Siilaanyo & Xukuumadiisu markay Wadankii Wada Xaraasheen, ayey Xaaraantii
Olol & Naar Ka sii qaadeen, oo Wax Qaboojiya la, yihiin, oo Xiitaa Badii Berbera
ayey Iskarogooyin Ciida ku Buuxinayaan, Siday u Baloodhaystaan, Subxaanallaa.
Siilaanyo & Wasiiradiisa & Reerkiisii kolkay Cir, Dhul & Badba Xaraasheen, Xaaraan weel kasta ka buuxsadeen
ayey Olol ka qaadeen oo wax qaboojiya ama dhergiya ay weli la, yihiin, oo Badii Berbera ay ka buuxinayaan
Ciid oo iskrogooyin Ciida ay ku daabulayaan sida u baloodhaystaan, oo Halkii Raasiga ee Badu ka neefsanaysay
ay Ciid ka buuxinayaan, Hunguri wax ka weyn la mariyaa wuu Dilaaca.
Taloow Wasiirada & Kulmiye & Madaxtooyadu miyaanay ka fikirin, isweydiin Bada ay aasayaan inay ku soo kacdo
oo Gebigoodaba Badweynta ku darto, odw1qo Aduunka ay ku qaraqmaan, Aakhirana xaaraantaasi u soo taalo, oo Xab-
aadii Xoolahaasi Booliga u sii yaalaan oo lagu shiday.
Bal Hadaba, Siilaanyo hays dhagooleeya, hays indha tiro, Hays aamusiyo, oo shicibka Qayladooda & cabashadooda
dhegaha haka firaysto, oo Warqad uu akhriyo Faan & aniga Madaxweyna ah oo inaan Taariikh ka tago, haku maaw-
eeliyo aftiisa, Laakiin Ilaahay waxba ka qarsoona, Shicibkuna wey og yihiin, wey arkayaan, Siilaanyo inuu yahay Mad-
axweyne Qabiil, oo eex & Musuq & Laaluush Xukuumadiisu caan ku tahay raalina ka yahay, oo Aamina Weris oo
Xilkii u dhiibay oo talada iyadu gacanta ku hayso, Moorgana uu yahay nin Dhaxal suge ah oo isaga Muhanad ay
Wadankii Baabi,iyeen, Dastuur & Sharciba iyagu gacanta ku qaateen.
Sidaas Darteed, Hunguri wax ka weyn la mariyaa wuu dilaaca, ee malaga yaaba Siilaanyo, Aamina Weris, Moorgan
axamuud Xaashi, Cali areexaan, Samsam & qaar kaloo Xaaraanta Xalaashaday inay wixii ay liqeen, cuneen, boobeen
dhaceen, xaraasheen, Debedaha & Gudahaba ku soo daboosheen inay Ifka & Aakhiraba Cuquba degdega ku soo
degdegto, oo Raasiga Bada ee ay Ciida ku aasayaan, ay kuba qarqamaan, Wax walba ka yaab.
Wabilaahi Tawfiiq.

Asha Jama
ashaa.j@live.nl

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 29, 2017/APO/ — The African Union Commission (AUC) and The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) have signed a Partnership Agreement, providing a framework and basis for the establishment and implementation of the ‘New Zealand – Africa Geothermal Facility’. The goal of this facility is to expand access to affordable, reliable and clean energy in Eastern African ccountries.
The Partnership Agreement was signed by the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, and the Ambassador for New Zealand to the African Union, H.E. Mr. Bruce Shepherd. The signing ceremony took place at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday, 28 June, 2017.

