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Construction boom: Kenyan builders thriving in Somaliland

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New residential housing units in Hargeisa, Somaliland. [Courtesy, Standard]

Kenyan builders have flooded the Horn of Africa region of Somaliland, lending service to its booming construction industry.

The construction sector in the self-declared independent territory is expanding rapidly with new residential units in the latest housing style shooting up, especially in the suburbs of Hargeisa, the capital and largest town.

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