{"id":123408,"date":"2026-05-28T23:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=123408"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:42:48","slug":"123408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2026\/05\/123408\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey is working with Somalia on mineral exploration as oil drilling continues."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Somali government has said it wants to strengthen cooperation with Turkey to develop the country\u2019s uranium and other natural resources, according to a report published by Business Insider Africa.<\/p>\n

Somalia\u2019s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Dahir Shire Mohamed, said Somalia has abundant natural resources, including uranium, lithium, copper, titanium, gold and other valuable minerals, many of which have yet to be fully explored.<\/p>\n

According to data from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Somalia is estimated to have more than 10,200 tons of uranium, of which about 7,600 tons are considered commercially exploitable.<\/p>\n

Minister Dahir Shire said the Somali government wants these resources to be developed in a peaceful, friendly manner, and in line with the country\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n

Talks between Somali and Turkish officials in Istanbul focused on reviving a mining cooperation agreement signed by the two countries in 2016. The agreement covers mineral exploration, geo-mapping, technical training and investment cooperation.<\/p>\n

Turkey has significantly increased its influence in Somalia in recent years, investing in security, trade, education, energy and infrastructure. The new mining partnership is part of Ankara\u2019s efforts to expand its role in Africa\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n

The Business Insider Africa report also said that Turkey recently signed a mining deal with Nigeria, indicating Ankara\u2019s growing interest in Africa\u2019s key minerals, amid intensifying global competition for uranium and other strategic minerals.<\/p>\n

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The Somali government has said it wants to strengthen cooperation with Turkey to develop the country\u2019s uranium and other natural resources, according to a report published by Business Insider Africa. Somalia\u2019s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Dahir Shire Mohamed, said Somalia has abundant natural resources, including uranium, lithium, copper, titanium, gold and other valuable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dhacdoyinka-caalamka","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123415,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123408\/revisions\/123415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}