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First trade fair opens in Somaliland

[Guinea-Bissau] Chief fire officer Malam Djaura watches Guinea Bissau's only fire-fighting vehicle start up. Picture taken in Bissau. [Date picture taken: 05/28/2006] Sarah Simpson/IRIN
Le colonel Malam Djaura regardant un collègue démarrer le seul véhicule encore en état de marche à la brigade des sapeurs pompiers de Guinée Bissau
    BISSAU

    The first trade fair to be held in the self-declared republic of
    Somaliland, and since the outbreak of civil war in Somalia, opened on Friday in Hargeisa, with over 50 businesses, from small-scale entrepreneurs to large telecommunication companies and airlines, exhibiting over two days. "This is what we would like to see develop in Somaliland because every new local business can create desperately-needed jobs," said Abdullahi Diirie Jamah, secretary-general of the chamber of commerce, which organised the event with the support of the European
    Community and its implementing partner, the NGO Progressive Interventions.

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