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MONITORING INTERNATIONAL REPORTS: SOMALILAND ANNOUNCES ACTION
AGAINST INTERIM SOMALI LEADERSHIP
BBC
Monitoring Service - United Kingdom ; 28-Aug-2000 12:00:00 am ;
129 words
The authorities in the breakaway northern republic of Somaliland
have announced extra measures against supporters of interim
Somali President Abd-al-Qasim Salad Hasan and the transitional
parliament which elected him in Djibouti last Friday, the
Somaliland newspaper 'Jamhuuriya' reported on Monday.
It said three orders had been issued to regional officials
and security chiefs "to counter any trouble which could
arise from the new government established in Djibouti".
Under the instructions, security is to be stepped up at
Somaliland's borders, any participants and office-holders in the
interim parliament are to be arrested if they enter Somaliland,
and supporters of the Djibouti assembly are to "face the
full force of the law".
The newspaper said that the instructions "follow actions
by some ethnic Somalilanders who attended the Djibouti
conference which elected Abd-al-Qasim Salad Hasan as Somalia's
president".
Source: 'Jamhuuriya', Hargeisa, in Somali 28 Aug 00
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Some Mogadishu faction leaders have issued a press statement
on the Djibouti conference stating the following:
1.The international community should be cautious and resist
the invention of the Djibouti government which could be
detrimental to peace in the country.
2. Since the Somali public and faction leaders are ready for
peace and the creation of an all-inclusive government which will
give preference to the faction leaders, the international
community, and in particular nations and organizations that are
involved in Somali affairs, are urged to organize and hold a
national convention for all Somalis.
3. The reconciliation conference should be held in Somalia or
in another country agreed upon which could play a mediating
role.
Signed by: Uthman Hasan Ali Ato, Muhammad Qanyare Afrah,
Mowlid Ma'ani Muhammad, Ali Muhammad Husayn, Ibrahim Gedi
Jim'ale, Uthman Nur Elmi, Eng Husayn Muhammad Aydid, Ahmad Umar
Jes... [other signatories who are not known faction leaders
omitted]
Source: 'Ayaamaha', Mogadishu, in Somali 28 Aug 00 p 3
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NEW MEASURES
ANNOUNCED AGAINST SUPPORTERS OF SOMALI GOVERNMENT
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom, Aug 28, 2000, 119 words
Text of report by Somaliland newspaper `Jamhuuriya' on 28th
August
The Somaliland cabinet has announced contingency measures which
are going to be adopted to counter any trouble which could arise
from the new [Somali] government established in Djibouti.
The following directives which have to be implemented have been
issued to regional governors, mayors, police chiefs and
intelligence units:
1. Security at Somaliland borders should be enhanced.
2. Conference participants and office bearers should be arrested
if they enter the country.
3. Those who support the Djibouti conference should face the
full force of the law.
These directives follow actions by some ethnic Somalilanders who
have attended the Djibouti conference which elected Abd-al-Qasim
Salad Hasan as Somalia's president.
The Somaliland cabinet had previously stated Somaliland's
position on the Djibouti conference.
Source: `Jamhuuriya', Hargeysa, in Somali 28 Aug 00 p 1
/BBC Monitoring/ © BBC.
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Somali faction
chaos erupts
Mogadishu - At
least 18 people were killed and 23 wounded when factional
fighting erupted this weekend in southern Somalia as a new
president for the anarchic east African country was being sworn
in, a local elder said on Monday.
The violence broke out Sunday in the town of Jowhar, 90
kilometres north of Mogadishu, and pitted militiamen of the
Hawadle subclan against fighters of the Galjel.
Both groups are members of the larger Hawiye clan, to which
Somalia's first president for almost a decade, Abdulkassim Salat
Hassan, belongs.
The fighting raged all day on Sunday, as Salat was being
sworn in in neighbouring Djibouti.
Looters took advantage of the chaos to plunder, elder Ali
Maow said.
Jowhar was calm but tense on Monday morning, Maow added.
"Both sides are regrouping for another battle," he
said.
He said elders were planning to deploy militiaman from
neutral subclans in the town in a bid to pacify the warring
factions.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the fighting, which
subsided on Sunday evening.
Salat was elected president by a transitional parliament on
Saturday, marking a key stage in a Djibouti-sponsored peace and
reconciliation plan for Somalia.
