LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Somalia

175 recorded engagements by Somalia's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1991–2025.

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175Engagements
164Visits
7Phone calls
4Video conferences
24Signed agreements
41Destination countries
32Officials recorded
89Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1991 and 2025, Somalia's leaders recorded 175 engagements: 164 in-person visits, 7 phone calls and 4 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2024, with 34 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (29 engagements), followed by Ethiopia and Djibouti. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 92% of engagements. 24 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 89 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (President), with 59 engagements between 2012 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Somalia, 1991–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1991: 1 engagement1992: 0 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 0 engagements1995: 0 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 1 engagement1998: 0 engagements1999: 0 engagements2000: 2 engagements2001: 1 engagement2002: 2 engagements2003: 0 engagements2004: 0 engagements2005: 3 engagements2006: 4 engagements2007: 3 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 6 engagements2010: 5 engagements2011: 3 engagements2012: 4 engagements2013: 7 engagements2014: 10 engagements2015: 2 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 6 engagements2018: 14 engagements2019: 5 engagements2020: 6 engagements2021: 2 engagements2022: 10 engagements2023: 12 engagements2024: 34 engagements2025: 25 engagements19911995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America29
  • Ethiopia18
  • Djibouti17
  • Kenya12
  • Turkey12
  • Qatar9
  • Eritrea9
  • Egypt8
  • Uganda7
  • China6
  • United Arab Emirates4
  • Saudi Arabia4

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations161
  • Security and Defense133
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs105
  • Development and Aid58
  • Trade and Economic Relations53
  • International Conflicts and Crises36
  • Human Rights and Governance13
  • Financial and Monetary Issues11
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity9
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism8
  • Education and Culture8
  • Energy7

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Somalia country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/somalia.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Somalia's own officials.