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A moderate Islamist leader has won Somalia's presidential election. Somalia's parliament elected Sheikh Sharif Sharif Ahmed,to the post early Saturday during a secret ballot in Djibouti. Lawmakers had earlier this week voted to double the size of the parliament to include Sharif's moderate Islamist party, the Islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, or ARS.His win marks a major boost in efforts to create an inclusive government in Somalia. Sharif had previously headed the Islamic Courts Union which briefly controlled much of Somalia in 2006. Last year, he signed a peace agreement with the government..more..http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-31-voa7.cfm
The arid and impoverished Horn of Africa nation of some 8 million people has not had a functioning government for a generation, since( usc)hawiye clan (snm) isaaq clan- militias Terrorist overthrew Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 then turned on each other