The country has been ruled by feuding warlords since the
collapse of the government of the late dictator Mohamed Siad
Barre in 1991.
Salat's election has been denounced by three principal
warlords in Mogadishu. They have vowed to fight him if he tries
to install a government in the deeply-divided country. -
Sapa-AFP
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Interview: Peace -- Melody of Somalia
Story Filed: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:43 PM EST
by Zhao Yi Djibouti (Aug. 28) XINHUA - Somalia, the Horn of
Africa
country which has been under the cloud of civil war and
anarchy since 1991, is highly expected to return to peace and
national
reconciliation because of the success of the on-going Somali
Peace Conference.
Former Djibouti president Hassan Gouled Aptidon told Xinhua in
an
exclusive interview here on Monday that the Somali Peace
Conference, the 13th since 1991, is the final solution to end
anarchy in
the country.
While admitting that the long-standing Somali problems are by no
means
easy to be solved, Gouled indicated that all the disputes
among the different clans and factions can be solved through
dialogues
and negotiations.
"A strong desire for peace is prevailing in the country,
and has become
an impetus to the process," he said.
Gouled, who is well over 80, retired last year. He initiated the
first
and second Somali peace conference in 1991, and devoted himself
to the Somali peace process when the neighboring country was
bogged down
in turmoil after the downfall of former president
Mohamed Sirad Barre.
Somalia used to be a beautiful and rich country, but now many
people are
suffering from starvation because of the civil war provoked
by warlords, he said.
"The Somalis are disgusted at the turmoil situation in
Somalia. Between
80 and 85 percent of the Somalis have long been looking
forward to escaping from the controls of warlords who have been
creating
chaos," he said.
Referring to the on-going Somali peace conference, which started
on May 2
under the auspices of his successor, current Djibouti
President Ismael Omar Guelleh, Gouled expressed belief that
Djibouti has
been the most appropriate country in helping solving Somali
problems.
Djibouti is the only country in the world where the people also
speak
Somali language and inherit the traditions and social customs of
the Somalis, he said, noting that language barrier has often
discounted
the result of the mediation.
"We communicate with Somali representatives with the same
language, thus
having made each other well understood," he said.
"Although we spent a lot for the meeting and encountered
numerous
difficulties, we are glad to see that our efforts have been
crowed
with success," he said. "Peace will come to realize in
the Horn of Africa
country after the conclusion of the Somali peace conference.
We will see a stable Somali government functioning in the
country after
four months."
The retired president rejected the predictions by some that the
new
Somali government would unavoidably clash with the warlords
scattering from south to north in the country.
"I don't think a new round of civil war between the
warlords and the new
government is imminent, because different clans and parties
in Somalia have started to narrow their differences through the
dialogue," he said.
When asked about the independence of northern Somaliland, Gouled
said
although Mohamed Ibrahim Egal declared many years ago
the independence of Somaliland, he did not have the right to
split the
country.
The current confrontation between the north and the south
Somalis does
not mean that their problems could never be solved, he said.
"So long as the leaders of the two sides speak out their
problems, we can
surely help them solve the differences. "
Gouled also denied the possibility of war between the Rahanweyn
Resistant
Army, a main military force under the newly established
parliament's control, and Hussein Mohamed Aidid, a well-known
warlord in
southern Somalia.
The parliament-elected Somali President Abdqasim Salad Hassan
and Aidid
are from the same region and the same clan, and bear
relative relationship. It is quite possible for them to have a
peace talk
and seek a common ground over reconciliation, he explained.
Besides, the overwhelming majority of the Somali people, men and
women,
old and young, are opposed to any attempt of the civil
war, he stressed.
"The truth is that all the Somali war refugees inside and
outside Somalia
are thinking about the resumption of peace and returning
home as early as possible, and the warlords have no way to stop
the
demonstration," he said.
Talking about the future of Somalia, Gouled said "instead
of selling arms
to the warlords, every country in the world should make
contributions to the reconstruction of Somalia."
He urged the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity
and the
Arab League to deliver the reconstruction plans made by the
new Somali government to friendly donor countries as soon as
possible.
The 10-year-old civil war have destroyed hospitals, schools,
roads and
many other infrastructure of the country, he noted.
In concluding the interview, the retired president reiterated
that "I am
not the God. But I can say the situation in Somalia is very
instrumental to peace process."
