By Malyun Ali
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addresses at Bahar Dar Forum on Security and Organized Crimes./ handout photo- Somali presidency
Bahar Dar, Ethiopia (RBC) The president of Somalia Federal Government Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called the African leaders to help tackle not only terrorism and piracy in the Somali coast but also eradicating illegal fishing, toxic waste dumping and the export of forest charcoal, RBC Radio reports.
Speaking at the two days Bahar Dar Forum for Security and Organized Crimes in Ethiopia, president Mohamud has warned that the African leaders will not see stable Somalia if the problems are Africanized.
“The threats of transnational organized criminal activities in Somalia are not limited to piracy and terrorism. It extends illegal fishing, toxic waste dumping and a huge destruction of our forest charcoal production and export.” the president told the African leaders in Bahar Dar.
“These crimes have to stop. This must not be seen as a Somali problem. It is both African and global and must be faced in that way.” he added.
Somali president emphasized that despite the costs imposed by Somali piracy on the global economy were so high and that international mobilization to eradicate piracy is ongoing effort. However, those efforts could not be sustained without stable Somalia.
Following the collapse of former central government in Somalia in 1991, the country has experienced rampant piracy as the United Nations and other international and national bodies have expressed great concern on non-stop illegal fishing an dumping toxic waste from foreign vessels into the Somali coast.
RBC Radio
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