Breaking News Kenya is annexing Somali Territory

[Kramer]

This whole problem was caused by stupid pirates that are attracting all these foriegn countries to our Sea shore.
now we have about 25 battle ships from foriegn countries in our sea shore, and the only way they are signing this part of Somalia to Kenya, is to safe guard Kenya ships and secure Kenya goods.

But then again, you wonder, we are fighting for 20yrs in about ten villages in Somalia, and nobody uses the rest of the land or sea of Somalia, Somali ppl are starving, and dying from the richness of their land, So what is so bad to giving other ppl to take advantage of it.

[Babygirl-]

Madaxdi daalkaa baa dhulkii gadanayaa oo wadado isku shegaya subxanalaah Somali walee weey uu dhamataay daad wada Traitors aah from the president to the man on the street... daad wadaankooda hoos ineey uu dhigaan un raba eey cadoow weligood kaa gadaan ilaa tarikhdoda .. dad been kuu nool oo dalkooda uun burburinaya..

[Murax]

Laander,

To give a non fatalistic viewpoint on this, I've heard this was in the works for years and years. I didn't hear Kenya, but Yemen Has been moving in on Somali waters every since the breakout of the war. Now its Kenya. Not suprising. As far as getting worked up and wanting to do something, the Somali diaspora Has been silenced and muzzled for 20 years. Btw I'm talking about the good elements of the diaspora not the ones fuelling the Somali conflict. If our concern is not replicated by our fellow diaspora members or by our folks back home Why should We beat ourselves up about it?

[gurey25]

This sets a precedent so it should be a concern,
someone should tell kenya that they have not yet fully digested the NFD ..

as for somaliland, tell me where else do you get foriegn illegal fieshermen arrested and thier
ships confiscated.. we do this all the time and the yemenis cant do shit.

[XKeyse_]

The Walaweyn have sold everything , even their women, why be surprised if they sold water?

[almoha]

No one signed a contract selling our seas to any country, it just an imagination of what can happen you can read it all from here.
http://somalitalk.com/2009/may/13/

[laander8]

day 3

Have any of you seniors on SomaliNet contributed by translating the article by our hero.
Murax, gurey , XKeysa I see you on the reply list.

Please start translating sections and post it here.
At least its a start ( Murax ) for our diaspora to take action.

We are still waiting for this to be conluded.
Our concern should not be let go in silence .

[snoop12]

Surrender put forward a good idea, let us all sing a petition which we can send to news website/channels around the globe

someone should make a written piece pointing out the steps we need to take to make this Awareness, we(the diaspora) have to organized this .


i know Voltage and Murax are the biggest Wadanis and i understand what they mean walahi, Somalia is Fed up country but unless we take action it will continue to get worse.

lets not forget the struggle our forefathers went through for this country fighting world powers in the colonial period

[laander8]

A petition won't do it , we need stronger pressure.
Thats why I urge everybody to use Facebook , Twitter , Cellphone engange families and friends.

In this matter our concern will reach the PM's office through ourselv and hopefully President Sharif

snoop walaal I'll come back to your pm soon

stay in touch

[Twisted_Logic]

New Claim on Somali Territorial Waters

The Somali people and their friends need to know that new and critical changes are in the offing at the United Nations that could fatally maim the interest of the Somali people if immediate and urgent action is not taken to prevent this from happening. This event concerns the re-limitation or delimitation of the territorial sea and ocean boundaries of the Somali republic, their neighbors, and other coastal states around the world. According to the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) there is an urgent process that is unfolding which entails extension of the outer limits of the continental shelf from two hundred nautical miles to three hundred and fifty nautical miles. This process involves that coastal states should submit supporting scientific document and technical data to the UN authority, Commission on the limits of the Continental shelf (CLCS) by May 13, 2009. It appears that the Governments of Kenya and Yemen have prepared document which they have submitted to the said commission. The Kenyan and Yemeni document are troubling from the Somali vantage point of the Somali as they infringe on what is and has been Somali territorial waters. In particular, the documents of the Government of Kenya clearly violate the spirit and the word of the UN technical directives, which specify that the delimitation of the coastal waters must follow a line that perpendicular to coast. Instead what the Kenyan documents claim is a line that mimics latitudinal lines which an angle much less than 90 degrees. We are deeply troubled by the report that elements of the Somali Transitional Federal Government are pre-disposed to support the claims of Kenya and undermine the legitimate claims of the Somali people. We thus, urge the Somalia and good friends of the Somali people to challenge these developments so that justice will prevail.

This is a serious matter and requires an immediate halt to the Kenyan presentation to the UN Commission so that the Somali people will have the opportunity to produce their own documents fully supported by competent technical team. The following technical report produced by the volunteers of SomaliTalk.com provides the details of what is transpiring. As a matter of urgency we summarize here the recommendation of the report.

1. The TFG and other Somali authorities must not sign and support the Kenyan and Yemeni documents which undermine Somali sovereignty;

2. The TFG and Somalia’s friend must immediately establish a national commission staffed by highly trained Somali and other experts to study the matter and put forth Somalia’s documents;

3. The TFG must immediately, as a matter of national urgency, ask the UN Commission to delay the deadline for the submission of the document until the Somali people have the opportunity to produce their own;

4. Given the absence of effective Somali National Government the United Nations and other world bodies must NOT hold the Somali people responsible for the activities of the criminals who have been exploiting their territorial water since the demise of the national government in 1991; And, the UN must respect old agreements as well as conventions that existed before 1991 until a new and effective Somali national government come to be;

5. We urge that neighboring States, specifically Kenya and Yemen, must respect Somali sovereignty over its territorial waters.

The details of the assessment are available in the SomaliTalk.com report which is in Somali. The English and Arabic translation is forthcoming.

Somali Version: Read here: http://somalitalk.com/2009/may/13/

Related News: http://www.somalitalk.com/2009/may/13/badda1.html


http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/pub ... ters.shtml

[snoop12]

Good work TL, i hope other sites spreads the news

within a week this news should be in every Somali news websites

[precious_dyme]

I'm not surprised.

[snoop12]

The details of the assessment are available in the SomaliTalk.com report which is in Somali. The English and Arabic translation is forthcoming.

Good job

[King-of-Awdal]

Why are you people shocked horta, what the hell did you expect when you people facked your nation up. All Islands of the coast of Saylac are also being auctioned off to the Saudi or Yemeni goverments, which ever put's forward the highest bid. Walee Zoomalia is doomed.

[Somaliman50]

Surrender put forward a good idea, let us all sing a petition which we can send to news website/channels around the globe

someone should make a written piece pointing out the steps we need to take to make this Awareness, we(the diaspora) have to organized this .


i know Voltage and Murax are the biggest Wadanis and i understand what they mean walahi, Somalia is Fed up country but unless we take action it will continue to get worse.

lets not forget the struggle our forefathers went through for this country fighting world powers in the colonial period

singing a petition eh