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Over the last two decades, instability on land has greatly restricted the development of the country’s fishing industry, but now that Somalia is enjoying the longest period of sustained peace in over...
View ArticleFocus on Somalia – Night Patrol
On night patrol with the Somali Police Force (SPF) and AMISOM Formed Police Units (FPU) conducting patrols and snap vehicle checkpoints in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Security has steadily and...
View ArticleFocus On Somalia: Belet Weyne
Belet Weyne, Somalia’s fifth largest city, is located 315 km from the country’s capital Mogadishu. The city was first liberated from the extremist group al Shabaab in September 2011 by Ethiopian...
View ArticleFocus On Somalia: SNA Celebration
12 April marked the 53rd anniversary of the Somali National Army (SNA) and was celebrated by a military parade at the newly refurbished Ministry of Defence in the Somali capital Mogadishu attended by...
View ArticleFocus On Somalia: Opening of the British Embassy
British Foreign Secretary William Hague visited the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday 25 April to officially mark the opening of the newly built British Embassy. Hague was joined by Somali President...
View ArticleFocus On Somalia: Bakara Livestock Market
Once infamous for being both the site of Black Hawk Down in 1993, and later as an al-Shabaab stronghold, Bakara Market is now slowly losing its past notoriety – due to increased security – and is now...
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