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Somalia

Turning old into new

The three heads of security appointed in the wake of the Al Shabaab attack on the presidential palace on 8 July, are not as new as all that.

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Turkey stands up to Al Shabaab

Turkey wants to maintain its humanitarian activity in Mogadishu even though its citizens have become a prime target for Al Shabaab Islamists.

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Shell/Exxon advance together

A recent visit to Shell's headquarters in The Hague by Somali's natural resources minister Abdirizak Omar Mohamed had been awaited [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Bolloré sends delegation to Hargeisa

The British law firm McCue & Partners that is acting for the Hargeisa government has now become the main interlocutor [...]

Subscribers only 08.07.2014

Still no Kenyan embassy in Somalia

The Kenyan intelligence services National Intelligence Service (NIS), firmly insisted [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.2014

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed draws a blank

Somalian Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed’s visit to Nairobi was no success story.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Architects of the oil guard

Former UK Special Forces officer Iain Cholerton, now an independent expert on security and defence issues in Libya and Sierra [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.06.2014

Changes at the top of AMISOM in Mogadishu

The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), [...]

Subscribers only 20.06.2014

Risk of famine and shortage of helicopters

Nicholas Kay, who heads the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (Unsom) as well as being the special representative in [...]

Subscribers only 12.06.2014

Oil minister takes matters in hand

Power struggles inside the Somalian government resulted in the last minute cancelling of the Somalia Oil & Gas conference, scheduled in London for 9 June.

Subscribers only Business 06.06.2014

Explosive report on oil sector

Adam Smith International’s study on the extractive industries in Somalia has produced an outcry in Mogadishu.

Free access Business 23.05.2014

Farah Abdi Hassan

Writing in a 14-page long comment sent to the British consultancy Adam Smith International (ASI) last month, the director general [...]

Free access 23.05.2014

Kilimanjaro Capital

Following its acquisition last year of 5% of an oil [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.05.2014

Adam Smith International

The recent 80-page report on the extractive industry in Somalia by Adam Smith International (ASI), had a very frosty reception [...]

Free access Business 23.05.2014

Revolt against President Mohamud

Over a hundred Somalian MPs meeting in Hotel Sahafi in Mogadishu on 5 May called for President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to resign.

Subscribers only Politics 09.05.2014

Mogadishu applies pressure on ENI

After flirting with the idea of publicly denouncing the Italian company ENI, the Somalian oil ministry finally entered dialogue with its executives.

Free access Business 09.05.2014

Fabrizio Marcelli

The Italian foreign affairs minister Federica Mogherini announced in late April that the Italian embassy in Mogadishu, which has been [...]

Subscribers only 09.05.2014

Diplomatic relations under strain

Mogadishu and Nairobi are verging on a diplomatic crisis because of the way the Kenyan government treats the ethnic Somali [...]

Subscribers only 28.04.2014

Who Bolloré has to talk to in Berbera

Hargeisa has instructed a British lawyer to negotiate with the French group Bolloré to hammer out the details of the agreement to manage Berbera port.

Subscribers only Business 04.04.2014

Hassan Mohamed Hussein

The proposal by the new mayor of Mogadishu, Hassan Mohamed Hussein generally known as Mungab (Hawiye/Abgaal/Ely), to take control of [...]

Subscribers only 04.04.2014

Djibouti contingent becomes a target

The attacks by Al Shabaab radical Islamists against members of the Djibouti army in Somalia are growing.

Subscribers only Politics 21.03.2014

A patchwork of virtual States

Several virtual regional administrations are being created in the southwest of the country, following the lead of Jubaland in Kismayo.

Subscribers only Politics 21.03.2014

Mohamed Deylaf

The reservoir with a capacity to store 40,900 tonnes of diesel oil, jet fuel and other oil products recently inaugurated [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

Abukar A. Osman Mardadi

The president of the new virtual State of Shabelle in south-western Somalia (see here), Abukar Abdi Osman Mardadi (Digil/Garre), is [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

Takaful Insurance of Africa

The Kenyan insurance company Takaful Insurance Africa (TIA) is keen [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2014

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Somalia

Turning old into new

Turkey stands up to Al Shabaab

Shell/Exxon advance together

Bolloré sends delegation to Hargeisa

Still no Kenyan embassy in Somalia

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed draws a blank

Architects of the oil guard

Changes at the top of AMISOM in Mogadishu

Risk of famine and shortage of helicopters

Oil minister takes matters in hand

Explosive report on oil sector

Farah Abdi Hassan

Kilimanjaro Capital

Adam Smith International

Revolt against President Mohamud

Mogadishu applies pressure on ENI

Fabrizio Marcelli

Diplomatic relations under strain

Who Bolloré has to talk to in Berbera

Hassan Mohamed Hussein

Djibouti contingent becomes a target

A patchwork of virtual States

Mohamed Deylaf

Abukar A. Osman Mardadi

Takaful Insurance of Africa

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Somalia

Turning old into new

Turkey stands up to Al Shabaab

Shell/Exxon advance together

Bolloré sends delegation to Hargeisa

Still no Kenyan embassy in Somalia

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed draws a blank

Architects of the oil guard

Changes at the top of AMISOM in Mogadishu

Risk of famine and shortage of helicopters

Oil minister takes matters in hand

Explosive report on oil sector

Farah Abdi Hassan

Kilimanjaro Capital

Adam Smith International

Revolt against President Mohamud

Mogadishu applies pressure on ENI

Fabrizio Marcelli

Diplomatic relations under strain

Who Bolloré has to talk to in Berbera

Hassan Mohamed Hussein

Djibouti contingent becomes a target

A patchwork of virtual States

Mohamed Deylaf

Abukar A. Osman Mardadi

Takaful Insurance of Africa

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