Isn't Jawar the Waraabe of the Oromos?

Waraabe ceebi ma karto. He was talking like a mercenary for DP World.

It is a scheme.

Mr. Bihi always insisted that all LA sub clans should be party to any constitutional discussion. Galaydh only managed to convince his own Garad, Garad Jamac to sign a deal with Somaliland, but most others are still holding out. It is highly unlikely that a constitutional debate will be opened, a key request Mr. Galaydh was making all along. But I agree, it is good optics for Somaliland when you see the likes of Galaydh singing Somaliland song, signing peace deals here and there, rather than create hostilities.

I don't remember Farmaajo rejecting anything. Did he actually do that?

The modern scramble for Africa is intensifying. A sharp uptick in the expansion of foreign militaries in the Horn of Africa accompanied the growth of economic competition in the region in 2017. China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates have opened military bases throughout the area in the past two years. The region is strategically important to these states for various reasons: securing shipping routes in the Bab al Mandab Strait, proximity to the ongoing conflict in Yemen, and the desire to array forces in the region alongside rivals including the United States. China has concentrated its military presence in Djibouti near American and other Western forces. The competition between the United Arab Emirates and Turkey in the Horn of Africa has yielded mixed results in Somalia. The Somali Federal Government (SFG) has received significant counterterrorism training support from both nations, as well as humanitarian aid from Turkey. The competition has strained relations between the SFG and Somalia's semi-autonomous regions, however. Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo rejected the legitimacy of a 30-year Emirati contract on the port of Berbera in Somaliland, for example.[1] The 2017 crisis between Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE exacerbated tensions between Somaliland and President Farmajo after the semi-autonomous government of Somaliland supported the boycott of Qatar, while the SFG remained neutral in the conflict.[2] Emirati operations in Yemen relied originally on basing in Djibouti. The UAE invested heavily in Eritrea beginning in mid-2015.[3] The Emirati military now operates from the Assab base in Eritrea and smaller outposts on the Yemeni islands of Socotra and Perim. The UAE is also expanding its presence into Somaliland at the port of Berbera.[4] In 2008, Djibouti agreed to lease the Doraleh Container Port to Dubai-based company DP World.[5] The UAE and Saudi Arabia leased a base in the Haramous district of Djibouti City in April 2015 to support operations during the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. On April 28, 2015, the UAE and Djibouti broke diplomatic relations due to a conflict between Emirati officials and the chief of Djibouti’s Air Force over the lease and after an Emirati plane landed at Djibouti’s Ambouli International Airport without authorization.[6] Longstanding strained relations exacerbated tensions between the two countries after Djibouti prematurely rescinded a 20-year agreement with Dubai’s DP World to run the Doraleh Container Terminal in 2014.[7] Djibouti ordered the eviction of UAE and Saudi troops from the country the following day. On April 29, 2015, as Djibouti evicted Emirati troops, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz met with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki to finalize a 30-year agreement to base Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) operations in Yemen out of Eritrea.[8] The UAE conducted a heavy military buildup at the Assab base in Eritrea in May-July 2015. The UAE also undertook significant infrastructure developments at Assab, including the addition of new deep-water port facilities next to the airfield, the construction of a pier, the expansion of the airfield’s tarmac space and air traffic control system, and the rerouting of major highways and security perimeters around the base. The UAE launched operations from Assab to retake Aden, Yemen in August 2015. Emirati forces have also used the Assab base to train and equip thousands of Yemeni counterterrorism forces.[9] The UAE opened a military training center in Mogadishu in May 2015.[10] UAE Special Forces fund and operate the base with the goal of training a brigade of Somali National Army soldiers to combat al Shabaab.[11] The facility and training program remain operational.