Qatar has sent a special envoy from the office of the Foreign Minister, Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani, to Somalia to engage with the country's political rivals in what could be a change in tack for the Gulf country that has been siding with President Mohamed Farmaajo.
Dr al-Qahtani, who has been in Somalia since Saturday, is well known in Doha and Washington for helping to steer negotiations between the Taliban and the Afhani government which would allow US forces to depart without leaving a security gap.
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