10 Killed Mar 18, 2008 Surre Agoon and Sacad Habar Gidir Clash
Ten people have been killed and at least 20 others injured in inter-clan fighting over land in Somalia's central town of Galkayo in the Mudug region, sources told IRIN on 18 March.
The fighting broke out on 17 March between the Sa'ad, Habar Gedir sub-clan and the Dir Agoon Clan, and was concentrated near the Galkayo airport and nearby south Galkayo settlements, a journalist, Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed, of Daljir radio, said.
The clash was triggered by a land dispute, but the ensuing escalation of violence was attributed to a long-simmering rivalry between the clans, said a local businessman.
"A few years ago over 80 people were killed when the two sides fought over water points and pasture," he added
Mudug region governor Dahir Abdulkadir Aflow said forces from the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, known as Darawishta, had been dispatched to intervene.
"We have forces that are now separating the two sides," Aflow said, and a mediation team was trying to resolve the dispute.
He said there was no fighting "going on today [18 March] ... We are waiting for elders from both sides to meet today to hammer out their differences under the auspices of the regional administration."
Sheikh Shuuriye of the Dir clan said the fighting started unexpectedly, "but we are doing everything we can to contain it".
He said he was confident the mediation efforts would produce a lasting solution.
The fighting took place near a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Mohamed of Daljir Radio said many of the IDPs in the Buulo Ba'aley camp had fled due to the fighting. He said some of the injured were being treated at Galkayo General Hospital.
Intensive mediation efforts on the part of the local administration, elders and religious leaders from neutral clans seem to have calmed the situation.
"We have been able to bring the two sides together to start talking," said Aflow. "I am confident that we will end this today."
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations ]
THE HISTORY OF SOMALI DIR CLAN: TAARIKHDA BEESHA DIREED DIR
Monday, September 3, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Xeer Beegtii Beesha Suure Dir- ee 800 sano ka hor xeer hoosaadyadoodii
June 20, 2010 |
Waxaa Moodaa Markaa Maqasho Xeer Beeg Ama Guurti .Isla Markaaba inaa soo xasuusanayso beelweynta direed Dadka ku abtirsada somali waxa xeer udegsan dhamaantiis waa xeerarkii ay horay noogu dejiyeen cuquushii direed ee horeysay
Dadku waa xayawan hadeysan xeer leheyn, waa sifidaa kala saarta habar dugaga iyo insaanka
- Xeerbeegtida garta wexey u kala saaraan:Curad – gar horey loo xaliyay oo akhyaartu kasto iyo mid lama arag ah oo ay Ugub u yeeraan. Precedence or novel.
- Xeer Alleh oo Suuru ay u yaqanaan Garta Illah oo Shareeco da ah Quran iyo Hadiith, Khabiirkuna loo yaqaan Fiqi ama xaakim diinta iyo shareecada kabiir ah. Gar Odey Ama Gar Xeer beegti waa kuwa xeerka aji ga yaqaan Xeer Somaliga -oo si miisaman u gar naqa- beeg waa miisan ama waxlax laqu qiyaso oo cabirta garta.
- “weelasha lagu missaamo hadhuudka waatan dhahno waxa baa lagu beegaa. Heer kul beege- therometer garta beega ama misaama
- Garsoore- kadibna garta sidey tahay u kala soora- siismo sida cuntata. Xaq soore ama mid Garta soora.
- Garaad: waa kalmad ay beelahan hada madaxa qaaday ee xukun iyo darajada jecel sida daroodka ayaad ku arki . Laba dhulbahante ah oo isku disha anigu garaad baan ahay iyo garaad anaa kaa sareeya is dili jiray ayaan habeen dhan ka dhadhicin kari waajay macanaha Dirkii hore magacaan u lahaa.
- Gar-aad wuxuu ahaa beelo markey is qabtan ninka garta u aadi jiray kalana saari jiray beeshisa iyo ta kale. Shaqo culus oo laga kala cararo ayay aheyd waayo gar-aadah Direed in uu Garta si sax ah u sooro oo hadii laga leyahay iyo hadii kaleba runt ka hadla.
- Waatii Dirkii hore oran jireen Gar-waaqso kas garta Alleh.
- Garta Alleh iyo Garta Odey ama Sida Madoobe Dir dhahaan Xeer Alleh iyo Xeer Oday. Waa kala saarida shareecad Ilaahey ee Quranka iyo Samaha aan ka dhaxalnay abkii hore, waa xeerka ajiye.
1700-1800 intii u dhexeysay Fiqiyada Surre ee konfurta ayaa wexey ku caayi jireen dhaqanka Somalida Barax (Badhax) mid qasan oo ka kooban Shareeco iyo cadadii hore, ikuna dayi Jireen in ay nadiifiyaan, sida hada ay Maxakiimta iyo Wadaadada cusub ee Somalia.
