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Somalia celebrates rare football victory
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    Tuesday October 18, 2022

    President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed the youth team to the presidential palace



    Somalia’s victorious under-17 national football team returned home today after clinching the East and Central African (Cecafa) title at a tournament in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

    On Saturday, the teenage Somalis beat their South Sudanese counterparts 3-1 in the final.

    This is the first time that a Somali football team has won an international competition since the country plunged into civil war in 1991.

    The victory has brought a rare sense of unity to a conflict-ridden nation.

    President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed the team to the presidential palace on their arrival in the capital, Mogadishu.

    "You are a good example for the other Somali youth to follow for their country and to bring successes like this," he said in a Facebook post.


     

     





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