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| 00ATHENS1501 |
GREEK RESPONSE ON URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on September 18 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs at Hellenic Aid (HA). On September 23, Dr. Koutrakou advised DepEconCouns that the GoG has made Ethiopia and Somalia two of its highest priority [...] |
2000-09-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN GR |
| 02ROME1402 |
SOMALIA: AIDID "AMBASSADOR" ACCUSES ITALIAN [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH FADUMA FARAH AIDID, THE SISTER OF "SOMALI PRESIDENT" HUSSEIN MOHAMED AIDID AND DAUGHTER OF THE ASSASSINATED WARLORD GENERAL AIDID FEBRUARY 20. HUSSEIN AIDID IS THE HEAD OF THE SOMALI RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION COUNCIL (SRRC) FACTION BUT HAS NO REAL CLAIM TO BEING P [...] |
2002-03-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET SO IT |
| 02ROME2602 |
ITALY SUPPORTS SOMALI PEACE, NOT PUNTLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA DENIES REF REPORT THAT ITALY HAS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02602 291334Z PROMISED MILITARY AID TO PUNTLAND. THE GOI HAS NO PLANS TO AID PUNTLAND BUT IS OFFERING AID FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE SOMALI PEACE PROCESS AND COULD EXTEN [...] |
2002-05-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SO IT UN |
| 02ROME5624 |
ITALY ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, SOMALIA, ERITREA, COTE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 14, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA BRUNO CABRAS GAVE A READOUT OF THE EU-SADC MEETING, WHICH FOCUSED ON ZIMBABWE AND MADE NO PROGRESS; REQUESTED THAT THE SUDAN "TROIKA" BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE GOI; ARGUED FOR G [...] |
2002-11-19 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI SU SO ER IV ET IT |
| 02ROME639 |
ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR SOMALI PEACE INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: BECAUSE OF ITALY'S HISTORIC TIES WITH SOMALIA AND ETHIOPIA, THE GOI IS PLAYING A STRONG ROLE IN THE SOMALI PEACE PROCESS. IT APPEARS TO SEE ITS ROLE AS BOTH ENCOURAGING ALLIED STATES TO SUPPORT THE MOI-LED RECONCILIATION EFFORT AND RECONCILING SOMALI-ETHIOPIAN [...] |
2002-02-08 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SO ET IT UN |
| 03DJIBOUTI1819 |
SOMALILAND MINISTERS REQUEST USG SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Djibouti representatives received Somaliland requests for counterterrorism assistance in a brief meeting with the the secessionist region's Ministers of Defense, Interior, and Rehabilitation and Returning Refugees September 29, 2003. The Embassy reiterated the USG p [...] |
2003-10-05 07:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | MAS PBTS PREL DJ SO |
| 03ROME208 |
MFA EAST AFRICA DIRECTOR AND NSC AFRICA DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EAST AFRICA DIRECTOR PAOLA IMPERIALE AND NSC AFRICA DIRECTOR MATTHEW MCLEAN EXCHANGED VIEWS ON A BROAD RANGE OF EAST AFRICA ISSUES. THE TWO DISCUSSED SUPPORT FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN KENYA, POLICY REGARDING SOMALILAND, THE ROLES OF DJIBOUTI AND ERITREA IN THE GWOT, AND TH [...] |
2003-01-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE DJ ER ET SO IT UN |
| 03ROME618 |
SOMALIA: AN ITALIAN NGO'S PLAN B FOR PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANGELO MASETTI, SECRETARY OF A UNION-ORGANIZED GROUP THAT WORKS WITH SOMALIS IN ITALY, SHARED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 31 AN ALTERNATIVE VISION FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00618 01 OF 02 141432Z ACHIEVING PEACE IN SOMALIA. MASETTI OPINED THAT [...] |
2003-02-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ELAB SO IT |
| 04BRUSSELS4602 |
EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded deployment of the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur, Sudan. EU financial support for the mission will exceed fifty percent of the total. Although the decis [...] |
2004-10-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4665 |
EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON [...] (C) We shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council officials in advance of the Nov. 2 EU FMs (GAERC) meeting and the Nov. 4-5 European Council summit meeting. Given the failure of the incoming Barroso Commission to get parliamentary confirmation (REF C) before this meeting, the Commi [...] |
2004-10-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID YI CY UP ZR IS SU SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DJIBOUTI1140 |
Post seals agreement with Djibouti Airlines to [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post today made an agreement with Djibouti Airlines to distribute HI! Magazine as free, in flight reading material. The airline will receive 150 copies monthly to offer to passengers. Negotiations with Daallo, another local carrier, are still pending. END SUMM [...] |
2004-08-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OIIP YM ET SO DJ TC |
| 04DJIBOUTI1163 |
THE MOOD IN SOMALILAND IS DEFIANT, YET [...] Summary. An embassy Djibouti FSN recently returned from several weeks leave in Hargeisa, Somaliland. He reported an active interest there in the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference that is taking place in Nairobi, but rejection of any effort by the conference or subsequently by the inte [...] |
2004-09-01 11:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1180 |
NOMINATION OF DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA [...] (U) In the 20th meeting of the Council of Ministers on 7 September, where President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided, the counsel approved the proclamation for nomination of Mohamed-Siad Doualeh Warsama to the position of Ambassador to Somalia. Warsama will receive the title of Ambassador of the [...] |
2004-09-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1225 |
SOMALILAND INTEREST SECTION TO OPEN IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Minister of Foreign Affairs of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail, visited Djibouti 12 September to discuss the relationship between Djibouti and Somaliland. Among the topics discussed was the facilitation of an economic cooperation between the two governments. [...] |
2004-09-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1289 |
MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON RECENT U.S. AND [...] (C) In a meeting October 6 with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Abdi Farah, Ambassador asked for the Minister's impression of his and President Guelleh's recent trip to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which also included stops in Washington and Cuba. Farah spoke in general terms [...] |
2004-10-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI132 |
UNCONFIRMED THREAT TO PORTS [...] (SBU) On Thursday January 29, 2004, Post received an Unclassified E-MAIL from the Foreign Minister of the self SIPDIS proclaimed State of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail claiming an unconfirmed threat to the sea ports of Djibouti and Berbera. Ismail sent this report to Post's Executive OMS usin [...] |
2004-01-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC DJ SO PREL |
| 04DJIBOUTI1367 |
COMMUNICATION WITH IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON [...] (SBU) During a U.N. Day reception October 24, Ambassador spoke with Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretary Dr. H. Bashir Attalla regarding the U.S. understanding that the newly elected President of the Somali Transitional Federal Government, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed [...] |
2004-10-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1390 |
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S BRIEF, UNANNOUNCED [...] (U) Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo made a brief, unannounced visit to Djibouti 30 October while en route to Japan. The government run newspaper La Nation reported on 1 November that during his time in Djibouti, Obasanjo met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh at the Djiboutian head of sta [...] |
2004-11-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS NI KE ET DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1392 |
NEW SOMALIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Al Hayat a London based Arabic newspaper published 30 October an interview with the new President of Somalia. In the interview, widely read in Djibouti, he addressed several issues dealing with his return to Mogadishu, the disarmament process, terrorism in Somalia and the African U [...] |
2004-11-01 10:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PNAT PARM PTER PINS DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1405 |
MORE ON OBASANJO VISIT TO DJIBOUTI: SOMALIA AT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Cooperation Mahamoud Ali Youssouf 3 November, at her request, to address several items. Among them was a discussion on the nature of Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo's visit to Djibouti. Youssouf confirmed reports in the local press (see reftel) that th [...] |
2004-11-04 02:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ET KE NI DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1473 |
DJIBOUTI REFUGEE REPATRIATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Close to 19,000 people continue to be fed in Djibouti's three refugee camps. The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) are coordinating efforts to assist with voluntary repatriation of refugees back to Somalia. Their work is carrie [...] |
2004-11-21 04:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1512 |
VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary: Newly elected President of Somalia, Abdillahi Youssouf Ahmed, came to Djibouti for a 24-hour visit on November 15, 2004. In a press conference with Djiboutian national media during the visit, Abdillahi Youssouf touched on the conflicting relations between Somaliland and Puntland, [...] |
2004-11-24 06:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNAT PBTS PINS PTER DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1543 |
PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, [...] (C) In a meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh December 2 on other matters (reviewed septels), Ambassador also sought Guelleh's views on regional Horn of Africa developments. Topics covered included the new Ethiopian five-point peace proposal, Eritrean isolation and meddling in Darfur, Li [...] |
2004-12-03 07:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PBTS DJ SO ET ER |
| 04DJIBOUTI1553 |
SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS INTERIM STATUS [...] (C) Edna Ismail Aden, Foreign Minister of Somaliland, told Ambassador December 5, during their meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, that Somaliland is interested in reviving "interim status" recognition for Somaliland first discussed and considered during the waning days of the Clinton Administrati [...] |
2004-12-06 11:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PTER SO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1566 |
PDD CURRIES SOMALILAND VOTE, PROMISES RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a move aimed at currying the Djiboutian vote resident in Somaliland, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, President of the Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD), visited Hargeisa, Somaliland 1 December. While in Hargeisa, Chehem met with officials from Somaliland opposition party Kulmiye to [...] |
2004-12-09 03:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT SO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1617 |
GUELLEH UNLIKELY TO TRAVEL TO SUDAN; DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale delivered reftel (B) demarche on December 22 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. Youssouf told the Ambassador that the meeting in Khartoum on December 28 is a regularly scheduled one among the self-proclaimed "a [...] |
2004-12-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM |
| 04DJIBOUTI1618 |
GUELLEH WILL NOT TRAVEL TO SUDAN DESPITE SALEH'S [...] (C) Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, confirmed today that Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh will not/not travel to Sudan at the end of the month to attend the axis meeting of Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen (see reftel A). Youssouf told Ambass [...] |
2004-12-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM |
| 04DJIBOUTI353 |
DJIBOUTI'S FM ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah told me March 10, during our meeting at the Foreign Ministry, that he will leave tomorrow for Nairobi to attend an IGAD Council of Ministers meeting March 12 on Somalia. He said Djibouti's Somalia policy remains one of finding a workable solution t [...] |
2004-03-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PHUM SO DJ ET |
| 04DJIBOUTI437 |
IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: The March 22 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Ministerial in Djibouti had three agenda items: Somalia and Sudan peace processes, election of an Executive Secretariat and arrears of IGAD member states. On Sudan, IGAD ministers are pleased at progress made in Keny [...] |
2004-03-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SO DJ KE UG IT IGAD |
| 04DJIBOUTI583 |
PRESIDENT GUELLEH REVIEWS FIVE YEARS IN OFFICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: To commemorate the fifth anniversary of his election April 9, 1999 President Guelleh held a press conference with local journalists (not the opposition) April 7 to outline what he described as his accomplishments. He began with a short speech and answered questions for more than a [...] |
2004-04-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINV SO ECON PHUM SOCI DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI834 |
PERSPECTIVES ON SOMALILAND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ met at Embassy Djibouti June 9 with Dr. Omar Duhod, Somaliland national, based in London, and a premier advocate for recognition. Dr. Duhod requested a courtesy call with Embassy Djibouti on his way to Hargeisa. Pol/Econ and Dr. Duhod discussed the current situation and [...] |
2004-06-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO PGOV DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI915 |
DJIBOUTI CELEBRATES 27 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti marked the 27th anniversary of its independence from France, Sunday, June 27, 2004 with Government hosted celebrations including a military parade and a reception at the Presidential Palace. Ambassador with USLO attended the early morning parade, and was accompanied by U [...] |
2004-07-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PNAT IS IZ SU SO DJ |
| 04PARIS9133 |
FRANCE AND EAST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. France's principal long-term concern in East Africa is the management of its relations with Djibouti where it maintains a large permanent military presence. The crisis in Darfur has prompted a more active French policy with regard to Sudan, but it remains largely a "Chad problem" [...] |
2004-12-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR |
| 04ROME1923 |
SOMALIA PEACE PROCESS - ITALIANS SEEK US SUPPORT [...] (C) Bruno Cabras, MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, requested a meeting with Pol M/C to discuss EU actions on and request US assistance for the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference. Cabras stressed that the peace process must result in a minimal level of stability and governan [...] |
2004-05-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO IT UN |
| 04ROME3666 |
SOMALIA: ITALY SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN JOINT [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bruno Cabras, MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, requested a meeting with A/DCM on September 21 to request U.S. participation in the protocol joint monitoring committee designed to supp [...] |
2004-09-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT UN |
| 04VATICAN774 |
SOMALIA: HOLY SEE URGES NGO PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) The Holy See requested U.S. support in encouraging the Government of Italy and other interested parties to support the inclusion of the Italy-Somalia Forum for Peace and Reconstruction in the Somali peace negotiations. In a February 25 meeting with poloff, Vatican Country Director for [...] |
2004-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SO VT |
| 05ADDISABABA3984 |
ETHIOPIA: PM MELES WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto Nov. 29 that Ethiopia welcomed increased USG engagement on Somalia. He called the rise of extremism in Somalia the greatest long-term security threat to the region, but said there was still time to address it before the danger increased. M [...] |
2005-11-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL KPKO MARR ET ER SO SOMALIA |
| 05ADDISABABA3998 |
AF DAS YAMAMOTO AND AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary: During a November 28 meeting with AF DAS Donald Yamamoto, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare voiced concern that lack of progress on the internal political crisis in Ethiopia could push the country to war with Eritrea over the unresolved border issue. H [...] |
2005-12-01 13:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SO ET AF UNION EE BORDER SOMALIA |
| 05BRATISLAVA228 |
SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU ON IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Gal of the MFA's Department for Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Gal stated Slovakia will likely follow the EU common policy regarding the recent Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) proposal to deploy troops (without contributing m [...] |
2005-03-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO LO |
| 05BRUSSELS1109 |
SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN: EU RESPONSE [...] (C) The EU broadly shares U.S. concerns over the IGAD peacekeeping plan. However, it prefers a low-profile approach which allows the plan to collapse under its own weight for lack of Somali support. The EU will not fund any peacekeeping operation that includes troops from frontline states. [...] |
2005-03-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS672 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SOMALIA IGAD PEACE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU is concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Somalia in the event of an IGAD deployment. They are also worried that IGAD lacks the capacity to plan or run a peacekeeping operation. End summary. 2. (C) On February 11, PRMOFF delivered reftel talking po [...] |
2005-02-16 06:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05DJIBOUTI121 |
CLOSER TIES BETWEEN DJIBOUTI AND SOMALILAND? [...] (SBU) Summary: The self-proclaimed independent state of Somaliland enjoys a close relationship with the Republic of Djibouti due to strong familial ties of their populations and frequent business traffic between the two capitals. While there have been ups and downs, including Djibouti's adheren [...] |
2005-02-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DJ SO |
| 05DJIBOUTI136 |
SOMALILAND FM ON MARGINS OF KAHIN'S DJIBOUTI STOP: [...] (C) Somaliland President Daher Rayaleh Kahin, accompanied by his Foreign Minister Edna Adan Ismail, and other ministers, were in Djibouti February 12 and morning of February 13 for talks with Djiboutian officials, including President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dilei [...] |
2005-02-14 03:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ SO |
| 05DJIBOUTI148 |
DJIBOUTI HOSTS SUB-REGIONAL FGM CONFERENCE, [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti hosted a sub-regional conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) February 2-3 with aims of raising awareness, discussing Islam's view on FGM, and the legal and political implications of the Maputo Protocol. The event was organized as a cooperation between the Government [...] |
2005-02-15 04:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KISL KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV DJ SO |
| 05DJIBOUTI221 |
SOMALIA: PUBLIC STATEMENT - DJIBOUTIAN REACTION [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated there would be a Ministerial level meeting of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states in Nairobi during March to revie [...] |
2005-03-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI240 |
DJIBOUTI - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Djibouti is reportedly a country of transit and a country of destination for internationally trafficked persons. There is no evidence to suggest that Djibouti is a country of origin. The trafficking problem in Djibouti is vague and undocumented. Post would like to emphasize that [...] |
2005-03-07 03:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DJ SO ET |
| 05DJIBOUTI289 |
SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN AND DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Ref Message reached post after the departure of the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Arab League Summit in Algiers. In his absence, Ambassador presented the demarche March 20 to Ahmed Ali Bogoreh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and highest ranking official [...] |
2005-03-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI54 |
REFUGEE REPATRIATIONS IN DJIBOUTI: CHAOTIC BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. ConOff and a USAID representative observed UNHCR-directed refugee repatriations November 24 in Djibouti. The process was disorganized and confrontational, and fraud was blatant. But in the end, the day resulted in 511 refugees repatriated from the Ali Addeh refugee camp in D [...] |
2005-01-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DJ PREF PREL SO |
| 05DJIBOUTI959 |
UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REVOKED ASYLUM STATUS [...] (U) Summary. On September 20 UNHCR Country Representative met wi Ambassador and ConOff to raise concerns about refugees in Djibouti. September 14 refugees in the transit camp of Aour Aoussa were alleged that they had 36 hours to leave. UNHCR was most concerned about Erit Ethiopian refugees w [...] |
2005-09-29 04:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL DJ ET ER SO |
| 05DJIBOUTI961 |
UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REVOKED [...] (U) Summary. On September 20 UNHCR Country Representative met with Ambassador and ConOff to raise concerns about refugees in Djibouti. On September 14 refugees in the transit camp of Aour Aoussa were allegedly told that they had 36 hours to leave. UNHCR was most concerned about Eritrean and [...] |
2005-09-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL DJ ET ER SO |
| 05HELSINKI345 |
FINLAND: SOMALIA-IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO FI |
| 05MADRID1106 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SP |
| 05MADRID1254 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SP |
| 05NAIROBI2515 |
CHARGE MEETS WITH INTERNAL SECURITY PS GITUAI ON [...] (C) Summary. National Security Permanent Secretary (PS) Gituai and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Gichangi confirmed in a June 16 meeting with the Charge' d'Affaires, a.i. (CDA) that a working committee in the Office of the President has been constituted to review the Joint T [...] |
2005-06-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI2583 |
SOMALIA -- PUBLIC STATEMENT IN RECOGNITION OF CIVIL [...] (SBU) Reftels outline recent events in the attempts of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) to relocate from Kenya to Somalia. Notable among these has been a surge to the fore of civil society players in Mogadishu, including members of the business community, NGOs, women's orga [...] |
2005-06-23 05:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS SO KE UNSC |
| 05NAIROBI2618 |
SOMALIA -- CENTER OF GRAVITY NOW IN SOMALIA FOR [...] (C) Despite Yemeni efforts to mediate between the Transitional Federal President and the Speaker of the Assembly, talks in Sanaa on key issues separating two main camps in the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) appear to have ended in acrimony. Prime Minister Ghedi has declared his gov [...] |
2005-06-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2738 |
SOMALIA -- NEED TO RALLY BEHIND THE SRSG [...] This is an action request -- see para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Divisions among members of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions are now being mirrored by schisms in the international community. Moves to finance projects in district-level reconciliation, pushed by specific EU member sta [...] |
2005-07-06 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2747 |
SOMALIA -- RECONCILIATION AND MEDIATION PLANNING [...] (SBU) The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) issued a statement July 5 (reported reftel) indicating renewed international community (IC) support for reconciliation among members of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The SRSG proposed to the IC members of the Coo [...] |
2005-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO KE UNSC |
| 05NAIROBI3300 |
REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...] |
2005-08-15 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI3575 |
SOMALIA -- SELF-DECLARED INDEPENDENT SOMALILAND [...] (SBU) The Minister of the Interior of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland committed his "government" to full cooperation with the USG should there ever be a need to deport a Somaliland "national" from the United States. He expressed confusion on learning that Somaliland offic [...] |
2005-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CVIS KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3620 |
SOMALIA -- SPECIAL SELF-HELP AND DEMOCRACY, HUMAN [...] The Regional Financial Management Center (USAID/Nairobi) has received budget allowance cables for $58,000 to fund the Somalia Self-Help (SSH) Program, and $30,000 to fund the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) Program, for FY 2005. 2. Mission has over the past several years been unable t [...] |
