Dalmar Kaahin
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January 14, 2012
In 1991, in Buroa, Somaliland´s second largest city, all Somaliland clans including the Dhulbahante clans in Sool province committed themselves peaceful co-existence. The agreement included that none of the clans would create their militias and warlords to prevent the spread of clan militants, warmo...
September 03, 2011
Although staging a false-flag terror attack and reminding the public the past abhorrent acts of terror are now overused in many parts of the world, nowhere else in Africa are more terror plots fabricated and foiled by the culprits themselves than the Puntland region, in Somalia. And if the boomerang...
August 13, 2011
The governor of Bari (Puntland), a pirate-infested region, of Somalia, just like a local thug desperate for attention, time and time again, proved to be the most ruthless, self-centered, and reckless gangster in Horn of Africa. From anarchic Somalia to peaceful Somaliland, the governor left no stone...
July 09, 2011
While South Sudan redraws Africa´s colonial borders and eagerly creates new ones, Somaliland keeps its original boundaries intact and simply reverts to them. Yet these two countries are not equal. That is, they won´t have the same status in the eyes of the African Union´s (AU) policy makers.
The ...
May 17, 2011
Never before has an African nation suffered economically and isolated politically for decades because its citizens voted to regain their lost sovereignty to secure their self-determination, because they decided to embrace democracy and hold presidential elections, and because they rejected to be a m...
May 01, 2011
By Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar
SSC- Objectively Defined: A well armed and fierce political-military organization. Acronym: SSC; Sool, Sanaag and Cayn, two regions and one district considered alternatively within Somaliland/Somalia/Puntland state borders; but also tribal homeland for the members of S...
April 04, 2011
"Currently, the NSUM [SSC] members are busy collecting money not for rebuilding schools and hospitals but for detonating explosive against Somaliland politicians, police and army officers in Sool region. Mark my words! The NSUM [SSC] has its assassinations contrived." I wrote in May 2009.
Four mo...
March 24, 2011
Whether it is the former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin conversing with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy impersonator or NATO commanders negotiating with a Taliban official imposter, leaders around the world often receive prank calls or deal with imposters. Additionally, Wik...
February 24, 2011
While the International community revives Somalia, an ominous storm gathers at Somaliland´s borders. The storm gains momentum, and so does the invasive war with ghastly stories to tell. And unlike Somalia´s "Transitional Federal Government" (TFG) that fights against only Jihadists, Somaliland faces ...
February 14, 2011
War is never a solution. Nor is it the first option to tackle crisis, however; sometimes, a government may be forced to engage violent groups after all other avenues to disarm them fail. And in the little town of Buhodle, in Togdheer province of Somaliland, the last den for a Somali-American and So...
March 07, 2011
Efforts to link Somali pirates to terrorism, capture and showcase them in American, European, and African courts, shoot them and hail trigger-happy Marine snipers as heroes as well as deploy International navies to Somalia run their course, yet no solution to sea piracy. And U.N. condemnations and a...
February 06, 2011
For quite some time now, little doubt remained that the violent armed group that so far murdered a number of Somaliland security officers purchased its weapons from Bosaso, Puntland´s commercial hub. But few knew that Puntland authority might be arming this Alshabab-affiliated rebel group, known as...
February 09, 2011
Somalia´s current Prime Minister, a former henchman of Gen. Mohammed Siad Barre´s brutal regime, Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, better known as Farmajo, on one hand arms a violent group against Somaliland. And on the other, sheds crocodile tears for the loss of lives in Buhodle town of Togdheer provin...
February 11, 2011
"This is not just aid from Britain; it is aid for Britain too. Our aid to Somalia [Somaliland] is helping to make Britain safer, because conflict doesn't just claim innocent lives in Somalia [Somaliland]; it also leads to international problems like piracy, migration and terrorism. None of these wil...
