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| | IRIN Africa | Horn of Africa | Somalia | SOMALIA: No formal administration in Garowe | Governance Conflict | Breaking ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | "Garowe is not as normal as it should be, but it will soon resume its functions as Puntland's state capital," he predicted. |
 | | Puntland's traditional elders, meeting in Garowe in July, rejected his claim, and named Yusuf Haji Nur, Puntland's former chief justice, as "acting president" until the election of a new administration. |
 | | The elders subsequently convened a general congress to this end in August 2001 and, on 14 November, elected Jama Ali for a three-year term in the hope that this would end the leadership wrangles. |
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