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Somali PM urges dialogue between feuding breakaway states



Somali PM urges dialogue between feuding breakaway states


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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Friday expressed concern over escalating tension between breakaway regions of Somaliland and Puntland and called for talks to avert further bloodletting.



The dispute over two small territories on the border erupted Monday into its worst fighting in years, killing as many as 20 people and wounding several others, with combat focusing on the region of Sool.



"I expressed concern over the dispute between Puntland and Somaliland. I urge both parties to (engage in) dialogue and solve matters peacefully," Gedi told a press conference in Addis Ababa.



According to witnesses, rival forces have deployed forces around the flashpoint Las Anod township -- located near the Ethiopian border and some 750 kilometres (466 miles) north of Mogadishu -- which is under the control of Somaliland.



The long-running dispute between the rival states is over two territories -- Sool and Sanaag -- which straddle their ill-defined common border.



On Monday, Somaliland defence minister Abdillahi Ali Ibrahim told AFP the territory is not ready for dialogue after mediation efforts by the Ethiopian government failed to yield a truce, a key setback in the fragile nation.



A former British protectorate, Somaliland united with the Italian Somalia in 1960. But it unilaterally broke away 10 months after dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991.



Somaliland, which adopted a provisional constitution in 1997 and ratified it four years later, now boasts its own president, government, parliament, police force, penal code and currency.



Its officials have fiercely rejected any suggestion of re-uniting with Somalia proper, and the transitional government in Mogadishu is opposed to any kind of recognition for the region.



Neighbouring Puntland declared itself autonomous in August 1998 under the leadership of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the current Somali president.



Addis Ababa -- which relies on the Somaliland port of Berbera for its overseas trade -- is the only country to recognise the self-declared state.



Tensions between the two northern Somali regions have been running high for months, and on October 1 at least 10 people were killed in a battle for control of Las Anod.




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dude next view days burco waa laga qaxi

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Says who?

Bidde Muuse

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iska dabaal dag today and tomorrow and may day after tomorrow but those view calooshiisa u shaqaystayal wont defand you when the mighty harti attack you and grab l.a. and grab somemore isaaq land in meantime enjoy your little victory mr iidoor ......................

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Somaliland doesn' t need advice from Mr.Geedi..


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Is this not the same person who paid a visit to Pugland with express intentions of goading their militia to attack Somaliland? When did Mr.Geedi become concerned with Somaliland? Is it after Somaliland ran out of patience and scattered the Pugland militia to smithereens. Who know what goes on in Mr.Geedi's mind, but one thing is for sure, realism is not one of them.by:Ahmed Kheyre

Sir,

I would have thought that Mr.Geedi, the "prime minister" of the transitional
federal government claiming to rule Somalia, would have far more pressing things
to be concerned about than Somaliland's affairs.

For one thing, he is getting bombed left, right and centre, and secondly, his one
time, close friend, Mr.Yuusuf is trying to exclude Mr.Geedi from the Somalia gravy
train. Where is all the aid money? Why are the people of Somalia still starving to
death by the thousands? Why are there incompetent and ignorant people claiming to
represent Somalia overseas? Are the poor Somalis in Somalia still living the Barre
nightmare? Somalis have many sayings for the person preoccupied with other
people's whilst neglecting his own, but Mr.Geedi is inspiring even more sayings.

Mr.Geedi poor attempt to seem statesman is laughable. Surely, this is the same
person who was accusing Somaliland of terrorism!, Is this not the same person who
paid a visit to Puntland with express intentions of goading their militia to
attack Somaliland? When did Mr.Geedi become concerned with Somaliland? Is it after
Somaliland ran out of patience and scattered the Puntland militia to smithereens.
Who know what goes on in Mr.Geedi's mind, but one thing is for sure, realism is
not one of them.

Mr.Geedi, here is a reality, Somaliland is a sovereign and independent country. We
are touched by your concern, but you would do better to protect the poor people of
Somalia from oppression, poverty, hunger, murder and mayhem. Somaliland can take
care of itself, please Mr.Geedi, take care of your own house.

Sincerely,

Ahmed Kheyre
London UK.