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Somali poetess Qorane released from jail

Somali poetess Naima Ahmed Ibrahim Qorane. ABDULKADIR KHALIF | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Abdulkadir Khalif

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Somali poetess Naima Ahmed Ibrahim Qorane was Monday released from prison in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway republic of Somaliland.

Qorane was arrested in January and charged with treason against Somaliland for her composition advocating the unity of Somalia.

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