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Mon 02 Feb 2009Islamist leader elected president of Somalia
A MODERATE Islamist leader was sworn in as Somalia’s president during the weekend, two years after he fled Mogadishu under fire from Ethiopian forces.
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was chairman of the Union of Islamic Courts which brought peace and security to much of the country in 2006 but which was accused of sheltering al-Qaeda operatives.
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