European Union Training Mission

PRESS SUMMARY 04th June 2018

“In ‘Media’ stat virtus” EUTM - SOMALIA 04/06/2018

Somalia: i militari italiani festeggiano il 2 Giugno (Foto)

Stamane, in Somalia i militari italiani della missione Eutm ( Training Mission) hanno celebrato la 72° Festa della Repubblica

La missione EUTM (European Union Training Mission) Somalia, stamane sabato 2 Giugno, ha celebrato la commemorazione del 72° anniversario della Festa della Repubblica Italiana.

Eutm è stata avviata nel 2010, è parte della strategia europea per il Corno d’Africa. L’Unione Europea, in cooperazione con altri partner internazionali, contribuisce allo sviluppo delle istituzioni preposte al settore della sicurezza in Somalia. Nel periodo 2010-2012, la missione ha consentito il miglioramento delle condizioni di sicurezza e di vita in Mogadiscio e in altre località del Paese, grazie all’attività di addestramento delle Forze di Sicurezza somale presso il Bihanga Training Camp (BTC) in Uganda. http://valtellinanews.it/articoli/somalia-i-militari-italiani-festeggiano-il-2-giugno-foto-20180602/

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https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-pm-arrives-in-baidoa-ahead- of-security-summit

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Somali national security council meeting kicks off today in Baidoa

June 3, 2018 - Somali national security council meeting kicks off today in Baidoa, the provincial capital of Somalia’s southeastern state of Somalia.

The Goobjoog News correspondent in the south-west of the country says security officials are waiting for the president of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, prime minister of Kheyre, chairman of the cabinet Mohamed Mursal and regional as: present Ahmed Haaf, present Abdiweli Gaas, Hirshabeelle present Mohamed Waare and Jubbaland present Ahmed Madobe.

The conference, which is part of the national security conference, is to be merged with a clear framework for coordinating the integration, training and direction of the national security policy. http://goobjoog.com/english/somali-national-security-council-meeting-kicks-off-today-in- baidoa/

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Terrorists common enemy

June 2, 2018

Visiting Somali President Mohammed Farmaajo was admirably blunt in his criticism of the terrorist group in his country that has caused untold suffering both at home and in the region. He didn’t mince his words, mentioning Al-Shabaab by name and casting doubt on its claim to be based on religion.

The terrorists have been waging an indiscriminate war that has claimed many innocent lives. Of course, Somalia has suffered most. But the region’s other countries, especially Kenya, have not been spared the bloodletting in brutal attacks.

COMMON ENEMY

President Farmaajo declared the murderous outfit the common enemy of the peace-loving Somalis and other East Africans.

We could not agree more with the Somali leader. There are active terrorist cells, especially in the northeastern region, where the people live in constant fear of these mindless hooligans. Living proof of our commitment to help restore normality in Somalia is the presence of the troops in the United Nations Mission in Somalia (Unisom). They continue to soldier on, at a great sacrifice, with some paying the ultimate price in the campaign to help stabilise our neighbouring country. President Farmaajo’s candid words are the best signal about a solid commitment to defeating the evil that hovers over Somalia, threatening national and regional stability. http://radiobanadir.com/?p=756

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https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-new-chief-justice-takes-oath- of-office

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Al Shabaab fighters seize town in central Somalia: residents

Feisal Omar, Abdi Sheikh - (Reuters) - Somalia’s militant Islamist group al Shabaab has retaken a small town in the center of the country after it was abandoned by government troops, residents said on Saturday. Fighting broke out in the town of Muqokori, about 300 kilometers north of the capital Mogadishu, late on Friday, almost a month after government troops ousted the insurgents. “Al Shabaab attacked from various sides. After one hour of fighting, the government forces left and al Shabaab seized control,” Hussein Nur, a local elder, told Reuters by phone. The militant group claimed that 47 government soldiers had died in the fighting. “We have their dead bodies,” said Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, adding they had captured four vehicles and dozens of weapons. The military said the insurgents were not in full control. and that soldiers had been withdrawn for strategic reasons. “There were only a few soldiers there and they left the town for tactical reasons,” Major Abdullahi Aden told Reuters, adding their positions were being reinforced. Aden did not give details of casualties. Al Shabaab militants are fighting to topple Somalia’s Western-backed central government and to rule the Horn of Africa country according to a strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law. The group was ejected from Mogadishu in 2011 and has since been driven from most of its other strongholds across the country. But it remains a formidable threat, with its fighters frequently carrying out bombings against civilian and military targets in Mogadishu and other towns in Somalia. Separately, the group also attacked a military base in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland the same day, killing several soldiers. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-security/al-shabaab-fighters-seize-town-in- central-somalia-residents- idUSKCN1IY0F4?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_m edium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News %29&&rpc=401

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https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1003268128296534016

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https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1003192548339437569

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US strikes Shabaab again outside Mogadishu

By Alexandra Gutowski | June 2nd, 2018 | [email protected] | @angutowski

US forces conducted an air strike strike 30 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital on Thursday. The strike killed 12 Shabaab terrorists, according to a US Forces Africa Command (AFRICOM) press release. AFRICOM last targeted this area in early January, interdicting a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) intended for the capital. The US has now conducted a total of 15 strikes in Somalia in 2018, all of which have targeted Shabaab, AFRICOM’s Major Karl J. Wiest told FDD’s Long War Journal. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/06/strike-outside-mogadishu.php

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Undercover NISA Agents Deployed To Hunt Down Shabaab Assassins

On Jun 2, 2018 - Somalia’s National Intelligence Agency (NISA) has launched a special unit in the wake of a surge in assassinations in the capital Mogadishu, Radio Dalsan reports.

The agents in plainclothes have been deployed in the notorious parts of the city where most of the assassinations have occurred.

A Radio Dalsan reporter said that he identified several NISA agents in plainclothes but armed in and around Bakara Market an area that has recorded the highest number of assassinations.

At least 14 assassinations have been reported since the beginning of the Muslim month of Ramadan.

Notably there has not been a major explosion in the capital and more checkpoints erected in all the districts to avert attacks.

Al-Shabaab on Thursday released its first ever video featuring its militants executing assassinations in Mogadishu. https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2018/06/02/undercover-nisa-agents-deployed-to-hunt-down- shabaab-assassins/

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https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1003179759919157249

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Heavy Clash in Bari Region

June 2, 2018 - The clashes between Puntland forces and Al-Shabaab occurred last night in the town of Balli Qadar in Bari region and the fighting of one hour resulted heavy loss of properties.

Al-Shabaab has been confirmed to have attacked several militant bases in the area of the Puntland Maritime Police Station..

Nearly 5 people were confirmed dead in the fighting, with injuries. Al-Shabaab links to the internet as they say they have destroyed the entire base.

The Puntland administration said that Somaliland took part the fighting in the town of Balli Khadar in the Bari region, which resulted heavy loss. http://goobjoog.com/english/heavy-clash-in-bari-region/

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Puntland Announced the Number of their Soldiers Killed in Balli Khadar Attack.

June 3, 2018 - The Puntland administration announced the number of soldiers killed in the area of Balli Khadar, after clashes with al-Shabaab.

The Puntland Maritime Police Force director Abdirahman Mohamud Hajji has said that three of his soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack.

He also added that al-Shabab has also suffered a lot of damage but didn’t mentioned their number.

“Our forces have defeated by the terror, three soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in the attack,” the commander said.

A heavy fighting between the Puntland Maritime Police Force and the Al Shabaab militia took place overnight at the Balli Khadar area in Bari province, causing casualties. http://goobjoog.com/english/puntland-announced-the-number-of-their-soldiers-killed-in-balli- khadar-attack/

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https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1003395297647714304

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Somali Govt Provides Weapons to Puntland

By Deeq A.

HARGEISA— The Somali Govt sent three planes teemed with cache of wepaons las week to Garowe in a bid to support the war in Tukaraq town between Somaliland and Puntland. It is confirmed that the Saudi Kingdom provided the weapons to the Federal govt of Somalia.

