Garowe, the Capital City of the State of Puntland is strategically located in nearly the center of the State, at least 800 Kms away from Cape Gardaffui (now Gardafui Region), and 450 Kms to the Port City of Bosaso on the Red Sea to the East and close to 225 Kms to the North of Galkayo in Central Somalia. Passing through the City of Qardho, located midway between Garowe and Bosaso in Karkar Region, it would take one more than six hours on high speed car on well constructed highway to reach Bosaso from Garowe and more than a day from Bosaso to historical town of Bargal on the shores of Indian Ocean, or Alula, the 2nd former Centre of Italian Colonial Administration in early days, after Mogadishu, located on the eastern tip of the Red Sea on the Horn of Africa. Former Bari Region alone, where Bosaso is located, is now split into three regions (Bari, Karkar and Gardaffui) because it is too huge to govern as one region, and is nearly four times the size of entire country of Djibouti. These geographical facts often caught new visitors of Puntland by surprise.It is also important to learn that this State is the Somalia’s land of Punt (holy, goddess and good smell) with 80% of World reserve in Meidi and Hiji trees. The famous Arabic Gum is actually “Punt Gum” purchased and imported by arabs to resell to the world markets as their own produce, calling it the Arabian Gum deceptively. The Pharaohs, Queen Hatshepsut in particular, had introduced it to the world. Hatshepsut was the fifth queen of eighteenth dynasty in Egypt. She was historically confirmed dead in 1458 BC ( before the birth of Jesus Christ), indicating that the Somalis are among the most ancient people of the world.Almost half of the world commercial liners and oil tankers sail by day and night through Cape Gardaffui or Ras Casair within the territorial waters of Puntland/Somalia.Ancient caves with historical artfacts and cravings from ancient Egypt are in abundance in easternmost parts of Puntland for those who are fond of exploring the area.Geothermal water streams criss-cross from the roocky mountains and many valleys of Bari.
Equally surprising to the Heads of recent Summit talks in Garowe is the fact that they had huge modern private villas readily available to them for their own privacy so that they didn’t have to bother checking-in in numerous high rating hotels in town, never hearing a sound of a single gunfire in the city throughout the course of their stay for the Summit in Garowe.
Now, enter the political fallout from Garowe Summit. One may answer the following questions to get clarity of the outcome. At conclusion of the Summit, who had left Garowe disappointed and why? Who is now complaining about the outcome and why?You guessed it right. This is the political fallout of Garowe Summit in a nutshell. Ismailwarsame.blog
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