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Somali interim leader collapses
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf
President Yusuf was treated for bronchitis last month
Somalia\'s interim President Abdullahi Yusuf has fallen ill and been flown to neighbouring Ethiopia for treatment.

The BBC\'s Yusuf Hassan Mursal says Mr Yusuf, 72, collapsed on Friday morning in the seat of government, Baidoa.

Prime Minister Nur Hussein Hassan said his condition was not serious, but close aides have suggested otherwise.

The president, who had a liver transplant 14 years ago, was last month admitted to a Kenyan hospital, suffering from bronchitis.

Ethiopia helped Somalia\'s transitional government end the Union of Islamic Courts\' (UIC) six-month rule over large parts of southern Somalia a year ago.

Since then the government has been battling insurgents in the capital, Mogadishu.

The UN says 60% of the residents of the capital, Mogadishu, have fled their homes because of fighting in recent months.

Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991.

Somali boqor will have a minor attack when he reads that Afbiijo collapsed in Baydhabo.

odaygan yar, inta naf uga hadhay muu iska duceysto oo uu hajka tago oo uu ilaahay dambi dhaaf weydiisto but noooooo he is too busy worrying about Looking after his fake presidency