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Somali and Egyptian Presidents Discuss Regional Issues and Bilateral Ties

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At a closing ceremony at Villa Somalia attended by the country's entire senior leadership, the President announced a finalised national plan to end Al-Shabaab, renewed the amnesty offer to its fighters, extended a hand of dialogue to Somaliland, ruled out any relations with Israel, and promised Somalis that after 58 years they will never again be led by a person they did not directly vote for.

Three years after the district returned to government hands, residents of Harardhere have begun collecting their voter cards, bringing Somalia's direct electoral process to a coastal community once known for insurgency and piracy and now preparing to cast ballots.

Algeria's newly appointed Ambassador to Somalia and around one hundred heads of diplomatic missions joined Somali students and embassy staff in Algiers as Ambassador Yusuf Ahmed Hassan hailed the courage and unity of the Somali people on the 66th anniversary of independence and the birth of the Somali Republic.