MOGADISHU: Somalia’s government said on Monday that it was annulling all agreements with the United Arab Emirates, including port deals and defense and security cooperation, citing evidence the UAE had undermined its national sovereignty.
“The Council of Ministers has annulled all agreements concluded with the United Arab Emirates, including those involving federal governmental institutions, affiliated entities, and regional administrations operating within the territory of the Federal Republic of Somalia,” a statement from Somalia’s Council of Ministers said.
“This decision applies to all agreements and partnerships relating to the ports of Berbera, Bosaso, and Kismayo ... (and) bilateral security and defense cooperation agreements,” the statement added.
There was no immediate comment from UAE authorities.
Somalia annuls all agreements with UAE, including port deals
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Somalia annuls all agreements with UAE, including port deals
- “The Council of Ministers has annulled all agreements concluded with the United Arab Emirates,” a statement from Somalia’s Council of Ministers said
Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters
- Egypt says the dam violates international treaties and could cause both droughts and flooding, a claim Ethiopia rejects
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. “I am ready to restart US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ‘The Nile Water Sharing’ once and for all,” he wrote to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in a letter that also was posted on Trump’s Truth Social account.
Addis Ababa’s September 9 inauguration of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a source of anger in Cairo, which is downstream on the Nile.
Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most populous nation with more than 120 million people, sees the $5 billion dam on a tributary of the Nile as central to its economic ambitions.
Egypt says the dam violates international treaties and could cause both droughts and flooding, a claim Ethiopia rejects.
Trump has praised El-Sisi in the past, including during an October trip to Egypt to sign a deal related to the Gaza conflict. In public comments, Trump has echoed Cairo’s concerns about the water issue.
