tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56300089758941950912024-03-18T04:13:42.935-07:00Mary HarperMary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-64576091171891050032020-11-25T04:37:00.000-08:002020-11-25T04:37:36.663-08:00Life after Al Shabaab<p><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia;">I have written a report for the BBC about what happens to people after they defect from Al Shabaab in Somalia. You can read the report here, in English and Somali:</span></p><p><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-55016792?fbclid=IwAR07gVI5uSgztfrgwpOWobSRKayL89MS0FVBnIEKnOlngRo_1gX6UwseDHc">Life after Al Shabaab - English version</a><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-55044990?fbclid=IwAR2026bcnG3ucZos1SX5fKEGpmqY3m8BQoJ5UnZN5xabImWz3Yn5bZWurGg">Life after Al Shabaab - Somali version</a><br /></p><p><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);">Here are some photos from the rehabilitation centre. Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this report and to those who helped me with it.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlrn6MOdXznahTIErGDYvcCmPKt3oLtPpuTYtnrwc8wDyjREQ8amo5vVn_jT7ydfZF_B67pBg6ri3-PlDAsgTPy8BlU0ig5Rt5ccp74L7B9nyEVitIUYt5g8jl_BG1bxTdOD64Tkrb8Q/s2048/+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlrn6MOdXznahTIErGDYvcCmPKt3oLtPpuTYtnrwc8wDyjREQ8amo5vVn_jT7ydfZF_B67pBg6ri3-PlDAsgTPy8BlU0ig5Rt5ccp74L7B9nyEVitIUYt5g8jl_BG1bxTdOD64Tkrb8Q/w400-h266/+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e; text-align: left;">A leaflet with a phone number people can call if they want help defecting from Al Shabaab</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZhyq0JcHUjcXBgCX5QSYJu6Jj64AnbrkC2Ud-7cJra25SfPK2kquLeGEOEZY9kpx02IEqtMq9SSGF77oBAtjufM4ZiPiLDOBSuGBgjeup7SYwKohccUSBxHVbckzZVUWTVEPRGBdcLE/s2048/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZhyq0JcHUjcXBgCX5QSYJu6Jj64AnbrkC2Ud-7cJra25SfPK2kquLeGEOEZY9kpx02IEqtMq9SSGF77oBAtjufM4ZiPiLDOBSuGBgjeup7SYwKohccUSBxHVbckzZVUWTVEPRGBdcLE/w400-h266/02.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e; font-size: small; text-align: left;">Filing cabinets containing information about the defectors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrAVzQZA4h05lmg6uSVXjDUvI8dhBI_apfX3o7E81_EehvEvLBk1IVIRVRBwZ4vHZmMT7Ix6S3sZ1ukYPxd4KaewdJAARgoJFEn-VjByJONt8LLegexEYZxqg-ucvnRJNy7KXv0AWkmg/s2048/05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrAVzQZA4h05lmg6uSVXjDUvI8dhBI_apfX3o7E81_EehvEvLBk1IVIRVRBwZ4vHZmMT7Ix6S3sZ1ukYPxd4KaewdJAARgoJFEn-VjByJONt8LLegexEYZxqg-ucvnRJNy7KXv0AWkmg/w400-h266/05.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e; font-size: small; text-align: left;">Imans come to the centre to teach the defectors about Islam</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzJKNVJVWZgWkX2bdcRlRSr5rgYYPAAqZzHPM8wxe2X5UQOXqENwO1kVo8oDKAPQA7hoXj-1zH4khPWYlfJPMFajr3NJNbrZk8xJy49QJMGTEMXT8JdSnq8M2Z79-bW5TNSKoIsOLE_4/s2048/07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzJKNVJVWZgWkX2bdcRlRSr5rgYYPAAqZzHPM8wxe2X5UQOXqENwO1kVo8oDKAPQA7hoXj-1zH4khPWYlfJPMFajr3NJNbrZk8xJy49QJMGTEMXT8JdSnq8M2Z79-bW5TNSKoIsOLE_4/w400-h266/07.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e; font-size: small; text-align: left;">The defectors learn skills such as tailoring - these are some of the dresses they made. They gave me one with a matching petticoat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwWERPxJwHm23E-Ud7QSHZI3WuN_mX_8cBiNnB3h2NNFSmz7cNosrWMmmae1Dau-3ql8gWrvhiaj7eOipnI_DA79R4d7hpcdNfNq7Dl_8yETIc8H2EmgbZpHZWjT1z7Aliykfkb53LFE/s2048/08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwWERPxJwHm23E-Ud7QSHZI3WuN_mX_8cBiNnB3h2NNFSmz7cNosrWMmmae1Dau-3ql8gWrvhiaj7eOipnI_DA79R4d7hpcdNfNq7Dl_8yETIc8H2EmgbZpHZWjT1z7Aliykfkb53LFE/w400-h266/08.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142); color: #45818e; font-size: small; text-align: left;">Here are some of the defectors who have learned tailoring skills.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZN6_Ay7Azrf-maW50MN_srvQzou7t8vE8CIHSsSgqd6lr8_Z3OMYRPh2QkOmrEIBE5jr3KN9Gok1yn1h2eisT4bqXG8nWbiXyIkW7xw0nAGcmNIas64lHl0Bc7-Y5Gkry2CSFBK3yiiQ/s2048/09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZN6_Ay7Azrf-maW50MN_srvQzou7t8vE8CIHSsSgqd6lr8_Z3OMYRPh2QkOmrEIBE5jr3KN9Gok1yn1h2eisT4bqXG8nWbiXyIkW7xw0nAGcmNIas64lHl0Bc7-Y5Gkry2CSFBK3yiiQ/w400-h266/09.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1MoQxtzr5IulkCjHvQ4EcE0gW551oN3Bav7dDjAr1vkyZT8FI9pzgaqVEjY8mx-WDo9_q8IdnJuyfWiRJdety58Eg8XQP7tBNAbYoCzWBUzVhyoVhQxt8h-KMJyD_8x0DCC3xKVqss8/w400-h266/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);">Others learn computer skills such as video editing.</span></span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-m8-DaLWt8RP3F5XZ_vJfm2-6ufOFecIS4pFPSsaPZ_eXOhYbrQztWu-96GbI9sicAsiQfwlL8Jmyax_pKjXnquns5LI_6mIZcaWBJlviz2o_jSdCiWLeRsiuihkU6kfCmVDYu4LFuQ/s2048/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-m8-DaLWt8RP3F5XZ_vJfm2-6ufOFecIS4pFPSsaPZ_eXOhYbrQztWu-96GbI9sicAsiQfwlL8Jmyax_pKjXnquns5LI_6mIZcaWBJlviz2o_jSdCiWLeRsiuihkU6kfCmVDYu4LFuQ/w400-h266/17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like all other countries in the world, Somalia has been affected by coronavirus. It is hard to imagine how it would cope with a giant spike in cases, given its broken healthcare facilities and the fact that so many people live in crammed, crowded camps where it's impossible to keep at a safe physical distance from each other, and where there is not nearly enough (or, in some cases, any) running water and soap.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite or perhaps because of all the challenges, people are coming up with all sorts of innovative ways of spreading the word about how to prevent the spread of COVID-19, from cartoons, to comedy sketches, from songs to poems.