Somalia’s former president, Hasan Sheikh Mohamoud signed a deal with Saudi Arabia to support the Somali authority and it is said that the Saudi govt has plegded to live up its promises.The Federal Govt is aiding and abetting Puntland state over its aggression against Somaliland authority.It is understood that the Somali President, Farmajo is fueling the war in Tukaraq.Somaliland incumbent president Hon. Musa Bihi has reiterared that the Somali authority is doing all they can to stand by Abdiweli’s aggression and violation of Somaliland’s territorial integrity. Saudi Kingdom provided Somalia contianders teemed with Ak 47, and ammunition.Experts have expressed a grave concern over the weapons brought to Somalia which could lead to a large scale war https://www.somaliaonline.com/community/topic/101191-somali-govt-provides- weapons-to-puntland/?tab=comments#comment-1051438

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Somaliland: Puntland President Calls on the International Community Interventions for Somaliland to Return the Seized Military Hardware and Prisoners from the Tukaraq War

06/04/2018 - A letter written to foreign diplomats based in suggested that the Tukaraq war will only stop if Somaliland accomplishes two demands the first being that Somaliland should return the spoils of war from the Tukaraq war between Somaliland army and Puntland militia. Somaliland repossessed many military hardware from the ragtag militia of Somalia they consist of armored mounted vehicles,rocket propelled grenades, a tank and many small arms. Also many prisoners were captured from the Somalia funded Puntland militia.

Another point in the letter was that Somaliland army should leave Tukaraq. According to information the Horn Newspaper obtained from Garowe confirmed that president Abdiweli Gaas is fight tooth and nail to save his skin following mounting public pressure following the heavy losses he incurred at the hands of Somaliland army.

Our sources confirmed many military officers from the elite Puntland army died in the war amongst them was the well known presidential palace commandant Mr.Hussein Tooray.

All in all the people of Puntland have called on Mr.Abdiweli Gaas to stop the senseless war he is initiating against the Republic of Somaliland. However the Puntland president has other thing in mind he wants to benefit from the political opportunity created by the Tukaraq war to continue clinging to power. http://www.somalilandsun.com/2018/06/04/somalilandpuntland-president-calls-on-the- international-community-interventions-for-somaliland-to-return-the-seized-military- hardware-and-prisoners-from-the-tukaraq-war/

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AU: Amisom lacks resources to defeat al-Shabaab

Friday June 1 2018

Somalia National Army (SNA) officer patrol Kismayo town, Somalia on November 20, 2015.

In Summary

Somalia national army’s weakness could even lead to the mission’s defeat, warns Simon Mulongo.

Amisom also lacks the resources needed for its combat mission to succeed, Mr Mulongo said.

UN deliveries of arms and troops can be made only to designated “battalion hubs”, leaving it to Amisom’s inadequately equipped troop-contributing countries to move materiel and soldiers to the frontlines, Mr Mulongo said.

By KEVIN J KELLEY

Logistical problems and military deficiencies are handicapping the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) in its decade-long fight against al-Shabaab, an AU official acknowledged in a wide-ranging and generally pessimistic assessment published Thursday.

The Somalia National Army’s longstanding lack of capacity could “even lead to the mission’s defeat,” warned Mr Simon Mulongo, a Mogadishu-based representative of the African Union.

“Shabaab has much better access to intelligence than Amisom, given its links to the population under its control, its immersion in the local culture and language, and its knowledge of the terrain,” Mr Mulongo acknowledged.

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“Al-Shabaab’s formidable intelligence apparatus, the Amniyat, has greatly increased al- Shabaab’s resilience as well as its ability to anticipate and plan.”

His comments were made in an interview with the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies, a think tank affiliated with the US Defence Department.

Amisom also lacks the resources needed for its combat mission to succeed, Mr Mulongo said.

“Amisom’s airlift capabilities are minuscule: it has only three utility helicopters to cover its entire area of operation,” he noted.

“Logistics are therefore unreliable and erratic, and our troops are overstretched and unable to secure the expansive territory and protect their supply lines,” Mr Mulongo said.

Some United Nations-member states have offered to supply additional aerial assets, but the UN’s low reimbursement rates discourage potential suppliers from following through, explained the AU Commission’s deputy special representative for Somalia.

The UN’s sizable Amisom support apparatus inside Somalia, known as UNSOA, could be much more helpful than is currently the case, Mr Mulongo said.

“UNSOA’s capabilities are civilian, not military. As such, they are structured to provide logistics in a traditional peacekeeping mission and not for combat environment. Strict restrictions on where UNSOA assets can land, for instance, have made the evacuation of our troops extremely difficult,” Mr Mulongo said.

He further noted that the UN contingent tasked with assisting Amisom is not authorised to transport weapons and reinforcements to fighting forces in the field.

UN deliveries of arms and troops can be made only to designated “battalion hubs”, leaving it to Amisom’s inadequately equipped troop-contributing countries to move materiel and soldiers to the frontlines, Mr Mulongo said.

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As an additional obstacle to Amisom’s operations, command authority is vested in each of the five countries — Kenya, , Uganda, Burundi and — that have committed a combined total of 22,000 uniformed personnel to the war against Shabaab.

Consequently, Mr Mulongo said, Amisom’s force commanders “do not have leeway to direct their own forces, which can delay or even hamper operations.”

And along with insufficient access to combat aircraft, Amisom lacks the infantry fighting vehicles and heavy artillery that would enable it to fight al-Shabaab more effectively, Mr Mulongo added.

Having incurred substantial but unspecified losses in the past 10 years, Amisom has begun planning for withdrawal.

But, Mr Mulongo pointed out, Somalia’s own army remains unprepared to take effective control of operations against Shabaab.

Somali national forces are splintered among rival clans, and about a third of the army’s 20,000 soldiers have not been supplied with weapons, the AU official said.

“Some soldiers live in the bush,” Mr Mulongo added.

The US, and, more recently, have been pouring resources into efforts to train Somali soldiers to gradually replace Amisom units. http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/AU-Amisom-lacks-resources-to-defeat- Shabaab/4552908-4590490-iv60q6z/index.html

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9 Mozambique Al-Shabaab Militants Killed

On Jun 3, 2018 - Police in Mozambique said on Sunday that they killed nine “insurgents” in the country’s far north after ten people were decapitated by suspected jihadists in the region last weekend. Cabo Delgado province, which is expected to become the centre of the country’s nascent natural gas industry after several promising discoveries, has seen a number of deadly attacks by suspected radical Islamists since October. “Nine insurgents were killed” on Saturday, said a police official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that more details would be given on Tuesday. On May 27 a group of radicalised Muslims, known locally as “al-Shabaab”, attacked two small villages near the Tanzanian border and killed 10 residents who were found decapitated. The same group hit the headlines in October when it took control of the town of Mocimboa da Praia, also in Cabo Delgado province. The nine insurgents were killed close to the site of last week’s beheadings. The group, which has no known link to the Somali jihadist group of the same name, was described by witnesses to AFP as a radical jihadist faction allegedly been responsible for a number of attacks in Cabo Delgado since becoming active. According to a police spokesman interviewed on state-run TVM, security forces killed two members of the group, preventing them from attacking a local village, before killing a further seven. Assault rifles and -language documents were recovered from the scene, the spokesman added. More than 300 people suspected of having ties to the group have been arrested since October, with more than a third still held, according to the authorities.

