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Somaliland leader receives US delegation, welcomes proposed gemstone project 8 Oct 02-A US delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in-charge of funding overseas companies is in Hargeysa for a visit. The delegation, headed by William Collen [phonetic], yesterday met the president of the self-declared administration of Somaliland and said the US would fund a new project in Somaliland to explore precious and other expensive stones in Somaliland. The head of the delegation assured Dahir Riyale [Kahin - the Somaliland "president"] that this project will uplift the economy of the self-declared administration of Somaliland, and Mr Riyale told the US delegation that the funding comes just when it is needed most, and called for the project to be implemented as soon as possible. Source: Radio HornAfrik, Mogadishu, in Somali 0500 gmt 8 Oct 02 See also: Somaliland - a potential gem producer in the Mozambique Belt Judith A. Kinnaird and Brian Jackson |
| Somaliland: "Technical problems" cited as British navy ship docks in Berbera A ship owned by the British navy yesterday docked at Berbera port [in Somaliland]. The foreign affairs minister of the self-declared state of Somaliland, Abdullahi Umar Egeh, met some British navy officials who were aboard the ship. The reason behind the arrival of the navy ship in Berbera port, and what was discussed between the minister and the British navy officials is not known A spokesman for Somaliland said the British navy ship docked at Berbera port due to a technical problem, and would leave as soon as the problem was rectified. The spokesman said the British army ship docked at Berbera port after it received permission from the government of Somaliland. Source: HornAfrik Online Somaliland delegation leaves for Uganda A 13-member delegation led by the minister of family and social development, Edna Adan Isma'il, yesterday left Hargeysa airport for Uganda. The delegation was composed of women and was led by Dr Ismai'l who briefed Haatuf newspaper at the airport saying, "This visit is a familiarization and educational tour to Uganda, God willing. We were invited to Uganda and this was facilitated by the UNDP, which will pay our air tickets. We will hold talks and exchange views on issues related to our people's interests"... Rahma Ibrahim Umar who is from the Ministry of Information and was one of the officials who left for Uganda, showed us her Somaliland passport which was to be used for the trip. Source: Somaliland Net Somaliland: Oil company required to start drilling in 30 days BBC MONITORING-A cabinet ministers' meeting today chaired by the president of Somaliland, Hon Dahir Riyale Kahin, was characterized by a long debate on an agreement signed with the Seminal [phonetic] Copenhagen Group on oil drilling and extraction in Somaliland. The agreement which is a joint venture stipulates that the project will start within 30 days and that experts will arrive within the first 21 days. The agreement is a 50:50 per cent stake. The company will reimburse 15 per cent of its stake back to the country, hence the government's share will be 65 per cent. Somaliland's minister of water resources Mr Mahmud Abdi Malow [phonetic] submitted details of the work of the company and the countries in which it operates. The president also briefed the cabinet on how he had countered and would counter any campaigns inimical to Somaliland from the [Somali] peace talks in Kenya. Source: Radio Hargeysa in Somali 1700 gmt 21 Oct 02 Somaliland National Movement anniversary held in Hargeysa A function to commemorate 17 October, which is the day the Somaliland National Movement was formed, has been held in Hargeysa. The function was attended by officials, including assistant minister for minerals and water, Hon Yusuf Ise Talabo, and a large number of members of the public... Source: Radio Hargeysa in Somali 1700 gmt 17 Oct 02 UNDP donates health equipment to Somaliland BBC Monitoring -The UNDP has donated health equipment to the Ministry of Heath of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. The equipment was handed over to the health minister, Mr Muhammad Hasan Isma'il, by a UNDP representative. The equipment includes fridges and surgical equipment. Source: Radio HornAfrik, Mogadishu, in Somali 0500 gmt 16 Oct 02 Yemeni businessmen visit Somaliland to investigate livestock 10 Oct 02-A Yemeni business delegation arrived in Hargeysa yesterday to assess the health condition of livestock in Somaliland. Yemen has good business relations with the self-declared administration of Somaliland. The two-man delegation was received at Hargeysa airport by the foreign minister of the self-declared administration of Somaliland, Muhammad Farah Ges... Source: Radio HornAfrik, Mogadishu, in Somali 0500 gmt 10 Oct 02 |
| Somaliland Government raps Abdiqasim over peace talks in Kenya. The presidency has released a statement as a rejoinder to Mogadishu-based interim Somali president Abdiqasim Salad Hasan's news conference in Mogadishu yesterday. The statement said: The Somaliland government has not paid too much attention to the claims by the head of the Arta faction, Abdiqasim Salad Hasan, who has cast aspersions on Somaliland's existence and its people. We are aware about the animosity which they have been propagating internationally without outside support as they hide the pathetic situation in their midst which they have hitherto failed to resolve. Many questions arise regarding the 15 peace conferences which Somaliland did not attend. We ask why should he now demand that if Somaliland or its people failed to attend the Somali peace talks, the talks will fail. He then blames IGAD officials who have invited him. It is very strange that Abdiqasim's group which has failed in its responsibility would make Somaliland an excuse considering that the international community has committed millions of dollars to the talks and invited him as a participant. We are reminding Abdiqasim that Somaliland and Somalia were two sovereign states which united in the 1960's and each had its own territory. The people of Somaliland have decided to reclaim their independence as a result of problems experienced and the lack of trust demonstrated, like in this case, Abdiqasim's failure to admit that we were two separate states. It is obvious to the international community that Somaliland has fulfilled all the conditions necessary for recognition following the decision by its people in a referendum in which 97 per cent of them supported its independence which was reclaimed in 1991. The international community knows that Abdiqasim does not even govern even a single estate in Mogadishu and has frustrated attempts by IGAD and the international community to reconcile the people of the south and set up an administration. The statement continued: We are urging him not to waste time on Somaliland which has decided on its fate and not to lose this final opportunity provided by the international community by ending fighting and bloodshed in their country. The statement concluded by comparing the matter with a woman unable to conceive crazy about a doll. Source: Radio Hargeysa |
