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Somalia, United Kingdom
Boris Johnson dispatches new ambassador despite Somali electoral impasse

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UK ambassador to Somalia Kate Foster presents her credentials to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
UK ambassador to Somalia Kate Foster presents her credentials to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. © Villa Somalia

With a background mostly in development aid, the new ambassador to Mogadishu Kate Foster will have to be quick on her feet as she has arrived bang in the middle of an unprecedented electoral crisis that has already put her in an awkward position.

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