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Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud will give a speech at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday evening, returning to the city for the first time since 2014. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is among 50 African leaders visiting the United States for a summit hosted by President Biden to improve relationships between the two regions, according to Star Tribune, Minnesota reported.
The president will also discuss how Somalis face hunger and starvation amid a devastating drought — the United Nations said in September that more than a half-million children required treatment for severe acute malnutrition, and is warning of a looming famine. Al-Shabab is also impeding international aid efforts to stem the food crisis.
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Minnesota is home to the largest Somali diaspora outside of Africa, and organizers expect 2,500 people to attend most of them is Hawiye community, according to sources told Somali Times.
Other Somali communities invited fewer.