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Somalia

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Embassy Operations are currently suspended.  The United States maintains regular dialogue with the TFG and other key stakeholders in Somalia through the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

  

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Special Press Briefing on Refugee Issues in Africa
(Oct. 26): Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Eric Schwartz will brief reporters on the record and on camera about his recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya. This press briefing will take place in the State Department’s Press Briefing Room (room 2209) immediately before the daily press briefing. - Notice to the Press (rescheduled for week of Nov. 2, 2009)

Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Shapiro Highlights Recent Efforts to Reduce the Threat of Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
(Oct. 23): In an October 22 speech to some 700 members and guests of the International Propeller Club in Athens, Greece, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro highlighted efforts by the United States and the international Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia to apply 21st century solutions to one of the world’s oldest criminal enterprises—piracy—which continues to endanger commercial shipping in the Horn of Africa region. - Media Note

Spokesman Kelley (Oct. 19): "...they are working and we are very concerned about the humanitarian situation in Somalia and the region in general. I don’t have ready facts for you right now, but I’m sure that my colleagues at USAID would be happy to give you more facts. So I’ll take that question. What I’ll do is try and get you more sort of specifics, more data on what we’re doing." - Daily Press Briefing

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