The main Dabka road to Bakara reopened. Saudi Arabia to import one million livestock from Somalia

The officials of the transitional federal government have announced the reopening of Dabka road leading to the main Bakara market which was cut off by the fighting in Mogadishu.
The reopening of the road came after the TFG officials and the Bakara market business committee on Monday held talks in the capital discussing ways of reopening the routes leading to Bakara market. Bakara market is at the heart of the capital, the busiest and biggest market in Mogadishu.
The Somali military commander, Abdikarim Yussuf Adan ‘Dhaga-badan’ said the road linking the Dabka junction and Bakara market is now open, and he proposed that the foxholes dug by Al Shabab be refilled. Dhaga-badan said the road will be used between 7am to 5pm in the evening and is open to the public henceforth.The commander said the reopening of the market is very important for the community.

Saudi Arabia to import one million livestock from Somalia

The Islamic development bank in Jeddah said they are going to import one million livestock from Somalia this year in the Hajj period. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced earlier that it will increase its livestock import from the horn of Africa regions.Ali Mohamud Haji, a representative from the Somali embassy in Saudi who spoke to Bar-kulan says the revelation is an important step asserting that the Somalis have been selling their livestock to Saudi for a period of 60 years.The economies of the Somali businessmen who export livestock have greatly leaped forward. Centers for checking the animals’ health have been set up in many parts of Somalia to ensure their health status before exportation.Exportation of livestock from the Horn of Africa region to Saudi Arabia increased last year when the Kingdom lifted a ban that was imposed on Somalia’s livestock export.However, the escalating drought in the Horn of Africa could hinder the expected increase of livestock to the Saudi Kingdom.