The Arab
League is expected to donate 150m dollars towards the rehabilitation
of schools and health institutions in Somalia.
A Saudi
government radio station disclosed yesterday that the donation
was the first part of a large amount of aid money earmarked
for Somalia by the Arab League.
Three
weeks ago the Somali interim president, Abdiqasim Salad Hasan,
addressed a summit of the Arab League in Cairo and appealed
for financial assistance, saying that Somalia, as one of the
family of Arab nations, deserved support.
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