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03.01.26 - 15:27
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Turkey To Launch First Overseas Deepwater Exploration Project Off Somalia (ZeroHedge)
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Turkey To Launch First Overseas Deepwater Exploration Project Off Somalia
Via The Cradle
Tukey is planning to send a drilling vessel to Somalia this February to begin its first deep water exploration project abroad, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Friday.
The minister said the operation with the Cagri Bey drilling vessel will focus on offshore areas in Somalia's waters, but did not elaborate further. Ankara signed an energy exploration agreement with Somalia last year and has been seeking ways to diversify energy sources and reduce its reliance on imports.
Source: Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said earlier this week that a new drilling vessel would soon be operating on the Somali coast.
Alparslan's announcement comes in the aftermath of Israel's decision to recognize the separatist Republic of Somaliland. Israel last week became the first state to formally recognize Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia in 1991 but had never been recognized by ...
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01.01.26 - 22:33
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Ethics Questions Swirl Around Somalia′s UN Ambassador Tied To Ohio Healthcare Company (ZeroHedge)
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Ethics Questions Swirl Around Somalia's UN Ambassador Tied To Ohio Healthcare Company
Somalia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Abukar Dahir Osman, is facing growing scrutiny over his connections to the Ohio healthcare company Progressive Health Care Services Inc. This comes as federal investigations into suspected Somali-linked welfare fraud, stretching from Minnesota to Washington, Ohio, and Maine, continue to intensify, with allegations that some entities (daycares, healthcare, or transportation service companies) were merely front operations to extract taxpayer funds.
The most entertainingly ironic outcome is the most likely
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 1, 2026
The story surrounding Osman is certainly a strange one, with the news and analysis outlet Horn Diplomat publishing a report titled "Ethics Questions Surround Somalia's UN Envoy, as U.S. Healthcare Fraud Scandals Heighten Scrutiny."
Here's the report:
Public corporate filings and professional reco...
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