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The
Shabaab have waged relentless battles against
Somalia's transitional government in Mogadishu |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009
(SL Times) — The leader of Somaliland called on Thursday for
war against the hardline Shabaab rebels as the region marked
one year since deadly suicide attacks.
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Nairobi, Kenya, October 31,
2009 (SL Times) – Thursday, the UN commemorated the first
anniversary of the Hargeysa bombings.
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Dahabshiil boss Abdul Rashid Mohamed Said says
Somalis have the same needs as British or
Americans |
To help individuals and businesses make and receive
payments
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) –
Dahabshiil, the largest international money transfer
business in the Horn of Africa, has launched the first ever
debit card service in Somaliland and Somalia to help
individuals and businesses make and receive payments.
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Somali Man Aged '112', Weds
Girl, 17.. And Plans To Have Children |
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The
couple posed for photos at the wedding celebrations:
Marriages between older men and girls many years
younger than them are common in Somalia
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Guriceel,
Somalia, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – Hundreds of people
have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who
says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.
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By Melaku
Demissie
Khartoum, Sudan, October 31, 2009 – The Horn of Africa is
widely known as a region ravaged by years of conflict,
recurrent droughts, famines and absolute poverty.
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Somali
boys chant as they watch hard-line Islamist fighters
from Al-Shabaab parade during a rally in the streets
of Mogadishu. |
Mogadishu,
Somalia, October 31, 2009 – Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired
Shabaab militia on Friday protested against Israel's recent
raid on a revered mosque compound in Jerusalem.
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Sana’a, Yemen, October 31, 2009 – Yemeni security
authorities arrested six Somalis suspected of being members
of al-Qaeda.
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Kigali, October 31, 2009 — RDF and
Burundian troops crossing the border at Gatuna from joint
exercises by EAC member states.
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Ottawa, October 31, 2009 — The
radicalization of Somali Canadian youth could become a
potential threat to national security, RCMP Commissioner
William Elliott said Friday.
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Senior U.S. Official For
Refugees Concludes Africa Visit |
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Eric P.
Schwartz, US Assistant Secretary of State for
Population, Refugees and Migration |
Nairobi, October 31, 2009 –
United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population,
Refugees and Migration Eric P. Schwartz concluded a
successful visit to the DRC and Kenya with an October 22
press conference in Nairobi.
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Pirates Demand $7 Million
For Yacht Couple, Britain Says |
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In this
undated photo made available by the family, Paul and
Rachel Chandler, who went missing when sailing from
the Seychelles to Tanzania after sending a distress
signal on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, are seen at an
unknown location. |
London, UK, October 31, 2009 -- Somali pirates demanded a $7
million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their
yacht last week, a British agency said Friday.
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Militants Beat Women In
Somalia |
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Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 31, 2009 – Women who violate a
radical brand of Islamic law are being beaten by militants
in control of parts of Somalia's capital of Mogadishu,
witnesses say.
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Uganda: Somalis Rush To
Register |
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Kampala, Oct. 31, 2009 – Hundreds of
Somali nationals yesterday flocked Kisenyi, a Kampala
suburb, for registration.
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Woman Struck And Killed As
Husband Watches |
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By CHRIS
DOUCETTE
Scarborough, October 31, 2009 – A man watched in horror as
his wife was struck by a car and killed as she rushed to
catch a TTC bus in Scarborough on last week.
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Uganda
Tightens Security Following Al-Shabaab Threat |
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Nairobi, Kenya, October 31, 2009 – Ugandan forces say they
are keeping a close eye on the Somali community in Kampala,
following threats by Somalia's al-Shabaab militants to
attack the Ugandan capital.
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Navy Federal
Celebrating A Truly Remote ATM |
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By David
Morrison
Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, October 31, 2009 – Navy Federal
Credit Union is anticipating a ribbon-cutting ceremony on
Oct. 31 to celebrate a new ATM at Camp Lemonnier, a military
facility supporting U.S. anti-piracy and anti-terrorism
operations on the horn of Africa.
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Arab League
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Mogadishu, October 31, 2009 – The Arab League is trying to
broker negotiations between Somalia's fragile U.N.-backed
government and Islamist insurgents, but it said on Saturday
that rebel hardliners did not want to talk.
