Monday 3,Feb-2025 {HMC} The Minister of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E Ali Yusuf Ali Hosh received a delegation from FCA, led by the country Director, Ms. Piya Itkonen.
The discussions focused on Somalia’s local governance, and reconciliation efforts in 2025, and ways for the two sides to cooperate.
Source SONNA
Monday 3,Feb-2025 {HMC} Somali government officials and representatives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) convened a high-level meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday to discuss strategies for developing Somalia’s economy and investing in its natural and productive resources.
The Somali delegation, led by Minister of Finance Bihi Iman Egeh, includes members from the Office of the President, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Petroleum, the Central Bank, the Financial Reporting Center, the Somali National Bureau of Statistics, and the Office of the Auditor General.
The four-day meeting will assess Somalia’s progress since the $4.5 billion debt relief granted under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in December 2023. Discussions will focus on further modernizing Somalia’s financial infrastructure and implementing development projects to help achieve long-term economic self-sufficiency.
Minister Bihi Iman Egeh highlighted the Ministry of Finance’s efforts to reform the country’s financial system and diversify revenue streams in his opening remarks.
“Our current trajectory is positive, and we are on the right track to achieving sustainable financial development,” he said.
The minister emphasized the Somali government’s commitment to transparency and accountability and acknowledged the technical and financial support the IMF and the World Bank provided. He thanked both institutions for their ongoing cooperation in strengthening Somalia’s financial sector and supporting key development initiatives.
The $4.5 billion in debt relief provided by the IMF and the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) was a major milestone for Somalia under the HIPC Initiative, allowing the country to focus on rebuilding its economy and attracting foreign investments in key sectors such as natural resources, agriculture, and infrastructure development.
Over the next few days, officials will analyze the impact of past reforms and devise new strategies for investment in productive sectors, including petroleum, agriculture, fisheries, and renewable energy, which are expected to play a critical role in Somalia’s future growth.
Monday 3,Feb-2025 {HMC} The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s key city of Goma announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region Monday for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
The M23 rebels said the ceasefire would start Tuesday. The announcement came shortly after the U.N. health agency said at least 900 people were killed in last week’s fighting in Goma between the rebels and Congolese forces.
The city of 2 million people is at the heart of a region home to trillions of dollars in mineral wealth and remains in rebel control. The M23 were reported to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing on another provincial capital, Bukavu.
But the rebels said Monday they did not intend to seize Bukavu, though they earlier expressed ambition to march on Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, a thousand miles away.
“It must be made clear that we have no intention of capturing Bukavu or other areas. However, we reiterate our commitment to protecting and defending the civilian population and our positions,” M23 rebel spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka said in a statement.
There was no immediate comment from Congo’s government.
Monday 3,Feb-2025 {HMC}The rebels’ announcement came ahead of a joint summit this week by the regional blocs for southern and eastern Africa, which have called for a ceasefire. Kenya’s President William Ruto said the presidents of Congo and Rwanda would attend.
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies, or G7, urged parties in the conflict to return to negotiations. In a statement on Monday, they called for a “rapid, safe and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians.”
Congolese authorities have said they are open to talks to resolve the conflict, but that such a dialogue must be done within the context of previous peace agreements. Rwanda and the rebels have accused the Congo government of defaulting on previous agreements.
The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, according to U.N. experts, far more than in 2012 when they first briefly captured Goma then withdrew after international pressure. They are the most potent of the more than 100 armed groups vying for control in Congo’s east, which holds vast deposits critical to much of the world’s technology.
The latest fighting forced hundreds of thousands of people who had been displaced by years of conflict to carry what remained of their belongings and flee again. Thousands poured into nearby Rwanda.
The fighting in Congo has connections with a decades-long ethnic conflict.
M23 says it is defending ethnic Tutsis in Congo. Rwanda has claimed the Tutsis are being persecuted by Hutus and former militias responsible for the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis and others in Rwanda.
Many Hutus fled to Congo after the genocide and founded the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda militia group. Rwanda said the group is “fully integrated” into the Congolese military, which denies the charges.
On Monday, families desperate to identify their loved ones besieged morgues as body bags were loaded onto trucks for burials in Goma.
