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Mogadishu faction leaders fail to agree on chairman of committee

    NAIROBI

    Mogadishu faction leaders on Tuesday met in Mogadishu and resolved to set up an administrative coordination committee, but failed to agree on who would chair its meetings, the ‘Ayaamaha’ newspaper, monitored by the BBC, reported on Wednesday. It said some of the leaders proposed that it be chaired on a rotational basis. Names of the members of the committee were to be given on Thursday. The 26-member committee would be responsible for the administration of Mogadishu and its environs and the southern region.

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