Holac, do not be fooled by the desperation of the secessionists. Suldaanka used to be the level headed guy, but lately he seemed to be panicking. There is almost zero intermingling of the Bay people and Ethiopians other than the soldiers that are stationed there. In fact other regions have more Ethiopian or Kenyan and Ugandan presence than Bay region. I could even say that there are more ethnic Amhara and Oromo who have settled in Hageisa than any where else in Somalia. I am not kidding , but some ethnic Amhara had even joined some of the Hargeisa tribes in the nineties and were given papers. Suldaanka probably knows. Imikana ma reer Baydhabo ayey idinla gashay. Waar duulkani waa duul cajiib ah.

Haven't we all complain about neighboring countries especially Ethiopia by passing the federal government. They should be following the leads of the national government. Soon they will help the regions . They have started some projects in Jubba Land. The typical zero some guy of the Somalis had even claimed few years ago that the Turks were pro HAG or similar issues. We should be grateful. No one except the Turks want to help Somalis. We are tired of western media amplifying only our hardships while burying our potential. They have shown all of us how nations have to be built. People want results. We Somalis in general do not build things, especially public things. If peace comes, this nation could be transformed within few years. We have half million diaspora Somalis just waiting for the peace to take hold. With help of Turkey , China and others we could build trains, highways and other modern communication infrastructure which could make easy for Somalis to intermingle and trade. I know Ducaale (OOdweyne #2) is wishing evil both for Turkey and Somalis but Allah said, " Ina macal cusri Yusra", certainly In every hardship, there is an ease" For 27 years Hargeisa Maamul haven't build one single hospital in any major town, but they have used foreign aid to build false government ministries who serve no one.

Muxuu Yidhi " Qiiro Taariikheed". This supposed to be a women's day. A day to celebrate women's achievements around the world. To point out their contribution to Somaliland or I thought. so As the media shows, those Jeegaan women were crying at the end. " Waar Haweenkii maxaa ka oohiyey,? marka Madaxweynuhu ooyo maxaad ka rajaynaysaa dumarka". This one is for the books. I North American politics, there are people whom we call chicken hawks (Trump, Ramsfield, Dick Cheney and other republicans who dodged the Vietnam war). Men who never fought a war, yet screaming for war. This man reminds me of those. Former fighters said he was one of those who never involved real war. He was usually behind the scene manipulating and concerned with food and logistics. Those who fought the war are either dead, in exile or unemployed. Hersi Gaab who never seen compact, even claimed ridding tanks. Now , let us concentrate the topic at hand. In terms of Djibouti, life went from bad to worse since independence. Now the whole country is belonged with few hundred families who are super rich and those who are connected with them. THere were no inflation and having a job, even if it was a waiter, paid enough to sustain the family. Djibouti can not afford to supply it's people even basing things like water or electricity. Your monthly salary might not cover the electric bill. poverty is spread out and due inflation and corruption, it became the most expensive island in the world. On the other hand , the only group of people who had great advantage in terms development, commerce and government jobs from the Somali Republic were those from Hargeisa. Dawladii Kacaanku waxa ay dhistay labada Webi, Benaadir iyo Woqooyi Galbeed oo laga reebay galbeedka Hargeisa. Puntland were a ghost in late seventies and eighties. Central MUdug and Galgaduud never had seen any government development, so was Gedo, Bay and Bakool. Reer Hargeisa and Burco were the only group of Somalis that were allowed to run a capitalist economy while the country was supposedly to be a communist. In 1981, when they declared SNM, they were the richest group of Somalis who took advantage of the Somali state. IN fact, those who formed the SNM in the gulf were probably those who took advantage of the work visa given to Somalis after we joined the ARAB league. Among the 4000 visa offered , half went to Cumar Carte and his own sub clan. By 1980, almost every family in WEst Hargeisa had someone in Cuman, Qatar, Dubai and Riyadh.From 1978-1981, Hargeisa doubled in size. A third of the cabinet were from the Habro. THree men from east Burco alone were ministers (Siilaanyo, Ismaciil Cali Abokor, and Ahmed Hassan Muuse). Does Hargeisa or Woqoyi Galbeed had more people than Bay, Bakool and Shabeele?, Of course not, but they had huge influence in the SRC (Golihii SAre Ee Kacaanka). Even today, Hargeisa is getting hundred of millions of aid while people have no water in SAnaag, Zaylac or Baki.The same people who got that unfair advantage also are accusing the civilian government of the sixties by them treating unfairly . Besides, The crying Biixi, a man who is presiding a government which are 90% of one clan is calling others who were more just than himself. Finally folks, the Somali nation and people are much bigger than the so called Hargeisa, Puntland and HAG communities in the South. Half of Mogadishu population is not from USC community. Millions are between Burco, Hiiraan , Bay, JUbba, Shabeele , Awdal and Gedo. THe Jareen Wayne community alone started from the mouth of the Shabbelle river in Hiiraan all the way to Jamaame. The Bay community is in Mudug and in Puntland. Talk is cheap. I have to reach out to my friend MMA and organize. REmove the power from the Corrupt HAG and The EVil " D" block and save this country.

