Good afternoon I have been working on Somalia and Somali issues for decades and I can say that this is a key time in Somalia’s history.  Over the past few years, the Somali government and Somali people have made huge progress towards important milestones. To that end, I am proud to announce that as of ... Read More»

Excellences, Ladies, and Gentlemen: On behalf of the International Community to the Somalia Partnership Forum, I am extremely pleased to be here today to participate in this joint re-affirmation of the principles underlying the New Partnership for Somalia agreed in London in May 2017. The London Conference outlined a vision for Somalia that I know ... Read More»

I am so pleased to be back in Somalia, where I spent several years in the early 1980s, and just a few months after USAID Administrator Green’s visit to Mogadishu to reopen the USAID Mission and swear-in our first Mission Director since 1991, Jeffrey Bakken, who all of you in the room know. The re-establishment ... Read More»

Somalia and its international partners met in Mogadishu on 1-2 October 2019 for the Somalia Partnership Forum (SPF). The participants took stock of the progress made since the previous SPF in July 2018, and agreed priority actions to address the remaining challenges together. International partners recognised Somalia’s achievements and commended the leadership of the Federal ... Read More»