Copyright XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
Copyright © 2000, Xinhua News Agency, all rights reserved.
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Newly-elected
Somali president facing resistance from warlords
by Ali Musa Abdi
NAIROBI, Aug 28 (AFP - Somalia's clan-based armed
factions and warlords on Monday were meeting in Mogadishu to decide
how to prevent a newly-elected president from establishing a
government in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country.
Somalia has lacked a central government since the
1991 overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre. Since then, the lawless nation
has been ruled by rival warlords.
"The Abgal clansmen are meeting to discuss the
modalities of opposing Abdulkassim Salat Hassan's election,"
Abgal elder Abdullahi Gheedi Shador told
After extensive negotiations in Arta sponsored by
neighboring Djibouti, former Somali politicians and members of civil
society elected a transitional parliament and a president, amid
resistance from warlords at home.
"The whole exercise in Arta was manipulated by
the Djibouti government and we need to protest against it," the
Abgal elder said.
At least 18 people were killed and 23 wounded in
factional fighting as the new president was being sworn in at the
weekend.
The violence raged all day in the town of Jowhar, 90
kilometres (55 miles) north of Mogadishu, and pitted militiamen of
the Hawadle subclan against fighters of the Galjel.
Abdulkassim Salat Hassan, 58, was sworn in on Sunday
in Arta in one of the key stages of a Djibouti-sponsored peace and
reconciliation plan, which begun with the inauguration of the
transitional parliament earlier this month.
The president, a member of the powerful Hawiye clan
and a former interior minister under the late dictator Mohamed Siad
Barre, was elected on Saturday by the transitional parliament.
But Abdullahi Gheedi Shador said that to avert
bloodshed in Mogadishu,
Salat's supporters should not act as though they
were members of a government. Salat has the backing of unarmed civil
society groups and the influencial Islamic courts active in south
Mogadishu and parts of southern Somalia.
The courts' officials are mainly members of the Habr
Gedir subclan of the large Hawiye group to which Salat belongs.
Islamic court official Hassan Sheikh Mohamed Abdi
told the UN Information Service that the courts were the only force
capable of preparing Mogadishu to receive the new government.
"The first step we have to take is to clear up
the gangs," he told UN's IRIN humanitarian information unit in
an interview last week.
"We talked to the people and we announced that
they must leave the government buildings ... we will give them time,
say one week or 10 days, for everything to be all right," he
added.
Mogadishu-based warlords Hussein Mohamed Aidid,
Osman Hassan Ali "Atto", Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, Musa Sudi
Yalahow and several other minor warlords have opposed the peace
process and denounced Salat's election.
Aidid accused Djibouti of trying to extend its
authority to Somalia by sponsoring a "puppet government".
The authorities in the breakaway northwest Republic
of Somaliland have beefed up security in the region's borders
following the recent political developments in Djibouti.
Somaliland, which considers itself an independent
entity, has said that it has nothing to do with the internal
politics of Somalia.
"If the government formed in Djibouti tries to
use force (to impose its will), it will face defeat and humiliation.
We cannot talk with an administration full of war criminals,"
Somaliland leader Mohamed Ibrahim Egal told a press conference on
Sunday in the capital, Hargeisa.
"Those elected in Arta are the remnants of the
toppled government of Siad Barre. Our people still remember the
graveyards from mass killings by those people," Egal said.
The leadership of northeastern region known as
Puntland, which declared autonomy in August 1998, has also distanced
itself from the Djibouti peace intiative.
"We are not part of the deal that led to the
election of Salat," Puntland official Ismail Haji Warsame told
AFP at the weekend.
"We will defend our system of administration,
which is supported by the people of Puntlamd," he added.
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Monday, 28 August, 2000, 14:22
GMT 15:22 UK
15 die in new Somali fighting
Reports from Somalia say at least fifteen people have been
killed and many others injured in renewed fighting between two
factions in Jowhar, ninety kilometres north of Mogadishu.
The clashes come a day after a number of Somali groups
inaugurated Abdulkasssim Salat Hassan as the new president of the
country at a meeting in neighbouring Djibouti.
Mr Hassan told the BBC he wanted to sit down and talk with the
faction leaders who do not recognise his position.
