I don't know about taking advice from Guelleh but I wonder what next group of Somalis UAE will pick on when interests clash.

I will mark your word!! You overestimate these family enterprises.

Somalia should stick to its guns. One can't go to wherever the wind blows. There is another brewing tension between Saudis and UAE, what next? Somalia has to choose between these two. If this tit for tat continues, Somalia will lose economically but politically, it is UAE that will look weak. They are spending unnecessary political capital on fragile state whose alliance cannot tip the balance of power in the region.

And residence permits won't be renewed.

We have been through worse. The Saudis and Emirates have toyed with Somalis for so long. It is time for new start.

Somali people and governments need to diversity their business and diplomatic relationships. May this is a good time to do that.

Daaco is going nuts and going in circles

Is this project is this fragile?

I agree it does not look good.

lol@Mooge, I think if we don't sort out our affairs. All Somalis will lose. At the point, we are all pawns whether you are "HAG" or not. We are the mercy of bigger powers. Oodweyne, I don't think they will cancel right away. That said, I think UAE were never interested in development the port.

Puntland is more concerned with keeping the existing infrastructure.

ABU DHABI, 15th April, 2018 (WAM) -- The UAE has decided to disband its military training programme in Somalia which started in 2014 to build the capabilities of the Somali army. The decision comes in response to Somali security forces' seizure of a UAE-registered civil aircraft at Mogadishu Airport and confiscation of money destined to pay the soldiers. The UAE and Somalia are bound by historical relations based on mutual respect and the UAE Forces had carried out a number of training missions for thousands of Somalis to build up their capabilities. In addition, the UAE has been paying the salaries of 2407 Somali soldiers and built three training centres, a hospital, and dispatched Emirati medical teams for treating Somalis. The UAE is supervising the counter-piracy maritime police force in Puntland where the UAE has been effectively contributing to leveraging the capacities of the Somali military and security facilities while supporting efforts to fight terrorism in collaboration with a number of international parties and the African Union's forces in Somalia. The UAE has expressed its denunciation of the seizure incident which flies in the face of diplomatic traditions and ties between world countries and contravenes the agreements signed by both countries. WAM/Hatem Mohamed/Tariq alfaham

Peace Action, The Emirates sent a ship to pick up vehicles and equipment. Puntland didn't want to give up of any that. The ship was turned away and their plane searched. In any case, Puntland is in very awkward position.

It's one thing to give up premiership but I can't see Woyanes giving up the reigns of the security services.

Great, reward a killer, only in Somalia. Young kids are executed while 'leadership' is pardoned and paid.

I wonder if they have been promised investments in infrastructures Gaas has done a lot to court UAE's take over of Bosaso Port.

https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/985084379591520256?s=20

After Puntland refused to contradict the Federal Government in regards to the cancellation of military cooperation with UAE.

No amount of warmongering will sidetrack Trump's rolling fiasco.

Vlad is no angel but a lot of times makes sense and see through the western BS.

Observer,

Assad is horrible but think of the alternative.