• US to officially recognise Somali government for the first time in 20 years
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21053071[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]The US is to officially recognise Somalia's government in Mogadishu after more than 20 years, says a US official.[/B] The move could pave the way for US and international economic aid for the Horn of Africa nation. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce the news on Thursday at a meeting in Washington with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. He took office after the first vote of its kind since military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. "When the secretary meets with Hassan Sheikh tomorrow, she will exchange diplomatic notes with him and recognise the Somali government in Mogadishu for the first time in 20 years," Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson told reporters. [B]'Major and significant'[/B] The move recognised the new government's progress towards political stability and "breaking the back" of an al-Shabab insurgency, Mr Carson added. Al-Shabab, a group with links to al-Qaeda, had seized control of southern and central parts of Somalia before Ethiopian, Kenyan and African Union peacekeeping troops undertook a counter-offensive, supported by the US, to restore order. The US never formally cut diplomatic ties with Somalia. But the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident, when 18 American servicemen were killed after militia fighters shot two US military helicopters out of the sky, marked the country's descent into anarchy. Mr Mohamud's government was fostered by a UN-backed and regionally supported effort to end nearly two decades of fighting. Mrs Clinton is not expected to announce new aid measures for Somalia, which already receives US assistance for drought, famine and refugee relief. But a senior US official told the Reuters news agency: "The fact that we recognise a government there will allow us to do things through USAID [US Agency for International Development] that we have not been able to do before. "The fact that we recognise them as a legitimate government will allow the World Bank and the [International Monetary Fund] IMF to do things that they would not have been able to do before. This is major and it is significant." Mr Mohamud has met World Bank and USAID officials on his trip to Washington. The US does not currently have an embassy in Somalia, but officials indicated this could eventually follow Thursday's announcement.[/quote]
Which one? There's like six. [editline]16th January 2013[/editline] On a map I mean.
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;39245996]Which one? There's like six. [editline]16th January 2013[/editline] On a map I mean.[/QUOTE] First line dude, first line.
I mean really. [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Somalia_map_states_regions_districts.png[/t] [editline]16th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=DaysBefore;39246037]First line dude, first line.[/QUOTE] And that doesn't say anything other than the capital. There's still a lot of different governments in the same region.
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;39246052]And that doesn't say anything other than the capital. There's still a lot of different governments in the same region.[/QUOTE] It said the government in Mogadishu, you know, the capital. The article then went on to say that Clinton was meeting with the President of the Republic of Somalia. Reading isn't hard.
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;39246100]It said the government in Mogadishu, you know, the capital. The article then went on to say that Clinton was meeting with the President of the Republic of Somalia. Reading isn't hard.[/QUOTE] There's no mention of the Republic in it, that's why I was asking. It just said Somalia as if it was a single entity and not a shattered one.
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;39246100]It said the government in Mogadishu, you know, the capital. The article then went on to say that Clinton was meeting with the President of the Republic of Somalia. Reading isn't hard.[/QUOTE] There's no need to get snaky man. The government they're talking about is the Federal Republic I'm pretty sure. The US isn't keen on any of the others. Federal Republic of Somalia, not the Republic of Somaliand.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;39246222]There's no need to get snaky man. The government they're talking about is the Federal Republic I'm pretty sure. The US isn't keen on any of the others. Federal Republic of Somalia, not the Republic of Somaliand.[/QUOTE] Man. If there were the actual borders for countries in Africa and not the official ones, it would be such a big mess.
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