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Hargeisa

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Hargeisa [hɑːˈgeɪsə]
n
(Placename) a city in NW Somalia: former capital of British Somaliland (1941-60); trading centre for nomadic herders. Pop.: 400 000 (latest est.)
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Noun1.Hargeisa - a city in northwestern Somalia
Somalia - a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare


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Twenty-four people were killed in the October 29, 2008 multiple blasts that ripped through the presidential palace, Ethiopia's diplomatic compound and the offices of the UN Development Programme in the region's capital Hargeisa.
She recalls her escape from the city of Hargeisa as an easy plane ride which didn't frighten her at the time.
Oromo women in eastern Ethiopia are currently facing a debilitating drought that is affecting livestock and crops and sending many to seek aid in urban centers in Jijiga, Dire Dawa, and Hargeisa and refugee camps near the border with Somalia.
 
 
 
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