And yet he controversially but rightly held out a hand of friendship to the breakaway region of Somaliland, before it became fashionable, and went as far as he could short of formal re-recognition of that ray of democratic hope in the Horn of Africa.
E, contudo, controversa mas justamente estendeu uma mão amiga à região rebelde da Somalilândia, antes de isso se tornar moda, e fez tudo o que podia até ao re-reconhecimento formal desse raio de esperança democrática no Corno de África.