West Germany agreed to train Somali airline staff with strict prerequisites

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The ambassador said the United States could not help in this regard. On his own initiative, Hussen approached the West German ambassador and requested that West Germany assist Somalia by training the necessary people for the new airline. Within a week West Germany declared its willingness but only if the Somali government agreed to two preconditions. First, the candidates must have superior secondary school certificates with English as the medium of instruction. Second, the Germans would conduct the examinations and select the finalists. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 719