Tag: stabilisation

9th January 2013 Nairobi, Kenya

Ambassador to Somalia

Somalia: A New Year’s Resolution – Together into 2013

A year ago, few predicted that Somalia would see such significant changes; yet 2012 saw some real progress in Somalia – including the end of the Transition; a new Parliament (with a significant number of new MPs); the election of a new, reform-minded Speaker and President and a desire for a different type of politics. […]

5th April 2012 Nairobi, Kenya

by Matt Baugh

Ambassador to Somalia

We stand with those building a peaceful and better Somalia

Yesterday’s horrific bomb attack in Mogadishu has served as yet another reminder of Al Shabaab’s cruel and twisted ideology. The day was meant to be one of celebration – marking the first anniversary of the launch of Somali National Television at the newly re-opened National Theatre. Yet it is to be remembered now for the […]