Sheikh Sharif News
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A surprise candidate, Sheikh Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, has won Somalia’s first freely contested presidential election. The bigger surprise will be if his government proves any less corrupt or incompetent than the one it is replacing.
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Somali lawmakers elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud as the country’s next president, marking an end to a transitional administration that improved security in the capital, Mogadishu, even as it failed to end more than two decades of conflict.
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Somali lawmakers are casting their ballots in a presidential vote, marking the key step in a Western-backed process for authorities to restore order after 21 years of anarchy.
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Somalia’s new government will focus on the economy as it seeks to rebuild a nation shattered by two decades of war, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will encourage East African leaders this week to boost security and political stability in a region threatened by al- Qaeda and growing in importance as a source of energy.
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Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed vowed to hunt al-Shabaab rebels until they are no longer a threat in the Horn of Africa country, where famine is threatening 3.5 million people.
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Hasan Madey jumped from his seat outside his tin-shack restaurant in Afgoye, southern Somalia, as two explosions detonated outside the town’s police station a third of a mile away.
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Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said an agreement reached yesterday to prepare for elections next year would help the country overcome challenges including a famine and an insurgency.
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Somalia’s government will intensify its offensive against al-Shabaab after making “tangible” progress in its efforts to flush the insurgents out of the capital, Mogadishu, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said.
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Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed reversed a decision to fire his prime minister, Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke , his office said.
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