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HornAfrik.net ran a number of popular call-in programs. These segments allowed residents of
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in their country of birth. They later returned to
Mogadishu following a period of relative calm in order to finalize market research that they had conducted on the feasibility and technological equipment necessary to start a new media company in the city. Concluding that the project was workable,
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