
US reopens embassy in Somalia after nearly three decades
US announces re-establishment of embassy in capital Mogadishu, after closure in 1991 as Somalia plunged into civil war.
The United States has reopened its embassy in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, nearly three decades after it was shut as the Horn of Africa nation plunged into civil war.
Washington closed its embassy during the 1991 overthrow of then-President Siad Barre’s military regime which ushered in decades of chaos. However, diplomatic relations have strengthened in recent years.
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