Bohol
VIP
The original Somali coastal guards. Haradheere got nothing on them.
"After the civil war, many ships started fishing illegally in Somali waters, benefiting from the civil unrest that plagued the Somali people. I have always lived and worked in Maydh. After the civil war erupted, the fuel and the food stopped arriving. We didn’t have any income, so we started thinking of alternate ways to survive -- ways that didn’t require much fuel to capture fish. One day, we saw a foreign ship belonging to Italy that was illegally plundering our seas. So we started assembling our fishing boats, five of them with the little fuel that we had left. We captured the ship, I was steering the boat that is behind me. We held it for 10 days, holding them personally accountable for their crimes. The Italian authorities contacted us, and we straight up told them that they were illegally fishing in Somali waters. They apologised, and we requested that they provide us with fuel and compensation. No crime goes unpunished. After that incident, we encountered two more separate incidents, and we repeated the same thing. After that, no foreign vessel attempted to illegally fish the waters of Maydh again. They get their licenses now from the appropriate authorities even though the number of ships that come here is quite small now. We should protect the Somali waters from illegal fishers and toxic waste dumpers."
(Maydh)
"Burburkii wadanka ka dhacay kadib waxaa noo raacay inay maraakiib badan ay si sharci darro ah uga kaluumaystaan Badaha Soomaalida iyago ka faaidaysanaya dagalaadda. Kadib, aniga waxaan ka mid ahaa dadkii ku noolaa magaaladda Maydh markii dagalaadii bilaabmeen. Waxa naga joogsaday shidaalkii iyo wixii aanu cuni lahayn meel ay nasoo maraan baanu waynay. Kadib waxaanu ku tashanay inaanu caqli keeno oo aanu raadsano meesha aanu wax kalasoo bixi lahayn. Maalin anaga oo doon wadana ayaa waxaan la kulanay markab uu leeyahay waddanka Talyaanigu oo sigaar sida oo si sharci-daro ah ku jooga badda aaga Maydh. Kadib anaga oo 5 doonyood wadana ayaanu weerar ku qaadnay markabkii. Anigu waxaan waday doontan aan hada ag taagnahay, markabkii waanu ku guulaysanay inaanu qabano muddo 10 habeen uu dhaw ayaanu haynay waxa nalasoo xidhiidhay dadkii iska lahaa oo Talyaani ayaa laga lahaa markabka. Kadib waxaanu uu sheegnay inuu sharci daro kusoo galay dhulkayga oo dalad laani ka jirto. Kadib waxay naga raali galiyeen khaladkii dhacay waxaan uu sheegnay inaanu uu baahanay shidaal aanu ku noolano iyo waxooga lacag waayo wax naga danbeeyay may jirin sidii bay nagu siyeen wanaan sii daynay markabkii. Wakhtigaas waxaa ka danbeeyay laba markab oo kale iyagana sidii baanu ka yeelnay, wakhtigaas ilaa hada magaalada Maydh wax markab sharci daro ku yimaada ma jiro oo dawlada ayaay ogolaansho kasoo qataan inkastoo aay iska yaryihiin waxa yimaada. Badaha Soomaalida waa in xad-gudubka laga ilaaliyo."
(Maydh)
Somali Faces
"After the civil war, many ships started fishing illegally in Somali waters, benefiting from the civil unrest that plagued the Somali people. I have always lived and worked in Maydh. After the civil war erupted, the fuel and the food stopped arriving. We didn’t have any income, so we started thinking of alternate ways to survive -- ways that didn’t require much fuel to capture fish. One day, we saw a foreign ship belonging to Italy that was illegally plundering our seas. So we started assembling our fishing boats, five of them with the little fuel that we had left. We captured the ship, I was steering the boat that is behind me. We held it for 10 days, holding them personally accountable for their crimes. The Italian authorities contacted us, and we straight up told them that they were illegally fishing in Somali waters. They apologised, and we requested that they provide us with fuel and compensation. No crime goes unpunished. After that incident, we encountered two more separate incidents, and we repeated the same thing. After that, no foreign vessel attempted to illegally fish the waters of Maydh again. They get their licenses now from the appropriate authorities even though the number of ships that come here is quite small now. We should protect the Somali waters from illegal fishers and toxic waste dumpers."
(Maydh)
"Burburkii wadanka ka dhacay kadib waxaa noo raacay inay maraakiib badan ay si sharci darro ah uga kaluumaystaan Badaha Soomaalida iyago ka faaidaysanaya dagalaadda. Kadib, aniga waxaan ka mid ahaa dadkii ku noolaa magaaladda Maydh markii dagalaadii bilaabmeen. Waxa naga joogsaday shidaalkii iyo wixii aanu cuni lahayn meel ay nasoo maraan baanu waynay. Kadib waxaanu ku tashanay inaanu caqli keeno oo aanu raadsano meesha aanu wax kalasoo bixi lahayn. Maalin anaga oo doon wadana ayaa waxaan la kulanay markab uu leeyahay waddanka Talyaanigu oo sigaar sida oo si sharci-daro ah ku jooga badda aaga Maydh. Kadib anaga oo 5 doonyood wadana ayaanu weerar ku qaadnay markabkii. Anigu waxaan waday doontan aan hada ag taagnahay, markabkii waanu ku guulaysanay inaanu qabano muddo 10 habeen uu dhaw ayaanu haynay waxa nalasoo xidhiidhay dadkii iska lahaa oo Talyaani ayaa laga lahaa markabka. Kadib waxaanu uu sheegnay inuu sharci daro kusoo galay dhulkayga oo dalad laani ka jirto. Kadib waxay naga raali galiyeen khaladkii dhacay waxaan uu sheegnay inaanu uu baahanay shidaal aanu ku noolano iyo waxooga lacag waayo wax naga danbeeyay may jirin sidii bay nagu siyeen wanaan sii daynay markabkii. Wakhtigaas waxaa ka danbeeyay laba markab oo kale iyagana sidii baanu ka yeelnay, wakhtigaas ilaa hada magaalada Maydh wax markab sharci daro ku yimaada ma jiro oo dawlada ayaay ogolaansho kasoo qataan inkastoo aay iska yaryihiin waxa yimaada. Badaha Soomaalida waa in xad-gudubka laga ilaaliyo."
(Maydh)
Somali Faces
