Janta joorno di Palermo waa erey Talyaani ah kaasi oo ka hadlaya qorshaha 100 maalmood ee lagu xoreeyay magaalada Palermo ee dalka Talyaaniga.

Ra’iisul wasaaraha Somalia Max’ed C/laahi Farmaajo ayaa qabsaday in xukuumadiisa ay 100 maalmood ku cirib tireyso Canaasiirta AL Shabab ee caadaystay inay baa ba’shaan shacabka Somaliyeeed.

Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuumada Federaalka KMG ah ee Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed Cabdullaahi Maxamed Farmaajo oo ay weheliyaan Ra’iisul wasaare kuxigeenka ahna wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Mudane C/xakiin Xaaji Maxamed Fiqi iyo Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha iyo Amniga Qaranka Mudane Cabdishakuur Sh. Xasan Faarax ayaa booqday Taliska Ciidanka Daraawiishta oo xarun u ah ciidamo lagu soo tababarayay muddo labo sano ah qeybo kala duwan oo dalka gudihiisa iyo dibaddiisa isugu jira, gaar ahaana Tuulada Carmo ee gobolka Bari.

Ra’iisul Wasaaraha ayaa halkaasi khudbad ugu jeediyay ciidanka Daraawiishta oo ay tiradoodu dhameyd 500 oo Askari isagoo u sheegay in laga sugayo waajib adag kaasoo ah xoreynta dalka iyo amni ku soo celinta “Waqti badan ayaa la idin geliyay, waad soo tababarateen, waajib culus ayaana la idinka sugayaa, dhanka xukuumadeydana wey ku dedaaleysaa sidii aad waajibaadkiina Askarnimo u  heli laheydeen” ayuu yiri Ra’iisul Wasaaraha oo ku adkeeyey ciidankaasi in aysan waxyeeleyn dadka shacabka ah balse ay gacan qabtaan “Qofka dumarka ah ee waayeelka ah haddii aad aragtaan gacan qabta, oday waayeel ah haddii aad aragtaana sidoo kale gacansiiya, balse ha furanina haddii kale waxaad noqoneysaan dambiilayaal aan ku camal falin wixii la soo baray”.

Ra’iisul Wasaaraha ayaa sidoo kale Askartan xasuusiyay in dalka Soomaaliya, gaar ahaana magaalada Muqdisho ay ku sugan yihiin kooxo Soomaali ah oo Nabad iyo dowlad-diid ah oo uu sheegay inay kaashanayaan dagaalyahano Ajnabi ah oo ka soo hayaamay dalal ay ka mid yihiin Pakistan, Afganistan iyo Jejniya loogana baahan yahay inay ka saaraan dalka.

Saraakiisha hogaamisa ciidankaasi Daraawiishta ayaa Ra’iisul Wasaaraha u sheegay in muddo labo sano aaney wax mushaar ah qaadan ayna xukuumada ka rajeynayaan inay si deg deg ah ugu bilowdo mushaar, waxaana Ra’iisul Wasaaraha oo ka jawaabaya arrinkaasi uu u balan qaaday inay helayaan wixii xuquuq Askarinimo ah.

Ugu dambeyntiina Ra’iisul Wasaaraha ayaa salaam sharaf ka qaatay ciidankaasi, isagoona mid mid u gacan qaaday uguna hambalyeeyey dedaalkooda.

Somali community in Bonn were celebrated a welcomed returning of the Somali embassy in Germany.

The ambassador of Somali embassy in Bonn Mohamud Mohamed said that “we were very happy to get back our embassy to Germany who ware sold to Germany by the former ambassador to Germany so we will get it.

This is the second embassy to returns hand of government since 199.

“It is uninhabitable, so we have to renovate it then we will move in,” said Ambassador Mohamud Mohamed Tifow.

A court in Germany has ruled that a former Somali embassy building, sold off after the collapse of the Somali government was illegally sold.

When the government of then President Siad Barre collapsed in 1991, civil strife engulfed the country and all the diplomatic ties with foreign governments ceased.

