Saudi King sacks minister who made anti-Ethiopia dam remarks

Sacked Saudi deputy defense minister, Khalid Bin Sultan

Saudi Arabia on Saturday removed the Kingdom’s deputy defense minister who recently made hostile remarks over Ethiopia’s massive dam project being built on the Blue Nile River only 30km upstream from Sudan.

Speaking at a session of the Arab Water Council held in Cairo late in February, the Saudi deputy defense minister, Khalid Bin Sultan, firmly opposed Ethiopia’s right to use the Nile waters saying the construction of the $4.8 billion hydro power dam project poses a security threat to Sudan and Egypt.

His remarks led to tensions between the horn of Africa nation and the Saudi Kingdom.

The minister said at the time that the Ethiopian Renaissance dam is intended for political plotting rather than for economic gain.

He went on to saying that Ethiopia is keen to harm the down stream Arab countries and further suggested that military action was an option to the ongoing dispute over the amount of water Nile basin countries are allowed use.

“There are fingers messing with water resources of Sudan and Egypt which are rooted in the mind and body of Ethiopia. They do not forsake an opportunity to harm Arabs without taking advantage of it”, he added.

Addis Ababa responded fiercely saying that the statement by the minister could negatively affect diplomatic ties between Arab nations and other Nile basin countries and requested an urgent explanation from the Saudi government.

Earlier this month, the government of Saudi has officially rebuffed the defence minister’s statements saying his remarks “do not reflect the official stance of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.

According to Saudi news outlets, a royal decree has replaced Khalid Bin Sultan with retired army general, Prince Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad.

However, it is not clear whether the move is related to Sultan’s comments on the Nile water issue.

WAR DEGDEG AH: Dagaal Si Toos ah Uga Socda Waqooyiga iyo Koonfurta Gaalkacyo Una Dhaxeeya Maamul Goboleedka Puntland iyo Maamulka Galmudug.

Wararka ka imaanaya magaalada Gaalkacyo ee xarunta gobolka Mudug ayaa sheegaya in madaafiic xoogan

Gaalkacyo - Wararka ka imaanaya magaalada Gaalkacyo ee xarunta gobolka Mudug ayaa sheegaya in madaafiic xoogan saaka laga maqlayo gudaha magaalada Gaalkacyo kaasi oo sitoos ah ugu dhacaya garoonka magaalada Gaalkacyo.

Dagaalkaan u dhaxeeya maamulka Puntland iyo kan Galmudug ayaa ka dambeysay kadib markii nin ka soo jeeda maamulka Galmudug ay shalay dil ugeysteen rag ka tirsan maamulka Puntland iyadoona dagaalka saaka ka socda ay qaadeen ciidamo ka soo jeeda dhanka Galmudug.

Goob joogayaal ku sugan magaalada Gaalkacyo ayaa soo sheegaya in maleeshiyaad ka

tirsan maamulka Galmudug ay weerar madaafiic iyo hoobiyayal ah ku qaadeen Garoonak magaalada Gaalkacyo oo ay gacan ku heynteeda leeyihiin maamul goboleedka Puntland.,

Ma jirto ilaa iyo hada wax war ah oo ka soo baxay in dagaalka sida tooska ah ugu socda Waqooyiga iyo Koonfurta Gaalkacyo uu geystay wax Khasaaro ah.

Faahfaahin: Wararkii ugu Dambeeyay Dagaalkii Koobnaa ee Kismaayo Iyo Khasaaraha Ka Dhashay

Wararka ugu dambeeya ee caawa naga soo gaaraya magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta gobolka Jubbada Hoose ayaa sheegaya in uu joogsaday dagaal kooban oo socdsay ku dhawaad hal saac oo maanta ka dhacay agagaarka saldhiga Booliiska Kismaayo.

  

Sidee wax u Dhaceen.

Dagaalka ayaa waxaa soo qaaday maleeshiyaad dooneysay in ay xoog kula baxdo sarkaal iyo askar kawada tirsnaa ciidamada wax ka qabtay kismaayo oo lagu soo qabqabtay hawlgalo ay ciidamada AMISOM, iyo kuwa Soomaalida ah ee kasaaray Al Shabaab ay ka fuluyeen gudaha Magaalada Kismaayo.

Sida dadkii aan la hadalnay noo sheegeen dagaalka ayaa xilli barqanimadii maanta ah ka qarxay saldhiga booliska ee Kismaayo oo ku yaalla xaafada Calanley halkaasoo rag shalay la soo qabtay lagu soo xiray.   Dagaalka ayaa bilawday markii Maleeshiyaad ay isku heyb yihiin raga la xiray ay weerar ku soo qaadeen saldhiga halkaasoo ay ooda uga qaadeen dhammaan dadkii ku xirnaa saldhiga.

Waxaa goobtaasi lagu dilay taliyihii saldhiga booliska oo ka tirsanaa Raskambooni kaasoo lagu magacaabi jiray Labo Gadhle iyo sarkaalkii hawlgalka lagu soo  qabtay.

Ugu yaraan sagaal (9) ruux ayaa la xaqiijiyey inay ku dhinteen dagaalka maanta ka dhacay magaalada Kismaayo kaasoo hubka fudud la isku weydaarsaday. si weyna looga maqlayay  magaalada Kismaayo.  Waxaa jira illaa 5 ruux oo isugu jira dhinacyada dagaalamay iyo dad rayid ah oo guryahooda rasaasta ugu tagtay oo ku dhaawacmay dagaalkii maanta.

Isgaarsiinta ayaa maanta go’nayd ka dib markii ay amreen maamulka kumeel gaarka ah ee ka arimiya Kismaayo in hawada laga saaro dhammaan isgaarsiinta, taasoo adkeysay in markaas wax badan laga ogaado sida ay wax u dheceen maanta.

