What Is Türkiye’s Energy Strategy in Africa?

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Published 2024-07-23
It was a busy week for Türkiye’s energy diplomacy with Africa. Over just two days, Ankara secured two key agreements, one with uranium and mineral-rich Niger, and the other with Somalia. Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, who attended both meetings, said significant progress had been made and that for Somalia, the search for hydrocarbons off the horn of Africa will begin this year.

The Turkish seismic vessel Oruc Reis is expected to set sail for the Somali coast by the end of this year as part of the agreement. In March, Turkiye and Somalia signed a deal on offshore oil and natural gas cooperation, which followed a defence agreement in February. And last week, a high-level delegation from Türkiye visited Niger's capital Niamey to cover everything from energy, defence, intelligence sharing and mining. The visit came after the West African nation severed mining contracts with key Western countries, including France, and called for French and US troops to leave the country.

Strait Talk, hosted by Ayse Suberker, is TRT World’s programme that features in-depth analysis of Türkiye’s role in the world.

Guests:
Thomas O’Donnell
Global Fellow at Wilson Center

Michael Amoah
Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE


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All Comments (21)
  • @randomvids3821
    I believe Turkiye has realised that Africa is looking for partners, not masters like France. Instead of sucking Africa dry like France has done, Türkiye is looking for a mutually beneficial partnership. I hope both countries prosper and continue to benefit from this partnership.
  • @diniibrahim4004
    I commend Turkey for their wise decision, which benefits everyone.
  • @fe8445
    Al shabaab is on the run in Somalia. It is largely defeated by SNA with the help of friendly countries. The threat of Alshabab is low at the moment.
  • @flamani54
    It is not for Turkey to have an Energy Strategy for Africa. It is for Africa to have an Energy Strategy for Africa.
  • @eqbalbadri1869
    Turkiya should be very careful, because France and its allies can create new coups or create an uprising against the government. Western countries have done this all the time
  • @MohamedAli-ew7sy
    This is good news we look forward Cooperation with Turkiet, win win
  • @user-bx1bp9cv9y
    Made Somalia 🇸🇴 made Turkey 🇹🇷 guuuuuul Somalia 🇸🇴 guuuuuul
  • @saedaden9722
    Somalia got an amazing deal as the country is recovering from civil war.
  • @somaliano99kingkonghimself75
    Turki is 1400 year old partner of Somalia wan no one helped Somali butt turkiy not arabs not the Europeans just turkiy💪🇸🇴🇹🇷
  • @ahmednur9383
    This is not true 🇸🇴Somalia government control 800 kilometres away from Mogadishu I was there 1 month ago