Somali President Farmaajo, PM Roble disown oil deal with US firm

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo.

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. PHOTO | FILE

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble have publicly rejected an oil revenue sharing deal signed by the Petroleum Ministry and an American firm.

On Saturday, Petroleum Minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed announced that Somalia had signed a production sharing agreement with Coastline Exploration Ltd (‘Coastline’), a US firm in Texas, to begin work on seven offshore oil blocks.