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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be visiting Mogadishu, accompanied by the Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and other officials.

Turkey has launched a massive aid campaign to help efforts to fight hunger in East Africa. A famine has been declared in Somalia after the region experienced the worst drought in over 50 years.

Donations collected by the Turkish Prime Ministry and Religious Affairs Directorate reached US $30 million in a campaign launched to help African countries.

The United Nations Children’s Fund estimates that more than 2 million children are malnourished and in need of lifesaving action in the region.

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The Turkish team will be landing at Mogadishu Airport at (estimated) 05h30 GMT on Friday 19th September.

GlobeCast can offer live footage of the arrival to interested broadcasters.

Broadcast time: 05h30 – 06h00 GMT. (Estimated) (08h30 – 09h30 Local time)

Footage: Live footage of the Turkish Prime Minister’s plane landing. The Turkish PM will exit the plane and walk onto the Red Carpet and be greeted by a Guard of Honour. From there he will be escorted into an armoured vehicle and the convoy will leave.

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