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aid agencies are warning of a catastrophe in Somalia if coronavirus takes hold. They say it's likely the number of cases is far higher than the 1054 (check and update if necessary) officially confirmed. Despite the country's many challenges, Somalis are coming up with all sorts of inventive ways to try to stop the spread of COVID-19. Our Africa Editor Mary Harper reports:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somalia is an intensely oral society, so special poems and songs are being written, urging people to wash their hands regularly with soap, to maintain a safe distance from each other and not to visit people when they are sick. Even the finance minister has written a song. But there are huge challenges. Years of conflict, drought and corruption have left a broken healthcare system. Millions have been displaced, living in cramped camps, with no access to regular supplies of soap and water. Social distancing is impossible. The military has been deployed to hand out masks in camps for the displaced. Soldiers are driving a specially designed COVID-19 awareness bus around the capital Mogadishu, with loudspeakers blaring out a song urging people to do what they can to protect themselves:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Comedians and cartoonists have also been deployed. Somalia's most famous cartoonist, Amin Arts, has drawn pictures with people shielding themselves from huge green viruses. He is preparing a special one, featuring camels, for the country's large population of nomads. Camels have also been used in videos - people are being urged to keep at least a camel's-length distance from each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-68259379974216904112020-04-06T11:11:00.004-07:002020-04-06T11:11:58.088-07:00Mogadishu March 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">CUE: One of Africa’s longest-running conflicts is that in Somalia. It has gone on for more than thirty years, and has taken many different guises, from clan violence to warlordism to radical Islamist militancy. There’s a huge international presence in the country, ranging from African Union forces to US special forces, but they are unable to restore peace. Our Africa Editor, Mary Harper, has just returned from the country.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It happened a few hours after I landed in the capital Mogadishu. I was in my room – a converted shipping container - in the heavily protected international airport. I heard the crump of mortar fire, not far away. I later heard the weapon had landed inside the ‘green zone’, and that a man had lost his leg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A journalist friend told me how a car blaring music had drawn to a stop on an ordinary street, where people were going about their daily business. Two men - dressed casually in Western style clothes - got out of the vehicle. Nobody paid them much attention. They opened the boot and brought out a contraption, used it to fire a mortar, then got back in the car, music still pounding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This brazen incident showed how Al Shabaab is able to operate in the heart of the capital, which is supposed to be under government control. The group not only carries out regular attacks. It raises taxes in the city, including on goods arriving at the port. It distributes money to the poor and dispenses justice from mobile courts, which are considered less corrupt and more efficient than other courts. I was told even an MP used an Al Shabaab court to settle a land dispute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its middle and senior ranking leaders are targeted by US drone strikes, which also kill civilians and their precious livestock. The Somali army, supported by African Union forces and American advisers, has had some recent success, capturing a string of towns and villages outside Mogadishu, and, crucially, holding onto them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But despite all of this, Al Shabaab continues to strike in Mogadishu, other so-called government-controlled towns, and targets outside Somalia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The recent mortar attacks on the airport ‘green zone’ have struck fear into the heart of the United Nations and other internationals stationed there, including burly private security personnel and the British embassy with its black door - a brass Number 10 nailed onto it - just like Downing Street in London.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At night time, some UN compounds are not lit up – they are in pitch darkness, a safety precaution against Al Shabaab attacks. One night, I was making my way through the blackness when I bashed straight into a concrete barrier, falling head first into the sand and badly bruising my body. It was humiliating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is much talk in Mogadishu of the forthcoming elections. In Villa Somalia – home of the Somali president and other top officials – ministers plot and scheme, and seem to pay little attention to the desperate conditions of people outside the compound. There are about 800 camps for the displaced in the city, with igloo shaped structures fashioned from plastic, scraps of metal and faded pieces of cloth. Some people have lived there for more than two decades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are also those who make a fortune from Somalia’s war economy. The internationals are paid danger money even though many of them never leave the relative safety of the ‘green zone’. Somali businessmen and former warlords make multi-million dollar deals in the property, telecommunications and financial sectors. Brightly coloured buildings, shops decorated with cartoon-like paintings displaying their wares, and luxury apartment complexes spring up around the city, some already scarred by Al Shabaab attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every time I go to Mogadishu, I feel that everything changes on the surface but everything remains the same underneath. Amid the shiny new buildings and bright new technocrats, Al Shabaab, and now the Somali branch of the Islamic State group, carry on killing and bombing. The government – still – doesn’t work. Somalia’s young population has known nothing but war. Which poses the question: if people don’t know what peace looks like – how on earth are they going to be able to bring it back?