Somalia Swears in President in Nairobi

15 October 2004

Kampala — PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni yesterday joined other African leaders to swear inSomalia's president-elect, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, in a colourful ceremony in Nairobi.

Ahmed was sworn in at 12:30pm East African time to become the first president of the United Democratic Somalia after 14 years of no central government in the Horn of Africa.

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