The Facility aims to provide responsive, flexible and timely geothermal technical assistance and capacity development support for focus countries of the Africa Union Regional Geothermal Programme including the eligible countries of the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) namely Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Comoros, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, Zambia, Sudan, Eretria, Mozambique and Malawi, with possibility to expand it to all members of African Union in future.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, H.E. Dr. Abou-Zeid, welcomes this Facility as it will respond to the beneficiary priority needs in capacity development. She also pointed out that ‘’the Facility will strengthen the geothermal development efforts of AUC through the GRMF. For instance, twenty seven (27) projects have qualified for grant award for a total amount of US$ 79M since the launching of the GRMF in 2012, from which four (4) projects have been successfully completed’’.

On his part ,Ambassador Bruce Shepherd said New Zealand was very pleased to be partnering with the African Union Commission in the area of geothermal energy. ‘‘New Zealand has extensive and world leading expertise in this field which will be very valuable to ensuring that Africa’s geothermal energy potential is brought to fruition’’ he added. The signing of the Partnership Agreement follows on from 2016 when New Zealand provided the AU access to its ‘’Geothermal Drilling Code’’ for use by member states.

The Facility will operate for an initial implementation timeframe of five years from 2017-2020 and will be hosted by the Department of Infrastructure & Energy of AUC.

We expect the New Zealand-Africa Geothermal Facility to strengthen the geothermal development efforts of AUC through the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) and the Regional Geothermal Programme.

Distributed by APO on behalf of African Union Commission (AUC).

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 28, 2017/APO/ — What: High Level Panel on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (HPL on GEWE)
When: Thursday 29th to Saturday 1st July 2017, 0900 a.m.

Where: African Union Commission

Theme: The 4th HLP will be aligned to the 2017 AU Theme of “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth”, with special emphasis on “empowering young women and girls”.

Who: The African Union Commission (AUC)’s Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD) in collaboration with the Department for Human Resource, Science and Technology (HRST), the Department of Social Affairs (DSA), the Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security (OSE), and in partnership with United Nations and Civil Society Partners, will convene the 4th HLP on GEWE to be held on the margins of the 29th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly.

Objectives and Expected Outcomes:

The overall objective of the 4th HLP on GEWE is to define concrete actions to empower young women and girls to scale up implementation of policy priorities and decisions in the four pillars of the AU Demographic Dividends Agenda that will translate into more tangible investments in young women and girls to harness the demographic dividends in Africa.

The specific objectives are to:

• Identify key strategies and recommendations for action to scale up implementation of decisions and policies on the demographic dividend agenda.
• Provide space for young people to influence policy.
• Build strategic partnerships to carry forward the DD agenda

The Outcomes of the 4th HLP are:
• A report with strategies and recommendations for action.
• Decisions on possible policy gaps.

Background:
The HLP on GEWE is a multi-stakeholder event convened on the margins of the AU’s mid-year (June/July) Summits. It has now become an established tradition as a mechanism for sustaining visibility of women’s rights and empowerment issues very high on the policy agenda of the AU, within the framework of its annual theme. The meetings are defined as high level to capture the essence of representation: expected individuals with policy making responsibility or authority or so designated; established scholars/ researchers and academics in the area of GEWE; leaders of civil society, especially Women’s Rights Organisations (WRO), as well as the high-level approach to the issues under discussion. The HLP on GEWE seeks to go beyond policy-making, which takes place at the AU’s January Gender Pre-Summit, and focuses more on guidance on policy implementation in terms of defining strategies and recommendations for action. The HLP also identifies any other policy gaps on GEWE and on the theme of the year, which may not be part of the decisions of the January pre-summit which are included in the Declaration of the AU Heads of State and Government.

Media personnel are invited to attend and cover this event. Date and breakdown of different events are below:

1. 29 – 30 June 2017- 4th HLP on GEWE.
2. 30 June 2017- Briefing meeting on “Girls’ and Women’s Education” co-hosted with AU/CIEFFA.
3. 30 June, 2017- Cocktail and Launch of two booklets developed by the Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security in partnership with UN Women:
a. African women in mediation and Elections observers;
b. Handbook for Reporters on WPS in Africa.

Distributed by APO on behalf of African Union Commission (AUC).

