Somali Federal Gov nullifies Berbera Port Deal

[Suldaanka]

Gooni,

Kolay adiga xikmad laguguma ogayn. Waxaad so qortayna macno ma laha.  

8 minutes ago, gooni said:

Maal-gashiga waxaa lagasoo galaa irridda hore, burcad-badeedkana waxaa lagasoo galaa daaqadda ama dariidhadda

Irridda Berbera waa Hargeisa.   Budhcad badeedna konfurta aya laga yaqaan, Somaliland lagama yaqaano. 

9 minutes ago, gooni said:

Soomaiyana waxay daciifinayaan ama duminayaan awoodda dawladdii dhaxe ayagoo ku xumaynaya turkiga shaxda dadna hoosbuu ka dagaa sida turkiga qaarna kor sida carabta, kor joogtduna kan hor dega bay inta badan raacaan.

Dawlad dhexe maskaxdada ayay ku dhex nooshay.  Villa SOmalia waxa ka jira maamul taag daran oo dawlado shisheeye nappy/diaper/xafaayadda ka saaran sida cunug yar oo wali suuli/musqul barad noqon. 

Waxa haboon qofku marka u wax qoraayo inu waaqiciga ka hadlo. Inu iska riyoodo maha. Riyoda xaaskaaga u sheeg, aduunka waxba ku fali maayo.

[Tillamook]

5 hours ago, Old_Observer said:

They are all weak. The sad part is Somalia this time is even weaker. I don't consider anyone of them stronger than the Somali. Just worry about having a government even weak like them but at least can move around all corners of the country. Can make working arrangement with regions/provinces and conduct its responsibility.

I agree with you that who ever comes out on top, if there is a top, will follow policies most likely same as current. Ports are now becoming more important than ever. Somalia should have the most ports per km.

BTW Gheulleh does not want neither Mogadishu or Kismayo to enter competition, because there are about 25 million Ethiopians where Kismayo would be most convenient. Even parts of kenya and Somalia might have 5-6 million potential users.

 

 

 

And we are supposed to take the word of a Tigray script on SOL that Guelleh ( a Somali President) doesn’t want to see Kismayu or Mogadishu develop.  That is sheer utter rubbish, for both Mogadishu and Kismayu are very far away from the ports of Djibouti to ever be considered economic competition for Guelleh. Even Bosasso is not much of a competitive threat to Djibouti’s ports, due to its distance from the Ethiopian markets.

I believe only Berbera, due to its close proximity to the Djibouti ports and the Ethiopian markets they service—coupled with Berbera’s location near the gulf of Aden, keeps the Djiboutians up at night. But even then, if the Somalis play their cards right, I believe both the ports in Djibouti and Berbera can complement one another benefiting all Somalis concerned.

They can both use their respective  Somali National assets to the benefits of their Somali nationals, and not to the benefit of the thieving Tigray regime (19%, my foot!)

[maakhiri1]

Gooni, Khayre waa hadley sheekaduse waa  bilow!

 

 

 

[Tallaabo]

19 hours ago, Duufaan said:

The deal is done now. DP world cannot go international courts for their dispute with Jabuuti and Same time sign an illegal contract.  You cannot have both ways. DP world and their associates are power global criminal gangs but they are not gone win this. 

You know nothing about court proceedings. If DP World decides to pursue the case against Djibouti in the International arbitration courts, Djibouti will not talk about DP World's other businesses especially if those businesses are not connected to the case before the court. There is no room for politics in a court of law. 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

13 hours ago, maakhiri1 said:

Gooni, Khayre waa hadley sheekaduse waa  bilow!

 

 

 

Sax, dowladda dhexe wey hadashay, heshiis beenaadkaan waxba kama jiro, both legality and technicality, same way kii ka horeeye waxba ka jirin. Meeqo mar la kala 'saxiixanaa' heshiis beenaadkaan horta? Sanadkii hore maxee ahayd wixii la saxiixaaye then.

Eniwey, Imaaraadka iyo their controlled media - the puppet Alcarabiya, which was created to counter Aljasiira, but failed - cannot stop Soomaaliya hor u socodkeeda iyo hormarkeeda. They cannot also steal and cheaply hand out Soomaali assets, including dekedda Berbera, built by government of Soomaaliya with the help of Soofiyeed. The few Xabashi-workshiping hardcore insecure secessionists' wishes can all day and nightdream to please Xabashada, but not real Soomaalis.

[gooni]

Wax la inkiri karo ma'ahan in somaliya calan qudha ku matasho umadaha isu tagay.

Waana xaq sharciya inay ilaashato jiritaanka dalkeeda, iyo dadkeedaba 

Aduunku wuu ogyahay in somaliya noqotay dawlad fashilantay oo soo kabanaysa

Sodon sano "tummin" timira laguma badalan karo, wixii khalad ah oo ka yimaadana waxaa ka masuula imaaraadka oo qaanuunkii gees maray

Itoobiya way doonaysaa umad ay qaadiro ku dishay oo iska baylahan.