The country’s north has largely missed out on the economic growth of the last 20 years, and the region sees itself as a neglected outpost, giving the radical Al-Shabaab-style ideology a receptive audience. https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2018/06/03/9-mozambique-al-shabaab-militants-killed/

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Humanitarian Crisis at Jalalaqsi in Hiran Region

June 3, 2018 - More than 20,000 families are said to have fled from their homes at Jalalaqsi of Hiran region which is facing a humanitarian crisis. The town could not be accessible, surrounded by the river Shabeelle, people have constructed houses made of plastic bags and wood. Mohamed Ganey, chairman of the town who spoke to Goobjoog News said that people are suffering from humanantarian crisis, adding that the people have fled from their in the town. Some parlimenterians from the Somali federal government have reached the town last week with $ 50,000, for emergency responses which is not enough and does not make any difference to the current problem that the people in the town are facing. On the other hand, in addition to the Jalalaqsi flood crisis, it is also one of the isolated towns from the capital city Mogadishu, and also it is controlled by Al Shabaab. Jalalaqsi is not the only town with humanitarian crisis in the region of Hiran, and there are also more problems in the towns like BeledWeyne and Bulo Barde, where the two are facing heavy water breaks down from the Shabelle River. Many governments and Humanitarian agencies provided assistance in the region but still the assistance is limited. http://goobjoog.com/english/humanitarian-crisis-at-jalalaqsi-in-hiran-region/

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Liboi residents cry for justice as scores go missing

Monday June 4, 2018

Relatives of people who have disappeared mysteriously in the border town of Liboi, Garissa, have asked the government to locate their whereabouts.

The residents, who claimed their loved ones were picked by people identifying themselves as police officers, also accused the government of being involved in the disappearances.

They said their loved ones are yet to be traced despite numerous attempt to locate them.

At least 14 people have gone missing in a span of one year. Liboi is 18km from the Kenya- Somalia border.

Residents at the porous border told Nation they are caught between a rock and a hard place since they are neither safe from terror groups nor security agencies.

ROADSIDE ATTACKS

The town has witnessed roadside attacks targeting security officers, with assailants escaping to the neighbouring Somalia.

Some of the relatives said the government should release their loved ones or charge them in court if they are suspected to have committed any criminal offence. The following are the missing persons, according to relatives:

Sheikh Abdullahi Mohamed Yussuf

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A prominent cleric and imam of a mosque in Liboi. He is also a head teacher of madrasa in the town. According to his wife Uwah Bundid, the cleric was picked up at the mosque while waiting for breakfast with two others in a Land Cruiser by people who identified themselves as police.

The two were, however, released although their mobile phones were confiscated. “He was a religious man. He has never done anything that violates the laws of this land. He had not wronged anyone. We must be told where he is and whether he is safe,” she said on Sunday.

Mohamed Salat Hassan

According to his father, Mr Salat Hassan, masked men broke into his son’s house, beat up his wife and ordered him to board a Land Cruiser before vanishing in the dark on May 6.

He said his son’s case was unique since he was earlier kidnapped by Al-Shabab militants, who accused him and seven others of being government informers.

Four of his colleagues were killed while three of them escaped. “If Al-Shabab kidnapped him and nearly killed him, how can he again be accused of being one of them? It pains me seeing his children suffer as the whereabouts of their father remain unknown,” he said amid tears.

Abdullahi Murshid Iman

According to Mr Murshid Iman, his son, who was a conductor in Garissa, was picked at his work station. The father of three, he said, has been missing for a year. “We believe the security agencies are behind my son’s disappearance. I want to be told whether he is alive of dead,” he said on Sunday. Also missing is Farah Yussuf, Dekow Mohamed Khalif, Noor Abdullahi, Sahal, Hussein Jamaa among others.

Local leaders said the cases of mysterious disappearances hinder the fight against terrorism due to mistrust between security agencies and locals. https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/Jun/158441/liboi_residents_cry_for_justice_as_scores_go_ missing.aspx

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The Aggression of Federal Somalia against Somaliland Republic

June 2, 2018

On the dawn of May 15 and 24, 2018, the armed forces of Federal Somalia waged unexpected attacks on Somaliland Republic armed forces based at Tuka-raq, which is 65 Km within Somaliland border. Somalia’s forces attacked through the front of Puntland Administration of Federal Somalia whilst the Somaliland Republic was busy celebrating its 27th anniversary of regaining its independence from Somalia achieved on June 26, 1960. Somaliland forces repelled both attacks and inflicted heavy losses on the invading enemy forces.

The land of People in Sool and Eastern Sanaag is located within Somaliland British colonial borders. It is integral and inseparable part of independent Somaliland. Thus, there is no “disputed land or territories” in Somaliland as some may claim preposterously. Somaliland does not accept the idea of “disputed land in Somaliland” as any other African country would not accept to call part of its territory “disputed land”.

Puntland Administration of Federal Somalia dreams to reunite Harti people, sub-clan of , of Somaliland, Somalia, and Ethiopia to create Harti country in the Horn of Africa. Would the United Nations or Africa accept to create Fulani country by reuniting the Fulanis of Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon or Tuareg country by reuniting the Tuaregs of Senegal, Nigeria, Mali, and Niger? The answer is: No. likewise, Africa would never accept that the Puntland Administration of Federal Somalia reunites Hartis of Somaliland, Somalia, and Ethiopia to create a tribal crisis in the Horn of Africa. There is no country in Africa or in any other continent whose population is based on single clan or lineage as Puntland Administration of Somalia claims blindly.

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If the United Nations or Organization of African Union do not respect and recognize Somaliland borders, emerging from colonial borders as any other African country, then the territorial integrity of each African country would be questionable and would be at risk of dispute and continental disintegration through endless clan wars.

The political map of Africa that shows its independent countries had not been made by United Nations, by African Union, or by African nations. It is the result of the European Colonial Occupation that invaded African Continent at the end of the 19th century and divided it up into territories with colonial borders for their own political sphere of influence. When leaving Africa, mainly in the 1960s, the Europeans based the independence and diplomatic recognition of all African emerging countries including Somaliland on their colonial borders inherited from the colonial powers. The borders of African independent states had been drawn by the colonial powers of Europe at the end of the 19th century, mainly during The Partition of Africa held in Berlin in 1884. Likewise, all the current borders of Asia and South America also emerged from colonial borders drawn mainly by Britain, France, and Spain and were all recognized too on their colonial borders.

Somaliland is located in the Horn of Africa. It lies between the 08°00′ – 11°30′ parallel North of the Equator and between 42°30′ – 49°00′ Meridian East of Greenwich. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the North, Djibouti to the West, Ethiopia to the South, and Somalia to the East. Somaliland has a coastline with the majority lying along the Gulf of Aden (Red Sea). The country is slightly larger than England, with an area of 137, 600 km² (53,100 sq. miles) and with a population around 4 million.

According to the unique history of the continent of Africa, an African country is recognized as an independent nation when it meets or fulfills the following four (4) requirements:

That it is colonized separately

2. That it has its own colonial borders

3. That it had an official proclamation of independence granted by the colonizing power on specific date

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That it Fulfills the Montevideo Convention Requirements on the Rights and Duties of States held on December 26, 1933, which stated that the state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

. a permanent population.

. a defined country

. a government

. a capacity to enter into relations with the other states.

Somaliland has perfectly fulfilled the four required conditions to be recognized as an independent country and that is why it was recognized on June 26, 1960, by the United Nations and many countries of the international community

The borders of Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti or any other Africa country have the same international status and legitimacy because they all had been drawn by European Colonial powers. Anyone who opposes the legitimacy of Somaliland borders, its statehood, its independence, and its diplomatic recognition is challenging the borders and sovereignty of all African independent states (54 states) whose borders also rose from their colonial borders. African borders are based on land only and not on lineage or clans. There are no clan borders or clan states in Africa or anywhere else in this world. There are only national land-based borders in Africa whose nations consist of many tribes or clans that share common borders and sovereignty.

The following African clans clearly show of how same African clans are distributed over different countries. The inhabitance or residence of some African clans is as follows:

Fulani Clan: This clan inhabits in Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon etc. Tuareg Clan: This clan has inhabitance in Senegal, Nigeria, Mali, Niger etc. Lunda Clan: This clan inhabits in Congo, Zambia, and Angola. Yoruba Clan: This clan has inhabitance in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Maasai Clan: This clan resides in Kenya, and Tanzania. Afar Clan: This clan inhabits in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti

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Gabooye Clan: This clan inhabits in Somaliland, Somalia, Ethiopia Berber Clan: This clan has inhabitance in Morroco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria. Isaaq Clan: This clan inhabits in Somaliland, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti Samaroon Clan: This tribe inhabits in Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Hawiye Clan: This clan inhabits in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Darood Clan: This clan inhabits in Somalia, Somaliland, Kenya, Ethiopia Rahanwein Clan: This clan has inhabitance in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Essa Clan: This clan inhabits in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somaliland.

