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Somaliland apologizes after detained Ethiopian ‘spies’ said to be diplomats
Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 @ 9:24 pm by Daniel Berhane
Somaliland officials apologized for the detention of Ethiopian government personnel, who were previously deemed spies turned out to be “diplomatic staff”.
Earlier, Somaliland media reported that:
Somaliland’s authorities arrested intelligence & plain clothes police officers from Ethiopia at Kalabaid center some few kilometers from the border town of Togwajale.
This incident prompted diplomatic roar from Ethiopia with authorities in Addis Ababa accusing Hargeisa of receiving confessionary statements jeopardizing their security from the arrested officers.
The Ethiopians were “manhandled”, handcuffed and held at Gabiley town police station, and later transported to Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland, media reports indicated.
The diplomatic backlash prompted senior Somalialand officials, including the Vice President and Interior Minister, to make an unofficial trip to Addis Ababa to sort matters and mend ties, according to local news outlets.
The narrative is now changed into that of breach of diplomatic immunity and prompted the issuance of an official letter of apology from Hargeysa’s top diplomat.
The Foreign Affairs of Somaliland, Mr. Mohamed Bihi Younis, was quoted as saying that:
The arrest of the 2 diplomatic staff in Somaliland was deplorable, and we have expressed our regret on the incident of arrest of 2 Ethiopian diplomats at Gabiley.
We have contacted Ethiopian Liaison office representative in Hargeysa and Somaliland has submitted an official apology letter to him. We told them that how the diplomats were treated inside our country was “despicable”.
The Minister has also told local media that government officials and police officers responsible for the incident are in detention, as investigation is underway. It was not immediately clear if that included the the Governor & the Mayor of Gabilay town, where the detention took place.
Somalialnd’s Vice President, Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail (a.k.a. Seyli’i), reiterated the statement in a media remark last Friday:
“Somaliland is here expressing its regret and concern over the arrests of the Ethiopian diplomats in Somaliland and that we won’t allow that such despicable issues to hurt our vital and close tie with Ethiopian government.”
Neither of the officials disclosed the name of the Ethiopians and the circumstances of the detention. Ethiopian officials were not available for comment at the writing of this story.
Ethiopia is Somaliland’s biggest neighbor and her best bet at gaining international recognition and meaningful economic and security ties.
Addis Ababa and Hargeysa signed an agreement on the use of Somaliland’s Berbera port eight years ago. However, Ethiopia has not made much use of the port, except for the importation of humanitarian items, due to the poor condition of facilities at the Berbera port and security problems on the road. Officials have been conducting several rounds of talks on the utilization of the port in the past months.
Somaliland’s Foreign Minister was reported as saying that:
“Ethiopia is the number one friend of Somaliland…..The relationship between the two countries is strategic. Berbera port is near and very convenient to Ethiopia.
Ethiopia can use the port of Berbera as if it were its own. Ethiopia is not a country without a port when it has the port of Berbera.”
Somaliland is a de facto independent state that broke-away from Somalia in 1991, but not recognized by any country to date.
Ethiopia is the only country with a diplomatic mission in Hargeysa and one of the handful countries that accept Somaliland’s passports as unofficial travel documents.
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That's talking about Ogadenis talking to the press. Anyone in the Ethiopian Govt who can read English can freely see any article where Ogadenis and other Ethiopian diaspora speak out against the Govt. That's not spying.
Ethiopia government is sued for spying on American citizens
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/13/foreign-cyber-spying-on-us-citizens.html
Most likely Oromo/Habesh because 1. Nicknamed Kibane 2. From Maryland which has an Christian Ethiopian population of 200,000Keep laughing dummy
Ethiopia uses finspy https://citizenlab.org/2013/03/you-only-click-twice-finfishers-global-proliferation-2/
So you're using the Somaliland Govt saying sorry for detaining people that turned out not to be spies as proof of there being spies? Well that's stupid don't you think?The Fool that laughs at their national security
y // Somalia // Somaliland apologizes after detained Ethiopian ‘spies’ said to be diplomats
Somaliland apologizes after detained Ethiopian ‘spies’ said to be diplomats
Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 @ 9:24 pm by Daniel Berhane
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1. Says Ethiopia are in Somalia for their own selfish needs, not being forced by the USA which you like to say alot
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And you've already started cherrypicking whatever fits your agenda.
That's talking about Ogadenis talking to the press. Anyone in the Ethiopian Govt who can read English can freely see any article where Ogadenis and other Ethiopian diaspora speak out against the Govt. That's not spying.
Most likely Oromo/Habesh because 1. Nicknamed Kibane 2. From Maryland which has an Christian Ethiopian population of 200,000
You don't care about Ethiopians and their former Govt spying on them so drop it.
So you're using the Somaliland Govt saying sorry for detaining people that turned out not to be spies as proof of there being spies? Well that's stupid don't you think?
1. Says Ethiopia are in Somalia for their own selfish needs, not being forced by the USA which you like to say alot
2. Says all positions within the government are corrupt, most of said positions are held by Darood incl. PM who selects the 'corrupt' cabinet.
3. Says Farah Abdiqadir was born in Ethiopia but every other source I've found states he's Reer Ow Hassan from Hiiraan, Beledweyne, Somalia.
4. Article does not have any stated sources. Shit I had to state sources on texts when I was 13 years old.
5. Is written by hobby journalist/writer Ahmed Abdi who's unknown and self-publishes, or is a former Emir of AL Shabaab https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane
Also Co-written by Abdullahi Nur Colombo who i/looks legit
Do you still agree with the article or will you cherrypick the points you like? Remember according to it whoever seeks office in Somalia needs approval from Ethiopia, and that includes current Presidential Candidates if true.
You can hardly write English so who are you to speak. Stupid and dumb is the same thingYou are stupid and dumb
You can hardly write English so who are you to speak. Stupid and dumb is the same thing
You know I saw through your shit so you start with stupid and dumb insults
How do they even confirm the validity of such claims? espionage? I am not well versed in somali politics...
I'm not saying she's wrong, I'm saying she can't cherrypick who to blame. She would gladly turn the other eye if HSM was Darood and then blame any wrongdoing on some low level non-Darood politican. She is in it for herself.Honestly discontinuous she ain't wrong
Ethiopia does own most of the politicians, the Americans did prompt the Ethiopian government to "intervene" in Somalia, and these dudes are true scumbags. Their two principal puppets are the Shariif Sakiin guy and this Farah dude.