Monday, December 29, 2008

Soo dhaweyntii Madaxweynihii Hore ee Soomaaliya Warbixin Faah faahsan (Sawiro + Waraysiyo)

Soo dhaweyntii Madaxweynihii Hore ee Soomaaliya Warbixin Faah faahsan (Sawiro + Waraysiyo)

Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

Ujeedada safarkiisa: Halkan ka dhegayso
Cabdullaahi oo la hadlay Dadweynaha: Halkan ka dhegayso
Xildhibaan Weyrax oo la  socdey oo noo waramay: Halkan ka dhegayso

ex_president

Madaxweynihii Hore Ee DKMG ah Mudane Cabdulaahi Yusuf Axmed ayaa maanta markii uu Baydhabo kaga dhawaaqay in uu xilkii iska casilay waxaa uu dib ugu laabtya Magaalada Garowe Caasimada Punltand halkaasi oo siweyn loogu soo dhoweeyey.

Soo dhoweynta Madaxweynihii hore ee DKMG ah Cabdulaahi Yusuf Axmed oo la'aronkaro waa tii ugu balaarnayd ee loo sameeyo Mudane Yusuf xitaa marka lagu daro wakhtigii uu xilka hayey ayaa waxaa ka qayb qaatay maamulka iyo shacabka reer Puntland .

Amaanka caasimada puntland ayaa aad loo adkeeyey wakhtigii ay kasoo duushay Baydhabo diyaarada waday madaxweynihii hore ee somalia Cabdulaahi Yusuf   Axmed , waxaana ku diyaar garoobay Garoonka Kanoko ee duleedka Garowe dadweyne fara badan oo soo dhoweynta ka qayb qaadanayey

Markii ay soo caga dhigatay Garoonka Kanoko diyaarada Mudane  Cabdulaahi Yusuf  Axmed waday ayaa waxaa halkaasi kusoo dhoweeyey masuuliyiintii dhinaca Maamulka Punltand  oo ay horkacayaa Madaxweyne Cadde Musse Xirsi iyo ku Xigeenkiisa Xasan Daahir maxamud iyo badi xubnihii Golaha Xukuumada Puntland

Soo dhoweynta waxaa sidoo kale ka qayb qaadanayey xubno ka tirsanaa Barlimaanka DKMG ah oo kasoo jeeda deeganada Punltand kuwaasi oo ay ka midyihiin Xildhibaanad Caasho Axmed Cabdalle iyo Xildhibaan Cali Baashe oo isagu u sharaxan Madaxweynaha Puntland doorashadan Soo Socota .

Amaanka Garoonka ayaa ahaa mid aad loo adkeeyey waxaana Mudane Y usuf socdaalkiisa ku weheliya keliya Maxamud Yusuf Weyrax oo hore uga mid ahaa xildhibaanada Barlimaanka DKMG ah laakiinse xilkiisa ka Degay markii uusoo shaacbaxay khilaafka Cabdulaahi Yusuf iyo Nuur Cadde .

Madaxweynihii hore ee Somalia ayaa salaamaay dadkii sida weyn usoo dhoweeyey oo ay ugu horeaan Masuuliyiinta dhinaca Maamulka Puntland waxaana uu saxaafada ula hadlay si kooban ujeeda socdaalkiisa isagoo sharaxaya ayuu Mudane Cabdulaahi Yusuf Axmed Yiri " Ula jeedada Socdaalkaygu waxaa weeye, Markii aan shirkii dib u heshiisiinta 6 sano ka hor aan aadayey dhulkan ayaan ka tegay , haatana anigoo xil hayn oo Xor ah in aan ku soo noqdo oo dadkayga aan la mid ahaado weeye ujeedadaydu"

Intaasi ka dib waxaa Madaxweynihii hore ee DKMG ah lasoo gelbiyey dhinaca Magaalada Garowe halkaasi oo dadku ay wadada dhinaceeda isi soo tubaan si ay uga qayb qaataan soo dhoweynta Mudane Yusuf, waxaana uu si toos ah u tegay  Madaxtooyada halkaasi oo dadku safdheer u galeen in ay soo salaamaan Madaxweynihii hore ee Somalia .

Mudane Yusuf ayaa Banaanka xarunta Madaxtooyada ugu soo baxay dad weyne isa soo hor dhoobay Madaxtooyada Garowe si ay dareenkooda soo dhoweyneed u muujiyaan waxaana uu halkaasi Cabdulaahi Yusuf ka yiri Kalmad la mid ah tii uu saxaafada ku siiyey Garoonka Kanoko "aad iyo aad ayaan idiin salaamayaa lix-Sano ka hor idinkaan idinka tegay , anoo i dinka mid ah ayaan idiin soo noqday waana idin salaamay " .

