Bye bye Lamu port

[Mwanzi1]

ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA TO RE-ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC TIES

Eritrea and Ethiopia are to re-establish diplomatic and trade ties after two decades of hostility.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki made the announcement during a landmark meeting in Eritrea's capital, Asmara.

It is the first time the leaders from the two East African neighbours have met in almost 20 years.

Relations were severed following a border dispute which killed tens of thousands of people in the late 1990s.

A peace deal was signed in December 2000. However, Ethiopia refused to accept the final ruling of a border commission two years later, which awarded disputed territory to Eritrea, including the town of Badme.

A "no war, no peace" situation has existed between the two countries ever since.

Eritrea has national conscription, which can last indefinitely. This is one of the main reasons why so many Eritreans try to leave the country and seek asylum elsewhere.

Sunday's meeting, which follows a visit to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, by an Eritrean delegation, comes after Mr Abiy said his country would accept the commission's ruling

This diplomatic initiative is the latest in a series of changes introduced by the Ethiopian prime minister since he came into office in April. Before then, it was unthinkable for Ethiopia to accept that Badme, the flashpoint for the conflict, was part of Eritrea.

Mr Abiy has also lifted a state of emergency, freed political prisoners and announced economic reforms.

In speeches broadcast live on state television on Sunday, Prime Minister Abiy and President Isaias said they had agreed to re-open embassies in their respective capitals, while landlocked Ethiopia will be allowed to use Eritrean ports on the Red Sea.

The two countries will also resume flights between each other, as well as direct phone connections.

The meeting was greeted with excitement in Eritrea, where thousands of people lined the streets singing and waving both countries' flags

Eritrea and Ethiopia to re-establish diplomatic ties - BBC News

 

[Geza Ulole]

Hahaha jamaa ana option nne port Sudan, Port Djibouti, Somaliland n now Asmara. Lazma LAPSSET isimame Kwanza. Halafu Museveni ame-team up na Al Bashir kusuluhisha South Sudan. Ikumbukwe Kaguta anataka Juba iunganishwe na Kampala Kwanza. JPM acheze karata vizuri, ajiunge name team Museveni+Bashir.

 

[mwaswast]

Dua la kuku halimfikii MWEWE.

 

[Depay]

Reading the comments of Dangagizans in here. You wouldn't fail notice that they are black in heart.

 

[KENPAULITE]

Yaani the Ethiopians and Eritreans agree to a peace deal and all danganyikans can see os port of Lamu, what about the peace deal the hell this guys should be studied

 

[Depay]

WELCOME BAGAMOYO PORT

 

[BlietzKrieg]

Wajamaa wamejaa na wivu Sana'a,,,shindwe pepo nyeusi ya south

 

[Geza Ulole]

Wajamaa wamejaa na wivu Sana'a,,,shindwe pepo nyeusi ya south

Mnajenga tembo mweupe tena bila kushirikisha majirani mnaowajengea! Akili za kiabunuwasi.

Ethiopia and Sudan sign port agreement
08 May, 2018

Ethiopia signs agreements for Red Sea access.

Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed that Ethiopia should invest in the development and administration of Port Sudan, Sudan’s principal port on the Red Sea.

The agreement, made at the beginning of May, comes shortly after Ethiopia signed a deal with Djibouti to invest in Port Doraleh about 5 kms north west of port Djibouti.



Djibouti is looking for investors since it acrimoniously terminated its 30-year concession with Dubai’s DP World, one of the region’s largest port operators, to operate Port Doraleh. China, which already has a naval berth in Doraleh, is also looking at the possibility of investing in the facility.




About 70 per cent of Ethiopian trade goes through Djibouti’s ports. This is likely to increase following the inauguration in January 2018 of the new standard gauge Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway.




But Ethiopia is anxious to decrease its reliance on Djibouti and is also looking at other ports in the region. Berbera in Somaliland is also ripe for investment and has the advantage of being Ethiopia's nearest outlet to the Red Sea. Berbera is managed by DP World and is therefore destined to become more important since the Dubai company has been turned out of Djibouti. At the beginning of March Dubai, Ethiopia and Somaliland signed an agreement for the development of the port.




Access to the Red Sea has been a vital part of Ethiopian foreign policy since it became landlocked after Eritrean independence in 1993. Isolating Eritrea is also part of Ethiopian foreign policy, hence agreements with its surrounding countries.




Ethiopian investment in the ports of Sudan and Berbera is also seen as a way to undermine Djibouti’s dominance of Red Sea ports.

Ethiopia and Sudan sign port agreement

 

[MOTOCHINI]

Wajamaa wamejaa na wivu Sana'a,,,shindwe pepo nyeusi ya south

Wivu upi
Hahaha Habari inajieleza wewe umekalia wivu

 

[pingli-nywee]

Dua la kuku halimfikii MWEWE.

Hawa jamaa wanaona tabu sana. Yaani bado tunachana mbuga tu dua zao huwa hazifiki anga za juu. Wapambane na hali zao.

 

[asvptx]

NONSENSE! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

LAPSSET litafika SSD na ETHIOPIA mpende msipende tanzaGIZAstans

 

[Geza Ulole]

Hawa jamaa wanaona tabu sana. Yaani bado tunachana mbuga tu dua zao huwa hazifiki anga za juu. Wapambane na hali zao.

Kabisa huku masela wa Lokichar wamedinda na mafuta yao!