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a BBC From Our Own Correspondent I wrote after <span style="caret-color: rgb(118, 165, 175);">receiving dozens of messages from friends across Africa asking if my family and I were safe and well during the corona pandemic, and telling us to take care. The script is below and you can listen to the audio version here - it's the second item: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p088nmr0">From Our Own Correspondent</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today I received a Facebook message from a 13-year-old boy I know in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. His name is Egal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Mary – are you OK? My family and I are so worried about you in London, where there is too much coronavirus.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another message pops up on Instagram. It’s from a dainty-faced young woman, Sagal, who I met last year at the Hargeisa International Book Fair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Please be careful Mary. Please, please take care. Make sure you wash your hands often – for at least twenty seconds.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I worry even more about Somalia to the south, torn apart by more than thirty years of war, where about a third of the population is displaced. Where millions of people live crammed together in camps.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I receive a voice message from Ahmed in the capital Mogadishu. He was deported from the UK after committing a serious crime. On arrival, he knew nobody in Somalia as he had been away for years and comes from a despised minority clan. He has slowly – and with great difficulty – built some kind of life for himself, but says he suffers stress from the frequent explosions and irregular money supply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He too is worried about me and corona, as is Abdulkadir, who set up an ambulance service using converted minivans to rescue victims of suicide blasts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think about the displaced people, many of whom live in the eight hundred camps in Mogadishu. How will they regularly wash their hands for 20 seconds with water and soap? Water is collected in yellow plastic jerrycans, crowded queues at the tap. Social distancing is impossible as people live cheek by jowl in small igloo-shaped structures, made from cloth, plastic and the odd bit of metal sheeting. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also get worried messages from people in Somalia’s western neighbour Ethiopia. One from a cook I met last year at a hotel next to thundering waterfalls. Another from the land of the Afar, hardy nomads who trek with their camels across harsh, dry land. The devout man I use regularly as a driver says he is praying for me and my family every day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A long WhatsApp message from a young man in the ancient town of Lalibela tells me about how there is little food because farmers are too scared to come to market. He ends by asking if I can send him money until, as he put it, “this hard situation passes”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But some of the locals have shown hostility towards Europeans and other foreigners. Some have been pelted with stones, others refused transport, accused of importing the deadly virus to a country that had previously been spared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Somalis, Ethiopians and other Africans have borne the brunt of racism and other forms of ill-treatment in the UK. I can’t help thinking that if Westerners find out what it is like to be discriminated against simply for the colour of their skin and their countries of origin, they might think twice before victimizing others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are other lessons to be learned from Africa. It has had its fair share of epidemics, including ebola. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was Liberian president during the twenty-fourteen to sixteen ebola outbreak, which killed more than eleven thousand people in West Africa, mainly in Liberia. In a recent letter to the world, she spoke of the importance of international cooperation, and it was only this that defeated the disease.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been lucky enough to talk to Somalia's most senior religious leader, Sheikh Ali Dheere, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, Osman Aden Dubow, the deputy coordinator for the Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism in the Office of the Prime Minister, Koshin Abdi Hashi, and the university professor and senior adviser in the ministry of foreign affairs, Mohamed Ali.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The told me about what Somalia's religious community is doing to help stop the spread of the virus and to counter Al Shabaab's messages that coronavirus has been imported by 'crusaders' such as the Africa Union intervention force, AMISOM.