Habibii its all about tracing , offer and sale.
Its depend on the SLSH / Somaliland money supply.
And a weakened Somaliland Shilling is good for Somaliland diaspora and West Somaliland.
However it has strengthened - 1000 shilling towards Dollar .
Now you get only 5200 shilling for a 1 USD ( in august 2007 it was 6300 )
Did you know the Ethiopians pay 2 billion Birr yearly (!) Ethiopian consumers and inland market is very important for Djiboutian businessmen. After all its over 200 mill USD yearly they earn directly.
In February 2005 Minister Haile ordered all the ethiopian state enterprises to import their goods through Berbera
read the rest here
http://www.ports.co.za/didyouknow/artic ... _3058.htmlIts the best thing for Somaliland and Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi viewed first Mombasa and Port Sudan buth both of them were too far away from Addis Abeba.