February 04, 2011
As the iron curtain collapsed in 1989 and the Berlin wall came down, the United States couldn´t believe its own eyes. The most feared mighty Soviet Union crumpled on its own, without sacrificing millions of U.S. and NATO forces, wasting billions of dollars, and risking a catastrophic nuclear war. Bu...
February 01, 2011
Just as the religious warlords in Mogadishu, Somalia, receive millions of dollars yearly in the name of "defending" Islam, in the Buhodle town of Togdheer province, in Somaliland, an Al-Shabab-affiliated group, named PSS (SSC/NSUM) finds a clever way of milking the Diaspora communities from that a...
January 16, 2011
"In 1960, I took a country [Somaliland] with a viable economy, a balanced budged, and 2.5 million pounds in investment to Mogadishu…our [Somaliland´s] previous existence, history, and everything else has been eliminated…"—Mohammed H.I. Egal, Somaliland´s late President.
Although the Afric...
January 13, 2011
Throughout the history of oil and mineral explorations, in many developing countries wherever there is the potential for oil or minerals, there is bloodshed, and no society suffers more than the indigenous people of the region under exploration (or exploitation). Repeatedly, greedy foreign oil compa...
December 21, 2010
The United States remains righteously concerned about Somali-American boys travelling to Somalia to join Alshabab. But the U.S. seems oblivious of the Somali-American adults whom not only generously contribute to the Horn of Africa´s miseries but also evidently form violent Alshabab-affiliated rebel...
December 07, 2010
Somalia´s Special Envoy to the United States, Abukar Arman, a rookie politician, whose shady political credentials don´t go beyond the claims that he wrote "prolific" articles about Somalia, recently published an opinion that was anything but "prolific". His article entitled, "Somalia, US, and the D...
December 15, 2010
A paradoxical question, isn´t it? But among some Somali unionists, the recent successful Somaliland presidential election neither puts them in a state of euphoria, nor instills pride in them. Instead, panic and uncertainty blur their vision, where the only pragmatic approach to Somalia´s carnage see...
November 28, 2010
Throughout history, the art of misleading the public takes different shapes and approaches but rarely disinformation introduces new tactics. People keep recycling old stale lies. Now, in the Somali world creating new regions out of thin air, hijacking the wishes of the silent majority, and suffocati...
November 15, 2010
In 1991, when vulnerable, fragile, war-ravaged Somaliland declared its independence, its neighbor and sister state, Djibouti´s reaction was unprecedented. Not only Djibouti opposed Somaliland´s quest for sovereignty but also launched an unholy crusade against Hargeisa, Somaliland capital. However, r...
June 25, 2010
The Somaliland opposition party KULMIYE dropping the former Somali National Movement (SNM) rebels from its ranks and surrounding itself with educated elite not only mobilizes fervent party supporters in Somaliland but also persuades Somaliland Diasporas to change their political allegiances. More im...
May 24, 2010
A Canadian and an American of Somali origin, among other nationalities, with Al-Shabab terrorists plan a massive violent campaign against Somaliland polling stations in June 2010. A Canadian and an American! Hard to belief, isn´t it? Not only is it hard to swallow that some of the individuals gearin...
April 11, 2010
Never before have I felt disgusted with a Somali singer´s behavior—a singer whom I once admired so much that I rushed to stage to get her autograph and to inform her that I have always been a big fan of her songs. But as I have listened to the lyrics of her new song entitled, "Libdhimaysid Las...
March 06, 2010
In Kenya money can buy you anything, including the presidential seat. And this money is in the hands of not the Kenyans but the pirate millionaires of Somalia living in Kenya. With enormous cash at their disposal, they can parachute Kenyan officials into offices, strip authority from them, or force ...
February 22, 2010
A Somali warrior poet once said, "Rag hadaad colaad leedihiin, ciidanse uwaydo, waxkastood ku ciil bixi kartaa kuu cawo aduune...or if you are embroiled in a hostile war with other men but don't have a counter attack force, anything that could alleviate your pain serves as luck on your side."
Tak...
