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		<title>Somalia and the G8: Push to start</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2013/04/10/somalia-and-the-g8-push-to-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week, as part the UK&#8217;s Presidency of the G8, Foreign Ministers will meet to discuss the need to encourage the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to re-engage in Somalia. The G8 countries are some of the largest shareholders in both the World Bank and the IMF. As a result, the UK is using its Presidency [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opportunity, partnership and commitment.</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2013/03/18/opportunity-partnership-and-commitment/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, the Federal Government of Somalia, together with the UK, hosted the latest meeting with a number of key international partners in Mogadishu. The location was significant. This was the first time such a meeting had been held in Mogadishu since the Federal Government came to power last year. It was a real demonstration [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Giving voice to Somalia&#8217;s silent majority</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2013/03/14/giving-voice-to-somalias-silent-majority/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[International Women&#8217;s Day is a global opportunity to celebrate and promote the rights of women. It is a chance for all of us, men and women, to unite under a single, common aim &#8211; gender equality. This is particularly pertinent in Somalia. Everyone in Somalia has suffered from decades of often unrelenting conflict. But Somalia&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>From the Olympic village to Somalia – FCO women’s stories</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2013/03/06/from-the-olympic-village-to-somalia-fco-womens-stories/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2013/03/06/from-the-olympic-village-to-somalia-fco-womens-stories/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday, we are featuring the stories of women who work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as guest posts across the FCO bloggers’ network. Jane Stevens and Tracey McLelland are a successful job sharing duo who are part of the communications team working on the upcoming [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Somalia: A New Year&#8217;s Resolution &#8211; Together into 2013</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2013/01/09/somalia-a-new-years-resolution-together-into-2013/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A year ago, few predicted that Somalia would see such significant changes; yet 2012 saw some real progress in Somalia &#8211; including the end of the Transition; a new Parliament (with a significant number of new MPs); the election of a new, reform-minded Speaker and President and a desire for a different type of politics. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Somalia: Breaking The Silence On Sexual Violence</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2012/11/27/somalia-breaking-the-silence-on-sexual-violence/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, the British Foreign Secretary William Hague MP, announced a new initiative to prevent sexual violence against women. It aims to strengthen international efforts and coordination to prevent and respond to sexual violence, to erode the existing culture of impunity, to increase the number of perpetrators brought to justice and to support states [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Politics, partnership and patience.</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2012/11/20/politics-partnership-and-patience/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So the final piece of the post-Transition jigsaw has finally fallen into place. Prime Minister Abdi Farah  Shirdon&#8217;s 10-person Council of Minister is now approved &#8211; overwhelmingly &#8211; by Parliament and with it, the final act of a two-month process to find Somalia&#8217;s new leaders. Put before Parliament last week, their near-unanimous approval of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Somalia: stepping into the future</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2012/09/11/somalia-stepping-into-the-future/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Somalia marked a major milestone in its recent history. After two decades of civil war, and a year after the Roadmap was agreed, the Transitional Period finally concluded with the election by MPs of new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. This was the first such election inside Somalia for many years and came just weeks after [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Somalia: Taking Stock of the Transition</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2012/08/22/somaliataking-stock-of-the-transition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Monday, Somalia marked a significant milestone in its history. Twenty years after the country fell into conflict, a new Federal Parliament was inaugurated – paving the way to end the Transition in the next few days, and opening the first legislature to be formed inside Somalia since 1991. This is a huge achievement, both for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Celebrating Somali Olympic heroes</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2012/08/02/233/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Baugh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Stay Ahead of the Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK in Somalia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mogadishu. London]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest blog by Fionna Gibb, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Office for Somalia.  As Ambassador Matt Baugh is on leave, last Friday I had the pleasure of hosting the British Office for Somalia’s reception in Mogadishu to celebrate the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. As the sun set [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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