Meanwhile, in Somaliland -- the northern region which has
declared itself independent -- its leader, Mohammed Egal, says he
does not recognise Mr Hassan's election, and will arrest any
delegates from Somaliland involved in the Djibouti meetings if
they renter the region.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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XIDDIGTA BANAADIR 28-ka Ogost 2000. Cad. 542-aad
San. 5-aad
TEL: 252-1-220370 [AST], 252-1-642091 [BTELCo}],
252-59-44200 [N/Link].Mogadishu Somalia
Tifaftiraha: Wargeys madax bannaan soona baxa
Sabtida, Isniinta & Arbacada. Madaxa Wargeyska:
Shariif M.Maxamed Isniin 28-ka Ogost 2000. Cad. 542-aad Qiimaha:
2000 Sh.So. Max’ed M. Nuur
Isbaheysiyo
looga…
Muqdisho: [Xiddigta Banaadir]
Waxaa soo kordhaya dhis-maha Isbaheysiyo looga
soo horje-edo dowladda lagu dhisayo magaa-lada Carta ee dalka
Jabuuti iyadoo hoggaamiye kooxeedyada Muqdi-sho ay durba bilaabeen
shirar is da-ba joog ah oo arrintaas ku saabsan.
Hoggaamiye kooxeedyada Xuseen Ceydiid iyo Cusmaan
Ca-ato oo ka soo wada jeeda hal jufo ayaa caddeeyay inay ka soo
horjee-daan dowladda Carta, sidoo kale waxaa W/Muqdisho ka dhacay
shir ay yeesheen qaar ka mida ku xi-geenadii Cali Mahdi oo kala ah:
Dr. Xuseen Bood, Muuse Suudi Yalaxow iyo Ing. Maxamed Xuse-en Caddow.
Cigaal oo caddeeyay
Hargeysa:
[Xiddigta Banaadir]
Madaxweynaha Jamhuuri-yadda Somaliland Maxamed
Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal oo shalay shir jar-aa’id ku qabtay Hargeysa
ayaa sh-eegay inaysan waxba ka quseyn shirka ka dhacay Carta.
Cigaal waxa uu sheegay in shirka Jabuuti ay ka
qeybgaleen dad wadooyinka laga urursaday oo la sheegay inay
matalayaan shaca-bka Waqooyi, wuxuuna sheegay inay taasi meel ka
dhac tahay, ma-adaama ay filayeen in shirkaas Ko-ofur u gooni yahay.
"Waxaa shirka ka qeybga-lay
kalkaaliyayaashii sare ee Siya-ad Barre oo ka mas’uulka ahaa
xa-suuqi jamaaciga ahaa ee dalka ka dhacay, waxaana xaaraan inaga ah
inaynu kuwaas la hadalno" ayuu yiri Cigaal oo sheegay inuusan
ma-rna fileyn in caalamku aqoonsado dowladda lagu dhisay Carta.
Madaxweynaha Somaliland waxa uu sheegay in ay
Koofurta Soomaaliya ka hadli karaan oo ka-liya dadka heysta
kalsoonida dadk-ooda, "Somaliland waxba kama quseeyo shirka
Jabuuti ka dhacay" ayuuna ku adkeystay.
Beesha
Muddulood..
Beesha
Muddulood ayaa shalay shir ku yeelatay W/Muqdi-sho iyadoo ay ka
qeybgaleen qaar ka mida siyaasiyiinta ku sugan Muqdisho iyo xubno
kale.
Shirkaas oo ka dhacay hoy-ga Ing. Maxamed Xuseen
Caddow waxaa dadkii ka qeybgalay ka mid ahaa Muuse Suudi Yalaxow iyo
Dr. Xuseen Xaaji Bood, waxayna wararku sheegayaan in shirkaas lo-oga
hadlay sidii beeshaas ay u yee-lan lahayd mowqif iyo hoggaan
mideysan oo ay ku wajahdo xaala-dda Soomaaliya.
Wararku waxay sheegaya-an in shirar kale oo is
daba joog ah ay yeelan doonaan qeybaha kala duwan ee beeshaas oo
lagu gaari doono go’aano ku saabsan nartiija-da ka soo baxday
shirkii Carta.