Hase yeeshee caawa ayay isgaarsiinta qeyb ka mid ah ay dib ugu soo laabatay, iyadoo Raxanreeb ay u suurtagashay inay la hadasho dad ku sugan Kismaayo.

Dhammaan dhaqdhaqaaqii magaalada ayaa joogsaday markii dagaalku uu qarxay, waxaana la xiray ganacsiga iyadoo jawiga uu isu rogay mid colaadeed.

Xaalada magaalada Kismaayo ayaa tan iyo casarkii ahayd mid degan ka dib markii ciidamada Kenya ee ka tirsan AMISOM ay soo kala dhexgaleen dhinacyadii dagaalamayay.  Saldhiga degmada ayaa hada ku sugan ciidamada Kenya, markii hore ay gacanta ku hayeen ciidamada hoos taga maamulka kumeel gaarka ah ee ka arimiya Kismaayo.

Dawlada oo ka hadashay dagaalka

Raysul wasaaraha Soomaaliya Cabdi Faarax Shirdoon Saacid oo war saxaafadeed ka soo saaray dagaalka Kismaayo ayaa ku baaqay in dagaalka la joojiyo.

“Waxaa dhawaan isoo gaartay in dagaal ka dhacay magaalada Kismaayo. Waxaana aad uga xunnahay in dhiig dad walaalo ah oo Somaliyeed si micno darro ah u daato waqti ay dadka magaalada Kismaayo ay sugayeen in ay maamul sameystaan” Ayuu yiri Ra’iisul Wasaare Saacid

Dhanka kale wasiirka arrimaha gudaha iyo amniga qaranka Cabdikariin Xuseen Guuleed oo u waramay idaacadda VOA ayaa sheegay in dagaalka Kismaayo uu u dhexeeyo labo maleeshiyo beeleed kuwaasoo ku wada sugan magaalada.

Wasiirka oo la weydiiyey dib u dhaca shir maanta ka furmi lahaa Kismaayo ayaa sheegay inuusan wax war ah ka heyn shir Kismaayo ka dhacaya isla markaana aan dawlada guud ahaan lagu martiqaadin shirkaasi.

Genel Energy Makes Oil Find in Kurdistan, and invests heavily in Somaliland.

LONDON — Genel Energy, the oil exploration company headed byTony Hayward, the former chief executive of BP, announced Wednesday that it had made a significant oil find in Kurdistan.

Genel said its first well at Chia Surkh was producing almost 12,000 barrels of oil and 15 million cubic feet, or 435,000 cubic meters, of natural gas per day. “The reservoir is delivering at very high rates,” Mr. Hayward, the chief executive, said in an interview.

He said that before the company started drilling, third-party estimates indicated that there could be about 300 million barrels of oil in the field. If so, that would be a major addition to Genel’s proven and probable reserves of about 445 million barrels.

Genel holds 60 percent of the license area, which is in the extreme south of the Kurdish region of Iraq. The company’s stock price closed 6.4 percent higher in London on Wednesday.

Genel is the largest producer in Kurdistan, an autonomous part of Iraq that has struck exploration deals with Chevron and Exxon Mobil in recent years.

Despite the recent find, Genel is still unable to easily export its oil because of disagreements between Kurdistan and Iraq. The company’s production, which averaged about 45,000 barrels per day last year, could be substantially higher if export pipeline routes were available.

“Legitimate concern remains over the outlook in Kurdistan and we remain cautious pending a tangible framework defining availability of export markets and payments,” analysts at Liberum Capital, a brokerage house in London, wrote in a research note.

Kurdistan is working to construct export pipelines to Turkey. In the meantime, Genel is trucking as much as 25,000 barrels per day to Turkey for export.

The company is also talking to Turkish utilities and other potential customers for gas, Mr. Hayward said.

It is also trying to diversify its portfolio through exploration in Somaliland, Malta, Morocco and Ivory Coast.

Mr. Hayward noted that George Reynolds, who made the oil discovery in Persia that led to the creation of BP’s predecessor company, drilled in the area of the new find in 1903. That company, Anglo-Persian Oil, revisited the site several times without finding large amounts of oil

source ;NY Times

Edited by : abdirahman Bidhan Dahir  bcfm radio  Bristol UK

Somaliland:President Silanyo Address at the Atlantic Council

President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo

President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) and his foreign minister Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi Omer have today addressed the Atlantic Council on matters covering wide-ranging issues such as recognition security, commerce, development, the enhancement of democracy in the horn of Africa and ways to strengthened existing diplomatic ties with America.

President Silanyo was flanked by several ministers in his cabinet most notable:-

Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi Omer ,Foreign Minister

Dr. Saad Ali Shire ,National Planning Minister

Eng.Osman Abdillahi Sahradid ,State Minister of Finance

Hon Hirsi Ali Haji Hassan ,Presidency Minister

About the Atlantic Council

Since its founding in 1961-1962, the Council has been a preeminent, nonpartisan institution devoted to promoting transatlantic cooperation and international security. In its early years, distinguished American foreign policy leaders – Dean Acheson, Dean Rusk, Christian Herter, Lucius Clay, and others – developed an ambitious agenda to engage Americans with their European partners on matters of global concern.

Now in its 50th year, the Atlantic Council is harnessing that history of transatlantic leadership and applying its founders’ vision to a broad spectrum of modern global challenges from violent extremism to financial instability and from NATO’s future to energy security. As we face an inflection point in history, the Atlantic Council provides an essential forum for navigating dramatic shifts in economic and political influence. The Council is home to ten programs and centers, broken down both functionally and regionally, which seamlessly work together to tackle today’s unique set of challenges.

Click the link below to view President Silanyo at the Atlantic Council

www.livestream.com/atlanticcouncil,