2005-09-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3638 |
SOMALIA -- GERMANY EXPRESSES CONCERNS TO ROME RE: [...] (C) The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has demarched the Italian MFA in Rome regarding difficult working relations and differences in principle with the Italian Delegation to Somalia in Nairobi. It appears that the frustrations the FRG expressed in Rome are shared by a number of other EU me [...] |
2005-09-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3657 |
SOMALIA -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Somaliland's National Electoral Commission (NEC), its political elite, civil society organizations, and public at large are finalizing preparations to elect an 82-member Parliament on September 29. Despite extraordinary organizational and logistical challenges, chances are very [...] |
2005-09-07 08:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3658 |
SOMALIA -- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has formally requested that the international community travel to Jowhar, Somalia -- temporary seat of the Somali President's wing of the Transitional Federal Government -- to convene a meeting of the Somali Coordination and Monitoring Committee. In t [...] |
2005-09-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4003 |
SOMALILANDERS SEIZE JIHADISTS [...] (C) Media reports from BBC and Al Jazeera describe a September 22-23 shoot-out in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The shoot-out ended in seizure of four to eight individuals, some of whom the Somaliland government claims are "foreign Al Qaeda operatives." (NOTE: In the Somaliland context, "foreign" ca [...] |
2005-09-26 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4331 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES KENYAN MFA ON SECURITY AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador stressed continuing U.S. security concerns and urged the Kenyan government to focus on combating terrorism during his October 7 meeting with Foreign Ministry's Permanent Secretary. PS Mbaya emphasized Kenya's concerns re Somalia as a source of threats and pledged the K [...] |
2005-10-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL ASEC PTER KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI4757 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick and Kenyan President Kibaki agreed November 8 to keep pressure on the Sudanese parties to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Zoellick pushed for greater Kenyan progress on counter-terrorism and the Kenyans urged greater U.S. engagement on Som [...] |
2005-11-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER SU SO KE SLM CPA |
| 05NAIROBI4866 |
SOMALI PIRACY -- ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S) Country Team elements directly engaged in the issue of piracy off the Somali coast met to discuss the impact of possible interdiction operations in the Somali political, clan, and CT context. We recommend options that mitigate any impact on the current Somali political process or on- goin [...] |
2005-11-25 05:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4903 |
SOMALIA PIRACY -- JOWHAR-TFG MEMBERS LET CONTRACT [...] (C) Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed that members of the TFG allied with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed signed on November 25 a contract with a U.S.-origin company to provide coastal security and training services. The primary goal see [...] |
2005-11-29 01:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4957 |
SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER BY TURNS ACCUSATORY, [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Gedi November 25 alternately accused the USG of abandoning Somalis to the killing clutches of Mogadishu warlords, and sought our advice on building a "third way" in Parliament -- depending on who was in the room. He admitted he and the Jowhar TFG faction were taking [...] |
2005-11-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5000 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY URGES US ACTION ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Boaz Mbaya in a December 2 meeting, urged the U.S. SIPDIS to consider greater involvement in Somalia -- in both resolving the political standoff, and in curbing piracy. The DCM and AF/E Deputy Director Deborah Malac reminded Mbay [...] |
2005-12-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI5019 |
SOMALIA POLICY CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) As the Department develops new approaches to Somalia, Post recommends the USG seek a role in bringing into being -- and sustaining -- a coalition of Somalis that can rule Somalia and combat the violent Islamists. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the opportunity to forward [...] |
2005-12-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5075 |
GOVERNMENT WANTS U.S. TO RECOGNIZE KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's lead official for Internal Security beseeched visiting AF/E Deputy Director for the United States to recognize the totality of security measures the government had implemented, and not focus too sharply on reviving the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a marker of Kenyan commi [...] |
2005-12-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI5156 |
SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY [...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...] |
2005-12-16 06:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5240 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...] |
2005-12-23 03:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC |
| 05OTTAWA825 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the possible deployment of troops by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Somalia to Jamieson Weetman, Somalia desk officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on March 17. Weetman thanked us for the points, and indicated that [...] |
2005-03-18 19:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO CA FAC |
| 05PARIS1832 |
SOMALIA/IGAD: FRENCH MFA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO FR |
| 05ROME1012 |
SOMALIA - ITALY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON SITUATION; [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. According to the MFA, U.S. and international concerns regarding frontline state participation in IGASOM (ref A) had been heeded by IGAD. An unofficial draft report (paragraph 7) on the March 22 core group [...] |
2005-03-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT |
| 05ROME2413 |
SOMALIA: ITALY REQUESTS CLOSER CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although we may differ on what should be addressed first--nation-building or local assistance that supports peaceful development of a national government--Italy supports U.S. goals for Somalia. In Italy's view the greatest threat Somalia faces is not renewed fighting by warlor [...] |
2005-07-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO ET IT YE |
| 05ROME3765 |
ITALY ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA U/S Mantica will travel to Sudan November 16-21, making stops in Khartoum, Darfur, and Juba. Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) will be at the top of the agenda. Italy is pleased with its seat on the Sudanese Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...] |
2005-11-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME702 |
ITALY AGREES WITH PUBLIC STATEMENT; BELIEVES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO IT |
| 05ROME950 |
SOMALIA - ITALIANS SHARE CONCERNS OVER IGAD TROOP [...] (C) On March 18, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Stefano Dejak told PolOff that Italy shares U.S. concerns expressed reftel over possible IGAD troop deployment in Somalia. Italy has been speaking at length at high levels to the Ethiopian government, which is looking to IGAD protection of its own b [...] |
2005-03-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT |
| 05SANAA1836 |
ALIMI DISCUSSES SOMALIA, SAUDI ARABIA AND INTEL [...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi, the Minister discussed the ROYG's concern over Somalia, improving cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the state of USG-ROYG intelligence sharing. En [...] |
2005-07-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM |
| 05SANAA1854 |
MOD ALEWA ON USG ASSISTANCE, IRAQ AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Minister of Defense Ali Abdullah Alewa, the Minister discussed the need for increased USG military support, suggested a general amnesty in Iraq and asked for increased USG assistan [...] |
2005-07-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA1909 |
ROYG SAYS YEMEN HAS NO PLANS TO SEND TROOPS TO [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman assured CDA on July 16 that there is no truth to Somali President Yusef's claim that Yemen plans to deploy forces to Somalia to help "protect government institutions," (ref A). 2. (C) Other ROYG officials of late have raised the issue of stability i [...] |
2005-07-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO ET IT YM |
| 05SANAA2365 |
DFM ADMITS ROYG VIOLATED SOMALI ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 10, DFM Noman briefed Ambassador on a UNSC investigation into allegations of ROYG infractions against the Somali arms embargo. MOI Alimi followed up on August 14, underlining ROYG concerns that Somalia will be over-run by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups unless Yus [...] |
2005-08-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER KAWC PINR SO YM |
| 05SANAA3460 |
SOMALI REFUGEES PROTEST UNHCR TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary. Since November 9, over 500 Somali refugees have been protesting in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) HQ in Sanaa. Encouraged by rumors that the USG soon will accept 70,000 Somali refug [...] |
2005-12-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM YM SO GTIP |
| 05VIENNA907 |
SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief discussed reftel points with Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Sub-Saharan Africa Caroline Gudenus on March 18. Gudenus related that an EU fact-finding mission to Somalia in mid-February had found some positive developments. While acceptance of a possible African Union-sp [...] |
2005-03-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SO AF AU UNSC EUN |
| 06ABUDHABI1268 |
TRANSIT OR TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA SO AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2133 |
PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW [...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...] |
2006-05-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2633 |
AMBASSADOR KHALIZAD MEETS DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 15, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and urged the UAEG to engage the newly formed government in Iraq. He also outlined USG support for PM Maliki's goals of eliminating militias, and promoting national r [...] |
2006-06-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET AF PK SO IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3101 |
CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE [...] (C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel, the M/T Lin 1, which was at the time in the hands of Somali pirates. We now understand, from Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan and media reports that [...] |
2006-07-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3818 |
A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...] |
2006-09-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE |
| 06ADDISABABA1607 |
ETHIOPIA: GOE OPPOSES ACCOMMODATION WITH SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge June 12 the GOE was concerned that USG "feelers" to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Mogadishu could affect that attitudes of other players, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Tekeda bemoaned the fact that many a [...] |
2006-06-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV ET SO ER |
| 06ADDISABABA1634 |
ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...] |
2006-06-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1647 |
IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...] |
2006-06-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1648 |
ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN MILITARY TO RESPOND IF [...] (C) Summary. On 15 June, DATT met with MG Yohannes Gebremeskel, Head, Intelligence Main Department of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Yohannes said the Islamic Courts are likely using "freelance" militias to expand their control beyond Mogadishu. He said they had taken Jowhar. [...] |
2006-06-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1690 |
AU ADOPTS SEVEN-POINT DECISION ON SOMALIA [...] Summary. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) at its 55th meeting held on June 17 adopted the following decision on the situation in Somalia. End Summary. 2. Begin text: Communique of the 55th Peace and Security Council Council, Â [...] |
2006-06-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL IGAD SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1691 |
CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...] |
2006-06-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1708 |
ETHIOPIA: SAMORA REITERATES GOE POLICY ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. LTG Samora Yonus, Chief of General Staff, Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19. Topics of discussion included CJTF-HOA presence in Ethiopia, the Somalia situation, Ethiopian military intentio [...] |
2006-06-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1719 |
ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ABIZAID [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19 to discuss the GOE's growing military force along the Somali border and its warning to the UIC that any perceived threat will be met with military action. Seyoum s [...] |
2006-06-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1737 |
A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...] |
2006-06-25 06:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1741 |
A/S FRAZER TALKS SOMALIA AND DARFUR WITH IGAD [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Frazer met June 23 with Ethiopia-based representatives of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states. The Kenyan and Somali Ambassadors argued that membership in the International Somalia Contact Group (SCG) should have been cast a bit wider to include [...] |
2006-06-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1743 |
ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders from major Ethiopian opposition parties gathered at the Charge,s residence June 24 to brief A/S Frazer on the current political climate for the opposition, including the status of negotiations with the GoE on reforms to Parliamentary rules. Opposition leaders were split o [...] |
2006-06-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1744 |
ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...] |
2006-06-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1779 |
A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...] |
2006-06-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1780 |
ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...] |
2006-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1781 |
AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-29 16:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1782 |
AFRICAN UNION: KONARE URGES US SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare told A/S Frazer in a June 25 meeting that the Union of Islamic Courts was currently probing to see how far it could expand, but intended to take over all of Somalia if possible. An expanding UIC would inevitably provoke war with Ethiopia, he [...] |
2006-06-29 16:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1869 |
ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION IN SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...] |
2006-07-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MOPS ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1904 |
CORRECTED COPY - ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...] |
2006-07-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL ASEC MOPS ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1924 |
ETHIOPIA: PROMINENT EDITOR SAYS SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amare Aregawi, a prominent and well connected newspaper editor, told PAO in late June that the GOE perceived increased threats from several sources, including increased fundamentalism in Somalia and hardline factions of the CUDP. Amare pointed to pervasive signs of increasing Mus [...] |
2006-07-14 06:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2041 |
SOMALIA: TFG REPORTS ICU FORCES' ADVANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia and permrep to the AU, Abdulkarim Farah, expects IGAD foreign ministers to endorse a detailed plan early next week for a peace support operation (IGASOM) to Somalia, following which the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) may take further action. [...] |
2006-07-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2042 |
SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...] |
2006-07-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2093 |
SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...] |
2006-07-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2114 |
MELES ON SOMALIA: NEED UNSC ENDORSEMENT OF IGAD [...] (C) Summary and Action Report. Prime Minister Meles told Charge Huddleston that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia is unlikely to collapse under pressure from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) if the UNSC welcomes a Ugandan battalion that would stabilize Baidoa. President Musev [...] |
2006-08-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MOPS SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2118 |
AU PSC REPRESENTATIVES OUTLOOK ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 1 meeting with staff members from the African Union Peace and Security Council - PSC Director Geofrey Mugumya, Head of the African Standby Force Maj General Ishaya Isah Hassan, Technical Advisor Dr. Aim Kamubudzi, and Conflict Management Director El-Ghassim Wane - [...] |
2006-08-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2170 |
ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin briefed Charge and CODEL Payne on his recent trip to Baidoa to mediate among the president, prime minister, and parliamentary speaker of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), who had been divided over whether to engage in dialog [...] |
2006-08-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2178 |
ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ASSESSES BORDER SITUATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's senior military officer, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus, expressed concern that Eritrea, Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), and Ethiopian insurgent groups are collaborating to destabilize Ethiopia. Ethiopia plans to train troops for Somal [...] |
2006-08-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS ET SO ER |
| 06ADDISABABA2203 |
SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...] |
2006-08-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG |
| 06ADDISABABA2389 |
SOMALIA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR TO AU BRIEFS CHARGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Ambassador to the African Union Franklin Esipila told the Charge Aug. 30 that IGAD member states were fully committed to deployment of a peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) beginning Sept. 28. Esipila added that member states hoped high-level negotiations in the comi [...] |
2006-08-31 10:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UNSC SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2396 |
SOMALIA: KENYAN FM TALKS ABOUT IGAD PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju told the Charge and European envoys August 31 that an IGAD peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) would deploy with a clear mandate: protect the TFG in Baidoa, train a civil protection force, and encourage dialogue with the ICU. [...] |
2006-09-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2400 |
SOMALIA: ADDIS TFG REP CLAIMS DEAL BETWEEN TFG AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somalian Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Representative in Addis Ababa informed A/DCM Sept. 4 and 5 that the TFG had agreed on the broad outlines of a deal with negotiators from the Union of Islamic Courts during negotiations in Khartoum. The tentative deal called fo [...] |
2006-09-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2410 |
AU MILITARY STAFF QUESTIONS PLAN FOR IGASOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On August 28, the African Union's Military Staff Committee (MSC), comprised of defense attaches or other military representatives of each of the 15 members of the AU Peace and Security Council, reviewed the proposed deployment plan for an IGAD peace support operation [...] |
2006-09-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SO AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2525 |
ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told visiting AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 12 that his ruling coalition was developing a new strategy to deal with Eritrea's "proxy war" with Ethiopioa in Somalia. He also suggested that the Government of Sudan was reluctant to allow a transition to a UN peac [...] |
2006-09-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SO SU |
| 06ADDISABABA2526 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY MINISTER TEKEDA TALKS SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 16 that although the GOE does not see increased risk of conflict with Eritrea, it nevertheless would prefer a six-month extension of UNMEE. In Somalia, the GOE now hopes only to contain the Council of Islamic Courts [...] |
2006-09-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MOPS AU ET ER SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2609 |
ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R. [...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...] |
2006-09-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2674 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA ON ERITREA, SOMALIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda told the Charge that the ruling EPRDF had not adopted any significant new policies toward Eritrea at its annual conference in late September. He also said the GOE was not concerned about further expansion of the Islamic Courts in Somalia -- as long [...] |
2006-10-04 07:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM SO ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2775 |
AFRICAN UNION DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka underscored the need for a robust U.N. mandate for peacekeeping in Sudan, noting that the AU lacked the resources to sustain an operation in Darfur and therefore sought to transfer responsibility to the international [...] |
2006-10-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MASS AU SO SU ET ER |
| 06ADDISABABA2818 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...] |
2006-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2832 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM REACTS TO CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge October 20 that the statement from the Somalia Contact Group was positive in that it confirmed the international community's support of the TFG, but it would have been better if the contact group had publicly supported a partial lif [...] |
2006-10-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2872 |
ETHIOPIA: MELES HOPES TO DELAY SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that delays and problems with IGASOM deployment might leave Ethiopia to face the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) alone, but that he hoped to hold off on military intervention until around mid-November. He said th [...] |
2006-10-26 17:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER UNSC SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2901 |
ETHIOPIA: SIMULTANEOUS STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia currently finds itself engaged in simultaneous struggles for democratization and security amid extremely difficult circumstances. Eritrea is providing material support to both the GOE's internal opponents and its newest external nemesis, the Council of Islamic Courts (CI [...] |
2006-10-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ET ER SO |
| 06ADDISABABA2910 |
ETHIOPIA: MFA EXPERT OFFERS THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Somalia expert sees a "dangerous situation" arising in the next two to three weeks if the international community takes no concrete action to assist Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its struggle against the extremist Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). H [...] |
2006-11-01 16:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER SO ET ER EG AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2914 |
THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...] |
2006-11-02 05:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2921 |
PUNTLAND VICE PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Puntland Vice President Hassan Dahir Mahamud blamed Islamic extremists in Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) for fanning Ethio-Somali tensions in order to destabilize Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He claimed that the current (EPRDF) GOE had done much to reduce [...] |
2006-11-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS MASS KPKO ET ER SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3048 |
AN AMERICAN/ETHIOPIAN PARTNERSHIP SO CRITICAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As I prepare to turn over my responsibilities to my good friend and respected colleague, Ambassador Don Yamamoto, I urge the USG to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Ethiopia. Ethiopia is moving in the right direction -- despite the nay-sayers -- on democracy, devel [...] |
