"The system is not working, " says Florence Egal, chairman of the Food for Cities network.

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The new satellite air interface technology developed by Qualcomm is a 3G-based standard referred to as Enhanced Geostationary Air Link (EGAL).

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Mr Egal has even let slip that Somaliland's currency reserves are sitting in the State Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, pending the opening of a Hargeisa branch.

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