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Siad Barre
male, deceased - Mohamed Siad Barre was the Head of State of Somalia from 1969 to 1991. Prior to his presidency he was an army commander under the democratic...
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
female - Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali scholar,...
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Hassan Dahir Aweys
male - Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, aged 61 in 2006, was the head of the 90-member shura council of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. Aweys is viewed as...
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Piracy
male - Piracy is a robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore, by an agent without a commission from a sovereign nation. Seaborne piracy against...
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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
male - Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (b. December 15 1934) is a veteran Somali politician, and the current transitional President of Somalia. Ahmed was born in...
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Jendayi Frazer
female - Dr. Jendayi Frazer - Could you please explain President Bush's plans to deal with the wide spread poverty, hunger, warlords, and the growing AIDS...
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Sharif Ahmed
male - Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is a member of the Islamic Court Union (ICU), which controlled Somalia's capital of Mogadishu and much of south and...
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Mohammed Farah
male - Mohammed "Mo" Farah (born 23 March, 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a British international track and field athlete from London. He competes mainly...
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Waris Dirie
female (Vienna, Austria) - Born into a nomadic Somali family, 39-year-old supermodel Waris Dirie survived the traditional form of female genital mutilation that kills...
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Nuruddin Farah
male - Nuruddin Farah, the story of a nomad girl who flees from an arranged marriage to a much older man. The novel garnered Farah mild but international..
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