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Addis Ababa steps up military presence in Somalia

The Ethiopian government hurriedly sent a new contingent of soldiers to Somalia. Meanwhile, the African Union is considering a recall of Burundi troops from Amisom.

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2016

Strong tension over mini-reshuffle

The presidential candidate for the ruling party Kulmiye, Musa Bihi Abdi, is fuming against the cabinet reshuffle which was announced [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2016

Intelligence worried about Hersi Ali Haji Hassan’s downward slide

Ethiopian and Western intelligence services are keeping a careful track [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2016

Westerners and Africans divided over elections

After being unable to reach a consensus on the method [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2016

Mogadishu wants to subjugate Hargeisa

Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamud, known as Silanyo, is now threatening his counterpart in Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, to break off their bilateral relations.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2016

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Bollore, MSC and DP World all after the Berbera contract

A new twist in the saga to obtain the concession and contract for the management of the port of Berbera (click here to read our special report)! The proposal by the French operator Bollore Africa Logistics (BAL) was almost buried [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2016

MPs oppose bank sector deregulation

While entrepreneurs in Somaliland can obtain loans only from the commercial bank Dahabshiil, on 12 January parliament rejected a bill [...]

Free access Politics 22.01.2016

President Mohamud actively preparing his re-election

According to our sources, Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2016

The First Lady Amina Mohamed Jirde organises ministerial reshuffle

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has learnt that the highly influential [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2016

PAE’s contract for support to Ministry of Defence extended

The US giant military services company headed by John Heller, [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.01.2016

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Discreet consensus on money transfers

Up to now sanctioned by the UN and the EU for their alleged links with the Al-Shabaab radical Islamists, the Somalian money transfer operators (MTOs) are gradually coming out of the firing line of the international institutions – much to [.

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2015

Faysal Ali Warabe, presidency at all costs

The head of opposition party UCID, Faysal Ali Warabe, is fulminating and biding his time. After running unsuccessfully for president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2015

Mahamud vs Sharmarke over the war between Puntland and Galmudug

President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud, is at odds with his prime [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2015

Ibrahim, an oil minister in troubled times

Somalia’s energy sector has hit a very rough patch. With oil and mines minister Mohamed Mukhtar Ibrahim under pressure to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.2015

Abdullahi drops Tembo Petroleum to focus on Amsas

Somali national Ali Abdullahi, who divides his time between Nairobi [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.2015

No agreement on elections, so mandate to be extended

Rather than falling into anarchy, it's better to keep the same institutions and the same management team. This is essentially [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.2015

The war between Puntland and Galmudug

The town of Galkayo is currently the scene of heavy [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.2015

The Issaq/Habar Awal are split over 2017 presidential election

The opposition party UCID has just had its deputy chairman, Abdirashid Hassan Mataan slam the door on the movement on 27 November.

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.2015

Washington and London’s monkey business in Hargeisa

The US State Department opposes the UK Foreign Office on the attempted coup in Hargeisa. The Americans accuse the dissident leader of being close to radical Islamists.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2015

AECOM will launch its programme to support Mogadishu

The American engineering giant AECOM is currently on a hiring [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.11.2015

Failed coup upsets Kulmiye

The meeting of the central committee of the ruling Kulmiye party will open on 10 November in an electric atmosphere. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2015

EUCAP Nestor gloomy, its director issues distress call

The European Union (EU) countries involved in EUCAP Nestor, the EU mission to strengthen maritime capacity to fight piracy in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.10.2015

Nairobi plays for time in border dispute with its neighbour

A note from the Somalian Attorney General, Ahmed Ali Dahir, dated 10 October and of which The Indian Ocean Newsletter [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.10.2015

The Issaq go full tilt against national consultation

The National Consultation Forum (NCF) that has only just opened [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.10.2015

SBI preparing to produce Coca-Cola in

The Coca-Cola bottling plant of Hargeisa-based Somaliland Beverage Industries (SBI) [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.10.2015

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Somalia

Addis Ababa steps up military presence in Somalia

Strong tension over mini-reshuffle

Intelligence worried about Hersi Ali Haji Hassan’s downward slide

Westerners and Africans divided over elections

Mogadishu wants to subjugate Hargeisa

Spotlight
Bollore, MSC and DP World all after the Berbera contract

MPs oppose bank sector deregulation

President Mohamud actively preparing his re-election

The First Lady Amina Mohamed Jirde organises ministerial reshuffle

PAE’s contract for support to Ministry of Defence extended

Spotlight
Discreet consensus on money transfers

Faysal Ali Warabe, presidency at all costs

Mahamud vs Sharmarke over the war between Puntland and Galmudug

Ibrahim, an oil minister in troubled times

Abdullahi drops Tembo Petroleum to focus on Amsas

No agreement on elections, so mandate to be extended

The war between Puntland and Galmudug

The Issaq/Habar Awal are split over 2017 presidential election

Washington and London’s monkey business in Hargeisa

AECOM will launch its programme to support Mogadishu

Failed coup upsets Kulmiye

EUCAP Nestor gloomy, its director issues distress call

Nairobi plays for time in border dispute with its neighbour

The Issaq go full tilt against national consultation

SBI preparing to produce Coca-Cola in

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Somalia

Addis Ababa steps up military presence in Somalia

Strong tension over mini-reshuffle

Intelligence worried about Hersi Ali Haji Hassan’s downward slide

Westerners and Africans divided over elections

Mogadishu wants to subjugate Hargeisa

Spotlight Bollore, MSC and DP World all after the Berbera contract

MPs oppose bank sector deregulation

President Mohamud actively preparing his re-election

The First Lady Amina Mohamed Jirde organises ministerial reshuffle

PAE’s contract for support to Ministry of Defence extended

Spotlight Discreet consensus on money transfers

Faysal Ali Warabe, presidency at all costs

Mahamud vs Sharmarke over the war between Puntland and Galmudug

Ibrahim, an oil minister in troubled times

Abdullahi drops Tembo Petroleum to focus on Amsas

No agreement on elections, so mandate to be extended

The war between Puntland and Galmudug

The Issaq/Habar Awal are split over 2017 presidential election

Washington and London’s monkey business in Hargeisa

AECOM will launch its programme to support Mogadishu

Failed coup upsets Kulmiye

EUCAP Nestor gloomy, its director issues distress call

Nairobi plays for time in border dispute with its neighbour

The Issaq go full tilt against national consultation

SBI preparing to produce Coca-Cola in

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Bollore, MSC and DP World all after the Berbera contract

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Discreet consensus on money transfers