Dacwadda Cali Samatar iyo Saamaynta ay Somalida ku leedahay

Fikirka Xorta ah - Muddo badan ayaa dacwad ka dhan ah Sarreeye Gaas Maxamed Cali Samatar oo sita darajada ugu sarreysa ciidanka Somaliya, in badana ahaa Madaxweyne Xigeen iyo Wasiirka Gaashaan Dhigga ugu dambayntiina hayay jago Ra'iisal Wasaare ayaa waxay muddo lix sano ah ka socotay dalka Maraykanka.

Nuxurka dacwadda ayaa waxay tahay mid ay shakhsiyaad ka soo jeeda Somaliland oo ama dadkoodii la laayay ama ay iyaga dhibaato gaar ahi ka soo gaadhay ay maxkamaddaha dalka USA oo cid kasta u furan ay ka codsadeen in magdhaw Cali Samatar lagu xukumo dhibka ay sheeganayaan daraaddeed.

Dhawrkan qof ee dacwadda soo oogay oo kaashanaya hayad madax bannaan oo qareenno u dooda dadka jidh dilka dalkoodii loogu soo geystay oo loo yaqaan Center for Justice and Accountability ayaa waxa maxkamadda hoose ee Magaalada Washington DC. ee Caasimadda Maraykanka hordhigeen dacwaddaas sanadkii 2004.

Dacwaddan ayaa maxkamaddu waxay saartay hakin laba sanadood ah si bal ay u hubiso in Sarkaal Sare oo magaca dalkiisa ku fuliyay ficilo ka dhan ah xuquuqda aadanaha maxkamadaha dalka USA ay awood u leeyihiin inay dhegeystaan, go'aanna ka gaadhaan iyo in kale. Waxa kale oo ay maxkamada hoose ee DC. ka codsatay in ay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee dalka USA soo dhexgasho oo ay talo ka siiso, mar haddii ay wasaaraddaasi tahay mid danta dalkooda ka shaqaysa.

Sanadkii 2006 ayaa maxkamadda hoose ee DC. laashay kiiskii lagu soo oogay Cali Samatar iyadoo sabab uga dhigtay go'aankeeda qodobada doodda ah ee qareenada Cali Samatar oo iyagu ku andacooday in xeerka FSIA (Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act of 1976) qorayo in aan sarkaal dal kale hawshiisa fulinayay aan maxkamad la soo taagi karin.

Kooxda ashkatada wadda ayaa iyagu markiiba rafcaanka qaatay oo maxkamadda rafcaanka ka codsaday in kiiskooda la dhegeysto. Sababtoo ah waxay sheegeen in sharciga kiiskooda lagu tuuray aanu khusayn Cali Samatar isla markaana sharci kale oo dheeraad ah oo loo yaqaan Torture Victims Protection ACT uu yahay ka la tiigsanayaan.

Sanadkii la soo dhaafay ee 2009 ayaa Maxkamadda Rafcaanka dalka USA qaybteeda afraad ee DC ay dib u celisay dacwadda iyadoo ogoolaatay in Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taagi karo sharciga FSIA aanu khusayn isaga.

Qareenada Cali Samatar ayaa waxay markiiba rafcaan ka qaateen xukunkaas. Waxanay Maxkamadda Sare ee dalka Maraykanka (US Supreme Court) oggolaatay inay dhegaysato kiiskan. Haddaba dacwaddani waxay anfariir ku ridday dawlado badan oo shisheeye oo ka cabsi qaba in madaxdooda hadhow maxkamad lagu soo taago dalka USA. Waxanay dalalkaasi bilaabeen inay qareenno badan maxkamadda u qabsadaan oo qoraallo kiiska lagaga soo horjeedo ku qarqiyaan Maxkamadda Sare.

Dalalkaas waxa ka mid ah Boqortooyada Sacuudi Carabiya, haydaha Jewish ka ama Yuhuudda ah ee danta Isreal ka shaqeeya, iyo madax hore oo dalka Maraykanka ka soo shaqayn jirtay isla markaana ka cabsi qaba in iyaga sidan oo kale loo dacweeyo.

