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Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohammad Monday afternoon arrived in the country for Uganda's Golden Jubilee Independence celebrations slated for Tuesday.
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"Somali government forces with the support of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops have secured the strategic town of Wanlaweyn on the Afgoye to Baidoa corridor [in Somalia's Shabelle region]," AFP quoted commander of the 17,000 AMISOM force, Andrew Gutti as saying on Sunday.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has named Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the country's new prime minister, diplomats and a government source said, the first major decision by an administration installed after over 20 years of conflict.
A French secret agent held hostage in Somalia urged President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release in a video shot by his Islamist militia captors, a US monitoring group said on Thursday.
Unemployment and poverty in Somalia have forced many young people to emigrate in search of a better life through perilous journeys across deserts and seas.