BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Clinton to visit Somalia Today

[Shinbir Majabe]

The U.S. state department secretary Hillary Clinton is arriving Somalia capital, Mogadishu on Sunday morning, Somali government sources told RBC Radio.

It is the first high level visit from U.S. officials to this war-torn country for more than 25 years, the sources said.

Mrs Clinton is scheduled to land at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde airport aroubd 8:30 am as she will have closed door meeting with the new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the prime minister Abdi Shirdon and the speaker of the parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari.

The security of Mogadishu has been tightened as hundreds of police forces were deployed into the main roads that link the airport to the presidential palace of Villa Somalia, where the meeting will take place.

According to government sources, several main issues including security, peace and the role of U.S. towards Somalia’s new federal system will be discussed.

Also secretary Clinton will meet with senior officials of the African Union mission in Somalia [AMISOM] who have been battling against Al Shabab militants since 2007.

 

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[Nin-Yaaban]

 

LoL

[Odey]

How and why such information should leak to the media prior to the actual delegation arriving is beyond me. Very much against protocol particularly in light of recent bombings.knowing the yanks, I have a feeling they will delay or even cancel the meeting if indeed the story was true in the first place.

[Nin-Yaaban]

Odey i think it has to do with different time zones. By the time this hits the media, it's probably done and over with it. But then again, this a Somali site reporting this (couldn't find anything on Google) so you have to take it with grain of salt.

[Jacaylbaro]

Mrs Clinton is scheduled to land at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde airport aroubd 8:30 am

It is exactly 2:20pm now ,,,,,

[Jacaylbaro]

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday met visiting American officials led by the U.S Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, in Mogadishu’s main airport.

It is Wendy ... not Sandy