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Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has praised the "genuinely inspiring" Somali Olympic team and attended the Olympic athletics with Somali Minister for Sport Mohamoud Jirdeh Hussein.

• Updated: 3 August 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham welcomed the news that the constitution has been approved and urged Somalia's leaders to maintain the momentum and press ahead with ending the transition.

• Updated: 2 August 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham: "This is yet another sad reminder that Somalia desperately needs peace and stability if it is to trade, develop and prosper."

• Updated: 17 July 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham, has condemned the murder of Shabelle Media journalist Ahmed Addow Anshur.

• Updated: 26 May 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has spoken of the ongoing struggle for press freedom around the world after Somali journalist Farhan James Abudlle was killed.

• Updated: 3 May 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has condemned the killing of the Director of Somaliweyn Radio, Abukah Hassan Mohamoud.

• Updated: 29 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham visited Finsbury Park mosque in North London to meet members of the Somali diaspora on 9 February.

• Updated: 9 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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.

• Updated: 3 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Foreign Office Ministers Henry Bellingham urges all parties to stay the course and continue to engage on agreeing a workable solution.

• Updated: 15 April 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham's statement at the United Nations Security Council Somalia Open Debate

• Updated: 10 March 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said that such prosecutions demonstrate there will be serious consequences for the actions of pirates.

• Updated: 16 December 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Foreign Office Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham has made a statement following the bombing this morning in Mogadishu, Somalia

• Updated: 24 August 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham supports the increase in the number of troops in Amisom and explains why we must not force a solution on Somalia.

• Updated: 26 July 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said 'the process has so far been peaceful, and an example of the restraint that has contributed to Somaliland's stability in recent years.'

• Updated: 29 June 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government