SOMALILAND: FOOLS RUSH WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD. By Mohamed Ahmed Abdi Ba'alul.
Mohamed Ahmed Abdi Ba'alul. No one thinks that he would live enough to see when our peace-makers turn in to trouble-makers. The upper house of parliament, has no longer most privileged members, or engaged in its hot debates on issues affecting the lives of ordinary citizens. It's effective, peace-making dispatches to remote hinterlands are not visible in the headlines, despite of recurring inter-clan hostilities. If they were once the symbol of security, consensus, and the glue that holds Somaliland together, today the reality tells you a different story. The massive leverage from UAE, and its brokers within the government had turned the conservative approach of the house into a place of political maneuvers . Their blind support to the controversial deal between the government and UAE, which permits for the UAE to establish a naval base in Berbera airport, is a good example of the risk-taking elders against inquisitive young representatives. The cha...