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Corridors of power 08/02/2019

African Union representative's compromising ties with Fahad Yassin

After the UN ambassador was driven out, it is now the turn of Francisco Madeira, the AU envoy in Mogadishu, to be criticised for his ties with the n°2 of Somalian intelligence. [...]

Corridors of power 08/02/2019

Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of mistreating Somalis in Kenya

The Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo is keen to [...]

Business circles 08/02/2019

Farmajo isolated over offshore auction

The Senate and the minister of petroleum are indignant at the auction of offshore oil blocks that will begin on 9 February in London. [...]

Corridors of power 25/01/2019

Nairobi attack: the anti-ISIS strategy of Al-Shabaab

The attack against the DusitD2 hotel in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday 15 January, for which the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabaab [...]

Power brokers Document 25/01/2019

Nigel Roberts appointment becomes constitutional issue

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, on 12 January President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo announced that he [...]

Corridors of power Document 11/01/2019

Will Farmajo's reign end like Siad Barre's?

Donald Trump is not the only one to have led his administration into a shutdown - his Somalian counterpart Mohamed [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power Document 21/12/2018

Charcoal and weapons trade network between Somalia, Iran and the Arabian peninsula.

Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

According to a secret report by the Emirati intelligence services which the Indian Ocean Newsletter has seen, the Iranian internal intelligence agency Itilaat and the supreme emir of the Somalian Islamist network, Ahmed Diriye, are collaborating closely. [...]

Corridors of power Document 21/12/2018

UNDP seeks stricter arms controls

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a project to control the circulation of arms in Madagascar. In order [...]

Corridors of power 21/12/2018

Ethiopia and Eritrea to shore up Farmajo

As AMISOM delays its withdrawal from Somalia - the mission [...]

Business circles Companies 21/12/2018

Who is Kenya Airways outsourcing its risks to on Nairobi-Mogadishu route?

When the chief executive of Kenya Airways (KQ), Sebastian Mikosz, [...]

Corridors of power Document 07/12/2018

Where has the budget's missing $20 million gone?

According to a document that the Indian Ocean Newsletter has gained exclusive access to, on 28 November the deputy speaker [...]

Corridors of power 07/12/2018

Why Mogadishu has barred entry to Menkerios Free

According to our sources at the Villa Somalia, the former representative of the United Nations to the African Union, the [...]

Corridors of power 07/12/2018

Indirect clash between Musa Bihi Abdi and Farmajo in Nairobi

There was deep disappointment in store for the Somaliland government [...]

Corridors of power 23/11/2018

As AMISOM departs, the Ethiopians arrive

With Western governments, not least the UK, concerned at the army taking over from AMISOM, Ethiopia is seeking to set up a base in the country… [...]

Corridors of power 23/11/2018

Is Hargeisa set to succumb to its neighbours' influence?

According to our information, the Ethiopian authorities recently requested that [...]

Power brokers 23/11/2018

Rey Santana to campaign for Hussein Mohamed Farah Aidid

The head of operations at SAACS Independent Intelligence Agency, Rey Santana, is to run the campaign of Hussein Mohamed Farah [...]

Corridors of power 09/11/2018

New seizure of arms from Djibouti

The trafficking of arms transiting via Djibouti is continuing to [...]

Business circles 09/11/2018

DP World downsizes in Berbera

In developing Somaliland's port, the Emirati operator is having to contend with the new political configurations in the Horn. [...]

Corridors of power 26/10/2018

Clashes loom between Issaq/Hawiye and Darod

Can the peace in Somaliland last much longer? Tensions between clans seem to suggest otherwise. [...]

Business circles 26/10/2018

DP World in negotiations with Djibouti and Hargeisa

Following the ceremony to officially launch works at the port of Berbera on 11 October, the operations of the Dubai-based company in the Horn are creating political tensions… [...]

Corridors of power 12/10/2018

Khayre eyes up the presidency

Although in late August MPs once again threatened a vote of no confidence against him, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre [...]

Corridors of power 12/10/2018

Why Al-Shabaab is purging its own ranks

On 8 and 9 October, the Islamist fundamentalists of Al-Shabaab [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power Document 28/09/2018

How Qatar is taking control of Mogadishu

While Qatar trumpets its development aid for Somalia, Doha's influence behind the scenes is now extending even to the security apparatus of the febrile Somalian state. Mogadishu has become a front line in the power struggle that Qatar is waging [. [...]

Corridors of power 28/09/2018

Mogadishu's strategy for reintegrating Hargeisa into Somalia

According to our sources, the Somaliland minister of finance, Yusuf [...]

Corridors of power 28/09/2018

The Americans refuse to give an inch to the Chinese

Following President Xi Jinping's renewed commitment at the Forum on [...]

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