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Somalia

A lobbyist for Mohamed Yonis

The Somaliland minister for foreign affairs, Mohamed B. Yonis, has just signed a contract with New York public relations company [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.12.2013

Haggle over refugees looming

Kenya wants to send some 500,000 refugees back home. But Mogadishu says that the security situation it still too risky to allow them back.

Subscribers only Politics 20.12.2013

Fawzia Adam's contacts list in Paris

Invited to Paris for the security in Africa conference on 6 and 7 December, the Somalian Deputy Prime Minister and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2013

Farah Abdulkadir eliminates Abdi Shirdon

The internal bickering in the government in Mogadishu (ION nº1368) between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his Prime Minister Abdi [...]

Subscribers only 03.12.2013

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Hassan Sheikh's building already ablaze

Just as differences over Jubaland seemed to be calming down a little, the tension that has been simmering for a while between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon moved up a notch at the beginning of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.11.2013

Fight for control of road to Merca

The fighting in the vicinity of KM-50 on November 17 was the third episode in an ongoing struggle for control of the Mogadiscio-Afgoye-KM50-Merca highway.

Subscribers only Politics 22.11.2013

IOG attacks one of Boreh's partners

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) is continuing his scorched earth policy against his former friend now opponent, Abdourahman Boreh. In [...]

Subscribers only 12.11.2013

Yussur Abrar did not last long

Certain Somalian intermediaries to an American law firm played a significant role in the resignation of the governor of the Central Bank of Somalia, Yussur Abrar.

Subscribers only Politics 08.11.2013

Bolloré pushes for port deal before 2015

The French group is keen to sign the contract for operation of the port of Berbera before Somaliland's presidential elections in two years' time.

Subscribers only Business 08.11.2013

Muse Mohamed Ganjab

The Somalian businessman born in Mogadishu but with Canadian nationality, Muse Haji Mohamed Ganjab, played an important role in the [...]

Subscribers only 08.11.2013

USA pulls out all the stops

The US Defense Department’s Africa official recently detailed American military engagement in Somalia to a US Senate committee.

Free access Politics 25.10.2013

Sea transport resurfaces

A Kenyan firm has joined forces with a Singapore shipping company and a Somalian concern to create a Mombasa-Mogadishu shipping route.

Subscribers only Business 25.10.2013

Soma Oil & Gas

(Somalia) Three companies sponsored an oil conference on Somalia, organised [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.10.2013

Norway as mining mentor

In the wake of an international conference in Brussels that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.10.2013

Adventurers drawn by the scent of oil

A Canadian investment fund specialised in contracts with African breakaway movements has its eye on Somalian oil. Kilimanjaro Capital, founded [...]

Free access 02.10.2013

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Al Shabaab, the armed wing of Al Qaeda

Unlike the Islamist attack against the American embassy in Nairobi in 1998, the assault on the Westgate Mall in the Kenyan capital on Sept. 21 by fighters from the Somalians' Al Shabaab movement will have lasting repercussions in Kenya.

Subscribers only Politics 27.09.2013

Hizbul Islam has gone adrift

The Islamist group Hizbul Islam, a former ally of the Al Shabaab radicals, has been unable to make the move to join the government in Mogadishu.

Subscribers only Politics 27.09.2013

Podesta Group pulls a trick

The outgoing governor of Central Bank of Somalia (CBS), Abdulsalam Omer, who was replaced by Ms Yussur Abrar on 11 [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.09.2013

Discontent rises among Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

. Kenya's military intervention against Al Shabaab in Somalia in [...]

Subscribers only 27.09.2013

Jay Park

After running the oil and gas department of the Canadian law firm McLeod Dixon for over 30 years, Jay Park [...]

Free access Energy 17.09.2013

Foreign firms head for exits

The oil firm Genel Energy isn’t the only one to pull out of Somaliland, citing security problems.

Subscribers only Politics 13.09.2013

Disappointment over Jubaland accord

The Jubaland agreement has opened up the way to the donor conference on Somalia in Brussels on September 16. The agreement has many critics, however, in Mogadishu and Kismayo.

Subscribers only Politics 13.09.2013

Abdi Farah Shirdon

Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon (Darod/Marehan) has embarked on a foreign tour, visiting Saudi Arabia from August 31 to September [...]

Subscribers only 13.09.2013

Hussein Abdi Dualeh

Somaliland's energy and minerals minister Hussein Abdi Dualeh had a lot to say at the Africa Downunder Conference (organized by [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.09.2013

Howard in oil play

A company headed by former British Conservative Party leader Michael Howard (who now goes under the title of Lord Howard [...]

Free access Energy 03.09.2013

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Somalia

A lobbyist for Mohamed Yonis

Haggle over refugees looming

Fawzia Adam's contacts list in Paris

Farah Abdulkadir eliminates Abdi Shirdon

Spotlight
Hassan Sheikh's building already ablaze

Fight for control of road to Merca

IOG attacks one of Boreh's partners

Yussur Abrar did not last long

Bolloré pushes for port deal before 2015

Muse Mohamed Ganjab

USA pulls out all the stops

Sea transport resurfaces

Soma Oil & Gas

Norway as mining mentor

Adventurers drawn by the scent of oil

Spotlight
Al Shabaab, the armed wing of Al Qaeda

Hizbul Islam has gone adrift

Podesta Group pulls a trick

Discontent rises among Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

Jay Park

Foreign firms head for exits

Disappointment over Jubaland accord

Abdi Farah Shirdon

Hussein Abdi Dualeh

Howard in oil play

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Somalia

A lobbyist for Mohamed Yonis

Haggle over refugees looming

Fawzia Adam's contacts list in Paris

Farah Abdulkadir eliminates Abdi Shirdon

Spotlight Hassan Sheikh's building already ablaze

Fight for control of road to Merca

IOG attacks one of Boreh's partners

Yussur Abrar did not last long

Bolloré pushes for port deal before 2015

Muse Mohamed Ganjab

USA pulls out all the stops

Sea transport resurfaces

Soma Oil & Gas

Norway as mining mentor

Adventurers drawn by the scent of oil

Spotlight Al Shabaab, the armed wing of Al Qaeda

Hizbul Islam has gone adrift

Podesta Group pulls a trick

Discontent rises among Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

Jay Park

Foreign firms head for exits

Disappointment over Jubaland accord

Abdi Farah Shirdon

Hussein Abdi Dualeh

Howard in oil play

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
Hassan Sheikh's building already ablaze

Spotlight
Al Shabaab, the armed wing of Al Qaeda