"Turkey to raise Africa profile with Somalia engagement
Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:50pm GMT
By Ibon Villelabeitia
ANKARA (Reuters) - A summit of Islamic countries on the famine in Somalia on Wednesday will give host Turkey a chance to display Islamic piety and flex its diplomatic muscle in Africa at a time other emerging powers are also scrambling for trade and investment in the resource-rich continent."
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