(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) United States President Barack Obama has withdrawn the nomination of American ambassador to Somalia, Katherine Dhanani, the White House announced on Monday night.
An administration official told the Associated Press that Dhanani, a career diplomat with experience serving across Africa, turned down the nomination for personal reasons.
Dhanani was nominated to become ambassador to Somalia on 25 February 2015 by Obama as the first official U.S. envoy to the country in over two decades.
The US Embassy closed in 1991 when Somalia's government collapsed in civil war, prompting the deployment of a US-led UN peacekeeping mission. American troops withdrew from Somalia in 1994.
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