2006-11-15 15:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ET PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3114 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ABOUT DIALOGING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Vicki Huddleston on November 20 (during a farewell call) that Ethiopia preferred to dialogue with the CIC rather than enter into armed conflict. Tekeda said that Ethiopia had invited the CIC to talks in Addis Ababa, and the "ball was now [...] |
2006-11-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA3115 |
ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS AUTHORIZATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a remarkable session on Nov. 23, Prime Minister Meles asked Parliament to approve a resolution stating Ethiopia's desire for peaceful relations with Somalia, but authorizing "any measures necessary" to respond to the Council of Islamic Court's (CIC) declared jihad against Ethi [...] |
2006-11-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL ASEC ET SO ER |
| 06ADDISABABA3123 |
SALAFIST INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary: According to a Somali clan elder, the GOE should make efforts to ease tensions within the Muslim population of Ethiopia. He noted rising Salafist and pro-CIC sentiments among both Somali and non-Somali Muslims, and an increasing willingness by Ethiopian Muslim youth to fight on t [...] |
2006-11-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA3175 |
ETHIOPIA: SEN. FEINGOLD TALKS SOMALIA, HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting U.S. Senator Feingold Nov. 30 that while the GOE was trying to avoid war with the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in Somalia, armed conflict was likely in the coming weeks. Meles expected that the CIC would move against Somalia's Transitional Federal Govern [...] |
2006-12-04 05:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC PHUM ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3206 |
ETHIOPIA: PM MELES MEETS WITH FMR SECSTATE [...] (SBU) Summary. While visiting Addis Ababa to promote the UNDP's Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi December 1 to discuss Ethiopia's support of the Commission and her concern about the deterioratin [...] |
2006-12-06 06:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA3211 |
ETHIOPIA GIRDS FOR HIGH-RISK IN SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Indications suggest that Ethiopia is preparing to increase its military involvement in Somalia in the coming weeks. The GOE feels ever more compelled to intervene in southern Somalia to counter what it sees as the growing threat of an extremist Islamic regime in Mogadishu that [...] |
2006-12-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV PINS ET SO ER |
| 06ADDISABABA3212 |
SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GEDI HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN EXTREMIST SUPPORT FOR ICU [...] (C) SUMMARY. TFG PM Gedi reported that over 3,000 foreign Islamic militants are assisting the CIC, including fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Libya. Eritrea and Saudi sources have provided weapons and funding respectively to the CIC, while Somali Hawiye are increasingly back [...] |
2006-12-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO SO ET KISL MOPS |
| 06ADDISABABA3240 |
ETHIOPIA: MELES ALTERS STANCE ON MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Recent U.S. visitors to Ethiopia have advocated a message of caution to Prime Minister Meles and raised potential consequences of Ethiopian deployment of troops in possible military action in Somalia. While Meles has consistently underscored the threat of al-Shabaab and other ex [...] |
2006-12-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO ER |
| 06ADDISABABA3289 |
SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia welcomed the UN Security Council's authorization of an IGAD/AU mission for Somalia, but did not foresee deployment until January 2007 or later, due to uncertainty relating to funding and troop contributing countries, according to Ethiopian MFA Somalia expert Fiseha Shawe [...] |
2006-12-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3390 |
SOMALIA: PM MELES PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES "DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a national address broadcast live on December 24, Prime Minister Meles acknowledged that Ethiopia had launched military operations within Somalia, describing them as "defensive measures" taken against "terrorist forces" who had infiltrated insurgents into Ethiopia. Citing the [...] |
2006-12-26 16:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS MOPS KISL ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3392 |
ADDIS ABABA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY SITUATION AFTER ETHIOPIAN [...] (U) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG and [...] |
2006-12-27 06:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3404 |
USAU AMB COURVILLE HEARS ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) In the course of a December 20 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, Ethiopian Minister of State Dr. Tekeda Alemu stressed that Ethiopia looked for dialogue in good faith with the Islamic Courts in Somalia, but would not be committed to dialogue in the abstract. Ethiopia's [...] |
2006-12-27 16:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SO ET AU |
| 06ADDISABABA3409 |
CORRECTED COPY; USAU AMB COURVILLE HEARS [...] (C) In the course of a December 20 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, Ethiopian Minister of State Dr. Tekeda Alemu stressed that Ethiopia looked for dialogue in good faith with the Islamic Courts in Somalia, but would not be committed to dialogue in the abstract. Ethiopia's [...] |
2006-12-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ET AU |
| 06ADDISABABA3410 |
CORRECTED COPY: SOMALIA: GOE PM MELES SAYS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Charge that the "Jihadist" leaders of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) had fled Mogadishu as ENDF and TFG forces closed in on the Somali capital. ACTION REQUEST: Meles ask [...] |
2006-12-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS ASEC PREL PGOV SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA3411 |
SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR REPORTS MILITARY CAMPAIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 28 meeting with USAU Amb. Courville and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker), the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) PermRep to the AU and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdulkarim Farah, responded to a series of questions asked by Amb. Courville on [...] |
2006-12-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO DJ |
| 06ADDISABABA3413 |
SOMALIA: PM MELES REPORTS ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi informed Charge in the evening of December 28 that Ethiopian troops had not entered Mogadishu, and that Ethiopia would wait until the following day to assess circumstances and decide whether to intervene in Somalia's capital. Meles [...] |
2006-12-28 19:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KISL ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA3418 |
RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT. [...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...] |
2006-12-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ |
| 06ADDISABABA3419 |
RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT. [...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...] |
2006-12-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ |
| 06ADDISABABA918 |
SOMALIA: AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA AND THE AU GIVES [...] (C) Summary: Success in restoring governance in Somalia requires isolation of Mogadishu armed elements, Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) Abdulkarim Farai told guests at an informal AU Partners Group dinner April 3. Farai also said that Somalia has signed agreements [...] |
2006-04-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO ET AU |
| 06ASMARA830 |
UN SRSG GIVES VIEWS ON ERITREA AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia Francois Lonseny SIPDIS Fall briefed Emboffs October 5 on his meeting with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki and provided his views on the fluid situation in Somalia. Fall ex [...] |
2006-10-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC PINR KPKO ER SO |
| 06BANJUL411 |
DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC), meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...] |
2006-06-28 17:48:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO |
| 06BRUSSELS2502 |
BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...] |
2006-07-18 05:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ |
| 06CAIRO3819 |
SOMALIA: EGYPT LAMENTS U.S. DECISION TO "EXCLUDE [...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy complained to poloff about what he termed Washington's decision to "exclude Arab participation" in a newly formed "Contact Group" to deal with the ongoing crisis in Somalia. Higazy questioned the selectio [...] |
2006-06-19 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG SO |
| 06CAIRO3849 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOLD MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (C) The Arab League will hold a ministerial meeting in Khartoum, Sudan June 21-22, to discuss political and security developments in Somalia, according to senior Arab League contacts. League Secretariat staffer Talal Elameen (protect) told Poloff that the meeting of the League's 11-member So [...] |
2006-06-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO6233 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MISSION TO SEEK REGIONAL, [...] (C) According to Arab League (AL) officials, an AL delegation is preparing to visit Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia from roughly October 8 - 22. The visit is intended to prepare for the next round of AL-hosted talks in Khartoum on October 30. Salah Halima, Advisor to Sec [...] |
2006-10-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO6550 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE INVITES USG TO ATTEND TALKS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph four. 2. (U) During the October 24-25 Eid al-Fitr holiday, Embassy Cairo received a fax from the Arab League inviting USG "attendance" for a third round of Somalia peace talks scheduled to commence in Khartoum on October 30. According to the fa [...] |
2006-10-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO6937 |
(C) SOMALI DIPLOMAT REPORTS ON ISLAMIST HASSAN [...] (C) Summary: Somali diplomat Ismail A. Hussein told poloffs on November 16 that Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) officials informed the Somali Embassy in Cairo about the visit of Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys on the day of his arrival in Egypt. W [...] |
2006-11-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SO |
| 06CAIRO7041 |
(C) SOMALI DIPLOMAT PROVIDES ARAB LEAGUE MINUTES [...] (C) Cairo-based Somali diplomat Ismail Hussein (strictly protect) provided poloff with an Arabic-language document purported to be an Arab League (AL) internal summary of November 2-3 meetings in Mogadishu between senior League staff and Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) leader Sheikh Has [...] |
2006-12-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL UNGA MARR EG SO |
| 06CAIRO7100 |
(C) EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Egypt, bilaterally and via its strong influence over the Arab League (AL), hopes to help stabilize Somalia and prevent Islamic extremists from taking over. Egypt appears to be hedging its bets with the powerful Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in hopes of bolstering its more moder [...] |
2006-12-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR EG ET SO |
| 06CAIRO7199 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE PRESSING FOR RESUMPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Arab League Secretariat African Affairs Office Director Samir Hosny on SIPDIS December 20, urging the League to use its contacts with Somali Islamic Courts (CIC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) figures to help avoid military clashes, to r [...] |
2006-12-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO7260 |
SOMALIA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WORKING TO [...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Marsoum Marzouk, detailed Egyptian concerns and responses to the current fighting between Ethiopian forces and the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). Responding to ref A demarche, Marzouk noted that Egypt was an unlikely transit [...] |
2006-12-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EG SO |
| 06DJIBOUTI102 |