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wrote a BBC report about it, which you can read if you click here: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52103799">My piece on Somalia's religious leaders and coronavirus</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>As the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase in Africa, there are fears the disease could wreak havoc in countries affected by conflict. Somalia, which has been in a state of war for more than thirty years, is a prime example. Although there have been only three confirmed cases so far, the government is deeply concerned about the possible spread of COVID-19, and about messages about the virus sent by the country’s Islamist group Al Shabaab. Our Africa Editor Mary Harper has been speaking to members of Somalia’s religious community:</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a recent communique, Al Shabaab said coronavirus was being spread by what it described as ‘crusader forces who have invaded Somalia and the disbelieving countries that support them’. The militants, who control much of Somalia, have also said Muslims cannot catch the disease. This is what the government is up against. In an effort to counter Al Shabaab’s messages and teach Somalis how to protect themselves, it has enlisted the support of the influential religious community. The deputy minister of religious affairs, Osman Aden Dubow, says their help is essential as they are the most trusted people in the country. After the closure of Somalia’s tens of thousands of madrassas, koranic teachers and imams have been recruited to spread the word about COVID-19. They will drive around in cars mounted with loudspeakers to tell people to wash their hands for twenty seconds with soap and water and to maintain a safe distance from each other. The same messages will be transmitted from the minarets of mosques. But even if they get the right information, hundreds of thousands of Somalis won’t be able to protect themselves. Displaced by violence, floods and drought, they live in over-crowded camps, without access to soap and water, and no way of keeping apart from each other. Somalia’s most senior sheikh, Ali Dheere, says anything that causes harm in Islam is not permissible – and that certain practices such as washing the dead will have to change in order to stop the spread of the virus. People are also being encouraged to pray at home, although there has been no mention of closing mosques – a highly sensitive issue in this deeply religious country. It’s not just Al Shabaab that is spreading incorrect information about coronavirus. Some Somalis believe it is a divine punishment imposed on China for its treatment of Muslim Uighurs. Some say it has hit America because the US oppresses Muslims. Somalia’s government and religious community have a mammoth task ahead of them, both in terms of busting myths and of teaching people how best to protect themselves.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-42303593112949594182020-04-01T08:09:00.003-07:002020-04-01T08:09:50.827-07:00US airstrikes and civilian deaths in Somalia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The rights group, Amnesty International, says it has unearthed evidence that recent US drone strikes in Somalia killed and injured civilians. The US has significantly increased air strikes against the Islamist group Al Shabaab since Donald Trump took office. It has only admitted to killing two civilians – a woman and a child in 2018 – since it started its air campaign in Somalia more than a decade ago. Our Africa Editor Mary Harper reports:</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amnesty says an eighteen year old woman and a fifty-three year old banana farmer were killed in two separate drone strikes, one in the town of Jilib, the other in Kumbareere village. Three others were injured. The US acknowledged the attacks but said they killed what it described as Al Shabaab ‘terrorists’. Amnesty analysed satellite images and video evidence, as well as speaking to family members and the victims’ communities, who insisted the dead were not members of the militant group. Amnesty says US air strikes have in total killed more than twenty Somali civilians. It is possible the deaths of civilians will radicalise their family members, pushing them towards Al Shabaab. On Tuesday the US military announced it would from next month publish reports on allegations of civilian casualties in its Africa operations. The US is involved in counter-terror operations across the continent, principally in the Sahel and in the east and Horn of Africa.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-48922587759699756222020-03-31T23:44:00.001-07:002020-03-31T23:44:30.683-07:00Somalia - March 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It happened a few hours after I landed in the capital Mogadishu. I was in my room – a converted shipping container - in the heavily protected international airport. I heard the crump of mortar fire, not far away. I later heard the weapon had landed inside the ‘green zone’, and that a man had lost his leg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A journalist friend told me how a car blaring music had drawn to a stop on an ordinary street, where people were going about their daily business. Two men - dressed casually in Western style clothes - got out of the vehicle. Nobody paid them much attention. They opened the boot and brought out a contraption, used it to fire a mortar, then got back in the car, music still pounding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This brazen incident showed how Al Shabaab is able to operate in the heart of the capital, which is supposed to be under government control. The group not only carries out regular attacks. It raises taxes in the city, including on goods arriving at the port. It distributes money to the poor and dispenses justice from mobile courts, which are considered less corrupt and more efficient than other courts. I was told even an MP used an Al Shabaab court to settle a land dispute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The group continues to govern huge swathes of territory, mainly small towns and rural areas. But it is under threat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its middle and senior ranking leaders are targeted by US drone strikes, which also kill civilians and their precious livestock. The Somali army, supported by African Union forces and American advisers, has had some recent success, capturing a string of towns and villages outside Mogadishu, and, crucially, holding onto them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The unit Al Shabaab fears the most is called Danaab, which means ‘lightening’. These are elite US-trained commandos, who wear black balaclavas and carry their guns properly, unlike the rag tag bunch that makes up the regular army.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The recent mortar attacks on the airport ‘green zone’ have struck fear into the heart of the United Nations and other internationals stationed there, including burly private security personnel and the British embassy with its black door - a brass Number 10 nailed onto it - just like Downing Street in London.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At night time, some UN compounds are not lit up – they are in pitch darkness, a safety precaution against Al Shabaab attacks. One night, I was making my way through the blackness when I bashed straight into a concrete barrier, falling head first into the sand and badly bruising my body. It was humiliating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is much talk in Mogadishu of the forthcoming elections. In Villa Somalia – home of the Somali president and other top officials – ministers plot and scheme, and seem to pay little attention to the desperate conditions of people outside the compound. There are about 800 camps for the displaced in the city, with igloo shaped structures fashioned from plastic, scraps of metal and faded pieces of cloth. Some people have lived there for more than two decades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are also those who make a fortune from Somalia’s war economy. The internationals are paid danger money even though many of them never leave the relative safety of the ‘green zone’. Somali businessmen and former warlords make multi-million dollar deals in the property, telecommunications and financial sectors. Brightly coloured buildings, shops decorated with cartoon-like paintings displaying their wares, and luxury apartment complexes spring up around the city, some already scarred by Al Shabaab attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every time I go to Mogadishu, I feel that everything changes on the surface but everything remains the same underneath. Amid the shiny new buildings and bright new technocrats, Al Shabaab, and now the Somali branch of the Islamic State group, carry on killing and bombing. The government – still – doesn’t work. Somalia’s young population has known nothing but war. Which poses the question: if people don’t know what peace looks like – how on earth are they going to be able to bring it back?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">7 July 2019, Africa Writes Literature Festival, London</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">20 may 2019, Frontline Club, London</span><br />
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-37800965104080826802018-04-09T15:45:00.002-07:002018-04-11T23:12:15.470-07:00Will Ethiopian treasure (and the remains of a young prince) taken by Britain ever return home?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This month marks the 150th anniversary of the battle of Maqdala when Britain sent a force nearly forty-thousand strong to Ethiopia after Emperor Tewodros the Second took some Britons hostage. The British soldiers won the battle and made off with precious treasure. More than ten years ago Ethiopia launched a formal claim to get the loot returned. Some of the artefacts has just gone on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and there are hints they might soon be on their way home to Ethiopia. I went to the V&A and compiled this report for the BBC - click this link to listen: </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/will-ethiopian-treasure-taken-by-the-british-ever-be-returned" style="text-align: left;">Ethiopian treasure</a><br />
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-27192321763942997932018-04-05T00:32:00.006-07:002018-04-05T00:33:00.184-07:00Somali camels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Somalis, and other inhabitants of harsh, arid lands, the camel is a lifeline. These precious beasts carry their possessions, provide them with nourishing milk and meat, and survive the cruellest of droughts. Much Somali poetry and song centres around the camel. Somalis calculate bridewealth and blood feud compensation in heads of camel, and make millions exporting them to the Gulf. I was lucky enough to visit a camel market in Hargeisa, Somaliland where I came across herders engaged in a camel singing competition. You will also hear camel grunts, camel groans and the special sound camels make when they are in love. My friend Said Yusuf Abdi showed me around.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here is a link to the BBC radio report about it:</span><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2;"> </span></span> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/the-somali-camel-market/s-neIWw">The Somali camel market</a><br />
