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His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, visited the former President, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud ‘Siilaanyo at his residence and, later, personally saw him at Egal International Airport in rare courtesy gesture on Sunday morning.
President Bihi, in a gesture rarely witnessed between statesmen of this level anywhere in the world, escorted the former president who was flying on a private visit abroad to Egal International Airport - about ten kilometres away - where he saw him off. I visited the former president of the Republic of Somaliland at his residence and saw him off at the airport where he flew off from today, President Bihi later tweeted.
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In a press conference he held at his office, the Somalia Minister for Information directly blamed the United Arab Emirates for encouraging insurrection and use of violence re-igniting fresh tensions between the two countries.
Minister Osman Dubbe responded angrily to a statement the UAE released decrying excessive use of force during the Friday clashes between the interim Somalia government and protesters supporting the Union of Presidential Candidates who previously declared non-recognition of a government whose mandated term expired. The opposition, as a result, demanded that they had no confidence in another attempt to revive an electoral process led by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as they blamed him for its failure in the first place.
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Ali Jama Baqdadi, governor of Somaliland s central bank, announced last week that an influx of counterfeit dollars had entered Somaliland first from Mogadishu and then via Ethiopia. In a public statement, he assured Somalilanders and those invested in the economy that his top priority would be to intercept the counterfeit notes in order to defend its economy. His public announcement coupled with efforts to block and confiscate the fake notes shows the seriousness of intent.
The flood of counterfeit U.S. dollars into Somaliland is likely not simply a get-rich-quick scheme; rather it appears to be grey zone warfare, that is, aggression launched by one state against another meant to derive advantage without crossing the threshold into war.
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At least three international airlines plying the Mogadishu line trade has informed passengers that they have halted flights to and fro Mogadishu until further notice.
According to reliable sources Turkish Airlines, Uganda Airlines and Ethiopian (Airlines) have made it known to clients and the federal Somalia government that they will no longer be landing at Adan Adde international airport starting from Saturday, 20 February.
None of the airlines attached a time limit to the suspension of flights or when they would resume.
Although the airlines did not say so in so many words, respective managements were disturbed by the deteriorating security situation in the Somalia capital Mogadishu and the political standoff between the interim government and opposition members.