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Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

While Somaliland has taken Saudi Arabia's side, Somalia has adopted a neutral position in the conflict pitting Qatar against the Gulf Countries. And in doing so each of them struck hard bargains. [...] (348 words)

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