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                                                                                         WORLD NEWS Thursday 23 February 2017


















              Somalia’s new leader inaugurated, vowing to restore dignity



            ABDI GULED                                                                                                          Mohamed  also  promised
            Associated Press                                                                                                    payments, equipment and
            MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP)                                                                                             training  for  the  military,
            —  Somalia’s  new  leader                                                                                           which  over  the  next  few
            was inaugurated Wednes-                                                                                             years will take on more of
            day  while  promising  to                                                                                           the  responsibility  of  coun-
            restore dignity to the trou-                                                                                        tering homegrown extrem-
            bled Horn of Africa nation                                                                                          ist  group  al-Shabab  as  an
            but warning it will take an-                                                                                        African Union peacekeep-
            other two decades to “fix”                                                                                          ing  mission  of  more  than
            the country.                                                                                                        20,000  plans  to  withdraw
            President       Mohamed                                                                                             by the end of 2020.
            Abdullahi  Mohamed,  who                                                                                            Somalia’s  new  leader  has
            also  holds  U.S.  citizenship,                                                                                     already  vowed  to  make
            was  elected  earlier  this                                                                                         security a priority in a coun-
            month in a step toward So-                                                                                          try  where  al-Shabab  still
            malia’s first fully functioning                                                                                     carries out deadly attacks
            central  government  in  a                                                                                          in the capital, Mogadishu,
            quarter-century.                                                                                                    and elsewhere.
            “Multiple  challenges  are                                                                                          On Sunday, a car bomb in
            ahead of our government.                                                                                            the  capital  killed  at  least
            Therefore,  I  am  telling                                                                                          34.
            people  that  because  of                                                                                           The    Islamic    extremist
            the  limited  resources  we                                                                                         group  earlier  this  week
            have,  our  achievements                                                                                            denounced     Mohamed’s
            will  be  limited,”  said  Mo-  Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo, center, is accompa-  election  and  vowed  to
                                         nied by two former presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, left, and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, right, at his
            hamed,  also  known  as      inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Somalia’s new leader,   keep fighting. Fighters affili-
            Farmajo.  “For  the  past  26   who also holds U.S. citizenship, was inaugurated Wednesday while promising to restore dignity to   ated with the Islamic State
            years  there  have  conflicts   the troubled Horn of Africa nation but warning it will take another two decades to “fix” the country.  organization   also   have
            and droughts, so it will take                                                       (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)  emerged.
            another 20 years to fix this                                                                                        The new president said his
            country.”                    people. The immediate pri-   gional heads of state.       in  the  government.”  He    government  would  wel-
            He said Somalia’s main ob-   ority  is  to  “avert  famine,”  The  new  president  said  his  already  has  promised  to   come people who choose
            stacles  are  insecurity  and   the U.N.’s special represen-  government  will  focus  on  tackle graft in a country re-  to leave al-Shabab, adding
            humanitarian crises, includ-  tative for Somalia, Michael  “reconciliation, justice and  cently ranked by Transpar-  that  “you  few  thousands
            ing a drought that the U.N.   Keating, told the audience  law  and  the  restoration  of  ency  International  as  the   cannot stand in the way of
            has  said  affects  millions  of   that  included  several  re-  the  confidence  of  people  world’s most corrupt.  12 million people.”q

                  South African court rules ICC withdrawal unconstitutional




            JOHANNESBURG  (AP)  —  A  court,  saying  the  govern-    this seemingly urgent need  ities to arrest him.          er,  the  court’s  ruling  could
            South  African  court  ruled  ment’s  notice  was  illegal  to withdraw from the Rome  Under  the  Rome  Statute,  mean  a  significant  delay
            Wednesday  that  the  gov-   because  parliament  was  Statute”  that  created  the  signatory  countries  have  in  the  process,  and  some
            ernment’s decision to with-  not  consulted.  “South  Af-  tribunal.   A   government  a legal obligation to arrest  legal  experts  speculate
            draw from the International  rica  does  not  want  to  be  statement  said  it  would  anyone sought by the ICC.  that the government might
            Criminal Court without par-  lumped  together  with  pa-  “reflect  on  the  judgment”  South Africa said the treaty  consider  dropping  its  with-
            liament’s approval was un-   riah states who have no re-  before  deciding  whether  contradicts  its  diplomatic  drawal  plan  ahead  of  the
            constitutional.  The  country  spect for human rights,” the  to  appeal.  South  Africa’s  immunity law and prevents  next  presidential  elections
            had  been  set  to  become  Democratic Alliance said in  withdrawal announcement  the country from acting as  in  2019.  South  Africa  noti-
            the first to leave the tribunal  a statement Wednesday.   last  year  followed  a  2015  a regional peacemaker, a  fied the United Nations sec-
            that prosecutes the world’s  “What is so pressing for the  dispute  over  a  visit  by  Su-  role that could require it to  retary-general that it would
            worst atrocities.            national  executive  about  danese President Omar al-     host adversaries on its own  withdraw  from  the  treaty
            A high court judge instruct-  the  withdrawal  ...  which  Bashir, who is wanted by the  soil. The government previ-  that  created  the  ICC,
            ed  the  government  to  re-  cannot wait for our legisla-  ICC for alleged war crimes,  ously said a withdrawal bill  alarming  international  hu-
            voke its notice of withdraw-  tive processes to take their  crimes  against  humanity  would  go  to  parliament,  man rights groups and rais-
            al from the court based in  course?”  the  court’s  rul-  and genocide in Darfur. Al-  where  the  ruling  African  ing fears of an African exo-
            The Hague, Netherlands.      ing  said.  “Government  re-  Bashir was allowed to leave  National  Congress  party  dus  from  the  court,  which
            South  Africa’s  main  oppo-  spondents  have  not  pro-  South Africa even though a  has  a  majority  and  likely  has more than 120 member
            sition  party  had  gone  to  vided  any  explanation  for  local court ordered author-  would  approve  it.  Howev-  states.q
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