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The National
March 21, 2018
The president of the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland issued a fresh condemnation of Somalia's government's “senseless hostility” to its tripartite agreement with Ethiopia and Dubai-based port operator DP World on the development of Berbera Port. Writing exclusively for The National, Muse BihiÃâà...
The New Arab
March 19, 2018
The Berbera agreement has flared tensions between Somaliland and the FGS. On 5 March 2018, days after the agreement was announced, Somalia president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (known as Farmajo) visited Saudi Arabia to request that the Arab League intervene in the deal, which he arguedÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 11, 2018
Somalilandsun- Somaliland signed a tripartite agreement with DP world and the Ethiopian government. This tripartite agreement allows DP world and the Ethiopian government to operate and invest on Berbera port and corridor. The Berbera port and corridor are expected to boost the economy of theÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 10, 2018
The federal government has argued that the agreement between Somaliland, DP World and the Ethiopian government over the port of Berbera is an illegal roadmap that has not been implemented according to the law and was not approved by the constitutionally mandated institutions of Somalia.SeniorÃâà...
SomalilandPress
March 9, 2018
Somaliland signed a tripartite agreement with DP world and the Ethiopian government. This tripartite agreement allows DP world and the Ethiopian government to operate and invest on Berbera port and corridor. The Berbera port and corridor are expected to boost the economy of the greater Horn of AfricaÃâà...
africanews
March 8, 2018
BREAKING: Somalia asks Arab League intervention as relations w/ UAE sour following recent deal by DP World, Ethiopia and Somaliland over Berbera port. Somali Embassy in Cairo tells AL ministers concession is “null and void”, reiterates it violates unity and sovernight of Somalia. pic.twitter.com/Ãâà...
Garowe Online
March 5, 2018
HARGEISA, Somalia - DP World signed a $442 million agreement with the Government of Somaliland in 2016 to develop and operate a regional trade and logistics hub at the Port of Berbera. The Republic of Somaliland has hit back against the Somalian prime minister's statement on Friday that a tripartiteÃâà...
africanews
March 4, 2018
The port of Berbera is located in Somaliland which is internationally recognised as an autonomous state of Somalia. Ethiopia, which has no coastline, plans to invest in infrastructure to develop the Berbera Corridor as a trade gateway. When news of the agreement was received on Thursday, the primeÃâà...
SomalilandPress
March 3, 2018
As if Somalia didn't have enough problems already, on March 1 state-owned Emirati company DP World announced that Ethiopia's government had purchased a 19 percent stake in the Port of Berbera in Somaliland, a breakaway territory without international recognition. The deal is advantageous toÃâà...
Garowe Online
March 2, 2018
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Government of Somalia has declared that Berbera Port deal signed between Somaliland and UAE's DP World illegal and detrimental to the sovereignty of the country, Garowe Online reports. Somalia's Ministry of Ports and Marine Transport said in a statement that theÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 2, 2018
A key to resolving the crisis may lie further south, in neighbouring Somaliland, the autonomous region of Somalia that operates as its own country — even if no one else will recognise it as such. Somaliland is peaceful, democratic and stable, and boasts its own port, Berbera, which is also operated by DPÃâà...
Garowe Online
March 2, 2018
MUQDISHO, Soomaaliya - Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Xasan Cali Khayre oo maanta dalka db ugu soo laabtay ayaa ka hadlay Heshiiska cusub ee Somaliland iyo Shirkadda DP World shalay kala saxiixdeen. Isagoo ka hadlayay Shir Jaraa'id oo uu ku qabtay Muqdisho, ayaaÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 2, 2018
In addition, Ethiopian participation in the development of port of Berbera and the Berbera Corridor will help bring increased economic development and opportunity to the people of Somaliland. Ethiopia will continue to further invest in and develop the Djibouti corridor and further consolidate the use ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 1, 2018
Dubai's state-owned DP World said on Thursday the Ethiopian government had taken a 19 percent stake in Somaliland's Port of Berbera. The port operator said it would retain a 51 percent stake in the port and that Somaliland would retain 30 percent. DP World took a 65 percent stake in the port in 2016 asÃâà...
Garowe Online
March 1, 2018
Dubai - Ethiopia will become a shareholder of the Port of Berbera following the signing of an agreement with DP World and the Somaliland Port Authority in Dubai today. DP World will hold a 51% stake in the project, Somaliland 30% and Ethiopia the remaining 19%. The government of Ethiopia will alsoÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The members of Somalia's Upper House chamber of Parliament are set to debate the controversial Berbera port agreement signed between Somaliland and UAE's DP World. The Lower House Chamber of the Parliament voted to nullify the port deal and called for a ban of the DP World from the countryÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
The DP World chief executive officer, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem agrees with Somaliland's position on the issue stressing that his comapny entered a deal with an “independent” country whose parliament approved the said deal. Somalia has appealed to the Arab League to intervene in this dispute thatÃâà...
The Maritime Executive
December 31, 1999
Somalia's lower parliament has voted to nullify a port investment deal between DP World, Ethiopia and the autonomous region of Somaliland. The agreement, announced March 1, would give landlocked Ethiopia a 19 percent stake in Somaliland's Port of Berbera, which is being developed by DP WorldÃâà...
Garowe Online
December 31, 1999
DUBAI, UAE - The Chairman and CEO of the Dubai's state-owned DP World, Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem talked about the decision by Somali government rejecting the tripartite agreement over Berbera port, Garowe Online reports. Last Friday, Somalia's Ministry of Ports and Marine Transport has describedÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
We at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent press freedom organization, urge your administration to free imprisoned journalists and ensure that all news outlets can publish freely. You committed to uphold Somaliland's democratic ideals in your November 2017 op-ed in the Financial Times,Ãâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
Primary areas of arrivals via the three aforementioned routes were Berbera and Bossaso in Puntland where mostly Ethiopians, Somalis and Djibouti ... Somalis on the other hand attributed their migration to their search for economic opportunities as well as in response to the drought in Somalia that hadÃâà...
