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Somalia oil exploration: Drilling begins in Puntland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16600649Oil exploration has begun in the arid north-east of Somalia, which has been wracked by civil war for two decades.
The Canadian firm Africa Oil behind the project said its two wells are the first to be drilled there in 21 years.
The semi-autonomous Puntland region where the drilling is taking place says it is an opportunity for peace.
"It's a new beginning - if oil is found it will change Somalia for the better," Issa Farah head of Puntland's Petroleum and Minerals Agency told the BBC.