[12] The UAE signed a 30-year lease on the Port of Berbera in Somaliland in February 2017. The base remains under construction, but Emirati ships have docked at the port. Emirati forces are using it to support operations in Yemen.[13] The Yemeni al Houthi movement threatened to strike the Berbera port with ballistic missiles in December 2017.[14] Somali President Farmajo called for the cancellation of the Berbera contract in February 2017.[15] The UAE has funded police and intelligence operations in Puntland and Somaliland.[16] The UAE also took over the management and development of the Boosaaso port in the semi-autonomous Puntland state in October 2017.[17] The UAE confirmed the presence of its military forces on the Yemeni island of Socotra in May 2017.[18] President Hadi reportedly leased the islands of Socotra and nearby Perim and Abd al Kuri (part of the Socotra archipelago) to the UAE for 99 years before abdicating his position in 2014.[19] The UAE does not appear to be using Socotra to support operations in Yemen. It has only trained soldiers on the island thus far.[20] The UAE also is reportedly building an airstrip and related support facilities on Perim Island to support its operations in southern Yemen.[21] The UAE has not yet established a presence Abd al Kuri. China opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti’s Gulf of Tadjoura on August 1, 2017.[22] China had used the port in Djibouti since February 2015 but negotiated permission for construction of a permanent military base with President Ismail Omar Guelleh in early 2015.[23] The Chinese began construction on the base in early 2016 and completed construction in July 2017. Djibouti is attractive for numerous reasons, including its proximity to key shipping lanes through the Bab al Mandab Strait and the Suez Canal.Djibouti is attractive for numerous reasons, including its proximity to key shipping lanes through the Bab al Mandab Strait and the Suez Canal.Additionally, China’s new presence in Djibouti alongside major Western powers such as the United States, France, Spain, and Italy indicates its intent of maintaining military capabilities with global reach. The current agreement ensures China’s right to maintain up to 10,000 soldiers in Djibouti through 2025.[24]Approximately 1,000 personnel currently staff the base.[25] China has previously invested heavily in Djiboutian infrastructure, funding upgrades to ports and airports and financing 70% of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway.[26] China claims that the base will be used to support blue-helmeted peacekeepers and humanitarian operations in Africa, as well as anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden. China will also likely use the base to protect its economic interests in the region and ensure safe shipping between East Africa and China.[27] China has approximately 2,200 personnel deployed in Africa and 500 others in the Middle East.[28] China claims to have escorted more than 6,000 ships through the Gulf of Aden.[29] Turkey opened its largest overseas military base in Mogadishu on September 30, 2017.[30] The Turkish military began construction on the base in 2015. Turkey has announced its intention to use the base to train 10,000 Somali soldiers. The base reportedly has the capacity to train 1,500 personnel at a time.[31] Turkey claims that it intends to maintain only 200 troops at the base, but a Turkish official clarified that the opening of the base aligns with Turkey’s prioritization of weapons sales to new markets.[32] Turkey has previously cultivated a strong relationship with Somalia through a combination of direct investment and humanitarian aid. Turkey’s only other operational foreign military base is in Qatar, which houses approximately 5,000 Turkish troops.[33] Sudan signed an agreement on December 26, 2017 to transfer responsibility for Suakin Island in the Red Sea to Turkey.[34] Turkey has stated its intent to build a naval dock on the island to support both military and commercial vessels, stating that the agreement “could result in any kind of military cooperation.”[35] The agreement prompted Egypt to deploy hundreds of troops, additional weapons, and military transport vehicles to the Sawa military base in Eritrea.[36] Sudan responded by deploying thousands of troops to the border region of Kassala. Ethiopia similarly sent additional troops to the Eritrean border.[37] The Suakin Island agreement followed decades of disagreement between Sudan and Egypt over the Halaib Triangle border region.[38]

Embarrassing.

Honestly, it is now getting ridiculous. There are families doing tacsi in Mogadishu as we speak.

Can't listen to audio due to my phone having issues, but I am interested in what the good minister is saying.

OO was right about Egypt and its dictator Sisi.

I don't understand why the EU countries keep announcing 5 soldiers here, 2 soldiers there are withdrawing. They are giving Al-Shabaab the desperate victory it needs to recruit more terrorists.

For more than two years, unmarked Israeli drones, helicopters and jets have carried out a covert air campaign, conducting more than 100 airstrikes inside Egypt, frequently more than once a week — and all with the approval of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The remarkable cooperation marks a new stage in the evolution of their singularly fraught relationship. Once enemies in three wars, then antagonists in an uneasy peace, Egypt and Israel are now secret allies in a covert war against a common foe. For Cairo, the Israeli intervention has helped the Egyptian military regain its footing in its nearly five-year battle against the militants. For Israel, the strikes have bolstered the security of its borders and the stability of its neighbor. Their collaboration in the North Sinai is the most dramatic evidence yet of a quiet reconfiguration of the politics of the region. Shared enemies like ISIS, Iran and political Islam have quietly brought the leaders of several Arab states into growing alignment with Israel — even as their officials and news media continue to vilify the Jewish state in public. American officials say Israel’s air campaign has played a decisive role in enabling the Egyptian armed forces to gain an upper hand against the militants. But the Israeli role is having some unexpected consequences for the region, including on Middle East peace negotiations, in part by convincing senior Israeli officials that Egypt is now dependent on them even to control its own territory. Seven current or former British and American officials involved in Middle East policy described the Israeli attacks inside Egypt, all speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss classified information. Spokesmen for the Israeli and Egyptian militaries declined to comment, and so did a spokesman for the Egyptian foreign ministry. Both neighbors have sought to conceal Israel’s role in the airstrikes for fear of a backlash inside Egypt, where government officials and the state-controlled media continue to discuss Israel as a nemesis and pledge fidelity to the Palestinian cause. The Israeli drones are unmarked, and the Israeli jets and helicopters cover up their markings. Some fly circuitous routes to create the impression that they are based in the Egyptian mainland, according to American officials briefed on their operations. In Israel, military censors restrict public reports of the airstrikes. It is unclear if any Israeli troops or special forces have set foot inside Egyptian borders, which would increase the risk of exposure. Mr. Sisi has taken even more care, American officials say, to hide the origin of the strikes from all but a limited circle of military and intelligence officers. The Egyptian government has declared the North Sinai a closed military zone, barring journalists from gathering information there. Behind the scenes, Egypt’s top generals have grown steadily closer to their Israeli counterparts since the signing of the Camp David accords 40 years ago, in 1978. Egyptian security forces have helped Israel enforce restrictionson the flow of goods in and out of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory bordering Egypt controlled by the militant group Hamas. And Egyptian and Israeli intelligence agencies have long shared information about militants on both sides of the border. Israeli officials were concerned in 2012 when Egypt, after its Arab Spring revolt, elected a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood to the presidency. The new president, Mohamed Morsi, pledged to respect the Camp David agreements. But the Israelis worried about the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideological kinship with Hamas and its historic hostility to the Jewish state itself. A year later, Mr. Sisi, then the defense minister, ousted Mr. Morsi in a military takeover. Israel welcomed the change in government and urged Washington to accept it. That solidified the partnership between the generals on both sides of the border. The North Sinai, a loosely governed region of mountainous desert between the Suez Canal and the Israeli border, became a refuge for Islamist militantsin the decade before Mr. Sisi took power. The main jihadist organization, Ansar Beit al Maqdis — the Partisans of Jerusalem — had concentrated on attacking Israel, but after Mr. Sisi’s takeover it began leading a wave of deadly assaults against Egyptian security forces. A few weeks after Mr. Sisi took power, in August 2013, two mysterious explosions killed five suspected militants in a district of the North Sinai not far from the Israeli border. The Associated Press reported that unnamed Egyptian officials had said Israeli drones fired missiles that killed the militants, possibly because of Egyptian warnings of a planned cross-border attack on an Israeli airport. (Israel had closed the airport the previous day.) Mr. Sisi’s spokesman, Col. Ahmed Ali, denied it. “There is no truth in form or in substance to the existence of any Israeli attacks inside Egyptian territory,” he said in a statement at the time, promising an investigation. “The claims of coordination between the Egyptian and Israeli sides in this matter are totally lacking in truth and go against sense and logic.” Photo https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/world/middleeast/israel-airstrikes-sinai-egypt.html

The main task of the opposition is to hold the ruling party accountable. Dowlada hoose is always a money maker for the corrupt politicians.

I think PM Khayre was always on the UAE payroll. It is Farmaajo who is on the other side.

This is mind-boggling. There is something going on in our communities. Why are we hearing about such shocking crimes nowadays? Is it because these kind of crimes are better reported today than before, or are Somalis becoming uncontrollable beasts?

Lighten up Ducale. Tallaabo is my witness that this one has some merit saxib. Until literary giants like Hadraawi reject its authenticity, Ducale is just hating on this masterpiece.

It was yesterday that I was reading on another case of a sick man trying to kidnap a 5 year old girl with his bajaaj. Alhamdulilah the police caught him before he could do anything. Isniin, Feberaayo, 26, 2018 (HOL) – Ciidamada Amniga ayaa gacanta ku dhigay mid ka mid ah darawalada Mooto Bajaajta oo la baxaday gabar shan Sano jir ah sida uu Hiiraan Online u sheegay Afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga Cabdicasiis Xildhibaan. Gabadhan oo ay wada socdeen Abaheed ayeey u suur-tagashay darawalka in uu la baxsado gabadha yar kaddib markii uu Odeyga isku dayay in uu lacagta siiyo kaddib markii uu soo gaarsiiyay goobtii ay ku socdeen, hasse ahaatee inta uusan lacagta bixin Odeyga Darawalkii wadey Mootada si deg deg ah ula dhaqaaqay gabadha oo wali saaran gaariga. ‘’Abaare saacadu marey aheyd 6:00PM Maqribnimo xiligii Salaada ayeey u suur-tagashay ciidamada Amniga in ay muddo gaab ku soo qabtaan darawalka iyo Gabadhii uu la baxsaday Agagaarka Ceel-Gaab, waxaana hadda gacanta ku haya laamaha Amniga’’ ayuu yiri afhayeenka Wasaaradda Amniga’’ Cabdicasiis Xildhibaan. Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa beryahaan ku soo badanaya falalka kufsiga ah ee lagula kaco dumarka, waxaana degmooyinka ugu badan ee kiiska kufsiga uu ka dhaco ka mid ah dagmooyinka Kaaraan, Kaxda iyo Madiina sida ay HOL u sheegeen hay'adaha baara falalka kufsiga ee ka dhaca magaalada Muqdisho. C/raxmaan Diini, Hiiraan Online diini@hiiraan.com

Elders will get involved because af-huuroyaalka that is all they do. But I think this may be different this time because the rape victim is dead. Good job Burco doctors. Allahu nahariisto.

Soomaalidu waxay ku maahmaahdaa, Digir-cune kaa adkaaday, waa kugu dhuusaa. It is our fault in many ways. AUN askarta dhimatay.

Wasn't the government telling the public that UAE is behind all kinds of mischiefs in the country? This is remarkable.

I don't know if this is a good or bad plan. On the one hand, the plan may reduce explosive-laden trucks from entering the city. On the other hand, it makes the city seem like a big "gated community". If you fence up the urban areas, you give up control of the rural areas outside the fence.

Oodweyne, we are talking about the future of Somaliland's next generation. A commercial contract between a foreign entity and the government of Somaliland shouldn't be a secret in a democratic country. The item I listed on #6 is bothersome, to say the least.

I am looking into the Bosaso deal with DP and the Mogadishu Port's deal. Hopefully, I will get all the facts.

I found some information on DP World's contract with Somaliland on Berbera Port. I can't see how this contract survives once Somaliland gains confidence and starts to get on a better financial footing. It is going to be rejected by future governments. Same re-negotiations battles will start. DP World shall control 46% of the joint venture Somaliland shall control 35% of the joint venture Ethiopia shall own 19% of the joint venture. DP World originally had 65% controlling stake before it sold 19% to Ethiopia. DP World shall control five board seats out of the seven total. Not sure how many seats Ethiopia will now get after buying a stake from DP World. Somaliland shall have 2 seats on the board. DP World shall pay $5 million a year plus 10% on port revenue to Somaliland for the duration of the contract. DP World shall support Somaliland’s fisheries industry DP World shall help build the road between Somaliland and Ethiopia DP World shall build a four-star hotel in either Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, or Berbera; DP World shall grant Somalilanders favorable migration terms to work in Dubai. DP World shall implement a free-trade zone to support the development of trade through Berbera