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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 10, 2009 (Somaliland Globe)- President
Rayale has officially accepted the resignations of all seven
members of Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission (NEC)
on Monday following the recent agreement signed by the
ruling party and opposition parties under the auspices of
western donor countries.
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Garowe, Somalia, October
10, 2009 – Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland has
protested to Ethiopia, accusing its forces of carrying out a
cross-border undercover operation.
Puntland's security minister told the BBC two people were in
hospital after Ethiopian forces entered Galkayo town at
night and raided a house.
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By Alan Boswell
Nairobi, Kenya, October 10, 2009 – Kenyans expressed both
elation and a sense of national urgency Friday when it was
announced that "son of the soil" Barack Obama won the 2009
Nobel Peace Prize.
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Cardiff-Based Somalia Refugee Stars In Iris Prize Festival
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Said Mohamed who plays Abdi in the
film |
Cardiff, UK,
October 10, 2009 – When he fled the civil war in Somalia,
never in his wildest dreams did Said Mohamed think he would
be watching himself on the big screen playing the leading
man in the much anticipated new short film Colonial Gods.
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UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon |
Addis Ababa,
October 10, 2009 – While the Somali Government continues to
face a number of challenges, it has made some encouraging
progress in the political and security fields and deserves
the continued support of its international partners, UN News
Center Reported Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as saying.
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Seattle,
October 10, 2009 – — In a visit to the Seattle field office
Thursday, FBI Director Robert Mueller warned of the dangers
posed by outside attempts to recruit and radicalize young
American Muslims, but wouldn’t discuss an ongoing
investigation into reports that a young Somali man from
Seattle was involved in a suicide bombing that killed 20 in
Mogadishu last month.
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By Noor Ali
Isiolo, Kenya, October 10, 2009 – Somalia's U.N.-backed
government has recruited more than 170 young Kenyans and
former servicemen to help it fight rebels in the failed Horn
of Africa state, local leaders in eastern Kenya said.
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Addis Ababa, October 10, 2009 – The UK’s
Department for International Development (DFID) on Tuesday
announced 39 million pound sterling more in humanitarian
assistance for the Horn of Africa.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, October 10, 2009 – An
Islamist spokesman says gunmen have killed a senior member
of Somalia's insurgency in the country's capital.
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Britain Calls For Sanctions
Against Eritrea |
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By Edith M. Lederer
United Nations, October 10, 2009 –
Britain called Thursday for U.N. sanctions against the
tiny Red Sea nation of Eritrea for supplying weapons to
opponents of the transitional government in nearby Somalia
in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.
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Somali Minister Arrested
Then Released In Uganda |
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By Godfrey Olukya
Kampala, Uganda, October 10, 2009 – Uganda released
Somalia's state minister for defense on Wednesday, hours
after arresting him because he did not inform Ugandan
authorities of his visit, officials said.
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Al-Qaida Could Attack From
Within U.S.
Alarm
grows as recruiting rises, operatives smuggled in |
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By Michael Carl
Washington, October 10, 2009 – The next al-Qaida attack on
the United States could come from within, with recruiting
for jihadists on the rise and the terror organization
continuing to smuggle operatives across international
borders, experts confirm.
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Somali Pirates Attack
French Military Flagship |
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This photo released by the French
Navy shows pirates holding their hands up to
soldiers, left, of the French vessel La Somme, early
Wednesday Oct.7, 2009 off the Somalia coast.
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Paris, October 10, 2009 – Somali pirates
attempted to storm the flagship commanding French military
forces in a night attack in the Indian Ocean after mistaking
it for a cargo vessel, the military said here on Wednesday.
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Somali Woman's Advocate
Pushes Human Rights
Empowerment » Education is
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Asha Hagi elmi Amin |
By Brooke Adams
Utah, October 10, 2009 – Asked what message she had for
Somalis now living in Utah, Asha Hagi elmi Amin repeated a
single word.
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Kenya Readies
Itself For War Against Al Qaeda 'Offshoot' In Somalia |
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Daniel Ooko/TML
Nairobi, Kenya, October 10, 2009 – In dozens of Kenyan
madrasas and schools, a new front is opening. Though no
borders are being fought over and though the combatants are
unarmed, a government campaign is in conflict with
Al-Shabaab for control over some of its most important
resource - its youth.
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Somalia: US
Government To Set New Aid Terms |
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Nairobi,
October 10, 2009 – The US government is to put special
conditions on its humanitarian grants for at least 13 aid
agencies operating in Somalia.
