Why don't you try to proxy it by setting up an interview with him. Come to HN with the story of "I'm going to interview the Minister of Telecom in Somalia: Wha

Why don't you try to proxy it by setting up an interview with him. Come to HN with the story of "I'm going to interview the Minister of Telecom in Somalia: What should I ask him?" Collect the questions and then later post the full interview somewhere that you can then reference in another post to HN.