The internal security, stability, and peace of Africa rest on respecting, recognizing, and implementing its current borders that rose from colonial borders. If an African country would claim the clan and its land located in another African country, the continent would fall to endless devastating, bloody clan wars, violence, and anarchy. The African continent would not exist as we know it today. The peace and stability of African states depend on respecting and recognizing colonial borders. United Nations and African Union should not allow any country like Somalia or any other country to redraw African colonial borders to avoid the danger of plunging the continent into endless clan wars and anarchy.

African Union and African leaders claim that if Somaliland is recognized, it will shift or change the borders of current African independent states inherited from colonial powers leading to instability and political unrest in Africa. If that claim were true, why did not the recognition of South Sudan and Eritrea change the borders of Africa and cause instability and political unrest in African continent? Senegal and Gambia founded federation or union in February 1982 calling it

Senegambia. That union was dissolved in September 1989 after a disagreement and each country regained its original independence and diplomatic recognition without changing the borders of Africa. So, why denying Somaliland of regaining that independence and recognition it had before the union with Somalia? Somaliland diplomatic recognition does not need any approval from Somalia as any other African country did not need the approval of its independence and diplomatic recognition from any other African country.

Somaliland is not a secessionist or breakaway region from Somalia but Somaliland just withdrew from the union with Somalia after Somalia grossly violated the union and

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The declaration of Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) in 1964 on African Borders was the formal acceptance of the existing colonial borders inherited from colonial powers on which independence and recognition of each African country were based including Somaliland. That declaration had nothing to do with unification, federations, and unions between two or more African countries like the failed union between Somaliland and Somalia formed unthoughtfully and hastily in 1960. A union or federation could be dissolved anytime if the sides disagree each restoring and retaining its original independence and borders. That declaration reinforces the rightful claim of Somaliland to be recognized as an independent nation based on its colonial borders. That declaration does not prevent Somaliland from withdrawing from the union with Somalia and restoring its independence and diplomatic recognition achieved on June 26, 1960. If Uganda and Kenya share union today and after some time they disagree and dissolve that union, each would still be independent, recognized nation on its own colonial borders

Somaliland and Somalia are not the first two countries in this world whose union dissolved or ceased to exist. The Soviet Union that had 15 Socialist Republics created by the Bolshevik Revolution led by Lenin in 1917 broke up after social upheavals and political discontent ended its existence peacefully in 1989 with new countries emerging from it such as Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia etc. They are all recognized by the UN and the international community on the basis of their original borders existing before the union. The Federation of former Republic of Yugoslavia that had 8 countries broke up too after bloody civil wars between 1991-1995 and new countries such as Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo etc. emerged from its ashes. All these countries are also recognized diplomatically too for their original borders existing before the federation. This shows that the unity among countries that share a union is not sacred anymore if they have

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The United Nations and Africa Union must condemn the aggression of Federal Somalia against the Somaliland Republic on May 15, 2018, to assure the stability and peace of Africa.

Federal Somalia is sternly warned that peace and good neighborly relations between the Somaliland Republic and Federal Somalia will only depend on respecting and recognizing the border between Somaliland and Somalia.

Ibrahim Hassan Gagale http://warshiil.com/the-aggression-of-federal-somalia-against-somaliland-republic/

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https://twitter.com/i_dossier/status/1003262718261059584

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Somaliland Rejects It’s Libya Returnees Diverts Plane To Garowe

On Jun 3, 2018 - At least 50 returnees from Libya are stranded in Garowe after Somaliland authorities decline to allow a plane carrying them to land at the Egal International Airport, Radio Dalsan reports. The 50 were among 150 migrants who landed in Mogadishu from Libya on Friday in a programme of voluntary repatriation by the International Organisation for Immigration (IOM). A plane chartered by IOM was not allowed to touch down in Hargeisa and local Somaliland media quoted Egal International Airport Manager Mohamed Yusuf confirming the action by the government. Yusuf told reporters that the plane with the returnees did not have landing permission. Relatives of the returnees had been waiting all day to be finally reunited with their kin but this was not to be.A source says that the Pilot of the plane had informed the Airport that they had run out of fuel but were denied landing.

The plane was forced to deroute and land in Garowe. IOM is in communication with Somaliland authorities to allow the 50 to return home. Out of the 150 returnees 100 are from Somaliland. https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2018/06/03/somaliland-rejects-its-libya-returnees-orders-plane- back-to-mogadishu/

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Somali journalists caught in land dispute crossfire from SAAD MUSE in Mogadishu, Somalia

MOGADISHU, (CAJ News) – MEDIA rights groups are demanding the release of journalists and lift a ban on television stations caught up in the conflict between the breakaway Somaliland and Puntland.

The two regions have both vied for control of the Sool region for over ten years with fighting in recent weeks over the disputed area claiming dozens of lives.

Somaliland police recently arrested 57 protesters advocating support of Puntland and the Mogadishu-based government of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Two journalists covering the conflict have been arrested and two television stations banned.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the arrest of Mohamed Ahmed Jama and Abdirahman Keyse Mohamed and the banning of privately-owned SBS TV and SOMNews.

Angela Quintal, CPJ Africa Programme Coordinator, said during times of conflict, the government must create a conducive environment for journalists to communicate diverse information to the public, not stifling the press.

“We call on the Somaliland authorities to lift the operations ban on SOMNews and SBS TV, and to stop detaining and harassing journalists,” Quintal said.

The Somaliland government has recently taken stern action against the media in connection to the conflict in Puntland. According to the Human Rights Centre, parliamentarians have banned unauthorised press conferences and meetings in the Sool region. http://cajnewsafrica.com/2018/06/04/somali-journalists-caught-in-land-dispute-crossfire/

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Somaliland:Somaliland Government Calls Claims of Torture of Pirate Prisoners at Hargeisa Correctional Facility Baseless Propaganda

06/02/2018 - Somalilandsun: The deputy commandant of Somaliland custodial corps Brigadier General Hassan Ali Awad (Hassan Ali Dheere) has refuted claims that pirates incarcerated at Hargeisa Maximum Prison have been tortured. These pirates were repatriated from the Seychelles in 2009 where they were serving their sentences following their capture by international forces patrolling high seas. This information was broadcasted by Radio Goobjoog a well known mouth piece of the regime of president Farmajo of Somalia. Speaking to Somaliland News Agency (SOLNA) Brigadier General Hassan stated that it is very strange to here that three pirates recorded their voices on mobile phones and sent the audio recording to Radio Goobjoog in Mogadishu. “We were perplexed to hear this news of three prisoners sentenced by a Seychelles court, who later on requested the Seychelles government to let them complete their sentences in Hargeisa. Whatever they recorded let them record we have in our possession a mobile phone smuggled into the prison and some audio recorded.” Deputy prison commandant revealed. The prison assistant boss confirmed that the prisoner s are under international custody so the Hargeisa prison has no reason to torture them calling the move a publicity stunt and baseless propaganda . Furthermore we give them preferential treatment and their next of kin and traditional elders based in Hargeisa are we aware as we have a close working relationship. Those who finish their prison term are transported back to their country. “The allegations of these prisoners has dumbfounded us they are simply baseless lies to attract sympathy.” Brigadier Hassan said. When the prison commandant was asked about a prisoner who died at Hargeisa prison he had this to say “That’s propaganda, Hargeisa prison is not the former dungeon of former Somalia despot Chale Siad, it’s an open prison whereby human right organizations and lawyers have access 24/7, and lawyers are allowed unconditional contact with prisoners. A prisoner who has been sentenced cannot be tortured that’s not true.” http://www.somalilandsun.com/2018/06/02/somalilandsomaliland-government-calls-claims-of- torture-of-pirate-prisoners-at-hargeisa-correctional-facility-baseless-propaganda/

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Somaliland Bans Controversial Jinn Exorcist Sheikh Abdulhaq

On Jun 2, 2018 - Authorities in Somaliland on Saturday banned the activities of a prominent but controversial jinn exorcist in the Burao city, Toogdheer region.