Xeerka Aji Dir
Qarnigii 800 xeerka guud ee Dir ee somali oo dhan qadatay ee Xeer Aji la yirahdo ayaa Sameysmay. Beelaha weey badaleen ama gobol walba naqtiin iyo dib u habeen ayuu ku sameeyay Xeerka Aji.
Xeer Bimaal 1400
Xeerka Isaaq 1300
Ciise iyo Gadabuurisi oo isu xeer dhaw waxa ay dib u habeyntii ugu dambeyay Sameeyeen 1500 Dhicidii Awdal / Ifat State ama Boqortoyadii Gurey markii ay dhacday. Xeer Ciisah1560 kii waxaa lagu sameyay Aiysha oo 360 odey ay u fadhiyeen 12 bilood.
Surra Dir xeer ayay sameeysteen oo dib loo habeyay 1700.
Xeerka Sameyntiisa
Inta badan odeyaal badan ayaa fariista xiliyada isbadallada dhacaan ama dagaalada oo wexey ka wada hadlaan arrimahan
Xeerka Guud
- Xilo -Guurka
- dhaqasho- reerka
- Deegan
- Xoolo
- Maamuus Hospitality
- Maslaxaada Guud ee bulshada maxay tahay sideena loo sharciyeeya, si uunsan nin walba salaada ugu tukan dhankuu doono.
Xeerka guud waa sharci saameeya bulsho weyn oo haga una tilmaama sida suuban ee loo wada noolado.
Xeer Gaar- waa marka qeyb yar ama gaar ah oo bulshada ka mida ay soo food saaran dhibatoying aan kuwa kale haysan oo odayashooda ay si gaar ah u sameystaan Xeer Gaar ah oo aysan bulshada inteeda kale lehey. Beelah Zaila ama Barbara markii ay ka sameysmeen ganacsato waaweyn oo noloshoodu ku dhisantahay ganacsi iyo mayacmushtar oo ay ka soo bexeen xoola dhaqatadii xeer gaar nidaamiya ganacsiga oo xeer xoolo dhaqatadu u sameeyan ayay sameeysteen. Sidoo kale Dirka Koonfurta oo beero lahan jirin markaa ay yimaadeen Jubbada hoose waxa ay sameysteen Xeer Gaar kuwood beeraleyda noqday.
Xissi – xeer aasaasi ah oo tarikhiyaan soo jireen ahaa oo an lagaba doodi karin, leyskuna raacsan yahay kor iyo hoos bulshadoo idil.
6) Dhiiga Criminal law
- Dilka – Qudha
- Qoon-
- Tuugo
- Dhaca
- Magta ama Diyada
- Xalinta Aano- marka dil dhaco, oo kooxdii laga dilay la mag dhabin, kooxdii laga dilayna aarsi iyo caradooda laga baqayo
- Magtu waa imisa, sideese tolku u geybsan doonaa, Jufo, jilib, reer iyo wixii la mida
- Magta inta isla bixisa waa koox siyasadeed oo wada duula wadana aarsada, intee Diyada isla bixisa Diya- Paying Group.
- Qofka dila yaa loo raacanayaa, oo jilibkee ka midyahay
Gar Dhaw- waa marka laba kooxood ama ruux oo is haysta xaalkooda xeer beegti la dhex keeno oo laga doodo oo loo gar naqo iyadoo la raadinayo eedeysane iyo mid laga gar daran yahay si loo xukumo. Geer beegti, garsoore, iyo qareen ayaa garta meel mariyaa.
Dhaqashada somalida waxa ay isku dayi jireen oo cado ka dhigeen Dumaal, si hadii nin dhinto walalkii ama ehelkii mid aad ugu dhaw loo dhiso gabadhuu ka tagay si reerkii ay caruurtey dhashay uga bixin oo nin shisheeyo oo laga baqayo inuu xumeeyo caruurta uu san dhalin asagu. Hadii nin gabadh ka dhimato oo ay caruur ka tagto, ninka waxaa loo dhisi jiray walaasheed oo caruurtii hore habaryar u ah oo leysleeyahay weey u tudhi doontaa oo waxaba ka garan meeyso Somalidu cadadan Xigsiin ayay dhih jireen
Godobtir waxaa loogu tala gali jiray hadii nin geeysto dil fool xun reerka laga dilay ninka xoolo iyo gabadh ka dhalatay reerka wax dilay ayaa laykugu dari jiray si dhiigu u joogsado
- Qareen waa kalmad 1400 sano ka hor ay isticmaali jireen Garaadayasha ama xeerbegtida kuwa difaaca edysan ama la eedeyaha.
Ajidii hore waxa ay ogaadeen xaq daro fara badan in ay ka soo foofto kuwa bulshada ugu awood sareeya iyadoo dhibo fara badan gaarsiisa ka awooda badan leheyn. Dadka noocan ah ee daciifka ah yaa difaacaya ?
Dirka, konfurta waxa ay sheegan odeyga Direed wiilkiisa Maahe Dir in uu arinkaan ka gubtay, kadib markii uu arkay in mar walba ay dulmanayaasha yihiin kuwa ugu xooga yar Somalida. Waxaa uu ku jawaabay maadama Weyn, Abuurah iyo uumah ifka uu xaq soorah runta ah yahay oo uu si un ugu aaro ka daciifka ah ee uu isagu uunto. Waxaa la yiri muddo dhoor iyo toban sano kadib ayuu soo kacay aroor oo uu yiri, ” Nabsi ayuu weynuhu adeegasadaa”, oo si uun baa loo ciqaaba kii tabar yarah Dhib. Waxaa la yiri, gabey iyo guubabo ayuu ku fidiyay fikradaan Nabsiga. I uu Illahey si toos ah oon lex lexad leheyn uu ugu aaro adoontiisa tabarta yar. Waa ” Waa waxa la dhihi karo ” instant Divine Retribution” ciqaa xaga illahey uga timaada kuwa dhiba masaakinta, tabar ta yar. Mahe Dir wuxuu wiilkiisi curad ka ahaa u baxshay Xiniftire- ama mid isku tax luujiyo inuu la dagaalamo xanuunka xaq darada la xiriira, Xinif-Tire (Xanuunkaa bi’iye) sida dadka waa weyn siiba Habraha madhaleyka, ruux kasta oon tabar iyo xeelad uu isku difaac leheyn, dadka laga tiro badan yahay, Kuwa safarka ah, agoonta, iyo kuwa maskaxda looga jiro ( Waalan ama Maraanka ah)
Waa Dhab: Misko la koro miskiin baa leh.
- Maanta Soomaliya wexey la gubaneysaa oo la holceysaa kuwooda tabarta leh wexey bah dilaan oo gumeystaan kuwooda tabarta yar.
- Maseyrka ka haysta iyo kaan heysan waxaa ka dhashay dad in ay lugaha isugu dhuftaan tol iyo qaraabo mid walba oo iswada xasda. Isu ogaleen nimacada Illahey ee cidwalba deeqda.
Wuxuu yiri: Somalidii hore ee Aji dad san oo hagaagsan ayay ahayeen, waan saabata ilaahey ugu baxshay ” Samaale” Kuwii samada lahaa. Samaalahana waxaa ugu fiicnaa Dir Aji oo waa ninka alifay kalgacalka, Sinaanta, iyo in si wad jir ah oo san in ay u wada nooladaan. Laakin waxaa Dhacday Dir Aji waxaa ku qasmay cayayan iyo xasharaad fara badan, dunta hoosena waa ka xumaadeen oo xeerkii iyo hidih Dir Aji uu ku faafiyay Geesta afrika waa baa ba;ay.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Xildhibanadii la diiday--The New List of Somali Spoilers who can not join as the New Members of the National Parliament
Mogadishu: Friday, August 17, 2012 (Somaligov News Portal):
The New List of Somali Spoilers who can not join as the New Members of
the National Parliament Or in the Forthcoming Cabinet after they have already
committed crimes against humanity such fraud, helping warlords and swindled
money on behalf of the Government of Somalia.
If they think that
they are above the law then it's the right time to issue warranty of arrest and
we will put you in a jail to face reality of your endless crimes since 1991
until now.
Special thanks to
the Amnesty International & Other Human Rights Organizations for submitting
this list of Somali Spoilers who thought that they have been above the law.
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Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Hawiye: Abgal)
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Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan (Digil & Mirifle: Asharaaf)
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Dr. Abdiweli Ali Mohamed “Gas: (Darod: Majirteen)
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Abdirashid Sharmake (Darod: Majirteen)
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Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmajo” (Darod: Marehan)
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Hassan Abshir Farah (Darod: Majirteen)
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Mohamed Mohamud Gacma-Dhere (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Osman Ali Ato (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Barre Adan Shire “Barre Hirale” (Darod: Marehan)
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Mohamed Sayid Adan (Darod: Marehan)
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Ahmed Omar Jes (Darod: Ogaden)
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Hussein Mohamed Farah “Aideed” (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Ahmed Du'alle Haf (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Mohamed Jama Furuh (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Mohamed Qanyare Afrah (Hawiye: Murursade)
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Salad Ali Jelle (Hawiye: Abgal)
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Muse Sudi Yalow (Hawiye: Abgal)
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Omar Mohamed “Omar Finish” (Hawiye: Abgal)
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Ismail Mohamed Buubaa (Dir: Isaaq)
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Mohamed Hassan Hayir “Mareeye” (Dir: Isaaq)
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Mohamed Abdullahi Omar (Dir: Isaaq)
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Abdullaahi Sheikh Ismail (Dir: Biyo-Maal)
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Prof. Abdirahman Adan Ibrahim “Ibi” (Dir: Biyo-Maal)
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Abdiasis Sheikh Yusuf Dired (Dir: Fiqi Mohamed)
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Ing. Munye Said Omar (Digili & Mirifle: Tuni)
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Sheikh Adan Madobe (Digili & Mirifle: Hadamo)