Muuse Suudi Yalaxow horay ayuu u cadeeyay inuu ka
soo horjeedo shirka Jabuuti, sidoo kale Dr. Xuseen Bood oo ka mid
ahaa ka qeyb galayaashii shirkaas iyo musharixiintii jagada
madaxweynaha wuxuu shirka kabaxay isagoo sheegay in khalaad badan uu
ka dareemay tan iyo intii uu Muqdisho ku soo laabtay mudo toddobaad
ahna wax war ah kama bixin arrintaas isagoo saxaafada albaabka ka
xirtay, halka Ing. Caddow uusan cadeyn weli cadeyn mowqifkiisa ku
aadan shirkaas, wararka na soo gaaraya ayaa sheegaya inay isku
waafaqsan yihiin diidmada dowlada lagu dhisay Carta
Xuseen
Ceydiid: "Ka baxsan meyno kuwii aan soo dagaal gelinay…"
Xuseen Maxamed Ceydiid iyo Cusmaan Xasan Cali
Caato oo ka mida hoggaamiye kooxeedyada Muqdisho ayaa maanta shir
jaraa’id oo ay ku caddeynayeen mowqifkoo-da la xiriira caleema
saarka Madax-weynaha cusub ee Soomaaliya Dr. C/qaasim Salaad Xasan
ku qabtay Hotel Saxafi ee Muqdisho.
"Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle ma jirto cid dembi
gashay oo uu max-kamad soo saari karo, Jabuutina wa-xay dooneysaa
inay dagaal cusub ka abuurto Soomaaliya" ayuu yiri Xus-een
Maxamed Ceydiid oo ka hadlay-ay shirkaas jaraa’id, isagoo intaa
ra-aciyay in shirka Jabuuti laga faquuq-ay hoggaamiye kooxeedyada
isla markaana ay hor boodayaan wadaa-do uu ku tilmaamay seef la
bood iyo urur diimeedyada Al-Itixaad iyo Al-Islaax.
Xuseen Ceydiid iyo Cusm-aan Caato oo shirkooda
jaraa’id ku soo beegay xilli la dhaarinayay nin-ka loo doortay
Madaxweynaha cus-ub ee Soomaaliya Dr. C/qaasim Sa-laad Xasan ayaa
waxay sheegeen in hadda ay dib u soo noolanayaan har-aadigii
Siyaad Barre, iyagoo sheeg-ay inay leeyihiin awood ciidan oo ay
kaga hortegi karaan wax alla oo ka soo horjeeda waxa ay ugu
yeereen
ujeeddooyinkii halganka.
"Dadkii aan soo dagaal geli-nay ka baxsan
meyno haddii aan ku soo celino kuwii aan shalay erinay, waxaana
leenahay maya 99.9% waa ka soo horjeedaan shacabk Sooma-aliyeed
waxa lagu dhoodhoobay Ja-buuti" ayuu yiri Xuseen Ceydiid,
iy-adoo Cusmaan Caatana uu sheegay in Jabuuti ka shaqeyneyso sidii
ay colaad uga hurin lahayd Soomaaliya.
Caaqil
Axmed: "Xuseen Ceydiid iyo Caato ma laha awood ay …"
Caaqil
Axmed Raage Cabdi oo ka mida odayaasha Soomaaliya sida weyn looga
yaqaan ayaa shee-gay in siyaasiyiinta ka dhalatay bee-sha H/Gidir
ay ayidsan yihiin doora-shada C/qaasim.
"Xuseen iyo Caato iyo kuwa kale ee diidan
dhisidda dowladda cusub waxa awood ah oo ay ku lee-yihiin dalka ma
jirto, dagaalna wax-aa ka horeeya inay heystaan dad u dagaalama,
mana aha kuwo hor ista-agi kara dhismaha dowladda cusub af ayay
meeshan la fadhiyaan fursa-dahoodiina horay ayay u cuneen, ha-daladoodana
waxay la mid yihiin wax ay qaban karaan ma jirto" ayuu yiri
Caaqil Axmed Raage Cabdi oo ka jawaab celinayay su’aal ahayd
sidee u aragtaa dhismaha dowladda cusub iyo diidmada ka soo baxday
hoggaamiyayaasha ay ka mid yihiin
Xuseen Ceydiid iyo Cusmaan Caato.
"Beesha H/Gidir go’aa-nkeeda wux-uu la
socdaa shirka Ca-rta, wax ka soo horjeeda oo H/gidir ahna ma
jiraan" ayuu yiri Caaqil Axmed Raage oo sheegay inuu
taageersan yahay dowlada cusub ee lagu dhisay Magaalada Carta.
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