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Somalia

A reshuffle is already in the air

Just five months after it took up office in Mogadishu (ION 1344) the Somalian government is already reaching the end [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2013

Hersi Ali Hassan hires a lobbyist

The Hargeisa government now has an accredited lobbyist in the United States. The contract was signed on 27 February between [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2013

Sheikh Yusuf Ali Aynte

The new leader of the assembly of Muslim clerics of Somalia (Majma Ulimadda Islaamka ee Soomaaliya), a Shafi'i Islamic organisation [...]

Subscribers only 29.03.2013

ASGSM.MOBI

Business is going well for Abdullahi Abdi Hussein, the CEO [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.03.2013

The army's new leaders

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has wanted to replace the Somalian chief of the general army staff, General Abdiqadir Sheikh Ali [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2013

Police swoop on radical Islamists

The Hargeisa police Rapid Reaction Unit is secretly detaining more than a hundred people suspected of ties with the Al Shabaab militant Islamist group.

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2013

Shell clings firmly to its concession

Shell’s permit in Somalia has lain idle for decades because of "force majeure" but the company clearly prizes the acreage.

Free access Business 01.03.2013

Anatolian tigers move into Somalia

Since Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s historic visit to Mogadishu in August 2011 the Turkish presence in Somalia has continued to grow.

Subscribers only Business 01.03.2013

Ministry petroleum team set up

Somalian Minister of Natural Resources Abdirizak Omar Mohamed has just set up his new oil team. On February 17, he [...]

Free access 19.02.2013

A serious conflict at the top

Over the last few weeks, a deep rift has formed between President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud aka Silanyo and his Vice President Abdirahman Abdullahi aka Saylici.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2013

Total wondering about block L22

After the Norwegian firm Statoil, which dropped block L26 because it was situated in a maritime zone whose boundaries were [...]

Free access Business 15.02.2013

Mogadishu attracts investors

Now that the security climate has improved in Mogadishu, the property and energy sectors, as well as operating airport infrastructure, are looking desirable.

Free access Business 15.02.2013

Hassan Sheikh goes to Brussels

The European Union is to step up its actions for training the Somalian military and is preparing for a conference of Somalia’s international donors.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2013

Hollande's 1979 trip to Mogadishu

While he was a student at ENA, the future President François Hollande was passionate about the Horn of Africa. He even went so far as to organize a trip to Somalia at the end of 1979.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2013

Abdisalam Omer

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, appointed one of his old acquaintances, the economist Abdisalam Omer, to the post of governor of [...]

Subscribers only 01.02.2013

Mogadishu

A Somalian delegation went to the World Economic Forum (WEF) [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2013

Who are the sponsors of the first think tank in Somalia?

The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS), the first think [...]

Subscribers only 01.02.2013

LGE Monsoon

An executive of the small British company LGE Monsoon went [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.02.2013

Former Speaker rocks the boat

The former Speaker of the Somalian Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden (Rahanweyn/Ashraaf) is still an influential political figure, even though [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2013

A new banana war looming ahead

The new company Fruit Som will have to overcome quite a few obstacles to relaunch its banana exports and avoid a repeat of the 1995 “banana war”.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2013

Mogadishu

The head of the provisional administration of the town of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2013

Djama Mahamoud Haïd’s bedside visitors

The list of people going to visit Djama Mahamoud Haid at his bed at the Aga Khan University Hospital in [...]

Subscribers only 10.01.2013

Hassan Sheikh walking on a tightrope

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s idea of a federal system driven by Mogadishu has already brought him difficulties.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2013

Ibrahim Ahmed Rashid

The new Kenyan political advisor in charge of Somalia, Ibrahim Ahmed Rashid (Hawiye/Degodie), who was appointed by Prime Minister Raila [...]

Subscribers only 04.01.2013

Heads of security and police weakened by Somaliland elections

The European Union (EU) and the United States Embassy in [...]

Subscribers only 04.01.2013

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Somalia

A reshuffle is already in the air

Hersi Ali Hassan hires a lobbyist

Sheikh Yusuf Ali Aynte

ASGSM.MOBI

The army's new leaders

Police swoop on radical Islamists

Shell clings firmly to its concession

Anatolian tigers move into Somalia

Ministry petroleum team set up

A serious conflict at the top

Total wondering about block L22

Mogadishu attracts investors

Hassan Sheikh goes to Brussels

Hollande's 1979 trip to Mogadishu

Abdisalam Omer

Mogadishu

Who are the sponsors of the first think tank in Somalia?

LGE Monsoon

Former Speaker rocks the boat

A new banana war looming ahead

Mogadishu

Djama Mahamoud Haïd’s bedside visitors

Hassan Sheikh walking on a tightrope

Ibrahim Ahmed Rashid

Heads of security and police weakened by Somaliland elections

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Somalia

A reshuffle is already in the air

Hersi Ali Hassan hires a lobbyist

Sheikh Yusuf Ali Aynte

ASGSM.MOBI

The army's new leaders

Police swoop on radical Islamists

Shell clings firmly to its concession

Anatolian tigers move into Somalia

Ministry petroleum team set up

A serious conflict at the top

Total wondering about block L22

Mogadishu attracts investors

Hassan Sheikh goes to Brussels

Hollande's 1979 trip to Mogadishu

Abdisalam Omer

Mogadishu

Who are the sponsors of the first think tank in Somalia?

LGE Monsoon

Former Speaker rocks the boat

A new banana war looming ahead

Mogadishu

Djama Mahamoud Haïd’s bedside visitors

Hassan Sheikh walking on a tightrope

Ibrahim Ahmed Rashid

Heads of security and police weakened by Somaliland elections

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