OO, Ghelle can guarantee the Americans to keep their base and stay Djibouti. OUr main weapon is to keep our ports away from Dubai. If we keep them out , they can not do much.

OO, you did not answer the question. Is the Amhara deputy premier is front runner or someone . Maybe the Abiy Ahmed guy is better than the Amhara.

Both Djibouti and Ethiopia were the beneficiaries of 911. As the Sheikh said the war between Somalis including Djibouti and the gulf has just started. Just like British empire of the nineteenth century the UAE want to be a sea power . THey are serving foreign powers to dominate the comercial lanes of the gulf. I heard long ago that the great powers of the world have given them the go ahead to control the entrance to Babel Mandab, the Red SEa and the Gulf of Aden. When the British left Hong Kong in 1997, many of the commercial banks , money laundering businesses and save haven accounts had moved to Dubai. THe Russian oligarchs who can not access western and American banks due to the sanctions have settled Dubai. It is ten times the new Hong Kong with billions of cash flow from the oil. Gulf Sheikhs might like fancy airplanes or banks and malls, but port management and dirty metal scraping is not their thing. Others are running and managing while it is giving them to the power to control sea lanes. Now, we Somalis and Djiboutians can not fight these rich boys in terms of money and diplomatic power. Arab league is no more, what is left is Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Al least we should concentrate what we can contrll. 1-Never allow any business entity that is connected to UAE to make deals in Somalia. 2- The Hawala business and others should leave these Dubai banks and relocate their businesses to other countries including Turkey. 3- The deal between Dubai Port and Bosaaso must be scrapped, and Kismaayo should be out of the question. 4- The Berbera deal should be fought and litigated through the United Nations, the international court and other international forums. 4-Somalia should threaten to leave the Arab league totally if they do not stop modeling. 5- All diplomatic relations must be severed with UAE. THEir Ambassador must be kicked out until they change their behaviour. If FArmaajo keeps the UAE in the country, the he must be part of the problem. HE should know that people can not be fooled by mere pronouncements, actions are needed. 6- Ethiopia military must leave Somali within 90 days and the parliament must lead that effort. We knew the Ethiopian games all along , but thanks to Dubai they have shown their contempt for Farmaajo and country.

This picture shows Emirity sitting in the floor while Siyaad Barre is holding the court.

OO used to talk about Somalis having a say of the future leader. Well, thanks for giving the SOmalis a good hope, but we know better. EPRDF is a coalition for parties. TPLF, ORomo Party, Ahmara party and the Southern Nationairies of Hailemariam desalegn. THese for groups each with 45 members totalling 180 will select the next leader and prime minister.

