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| Somaliland to officially transfer main port to UAE firm | |
| 2017-02-20 | |
| Hussein Aden Ige, the spokesman of Somaliland administration has announced they will formally hand the Berbera port over to a firm based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The spokesman, speaking at a press conference said the are in the final stage of preparation to transfer the operations of the Berber seaport to the UAE’s company next month. However, the Somali Federal government has condemned the deal to hand the port’s operations to UAE firm, and termed the deal as illegitimate and unacceptable.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 It will be the main port for Ethiopian exports. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-02-20 19:52 |
| #5 What do the Somalis have to trade, other than refugees? Khat. That stuff don't grow in Minneapolis, ya know. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-02-20 13:09 |
| #4 Trump has plans, big-ly, to Make Somalia Great Again |
| Posted by: Whavish Thusoling5684 2017-02-20 12:05 |
| #3 What do the Somalis have to trade, other than refugees? One man's refugee is another man's valuable labor resource. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-20 06:42 |
| #2 I'm shocked. What do the Somalis have to trade, other than refugees? |
| Posted by: Thrunter Thrineng9681 2017-02-20 06:37 |
| #1 Somaliland was the bit Britain colonized, which may explain why they are more sensible than the rest. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-02-20 01:33 |