Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry has been made an honorary citizen of Somalia.

Sir Tony is the co-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Somalia and Somaliland and during his visit to Mogadishu he was made an honorary citizen in recognition of the work he has done in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.

In 2012 the Federal Government of Somalia was formed, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war in 1991.