World Bank, EU Official talk with Somaliland leader on Reconstruction of the country

[SomaliThinker]

President opens EU, World Bank forum on development

 

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Jan 21 2007 - The president of the Republic of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale Kahin, today opened a meeting on reconstruction and economic development in the country. The three-day meeting will be attended by the three arms of the government, NGOs, UN agencies, donors and the World Bank.

The minister of national planning, Hon Ali Ibrahim Muhammad, said the meeting will discuss two proposals on reconstruction and development which was presented by the World Bank, UN agencies, Norway and the EU commission.

 

The meeting will conclude previous other discussions and is expected to formulate five-year development projects worth over 500m dollars. The minister said these would improve the living standard of the people and create jobs. The development projects include roads, airports and others

[SomaliThinker]

This good start for the people, but i hope the UN and World Bank track the money given so it wont fall into the hands of crooked people in the Somaliland government.

[Lake]

Give us link to the source will you...Always post the links

[Taako Man]

Source please

[RedSea]

“Bangiyada Somaliland Waxaanu ku sameyndoonaa Capacity Building Oo Tababarna la Siindoono Hawlwadeena Sar sare si Ay... ”M/Baanka aduunka Chris

 

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(Bidix, Mr, Eric, Cali sanyare, Richard, midig Chirs )

hadhwanaag 2007-01-21 (Hadhwanaagnews) Hargeysa(HWN):- Wasiirka wasaarada qorsheynta Qaranka Somaliland Md, Cali Ibraahin Maxamed (Cali sanyare) oo ay weheliyaan Madaxda baanka Aduunka, Komiishanka Yurub, iyo Qaramada Midoobay ayaa maanta si wada jira shir jaraa’iid ku qabtay Hotel Maansoor ee magaalada Hargeysa.

 

Shirkan jaraa’iid ayaa waxay kaga wada hadleen sida uu u socdo shirku ilaa imika iyo natiijada la filayo inay ka soo baxdo,

Wasiirka qorsheyntu waxa uu sheegay inuu shirku sidii loogu talogalay uu u socdo bernila la soo gebagabeyndoono, iyadoo isla markaasina shalay la xulay gudiyo sagaal xubnood ka kooban oo ka kala socda xukuumada, Labada Gole Qaran (Guurtida iyo Wakiilada), bulshada rayidka ah, si ay u soo dersaan waxyaabihii hore loo qabtay.

Maantana sagaal xubnood oo kale ayaan u saarnay si ay u soo naaqishaan sida ay u hanoqaado mashruuca (RDF),

 

Md, Cali Sanyare waxa uu tilmaamay inuu noqondoono mashuurcani mid ay bulshadu dhan tahay, isagoo arintaa ka hadlayana waxa uu yidhi “Waxaan jecelnay inuu mashuurcani uu noqdo mid ay bulshadu u dhan tahay, lana wada socdaan Guud ahaanba mashaariicda laga fulinayo dalka”

 

Isagoo hadalkiisa siiwanata waxa uu yidhi “ Wixii go’aan ah ee rasmi ah ee ka soo baxa kulankana waxay ka soo saaridoontaa wasaarada qorsheyntu maalinta beri ah Warsaxafadeed”

 

Chirs oo ah madaxa baanka aduunka oo isna ka hadlay shirkaasi jaraa’d ayaa waxa uu sheegay inay Somaliland wax kala qabandoonaan bangiyada aduunka oo ay Capacity Building, isagoo arrintaa ka hadlayana waxa uu yidhi “ Somaliland Bangiyadooda waxaan ku sameyndoonaa Capacity Building oo tababaro lagu siindoono Hawlwadeena Sar sare, si ay maamul ahaan ugu sameyn karaan lacaga adag ee dalka soo gala. Xidhiidhna ula sameyn karaan banaanka aduunka.”Ayu ydihi

 

Sidoo kale Mr, Eric Laroche UN, Presiden Group oo halkaasi ka hadlay ayaa waxa uu sheegay hadii uu mashuurcani sidii loogu talay uu u shaqeeyo uu faqrigu yaraandoono,isagoo arintaa ka hadlayana waxa uu yidhi “Haddii uu mashruucani uu sidoo loogu talogalay uu u shaqeeyo uu faqrigu uu aad u yaraan karo, tirada dadka shaqeeyanaa ay badanayaan”

 

Richard Hands Chair Man OF Coordination Support Group oo isna ka hadlay madashaasi ayaa tilmaamay inay deegaanka iyo Beeralayda iyo waxbarashada kobcinayaan, “ Deegaanka, Beeralayda, waxbarashada, aad loogu dedaalidoono sidii loo hormarin lahaa marka laga hadlayo mashruucdayadan horumarineed”Ayuu yidhi

 

 

 

 

Weriye, Mustafe-janaale

Reporter Hadhwanaagnews.com/Hargeysa

E-mail, janaale94@yahoo.com

 

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[SomaliThinker]

Thank you brother Red Sea for proving them wrong. And you SOL guies i was making this story up loooool.

