Mohamed Addow
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Mohamed Addow
@MohaAddow
Former humanitarian worker. Lecturer & Consultant. Follow up on the security and economic development of #Africa.



From e-Visa to e-CTN, Mogadishu is running the same playbook to seize control of Berbera Port. A new circular issued on 30/09/2025 is an aggressive attempt to tax all imports and exports and effectively take over the port. Disguised as a shipping regulation, it declares that the Electronic Cargo Tracking Number system is “mandatory for all cargo entering or leaving Somali ports” and applies “irrespective of their respective administrative arrangements.” This wording is a deliberate bid to impose hostile jurisdiction over Somaliland. The circular goes further, threatening foreign carriers and freight forwarders with severe penalties for non-compliance, including “administrative fines,” “detention or seizure of cargo,” “suspension or revocation of port operating or agent licences,” and even “criminal prosecution.” The aim is to intimidate global shipping companies. This mirrors the e-visa scandal: weaponising technical systems to entrap Somaliland. Once international carriers and insurers adopt a compliance rule, reversing it becomes extremely difficult. That is the danger. To escalate the scheme, Hassan Sheikh has sent a lobbying delegation, led by Mohamed Ali Nur “Americo,” General Manager of Mogadishu Port, and Abdukadir Mohamed Nur, Minister of Ports and Marine Transport, to London to sell this narrative to the International Maritime Organisation, insurers, and major shipping lines. Somaliland cannot be complacent. This must be exposed and rejected unequivocally. International carriers, insurers, DP World, and foreign governments must be informed immediately that Berbera Port operates under Somaliland law alone, and any attempt by Somalia to impose regulations on it is illegitimate and hostile. ctnsomalia.com/electronic-car…















Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most inhumane and brutal conditions. The German Government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil. Therefore, in light of Germany’s inability to draw lessons from its horrific history, President @hagegeingob expresses deep concern with the shocking decision communicated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany yesterday, 12 January 2024, in which it rejected the morally upright indictment brought forward by South Africa before the #InternationalCourtofJustice that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza. Worryingly, ignoring the violent deaths of over 23 000 Palestinians in Gaza and various United Nations reports disturbingly highlighting the internal displacement of 85% of civilians in Gaza amid acute shortages of food and essential services, the German Government has chosen to defend in the International Court of Justice the genocidal and gruesome acts of the Israeli Government against innocent civilians in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Germany cannot morally express commitment to the United Nations Convention against genocide, including atonement for the genocide in Namibia, whilst supporting the equivalent of a holocaust and genocide in Gaza. Various international organizations, such as Human Rights Watch have chillingly concluded that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. President Geingob reiterates his call made on 31 December 2023, “No peace-loving human being can ignore the carnage waged against Palestinians in Gaza”. In that vein, President Geingob appeals to the German Government to reconsider its untimely decision to intervene as a third-party in defence and support of the genocidal acts of Israel before the International Court of Justice.









