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Farmajo rejigs his Arab alliances and jettisons Qatar

Noting the reconfiguration of relations in the Horn instigated by Cairo, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi [...] (224 words)

Published on 31/08/2018 at 03:30 GMT

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