Mogadishu
(Sunatimes) On the 27 of October 2011, a short-listed 27 countries and interest
groups had two days of meetings in Oslo, Norway. The theme of the meeting was
based on dual tracks: Exploitation of Gas & Oil resources in East Africa
and partitioning Somalia into proxy regional states. Needless to say the
country in reference was Somalia.
Somalia is a
victim of its own political and social paradoxes: It perplexes any willing,
honest broker(s) and thrills those who exploit economic interest and Political
controversy. Somalia is not a transparent country and the actors of the murky
waters are as elusive as runaway a leopard.
How come that
Somalia is the worst enemy of itself, would ask many world citizenry: People of
homogeneous identity, language, religion and cultural and social values, yet as
anarchic of unheard dimension.
The seeds of
anarchy are sown by the current leaders, but in general, Somalia is seen a
difficulty country to rule itself or by others- a political view held by USA
foreign policy since the early days of sixties.
Some vanguard
countries, like Ethiopia and Kenya hold the political view of undertaking the
2nd leg of re-partitioning Somalia, a poignant view missed by the Europe’s’
colonial conference held in Berlin in 1884 during the Scramble of Africa.
In Oslo
meeting, some participants had overlapping visions and interests of revamping
Somalia into a new fold of political class that fits any failing nation in the
3rd World countries, like Somalia.
However, the
dominant topic in the agenda was how to divide Somalia into several proxy state
regions and exploiting its natural resources.
A midwife
technical follow up meeting has taken place in the 2nd day in Oslo under the
auspice of the Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki Moon, and the
participates were a short-listed leaders of EGAD front line countries, which
included: Mr. Raila Oginga, the Prime Minister of Kenya. Mr. Meles Zenawi, the
Prime Minister of Ethiopia, and Mr. Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda.
The major
issues discussed and updated included: (a) Frontline states to have a strong
military presence in southern and central regions of Somalia.
1.Legitimizing
the Kenyan military presence in Somalia and putting in lot with AMISOM
contingents, while bringing Ethiopian army back into the new fold.
2.Eradication of
al-Shabaab and piracy infestation from East Africa, as long as it takes, and
3.Exploiting the
natural resources of Somalia and beginning in land and marine resources and
sponging gas and oil fields, wherever they are located.
A 10 billion
USD has been awarded to Chinese state companies by frontline states, the
biggest inter-regional project in East Africa in which Somalia is not part of
the stakeholders.
The 10 year
long contract offers broad-based economic boom for EGAD countries minus
Somalia. The 10 billion USD dollars contract includes laying gas and oil
pipelines from Somali offshore fields to Lamu port in Kenya-the major refinery
point. Then road infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines will connect to
Mombasa, Kenya, while the distribution of gas, oil and road infrastructure will
connect from Lamu, Kenya to Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi and south Sudan.
The partition
of Somalia and the exploitation of its natural resources are in progress. In
early October, Norwegian TV stations had already shown Chinese engineers and
workers on the ground and building the oil rig platforms off the shore of
Somalia facing the Jubba lands.
In the Oslo
meeting in late October, there’re no physical Somali partners present there for
the new repartition design of Somalia’s fate and the exploitation of its
natural resources. But the stakeholders of Somali repartition had in possession
of written documents and assurances of the TFG leaders.
The President
of the TFG Mr. Sherif Ahmed and the Prime Minister Mr. Abdiweli M. Aligas had
given green light to the endorsement of Somali tragedy and signed the
repartition document, while pocketing their share of the Somali spoils.
It is known
that our so called leaders are mindful of their pockets, while the future of
Somali masses languish as an appendix under the mandate of UN and the EGAD
countries.
By Salma Abdikarim
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Repartition of Somalia
Legitimizing the Kenyan military presence in Somalia and putting in lot with AMISOM contingents, while bringing Ethiopian army back into the new fold