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RovingMadness wrote:I find the timing of this London Conference quite curious. As is commonly known, wherever the British go, trouble follows.

AbdiWahab252 wrote:I wish I could listen to Radio Hargeisa

On 23 February senior representatives from over 40 governments and many multi-lateral organisations will come together in London. As the Foreign Secretary stated in his video blog last year, “Britain will be giving a lot of attention to Somalia and bringing greater stability there over the coming years.” The Conference will be an opportunity to build momentum amongst the international community to step-up its efforts to tackle both the root causes and effects of the problems in the country.

We have been inspired to host this conference partly by the problems that affect us directly and partly by the terrible suffering of the Somali people.

For example, terrorism and organised crime, manifested in piracy and kidnappings pose direct threats to UK citizens and economic interests.

The cost of containing these problems is already high and will continue to grow unless the international community acts.
We have been working with international partners to tackle piracy. There are now approximately 1,000 pirates in custody and there have been no hijacks in the Gulf of Aden since 2010 but this remains a very important issue for Britain. Here are just a few of the reasons why:

23,000 ships transit through the Gulf of Aden each year, making it the second busiest international trade route in the world.
Nearly one trillion dollars of trade to and from Europe travelled through the Gulf of Aden in 2008.
The turnover of the British shipping industry is worth £10.7Bn of our national GDP.

Somalian_Boqor wrote:

RovingMadness wrote:I find the timing of this London Conference quite curious. As is commonly known, wherever the British go, trouble follows.

Horta the London Conference came out of nowhere. It was not something that was expected. Only Allah knows what they have in store for us. They already have the British special forces on the ground in Mogadishu. It looks like they want to take over as a leader in the formation of the State.

AbdiWahab252 wrote:Roving,

The tall big bald Boer who barks at the screeners. MGQ is the only airport in Somalia with baggage screen and functioning metal screen detectors. Its chaos getting into the terminal though and when they get scared and make you walk from the entrance through the 3 Ugandan checks.

RovingMadness wrote:

Somalian_Boqor wrote:

RovingMadness wrote:I find the timing of this London Conference quite curious. As is commonly known, wherever the British go, trouble follows.

Horta the London Conference came out of nowhere. It was not something that was expected. Only Allah knows what they have in store for us. They already have the British special forces on the ground in Mogadishu. It looks like they want to take over as a leader in the formation of the State.

There are no British Special Forces in Mogadishu. But I was surprised to find Troops from Sierra Leon at the airport in Mogadishu. Actually, the guy that scanned me at the airport was a white guy from south Africa

Mr Mitchell said: "We want to see AMISOM reinforced and built up so they continue that good work." He would not deny that British special forces units and MI6 spies are already in Somalia — saying: "Ministers do not comment on that."

RovingMadness wrote:Lol that doesn't say much. It's a common diplomatic none sense. If you ask the head of the Mexican intel service about their presence in Burtinle; he will give you the same answer.