Neil Hodgson
Spectrum Geo Ltd.
As Somalia announces plans to open its first offshore exploration license round in 1Q 2017, explorers analyzing new seismic data have recognized the potential of finding reserves to match those of its neighbors in East Africa....
Nairobi, 9 December 2017 – The EU has contributed €1 million EUR to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Somalia Trust Fund as part of its long-standing commitment to support economic governance and capacity development in Somalia. The EU support...
Six candidates were elected to the House of the People as voting for Somaliland and northern regions commenced today in the Somali capital.
The victorious candidates included Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omar Arte, former Foreign Affairs Minister Abdirahman Du’ale...
Joint Press Release
Mogadishu, December 5, 2016 – An annual two day Somalia education sector review meeting supported by the EU has closed in Mogadishu today. The meeting which brought together education stakeholders from the Federal Government, Jubaland, Puntland, South-west,...
WASHINGTON — The escalating American military engagement in Somalia has led the Obama administration to expand the legal scope of the war against Al Qaeda, a move that will strengthen President-elect Donald J. Trump’s authority to combat thousands of...
3 November 2016
Villa Somalia, Mogadishu
Today, 3 November, EU Ambassador Veronique Lorenzo presented her credentials to H.E. President
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
On her first visit to Mogadishu as Head of Delegation of the European Union to...
PRESS RELEASE October 31st 2016
From October 29th to 30th, EUCAP Nestor conducted a two-day workshop in order to address the needs and priorities the Mission has so far identified in Puntland, reaching a broad consensus on what the Mission...
By Liban Ahmad
The sporadic war in the outskirts of Galkayo is yet another evidence that the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) is either unable to act impartially or is ineffectual at bringing two warring federal member states to the negotiating table...
Several analysts have highlighted the supposed weakening of Al Shabaab, the violent Somali Islamist militant group. The Somali foreign minister Abdisalam Hadliyeh Omer claimed recently for example that the Al-Qaeda allied terrorist outfit controls less than 10% of Somali...
The clashes in Galkayo between Puntland and Galmudug forces have brought back questions about the indispensability of bringing the district under one administration. At Adaado, Galmudug President Abdikarim Guled said his administration would like to see Galkayo under one administration to bring to...