East Africa and Palestinians

Scary reports from Associated Press, shared also by the Reuters news agency, about plans coming from Israel and the United States to deport Palestinians to the Horn of Africa, namely Somalia, Somaliland and Sudan... all Affected by long-lasting wars!

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AP has reported today that the U.S. has proposed Gazans be settled in Africa 

Somaliland and Somalia have replied they have not received any proposal

Sudan official says proposal would be unacceptable

Trump has proposed U.S. takeover to reconstruct enclave

Arab leaders have adopted $53 billion plan to avoid displacing Palestinians  

 

March 14 (Reuters) - Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland have not received any proposal from the United States or Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, their foreign ministers said on Friday, with Mogadishu saying it categorically rejected any such move.

The Associated Press quoted U.S. and Israeli officials as saying their governments had contacted officials from Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland to discuss using their territory for resettling Palestinians from the devastated Gaza Strip.

Sudanese officials said they rejected the proposal by the United States, and officials from Somalia and Somaliland said they were unaware of any contacts, AP reported.

Somalia's Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi said his country would categorically reject "any proposal or initiative, from any party, that would undermine the Palestinians people’s right to live peacefully on their ancestral land".

Fiqi told Reuters that Somalia's government had not received any such proposal, adding that Mogadishu was against any plan that would involve the use of Somali territory for the resettlement of other populations.

Somaliland's foreign minister, Abdirahman Dahir Adan, told Reuters that "there are no talks with anyone regarding Palestinians".

Unlike Somalia, which has been battling an Islamist insurgency for more than 17 years, Somaliland has mostly been at peace since declaring independence from the Mogadishu government in 1991.

But Somaliland is not recognised by any country and its government has expressed hope that U.S. President Donald Trump will be favourable to its cause.

Somalia rejects any claim by Somaliland to be recognised as an independent state and says its sovereignty and territorial integrity are inviolable.

The White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

 

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