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Solution To
Somalia's Problems 'Easy': Sharif |
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Chicago, October 10, 2009 – Solving the civil strife and
lawlessness which has ravaged Somalia for nearly two decades
is an "easy" task that simply requires strong commitments,
Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said.
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Spain Says Trawler
Hijacking Drama Might Drag On |
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By Daniel
Woolls
MADRID, October 10, 2009 – -- Spain is working to secure the
release of a Spanish tuna trawler hijacked in the Indian
Ocean with a crew of 36 but the ordeal could drag on, the
defense minister said Monday.
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Friends Of Somaliland Democracy
Pledge Support |
Nairobi, Kenya, October
10, 2009 (SL Times) –
Countries that support
Somaliland’s democracy
which include USA, UK,
EC, Norway, Sweden and
Denmark have pledged to
continue their support
for Somaliland’s
democratization.
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Four Members Of The
New Election Commission Announced |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 10, 2009 (SL Times) – Some of the
prospective members of the new commission were announced
separately this week. The Upper House nominated Hassan Said (a
well-known journalist) and Sharif Mahmud from eastern Sanag.
Kulmiye chose Ilhan Muhammad Jama who is, so far, the only
female member to be nominated for the commission.
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Horn Of Africa
Distributes Food In Berbera |
Berbera, Somaliland, October 10, 2009 (SL Times) – Horn of
Africa, a local NGO, distributed 30 tons of food to 2000
needy families in Berbera.
According to Jamhuuriya newspaper, the food consisted of 20
tons of flour and 10 tons of dates.
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Las Anod Police Burn Weapons |
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Las Anod, Somaliland, October 10, 2009
(SL Times) – Las Anod police burned dozens of daggers and
Somali budhs (hard sticks with round heads that are used in
fighting).
According to Afnugaal.com, the weapons were collected from
people and is part of the city government’s efforts to make
the city safe.
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Tekeda
Alemu, the Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs |
A Statement by the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Addis Ababa, October 10, 2009 (SL Times) – On Wednesday
(September 30, 2009), Somaliland's three political parties, the
ruling party UDUB and the two opposition parties, Kulmiye and
UCID, signed a six point Memorandum of Understanding, hopefully
bringing to an end months of disagreement and dispute over the
upcoming presidential election.
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 10, 2009 (SL Times) – Businessman Muhammad
Barjeeh Hassan held a press conference on Oct.6 in which he
advised Somaliland’s political parties to choose individuals for
the election commission based on merit rather than biased
criteria.
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Manager Of Water Department Blames
Water Shortage On Equipment |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 10, 2009 (SL Times) – The manager of
Hargeysa’s water department, Eng. Khalif Abdillahi Hussein held
a press conference in his office in which he acknowledged the
shortage of water supplies in some neighborhoods of Hargeysa.
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Sultan Guray Nur Passes Away |
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Nairobi, Kenya, September 26, 2009 — FBI are investigating
whether an American Somali was involved in a suicide bombing on
a peacekeeping base in Somalia that killed 21 people, a family
friend said Friday.
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Somaliland Expands Its Petroleum
Licensing Round Acreage |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 10, 2009 – The Somaliland Ministry of Water
and Mineral Resources (Ministry) announced today that it will
add 6,221 square kilometers of onshore acreage in block SL3 to
their petroleum licensing round, closing in December 2009.
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Obama On Nobel Prize Win: 'This Is
Not How I Expected To Wake Up This Morning'
President Becomes Third
Sitting U.S. President to Win the Nobel, After Theodore
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson |
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President Obama on Friday morning accepted the Nobel
Peace Prize today, admitting that he was "surprised and
deeply humbled" by the honor that welcomed him. |
Washington, October 10, 2009 – Acknowledging
that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" by the news that he
had won the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama yesterday urged
the international community to work together on addressing the
challenges of the 21st century.
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Abdirahman Wins USA 10 Mile Title
At Medtronic TC 10
Three-time Olympian beats back
challenge by Josh Moen for fourth USA 10 mile title |
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Abdi
Abdirahman |
Minneapolis , Minn., October 10, 2009 – In a pulsating battle
for the 2009 USA 10 Mile Championship hosted by the Medtronic TC
10 on Sunday morning, defending 2007 champion Abdi Abdirahman of
Tucson, Ariz. finally vanquished gutsy Minnesotan Josh Moen to
win his fourth USA title at the distance.