Maxkamadda oo Maalinta Arbacada ee Bisha March 3, 2010 lagu dhegeystay xarunta Maxkamadda Sare ee dalka USA ee Magaalada Washington DC. ayaa waxa ay Somalida deggan dalka Maraykanku toddobaadyadii la soo dhaafay oo dhan ay wadeen shirar xoolo uruurin iyo taageero ah oo ay kaga soo horjeedaan kiiska Cali Samatar. (Halkan ka akhri transcript ka maxkamadda)

Waxa Gobolka Minnesota ka dhacay toddobaadkii la soo dhaafay xaflad aad u ballaadhan oo ay ka soo qaybgaleen dad badan oo gobolkaas deggen. Waxana dadkii halkaa ka hadlay ee Cali Samatar taageerayay ka mid ahaa Saado Cali Warsame oo aad ugu dheeraatay sida ay uga soo horjeeddo. Daawo Sawirada.

Waxa kale oo shir lagu qabtay Magaalada Columbus ee Gobolka Ohio oo sidoo kale si culus loo taageeray dacwadda Cali Samatar. Daawo Sawirada.

Maxkamadda Sare ayaa la filayaa inay toddobaadyo ama bilo ay ku qaadato inay go'aan ka gaadho su'aasha hortaalla ee ah in "Shakhsi Madax Sare ka soo ahaan jiray Dal kale maxkamad lagu soo taagi karo dalka USA marka uu xilka ka dego muddo ka dib iyo in kale"

Haddii ay Maxkamadda Sare ee USA ku jawaabto haa waa la dacweyn karaa waxay noqonaysaa mid qoto dheeraata Somalida hadda qolooyinka u kala jabsan ee Somaliland iyo Somaliya u kala fadhida ay marka kiiska la bilaabo ee gudaha loo galo wixii dhib la geystay iyo dadkii la laayay murankoodu sii xoogaysto. Isla markaana ficiltan xoog leh geli doona.

Sidoo kale haddii ay Maxkamadda Sare go'aankeeda aqbalaadda ahi wuxuu cabsi ku abuurayaa dalal badan oo madaxdoodu geysato jidh dil iyo xad gudub xuquuqda aadanaha. Waana ta ay ka dagaalamayaan.

Haddii ayse Maxkamadda Sare ee USA diiddo oo ku go'aansato in aan cid dal kale madax ka ahaan jirtay dalka USA maxkamad lagu soo taagi karin. Taasi waxay niyad jab ku tahay hayadaha faraha badan ee u dooda xuquuqda aadanaha oo si weyn iyaguna u sugaya kiiska Cali Samatar oo la filayo inuu noqdo dariiq ay kaga hortagaan waxyaabaha ay u arkaan jidhdilka iyo tacadiga adduunka dacaladiisa ka dhaca.

Dacwaddan oo kooxo kala duwani taageerayaan, ayaa sidoo kale dawladdii Cabdillahi Yusuf ee Embagathi iyo Ta Sheekh Sharif ba warqad ay ku taageerayaan u qoreen Cali Samatar oo ay Dawladda Maraykanka kaga codsanayaan in dacwadda la tuuro. Hase yeeshee Dalka USA oo aan aqoon sanayn cid Somali metesha dawladdii Siyaad Barre dabeed ayaa diiday inay soo dhex gasho arrintan. Waxa isaguna qoraal ka dhan ah Cali Samatar isla markaana lagu taageerayo dadka dacweynaya soo qoray Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda ee Somaliland Cabdillahi Maxamed Ducaale.

Cali Samatar iyo shakhsi kasta oo dalka Maraykanka deggani waxay xaq u leeyihiin in haddii la soo dacweeyo ay is difaaci karaan. Isla markaana weydiisan kara in lagu soo caddeeyo wixii loo haysto. Midda kale dacwaddina maaha mid criminal ah ee waa mid civil ah ama medeni ah oo magdhaw keliya la rabo isla markaana haddii lagu helo aanu Sareeye Gaas Cali Samatar aanu xabsi ku geli karin.

Su'aasha meesha taallaa, Somali inteeda kale ee deggan dalka Maraykanka marka laga reebo reer Somaliland, waa maxay sababta ay Cali Samatar u taageerayaan hadduu xaq u leeyahay inuu isdifaaco oo aan cidla laga helin? Colaadda gaarka ah ee qudbadaha shirarka qaarkood ka muuqataa miyaanay ahayn mid dadka sii kala fogaynaysa? Haddiise aan ciddii hore wax u geysatay sharciga lala tiigsan, miyay joogsanaysaa dhagarta laga gelayo shacbi aan waxba galabsan?

Cali Samatar waa madaxa ugu sarreeya ee dawlad adduunku u aqoonsanyahay in ay dhib dad shacbi ah u geysatay waana mid habboon in lagula xisaabtamo. Ma habboona in qabiil loo rogo, ciddii ka cabsi qabta in iyagana waddo ku furanto ha iska difaacaan haddii ay dembi hore u galeen. Haddiise aanu qofna waxba galabsan, wuxuu u cabsadaa waa gardarro.

Bal aan aragno waxay ku dambayso-

Halkan ka akhri dhammaan dacwooyinka iyo cidda kala taageeryasa.

Halkan ka daawo warbixinta Barnaamijka 20/20 ee ABC Television

"La Somalie entre chaos et espoir",

The International Crisis Group published this article about the Plight of Somalia in French.

Please click here to read the original French language article.


Below is web based translation of the article in English.

Conflict destroys the Somalia for nineteen years gives all signs of entering a new stage more desperate for the population, more complicated on the political and more dangerous plan for the world.

Meteoric growth in the number of pirate attacks off the coast of this martyr country resulted in a mobilisation of maritime resources important to try to curb the phenomenon.
Yet, this is on land that is is played on more than two decades the destruction of a country with some survivors have found in piracy an unhoped-for way out of poverty.

While the national reconciliation process raised a certain hope at the beginning of 2009, the escalation of violence in the capital and in the South of the country might destroy modest advanced over the last few months. Without vigorous and concerted outside actors intervention, the brutal disintegration of the country speed:

the fighting continue cause floods of displaced persons and provide a conducive to radical Islamist groups recruiters compost.
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Today, the Transitional Government is lower than ever. It controls only a few districts of Mogadishu. Elsewhere, the army and Islamic factions clash to sit their power. Since the dissolution of their alliance, fighting resumed between two radical groups Al-Shabaab and Hizb al-Islam. Al-Shabaab, ever more closely linked to international djihadisme dominates most of southern cities.

The humanitarian situation exceeds the imaginable. Close to half of the population, or 3.6 million people, is dependent on food aid. Nearly a half million refugees have fled to neighbouring countries and more than 1.3 million displaced internal legacy in camps around Mogadishu. The prolonged drought and threats against humanitarian personnel contributed to produce one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in the world.

Al-Qaida fighters some come from Pakistan saw fair: anarchy and misery, the political polarization attisée by ideological differences are an ideal field of action for them.

The abyssal situation is the result of a series of political failures and missed opportunities. At the beginning of the year, the conflict resolution process seemed finally draw.

The "process of Djibouti" was, under the aegis of the United Nations, allow the rallying to moderate insurrectionnels movements transitional Government and to isolate the radical groups.

Under pressure from the United Nations, African Union, the European Union and the United States, Sheik Sharif, a former insurgent rallié process of Djibouti, was appointed President of the Transitional Government. It seemed fair to expect to rally to its cause groups until then opposed to the reconciliation process.

But Sharif went to negotiations without will have the means to offer real benefits to the insurgents in exchange for their rallying. Consensus candidate, Sharif quickly rose to the status of traitor in the eyes of these groups. The Government is now lower than ever: acculé in Mogadishu, must its survival in support of international forces.

Yet the United States and Ethiopia blocked negotiations with major figures of the rebellion, they see as Islamist terrorists. In hesitating to engage politically with the insurgents, the United Nations have, too, failed to play their role as mediator.

Today, Sharif agreed with those who consider that armed intervention is the only alternative after the failure of the Djibouti process. Taken in the preparation of a massive offensive against the insurgents, it can no longer be Ombudsman figure.

Yet the insurgency is more divided than ever and its more radical faction, Al-Shabaab, is subject to growing political pressure. The brutal elimination of political dissidents and the uncompromising application of Sharia law have made it unpopular in the eyes of the population.

When challenge to restart on an acceptable basis for the ma­jo­rité of the Somali peace process. Mediators must be nominated and it is imperative to resume language with the insurgents. Somalia has unfortunately defied since good more aguerries mediating will chandeliers...

