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US contractor Barbaricum spreads its wings for AMISOM

US defence contractor Barbaricum wants to diversify in Somalia and has expressed an interest in supporting AMISOM.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 18.03.2021

Boris Johnson dispatches new ambassador despite Somali electoral impasse

UK ambassador to Somalia Kate Foster presents her credentials to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. © Villa Somalia

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.03.2021

Hormuud Telecom tightens its grip on mobile banking

Telecoms giant Hormuud, which has been active in the sector since 2011, has won Somalia's first mobile banking licence.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.03.2021

TAG supplies EUCAP police instructors with armoured vehicles

American-Emirati armoured vehicle builder The Armored Group (TAG) has sent a batch of 16 armoured vehicles for use by EUCAP Somalia, the European Union police and maritime security support mission in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 09.03.2021

Incumbent Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmajo. © @M_Farmaajo/Twitter

Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

President Farmajo is stoking the fire by excluding members of the opposition as he lays down the roadmap for the next election.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2021

Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed aka Farmajo (left) with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Presidency of the Republic of Turkey

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Erdogan wades into maritime border dispute between Kenyatta and Farmajo

With the ICJ due to rule on the issue of their maritime borders in a few weeks' time, Nairobi and Mogadishu remain very much at daggers drawn. By dispatching its foreign minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu to the region, Ankara is hoping to become the indispensable mediator between the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running Story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 25.02.2021

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Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Somalia's president, increasingly isolated in the international arena, saw his term in office end on 8 February. He is desperately seeking support from outside his clan to keep himself in the top job.

Subscribers only Politics 12.02.2021

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.

London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

By stepping up efforts to counter improvised explosive devices and by training Somali army troops, the United Kingdom intends to continue the fight against Al-Shabaab, to compensate for the withdrawal of US forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.02.2021

Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

Enjoying a strong network of connections within the Ugandan army and US Department of Defense, Kampala Executive Aviation is deploying its helicopters in Mogadishu.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 04.02.2021

US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

The US Army has left Somalia but the US Air Force is still carrying out operations there against Al-Shabaab. Air transport contractor Berry Aviation is also continuing to operate in East Africa and the rest of the continent.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 03.02.2021

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Certain members of the Somali political class have such a strong allegiance to the TPLF that it is polarising the upcoming presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2021

Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Several big guns in the Kenyan government who hail from the region bordering Somalia are urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to revive dialogue with his Somalian counterpart Farmajo.

Free access Politics, Diplomacy 29.01.2021

Humanitarian head-hunter CTG works with national police

CTG, which specialises in hiring project managers for humanitarian agencies, is increasing its presence in Somalia's security sector.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 25.01.2021

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UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

With less than a month to go to presidential elections which look increasingly unlikely to take place, an independent UN report has reviewed the options available to Somalia to get out of its current difficulties.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2021

Soldiers of the African Union Mission in Somalia in Mogadishu in 2019.

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

For months the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has offered his support to Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's bid for another term in February but is beginning to lose patience with the Somalian president's failure to return the favour.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.01.2021

MBDA to help Kenyan forces in AMISOM demine Al-Shabaab-plagued Somalian front

Right after offering its demining solutions to the Sahel region armies, the European defence firm MBDA is ready to roll out its equipment in the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.01.2021

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

The Tigray crisis and the security situation in Somalia will be given close attention by Martin Kimani, Uhuru Kenyatta's new permanent representative to the United Nations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.01.2021

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.

IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Following Uhuru Kenyatta's lead, Djibouti's head of state is using Somaliland as leverage to damage Farmajo's reputation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.01.2021

The President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenya puts boots on ground and planes aloft on Somalian front

Diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Somalia have prompted the Kenya Air Force to bolster Nairobi's military deployment on the north-eastern border. And yet ironically, its aircraft will continue to patrol Somalian skies to support the Kenyan contingents within AMISOM.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 08.01.2021

Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

In landing an $8m contract to protect UNSOS personnel and facilities, the Somalian firm Duguf has established itself as a major player in the private security sector.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 07.01.2021

Security agents from Duguf Enterprise Security Services.

Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

The Kenyan and Ethiopian heads of state are trying to have IGAD play to their tune, dampening the impact of the regional organisation's initiatives.

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the inauguration of the Moyale border crossing in December 2020.

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Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

For three days, the Kenyan head of state rolled out the red carpet for Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi. Bihi himself took advantage of the trip to meet one of the leaders of the opposition to Somali president Farmajo, with the help of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2020

Uhuru Kenyatta and Musa Bihi Abdi, on 14 December 2020 in Nairobi.

Will frozen central bank assets in US lead to further investigations?

As a US court investigates an attorney accused of plotting to divert assets placed in a New York bank by the Central Bank of Somalia at the onset of the 1991 civil war, other countries that also received Somali funds for safekeeping might be led to investigate as well.

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2020

IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

The inter-regional institution's 20 December meeting, announced by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, will give presidents Kenyatta and Farmajo a chance to discuss the border crisis their ministers are unable to settle.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.12.2020

US Army passes baton to private sector in Somalia

Soon to be deprived of virtually all of the US special forces that had been training it, the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia will nevertheless continue to receive support from contractors funded by the Pentagon and State Department.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.12.2020

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Somalia

US contractor Barbaricum spreads its wings for AMISOM

Boris Johnson dispatches new ambassador despite Somali electoral impasse

Hormuud Telecom tightens its grip on mobile banking

TAG supplies EUCAP police instructors with armoured vehicles

Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

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Erdogan wades into maritime border dispute between Kenyatta and Farmajo

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Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Humanitarian head-hunter CTG works with national police

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UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

MBDA to help Kenyan forces in AMISOM demine Al-Shabaab-plagued Somalian front

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Kenya puts boots on ground and planes aloft on Somalian front

Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

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Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Will frozen central bank assets in US lead to further investigations?

IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

US Army passes baton to private sector in Somalia

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Somalia

US contractor Barbaricum spreads its wings for AMISOM

Boris Johnson dispatches new ambassador despite Somali electoral impasse

Hormuud Telecom tightens its grip on mobile banking

TAG supplies EUCAP police instructors with armoured vehicles

Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

Spotlight Erdogan wades into maritime border dispute between Kenyatta and Farmajo

Spotlight Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Humanitarian head-hunter CTG works with national police

Spotlight UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

MBDA to help Kenyan forces in AMISOM demine Al-Shabaab-plagued Somalian front

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Kenya puts boots on ground and planes aloft on Somalian front

Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Spotlight Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Will frozen central bank assets in US lead to further investigations?

IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

US Army passes baton to private sector in Somalia

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Erdogan wades into maritime border dispute between Kenyatta and Farmajo

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Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

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UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

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Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances