Crossword-Solution: BORAN 5 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

The Galla section of the Hamites is represented, among others, by Borani living [v.04 p.0603] south of the Goro Escarpment (though the true Boran countries are Liban and Dirri in Abyssinian territory), while Somali occupy the country between the Tana and Juba rivers.

But, if Jardeen could be persuaded to ally with the Terran Republic, the spreading, grasping arms of the Verdam octopus would begin to wither away-- Rockford spoke again: "Val Boran, Jardeen's Secretary of Foreign Relations, is the man who will really make Jardeen's decision.

With him will be Verdam's Special Envoy Sonig; a wily little man who has been working on Boran for several weeks.

Sonig's pretense of being spellbound by Narf's stories was belied by the way his eyes kept darting from Rockford to Val Boran.

Val Boran's mind is already made up." "Then what are you going to do?" "Drink six cans of beer and go to sleep." "I thought you had a plan." "I have, a most excellent plan." "What is it?" "You'd scream like a banshee if you knew.