The challenge of the moment is to create a negotiation process leads and appropriate by the Somalis. A process that can gather around its settings a broad consensus and where a large number of insurgents groups would find his account. A process that would see Eritrea and Ethiopia cease to inflame the conflict and the United States, blinded by their fear of terrorism, halt their deliveries of weapons.

The danger of having the endless Somali conflict eventually destabilize its neighbours is more real than ever. Piracy and its rocambolesques episodes occupy our screens at point blank hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya and internal displaced millions.

Avoid as the descendants of these damned of the earth do meet the sirens of extremism should motivate the countries of the region, the great powers and UN, REList with courage and perseverance the book on the business and again undertake the hard work of renew son tenuous dialogue, there where everything appears as lint and tatters.

Alain Délétroz is vice-president (Europe) of the international Crisis Group.
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Somaliland: Somaliland Rejects Somali President’s Remarks

I have expressed my discontent on how Somali so called President Sh. Sharif has reacted to the question on Somaliland. He basically told BBC Somali Service that "shit happens" and Somaliland people should get over the pain and suffering as all Somalis in Somalia proper faced the same faith.

Prior to that news, Sharif was reported calling General Ali Samatar, a notorious deputy President of Somalia for 20 plus years to offer his help to fight against war crimes charges.

Gen. Samatar ordered the destruction of the former "northern" cities of Somalia, current Somaliland Capital City of Hargeisa and second largest city of Burao.

Gen. Samatar admitted given the order to bombard and annihilate without regard to human lives. Human rights organization, Amnesty International, estimated the death of civilians over 50, 000.

Gen. Smatar is awaiting a civil trial in the US. Several survivors are suing him of wrong doing. He has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop the trial and waiting the results. Sh. Sharif who calls himself a president phoned Gen. Samatar and promised him his help to stop the trial.

The unsophisticated Sharif is getting himself into this complex issue of what had happened in the past. However, one thing is very clear, current and former Somali politicians don’t want to create a climate of accountability. None of them wants to find out what had happened? Who did what? Who should be the person responsible? and how to prevent this in the future?

Meanwhile, Somaliland government reacted to his remarks –

Click here to read their response.

Click here to listen The Somaliland Government response

The legal context of the missing Somalis case

There are now 14 people with connections to Minnesota charged with terrorism-related crimes. Many lived here for some amount of time, some allegedly recruited fellow Somalis to return to the fighting in their home country.

Click here to listen the legal context.

A Somali man is implicated the missing men departure to fight in a foreign country.

Click here to read the article -

The Religious Wars by Nicholas Kristof of Times

Interesting article - Kristoff critiques in a very unique way about how modern books fight over the meaning, direction and reasoning on religion and the true essence of it.

Click here to read his article

Somali Pirates Big Payday from Spain

Great question- Spain is stepping into a complex world on how to safe her 15,000 fisher boats from Somali Pirates. Click to hear more from NPR.

Paying Ransom, Does It Exacerbate Pirate Issue?

Sheekh Sharif iyo Somaliland - Dembiyada gaarka ah ee uu ka gelayo

Waxa socota dacwadda Cali Samatar - Jeneraalkii qirtay inuu amray burburinta iyo duqaynta magaalooyinka waa weyn ee Somaliland. Waa Sarkaalkii Ciidamada xilligaa ugu sarreeyey ee ahaa Wasiirka Difaaca isla markaana ahaa Abbaanduulaha. Waa Madaxii ugu sarreeyey ee hawsha fulinayay.

Muddo dhawr sano laga joogo ayaa dad dhibaato ka soo gaadhay dagaalada iyo xasuuqa ay dawladdii Somaliya ee markaa jirtay geysatay ayaa waxay maxkamadaha dalka Maraykanka ka codsadeen in kiiskooda la dhegaysto oo Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taago.

Dhawrkan qof ayaa waxay xaq u leeyihiin inay dacwad ku soo oogi karaan shakhsi kasta oo dembi dagaal ku gala meel kasta oo adduunka ka mid ah.

Cali Samatar wuxuu xaq u leeyahay inuu maxkamdda tago oo uu is difaaco iyadoo si sharci ah lagu kala baxayo lana eegayo wixii caddaymo ah ee meesha yaalla.

Maxkamadda hoose ayaa afar sano ka hor laashay kiiska oo sheegtay inaan Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taagi karin mar hadduu ahaa hogaamiye siyaasadeed. Waxa xilligaa Cali Samatar taageerayay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee dalka Maraykanka oo garab siisay.