Hargeysa(Qaran-news)-Dawladda Maraykanka ayaa markii u horaysay dhawrkii sannadood ee u dambeeyay, waxa ay wefti culus u soo dirtay caasimadda Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland ee Hargeysa.

Weftigan oo ka kooban dhawr xubnood waxa hoggaaminaya safiirka Maraykanka u qaabilsan Somaliland iyo Somaliya Danjire Stephen Schwartz, waxaanay shalay soo gaadheen magaalada Hargeysa.

Ujeedada safarkooda, inkastoo aanu jirin war rasmi ah oo uu Maraykanku ka soo saaray, haddana warar uu Geeska Afrika helay ayaa sheegaya in ujeedada u weyni tahay inay culays ku saaraan dhinacyada ay khusayso sidii aanay doorashada madaxtooyadu mar dambe dib uga dhacdeen bisha November ee loo qorsheeyay, waxaanay xalay bilaabeen kulamo ay la yeesheen xisbiyada siyaasadda oo ay kala hadleen arrimaha doorashooyinka iyo waxyaabaha u baahan in la xoojiyo si aanay doorashadu mar dambe dib ugu dhicin. Kulanka xisbiyada iyo weftiga Maraykanka oo ahaa mid wada jir ah waxa KULMIYE uga qayb galay murashaxa iyo guddoomiyaha xisbiga Muuse Biixi Cabdi, UCID waxa uga qayb galay Murashaxa iyo guddoomiyaha UCID Eng. Faysal Cali Waraabe, halka uu Waddani uga qayb galay xoghayaha arrimaha dibadda Waddani Dr. Maxamed Cismaan Fadal.

Waxa kale oo uu warku sheegay in weftiga Maraykanka ahi kulan la yeesheen guddiga doorashooyinka oo ay iyagana kala hadleen arrimaha doorashooyinka iyo sidii looga wada shaqayn lahaa qabsoomida doorashada madaxtooyada.

Geesta kale, weftigan ayaa sidoo kale waxay dawladda lafteeda kala hadli doonaan dhaawaca Somaliland soo gaadhaya haddii doorashadu mar dambe dib uga dhacdo bisha November, iyadoo la ogyahay saamaynta ay Somaliland ku yeelatay dib u dhaca doorashooyinkii hore, waxaana la filayaa inay kulan la yeesheen wasiirka arrimaha dibadda Somaliland Dr. Sacad Cali Shire.

Geesta kale, socdaalka weftigan ayaa muujinaya bidhaan ah in Maraykanku doonayo inuu ka qayb qaato sidii ay doorashadu ugu qabsoomi lahayd wakhtigeeda, xilli ay saaxiibada caalamiga ah ee Somaliland ka niyad jabeen geedi socodka dimuqraadiyadeed ee Somaliland.

A farmer offloading goats at the morning livestock market to prospective customers; a teenager buying an ice-cold Diet Coke from a rural roadside stall; an entrepreneur paying for an espresso at a buzzing, urban start-up hub. All three have at least two things in common. They all opt to make cashless, digital payments for daily purchases with their mobile phones; and they are all in Somaliland, a little-known, former British protectorate with a fast developing economy, situated on the tip of the Horn of Africa.

Somaliland’s story is unfamiliar to many in the global investment community. We are often confused with our war-torn neighbour to the south, Somalia, from whom we separated and asserted our independence 26 years ago, in 1991, following years of violence orchestrated from Mogadishu by the repressive Siad Barre regime.

By contrast, Somaliland is highly stable and democratic. We have our own fully functioning government with a presidential system; regular, free and fair elections; our own currency, the Somaliland shilling; our own, independent judicial system; and a constitution that guarantees the rule of law.

Somaliland has a dynamic and youthful population; 70 per cent of the people are under 30 years old and well educated: there are more than 30 colleges and universities, public and private, which produce thousands of highly employable graduates every year.

