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Somalia launches first census in nearly 50 years

People arrive at a displacement camp near Dollow, Somalia, Sept. 21, 2022, amid a drought. [VOA]

The Somali government has launched its first national population and housing census in decades, which is expected to take two years.

"We will be counting those who live in the Somali territory and the houses they live in," Dr. Abdi Ali Ige, head of the Somali Population and Housing Census, told VOA's Somali Service Tuesday.

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