[9] Concurrently, the Somali Transitional Federal Government began preparations to revive the national postal service.
The UPU subsequently reached out to other international postal bodies, recommending bilateral cooperation with the Somali authorities.
[5] Additionally, the government appointed an official postal consultant to provide professional advice on the renovations.
[2] In December 2012, then Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications Abdullahi Elmoge Hersi announced that Somalia's new federal government planned to officially relaunch the Somali Postal Service in 2013.
[7] Hersi subsequently signed a memorandum of understanding with Emirates Post President Fahad al Hosani on 22 April 2013, wherein Dubai is to serve as a hub for handling all parcels bound for or leaving Somalia.
[11] Mediated by the UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein, the agreement represented the first step in the Information Ministry's plan to relaunch the national postal service.
[4] According to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Mohamud Ibrihim Adan, the relaunch's next phase will enable local residents to send letters to acquaintances overseas.
The postal codes are two letters, such as AW for Awdal, BN for Banaadir, BR for Bari and SL for Sool.