[Jacaylbaro]

Good for somaliland ,,,,,,,, at least A/Y will know he doesn't have any control on SL and its administration ,,,,,,,,

[SomaliThinker]

What somaliland needs to do is prove the roads, the airports should be expanded plus the beach front should be developed like the are in Dubai and all throughout the UAE.

[N.O.R.F]

^^It need a govnt free from corruption!

[Taako Man]

Somalithinker

 

 

Sources are necessary. You never proved anybody wrong. Always cite your work or have atleast the source written down.

[NASSIR]

If World Bank is to extend loan to Somalia on the reconstruction of its devastated infrastructure, it would give it to the TFG , the transitional federal government under which both "Somaliland" and "Puntland" are part of its system. In the below article on March 25 that was addressed to the TFG few months after its establishment obliges for the full payment of these loans to win a new loan. Somalia's account shows $430M loan defaulted by the last functioning regime. The only avenue to winning a new loan from the World Bank is to ask major power countries like the U.S and EU to clear up this old loan, but the government must meet structural conditions. It can, however, obtain streams of financial aid from anywhere as the government is now pursuing.

 

Btw, Hadhwanaagnews is not reliable site and I am not even sure of who these white men are? Probably U.N agents?

 

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Somalia must pay arrears to win new loans - World Bank

Thu March 24, 2005 3:56 PM GMT+02:00

 

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Impoverished Somalia must clear $430 million of debt arrears to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund before the bank can start lending to the new government, a bank official said on Thursday.

 

Somalia has lacked a central government since 1991, when the country descended into anarchy, emptying its treasury, destroying its government ministries and preventing it from servicing its debt to international lenders.

 

A transitional federal government was formed in neighbouring Kenya last year after years of futile peace efforts and is trying to restore order in the lawless Horn of Africa state of at least seven million people.

 

"Once a country is in arrears it cannot receive a loan from the World Bank," said Makhtar Diop, the World Bank's director for Somalia, Kenya and Eritrea.

 

"The $430 million of arrears needs to be cleared before our institution can come in and lend money," Diop told reporters in Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya.

 

The World Bank is working with the government to propose a debt arrears clearance programme, the bank said.

 

He said World Bank experts were studying the legal status of the new government, aiming to forestall any attempt by Somali factions to say the debt was issued to a different government so they should not be held responsible for it.

 

"Once we have solved this legal problem and it has been accepted in the international community that this is the government that is representing Somalia then one can start engaging as to how we solve the issue of debt," Diop said.

 

The World Bank has earmarked $4.6 million as grants to Somalia over the next three years to support the livestock and meat industry, combat HIV/AIDS, and promote macroeconomic data analysis and dialogue, the bank said.

 

The bank, which is also involved in plans for the relocation of Somalia's government from Kenya, is funding an assessment that will help shape any future aid for Somalia.

 

Last month, the transitional government appealed to donors for $77.3 million for security and a relocation budget for the government for the next six months.

[N.O.R.F]

Last thing we need is a debt ridden Somalia/SL! I think grants from our wealthy brothers in the Gulf is required to rebuild.

 

I really hope we are not taken advantage of like many a African country!

[Jacaylbaro]

Somalithnker ,,, waad yara degdegaysaa niyow ,,,, we started everything from Scratch so wait until it comes the day we build everything like Dubai ,,,, it took long long time for Dubai itself to build what they have today. So just wait.

 

Northerner, you are dreaming sxb ,, there is no government free from corruption on this planet ,,,, may be Mars or Jupitor ,,,,, yes we need to take measures to tackle or at least reduce the corruption ,,,,,,,, now talk about the TFG ,,,,,

 

 

Caamir, you need to accept the facts bro. It is your personal decision to trust or not to trust any website but you always need to accept things as they happen not to live with other legal but illution stuff.

 

 

Taako man, you can simply go to sdwo.com for sources if you could find it out by yourself.

[NASSIR]

Saxib, how can a local level adminstration be considered a "State". If this can soothe the bruised ambition of the secessionists, so be it. I object to lies and online propoganda.

[Jacaylbaro]

of course it is the contrary ,,, you read and believe the online propoganda

 

 

call it secessioists or whateve they say on the net, i would like to invite you to see the facts on the ground.