Cuba recently sent its first ambassador to Somalia in 46 years, renewing ties between the two nations. Juan Manuel Rodriguez Vázquez, who is the resident ambassador to Kenya, presented his credentials to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on April 4, 2023. This historic move comes after diplomatic ties between our two countries were broken in 1977 when Cuba supported Ethiopia’s former Derg regime leader Mengistu Haile Mariam in the Ogaden War.