Mohamed Sillah

**Mohamed Yahya Sillah** (an haife shi a watan Disamba 12, 1949) ɗan siyasan Saliyo ne, ɗan jarida kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam.  Ya kasance mai himma a kokarin mika mulki daga soja zuwa mulkin farar hula a Saliyo .  A matsayinsa na shugaban jam'iyyar National Alliance Democratic Party (NADP), ya kasance dan takarar da bai yi nasara ba a zaben shugaban kasa na 1996 .  

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Sillah a ranar 12 ga Disamba, 1949, a Massam Kpaka, gundumar Pujehun, Saliyon Saliyo na Burtaniya zuwa ga Shugaban rikon kwarya Alhaji Yahya Sillah na Dama masarautar Dama, gundumar Kenema da Haja Mamie Zoe Mansaray. 

## Sana'a

### Aikin Jarida
**Mohamed Yahya Sillah** ya fara aikin jarida ne a shekarar 1978 a matsayin babban mai ba da rahoto a kamfanin dillancin labarai na Laberiya (LINA), ma’aikatar yada labarai da yada labarai a Monrovia, Laberiya. Ya zama Manajan Editan Labaran Duniya na Uku a Jaridar Muryar Atlanta, Atlanta, Jojiya, Amurka a cikin 1981. A cikin 1983, ya kafa mujallar *Labaran Duniya ta Afirka* a Atlanta, Georgia .

### Yakin basasar Laberiya na farko
A cikin 1990, Sillah ya yi tafiya zuwa Laberiya don ba da labarin yakin basasa na farko na Laberiya don *Labaran Duniya na Afirka* . Ya ba da rahoto game da 'yan tawaye suna shan jinin mutane daga fararen hula da aka kashe.

#### Ƙoƙarin agajin yunwa
Dubban 'yan kasar Saliyo ne suka makale a kasar Laberiya a lokacin yakin. Ofishin jakadancin Saliyo a Monrovia ya rufe kuma gwamnatin Saliyo a karkashin shugaba Joseph Saidu Momoh (APC) ta bayyana gazawarta wajen ceto 'yan Saliyo da suka makale. Ya yi aiki tare da sauran 'yan gudun hijirar Saliyo da abin ya shafa don kula da ofishin jakadancin. Sillah ya tattauna da ’yan tawayen kan sayar da buhunan shinkafa da ya saya kuma ya raba kyauta ga duk ‘yan gudun hijira a ofishin jakadancin.

#### Ficewa
Yayin da harin da aka kai wa ofishin jakadancin ya tsananta, Sillah ya dauki nauyin ceto wadanda suka makale a cikin ofishin jakadancin tare da kai su mafaka a tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Monrovia. Ya yi haka ne ta hanyar biyan ƙungiyoyin da ke fafutuka da nasa kuɗin don saukaka ratsa wuraren kwanton bauna a hanya. Ya yi nasarar kwashe dukkan 'yan gudun hijirar tare da taimakon sojojin ECOMOG kasa da sa'a guda kafin wani makami mai linzami na 'yan tawaye ya lalata ofishin jakadancin. A tashar Freeport ta Monrovia, Sillah ya kafa kungiyar 'yan gudun hijira ta Saliyo.

Ya taimaka wajen kwashe kusan mutane 5000 zuwa Freetown cikin kwanaki 90 ta hanyar jirgin ruwan Najeriya da aka fi sani da *The Ambe,* wanda hakan ya sa ake masa lakabi da 'Junior Moses'.

### National Alliance Democratic Party
Ikon jagoranci da Sillah ya nuna ya ja hankalin jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka a Monrovia, Laberiya . Ya shiga siyasa a shekarar 1995 kuma ya zama Shugaban Jam’iyya kuma Shugaban Jam’iyyar National Alliance Democratic Party (NADP).  Ya kuma fara yakin neman zaben shugaban kasar Saliyo a wannan shekarar.

#### 1996 yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa
Sillah ya tsaya takara a matsayin dan takarar NADP a zaben shugaban kasa na 1996 .  Ya samu kashi 0.5% na kuri'u (jimillar kuri'u 3,723).  Ya yi takara a sakamakon zaben a gidan rediyon BBC Focus on Africa .

### Yunkurin hana korar 'yan Saliyo a Amurka
A cikin 2004, Sillah ya yi adawa da korar 'yan Saliyo daga Amurka bayan da Amurka ta janye gata ta kariya da aka fi sani da Temporary Protected status (TPS). Ya yi kira ga gwamnatin Amurka a madadinsu.

Sillah ya sami goyon bayan dan majalisar dokokin Georgia John Lewis, wanda ya aika da bukata ga Sakataren Tsaron Cikin Gida inda ya bukace su da su sake yin la'akari da batun TPS, wanda ya haifar da jinkiri ga 'yan gudun hijirar.

### Goyon bayan Paul Kamara
A shekara ta 2004, yayin da shugaban NADP Sillah ya nuna rashin amincewa da daurin da aka yi wa dan jaridar Saliyo, Paul Kamara, editan *jaridar For Di People* . Sillah dai ya kalli daure Kamara da kuma dakatar da jaridarsa da aka yi a baya a matsayin sabawa kudurin gwamnatin SLPP na 'yancin 'yan jarida da kuma yadda tsarin mulki ya tanada .

Ya soki shugaban kasar Ahmad Tejan Kabbah kan yadda ya kyale a daure Kamara kuma ya ce amfani da tsarin dimokuradiyya da kare hakkin dan Adam na da muhimmanci ga 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki. 

### 2007 Zaben Shugaban kasa da na 'Yan Majalisu
A shekara ta 2007 Sillah ya janye yunkurinsa na neman shugabancin kasa a zaben shugaban kasa da na 'yan majalisar dokoki, saboda rashin isassun kudade da gudanar da yakin neman zabe. Ya goyi bayan dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar Saliyo People's Party (SLPP), mataimakin shugaban kasa Solomon Berewa, wanda ya fadi zabe.

Sillah ya taya dan takarar da ya lashe zaben, Ernest Bai Koroma na jam’iyyar All Peoples Congress (APC) murna. Ya sha alwashin mutunta duk wani dan kasar Saliyo da aka zabe shi bisa gaskiya da dimokradiyya.

## Magana