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Col. Hassan Mohamed Nur “Shati-gud” (Digili & Mirifle: Harin)
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Mohamed Ibrahim Habsade (Digili & Mirifle: Lisan)
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Ibrahim Adan Kiish Bur (Digili & Mirifle: Lisan)
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Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalha (Beesha Shanaad: Jarer-weyn)
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Prof. Ali Khalif Galeyr (Darod: Dhulbahante)
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Abdikarim Jama (Darod: Dhulbahante)
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Prof. Abdi Ismail Samatar (Dir: Gadabursi)
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Prof. Ahmed Ismail Samatar (Dir: Gadabursi)
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Sakariye Haji Mohamed (Darod: Leelkase)
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Hussein Arab Isse (Dir: Isaaq)
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Prof. Ali Mohamed Gedi (Hawiye: Abgal)
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Prof. Abdirasak Osman Hassan Jurile (Darod: Majirteen)
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Gen. Abdi Hassan Awale “Qayb-Did” (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Col. Mohamed Ahmed Alin (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Prof. Mohamed Abdi Gaandi (Darod: Ogaden)
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Abdirahman Abdishakur (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Yusuf Garad Omar (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Ahmed Mo'allim Fiqi, the Current Director of the NSS (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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AVV. Aydid Iko-Hanaf (Dir: Isaaq)
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Gen. Jama Ali Jama, Former Puntland President (Darod: Majirteen)
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General Ade Muse Boqor, Former Puntland President (Darod: Majirteen)
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Jamac Jangale (Darod: Dhulbahante)
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Ali Ismail Abdi-Giir (Darod: Leelkase)
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Maslah Mohamed Siyad (Darod: Marehan)
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Abdullahi Ahmed Adow (Hawiye: Habar-Gidir)
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Gen. Mohamed Darwish (Darod: Majirteen)
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Gen. Mohamed Shiekh Hassan the Former Director of the NSS (Hawiye: Abgal)
- Abdilaahi Mohamed Omarr, Minister of Foreign Affairs(Dir: Isaq)
- Yusuf M.Deg, Former, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Dir: Isaq)
Approved by the Somali Technical Selection Committee for Parliamentary
Selection & The International Community so, if you can't stop threatening to
us then we really know who you're? We'll stop you in any nation to charge you on
account of your endless crimes in Somalia.
Surre Dir clan- old news on Mudug Wars between Surre and Darood/Hawiye
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Biography of :Honorable Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman Aden (Jawari)
Term started Tuesday, August 28, 201212:16:31 PM
Honorable Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman Aden (Jawari) is the newly and democratically elected Speaker of the Somali National Parliament Tuesday, August 28, 201212:16:31 PM
Prof. Maxamed Shiikh Cismaan Aden(Jawaari) waxa ku dhashay degmada Afgoye ee gobolka Sh/hoose bishii December 1945.
Jawaari waxa uu shahaadada Macalinimada luqada Englishka uu ka qaatay magaalada Muqdisho 1962 Shahaadada Diploma ah oo Islamic Law ayuu ka qaatay Machad Daraasaad Islaami ee magaalada Muqdisho sanadkii 1964.|
Shahaado Macallinnimo, Machadka Macallimiinta (Istatuto Magistrale /aggiornamento magistrale) Muqdisho sanadkii 1967.
Kulliyada Qaanuunka ayuu ka qaatay shahaado (Jaamacadda Umadda Soomaaliyeed) sanadkii 1982.
Prof. Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari waxa uu wasiir hore uga soo noqday dowladii hore ee Maxamed Siyad Barre Wasaarada Gaadiidka dhulka iyo Cirka iyo Wasaaradda Shaqada iyo arrimaha Bulshada.sidoo kale waxa uu wasiir ku-xigeen ka soo noqday Wasaarada gaadiidka dhulka iyo cirka.
Intii u dhexeysey 1979-1985 waxa uu soo noqday Xoghayaha joogtada ah ee wasaaradda Gaadiidka dhulka iyo cirka iyo Wasaarads Shaqada iyo Arrimaha Bulshada.
1973-1979 waxa uu Agaasime guud iyo ku xigeen Agaasime guud ka soo noqday Wasaarada Shaqada iyo arrimaha bulshada, Proff Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari waxa uu ka mid ahaa golihii Shacabka ee dowladii hore 1984-1990.
LUQADAHA
•Wuxuu ku hadlaa, qoraa akhriyaa afafka: Somaliga, Carabiga, Ingiriisiga, Taliyaaniga iyo Norwejiga.
SHAQOOYINKA HEER CAALAMI IYO HEER QARAN
• Senior Consultant Constitution Building: Somalia Constitution Making Support Project – UNPOS/UNDP – May 2008 – December 2011;
•Guddoomiyaha Guddiga Khubarada (CoE) – Dib-u-eegista Qabyoqoraalka Dastuurka iyo Diyaarinta Dastuurka loo dirayo ansixinta ku-meel-gaarka.
