Somaliland: DP World Contract Querying Journalist Arrested another on the Run

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Somalilandsun- A fire breathing mayor of Berbera has ordered the muscling of any person with negative views of the DP World contract to develop and manage the main Somaliland port of Berbera

.To this effect police in the coastal acting on orders of mayor Abdishakur Mohamed Idin havearested journalist  Abdirahman Mohamed Eggs while a colleague is on the run as police and CID officers pursue him.

The detained journalist is alleged to have provided a false report purporting that some councillors within the Berbera municipality among them Suleiman Ali Khayre are opposed to the contract between DP World and the Government of Somaliland.