A weeping Chiza Nyenyezi recalled how her son died from a gunshot injury after a bullet went through his chest. “His entire chest was open,” Nyenyezi said.
Louise Shalukoma said her son’s body could not be immediately recovered from the streets because a bomb detonated as people tried to retrieve it.
“My God, my fourth child, when I saw that he was dead I said, ‘Lord, what am I going to do?’” she lamented. “This M23 war came for me in Goma.”
Monday 3,Feb-2025 {HMC} Djibouti’s security forces executed a drone strike near the Ethiopian border, killing eight members of what it calls a terrorist group and harming an unspecified number of civilians, officials said on Sunday.
“A drone attack was carried out against a terrorist group at Addorta, a Djiboutian locality some six kilometers from the border with Ethiopia,” a statement from the Djibouti defense ministry said.
The statement said that the defense ministry confirmed that “eight terrorists were neutralized,” but also noted that “collateral damage was unfortunately reported among Djiboutian civilians,” without providing further details.
In comments to AFP, Alexis Mohamed, an adviser to President Ismael Omar Guelleh, identified the militants as members of the Armed Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy, or FRUDA, which Djibouti classifies as a terrorist organization.
The government said the group was involved in “hostile actions” that posed “a potential threat to our advanced posts.”
An Ethiopian newspaper, the Addis Standard, reported that the drone strike occurred on Ethiopian territory — an assertion Djibouti rejected. Mohamed maintained that the attack took place within Djibouti’s borders.
Djibouti security officials did not respond to requests from VOA Somali to provide further details regarding the incident.
In October 2022, an attack on barracks at Garabtisan, in the north of Djibouti, resulted in the deaths of seven soldiers and the kidnapping of six others.
Officials in Djibouti blamed the attack on FRUD, the political arm of FRUDA. The abducted soldiers were released several weeks later.
In 1991, FRUD, which originated in the Afar community in northern Djibouti, launched an anti-government insurgency, claiming to represent Afar interests against the Issas, the other major ethnic group in the tiny Horn of Africa country.
Later, the group broke up, joining a four-party coalition that backs President Guelleh, but its armed wing, called FRUDA, has continued to carry out attacks against government forces.
Several countries, including the United States and China, have military installations in Djibouti. The country sits on the west side of the Bab El Mandeb Strait, in East Africa. along one of the world’s busiest maritime routes where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden.
Djibouti’s news comes two days after U.S. aircraft took aim at the Islamic State affiliate in neighboring Somalia, hitting what officials described as high-ranking operatives in the terror group’s mountainous stronghold.
Ramadan Jama contributed to this report.
Tuesday 4, Feb 2025 {HMC} The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) in Mandera East has launched a Sh50 million bursary fund to support the most needy students in the constituency.
Speaking at Mandera Technical Training Institute during the launch, Mandera East Member of Parliament emphasized that the initiative aims to improve access to education by funding students in secondary schools, colleges, and universities.
The MP reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that no student stays at home due to a lack of school fees.
“Education remains one of my top priorities, and I am determined to ensure that all students receive the necessary support to achieve their academic dreams,” the MP stated.
To ensure fairness and transparency, the legislator announced that he would collaborate with community elders to make sure all eligible students benefit from the bursary.
Mandera County Commissioner, Henry Ochako who was present at the launch, commended the MP for prioritizing education in the region.
He further urged other leaders in the county to follow suit in promoting access to education for all.
“I encourage all leaders to take similar initiatives in promoting access to education for everyone,” said the County Commissioner.
Parents from Mandera East expressed gratitude for the bursary, noting that it would significantly ease the financial burden of school fees on struggling families.
The programme is expected to benefit over 2,500 students enrolled in universities and colleges across Mandera East.
SOURCE Kenya News Agency
By Adan Mohamed
Talaado, 04 Feb 2025{HMC} Wafdi Sare oo maanta gaaray Muqdisho iyo Heshiisyo dhaqan galaya
Talaado, 04 Feb 2025{HMC} Jubaland oo dib ula wareegtay Xarunta Maamulka Degmada Baardheere?
Talaado, 04 Feb 2025{HMC} Dowladda Masar oo garab weydiisatay dalalka Carabta ka dib hanjabaad uga timid Mareykanka.