DEG Xisbiga EPRF ee Talada Wadanka Ethiopia Haya oo Iclaamiyay Wakhtiga la Dooranayo Ninka loo Wado R/Wasaraha Ethiopia iyo Ninka ugu dhaw +Somalida oon hal Cod xataa ku lahayn Talada Dalka Posted by admin on March 8th, 2018 08:04 AM | NEWS Addis Ababa(SBN)Xisbiga haya talada dalka Itoobiya EPRDF , ayaa ugu dambeyntii taariikh u sameeyay kulankeeda guddiga fulinta kaasoo la filayo in uu soo saaro ra’iisal wasaaraha cusub. Madaxa xafiiska EPRDF, Shiferaw Shigute ayaa xaqiijiyay in guddigu uu kulmi doono axadda Maarso 11, 2018 si ay uga wada hadlaan natiijooyinka ka soo baxay qiimaynta ay sameeyeen afarta qaybood ee xubinta ka ah isbaheysiga. 180 xubnood ee xisbiga ayaa sidoo kale la rajeynayaa inay doortaan guddoomiye cusub kaas oo noqon doona Raiisul Wasaaraha cusub ee dalka. 180-ka xubnood ayaa waxay ka kooban yihiin 45 xubnood oo ka kala yimid afarta xisbi ee ku midoobay isbahaysiga EPRDF. Kulankan ayaa qiimayn doona warbixinta waxqabadka lixda bilood ee xisbigu iyo in uu ansixiyo is casilaada Ra’iisul wasaaraha Hailemariam Desalegn, kadibna uu u codeeyo badalkiisa xafiiska Wararka ayaa sheegaya inay hada ugu cadcad yihiin llabada nin ee kasoo kala Jeeda Axmaarada iyo Oramada waliba waxaa loo badinayaa Dr Abiyi Ahmed hadii kale waxaa la filayaa inuu wadanku khal khal sii galo Dhinaca kale qoomiyadaha Somalida ,Herarida iyo Canfarta ayaan iyagu hal qif xataa ku lahayn cida talada wadanku ka gi,do waxayna iyagu taagan yihiin kii Hooyaday guursadaaba waa Aabahay

America cannot co-exist with China, so a solution might be found. I do not think, the Americans will not bypass the Somali government, but they might push quick union talks that could bring the Somali union faster. I am afraid the other option is that Mr. Cumar Ghelle might face a regime change in Djibouti. The Djibouti locals I talk to say that if there is regime change , it is not coming from Ethiopia or the border in Somaliland but within the security apparatus in Djibouti. THere are three Mamaasan men who run country these days. Sakariye, the army chief, the presidential guard who even shot the president's doctor to send a message and the head of secret service. The wife is trying to bring one of her sons from previous marriage to a former Canfari prime minister, but the Ghelle cousins had put her down and are ready to fill. So, I expect Ghelle to throw the Americans as soon as the CHinese come aboard.

At least our friend Suldaanka is preparing himself with regional games. You need to seek a job at the foreign desk. You could do well. We will see how far these gulf rich boys would go. By the way, In Djibouti they signed a deal with Mr. C/raxman Boreh and Cumar Ghelle, yet they ended up been thrown outside. They will probably think twice before they throw another $400 million. Also, in Djibouti, they built the port with Mr. Boreh and made him president of Djibouti port Authority and the Free Trade Zone. In Berbera, they took over the port without building anything as of yet. THis is a very strange arrangement. Mr. Suldaanka, the military has to wait first before the ports and the roads they suppose to build. Yet, if the issue is geopolitics and gaining spot in the region , I understand. OOdweyne, why are you always unhinged. Why you always try to run to the hills and fill the pages with unnecessary drivel. Everyone can see the man has almost cried. more than three times . Didn't they teach you in English class to think critically and stay with topic.

OO, I agree. It looks like it was at the turn of the century. I know you will be eliminated quickly if you bring the CHinese to build roads, schools and ports in Somalia, but serious leaders must have a backup plan. This is not like in the seventies where either you have to join the Warsaw pact or the western capitalism. You need to swim with Sharks and fins ways. If FArmaajo can not pacify one city for the next two years , he is doomed to fail. All politics might be local in terms of Mogadishu, but Somalia have big allies today like Turkey and others, but one the leader is an American citizen, he have to listen to the stupid American war on terror and their an ending games. You need to be bold. I think Djibouti needs the Chinese to lift the poverty in Djibouti especially water and electricity. Ghelle family and the state are making hundreds of millions but the poverty in Djibouti is widespread than never before. OO, Now tell us who the American are picking for prime minister?. or that job is for the Tigray to decide?

