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Saxafi MediaA former #HargeisaWaterAgency chief, @MohamedDarod, is demanding #Transparency over #Somaliland’s recognition deal with #Israel, warning of hidden #security clauses & rising unrest in #Awdal & #Salal. “There is no such thing as a free lunch,” he says.
https://saxafimedia.com/hargeisa-water-chief-israel-recognition-security/
Former Hargeisa Water Chief Urges Transparency On Israel Recognition Deal, Warns Of Security Risks In Awdal | Saxafi Media
Mohamed Ali A. Darod, former head of Hargeisa Water Agency, calls for transparency over Somaliland’s reported mutual recognition deal with Israel, warning of security implications in Berbera and rising tensions in Awdal and Salal.
Mathieu GottelandThe site of said base/station would also be contentious, as a similar Ethiopian plan revived Gadabuursi-Issa tensions in the #Awdal (West) region of #Somaliland, and ignited a proxy war with former Somaliland ally #Djibouti. #FRUD now openly supports Somaliland, while Djibouti has been claimed to train Awdal militias on its soil. Awdal has very recently known its own Las Anod moment with non-Issa protests in capital Borama leading to security forces firing on the crowd (19 dead).
The main result of the episode seems to be a continued but largely symbolic proxy #war between former allies #Somaliland and #Djibouti, through FRUD and #Awdal militias. The main event in that regard has been the deadly demonstrations by the Gadabuursi in Borama (December), echoing earlier events in Las Anod.
New article analyzes escalating tensions in #Awdal & #Zeila. Author argues manipulated stats, historical revisionism, & external interference threaten stability. Calls for data transparency & safeguarding cultural processes to preserve #Somaliland's sovereignty.
https://saxafimedia.com/zeila-sparks-las-anod-echoes-somaliland-identity/
Zeila Sparks, Las Anod Echoes: Numbers, Boundaries, And The Battle For Somaliland’s Identity | Saxafi Media
This article, “Zeila Sparks, Las Anod Echoes: Numbers, Boundaries, and the Battle for Somaliland’s Identity,” analyzes the escalating tensions in Somaliland, particularly focusing on the Awdal region and the town of Zeila, and their connection to the broader political landscape.
- Insurgencies in #Awdal and #SSCKhatumo are expected to find continued support in #Puntland, #Somalia and #Djibouti.
Meanwhile former #Somaliland ally #Djibouti is now embroiled in a proxy war with the same, through SSC, but also a new insurgency formed in #Awdal in opposition to a hypothetical Ethiopian military base. On the other hand, Somaliland is supporting Djiboutian rebels.
Somaliland has held elections on 13 Nov 2024, with the new administration announcing a review of the MoU with #Ethiopia.
The stakes were not only #Ethiopia 's recognition of # #Somaliland 's independence - which never occured - but Ethiopia's commercial access to the sea - which was otherwise secured - and the setting up of a military base in #Awdal, near #Djibouti 's border.
After Ethiopian open jingoism, Ethiopian and Somali threats of (proxy) war, Ethiopian shows of force, Somali empty ultimatums, the situation has temporarily cooled down thanks to #Turkey's mediation.
This has already led to the rekindling of the #SSCKhatumo conflict and the birth of an #Awdal insurgency in #Somaliland, a proxy war between Somaliland and #Djibouti, and the looming threat of an Ethiopian-Egyptian proxy war in #Somalia. Al #Shabaab (AS) has already largely benefitted from the spat and seems to have formed close ties with the #Houthis.
So far, it can be said to have failed on all accounts. #Ethiopia still exercizes caution as to military support and official recognition. A new secessionist movement appeared in the West, in relation with the project of an Ethiopian naval base. The MoU triggered a proxy war with former ally #Djibouti, which now supports both #SSCKhatumo and #Awdal secessionists. Khatumo forces recently launched a raid on Erigavo, in #Sanaag, contesting Somaliland’s continued control of its coastline.