Madaxweyne Cadde Muse Madaxweynaha Puntland iyo Madaxweynihii hore ee Somalia Mr Yusuf ayaa xarunta Madaxtooyada kulan ku qaatay , waxaana halkaasi goob joog ahaa qaar ka mid ah Xubnaha golaha wakiilada ee Puntland, waxaana lagu wadaa in dhowaan uu Cabdulaahi Yusuf Axmed saxaafada si faah faahsan ula hadlo.

Mudane Cabdullaahi Yusuf  ayaa soo gaaray Garowe daqiiqado ka dib markii uu Baydhabo kaga dhawaaqay in uu iska casilay Xilkii Madaxtinimo ee DKMG ah, isagoo sheegay in uusan doonayn in loo arko nin caqabad ku ah nabada somalia.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Ultimate Solution of the Somali Leadership Crisis

Leaders of the world and of any country particular play crucial role to achieve real happiness of its people. Educated and capable leader leads his/her people and country to a peace and prosperity, while the cruel, erratic and incapable leader brings people to the world of sufferings and ultimately ruins a country. Leader must not only be educated and experienced but it is important to be an intelligent and sensible to the problems faced by his/her people. Leaders of the government should win the trust of people by being strategically friendly avoiding any kind of provocation or war with allies and must also allow a degree of transparency in the day to day working and the governance of the country.

Somalia's president said Sunday he has dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in the the violence-ravaged African nation.Almost a year ago after President Yusuf fired ex-Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi who resigned after a long feud with the president, it does seem that the Somalis are back to squire one again. Just last week, Somalia's president dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in our violence-ravaged nation; and the following day, nominated new prime minister. With all these erratic leadership behaviors and other behaviors that preceded Mr. Yusuf (like Siyad Bare, Ali Nafto, and Abdiqasim etc). One must wonder and seek the root cause of all these unstable marriages between Somali president, parliament and prime ministers. The following paragraphs, I will try to make sense or at least explore some of the issues that could be attributed some of the rifts between Somali leaders.

Somalia's president said Sunday he has dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in the the violence-ravaged African nation.Somalia's president said Sunday he has dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in the the violence-ravaged African nation.Somalia's president said Sunday he has dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in the the violence-ravaged African nation.Somalia's president said Sunday he has dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in the the violence-ravaged African nation.

Before and after the Italian colonialism, the Somali nation repeatedly failed to produce a strong leadership in each and every level of its government. Somalis have yet to experience a sincere leader that can rise up and lift its people from ground, like Gandhi, Washington, Dr. King and many others did for their people and nations. The Somali people have been unfortunate to have the opportunity to select their leaders, and no one ever gave them the chance to know the qualities that a good leader should have. Throughout the years, the tragedies that the Somali people have endured, no nation in the world have ever experienced; their problems are known in every corner of the globe. The causes of these problems are also well known in our modern world, which are simply problems associated with leadership. People ask all sorts of questions such as why there is not functioning government for 18 years? Why is there civil war? Who is the president of Somalia? Who can fire whom? Well, all of these questions are real questions that need real answers, and its answers lies between leadership and education.

Throughout the history and the biographies of the world leaders, one can not avoid, but notice that every leader in our history had some form of education, whether elected or selected, and before one becomes a leader one must prepared for it, whether thorough schooling or acquiring leadership skills. Before our prophet Muhammad (PUH) was selected to become a messenger of Allah and to carry out the message of all (the Quran), Allah prepared our prophet and thought him how read and write. The very first ayah in the Quran was called iqra, which simply means read. These indicate the importance of acquiring knowledge before one can act as a leader, if Allah decided to teach the prophet before he is allowed to lead the Muslim umah; what Somali people must do before choosing a leader? One must also be prepared before he allows himself to assume any leadership position. Apparently, Somali leaders fail this critical step, instead of educating or preparing themselves, they devote most of their time building tribal/clan loyalties; which in turn produces leadership conflicts that we are witnessing today. It was Mr. Yusuf who chose Gedi and Nur Adde among other qualified Somalis. Why is the president having difficulty finding right or qualified companion? I would suggest that his tribal loyalties and his own decision making skill’s deficit.

It was couple centuries ago, when the 55 delegates who attended the United States Constitutional Convention were a distinguished body of men who represented a cross section of 18th-century American leadership. They were called the Founding Fathers of the USA, all of these men were not from same tribes or clans, but they all had strong educational background, thirty-five of the Founding Fathers were lawyers or had benefited from legal training, and some had also become judges. They all had a true education and knowledge (an education or a knowledge which freed the minds out of tribalism). Again, this shows how important it is that leaders must posses some form of true education, before or if that leadership is intended to succeed. Specially, very critical stage of forming leadership and constitution for a fertile and fragile nation like Somalia. Obviously, Mr. Yusuf fails to possess this true real education. He is still trapped by the ignorance of tribal loyalties, personal hatred, dishonesties and poor judgments.

