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UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

With less than a month to go to presidential elections which look increasingly unlikely to take place, an independent UN report has reviewed the options available to Somalia to get out of its current difficulties. [...] (778 words)

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UN Security Council maps out Sahel visit

Kenya, current president of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October, has been working hard to organise the UN governing body's Sahel visit. [...]

SOMALIA Diplomacy 07/10/2021

Post-AMISOM future begins to take shape

The African Union and the Somali government have until the end of December to agree on the shape of the pan-African organisation's next mission in Somalia. [...]

SOMALIA Diplomacy 19/08/2021

UNSOM faces uncertain future

As its mandate is about to expire, the United Nations mission in Somalia is facing an existential crisis: make changes or disappear. [...]

SOMALIA Diplomacy 28/07/2021

Farmajo fights back in wake of AU report

AU Peace and Security Council is expected to soon review the findings of a controversial report on Somalia. For several months, relations between Mogadishu and the African Union have been fraying. [...]

Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka "Farmajo". © @M_Farmaajo/Twitter

SOMALIA Defence Politics 27/07/2021

AMISOM's future looks bleak

Two separate independent reports have been commissioned in less than a year on the future of the African Union's intervention force in Somalia. They agree on what the many problems are, but not on what needs to be done to fix them. [...]

AMISOM Sector 5 Commander, Brig. Gen. Télesphore Barandereka (Second from right) visits a Field Operating Base (FOB) in Ceel Macaan, Middle Shabele region of Hirshabele State in Somalia on 11 June 2021. © AMISOM

SOMALIA Diplomacy 05/05/2021

Amid political crisis, AU yet to name special envoy

The African Union decided last week to appoint an emissary to Somalia to lift the country out of its political impasse and pave the way for elections by the end of the year. [...]

SOMALIA UNITED KINGDOM Diplomacy 12/03/2021

Boris Johnson dispatches new ambassador despite Somali electoral impasse

With a background mostly in development aid, the new ambassador to Mogadishu Kate Foster will have to be quick on her feet as she has arrived bang in the middle of an unprecedented electoral crisis that has already put her in an awkward position. [...]

UK ambassador to Somalia Kate Foster presents her credentials to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. © Villa Somalia

SOMALIA Politics 04/03/2021

Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

President Farmajo is stoking the fire by excluding members of the opposition as he lays down the roadmap for the next election. [...]

Incumbent Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmajo. © @M_Farmaajo/Twitter

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. © Li Muzi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

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SOMALIA Politics 12/02/2021

Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Somalia's president, increasingly isolated in the international arena, saw his term in office end on 8 February. He is desperately seeking support from outside his clan to keep himself in the top job. [...]

SOMALIA Defence Business 10/02/2021

London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

By stepping up efforts to counter improvised explosive devices and by training Somali army troops, the United Kingdom intends to continue the fight against Al-Shabaab, to compensate for the withdrawal of US forces. [...]

UGANDA SOMALIA Defence Business 04/02/2021

Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

Enjoying a strong network of connections within the Ugandan army and US Department of Defense, Kampala Executive Aviation is deploying its helicopters in Mogadishu. [...]

GHANA Diplomacy 28/01/2021

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

With Ghana looking set to lose two of its most strategically important posts at the UN and the African Union in 2021, Akufo-Addo is redoubling his efforts to get Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee appointed as deputy chair of the AU Commission. [...]

KENYA SOMALIA Defence Business 15/01/2021

MBDA to help Kenyan forces in AMISOM demine Al-Shabaab-plagued Somalian front

Right after offering its demining solutions to the Sahel region armies, the European defence firm MBDA is ready to roll out its equipment in the Horn of Africa. [...]

SOMALIA ETHIOPIA KENYA Diplomacy 11/01/2021

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

The Tigray crisis and the security situation in Somalia will be given close attention by Martin Kimani, Uhuru Kenyatta's new permanent representative to the United Nations. [...]

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. © Reuters

KENYA SOMALIA Defence Politics 08/01/2021

Kenya puts boots on ground and planes aloft on Somalian front

Diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Somalia have prompted the Kenya Air Force to bolster Nairobi's military deployment on the north-eastern border. And yet ironically, its aircraft will continue to patrol Somalian skies to support the Kenyan contingents within AMISOM. [...]

KENYA Diplomacy 18/12/2020

Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

As Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian opposite number Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo position their armies on either side of their common border, American, British and European diplomats are trying to persuade the Kenyan head of state to engage in talks. [...]

President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo in 2017. © Feisal Omar/Reuters

UNITED STATES SOMALIA Diplomacy 10/12/2020

US Army passes baton to private sector in Somalia

Soon to be deprived of virtually all of the US special forces that had been training it, the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia will nevertheless continue to receive support from contractors funded by the Pentagon and State Department. [...]

SOMALIA Defence Politics 09/12/2020

Emirati operator CTG to help set up firing ranges for the Somali army

Humanitarian logistics specialist CTG, which is already well established in Africa, is to diversify its activities. It is to help set up firing ranges for the training of Somali army troops, using European Union funding. [...]

ETHIOPIA KENYA Diplomacy 30/11/2020

Tigray crisis: Kenyatta struggles to convince Abiy to accept regional support

Abiy Ahmed Ali has adamantly rejected any outside help in his confrontation with Tigray's leaders. That hasn't stopped Uhuru Kenyatta trying to establish himself as the leader of a pro-Abiy regional coalition that would put into play AU demands for moderation. [...]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

SOMALIA Defence Politics 15/10/2020

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