The UAE had revived the Southern Yemen sepretists and having arming them against the Hadi government. News World Yemeni separatists backed by UAE seize area around presidential palace Saudi troops who have been guarding the palace for months stopped the separatists at the gate, preventing them from entering. A fighter from the separatist Southern Transitional Council walks with smoke billowing in the background in the government's de facto capital Aden, as they move closer to taking full control of the southern city on Tuesday. (SALEH AL-OBEIDI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES) By AHMED AL-HAJThe Associated Press Tues., Jan. 30, 2018 SANAA, YEMEN—Yemeni separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates seized the area around the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden on Tuesday after fierce battles with forces loyal to the internationally-backed government, security officials said. A Saudi-led coalition that includes the UAE has been battling rebels in northern Yemen for nearly three years on behalf of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s government. But despite having a common enemy, the UAE and Hadi have been locked in a long-running power struggle, which boiled over on Sunday as clashes erupted across the government’s seat of power. Elsewhere in Yemen, Al Qaeda militants attacked a checkpoint in the southern Shabwa province, killing at least 12 soldiers in an area where Yemeni troops had claimed victory against the extremist group. The militants claimed the attack in a statement circulated on social media, saying it was in retaliation for abuses by U.S. and UAE-backed forces. Read more: Eight killed as government forces clash with separatists in Yemen Saudi Arabia announces $1.5 billion in new aid for Yemen Canada providing another $12.1 million to help ease humanitarian crisis in Yemen The security officials said fighters loyal to the so-called Southern Transitional Council fought all way to the gates of the palace in central Aden, forcing Hadi’s troops to abandon their positions. The officials said Hadi’s prime minister and several Cabinet members would soon leave Yemen for Riyadh, where Hadi is already based, but by late Tuesday it was not yet clear if they had done so. Trending Stouffville mayor shut out of municipal offices after ethics probes Police, family appeal for witnesses to crash that killed Canadian writer Gordon Pape’s daughter Amelia Earhart’s bones may have been found on Pacific island in 1940, new forensic analysis shows Saudi troops who have been guarding the palace for months stopped the separatists at the gate, preventing them from entering. A senior government official told The Associated Press that Prime Minister Ahmed Obaid Bin Daghar and several ministers remain inside. The official declined to say whether the prime minister was to leave Aden. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity under regulations. In the northern district of Dar Saad, witnesses said coalition jets bombed a military camp of Hadi’s forces before separatists took control of it. Brig. Gen. Mahran al-Qubati told the AP that his forces respected a ceasefire announced by the coalition earlier in the day but the separatists used the truce to attack his base using Emirati armoured vehicles. Col. Turki al-Malki, the coalition spokesman, declined to comment on the bombing. “I am not able to discuss the details of an ongoing operation,” he told the AP. The fighting had subsided by midday, when checkpoints run by both sides could be seen across the city. The fighting in Aden erupted on Sunday, when a deadline issued by the separatists for the government to resign expired. Hadi, who has been in Saudi Arabia for most of the war, has described the separatists’ action as a “coup.” The violence has killed at least 36 people and wounded 185 since Sunday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. It has also exposed deep divisions within the Saudi-led alliance against the Iran-backed rebels, known as Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. The war has been locked in a bloody stalemate for the last three years, with more than 10,000 people killed and some 2 million displaced by the fighting. The UAE has viewed Hadi with suspicion because of his alliance with the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Pan-Arab political movement that the Emirates and some other Arab states view as a terrorist organization. Over the past year, the UAE has trained and armed its own forces in Yemen, including the separatists, in a direct challenge to Hadi. Saudi Arabia has thus far avoided taking sides. The U.S. State Department has expressed concern and called on all parties to “refrain from escalation and further bloodshed.” Washington backs the Saudi-led coalition. “We also call for dialogue among all parties in Aden to reach a political solution,” the statement said. “The Yemeni people are already facing a dire humanitarian crisis. Additional divisions and violence within Yemen will only increase their suffering.” In the attack in Shabwa, the militants hit a checkpoint guarded by the so-called Shabwa Elite Force, which has also been trained by the UAE, near the southern city of Ataq, the provincial capital. Tribesmen in the area say the attack started with a mortar round fired at the checkpoint, followed by heavy gunfire. Tribesman Youssef al-Khalifi, who lives nearby, said he helped carry the bodies of the wounded to a hospital but that only one survived. Al-Khalifi said the attackers had destroyed a building next to the checkpoint where some of the guards were sleeping and that he helped retrieve some of the bodies from under the rubble. The UAE-trained Shabwa force was deployed to the region last year and later declared victory over al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen, which had used Shabwa as a safe haven. Read more about: Yemen