Police stormed an ongoing exorcism session and escorted Sheikh AbdulHaq Rusheye out to an unknown destination amid protest by his followers and residents of Burao. The scenes were chaotic as his followers mainly women protested the police action intercepting the law enforcers as they walked the Sheikh out of the session. The women wailed and offered plastic containers of water for the Sheikh to bless it as he was whisked away. It was later communicated to the public that Sheikh Rusheye’s activities had been banned by the government pending probe. A video of one of the sessions that went viral this week triggered public reaction with many questioning his rather unusual form of exorcism which involves use of car wash pump to spray “holy water” to hundreds of women possessed by jinn. “Human right watch must act on this and those men should be in jail. How a sensible person treat some properties like animals in public arena nkt! Our Muslim sisters must avoid to attend such places” Dul Qarneyn reacted to the video. “This high pressure water can cause blindness to these women. This is why people need to be educated about their religion” Adnan Hassan commented on Facebook.

Some accused the Sheikh of extortion.

“These are broken people, stressed, depressed, afraid and unsure. These men have seen a void to now make money on these gullible souls. This is why mental health is VERY necessary in our communities” Mariam Sheikh commented. https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2018/06/02/somaliland-bans-controversial-jinn-exorcist-sheikh- abdulhaq/

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KSrelief Continues Distribution of Food Baskets in Somaliland

Hodan, Somaliland, Ramadan 18, 1439, June 03, 2018, SPA -- King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) distributed, in the 17th day of the holy month of Ramadan, 2050 food baskets in Hodan district, Somaliland, benefiting 12300 people.

The distribution falls within the framework of humanitarian projects implemented by the KSRelief to all affected and needy people, in various countries, including those affected by the drought in Somaliland.

Riyadh

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has implemented 428 projects at a total cost of more than $1.8 billion

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) has implemented 428 projects at a total cost of more than $1.8 billion in , Somaliland, Myanmar, Sudan and to Syrian refugees

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https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1772757 http://alriyadhdaily.com/article/93a3edb8f82d46bfad3eafcda6542b94

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Uganda donates relief food to Somalia flood victims

June 2, 2018

Ugandan government yesterday donated foodstuff to flood-affected families in Golwayn in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region.

The lorry-loads of assorted food consisting of rice, wheat flour, sugar, cooking oil and milk, were delivered through the Ugandan AMISOM contingent. Uganda's deputy ambassador to Somalia, Maj Gen Nathan Mugisha flagged off the food convoy.

"Uganda is not only here to do the security part only. We feel sympathetic with the people and we join the wider international community in bringing rescue to especially the displaced communities of Golwayn who have been displaced by the enemy into IDP camps; but now have been displaced again by the flooding River Shabelle," Gen Mugisha said while handing over the donation to Golwayn elders.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, the flooding has affected more than 750,000 people with more than 229,000 displaced. Communities most affected by the flooding stay along the Shabelle and Jubba rivers.

The flooding, caused by the unusually heavy rains, has also led to fatalities and damage to infrastructure. Ambassador Mugisha called for more support from other well-wishers, to the flood-affected families.

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Brig Paul Lokech, the Uganda contingent commander noted that the flooding had also adversely impacted on agriculture and movement of persons. He said some of the displaced families had sought shelter and safety near the AMISOM military defences.

"The areas where the people should be farming are all flooded. There is no productive activity taking place," explained Brig Lokech. Sultan Warsame Alio Ibrow, an elder and chief of Golwayn who received the food donation expressed gratitude to the Ugandan government and AMISOM for the assistance and called for more humanitarian interventions to assist affected families.

"There is no area that has not been affected by the floods in areas with close proximity to River Jubba and River Shabelle. Some people who have fled from villages in Lower Shabelle including Gaburow, Bulla Sheikh, Madulow up to Janaale areas, are now squatting in Golwayn, as internally displaced," Sultan said.

The elder estimated that at least 750 displaced families from other regions had moved to Golwayn in search of food and shelter. http://www.observer.ug/news/headlines/57829-uganda-donates-relief-food-to-somali-flood- victims.html

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Somaliland: Middle East Power Struggle Plays Out on New Stage

June 3, 2018 - BERBERA, Somaliland—The battle for hegemony in the Middle East is playing out at an ancient African port where traditional dhow fishing boats now share space with giant, container ships loaded around the clock by men in yellow high-visibility vests.

Berbera, in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, is perched on a narrow shipping lane leading to the Suez Canal and is just 260 nautical miles from Yemen’s civil war. Since antiquity, the town’s strategic shore has been coveted by military and maritime powers. Described by colonial-era travelers as the “key to the Red Sea,” the port became an Ottoman stronghold and later a British colonial outpost.

That explains why , Saudi Arabia’s strongest ally, pledged close to $450 million to take over the port here. Elsewhere along the Horn of Africa, allies Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. have snapped up ports and military bases at sites in Somalia, plus farther north in Djibouti and Eritrea. Qatar and Turkey, which support a different model of political Islam and are closer to Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival Iran, are building in Somalia and Sudan. is positioned with a military base and a container port, for which it paid $700 million, in Djibouti and is exploring sites in Somalia. The U.S., meanwhile, conducts Africa operations and directs drones in the Persian Gulf from Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, the largest U.S. base on the continent.

The scramble to lock down critical sites like Berbera is unscrolling all along the Horn and northward into the Red Sea. At stake is the precarious peace in one of the world’s most volatile and strategic corners, and the balance of power in the Middle East. The nearby Suez Canal, meanwhile, is the fastest and most heavily used shipping lane connecting Asia with Europe. It handles about 10% of the world’s seaborne trade, including roughly 10% of the world’s oil trade, according to the United Nations and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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“We have new kids on the block…competition in the Middle East between the Sunnis and the Shias, and the Americans, the Russians, the Turks, the Qataris,” said Saad Ali Shire, Somaliland’s foreign minister. “It’s a poisonous meeting of interests coming together.”

Berbera and other sites along the northern coast of the Horn are important because of their proximity to Yemen, a stage for the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia that is playing out across the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has been fighting a war there against Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015 with the support of allies like the U.A.E. Iran denies arming or training the Houthis.

Top, a shipment of cement from Iran is unloaded at the port of Berbera. Above, a cargo of sorghum on a traditional Arab dhow boat.

The United Nations and independent investigators say Iran has used ports in Sudan and Somalia to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah and to allies in Yemen. In support of the other side in Yemen, a vast U.A.E. military base erected in isolated and secretive Eritrea in 2016 has been a launching pad for drones and jet strikes into the battle zone.

Other complications abound. Saudi Arabia and its allies are concerned about jihadist groups, including Islamic State and al Qaeda affiliates, gaining strength in the Arabian peninsula.

And Saudi and U.A.E.’s break last year with Qatar, claiming the Gulf state supports terrorism, upended traditional alliances. The diplomatic crisis spurred a realignment of deals on the poor and conflict-prone African coast, where Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan have

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“Turmoil in the Gulf has sharply escalated the Horn’s already dangerous militarization,” said Rashid Abdi, an expert on the region at the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based global geopolitics think tank. “Gulf powers want to control this region to support an economic future that doesn’t fully depend on oil production, and to be ready for a potential future war with Iran.”

Port workers help guide a container vessel into the dock at Berbera.

The situation has left Washington in a diminished position of influence, Western diplomats say. The U.S. has few commercial investments in the region but has spent tens of billions of dollars on military programs, including efforts to fight piracy, in recent decades, and has increased drone strikes and special-forces deployments against jihadists in Somalia.

