Eritrea opposes South Sudan, Kenya may recognize Somaliland

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

 

 

Eritrea opposes South Sudan, Kenya may recognize Somaliland

Published 05/22/2011 - 4:50 p.m. GMT The Somaliland Press claims that Kenya is preparing to recognize Somaliland’s independence, which would create another new country in the horn of Africa. “Kenyan Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Richard Onyonka said during an event held in Nairobi to commemorate Somaliland’s 20th anniversary of Independence that his country will support Somaliland as an independent state” reported Somaliland Press and Iran's Press TV. Kenyans who have called for their government to recognize Hargeisa argue that Somaliland would help stabilize the region and stop Somalia’s expansionism dreams into Kenya and into Ethiopia’s eastern regions with Somali ethnic populations. Since Somaliland’s ally Ethiopia cannot become the first African country to recognize Somaliland, analysts have often maintained that Kenya and Uganda will be the first nations to officially acknowledge Somaliland as a sovereign country.

 

Meanwhile, sources in Ethiopia claim that Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki is gathering anti-SouthSudan forces together even before South Sudan officially becomes a country. The Juba government in South Sudan will form an independent state on July 9, 2011 which will create the youngest country in Africa. However, Eritrea wants to remain the youngest country in Africa. President Isaias often justifies not having elections in Asmara and the lack of economic progress in Eritrea with the pretext that Eritrea is still the youngest country. According to the source, Eritrean President Isaias Afawerki has a unique foreign policy of collecting anti-government forces from countries in the horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Somaliland and Sudan) in order be relevant and have influence in the region. By creating instability inside its neighbors, the Eritrean government often uses its ability to mediate negotiations to restore stability among its neighbors as a leverage in its foreign relations with countries in the horn of Africa. Eritrea wants to have leverage against the new Juba government since South Sudan has a long border with Ethiopia that can be used to infiltrate opponents of the Addis Ababa government.

 

 

Since it became a country, Eritrea has been involved in conflicts with Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen, Sudan and in Somalia.

 

Source jimmatimes

[MoonLight1]

Adeer get recognition from Buuhoodle and Boorama first, then go to Nairobi and New york.

[Saalax]

Xaaji Xunjuf;722289 wrote:

 

 

Eritrea opposes South Sudan, Kenya may recognize Somaliland

Published 05/22/2011 - 4:50 p.m. GMT The Somaliland Press claims that Kenya is preparing to recognize Somaliland’s independence, which would create another new country in the horn of Africa. “Kenyan Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Richard Onyonka said during an event held in Nairobi to commemorate Somaliland’s 20th anniversary of Independence that his country will support Somaliland as an independent state” reported Somaliland Press and Iran's Press TV. Kenyans who have called for their government to recognize Hargeisa argue that Somaliland would help stabilize the region and stop Somalia’s expansionism dreams into Kenya and into Ethiopia’s eastern regions with Somali ethnic populations. Since Somaliland’s ally Ethiopia cannot become the first African country to recognize Somaliland, analysts have often maintained that Kenya and Uganda will be the first nations to officially acknowledge Somaliland as a sovereign country.

 

Meanwhile, sources in Ethiopia claim that Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki is gathering anti-SouthSudan forces together even before South Sudan officially becomes a country. The Juba government in South Sudan will form an independent state on July 9, 2011 which will create the youngest country in Africa. However, Eritrea wants to remain the youngest country in Africa. President Isaias often justifies not having elections in Asmara and the lack of economic progress in Eritrea with the pretext that Eritrea is still the youngest country. According to the source, Eritrean President Isaias Afawerki has a unique foreign policy of collecting anti-government forces from countries in the horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Somaliland and Sudan) in order be relevant and have influence in the region. By creating instability inside its neighbors, the Eritrean government often uses its ability to mediate negotiations to restore stability among its neighbors as a leverage in its foreign relations with countries in the horn of Africa. Eritrea wants to have leverage against the new Juba government since South Sudan has a long border with Ethiopia that can be used to infiltrate opponents of the Addis Ababa government.

 

 

Since it became a country, Eritrea has been involved in conflicts with Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen, Sudan and in Somalia.

 

Source jimmatimes

 

Interesting.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

MoonLight1;722293 wrote:

Adeer get recognition from Buuhoodle and Boorama first, then go to Nairobi and New york.

The people of borama few days ago

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And reer buhoodle cleaned the entire city they love they have for their soil wa nimanka ku dhaarta wata ciida buhoodle midh midh lo qaado waleh buhoodle midh midh bay u xaadheen.

 

Somaliland is raacday.... Moonlight hows the latest offensive on te bakara market ?

[Leezu]

I dont see how recognizing Somaliland makes Somalia stop its ambitions of freeing all Somalis in NFD and Soomaali Galbeed from Bantu and Habasha colonization?

NFD and Soomaali Galbeed can still become independent.

[Thankful]

The Somaliland Press claims

Kenyan Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Richard Onyonka said during an event held in Nairobi to commemorate Somaliland’s 20th anniversary of Independence that his country will support Somaliland as an independent state”

reported Somaliland Press

Great source!!!

 

I think after 20 years of trying to report news that other countries are close to recognizing them, when those countries themselves have never released anything official backing up the claim, people are now fed up, as we have seen with the recent WHO Assembly in Geneva.

 

argue that Somaliland would help stabilize the region and stop Somalia’s expansionism dreams into Kenya and into Ethiopia’s eastern regions with Somali ethnic populations

This is how you know the article is influenced by secessionists, how would Hargeysa's admin in the NW of Somalia be able to stop Southern Somalia's expansion??

 

This is the key to why NW Somalia is unable to get a single country to recognize them, it's because unlike South Sudan who is wealthy in Oil resource, our secessionists have nothing tangible to offer the rest of the world.

 

Except ridiculous claims like being able to stop Somalia's expansion into Kenya.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

I still don't understand why the Eritrean president is opposing the independence of south sudan not that he can stop it.

[Leezu]

Did you even read your own text it says something like they have a long border with Ethiopia which can infiltrate secessionist groups probably ONLF

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

A south sudanese delegation visited few months ago asmara and Isiyas was oke back then i wonder what changed. Why does Isiyas care for ONLF ,south sudan doesn't even border the Somali region but they border the gambeele Ethiopians.

[Leezu]

Sorry I meant OLF, oromos