However, Somalia has been without functional government since the fall of the late dictator Mohamed Siyad Barre.

The meeting’s main objectives are to take information about what is going on of Somalia.

The President Museveni was on Friday addressing a joint press conference with host President Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria city.

Mr. Museveni who was in south Africa gave the president of South Africa information About what is happening in the Somalia and how there participate AU troops.

During the press conference, President Zuma announced a donation of equipment worth 7,000,000 Rand  to the Oliver Tambo Military Academy in Kaweweta, Nakaseke District.

The two presidents discussed gave briefing detail of the situation in Somalia included security, humanitarian assistance, reconciliation,  and the needs for the International Community to working with the Government of Somalia.

The confrontation between Somali government troops and Al shabab Extremists group in the Hiran region of central Somalia, after some soldiers tried to take over a checkpoint at the kalabeyr outside Beletweyn.

Witnesses told the somaliweyn three soldiers of the Somali transitional federal government were also injured in the clash, the regional of the capital.

Men who not be record his name said “a number of camels were caught in the crossfire between the warring soldiers”

Most of the region’s districts are under Al Shabaab militia control while Somali forces are based at the Kalabeyrka junction.

The Hiran region is a under control of militia group it is one of the most dangerous places in Central Somalia.

The new ambassador Ahmed Malim told press after met with Sudan president Omar Hassan Al-basher where approved to present Somali government in Sudan.

The President of Sudan H.E Omar Al- basher has accepted credentials immediately from the new Somali ambassador to Sudan Mr. Ahmed malin.

“The President of our friendly country his Excellency Omar Hassan Al-basher has accepted my credentials as the new Somali ambassador to Sudan, and I would like to thank the President for the acceptance” said Mr. Ahmed Fiqi the new Somali ambassador to Sudan.

“I went to assist the Somalia people and Somalia student who are in Sudan and other community of Somalia” Said that Mr. Ahmed Malin.

Sudan is the one of the most popular of Somalia who are resident and studies in Sudan universities and refiners.

Ahmed Malin fiqi the new ambassador to Sudan whose credential was accepted immediately the Sudan government.

U.N. and top security chiefs from nine countries attended the two-day conference in Entebbe, The New Vision newspaper reported Wednesday.

Uganda’s chief of military intelligence, Brig. Gen. James Mugira, said the conference’s agenda included a study into links between militant groups and individuals in the region and the supply of arms, material and training for al-Shabaab.

He said, “The meeting will also discuss financial support to al-Shabaab and methods of financing operations” along with initiatives to combat the growth of al-Qaida influence through existing and new measures.

Another topic on the conference agenda is updating lists with possible new names for submission to the U.N. Security Council for inclusion on the U.N. proscription registry of individuals and organizations involved in terrorist activity.

The security chiefs will share additional information regarding individuals and entities already subjected to U.N. sanctions. Individuals and entities believed to be associated with al-Qaida or involved in threats to peace and security in Somalia will also be considered for possible addition to the sanctions list.

The Daily Nation, quoting a coastal police official, said the six Kenyans and the Nigerian were arrested on the small island of Lamu as they boarded a speedboat with the intention of reaching nearby Somalia.

The men were in possession of materials promoting jihad and allegedly admitted they had been radicalized by an imam at a mosque in the coastal town of Mombasa.

Insurgent group al-Shabaab is fighting to oust the Western-backed government in Somalia. Hundreds of foreign fighters are believed to back the group, which carried out a suicide bomb attack in Uganda in July.

Kenya has a significant Muslim population, as well as a large Somali diaspora.

Source: m&c

An emailed press statement from the office of Somali President said Friday that the kind message from Obama shows the great cooperation between both countries and how the United States is interested in reintroducing peace into the war-torn horn of African country.

“The American people join Michele and me in extending best wishes to you and all Somali people as you are celebrating the Eid Al Ad-ha” the United States president said in his message to Somali leader which was distributed to the media through Somali presidential information office on Friday.