January 17, 2010
Although Alshabaab terrorists´ horrific attacks steal attention from the other deadly groups in Somalia, some smaller group´s violent campaign also sends body parts flying over rooftops in Somaliland. Yet hardly anyone pays a scant attention to them. Worse yet, they orchestrate their vil...
January 09, 2010
For the opponents of Somaliland's independence, Kenya´s deputy speaker´s visit to Somaliland, specially, the provincial capital of Sool, LasAnnod, is worse than daggers jammed into their hearts. However, for Somaliland proponents, the visit is like removing a blood-sucking leach from their bodies be...
December 13, 2009
Surely, President Dahir Rayale Kahin signed a Six Point Agreement with the opposition party leaders, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo of KULMIYE and Faysal Ali Warabe of UCID in October 10, 2009. And as predicted, Somaliland riots subsided as fast as they exploded. Luckily, at least a workable solut...
November 03, 2009
Last year, on October 29, 2008 Alshabaab terror group carried out a devastating terrorist attack against Somaliland. Over twenty-two Somaliland citizens—not Ethiopians or foreigners—perished in the blast. The majority of Somalilanders have never seen anything but peace because they were ...
October 18, 2009
Ridiculous! You would think. Welcome to Alshabaab´s world. Imagine strolling along the road with your mother, sisters, and wife. And as if you have violated some kind of a pedestrian rule (not a traffic law) Alshabaab zealots pull you to the side. And then just as police officers inspect vehicles, t...
September 18, 2009
Almost a decade ago, in 2002 after President Ibrahim Mohammed Igal passed away, many political analysts predicted that no way will Somaliland honour its constitution and sworn the vice president Dahir Riyale Kahin in as the third president without bloodshed. Never! It was unthinkable for such a smoo...
August 28, 2009
For almost two decades politically polarized warmongers, acting like spoiled children who refused to share a sandbox, held Somalia hostage. But never before have Somalis seen a terrifying group like Alshabaab cult. From a victorious group that evicted Ethiopian troops from Somalia to a barbaric enem...
August 29, 2009
The recent visit of the Ethiopian delegation to Hargeisa, Somaliland capital, may be disguised as a routine diplomatic tour to strengthen the relationship between Somaliland and Ethiopia, but the rosy pictures painted by Hargeisa could be misleading. In fact the visit could be a prelude to a devasta...
July 21, 2009
The year is 1988. At the height of the brutal assault by forces of the former Somali dictator Gen. Mohammad Siad Barre against the people of Somaliland, MiG fighters bomb civilian targets and thousands of bodies of dead and wounded litter the streets of major cities. Panicked survivors flee in dro...
July 10, 2009
Somali MPs, chased from their houses in Mogadishu, unable to find a secure den to convene meetings or venture into the streets, flee in droves. Some escape to Kenya; others, to North America and Europe. But a small group of MPs who originally hail from Somaliland, time and time again, when they sens...
June 30, 2009
As I watch the video of U.S. congressional hearings convened in Washington DC in June 25, 2009 about the current turmoil in Somalia, a hostile voice echoes in the conference room: "If they [Somaliland people] want to be isolated, they can be assured that I will do all I can to isolate them…" an infu...
June 06, 2009
Although U.N. efforts to rebuild Somalia´s shattered military invokes nostalgia and reminisces about Somali National Army´s SNA glorious days in the battle fields, once a mighty African force that its enemies trembled with fear—the SNA´s dark side, the atrocities it inflicted not on the enemy ...
May 26, 2009
What an irony? But as if spreading disinformation about Somaliland and hurling insults at its leaders don´t suite Dr. Megalommatis´s venomous outbursts, in his latest lethal baits masqueraded as a remedy to sea piracy in Horn of Africa he proposes the unthinkable: strangle Somaliland people throug...
May 18, 2009
Titles: "Mission Report" and "Special Report" often decorated on wardheernews.com (or warandheernews.com) as news articles supposed to be fair, authentic and informative to convey their message. But what happens when the message is lost within itself? What happens when the author scribbles 3000 wo...