#𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: ⭕️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹? Former Minister of Information, Culture and Awareness of the Republic of Somaliland, Hon. @AliHassanMoham, a senior figure in KULMIYE, the oldest and largest opposition party in the Republic of Somaliland, has published an article examining the double standards in Somalia’s Regime President @HassanSMohamud’s political stance and the implications of the four-way Cairo Summit, titled: "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹? In his article, Ali Hassan Mohamed examines the political implications of the summit involving Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea, highlighting questions surrounding President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s policy toward Ethiopia, the Nile dispute, and the strategic interests surrounding the Red Sea. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄: 📄 🧵 "What Did the Four-Way Cairo Summit Reveal? Somalia is geographically neither an upstream country from which the Nile originates nor one of the countries through which the Nile flows, such as Sudan and Egypt. Nevertheless, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a resolution warning that the country from which the Nile originates should not take unilateral decisions, stating that such actions could have serious consequences. Ethiopia is clearly the country being warned. On the other hand, Hassan Sheikh signed a second resolution at the same venue stating that responsibility for the Red Sea rests exclusively with the countries bordering its shores (littoral countries). Once again, Ethiopia’s aspirations for access to the Red Sea were sidelined. Everyone knows that this four-way summit, organised by Egypt, represented a new alliance against Ethiopia. But the question is: Why did Somalia commit itself so firmly to such a position? When the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of Somaliland jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 1 January 2024, President Hassan Sheikh personally stated that Ethiopia was Somalia’s number-one enemy. According to people close to him, Hassan Sheikh genuinely holds this view as a matter of principle and has expressed it on numerous public platforms. Whenever he gets the opportunity, he takes advantage of it to reinforce that position. Abiy Ahmed, however, changes his positions. At times, he is pressured by the presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia. Those troops constitute a bargaining card that Ethiopia could use, given that they help safeguard the security of Hassan Sheikh’s government, which would struggle to govern itself without them. Yet, it appears that Ethiopia has been outmanoeuvred and made to believe that the presence of its troops in Somalia is essential to Ethiopia’s own survival. There is also the fact that Abiy Ahmed has taken Somaliland for granted, a serious miscalculation. Another interesting issue is the Red Sea. The four countries that signed the agreement stated that only countries bordering the Red Sea have the right to determine matters concerning its affairs. This raises another question: Is Israel included? We know that Israel has an important port, Eilat, in the northern part of the Red Sea, specifically on the Gulf of Aqaba. Of the four countries that met in Cairo, three recognise Israel: Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan. So, have they sidelined Ethiopia only to include Israel instead? Finally, was Hassan Sheikh’s firm stance simply a case of blindly following others, like a donkey following the herd, or did he seize the opportunity to act on his earlier declaration that “Ethiopia is Somalia’s greatest enemy”? 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗿 𝗝. 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗱, 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗬𝗘 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗻. 𝗔𝗹𝗶 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱. #Somaliland #Ethiopia #Egypt #Sudan #Eritrea #CairoSummit #HornOfAfrica