Somaliland President Visits Five African Nations
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Somaliland President Visits Five African Nations
Somaliland President Visits Five African Nations
June 15, 2006
SomalilandÂ’s president is on a tour of five African countries, trying to gain more support for his breakaway region. President Dahir Riyale Kahin is visiting Tanzania Friday after a stop in Kenya earlier this week. His other stops include Zambia, Rwanda and Uganda.
Professor Iqbal Jhazbhay is an expert on the Horn of Africa at the University of South Africa. From Johannesburg, he spoke to VOA English to Africa Service reporter Joe De Capua about the reasons for the Somaliland presidentÂ’s official visits.
“It’s clear that the head of Somaliland, President Kahin, had submitted a formal application for membership of the African Union. He recently met with the chairman of the African Union, Professor Alpha Konaré. And as part of the diplomatic initiative and a follow-up on the African Union’s fact-finding mission to Somaliland last year, the president of Somaliland is undertaking a regional tour.”
Jhazbhay says that Kahin was invited to visit Kenya this week by President Kibaki, and indications are the meeting went well. “I think the regional states as well as the international community are open to seeing how they could really promote stability, state building and democracy on the Somali coast.”
The South African professor says the AU may be willing to consider membership for Somaliland, because the region conforms to old colonial boundaries, similar to southern Sudan and Eritrea, which have been looked upon favorably by the AU. He calls Somaliland an example of “home grown democracy,” which may be attractive to the United States as it fights elements of terrorism in the region.
June 15, 2006
SomalilandÂ’s president is on a tour of five African countries, trying to gain more support for his breakaway region. President Dahir Riyale Kahin is visiting Tanzania Friday after a stop in Kenya earlier this week. His other stops include Zambia, Rwanda and Uganda.
Professor Iqbal Jhazbhay is an expert on the Horn of Africa at the University of South Africa. From Johannesburg, he spoke to VOA English to Africa Service reporter Joe De Capua about the reasons for the Somaliland presidentÂ’s official visits.
“It’s clear that the head of Somaliland, President Kahin, had submitted a formal application for membership of the African Union. He recently met with the chairman of the African Union, Professor Alpha Konaré. And as part of the diplomatic initiative and a follow-up on the African Union’s fact-finding mission to Somaliland last year, the president of Somaliland is undertaking a regional tour.”
Jhazbhay says that Kahin was invited to visit Kenya this week by President Kibaki, and indications are the meeting went well. “I think the regional states as well as the international community are open to seeing how they could really promote stability, state building and democracy on the Somali coast.”
The South African professor says the AU may be willing to consider membership for Somaliland, because the region conforms to old colonial boundaries, similar to southern Sudan and Eritrea, which have been looked upon favorably by the AU. He calls Somaliland an example of “home grown democracy,” which may be attractive to the United States as it fights elements of terrorism in the region.
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YOU KNOW WHY COUNTRIES LIKE SOMALILAND WONT GET RECOGNITION IS THAT EVERY QABIIL IN SOMALI WILL WAT THEIR COUNTRY AND THEY WONT BE NO MORE SOMALI.THEN WE MAKE WEAK PEOPLE.AND OTHER COUNTRIES CANT TAKE OVER LIKE ETHIOPIA.
SOMALILAND
PUNTLAND
OGADENIA LAND
HAWEYIA LAND
REER XAAMEER LAND
THEN THEY WONT BE NO MORE SOMALIA
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE TO LIBERATE SOMALIA FROM THE GAAALO AND OTHER OUTSIDERS.BUT NOW WE WANT BE OUR OWN COUNTERIES.
SOMALILAND
PUNTLAND
OGADENIA LAND
HAWEYIA LAND
REER XAAMEER LAND
THEN THEY WONT BE NO MORE SOMALIA
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE TO LIBERATE SOMALIA FROM THE GAAALO AND OTHER OUTSIDERS.BUT NOW WE WANT BE OUR OWN COUNTERIES.
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