The research vessel RV MTA Oruç Reis. (Picture source: Turkish government)

Turkey's research vessel to begin exploration in Somalia

According to information published by Wan Haber on September 11, 2024, Turkey's seismic research vessel, Oruç Reis, is set to depart for Somalia at the end of this month. The Turkish seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has been at the center of significant tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean due to its exploratory missions for hydrocarbons in disputed waters. Operated by Turkey's General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, the vessel plays a key role in Turkey's ambitions to tap into offshore natural gas and oil reserves. These operations have heightened geopolitical disputes with neighboring Greece and Cyprus, as the regions where Oruç Reis conducts its surveys are also claimed by these nations under international maritime law....

Somalia:The Kidnapper of Michael Scott Moore, entered in the US as a migrant

In July 2009, Mahad Ibrahim Hamarow kidnapped French officers Denis Allex and another officer who escaped from the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu and then joined Al Shabaab. In the same year, he fled to Kenya, this was confirmed by Hizbul Islam Spokesman Mr Aydarus. - In 2010, Mahad Hamarow went to South Africa for migration, that's how we found out in the investigation, we were also told by Mohamed Isse and his brother Somaney who lives in Johannesburg South Africa....

President Mahad Salaad: the Only Guarantor for Galmudug's Security and Prosperity

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A man burned his Pregnant wife to death in Somalia

Sunatimes.com - Head of Banadir divisional Police Moallim Mahdi who became the most corrupted and most tribalist officer in the Somali police was accused to have facilitated the escape of his sub-clan fellow who burned to death his pregnant wife when he poured gas and set the house on fire....

Somalia: Tax collection contract termination in Somalia

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's Auditor General, Ahmed Isse Gutale, has terminated a tax collection contract awarded to the private firm MGS Soft INC in the capital city, Mogadishu....
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Turkey's research vessel to begin exploration in Somalia

According to information published by Wan Haber on September 11, 2024, Turkey's seismic research vessel, Oruç Reis, is set to depart for Somalia at the end of this month. The Turkish seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has been at the center of significant tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean due to its exploratory missions for hydrocarbons in disputed waters. Operated by Turkey's General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, the vessel plays a key role in Turkey's ambitions to tap into offshore natural gas and oil reserves. These operations have heightened geopolitical disputes with neighboring Greece and Cyprus, as the regions where Oruç Reis conducts its surveys are also claimed by these nations under international maritime law....

Somalia:The Kidnapper of Michael Scott Moore, entered in the US as a migrant

In July 2009, Mahad Ibrahim Hamarow kidnapped French officers Denis Allex and another officer who escaped from the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu and then joined Al Shabaab. In the same year, he fled to Kenya, this was confirmed by Hizbul Islam Spokesman Mr Aydarus. - In 2010, Mahad Hamarow went to South Africa for migration, that's how we found out in the investigation, we were also told by Mohamed Isse and his brother Somaney who lives in Johannesburg South Africa....

President Mahad Salaad: the Only Guarantor for Galmudug's Security and Prosperity

Galmudug State is not just the geographic heart of Somalia but the quintessential soul of the Somali nation. Within Galmudug, all the major Somali clan lineages- the Hawiye, Dir, Darood and Madhibaan are represented. No other Somali region or state is home to such diverse and influential clans with such extensive historical significance in Somalia as found in the Galmudug territory. Economically, Galmudug in 2024 is set to be the first location for the offshore oil and gas that the Somali Federal Government in partnership with the Houston-based American company, Coastline Exploration have commenced work on off the Hobyo coast since 2021....

A man burned his Pregnant wife to death in Somalia

Sunatimes.com - Head of Banadir divisional Police Moallim Mahdi who became the most corrupted and most tribalist officer in the Somali police was accused to have facilitated the escape of his sub-clan fellow who burned to death his pregnant wife when he poured gas and set the house on fire....

Somalia: Tax collection contract termination in Somalia

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's Auditor General, Ahmed Isse Gutale, has terminated a tax collection contract awarded to the private firm MGS Soft INC in the capital city, Mogadishu....

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