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Commissioner Dr Maryan Kasim said that human rights are given by God and that they should not be viewed solely through international conventions adopted in 1948.
President William Ruto will officiate the reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border in April, ending a 15-year closure imposed during the Al-Shabaab insurgency.
Somalia is steadily charting a path towards economic recovery, and infrastructure development has emerged as a central pillar of that resurgence.
The country woke up to a stand-off after President Mohamud ordered planes carrying Puntland and Jubaland presidents to turn back mid-flight, denying them permission to land in Mogadishu.
The prolonged border closure had severely disrupted trade between Kenya and Somalia, with miraa farmers and traders among the hardest hit.
The US on Thursday announced the resumption of food distribution in Somalia, weeks after destruction of a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse at Mogadishu's port.
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