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Somalia

A very embarrassing prisoner

The Somalian government doesn’t know what to do with the radical Islamist leader Hassan Dahir Aweys whom it arrested at the end of June.

Subscribers only Politics 12.07.2013

Henry Bellingham goes into industrial fishing

The British company Developing Markets Associates (DMA), headed by Atam Sandhu and specialised in lobbying and organising conferences, recently brought [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.2013

Hassan Sheikh changes his diplomats

President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud and his government are keen to have “their own” ambassadors. They have just appointed four, with several more to come.

Subscribers only Politics 28.06.2013

Aden Adde airport changes hands

The Turkish consortium building the new passenger terminal at Mogadishu airport will also be in charge of operating it.

Subscribers only Business 28.06.2013

The King of Kismayo is already disputed

Kenya is taking a risky strategy in backing the head of Jubaland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as Madobe. His power is disputed by "minority" clans that could band together against him.

Subscribers only Politics 14.06.2013

An oil war in the offing

The Somalian government decided on June 7 to extend the country's territorial waters to 200 nautical miles and chose a [...]

Free access 07.06.2013

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sounds out Kenyatta

The recent visit to Kenya of Somalian president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was motivated in part by concern over the ambiguity [...]

Subscribers only 06.06.2013

Somalian consulting company headed by very British directors

The firm HanVard Africa, which organised the Somali Reconstruction and [...]

Subscribers only 31.05.2013

French army keeping watch on Horn of Africa

The Délégation des affaires stratégiques (DAS) of the French ministry [...]

Subscribers only 31.05.2013

Chris Hopkinson

Although merger talks between International Petroleum headed by Frank Timis and Peter Landau’s Range Resources haven’t yet been completed, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Spotlight
British business's new frontier

British Prime Minister David Cameron's reason for holding an international conference on Somalia in London on 7 May, along with an associated business forum the following day, was not only so he could claim success in diplomacy.

Subscribers only Politics 17.05.2013

Total

The French oil company Total doesn’t want to have the [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.05.2013

DNO puts money on Hargeisa

With only a single foothold in Africa up to now, the Norwegian firm is investing in Somaliland just as many companies start knocking on Mogadishu’s door.

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2013

Mark Dingley

A specialist in security questions, Mark Dingley, has been named head of the Ethiopian branch of Africa Oil Corp as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2013

Glover Park

Already acting as a lobbyist for Nigeria, the firm Glover [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2013

Dissension in the Al Islah group

One of the two rival Al Islah factions has joined the Damul Jadid Islamic group that is highly influential in President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s entourage.

Subscribers only Politics 26.04.2013

Amina Mohamed

The Kenyan diplomat Amina Mohamed, who got off to a bad start to succeed Pascal Lamy as Director General of [...]

Subscribers only 26.04.2013

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

Everybody takes a Washington lobbyist

After Somaliland, which hired the Glover Park Group (GPG) to lobby for it in Washington, now it’s Mogadishu’s turn to take one.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2013

Series of hard blows for Dahabshiil

The funds transfer company Dahabshiil, headed by Abdirashid Duale, son of the founder of Group Mohamed Said Duale, is going through a bad patch.

Subscribers only Business 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

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

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Somalia

A very embarrassing prisoner

Henry Bellingham goes into industrial fishing

Hassan Sheikh changes his diplomats

Aden Adde airport changes hands

The King of Kismayo is already disputed

An oil war in the offing

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sounds out Kenyatta

Somalian consulting company headed by very British directors

French army keeping watch on Horn of Africa

Chris Hopkinson

Spotlight
British business's new frontier

Total

DNO puts money on Hargeisa

Mark Dingley

Glover Park

Dissension in the Al Islah group

Amina Mohamed

A reshuffle is already in the air

Everybody takes a Washington lobbyist

Series of hard blows for Dahabshiil

Hersi Ali Hassan hires a lobbyist

Sheikh Yusuf Ali Aynte

ASGSM.MOBI

The army's new leaders

Anatolian tigers move into Somalia

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Somalia

A very embarrassing prisoner

Henry Bellingham goes into industrial fishing

Hassan Sheikh changes his diplomats

Aden Adde airport changes hands

The King of Kismayo is already disputed

An oil war in the offing

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sounds out Kenyatta

Somalian consulting company headed by very British directors

French army keeping watch on Horn of Africa

Chris Hopkinson

Spotlight British business's new frontier

Total

DNO puts money on Hargeisa

Mark Dingley

Glover Park

Dissension in the Al Islah group

Amina Mohamed

A reshuffle is already in the air

Everybody takes a Washington lobbyist

Series of hard blows for Dahabshiil

Hersi Ali Hassan hires a lobbyist

Sheikh Yusuf Ali Aynte

ASGSM.MOBI

The army's new leaders

Anatolian tigers move into Somalia

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Spotlight
British business's new frontier