Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been elected as the new chairman of the 53-nation African Union. He was elected by delegates at the AU summit in Ethiopia on Monday. He was widely tipped to get the node but some members of the union were said to have expressed their misgivings about his nomination....
The 12th Au heads of states summit kicked off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia prioritizing the issue of forming the Union Government of Africa.Leaders of more than 40 African countries including the new Somali’s Transitional Government President, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed convene for three days on major African issues with a theme, “infrastructure development in Africa”. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the moderate Islamist leader won the presidency in an all-night parliament session in neighboring Djibouti at the end of January, 2009 and vowed to end conflict in the Horn of Africa nation, make peace with neighbors and rule with honesty and justice...more..http://www.africanews.com/site/Ethiopia_Gaddafi_is_new_AU_chairman/list_messages/22955
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Hi Its Jane Novak. I normally work on Yemeni issues, but I am a regular reader of your very good website. Thank you for the good website, its very helpful in understanding the issues.
I have a small question and I was wondering if you could kindly give me some assistance. I need to know what the word Medina looks like in Somali. Actually a friend of mine asked me, and so I thought of you.
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