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The
"shepherding spacecraft" was designed to analyze the debris |
By Peter
Henderson
Mountain View, California,
October 10, 2009 – Two U.S. spacecraft were crashed into a lunar crater on
Friday but scientists said it was too early to say whether the mission to search
for supplies of water on the Moon had been a success.
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Gary McKinnon faces 60 years in a
US jail if convicted |
London, October 10, 2009 –
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon has been refused permission to appeal to the UK
Supreme Court against his extradition to the US.
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Some sufferers of ME have such severe symptoms they are confined to
bed |
Washington, October 10, 2009 – US scientists say they have
made a potential breakthrough in understanding what causes the condition known
as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME.
Their research in the journal, Science, suggests that a single retrovirus known
as XMRV does play a role in ME.
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Cattle
dealers, such as Mohamed Ismail, receive 90 per cent of
their business from the Middle East. Tim Freccia for
The National
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By Matt Brown
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 10, 2009 – Millions of Muslims
across the Middle East slaughtered sheep to celebrate the Eid
feast at the end of Ramadan. Many of those animals were probably
raised here, on the dusty plains of Somaliland, growing fat on
the many green pastures hidden in the rugged landscape.
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Last week the citizens of Somaliland were due to have elected
their president for the next five years. However, they did not
get to the polls, since elections were postponed for the fourth
time. What does the future hold for the independent, and
unrecognized Somaliland in the Horn of Africa?
By
Yarik Turianskyi
After the end of colonialism in Africa, Somaliland was
independent for a short period in the 1960s, between the end of
British rule and the establishment of a union with the former
Italian colony of Somalia. Following the overthrow of the
military dictator, Mohamed Siyad Barre, Somaliland proclaimed
independence on May 18, 1991.
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By Kaleyesus Bekele
Berbera, Somaliland, October 10, 2009 – In the west cost of
the Gulf of Eden five ships have docked at the port of
Berbera, one of the nine tiny ports in the Republic of
Somaliland.
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Shaky Peace After
Parliamentary Fist Fight |
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By Matt
Brown
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 10, 2009 – The speaker of
Somaliland’s parliament was happy after the session on
September 26. No one punched each other during the assembly.
No one pulled a gun. No one even argued.
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Somaliland
Stability 'Under Threat' |
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Tensions boiled over last month when opposition
activists fought with police |
London,
October 10, 2009 – Somaliland has been hailed as a beacon of
stability in the troubled Horn of Africa region since
declaring independence from Somalia in 1991. But BBC Africa
analyst Mary Harper reports that some experts now believe
the republic of Somaliland is at crisis point.
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Somalia's President Asks Minnesota's 70,000 Somalis For
Their Help |
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Saadia Ahmed |
Minneapolis,
Minn, October 10, 2009 – Minnesota's 70,000 Somalis serve as
a bridge between the United States and their shattered East
African homeland, Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh
Ahmed told a rapt and boisterous audience that packed
Northrop Auditorium Sunday night to hear him speak.
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Somaliland’s Opposition Should Take Account Of The New Situation |
Putting aside for a moment the question of right and wrong, and
evaluating things based on the political effectiveness, it is
obvious that the opposition performed much better than the
government in last month’s political contest. All one has to do
is look at the discipline and steadfastness of the parliamentary
majority, the way the opposition were able to organize mass
action to bring pressure on the government or the way the
opposition crafted and transmitted clear goals and messages to
the public, then compare that with the government’s inept
high-handedness.
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Somaliland’s Political Crisis:
Democracy
Threatened or a Failure of Leadership
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By Ahmed M.I. Egal
The recent agreement signed between the government and the
two opposition parties, with representatives of the
international donors as observers, has defused the political
crisis in Somaliland which was caused by the debacle of the
botched voter registration drive and the resultant repeated
delays of the long overdue Presidential elections. To be
sure, Somaliland has dodged the proverbial bullet and it is
now incumbent on all elements of the Somaliland polity to
ensure that such a crisis does not recur.
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Puntland’s Media Poodles
Versus Watchdog Media |
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By Bashir Goth
With the recent decision to suspend the reporters of VOA and
ban VOA affiliate FM relay stations from broadcasting in its
domain, the Administration of Somalia’s autonomous region of
Puntland has shown its preference for supine media poodles
to objective media watchdog.