“It is my hope that people every where will embrace the sprit of devotion and sacrifice that the Eid Al Ad-ha embodies and continue their efforts to achieve peace and goodwill among all human kind in compassionate and selfless manner” President Obama said in his congratulatory message.

“May you and the people of Somalia enjoy many blessings in the years to come” Obama added in his statement.

President Obama’s Message to Somali president comes as Muslims around the world are due to celebrate the Eid Al-Ad-ha on the next Tuesday.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Three gunmen from Somalia crossed the Kenyan border and killed a community organizer working with Somali refugees, officials said Monday, a cross-border incursion that underscores the threat militants pose to Kenya.

The victim, Ibrahim Mohamed, had reportedly been encouraging Somali asylum seekers not to return to Somalia, and based on that he became a target, said Emmanuel Nyabera, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR.

“We can confirm he was one of the refugees we were working very closely with,” Nyabera said.

Three gunmen followed Mohamed up to the Kenyan border before gunning him down on Kenyan soil and then returning to Somalia, where they came from, said Aggrey Adoli, the police chief in northeastern Kenya.

Officials said quietly that al-Shabab — Somalia’s most feared militant group — was likely behind the incursion.

Adoli said his region faces no imminent threat from al-Shabab fighters across the border.

“We are internally safe. But we are taking all precautions because we have a lawless country next door,” he said.

UNHCR last week appealed to Kenyan authorities to halt the return of Somali refugees from the border town of Mandera. The U.N. agency said local authorities had ordered more than 8,000 Somali refugees to cross back into Somalia despite what UNHCR said was “substantial risk.”

The refugee camp at Mandera was primarily comprised of children, women and the elderly, UNHCR said. The forced returns, UNHCR said, violates Kenya’s Constitution, its Refugees Act and international law.

However James ole Serian, Kenya’s top government official in the northeastern region, said that Kenya allows Somali refugees in when there is danger but that “when there is no danger we don’t.”

“We are a sovereign country and we have the right to allow in anyone we want to,” he said.

About 10,000 Somalis crossed the border to Mandera during recent fighting in Somalia, Serian said, and authorities provided them with water, food and shelter. But as the fighting subsided “all of them had returned to Somalia of their own free will.” He said fighting in the Somali border town of Bula Hawo has stopped.

He argued that aid groups are trying to “capitalize on the plight of Somalis” by saying that they are stuck at the border.

“If they want to help Somalis why didn’t they go to Bula Hawo,” he said. “Kenyans were the ones helping Somalis. The NGOs (aid groups) wanted to set up a camp for refugees in Mandera. A camp for what? Somalis said they wanted to return to their country and all of them had already returned to Somalia.”

Serian said the last of the refugees left Mandera three days ago.

The sale of the diplomatic property on which the embassy of the Republic of Somalia sat, during its lowest moment in history when Kenya was expected to be the custodian, might embarrass the host State Kenya within the world of diplomacy.

The case brings into sharp focus the role Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka could have played in his official capacity then as Kenya’s diplomatic point-man.

Even more curious in the case is a certificate he signed in his capacity as Foreign Minister, which has featured in the court case. The certificate, produced in court by the purchasers of the property said Kenya had no diplomatic relations with Somalia and did not recognise any envoy from the neighbouring country.

At the time, three junior envoys from Somalia were protesting the sale of the embassy. Interestingly, the day after Kalonzo signed the certificate on the status of the Somalia Embassy, the three envoys were arrested.

Though Kalonzo, who is out of the country, was not directly involved in the case, Kenya is represented by Attorney General Amos Wako’s office.

Interestingly, of the Sh15 million in sale agreement, only a payment receipt of Sh8.8 million was produced in court as evidence. It was not immediately clear where the balance went.

The AG did not file any submissions or defence. Kalonzo’s Personal Assistant Mr Kaplich Barsito said: “The VP is aware of the case. But we are on official duty out of the country en route to South Korea.”

Kaplich said the VP hopes the court will protect the Somali government property.

“His certificate produced in court is only reflective of the diplomatic relations and cannot be used to sanction the sale of the property of the people of Somalia.”