I think it is a time that the Somali people to think something different. The Somali public deserve better leadership same as the rest of the world, a well-educated and honest leader who puts his/her individual and tribal interest behind the interest of the nation. Not like dictator, illiterate, militarily oriented, tribally minded or/and uneducated leader like those who created and put the Somali people the continuous suffering and the anarchy. Somalis need a real chance of having knowledgeable leader and parliamentarian; it is unfortunate to see that the Somali public to be represented by a bunch hypocrites with no college education, a bunch that can not knowledgably and civilly hold productive discussions.

Nowhere in the world, there is a selected ex-commerce minister that does not know the meaning of trade, balance sheet, fiscal & monetary polices, and there is no speaker of parliament who has no legal training or background. It is a great tragic that the Somali public and the world leaders are relying on such leaders to build and lead a nation. Such individuals, who could not afford to develop or improve their own brains, could not be expected to lift the Somali nation from the current situation. The importance of education in leadership should not be ignored and before all of these individuals should be elected, Somali public must question leader’s qualifications and their abilities to carry leadership duties, not their tribal affiliations. Remember this quote “Good leaders develop through a never-ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience”.

Sakawdin Mohamed
Public Policy Fellow
Sakawdin_00@hotmail.com

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Women's Human Rights and the Hope of Hillary Clinton

Women's Human Rights and the Hope of Hillary Clinton
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Millions of women heaved a collective sigh of relief with the election of Barack Obama, looking forward to an end to the Bush administration's relentless assault on women's reproductive health and rights.

Now, as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we've been given more reason to rejoice. The President-elect's nominee for Secretary of State is one of the leading figures in efforts to improve the education, safety, economic opportunity and health care for women around the world.

It's been a very long and destructive eight years. While elsewhere in the world there has been a growing recognition of reproductive rights as human rights, the United States has moved backwards. In the past two years, the United States Supreme Court--with two new Bush justices--issued Gonzales v. Carhart , a decision that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called "alarming," which she said represented antiquated and rejected notions of a woman's place in the family. At the same time, Colombia's highest court ruled that the country's blanket ban of abortion violated women's basic human rights. The Constitutional Court found that protecting reproductive rights is a "direct path to promoting the dignity of all human beings and a step forward in humanity's advancement towards social justice."

Internationally, the Bush administration has undermined decades of global improvements in women's reproductive health and in the recognition of reproductive rights as basic human rights. At the United Nations, in meetings to advance consensus documents supporting reproductive rights and health that were agreed to by the U.S. in the 1990s, U.S. representatives obstructed progress by pushing (ultimately unsuccessful) anti-abortion and abstinence-only agendas. U.S. foreign assistance policy has reflected extreme ideological positions that have ignored the dire need to make family planning more available in developing nations (at least 100 million couples worldwide have an unmet need for family planning), including the denial of $240 million to the United Nations Population Fund and the re-imposition of the Global Gag Rule that bans U.S.-funded family planning groups based overseas from using their own, non-U.S. funds to provide any abortion-related services.

Make no mistake, the way forward needs to go beyond undoing the policies of the previous administration. The Obama administration must work toward a nation and world in which all women are free to decide whether and when to have children, have access to quality reproductive health care, can exercise their choices without coercion or discrimination, and can participate with full dignity as equal members of society. In Hillary Clinton's nomination, President-elect Obama has taken the first step by showing our nation will be represented around the world by a champion of women's human rights.

As first lady and as senator, Senator Clinton has visited more than 80 nations to push for the advancement of women, telling leaders that a country's future is dependent upon the equal standing of its women. She has spoken out strongly against sex trafficking, advocated for comprehensive sex education and supported expanding access to family planning services. And in her celebrated and oft-quoted speech on women's rights at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, she declared it is "no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights."

Equally important, she understands that the mere recognition of rights is not enough: they must improve the lives and health of women. Senator Clinton has argued that women's ability to own their own choices about their reproductive health and rights has a direct impact on their economic, emotional and physical well-being. With her, the U.S. will have a secretary of state who understands that women's quality of life has an undeniable effect on our destiny as a nation and the future of the world.

On this auspicious anniversary, the United States needs to recommit to the human rights called for by the Declaration and the U.S. Constitution, one of the world's earliest human rights documents. Under the leadership of President-elect Obama and with Senator Clinton as his Secretary of State, the United States has the opportunity to again take the world stage as a leader in promoting women's reproductive health, equality and human rights. With Senator Clinton heading the State Department, we are significantly closer to reproductive rights as an integral part of the department's human rights work. And when our policies accept reproductive rights as fundamental human rights, you can bet I'll be popping the champagne.