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The Emirati plan to conquer power in Mogadishu

The Indian Ocean Newsletter can exclusively reveal Abu Dhabi's secret strategy for countering Qatari influence in Somalia.

Subscribers only Politics 07.06.2019

Mogadishu and Nairobi set to cut diplomatic ties

The diplomatic crisis between Kenya and Somalia has taken another turn for the worse, the Indian Ocean Newsletter has learnt. [...]

Subscribers only Defence 27.05.2019

Explosive ship cargo keeps authorities guessing…

Since late April, an inquiry has been ongoing into a foreign freighter whose cargo has prompted extensive speculation.

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh seeks to soothe concerns over arms trafficking

A week after the Somalian defence minister, Hassan Ali Amardambe, [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.05.2019

How Hassan Ali Khayre claimed scalp of Abwaan Guure

After Radio Kulmiye broadcast on 27 April unsubstantiated rumours that Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre was about to resign, its [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

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Setbacks pile up for European Union

The limited effectiveness of its costly election observation missions, the blocking of its flagship programme to repatriate migrants to Gambia and the expulsion of its heads of delegation from several countries are just some of the setbacks suffered of late [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.04.2019

Somalia and Somaliland at heart of regional tensions

A series of meetings between leaders in the Horn of Africa has resulted in rifts rather than reconciliation.

Subscribers only Politics 05.04.2019

Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Although European Union and United Nations staff have remained in Mogadishu following the attack on the Villa Somalia on 23 [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.04.2019

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Brisk state business for money transfer firms

According to documents obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter (see HERE), in July 2018 the finance minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.04.2019

Aktis Strategy abandons AMISOM

The security consulting firm that was overseeing the Joint Operations Command Center is being wound up.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.04.2019

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Faduma Abdullahi Mohamud, a diplomat recalled

In a letter dated 23 March (see HERE), the minister of foreign affairs, Ahmed Isse Awad, recalled his ambassador to [...]

Subscribers only 05.04.2019

No imminent plans for Kenya Defence Forces to return to Somalia

The plans advocated by the Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.04.2019

GardaWorld secures fresh contract with AMISOM

According to our information, the Canadian private security firm GardaWorld [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.04.2019

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Qatar seeks to defuse tensions between Farmajo and Kenyatta

The auctioning off of oil blocks by Somalia on 7 February in London (ION 1492) has attracted the interest of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.03.2019

Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

After Sudan, the security giant Constellis, born from the ashes of the defunct Blackwater, has signed a series of contracts with international organisations in Somalia.

Subscribers only Business 22.03.2019

Sheikh Aden Sunne's arrest worth its weight in foreign aid

The detention of the imam Adan Abdirahman Warsame aka Sheikh Aden Sunne has raised questions about the president's strategy. The [...]

Subscribers only 08.03.2019

Why are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and Hassan Ali Khayre at loggerheads?

The meeting between the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.03.2019

Al-Shabaab's underground economy

International aid, mining resources from neighbouring countries, trafficking to Asia… Al-Shabaab's revenue streams remain intact.

Subscribers only Politics 22.02.2019

Musa Bihi Abdi embarrassed by his predecessor

The chair of the National Assets Monitoring Committee in the Somaliland parliament and opposition figure Ibraahim Mahdi Buubaa was not [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.02.2019

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Farmajo's fifty-fifty oil deal

The tax arrangements for the selling off of oil blocks will serve investors' interests, but above all those of the president…

Subscribers only Business 22.02.2019

Michael Rubin: the American way from Berbera

On an official visit from 8 to 14 February to give a lecture at the University of Hargeisa (‘Shifting US [...]

Subscribers only 22.02.2019

Renewed dialogue: the devil as always is in the details

To overcome the technical issues that are hindering the resumption [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.02.2019

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.

Subscribers only Politics 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.

Subscribers only Business 08.02.2019

Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of mistreating Somalis in Kenya

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

Subscribers only Politics 08.02.2019

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Somalia

The Emirati plan to conquer power in Mogadishu

Mogadishu and Nairobi set to cut diplomatic ties

Explosive ship cargo keeps authorities guessing…

Ismail Omar Guelleh seeks to soothe concerns over arms trafficking

How Hassan Ali Khayre claimed scalp of Abwaan Guure

Spotlight
Setbacks pile up for European Union

Somalia and Somaliland at heart of regional tensions

Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Document
Brisk state business for money transfer firms

Aktis Strategy abandons AMISOM

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Faduma Abdullahi Mohamud, a diplomat recalled

No imminent plans for Kenya Defence Forces to return to Somalia

GardaWorld secures fresh contract with AMISOM

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Qatar seeks to defuse tensions between Farmajo and Kenyatta

Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

Sheikh Aden Sunne's arrest worth its weight in foreign aid

Why are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and Hassan Ali Khayre at loggerheads?

Al-Shabaab's underground economy

Musa Bihi Abdi embarrassed by his predecessor

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Farmajo's fifty-fifty oil deal

Michael Rubin: the American way from Berbera

Renewed dialogue: the devil as always is in the details

African Union representative's compromising ties with Fahad Yassin

Farmajo isolated over offshore auction

Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of mistreating Somalis in Kenya

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Somalia

The Emirati plan to conquer power in Mogadishu

Mogadishu and Nairobi set to cut diplomatic ties

Explosive ship cargo keeps authorities guessing…

Ismail Omar Guelleh seeks to soothe concerns over arms trafficking

How Hassan Ali Khayre claimed scalp of Abwaan Guure

Spotlight Setbacks pile up for European Union

Somalia and Somaliland at heart of regional tensions

Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Document Brisk state business for money transfer firms

Aktis Strategy abandons AMISOM

Document Faduma Abdullahi Mohamud, a diplomat recalled

No imminent plans for Kenya Defence Forces to return to Somalia

GardaWorld secures fresh contract with AMISOM

Document Qatar seeks to defuse tensions between Farmajo and Kenyatta

Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

Sheikh Aden Sunne's arrest worth its weight in foreign aid

Why are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and Hassan Ali Khayre at loggerheads?

Al-Shabaab's underground economy

Musa Bihi Abdi embarrassed by his predecessor

Document Farmajo's fifty-fifty oil deal

Michael Rubin: the American way from Berbera

Renewed dialogue: the devil as always is in the details

African Union representative's compromising ties with Fahad Yassin

Farmajo isolated over offshore auction

Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of mistreating Somalis in Kenya

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Setbacks pile up for European Union

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Brisk state business for money transfer firms

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Faduma Abdullahi Mohamud, a diplomat recalled

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Qatar seeks to defuse tensions between Farmajo and Kenyatta

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Farmajo's fifty-fifty oil deal