It is all about Somalia, the false and an ending war on terror which Ethiopia makes $700 million a year and China. America keeps dropping bombs and destroying things, while China is building things. Which one you would like if you were an African leader. Only fools like Farmaajo will believe that the so called drone could defeat Al-shabaab which is fighting in Balcad as we speak which is 30 km from Mogadishu. Rather build capacity and fight, he went to Kampala and gave them billions. They got paid 200 million just for nine months salary and more will come. They demanded to stay past 2020, and he was happy. If Somalia does not get a serious leader in few years time, we might as well forget this country forever.

Oh My, Nothing serious had happened so far, yet this man is so emotional. He almost cried. He just talks like those in the street. He said, " 800 oo sano waxii la dhistay ayuu Afweyne dumiyey". Is this speech is written by OOdweyne. How can a leader talk and call Farmaajo ' Adeerkaa Af Weyne". Waxaad Moodaa in uu Furin dagaal joogo. Yaa is gaadhay. If I were his adviser, I will keep this street enforcer away from the microphone.

Holac, I agree. Almost everyone I met said that Lema Magraase as radical and anti Somali. People said that he encouraged the Oromo police to target people. The problem with Jawar Mohammed is, he is deeply connected with Amhara. Personally, unless he is a Muslim, i can not accept the Ahmarized Oromo.

OOdweyne, it is nice to hear from you. I hope we shall all discuss things in reasonable manner while holding our courts. People do not come here just to hear disparaging comments, so let us be civil for sake of everyone. By the way, I still have a lot of " My sources" and I am intended to provide all that I can get. I have no reason to lie , especially now that....... Habeen Wanaagsan.

Somalia could help Djibouti. All they need to do is g to the international court and the UN. Eventually Djibouti have to make a confederacy with Somalia. Ghelle has survived from Ethiopian take over. In fact, Some Amhara politicians were always saying as early as 2005, that we need to takeover Djibouti. OO, if there is one good thing the Tigray did was keep the Ahmara hungry politicians from power because they were really gunning to occupy Djibouti.

OO, I admire your tenacity . Of course she is out now. Maakhiri, They were slowing down even the relief freight for the UNited Nations . In 2016, they have diverted hundred of containers from Europe to Dubai. Cumar Ghelle is a tough guy and he finally made the tough decision. DP can not hurt Ghelle much. Even if he loses , DP might get back few millions of their shares.

In the dictionary, an imposter is described as " a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name". Everything about this man is either a lie, half true or total opposite of what he claims. If you check the international media, the headline is ' Abiy Ahmed, the first Muslim prime minister of Ethiopia", second everyone will tell you that he is from the largest Ethiopian ethnic group of Oromo. Well every thing that these headlines proclaim are false. Here are the facts about Mr. Ahmed: 1-He is not a Muslim. Since this fellow's name is Ahmed ,which is the second name of our Prophet Muhammad SCW, everyone assumes that he must be a Muslim. His father is Muslim but was raised by his mother as protestant which has penetrated most of the western Oromia region which was mostly animist. 2- He is not even a traditional Ethiopian orthodox Christian. Pentecostal protestantism is a foreign religion in Ethiopia just as the Wahabi sect is foreign to Somalis. 3-He is not full blooded Oromo.His mother who raised him is originally an Ahmara who is raised in Gima, a city founded by the Ahmara.Some even say his mother is Tigray because he speaks Tigrai language as his mother tongue. 4- He is married to a Tigray woman which facilitated his rise in the army. His own biography is revised and changed in order to make him hero among Tigray front and the public. he is proclaimed among those who fought the Derg of Mengistu. The fact is he was 13 or 14 years old when the war against the Derg was raging in 1989/90, yet by the taking page from Somali alphabet movements where everyone claims to be a " MUjaahid" by fighting for his tribe, the Tigray are adding Mr. Ahmed among the list of their ranks . By the time he was in late twenties he was already lieutenant colonel in the Ethiopian army. No one rises that high without being the chosen son of the Tigray front. 5-He is more Tigray than the Oromo he claims. The Oromo are a mix of 40 million people from different regions of Ethiopia who do not share nothing other than Afan Oromo. Also, many regions were the Oromo speakers became majority has absorbed large minorities who hail from different ethnic groups. As stands today, everyone is claiming Oromo. Even Tigray members who live in these regions join their ranks of Oromo by infiltrating the Oromo political parties. One example is Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, the foreign minister of Ethiopia. He changed his last name in 2016, and claimed to be Oromo. Now, everyone agrees that he is a Tigray imposter claiming Oromo. So, he is not a Muslim, Orthodox Christian or even Oromo. Personally , I care less which religion the prime minister belongs. What counts is if the new man is a reformist who is his own man. In these pages some of our eloquent writers had stated this fact while debating with the Tigray troll resident who who tells the enclave dwellers that everyone from Djibouti to Hargeisa and Jijiga must love the Tigray. "The religion of Oromo PM the Tigray bring forward is a non-issue. The real issue at hand is for the Oromo to bring forth a leader of their own choosing, not the Tigray establishment. I realize-- after their multitudinous attempts to turn everyone against the Oromo community along ethnic lines have fallen short-- that they're getting desperate, but who gives a damn whether their next stooge is Pentecostal, Orthodox, Muslim or Animist?" Exactly. THis importer must call an election as soon as possible and vacate the position to someone elected by the people. Political analysts and the real opposition are interested about the who the prime minister should be , but what the next prime minister will able to do. They believe that a prime minister controlled by the Tigray front men will not be able to achieve anything. They say, "What will the next prime minister be able to do? It makes no difference if this time the prime minister is Oromo so long as Tigray Front member DebreTsion is deputy prime minister and in charge of telecom, finance/economy, security; Tigray Front member Abay Tsehaye is in charge of state affairs; Tigray Front member without portfolio Sebhat Nega is in charge of directing and chairing Tigray Front; Tigray Front Arkebe is in charge of Investments and foreign trade development; Tigray Front Bereket is in charge of banking; Tigray Front Berhane and Workneh are in charge of Foreign Affairs (the latter planted in Oromo party as Oromo having changed his legal name in 2016) and all key positions at Foreign Affairs is in the hands of Tigray Front members; Tigray Front members are in all key positions in the military and security intelligence. The question we need to be asking is, Will the next prime minister be able to form his cabinet irrespective of ethnic quotas simply on qualifications" This impostor was groomed by the Tigray front for a long time. He was in charge of Ethiopian security agency coordinating with the Americans on the collection of data and other intelligence gathering operations. This agency was established after the invasion of somalia in 2006/07. By claiming to helping America on the war on terror this agency made hundred of millions to the Ethiopian political establishment. Anyway, this Abiy Ahmed guy will fit well within the bible belt of the southern united states where the republican party has it's biggest base. Folks, for the first time , Ethiopia have jocker who could claim for whatever faith or ethnicity he wishes, yet the most important question is ;Is he a reformer or a Tigray front stooges designed to buy some time for the soon departing Woyaane. As we speak the Oromo might reject this imposter. Time will tell.

Maakhiri, Thanks Brother. I miss you guys.

