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New political party aims to break clan politics

    NAIROBI

    A new political party, the United Somali Republic Party (USRP), was established in Mogadishu on Friday and pledged itself, at an inauguration attended by 500 delegates, to overcome the current political stalemate and establish a transitional government. The USRP, led by Abdi Nur Darman, a Somali engineering graduate who is now a US citizen, said its membership would be based not on clan affiliation but on "a commitment to the party's charter and political agenda", AFP news agency reported on Monday. It quoted party officials as saying that Darman had recently visited Ethiopia, Djibouti and other countries to discuss an "enhanced" plan for Somalia, and that the party's prime task would be to encourage voluntary disarmament.

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