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-55115487689520658682018-03-25T23:03:00.001-07:002018-03-26T00:47:17.913-07:00Hadrawi: The Somali Shakespeare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was lucky enough to be asked by the BBC to make a documentary about the Somali poet Hadrawi who lives in Bur'ao in Somaliland. You can listen to the programme here: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05b91mj">The Somali Shakespeare</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I took lots of photos while making the programme.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There's a lot of fuss in Somaliland right now over a possible UAE military base being built in the coastal town of Berbera, where the giant company DP World is taking over the port. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I expect this will bring changes to the town and its buildings, many of which are decorated with fishes and nautical images. Here are some of my photos from the town as it now.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">I was told these chimney pots were from the days Somaliland was a British protectorate</span></td></tr>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-21444943343309434302016-11-27T05:25:00.003-08:002016-11-27T05:25:58.375-08:00My BBC Eritrea material<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #45818e;">Here is a list of my BBC material from Eritrea, all in one place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Television:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36366793">Eritrea celebrates 25 years of independence</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36482435">Crimes against humanity allegations</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36357631">How bras, biros and backwards shoes won a war</a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Radio:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/eritrea-economy-bbc-radio-report">Eritrea's economy and national service</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/eritrea-radio-report">Inside Eritrea</a><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/one-of-my-reports-from-eritrea">National service and migration</a><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/eritreas-head-of-political-affairs-yemane-gebreab">Interview with Yemane Gebreab</a><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/eritrea-longer">Metal market and more</a><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/eritrea-shorter">Life in Asmara</a><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/maryharper-1/eritrea-three-generations">Three generations come home to Eritrea</a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Online:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36624375">Can pariah state of Eritrea come in from the cold?</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36469286">Has Eritrea's migration problem been exaggerated?</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36786965">Has Eritrea's self-reliant economy run out of puff?</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36540205">Africa's modernist enigma</a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Photo galleries:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36358235">Silver Jubilee independence celebrations</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-36516611">Photos from around Eritrea</a></span></div>
Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-82747368526924808452016-11-05T03:03:00.000-07:002016-11-05T03:11:48.175-07:00Bowling in Asmara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #76a5af;">On my wanders around Asmara, I noticed a building with multi-coloured windows. On one side there's a big skittle and bowling ball, with a little sign with an arrow saying 'bowling'. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is what I found when I went inside. Bowling lanes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This man has run the place for a very long time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nobody was bowling when I was there. That day, they preferred pool.</span><br />
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-46948834475007546132016-10-20T00:46:00.000-07:002016-10-20T00:46:01.074-07:00Photos of Asmara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are some photos I took of Asmara during my visits to Eritrea in 2016</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Full response from US defence spokesperson to allegations by the authorities in the Somali state of Galmudug that more than 20 of its soldiers were killed by a US air strike. Galmudug's security minister said Puntland told the US the soldiers were members of Al Shabaab. Puntland insists they were Al Shabaab fighters. Protestors in Galmudug have been burning the US flag.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"On September 28, in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted a self-defense strike against al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-associated terrorist group, in Galcayo, Somalia.<br /><br />During a Somali-led counterterrorism operation to interdict an al-Shabaab Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making network, a group of armed al-Shabaab fighters attacked, threatening the safety and security of the Somali force and their U.S. advisors. Somali forces returned fire in self-defense. The U.S. conducted a self-defense strike to neutralize the threat, killing nine (9) enemy fighters.<br /><br />The U.S. remains committed to our partners in eliminating terrorism and advancing security in the region. Violent extremists endanger the safety and stability of the Somali people; countering these threats remains in our common interests."<br /><br />As for the allegations of CIVCAS:<br /><br />"We have seen reports alleging non-combatant casualties as a result of a defensive strike. Once an allegation is reported, we conduct a review of all available relevant information. The review will include all relevant and credible information provided from numerous sources, including USG, NGOs, witnesses, family members, and even reports posted to social media. If the allegation is initially determined to be credible, additional levels of assessment are conducted."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Shortly after I received this statement, Al Shabaab got in touch to say none of its fighters were targeted or killed by an air strike. Al Shabaab said it has no fighters or bases in the area that was attacked by the US. It says it controls the Harardhere area in Galmudug, but has no presence in the place that was targeted, which is quite near to </i></span><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;"><i>Galkayo. </i></span></span></div>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com144tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-89769329224451015082016-08-24T03:09:00.003-07:002016-08-24T03:30:21.881-07:00Some of my photos from rural Eritrea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-23959756596450704502016-01-27T12:22:00.001-08:002016-01-27T12:22:21.643-08:00Somalia's electoral model<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong class="" style="vertical-align: baseline;">COMMUNIQUE ON THE ELECTORAL MODEL FOR 2016</strong></div>
