State Dept . official : Move reflects `` our faith that better times are ahead '' for U.S. . U.S. has no immediate plans to open an embassy ; the ambassador would work from Mogadishu . The new ambassador would work out of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi , Kenya , with another dozen or so diplomats working on Somali issues , and would travel to Mogadishu . Somalia closed its embassy in Kenya in September 2012 , but has maintained diplomatic relations .
State Dept . official : Move reflects `` our faith that better times are ahead '' for U.S. . U.S. has no immediate plans to open an embassy ; the ambassador would work from Mogadishu . Somalia closed its embassy in Kenya in September 2012 , but has maintained diplomatic relations .