# Raari Buul–Berbera Road Reported Started in 2013

> Somaliland Sun reported on 9 November 2013 that a 120 km road from Raari Buul to Berbera had been started. No funder, contractor…

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 1 October 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: roads, drainage
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/raari-buul-berbera-road-2013-report

## Key points

- Somaliland Sun reported on 9 November 2013 that a 120 km road linking Raari Buul to Berbera had been started.
- The same report says the foundation stone was laid by Abdirashid Jibril Yusuf, director general of the ministry of information.
- The report does not name a contractor, consultant, funder or budget, and records no completion or progress after that date.

On 9 November 2013, Somaliland Sun reported that a 120 km road connecting rural Raari Buul residents to the regional capital Berbera had been started. According to the same report, the foundation stone was laid by Abdirashid Jibril Yusuf, described as director general of the ministry of information, flanked by the mayor of Berbera and other municipal officials.

That is the extent of the published record in the report. It does not name a contractor, consultant, implementing agency or client. It does not name a funder or financing source. It states no contract value, budget figure or total project cost. It gives no start date beyond the report's own date, no project timeline and no target completion date.

The report also does not record what happened next. There is no progress report, no completion record and no status update after 9 November 2013.

The 120 km figure appears as reported by Somaliland Sun and is not independently verified. The same applies to the identity, title and portfolio of Abdirashid Jibril Yusuf as reported by Somaliland Sun.

## Community labour pledge relayed by an official

According to Somaliland Sun, relaying information ministry director general Abdirashid Jibril Yusuf, residents of the Raari Buul area in Sahil region promised to provide manual labour at no charge in pursuit of easier transport to and from Berbera.

Yusuf is quoted in the report claiming that free community labour will free budgeted funds and lead to faster completion of an all-season durable road. That is an official's claim, not a verified funding or delivery arrangement. The report does not show that any budgeted funds exist, or how they would be freed.

## Wider road network claims

Somaliland Sun reported on 9 November 2013 that the administration of President Ahmed Mahmud Silanyo was working to interconnect the entire country through a road network project. According to the same report, the main focus of that project was the, in its words, hitherto impassable 375 km Burao–Erigavo road.

The report provides no project list, no budget and no delivery record for the national road network. It states no status, cost or timeline for the Burao–Erigavo road, and its 375 km figure is not independently verified.

> **Note:** The Raari Buul–Berbera report establishes an announcement and a foundation stone laying, not construction progress. A started road is not a built road, and no figure in the report is a contract value.

## What the record leaves open

For residents of Raari Buul and for road contractors reading the 2013 report today, the practical questions remain unanswered in the published record: who was paying, who was building, what the works were worth, and whether any of the 120 km was ever surfaced. No source in the record answers them.

## Questions

### What is the length and route of the new road?

Somaliland Sun reported on 9 November 2013 that a 120 km road would connect rural Raari Buul residents to the regional capital Berbera. The figure is as reported by Somaliland Sun and is not independently verified.

### Who is funding the Raari Buul–Berbera road construction?

The report names no funder, financing source, contractor, consultant or implementing agency. It also states no budget or contract value.

### When is the road expected to be completed?

No timeline, target completion date or completion record appears in the 9 November 2013 Somaliland Sun report. No later status update is recorded.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: New Road to Give Raari Buul Residents Access to Berbera](https://somalilandsun.com/somaliland-new-road-to-give-raari-buul-residents-access-to-berbera/) — Somaliland Sun, 2013-11-09