Hase yeeshee qareenada dadka dacweynaya oo xirfad badan u leh dembiyada dadka xasuuqa geysta horena ugu guulaystay maxkamado ay saareen jeneraalo dalalka Laatiin Ameerika ka soo jeeda oo dadkooda sidoo kale laayay ayaa waxay rafcaan ka qaateen xukunka maxkamadda hoose.

Maxkamadda rafcaanka ayaa iyadu kiiskii soo celisay horraantii sannadkan ka dib markii la sugayay muddo dhawr sano ah. Waxayna sheegtay in Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taagi karo oo aan la hor istaagi karin inuu hor yimaaddo si dembiyada loo dhegaysto isna isu difaaco.

Shabciga Somalida ee deggan dalka USA ayaa aad u kala jabay oo noqday waxa la odhan jiray reer koonfur iyo reer waqooyi. Taasoo macne qabiil noqotay. Iyadoo arrintu tahay dadkii dhibaatada dagaalkii dawladda Somaliya kula jirtay sanadihii 1988 - 1991 oo dhinac ah iyo Somali inteeda kale oo dhinac ah.

Sababaha ay mar labaad Somaliyi isaga raacday dadka Somaliland dega ayaa waxay la yaab ku noqotay shacbiga oo is lahaa 50,000 inta ka badan ee qof ee dhintay ayaa waxay heli cid masuuliyaddeeda dusha looga saaro

Qareenada Cali Samatar oo ka naxsan in maxkamaddu bilaabi doonto dacwadda yaa waxay rafcaan u dirteen maxkamadda ugu sareysa dalka USA ee loo yaqaan Supreme Court. Waxa khubaradu sheegaysaa in aanay maxkamadda sare wakhti u helin kiiska noocan oo kale ah oo ay hor yaallaan kumannaan kiis oo kale oo ka muhiimsani. Hase yeeshee jawaabtooda la sugu doono muddo sanado ah. Cali Samtar oo hadda deggan gobolka Virginia ayaa ah qof da'ahaan aad u weyn lagana yaabo inuu xilligaas ka hor tiisu timaaddo oo uu dhinto.

Waxa arrintan Somalida sii kala fogaysay dawladda Sheekh Shariif oo soo fara gelisay. Waxana la sheegay inuu Sheekha laftiisu telefon u soo diray Cali Samatar una ballan qqaday in maamulkiisu "Wax kasta u qabanayo oo arrintan lagaga hortago."

Waa yaabe godobka ay reer Somaliland ka galeen Sheekha iyo Somalida koonfureed maxay tahay? miyaanay ogayn in dadkiisu ay ka buuxaan suuqyada Somaliland oo magangelyo la siiyay? Maxaa kellifay inay Somaliyi marlabaad isugu tagto reer Somaliland oo qaarna afka Cali Samatar ku difaacaan kuwo kalena lacag qareenno loogu qabto u ururiyaan.

Cadaawadda ayaa si cad uga muuqatay maanta mar uu Sheekh Sharif waraysi siiyay idaacadda afka Somaliga ee BBCda. Mar wax laga weydiiyay arrimaha Somaliland ayaa wuxuu sheekhu yidhi, "...dad badan baa wax tabanaya oo Soomaali oo dhan dhibbaa soo gaadhay ee waxa loo baahan yahay in midnimada laga shaqeeyo.." Waxana cad in sheekhu u jeedo inay dhibku u gaar ahayn Somaliland ee ay Somaliyi dagaalka ku hoobatay.

Ma xuma, hase yeeshee Sheekha oo aqoontiisu gaaban tahay wuxuu illaabay in shacbiga Somaliland ay dawlad dagaal ku qaadday (State Sponsored Genocide). Xasuuq dawlad ay awooddeeda ciidan, maaliyadeed, diblomasiyadeed, iyo maamulba ay go'aan ku gaadhay in diyaarado lagu rusheeyo, shabciga guryaha laga baxo oo xitaa ay ku badbaadi waayaan caasimadda dalka oo ay dalkooda hooyo ku noqdaan waxa loo yaqaan second citizen. Iyadoo qabiil lagu soocayo.

Sheekhu wuxuu is barbar dhigayaa dagaalada beeleed ee Somalida weligeedba dhex mari jirtay illaa haddana taagan iyo dawlad dadkeeda xasuuqaysa.