“There’s no evidence that there’s a coherent U.S. strategy to deal with divisions in the Horn and the militarization of the Red Sea,” said Payton Knopf of the Institute of Peace, a Washington-based nonpartisan think tank.

State Department officials didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Tensions flared in May when Chinese military personnel at its Djibouti base used a high-powered laser to harass U.S. flight crews from Camp Lemonnier, the Pentagon said.

The maneuvering for territory has drawn a motley crew of actors, including U.A.E. state- owned shipping giant DP World; a Turkish conglomerate owned by the family of President

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law; and Navy-SEAL-turned-businessman Erik Prince, who wants to develop a port south of the capital Mogadishu. France and Japan have military bases, and Russian entities are scouting for deals.

Sudan, which ditched a longstanding alliance with Iran to secure desperately needed investments from Saudi Arabia, is contributing some 5,000 troops to the war in Yemen, and has been carefully straddling both sides of the Middle East rift in a bid to save itself from economic collapse.

In December, Turkey secured the rights to develop Suakin Island, a former Ottoman outpost in Sudan. Qatar in March reached a preliminary agreement with Sudan to spend $4 billion developing a nearby port on Sudan’s mainland that hosts a passenger ferry to the Saudi port of Jeddah. If finalized, it will be the biggest single planned investment in the area’s ports to date.

Berbera, a coastal city of about 200,000, is a focus of the military and commercial buildup. The Soviets erected a major military base here during the 1960s and 1970s, which flipped to the U.S. in the 1980s after the Soviets stopped supporting dictator Siad Barre, and he switched sides. The U.S. arranged for access to Berbera’s airport runway, one of Africa’s longest, as a potential emergency landing strip for the space shuttle.

When DP World, the world’s third- largest port operator, struck a $442 million deal to modernize and manage Berbera’s port in mid-2016, a more- lucrative military agreement between Somaliland and the U.A.E. quickly followed. The deal will see the U.A.E. refurbish the old military base as well as a small port nearby for military use for 25 years.

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Ruins of a hospital and barracks near a former military base in Berbera built by the Soviet Union around 50 years ago and later used by the U.S. U.A.E. has taken over the base and will refurbish it.

DP World said it boosted traffic at the commercial port by more than 20% in the past year. It recently brought in modern cargo equipment to speed up the loading and unloading of vessels, and this month the company plans to start extending the quay.

“We have no doubt this place and the broader area will look very different in a few years’ time,” said Supachai Wattanaveerachai, the port’s chief executive.

DP World said Berbera’s expansion is part of a strategy to secure more points of access along the Horn and further inland, helping to increase trade with fast-growing economies like Ethiopia and tapping East Africa’s swelling consumer class.

DP World brought in modern cargo equipment to the port at Berbera and plans to start extending the quay this month.

Mr. Shire, the Somaliland foreign minister, said as part of the deal U.A.E. will build new roads to connect the commercial port to the Ethiopian border and fund education and health-care programs.

Somalilanders, long isolated after declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, said they hoped the first major economic recognition will connect them to regional trade and help

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bolster a fledgling army. Somaliland is treated as de facto independent of Somalia by many countries, although it hasn’t been formally recognized as such.

“I am hopeful improvements to the port will bring more people here…business is already getting bigger daily,” said 24-year-old Hamda Abdirahman, who cooks at her mother’s restaurant in the town center.

DP World is by far the biggest private-sector employer in Somaliland, with some 2,200 workers. The company until recently hauled in the devalued local currency in trucks to pay salaries.

Top, a fisherman near wrecks of cargo ships at the Berbera port. Above, unloading the catch that includes tuna, barracuda, sailfish and kingfish.

Property prices have risen as much as 100% along the waterfront, and compounds are being constructed near the ocean. Older hotels are getting upgraded. On a recent day, Berberawis sitting cross-legged and chewing the narcotic khat leaf said the investments provide a shield for their breakaway state. “As Somalilanders our passports aren’t recognized anywhere, we can’t travel,” said 28-year-old Mohamed Jama, a veterinarian who was in a shop nearby. “After this deal, the U.A.E. may accept our passports, and I could get a chance to work in Dubai.” U.A.E. officials didn’t respond to requests for comment. Others fear the investments come with too high a price: being dragged further into conflicts across the Middle East and the Horn. Frictions between Somaliland and Somalia—a country war-torn for decades—have already been worsened by the Gulf’s diplomatic crisis over Qatar. http://www.somtribune.com/2018/06/03/somaliland-middle-east-power-struggle-plays-out-on- new-stage/

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Landlocked Ethiopia Plans to Build Navy, Prime Minister Says

June 3, 2018

Landlocked Ethiopia is planning to build a navy, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said during a briefing of the heads of the country’s National Defense Force.

“Following the efforts made to build capacity of our national defense, we built one of the stronger ground and air forces in Africa,” the ruling party-funded Fana Broadcasting Corp. reported Abiy as saying on Friday. “We should build our naval force capacity in the future.”

Two calls to the mobile phone of Abiy’s national security adviser, Abadula Gemada, didn’t connect. Ethiopia currently has a civilian Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute on Lake Tana. It trains more than 500 marine engineers and electro-technical officers each year and plans to increase this to more than 1,000 officers annually, according to its website. Abiy’s government in May agreed to develop Port Sudan on the Red Sea and agreed with Djibouti to swap shares in state-owned ports, airlines, and telecommunications. It also agreed to acquire land at Kenya’s Lamu Port for “logistical facilitation,” according to a joint communiqué issued after a meeting between Abiy and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta.

Earlier this year, Ethiopia took a stake in a port in Somaliland, a semi-autonomous part of Somalia that aspires to statehood and borders Djibouti. Somaliland will host a naval base for the United Arab Emirates. Posted by dreamtemp on June 3, 2018. Filed under English news, Wararka. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. http://www.somalimedia.co.uk/landlocked-ethiopia-plans-to-build-navy-prime-minister-says/

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Kenyatta flags off Kenya’s first crude oil export

On Jun 3, 2018 - Kenya’s ambition to become one of the global oil producers was boosted Sunday after the flagging off of transportation of the first oil barrels.

President Uhuru Kenyatta led a host of local leaders to celebrate the feat that enabled the country to join Uganda as the only two oil-producing nations in East Africa.

In a historic occasion held at Ngamia 8 oil fields in Lokichar, Turkana County in the north, the President flagged off four trucks ferrying crude oil to the Kenya Petroleum Refinery in Mombasa.

The crude oil is being ferried in an experimental programme Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS).

The resource will be kept in Mombasa as the country looks for viable markets.

Each truck carried 156 barrels. Tullow Oil company targets producing at least 2,000 barrels per day.

It already has 70,000 barrels stored in tanks in Lokichar.

There are at least 10 oil fields located in various sections in Turkana East and Turkana South.

Dispute

Aware of the protracted disagreement on how the proceeds should be distributed, President Kenyatta warned of the curses that might come with the resource, but also promised that all concerns raised by local residents will be attended to.

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“The economies of countries that have failed to manage their resources have also suffered the ripple effect of a hungry and poor citizen. It is my hope and prayer that together we shall work so that such is not visited upon us,” he said.

Without mentioning names, Mr Kenyatta said two countries have experienced the painful side of the mineral, saying the country would do everything possible to avoid similar situations.

“The negative competition for oil and other natural resources has seen hitherto two peaceful countries go to war. It has seen brothers take up arms again each other as mothers bury their children with no hope for the future,” he said.

Stability

Nigeria and Angola are countries where fights have erupted because of disagreements over oil proceeds.

“I pray that we will view the discovery of oil and gas as a blessing that we will manage effectively and efficiently for the benefit of not just the present generation but importantly future generation.

“I call upon our leaders to ensure peace and stability in the region to ensure any disagreements that might arise are resolved in an amicable and sustainable manner. I stand ready to work with all leaders to ensure that we achieve this.”

Deputy President William Ruto said they would not turn away from the grievances raised by the locals.

“You have a friend in us because we listen to you,” Mr Ruto said.

He added that the government has scrapped the capping of the proceeds after listening to community’s concerns.

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Revenue sharing

Petroleum and Mining Cabinet Secretary John Munyes said it is a “momentous time for Kenya” as it exports oil from East Africa; and that the economy will be emboldened by oil proceeds.

Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok emphasised the importance of putting in place a comprehensive law that would guide how money allocated to the county and the host community would be spent.

“We will talk to the residents in the next few weeks and get back to you (President) on how the money allocated to us will be used. We would also like that to be covered in the law,” the county boss said.

From the proceeds, the government will remain with 75 per cent; 25 per cent will go to the county government and five per cent to the community where the oil fields are.

The oil was discovered in March 2012 and it has taken close to seven years to extract the first barrels. https://www.radiodalsan.com/en/2018/06/03/kenyatta-flags-off-kenyas-first-crude-oil-export/

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Humanitarian Bulletin

SOMALIA 1 May – 3 June 2018

In this issue Cyclone Sagar in the North P.1 HIGHLIGHTS Floods Update P.2  Cyclone Sagar leaves a trail Flood response Update P.3 of destruction Pooled funds boost response P.5  Flooding worsens fragile Humanitarian partners distribute assistance to people affected by cyclone Sagar in Waraabe Dareeray and Tuurka villages in Somaliland. humanitarian situation (World Vision - Somalia)  Some IDPs in Baidoa return to take advantage of the Gu rains.  Pooled funds boost response Cyclone Sagar leaves trail of destruction but gaps remain. Communities in the coastal areas of FIGURES Somaliland and major portions of Awdal district, as well as some # of people 5.4m in need coastal communities in Puntland are still reeling from the impact of tropical # of people in cyclone Sagar. The cyclone, one of humanitarian 7 2.7m the strongest storms ever recorded in emergency Somalia, left an entire year’s worth of and crisis rain in a matter of hours, according to

# of people Emergency SWALIM. It left in its trail death, (IPC Phase 4) 0.5m floods and strong winds, as well as the destruction of farmland and infrastructure. Thousands of livestock # of children projected to be were killed and civilians displaced. malnourished 1.2m The impact of the cyclone has affected communities that were still recovering from prolonged drought. # of people displaced 1m internally by drought Somaliland’s Lughaya, Zeylac and Baki districts since November 2016 , in Awdal region, bore the brunt of the impact; some 51 villages in five districts were affected overall. The disaster management # of people in 1.1m authority, NADFOR, estimates that 49 people were killed and 70 others are still protracted internal missing. Nearly 168,000 people were directly affected. Some 277 hectares of land have displacement been destroyed in the affected villages. Key infrastructure, including roads, fishing boats, medical facilities, boreholes and water wells were damaged. Over 80 per cent of community FUNDING shelters have been destroyed and 33 schools were affected. Priority needs include food, WASH, health services, shelter and non-food items. The heavy rains and disturbance of tracks have hindered humanitarians’ ability to access some affected areas. $1.5 BILLION requested in the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan In Puntland, flash floods in Bari left three people dead and damaged the road linking the town of Bossaso to areas in the south. Humanitarians have reported that 3,600 families $420 MILLION were affected. The worst-affected areas include the coastal towns of Bareeda, Caluula, Total humanitarian funding Gumbax, Murcanyo, Xaabo and some parts of Qandala. Houses and fishing boats were received towards the 2018 HRP washed away. Agricultural land was also swamped. Access to most of the affected areas

(Source: http://fts.unocha.org, 30 is a challenge. Another tropical storm, Cyclone Mekunu, formed in the northern Indian May 2018) Ocean on 21 May but did not cause much damage in the coastal areas of the Bari region of Puntland where it was felt. Meanwhile, armed clashes in Tukaraq town in Sool region have displaced nearly 2,500 households. This, is compounding the humanitarian situation and further hampering assistance.

Stepping up response in the north Mr. Peter de Clercq, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia visited some of the affected areas in Somaliland and Puntland from 27 to 30 May, and pledged to support response through the SHF over the coming weeks. He also visited the people affected by the cyclone

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An inter-agency at a UNFPA-supported hospital in Borama, the capital of Awdal region and met with the regional Governor and community leaders. assessment was

conducted from 23 In Somaliland, humanitarians, in collaboration with the local authorities, have established and 26 May in response hubs in the towns of Gargara Bari, Zaila and Baki to coordinate assistance for Somaliland to the districts of Lughaya, Zaila and Baki. The governments of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and establish the Djibouti have also provided assistance, including air assets. An inter-agency assessment impact of the in Somaliland was conducted from 23 and 26 May, to establish the impact on affected cyclone. communities. Aid agencies are working closely with local authorities to boost life-saving assistance, including WASH, health and nutrition services and shelter as well as supporting the repair of damaged public service facilities such as schools and clinics.

In the midst of this natural disaster, humanitarians have to also respond to populations displaced by the armed conflict between Somaliland and Puntland in Tukaraq. Food security partners are providing vouchers to nearly 6,000 people for three months. Livestock treatment is ongoing in the districts of Taleex, Xudun and Laascaanod. WASH partners are targeting 360 displaced households with clean drinking water. Ninety temporary latrines are under construction. Mobile health teams have been set up for some 360 families. Meanwhile, health partners are carrying out surveillance for disease outbreaks and have prepositioned medical supplies, just in case. A lack of adequate funding and access and logistical challenges continue to hamper efforts to reach the people in isolated areas.

Flooding worsens fragile humanitarian situation After record levels of rainfall between late March and May, Somalia has now emerged An estimated 795,000 from a prolonged period of drought. people have been However, there was so much rain that the affected by flooding scales have unfortunately tipped in the across south and central other direction, with record levels of Somalia, with more than flooding across the country. Flash flooding 230,000 temporarily in South West and Galmudug states and displaced. the Banadir region, as well as severe river flooding, along the Juba and Shabelle rivers, have led to fatalities, mass displacement and damage to infrastructure and cropland, compounding what was already a fragile humanitarian situation.

Overall, an estimated 795,000 people have been affected by flooding across south and central Somalia, with more than 230,000 temporarily displaced, according to the UNHCR-led Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN). Hirshabelle and are the worst-hit states, with an estimated 295,000 and 250,000 people affected, respectively. There have been 21 confirmed fatalities, including nine in Hirshabelle, four in Jubaland and eight in Banadir. Flash flooding has affected 13 districts, while a further 16 have experienced riverine floods. The flooding has destroyed roads, bridges, houses, farms and other infrastructure in these areas.

The heavy rains have affected areas that were already highly vulnerable, due to drought, conflict and marginalization. Some immediate priority needs include shelter, non-food items, the provision of emergency education services, food assistance to displaced communities and health and nutrition programmes in flood-affected areas. Other priority areas include establishing transport links through which family protection and humanitarian assistance can be delivered, as well as the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

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Scaling up flood response To minimize the Despite limited resources, humanitarians are working with impact of river authorities to scale-up the flood flooding, authorities in response. To ease the logistical Hirshabelle and South difficulties and access restraints, the West states have WFP-managed UN Humanitarian Air repaired river Service (UNHAS) has deployed a breakages along the helicopter in support of humanitarian Shabelle river. operations, with several other partners sending boats to impacted areas to conduct rescue operations. Partners have reached more than 794,000 UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has deployed a helicopter in people with food assistance, nearly support of flood response operations. (Photo: UNHAS) 150,000 with livelihood support, 81,000 people with shelter, nearly 400,000 with health services, over 300,000 with WASH services and more than 186,000 with nutritional support. These include people targeted through the ongoing drought response in the flood-affected areas.

To minimize the impact of river flooding, Hirshabelle State authorities have repaired the Shabelle river breakage in Mandheere, which had caused a further 12 villages to be inundated with water. In South West State, local communities in Lower Shabelle worked together with AMISOM to repair weakened and broken embankments along the same river. The joint effort aimed to protect approximately 10,000 hectares of farmland. Inter-cluster assessments were also conducted in Belet Weyne, Jalalaqsi and Jowhar (Hirshabelle State), while others are still pending due to insecurity and access challenges.

