Failed state sees first formal parliament in 2012

27th November, 2012By Kassahun Seboqa

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For nearly two decades, the African nation of Somalia has often described as a failed state.

 

It continues to grapple with famine, war, piracy and an Islamic militant insurgency.

 

 

But 2012 brought with it the prospect of change for Somalia and its people with the start of a political transition many thought they would never see.

 

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