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Somaliland Commemorates
Anniversary Of Terrorist Attack, Vows Never To Forget The
Martyrs. |
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commemoration ceremony
of the first anniversary
of the Terrorist Attack
on Oct 29, 2008 held at
the presidential palace
which was one of the
targets of the terrorist
attack.
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
October 31, 2009 (SL
Times) – Somaliland
commemorated the passage
of one year since the
terrorist attack in
which twenty four people
were killed and thirty
five were wounded. The
commemoration ceremony
took place at the
presidential palace
which was one of the
targets of the terrorist
attack.
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Ethiopia Upgrades
Its Trade Office In Somaliland To A Consulate |
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Somaliland Foreign
Minister, Mr Abdillahi Muhammad Duale (left) with Mr.
Berhe Tesfey, the new Ethiopian representative in
Somaliland |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – Ethiopia has
upgraded the status of its trade office in Somaliland to a
consulate. This new and important development was announced in a
press conference held by Somaliland Foreign Minister, Mr
Abdillahi Muhammad Duale.
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Somaliland
Election Commission Sworn |
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Members of
the new Somaliland Election Commission take the oath of
office in a ceremony held at the presidential palace
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – The
seven members of Somaliland’s new election commission took
the oath of office in a ceremony at the presidential palace.
The swearing of the commission members was supervised by the
Chairman of Somaliland’s Supreme Court, Muhammad Ismail
Hirsi (Oomane).
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Somaliland: A Beacon Of Hope |
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A Statement by the Ethiopian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – There
was more positive news coming out of Somaliland this week.
It is to be recalled that a short while ago, the political
situation in Somaliland was a source of great concern.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – In a BBC
Somali Service program that was broadcast Oct.23, 2009, several
Somaliland women discussed the problems that women face in
Somaliland society particularly in the political arena.
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Mogadishu,
Somalia, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – More and more members of
Somalia’s bloated parliament are asking for asylum in Europe.
According to Dayniile.net these parliamentarians were driven to
asking for asylum because of the dangerous situation in
Somalia’s capital Mogadishu where the government only controls a
few pockets and most of the city falls under the authority of
the insurgents.
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Muna Asayr Jama Draws Attention To
The Plight Of Homeless Children |
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Muna Asayr
Jama, a journalist with Radio Horyal and SLSC TV
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – Muna Asayr Jama, a
journalist with SLSC TV and Radio Horyal wrote an article for
the Somali newspaper Haatuf in which she bemoaned the terrible
situation of Somaliland’s homeless children.
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RDF To Help 70 Potential Employees
In Finding Jobs |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – The
non-governmental organization RDF inaugurated a training program
for seventy high school and university graduates.
The program will go on for three months and at the end of the
training period, RDF will help in finding jobs for those who
successfully finish the program.
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Somaliland Citizen Says Saudi
Authorities Confiscated His Property And Appeals For Help |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – Yusuf
Ibrahim Awad, a Somaliland citizen who is currently an official
at Somaliland’s Ministry of Water and Mineral Resources in
Odweyne, told the Hargeysa-based Arabic language newspaper al-Hatif
al-Arabi of his ordeal at the hands of Saudi customs authorities
in 1980.
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Clinton Wants More Action On Al
Qaeda |
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Hillary Clinton called for more action to round up the
leaders of Al Qaeda. |
Karachi, Pakistan, October 31, 2009 – United
States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hit out at the
Pakistan Government for failing to find Al Qaeda leaders hiding
within its borders.
Mrs Clinton says it is hard to believe that nobody in the
Pakistani Government knew where they were.
The visit was supposed to be about building the relationship
between Pakistan and the United States, but within hours of Mrs
Clinton's arrival, the Taliban had stolen the headlines.
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Facebook Wins $711 Million From
Spammer |
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In addition to financial damages, Sanford Wallace, among the
first to be crowned "Spam King," may face jail time.
By Thomas
Claburn
Los
Angeles, US,
October 31, 2009 – Facebook has won yet another massive judgment
against a spammer who already
owes $234 million to
MySpace.
A
California federal judge on Thursday granted Facebook's request
for a default judgment
against
Sanford Wallace, who is known to have been involved with
spamming since the mid-1990s and with junk faxing before that.
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Interim President Roberto
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Miami, Florida, October 31, 2009 – The de facto Honduran
government has agreed to a deal that may allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to
return to power ahead of elections next month. U.S. diplomats have been in the
country to mediate an end to the four-month-old crisis.
