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Somaiian President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed
Somalia: A Moderate Islamist Takes Power, But the Struggle Continues
February 2, 2009 2016 GMT
Somalia's parliament-in-exile has elected moderate Islamist Sheikh Sharif Ahmed as the new president of Somalia, but the fundamental political struggle in the country has not been resolved.

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