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A tale of two cities: Peaceful Hargesia, violent Mogadishu

The East African "One inescapable fact about the Horn of Africa is that Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, is peaceful, while its sister city Mogadishu, the constitutional capital of Somalia, is in a state of permanent anarchy.
It is no surprise then that lately, American academicians and political writers have taken to writing endless analyses as to why such a reality prevails in the Horn of Africa region, expressing their opinions as to what they would like to see happen."

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