BERBERA CORRIDOR SHIPPING [...] Summary: The port of Berbera in Northern Somalia (the self- declared autonomous region also known as Somaliland) recently signed an agreement with Ethiopia, allowing Ethiopia to use Berbera for its import and export needs. The first shipments of cargo successfully transited through Berbera in [...] |
2006-01-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON EWWT ELTN DJ ET SO |
| 06DJIBOUTI283 |
SOMALIA THROUGH DJIBOUTI'S CONSULAR [...] SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti agrees with the analysis in reftel. Djibouti is also responsible for providing consular services to Somalia. Post is unable to confirm identities or relationships to petitioners. The consular section concurs with Nairobi's stated concerns about possible ACS fraud. E [...] |
2006-03-06 03:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PTER ASEC KE ET DJ SO CIVS KFRP |
| 06DJIBOUTI361 |
DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador conveyed to Mahmoud Ali Youssuf, Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, substance of points provided in reftel during an urgent meeting at her request on March 23. She also converted the cable's instructions into a series of points which she left with the Minister as a non-p [...] |
2006-03-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ |
| 06DJIBOUTI372 |
DJIBOUTI AND ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that Djibouti shares similar points of view with the United States regarding the four key issues on the agenda in the upcoming Arab League Summit. He also offered insights on other issues such as Iran, Somalia, and a Common Defense [...] |
2006-03-27 05:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SO SU IR IZ DJ |
| 06DJIBOUTI383 |
DJIBOUTI RESPONSE ON SOMALI PIRACY SUSPECTS [...] (C) Ambassador met 3/26 with Acting Foreign Minister Badri Ali Bagoreh and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Bilateral Affairs Director Mohamed Ali Hassan as a follow up to reftel (B) request to the Government of Djibouti on the suspected Somali pirates. Bagoreh and Hassan advised Ambassador [...] |
2006-03-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ |
| 06DJIBOUTI433 |
DAS YAMAMOTO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 2, AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto met separately in Djibouti with SIPDIS President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to discuss the Ethiopian/Eritrean border conflict, engaging with Somalia, and strengthening the coalition at [...] |
2006-04-07 07:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MARR DJ SO |
| 06DJIBOUTI56 |
MEETING OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), General Peter Pace, met January 2 in Djibouti with President Ismail Omar Guelleh during CJCS's stopover with a USO troupe traveling in theater. The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Somalia situation dominated the 40-min [...] |
2006-01-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR DJ SO ET |
| 06DJIBOUTI748 |
GUELLEH AND A/S FRAZER DISCUSS SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. We need your blessing on the new process for Somalia as an example for other international groups, President Ismail Omar Guelleh told visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer on June 21. All levels of Somali society want to be heard by the Americans, said Guelleh. He believes that Somaliland a [...] |
2006-06-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MARR DJ SO ET ER |
| 06DJIBOUTI830 |
A/S FRAZER AND SOMALILAND'S FM TALK IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) During a dinner hosted by Ambassador Ragsdale on June 21, the Foreign Minister of Somaliland Edna Ismail spoke with visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer regarding the ongoing attempts by Somaliland to win international recognition as an independent state. Ismail briefed the A/S on her current tour [...] |
2006-07-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO DJ |
| 06DJIBOUTI831 |
A/S FRAZER AND IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON SOMALIA [...] (C) "We want the United States to be part of the process," said IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Bashir Attallah to A/S Jendayi Frazer, during a cocktail the Ambassador hosted June 21 for both. Dr. Attallah, who is headquartered in Djibouti, said IGAD wants America's "active involvement." It wants [...] |
2006-07-13 07:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IGAD DJ SO |
| 06DUBAI10 |
GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE AND [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met December 27 in Dubai with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Ma [...] |
2006-01-02 12:28:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PTER XF TC IR IZ SY LE XD SO |
| 06DUBAI6939 |
DHOW TRADE BETWEEN THE UAE AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-19 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT PGOV PINS AE SO |
| 06KHARTOUM1477 |
SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...] |
2006-06-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1542 |
SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...] |
2006-06-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SO SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1545 |
SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...] |
2006-06-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SO SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1573 |
SOMALIA: MFA READOUT ON SOMALI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Arab Affairs Mabrouk described the June 21-22 Somali talks in Khartoum as achieving a breakthrough, reflecting mutual interest in restoring a united Somalia. He described the tone as cordial and committed. Clarifying Sudan's role in the talks as facilitator and [...] |
2006-07-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2140 |
SOMALIA: COMMUNIQUE FROM SECOND ROUND OF SOMALI [...] (C) Summary: The final communique released on September 4 by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) at the closure of the second round of talks in Khartoum calls for peaceful co-existence between factions and the cessation of encouragement and assistanc [...] |
2006-09-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IGAD MOPS EAID SU SO |
| 06KHARTOUM2687 |
CHAD MAY ACCEPT UN FORCES TO PREVENT WIDER WAR [...] (S) Summary: Blaming Sudan for the deteriorating security situation in his country, Chadian Embassy Security Chief Mohamad Tahir Tordjok (strictly protect) said the Chadian government would accept United Nations peacekeeping forces in Chad to secure its eastern border. Tordjok claimed that 30 [...] |
2006-11-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPKO SU CD NG SO UN |
| 06KHARTOUM2767 |
MINAWI DISCUSSES NCP APPROACH TO DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Special Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi described the stalled implementation of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the division of labor within the National Congress Party (NCP) on Darfur, which has left Presiden [...] |
2006-11-30 15:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL SU CD CT SO |
| 06LONDON4022 |
(C) SOMALIA: FCO SEEKS CLOSER COORDINATION [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO East Africa Section Head Ben Lyon told Poloff June 5 that the UK is keen to coordinate more closely with the USG on Somalia. He said Africa Director James Bevan tried to phone A/S Frazer June 2 to ask for a response to the draft "US [...] |
2006-06-07 10:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO UK |
| 06LONDON7672 |
(C) SOMALIA: FCO DOUBTS UGANDA CAN DEPLOY [...] (C) Uganda is "unclear" about its willingness to deploy an "IGASOM" force to Somalia under the aegis of IGAD, and the UK doubts whether it has the capability even if it wanted to, according to FCO East Africa and Horn Section Head Ben Lyon. He told Poloff October 30 that the UK wants to seek [...] |
2006-10-30 17:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO UK |
| 06LONDON8066 |
(C) SOMALIA: MUSEVENI TELLS A/S FRAZER UGANDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uganda's President Museveni told AF A/S Frazer November 21 that he is ready to send a battalion to Baidoa to protect the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions, provided there is a clear UNSCR, adequate funding and a tacit agreement with Ethiopia. He was expecting Ethiopia to [...] |
2006-11-22 15:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER UNSC SO UG ET |
| 06LONDON8106 |
(C) A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FCO Minister for Africa Lord Triesman November 21 and Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn the next day, AF A/S Frazer stressed the need to adopt a UNSCR on Somalia flexible enough that frontline states could play a positive role. She al [...] |
2006-11-27 15:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC SU SO ER ET KE UK |
| 06MUSCAT1736 |
OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi told Ambassador on December 24 that Oman was not directly involved in efforts to resolve conflicts in either Somalia or Sudan. The Omani government does, however, strongly support Arab League (AL) endeavors to quell violence in bo [...] |
2006-12-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO MU |
| 06MUSCAT687 |
SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING [...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...] |
2006-05-02 05:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU |
| 06MUSCAT792 |
MILITARY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOMALI [...] (C) Reflecting growing public concern over violent incidents involving infiltration by Somali and Yemeni illegal migrants across the Oman-Yemen border, the Omani army, air force, special forces and police have launched operations in Oman's southern Dhofar region that have reportedly already sw [...] |
2006-05-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PINS PREF MOPS PREL SMIG KCRM SENV SO MU |
| 06MUSCAT952 |
MILITARY'S ANTI-INFILTRATOR OPS END IN SOUTH [...] (S) According to senior military officials in the Royal Oman Army and Sultan's Special Force, military operations in Oman's southern Dhofar region to sweep up illegal Somali and other infiltrators have ceased as of early June. When they began in late April, the operations were primarily focuse [...] |
2006-06-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PINS PREF SMIG MOPS KCRM SO MU |
| 06NAIROBI1082 |
SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED; DONORS EXAMINE [...] (C) The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) appears set to attempt the actual work of creating legislative committees and discussing the country's future. A risk that the TFP would tear itself apart over the fate of the Prime Minister seems to be receding, as MPs fear that finding som [...] |
2006-03-09 05:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1094 |
SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE [...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...] |
2006-03-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1224 |
SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT IN NAIROBI RISKS UPSTAGING [...] (SBU) Somali politicians fear that the upcoming summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) may repeat the mistakes of March 2005. The specter that Somali President Yusuf may again ask IGAD to express readiness to deploy foreign troops from neighboring countries to Somalia, [...] |
2006-03-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1243 |
SOMALI PIRATES CAPTURED AFTER FIRING ON US NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post sees no likelihood of Kenyan prosecution of those captured March 18 for armed attack against U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia. Post supports direct transfer (NOT via Kenya) of the detainees for U.S. prosecution. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Presumed Somali "pirates" enga [...] |
2006-03-18 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHSA ASEC PTER KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI1261 |
SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG [...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...] |
2006-03-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1393 |
KENYA AGREES TO TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI [...] (SBU) Juliet Gicheru, Acting Head of the Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), confirmed to poloff March 29 that Kenya consents to both the immediate transfer of Somali pirate suspects in Kenya and temporary detention of those suspects identified for repatriation to Somalia. Post [...] |
2006-03-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MAAR PHSA SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1445 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, REDSO Somalia, Djibouti, and OFDA contributed to this report. ------------ FLASH REPORT ------------ 2. Early rep [...] |
2006-04-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI1484 |
AMBASSADOR TO YUSUF: ALLIANCE AGAINST TERROR NOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a March 31 meeting with Somali Transitional Federal President Abdullahi Yusuf, Ambassador reassured Yusuf of our support for the Transitional Federal Government, specifying that our support for counter-terrorism activities in Mogadishu were directed only at foreign terrorist [...] |