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Iranian technicians work at a
facility near Isfahan, south of Tehran, that produces uranium fuel
for a heavy-water nuclear reactor (File) |
Tehran, Iran, October 31, 2009 –
Iran is reported to have rejected a United Nations-brokered uranium enrichment
plan, while at the same time, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he welcomes
nuclear cooperation with the West.
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U.S. President Barack Obama |
Washington, October 31, 2009 – U.S. President Barack Obama is
consulting with top military officials Friday, as he considers whether to send
additional forces to Afghanistan.
Mr. Obama will meet at the White House with the Joint Chiefs of Staff - military
leaders from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines.
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The Somaliland Independent
Scholars Group
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Introduction
In their 24th
October meeting the ISG members discuss the implementation of
recent six-point Agreement and lessons of recent political
conflict in Somaliland. The meeting was sponsored by the Social
Research and Development Institute (SORADI). It was moderated by
its Director, Dr. Mohamed Fadal. The Somaliland
Independent Scholar’s Group (ISG) members are all long-term
participants of Somaliland rebuilding and democratization
process, who are considered to be highly competent to provide an
objective analysis and strategy to address the issues at hand.
The ISG members are: Abdi-shakur Sh Ali-Jowhar
(Psychiatrist and political analyst: warkamaanta.com), Amina
Mohamoud Warsame (Executive Director of NAGAAD);
Abdilkadir H Ismail Jirde (Ex-Deputy Speaker and Member of
Parliament- now travelling), Shukri H. Ismail (Former National
Electoral Commissioner and Member of African Democracy Forum and
Chair of Candle Light); Ibrahim Jama Ali –Raite (Member of
Parliament and Lawyer), Fawsi Sh. Yonis (Somaliland Lawyer’s
Association); Abdi Ahmed Nour (Forum for Peace and Governance-FOBAG),
Bobe Y. Duale (Research Coordinator, APD), Haroon H Ahmed
Qulumbe (ActionAid), Jafar Mohamed Gadaweyne (SONSAF); Mohamed
Hassan Ibrahim (Researcher-APD), Suad Ibrahim Abdi (Researcher-APD);
Wais Muse (Executive Director of Samatalis Coalition of
Human Rights)), Dr.
Mohamed Fadal, Director of (SORADI);Muse Abdi Elmi (U. of
Hargeisa; Dean Academic Affairs) Dr. Yusuf Kariye (Researcher in
Anthropology; Hinda Mohamed Jama (an Associate of Burao
University); Dr. Aden Abokor(Progressio Country Rep.)..
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Suicide bomb
devastation caused to Somaliland presidential compound
in Hargeysa |
On Thursday, October 29, 2009, was marked the
first anniversary of the suicide bombings in Hargeysa, which
left twenty four people dead and more than thirty others
wounded. It was the first of it’s kind in Somaliland since the
declaration of it’s independence from the rest of Somalia in
1992.
On the 29th October 2008 at around 10am the first car bomb
exploded at the UNDP office, after one minute another one
exploded at the Ethiopian Trade office just behind the
presidency and the third one exploded in about two minutes after
that at the Presidential Palace.
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The BBC's
Mohamed Dore reports on a rare road trip out of
Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, into territory run by
Islamist militants.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, October 29, 2009 – The first thing I
notice when I head out of Mogadishu is the number of
roadblocks.
Most of war-ravaged central and southern Somalia is now
controlled by al-Shabaab, an Islamist group which the US
believes has links to al-Qaeda.
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Women Football Vastly
Growing In Djibouti |
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Kadan Ali
Hassan former national women's team goal keeper
lobbies for djibouti women football promotion
photo by shafi'i Mohyad |
By Shafi’i
Mohyaddin Abokar
Women football is vastly growing in Djibouti, a small
country in the horn of Africa region where former women
football players have stepped up efforts relating to the
development of the country’s women football,
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The
Upgrading Of Ethiopian Representation In Somaliland Is A Step In The
Right Direction |
In the larger scheme of things, the upgrading of Ethiopia’s
representation in Somaliland from a trade office to a consulate
may seem like a small and inconsequential event, but for
Somaliland-Ethiopian relations, it is a very important step from
which both Ethiopia and Somaliland stand to benefit. How so?
