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Somalia

Cathryn Evans in Hargeisa to take stock of the elections

While visiting Hargeisa, the British Deputy Ambassador in Ethiopia, Cathryn [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2015

President Sheikh Mohamud wants to stay in place until 2018

Already a target for insecurity from Al Shabaab radical Islamists, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2015

Election delay isolates Silanyo a little more

At 80, President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, aka Silanyo, whose mandate will not end until at least June 2016 because the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2015

Silanyo places his men in finance

After the ministerial reshuffle on 28 February and the appointment [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2015

A humanitarian and a colonel are Rome’s trailblazers

The two joint shareholders of the multi-service company Business Development Holding which was created in Malta on 3 March never [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.03.2015

EUCAP Nestor trains law and order sevices against maritime crime

Peter Markus, EUCAP Nestor Senior Police Advisor, provided training on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2015

Presidential election put back to June 2016 at the very earliest

While it has been confirmed that the Somaliland presidential election [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2015

Zamzam Abdi Adan holds the purse-strings

The first woman in Somaliland to become minister of finance - since 28 February - Zamzam Abdi Adan is no [...]

Subscribers only 13.03.2015

After Bollore, DP World is also interested in Berbera Port

The Hargeisa government is consulting various companies for the development of the port.

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2015

President’s son-in-law, Bashe Awil Omar, plays for high stakes in Berbera

Nairobi, London, Manchester, Hargeisa, and also Dubai, Bashe Awil Omar owns properties and does business in a good many countries. [...]

Subscribers only 27.02.2015

Ophir Energy disposes of a long-standing asset

After searching for a buyer for several months, Ophir Energy is finally selling off its share in the Berbera block to a local businessman.

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2015

African Skies sub-contracts for US security firms

A Ugandan firm run by a group of South Africans has become a key player in refitting base camps situated in difficult zones.

Subscribers only Business 13.02.2015

EUCAP Nestor refocuses its activity

The European Union (EU) External Action Civilian Operation Commander, Keneth [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2015

Ahmed Osman Guelleh expands his activity in Berbera

February will be the month when the first 30 Ethiopian [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.02.2015

Soma Oil should be happy with new oil minister

Somali prime minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake has named a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Addis Ababa refuses to hand Gadabursi over to Hargeisa

The Addis Ababa government, which is itself very quick off the mark when it wants Somaliland to hand back Ethiopian [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.01.2015

Erdogan also lays great store on oil

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of oil with his Somalian opposite number Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during [...]

Free access Business 30.01.2015

Manoeuvres to delay presidential poll

When he ratified the Voter Registration Act on 23 December, President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, known as Silanyo, confirmed that the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2015

Denouement of the Toyota Marill Hargeisa affair

A Somaliland government committee chaired by the Minister for the Interior, Ali Mohamed Warande, acted as mediator to find a [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.01.2015

At least one person is disappointed in the new government

The new Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdirashid Omar Ali Sharmarke [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2015

Polaris Energy’s grand schemes

The Malaysian company Polaris Energy, which was founded in 2013 [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.01.2015

Haber Gedir clan looking to the United States

Two representatives of the Haber Gedir clan resident in Virginia (USA) – the intellectual Mohamoud Iman Adan and the former [...]

Free access Politics 02.01.2015

Mogadishu woos the Issaq

The possibility that former Somaliland ministers might be in the next federal government in Mogadishu was on the agenda at [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.01.2015

Somalia-Fishguard is no longer in Mogadishu’s good books

In a letter dated the end of November sent to [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.01.2015

Soma Oil & Gas marks out its territory

Soma Oil & Gas founded in early 2013 by Basil Shiblaq feels pretty buoyant at present. It has just completed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.2014

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Somalia

Cathryn Evans in Hargeisa to take stock of the elections

President Sheikh Mohamud wants to stay in place until 2018

Election delay isolates Silanyo a little more

Silanyo places his men in finance

A humanitarian and a colonel are Rome’s trailblazers

EUCAP Nestor trains law and order sevices against maritime crime

Presidential election put back to June 2016 at the very earliest

Zamzam Abdi Adan holds the purse-strings

After Bollore, DP World is also interested in Berbera Port

President’s son-in-law, Bashe Awil Omar, plays for high stakes in Berbera

Ophir Energy disposes of a long-standing asset

African Skies sub-contracts for US security firms

EUCAP Nestor refocuses its activity

Ahmed Osman Guelleh expands his activity in Berbera

Soma Oil should be happy with new oil minister

Addis Ababa refuses to hand Gadabursi over to Hargeisa

Erdogan also lays great store on oil

Manoeuvres to delay presidential poll

Denouement of the Toyota Marill Hargeisa affair

At least one person is disappointed in the new government

Polaris Energy’s grand schemes

Haber Gedir clan looking to the United States

Mogadishu woos the Issaq

Somalia-Fishguard is no longer in Mogadishu’s good books

Soma Oil & Gas marks out its territory

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DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Andry Rajoelina

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Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Somalia

Cathryn Evans in Hargeisa to take stock of the elections

President Sheikh Mohamud wants to stay in place until 2018

Election delay isolates Silanyo a little more

Silanyo places his men in finance

A humanitarian and a colonel are Rome’s trailblazers

EUCAP Nestor trains law and order sevices against maritime crime

Presidential election put back to June 2016 at the very earliest

Zamzam Abdi Adan holds the purse-strings

After Bollore, DP World is also interested in Berbera Port

President’s son-in-law, Bashe Awil Omar, plays for high stakes in Berbera

Ophir Energy disposes of a long-standing asset

African Skies sub-contracts for US security firms

EUCAP Nestor refocuses its activity

Ahmed Osman Guelleh expands his activity in Berbera

Soma Oil should be happy with new oil minister

Addis Ababa refuses to hand Gadabursi over to Hargeisa

Erdogan also lays great store on oil

Manoeuvres to delay presidential poll

Denouement of the Toyota Marill Hargeisa affair

At least one person is disappointed in the new government

Polaris Energy’s grand schemes

Haber Gedir clan looking to the United States

Mogadishu woos the Issaq

Somalia-Fishguard is no longer in Mogadishu’s good books

Soma Oil & Gas marks out its territory

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout