BY RUTH BENDER AND NADYA MASIDLOVER
The U.S. will officially recognize Somalia's government after more than two decades, acknowledging progress there against Islamist extremists, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
The recognition of a Somali government will open the door for greater assistance from U.S. and international aid agencies, said Johnnie Carson, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa.
The plan comes even as a Somali militant group said it had decided to execute a French hostage abducted in the East ...
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