http://aduunyo.com Promoting a Positive Somali Imgae Fri, 18 May 2012 23:08:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-the-mogadishu-security-stabilization-plan-mssp/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-the-mogadishu-security-stabilization-plan-mssp/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 23:05:07 +0000 AwooweHamza http://aduunyo.com/?p=4920   The Mogadishu Security & Stabilization Plan – also known as the ‘Dan Guud Program’ – I’m not sure how many of you have heard of this, but it is not something new. It started in 2005 and only just recently received $9.5 million in funding from the US & the UK, at the start [...]]]> http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-the-mogadishu-security-stabilization-plan-mssp/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-magic-trick-or-strategic-planning-learning-from-the-silence-of-the-media/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-magic-trick-or-strategic-planning-learning-from-the-silence-of-the-media/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 11:45:36 +0000 AwooweHamza http://aduunyo.com/?p=4910   Learning from the Silence of the Media – I like to pick up things that many people are not really talking about too much. Listening to the silence teaches me more than hearing the shouts.   During February 2012, remember when David Cameron made Somalia’s piracy problem a priority when drafting up his foreign [...]]]> http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-magic-trick-or-strategic-planning-learning-from-the-silence-of-the-media/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-the-istanbul-declaration/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-the-istanbul-declaration/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:08:19 +0000 AwooweHamza http://aduunyo.com/?p=4903   The Istanbul Declaration – Ahhh, you hadn’t heard of that one before, have you? Or are you wondering whether I have a leaked document hidden somewhere that reveals the communique of the upcoming Conference on Somalia in Istanbul in June? I’m afraid not. I have just read documents that give us a clearer insight [...]]]> http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/the-awoowe-diaries-the-istanbul-declaration/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/jamal-osman-named-one-world-media-journalist-of-the-year/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/jamal-osman-named-one-world-media-journalist-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:39 +0000 admin http://aduunyo.com/?p=4899 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/jamal-osman-named-one-world-media-journalist-of-the-year/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/why-britains-aid-efforts-could-be-a-victim-of-somalias-spring/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/why-britains-aid-efforts-could-be-a-victim-of-somalias-spring/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 03:39:46 +0000 admin http://aduunyo.com/?p=4895 ‘The economy without a state’ wants to talk to investors – not be patronised by Kenya-based aid workers IF SOMALIA experiences its own Arab-style ‘spring’, it might not be a revolutionary wave against its own government – but an uprising against British intervention in the form of ‘aid’. Senior government ministers in Mogadishu have expressed [...]]]> http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/why-britains-aid-efforts-could-be-a-victim-of-somalias-spring/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/invitation-to-an-appreciation-event-to-thank-the-turkish-government-and-people-for-their-timely-and-brotherly-assistance-to-the-somali-people-in-their-time-of-need/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/invitation-to-an-appreciation-event-to-thank-the-turkish-government-and-people-for-their-timely-and-brotherly-assistance-to-the-somali-people-in-their-time-of-need/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 02:11:06 +0000 admin http://aduunyo.com/?p=4881 http://aduunyo.com/2012/05/invitation-to-an-appreciation-event-to-thank-the-turkish-government-and-people-for-their-timely-and-brotherly-assistance-to-the-somali-people-in-their-time-of-need/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/04/chelseas-islam-feruz-16-may-make-scotland-u21-debut/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/04/chelseas-islam-feruz-16-may-make-scotland-u21-debut/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:49:37 +0000 admin http://aduunyo.com/?p=4877 http://aduunyo.com/2012/04/chelseas-islam-feruz-16-may-make-scotland-u21-debut/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/04/farhiya-abdi-first-somali-to-be-drafted-into-the-wnba/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/04/farhiya-abdi-first-somali-to-be-drafted-into-the-wnba/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:46:56 +0000 admin http://aduunyo.com/?p=4871 http://aduunyo.com/2012/04/farhiya-abdi-first-somali-to-be-drafted-into-the-wnba/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/03/hands-off-somalia-a-campaign-article/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/03/hands-off-somalia-a-campaign-article/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:43:12 +0000 admin http://aduunyo.com/?p=4862 http://aduunyo.com/2012/03/hands-off-somalia-a-campaign-article/feed/ 0 http://aduunyo.com/2012/03/the-awoowe-diaries-the-forgotten-members-of-the-somali-diaspora/ http://aduunyo.com/2012/03/the-awoowe-diaries-the-forgotten-members-of-the-somali-diaspora/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:51:19 +0000 AwooweHamza http://aduunyo.com/?p=4857   Everyone is always focusing on the Somali youth and understandably so. Like a politician looking to win the most votes in his constituency by attracting the minority vote, each group/organisation is looking to attract the Somali youth to join their cause. But there are few things that we are not looking at objectively or [...]]]> http://aduunyo.com/2012/03/the-awoowe-diaries-the-forgotten-members-of-the-somali-diaspora/feed/ 4