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Somaliland hit the international business pages recently thanks to a $442m landmark investment from DP World — the largest in our history — which will see the Port of Berbera (set in a bustling coastal town, north east of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital) redeveloped and expanded to provide an alternative shipping and trading hub in the Horn.

The port will have access to the maritime highways that connect Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa and will firmly establish Somaliland as a gateway to east Africa and the continent beyond.

DP World joins an increasing number of multinational companies viewing Somaliland as a secure and stable location through which to access the east African market, including Coca-Cola, which has partnered with a local business to open a $17m bottling plant outside Hargeisa, employing 100 local people. There are two flights every day between Addis Ababa and Hargeisa, bringing business people from across the world to Somaliland.

The lounges of Hargeisa’s hotels are fast becoming a melting pot for investors, eyeing opportunities in emerging sectors with potential for growth, such as logistics, fisheries, agriculture and infrastructure, particularly renewable energy, roads, railways, airports and hospitals. Resources companies are conducting exploratory work across Somaliland, testing for evidence of the oil, gas and abundance of minerals that are believed to exist below the surface of our land and beyond our coastline.

However, in spite of this great potential, and the clear benefits that inward investment would bring to the wider stability and prosperity of the Horn of Africa, there remains a stubborn hurdle that prevents Somaliland from achieving its potential.

That is the question of the international community’s formal recognition of Somaliland’s independence and sovereignty.

Regardless of our stability, heritage and the faith that international trading partners and investors have put in our economy, in the eyes of the international community, Somaliland does not exist. This causes innumerable problems, not least economic.

Despite the valuable lessons we are able to impart to developing economies in Africa and beyond, we do not have a seat at the table at the United Nations or the African Union. Crucially, due to our limbo-like status, we are unable to access aid or soft loans from multilateral organisations such as the World Bank and the IMF, which has a massive impact on our ability to respond with any real effect to environmental or economic shocks. Somaliland’s central bank is not underpinned by international banking systems, making inward investment difficult, and meaning that a mature commercial and retail banking system has been unable to effectively develop.

We have experienced the effects of non-recognition most viscerally in the context of the extreme and devastating drought currently ravaging east Africa, which has significantly impacted our livestock-centred economy. As we are ineligible for significant support from international donors, the infrastructure needed to ensure an effective response to the drought has been chronically lacking, and when it has been provided, has arrived slowly after being mediated through Mogadishu.

Somaliland’s difficulties in managing the drought have had a knock-on effect on our political institutions, with this year’s Presidential elections regrettably postponed from March to November. The desire to postpone the election came from opposition political parties and Somalilanders themselves, particularly in the east where communities have been most affected by the drought. If the drought has been exacerbated by our international status, it follows that lack of recognition therefore impacts the very core of Somaliland’s political infrastructure.

Yet Somalilanders pride themselves on their stoicism and resourcefulness; and in spite of the myriad issues that lack of formal recognition brings, the business community remains optimistic.

The faith shown by international investors and the trade partners with whom we have signed binding and enforceable agreements — such as Ethiopia and the UAE — is an important signal and vote of confidence in our potential. Those with a record of investing in east Africa recognise that our stability, governance systems and independent regulatory frameworks bring welcome certainty to a region that has traditionally been fraught with risk.

It is clear that investors will play a critical part in the next chapter in Somaliland’s story — helping this dynamic economy to thrive and prosper, bolstering our bid for recognition.

Those with the foresight to look beyond the question of recognition, and towards the potential that Somaliland offers, will be rewarded — and will help to make history.

Dr Saad Ali Shire is Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Republic of Somaliland.

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PRETORIA, South Africa, June 29, 2017/APO/ — WHAT: UNIC Pretoria in partnership with the International Development Cooperation (IDC) invites media to the launch of ‘Economic Development in Africa Report 2017’ produced by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on ‘Tourism for transformative and inclusive growth’. The report encourages African countries to harness the dynamism of the tourism sector, which has been praised for its capacity to stimulate economic growth and create jobs by attracting investment and fostering entrepreneurship. If properly harnessed, tourism can also contribute towards preserving ecosystems and biodiversity, protecting cultural heritage and promoting empowerment of local communities. The United Nations designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.