2006-04-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1601 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...] |
2006-04-12 03:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1661 |
ICRC AGREES TO REPATRIATE SOMALI PIRATE SUSPECT'S [...] (C) The Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia (based in Nairobi) agreed to the Embassy's formal request (dated April 13) to facilitate the repatriation of the remains of the deceased Somali national to Somalia. The ICRC's April 18 communication states " [...] |
2006-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1697 |
TENSIONS ESCALATING IN MOGADISHU [...] (S) Somali Prime Minister Gedi telephoned Ambassador late April 19 to convey great concern over apparent preparations for renewed fighting in Mogadishu. There are reports, he said, of roadblocks going up and movements of men and weapons. Civilians are fleeing. (NOTE: We are receiving confirma [...] |
2006-04-19 16:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1874 |
LAMU LEADERS GIVE U.S. EFFORTS MIXED REVIEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs addressed a Town Hall meeting of the Lamu County Council, and responded to community,s concerns about USG policies, military presence in Lamu and various assistance programs. The tone of the meeting was cordial, although several participants expressed resentment over perc [...] |
2006-05-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI1875 |
USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia Humanitarian Update [...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded Malnutrition Rising While food insecurity is chronic throughout southern Somalia, malnutr In Gedo Region, the USAID-supported Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU In Bay Region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland co [...] |
2006-05-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI1881 |
USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia [...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded by the effects of fifteen years of armed conflict that has destroyed public infrastructure and basic services, and stressed the population?s coping strategies. The majority of the 2.1 million drought-affected people resides i [...] |
2006-05-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI1883 |
U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...] |
2006-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1939 |
MEASLES AND POLIO INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE IN [...] Since 2005, isolated measles and polio cases surfaced in drought-affected Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Increased migration by pastoralists during the drought has raised concerns of a widespread, regional outbreak. In response, the U.N. Children?s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization [...] |
2006-05-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO KE ET |
| 06NAIROBI1956 |
DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOMALIA DROUGHT [...] To date, donor governments and agencies, including USAID, have contributed over 87.8 million U.S. Dollars (USD) towards the United Nations (U.N.) humanitarian appeal for the drought emergency in Somalia, in addition to more than 60.0 million USD outside the appeal. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, [...] |
2006-05-05 06:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI2003 |
COMPENSATION DEMANDS BY DECEASED SOMALI'S FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) The family of a Somali national killed during a mid-March engagement with the U.S. Navy intends to request compensation from the USG as a condition for accepting the remains. Post recommends against offering any f [...] |
2006-05-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2011 |
SOUTH/CENTRAL SOMALIA FOOD DISTRIBUTION [...] From February to mid-April, 2006, a total of 25 251 MTs of FFP Title II emergency food aid has been distributed to 1,296,818 victims of the drought in South and Central Somalia. This represents a 44 % achievement in comparison to planned levels. The food pipeline will remain stretched and d [...] |
2006-05-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI2034 |
MOGADISHU FIGHTING PAUSES, AFTER INTENSE ACTIVITY [...] (C) The United Nations Security Office reports that fighting in Mogadishu has paused, following four days of intense conflict. The UN has received reports of 100 to 150 casualties (no break out yet of dead and wounded), while press reports indicate up to 85 deaths since May 7. Estimates from [...] |
2006-05-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS SO |
| 06NAIROBI2063 |
SOMALIA: BRIEFING THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy briefed a small group of ambassadors and special envoys on U.S. policy toward Somalia on May 9. The group responded largely favorably to the briefing, with several finding areas of convergence between their policy priorities and ours. In response to concerns t [...] |
2006-05-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER EAID PGOV SO |
| 06NAIROBI210 |
SOMALIA'S PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AGREE -- THE END GAME [...] (C) The January 5 agreement signed in Aden between the Somali Transitional President and Speaker of the Parliament can only be welcomed, at least as a reflection of the dialogue that produced it. But such dialogue and agreement may nonetheless herald the end of the Transitional Federal Instit [...] |
2006-01-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2141 |
SOMALI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER KEEN FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Somalia's Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden May 11 to discuss current developments in Somalia. The conversation particularly focused on the fighting in Mogadishu and possible ways to bring it to an end, with the Speaker agreeing that he may be i [...] |
2006-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS CVIS PTER SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2142 |
SOMALI PRESIDENT YUSUF: LOST IN TRANSLATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met May 15 with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who was transiting through Nairobi en route to Somalia. Yusuf vacillated between professions of wanting the Mogadishu ministers back in government and threats of action against them if they did not come on board. H [...] |
2006-05-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2165 |
U.S. ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE FIGHTING IN [...] (C) Extensive press reports, including the front-page piece in today's Washington Post, convey the misleading impression that the USG is funding warlords to fight extremists in the streets of Mogadishu as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Initial fighting in February between the Alliance f [...] |
2006-05-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2166 |
SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...] |
2006-05-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI2174 |
USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S SAMBURU [...] Consistent rains over the past month have improved pasture and natural water points that are critical to the largely pastoralist population in Kenya's Samburu District. However, according to district officials, ethnic conflict and cattle theft have displaced an estimated 20,000 people in the [...] |
2006-05-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO KE ET |
| 06NAIROBI2190 |
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Embassy Nairobi received May 16 a letter from Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi requesting, in general terms, U.S. support for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Post has sent a generic interim response expressing USG support for the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI [...] |
2006-05-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2369 |
BI-LATERAL MEETING BETWEEN USAID/REDSO/FFP AND [...] Summary: On May 3, 2006, USAID/REDSO/FFP and the regional WFP Operations Division Kampala (WFP/ODK) held their third annual bi-lateral meeting. These annual meetings are designed to provide a forum for each party to discuss topics of mutual concern in managing the nearly 1.6 million MTs of Ti [...] |
2006-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | DJ ER EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI2425 |
SOMALIA: A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post envisions a Somalia strategy that builds on existing counterterrorism contacts and tactics, connecting the ARPFAT with the TFIs, establishing relations with moderate Islamic courts, and developing a network within the Ayr and business communities in Mogadishu. This approach [...] |
2006-06-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI2453 |
S/CT Ambassador Crumptons Meeting with President [...] (S/NF) S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton called on Kenyan President Kibaki May 26. Crumpton hailed U.S.Kenyan anti- terrorism cooperation in recent years and urged that Kenya continue to treat regional threats seriously and work with us to strengthen further our CT cooperation. Crumpton asked Kib [...] |
2006-06-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2454 |
SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositi [...] |
2006-06-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2455 |
SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositio [...] |
2006-06-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PGOV SO |
| 06NAIROBI2456 |
SOMALIA: MILITARY AND POLITICAL ADVANCES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although two Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Fight Against Terrorism (ARPFAT) leaders retain control of their territory, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) now controls the bulk of Mogadishu. The UIC's advance on Jowhar is further cause for concern, both because it will [...] |
2006-06-06 03:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PTER PREL KISL SO |
| 06NAIROBI2525 |
SOMALIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with European Union ambassadors on June 2 and with members of the Somalia contact group on June 8 to share our thoughts on Somalia. At both events, he covered the following points: - The ICU has clearly gained considerable ground. We do not consider the Union monolit [...] |
2006-06-08 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SO |
| 06NAIROBI2594 |
VIOLENCE IN MOGADISHU EXACERBATES [...] In May 2006, an ongoing low-intensity conflict between warlords and factions aligned with the Islamic courts in the Somali capital of Mogadishu escalated into large-scale violence throughout the city. On June 5, the Islamic Court Union (ICU) claimed control of Mogadishu, with most of the war [...] |
2006-06-14 03:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI260 |
SOMALIA: ALL SIDES READY TO DELIVER A PARLIAMENT - [...] (C) The "Aden Declaration," signed by the Somali President and Speaker of the Parliament, provides an entry point to engage with the parties to the divided Transitional Federal Institutions. They, in turn, have asked the USG for specific diplomatic efforts to improve the environment for the c [...] |
2006-01-20 01:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2618 |
JOWHAR FALLS [...] (U) Action request - para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The town of Jowhar came under Islamic Court Union (ICU) control the afternoon of June 14. The UN received direct assistance from known extremist Aden Hashi Ayrow to protect the UN compound in Jowhar, an incident that makes it appear that Ayrow [...] |
2006-06-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL MARR SO |
| 06NAIROBI2640 |
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST ADVANCES, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Somali town of Belet Weyne was taken over by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), apparently by fiat rather than force, the morning of June 15. This now puts the ICU in control of the entire Shebelle valley and offers enhanced connections to supplies from the Gulf. Leaders in the [...] |
2006-06-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL SO |
| 06NAIROBI2653 |
LETTER FROM THE SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS: A PROPOSED [...] (C) Post received a letter from the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) June 12 (e-mailed to AF/E). The letter, similar to other missives issued by the UIC, portrays the UIC as a largely benevolent entity interested primarily in the well-being of the residents of Mogadishu. The letter lists the or [...] |
2006-06-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PGOV PHUM SO |
| 06NAIROBI2654 |
SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...] |
2006-06-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF |
| 06NAIROBI2655 |
