Tonight there is no ship that is held by pirates in the Puntland waters.
Honor 25 and Eureka have both been freed of pirates in the past 24 hours.
Asana is held by pirates in Galmudug, near Ceel Huur
Deni’s own warnings about Villa Somalia recruiting armed loyalists in Puntland raise a harder question about his leadership. If HSM & Damuljadiid were building influence inside Puntland, what was Deni & his sycophants doing?
Puntland’s problem is not only Villa Somalia. It is distracted leadership, weak vigilance, incompetent management, culture of corruption at the top, & a political class too often looking outward while the system is weakened intentionally in Puntland. When leaders spend more energy on Mogadishu politics than Puntland’s institutional capacity & defence, antifederalist groups do not need to work very hard. 👇🏾