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1st September 2016 Mogadishu, Somalia

Harriet Mathews

by Harriet Mathews

British Ambassador to Somalia

Somalia: Home away from home

Lots of people I meet are curious about life in the Embassy. It’s a bit of a mystery to those who haven’t experienced it. We are a couple of dozen people ‘packed’ into a rectangle the size of a football field where we work, eat, exercise and sleep. There isn’t a lot of room, and […]

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23rd August 2016 Mogadishu, Somalia

Harriet Mathews

by Harriet Mathews

British Ambassador to Somalia

UK’s work in Somalia

Over the next few months, I’ll be using this blog to share with you a little of my life and work here in Mogadishu. This week I’ve been struck by the variety of my work. It won’t be a surprise to hear that we’ve been working hard on security and governance issues. They are staples […]

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