Ethiopia seeks to legitimise port deals with Somalia
SATURDAY JUNE 16 2018

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed 'Farmaajo' (left) and Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopia has agreed on a joint investment in Somali ports in what could be seen as Premier Abiy Ahmed's move to legitimise logistical deals initially questioned by Mogadishu. PHOTOS | JEFF ANGOTE & AFP

In Summary

• The two said they will constitute a designated joint technical team to craft the details and timelines for the project.
• Somalia demands that all deals made by breakaway regions of Puntland and Somaliland with foreign entities be endorsed by Mogadishu.
• In March, Ethiopia bought 19 per cent of the stake, meaning Somaliland would retain 30 per cent.

By AGGREY MUTAMBO
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Ethiopia has agreed on a joint investment in Somali ports in what could be seen as Premier Abiy Ahmed's move to legitimise logistical deals initially questioned by Mogadishu.

After a meeting in Mogadishu on Saturday, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed 'Farmaajo' and PM Ahmed said they will be investing in major infrastructure projects including ports and roads.

"In an effort to attract and retain foreign investment to the two countries and the Horn of Africa Region, the leaders agreed on the joint investment in four key sea ports between the two countries, and the construction of the main road networks and arteries that would link Somalia to mainland Ethiopia," a Communiqué from the meeting said.

TECHNICAL TEAM

The two said they will constitute a designated joint technical team to craft the details and timelines for the project.

The ports were not named in the dispatch but Ethiopia's latest move could be seen as correcting the controversy it created earlier in the year by buying a stake in the Port of Berbera in Somaliland.

Ethiopia would own 19 per cent but that deal drew the ire of Mogadishu with MPs saying it had violated the Provisional Constitution as well as the sovereignty of Somalia.

Somalia demands that all deals made by breakaway regions of Puntland and Somaliland with foreign entities be endorsed by Mogadishu.

DEAL NULLIFIED

And though Somaliland argues the long-term framework is yet to be created, MPs in Mogadishu nullified the deal.

The Ministry of Ports and Marine Transport said in a statement that the government was not party to the agreement which it termed as defective.

"This so-called agreement is both defective and detrimental to the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the unity of the country," Somalia's Ports and Marine Ministry said in March.

Somaliland MPs had in 2016 approved the concession for Emirati firm DP World to own 51 per cent of the Port of Berbera. The Dubai firm was also to invest about Sh44 billion and run the Port for the next three decades.

PORT STAKE

In March, Ethiopia bought 19 per cent of the stake, meaning Somaliland would retain 30 per cent.

But President Farmajo's administration did not like being left out.

With Ethiopia accessing the sea and importing 95 per cent of supplies through the Port of Djibouti, the latest move by Premier Ahmed could be seen as a way of securing and widening access to the ports.

On Saturday, the leaders vowed to respect each other's sovereignty, perhaps in reference to the controversy that erupted in March.

"The two leaders unequivocally stated their mutual respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and the unity of both nations and called upon all Somali actors to relentlessly work towards the unity and cohesiveness of Somalia," they said.

AMISOM TROOPS

Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and Djibouti are troop contributors to the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), formed in 2007 to defend the government in Mogadishu and push back Al-Shabaab militants.

Now Amisom is suffering a cash crunch and foreign entities are attracted to breakaway regions.

In May, President Uhuru Kenyatta warned unnamed entities of frustrating unity efforts in Somalia. This came in the wake of the Berbera Port controversy.

On Saturday, Addis Ababa and Mogadishu were speaking of supporting economic development.

"Recognising the potential for harmonious economic development for both nations, the two leaders paid singular focus to economic growth, wealth creation and promotion of investment between Somalia and Ethiopia in order to secure a prosperous future for their people, the countries of the Horn of Africa, and ultimately the African Continent."

It will be interesting to see how Somaliland and Puntland who have had engagements with Middle East countries, especially the United Arab Emirates react to this.

The dispatch did not say whether the Ethiopian stake in the port would be redone or forgotten.

Ethiopia, Somalia in joint port deals

 

[Emc2]

Duh! Kenya watabakiwa na sifa za kijinga tu.

 

[asvptx]

NONSENSE! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

LAPSSET litafika SSD na ETHIOPIA mpende msipende tanzaGIZAstans

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[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

Lappset has already sunk more than ksh 200 bn ($2bn). That money will never be recovered, its lost. This shows that kenya should not have built a project based on the advatages that accrue from conflict of its neigbours. when these conflicts are resolved, the project is lost.

 

[Geza Ulole]

Lappset has already sunk more than ksh 200 bn ($2bn). That money will never be recovered, its lost. This shows that kenya should not have built a project based on the advatages that accrue from conflict of its neigbours. when these conflicts are resolved, the project is lost.

Point!

 

[Jay456watt]

akili za ldc ...

 

[pingli-nywee]

Kabisa huku masela wa Lokichar wamedinda na mafuta yao!

Ethiopia seeks to legitimise port deals with Somalia
SATURDAY JUNE 16 2018

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed 'Farmaajo' (left) and Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopia has agreed on a joint investment in Somali ports in what could be seen as

Knock yourself out. Kenya is here to stay. Strong as ever. Just prepare yourself for another decade of egg in your face as thanks for your obsession with Kenya. All the best.

 

[Mwanzi1]

Yaani the Ethiopians and Eritreans agree to a peace deal and all danganyikans can see os port of Lamu, what about the peace deal the hell this guys should be studied

Unafikiri mtasonga peace deal kama ugali mile. You need business, and as it looks, there will be no business for LAPSSET.

 

[Mwanzi1]

Hawa jamaa wanaona tabu sana. Yaani bado tunachana mbuga tu dua zao huwa hazifiki anga za juu. Wapambane na hali zao.

Mnachanja mbuga to nowhere [emoji23]