Ethiopia’s first Somali parliamentary speaker Ahmed Shide arrives in Jigjiga

Jigjiga (HOL) — Ethiopia’s newly elected parliamentary speaker, Ahmed Shide Mohamed, arrived in Jigjiga on Sunday, marking his first reported visit to the Somali Regional State since becoming the first ethnic Somali to lead the country’s lower house of parliament.Shide and his delegation were welcomed at Garad Wilwal Airport by Somali Regional State President Mustafe Muhumed Omar and other senior regional officials.