Lasanod : City at the Margins, the Politics of Borderland Trade between Somaliland and Puntland

[FBIsomalia]

 

[Wir]

Some interesting points made in the paper:

Since 2018, 75 per cent of the commodities we trade come from Berbera. Before this, 80 per cent of the commodities came from Bossaso. This shift had been caused by weakening security in Bossaso port and the road between Tukaraq and Garowe… Due to the recent developments in the port of Berbera, both infrastructure and administration, and less fees on the Somaliland side of the corridor, many companies from Puntland have shifted their operation to Berbera.44

A senior customs officer in Lasanod confirmed that since 2018 Lasanod’s trade with Puntland has decreased from around eight to two trucks on average per day.45 However, a senior officer from Puntland’s Ministry of Finance was sceptical that this was caused by increased insecurity. Instead, he argued that a mix of political and economic factors had caused the shift. These include Somaliland’s consolidation of control over Lasanod and Berbera’s increasing capacity to handle containerization and lower sea transport costs.46 DP World’s investment in Berbera port is expected to further contribute to this trend

While fuel, building materials, and food staples have mainly shifted to Berbera, Bossaso still supplies more bagaash bundles of consumer goods. The shift of commodities such as fuel and clothes to Somaliland has been influenced by quality controls. For fuel, Somaliland operates quality checks in Berbera, while for clothes, imports from Berbera and Mogadishu are seen as being of a higher quality than from Bossaso.47 Other factors that influence where commodities are obtained from is the presence of local production factories. For example, wheat flour, still water, and soft drinks are brought to Lasanod from Somaliland, which hosts factories such as the SBI (Somaliland Beverages Industry), Coca-Cola production plant in Hargeisa, and the national flour mill company in Berbera.48

The proliferation of these new and unpredictable fees in recent years has led to a sentiment among road users that harassment by Puntland district and checkpoint authorities is on the rise.70 A driver offered the following explanation: Most of the Somaliland checkpoints in the east are manned by the military who are more disciplined and provide good security and patrolling. On the Puntland side, the officers at the Puntland checkpoints are police who are less disciplined. For example, the driver could run into or unintentionally cut a new checkpoint’s rope (xadhig) that did not exist in the previous trip, those manning the checkpoint would shoot...I remember at least two such incidents between east of Tukaraq and Garowe. 71

 

[Louis Vuitton Don]

Paper written by a Somali dude who “facilitated” courses at Hargeisa university and worked for Somaliland “national electoral commission”

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Caputuring tukaraq from the puntland was a game changer. Wait till the dry port is made in gambadhe sool

 

[repo]

Paper written by a Somali dude who “facilitated” courses at Hargeisa university and worked for Somaliland “national electoral commission”

What a shame, I'm gonna have to give it a miss.

 

[fais]

Caputuring tukaraq from the puntland was a game changer. Wait till the dry port is made in gambadhe sool

That sure changed everything up side down.. and when that dryport is up and running it will be a financial and logistical:

 

[Bernie Madoff]

That sure changed everything up side down.. and when that dryport is up and running it will be a financial and logistical:

Of course how can we forget their calacaal about losing business to us

they are scared of the dry port
“they’ve colonized us mentally ”

 

[FBIsomalia]

Caputuring tukaraq from the puntland was a game changer. Wait till the dry port is made in gambadhe sool

When will see first phase finish, after 2200 years lool

 

[fais]

When will see first phase finish, after 2200 years lool

That was the same you said about the port in Berbera and the corridor..

 

[FBIsomalia]

That was the same you said about the port in Berbera and the corridor..

Berbera was build by rich company, beside dry sool port it was before two years, Where is the update about it since then ?

At least garcaad port you can see topic in develompment section, you can see steps from the scratch till first phase with out help from outside company.

 

[0117]

Paper written by a Somali dude who “facilitated” courses at Hargeisa university and worked for Somaliland “national electoral commission”

What a shame, I'm gonna have to give it a miss.

The same academic who ran policy workshops in your capital...

 

[Wir]

Paper written by a Somali dude who “facilitated” courses at Hargeisa university and worked for Somaliland “national electoral commission”

"This shift had been caused by weakening security in Bossaso port and the road between Tukaraq and Garowe… Due to the recent developments in the port of Berbera, both infrastructure and administration, and less fees on the Somaliland side of the corridor, many companies from Puntland have shifted their operation to Berbera"

Where is the lie mate. Maybe you prefer to hear it from your own parliament. We even put a GPS on your businessmen to make sure they go back to their country

 

[fais]

"This shift had been caused by weakening security in Bossaso port and the road between Tukaraq and Garowe… Due to the recent developments in the port of Berbera, both infrastructure and administration, and less fees on the Somaliland side of the corridor, many companies from Puntland have shifted their operation to Berbera"

Where is the lie mate. Maybe you prefer to hear it from your own parliament. We even put a GPS on your businessmen to make sure they go back to their country

Why would @FBIsomalia post this, warya quick delete it...

 

[FBIsomalia]

Why would @FBIsomalia post this, warya quick delete it...

Post what?.

 

[fais]

Post what?.

 

[FBIsomalia]

I saw his article, but main point here that he mention PL has influence in Laascanood.

So you guys used to say PL has no influence in Sool by this article mention it.

 

[InaShaqalle]

Make trade not war

 

[0117]

I saw his article, but main point here that he mention PL has influence in Laascanood.

So you guys used to say PL has no influence in Sool by this article mention it.

No shit sherlock as some goods come from PL which this article discusses

 

[0117]

@FBIsomalia

With your line thinking you can also make the comment Somaliland has influence in Garowe through trade

 

[FBIsomalia]

No shit sherlock as some goods come from PL which this article discusses

Writter is From isaaq so what he writes doesnt reflect reality.