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History of the Benadir (in preparation)

Oil, Gas, Fishing, and Land Grabbing
The Real Issues Behind the Somali Reconciliation Conferenc
in Kenya (2002 - 2004)

We knew all along that there was something inherently suspicious about the Somali Reconciliation Talks in Kenya (2002 - 2004) and the subsequent formation of the so-called TFG Government.

Now we know that it was not only about warlords, ignorant and backward tribal chiefs, ill-conceived charter, corrupted officials, meddling neighboring countries, or an opportunistic intellegentsia trying to make career even on the backs of a suffering population.

Now we know that it was also about oil, gas, fishing companies, and land grabbing, of setting up a stooge government which will facilitate the robbery of the country.

Following will be the beginning of a long and arduous struggle for the Somali nationalists to protect and preserve the resources of the country from the sharks:

Ethiopia: Ministry of Finance extends Ogadeni gas fields tender, June 3, 2006

Range Resources threatens to sue anybody, including the Somali people, who questions their mineral exploration dealings with Adde Muse of Puntland - the making of a colony, June 1, 2006!

Mbigathi speaker (Shariff Hassan) in Puntland for shadowed reasons, May 28, 2006

Gedi urges Puntland not to start oil explorations, May 18, 2006