What Is Türkiye’s Energy Strategy in Africa?

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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[@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.

[@briopalumpus8676]

I hope its true, however the idea of sitting and waiting to be rescued is dangerous, turkey is there for its interests, it upto africa to hold their new partners to the book.

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

U have to have strong allies, that's is what Niger, burkino faso, somalia and mali are doing. They were always allies with Turks even during the ottoman empire, those nations were the most powerful in Africa during the ottomans...it's building allies not Savior

[@cardanotony1097]

👍👍👍

[@cardanotony1097]

@@briopalumpus8676😮😮😮 did u just say turkiye there for intrest❓ I would strongly suggest u the history of the Turks ( the ottomans ) Cheers mate 👍👍👍

[@briopalumpus8676]

@@The-Heart-Will-Testify turkey is helping burkiñafaso and Mali, with drones. Also its only a matter of time before turkey finds oil in somalia, if that happens both somalia and turkey will become powerful.

[@mahadmahamoud5261]

Thank you Türkiye

[@diniibrahim4004]

I commend Turkey for their wise decision, which benefits everyone.

[@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

[@macrobianson2g]

No more ! most of African youths are wake up ⬆️ this times for real

[@cardanotony1097]

👍👍👍

[@briopalumpus8676]

And Azerbaijan is funding protests in new caledonia

[@OmniSphinx]

Not anymore how the world is, war is pointless and everyone knows this.

[@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.

[@CabdiDhere-z1u]

Made Somalia 🇸🇴 made Turkey 🇹🇷 guuuuuul Somalia 🇸🇴 guuuuuul

[@cardanotony1097]

👍👍👍

[@endoferagoat2393]

Africa will rise again

[@flamani54]

It is not for Turkey to have an Energy Strategy for Africa. It is for Africa to have an Energy Strategy for Africa.

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

Nigeria can do it for those nations but they are puppets.

[@Samanyolu-ov1yk]

Fakat sömürgeci Avrupa darbeler ve tehditlerle buna izin vermiyor

[@ahmedsalah3462]

Turkey 🇹🇷 🎉🇸🇴✅🙏✅

[@MohamedAli-ew7sy]

This is good news we look forward Cooperation with Turkiet, win win

[@cardanotony1097]

👍👍👍

[@kimimiey2206]

Bravo turkiye

[@YunusEmre9051]

Maşallah for both sides

[@dhakardhakar2906]

Love Turkiye

[@nimoislawo2143]

🇸🇴🫡🇹🇷🫡🇩🇯🫡🦁☝🏽

[@cardanotony1097]

👍👍👍

[@NimcoOmar-e9l]

For its advantage

[@mohamedmusdaf2163]

I hope macron is watching

[@saedaden9722]

Somalia got an amazing deal as the country is recovering from civil war.

[@bashirabdi3799]

Somalia will be great again InshaAllah. Mine its own minerals .for the time being Turkiye will

[@ahmednur9383]

This is not true 🇸🇴Somalia government control 800 kilometres away from Mogadishu I was there 1 month ago

[@abdimm8313]

😂 you had only been to the area around the airport and two streets further hhh somali government does not have full power in the capital let alone the rest of the country😂😂😂

[@somaliano99kingkonghimself75]

​​You are somaliland you need to shut your a$$ everywhere l​@@abdimm8313

[@AbddiUhu]

​We are not talking tribal leaders in somalia we are talking about somalia in General 😂😂😂😂​@@abdimm8313

[@fe8445]

Do not pay attention to a separatist. Alshabab is defeated.🇸🇴🇸🇴

[@aae8783]

❤‍🩹💫☝✨

[@MaslaxFaarax-h6w]

❤

[@harbinger6562]

Congratulations ♥️🇹🇷🇸🇴🇳🇪🦾😇🌹👋

[@somaliano99kingkonghimself75]

Turki is 1400 year old partner of Somalia wan no one helped Somali butt turkiy not arabs not the Europeans just turkiy💪🇸🇴🇹🇷

[@bigie2264]

Stfup adoonyaw disgrace ki

[@mahadmahamoud5261]

Thank you Türkiye.

[@theancientsancients1769]

​@@bigie2264They are cringe embarrassing with broken English

[@cardanotony1097]

🙏🙏🙏

[@cardanotony1097]

@@mahadmahamoud5261🙏🙏🙏

[@mowliidaden5259]

Good 👍 news 👍 23 7 24 Holiday family

[@daggerin4life726]

Guyana 🇬🇾 Hidden Jewel of South America Dubai of the Caribbean fastest growing economy in the World WELCOME Turkish investors to invest in it many NATURWL RESCOURCES 🇬🇾💗🇹🇷🇬🇾🤝🇹🇷

[@AfridyBarrack-t1v]

TURKIYE WILL REPLACE FRENCH AND ITALY IN AFRICA❤❤❤

[@ugaaaskaxafada1939]

Lets turn somali shine place ¿¿¿congratulations for somali people and horn african ' take the adventure before erdogan gone

[@AmsaluBelay-k7z]

Pres.s.mhamud.of Mogadishu,grant oil axploration right to turkiye may be right.can you imagine about bill.cub.lits.of drinking water streaming from Ethiopia?p/s come to your sense.

[@migo2444]

Somalia is no difference to Syria Iraq Afghanistan Palestine where NATO has been directly involved in destabilising it in because of it's vast gas, oil uranium gold and fishery which the European union has been looting for the past 30 year's and calling Somalis pirates for defending themselves against illegal fishing and toxic wast dumping. And for the news anchor to call Somalia a war ravaged country shows the Turkish view on Somalia seeing it as an easy target to exploit with NATO but Somalia won't tolerate that and will soon new open to an open full economic partnership with china and Russia

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

I can't wait for somalia to invite Russia and China and join brics

[@cardanotony1097]

My brother turkiye will be out from NATO very soon 👍👍👍

[@ahmedsalah3462]

Turkey 🇹🇷 is the best friend that Somalia 🇸🇴 has ❤❤for ever 🇹🇷

[@guul4onlf]

Turkey is a friendly Muslim country.. There are so many similarities with Turkey, unlike the West

[@evaruv2050]

Somalis are part of turks awoooooo🤘🏿👴🏿🐺🇸🇴🇹🇷🇸🇴🇹🇷🇸🇴🇹🇷🇸🇴🇹🇷