FURTHER ON THE HISTORY OF GARA’AD PORT

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Garacad 2015 after completing assessment of Chinese team. I was then Minster of Education. The Chinese engineer then told me in confidence that ” Garacad is a natural port”.

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About the blogger: This blog is associated with the former Chief of Staff in Puntland State Presidency, 1998-2004. He also worked with the UN and World Bank Joint Secretariat for Somalia’s Re-construction and Development Program (RDP), 2005-2006, as a Zonal Technical Coordinator for Puntland and later as National Aid Technical Coordinator with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and European Union. He is now an independent political analyst and commentator on current issues and occasionally gives historical perspective on modern Somalia’s politics. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He can be reached at: ismailwarsame@gmail.com View all posts by warsame digital media

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