The platform covers several African countries, including Algeria, Cabo Verde, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Mauritius, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa. Turkey expands its economic footprintTurkey has deepened its involvement in Somalia since President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the country during the 2011 famine. These figures show the scale of Turkey’s economic involvement in Somalia, even as Somali citizens remain outside its online visa system. Turkey also deployed the Çağrı Bey drilling vessel to explore for oil off the Somali coast. Somalia faces wider geopolitical pressureAlthough Somalia remains one of the world’s most fragile economies, its strategic location and natural resources have placed the Horn of Africa nation under growing geopolitical pressure.