Somaliland to reach an agreement with DP World

[Talktalk]

HARGEISA–A delegation from Somaliland headed by President, Ahmed M. Silanyo will leave for the UAE for the days to come. The government of Somaliland was in talks with Dubai Ports World (DPW) to take over the development of Berbera port and its container terminal. The government will announce the plans and the exact amount of money that DPW will invest to the modernization of the port. The Somaliland government and DPW will now discuss terms, conditions and percentages. The agreement, which will be finalized in Dubai will see the attendance of Somaliland senior government officials and DPW.

If the news of DPW’s takeover of Berbera port is confirmed then the French-based Ballore Logistics will be eliminated from the competition that has been going on for the past six years. Ballore Logistics was in talks with Somaliland authority over the running of the port of Berbera which the government led by Ahmed Silanyo wants to privatize. The British McCue & Partners Law Firm was in charge of facilitating the talks between Somaliland authority and that of Ballore Logistics. Details of the agreement that DPW set to sign with Somaliland officials will be sketchy and much of it remains hidden from Somaliland concerned citizens. This is going to be part of deals that Somaliland government is accustomed of entering into agreements with foreign firms behind closed doors and behind the curtains.

It is not also clear how many years DPW will run the port of Berbera or if new leadership take over the country will it revoke the agreement. Somaliland inked with Ethiopia the proposed 30% port needs, said to be 4 million MT. Ethiopia, a landlocked country hugely counts on the use of Djibouti port, after Eritrea opted for secession. Somaliland recently announced its plans to lure South Sudan to use its port of Berbera for its import and export. South Sudan, a landlocked country seceded from Sudan. It is unconfirmed that president Silanyo will put the pen to paper by signing a deal with UAE officials over the use of Berbera port in their fights against Houthi militia in Yemen. Somaliland is a peaceful enclave within a failed state of Somalia. It broke away from Somalia in 1991 but it has not achieved a recognition from the int’l community. It managed to build its government institutions from scratch. It runs the country with a meager collection of taxes mainly from revenues generated from ports and airports. The enclave enjoys a period of peace, stability and tranquility over the past 25 years since its inception.

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[Talktalk]

I was hoping for Ballore

[hangool79]

I applaud this DP World is the better of the two, franciisku wa dad inkaar qabo oo Islaam iyo muslimiin neceb.

And if we manage to lock up South Sudan Deal, Central Africa and Ethiopia (30 %) we will eat well
Great job Silaanyo gov

[ramzy2277]

How would you know if ballore or DP or any other company is better..!!, this is Africa after all, no contract details will be revealed to the public, and those foreign comanies only look at their own interests not ours, I only hope our clueless parliament will wake up sometime and demand full report on any deal this corrupted government makes...it will become a real economical suicide if we give up our ONLY source of revenue to foreigners especially if the deal is for long time like 20+ years.

Btw, I somehow skeptical about DP and Ballore real intentions to control Berbera Port, DP have already deal with Djbouti and Ballore is a french company ,I am afraid berbera will become an operational branch for DJ port whenever they are overloaded.

[Talktalk]

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I was hoping for Bollore because any deal with them would have included builing a railway line linking Berbera and Addis ababa.

[hangool79]

How would you know if ballore or DP or any other company is better..!!, this is Africa after all, no contract details will be revealed to the public, and those foreign comanies only look at their own interests not ours, I only hope our clueless parliament will wake up sometime and demand full report on any deal this corrupted government makes...it will become a real economical suicide if we give up our ONLY source of revenue to foreigners especially if the deal is for long time like 20+ years.

Btw, I somehow skeptical about DP and Ballore real intentions to control Berbera Port, DP have already deal with Djbouti and Ballore is a french company ,I am afraid berbera will become an operational branch for DJ port whenever they are overloaded.

Don't worry inaader we''ll pull a djibouti on them sooner or later

[hangool79]

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I was hoping for Bollore because any deal with them would have included builing a railway line linking Berbera and Addis ababa.

We gotta get railway, time to re negotiate

[mahoka]

I applaud this DP World is the better of the two, franciisku wa dad inkaar qabo oo Islaam iyo muslimiin neceb.

And if we manage to lock up South Sudan Deal, Central Africa and Ethiopia (30 %) we will eat well
Great job Silaanyo gov

What has it got to do with Islam, it is a business deal

[hangool79]

I applaud this DP World is the better of the two, franciisku wa dad inkaar qabo oo Islaam iyo muslimiin neceb.

And if we manage to lock up South Sudan Deal, Central Africa and Ethiopia (30 %) we will eat well
Great job Silaanyo gov

What has it got to do with Islam, it is a business deal

Everything sxb, franciisku are some of the most vile haters of Islam and non-whiteness, also they have the second most heavy colonial baggage and might interfere in our country if we let them in. Ask all the west african countries currently suffering under french stealth operations killing and installing presidents at will from Tchad to Coat De ivoery

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Lol@the guy who is saying we should choose based on deen. Meel iska fadhiiso my clueless eidagalle friend.

I choose Dubaiworld because you can tell them to fck off later. The french would probably sanction/invades us.

[JSL3000]

Only if we can see the contract that would be nice or if they could expand the details of the agreement but dubai is safe bet.

[TheFuturist]

Arabs vs French is a tough choice. UAE Arabs are the lesser evil.

But DP world has conflict of interests as they also own Djibouti port. Maybe this is a ploy by DP world to neutralise and get a monopoly on Berbera port. But they will probably give more favourable terms.

The French have greater international and political influence, in the EU and beyond. But waa axmaqiin they will drive a hard bargain, will give comparatively less favourable terms and will squeeze out every last penny of profit from Berbera.

So which of the two would make the better strategic partners? Depends on the terms of any deal

[hangool79]

Lol@the guy who is saying we should choose based on deen. Meel iska fadhiiso my clueless eidagalle friend.

I choose Dubaiworld because you can tell them to fck off later. The french would probably sanction/invades us.

There is something called choosing on several order of degrees my uneducated geeljire cousin, leave these matters to your highness.

1. Choose DP because it's the lesser evil and we can easily out wrestle them haday naguu kibraan unlike the french the UAE and arab in general have a weak hand in the international scene.

Read my Djibouti comment my less brilliant friend.

[hangool79]

Only if we can see the contract that would be nice or if they could expand the details of the agreement but dubai is safe bet.

I second this. But in reality even if the french offered a better sharing agreement I would still opt for DP World because the french waa gaalo adag who might try to cause turmoil in Sl if we disagree and try to sanction them, some of you less educated isaaqs should read how they behaved when they left their colonies, they destroyed everything of value and left nothing behind many countries who told them to fock off because they wanted to continue a pseduo coloniasm.

[TheFuturist]

Lol@the guy who is saying we should choose based on deen. Meel iska fadhiiso my clueless eidagalle friend.

I choose Dubaiworld because you can tell them to fck off later. The french would probably sanction/invades us.

There is something called choosing on several order of degrees my uneducated geeljire cousin, leave these matters to your highness.

1. Choose DP because it's the lesser evil and we can easily out wrestle them haday naguu kibraan unlike the french the UAE and arab in general have a weak hand in the international scene.

Read my Djibouti comment my less brilliant friend.

The GCC Arabs have a very strong hand over Somaliland, economically. They are Somaliland's biggest trade partner in terms of livestock. UAE (DP world) can easily apply pressure to Somaliland by convincing other GCC countries like Saudi Arabia to boycott SL livestock if the port relationships doesnt work out. They can also make imports/exports through UAE ports more difficult for SL ships and business people.

France (Bollore) doesn't have such economic leverage over SL.