Keywords: somalia mogadishu britain united kingdom foreign secretary william hague embassy opening somali government president hassan sheikh mohamud prime minister abdi farah shirdon security development progress reconstruction diplomatic mission au-un auun ist A member of the Somali National Army (SNA) looks on in front of the newly built British Embassy in the Somali capital Mogadishu. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Mogadishu today to open the new British diplomatic mission over 20 years after it's predecessor was closed down and evacuated in 1991 as Somalia descended into over two decades of civil war and conflict, but with an improving security situation in the Horn of Africa country, the United Kingdom has become the first Western country to re-establish a permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE. A member of the Somali National Army (SNA) looks on in front of the newly built British Embassy in the Somali capital Mogadishu. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Mogadishu today to open the new British diplomatic mission over 20 years after it's predecessor was closed down and evacuated in 1991 as Somalia descended into over two decades of civil war and conflict, but with an improving security situation in the Horn of Africa country, the United Kingdom has become the first Western country to re-establish a permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE. A member of the Somali National Army (SNA) looks on in front of the newly built British Embassy in the Somali capital Mogadishu. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Mogadishu today to open the new British diplomatic mission over 20 years after it's predecessor was closed down and evacuated in 1991 as Somalia descended into over two decades of civil war and conflict, but with an improving security situation in the Horn of Africa country, the United Kingdom has become the first Western country to re-establish a permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE. prime britain united president progress kingdom security william embassy hague mission government opening hassan somali secretary foreign ist development sheikh minister farah somalia reconstruction diplomatic abdi mogadishu mohamud auun shirdon |