The United Nations Security Council is yet to make deliberations on the impasse, but efforts by Washington seems to be hitting a deadlock.The independent news Web site GaroweOnline.com is the online sister publication of Radio Garowe, a community radio station based in Garowe, the State capital of Puntland, a self-governing region in northern Somalia
Somali government officials have condoled over the death of Arab League envoy to Somalia, praying that his soul will rest in the heaven. The ambassador was appointed as AL envoy to Somalia in 2016. Politically, Somalia is part of the Arab league. Ahmed Isse Awad, Somalia's foreign minister Arabic is one of its two official languages, most Somalis practice Sunni Islam, and its proximity to other Arab … Now, there could be actual Arabs who migrated to Somalia as well from another country but that’s a minority of people. © Somaliland Standard 2018, All Rights Reserved | Designed by Arab League Ambassador to Somalia Dies in Mogadishu "Honest dialogue is the only way forward through the principle of African solutions for African problems," added the tweet by the Ethiopian Mission to the United Nations in New York.Preparations are underway for a virtual global campaign to support the construction of the dam with Ethiopian nationals in the diaspora engineering them, state-owned Fana reported on Wednesday, a move that could also tilt the debate.The campaign is being organized by United Ethiopians for Peace and Reconciliation (UE4PR), a UK-based civic organization, in collaboration with Global Knowledge Exchange Network – GKEN.According to Fana, the campaign aims at informing members of the international community about the Renaissance Dam and the negotiation processes as well as raising funds for the completion of the dam.Somalia joined the Republic of Djibouti and Qatar in defying the Arab League of Nations resolution, which favors the hegemonic stance of it.
"I participated in two virtual and simultaneous Ministerial meetings of the League of Arab States on the conflict in Libya and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [GERD]," Awad said. Somalia joined the Arab League in 1974 and since remained an active member of the group. The move would be detrimental to Egypt's plans to stop the construction, a move that would further cause cracks in the organization.Meanwhile, Deputy Ambassador of South Sudan to Ethiopia, David Ding has expressed concern over Egypt’s second complaint is referred to the United Nations Security Council demanding an intervention into GERD issues, Fana added.Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew, through his letter to the security council, reaffirmed that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will not cause any harm to downstream countries and pose peace and security threats.Egypt’s steps are aimed to pose political and diplomatic pressures on Ethiopia, Gedu reiterated through the letter. The envoy was unexpectedly gotten ill and and died after he was rushed to hospital. "While insisting that filling of the hydro-electric dam will go on as planned, Ethiopia on Wednesday said that it's committed to "tripartite negotiations to finalize the remaining issues on the first filling and annual operations of the GERD".
Arab League ambassador to Somalia, Hamud Bin Samran Al-Xuwayti, has died in Mogadishu on Sunday. The Arab League of Nations which comprises 22 countries had the majority of them standing with Egypt in the debacle, but the resolution has been rejected by Somalia, which now wants the impasse to be solved through peaceful means.
Arab League General Secretary, Ahmed Abu Geyth, has also sent his sincere condolences to the relatives and the Saudi Diplomats for the demise of Hamud Al Xuweyti. • 1942 – The United Kingdom promotes the idea of the Arab League. He prayed that his soul will be under the mercy of the almighty Allah.