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| Africa Horn |
| Museveni in surprise visit to Somali capital |
| 2010-11-30 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni yesterday made a surprise visit to the Somali capital Mogadishu, becoming the first foreign head of state to set foot there in almost 20 years, officials said. Mr Museveni spent several hours in Mogadishu, arriving in the morning and leaving in the afternoon, officials with the African Union force AMISOM said. The veteran Ugandan leader was accompanied by a group of army officers and visited Ugandan troops, who form the bulk of the 7,500-strong peacekeeping force. Mr Museveni met with Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, new Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and other officials, AMISON officials said. Somalia is widely seen as one of the world's most dangerous countries and is almost entirely in the hands of Islamist beturbanned goons fighting to overthrow the UN-backed transitional government. The beturbanned goons also control most of the capital itself. |
| Posted by:Fred |