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Oromos freed to destabilise Addis Ababa

On 7 October, the minister to the presidency, Mohamoud Hashi Abdi, freed all the Oromo activists incarcerated in Hargeisa for [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2016

Silanyo persona non grata in London

The President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, known as Silanyo, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2016

Why the president wants to delay elections

There is still a considerable amount of conclusion about the electoral calendar in Somalia. While the media announced in late September that the presidential election would be held on 30 November and the parliamentary elections on 23 November, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is still actively looking for a way of delaying them.

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2016

Nairobi and Mogadiscio firmly at odds on maritime boundary

The authorities in Kenya and Somali are still awaiting a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Mona al-Sharmani, Mogadishu’s lawyer in border dispute

With hearings on the maritime border quarrel between Kenya and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

UAE provides new shield against the British

The British Ambassador to Somalia, Harriet Mathews, and Simon Gass, Director General, Political at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, received [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2016

High risk mutiny in Garowe

140 Puntland Intelligence Agency (PIA) soldiers stormed the premises of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2016

Al Shabaab aims at Turkish economy as well as the government

The governor of the Galguduud region, under control of Al [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.09.2016

Egypt and UAE common front against Houthis

A fact-finding mission made up of Egyptian and UAE officers has just examined the possibility of using Berbera airport in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2016

DPW in Berbera, a windfall for Mohamud too

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has learnt that President Hassan Sheikh [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2016

New government attempt to delay elections

First Lady Amina Mohamed Jirde, backed by the Minister for the Presidency, Mohamoud Hashi Abdi, dubbed Osama due to his [...]

Free access Politics 02.09.2016

Christopher Reynolds, new head of EUCAP Nestor

After being the acting head for over a year of the EU mission to strengthen maritime capacity in the Horn [...]

Subscribers only 02.09.2016

Turkey holds a witch-hunt against the Gulenists

Following the attempted putsch in Turkey on 15 July, Mogadishu [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2016

Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Oil exploration seems all but dead in Somalia following the decision by the judicial authorities in Britain to authorize the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2016

Why the Sanaag region has been gripped by unrest

Claimed by both Somaliland and Puntland, the Sanaag region has been swept by unrest for the first time since 2006, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2016

Former Shabaab member named immigration director

Prime minister Omar Abdirashid Ali named a new immigration director, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2016

opening shot between Nairobi and Mogadiscio on boundary dispute at The Hague

The managing director of the national oil company, Petroci, Ibrahima [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2016

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Will Brexit bring Africa out with it?

East Africa as a whole is becoming the collateral damage of the United Kingdom’s vote to withdraw from the European Union in the referendum on 23 June. The financial, economic and security stakes in the East African countries are little [.

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2016

Manœuvres under way to delay the elections

First Lady Amina Mohamed Jirde asked her nephew, Mohamed Farah, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2016

AGS goes moving and shaking

By September 2016, the group AGS, the leading European removals [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.07.2016

UN Monitoring Group investigates DP World contract

The award of the contract to develop and operate Berbera Port, signed on 9 May between the Somaliland government and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.07.2016

Move by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud unites Somaliland tribes against him

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has flouted a decision by the National Consultative Leadership Forum. In a bid to tighten [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2016

Berbera Port, bone of contention whets clan appetite

Since DP World beat off competition from Bolloré to win the contract to operate the Somaliland port, divisions along clan lines have deepened.

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2016

Sudanese intelligence pulls one over NCA

The deputy director of the National Crime Agency (NCA), Tom Dowdall, seemed very sure of himself on 7 June when [...]

Free access Politics 17.06.2016

Dahabshiil wins libel case in The Netherlands

The Vice President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.06.2016

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Somalia

Oromos freed to destabilise Addis Ababa

Silanyo persona non grata in London

Why the president wants to delay elections

Nairobi and Mogadiscio firmly at odds on maritime boundary

Mona al-Sharmani, Mogadishu’s lawyer in border dispute

UAE provides new shield against the British

High risk mutiny in Garowe

Al Shabaab aims at Turkish economy as well as the government

Egypt and UAE common front against Houthis

DPW in Berbera, a windfall for Mohamud too

New government attempt to delay elections

Christopher Reynolds, new head of EUCAP Nestor

Turkey holds a witch-hunt against the Gulenists

Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Why the Sanaag region has been gripped by unrest

Former Shabaab member named immigration director

opening shot between Nairobi and Mogadiscio on boundary dispute at The Hague

Spotlight
Will Brexit bring Africa out with it?

Manœuvres under way to delay the elections

AGS goes moving and shaking

UN Monitoring Group investigates DP World contract

Move by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud unites Somaliland tribes against him

Berbera Port, bone of contention whets clan appetite

Sudanese intelligence pulls one over NCA

Dahabshiil wins libel case in The Netherlands

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Somalia

Oromos freed to destabilise Addis Ababa

Silanyo persona non grata in London

Why the president wants to delay elections

Nairobi and Mogadiscio firmly at odds on maritime boundary

Mona al-Sharmani, Mogadishu’s lawyer in border dispute

UAE provides new shield against the British

High risk mutiny in Garowe

Al Shabaab aims at Turkish economy as well as the government

Egypt and UAE common front against Houthis

DPW in Berbera, a windfall for Mohamud too

New government attempt to delay elections

Christopher Reynolds, new head of EUCAP Nestor

Turkey holds a witch-hunt against the Gulenists

Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Why the Sanaag region has been gripped by unrest

Former Shabaab member named immigration director

opening shot between Nairobi and Mogadiscio on boundary dispute at The Hague

Spotlight Will Brexit bring Africa out with it?

Manœuvres under way to delay the elections

AGS goes moving and shaking

UN Monitoring Group investigates DP World contract

Move by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud unites Somaliland tribes against him

Berbera Port, bone of contention whets clan appetite

Sudanese intelligence pulls one over NCA

Dahabshiil wins libel case in The Netherlands

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