The joys of investing in Somalilan

Mohammed Yusef Mr Yusef says potential profits are higher in Somaliland than London

“How are you going to make money in a country that doesn’t even exist?” That was probably the question that many people had at the back of their minds when Mohammed Yusef told them he would invest in Somaliland. Others perhaps did not even know Somaliland had declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and that, in spite of not having been recognised internationally, it does have – unlike Somalia – a working political system and a strong business sector.


Iran’s limited but growing role in East African states like Sudan and Somalia …

Specialists in Gulf oil politics, such as veteran journalist Sol Sanders, also recognize that Iran’s limited but growing role in East African states like Sudan and Somalia is part of a much larger strategy to gradually encircle the prime target in the region — Saudi Arabia — with a web of regional alliances and covert military operations.


Somaliland is open for hydrocarbon business

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The break-away territory of Somaliland is open for hydrocarbon business and has a message for investors worried by its rough neighborhood: this is not Somalia and pirates here go to jail.

Hussein Abdi Dualeh, the minister of energy and mining, said it was unfair to lump Somaliland with lawless Somalia, where pirates have captured oil tankers and headlines.

“We have no navy to speak of but what deters pirates is the prison sentences they get, 25 years or more. We have been successful in catching them with limited resources,” Dualeh told Reuters on the sidelines of an African oil conference.


Time has come for India to assert herself yet again and recognize diplomatically the break-away Republic of Somaliland by Dr. Adityanjee

Recognizing Somaliland
by Dr. Adityanjee
http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=11553
India made history when she liberated and recognized the Republic of Bangladesh despite fierce international opposition from some of the cold-war superpowers.

Accusing Somaliland Minister of Alshabaab links

This is a response to an article written by Dahir Alasow in the Sunatimes. The self proclaimed Journalist of the year has got it wrong again as usual. In this article, he accused some Somaliland officials including the interior Minister of having links with Alshabaab which is absurd and total rubbish.

Somalia: A Road Map into a New Quagmire

Since September 6th when a two and a half a day long conference known as the High Level Consultative Meeting was concluded in Mogadishu, the name that has been dominating the Somali political discourse was the Road Map- the byproduct of said meeting. Or, the document endorsed by the participants as the prerequisite for Somalia to emerge out of its transitional status.


Chinese oil company PetroTrans plans to turn Berbera port into a modern facility

By Sophie Quinton
Updated: September 15, 2011 | 3:15 p.m.
September 15, 2011 | 2:09 p.m.

The West has proven a valuable source of democracy-building and development aid for Somaliland, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it republic in northern Africa. But it is China that has been willing to gamble big on the economic-development projects it needs most.
“When you talk about infrastructure development,


“An independent Somaliland, supported by the international community, could be a force for stability and progress in an otherwise hopeless region”

Ref: 19305092011

Appreciation letter to Dr. Charles Tannock

European Parliament

Dr. Charles Tannock MEP

Willy Brandt 04M081

European Parliament

Rue Wiertz

Bruxelles 1047

Belgium

Dear Dr Tannock,

With much appreciation we read the article about your call for Somaliland independence at meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister his Excellency Mr. Meles Zenawi on 1st September 2011. Your unparalleled call was courteous and right to ask Ethiopia to take the lead in recognising Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. We share with you your views that a stable and sovereign Somaliland is in the interest of Ethiopia both economically and politically.

Stable and sovereign Somaliland would act as a powerful moderate neighbouring partner to Ethiopia

Tannock renews call for Somaliland independence at meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister

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1st September 2011 — Ethiopia should take the lead and declare Somaliland – the former British protectorate breakaway region within the state of Somalia – an independent sovereign state, Charles Tannock MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists group foreign affairs spokesman, said today at a meeting in Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.


PetroTrans Plans to Build Oil and Gas Pipelines from the Ogaden basin to the Somaliland sea port of Berbera

Ethiopia, Somaliland and China to Sign Trilateral Agreement
Ethiopia, Somaliland, China talkingAugust 17, 2011 – Somaliland, Ethiopia, and China are likely to sign trilateral agreements in the coming days. The deals are likely to be on oil, gas, and logistics. To take matters further, Somaliland President Ahmed M. Silanyo arrived in China for bilateral talks.

According to a Presidential press statement, the delegation from Somaliland and Chinese government representatives and investors held a meeting on Saturday to discuss issues about economic and trade cooperation.