Fears of diseases Major diseases such With flood waters receding in the Juba River, and in some parts of the Shabelle (mainly Belet Weyne and surrounding areas), there are growing fears concerning the outbreak of as AWD/cholera, waterborne diseases such as malaria and AWD/cholera. The destruction of latrines and malaria and measles the subsequent contamination of water sources in flood-affected areas in Galmudug, are on the rise, amid Jubaland and South West State states has led to a surge in diseases. Belet Weyne town limited resources. The in Hirshabelle and the Banadir region were already grappling with an AWD/cholera Health cluster is only outbreak prior to the floods. 4 per cent funded. Since December 2017, the Ministry of Health, working with the Health Cluster partners, has been trying to contain an AWD/cholera outbreak which was initially reported in Belet Weyne. Some 3,547 AWD/cholera cases, including 23 deaths, have been reported since December with new cases being reported in areas along the Juba and Shabelle rivers. Due to stagnant flood waters and the resultant increase in mosquito breeding, a total of 4,446 malaria cases have been reported since the beginning of the year, mainly in flood-affected areas. In addition, 5,739 measles cases have also been reported during the same period. This is significantly less than in 2017 due to the vaccination campaigns. Only four per cent of the required $124 million in funding for the Health Cluster has been provided in 2018.

Limited resources amid growing needs The Federal Humanitarian needs were high before the flooding. An estimated 5.4 million people are in Government of need of humanitarian assistance due to drought, conflict and marginalization. While the Somalia (FGS) has rains have brought hope, the lingering effects of severe drought remain. The rains have pledged $1.5 million worsened conditions in overcrowded IDP settlements and elevated the risk of disease. towards the flood response. In an effort to bolster the flood response, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has pledged $1.5 million, in addition to providing other life-saving supplies. An injection of a further $5 million was allocated through the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Furthermore, more than 20 projects from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund’s (SHF) 1st 2018 and 2nd 2017 Standard Allocation rounds have been adjusted or partially reprogrammed to address flooding, and partners are already responding in some of the

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hardest-hit areas. In May, the FGS convened a high-level roundtable event, with representation from affected states plus the Banadir region, to agree on a common plan of action. The flood response plan, which is seeking $82 million in funding, was also launched at this event. The goal of the plan, which is part of the 2018 HRP, is to mitigate the impact of flooding to avert a larger humanitarian crisis, while simultaneously seeking to capitalize on the agricultural potential that is offered by the rains in order to address the food insecurity, which has been exacerbated by prolonged drought.

The Gu cropping season not yet lost, but delayed In June, rainfall across south and central Somalia is expected to dramatically decrease, allowing flood waters to recede and farmers to continue with cropping, according the FAO- managed Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM). Up to 50,000 hectares of farmland are currently underwater along the Juba and Shabelle riverine areas. Of this, 70 per cent has not been cultivated at all, while the remaining 30 per cent accounts for the pre-Gu cropping period, which was negated by flooding. Thus, the coming month is expected to bring reprieve. In areas that were not badly affected by the flooding, based on current crop conditions and the forecasted rainfall in June, it is expected that cereal production will be above the recent five-year average. In riverine areas, based on similar criteria, below-average maize production is expected in June. That said, an above-average off-season maize yield is likely in September. Pasture and water availabilities have steadily increased since April, and livestock conditions have improved to normal in most areas, albeit amid growing fears of disease due to persistent moisture conditions. With medium levels of goat and sheep births in most regions, livestock herd sizes are now recovering. However, herd size is still expected to remain well below average in 2018, and several consecutive favourable seasons will be needed to restore herds to normal levels.

Limited IDP returns as Gu rains continue Ali Aden Yusuf, 49, is a small-scale farmer from Huburka, a village in Bay region in An estimated South West State. He was forced to flee his 269,000 IDPs are rural home with his family due to severe hosted in Baidoa drought conditions and conflict. town in South West The father of eight, and some of his State. neighbours, eventually settled in the Wariiri IDP settlement, on the outskirts of Baidoa, a town in South West State, more than a year ago. Wariiri is one of the 377 IDP settlements scattered across Baidoa and surrounding areas, which together host an estimated 269,000 people. Wariiri currently Members of Ali's family who remained behind in Wariiri IDP settlement. (OCHA) hosts more than 600 people. Life in the settlement was not easy, as assistance did not reach the family as early as they had expected it to. However, being in the IDP settlement with their neighbours from Huburka village gave them a sense of belonging and access to some essentials.

As the Gu rains intensified, Ali saw an opportunity to turn the family’s fortunes around. Alongside his eldest son, 17-year-old Ibrahim, he joined the growing number of displaced persons who were returning to Huburka to take advantage of the rainy season and cultivate their farms. The rest of his family stayed behind, a common coping strategy employed by families to mitigate risk. It has been three weeks since he returned and Ali has no regrets, despite persistent insecurity in the area. He has started planting his four-hectare farm; he is hopeful that the rains will support cropping activities and that he will soon bring the rest of his family back home.

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Food security Since early April, Baidoa and its surrounding areas have received good levels of rainfall, which has provided a window of opportunity for drought recovery. Food security partners partners are are providing agricultural inputs (seeds and tools), irrigation and animal treatment with the providing objective of helping farmers such as Ali to take advantage of the rains. Ali has other plans, agricultural inputs including to repair the damaged family home before his family returns to the village. to take advantage According to the UNHCR-led Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN), between of the rains. 18 and 24 May, some 495 IDPs left Baidoa, heading home to take advantage of the rains. This marks the second-highest IDP exodus from the town since August 2017.

Pooled funds boost response, but gap remains The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has already allocated or programmed more than The SHF already $23 million for urgent response in the first five months of 2018. The bulk of the funding, channeled more nearly $22 million, has been released through the First Standard Allocation for 52 life- than $23 million saving projects, mostly supporting the work of national and local partners (57 per cent). for urgent response in Up to 15 projects from the 1st 2018 Standard Allocation, and at least 7 projects from the Somalia in the 2nd 2017 Standard Allocation have been partially reprogrammed or adjusted to assist the first five months flood-affected population in South West, Galmudug and Hirshabelle states. In addition, around $1 million has been released from the SHF Reserve to support integrated education of 2018. and child protection interventions which aim to respond to floods in Hirshabelle and Jubaland state. This complemented a further $5 million allocated to the flood response by CERF, which brings the global emergency response fund’s support to Somalia in 2018 to more than $17 million. While CERF continues to boost the capacity of the UN humanitarian partners to provide critical assistance in the case of unforeseen emergencies across the country, SHF support in 2018 remains focused on non-governmental partners. Some 97 per cent of the SHF funding to date has been channeled through NGOs, of which almost 58 per cent went to either local or national organizations, far exceeding the global target of 25 per cent.

This is far higher than the global 25 per cent Grand Bargain target from the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, and has only been possible in Somalia due to the SHF’s robust accountability systems and investments in partners’ capacities through training, monitoring and other assurance activities. The SHF continues to promote the integration of the humanitarian response in 2018 to maximize impact of limited resources. Approximately one third of this year’s funds have been channeled through integrated and multi-cluster projects.

By the end of May, the 2018 HRP, which seeks $1.5 billion to assist 4.7 million people, was only 27 per cent-funded ($420 million), in addition to some $190 million reported available resources outside of the HRP. With persistent humanitarian needs, aggregated by flooding, cyclones and conflict in the north, the funding received so far is not sufficient to sustain on-going operations and to mount a robust flood response.

For further information, please contact: Tapiwa Gomo, Head of Communication, [email protected], Tel. +252 616 548 007. Antonette Miday, Public Information Officer, [email protected], Tel. +254-731 043 156. Mursal Ali Ahmed | Public Information Analyst, [email protected], Tel: +252619150457/ 252615679998. OCHA humanitarian bulletins are available at www.unocha.org/somalia | www.unocha.org | www.reliefweb.int

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