Well, well. Here we have the Tigre stooge trying to manage the affairs of the Somali enclaves. He even want to bring a firm to serve every thing Ethiopia. Oo, let me tell you something, the Somali ports do not revolve around Ethiopia. Somali main ports of Mogadishu, Kismayo and Berbera were busy in the eighties shipping millions of livestock, banana and fruits around the globe without Ethiopia. Somalia could easily export 10 million head of live cattle, sheep and camel, and it could process meat and export to China and middle east. In KIsmaayo, Somalia could easily ship fruits like banana, Mango and even grains, while Berbera and Boosaaso could ship millions of live livestock. Furthermore, these ports including Boosaaso could be developed by Somali businessmen who have the money to invest. All they need is a government and public that understands and supports these investments. Heck, even Dahabshill , who is worth $700 million dollars can develop Berbera if the local tribes agree his investment instead of DP world. Ethiopia is not Tigray, Amhara or Addis region only. Millions people in the Oromo zone and the Somali Kilil do not have access for significant trade. 5 million Somalis in zone are occupied and denied movements to grow and do business with the neighboring Somalis including Somaliland. Somaliland does not need to pay any body for market access. What we are talking is a Tigre monopoly of business and trade in Ethiopia. No one can set up shipping lines or basic trade routes without them. It is not the government which does the trading and the business transactions, it is the people freely choosing which ever port that is closer or best managed. If freedom comes to Ethiopia, millions will come to Berbera for trade and shipping companies. In 2011, when I went to Djibouti , my guide who was a high government official who took me to Dooraale Oil terminal and the container port which was built as a state of art . After, we went to the outside of the city , and I saw hundreds of transit tracks from Ethiopia waiting 10 km from the port to load. People told me that these shipping companies and 90% of the transiting trucks belonged to the wife of Meles Zenawi and high officials from the Djibouti government. THis is not just Ethiopian goods transiting through Djibouti , but Wayaane business and shipping monopoly that is enriching themselves only. It is Wayaane shipping monopoly that is starving everyone else. If they catch one single bag of goods that enters Ethiopia, they literally burn at that stop since it was imported by other than the WAyaane and their allies. Berbera is the closest port to the millions of Somalis in the zone and the Oromo regions adjacent to the Somali kilil. Djibouti is scared of competition for their business and trade with Ethiopia. Somaliland have to increase its trade with Ethiopia as much as possible. Why would someone in Jijiga, Awbare, Godey or Dambal has to go to 1000km to Djibouti while they could get a third of that distance from Berbera. The problem is, in Somaliland, we have a ruling tribe that does not understand the value to increasing the capacity of trade and ports. Berbera could be a huge container port in the region, and you can develop Lughaya, Zaylac, Maydh and others to target Ethiopia and the regions bordering for small trade " Bagaash" trades. Sooner or later ports will compete and people will choose the shortest route and the best service. The problem is tribes do not see beyond their own tribal interest. Both Djibouti and the Jeegaan are even afraid of developing Zaylac. Go figure. As Oodweyne said few weeks ago , the move from Djibouti is just business, yet the Jeegaan have to tell everyone that all is well , despite the move by Gheelle.. The Jeegaan in laws of Djibouti have to make a tough decision. They are either have to serve the interest of their people or keep their personal and business interest with the ruling family. Geelle himself did not hide his business plans. Last year , he said in an interview that " the distance between Berbera and Wajaale is 280 km,and it takes $1.2 million to build in 1 km , no one have $400 million" . He said 'Way riyoonayaan". It is true that the corrupt Jeegaan can not build anything let alone 280 km, but credible institutions and the private sector can easily built that road and more. Around the world people develop ports within 100 km of one another to increase trade and movements of goods for imports and exports, only Somali tribes do feel the threat of development from others. Having said that , DP world is not interested about building ports or developing businesses in Berbera at this stage. This intervention by UAE is just a political intervention and controlling the trade and business routes of the gulf and the red sea. It is also a kick to Farmaajo and Khayre who are scared to death of the gulf boys. Khayre knows that through Damujadiid and and others , UAE can throw him out office in the next session of the parliament. DP World are probably a front company for the CIA or the American government to obstruct