an assassination attempt on the president a little more than a week before that, … read more »
Morgan Lorraine Roach Yesterday, Somalia’s newly appointed parliament voted Hassan Sheikh Mohamud into office as the country’s new president. A political amateur and academic from central Somalia, Mohamud is considered to be a moderate. As such, he contrasts greatly with … read more »
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Constituent Assembly, sheikh, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, White House
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Zainab M. Hassan In the run up to next week’s Presidential election in Somalia, Zainab M. Hassan writes an open letter to new women parliamentarians asking them to demonstrate collective leadership in their choice of someone to lead a ruined … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Islam, NCA, Qur'an, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, University of Minnesota Law School
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By Prof. Liban A. Egal Somalia’s upcoming permanent government is feted as a model for national reconciliation and good governance. The signatories are largely former militia members, intellectual Diasporans, and members of Puntland and Galmudug states. These corrupt leaders have … read more »
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Five people were killed and three others injured when heavily armed men raided a village in Mandera West District near the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Local leaders blamed the government for failing to act on intelligence report that had warned of the … read more »
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HALGAN IYO HAGARDAAMO: Taariikh Nololeed (STRUGGLE AND CONSPIRACY: A Memoir) by Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 2012. This colossal memoir, written in the standard Somali language of Af-Maxaa, was released in November 2011 roughly three months before Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf, the former … read more »
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Tagged Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, IndepthAfrica, London, reuters africa news, Somali, Somali language, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, United Arab Emirates
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OPINION “The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalised version of the first” Thomas Jefferson former American … read more »
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Mohamud M Uluso The leaked and publicly debated report of Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) of the United Nations has uncovered an unimaginable range of predatory activities perpetrated by Somali leaders as well as by a large number of … read more »
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Two-thirds of bilateral aid is unaccounted for, says former head of Public Finance Unit Rasna Warah The report shows that over the period 2000-2011, the first Somali Transitional National Government and the subsequent Transitional Federal Governments received bilateral aid totalling … read more »
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Mohamud M Uluso The strategy is operationalized through multiple fronts, e.g., the misuse of UN Secuirty Council rule- “the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) decides to actively remain seized of the matter of Somalia”, which means Somalia remains under IGAD’s … read more »
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Ahmed M.I. Egal When I was a teenager I saw a movie with the above title with which I fell in love. I later learned that it was from a genre that was disparagingly termed ‘Spaghetti Western’ in Hollywood since … read more »
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By Ahmed M.I. Egal The impending expiry of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has occasioned an unseemly rush to establish a ‘permanent’, and therefore ‘legitimate’, administration in the country. This forms a severe test for the Somalia Policy of the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Somali, Somalia, TFG, Transitional Federal Government
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Ahmed M.I Egal The impending expiry of the term of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed in August this year has occasioned an unseemly rush to establish a ‘permanent’ and therefore ‘legitimate’ government in Somalia by the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Somali, Somalia, TFG, Transitional Federal Government
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The title of the Istanbul II conference – “Preparing Somalia’s future: Goals for 2015” – carries an inspiring and appealing vision. What is not clear is if the Istanbul II conference will engender a common vision for a new direction … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, African news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, TFG, Transitional Federal Government, Turkey
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Key Documents of the 2nd Istanbul International Conference on Somalia Istanbul, Turkey, 31 May – 01 June 2012 I. Statement by the Chairperson of the AU Commission Excellency Rt. Hon. Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Excellency Sheikh … read more »
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, Turkey, United Nations
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“These regimes based on the family unit seem to repeat the age-old laws of endogamy and faced with this stupidity, this imposture and this intellectual and spiritual poverty, we are left with a feeling of shame rather than anger. These … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, Transitional Federal Institutions, United Nations, Wretched of the Earth
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Mohamud M Uluso The debate on the constitution-making process in Somalia shifted to a perilous level after the international community demanded that the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) submit the list of the critics – labeled “spoilers” of the peace … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Attorney general, Draft Constitution, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, International Criminal Court, map africa, map of africa, Mogadishu, news, Somalia, South Africa, Transitional Federal Government, travel to africa, United States
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Analysis of the Draft Constitution Mohamud M Uluso It is immoral and a political crime to purport to draft a new constitution under the prevailing political and security conditions in Somalia The people of Somalia face the looming dreadful reality … read more »
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Tagged International community, Puntland, Somali, Somali Diaspora, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, Transitional Federal Parliament
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USE of a paper currency is normally taken to be an expression of faith in the government that issues it. Once the solvency of the issuer is in doubt, anyone holding its notes will quickly try to trade them in … read more »
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By James Smith Somalia’s Islamist militia, al Shabaab, is on the back foot. Each week brings news of another town seized. The forceful departure of al Shabaab however does not necessarily imply victory for the inhabitants of the ‘newly liberated … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African Union, Al-Shabaab, Beledweyne, Ethiopian National Defense Force, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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By Abdi Aynte If a split within the rank and file of Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants was a mere speculation, it has now become a reality, thanks to a lacerating Friday sermon by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, Somalia’s best known holy … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Shabaab, AlQaeda, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Somali, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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