“Raashinka aan gubnay oo dhacay wuxuu isugu jiraa Galley, Boorash iyo Qamadi, waxaana kusoo qabannay howlgallo aan ka sameynay degmooyinka gobolka,” ayuu yiri guddoomiyaha gobolka Banaadir ee Xarrakatul Shabaab Sheekh Cali Maxamed Xuseen oo shir jaraa’id qabtay markii raashinka la gubay.

Guddoomiyuhu wuxuu sheegay in raashinkan ay soo ururiyeen maalmo kala duwan ayna qaarkood soo qabteen iyagoo lagu wado gaadiid, halka kuwo kalena ay kasoo saareen bakhaaro ay ku keydsanayeen.

“Maanta kaddib qofkii lagu helo raashinka WFP, waxaana loo arkayaa cadow dhib ku haya shacabka, waxaana laga yabaa in lagala wareego gaadiidka, bakhaarka ama wax walba oo uu ku wado, isaguna uu muto dil,” ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali.

Wuxuu sheegay inay siinayaan ganacsatada muddo laba maalmood ah oo raashinka ay hayaan ay ugu wareejiyaan walaayaadka gacanta ku haya deegaannada ay ku sugan yihiin, isagoo sheegay wixii markaas ka dambeysa ay sharciga la tiigsan doonaan qofkii ay ku qabtaan.

Raashinka la gubay ayaa waxaa dusha sare kaga yaallay calaamadda hay’adda WFP iyadoo lagu soo beegay gubiddiisa kaddib markii 30-bakhaar oo ay raashin ay bixisay WFP ay Xarrakatul Shabaab shalay kula wareegtay magaalada Baladweyne.

According to Foreign Policy’s Passport blog:

The pirates have set up an exchange in Haradheere, the main port used by the bucaneers, where shares are traded in a whopping 72 pirate outfits. The profits have so far bought countless SUVs, other luxury goodies, and even a slice of revenue for the local government programs. Says the pirate interviewed [by Reuters]: “The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons or useful materials … we’ve made piracy a community activity.”

Well no wonder piracy won’t go away. Given the options (poverty, militancy, theft), who wouldn’t become a pirate? Besides, one wouldn’t want to disappoint the shareholders.

At what point does a pirate economy just become a regular old economy?

It called on all States to fully cooperate with the monitoring group on the embargo and reiterated its appeal to countries and regional organizations with the capacity to do so to deploy naval vessels, arms and military aircraft in the fight again a scourge that has over the years frequently disrupted the delivery of UN humanitarian aid as well as routine shipping. This year the pirates have been operating ever further out to sea, sometimes hundreds of miles away from the coast.

Noting the “crisis situation in Somalia,” which has been without a functioning central government and plagued by factional conflict since 1991, “and the limited capacity of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)” to interdict or prosecute pirates, the Council renewed earlier calls to those States fighting piracy off the Somali coast to help plug the vacuum.

They should do so by concluding arrangements whereby countries willing to take custody of pirates, particularly those in the region, would station law enforcement officials on the patrol ships to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of persons detained as a result of the international operations, provided the TFG consents.

The Council called on Member States at the request of the TFG “to strengthen capacity in Somalia, including regional authorities, to bring to justice those who are using Somali territory to plan, facilitate, or undertake criminal acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea.”

Earlier this month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that piracy would not be defeated by military means alone. “We will find a solution only by addressing the broader political and security situation,” he said in a message to the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO), stressing the need to support the “fragile” TFG.

He noted that since the start of the international naval escort system two years ago, not a single ship heading to Somalia with UN World Food Programme (WFP) aid has been attacked. “WFP has been able to scale up its operations, providing much-needed food assistance to nearly 3 million people,” he pointed out.

Crews on oil tankers aren’t allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship’s payload. That’s one of the main reasons Somali pirates met little resistance when they hijacked a U.S.-bound supertanker carrying $20 million in crude.

The Greek-flagged tanker — traveling from Saudi Arabia to New Orleans — had no escort when it was hijacked Sunday because naval warships are stretched too thin. The problem has been further exacerbated because pirates have expanded their operations to hundreds of miles out at sea.

The hijacking, one year after seizure of a Saudi supertanker led to heightened international efforts to fight piracy off the Horn of Africa, has highlighted the difficulty of keeping ships safe in the region — particularly oil tankers.

The Maran Centaurus was about 800 miles off the coast of Somalia when it was hijacked with 28 crew, said Cmdr. John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU Naval Force. On Monday, it was headed toward Somalia’s lawless coast, a location where pirates most likely will hold the vessel as they attempt to negotiate a multimillion-dollar ransom.

Read entire story at Associated Press

The rising number of minors fleeing the Horn of Africa is becoming a challenge for the UN and aid organizations, as the number of new arrivals in Yemen reached record highs this year.

Some of their parents died either while fleeing to Yemen or upon arrival; others were orphaned in their home countries and migrated in the hope of finding better opportunities in Yemen, but the vast majority hope to be smuggled to Saudi Arabia or other wealthy Gulf states to find work opportunities, according to UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) officials.

