Qatar has announced plans to inaugurate the port of Hobyo, in the Midgha region of the state of Glamdag on the Red Sea coast, in a new step after weeks of leaked audio recording of a phone call between the ambassador of Doha in Somalia and a Qatari businessman, revealed Qatar's involvement in the bombing Port of Bosasso which occurred last May. The Ministry of Transport and Communications in a statement, said that Qatar Ports will enter into a partnership with Somalia to build the port, to develop the country's economy.

There is no doubt that the Qatari move carries political and economic connotations, behind which Doha seeks to establish a foothold in the Horn of Africa, and a sea outlet on the Red Sea coast, and in a strategic area near the Strait of Bab al-Mandab, providing trade routes to Africa. Hobyo, where the port is located, is a strategic area close to Ethiopia on the Red Sea coast, close to the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The announcement of Qatar's inauguration of a port in Hobyo coincided with the convening of the Haber Jidr clan conference in Jalamdagh, a tribe that opposes Qatar's policies in the region and Somalia.Doha seeks to inaugurate the port to attract it, ensure its loyalty, and make it stop its opposition and the opposition of the Somali government loyal to Qatar.

Commenting on the issue, Abdul Wahid Abdul Rahman, chairman of the opposition Wadjar party, told Al Arabiya.net that Qatar's announcement of the launch of Hobyo port is just a media bang for local consumption and will not come into effect, adding that during the past three years Qataris have promised to implement 11 development projects in Somalia has not implemented anything yet. He added: «The list of projects that Qatar has announced its implementation in Somalia and did not start so far, including the project to build the headquarters of the former Socialist Party in the capital Mogadishu, the project to establish a canning plant north of Mogadishu, and the project to build a road Mogadishu Johar length of 90 km, and the construction of a road Mogadishu Afgooye length of 30 km ». He also revealed that Qatar also promised to implement the project to rebuild the Siad military academy in Mogadishu, the project to build the headquarters of the Somali Navy, rebuilding the Armed Forces Hospital, the project to rebuild the orphanage center in Foley west of Mogadishu, and the construction of Kilo 50 airport south of Mogadishu, all of which have not been seen. Light yet.

He added that Doha has pledged to build a military base for the 21st brigade in Tossa Mureb and did not implement it, revealing that «the project to develop the port of Hobyou promised by Qatar since last year, and here is promised this year again».