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Somalia has been elected as
of the ten non-permanent
of the United Nations Security Council. A
at the UN headquarters in New York on the 6th of June saw the African nation ushered in to take its
in the UN body. It is the first time for Somalia to hold such a
since the 1970s. It descended into
and bloody conflict throughout the ensuing three decades. Civil and factional wars brought the war-torn country to its
. A
government in 2009 has since brought the return of
. Political experts believe that Somalia's recent turmoil, and its struggles to defeat Islamist
, give it a valuable voice in promoting peace and security in the world.