“In Somalia, I have many brothers, and my mother and father died,” Abdi Ahmed Taher, 16, told IRIN, “I came to Yemen to study and find a peaceful place where there is stability.” He came to Kharaz camp near Yemen’s southern city, Aden, six months ago after he fled Somalia for Djibouti in order to be smuggled across the Bab El Mandab Strait to Yemen.

Now Taher lives in a tent on the outskirts of Kharaz camp with two boys who also fled to Yemen alone. While standard operating procedures calls for unaccompanied minors to be placed with foster families, finding parents willing to take on boys over the age of 15 is difficult because in Somali culture they are considered men, aid workers say.

Explaining the risks

After an unaccompanied minor is discovered at a reception centre along Yemen’s coast and brought to Kharaz camp, community mobilizers from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) explain the risks involved in being smuggled to Saudi Arabia, such as sexual abuse, imprisonment and possible deportation.

Parents pressure their children to be smuggled into Saudi Arabia to make money to send back home to Somalia, says Salma Imtiaz, UNHCR community services officer in Aden.

“The parents are sending their children willingly,” she said. “Most [unaccompanied minors] are not even going to school. They are more into finding jobs.”

Only about 5 percent of unaccompanied minors are convinced not to be trafficked, according to UNHCR workers at Kharaz.

“At first I wanted to be smuggled to Saudi Arabia,” said Zeband, 18, who now lives with two other teenage girls in Kharaz. “I heard in Somalia that you can find good work in Saudi Arabia as a housemaid and make a good salary.”

After Zeband learned from aid organizations about the sexual abuse that many young Somali women suffer in Saudi Arabia, she decided to stay in Kharaz.

When minors are too young to live on their own, aid organizations find a foster family with whom they can live based on certain criteria such as whether the family has a good reputation amongst the community at Kharaz and whether the children come from the same clan in Somalia as the foster family, said Abdi Sayid Ibrahaim from ADRA.

Fatima, already a mother of seven, became a foster mother for three Somali orphans. Her home is well equipped by Kharaz standards, with its own bathroom and a satellite dish.

“It is very difficult to take care of children who are not your own,” she told IRIN, “But as we are Muslims, we need to take care of them. If I see someone who is very poor, I must feed them.”

Disclaimer:This material comes to you via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States.
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La wareegidda ee Xarakada alshabaab ay la wareegeen Tuulada buulo xaaji ayaa timid kadib markii dagaal culus uu shalay ku dhexmaray urur diimeedyada Xizbul Islaam iyo Xararakatu Shabaabul Mujaahidiin Deeganka Cabdalla biroole oo aan sidaa uga fogeyn tuuladaasi Buuloxaaji oo ayadu maanta gacanta u gashay Ururka Xarakatu Shabaabul Mujaahidiin ee inta badan gacanta ku haya gobollada ku yaal koonfurta Wadanka Soomaaliya.

Waxaana maalmihii lasoo dhaafay oo dhan ururka Xarakatu shabaabul mujaahidiin ay wadeen la wareegitaan ay la wareegayaan amaba ay gacanta ku dhigayaan deegaano iyo weliba degmooyin ku yaalla galbeedka Magaalada kismaayo ayadoona maalmihii lasoo dhaafay ay gacanta ku dhigeen degmada Afmadow, Deegaanka Qooqaani, Cabdalla biroole, Taabto iyo weliba tuulada ay hada la wareegeen ee Buuloxaaji.

Sidoo kale wararka HOL ay ka heleyso deegaanka Dhoobley ee ku yaal xadka kala qeybiya Wadamada Kenya iyo Soomaaliya ayaa sheegaya in ay halkaasi isaga baxeen ciidamadii uu watay Axmed Max’ed Islaam (Axmed Madoobe) oo ayagu la sheegay in ay u ruqaansadeen Dhankaa iyo xadka Wadanka Kenya kadib markii ay kaabiga u soo fuuleen deegaanka dhoobley Ciidamadii Ururka Xarakatu Shabaabul Mujaahidiin oo ayagu la filayo goor dhow in ay galaan deegaankaasi Dhoobley.

Taliyaha ciidamada Booliska Puntland Gaashaanle sare Afeey Cali Xaashi oo Saxaafadda kula hadlay Magaalada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobolka Bari ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in ciidamada Puntland meel u dhow degmada Xaafuud ee gobolka Karkaar waxaa ay xoog kaga soo furteen doontii laga lahaa Yemen iyo ilaa 6-ka mid ah kooxaha burcad badeeda Soomaalida.

Kooxaha burcad badeeda Soomaalida ee ay qabteen ciidamada Ilaalada badaha ee Puntland ayaa waxaa lagu xiray saldhiga Magaalada Boosaaso oo ay horay ugu buuxeen tiro ka mid ah burcad badeeda oo ay soo qabteen Ciidamada Midowga Yurub,waxaana shaqaalaha dalka Yemen ee ay ku guuleysten soo furashadooda ciidamada Badda ee maamulka Puntland la soo gaarsiiyay Xeebta Magaalada Boosaaso.