WHO: Claudia Roethlisberger, an economist in the Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes in the UNCTAD.

WHERE: Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Head Office, 19 Fredman Dr, Sandown, Sandton

WHEN: Wednesday, 5 July 2017 at 10:30am

Distributed by APO on behalf of UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC).

Agaasimaha guud ee wasaaradda Duulista iyo Hawada Somaliland Md.Cumar-Sayid Cabdillaahi Aadan, ayaa gebi ahaan shaqadii ka caydhiyey laba ka mid ah shaqaalaha Madaarka Hargeysa oo magacyadooda la yidhaahdo Xuseen Keyd iyo Cabdifataax Cashuur ka dib markii uu ku soo eedeeyey in maalintii shalay ay Madaarka Hargeysa dhexdiisa ku salaameen guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Somaliland ahna Murashaxa Madaxweynaha Xisbiga WADDANI Dr.Cabdiraxmaan Cirro oo dalka dib ugu soo laabtay ka dib socdaal uu maalmahii ugu dambeeyey ugu maqnaa dalka Sucuudiga.

Sida ay noo xaqiijiyeen ilo-wareedyo lagu kalsoon yahay, ayaa sheegaya in agaasime Cumar-Sayid uu ka cadhoodey salaan ay shaqaalahani ka qaadeen iyo weli hawlahiisa gaarka ah sida shandadaha iyo agabka uu sitey Murashaxa Madaxweynaha WADDANI oo markaas ka soo degaayey Madaarka Hargeysa, waxaana la sheegay in goob fagaare ah uu shaqaalahan kaga caydhiyey shaqadoodii ay ka hayeen Madaarka Hargeysa isaga oo weli ba isla wakhti xaadirkaas ciidamada amaanka ee Madaarka ku amrey in ay shaqaalahaas ka saaraan gudaha Madaarka Hargeysa.

Guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Somaliland ahna Murashaxa Madaxweynaha Xisbiga WADDANI Dr.Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi (Cirro), ayaa ah mas’uul qaran oo marka la eego heylkalka dawadnimo noqonaya ninka saddexaad ee dalka ugu sarreeya balse sababo la xidhiidha xisbiga Mucaaradka ah ee uu Murashaxa ka yahay awgeed looggu colaadinaayo in la iska indho tiro maamuusiddii iyo sharaftii uu ku lahaa qaranka Somaliland taasi oo inta badan sababta in dadyow badan oo taageera u muujiyaa ay ku soo waayaan xilal iyo jagooyinkoodii shaqo ee ay ka hayeen laamaha dawladda Somaliland.

Ugu dambeyn, waxa xusid mudan in Madaarka Hargeysa uu yahay goob shaqo oo aan mudneyn in la siyaasaddeedyo isla mar ahaantaana loo baahan yahay in Mucaarad iyo Muxaafad ba isku si loo la dhaqmo marka ay Madaarkaas ka dhoofayaan iyo marka ay ka soo degayaan ba balse waxa inta badan dhacda in Xisbiga WADDANI iyo mas’uuliyiintiisu ay noqdaan kuwo dhibbaato xooggan kala kulma Madaarkaasi iyada oo wakhtiyada qaar loo diido in ay galaan gudaha Madaarkaasi halka taa bedelkeeda na ay shaqaalaha iyo Madaxda Madaarka Hargeysa ba ay dalacaad iyo mushahaarooyin dheeraada ay ku helaan hadba sida ay u cadaadiyaan Madaxda WADDANI iyaga oo sida oo kale na si diiran u soo dhaweynaya Madaxda KULMIYE iyo Xukuumada ba.