It seems Puntland leaders have found great contentment in
taking the paternalistic path of feeding their people with
government censored information in the fashion of socialist
and dictatorial states rather than giving them the choice to
make their own judgments through free and diversified media.
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Breath Of Peace In Chaotic
Somalia |
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By Ali
Mohamed
Recently, Al-Shabaab, the Islamist youth group of Somalis
with ties to al Qaeda, executed a well-planned attack with
twin truck explosions at the African Union peacekeeping
force base in Mogadishu, killing 22 people.
Among the dead was the deputy commander of the African Union
force, the deputy police chief, and 17 Burundi soldiers. As
the Obama administration tries to re-engage the utterly
failed state of Somalia to deny a safe haven for al Qaeda
affiliate groups that plot against American interest in the
region, there are lessons it should learn from Somaliland.
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Where Have All The Good Men
Gone? The Coming Of Age Of The ‘Lost Generation’.
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By Y.
Ismail
A few days ago as I sat nonchalant reading an article for a
class at one of the many cafes that litter the university
campus I attend, I happened to overhear two Somali sisters
conversation. One of the sisters was modestly dressed while
the other was a more modern ‘liberal’ minded sister. After
talking about their courses, professors, and future
ambitions (they were both political science majors and
wanted to go on to law school), the topic soon turned to
love and marriage.
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The Conditions Of A
Democracy |
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By
Mohamed Abdirahman Aw Elmi
We have been hearing for the past 10 years that Somaliland
is a Democracy but most people have forgotten that there are
conditions to a democracy. Until these conditions are
fulfilled by any Political or Government Institution, the
word “Democracy” shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence
with Somaliland. .
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Hope As
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Nairobi, October 10, 2009 — Political
compromise in Somaliland brokered by international donors
has helped avert violence but information on the ground
point to a shaky truce that can break any time.
A political stalemate between President Dahir Rayale Kahin
and the opposition following the postponement of
presidential elections scheduled for September 27, had
threatened to plunge the unrecognized country into turmoil.
Recently, the three political parties agreed on a six-point
programme to help save the country from strife, given that
the opposition had threatened to boycott the elections and
seek other means of removing the president from power, while
the incumbent had earlier vowed to push on with elections
even without a voter-register.
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Family Of Son Killed In
Somalia Speaks Out |
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Abayte and
Aweys Osman |
By Jeff
Swicord
Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 10, 2009 – In the past 18
months, 20 young Somali men have disappeared from
Minneapolis, Minnesota -- only to re-emerge in Somalia as
part of an al-Qaida-backed militia. Some claimed they didn't
know they were being recruited by the al-Shabaab militia
when they accepted a free ticket to Somalia. Their families
and the community were shocked to learn their whereabouts.
In his first ever visit to the U.S., Somalia's president
asked the Minneapolis community to beware of radical Islamic
recruiters.
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Delegates
Look to Transition of African Union Mission to UN
Peacekeeping Operation
Date: 08 Oct 2009
SC/9761
Security Council
6197th Meeting (AM)
Targeted sanctions could be an effective way to deal with
"spoilers" in Somalia, but the approach must be flexible
enough to allow them to change course and work for peace, B.
Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
told the Security Council this morning.
After years of conflict, peace would not come to Somalia
overnight, he said as he briefed the Council along with
Craig Boyd, Director of the United Nations Support Operation
to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Stability
must be promoted, he added, and national and external
spoilers must be neutralized.
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Peace Among Predators |
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October 8,
2009: The Transitional Government wants foreign help to
defeat the Islamic radical militias. The government believes
it is not strong enough to defeat al Shabaab, and other
Islamic radical groups, all alone. The radicals are more
fanatic, and have suicide bombers and assassins who are not
afraid to get killed while attacking government leaders. The
clan coalition that comprises the government, feels that its
armed followers cannot (or will not) fight it out with the
al Shabaab gunmen, or their al Qaeda allies (most of them
foreigners). The 5,000 AU peacekeepers will go after al
Shabaab, but only in Mogadishu.
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The countryside of
Africa reawaken an old love (like the scent of real back
bacon under the grill, or the sunsets of your youth)
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By: Mary Gostelow
It was still dark when my alarm went off at Fairmont The
Norfolk, Nairobi,
on my first morning back in Kenya.
I had got in just before midnight and collapsed into bed. In
the morning it was still dark. But by the time I had done my
floor exercises and put on my workout gear to go to the gym,
dawn was breaking.
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