President Marka Hansen, whose Thursday statement on The Huffington Post explained the move towards a new logo.

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The port of Marka, which takes in food aid, fell more recently.

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On a visit to Marka he was only slightly less belligerent.

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"It's deeply, deeply disturbing to all of us, " Gap President Marka Hansen said Sunday after watching a video of children at work in a New Delhi, India, sweatshop.

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Since Ethiopian troops withdrew from Somalia earlier this year, al Shabab has taken control of important towns inland and along the coast, including the port towns of Kismayo and Marka.

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