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Three-star general tactfully changing face of the capital

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Perched on the 24th floor of the city’s most iconic building, accorded a bird’s eye view of the city and recently promoted to a lieutenant general, Mohamed Badi is not sitting any pretty in his high office. Strategic to the core, focused to the bone and unrelen...
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Three-star general tactfully changing face of the capital

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Three-star general tactfully changing face of the capital

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