British Embassy Mogadishu (Somalia)

Following Somalia's independence in 1960, Britain maintained an embassy in the national capital Mogadishu. The embassy later closed down in January 1991, after the start of the civil war In the ensuing period, the British government maintained relations in absentia with the Transitional National Government and its successor the Transitional Federal Government. After the establishment of the Federal Government of Somalia in August 2012, the British authorities re-affirmed the UK's continued support for Somalia's government, its territorial integrity and sovereignty