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UNITED KINGDOMSOMALIA 22/02/2017 Training Somalia’s anti-terrorism units Britain’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has hired an array of private security companies to try to improve the performance [...]
EUROPESOMALIA 02/03/2016 Garda and Aegis forge partnership in Somalia According to our sources, the private security firm GardaWorld is planning to team with SOMSEC to carry out the contract [...]
SOMALIA 20/01/2016 Maersk, new AMISOM ally According to our sources, Bollore Africa Logistics (BAL) is out [...]
SOMALIA 18/11/2015 Bollore bids for new AMISOM contract French logistics giant Bollore has joined an array of companies competing for a contract to ship weapons to AMISOM in Somalia. [...]
UNITED STATESSOMALIA 04/11/2015 RMI to carry out a security audit at Mogadiscio airport The American State Department has asked security consultants Risk Management [...]
EUROPESOMALIA 10/06/2015 Finalists for the EEAS compound in Somalia Of three remaining bidders in March (IOL 731), only two [...]
SOMALIASWEDEN 13/05/2015 Scandinavian Risk Solutions Scandinavian Risk Solutions (SRS) is beefing up its presence in [...]
SOMALIAEUROPE 11/03/2015 Final trio for European compound The European External Action Service is due to whittle down to a final three the seven companies that qualified to build and protect a new EU compound in Mogadishu. [...]
UNITED STATESSOMALIA 25/02/2015 Blueforce to train police The US Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and [...]
SOMALIAEUROPE 28/01/2015 Seven shortlisted for EU compound According to information obtained by Intelligence Online, seven companies have been shortlisted by the European External Action Service (EEAS) to [...]
UNITED STATESSOMALIA 14/01/2015 Polaris secures prospects in Mogadishu Polaris Business Intelligence and Investigations (PBI2) is looking to beef up its activities in Somalia, its principal territory, before international organisations pour in. [...]
UNITED KINGDOMSOMALIA 16/07/2014 G4S, pioneer in Mogadishu Anglo-Danish giant G4S has entered the much sought-after private security market in Somalia (IOL 700). According to our sources, the [...]
EUROPEFRANCESOMALIA 04/07/2012 "Nestor" v Somali pirates After meeting with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton last week, retired admiral Jacques Launay now only requires the Council of [...]
SOMALIA 04/07/2012 Imbroglio among pirate chasers in Somalia The United Arab Emirates has suddenly stopped financing a unit from Puntland’s coast guard supervised by the firm SCS. Other operators could take its place. [...]
SOMALIA 25/01/2012 Keeping an eye on pirates A report from Britain's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee [...]
UNITED KINGDOMSOMALIA 01/06/2011 Ransom business under threat Free The kidnapping in Mogadiscio on May 24 of six consultants who were there to hand over a $3.6 million ransom [...]
SOMALIA 02/03/2011 CEP, shipping companies' private escort A fleet of 18 armed vessels operated by the company Convoy Escort Program will accompany a quarter of the commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden by the middle of this year. [...]
FRANCESOMALIA 15/12/2010 Recruiting naval commandos The protection of merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia provides significant employment opportunities to former French servicemen who trained [...]
SOMALIA 15/12/2010 Saracen’s troops in Gulf of Aden Instead of protecting cargo vessels from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the British firm Saracen International is training Somalian coast guards to do the job. [...]
UNITED STATESSOMALIA 21/04/2010 Privateers against Somali pirates Several private security firms are trying to re-establish the letter of marque system, which would allow privateers to combat pirates. [...]
SOMALIAEUROPE 21/04/2010 Biometrics for pirates In charge of patrolling the Gulf of Aden, the European Naval Force EUNAVFOR wants to have biometric tools to be [...]
SOMALIAFRANCE 02/09/2009 No Contact with Remaining French Hostage In a bid to hasten the release of one of [...]
SOMALIA 29/07/2009 A Pirate-Jihadi Alliance? The most recent cases of piracy in the Gulf of Aden have raised red flags among Western security services. The [...]
UNITED STATESSOMALIA 03/04/2003 How Issa Ended Up In U.S. Hands A leading Al Qaeda figure known under the alias of Issa was captured in one of the world's most lawless zones - Somalia - and ended up mysteriously in Kenya. How exactly did that happen? [...]
UNITED STATESSOMALIA 13/12/2001 The Next Target in Anti-Terrorist Campaign A growing number of U.S. Navy warships are patrolling off the coast of Somali. Al Qaeda’s strong foothold in Somali could well be seen as justifying selective strikes. [...]