The interest the case is attracting is discernible from the fact that senior officials from the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia flew into the country on Sunday and are expected at the Nairobi Law Courts where the judgement will be delivered.

The certificate on the status of the embassy at the time was used as the ‘license’ to fast track the sale and to arrest staff at the embassy who resisted the transfer. On Monday attention will be on Justice Msagha Mbogoli’s Court number 14, as he delivers what could be a landmark judgement regarding the status of a Foreign State’s property when it is in disarray.

The property standing on five acres of land was transferred to Nairobi businessmen Suleiman Rahemtulla Omar and Zarina Sulieman Omar by former Somali ambassador Ahmed Sheikh Mohamud for Sh15 million. The property located in the high cost Spring Valley, at the junction of Brookside Drive and Lower Kabete Road, is currently estimated to be worth Sh500 million.

During the hearing of the case, the certificate from Kalonzo, which was interpreted to mean that he okayed the sale, was produced by lawyers. The certificate was signed on February 21, 1995, when Somalia was going through one of its worst times in the civil war.

In the certificate, which appeared to disown a group of diplomats who were opposed to the sale, Kalonzo said: “Somalia became incapable of entering into diplomatic relations with Republic of Kenya and establishing or maintaining a diplomatic mission in Kenya when its civil authority collapsed on January 26, 1991, with the ouster of former President, the late Siad Barre.”

The certificate went on: “The Republic of Kenya has no diplomatic relations with Somalia and does not recognise the existence of the Somalia Embassy and its former diplomats in Kenya in terms of the Vienna Convention following the collapse of the Government or civil Authority in Somalia in January 1991.”

Citing the Privileges and Immunities Act and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, Kalonzo also said Mohammed Omar Aden, Muse Fahiye Hersi, Zeynab Ali Osman, or any former Somali diplomats accredited to the Republic of Kenya by the Government of Somalia did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity under the laws of Kenya.

The three former diplomats of Somalia were then protesting against the sale of the embassy and are the plaintiffs in the case.

After Kalonzo’s letter, the three diplomats were arrested.

On January 25, 1995, barely three days after Kalonzo’s letter, over 25 officers from police and Immigration went to the compound and arrested everybody including the diplomats and everything including Somalia Government property was impounded and the buyer took over the property.

According to international practice, when a diplomatic property is being sold, the Foreign Minister of the host country is supposed to be informed and his consent secured, diplomatic sources told The Standard.

But on Monday, many Kenyans would want to know what the High Court would say about what seems to be dereliction on the part of the Foreign Affairs ministry then.

The case comes hot on the heels of the Tokyo Embassy saga in which irregularities caused public outrage and forced Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang’ula to step aside alongside his Permanent Secretary Mr Thuita Mwangi last week.

The case was filed by the former diplomats who sought legal redress and moved to court in a bid to recover the prime asset through a civil suit against the purchaser of the property. They want the courts to declare the sale illegal and cancel transfer of the property. In an amended plaint, Republic of Somalia is enjoined as the third plaintiff and a number of high-ranking Somalia officials.

During the hearing the AG was invited to the case and he restated the government’s position by affirming the contents of the certificate by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kalonzo) to the extent that there was no Somalia Government by 1994, which could authorise the sale and transfer of the property.

Lawyer Fred Athuok who is appearing for the Somalia Government argued there was clear evidence that the purported sale of Somali Embassy property was illegal and fraudulent.

Athuok had argued before Court that the Ministry of Lands of Kenya was wrong in sanctioning the sale and transfer of Somalia Embassy property and with available evidence, the ministry should cancel the transfer and registration as it is allowed to do so.

The property was then residence of the Somalia Ambassador, but it became the embassy-cum-residence when it moved from International Life House. The Somali Government bought it in 1973.

Yesterday, on visiting the property we found it occupied by tenants whose identity we could not immediately establish.

A guide to the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities in Kenya spells out that when a foreign government intends to sell real property which it already owns in Kenya, the representative mission should inform Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation.

Where a foreign government owns real property wishes to alter its use like changing a chancery into ambassador’s residence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be informed.