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Tuesday 12 May 2015 - 12:28 Makkah mean time-23-7-1436
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Washington (IINA) – U.S. President Barack Obama has withdrawn the nomination of the first American ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years, the White House said.
An administration official confirmed on Monday that Katherine Simonds Dhanani, a career diplomat with deep experience in African affairs, has turned down the nomination for personal reasons, and that Obama will have to find another candidate, AP reported.
The U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu was closed in 1991 following Somalia's slide into civil war, prompting the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission led by the United States.
American troops withdrew from Somalia in 1994, months after the humiliating "Black Hawk Down" debacle when Somali militiamen shot down two U.S. helicopters. Eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed in the battle, which marked the beginning of the end of that U.S. military mission to bring back stability to the war-torn Horn of Africa country.
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