Talaado, 04 Feb 2025{HMC} Ciidamada Amaanka oo Gacanta ku dhigay Doon Siday Sanad Ciidan iyo Ragii Waday.
Talaado 4, Feb 2025 {HMC} Bogga ka warrama wararka la xiriira howlgalka Puntland ay ka wado buuraha gobolka Bari ee la-dagaallanka Daacish iyo warbaahinta maxalliga ah ayaa shalay soo bandhigay in ciidanka ku jira la-dagaallanka argagixisada Puntland uu isku soo dhiibay, Cabdiraxmana Ciise Axmed oo ku magac-dheer Laahoor, oo horey maxkamaddi ku riday xukun dil ah, kaddib markii lala xiriiray dilal iyo howlgallo ay Daacish ka fulisay Puntland.
Warka iyo muuqaallo laga arkay Laahoor oo dhexda uga jira ciidan badan , ayaa soo baxay isla waqtigii la sheegay inuu is dhiibay,iyadoo aan la marin wax hab-raac ah amni oo faa’iido u leh dagaalka ay Puntland ku doonayso inay ku cirib-tirto kooxda Daacish ee saldhigyada ku leh buuraha gobolka Bari.
𝐖𝐚𝐚 𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐫?
Hay’adaha ammaanka ee Puntland, diiwaankooda wuxuu ku jira inuu ka mid yahay xubnaha ugu muhiimsan ee Daacish, halka dadka deggan dhulka buuralayda ah ee gobolka Bari ay ku sheegeen inuu yahay qofka ugu muhiimsan ee Daacish u qaabilsan istiraatijiyada dhulka, wax kala gudbinta, dagaallamayaasha iyo saadka oo ay u dheertahay inuu sidoo kale door ku leeyahay lacagaha ay kooxdan ka qaado ganacsatada iyo dilalka ay geysato. Waxaa jirta mar uu iska diidday inuu xiriir la leeyahay kooxda, isagoo ka hor imaanaya warbixinnada amni ee lagu xaqiijiyay doorkiisa Daacish illaa lagu xukumay dil, waqtigaa oo ay xukunka maxkamadda lagu go’aamiyay marqaati furka xubno loo soo qabtay kooxdan inay dilal u fulin jireen oo cidda ay ka amarqaadan jireen ku sheegay Laahoor, laakin hadda waxaa la soo gaaray inuu is dhiibay isagoo ah xubin ka tirsan Daacish.
Ilo amni, ayaa xaqiijinaya in Laahoor, uu baxsad ka ahaa kooxda Daacish afartii toddobaad ee u dambeysay, taasi oo ka dhigtay in is dhiibisiisa ay salka ku hayso surtagalnimada uu uga fogaanayo inay Daacish beegsato. Isku-darka warbixinnada amni iyo deegaanka, waxay tilmaam ka bixinaysa inuu Laahoor, ka mid ahaa udub-dhexaadka ama matoorrada dhaqaajinayay horumarka kooxda Daacish.
khilaafka gudaha Daacish?
Dhaqdhaqaaqyadii u dambeeyay iyo warbixinnada amni, ayaa daahqaadaya inuu jiro khilaaf hadda u muuqda inuu bannaanka usoo baxay oo u dhaxeeya xubnaha ajanabiga iyo Soomaalida ah ee ka tirsan kooxda Daacish, iyadoo la sheegay toddobaadkii hore inuu dhacay iska horimaad dhexdooda ah oo lagu dilay xubno Soomaali ah, oo ajaaniibta kooxdan ka tirsan ay ku eedeeyeen inay isku dayayaan sidii ay u baxsan lahaayeen oo ugu dambeyn isku dhiibi doonaan Puntland, tani waxay dhexda u galisay Daacish marxalad kala shaki ah oo sabab u noqotay in la kala saaro xarumaha ajaaniibta iyo Soomaalida, mase aha khilaafka ajaaniibta iyo Soomaalida xubnaha ka ah Daacish mid hadda soo bilowday, waa xaalad ay ka dhex jirtay muddooyinkii u dambeeyay oo sare martay marka uu bilowday howlgalka Puntland ee ka dhanka ah kooxdan oo lagu gaaray dhul ay horey u joogtay Daacish. Xaaladan ayaa ku dhaweyn karta in kooxdan lagu cirib-tiro waqti ka dhow , qiyaasta mar kasta oo hore,laakin sidee? Si ay u dhacdo in sare loo qaado kala shakiga iyo khilaafka gudaha Daacish, waa in la adeegsada istiraatijiyad fududeyn karta!