IGAD FOREIGN MINISTERS DEBATE SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A June 13 meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers produced much debate about the ability of neighboring states to intervene in Somalia's affairs, but ended with a communique re-affirming the position that any IGAD peace mission to Somalia would involve only Sudanese and Ugandan t [...] |
2006-06-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SO |
| 06NAIROBI2757 |
A/S FRAZER MEETS KENYA FM TUJU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Kenya' s Foreign Minister Raf ael Tuju, Assistant Secretary Frazer END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Frazer noted that she came to Kenya at the s pecific direction of Secretary Rice to consult with our Kenyan allies on Somali a. A/S Frazer e [...] |
2006-06-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO |
| 06NAIROBI2758 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Assistant Secretary Frazer highlighted U.S. priorities for Somalia and SIPDIS expressed concerns about territorial expansion by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Sharif Hassan had similar concern [...] |
2006-06-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KISL SO |
| 06NAIROBI2759 |
KENYAN OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kibaki Government is unresponsive and acting with impunity, opposition leaders told Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer during a June 21 meeting in Nairobi. SIPDIS The only solution is for Kenyans to vote in a new government, which is why politicians are fixed on the 2007 [...] |
2006-06-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL KCOR PTER KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI2760 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Prime Minister Gedi, Assistant Secretary Frazer outlined U.S. priorities for Somalia and solicited Gedi's thoughts on the most appropriate role for the U.S. at this time. Gedi identified security needs as the top priority to enable other activitie [...] |
2006-06-26 03:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI2761 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, Assistant Secretary Frazer spelled out the U.S. priorities of support to the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) and the people of Somalia, enhancing regional stability, and countering terrorism. Frazer and Yusuf di [...] |
2006-06-26 03:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO |
| 06NAIROBI2781 |
SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...] |
2006-06-27 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV SO |
| 06NAIROBI2952 |
CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier met with members of the Legal Affairs and Defense and Foreign Relations Parliamentary Committees July 6 in Nairobi. The eleven members of Parliament, including Deputy Speaker of the House, David Musila, raised a number of concerns including U.S. counter-terrorism [...] |
2006-07-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER PREL ASEC KE SU SO |
| 06NAIROBI3004 |
SOMALIA: COURTING AND POSTURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: European members of the IGAD/AU mission to Somalia came away with the impression that the Islamic Courts in Mogadishu are much more organized than the government in Baidoa. The Transitional Federal Government seems to have no clear idea of what it must do to implement the National [...] |
2006-07-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO |
| 06NAIROBI3173 |
COURTS ADVANCING ON BAIDOA? POSSIBLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of an imminent Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) attack on Baidoa appear exaggerated. Two reports, although differing in details, link the militia movement to Rahanweyn clan disgruntlement with the Transitional Federal Government. The UN advises that the Court militia has re [...] |
2006-07-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PTER KISL SO |
| 06NAIROBI3292 |
AWEYS' POSSIBLE WEAKNESS [...] (C) In a July 26 conversation, European Commission Senior Political Advisor on Somalia Walid Musa shared that Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is unable to travel to Mogadishu because of disputes with clan leaders in the city. He has likewise been unable to appoint more [...] |
2006-07-31 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER SO |
| 06NAIROBI37 |
SOMALIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post provides the text below as our submission to subject report. Embassy Nairobi POC is Somalia Watcher Michael Zorick, email: zorickmp@state.gov. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Somalia Somalias lack of a functioning central government, protracted state of violent instability, long unguarded coastl [...] |
2006-01-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI3836 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALIA TFG SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador August 30, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Speaker of Parliament gave his view of the current situation in Somalia, emphasized the need for American involvement and "neutral" troops, and described his planned approach to anyone in [...] |
2006-09-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC PREL SO KE SU |
| 06NAIROBI3876 |
ETHNIC SOMALIS DISCUSS ETHIOPIA, THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is part of a series following an early August USAID-sponsored conflict mitigation workshop in Mandera, Northeastern Province, Kenya. This message was cleared with the USAID participant in the discussions. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Cross-border conflict mitigation [...] |
2006-09-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE ET SO |
| 06NAIROBI3900 |
SOMALI REFUGEES IN KENYA (C-TN6-01351) [...] (C) The following answers are keyed to original lettered questions in reftel. A. (C) HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA RESPONDED TO THE FLOW OF SOMALI REFUGEES TO DADAAB? IS THE INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES INTO KENYA A THREAT TO KENYAN STABILITY? IF SO, HOW? The GOK continues to fulfill its [...] |
2006-09-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI4018 |
KENYA AND SOMALIA: MFA PITCHES AGAIN FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Kenya views U.S. support as crucial to the success of its imminent plan to secure UN Security Council endorsement for an IGAD peacekeeping mission to Somalia. Kenya's delegation to the UNGA will be seeking consultations with the U.S. on this issue after September 19 in New York. E [...] |
2006-09-14 14:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI416 |
U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES NOW IN KENYAN CUSTODY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten Somali pirates captured by the U.S. Navy for high-seas piracy of an Indian vessel have been turned over to Kenyan authorities. Absent interventions by U.S. or Indian authorities to assert jurisdiction, Kenyan police are proceeding full steam to prosecute domestically. END S [...] |
2006-01-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI428 |
SOMALIA: PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER COOPERATING, PRIME [...] (C) Somali President Yusuf told Ambassador January 29 that he and the Speaker of the Parliament continue to work together to implement the "Aden Declaration" they signed January 5, calling for the parliament to begin work inside Somalia. The Prime Minister and two key political/clan allies ar [...] |
2006-01-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI4372 |
SEEING IN 3-D: USG REGIONAL COORDINATION TO [...] (SBU) Field and Washington representatives of State, USAID, and DOD met in Nairobi in August to coordinate efforts to combat terrorism in the Horn of Africa (HOA). Participants agreed to form a regional team to serve as a point of contact among relevant USG players. They also agreed to deepen [...] |
2006-10-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER SO KE ET |
| 06NAIROBI4420 |
SECURITY CONCERNS PERSIST AT WILSON AIRPORT [...] (C) Summary: Concerns about security and possible terrorism at Nairobi's Wilson Airport persist. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) notice of October 4 moving all Somalia passenger flights from Wilson to the better-regulated Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) should help, but Ke [...] |
2006-10-16 03:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAIR CASC ECON KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI4477 |
POLIO SURFACES IN KENYA REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) On October 16, Refcoord Addis learned from UNHCR and other sources that a case of polio had been discovered at Dadaab refugee camp. The case, the first in Kenya in twenty years, was originally identified on September 23 by GTZ doctors at the camp. GTZ doctors turned the information over [...] |
2006-10-17 04:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI4555 |
INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALIA COMMUNIQUE [...] The International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Nairobi on October 19. The full text of the final communiqu follows in para 2. Post will report on the ICG meeting septel. 2. Begin text: International Contact Group on Somalia Nairobi October 19, 2006 The International Contact [...] |
2006-10-23 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM PTER KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI462 |
KENYA CONFIRMS INTENT TO PROSECUTE U.S.-CAPTURED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities confirm their intent to proceed to prosecute and bring to trial in coming days the 10 Somali pirates captured January 22 by U.S. forces. They seek immediate transfer to Kenyan authorities any/all items of evidentiary value still in U.S. hands. The nation's [...] |
2006-02-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI4628 |
KENYAN SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI DEEPLY CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's Minister of National Security is seized with Somalia and the possible implications of a complete takeover of that country by the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). He expressed deep concern over the likely implications of this scenario, regionally and in Kenya, and urged U [...] |
2006-10-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PREF KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI4726 |
NO PLANK TO WALK BUT TEN GUILTY PIRATES GET SEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Mombasa court found all ten of the Somali nationals captured by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Somalia in January guilty of piracy on the high seas and sentenced each to seven years imprisonment on November 1. The defense's planned appeal of the verdict on jurisdictional gr [...] |
2006-11-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI4868 |
SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE [...] South central region of Somalia is the most unstable area of the country where insecurity exists primarily due to interclan fighting, tensions brought about by the spread of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), and the ineffective governance of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). 2. [...] |
2006-11-15 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE NOTAG SO |
| 06NAIROBI4871 |
KENYA SUSPENDS SOMALIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing security concerns, the Government of Kenya (GOK) suspended all scheduled flights between Somalia and Kenya effective November 13. In so doing, the GOK will require all charter flights to apply for clearance, providing a detailed manifest of passengers, crew, travel docume [...] |
2006-11-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PGOV KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI5076 |
DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR KENYA FLOODS [...] Summary: The October to December 2006 rains have been exceptionally heavy throughout Kenya resulting in serious flooding in the Coast, Western and Northeastern Provinces directly affecting approximately 300,000 persons and with 23 recorded deaths so far as reported by Kenya Red Cross (KRC) a [...] |
2006-11-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PREL SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI5130 |
SENATOR FEINGOLD & FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Kenya supports a UNSC resolution adjusting the Somalia arms embargo to permit an IGAD peace support mission. Tuju considers passage of such a resolution to be "a strong signal that the international community will not accept an extremist state in the region and that the CIC must [...] |
2006-12-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KE PREL SO |
| 06NAIROBI526 |
KENYA ARRAIGNS U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES [...] (SBU) The government of Kenya formally announced its intent to prosecute the 10 Somali pirates captured by U.S. forces January 22 (reftels) via a diplomatic note dated February 1. The note stated that the government "is willing to prosecute the 10 alleged pirates." (MFA Diplomatic Note MFA. [...] |
2006-02-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | |