President, Premier Visit to Assess Conditions
From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of Somalis sang and shouted in welcome as President Abdullahi Yusuf made his first trip home since forming his government in exile last year.
Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi are assessing whether it is safe enough to move the government from neighboring Kenya to Somalia. They arrived in Jawhar in separate planes, leading a 47-member delegation.
Somalia has not had an effective government since clan-based warlords ousted dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
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