Marka la tixraaco xubin muhiim ah oo ka tirsan Daacish oo maanta isku soo dhiibay ciidanka, waxay amni ahaan leedahay fursad xilligan looga faa’iideysan karo hab istiraatiji ah, taa oo lagu dhalin karay in hab-raac loo diyaariso soo bandhigista Laahoor,iyadoo ugu yaraan saddex maalin hoos loo dhigayo , markaa oo la xaddidayo dadka og inuu isku soo dhiibay ciidanka, maalmo ku filan oo baaritaan iyo warbixinno laga heli karo, waxaa la diyaarin karay munaasabad u gaar ah oo lagu gudbiyo farriimo istiraatiji ah oo la adeegsanayo ‘ inuu Laahoor, si wanaagsan ula shaqeeyay ciidanka amni, oo u la wadaagay warbixinno fududeynaya in si dhaqso ah loo gaaro gododka ay ku dhuumanayaan hoggaanka Daacishka iyo soo qabashada xubnaha Daacish ee ku sugan meel ka baxsan buuraha,’ , farriinta sidaa u dhigan oo sidoo kale lagu soo bandhigayo goob uu joogo Laahoor ay ka muuqato nasniimo iyo inuu helay ballanqaad naf-badbaadin ah oo afaf uu Carabiga ku jiro lagu gudbiyo, waxay istiraatijiyad ahaan burburinaysa mooraalka ajanabiga iyo Soomaalida ku haray Daacish, sababtoo ah inuu baxsad ahaa Loohaar, waxay ka dhigantahay in la khiyaannay , waqtigaanna Daacish gudaheeda waxaa loogu muujin karaa inuu hadda diyaar u yahay aargoosi..!
Dabcan, ma garanayo amni ahaan ; istiraatijiyadda lagu dedejiyay isla markiiba in qof walba oggaado is dhiibista Laahoor, oo dabcan soo bandhigistan dhaqsada ah iyo inuu kooxda ka maqnaa muddo bil ku dhow ay sabab u noqon karto inay si dhaqso ah Daacish u beddesho istiraatijiyadeeda dagaal iyo weerarrada ku wajahnaa meelaha ka baxsan buuraha oo ay xataa suragal ah inay baxsadaan xubno bannaanka u joogay kooxda.
Hadda, si cad Daacish waxay dhexda u gashay marxalad xun , si ka duwan maalintii la billaabay duullaanka lagu gaarayo goobaha ay ku suganyihiin, waxa waqtiga uu ku socdo waa Daacish, taa oo lagama maarman ka dhigaysa isbeddel lagu sameeyo istiraatijiyada dagaal ee ka dhanka ah kooxdan oo loo rogo hab go’doomin dhinac walba ah, iyadoo la burburinayo khadadka saadka iyo hababka ay ku baxsan karaan , sidoo kalena la dedejinayo in la helo khad dammaanad qaad leh oo wada shaqeyn amni uu kula yeelanayo howlgalka goobaha ay kooxdan ku baxsan karto ama taageerro ka heli karto ee dhulka ka baxsan Puntland. Si la mid ah waa in hoos loo dhigaa dhaqdhaqaaqa xorta ah ee ajaaniibta u badan Carabta iyo Itoobiyaanka, si anshax leh, taa oo looga hortagayo inay magaalooyinka soo galaan xubno ka mid ah Daacishka buuraha ku jira, iyagoo iska dhigaya ajaaniibta kale ee ku sugan magaalooyinka. Waddada ugu sahlan ee baxsan, waa inay soo raaci karaan reer guuraga ama xoolo dhaqatada miyiga..!
Waxay u muuqataa dagaalka ka dhanka ah Daacish, in la galay waji ku dhaweyn kara kooxda waqti hore in la burburiyo, si taa ay u dhacdana waa in sare loo qaada hababka istiraatijiyadeed ee fududeyn kara in kooxda cadaadiska sare loogu qaado, xataa loo adeegsan karo habab isgaarsiineed oo khal-khal gelin kara.
