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As well as a range of action across political, security and stability priorities, today’s Somalia Conference saw important new efforts to tackle piracy.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Full text of the Communique from the London Conference on Somalia at Lancaster House on 23 February.
Britain will provide medical help, food and sanitation for hundreds of thousands of Somalis over the next three years.
The humanitarian side event to the London Conference on Somalia took place at Lancaster House on 23 February 2012.
Foreign Secretary William Hague made a statement on the adoption of the UN resolution which agrees support for more sustainable funding and increased numbers of troops in Somalia.
A new fund to bring more jobs, peace and stability to Somalia is to be agreed as part of the London Conference
Dr Ahmed El Tayyeb, the Imam of Al-Azhar has issued a statement in support of the London Conference on Somalia. Al-Azhar is the most influential religious authority in Egypt, and one of the most important authorities in the …
International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien today visited Somali diaspora groups in Bristol to outline the aims of the Somalia Conference taking place in London on 23 February.
New declaration agreed at the UK-France Summit, February 2012.
Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham visited Finsbury Park mosque in North London to meet members of the Somali diaspora on 9 February.
Foreign Secretary William Hague writes in the Huffington Post UK, following his visit to Somalia.
Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has held discussions on Somalia with leading NGO’s and academics ahead of the London Conference on Somalia on 23 February.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has visited Somalia’s capital Mogadishu – the first visit by a British Foreign Secretary since 1992.
Mr John William Matthew Baugh, UK Senior Representative for Somalia has been appointed Her Majesty's Non-Resident Ambassador to the Somali Republic.
Britain will provide new support for health services, which will benefit over 100,000 women and children, and for weapons management that will see more weapons taken off the streets
Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) report "Piracy off the Coast of Somalia".
British funded food supplies and medicines for 800,000 people will arrive in drought zones over the festive period
A UK-trained police dog team has today gathered vital evidence to help prosecute seven suspected pirates in the Seychelles.
EU Foreign Ministers met in Brussels on 14-15 November to discuss Afghanistan, Middle East and North Africa, Iran and Somalia. Minister for Europe David Lidington reported the outcome to Parliament.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK will host a conference in London on Somalia in 2012 to pull together international effort.
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