KHIBRADAHA QAAANUUNIGA.
• Xubin ka mid ah Guddiga Farsamo ee Diyaarinta Dastuurka Jumhuuriyadda Soomaaliya. Mogadishu, Somalia. 1989-1990 – Guddigan wuxuu Qormadii Dastuurka u Gudbiyeen Golaha Shacabka . Dood muddo b5 bilood socotay ka dib waxaa la ansixiyey 12ki Oktobar 1990 waxaa Faafinta Rasmiga ah lagu soo saaray 14 Oktoobar 1990.
• Guddoomiyaha Kooxda (Panel) Diyaarinta Sharciga Shaqada Soomaaliyeed ( Somali Labour Law) iyo Sharciga Shaqaalaha Rayadka ah ee Dawladda (the Somali Civil Servants Law) -Mogadishu, Somalia.1970 – Guddiga wuxu dib-u-habayn ku samayey habka meeleynta Shaqaalaha Dawladda, wuxuuna hirgeliyey jagooyinka “Xoghaye Joogto” iyo qiimaynta Xirfadleyda iyo Farsamo yaqaanada – heerka Sharciga Shaqaalahana wuxuu aad u waafajiyey heer xuquuqda caalamiga ee loo oggol yahay Shaqaalaha.
1991 – 2008 Wuxuu xilal iyo shaqooyin kala duwan ka qabtay Dalka Norway, oo ay ka mid yihiin:
• Macallin dugsiyada Sare ee Koofurta Trøndelag
• Xubin ka mid ah Guddi dhexdhexaadinta khilaafaadka – (Trøndelag KonfliktrÃ¥det) – Wasaaradda Garsoorka;
• Kaaliye Qareen – Leif Strøms Jus-Informasjonen law firm;
• Xoghayaha Guud – Guddiga Fulinta Muslim Sosciety of Trondheim, Norway;
• Xubin ka mid ah Muslim/Christian Interfaith Forum for Dialogue, in Trondheim & Trøndelag
• Xubin ka mid ah Guddiga ka hortagga Midabtakoorka -Kontaktforum mot Rasisme og diskriminering , Trondheim, Norway
• Xoghayaha Ururka Qareemada Caalamiga ah ee Trondheim – International Lawyers Association, Trondheim, Norway.
Buugaag uu qoray Proff Jawaari
• Barashada Fagaagga Sare Adduunka:
Published by Asheim Ungdomskole. 2004. ISBN. 9788292645-33-8
• Taariikhda Norway 1814-1920 (History of Norway 1814-1920).
Published by Asheim Ungdomskole. 2007. ISBN: 9788292645-27-7
• Dalka Norway. Published by Asheim Ungdomskole. 2004. ISBN: 82-9264500-4.
Prof. Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari waxaa loo doortay gudoomiyaha baarlamanka Somalia ee aan KMG aheyn afarta sanadood ee soo socota.
Mogadishu: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:41:40 PM(Somaligov News):
Profiles of Somalia's top presidential candidates
More than 35 candidates are vying for country's top position. Below is a summary of the most prominent presidential candidates:
Ahmed was born in 1964 near the city of Jowhar, where he attended primary education. He later moved to Mogadishu and completed secondary education at Sheikh Sufi Secondary School.
In 1992, Ahmed enrolled at the University of Kordofan in Sudan and transferred two years later to Open University in Libya, graduating in 1998 from the College of Sharia and Law. He taught Geography, Arabic and Religious Studies at Juba Secondary School until 2004, when he was nominated to lead the Islamic Courts Union (ICU).
The ICU was an alliance comprising regional Sharia courts that controlled most of southern Somalia.
In 2007, Ahmed left the ICU and with other former members founded an opposition group called the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. He later entered into UN sponsored negotiations with the transitional government under the late President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and joined Somalia's transitional parliament.
Ahmed was elected to succeed Yusuf after the latter resigned in December 2008. Ahmed took office January 31, 2009.
President Ahmed speaks Somali and Arabic.
He was the director of the tax department at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue from the mid-to-late 1980s. From 1988 to 1991, he was an assistant director at the Research and Statistics department at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue.
After that, he immigrated to the United States to continue his higher education.
He received his master's degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1988 and then obtained another master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1999.
He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in Virginia in 2000.
In 2003, Ali taught economics at Niagara University in New York until he joined Somalia's transitional government as deputy prime minister and minister of planning and international cooperation.
He was appointed as prime minister in June 2011 after Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo resigned.
Ali is highly experienced in academia and academic research, development and economic politics as well as financial and public administration. He worked for several international agencies including The World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Before returning to Somalia in 2010, Ali was a member of the American Economic Association and Atlantic Economic Society.
Ali speaks Somali, English and Italian and holds dual Somali and US citizenship.
Aadan entered politics in 2004 when he was elected speaker of the parliament in Somalia's transitional government. He held that position until 2007 when he was ousted for holding unauthorized talks with members of the Islamic Courts Union.
Aadan was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of finance when President Ahmed took office in 2009, and became one of the most prominent figures in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.
In May 2010, the Somali parliament re-elected Aadan as its speaker.
In 1985, he was appointed as first secretary at the Somali embassy in Washington DC.
In 1989, he left to earn his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Buffalo in New York. During this time, Farmajo applied for political asylum in the United States after the government collapsed in 1991.
He continued his studies at the University at Buffalo and obtained a master's degree in political sciences and international relations.
After becoming an American citizen, he went on to hold several jobs in New York state, including at the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, the Erie County Division of Equal Employment Opportunity, and the New York State Department of Transportation.
President Ahmed appointed Farmajo as prime minister in October 2010 to succeed Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who resigned from his post following a dispute.
Farmajo resigned from this post in June 2011 under pressure from the international community as part of the Kampala Accord between President Ahmed and the Speaker of Parliament Aadan, during which the mandate of the transitional institutions was extended to August 20, 2012.
In 2011, Farmajo founded a new political party, the Somali Justice and Equality Party, also known as Tayo.
Farmajo is currently secretary general for Tayo, which is chaired by Dr. Mariam Qasim, his former minister of women's affairs. Tayo is the first Somali political party headed by a woman.
Farmajo speaks Somali and English and holds dual Somali and US citizenship.
After finishing his secondary school education, he entered Somali National University in Mogadishu and graduated with a bachelor's degree in veterinary sciences. He later travelled to Italy to further his education with a two-year scholarship at the University of Pisa in 1979.
In 1981, Ghedi returned to Mogadishu where he taught at the Somali National University College of Veterinary Medicine, eventually becoming its head until the government collapse of 1991.
Ghedi served as prime minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government under the administration of President Abdullahi Yusuf from 2004 to 2007, when he resigned.
This is the second time that Ghedi is running for the presidency; the first was in 2009, but he withdrew his nomination.
Ghedi speaks Somali, Italian and English.
Baadiyow joined the Somali National Army in 1971, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and remained in active duty until 1986, when he decided to leave the military due to President Siad Barre's military response against clan-based armed factions that were emerging against his regime.
After leaving the armed forces, he enrolled at McGill University in Canada where he earned a master's degree and a PhD in Islamic studies.
He returned to Somalia in 1993 as the East Africa regional director of Mercy-USA for Aid and Development, a non-profit organisation that works to provide relief and promotes economic and educational development. While with Mercy-USA, Baadiyow worked in health and education until 2007, establishing primary and secondary schools as well as health centres in the region.
In 1996, he co-founded Mogadishu University where he serves as the current chairman of the Board of Trustees.
In 2000, Baadiyow took part in the Somalia National Peace Conference held in Djibouti and was selected as a member of the Technical Committee charged with overseeing the charter for the Transitional National Government.
Baadiyow speaks Somali and English and holds dual Somali and Canadian citizenship.
He is the current James Wallace Professor of International Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he also served as the Dean of International Studies and Programming, and as the founding Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship.
Samatar's expertise is in the areas of global political economy, political and social thought and African development. He has authored five books and published over 30 articles. He received a PhD in 1984 from the University of Denver.
He has lectured at various universities including the Somali National University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Cornel University, Harvard University, University of Amsterdam, and the University of Otago.
Samatar is originally from the northern region of the country and opposes Somaliland's unilateral separation from the rest of the country.
He is the current leader of the Hiil Qaran political party, and one among 13 presidential hopefuls who have formed a coalition called National Association for Change. The group has struck a unity deal and will nominate one of its members as the presidential candidate.
Samatar holds dual Somali and US citizenship and speaks Somali, Arabic and English.
Mohamud graduated from the Somali National University in 1981 and then went on to study in India where he obtained a master's degree from Bhopal University in 1988.
In 1993, Mohamud worked for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund as an education officer in south and central Somalia until the departure of the United Nations Operation in Somalia forces in 1995.
In 1999, he co-founded the Somali Institute of Management and Administration Development in Mogadishu, which later evolved into Simad University, and served as its dean until 2010.
In 2011, he founded the Peace and Development Party and currently serves as its chairman.
Mohamud speaks Somali and English.
Omar was born in 1960 in Mogadishu's Hamar Jajab district and completed his secondary education in Mogadishu. He attended the Somali National University where he studied French and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics.
He joined Radio Mogadishu in 1984 where he worked until the collapse of the central government.
In 1990, Omar immigrated to Italy and attended the University of Siena to pursue advanced studies in anthropology. He joined the BBC Somali Service in 1992, initially working as a freelance reporter from Italy. He became the head of the unit in 2000.
Omar holds dual Somali and British citizenship and speaks Somali, English, Italian and French.

From top left clockwise: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aadan, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Abdirahman Abdullahi Baadiyow. [File]
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. [File]
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. [File]
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aadan. [File]
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. [File]
Abdirahman Abdullahi Baadiyow. [File]
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. [File]
Yusuf Garaad Omar. [File]
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is the current president of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) whose term ends on August 20th.Ahmed was born in 1964 near the city of Jowhar, where he attended primary education. He later moved to Mogadishu and completed secondary education at Sheikh Sufi Secondary School.
In 1992, Ahmed enrolled at the University of Kordofan in Sudan and transferred two years later to Open University in Libya, graduating in 1998 from the College of Sharia and Law. He taught Geography, Arabic and Religious Studies at Juba Secondary School until 2004, when he was nominated to lead the Islamic Courts Union (ICU).
The ICU was an alliance comprising regional Sharia courts that controlled most of southern Somalia.
In 2007, Ahmed left the ICU and with other former members founded an opposition group called the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. He later entered into UN sponsored negotiations with the transitional government under the late President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and joined Somalia's transitional parliament.
Ahmed was elected to succeed Yusuf after the latter resigned in December 2008. Ahmed took office January 31, 2009.
President Ahmed speaks Somali and Arabic.
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was born in the late 1950s. After completing his secondary school education, he attended the Somali National University and obtained a bachelor's degree in economics in 1984.He was the director of the tax department at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue from the mid-to-late 1980s. From 1988 to 1991, he was an assistant director at the Research and Statistics department at the Ministry of Finance and Revenue.
After that, he immigrated to the United States to continue his higher education.
He received his master's degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1988 and then obtained another master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1999.
He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in Virginia in 2000.
In 2003, Ali taught economics at Niagara University in New York until he joined Somalia's transitional government as deputy prime minister and minister of planning and international cooperation.
He was appointed as prime minister in June 2011 after Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo resigned.
Ali is highly experienced in academia and academic research, development and economic politics as well as financial and public administration. He worked for several international agencies including The World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Before returning to Somalia in 2010, Ali was a member of the American Economic Association and Atlantic Economic Society.
Ali speaks Somali, English and Italian and holds dual Somali and US citizenship.
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aadan
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aadan was born in 1946 in Bardaale to a family originally from the Bay and Bakool regions.Aadan entered politics in 2004 when he was elected speaker of the parliament in Somalia's transitional government. He held that position until 2007 when he was ousted for holding unauthorized talks with members of the Islamic Courts Union.
Aadan was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of finance when President Ahmed took office in 2009, and became one of the most prominent figures in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.
In May 2010, the Somali parliament re-elected Aadan as its speaker.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo was born in 1962 in Mogadishu to a family originally from Gedo in south-western Somalia.In 1985, he was appointed as first secretary at the Somali embassy in Washington DC.
In 1989, he left to earn his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Buffalo in New York. During this time, Farmajo applied for political asylum in the United States after the government collapsed in 1991.
He continued his studies at the University at Buffalo and obtained a master's degree in political sciences and international relations.
After becoming an American citizen, he went on to hold several jobs in New York state, including at the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, the Erie County Division of Equal Employment Opportunity, and the New York State Department of Transportation.
President Ahmed appointed Farmajo as prime minister in October 2010 to succeed Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who resigned from his post following a dispute.
Farmajo resigned from this post in June 2011 under pressure from the international community as part of the Kampala Accord between President Ahmed and the Speaker of Parliament Aadan, during which the mandate of the transitional institutions was extended to August 20, 2012.
In 2011, Farmajo founded a new political party, the Somali Justice and Equality Party, also known as Tayo.
Farmajo is currently secretary general for Tayo, which is chaired by Dr. Mariam Qasim, his former minister of women's affairs. Tayo is the first Somali political party headed by a woman.
Farmajo speaks Somali and English and holds dual Somali and US citizenship.
Ali Mohamed Ghedi
Ali Mohamed Ghedi was born in Mogadishu in 1952.After finishing his secondary school education, he entered Somali National University in Mogadishu and graduated with a bachelor's degree in veterinary sciences. He later travelled to Italy to further his education with a two-year scholarship at the University of Pisa in 1979.
In 1981, Ghedi returned to Mogadishu where he taught at the Somali National University College of Veterinary Medicine, eventually becoming its head until the government collapse of 1991.
Ghedi served as prime minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government under the administration of President Abdullahi Yusuf from 2004 to 2007, when he resigned.
This is the second time that Ghedi is running for the presidency; the first was in 2009, but he withdrew his nomination.
Ghedi speaks Somali, Italian and English.
Abdirahman Abdullahi Baadiyow
Abdirahman Abdullahi Baadiyow was born in 1954 in Galguduud in central Somalia.Baadiyow joined the Somali National Army in 1971, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and remained in active duty until 1986, when he decided to leave the military due to President Siad Barre's military response against clan-based armed factions that were emerging against his regime.
After leaving the armed forces, he enrolled at McGill University in Canada where he earned a master's degree and a PhD in Islamic studies.
He returned to Somalia in 1993 as the East Africa regional director of Mercy-USA for Aid and Development, a non-profit organisation that works to provide relief and promotes economic and educational development. While with Mercy-USA, Baadiyow worked in health and education until 2007, establishing primary and secondary schools as well as health centres in the region.
In 1996, he co-founded Mogadishu University where he serves as the current chairman of the Board of Trustees.
In 2000, Baadiyow took part in the Somalia National Peace Conference held in Djibouti and was selected as a member of the Technical Committee charged with overseeing the charter for the Transitional National Government.
Baadiyow speaks Somali and English and holds dual Somali and Canadian citizenship.
Ahmed Ismail Samatar
Ahmed Ismail Samatar is a prominent academic who has lived in the United States for over 30 years.He is the current James Wallace Professor of International Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he also served as the Dean of International Studies and Programming, and as the founding Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship.
Samatar's expertise is in the areas of global political economy, political and social thought and African development. He has authored five books and published over 30 articles. He received a PhD in 1984 from the University of Denver.
He has lectured at various universities including the Somali National University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Cornel University, Harvard University, University of Amsterdam, and the University of Otago.
Samatar is originally from the northern region of the country and opposes Somaliland's unilateral separation from the rest of the country.
He is the current leader of the Hiil Qaran political party, and one among 13 presidential hopefuls who have formed a coalition called National Association for Change. The group has struck a unity deal and will nominate one of its members as the presidential candidate.
Samatar holds dual Somali and US citizenship and speaks Somali, Arabic and English.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is an academic and political and civic activist who has worked for several national and international peace and development organizations.Mohamud graduated from the Somali National University in 1981 and then went on to study in India where he obtained a master's degree from Bhopal University in 1988.
In 1993, Mohamud worked for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund as an education officer in south and central Somalia until the departure of the United Nations Operation in Somalia forces in 1995.
In 1999, he co-founded the Somali Institute of Management and Administration Development in Mogadishu, which later evolved into Simad University, and served as its dean until 2010.
In 2011, he founded the Peace and Development Party and currently serves as its chairman.
Mohamud speaks Somali and English.
Yusuf Garaad Omar
Yusuf Garaad Omar is a veteran journalist and former director of the BBC Somali Service in London.Omar was born in 1960 in Mogadishu's Hamar Jajab district and completed his secondary education in Mogadishu. He attended the Somali National University where he studied French and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics.
He joined Radio Mogadishu in 1984 where he worked until the collapse of the central government.
In 1990, Omar immigrated to Italy and attended the University of Siena to pursue advanced studies in anthropology. He joined the BBC Somali Service in 1992, initially working as a freelance reporter from Italy. He became the head of the unit in 2000.
Omar holds dual Somali and British citizenship and speaks Somali, English, Italian and French.

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Mahad Abdalle Awad became the second deputy speaker.

The new Somalia parliament also elected Jeilani Nur Ikar as the First Deputy Speaker and Mahad Abdalla Awed as the Second Deputy Speaker in a highly contested vote on Tuesday.
Also elected were the speaker's two deputies: Jaylaani Nur Ikar, the former minister of public works and reconstruction in the transitional federal government, won the position of first deputy speaker, while Mahad Abdalle Awad became the second deputy speaker (ex-Mahad Abdalle Awad (MP)Deputy-Minister Ministry of Planning International Cooperation)
MOGADISHU: The second group of the Putera 1Malaysia Club humanitarian mission has arrived here to distribute aid.
The Malaysian air force's C-130 transport aircraft, carrying 48 volunteers and eight tonnes of supplies as well as 26 air force personnel, landed at the Mogadishu airport here on Monday morning after taking off from the Subang air force base in Kuala Lumpur the previous day.
Prior to arriving here, the aircraft transited in the Maldives and Seychelles.
Welcome aid: Abdul Azeez (third from right) speaking to members of the transitional government Mohamad Dakanee (left) and Mahad Awad after touching down in Mogadishu on Monday. — Bernama The volunteers were greeted on arrival here by local leaders including Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Environment Ah-mad Hassan Adam, as well as several members of Somalia's legislature.
Mission chief Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, who is also the club president, said the trip would cover five areas, with Mogadishu being the first stop.
While here the mission will distribute aid in Badbadur, about 25km away, where about 250,000 people are taking refuge.
From Badbadur, the mission will proceed to Al Shabeb in Merka where 300,000 people are affected by the famine and in the Balet Veni camps which house 100,000 people.
Both areas are located 100km from Mogadishu.
Essential supplies: Workers unloading food and medicine from the aircraft at the Mogadishu airport on Monday. — Bernama
Operations chief Lt-Kol Zahani Zainal Abdin said the nine-hour transit in Seychelles was crucial to the mission's safety because it would be risky to fly into Mogadishu at night.
The mission aims to distribute 250 tonnes of foodstuff and medicine to about 45,000 families. - Bernama
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