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The Conoco – Somalia Declassification Project # 2

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Pursuing Black Gold in Somalia The following cables demonstrate how the oil companies were pursuing Somali crude, and some of the difficulties they encountered along the way. 1. “Chevron Drilling Site in Northern Somalia.” Cable from US Embassy in Djibouti to ... More »

Al Shabab Attacks Somali Towns

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Friday, May 15 A local official in southern Somalia says al-Shabab militants have captured two government bases in the Lower Shabelle region. Lower Shabelle Governor Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur told VOA Somali service that heavily armed militants launched attacks o... More »

Somali Forces Recapture Towns Attacked by al-Shabab

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Somali officials say their forces have retaken two towns that al-Shabab militants briefly captured late Friday. The governor of the Lower Shabelle region, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, tells VOA’s Somali service that government troops launched a counterattack and re... More »

Somali Govt Challenges Regional Administrations’ Status

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The central government of Somalia faces tough choices in dealing with regional states whereby some regional states’ leaders call the Somali President as their ‘counterpart’. The issue has also created a hot debate among Somalis who took to the social media to ... More »

Puntland dismisses AU peacekeepers’ deployment

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The Puntland semiautonomous region in northern Somalia dismissed UN’s proposal of deploying troops from the African Union forces in the region as the region struggles to stave off a stubborn deadly insurgency by the Al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia. The United... More »

Remarks by Secretary Kerry in Mogadishu, Somalia

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was the first secretary of state to visit Somalia. He announced that the United States plans to reopen its embassy in Somalia, which was closed in 1991. We all have a stake in what happens here in Somalia. The world cannot af... More »