the One Belt One Road project by China. THe Chinese are investing $ 1 Trillion for these projects. In East Africa, their entrance points could be Mombasa, Berbera, and Mogadishu. Imagine Pakistan alone is getting $50 billion on ports , roads and trains. The Nominal Chinese GDP has been growing for the last decade (all in USD): 2010: US: $14.96 trillion; China: $5.93 trillion 2015: US: $18.24 trillion; China: $11.12 trillion 2020: US: $23.10 trillion; China: $19.24 trillion 2025: US: $28.57 trillion; China: $30.70 trillion 2030: US: $35.10 trillion; China: $44.23 trillion The US economy will not even reach $30 Trillion in 2025. So, in order to slow down the high speed Chinese train, these American front company called DP world is throwing crumbs to the hungry nomads. Do you thing these rich gulf boys need to scrap few millions from Berbera or Boosaaso?, i do not think so. Personally, I know where my plan is. I know who is cheating me and the somalis. When they ask the fat dictator how could he reconcile the Chinese who had opened their first ever base in Djibouti and the Americans?, he says, ' countries have interests and it is not about us, but the constant growing of the threat Somali pirates pose the world trade, that is what brings everyone here". as you can see, Gheelle is making half billion dollars on the Somali " Budhcad Badeed" saga. During my last travel a friend who traveled with me had met an old friend of ours from the nineties in Canada. He became an agent for Al-Barakaat Company in the late the nineties.in the middle east. He was based in Dubai and used to manage hundreds of millions of dollars. Eventually he became big and e established his own company. He told my friend that most of his transactions were at the height of the pirate bonanza between 1998-2012. He said, you can not believe who involved these highjacking of the ships. He said young Somalis with small and non seaworthy boats were dropped in the middle of the sea by both foreign and Somali business people. He said people from Dubia, New York and United Nations were involved and everyone took his cut. Most of that money was washed in Dubai and Nairobi. He asked him about the Somali politicians and their role on these issues, and he said, " those politicians are small potatoes, they were no bodies", he continued, " you throw them few dollars and they just disappeared, but the big money is made by lawyers, UN officials and Somali businessmen". He said you can not imagine who and who that was involved in the pirate trade. Folks, I have a lot of info about these new Somali banks (Salaama, Dahabshill and others) who had built huge business and political capital that connects both Gheelle, Dubai, Qatar, Mogadishu and Hargeisa. THese are were the money from the gulf is washed. Finally, what is cooking both in Djibouti, MOgadishu, and Hargeisa is nothing but business transaction. Both Farmaajo , Ghelle and everyone else is involved. I told you long ago that, the southern man is all about ' Beeso" Ilaahay waxa uu ku ibtileeyey lacag in uu wax walba ku qiimeeyo. Now, these southern politicians have found their match. Another group who are deeply involved in business and money had taken the helm of Somaliland. The Problem is Biixi is in big trouble and in hard place. Laba daran mid dooro. He is really scared to death. Do not listen the Habro kids who are praising Ghelle for the fear of being overthrown or challenged both financially and politically. On one hand, everyone knows Djibouti has declared war on DP , Borreh and their business plans in Berbera. Cumar Ghelle spent $90 million in lawyer's fees in London and Dubai to extradite and get back the hundred of millions C/raxman Boreh took from Djibouti. He lost the case last year. Now Borreh is coordinating with Dubai and Ghelle will fight back hard.If things got ugly, Ghelle has a lot of tools to depose the Jeegaan both financially and politically. By the way C/raxman Borreh is the only person who is Somali orgin that his name was found in Panama papers. He has French passport with name of Charles Borreh. If Biixi rejects the DP deal , he will face total isolation and sanctions from gulf who have spent millions in Somaliland. Without Dubai, they will not leave Hargeisa. Folks, there is even war and competition among the Jeegaan itself. Sacad Cali Shire, the soft speaking foreign minister, is allied with the Siilaanyo family and would like the conclusion of this deal. On the other hand , the man who financed the campaign of Muuse Biixi , and Djiboutian business and oligarch Mr. Mohamed Aw Said , want to scrap the deal for his friend, in law and business partner Cumar Gheelle. I will leave it there for now. Give me few more days and will come back to the SOL. I was in a hotel in Jeddah few days ago reading about the usual obfuscating OO holding the court while the enclave dwellers cheering.I wanted to reach him and punch him in the face. Just Kidding. Thanks to Tilamook for holding the court and refuting the "bs" from OO while I was away. Anyway, see in few days after the jet lag.