SOMALIA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY’S FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONY IN 30 YEARS MARKS MOVE TOWARDS PEACE SAY ACADEMICS
June 1st, 2019
THE SOMALI National University (SNU) this week held its first graduation and convocation ceremony since the breakout 30 years ago of the civil war that has wracked the country.
This June 24 ceremony was attended by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, and the Italian deputy minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Emanuela Del Re among other dignitaries was hailed as a symbol of progress in Somalia higher education sector.
Faramajo a graduate of SNU, Somalia’s oldest university, which is based in the capital Mogadishu, said the ...
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