Shacabka soomaaliyeed ee waqooyiga dega, saari maayaan khaladkii yimaada Snm, tan koowaad iyo ilaa tobnaad waxa eedda iska leh federaalka dhexe.

Waa xad gudub iyo xaqirraad lagula kacay umadda soomaaliyeed  dhamaantood, golohooda shacabka iyo dawladoodaba, xataa haddii faa'iido ku jirto daaqad khaldan bay kasoo galeen.

 

[Suldaanka]

13 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:

Sax, dowladda dhexe wey hadashay, heshiis beenaadkaan waxba kama jiro, both legality and technicality, same way kii ka horeeye waxba ka jirin. Meeqo mar la kala 'saxiixanaa' heshiis beenaadkaan horta? Sanadkii hore maxee ahayd wixii la saxiixaaye then.

Eniwey, Imaaraadka iyo their controlled media - the puppet Alcarabiya, which was created to counter Aljasiira, but failed - cannot stop Soomaaliya hor u socodkeeda iyo hormarkeeda. They cannot also steal and cheaply hand out Soomaali assets, including dekedda Berbera, built by government of Soomaaliya with the help of Soofiyeed. The few Xabashi-workshiping hardcore insecure secessionists' wishes can all day and nightdream to please Xabashada, but not real Soomaalis.

Faysal Cali Waraabe ayaa laga hayaa "In gudhuu iyo Bantu ka hadasho danaha dadkeena, waa khaladkii 1960kii dhacay ee la saxaayo."

I concur with the Gaadh-haya Qaranka Mudane Faysal Cali. When laga roone maanta Bay iyo Bakool Xabashi ku naageeyey, inu Berbera ka hadlo. Waa khaladaadkii 1960kii dhacay. Waana la saxaya. Taa ku abshir.

[Barwaaqo]

Jamhuuriyadda ka hadalkeedu dad bay kaarjabin u tahay! Xumadda haysa ayaa lagu qarinayaa Suldaanoow. 

[Suldaanka]

This is what you are greeted with as soon as you step out of the Airline in Baidoba.

The Ethiopians freed the city from Hussein Aided's SNA melitia in 1997. Ever since Bay & Bakool were defacto Ethiopian territory. 

[Barwaaqo]

Dawladda aan Iskeed isu Maamuli karin ee 🇸🇴 

[Barwaaqo]

25 minutes ago, Oodweyne said:

But then again if sheer "political embarrassment" could kill someone, then the folks and the "political elites" of that Villa in Mogadishu will be dead on the ground long time ago.

Priceless 😂😂😂😂😂😂 

‘Ileen ceeb looma dhinto’ maahmaah bay ahayd.

[Ifiye]

Has the UAE colonised Yemen's Socotra island paradise?

Paola Tamma

Has the UAE colonised Yemen's Socotra island paradise?

A dragon blood tree, the symbol of the island's unique natural heritage [Getty]

Date of publication: 17 May, 2017

 

In-depth: A near-forgotten island in the Indian Ocean, Socotra was outshadowed by the conflict raging in Yemen, allowing the UAE to turn it into a military outpost and tourist hotspot.

Socotra, an island 300km off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, was known until recently for its dragon's blood trees, white beaches and unique flora and fauna which earned it the title of UNESCO world heritage site in 2008.

Today, it is at the centre of a power struggle between Yemen's internationally recognised government and its ally, the UAE.

In the latest episode of the standoff, the UAE confirmed on Monday 15 May it uses Socotra as a base for military training.

The UAE forms part of the coalition of nine Arab states involved in a bombing campaign in Yemen since March 2015, backing Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The coalition supports Hadi's Aden-based government in its fight against the Houthi-Saleh alliance controlling the capital Sanaa and large swathes of territory in the north.

But the UAE has been on a shopping spree in the region, securing a military base in the port of Berbera in neighbouring Somaliland - an autonomous region of Somalia - in a controversial vote during which opponents were escorted from the legislature's chamber. 

It also occupied the Yemeni islet of Perim, previously under control of Houthi rebels, in the Bab al-Mandab strait.

The UAE has also been extending its influence in south Yemen, reportedly backing the leaders of a recent secession attempt.

	Read more: Yemen's 'third government' emerges in southern Yemen

The UAE is now understood to be looking at the strategically placed Socotra archipelago with interest, causing friction with Hadi and within the coalition.

Unconfirmed reports claim that Hadi leased Socotra and nearby Abd al-Kuri island to the UAE for 99 years before fleeing the country for Riyadh in 2014. The power vacuum created by the conflict offered the UAE an occasion to extend its influence over the archipelago.

When Cyclone Megh hit Socotra in November 2015, the Emirates Red Crescent - the UAE branch of the international Red Cross - reportedly injected more than $1.6bn in aid for Yemen, reconstructing Socotra's airport and renovating 18 schools according to UAE media.
 

Dragon's blood trees suffered in Cyclone Megh [Anadolu]

But critics say the UAE used humanitarian aid to appropriate the island. 

