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Africa Horn
Somali government near collapse
2008-11-16
Speaking to the MPs at the Kenyan capital, Somalian President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed says that government is on the verge of being demolished by insurgency.

On Saturday, Abdullahi Yusuf urged Somali MPs in Nairobi to return to the country immediately to build a new government. The president confessed that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) controls small parts of Mogadishu and Baidoa and the two areas are under persistent attacks from the insurgents.

Yusuf refused to agree to a cabinet list submitted by Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein earlier and accused the premier of dissolving the cabinet and appointing ministers that don't care about the country. "You know Elasha Biyaha (outside Mogadishu) that close to Mogadishu was captured, Yusuf further added.

Analysts say that the two leaders are competing to dominate the parliament.
Posted by:Fred

#3  beat me too redneck jim
Posted by: chris   2008-11-16 13:33  

#2  I was'nt aware that Somalia had any government to collapse.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-11-16 11:46  

#1  The Belgium of Africa.
Posted by: DoDo   2008-11-16 11:04  

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