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<strong class="" style="vertical-align: baseline;">Mogadishu, 27th January 2016-----</strong>The National Leaders Forum (NLF) was reconvened in Mogaishu on the 24th of January 2016. The conference was hosted by the Federal Government of Somalia and was attended by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, the 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mahad Awad, President of Puntland Abdiweli Ali Gaas, President of Jubbaland Ahmed Mohamed Islam, President of South-West Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, President of Galmudug Abdikarim Hussein Guled, Ministers and respective delegates from the Federal Government and Federal Members States.</div>
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During the two days of the meetings, the Federal Government and Regional State Leaders continued to deliberate on the negotiations that were embarked on at the recent Kismayo Conference and made every effort to reach a compromise on the Electoral Process for 2016 and its implementation plan.</div>
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On this context, the Federal Government shares the below positions as the best scenario for holding elections in 2016;</div>
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<strong class="" style="vertical-align: baseline;">LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT:</strong> <br class="" />• The number of parliamentary seats in the Lower House will be 275. <br class="" />• Seats in the Lower House of Parliament will be allocated according to the 4.5 formula. <br class="" />• A minimum quota of 30% of the seats in the Lower House of Parliament shall be reserved for women. <br class="" />• Voting and counting takes place in each of the capitals of the existing and emerging Federal member states (with special arrangements for Somaliland). <br class="" />•</div>
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<strong class="" style="vertical-align: baseline;">UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT:</strong> <br class="" />• The Upper House of Parliament shall be established before the formation of the Lower House of Parliament. <br class="" />• The Upper House of Parliament will consist of 54 members. <br class="" />• 48 of the members of the Upper House of Parliament will be distributed equally among Somalia’s existing, emerging and prospective Federal member states (Somaliland, Puntland, Galmudug, Hiraan/Middle Shabelle, South-West, Jubbaland) <br class="" />• The remaining 6 members of the Upper House of Parliament will be divided equally between Somaliland and Puntland, reflecting both their political status and maturity and the fact that they encompass the largest numbers of regions. <br class="" />• A minimum quota of 30% of the seats in the Upper House of Parliament shall be reserved for women. <br class="" />• Members of the Upper House of Parliament should be elected by the caucuses of the regional assemblies in each existing and emerging Federal member state.</div>
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The Federal Government of Somalia wishes to express its gratitude to the Regional leaders, the Somalia public and our international partners for their efforts in moving the country forward. We assert that this electoral arrangement will be a measure for 2016 and look forward to the day our people will exercise the right to vote.</div>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-14697943275471703652015-08-29T06:04:00.002-07:002016-01-27T12:22:58.858-08:00The Eighth Hargeisa International Book Fair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This year - the eighth for the Hargeisa International Book Fair - was the biggest one ever. So big, that the venue was changed to a giant hall, with room for several thousand people. </span><br />
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-65949893571279537472015-06-26T03:54:00.000-07:002015-06-27T05:10:01.234-07:00Book and Kitchen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was lucky enough to be invited to give a talk with the wonderful Somali-British author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadifa_Mohamed">Nadifa Mohamed</a> at a very special bookshop and restaurant in London's Notting Hill Gate called <a href="http://www.bookandkitchen.com/">Book and Kitchen</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is unlike any other bookshop I know. It's like stepping into someone's home. With inviting armchairs, cups of tea and a secret garden at the back. It's run by Muna Khogali and she hosts lots of events there - music, books, children's events and more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next date for your diaries is the <a href="https://twitter.com/hibf">Hargeisa Book Fair 2015</a>. The theme is 'Spaces' and it takes place in Hargeisa, Somaliland in the first week of August. Please come if you can.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you Nadifa Mohamed for the photos.</span></div>
Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-41255789623888263452015-05-02T02:14:00.006-07:002015-05-02T05:17:37.380-07:00People flee from Yemen to Somaliland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"They come from the deep
water" says the lady with the highest piles of prawns, glistening
creatures in all sizes. Small, medium, large, giant, extra giant, extra extra