Reports say UAE officials have been paying local authorities in exchange for a lenient approach to their development plans. 

Since the year 2000, nearly 70 percent of the Socotra archipelago has been protected by a UN plan as a natural reserve, prohibiting construction on much of the island.  

But reports of UAE-sponsored developments, including in the residential city of Zaed - a port, hotels, roads and petrol stations - have been circulating on social media, angering Yemeni authorities. 

On Sunday 7 May, the Yemeni authority for the conservation of historic places called on UNESCO to protect the archipelago of Socotra from "dredging" by "occupying" UAE forces.

 

"Very large [swathes of] land have been occupied by the Emiratis. This is a violation of the laws of the state, the protectorates and the protection of the coast," said an official from Socotra's Environment Agency.

He wished to remain anonymous, as many Socotrans are still receiving desperately needed aid from the UAE - and he is afraid that negative publicity could hurt its beneficiaries.

He feels frustrated at the lack of power to counter and contain the damage: "The local authority cannot do anything against the power of the rich Emiratis, and as a result they are doing as they please. The United Nations has no possibility of suspending the Emiratis because they have no representatives in Socotra."

Locals accuse the UAE of using fishing fleets which deplete the fish stocks and push native fishermen out of work. The fish is then allegedly exported on military ships and aircraft to UAE restaurants and supermarkets.

Banners read: 'Against tourism monopoly' and call for open access 
to the island [Twitter]

Conservationists also decried the UAE's intense development activity, often breaching the natural reserve boundaries, and erecting walls and fences around wild beaches.

According to biologists, Socotra's unique environment is already suffering the effects of climate change and overgrazing. Human development on a large scale could tip one of the world's last pristine ecosystems beyond the point of no return.

The island's natural heritage is waning rapidly, and the local population, caught in the middle of a political power game, is feeling its consequences.

For decades, anthropologists have been studying how the island's unique culture - including an unwritten Semitic language spoken by a native ethnic group, the Mehri (numbering just 70,000 people in 1990) - has inevitably been affected by the arrival of tourism in the 1990s. 

But so far Socotra was too far and poorly connected to attract mass tourism.

[BSince April 2017, the Abu Dhabi-based Rotana Jet airline has operated weekly commercial flights directly linking the UAE to Socotra, bypassing Aden's authority, hoping to turn Socotra into a tourism hotspot.

 

Local tourism operators have protested against "the monopolisation of tourism by the UAE", which is reportedly controlling the influx of tourists by tying plane tickets to the purchase of a package holiday including hotel, car hire and guided tour - all provided by UAE business operators.

Since the UAE controls the air and naval traffic on the island, local operators are pushed out of the market. 

Local youths have reportedly been granted ID cards to emigrate and work in the UAE as hotel maids, shop assistants and companies security guards, draining the local economy of labour.

Socotra is undergoing multiple and intertwined political, ecological and economic crises. 

Aden's diminishing hold on southern Yemen has encouraged the UAE's expansionism, and a lack of oversight on this remote island risks depleting Socotra of its natural and cultural heritage.[/b]

The UAE ministry of foreign affairs was contacted to comment on this story, but did not to respond to our requests

[Ifiye]

In an unprecedented event the UAE has called [on] the people of the island to vote on a referendum of self-determination to join them, and this is the most dangerous step”, the Ministry of Tourism said.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180116-yemen-calls-on-uae-to-stop-destroying-socotra-island/

[Xaadle]

Xaqiiqdu waxay tahay qof walba Soomali inuusan diidanayn Somaliland horumarto laakiin damiirka diidan waxaad Soomaali kala carartay inaad Ethopian u gayso. halkaan ka daawo arigtida dhaliyarad iyo wax garad Somaliland ah.

 

[Old_Observer]

7 hours ago, Suldaanka said:

This is what you are greeted with as soon as you step out of the Airline in Baidoba.

The Ethiopians freed the city from Hussein Aided's SNA melitia in 1997. Ever since Bay & Bakool were defacto Ethiopian territory. 

You know why the Ethiopians went there?

Who invited them, hint: is a general vilified to high in Somaliland

He invited asked that his people are being butchered and the request came through WSLF

When interviewed in Mogadishu during ICU, but after ICU has been banished and late A. Yusuf entered, that General said "We might have been enemies at one time, but we knew they are more long term thinking people and would not ignore our request for help. No matter how much we fought each other, they also know we are close"

That is kind of decision making one needs, even call your "enemy" when the risk is too great and you have no capacity to protect the people.

Aideed folks were simply taken off the list of "human" for burning grain on the farm.

A WSLF fighter who was a company commander simply broke down cried and told his commander that "he himself might committ crime on Aideed folks so will serve an interpreter rather than command" He was sent back to Ethiopia with instructions that he would not be assigned no where in southern part of Ethiopia. That fighter/commander is now a colonel and lives in Western Tigray near Gonder.

That war has affected civilians and military how cruel how inhuman we people can be, regardless of all prognostications...