Somalia: Press Releases

2012
-01/25/12  Reports of U.S. Citizen Kidnapped in Northern Somalia (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-01/06/12   Daily Press Briefing - January 6 (Somalia)

2011
-12/22/11  Statement on the Horn of Africa; Washington, DC
-11/29/11  Al-Shabaab Announcement in Somalia; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/18/11  USAID, Ad Council, and GOOD Announce $5,000 Challenge to Raise Awareness for the Horn of Africa; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  Kenya: Request for Blockade on Kismayo (Kenya/Somalia); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/26/11  Somalia: U.S. Citizen Kidnapped (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/26/11  UN Security Council Unanimously Urges Pursuit of Somali Piracy Kingpins; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/16/11  Statement on World Food Day, October 16, 2011;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  Statement by the Press Secretary on the Attack in Mogadishu; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  Terrorist Attack in Somalia;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  U.S. Delegation on Food Security Travels to Horn of Africa; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/30/11  Conversations With America, Responding to the Crisis in the Horn of Africa; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/13/11  Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Overview; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/08/11  Adoption of Roadmap for Ending the Transition in Somalia; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/01/11  US Government Increases Assistance to Horn of Africa; Washington, DC
-08/09/11  Secretary Clinton To Deliver Remarks on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa on August 11; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-08/08/11  Singapore Helps Combat Piracy in Gulf of Aden;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-08/08/11  Statement by the Press Secretary on Additional Funds for the Horn of Africa Famine; Washington, DC
-07/20/11  U.S. Response to Declaration of Famine in Somalia and Drought in the Horn of Africa;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/18/11  Special Press Briefing on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa; Washington, DC
-03/31/11  U.S. Approaches to Counter-Piracy; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/22/11   Daily Press Briefing - Feb. 22 (Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda)
-02/22/11  Pirate Attack on the S/V QUEST;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/09/11   2010 Year in Review: Conflict Prevention and Stabilization Operations [Get Acrobat Reader PDF version   ]
-01/21/11   Daily Press Briefing - Jan. 21 (Cote d'Ivoire, Somalia)

2010
-12/02/10   Daily Press Briefing - December 2 (Somalia, Cote d'Ivoire)
-11/09/10  Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Meets in New York; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/26/10   Daily Press Briefing - August 26 (Uganda, Sudan, Somalia)
-07/22/10   Daily Press Briefing - July 22 (Somalia)
-07/09/10  U.S. Department of State Honors Abdishakur Sheikh Hasan Ahmed of Somalia As State Alumni Member of the Month; Washington, DC
-06/09/10  Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia Meets in New York; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/22/10  Joint Statement on the First U.S. - A.U. High-Level Bilateral Meetings; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/02/10  U.S. Department of State Contributes $200 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/31/10  Assistant Secretary Shapiro Highlights International Efforts to Bring Pirates to Justice; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/29/10  Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia; Washington, DC
-01/26/10  Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia Marks First Anniversary; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/25/10  Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs María Otero Visits East Africa to Address Human Security Issues; Washington, DC
-01/05/10   Daily Press Briefing - January 5 (Somalia, Guinea)

2009
-12/04/09  Somalia: U.S. Condemns Mogadishu Bombing;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-11/23/09  Remarks to the Press;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/12/09  Greek Shipowners Discuss Piracy off the Coast of Somalia at U.S. Department of State; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/26/09  Special Press Briefing on Refugee Issues in Africa; Washington, DC
-10/23/09  Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Shapiro Highlights Recent Efforts to Reduce the Threat of Piracy off the Coast of Somalia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/19/09   Daily Press Briefing - October 19 (Horn of Africa, Somalia)
-10/02/09   Daily Press Briefing - October 2 (Somalia)
-09/16/09  Key Outcomes of 4th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/11/09  Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/27/09   Daily Press Briefing - August 27 (Somalia)
-08/06/09   Daily Press Briefing - August 6 (Somalia, Eritrea)
-07/28/09   Daily Press Briefing - July 28 (Somalia)
-07/27/09  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel to Africa;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/23/09  U.S. Department of State Surpasses Target of 75,000 Trained Peacekeepers by 2010; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/20/09   Daily Press Briefing - July 20 (Mauritania, Somalia)
-06/25/09   Daily Press Briefing - June 25 (Somalia, Eritrea, Mauritania)
-06/23/09   Daily Press Briefing - June 23 (Somalia)
-06/18/09   Daily Press Briefing - June 18 (Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe)
-05/29/09  Third Plenary Meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/18/09  The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia ; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/14/09  U.S. Insists Eritrea Stop Fomenting Violence in Somalia;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/13/09  Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/11/09  U.S. Condemns Attacks on Somalia's Transitional Federal Government;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-04/17/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 17 (Somalia, Zimbabwe)
-04/16/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 16 (Somalia, Chad)
-04/13/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 13 (Somalia)
-04/09/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 9 (Somalia)
-04/08/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 8 (Somalia)
-04/07/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 7 (Somalia)
-04/02/09   Daily Press Briefing - April 2 (Somalia)
-02/24/09  Death of Eleven Burundian Soldiers in Mogadishu; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/11/09   Daily Press Briefing - February 11 (Zimbabwe, Somalia, Ethiopia)
-01/27/09  Daily Press Briefing - January 27 (Kenya, Somalia)


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