| Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigned Monday following a long-running feud with the president, as the Horn of Africa nation sank deeper into a political, security and humanitarian crisis. Gedi’s decision to step down came amid an upsurge in violence in the capital Mogadishu that has seen thousands of residents flee fighting between Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian-backed government troops. He personally handed his resignation to President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf after the two men “reached a deal to end the political confusion,” a close aide to Yusuf told AFP. |