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Mogadishu,
Sep 12, 2009 – The Trade Minister of the Somali Transitional Federal
Government (TFG), Abdirashid Muhammad Iro told a press conference that
livestock export will resume.
The minister said that from today onward the livestock will be exported
from Berbera [controlled by Somaliland] and Boosaaso ports and added
that the government will open centres in these areas which will be
operated by the state.
''I'm informing the Somali public that the government has succeeded in
resuming the livestock trade'', said Iro. The minister also made a call
to traders requesting them to register so that the necessary assistance
is given to them.
When the minister was asked whether it is possible export livestock from
Kismaayo, he said that the government will look into the issue.
Source: Shabeelle Media Network website, Mogadishu, in Somali 10 Sep 09
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