giant. "The trawlers bring them in from the high seas."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But Nigeria's fishing industry is
being decimated by piracy and the person best placed to tell me about this is
Margaret Onyema-Orakwusi, the first female head of the Nigerian trawler owners'
association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On my way to visit her, I sit for some
time in the famous traffic jams of Lagos. Inching along the bridges that swoop
and soar over the lagoons. Tropical rain pounds down from the sky above. Water
seems to be everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Margaret lives in a large house in a
fancy part of town. There are pictures of ships on her walls, models of boats
in her living room. Even her well-stocked drinks cabinet is shaped like a boat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"The attacks are deadly and
brutal" she says. "At times the pirates throw the crew into the
ship's cold room where we store the fish. They freeze to death." Margaret
tells me how pirates have planted explosives on her trawlers, shot dead one of
her captains, and fired bullets into the face of her chief engineer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unlike most of Nigeria's trawler
owners, who have packed up shop, Margaret is determined to carry on. As is
Rotimi George, a Nigeria seafarer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He has a sweet smile and a gentle
face. He is dressed smartly in what Nigerians call an 'up and down, top and
trousers in the same colour cloth. His is saffron, his shoes and bag a matching
pale leather. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I like the freedom of the
sea" Rotimi tells me. "When I'm not on deck, I write. About love,
about God, about myself." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But Rotimi was recently attacked by
pirates. They boarded his ship in the dead of night, shooting open the doors
and taking away the Russian captain and Ukrainian chief officer. They stole Rotimi's
laptop and his phone. They looted the ship, even stealing chicken and other
food from the kitchen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rotimi tells me how he and the bosun
hid themselves away, and how awful it was. "I was thinking they might sink
the ship. That would be the worst death, because you would die while hiding. I
would want to see what was killing me."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go back to sea after suffering pirate attacks, Rotimi was itching to get back
to work. "Pirates can't stop my dreams" he says, before singing to me
a song about the sea. "I will sail on as far as I can go."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And it’s by sailing out from Lagos harbour that I began
to understand why piracy is such a problem here. The ocean is crammed with
ships at anchor, many waiting to get in to the congested port. Great hulks of
rusting metal, low in the water, almost inviting pirates to sling their ladders
over the side and clamber on board.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was taken out to sea by Sven Hanson, a man with giant
muscles in his arms. He’s a former member of the British special forces and is
doing very well out of West Africa’s piracy problem. His private security
company works with the Nigerian navy, and he wanted me to see a safe area they
have created in the middle of the ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I found it difficult to absorb the information about the
safe zone, essentially a big circle of sea patrolled constantly by gunboats.
That’s because I was being horribly seasick as Sven described to me how not a
single ship anchored inside this protected area has been attacked or even
approached by pirates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But West Africa is going to have to do a whole lot more
if it’s going to win the fight against maritime crime. The waters off Nigeria,
Togo and Benin have been declared a ‘War Risk Area’ pushing up the cost of
insurance. This ultimately affects the price of our food, our petrol, anything
that comes by sea from West Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But the highest price of all is being paid by the seafarers.
People like the gentle Rotimi, who the pirates brutalise and kill in their
quest for plunder.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Mary Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012860799381421907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630008975894195091.post-5735767539581344902015-03-21T13:25:00.001-07:002015-03-21T13:28:18.707-07:00My Latest Mogadishu Photo Album<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Mogadishu port is open for business</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Dhow - many of the sailors are Gujaratis and Yemenis - many carry goods from Dubai.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">I hope this will one day be my apartment (if I can afford it)</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;">So taxis and wheelbarrows filled with fresh Afgoye fruit can move around...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: 13px;">,,,they are the suicide bomb cleaner-uppers... there was a huge suicide bomb outside the airport... they cleaned up the body parts, vehicle parts and other mess.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-small;">I didn't take this photo - a Somali journalist did.. It's of the aftermath of the same suicide blast (apparently the suicide driver was very young). I was told the white people come to the scene of suicide blasts and take bits of 'evidence' away. I don't know what they do with it. And I don't know who those men are - but here are lots of people like them 'behind the wire' at the airport. Some wear NATO uniforms and 'train' people. Others are private contractors.</span></div>
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