First, this step strengthens Ethiopia’s position in Somaliland
by taking ammunition away from critics who say Ethiopia does not
care about Somaliland and is only using it for its own purposes.
Two, this step formalizes the close relations between Somaliland
and Ethiopia and therefore pre-empts any other state, in the
region, or beyond, from curtailing or displacing Ethiopia’s
interests in Somaliland. Three, it sends a signal that
Ethiopia’s foreign policy regarding Somalis are calibrated
according to the interests of Ethiopia and not according to the
interests of other powers.
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Somaliland: A Shinning Example
To All Somalis |
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By Ahmed Kheyre
Every single peaceful and progressive day in Somaliland is a
step towards de-jure recognition.
Every issue resolved peacefully through the winning formula
of dialogue, discussion and consensus in Somaliland is
another step toward international recognition and away from
mayhem and anarchy.
Somaliland’s international recognition as a de-jure state is
not only inevitable, but it is a shinning example to all
Somalis.
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An Open Letter To Newly
Elected National Elections Commission! |
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By Mohammed Abdi Awciise Bahdoon
Dear Sirs,
With the current thorny political situation in Somaliland
including tainted NEC process, you are circumspectly elected
to assume the incomplete NEC election process, reassurance
of public trust and creation of healthy election atmosphere.
And also your experience, wisdom, timely, intrepid public
communication and ingenuousness approach to election process
will return the tarnished image of Somaliland during
cat-fight drama.
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What Soap Opera Or Musalsal
Does To Our Society! |
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By Adnan
A. Hassan
“A soap opera or Musalsal, is an ongoing, episodic work of
dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or
radio”. (Wikipedia)
Soap operas or Musalsal’s origin dates back to Britain. “It
began on radio and consequently was associated with the BBC.
The BBC continues to broadcast the world’s longest-running
radio soap, The Archers, on BBC Radio 4, which has been
running nationally since 1951”. (Wikipedia)
Musalsal was introduced to Somaliland just only several
years later when the Somaliland society slightly recovered
from the 1994-5 civil war. Since there was no local TV
stations, the haves turned to buy satellite dishes that
provided more than 20 foreign Arab channels with the
exception of few other English speaking TV channels.
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We The People Of Idiots! |
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Ibrahim Mead
Taking the independent Somaliland to the unknown Somalia was
an accident in the history of Somaliland! A bad one! We paid
that with blood and treasure!
Passing the hard-won second Republic of Somaliland to the
remnants of the evil regime of Siyad Barre, who are
themselves evil, is another accident in the history of
Somaliland! A double jeopardy!
To make an ex-spy who allegedly supervised the murder of
over 2500 Somalilanders in the city of Berbera where he was
the chief NSS agent, a president for the victims of that
clan based mass murder, earned Somalilanders a place in the
world of idiocy! That made the people of Somaliland idiots!
We are people of idiots, therefore!
“Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people
until they change what is in themselves” [AlRaad. Ch.13.
V11] Somaliland values, the sense of purpose and the reason
she sacrificed men and material for her liberation and
recall, has been affected immensely by the ex-spy agent made
president; by the people of idiots: thus Somalilanders
changed what is in themselves!
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Wayward Camels
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Camels
crossing the border from Egypt into Israel are a headache
for the Israeli authorities, who have to strike a balance
between keeping out diseases and maintaining cordial
relations with their neighbor
By Rachelle Kliger
Every year, hundreds of camels cross the border from Egypt
into Israel. Some wander into Israel unwittingly, in search
of greener pastures to graze, while others are deliberately
sent from Egypt to smuggle in drugs or other illicit
materials.
Israeli authorities are concerned that the camels wondering
into Israel from other countries could be carrying deadly
diseases, like Rift Valley fever.
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How To Stabilize Horn Of
Africa |
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Militants
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By CHARLES TANNOCK
After almost two decades as a failed state torn by civil
war, perhaps the world should begin to admit that Somalia –
as it is currently constructed – is beyond repair.
Some of the country, however, can meet at least a basic
standard of governance.
The northernmost region, Somaliland, situated strategically
at the opening to the Red Sea and home to roughly 3.5
million of Somalia’s 10 million people, is more or less
autonomous and stable.
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By Andre Le Sage
During her recent tour of Africa, U.S. secretary of state
Hillary Clinton held a press conference with Sheikh Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed, president of Somalia's transitional federal
government (TFG).
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