Medeshi Jan 12, 2009Ethiopia, Nigeria and Somalia are likely to break apart in the next few years" - US investor
US investor believes Ethiopia likely to break apart
A US businessman backed by former CIA and state department officials says, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Somalia are likely to break apart in the next few years. Philippe Heilberg, a former Wall Street banker and chairman of New York-based Jarch Capital told Financial Times that he is in contact with rebels in Sudan’s western region of Darfur and dissidents in Ethiopia and the government of the breakaway state of Somaliland. According to FT, the investor just bought 400,000 hectares of land – an area the size of Dubai in South Sudan from a war lord.
He was quoted as saying, "“If you bet right on the shifting of sovereignty then you are on the ground floor. I am constantly looking at the map and looking if there is any value,".
He told the Financial Times, “You have to go to the guns, this is Africa,” Read the entire article from Financial Times and have your say.
Here is more from the Financial Times.
“I am sure Paulino [Sudanese War Lord] has killed many, but I am sure he did it in protection of his people,” Mr Heilberg told the Financial Times.
A US businessman backed by former CIA and state department officials says, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Somalia are likely to break apart in the next few years. Philippe Heilberg, a former Wall Street banker and chairman of New York-based Jarch Capital told Financial Times that he is in contact with rebels in Sudan’s western region of Darfur and dissidents in Ethiopia and the government of the breakaway state of Somaliland. According to FT, the investor just bought 400,000 hectares of land – an area the size of Dubai in South Sudan from a war lord.
He was quoted as saying, "“If you bet right on the shifting of sovereignty then you are on the ground floor. I am constantly looking at the map and looking if there is any value,".
He told the Financial Times, “You have to go to the guns, this is Africa,” Read the entire article from Financial Times and have your say.
Here is more from the Financial Times.
“I am sure Paulino [Sudanese War Lord] has killed many, but I am sure he did it in protection of his people,” Mr Heilberg told the Financial Times.
(Photo: Philippe Heilberg , Jarch Capital)
