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Somalia: Mogadishu port resumes operations
MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—Mogadishu port has resumed its daily operations after a dispute between traders and the administration of the port has been solved, officials said on Thursday.
Abdirahman Ibbi, the deputy prime minister of the Somali government and Abdirahman Gabeyre, the chairman of Mogadishu business community told reporters that the dispute which caused the halt of the port operations was sorted out.
A dispute between the Somali government and the business community has stopped trade at the main port in the Somali capital Mogadishu for about a week and hundreds of the port workers demonstrated in Mogadishu on Tuesday.
Mr. Ibbi said some of the suspected items will go through security checks, which excludes that all items, will go through security checks.
Businessman Gabeyre added that the administration of the port and the traders agreed their differences and the port will operate normally.
The port workers welcomed the decision which reopens the port and described as good step forward.
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