Somali PM reshuffles cabinet after resignations

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MOGADISHU AFP Somali Prime Minister Nur Hasan Husein announced Sunday he had appointed five new ministers, after fresh political turmoil prompted two thirds of the cabinet to resign

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Somali PM reshuffles cabinet after resignations
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MOGADISHU AFP Somali Prime Minister Nur Hasan Husein announced Sunday he had appointed five new ministers, after fresh political turmoil prompted two thirds of the cabinet to resign.
The premier told reporters that two outgoing ministers had already been replaced and three previously unattributed ministries had also been filled.
On Saturday, 10 out of the cabinet's 15 ministers signaled their intention to resign over allegations that the prime minister misused state resources.
"The office of the prime minister received six out of 10 official resignations from the cabinet members that announced they were leaving their jobs and we sent messages urging the others to make their intentions clear and bring their letters," Nur Hasan Husein said during a Mogadishu press conference.
"The ministers we named include three positions that had remained vacant and the other two are replacing freshly-resigned ministers. We are planning to fill the other positions following consultations," he said.
The mass resignations rattled Somalia's fragile transitional government, less than a year after Nur Hasan Husein took over.
Officials said they reflected a deepening rift between the premier and President Abdullahi Yusuf.
The fresh crisis in war-torn Somalia comes amid efforts by international and Somali brokers to press on with a peace process aimed at ending the civil fighting that has killed thousands of people in recent months.
The United Nations sponsored a new peace initiative which led to the signing on June 9 in Djibouti of a truce agreement between the government and the main Islamist-dominated opposition movement.
But the deal led to a split in the opposition, with hardliners insisting Ethiopian troops should leave before negotiations start.
Nur Hasan Husein, whose own job is on the line amid growing speculation he could face a vote of no confidence in parliament, vowed Sunday that he would not allow the political upheaval to undermine the Djibouti deal.
"I also need to make clear that the resignation of those ministers will not affect the Djibouti peace process and we will quickly replace them all," he said

[Shirib]

I believe the President has to approve them, so it probably won't go through, but it should be fun to laugh at