Sheekhu Cali Samatar ayuu ka doortay shacbiga somaliland oo u harraadan in dadka la gumaaday luxudka si ay ugu ledaan ay helaan caddaalad iyo cid masuuliyadda qaadata. Mustaqbalkana noqota arrin laga caago oo haddii cid maanta loo qabto berri aanu ninkale ku dhicin.

Waxase is weydiin leh, dawladda Siilaanyo ee soo socotaa, maxay ka qaban doontaa? Waayo waa caddaan in maamulka Dahir Rayaale aanu diyaar u ahayn inuu isku furfuro arrintan sababo shakhsiyadeed ama beeleed aawadeed.

Doorashada madaxweyn ee Somaliland ee soo socotaa, ma laga yaabaa inay wax ka beddesho arrintan?

The Pain is more and real when a muslim commits a crime

This week's shooting by a Muslim soldier in Texas have reignited the suspicous way Muslim Amaricans are viewed.

Clinck here to read the report: Suspect was to be sent to Afghanistan

It suddenness me deeply when I realize that each time a Muslim American acts up, does something wrong or commits a crime we all pay the price in one way or the other.

This blanket of suspicion to all Muslim Americans has become natural as we share a faith with the accuser. This is mortifying. We are all guilty by association in the eyes of most other Americans. This is not because our fellow citizens hate Muslims, but the media sensation that covers the crime more often speculates the motive of the suspect.

Imagine how you would react if you are a regular citizen bombarded news reports every evening about the evil side of the Muslim faith. Imagine if you regularly get that prime time news every night for the past decade. You are human and that will effect your judgment.

We love America; most of us would defend with our blood. We go to work every day to make a difference in our communities, cities, states and our nation. We are part and parcel of this great nation. We benefit when this country is in good shape and we share the pain with our neighbors when the time is tough.

But the pain is more real and personal when someone that you don’t know but happen to be the same faith as you are commits crime and the rest of the country points fingers at you. The pain is real when your place of worship is under attack. The pain is real when Muslim children are harassed at school. The pain is real when you feel like you are sub-citizen and neighbors, coworkers and strangers ask you if you know the person or share politics with him.

Humans commit crime regardless of their faith but the notion that Muslims commit crime because they have ulterior motive is absurd. Some may have political agenda, but few nuts among the millions of Muslim Americans can’t be the face of the community. It is extremely unfair to live in fear when a Muslim person does something horrible.

How many brave Muslim soldiers I know are enlisted in the military or fighting to defend this country as we speak? How many others teachers, scientists, doctors, engineers, professors, nurses, police officers are hard at work at this moment trying to improve the lives of Americans.

We loathe seeing crimes or acts committed by a fellow Muslim. We become accustomed to change our daily routine, take extra precaution or even sometimes totally reduce our schedule and remain in our homes when a Muslim person commits a crime or is accused, just to avoid the spotlight. Most of the time that person is not even part of the community we live. Not even in our state and we may have never heard of what he does before that day. But simply we share a faith, his action affects our life, community and rights as American.

The perception of guilty by association is killing us, unbearable and we ask our American brothers not rush to judgment and always treat each crime separately. When a Muslim American is accused of committing a crime, please don’t assume the motive to be political or extreme ideology. Take the time to sort out what it is and make your mind after all the facts are presented.

Don’t rush to judge because your perception and judgment will affect millions and will disrupt the lives of millions of others.

Somaliland Expands its Petroleum Licensing Round Acreage

HARGEISA, Somaliland--(Business Wire)-- The Somaliland Ministry of Water and Mineral Resources (Ministry) announced today that it will add 6,221 square kilometers of onshore acreage in block SL3 to their petroleum licensing round, closing in December 2009.

The bid round now includes nine concession blocks comprised of more than 95,845
square kilometers of onshore and offshore areas. The deadline for final
submission of bids is December 15, 2009 and concessions will be awarded on March
15, 2010.

Seismic, aeromagnetic data and interpretive datasets over the region are
available from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS). The information on bid round
application is also available through TGS.

Minister of Water and Mineral Resources
Republic of Somaliland
Mr. Qasim Sh. Yusuf Ibrahim, + 252 2528766
MWNR.info@gmail.com
http://www.somalilandgov.com/