Ugu dambeyntii Taliyaha ciidamada Boliiska ee dowlad goboleedka Puntland ayaa sheegay in xariir dhinaca la dagaalanka burcad badeeda uu kala dhaxeeyo dowlada Wadanka Yemen isagoo sheegay in shaqaale u dhashay wadankaasi ay kaga soo furteengacanta burcad badeeda.

Iyadoo ka jawabeysa falalka isa soo taraya ee ay kooxaha burcad badeeda Soomaalida ku afduuanayaan maraakiibta isaga kala goowshta gacanbiyoodka cadmeed iyo badweynta ayaa xukuumada Delhi maanta waxa ay shaaca ka qaaday in ay maraakiib dagaal oo dheeri ah ay u soo dirayaan badweynta Hindiya Gaar ahaan jaziiradaha Siishalis iyo Moorijiyoos kuwaasoo kulaala badweynta hindiya.

Afhayeen u hadlay ciidamada badda ee wadanka Hindiya ayaa sheegay in ay u soo direen biyaha wadanka Soomaaliya maraakiib dagaal oo ay wehliyaan diyaradaha qumaatiga u kaca oo loo yaqaano helicopterska si ay gacan uga geystaan howlgalka lagula dagaalamayo kooxaha burcda badeeda ee ku sii baahay badweynta Hindiya.

Afhayeenka ayaa intaasi ku daray in ay maraakiibtaasi si dhaw ula shaqeyn doonaan ciidamada ilaala xeebaha ee dalalka Sishalis iyo Moorijiyos halkaasoo noqotay goob ay wax ka ugaarsadaan burcad badeeda Soomaalida

Si kastaba ha ahaatee bad weynta Hindiya ayaa waxa ku sugan maraakiib dagaal oo ka kala socda dalal fara badan oo caalamka kuwasoo ilaa iyo hada xal u la’ kooxaha burcad badeeda Soomaalida.

Xoghayaha war faafinta Ururka Xisbul Islaam Sheekh Maxamed Macalin Cali oo saxaafada kula hadlay gudaha garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Cisileey iyo Dekadda Ceel Macaan ayaa waxa uu sheegay in maanta ay si rasmi ah u fureen Airporka iyo Dekadda Ceel Macaan.

Waxa uu sidoo kale ka warbixiyay sababta ku kaliftay in ay dib u howlgaliyaan garoonka Diyaaradaha Cisileey iyo dekadda Ceel Macaan ee duleedka magaalada Muqdisho isagoona sheegay in markii ay arkeen baahida dadka shacabka ay u qabaan in dib loo furo garoonka iyo dekadda Ceel Macaan ay iyagu go’aan sadeen in ay diba u howlgaliyaan.

Sheekh Maxamed Macalin Cali oo ah Xoghaya war faafinta ee Ururka Xisbul Islaam ayaa sidoo kale soo hadal qaaday dhibaato uu sheegay in shacabka qaybeehada kala duwan ay kala kulmaan garooonka Diyaaradah ee magaalada Muqdisho iyo waliba Dekadda gaar ahaan goobaha ay maamulaan dowladda KMG Soomaaliya waa sida uu hadalka u dhigay.

Wasiirka wax barashada dowladda KMG Soomaaliya Maxmed C/laahi Waayeel oo maanta ka hadlayay munaasabad lagu xusayay 21-ka November oo ku began maalinta macalinka aduunka ayaa waxa uu ka dhawaajiyay in ay dib u dayactirayaan iskuuladii ku burburay dagaaladii ka dhacay magaalada Muqdisho isagoona sidoo kale sheegay in ay iskuulo isugu jira hoose,dhexe iyo sare ay ka hirgalin doonaan gobolada dalka Soomaaliya.

Wasiirka ayaa waxa uu kale uu sheegay in kuwa hadda ka furan magaalada Muqdisho ay dib u hormarin doonaan.

Hadalka Wasiirka waxbarashada dowladda KMG Soomaaliya Maxmed C/laahi Waayeel ayaa imaanaya xilli 3-dii sano ee ugu danbaysay ay qaar kamid ah Iskuuladii ku yaalay magaalada Muqdisho ay ku xirmeen dagaaladii ka dhacayay dalka Soomaaliya gaar ahaan magaalada caasimada ah ee Muqdisho iyadoona ardaydii dhigan jirtay Iskuuladaasi ay u barakaceen duleedyada magaalada Muqdisho,gobolada dalka iyo dalka dibadiisa.

Si kastaba ha ahaatee maalmo ka hor ayay ahayd kadib markii Wasiirka hidaha iyo tacliinta sare ee dowladda KMG Soomaaliya Pro Ibraahim Xasan Cadow uu sheegay in ay qorshaynayaan sidii ay u midayn lahaayeen Jaamacadaha ku yaala magaalada Muqdisho.