Weerarka uu fuliyay Mareykanka;
Madaxweynaha Mareykanka, Trump wuxuu noqday qofkii u horreyay ee shaaciyay weerar ka mid noqonaya kuwii ugu sarreeyay ee Mareykanka uu ka fuliyay Soomaaliya oo ka dhacay buuraha gobolka Bari, maalintii koowaad ee bishan Febraayo,markaa oo Trump uu sheegay inuu amray weerar lagu beegsaday xubno sare oo ka tirsan Daacish, ma jiro illaa hadda cid sharraxaad ka soo bandhigtay xubnaha lagu dilay weerarka oo saacado socday!
Weerarkaa, wuxuu muujiyay inuu Mareykanka u degdegay in meesha laga saaro xubno muhiim ah oo ka tirsan Daacish, sidoo kale soo bandhigista weerarka ee Trump, wuxuu ku muujiyay in xogta cidda la beegsaday ay waqti hore taallay Aqalka cad oo la sugayay ansixin, sababtoo ah Trump, ayaa ku faanay in Bidan uu ku dhici waayay cirib-tirka xubnaha la beegsaday ee weerarkooda uu amray, tan oo ku filan in waaxda difaaca iyo sirdoonka Mareykanka ay go’aamiyay waqti hore cirib-tirka xubnaha lagu beegsaday weerarka ka dhacay buuraha gobolka Bari, oo ay soo baxayaan warar la xiriira in qaar ka mid ah goobaha weerarka uu ka fuliyay Mareykanka ay ku daggeen diyaaraddo militari oo qaatay meydadka xubnaha la beegsaday, tan oo Mareykanka iyo Soomaaliyaba laga soo bandhigin.
Waxaa jirtay wax u muuqda inay u dhacday khalad istiraatiji ah ama wax ay dani biday oo ay sameysay Daacish, bilowga howlgalka ciidanka Puntland, waana markii Daacish ay ku weerartay ciidanka Puntland xubno wada ajaaniib ah oo lagu soo xiray walxaha qarxa, weerarkaa wuxuu diray in kooxda ay leedahay khatar caalami ah, sababtoo ah ajaaniibta si ka duwan haddii Soomaali weerarkaa loo adeegsan lahaa, wuxuu bixiyay in joogitaanka Daacish ee buuraha dhulka Puntland uu saameyn ku yeelanayo caalamka, maxaa yeelay ajaaniibta iyaga oo aan soo gaarin Soomaaliya, sidoo kale waxay fulin karaan weerarro ka dhaca Afrika, bariga dhexe iyo dalalka galbeedka, joogitaankooda buuraha Puntland ayaa sidoo kale la macno ah inay xubno sare oo ay ku jireen saraakiishii sare ee Daacish-ta caalamiga ah ee Ciraaq iyo Suuriya inay sidoo kale ku sugnaan karaan goobta, ka hagi kara gudaha buuraha Puntland, weerarro ka dhici kara caasimadaha Afrika, bariga dhexe iyo galbeedka, illaa la arkay weerar aan horey u dhicin oo Mareykanka u adeegsaday howlgalkiisa buuraha gobolka bari.
Ugu dambeyntii, marxaladan burburka, kala shakiga iyo cadaadiska ee ay wajahayso Daacishta ku dhuumanaysa buuraha Puntland, wuxuu lahaan karaa darbadii u dambeysay oo xannuun leh iyo inay kooxdan qaadato mowqif dhimasho ah oo ay ku geysan karaan weerarro ay ku dhalinayaan khasaare saameyn leh, taa oo hadda uga baahan Puntland iyo xulafadeeda inay u degdegaan istiraatijiyad leh ka hortag oo lagu xaddidayo inay kooxdan sameyso waxyaabo kadis ah oo dhibaato horseeda..! Waxa u dambeeya waa in dullaanka Puntland uu bixiyay kooxaha argagixisada inay u baahanyihiin cadaadis iyo weerar, kuwaasoo ugu dambeyn u burburi kara sida laga filanayo Daacishta , buuraha Puntland muddada dheer ku jirtay..!
